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"Portrait of a Dalai Lama" is the story of one of Tibet's greatest
religious and political leaders. It also stands as an important
historical portrait of a pivotal era in Asian and world affairs.
The disturbing truth: school suspension does more than impede Black
students' academic achievement-it also impacts their parents'
employment and can violate state and federal laws. Finalist of the
C. Wright Mills Award by the Society for the Study of Social
Problems Decades of urban disinvestment and poverty have made
educational attainment for Black youth more vital than at any time
in recent history. Yet in their pursuit of quality education, many
Black families are burdened by challenging barriers to success,
most notably the frequency and severity of school punishment. Such
punishment is meant to be a disciplinary tool that makes schools
safer, but it actually does the opposite-and is particularly
harmful for Black students and their families. Focusing on schools
in inner-city and suburban Detroit, Charles Bell draws on 160
in-depth interviews with Black high school students, their parents,
and their teachers to illuminate the negative outcomes that are
associated with out-of-school suspension. Bell also sheds light on
the inherent shortcomings of school safety measures as he describes
how schools fail to protect Black students, which leaves them
vulnerable to bullying and victimization. The students he
interviews offer detailed insight into how the lack of protection
they received in school intensified their fear of being harmed and
even motivated them to use violence to establish a reputation that
discouraged attacks. Collectively, their narratives reveal how
receiving a suspension for fighting in school earned them respect,
popularity, and a reputation for toughness-transforming school
punishment into a powerful status symbol that destabilizes
classrooms. A thought-provoking and urgent work, Suspended calls
for an inclusive national dialogue on school punishment and safety
reform. It will leave readers engrossed in the students' and
parents' tearful narratives as they share how school suspension
harmed students' grades, disrupted parents' employment, violated
state and federal laws, and motivated families to withdraw from
punitive districts.
This 1833 study of the hand by Sir Charles Bell, a leading
professor of surgery and anatomy, is one of the Bridgewater
Treatises, which arose from the preoccupation of nineteenth-century
Christians with interpreting God's creation in the light of
contemporary scientific developments. Bell's treatise suggests that
by looking in close detail at small subjects, God's role in
creation can be clearly seen, whereas more general studies of the
universe and the great natural cycles of astronomy and geology can
obscure the intelligence behind their specific features. Bell
stresses the importance of the hand in human history, the progress
of society and the development of technology and design. He
considers aspects of the mechanical systems of other animals, and
sees their structure as a product of their function. This
comparison serves to link humans with other creatures, but also
defines their superiority through the sublimity of design.
Access all the information you need to begin using the MySQL
Database Service (MDS) in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
MDS is Oracle's new platform as a service (PAAS) offering for
open-source database users. This book covers getting started with
an account in OCI, gives a brief overview of OCI services
available, and provides a short tutorial on MDS. Reading this book
helps you take advantage of the powerful OCI features by building
your own MySQL database in the cloud. Examples in this book center
around running MDS in OCI, and include several of the popular use
cases as well as advice on how to implement them. In addition, you
will learn more about the related MDS OCI features, such as the
high availability features currently available. Finally, you will
learn how to back up and restore your data as well as how to get
your data into and out of the cloud. The skills you learn in this
book will help you get started using MDS and letting Oracle do the
heavy lifting of managing MDS operations and implementation. What
You Will Learn Use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Deploy MySQL
Database Service (MDS) systems in the cloud Connect your
applications to MDS Back up and recover using the data recovery
features of MDS Employ the newest high availability features of MDS
Who This Book Is For Systems engineers, developers, and database
professionals who want to learn about the powerful features of the
MySQL Database Service (MDS) and how to incorporate cloud-based
database storage into their infrastructure and applications.
