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Swirl Valentine Cake + VIDEO
Swirl Valentine Cake ~ Super Easy Dessert Starts with a Boxed Cake Mix and Becomes the Perfect Easy Valentine's Day Dessert!
Can you believe Valentine's Day is creeping up on us so fast? I bet you think I'm crazy for posting a Valentine's recipe already, but seriously it's right around the corner. Who are you going to treat this Valentine's Day? Your hubby, wife, mom, children?
I obviously will treat the hubby, but I'm thinking the parents need a HUGE treat too and I might just to bake them a cake like this. You see they cleaned my house. It was a dire state of need. Sometimes I just can't get it all done and it might have slipped.
Story goes like this. I was complaining to my mom about how dirty my house was and I didn't know when I'd get to clean it again one morning. Later that morning she texted me to see if I would want her to swing by for a few hours and clean a little. UH HELLO?! Do I seriously need to answer that mom? Of course that would simply fantastic. So while I was slaving away at work my parents went to my house and cleaned. Spoiled? Nah just loved.
Now I didn't tell my hubby because he would have said I was spoiled. Guess what? He didn't even notice. Men. Well maybe it's good because obviously he does not notice when I let things slip. The freshly vacuumed carpets lines, clean bathrooms etc just don't matter to him obviously!
So if you need to make something sweet for you Valentine whip up this cute and festive cake that is super easy since it uses a box mix. GASP. I know. I won't tell if you don't!
P.S. This is a play off the super fun Firecracker Cake. Pin it. I know you want too. There is no shame in being ahead of the game and planning your food for a holiday that is 6 months away!
Valentine's Swirl Cake
- 1 box white cake mix + Ingredients to prepare cake
- 1 Tbsp strawberry jello
- 1 container white frosting
- Pink Gel Food Coloring
- Preheat oven to temperature on cake mix. Generously grease a fluted tube cake pan. Make cake batter according to directions on box.
- Pour 1/2 of the batter into a small bowl; stir 1 Tbsp strawberry jello into cake mix until well mixed.
- Pour 1/2 of the red cake batter into bottom of pan. Carefully pour remaining white batter over red batter. Top with the rest of the red batter. The red batter will not completely cover the white batter.
- Bake as directed on box. Cool cake 5 minutes. Flip out of pan onto cooling rack and cool cake completely.
- When cake is cooled, divide the frosting evenly into 2 microwaveable bowls. Microwave 1 bowl of frosting on high a few seconds until smooth enough to drizzle over cake. With spoon, drizzle all of the 1st bowl of microwaved frosting over the cake. Repeat microwaving second bowl. Stir in the pink gel food coloring. Drizzle over cake. *Note you do not need to use all the frosting!
- Let the cake stand until frosting is set. Enjoy!
More Fun Valentine's Day Recipes!
Valentine Snack Mix ~ Popcorn, Peanuts and M&M's coated in White Almond Bark! An Easy Sweet Snack for Your Sweetie!
Puff Corn Valentines Snack Mix ~ Delicious, Festive Valentine's Day Snack Mix!
Valentine Caramel Kiss Peanut Butter Blossoms ~ Soft Peanut Butter Cookies with a Caramel Filled Kiss Rolled in Pink Sugar!
Your parents seriously went to your house and CLEANED?? You have got to be kidding me. I can't relate. But the husband not noticing part? That I can definitely relate to 🙂 Love this pretty swirled cake, Julie!
Julie, one question, the Valentine's Swirl Cake, do you actually take a knife and swirl the batter or does it automatically swirl when it is cooked. Thanks.
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Magnesium, Blood
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To assess electrolyte balance related to magnesium levels to assist in diagnosis, monitoring diseases, and therapeutic interventions such as hemodialysis, preeclampsia, and eclampsia.
Patient Preparation
There are no food, fluid, activity, or medication restrictions unless by medical direction.
Normal Findings
Method: Spectrophotometry.
|Conventional Units
|SI Units (Conventional Units × 0.4114)
|1.7–2.5 mg/dL
|0.7–1 mmol/L
|1.7–2.3 mg/dL
|0.7–0.95 mmol/L
|1.6–2.2 mg/dL
|0.66–0.91 mmol/L
|Pregnant female
|First and second trimester
|1.5–2.2 mg/dL
|0.63–0.91 mmol/L
|Third trimester
|1.1–2.2 mg/dL
|0.46–0.91 mmol/L
Critical Findings and Potential Interventions
- Less than 1.2 mg/dL (SI: Less than 0.5 mmol/L)
- Greater than 4.9 mg/dL (SI: Greater than 2 mmol/L)
- Less than 1.2 mg/dL (SI: Less than 0.5 mmol/L)
- Greater than 4.3 mg/dL (SI: Greater than 1.8 mmol/L)
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Consideration may be given to verification of critical findings before action is taken. Policies vary among facilities and may include requesting immediate recollection and retesting by the laboratory or retesting using a rapid point-of-care testing instrument at the bedside, if available.
Symptoms such as tetany, weakness, dizziness, tremors, hyperactivity, nausea, vomiting, and convulsions occur at decreased (less than 1.2 mg/dL [SI: less than 0.5 mmol/L]) concentrations. Electrocardiographic (ECG) changes (prolonged P-R and Q-T intervals; broad, flat T waves; and ventricular tachycardia) may also occur. Treatment may include IV or oral administration of magnesium salts, monitoring for respiratory depression and areflexia (IV administration of magnesium salts), and monitoring for diarrhea and metabolic alkalosis (oral administration to replace magnesium).
Respiratory paralysis, decreased reflexes, and cardiac arrest occur at grossly elevated (greater than 15 mg/dL [SI: greater than 6.2 mmol/L]) levels. ECG changes, such as prolonged P-R and Q-T intervals, and bradycardia may be seen. Toxic levels of magnesium may be reversed with the administration of calcium, dialysis treatments, and removal of the source of excessive intake.
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Sooty mangabey
The sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys) is an Old World monkey found in forests from Senegal in a margin along the coast down to Ghana.[1] While overall rated as Near Threatened, the eastern race lunulatus, also known as the white-crowned,[3] white-naped,[4] or white-collared mangabey (leading to confusion with the collared mangabey), is considered Endangered by the IUCN.[5] The White-collared mangabey was declared its own species by the IUCN in 2016, but it retains the endangered conservation status.[2]
|Sooty mangabey [1]
|White-collared Mangabey (C. atys lunulatus)
|Scientific classification
C. atys
|Binomial name
|Cercocebus atys
(Audebert, 1797)
|Sooty mangabey range
Habitat and ecologyEdit
The sooty mangabey is native to tropical West Africa, being found in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast.[2] It lives in both old growth and secondary forests as well as in flooded, dry, swamp, mangrove, and gallery forests. The primate is arboreal and diurnal. They are omnivores whose diet includes primarily fruits and seeds, sometimes feeding on small animals. They live in social groups of four to twelve individuals, but occasionally groups as large as 95 individuals have been recorded.[6]
There are two distinctive subspecies of this mangabey, and it is possible they should be considered separate species. Both were formerly considered subspecies of a widespread Cercocebus torquatus.[1]
- Cercocebus atys atys (west of the Sassandra River)
- White-collared (or White-crowned) mangabey, Cercocebus atys lunulatus (east of the Sassandra River).
Sooty mangabeys are naturally infected with a strain of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), known as SIVsmm. Due to extensive human-mangabey contact in sub-Saharan Africa, SIVsmm has jumped from this species into humans on many occasions, resulting in HIV-2 virus. The HIV-1 strain by contrast came from the common chimpanzee strain of SIV.[7][8]
The sooty mangabey can also contract leprosy, as can humans, the nine-banded armadillo, the common chimpanzee, and the crab-eating macaque.[9]
The sooty mangabey is believed to be decreasing in numbers as its forest habitat is degraded, with trees being felled for firewood and timber, and it is hunted for food in some parts of its range. It is more terrestrial than some of its relatives and sometimes raids farms, which brings it into conflict with humans. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as "near-threatened".[2]
- ^ a b c Groves, C.P. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 153. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b c d Oates, J. F.; Gippoliti, S. & Groves, C. P. (2016). "Cercocebus atys". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ^ White-crowned Mangabey. Archived 2008-08-28 at Archive.today Mangabey Species Survival Plan. Accessed 2008-07-18
- ^ http://www.primate-sg.org/lunulatus.htm[permanent dead link] White-Naped Mangabey Cercocebus atys lunulatus. Accessed 2011-11-03
- ^ Oates, J. F.; Gippoliti, S. & Groves, C. P. (2016). "Cercocebus lunulatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T4206A92247225. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T4206A92247225.en. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Rowe, N. (1996). The Pictorial Guide to the Living Primates. East Hampton, New York: Pogonias Press.
- ^ Binhua Ling; Cristian Apetrei; Ivona Pandrea; Ronald S. Veazey; Andrew A. Lackner; Bobby Gormus & Preston A. Marx (August 2004). "Classic AIDS in a Sooty Mangabey after an 18-Year Natural Infection". J. Virol. 78 (16): 8902–8908. doi:10.1128/JVI.78.16.8902-8908.2004. PMC 479084. PMID 15280498.
