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Sometimes it seems like every movie is either a sequel or a reboot. They remade Robocop and Godzilla. They're releasing sequels to the reboots of Spider-Man and Planet of the Apes. But there are still tons of original films in the pipeline. Here are over 50 forthcoming movies that aren't sequels, remakes or prequels.
Note: There's no way we could possibly include every movie that fits into this category here. Please suggest other upcoming films that aren't franchise pictures in the comments!
Top image: Jupiter Ascending
Big-Budget to Medium-Budget Films
Logline: Don't upload Johnny Depp to the cloud, or you'll unleash an A.I. apocalypse on the world, as he becomes an artificial superbeing. Seriously, don't! This film is the directorial debut of Christopher Nolan's cinematographer, Wally Pfister.
Status: Coming April 18
Logline: Guy Pearce and Rob Pattinson star in this near-future Western, set after the collapse of civilization, where a man is chasing the gang that stole his last remaining possessions.
Status: Coming June 2014
Earth to Echo
Logline: A "found footage" version of E.T., in which a group of kids track down a weird alien named Echo, and help him escape from the authorities and maybe find his way home.
Status: Coming July 2
Jupiter Ascending
Logline: The Wachowskis are gambling big-time on this weird fantasy in which Channing Tatum is a wolf-boy protecting a cleaning person (Mila Kunis) from the queen of the universe (Mila Kunis).
Status: Coming July 18
Logline: Christopher Nolan directs a script that his brother Jonathan originally wrote for Spielberg, about a drought-stricken Earth and the desperate journey to another star. It's based on physicist Kip Thorne's theories about wormholes.
Status: Coming Nov. 7
Logline: A terminally ill billionaire (Ben Kingsley) gets to transplant his mind into Ryan Reynolds' body — but then he starts having flashbacks of the body's former life, in this thriller directed by Tarsem Singh. Image via Play4Movie.
Status: Coming Feb. 2015
Logline: Neill Blomkamp makes a weird comedy about a robot with bunny ears, based loosely on his own short film Tetra Vaal (as pictured above). The film co-stars South African rappers Die Antwoord.
Status: Coming March 2015
Logline: Director Brad Bird's long-awaited second live-action movie, with a storyline that somehow involves Disneyland and a mysterious box, written by Damon Lindelof. It stars George Clooney. Image via JustJared.
Status: Coming May 2015
Gods of Egypt
Logline: Alex Proyas directs this fantasy epic set in ancient Egypt, with Game of Thrones' Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Horus and Gerard Butler as Set. (This! Is! Egypt!?) A human thief joins forces with an Egyptian god who's seeking revenge.
Status: Coming Feb. 2016
Logline: Keanu Reeves is a guy whose cryogenic unit malfunctions, waking him early on a long interstellar voyage and dooming him to decades on his own... until he decides to wake up a beautiful woman to share his isolation. This script by Jon Spaihts was on the Blacklist of the best unproduced scripts, and widely acclaimed.
Status: Just lost co-star Rachel McAdams and distribution from the Weinstein Co., but got a new distributor, Focus Features. So it's apparently still happening.
Welcome to Yesterday
Logline: Another "found footage" film, this one about time travel. A group of friends discover that building a time machine and changing the past has dire consequences.
Status: Release date was pushed back from Feb. 2014 to some unknown date, possibly this fall.
Logline: Bruce Willis stars in this Westworld-esque film about artificial beings who have their memories erased every night, so the wealthy can do whatever cruel and depraved things they want — until one android (Ambyr Childers) remembers, and revolts.
Status: Now filming. It already got worldwide distribution, and companies seemed jazzed about it.
Selling Time
Logline: Will Smith is supposed to star in this film about a man who sells off chunks of his life, so he can relive the worst day of his life and change a tragedy that happened on that day.
Status: D.J. Caruso (I Am Number Four) just signed up to direct. This film has been in development since 2001, but now actually appears to be happening.
The Cobbler
Logline: Adam Sandler and Dustin Hoffman star in this movie about a shoe-repair guy who discovers that when he tries on other people's shoes he can literally "walk in their shoes" and experience what it's like to be other people. But can it possibly be as good as Click?
Status: Already finished filming, but no release date yet.