Readers who are new to MySQL will appreciate the tutorial chapter,
and those familiar with MySQL will learn the latest features of MDS
as well as how to build inexpensive, powerful MySQL database
servers in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
Manage and control Internet-connected devices from Windows and
Raspberry Pi. Master the Windows 10 IoT Core application
programming interface and feature set to develop Internet of Things
applications on the Raspberry Pi using your Windows and .NET
programming skills. New in this edition is coverage of
enterprise-level tools and features in the Windows 10 IoT
Enterprise server operating system, allowing you to manage IoT
solutions having large numbers of devices and to deploy
applications to enterprise-grade hardware. Windows 10 for the
Internet of Things presents a set of example projects covering a
wide range of techniques designed specifically to jump start your
own Internet of Things creativity. You'll learn everything you need
to know about Windows IoT Core to develop Windows and IoT
applications that run on single board computers such as the
Raspberry Pi. You'll learn to develop for the Raspberry PI using
native Windows and all the related programming skills that you have
built up from developing desktop and mobile applications. This book
provides just the help you need to get started in putting your
Windows skills to use in a burgeoning new world of development for
small devices that are ubiquitously connected to the Internet. What
You Will Learn Know Windows 10 on the Raspberry Pi Read sensor data
and control actuators Connect to and transmit data into the cloud
Remotely control your devices from any Windows device Develop IOT
applications under Windows using C#, C++, and Visual Basic Store
your IOT data in a database for later analysis Who This Book Is For
Developers and enthusiasts wanting to take their skills in Windows
development and connect everyday devices to the Internet by
developing for Windows 10 IoT Core. Readers learn to develop in C#,
C++, and Visual Basic using Visual Studio, for deployment on
devices such as the Raspberry Pi.
Set up, manage, and configure the new InnoDB Cluster feature in
MySQL from Oracle. If you are growing your MySQL installation and
want to explore making your servers highly available, this book
provides what you need to know about high availability and the new
tools that are available in MySQL 8.0.11 and later. Introducing
InnoDB Cluster teaches you about the building blocks that make up
InnoDB Cluster such as MySQL Group Replication for storing data
redundantly, MySQL Router for the routing of inbound connections,
and MySQL Shell for simplified setup and configuration, status
reporting, and even automatic failover. You will understand how it
all works together to ensure that your data are available even when
your primary database server goes down. Features described in this
book are available in the Community Edition of MySQL, beginning
with the version 8.0.11 GA release, making this book relevant for
any MySQL users in need of redundancy against failure. Tutorials in
the book show how to configure a test environment and plan a
production deployment. Examples are provided in the form of a
walk-through of a typical MySQL high-availability setup. What
You'll Learn Discover the newest high-availability features in
MySQL Set up and use InnoDB Cluster as an HA solution Migrate your
existing servers to MySQL 8 Employ best practices for using InnoDB
Cluster Configure servers for optimal automatic failover to ensure
that applications continue when a server fails Configure MySQL
Router to load-balance inbound connections to the cluster Who This
Book Is For Systems engineers, developers, and database
professionals wanting to learn about the powerful high availability
(HA) features, beginning with MySQL 8.0.11: MySQL Shell, MySQL
Router, and MySQL Group Replication. The book is useful for those
designing high-availability systems backed by a database, and for
those interested in open source HA solutions.
Learn the new Document Store feature of MySQL 8 and build
applications around a mix of the best features from SQL and NoSQL
database paradigms. Don't allow yourself to be forced into one
paradigm or the other, but combine both approaches by using the
Document Store. MySQL 8 was designed from the beginning to bridge
the gap between NoSQL and SQL. Oracle recognizes that many
solutions need the capabilities of both. More specifically,
developers need to store objects as loose collections of
schema-less documents, but those same developers also need the
ability to run structured queries on their data. With MySQL 8, you
can do both! Introducing the MySQL 8 Document Store presents new
tools and features that make creating a hybrid database solution
far easier than ever before. This book covers the vitally important
MySQL Document Store, the new X Protocol for developing
applications, and a new client shell called the MySQL Shell. Also
covered are supporting technologies and concepts such as JSON,
schema-less documents, and more. The book gives insight into how
features work and how to apply them to get the most out of your
MySQL experience. The book covers topics such as: The headline
feature in MySQL 8 MySQL's answer to NoSQL New APIs and client
protocols What You'll Learn Create NoSQL-style applications by
using the Document Store Mix the NoSQL and SQL approaches by using
each to its best advantage in a hybrid solution Work with the new X
Protocol for application connectivity in MySQL 8 Master the new X
