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please respond to viktorea with 200 words

Topic 1: Friend

I believe that a good friend is there when you need them, and they have your back. I think they should want the best for you and vice versa. You should be able to have fun together but also be serious and emotional with each other when needed. I also believe that you don’t have to constantly be in contact over the phone or see each other a lot in order for it to be a great friendship. I believe as long as your interactions are fun and meaningful to both of you then that’s all that should matter, whether it’s over the phone or in person. It’s important to have at least one friend because it’s always nice to have someone to talk to outside of your family and to have an outsider’s perspective when you have a problem or a decision to make. It might be easier for your friend to give an unbiased opinion and to bring up topics that you feel are hard to bring up with family members. Having friends can be positive because it is a great way to learn about the differences between people and how individual we really are. It can also help you understand other points of view and be more open and accepting of other people’s lives. Having “friends” can be negative because not everyone has the best intentions and can hurt or bully you, which is why I put the word friend in quotations because they may not be a true friend even if you consider them a friend. Sometimes people who have bad intentions can be manipulative and if they know you will be loyal to them, they will take advantage of you. Sometimes it’s hard to find the right people and it takes time to find those who will stick around for the real you.

Topic 2: Gangs

Some problems with gangs are the violence, the mentality of being strong and never showing emotions or remorse for actions, having to be loyal with no questions asked, being involved in illegal activity, not wanting to be a “snitch” and allowing crimes to happen, the amount of death that happens daily, etc. According to Berns (2016) “gangs usually consist of males, although there are female gangs; they are not co-ed” (p. 318). Some characteristics can be tattoos, names, graffiti, slang, etc. Gangs are often involved in illegal activity and cause harm and even death to many innocent bystanders (Berns, 2016). Individuals often show signs of possible gang involvement early on in their life, it does not solely take place during adolescence. According to Jackson and McBride (1985) (as cited by Berns, 2016) “Gang members have experienced failure and alienation in their lives. They tend to live in depressed or deprived environments, which their families may be helpless to change. Because they feel they can’t accomplish anything individually, gang members band together to exercise influence over their lives” (p. 319). Gangs give these adolescents a sense of belonging and a purpose which draws them to it even more if their family is not giving them the stimulation that they need to feel accepted. Some methods to eliminate the need for gangs is for children to be involved in other groups or activities to feel accepted and important in some aspect of their life if they are not getting it at home. Things like peer groups, team sports, group interactions, etc. (Berns, 2016). Activities like this can help prevent a child from being involved in gang related activities because they have something to lean on and feel like they have a purpose and will be too involved in the positive group to even be interested in gang involvement.

Length: 12 to 15 typed double-spaced pages

I have provided an outline of how I would like my research paper to look like and some scholarly sources. I have also already written the research paper but it has seems to be in the form of a speech (which is not what i want) and the sources MUST be scholarly sources which unfortunately I did not do.

In evaluating the form of the paper, I will take into account such things as spelling, punctuation, grammar, word precision, style, and adequate referencing (notes and bibliography). In evaluating the content of the paper, I will take into account such things as precision of topic, organization and clarity of presentation, extent and use of sources, depth and breadth of analysis, and accuracy of analysis. Your grade will not depend on whether or not I agree with your hypothesis, but on how well you argue and support your hypothesis.

Be aware that this is a research paper, and so you will need to document the claims that you make. I am interested in your opinions, but you must support your opinions with references to the scholarly literature.

Some texts that might be helpful: Amir Hussain (Muslims and the making of Islam in America ), Todd Green (The Fear of Islam), Carl Ernst
(Islamophobia in America), or Peter Gottschalk (Islamophobia)

This assignment goals are:

• Claim Azure VM and connect to Cloudera Express virtual machine
• Perform step by step instruction following the Getting Started with Hadoop user guide
• Document all steps above using screen shots and explanation in your own for each of the steps and screen shots.

Instructions:

Part 1: (40 points) – work with class TA to complete this part.