Book and Graphic Novel Adaptations
Under The Skin
Logline: Scarlett Johansson is an alien who travels around Scotland picking up men and taking them to her secret place, in this weird adaptation of Michael Faber's novel.
Status: Coming April 4
Edge of Tomorrow
What it's about: The movie version of the acclaimed Japanese novel All You Need is Kill, about a soldier fighting aliens who keeps getting brought back from the dead over and over. Starring Tom Cruise.
Status: Coming June 6
Logline: Chris Evans and Tilda Swinton co-star in director Bong Joon-Ho's adaptation of the mind-blowing French comic book, about a frozen Earth and the class-stratified train that travels across it.
Status: Coming June 27
The Giver
Logline: Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep headline this film based on Lois Lowry's beloved YA novel about a dystopian society where people's emotions are muted in the quest for "Sameness." And one boy is trained to be the receptacle of all the suppressed memories of the time before Sameness.
Status: Coming August 15
The Maze Runner
Logline: James Dashner's YA novel about boys trapped in a deadly maze — along with one mysterious girl — gets an adaptation, starring Teen Wolf's Dylan O'Brien.
Status: Coming Sept. 19
The Seventh Son
What it's about: An adaptation of Joseph Delaney's The Spook's Apprentice. Also featuring Jeff Bridges in a mentor role, the titular Spook.
Status: Coming February 2015
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Logline: Ransom Riggs' bestselling picture book about a boy who follows clues that lead him to an abandoned orphanage gets an adaptation directed by Tim Burton.
Status: Probably coming July 2015
Queen and Country
Logline: Greg Rucka's fantastic comic about an ass-kicking spy named Tara Chace gets a movie adaptation, starring Ellen Page.
Status: This film just signed up a director, Craig Viveiros.
Logline: Neil Gaiman's classic graphic novel about Dream and his siblings, finally appears to be coming to the big screen.
Status: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who probably has the juice to make things happen right now, is producing with the possibility of starring and directing. Jack Thorne (How I Live Now) is writing the screenplay, based on a pitch by David S. Goyer.
The Fire Sermon
Logline: This young-adult novel by Francesca Haig was snapped up as a movie, even though it's not out in the U.S. yet. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where people are always born as twins, one perfect and one mutated — and the mutants are always sent away.
Status: Dreamworks is producing the film, and just signed up Guardians of the Galaxy writer Nicole Perlman to write the script.
The Juliet
Logline: Based on an Alfred Bester short story, this movie is about a playboy and an android who share a single twisted personality — that of a murderer.
Status: Rupert Sanders has been signed up to direct for a while, but the project took on a new lease of life when Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby, Crash) was hired to rewrite the script.
Tommysaurus Rex
Logline: In this adaptation of an Image Comics series, Tommy moves in with his grandfather for the summer after his pet dog dies, and has to deal with bullies and mean townspeople — until he finds a tyrannosaurus rex, and they become best friends.
Status: This film has been stuck in development hell for a while, but now Tom McCarthy (The Station Agent) is rewriting the script, with an eye to direct.
Logline: Another project that Will Smith is in talks to star in. In Marcus Sakey's novel, it's a world like ours — except that certain people, known as Brilliants, are born with special abilities. Smith would play a federal agent who has supernatural tracking skills, searching for a "Brilliant" separatist who wants to start a civil war.
Status: Already has a director, Julius Onah, and if Smith signs on it will probably get made.
Logline: In Frank Cottrell Boyce's children's book, a boy sneaks aboard the first civilian flight to outer space.
Status: Cameron Fay is working on an adaptation for Walden Media, which published the book and seems keen to put out a movie version.
The Darkness
Logline: The Top Cow comic follows Jackie Estacado, a Mafia hitman who becomes the the vessel for the Darkness, an ancient elemental force that gives him control over demons. And apparently the scantily clad supernatural character Witchblade will also be in this movie.
Status: Len Wiseman is producing this film for New Regency, but there are no stars and no director yet.
The Red Queen
Logline: This YA novel by Victoria Aveyard was snapped up by Universal as soon as it had a book deal — it takes place in a fantasy world where "society is divided by the color of blood." A 17-year-old girl must pretend to be a long lost princess.
Status: The good news is, Gennifer Hutchison, who won plaudits for her writing on Breaking Bad, is writing the script.
Logline: Ed Brubaker's brilliant noir comic about a world where some people are developing superpowers follows Holden Carver, who can absorb pain and pass it on to others.