Developer Application Programming Interfaces Combine SQL and JSON
in the same database and application Migrate existing applications
to MySQL Document Store Who This Book Is For Developers and
database professionals wanting to learn about the most profound
paradigm-changing features of the MySQL 8 Document Store
This book introduces the problems facing Internet of Things
developers and explores current technologies and techniques to help
you manage, mine, and make sense of the data being collected
through the use of the world's most popular database on the
Internet - MySQL. The IoT is poised to change how we interact with
and perceive the world around us, and the possibilities are nearly
boundless. As more and more connected devices generate data, we
will need to solve the problem of how to collect, store, and make
sense of IoT data by leveraging the power of database systems. The
book begins with an introduction of the MySQL database system and
storage of sensor data. Detailed instructions and examples are
provided to show how to add database nodes to IoT solutions
including how to leverage MySQL high availability, including
examples of how to protect data from node outages using advanced
features of MySQL. The book closes with a comparison of raw and
transformed data showing how transformed data can improve
understandability and help you cut through a clutter of superfluous
data toward the goal of mining nuggets of useful knowledge. In this
book, you'll learn to: Understand the crisis of vast volumes of
data from connected devices Transform data to improve reporting and
reduce storage volume Store and aggregate your IoT data across
multiple database servers Build localized, low-cost MySQL database
servers using small and inexpensive computers Connect Arduino
boards and other devices directly to MySQL database servers Build
high availability MySQL solutions among low-power computing devices
Do you find yourself wondering what the fuss is about a delta 3D
printer? Perhaps you've decided to buy one but all of your 3D
printing friends are busily perfecting their Cartesian printers.
Maybe you find yourself stymied by the fact that your delta printer
has very different needs for setup, configuration, calibration, and
maintenance than Cartesian printers. 3D Printing with Delta
Printers contains detailed descriptions of the innovative delta
design including unique hardware, software, and maintenance
requirements. The book also covers tips for building your own delta
printer as well as examples of common enhancements. This book will
enable you to build, configure, and enhance your delta printer. The
topics covered will reveal the often-mysterious nuances of the
delta design that will enable your printer to compete with the best
of what your 3D printer friends can build.
Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your 3D Printer by Charles Bell is
your guide to keeping your 3D printer running through preventive
maintenance, repair, and diagnosing and solving problems in 3D
printing. If you've bought or built a 3D printer such as a MakerBot
only to be confounded by jagged edges, corner lift, top layers that
aren't solid, or any of a myriad of other problems that plague 3D
printer enthusiasts, then here is the book to help you get past all
that and recapture the joy of creative fabrication. The book also
includes valuable tips for builders and those who want to modify
their printers to get the most out of their investment. Good
fabrication begins with calibration. Aligning the print bed to
support deposition of medium in three dimensions is critical. Even
off-the-shelf machines that are pre-built must be aligned and
periodically realigned throughout their life cycle. Maintaining and
Troubleshooting Your 3D Printer helps you achieve and hold proper
alignment. Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your 3D Printer also
helps with software and hardware troubleshooting. You'll learn to
diagnose and solve firmware calibration problems, filament and feed
problems, chassis issues, and more. Finally there are regular
maintenance and enhancements. You've invested significantly in your
3D printer. Protect that investment using the guidance in this
book. Learn to clean and lubricate your printer, to maintain the
chassis, and know when realignment of the print bed is needed.
Learn ways to master your craft and improve the quality of your
prints through such things as post-print finishing and filament
management. Don't let the challenges of 3D printing stand in the
way of creativity. Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your 3D Printer
by Charles Bell helps you conquer the challenges and get the most
benefit from your expensive investment in personal fabrication.
Since the enormous number of new features made available with
MySQL release 5.0, MySQL has been gaining steam as a viable
alternative to database behemoths like Oracle and IBM DB2. MySQL
users now have the ability to extend MySQL with new SQL commands,
optimize query execution, and embed MySQL within low-resource
environments like embedded devices and kiosks.
"Expert MySQL," by Dr. Charles A. Bell, is the first book to
examine these opportunities in detail, showing you how to wield
maximum control over this powerful open source database. Youll
learn how to create your own custom storage handlers, ensuring
maximum flexibility and speed within your specialized applications.
Youll also gain valuable insight into MySQLs architecture and learn
how to tweak its behavior through custom changes to the source
code.