- ^ Lemey, P.; Pybus, O. G.; Wang, B.; Saksena, N. K.; Salemi, M.; Vandamme, A. M. (2003). "Tracing the origin and history of the HIV-2 epidemic". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100 (11): 6588–6592. doi:10.1073/pnas.0936469100. PMC 164491. PMID 12743376.
- ^ Rojas-Espinosa O, Løvik M (2001). "Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepraemurium infections in domestic and wild animals". Rev. Sci. Tech. Off. Int. Epiz. 20 (1): 219–51. PMID 11288514.
External linksEdit
- Sooty Mangabey
- Photos and information about the Sooty Mangabey (Cercocebus atys). ARKive.
- Primate Info Net Cercocebus atys Factsheet
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Beer Battered Cauliflower Tacos via Nicole Presley at Presley's Pantry
1 – head of cauliflower
1 1/2 – cups flour
1 – teaspoon baking powder
1 – teaspoon Lawry's seasoning salt
1 – teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 – teaspoon cumin
1 – egg
1 – bottle Mexican beer
Vegetable oil (about 3 to 4 cups)
Corn tortillas
Ingredients for garnish:
cabbage (thinly sliced)
cotija cheese
Mexican crema
Ingredients for salsa chile de arbol:
5 – tomatoes
8 – chile de arbol
4 – cloves of garlic
1/2 – onion
Wash and cut cauliflower into bite size pieces by removing the leaves and stem. Then break off pieces.
In a large pot filled halfway with water over a high flame, bring water to a boil. Drop cauliflower pieces in hot boiling water and let par-boil for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from water and drain completely.
Cut the cauliflower into little nugget sized chunks and set aside. Heat up the oil in a pot over a medium to high heat. Mix all the batter ingredients and dunk a little pea sized amount of the batter into the oil to test if it's ready; if it is ready, it will bubble happily. Place a few cauliflower chunks at a time in the batter, let them drip off and then place them in the oil; flip a few times and cook until golden brown. Place on paper towel. In a large bowl add in flour and baking powder. Then the lawry's, garlic powder and cumin. Mix to combine. Pour in egg and beer. Whisk until batter is no longer clumpy. Set the batter to the side to rest for 10 minutes, then it's ready. Pour drained cauliflower pieces into beer batter. Mix to combine well. In a pot add vegetable oil over a medium flame. Allow to get hot. Using thongs add in one piece of battered cauliflower at a time. Deep fry for several minutes or until golden brown. Oil will bubble, and once it starts to calm down a little the piece is golden and crispy. Place all crispy cauliflower pieces on a paper lined plate to drain.
Make the salsa: In a small pan filled with water halfway over a medium flame bring to a boil. Add in tomatoes and chile de arbol. Boil for 35 to 40 minutes.
In a small frying pan with a touch of vegetable oil over a medium flame, add in onion and garlic cloves. Fry until browned on the outside.
In a blender add in tomatoes, chile de arbol (stems removed), onion, garlic, salt, and 2 cups from the water the chiles boiled in. Blend until smooth about 5 minutes. Heat the corn tortillas, fill with crispy cauliflower pieces, and garnish as you desire.


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Saturday, December 17, 2011
Happy Release Day! Superstition by Tori Scott
When Caitlyn Deveraux's brother Gage is killed in Iraq, she receives a necklace as part of his personal effects that she thinks is a trinket he'd purchased for her. When she scatters his ashes according his exact instructions and repeats the words he'd written, she accidentally inhales some of the ashes. From that moment on, her life as a quiet librarian is turned upside down.
Jacob Littlejohn was not only Gage Deveraux's best friend, he was his team mate at Team Indigo. He should have been there to protect Gage, but he wasn't. Now he's determined to protect Caitlyn from the men who are after the necklace. It's no trinket, but rather a powerful amulet that could have devastating consequences if it fell into the wrong hands.
Caitlyn doesn't know how to handle the new powers she's received, so she heads back to her village, to her grandmother, to try to understand what's happening to her. In doing so, she brings danger to her people and gets involved in Team Indigo's current mission--the same mission that got her brother killed. She enlists the aid of her people and her three best friends, and together with Jacob and Team Indigo, they set out to stop a power-hungry General.
Friday, December 09, 2011
New Review for Blame it on Texas
5 Stars by P. A. Lane
Tori has an undescribable way of creating and developing characters and story lines that grab my attention and hold it until I finish the book. I care for the characters like people I know and feel their feelings. Steamy, but not sexed to death. I got it one day and finished the next after work and had thought of the book during the day. I have read three of Tori's books and can recommend anything she writes. Great job, Ms. Scott!!!
Blame it on Texas is available as a free download for Amazon Prime members for the next 90 days. Get your copy now!
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
I'm at The Hoopla!
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Tuesday, December 06, 2011
New Reviews for Satisfaction Guaranteed
Jolie gave it 5 stars!
This is a story that will knock your socks off. The pages practically sizzled and I couldn't read them fast enough. I'm always a sucker for the old flame story, and this one doesn't disappoint. Highly recommended.
J gave it 5 stars!
Loved it!
I don't normally leave reviews, but I read this story last night and fell in love with the characters. The emotions were well done and authentic. I just bought the sequel because I must know what happens to Reggie and Sam.
Sunday, December 04, 2011
New Review for Blame it on Texas
Dr. Debra gave it 5 stars!
Absolutely Loved It!
I absolutely loved this book. Tori Scott roped me in with the first paragraph, and I read it through without stopping. I'd never read a Western where the hero didn't love his ranch. Well this hero hates his family ranch. What a unique beginning. The story was beautifully written and heartfelt. I loved all the characters. I loved the small town. I can't wait to read more stories set in this town. Bring on Carol and Jake's story, Tori Scott!
Saturday, December 03, 2011
Made the Top 100!
The highest I've ever been. Made the top 100 Paid in Kindle Store. (Perfectly Satisfied)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#1 in Books > Romance > Anthologies
#6 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Fiction > Genre Fiction > Romance > Contemporary
#7 in Books > Romance > Contemporary
Woo-Hoo! Many, many thanks to my readers!
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Review for Blame it on Texas
4 Stars By Romance Novel Junkies "Lady Raven Rave"
Logan has left home since he was eighteen and hasn't return since. Now that his father has suffered a stroke, he has returned home to help care for him. While back home, he is worried about his daughter Katie. Megan stumbles upon Katie, who has run away from home. When she returns Katie to her father, she falls in love with Logan and his family.
This was a mellow and sad at times story. I think the author did a great job building a story around this Texas family. Though the story is about Megan and Logan's growing relationship throughout the story, it is also about Katie and the family. Katie is the daughter of Logan. Katie definitely was a child that was very determined, and had her issues dealing with her parents. Logan has issues, but I think everything for him came full circle towards the end, which includes Megan.
Though I mentioned sad moments, this shouldn't be discouraging, as everything brought the story together that gave me different stages of emotions that I went through.
Storyline: GOOD
Enjoyment: GOOD
Better Than Sex Pie--a Family Favorite
This is my contribution to the Book & Cook Holiday Blog Festival.
This recipe is easy to make and serves 12 if you can keep people from grabbing seconds before everyone is served (not easy). The combinations of crunchy crust and smooth toppings and sweet fillings with the tart cream cheese makes it taste as heavenly as it looks. My picture here does not do it justice. If you want to make it look really special, you can add curled chocolate shavings on top.
Better than Sex Pie
1c flour
1 stick margarine, softened
1/2c chopped nuts
Blend together well and press into bottom of 13"x9"x2" pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes
2nd layer
1c powdered sugar
1 package cream cheese (8oz)
Mix thoroughly until smooth
Stir in 1c Cool Whip (get 12oz container)
Spread on cooled crust
3rd layer
2 packages instant chocolate pudding, (Or any flavor you like) 3-1/2 oz each
3 cups milk
Mix thoroughly and pour onto first two layers. Chill until pudding is set
4th layer
Top with remaining Cool Whip and sprinkle with more nuts if desired.
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Should the Church Apologize to Unity?
Written by: McClain, Elissa Lindsey Posted on: 05/01/2003
Category: Cults / Sects / Non Christian Religions and Topics
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"Should the Church Apologize to Unity?" (an article from the Viewpoint column of the Christian Research Journal, Winter/Spring 1987, page 31) by Elissa Lindsey McClain. The Editor-in-Chief of the Christian Research Journal is Elliot Miller.
I was immensely relieved when Christians began to recognize organizations and individuals associated with the Aquarian or "New Age" religions. I myself was once actively involved in the "mind sciences," part of a network seeking to replace the "antiquated" religion of the Piscean Age, fundamental Christianity.
The actual beliefs of New Agers were shocking to most of my Christian friends. They took comfort, though, in the thought that only Maharishi/Bhagwan types and their followers were prey to such deception. The church was considered immune.
