The occasion for this poetic meditation is a colorless quartz crystal sitting upon the writer's desk. The crystal is as still and irreducible as a death's head in St. Jerome's study or Cezanne's studio. But what would the crystal reveal, if it could speak? How might the issue of its presence be brought into language? The poet of The Crystal Text, by means of a rare stamina of attention and listening vulnerability, seeks to become the medium of the crystal's transmissions. Like many other Coolidge works, The Crystal Text sounds the depths of a visionary excavation of present being. Faced daily, Coolidge's quest is to know anything, to write everything. And what is revealed here in the glancing light of his language's mineral beauty is the writing mind itself. Its precision, its weights and measures, its peerless word choice and shutter speed all combine in passages of inspired momentum to bring the reader cognitions of a unique and exemplary kind.

Poetry. California Interest. THE NEXT CRYSTAL TEXT connects the glittering consumption of gems to the brutal exploitation of their production, undermining our cultural myths of beauty, wealth, and the feminine. These multiform poems accrete language from geology and political resistance into a faceted amalgam that's completely original. Dazzling and various, it both mimics and critiques the intricacy of global capitalist systems.

At its core, geopoetics proposes that a connection between language and geology has become a significant development in post–World War II poetics. In Geopoetry, Dale Enggass argues that certain literary works enact geologic processes, such as erosion and deposition, and thereby suggest that language itself is a geologic––and not a solely human-based––process. Elements of language extend past human control and open onto an inhuman dimension, which raises the question of how literary works approach the representation of nonhuman realms. Enggass examines the work of Clark Coolidge, Robert Smithson, Ed Dorn, Maggie O’Sullivan, Jeremy Prynne, Jen Bervin, Christian Bök, and Steve McCaffery, and he finds that while many of these authors are not traditionally connected to ecocritical writing, their innovations are central to ecocritical concerns. In treating language as a geological material, these authors interrogate the boundary between human and nonhuman realms and offer a model for a complex literary engagement with the Anthropocene.

Complete classroom training manuals for Crystal Reports. Two manuals (Introductory and Advanced) in one book. 226 pages and 118 individual topics. Includes practice exercises and keyboard shortcuts. You will learn all about how to establish data connections, create complex and detailed reports, advanced charting techniques and much more. Topics Covered: The Crystal Reports Environment 1. Starting Crystal Reports 2. The Menu Bar 3. Using Toolbars 4. The Design View Creating Data Connections 1. Creating a New Blank Report 2. The Database Expert 3. Access/Excel (DAO) 4. ADO.NET (XML) 5. Database Files 6. Java Beans Connectivity 7. JDBC (JNDI) 8. ODBC (RDO) 9. OLAP 10. OLE DB (ADO) 11. Salesforce.com 12. SAP BW MDX Query 13. SAP Info Sets 14. SAP Operational Data Source 15. SAP Table, Cluster, or Function 16. Universes 17. XML and Web Services 18. Repository 19. More Data Sources 20. Selecting Report Data and Tables 21. The Data Explorer Creating Basic Reports 1. Adding Data Fields to a Report 2. Browsing Field Data 3. Selecting, Moving, and Resizing Fields 4. Using the “Size” and “Align” Commands 5. Creating Text Objects 6. Saving a Report 7. Previewing a Report 8. Refreshing the Report Data Linking Tables in a Report 1. Basic Table Structures and Terms 2. Linking Multiple Tables 3. Table Joins 4. Enforcing Table Joins and Changing Link Types Basic Formatting Techniques 1. Formatting Report Objects 2. The “Common” Tab of the Format Editor 3. The “Number” Tab of the Format Editor 4. The “Font” Tab of the Format Editor 5. The “Border” Tab of the Format Editor 6. The “Date and Time” Tab of the Format Editor 7. The “Paragraph” Tab of the Format Editor 8. The “Picture” Tab of the Format Editor 9. The “Boolean” Tab of the Format Editor 10. The “Hyperlink” Tab of the Format Editor 11. The “Subreport” Tab of the Format Editor 12. Drawing Lines 13. Drawing Boxes 14. Format Painter 15. Formatting Part of a Text Object 16. The Template Expert 17. Inserting Pictures Record Selection 1. The Select Expert 2. Setting Multiple Filters 3. Editing the Selection Formula Sorting and Grouping Records 1. The Record Sort Expert 2. The Group Expert 3. Managing Groups 4. Summarizing Groups 5. Hierarchical Groupings 6. The Group Sort Expert Printing Reports 1. Inserting Special Fields 2. Page Setup 3. Printing Reports Using Formulas 1. Crystal Reports Formula Syntax 2. The Formula Workshop- Formula Editor Window 3. Creating Formula Fields 4. Crystal Syntax 5. Basic Syntax 6. Finding Function and Operator Assistance Advanced Formatting 1. The Highlighting Expert 2. The Section Expert 3. Conditionally Formatting a Section 4. Conditionally Formatting a Field 5. Manipulating Multiple Sections Summary Reports 1. Summarizing Report Data 2. Using the DrillDownGroupLevel Feature Charting 1. The Chart Expert 2. Editing Charts 3. Setting General Chart Options 4. Formatting Selected Chart Items 5. Formatting a Data Series 6. Formatting Chart Gridlines 7. Setting Chart Axes Options 8 . Adding Chart Trendlines 9 . Modifying a 3D Chart View 10. Using Chart Templates 11. Auto-Arranging Charts Advanced Reporting Tools 1. Using Running Totals 2. Creating Parameter Fields 3. Parameterized Record Selection 4. Creating Subreports 5. Report Alerts 6. Report Alert Functions Advanced Formula Creation 1. Evaluation Time Functions 2. Declaring Variables 3. Using and Displaying Variables 4. Using Array Values 5. Using “If… Then… Else…” Statements 6. Using the “Select/Case” Statement 7. Using “For” Loops 8. Using “Do… While” Loops 9. The IIF Function Advanced Reporting 1. Creating a Report Template 2. Exporting Report Results 3. Exporting as HTML 4. Setting Default Options 5. Setting Report Options Using Report Wizards 1. Using the Report Wizards 2. Report Wizard Types 3. Creating a Cross-Tab Report Advanced Database Concepts 1. Viewing the SQL Code 2. Using Table Aliases 3. Verifying the Database 4. Setting the Datasource Location 5. Mapping Fields

A self-paced visual guide to learning Crystal Reports, this workbook for beginners has easy-to-understand, step-by-step instructions and screen shots to show users how to complete the design technique.