• Register with Microsoft Azure environment for ALY6110.90463 Microsoft Azure environment for ALY6110.90463 – Alternative Formats using your NEU credentials.
• Follow ALL steps to claim you Virtual Machine in Azure Labs.
• Connect to one of the available Virtual Machines (VMs) hosted by Azure using Microsoft Remote Desktop.
• You will find the Hyper-V Manager Application on your Desktop, which has already installed Cloudera VM. You just need to open Hyper-V Manager application and click on ‘Start’ Cloudera VM from that application and once its started, click on ‘Connect’ in order to access that virtual machine.
• Start Cloudera VM in your Virtual Environment
• Use Cloudera Express to startup Cloudera Manager. Be patent – it takes some time.
• Provide detailed step by step instructions on how you did tasks above and explain each and every screen shot that you provided!

Part 2: (40 points)

• Use the Setup section only of the following page as a guide: Getting Started with Hadoop Tutorial Getting Started with Hadoop Tutorial – Alternative Formats to make sure all required services are running.
• Complete the “The Getting Started with Hadoop” tutorial at http://quickstart.cloudera/#/tutorial/home and record and explain each step of this tutorial using screen shots, text, comments, etc. Make sure that you are using your Cloudera VM environment. The link will only work when running from your Cloudera VM.
• Provide detailed step by step instructions on how you did EACH STEP of the “Getting Started with Hadoop” tutorial mentioned above. Add screen shot for EACH STEP and explain each and every screen shot that you provided!

Part 3: (20 points)

• Answer these questions:
  • What is the 3rd most popular product category?
  • How much revenue does the Nike Men’s Free 5.0+ running shoe earns?
  • Modify the query script and provide the product name with the least revenue and how much the revenue amount is.
• Provide detailed step by step instructions on how you did EACH task above and explain each and every screen shot that you provided!
• Provide complete script/code and results in the submission file.
• Attach EACH script/code in text format to the submission. EACH line of the script must be commented or explained.

Submit WORD document containing the following sections:

• Title Page: Title page must have the following information:
  • Your name (as registered for this class)
  • Class Number and Name
  • CRN Number
  • Assignment name: (Week 2 Assignment 1)
  • Your contact information (email)
• Summary: provide a short summary of the assignment. The summary is a short statement of the most relevant steps of the assignment.
• Part 1 materials: all materials, findings and your comments during the execution of Part 1 steps.
• Part 2 materials: all materials, findings and your comments during the execution of Part 2 steps.
• Part 3 materials: all materials, findings and your comments during the execution of Part 3 steps.
• Analysis: describe the cons and pros of the performed tasks, difficulties, issues, how easy (or not) was it to resolve them.
• Conclusions summary (1/2 – 1 page): Summarize your experience, findings, thoughts, comments, ideas for the future, etc.

Save your WORD file using the following name: Week2-Assignment1-[your name].docx. Replace [your name] with your name as it is registered with this class.

Submit your WORD document before the due date.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1058&v=oENK6VIgbqU&feature=emb_title video is related to the question 7

Textbook Codes MYSPLINE and MYSPLINE_VAL

function y = myspline_val(pp, x, deriv)

% Evaluate the cubic spline calculated in myspline.m or any

% derivatives at x

%%% input:

% pp = structure containing coefficients and endpoints of subintervals

% which can be the output of interp1 or myspline or csa

% x = points at which cubic spline is evaluated

% deriv = (optional)

% = (omitted) derive = 0

% >= 0 the value or the derivative which is desired

%%% output:

% y = pp(x) or pp'(x) or pp”(x) or …

if nargin == 2

deriv = 0;

end

lenx1 = size(x, 1);

x = x(:);

[~, ~, ixdp] = histcounts(x, [-inf, pp.breaks(2:end-1), +inf]);

C = fliplr(pp.coefs);

if deriv == 1

C = C*diag([1 2 3], -1);

elseif deriv == 2

C = C*diag([2 6], -2);

elseif deriv == 3

C = C*diag([6], -3);

elseif deriv > 3

C = zeros(size(C));

end

xx = x – pp.breaks(ixdp)’;

y = C(ixdp,1) + xx.*(C(ixdp,2) + xx.*(C(ixdp,3) + xx.*C(ixdp,4)));

if lenx1 == 1

y = y.’; % uses the transpose, not the conjugate transpose

end

end

function pp = myspline(xdp, ydp, bc)

% MYSPLINE Generate a cubic spline given the data points

% {(xdp_i,ydp_i) | i = 1, 2, …, n}

% The boundary conditions are contained in the structure bc .