But then cult researchers and even ex-New Agers started protesting that mystic-mixing was growing in the church. This alarm was not well received. When I first voiced my concern that the old occult techniques were increasingly being recycled into packages with Christian labels, I saw a familiar reaction from my friends. Formerly, as a New Ager, if I talked about reincarnation or meditation, Bible-believers backed away from me. After I came out of the occult and professed Jesus Christ as the only Way, New Agers did the backing up. Now when I complained that the current spirituality of some in the Christian church was like a flashback from my past in the metaphysical Unity cult, I found myself accused of being some nefarious "doom and gloomer."
The irony of being identified as such is almost laughable to me. I was once a pantheistic Pollyanna who prided myself in "denying the negative, affirming the positive." I knew firsthand that the principles could work. As an adolescent who grew up in the Unity churches I was taught to avoid anything that smacked of fear and negativity. Prosperity, health, and happiness were all divine rights that merely needed to be affirmed repeatedly and visualized until the subconscious mind accepted them as reality.
It would seem that today's brand of "popular Christianity" is catching up to Unity's consciousness level! As _Time_ (17 Feb. 1986) has reported.
The prosperity preachers build on the Pentecostal faith in here-and-now miracles, citing bits of scripture to proclaim that God has already guaranteed not only spiritual comfort but material prosperity and physical healing. Believers who pronounce their wishes in true faith have already received them, the preachers maintain, even though it make take time for the miracles to be realized. The shorthand version: name it and claim it.
If I might be excused for using a pet cliche of New Agers, what a deja vu! As a student of Unity, I was taught to approach God boldly, thanking Him in advance for meeting all my desires, even if the actual results were slow in being manifested. We condescendingly tolerated anyone who actually thought they had to beg or plead God for anything at all. We merely had to deny the negative condition and receive what God had provided. Unity used these principles long before neo-pentecostal "faith" teachers claimed them as the latest revelation knowledge.
In 1969 at the age of 21 I had an experience which contradicted my belief that it was never right to beg or plead God for anything. I had fully embraced the free-love philosophies of my generation. Indeed, I was grateful that my peers were catching up with Unity's stand that "there is no such thing as sin." But one night I foolishly went to a deserted place with a man whose last name I did not even know. I quickly realized I had made a serious mistake. I had no awareness of sin to bother me about involvements of my own choice, but this time it was clear that I was about to be forced into a situation I did not want.
We struggled, I fought. I tried to picture this man as a loving child of God and mentally denied that this was actually happening. Inwardly I affirmed "divine order" and pictured myself as calm and in control. Nothing worked. Fear for my own life gripped me just as tightly as my attacker's fists upon my torn blouse.
"Go ahead and scream," he snarled inches from my face. "No one will hear you out here."
I had run out of methods and formulas. Silently I prayed the shortest, most desperate prayer of my life. I pleaded, "Dear God, please help me!"
Though the man could not hear my inaudible prayer, immediately he released his hold and slammed me against the wall. He cursed me disgustedly and growled, "Go on; get out of here."
Before he could change his mind I hurriedly got in my car and sped away, sobbing with gratitude that God mercifully allowed me to escape.
It would be another eight years before I would actually know what it meant to "fear God" enough to ask for His forgiveness of my sins through the blood of Jesus Christ.
Today when I hear evangelists say that it is not necessary to beg or plead God for anything, that all we need to do is thank Him in advance for prosperity or healing or power, or that fear is immature and anything negative is to be avoided, I am the one who backs away now.
I wonder -- should the church apologize to Unity for identifying it as one of the largest and most successful cults of our century? It hardly seems fair to brand it a cult if our own churches are copying it.
*Elissa Lindsay McClain* is the author of _Rest From The Quest_ (Huntington House, 1985), an account of her conversion from New Age spirituality to Christianity. She and her husband, Red, reside in Boynton Beach, Florida.
End of document, CRJ0012A.TXT (original CRI file name), "Should the Church Apologize to Unity?" release A, February 7, 1994 R. Poll, CRI
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"So, how do you guys make sure … ?"
Those words were a precursor to a Christmas experience I had yet to have the "pleasure" of experiencing. By the time I finished that sentence, I was having one of those little voice-in-the-back-of-the-head premonitions of impending Yuletide Aggravation.
We were Christmas tree shopping two weekends before the holiday. And we had found a suitable tree …
A suitable tree is a) alive, b) reasonably full and bushy, and c) fixable in places where it's not reasonably full and bushy.
After looking at the first 45 trees, I usually remind my spousal unit that the tree doesn't have to be "perfect", which always gets me that "Thank you, Captain Obvious!" tilt-headed glare … which of course I live for!
As is the customary belief of REAL Christmas tree aficionados, Artificial Trees are reserved for soul-less, Just-Add-Water, Communists.
… and so we arrange for a tree-rustler to grab our prized evergreen and head off to The Prep Area, where the tree trunk gets a fresh cut and – in our case – a hole drilled up the middle of the trunk to accommodate our center-post tree stand.
For years and years we used the traditional four-point screw clamp tree stands and never seemed to have a problem. Then twice in three years we had trees topple over for no apparent reason; one time as we were walking out the door to Christmas Eve Mass.
And ever since we have relied upon our Center Post tree stand.
And this is where Christmas 2012 took its unanticipated cruise through uncharted waters.
The Mistake I made was to ignore the visual warning signs, despite the "uh oh" feeling I experienced after the following conversation, which resulted from my evaluation of the center post, tree-drilling set-up.
"Hey, I'm just curious, but I notice you guys don't have the usual self-check fixture on the top of the drill rig." (as had been used at other tree establishments in years past).
"Yeah, well … the grounds not very level here, so we can't use the fixture as intended or the trees will come out drilled crookedly.", our tree rustler offered.
"So, how do you guys make sure you drill the tree straight?", I asked.
"Oh well, I'll hold the tree in place as straight as I can; and The Driller checks the alignment from three directions to make sure we get it straight."
uh huh …
Actually, there were two mistakes made here.
The first was to turn our annual Christmas tree purchase into an hunt, where we tour 4or 5 road-side tree lots before we head back to our usual Christmas tree merchant because no tree anywhere else jumps out and screams, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!!" at my lovely wife, Carol with sounds of Schroeder, Lucy and the rest of the Charlie Brown gang singing Christmas Time is Here.
The second mistake was not bailing out as soon as I saw the tree-drilling set up or after hearing that explanation. It just didn't occur to me that if the drill rig was not level, even if the tree was visually "straight", the "crooked" drill rig would …
Well … you can guess what happened next.
Get the tree home, but wait until the next day – December 16 – to pop the tree into the center post tree stand. At first I didn't notice the Leaning Tree of Holiday Anguish. I usually allow the tree to stand in the warm house so it falls out from its tightly wrapped handling and transportation configuration.
The next morning, I come down stairs on my way to work and check to see how the tree is looking.
Oh no … You have got to be kidding me! Crooked?!? The damn thing is CROOKED!!!
At first I thought maybe the tree's trunk is twisted. So I turned the tree on its stand looking for both The Good Side of the evergreen and an angle where it didn't look like a drunk leaning against a lamp post. But no matter which way it was turned it somehow looked even worse!
So this Christmas season offered me the one holiday experience I had yet to encounter … The Retail Return of a Christmas Tree. After 50-plus years of Yuletide experience, you tend to believe you have seen it all.
Silly Santa …
Now some might say we were callous to reject an imperfect specimen. Yes, it wasn't the tree's fault. It was the boobs on the business end of a lopsided drill rig.
The tree vendors were nice enough about it. They offered me another tree or a refund. I made a cursory glance around for a replacement; although I have to admit, I didn't WANT to find another one, also subject to the same off-kilter drilling process.
The tree purveyors offered a smile with my refund; and I trudged on back to the same old place we usually go, where the trees are on display with their trunks pre-drilled so there's no guesswork involved. We ended up buying Tannenbaum II at our usual place and enjoyed a visually balanced Christmas tree!
The moral of the story is … "Familiarity breeds content."
Also … "If it sounds too stupid to be done correctly, listen to that little voice in the back of your head."


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Bronzeville: Culture Clash in War-time Los Angeles11 Aug
CeCelia Antoinette, as Mama Janie, and Dana Lee, as Nahoma Tahara, in Bronzeville.
So, while we were in Los Angeles this summer, we saw the play Bronzeville with Danny Glover.
And by 'with Danny Glover' you don't mean to say he was in the play.
No, I mean he was sitting next to us watching the play.
Ho-hum, just another day in the glamorous life of a blogging dog.
We should mention that Mr. Glover is a co-founder and longtime sponsor of the Robey Theater, which staged the production, and it was a bit of a coincidence that he sat next to us.
Sherry got a little schmoozy with ol' Danny, huh?
Hmph! We had a very nice chat. He was so warm and funny–he treated everyone who came up to him like they were dearest friends.
Yeah, it was a real privilege to meet him.
Needless to say, you guys are hoping he does one of your scripts.
I'm for that. Bronzeville was written by Tim Toyama and Aaron Woolfolk, who were brought together by director and Robey co-founder Ben Guillory to realize Toyama's idea for a play set in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo during World War II. According to the Robey website, Toyama felt he needed to partner with an African American writer to bring authenticity to the story of a black family from Mississippi who moves into the abandoned house of a Japanese family that has been evacuated to a concentration camp.