Expert MySQL is the leading reference for learning, understanding,
and extending the MySQL server. It unlocks the full promise of open
source by showing how to modify the code, create your own storage
engine, build your own authentication plugins, and even add your
own functions and commands to the SQL language. No other book
provides the level of detail or the extensive examples of the inner
workings of MySQL that have taken engineers years to master. Expert
MySQL is a must have book for all systems integrators, engineers,
and software developers working with the MySQL server code. Expert
MySQL is also a wealth of information on key aspects of MySQL
internals. You'll learn about internal query representation, how
the optimizer creates execution plans, and how to exert control
over those plans for optimal performance in your environment.
You'll even learn to build your own query optimizer, giving insight
that can help you understand and resolve tough performance
problems. High-availability and replication are also covered,
making Expert MySQL a must-have book for anyone doing high-end work
involving MySQL.* Shows how to customize MySQL and its storage and
authentication engines * Provides in-depth knowledge of internals
for use in query tuning and performance troubleshooting * Covers
high-end features such as high-availability and replication What
you'll learn * Learn the inner workings of MySQL * Diagnose and
improve poorly performing queries * Implement high-availablity
solutions and replication * Modify and debug the server code *
Build your own pluggable storage engines and authentication modules
* Implement new SQL functions and syntax * Build your own query
optimizer Who this book is for Expert MySQL is written for systems
integrators, software developers, and database administrators who
are using MySQL and desire a deeper knowledge of MySQL internals in
support of high-end work such as performance troubleshooting,
customization of the engine and its plugins, query optimizaion,
building of high-availability environments, replication of data,
and so forth.
Program the Raspberry Pi Pico, the latest microcontroller board
from raspberrypi.org, with MicroPython. This book will take you on
a tour of the Raspberry Pi Pico, including how to get started using
the microcontroller, seeing which alternative microcontrollers are
available, and how to connect and run simple code examples. You'll
program example projects in MicroPython using Python on your PC as
a learning platform. Then build your hardware skillset working with
electronics and breadboard circuits. You'll implement example
projects with all steps explained, including hardware connections
and executing the project. Then apply them to real-world,
approachable projects using the accessible Raspberry Pi Pico! The
book shows how the cloud is used for IoT data and find out what
popular cloud systems currently exist for IoT. Finally, you'll use
ThingSpeak for hosting IoT data including connecting your Pico to
the Internet. Beginning MicroPython with the Raspberry Pi Pico
allows you to build up your skills to more advanced IoT projects
and Cloud systems! What You Will Learn Build valuable programming
skills with MicroPython Explore the Raspberry Pi Pico and similar
boards Develop your own electronics and IOT projects Incorporate
the Grove component system with the Raspberry Pi Pico Who This Book
Is For Beginners interested in learning to work with the Raspberry
Pi Pico using MicroPython on microcontrollers with little to no
experience in programming, hardware, or electronics. The book
should also appeal to those who wanting to gain experience with
building electronic solutions with microcontrollers.
Experiment with building IoT projects without the demanding time or
patience required to learn about electronics. This book thoroughly
introduces readers of all ages to the world of IoT devices and
electronics without getting bogged down by the overly technical
aspects or being tied to a specific platform. You'll learn IoT,
Arduino, Raspberry Pi from the ground up using the Qwiic and Grove
components systems. The book begins with a brief overview of IoT
followed by primers for the two most popular platforms; Arduino and
Raspberry Pi. There is also a short tutorial on programming each
host; Arduino C-like sketches and Python scripts respectfully.
Thus, the book also helps you get started with your choice of
platform. Next, you'll learn the basics for the Qwiic and Grove
component systems. The rest of the book presents a number of
projects organized into easy-to-follow chapters that details the
goal for the project, the components used, a walk-through of the
code, and a challenge section that provides suggestions on how to
improve or augment the project. Projects are presented for both the
Arduino and Raspberry Pi where possible making each project as
versatile as possible. What You'll Learn Write Arduino sketches
Create Python scripts for the Raspberry Pi Build IoT projects with
Arduino and Raspberry Pi Use the Qwiic and Grove component systems
Join the electronics and IoT hobby world with almost no experience
Host projects data in the cloud using ThingSpeak Who This Book Is
For Those interested in building or experimenting with IoT
solutions but have little or no experience working with
electronics. This includes those with little or no programming
experience. A secondary target would include readers interested in
teaching the basics of working with Arduino and Raspberry Pi to
others.