Status: It's been in development for ages, but now Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are producing, with Shawn Ryan and David Weiner writing a script.
Logline: In cybersecurity expert Matthew Mather's self-published e-book, a bizarre series of disasters happen around the world, and an ordinary New Yorker is trapped after the city is cut off from the rest of the planet — becoming a place where nothing is as it seems.
Status: House of Cards writer Bill Kennedy is in talks to write the script.
The Stuff of Legend
Logline: This comics series about toys who travel into the Dark realm to rescue their owner from the Bogeyman has been picked up by Disney.
Status: Pete Candeland has been signed up to direct for ages, but now the writers of Saw are doing a new script.
Animated Films
The Boxtrolls
Logline: The latest movie from Laika, the geniuses who brought you Coraline and ParaNorman. The townspeople of Cheesebridge fear that the trolls under the city will steal their children and their precious cheeses, but the boxtrolls are actually sweet and eccentric.
Status: Coming Sept. 26
Logline: The film adaptation of The True Meaning of Smekday, except with a much more generic title. Gratuity Tucci must survive on her own after her mother is kidnapped by aliens — and then creatures called the Boov invade Earth.
Status: Coming Nov. 26
B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations
Logline: Seth Rogen and Melissa McCarthy are ghosts who work for a paranormal agency that protects humans against evil hauntings — but can they save the human race against a whole ghost army?
Status: Coming June 2015
The Good Dinosaur
Logline: At long last, a new original Pixar film. This one is set in an alternate world where dinosaurs never became extinct, and they live among us.
Status: Coming November 2015. It's had some delays, which forced layoffs at Pixar, and the director was taken off the film.
Horror Movies
Logline: Doctor Who's Karen Gillan is a young woman who's determined to prove that a cursed mirror killed her parents — but the mirror has plans of its own.
Status: Coming April 11
Only Lovers Left Alive
Logline: Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston are immortal vampire rock stars, in the new Jim Jarmusch movie.
Status: Coming April 11
The Quiet Ones
Logline: Hammer Studios produces an old-school paranormal horror film that looks like it could have come from the classic Hammer era. Jared Harris is a mad professor who leads his students through an experiment designed to create a poltergeist. Bad, bad idea.
Status: Coming April 25.
Deliver Us From Evil
Logline: Eric Bana is a cop who teams up with an exorcist to battle demonic possessions that are terrorizing the city, in this film from Scott Derrickson (Sinister).
Status: Coming July 2
Crimson Peak
Logline: This gothic romance ghost story from director Guillermo del Toro stars Mia Wasikowska as Edith, who discovers that her husband (Tom Hiddleston) is not what he appears to be.
Status: Coming October 2015
Logline: Elijah Wood and Rainn Wilson are teachers at an elementary school where some bad hot dogs cause a zombie outbreak among the students, and the teachers have to dole out some tough discipline.
Status: This film got pretty upbeat reviews at Sundance and was acquired by Lionsgate, but no clue about a release date yet.
Life After Beth
Logline: Another Sundance horror sensation, this one stars Aubrey Plaza as a girl who comes back from the dead, to the delight of her boyfriend (Dane De Haan). Except that she comes back... wrong.
Status: Picked up for distribution by A24, but no release date yet.
What We Do In The Shadows
Logline: Yet another Sundance rave, this horror comedy follows a group of vampires who live together in Wellington, New Zealand. It was directed by written by co-stars Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement.
Status: Being distributed by Funny or Die.
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
Logline: And another Sundance film, this one an Iranian vampire Western produced by Elijah Wood — apparently it's pretty unique and fascinating.
Status: Picked up for U.S. distribution by Kinology.
The Babadook
Logline: This Australian movie about bedtime stories gone wrong rocked Sundance, and we already saw one trailer. Reviews praised its off-kilter humor and director Jennifer Kent's brilliant balance of laughs and scares.
Status: Picked up by IFC Midnight
Logline: This "found footage" horror film won the Fantastic Fest prize and has gotten rave reviews. A man develops strange powers after a one-night stand with a mysterious woman, but apparently there's way more to it than that. We posted the trailer recently.
Status: Coming soon, we hope.