The collaboration really worked, because one of the strengths of the play is the rich portrayal of the two families and their contrasting cultures.
Right. The play has color and nuance that couldn't be picked up just by reading a history book. The story was inspired by incidents that occurred from 1942 to 1945, when Japanese-Americans were evacuated from communities throughout the West Coast, supposedly because they were suspected of loyalty to the Emperor.
That image looks like something from the Jim Crow South, but the anti-Japanese feeling in the country was deep and pervasive.
Even Dr. Suess got in on the act:
He deeply regretted this cartoon later, but it illustrates how racist attitudes aren't necessarily limited to the stereotypical bigot.
Most Americans have some knowledge of this shameful period in our history, but what few think about is what happened to the houses, businesses, and neighborhoods the Japanese evacuees left behind. In the case of Little Tokyo, they were rented out by whites to black families who had migrated west to find work in factories during the war effort. Once blacks had repopulated the area, they semi-officially renamed the community 'Bronzeville.'
The way the old-timers describe it, it was like a little piece of Harlem, right there on the west coast, complete with jazz and blues clubs.
The play opens with young Hide, or Henry, Tahara, whose father was taken away weeks before as a spy. He tells a friend he won't be joining him on the bus to Manzanar.
It seems Henry has been reading a little thing called the U.S. Constitution, and he refuses to bow to the injustice of forced removal. The friend, who is sifting through the remaining inventory of his camera store, can't talk Henry out of his rash move, but he consoles himself by giving Henry one of his best cameras for safe keeping.
With a nice use of historic slides and audio, we transition to the Goodwin family–Jodie and Alice, their daughter "Princess," Jodie's brother Felix, and his mother Mama Janie. Just off the truck from Mississippi, they can't believe their good fortune at finding a fully furnished, two-bedroom house.
Although they are a bit bemused by some of the furnishings–silk wall hangings, paper lamps, and what we later learn is a Shinto shrine to Henry's deceased mother.
Aw, you gave it away. Their biggest surprise comes when Henry, almost starved after two months of hiding in the house, comes tumbling down the stairs.
The moral dilemma is whether to help Henry by allowing him to stay in what is really his house, or to protect the family by turning him in to the law.
Jodie, as the "man" of the house, wants to turn Henry in, but Mama Janie, who was born into slavery, reminds Jodie of the family history. She tells the story of an uncle who escaped slavery, only to be turned in by a law-abiding citizen so, in the end, he could be lynched.
Jodie acquiesces to his mother's wishes, of course, and he gets one of the best laughs of the play when he complains that he can never win an argument with his mother because she always trumps him with some story bout slavery.
Yeah, there's actually a lot of humor in the play, considering the heavy subject matter. The cast is as good with the comic moments as they are with the dramatic ones.
Another point of contention is the traditional shrine, mentioned earlier, to Henry's mother. It's quite prominent in the living room, and it doesn't sit too well with the very Christian Mama Janie, or her daughter-in-law, Alice. Mama Janie gets a little freaked-out, too, when Henry performs one of his father's favorite prayers to help the garden grow. But these apparent differences also highlight the similarities between the two families–the love of gardening, the respect for elders, and the deep religious feeling.
Henry becomes a part of the family, even contributing to the household when Felix gets him a job as photographer at the jazz club where he plays. But this causes problems, too.
Princess becomes a little too close with Henry for Jodie's comfort, and when she, Henry, and Felix get mixed up in a big fight at the club, Jodie does what he wanted to do from the beginning–he turns Henry in.
Ultimately, Henry can only avoid the concentration camp–and show his loyalty to America–by volunteering for one of the Japanese war units, many of which, like Henry's, saw action in Italy.
The play builds to the tragedy we feared from the beginning–Henry's death. But the really heart-rending moment comes when, after the war is over, Henry's father returns to reclaim his home.
No blacks were allowed to buy the houses they moved into during the war, so once the Japanese were released from the camps, the blacks were evicted. This is when many African-Americans in Southern California moved to Compton and Watts.
The Goodwins are packing as fast as they can to avoid any confrontation with Mr. Tahara, but when he arrives–bent and shuffling like a man older than his years–instead of anger, he comes with gratitude for all the kindnesses the Goodwins showed his son, which Henry had written to him about.
The guilt the Goodwins feel over the betrayal is as unbearable as the sadness Mr. Tahara feels over the death of his son. As good as the rest of the cast is, when Dana Lee comes in for that final scene, he steals the show.
And that's saying something, because CeCelia Antoinette as Mama Janie, Jeff Manabat as Henry, and all the rest of the cast are excellent. But when Dana Lee breaks down and cries, "I just want my boy back!" that was the moment for me.
You know, generally, I prefer movies to the stage, but this performance showed me that a movie is no match for a really good stage production. When Henry's father turns his back to the audience and prays–chanting and clapping his hands for all he has lost and gained–though his prayer is unintelligible to us, we in the audience really feel it because, in being there, we are eye witnesses in a way we can't be watching a movie.
And we're with the Goodwins as, one by one, they join in–even the guilt-ridden Jodie–clapping and rubbing their hands in unison with Mr. Tahara.
Metaphorically, we can never see things the same again. Just as the actors have tuned their backs on the audience, we too must turn our backs on the old way of seeing things.
Unfortunately, Bronzeville's run at the Robey has come to an end, and I don't know of anywhere else in the country that it might be booked. So, yeah, you've read this long review, and now you can't even see the play. But we were so moved by the performance, and so taken by the history it reveals, that we wanted to share it. We hope other theater companies will pick it up, because it is a story that needs to be told, and a story that any person with a heart will want to see.
Karen Black, Icon of the '70s, Will Be Missed9 Aug
We lost actress Karen Black yesterday, who died at age 74 after a long struggle with cancer. Although for today's audience she may stir only vague recognition as a character actor, she was a defining figure of 1970s Hollywood, with key roles in such important films as Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, Nashville, and Alfred Hitchcock's last picture, The Family Plot . Although she worked with the biggest names in Hollywood and appeared in everything from prestigious failures like The Great Gatsby to commercial blockbusters like Airport 1975, ask anybody my age what they remember her most for, and you will likely hear of a little made-for-TV thriller called Trilogy of Terror. Written by sci-fi master and Twilight Zone alum Richard Matheson, Trilogy featured Black in four roles in three separate tales. The first two segments are little remembered, but the third, which had Black trapped in her apartment with a toothy African doll animated with the murderous spirit of a dead Zuni warrior, was the talk of the school cafeteria the next day. It was such unusual, and genuinely frightening, fare for TV of those days that I can still play back in my head the image of that little, knife-wielding warrior jumping out from under the sofa. It was ludicrous, of course, but Karen Black's terrified responses to a little puppet on a stick sold it. RIP.
Review: 'Wolverine' Makes Hugh Jackman an Indestructible Star8 Aug
For the sixth time and counting, Hugh Jackman plays Marvel mutant superhero The Wolverine.
What the heck is a wolverine, anyway?
Like Lugosi and Dracula, or Karloff and Frankenstein, Hugh Jackman personifies The Wolverine, a.k.a. Logan. It's hard to imagine any other actor playing the role, yet with high-profile appearances in pictures like The Prestige and Les Miserables, Jackman has somehow managed to avoid the typecasting trap many before him have fallen into.
Here's a picture of a wolverine, if anybody is interested:
Hmm. Between the claws and the frowny-face, I definitely see a resemblance.
Well, The Wolverine is your basic boy-has-immortality, boy loses immortality, boy gets immortality-back scenario.
That's the best you can do? I thought it actually had a pretty good story.
It does. which makes you wonder how it came out so muddled. A mega-wealthy Japanese industrialist offers Wolverine the "gift" of mortality in a ploy to steal his powers of regeneration so that he himself may live forever. The whole thing of Wolverine becoming vulnerable and facing real, life-threatening danger should have made for a more compelling film, but it's weighed down with too many characters and confused motivations.
Like, what was the deal with the Ninja Guy? Whose side was he on? And all those ninjas dancing around and turning flips–they looked like extras from Beverly Hills Ninja.
The ninjas were oddly comical. And just to give an idea of what a head-scratcher this movie could be, we are specifically told at one point that Evil Dad (these characters do have actual names, but who cares?) is just "all right" as a swordsman. So when he gets in a fight with our super-powered hero, we expect him to go down pretty quick, right? Wrong. It soon becomes obvious the only way the regenerating Wolverine is going to beat this guy is if he wears out his sword slicing up Logan's mutant hide.
Which made it all the more gracious of Wolvey to allow Evil Dad the "punishment" of living with himself.
And may I please ask, if the bad guys want Logan's powers, why go through all the rigamarole of making him vulnerable and risking him getting killed, and then taking his powers, when they could have just taken the powers right off and let it go at that?
But then we would have missed the amazing three-hundred-mile-an-hour bullet train fight!
Yeah, that was pretty great. Totally unbelievable, but imaginative and entertaining.
I liked that the movie is set in Japan. That added some real flavor.
The tie-in to Nagasaki was nice, too–especially since they didn't just drop it after the first reel.
Pardon me, Cecil B. DeMille, did you say, "The first reel?"
