John Russell Bücher

Featuring five decades of captivating photography, this book showcases the beauty and stories of northern Michigan through the lens of renowned photojournalist John Russell. Known for his work in Traverse City, Russell captures the essence of the region, blending visual artistry with compelling narratives that reflect the area's culture and landscape. This collection is a tribute to the people and places that define northern Michigan, making it a must-have for photography enthusiasts and locals alike.

Learn how to write, tune, and port SQL queries and other statements for a Big Data environment, using Impala--the massively parallel processing SQL query engine for Apache Hadoop. The best practices in this practical guide help you design database schemas that not only interoperate with other Hadoop components, and are convenient for administers to manage and monitor, but also accommodate future expansion in data size and evolution of software capabilities. Written by John Russell, documentation lead for the Cloudera Impala project, this book gets you working with the most recent Impala releases quickly. Ideal for database developers and business analysts, the latest revision covers analytics functions, complex types, incremental statistics, subqueries, and submission to the Apache incubator. Getting Started with Impala includes advice from Cloudera's development team, as well as insights from its consulting engagements with customers. Learn how Impala integrates with a wide range of Hadoop components Attain high performance and scalability for huge data sets on production clusters Explore common developer tasks, such as porting code to Impala and optimizing performance Use tutorials for working with billion-row tables, date- and time-based values, and other techniques Learn how to transition from rigid schemas to a flexible model that evolves as needs change Take a deep dive into joins and the roles of statistics

Pictorial biography traces the development of the style of the painter-sculptor with a study of works by his contemporaries