Smaller Indie Projects
The Signal
Logline: Possibly the biggest thing to come out of Sundance this year — watch the trailer for yourself. This film follows two hackers from MIT who go to the desert to meet a rival hacker, Nomad, and it goes very badly for them.
Status: Coming June 13
Young Ones
Logline: Jake Paltrow's directorial debut is a weird Western set in a post-apocalyptic world, which got muted reviews at Sundance.
Status: No distribution or release date yet.
I Origins
Logline: Another Earth director Mike Cahill wowed Sundance with this story of a biologist who studies the human eye and makes a discovery that could have profound implications for our place in the universe.
Status: It's been picked up for distribution by Fox Searchlight.
Space Station 76
Logline: A retro-futuristic comedy set on a 1970s-looking space station, starring Patrick Wilson as an alcoholic captain and Liv Tyler as his new second in command.
Status: It wowed SXSW last month. No clue on a release date yet.
Bad Johnson
Logline: We just posted the first trailer for this movie in which Cam Gigandet is a womanizer who wishes his penis away... and it leaves his body and takes human form. Not surprisingly, the penis-turned-human is kind of a dick.
Status: Supposedly coming May 2014.
The Machine
Logline: A British movie about two programmers who fall in love as they develop the first artificial intelligence — but then the British government steals their creation and tries to turn it into a weapon.
Status: Just came out in the U.K., and it's getting rave reviews that compare it to Blade Runner.
Zero Theorem
Logline: Terry Gilliam directs a film written by Pat Rushin, about a man (Christoph Waltz) who is working on discovering the reason for existence — but the Management keeps distracting him. Gilliam has described this as sort of a "greatest hits" of his past movies.
Status: It's gotten mixed but energetic reviews at festivals, and there's no clue about a U.S. release date.
How to Catch a Monster
Logline: Matt Smith, the Eleventh Doctor, stars in this "fantasy neo-noir" movie directed by Ryan Gosling, in which a single mother (Christina Hendricks) gets swept up in a dark underworld. Image by Splash News via Pop Sugar.
Status: It filmed ages ago, but there's no clue about a release date.
Logline: Norman Reedus and Djimon Hounsou are janitorial workers in the cryogenic facility where the survivors of humanity are frozen after a nuclear disaster renders the planet uninhabitable.
Status: It's being produced by Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, and directed by Christian Cantamessa (who also co-wrote the script with Chris Pasetto).
Logline: Senn is a depressed factory worker on a forgotten planet named Pyom, when an alien comes to see him and escorts him and his love across the universe to an ancient artifact that has chosen him for something special.
Status: This film won fairly positive reviews at the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival, and the first teaser trailer is right here.
A different version of this article appeared in June 2012.


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1. Letter Match
Using a dollar store cookie sheet and a permanent marker, write out the alphabet on the sheet. Give your child a bowl full of the magnets and have him match them up!
2. Word Match
Flip the cookie sheet over and using small strips of paper write out simple words and have your child place the magnets on the letters to re-create the words.
3. Missing Letters
Write out simple words leaving one letter out. Pop them on your fridge, and have your child fill in the blank with the magnetic letters.
4. Color Sort
Have your child sort the letters by color, identifying each one as he goes!
5. Fishing Game
Grab a magnetic fishing rod and go fishing for letters. Call out letters and have your child fish for a match!
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Pop the letters on the fridge, and while you are cooking call out the letters by their sounds. "I see a letter that sounds like this..." If your child needs some help, you can tell her what color it is as a hint.
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Save invoice data [VBA]
This article demonstrates a macro that copies values between sheets. I am using the invoice template workbook.
This macro copies rows containing values. Blank rows are not copied. Values are copied from sheet "Invoice" to sheet "Invoice data".
How to create button "Save Invoice"
You can find the button in the picture above, there is a red circle around it.