Do they? Well, it's an epic motion picture with colossal special effects and a swell supporting cast. The box office should be boffo.
I'll ignore that and go with your mention of the supporting cast. Rila Fukushima, as Logan's red-haired, pint-sized bodyguard, swings a mean sword.
I thought she should have kicked a little more butt, though.
Yeah, and Tao Okamoto was effectively poignant as the corporate heir caught in the middle. She showed she could hold her own in a fight, too, although some aspects of her role troubled me.
The love-interest bit? Didn't you think she and Logan were actually kind of good together?
They were, except for two things: Hugh Jackman is old enough to be her father, and Logan is old enough to be her grandfather.
And he was supposed to be protecting her. Nice ethics, dude!
We should also mention Svetlana Khodchenkova as Viper. Every second she was on the screen, she owned it.
I never could figure out what her character was up to, exactly, but Viper was awesome. Also, she demonstrated once again the super-hero movie principle of "Pulverize the villain one time–no problem. Pulverize the villain later at a more plot-convenient time–instant death."
Well, now you're just being nit-picky.
Our Review:
Wolverine franchise keeps regenerating
Fresh setting, new faces add interest
Good story hook, muddled execution
Some fine action sequences
Dancing ninjas
Three tail-wags out of five
Land of the Lost5 Aug
Review: 'Fruitvale Station' Is Powerful, Sadly Familiar2 Aug
I'll come right out and say that I not only recommend people go see this film; I really want people to go see it. We were fortunate enough to hear writer/director Ryan Coogler speak a few weeks ago at a Los Angeles Film Festival seminar, and I was deeply impressed.
I thought you were going to run up on stage and hug him.
I'm man enough to admit I wanted to. He came across as so genuine, thoughtful, and sincere–
He's like the polite, hard-working neighbor's kid parents secretly wish they could trade their own under-achieving kid for.
[Editor's Note: This is a metaphorical statement. Any resemblance to actual, under-achieving kids of actual parents is purely coincidental.]
And while it's become a cliche, since the Zimmerman trial, for urban youth of all races to proclaim, 'I am Trayvon,' Ryan grew up not far from where the film's subject, Oscar Grant, was shot. He knows the neighborhood and its people, and he knows the pain they felt over the incident, because he felt it too, not as an outside observer but as one of them. When he said at the seminar that this is a personal story for him, that he could have been Oscar, it was clear to me he was speaking from the heart.
Absolutely. But we don't want people to get the wrong idea. Fruitvale Station isn't just some heart-on-the-sleeve message movie; it's way too honest for that.
It sure is. Not to harp too much on the 27-year-old filmmaker's age, but the film has a maturity of execution and viewpoint that is all too rare in today's movie houses. It's stylish without being flashy; gritty without being degrading; and it somehow manages to be very warm towards its characters without sugar-coating their flaws.
For those unfamiliar with the story, Fruitvale Station stars a very engaging Michael B. Jordan as Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old African American who was fatally shot while in the custody of Oakland, CA, transit police early on New Years Day in 2009. The film also stars Octavia Spencer as his mother, and Melonie Diaz as his girlfriend and the mother of his young daughter.
The film opens with cell phone footage of the actual shooting, underscoring the sense of inevitability many audience members will likely bring into the theater. The bulk of what follows is a straightforward chronicle of Oscar Grant's day, meticulously reconstructed from interviews Coogler conducted with family, friends, and eyewitnesses. One of the extraordinary things about this film is the community participation in its creation. Even BART, the Bay Area Rapid Transit authority, whose officers were ultimately held responsible for the shooting, cooperated with the filming.
The movie really serves as a portrait of Oscar Grant, and he's so fully realized onscreen as someone that you could imagine as a neighbor, family member, or friend, that–even if somehow you don't like him–you still have to feel sad and outraged at his senseless death.
Jordan does a great job bringing to life a young man who has a good heart and a winning personality, who wants to turn his life around, but whose immaturity and impatience for forgiveness from those he has hurt often thwart his best intentions.
I thought a key moment was when his girlfriend learns he lost his job without telling her, because he thought he could go back after a couple of weeks and talk the manager into rehiring him. Pointing out that people don't rehire people they fire just because you ask, she says he thinks life is joke.
One of the sad things about the film is that, although Oscar knows he has to straighten himself out, it's clear he has no clue how to set his life on a sustainable course. That's not so unusual for a twenty-two-year-old, but as the film shows, there is less room for error in life for those at the bottom of the social and economic ladder.
My favorite scene was the flashback to Oscar's time in jail, when his mother visits him.
That was tremendous. When Oscar is taunted by a white inmate, the mother watches her loving baby boy transform so fully into a prison-hardened tough that he can't even hear or see her sitting right in front of him. Even after he sits down and looks at her, Jordan is able to convey with his eyes that his mind is miles away, until it's as if she suddenly appears out of nowhere and he's happy to see her again.
Then it's even more heart-breaking when the mother tells him she won't be coming back, and he goes right back to being a little boy, begging for a hug as the guards drag him away.
It's an Oscar-worthy moment for both Jordan and Octavia Spencer. Spencer beautifully conveys the helplessness the mother feels in protecting her child. Even her best advice–to take the BART on New Year's Eve so Oscar won't be driving and drinking, only leads to tragedy.
You hit on it when you mentioned inevitability a moment ago. As you watch the bad choices of Oscar's life pile up, it's hard not to see every move he makes as leading him straight to disaster.
It's partly the way the film is constructed, and partly the sad familiarity of the thumbnail sketch of Oscar's life–unwed father, dealing marijuana, time in jail, cheating on his girlfriend, losing his job. The fully fleshed-out characterization of Oscar takes him well beyond that stereotype, and it shows how the steps he was taking to turn things around were tragically cut short before he had a real chance to follow through on them.
This is not to imply that Oscar was in any way responsible for his own death.
No. In fact, when the showdown occurs, it is Oscar who is trying to calm everyone down. But that moment also shows the dilemma a black male in America too often faces–how one is to react, knowing the danger of talking back to police, yet burning with outrage at being singled out and abused. One thing the film made me think about was my own youthful encounters with the law and how protected I was from the direst consequences of what I said and did because of the color of my skin.
I'll bet you were a real hard case.
Far from it, and the cops knew it. But would they have seen so readily how non-threatening I was if I had been black?
This would be a great movie to screen in classrooms, because of the discussions it will generate.
But with its artistry, humor, and emotional impact, anyone can appreciate Fruitvale Station as a piece of high-level entertainment.
Our Review:
Mature, honest filmmaking.
Sensitive, well acted portrayals.
Powerful, thought-provoking, and sad.
Five tail-wags out of five.
Must Love Dogs; Hating 'Avatar' Optional29 Jul
Okay, so we're pretty sure we saw James Cameron the other day, walking his dog on Beverly Drive.
It was amazing. The little fur-ball saved his life.
What are you talking about? All the dog did was walk along beside him on a leash.
Which I assume is why you didn't run Cameron down with the car. You couldn't risk hitting the dog.
Oh, come on, I don't have anything against James Cameron. In fact, I'm working on a sci-fi script that would be perfect for him. It's about a little Javanese boy who dives for pearls for a native fisherman who is being exploited by an international mining corporation. The boy once saved a dolphin he found stuck in a tuna net, and one day, when the boy is overcome by oil spewed from from a leaking offshore drilling rig, that very dolphin rescues him and takes him to the only place on Earth with the advanced medical knowledge to revive his lifeless body–the dolphin city under the sea!
I should mention that the dolphin city is sustained by nutrients that flow into the sea from a river that has its source in the Javanese rain forest–which is being clear-cut by the very same corporation!
Wait, I thought it was a mining company.
Actually, they're a pearl-mining, lumber-cutting, tuna-fishing, non-sustainable energy conglomerate.
I really hate what Hollywood is doing to you.
Look, making movies is tough, and everybody I've ever met out here gives it their all. I'm not into knocking anybody.
A movie with some terrific sequences. When the water starts overwhelming the ship–
And James Cameron really has his finger on the pulse of the movie going–
All right! I hate Avatar and Titanic with the heat of a thousand Pandoran suns! They are fatuous, over-blown, effects-laden, monuments to lowest-common-denominator filmmaking.
But with some effective sequences and cutting-edge special effects.
But with some effective sequences and cutting-edge special effects. In any case, they are undoubtedly the two most overrated films in history.
Are we forgetting Shawshank Redemption is the highest-rated movie on IMDB?
That's a rant for another day. And while we're on it, Terminator II was no great shakes either.
The Abyss had some really intense sequences–and then the goofy aliens showed up.
Yet another two-and-a-half hours of my life I'll never get back. But come on, James Cameron is clearly a very talented guy who supports some noble causes. And he obviously loves his dog.
That's a nice shot. It has a real Nazis-next-door quality.
It's amazing how many photos of Hitler and his dog are available online.
Which should tell you something about dogs.
Oh, like you wouldn't suck up to anybody with a can of tuna. And not even dolphin-safe tuna!
Tab Hunter sucks up to no man. I would take the tuna, though. And the dolphins are on their own.
Oh, yeah? Well, I–uh–you know, a dog biscuit would be good right about now.
