Learn how to use, deploy, and maintain Apache Spark with this comprehensive guide, written by the creators of the open-source cluster-computing framework. With an emphasis on improvements and new features in Spark 2.0, authors Bill Chambers and Matei Zaharia break down Spark topics into distinct sections, each with unique goals. You'll explore the basic operations and common functions of Spark's structured APIs, as well as Structured Streaming, a new high-level API for building end-to-end streaming applications. Developers and system administrators will learn the fundamentals of monitoring, tuning, and debugging Spark, and explore machine learning techniques and scenarios for employing MLlib, Spark's scalable machine-learning library. Get a gentle overview of big data and Spark Learn about DataFrames, SQL, and Datasets-Spark's core APIs-through worked examples Dive into Spark's low-level APIs, RDDs, and execution of SQL and DataFrames Understand how Spark runs on a cluster Debug, monitor, and tune Spark clusters and applications Learn the power of Structured Streaming, Spark's stream-processing engine Learn how you can apply MLlib to a variety of problems, including classification or recommendation

Since the first century the Cross of Christ has been heralded as the centerpiece of the Christian faith. But, in spite of all the hymns sung, the sermons preached and the books written about the cross, if a survey were taken among Christians today it would likely show that a great majority have a very shallow understanding of Christ's death on the cross. In these modern times much of this is due to a lack of any real interest in religion, but much of it is also due to error and distortion of the facts. All this is such a travesty, there are so many important questions about the Cross of Christ people need to know the answer to that are either unasked or unanswered. That is what prompted the writing of this book. In this book we will go to the Cross of Christ and ask those questions, questions like: Who was Jesus who died? How was Jesus' death different from that of any other man who has sacrificed his life for the sake of others? Why did Jesus die that cruel death? Was it God who tortured and killed Jesus? Did Jesus really bear the sins of the whole world on the cross? How are we "saved" by Christ's death? And can a person be saved without Christ's death? You will find these questions and more clearly answered in this book with all the answers coming exclusively from the scriptures.

After looking at the title, you may be tempted to bypass this book thinking - I don't need to study salvation, I know all about that. But before you do, ask yourself, honestly - Am I absolutely sure that I know beyond a shadow of doubt the truth about what salvation is and that I have experienced it for myself? Personal salvation, because it is a life and death issue is far too important to get wrong. It is far too important to treat lightly or haphazardly. It is far too important to trust to someone else; whether that person be a Rabbi, a Priest, a Protestant Preacher, or even one's parents. It is not safe to put our salvation in another's hands We need to know what salvation is, and experience it for ourselves. This book will help you better understand what the Bible teaches about salvation and how we experience it.

This is a study of biblical teachings designed for use in a student / teacher setting in preparation for baptism. However, this collection contains many helpful studies that can be beneficial to anyone seeking to learn biblical truth. This collection includes topics that teach how to get more from your study of the Scriptures, the origin of evil, the Trinity and the nature of God, the sleep of death, hell and the second death, the wrath of God, the death of Christ, salvation in a healing model, understanding forgiveness, the second coming of Christ, the millennium, commitment and baptism, and more. These studies are not based on the teachings of any church, priest, preacher or ancient "church fathers" but on the Bible alone. What says the Bible, the precious Bible, this my only question be. The teachings of men so often mislead us, what says the Bible to me?

Love That Heals is a book written for study and serious reflection. It examines the age old, traditional way of understanding the plan of salvation in the church referred to as "the legal model." It points out some serious problems with using the forensic, courtroom, law model as a basis for the way God saves people. It then introduces a better model, or metaphor, for understanding how the plan of salvation works, this model referred to as "the healing model." In this model, God, instead of being seen as a Judge and Executioner, is seen as a Great Physician and Healer, not only physical, but the spiritual healing of our sin-sick souls. In this model, God's righteous and gracious character shines through in a refreshing new way. The book also discusses God's Law, the Trinity, forgiveness, justice, and the end of sin and sinners, all in the setting of a healing model, all from a biblical perspective.

In their second volume of film criticism, Walter Chaw, Travis Mackenzie Hoover, Bill Chambers, and Alex Jackson look back on the cinematic year that was, 2005. Featuring exclusive essays, six previously-unpublished reviews, and a foreword by filmmaker Lodge Kerrigan.

Now in its tenth year on the web, FILM FREAK CENTRAL returns to the world of print to assess the damage from the cinema of 2006: an uneasy melting pot of brutal folk tales, introspective superheroes, and bullet ballets. Featuring a foreword by director/playwright Neil LaBute, "The Film Freak Central 2007" Annual boasts critiques of over 215 recent releases, along with Top 10 Lists and 30 brand-new reviews that can't be found anywhere else--all capped off with a special movie-celebratory series from the staff of FilmFreakCentral.net (Bill Chambers, Walter Chaw, Travis Mackenzie Hoover, Alex Jackson, and Ian Pugh) to commemorate a decade of existence as one of the Internet's premier sources for intelligent and in-depth criticism

FilmFreakCentral.net's first published collection, The Film Freak Central 2005 Annual compiles reviews of 2004's theatrical releases by the site's own Walter Chaw, Travis Mackenzie Hoover, and Bill Chambers. Content exclusive to the book includes an essay on Matthew Barney's The Cremaster Cycle by Walter Chaw. With foreword by Shadow of the Vampire director E. Elias Merhige.