% They can be different on the left end, i.e., xdp(1) , and the

% right end, i.e., xdp(end)

%%% input:

% xdp, ydp = the data points

% bc = (optional, default: use not-a-knot for both left and right boundaries)

% = structure containing the boundary conditions

% = [] – same as omitted

% .l_method = ‘1’ – first derivative input, value is in bc.l_val

% ‘2’ – second derivative input, value is in bc.l_val

% ‘3’ – third derivative input, value is in bc.l_val

% ‘notaknot’ – not-a-knot boundary condition

% ‘periodic’ – periodic boundary conditions

% .r_method = ‘1’ – first derivative input, value is in bc.l_val

% ‘2’ – second derivative input, value is in bc.l_val

% ‘3’ – third derivative input, value is in bc.l_val

% ‘notaknot’ – not-a-knot boundary condition

% NOTE: if the left boundary condition is periodic, the

% right must be also, so it is not needed (but you

% are free to set it to ‘periodic’ if you wish)

% HOWEVER, if the right one has been assigned

% anything other than ‘periodic’, a fatal error message is

% returned

%%% output:

% pp = structure containing spline data which can be input directly to myspline_val

% .breaks = a row vector of breakpoints

% .coefs = (n-1)x4 matrix whose i-th row contains coefficients of p_i(x)

% in descending order when written in shifted power form

%

% C_{i,1} (x-x_i)^3 + C_{i,2} (x-x_i)^2 + C_{i,3} (x-x_i) + C_{i,4}

%

% Originally from “Learning MATLAB, Problem Solving, and Numerical Analysis

% Through Examples” by Overman

% Modified by Tae Eun Kim, July 2020.

%% If there are only two inputs or if bc is []

if nargin == 2 || isempty(bc)

bc.l_method = ‘notaknot’;

bc.r_method = ‘notaknot’;

end

%% Defining key expressions

n = length(xdp);

% dx_i = x_{i+1} – x_i for i = 1, 2, …, n-1

% dy_i = y_{i+1} – y_i for i = 1, 2, …, n-1

% dydx_i = dy_i/dx_i for i = 1, 2, …, n-1

% nx_i = dx_{i-1} + dx_i for i = 2, …, n-1

% NOTE: nx_1 is needed for periodic bc

xdp = xdp(:);

ydp = ydp(:);

dx = diff(xdp);

dy = diff(ydp);

dydx = dy./dx;

nx = zeros(n-1, 1);

nx(2:n-1) = dx(1:n-2) + dx(2:n-1);

%% Setting up X * sigma = r

% X = nxn matrix

% initially fill in everything but the first and last rows

X = 2*diag([0; nx(2:n-1); 0]) + …

diag([0; dx(1:n-2)], 1) + …

diag([dx(2:n-1); 0], -1);

% r = nx1 vector of the right-hand side

% initially fill in everything but the first and last elements

r = zeros(n, 1);

r(2:n-1) = 3*( dydx(1:n-2).*dx(2:n-1) + …

dydx(2:n-1).*dx(1:n-2) );

%% Boundary Conditions

X(1,1:3) = [dx(2)^2, dx(2)^2 – dx(1)^2, -dx(1)^2];

r(1) = 2*( dydx(1)*dx(2)^2 – dydx(2)*dx(1)^2 );

X(n,n-2:n) = [dx(n-1)^2, dx(n-2)^2 – dx(n-1)^2, dx(n-2)^2];

r(n) = 2*( dydx(n-1)*dx(n-2)^2 – dydx(n-2)*dx(n-1)^2 );

%% Solving X * sigma = r

sigma = sparse(X)r;

%% Packaging Outputs

pp.breaks = xdp’;

pp.coefs = [( sigma(1:n-1) + sigma(2:n) – 2*dydx )./( dx.^2 ), …

( 3*dydx – 2*sigma(1:n-1) – sigma(2:n) )./( dx ), …

sigma(1:n-1), …

ydp(1:n-1)];

end

Usage

Clamped

xdp = 0:5;

f = @(x) x.^3;

ydp = f(xdp);

bc.l_method = ‘1’;

bc.r_method = ‘1’;

bc.l_val = 0;

bc.r_val = 75;

x = linspace(xdp(1), xdp(end), 10000);

pp = myspline(xdp, ydp, bc);

y = myspline_val(pp, x);

plot(x, y, xdp, ydp, ‘ro’, x, f(x), ‘:’);

norm(y-f(x), ‘Inf’)