Actually, I think Tab has a point–
I won't go so far as to say that dogs always see the good in us, but they do see the human in us, and I think anyone who can relate to a dog must have some semblance of humanity in them, no matter how inhuman, or inhumane, they may be otherwise.
Hate to burst your bubble, buddy, but try Googling 'I hate dogs.'
What?! They've even got a Facebook page!
Well, consider the source. Here's a sample post: "Its just a page i love animals ess Dogs i hv just created it for likes and nothing else dont get centi :-p Love Gods Creation 🙂 "
Oh, so even more so than dogs, they hate good grammar.
Interestingly, in two totally unscientific surveys on amplicate.com, 27% of respondents say they hate dogs, compared to 35% who say they hate James Cameron.
Come on! It can't be that close!
I wouldn't put much stock in either one of those numbers.
I know plenty of people who like Avatar, and plenty who hate Avatar, and they're all perfectly lovely, but I don't trust anybody who doesn't like cats or dogs.
And by the way, I'm not so sure that was James Cameron.
Really? You didn't think he had that smug, king-of-the-world look about him?
Allowing for the fact that it was Beverly Hills, all I saw was a perfectly nice-looking man out for a morning walk with his dog.
You know, now that I think of it–James Cameron or not–that's what I saw, too.


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This is a loosely inspired outfit from Michelle Obama. I love the bright happy plaid with the neutral pant. I do own some navy cropped pants but I was feeling way too hot to wear them or sneakers. So I swapped for jean shorts and flip-flops. It's a little borderline bumpkin (I wouldn't look out of place on a farm) but I think the fun colors keep it cute.
After I posted this outfit this morning I came across the above photo of Zoe Saldana on Pinterest wearing a very very similar outfit to my loose Michelle Obama outfit interpretation! I thought I'd add her pix into the post too because it's actually closer to my outfit the the original inspiration! Yay! 🙂
Bright plaid shirt – Hollister
Jean shorts – Target
Yellow flip flops – Old Navy
Gold link watch – Michael Kors


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Below are the instructions on how to use the "onedrive" website to upload pictures that you have taken throughout the school year for yearbook purposes.
Please remember:
- DO NOT share this hotmail ID and password with anyone else who is NOT REGISTERED with tot lot. This setup is purely for the convenience of year book committee to complete the year book project.
- Make sure you create a folder with your name on it (or your child's first name) so that we know who is it from, and it will help better organize the yearbook page in the future.
If you encounter any technical issue, please contact Suri. Thank you!!
Website: www.onedrive.live.com
Uploading Pictures to website
- After logging into onedrive select the appropriate folder you will download pictures into. (Folders are already created with event names)
- Within the event folder, create a folder with your name by clicking "Create" near the top of the website. A drop down menu will pop up. Select "Folder". Type in your name.
- Double click on the folder with your name.
- Click on "Upload".
- Select pictures to be uploaded and click "Open".
- **Important** Download status box will pop open near the bottom of the screen. Unclick the box that says "Resize Photos to 2048 px". (This will allow pictures to upload in their original resolution)
Downloading Pictures from onedrive
- Click on folder you would like to download from.
- Downloading Single picture:
- Click on picture you want to download
- Click "Download"
- Picture will automatically download onto your computer.
- Downloading entire Folder:
- Click "Folder Action"
- Drop down menu will appear. Click "Download Folder".
- Entire folder will automatically download onto your computer.
- Folder is downloaded as a zipped file. To unzip:
- Find zipped file on computer. (Folder name will end in .zip)
- Hover pointer over folder and right click
- Click "Extract All" from drop down menu
- New window will open. Click "Browse" to select where you would like to store your pics
- Click "Extract". Pics will be unzipped and placed in folder you designate


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Motorists are being advised to avoid a busy main road after high winds blew a tree into the middle of it.
The 40ft. tree was brought down on Keighley Road, Colne, near to Laneshaw Bridge.
Motorist Dave McQuillan took this photograph shortly after the tree came crashing down.
He said: "I just got past this area and looked behind after an almighty crunch."


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The title could seem a tad misleading, because I just brought this pair of shoes home last week. Just don't ask me what I am doing with a pair of 10cm heels. I couldn't help it, as they were beautiful and comfortable at the same time. I know I can trust Rockport as my previous pair of 3 inch heels from them allowed me to survive Audi Fashion Festival with much-needed confidence and grace.
Rockport Presia Zip Shootie in Blue Exotic.
For the Autumn Winter collection, Rockport tied up with supermodel Erin Wasson for the campaign shoot. Don't you love her casual chic ensemble, which exemplifies the exquisite leather print, and the spirit of New York?
The Blue Exotic booties is made from annaconda embossed leather, and whilst the heels measure a whopping 10cm high, the shoes are wrapped with ADIPRENE® by adidas shock-absorbent cushioning that protect the heels at impact. This sports technology works wonders and the rubber soles provide very strong grip. No embarrassing staggering as if you were wearing your little sister's shoes!
The Presia Zip Shootie is available in 5 different designs, and Erin Wasson is wearing the Black/Gold version which exudes understated glamour.
Made of black suede and lined with gold leather trim.
Simple, chic and comfortable. Is it in your cravings list already?
The Presia Zip Shootie retails at S$169 and is now available at Rockport stores (Harbourfront, Suntec) and departmental stores islandwide.
Rockport这品牌,一向给人的感觉比较正经。鞋子的质地毋庸置疑,一眼就看得出是能够令脚底舒适的款儿。本人也拥有几双Rockport的高跟鞋,它们的独特ADIPRENE®设计,让我抛下对于高跟鞋的恐惧,而且没有脚疼得问题。但是,这品牌设计方面一向中规中矩,往往与时尚挂不上钩。今年秋冬,Rockport与超级名模Erin Wasson合作拍摄宣传照,场景设在时尚之都纽约。Erin Wasson所身穿的Presia Zip Shootie短靴鞋跟是10公分那么高,但是ADIPRENE®脚垫让人能够轻松走动。最重要的是,这短靴得设计非常入流,尤其是印有蛇皮图案的Blue Exotic款式,简直令人爱不释手。你看了以上Erin Wasson的照片,是否也有同感?
Image credit: Rockport.com
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Expansion Joint Systems
- Delcrete® Elastomeric Concrete
- Steelflex® SSE2M or SSA2 Rail Profiles
- .25″ x 2″ x 2″ Leveling Tab
- Neoprene Sealing Element
- .5″ Expansion Anchor with Threaded Rod and Hex Jam Nuts "Leveling Method"
- .5″ Diameter x 9″ Stud Anchor at 9″ Spacing (Bent 90° at 3″) "Anchor Method"
Since its introduction in 1983, the Delcrete® Elastomeric Concrete/Strip Seal Expansion Joint System has been utilized on hundreds of bridges worldwide as an alternative to more labor intensive, cast-in-place expansion joint rehabilitation solutions.
Delcrete® Elastomeric Concrete is a pour-in-place, free-flowing, two-part polyurethane-based elastomeric concrete.
- Excellent bond strength to concrete and steel
- Can accept traffic in one-to-two hours depending on temperature at time of installation
- Non-brittle over extreme temperature ranges
- Resistant to nearly all chemicals
- Permanent, long-term repair solution


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Nail Clipper SS-104
Watch this video:
When you have in-grown nails, one would know this can be an excruciating and painful experience! Hard, swollen, and tender, the possibility of infection is very real! Making sure you do everything possible to prevent them from coming back or at least slowing down the process is necessary to avoid this pain on a frequent basis. Ingrown toenails generally occur on the big toe. You may see redness and swelling around your toenail. And if you have diabetes or a condition that causes poor blood flow, you may have greater complications. Ingrown toenails may occur from wearing shoes that crowd your toenails, cutting your toenails too short or not straight across, injuring your toenails or having unusually curved toenails. If you develop an ingrown toenail, your doctor or trained professional should treat it.
This is why trimming your nails correctly to prevent in-grown nails is imperative. When nails are tapered to the corner where the skin meets, this actually encourages the nail to grow into the skin and aggravate the formation of an in-grown nail. It is recommended by professionals to cut nails straight across and is the premise behind the Ingrown Toenail Clippers. Ingrown toenail clippers have a slanted straight edge to help you cut toenails straight across. Are you ready to be pain free?
- Straight cutting edge
- Slanted mouth
- Built-in nail catcher
- Sharp hand-finished cutting edge
- File included under clipper lever
What these ingrown toenail clippers can do for you:
- Slant straight edge is perfect and appropriate for trimming and preventing in-grown nails
- Built-in catcher allows for easy disposal of clippings
- Sharp cutting edge allows for clean cuts
- Cut and file nails from a single tool
- Appropriate for professional use
How to Use:
When clipping nails, trim straight across the nail. Hold the ingrown toenail clippers so that clippings can fall into the catcher. Dispose of clipping by shaking out over a waste basket.
*Note: For professional use, keep disinfectant away from the lever of the clipper.