Build sensor networks with Python and MicroPython using XBee radio
modules, Raspberry Pi, and Arduino boards. This revised and updated
edition will put all of these together to form a sensor network,
and show you how to turn your Raspberry Pi into a MySQL database
server to store your sensor data! You'll review the different types
of sensors and sensor networks, along with new technology,
including how to build a simple XBee network. You'll then walk
through building an sensor nodes on the XBee, Raspberry Pi, and
Arduino, and also learn how to collect data from multiple sensor
nodes. The book also explores different ways to store sensor data,
including writing to an SD card, sending data to the cloud, and
setting up a Raspberry Pi MySQL server to host your data. You'll
even learn how to connect to and interact with a MySQL database
server directly from an Arduino! Finally you'll see how to put it
all together by connecting your sensor nodes to your new Raspberry
Pi database server. If you want to see how well XBee, Raspberry Pi,
and Arduino can get along, especially to create a sensor network,
then Beginning Sensor Networks with XBee, Raspberry Pi, and Arduino
is just the book you need. What You'll Learn Code your sensor nodes
with Python and MicroPython Work with new XBee 3 modules Host your
data on Raspberry Pi Get started with MySQL Create sophisticated
sensor networks Who This Book Is For Those interested in building
or experimenting with sensor networks and IoT solutions, including
those with little or no programming experience. A secondary target
includes readers interested in using XBee modules with Raspberry Pi
and Arduino, those interested in controlling XBee modules with
MicroPython.
Use MySQL Shell, the first modern and advanced client for
connecting to and interacting with MySQL. It supports SQL, Python,
and JavaScript. That's right! You can write Python scripts and
execute them within the shell interactively, or in batch mode. The
level of automation available from Python combined with batch mode
is especially helpful to those practicing DevOps methods in their
database environments. Introducing MySQL Shell covers everything
you need to know about MySQL Shell. You will learn how to use the
shell for SQL, as well as the new application programming
interfaces for working with a document store and even automating
your management of MySQL servers using Python. The book includes a
look at the supporting technologies and concepts such as JSON,
schema-less documents, NoSQL, MySQL Replication, Group Replication,
InnoDB Cluster, and more. MySQL Shell is the client that developers
and database administrators have been waiting for. Far more
powerful than the legacy client, MySQL Shell enables levels of
automation that are useful not only for MySQL, but in the broader
context of your career as well. Automate your work and build skills
in one of the most in-demand languages. With MySQL Shell, you can
do both! What You'll Learn Use MySQL Shell with the newest features
in MySQL 8 Discover what a Document Store is and how to manage it
with MySQL Shell Configure Group Replication and InnoDB Cluster
from MySQL Shell Understand the new MySQL Python application
programming interfaces Write Python scripts for managing your data
and the MySQL high availability features Who This Book Is For
Developers and database professionals who want to automate their
work and remain on the cutting edge of what MySQL has to offer.
Anyone not happy with the limited automation capabilities of the
legacy command-line client will find much to like in this book on
the MySQL Shell that supports powerful automation through the
Python scripting language.
Server bottlenecks and failures are a fact of life in any
database deployment, but they don't have to bring everything to a
halt. This practical book explains replication, cluster, and
monitoring features that can help protect your MySQL system from
outages, whether it's running on hardware, virtual machines, or in
the cloud.
Written by engineers who designed many of the tools covered,
this book reveals undocumented or hard-to-find aspects of MySQL
reliability and high availability--knowledge that's essential for
any organization using this database system. This second edition
describes extensive changes to MySQL tools. Versions up to 5.5 are
covered, along with several 5.6 features.Learn replication
fundamentals, including use of the binary log and MySQL Replicant
LibraryHandle failing components through redundancyScale out to
manage read-load increases, and use data sharding to handle large
databases and write-load increasesStore and replicate data on
individual nodes with MySQL ClusterMonitor database activity and
performance, and major operating system parametersKeep track of
masters and slaves, and deal with failures and restarts,
corruption, and other incidentsExamine tools including MySQL
Enterprise Monitor, MySQL Utilities, and GTIDs
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