Length: 84mm/3.3"
Width: 18mm/0.7"
Height: 19mm/0.75"
Jaw Width: 12mm
Max Jaw Opening Height: 2mm
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Do you really know your childcare provider? Hiring a nanny or caregiver to work in your home is the most critical decision you can ever make. You owe it to yourself, your children, and perhaps even other people's children to take all the necessary precautions before possibly exposing any of them to a sexual predator.
Nanny & Childcare provider checks are easy and inexpensive. You and your loved ones will sleep much better tonight.


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Stemline Therapeutics' Lead Clinical Candidate, SL-401, Induces Another Complete Response in a Patient with a Drug-Refractory Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm
NEW YORK, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Stemline Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing oncology therapeutics that target both cancer stem cells (CSCs) and tumor bulk, announced today that a second heavily pre-treated patient with a drug-refractory and recurrent blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) achieved a complete response (CR) following treatment with a single cycle of Stemline's lead therapeutic, SL-401. BPDCN is a highly aggressive hematologic cancer that is not effectively treated with available standard cancer therapies. SL-401 is being developed to treat BPDCN, acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and other hematologic cancers. To date, two of three patients with drug-refractory BPDCN experienced CRs following treatment with SL-401.
The most recent complete responder, a 72-year-old male, had a history of recurrent and progressive BPDCN with malignant disease involving his skin and bone marrow, resulting in multiple skin lesions and low blood counts. He had previously been treated with three intensive regimens of chemotherapy, including bone marrow transplantation. After the progressive worsening of his cancer following the failure of his third intensive chemotherapy regimen, the patient was treated with SL-401 at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine at Scott and White Cancer Research Institute in Temple, Texas. Approximately 30 days after SL-401 treatment, this patient achieved a CR, with no evidence of BPDCN in the skin, bone marrow, or bloodstream. In addition, this patient's blood cell counts returned to normal levels and no serious side effects were observed.
"These complete responses are meaningful, unprecedented, and consistent with the mechanism of SL-401, a targeted therapy directed to the interleukin-3 receptor, or IL-3R. IL-3R is overexpressed on BPDCN, AML, myelodysplastic syndrome, lymphoma, myeloma, and many other hematologic malignancies," said Dr. Eric Rowinsky, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Research and Development at Stemline Therapeutics. "Based on these additional positive data, we are planning to initiate a pivotal Phase 2b trial in BPDCN, an unmet medical need, in parallel with advancing SL-401 into a registration-directed trial in advanced AML."
BPDCN is an uncommon and highly aggressive hematologic cancer. In BPDCN, the cancer cells typically reside and grow in the skin and bone marrow. Their growth in the bone marrow results in decreased blood cell counts, thereby causing serious infections, bleeding, and invariably death. Although BPDCN can be controlled for brief periods with standard chemotherapy that is used to treat other hematologic cancers, meaningful clinical responses are rare and such treatment often produces serious side effects. There are no therapies approved to treat BPDCN. BPDCN cells express high levels of IL-3R on their cell surface, which served as the rationale for treatment with SL-401, a targeted therapy directed to IL-3R. Moreover, SL-401 has demonstrated potent anti-BPDCN activity in preclinical models, and has now shown clinical activity, in the form of two complete responses, in patients with heavily pre-treated BPDCN.
About Stemline Therapeutics, Inc.
Stemline Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel oncology therapeutics that target both cancer stem cells (CSCs) as well as the tumor bulk. Among Stemline's drug candidates are SL-401 and SL-701, both of which have demonstrated single agent clinical activity in Phase 1/2 studies of advanced cancer patients. In a multicenter Phase 1/2 trial in patients with advanced hematologic cancer, SL-401 demonstrated single agent activity in multiple indications, including durable complete responses (CRs) in relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN), and an overall survival (OS) improvement relative to historical data in the most heavily pre-treated patients. In addition, SL-401 was well-tolerated and was not toxic to the bone marrow. SL-401 is being advanced into a pivotal Phase 2b trial in patients with BPDCN and a registration-directed Phase 2b study in patients with advanced AML. In Phase 1/2 trials, Stemline's second clinical stage therapeutic, SL-701, has demonstrated single agent activity including durable CRs and partial responses (PRs) in adult patients with refractory or recurrent glioblastoma and pediatric patients with malignant glioma, as well as an OS benefit in adult patients with refractory or recurrent glioblastoma compared with historical data. SL-701 is now poised for later stage trials in pediatric and adult patients with advanced brain cancer. Stemline is also developing a broad portfolio of preclinical small molecules and antibodies for a variety of solid and hematological cancer types. Many of these compounds have derived from the Company's proprietary discovery platform, StemScreen®. For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.stemline.com.
Stemline Contact:
Mark Jacobson
Director, Corporate Development
Stemline Therapeutics, Inc.
750 Lexington Avenue
Sixth Floor
New York, NY 10022
Tel: 646-502-2307
Email: [email protected]


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The Brothers Grimm
The most famous linguist (philologist) of all time, Jacob Grimm [in German sometimes written as Jakob Grimm], who was not only the discoverer of Grimm's Law (see also here) but was also one of the Grimm brothers famed for their Grimm's Fairy Tales, wrote:
"As a matter of general logic, I am an enemy of grammar; it gives the appearance of being strict and exclusive in its rules, although it actualy limits pure observation, which I regard to be the soul of linguistic research. He who pays no attention to the perceptual fruits of observation - which from the very start do mock all theories by the certainty of their existence - will never make heads or tails of the impenetrable essence of language.
The above is our translation from the original German which reads - in original spelling:
Allgemein-logisch begriffen bin ich in der grammatik feind; sie führen scheinbare strenge und geschlossenheit der bestimmung mit sich, hemmen aber die beobachtung, welche ich als die seele der sprachforschung betrachte. Wer nichts auf wahrnehmungen hält, die mit ihrer factischen gewisheit anfangs aller theorie spotten, wird dem unergründlichen sprachgeiste nie näher treten.
- Jacob Grimm (1827:VI) Deutsche Grammatik [German Grammar], Göttingen, 1819, 2nd ed., Göttingen, 1822–1840, reprinted 1870 by Wilhelm Scherer, Berlin
Jacob Grimm has set forth the basic philosophy of the postings to be made to this blog. We make observations, which is the soul of linguistic research.
We might note here in connection with the Brothers Grimm that the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, "German Research Foundation") is financing a library digitization project and that the University of Kiel has digitized Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's epoch-making 33-volume German Dictionary (Deutsches Wörterbuch, "DWB") which is available online as Das Deutsche Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm auf CD-ROM und im Internet. As written by Dagmar Giersberg for the Goethe Institut:
"If you have all 33 volumes of the DWB in front of you, you can readily imagine the herculean efforts involved in merely processing and proofreading all that text."
Take a look at that article to discover "the Chinese connection" to this dictionary.


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Wild and Scenic Film Festival: as Part of Berkeley Earth Day
Film - Series | April 21 | 3-5 p.m. | David Brower Center
2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
David Brower Center, Compassionate Living, Citizens Climate Lobby, The Downtown Berkeley Association
This years Earth Day celebration at The David Brower Center will include two sessions of the Wild and Scenic Film Festival. Information on the films, panel and tickets can be found at www.berkeleyearthday.org/film-fest.
Land, Sea and Sky Activist and Adventure Films
Sunday, April 21, 3 -5 PM
Solutions to the Climate Crisis Films and Panel
Monday April 22, Earth Day 6:00-9:30 PM.
Doors open at 6 PM for FREE virtual reality tours of the Arctic and sponsor prizes.
Films and panel start at 7 PM.
The Sunday Land Sea and Sky session will feature ten films selected from the Wild and Scenic on Tour program which address a variety of environmental issues as well as wilderness adventure films.
The Monday night Solutions to the Climate Crisis program will begin with an hour of films from the Wild and Scenic Film Festival on the topic of climate change followed by an esteemed panel discussing a variety of approaches to reducing greenhouse emissions and restoring the climate.
This is the second year that The Festival has been hosted in Berkeley by Citizens Climate Lobby and The David Brower Center. Considered one of the nations premier environmental and adventure film festivals, this years films will combine stellar filmmaking, beautiful cinematography and first-rate storytelling to inform, inspire and ignite solutions and possibilities to restore the earth and human communities while creating a positive future for the next generation. Festival-goers can expect to see award winning films about nature, community activism, adventure, conservation, water, energy and climate change, wildlife, environmental justice, agriculture, Native American and indigenous cultures.


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Accounting & Finance
Responsible for a Security Budget? 9 Top Notch Ways to Spend Your Money
Every business needs protection. They can all be at risk from security breaches, either digitally or in "real life". The threats companies could face include anything from theft to breaches in mobile security. Business owners need to ensure that they allocate a budget for protecting their company. Someone also needs to be in charge of spending that budget. They need to make sure the money goes to the right precautions. Depending on the size of your business, the person in charge of security could be the owner. They might also be a security professional or someone else. Whichever you are, you need to find the most sensible ways to spend the security budget you have.
Every business needs protection. They can all be at risk from security breaches, either digitally or in "real life". The threats companies could face include anything from theft to breaches in mobile security. Business owners need to ensure that they allocate a budget for protecting their company. Someone also needs to be in charge of spending that budget. They need to make sure the money goes to the right precautions. Depending on the size of your business, the person in charge of security could be the owner. They might also be a security professional or someone else. Whichever you are, you need to find the most sensible ways to spend the security budget you have.
Risk Assessment
No business is the same, so it's essential for each one to work out what security measures are most important. Some may be more at risk of cyber crime, while others need to be vigilant about shoplifting. The best way to determine where to spend your security budget is by performing a risk assessment. Risk assessments are useful for a number of things, including health and safety. It's a vital tool for working out business security. It helps to ensure that a security budget is spent wisely too. Someone within the company could perform this risk assessment. However, it is often better to outsource the task. A professional service can ensure that nothing is forgotten. They can check that any potential risks are understood and taken care of.
IT Security
In the modern business world, there are two main types of security to consider. Protecting premises and physical items is important. But digital security has become more vital than ever. Many more things are digital now, rather than being done on paper. It's much more likely someone will steal information digitally than from a filing cabinet. However, businesses need to ensure that they don't panic. You don't need to invest in preventing every possible security breach. There are many things that might scare you. You could be led to believe that the chance of something happening is higher than it is.
There are some vital precautions that all businesses should be taking. For example, secure file sharing is essential for almost any business. Most people need to share information among colleagues and clients. You don't want to leave yourself or anyone else vulnerable. Protecting payment methods and financial details is also a crucial element of digital security. It's important to follow legal regulations, as well as what's healthy for your company.
Mobile Security
As an extension of IT security, people in business increasingly use mobile devices. It's not just the staff at a company that might be connecting to the network, either. Visitors or customers could also be hopping onto the WiFi connection. Many companies have created policies on mobile devices to help protect their sensitive information. For example, they will often say that staff cannot use personal devices at work. Another concern is the use of mobile devices away from the workplace. For example, someone might connect to a hotel WiFi connection with a work laptop. This could be putting the company at risk if they're not careful. Investigating the possibility of tightening security for mobile devices could be important.
Training and Monitoring Staff
There are many ways that technology can help to improve security. However, sometimes it's down to people to play a part in protecting the company. People in charge of a security budget should consider whether a part should be spent on training. Ensuring that employees are trained to assist with keeping the premises safe is important. Taking these actions could involve a number of different things. For example, staff may need to know how to use various IT equipment and software safely. They could also receive training on how to spot and handle suspicious activity. Different business types will need to provide different types of training. For example, an office might need employees to watch out for strangers walking in. But the staff in a retail store needs to look out for shoplifters.
Alarm and Warning Systems
Having alarms that will warn of certain events is vital to many businesses. Most companies are likely to have a security alarm to prevent break-ins. But there might be other things to consider. For example, a store is likely to have alarms at the doors that are activated by security tags. There might be some companies where certain rooms should be alarmed. For example, people need a pass to get in, and someone might try to enter without permission. An alarm may not stop someone doing something, but it will alert others as to what's happening.
Security Personnel
Having in-person security is often a benefit to many businesses. There could be many reasons for hiring security personnel for a business. Some office blocks have them at entrance points or to patrol the grounds. Many retail businesses, fast-food restaurants, and drinking establishments also have security staff. They can monitor the premises and people. The main reasons for hiring them are controlling access and removing or controlling people who are misbehaving. For example, a food business could get a lot of late-night custom at the weekends. They might choose to hire security to prevent people from entering or causing trouble. Security personnel can also monitor CCTV . They can perform other tasks to keep business premises secure.
However, hiring them can be costly. Whether they are outsourced or hired directly, their pay could be a large part of your budget. Having said that, they could also reduce the need for other security precautions.
Monitoring Systems – CCTV
Even when security staff are present, they can't be everywhere at once. Having a video monitoring system is an excellent idea for many businesses. Some larger businesses might hire security guards to watch the feeds for their cameras. Even those that don't have anyone to watch their cameras all the time can benefit from them. They can be useful to catch someone if a crime or security breach does occur. But they also act as a deterrent to prevent anything from happening in the first place. Some businesses even use fake cameras so that it looks like they are monitoring their premises. However, real cameras will always be best. Determining where they are needed is important. An office might want them by the entrances, whereas a store should have cameras inside.
Consider Spend vs. Value
When working out how to spend your budget, it's important to think about the value of the measures you take. In other words, is a certain measure going to cost you more than it will save you? For example, taking stringent steps to prevent a few cases of shoplifting could end up costing more than the lost stock. It's essential to consider whether spending money on security measures will help your business save or even make money.
Always Consider Options
There are often ways you achieve a goal but still save money. Most of the time there are options from which to choose. You don't have to select the most expensive one to protect your company. It's important to look at a security problem from different angles and work out the best way to approach it. Not every store will need a full-time security guard to help prevent shoplifting. Installing CCTV cameras could be a cheaper and more sensible choice.
Being in charge of allocating a security budget is a difficult task. You should remember to consider all possible risks. They then can be handled appropriately.
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|To empower students to make life long,responsible and meaningful choices in a global and dynamic world.
|The College has an exclusive Placement and Training Centre to facilitate on-campus Placement opportunities to the students. The Centre has a professor in-charge of the activities. The Centre provides pre-placement training in soft skills to all pre-final year students to enable them to acquaint to the current corporate requirements. The centre facilitates students to face interviews & get jobs of their choice. More than 100 top and well established companies across the country/abroad from all sectors visit the campus for recruitment. Every year more than 80% of students from all the programs are being placed.
|The following are some of the activities which ensure progression to employment:
|The Placement Centre provides a seven day training programme in soft skills (like Personality Development, CV Writing, Communication Skills, Aptitude tests, Interview Technique etc.) to all students during their pre-final year. The students are given a choice of opting for two job opportunities (choice being one core & one IT Company during the recruitments). Guest lectures and special invitee lecture series organized for all the branches of students from industry experts through the Placement Centre.
|Internship opportunities have been provided for UG & PG students by various companies like AMAZON,TCS,JP MORGAN, ACCENTURE. Most of the top companies across the nation, visit us for Campus Recruitment.


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▼ Precipitation Data (Switzerland)
▼ Radiation Data (St Gallen)
Climate Data
Precipitation Data
The library has a subscription to
data on precipitation, evapotranspiration and water balance provided by MeteoSwiss as monthly and annual bulletins:
Data Format:
Excel-files and PDF (PDF from 2011 onwards).
Short Data Description:
Precipitation: daily totals; monthly totals and their deviation from the norm; maximum daily total; date of maximum daily total (> 400 stations)
Evapotranspiration: daily and monthly totals of evapotranspiration as per Primault (around 50 stations)
Water balance: daily and monthly totals (around 50 stations)
The monthly precipitation bulletin is available by the end of the subsequent month.
Radiation Data
The library also subscribes to
effective radiation data for the location St Gallen, provided by the energiebüro ag.
- ESTRADA St Gallen 2011-2019 (ESTRADA = Effektive STRAhlungs-DAten)
Data Format:
Short Data Description
ESTRADA provides radiation data processed and displayed in several ways, such as
radiation for every month compared to previous years or to the MeteoNorm95 simulation software as well as the accumulated radiation for the current year.


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Tableau to launch visual data-prep software
- 09 November, 2016 08:21
Tableau is moving into the data-wrangling business, announcing plans for visual data-preparation software code-named Project Maestro.
The idea is to bring the same sort of "self-service" visualization to the prepping and cleaning of data as they've built for data analysis, Dan Jewett, Tableau vice president of product management, told Tableau's user conference this morning. "Maestro is going to make data preparation a breeze."
The software is expected to be available "later next year."
In a brief demo, Jewett showed visual ways of inspecting, joining and editing data. Results could then be piped into Tableau for analysis.
In the conference's opening session, several company executives laid out a product roadmap for Tableau data analysis through next year, including:
- Speedier data import and analysis. Tableau's new data engine in the works, based on Hyper technology it acquired earlier this year, should make it significantly faster to import and analyze large data sets with Tableau. A conference demo showed hundreds of thousands of records being imported per second, as well as being visualized in real time as the import process continued. The engine is in part a response to customer feedback that building large data extracts took too long.
- Natural-language queries. Tableau is aiming for true natural speech, not merely being able to type in questions that require using exact field names and functions. The demo included queries such as "show houses near Ballard," which brought up a map of such homes and their selling prices as well as a slider to alter the radius definition of "near." The system would be able to understand a query such as "Show me the most expensive houses near Ballard last summer" without having to explicitly define "most expensive" as the maximim of price field or "last summer" as a particular date range. Next, a user would be able to simply type "show me the cheapest houses" and the system would understand this was similar to the prior query, without needing to repeat "near Ballard last summer."
- Data governance that allows organizations to certify trusted content and calculations and share useful calculations created in one workbook with all users on the company's Tableau Server.
- Recommended analyses so Tableau would suggest visualizations and other analysis based on your data set.
- Pre-built recommended dashboards from cloud services, including combining data from multiple services. This will start next year with four services: Salesforce, Marketo, Eloqua and Quickbooks.
Tableau's conference continues tomorrow and is available via live stream from Austin at http://tclive.tableau.com/.