- Press with left mouse button on "Developer" tab on the ribbon
- Press with left mouse button on "Insert Controls" button
- Press with left mouse button on "Button (Form Control)"
- Create a button on sheet
- Type a macro name "Button2_Press with left mouse button on()"
- Press with left mouse button on OK
Vba code
Sub Button2_Press with left mouse button on() Dim rng As Range Dim i As Long Dim a As Long Dim rng_dest As Range Application.ScreenUpdating = False i = 1 Set rng_dest = Sheets("Invoice data").Range("D:G") ' Find first empty row in columns D:G on sheet Invoice data Do Until WorksheetFunction.CountA(rng_dest.Rows(i)) = 0 i = i + 1 Loop 'Copy range B16:I38 on sheet Invoice to Variant array Set rng = Sheets("Invoice").Range("B16:E38") ' Copy rows containing values to sheet Invoice data For a = 1 To rng.Rows.Count If WorksheetFunction.CountA(rng.Rows(a)) <> 0 Then rng_dest.Rows(i).Value = rng.Rows(a).Value 'Copy Invoice number Sheets("Invoice data").Range("A" & i).Value = Sheets("Invoice").Range("D13").Value 'Copy Date Sheets("Invoice data").Range("B" & i).Value = Sheets("Invoice").Range("F3").Value 'Copy Company name Sheets("Invoice data").Range("C" & i).Value = Sheets("Invoice").Range("B8").Value i = i + 1 End If Next a Application.ScreenUpdating = True End Sub
How to add the macro to your workbook
- Press Alt-F11 to open visual basic editor
- Press with left mouse button on Module on the Insert menu
- Copy above vba code and paste it to the module. (The code shown in the pic above is another macro not used in this article.)
- Exit visual basic editor
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49 Responses to "Save invoice data [VBA]"
I thought you and your readers might find this alternate code for your "Save Invoice" button's event code interesting as it uses no looping whatsoever.
Sub Button2_Click()
Dim Destination As Worksheet
Dim EmptyRow As Long, NewDataCount As Long
Set Destination = Worksheets("Invoice data")
' Find first empty row in Columns A on sheet Invoice data
EmptyRow = Destination.Columns("A").Find("*", _
SearchOrder:=xlRows, SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, _
LookIn:=xlValues).Row + 1
' Copy rows containing values to sheet Invoice data
With Destination.Range("D" & EmptyRow).Resize(23, 4)
.Value = Range("B16:E38").Value
NewDataCount = .SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants).Rows.Count
End With
' Copy Invoice Number, Date and Company Name
Destination.Cells(EmptyRow, "A").Resize(NewDataCount, 3) = _
Array(Range("D13"), Range("F3"), Range("B8"))
End Sub
Note that I also removed the Application.ScreenUpdating statements as the code will be exectuted from a worksheet whose values will not change (the changes will happen on the unseen "Invoice data" worksheet and, as such, I figured there should be no need to turn screen updating off). I did not do any timing experiments, but I believe you will find this code executes quite quickly.
Sir, i apply your vb code as mentioned above in excel 2003
and macro procedure too, but when I press with left mouse button on button save invoice
the error occur as End if without block if plz solve the problems
Thnks for all this details
Emp No
Emp Name
This data i want to update through form in
Emp Data File
The formate of Emp Data File is
Emp No Emp Name Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 April-11 May-11
Emp002 Sam 20000 20000 20000 20000 20000
this way it should be update
hi Oscar Thanks for reply
how i can send my mail id to you pls give me your mail id i will mail it to u all details & thanks for sales invoice code it really help full to me with that code i prepared losts of other formate
hi oscar, i read your comment , its really so helpful,
i need one more help, i made a invoice on excel, i want to save invoice number , its subject, date , client name etc, automatic on another worksheet template for maintaining the invoice recod
waiting for your reply,
I made an example as follows :
View from
New invoice template ,
When it starts automatically creates a backup File to my documents.
Saves changes to File was closed.
Invoice can be saved to the requested page..
Products and prices can be entered via a form.
Total rail formulas can not be deleted.
Invoice number is automatically generated text file. It creates a new text file when deleted by mistake.
You can view from https://netmerkez.wordpress.com/excel/excel-invoice-template-2-saves-the-invoice/
Thanks for this, it was really helpful and I learnt a bunch.
Just one thing though: when i copy vlookup formula to find the Amount on the invoice sheet, then the corresponding rows are not considered blank anymore and are copied on to the Invoice data Sheet.
Is there a way around that?
Many thanks in advance
Great tutorial!! Just what i needed! With some basic programming skills, it was possible to understand most of the code (without that much experience with vba). But there was one small thing i wanted to change, but i didn't find a way to fix this.
The prices on my products change for every job i do, so i can't use a list of prices. I therefore have to copy the price from the invoice to the invoice data sheet. Could anyone help me to do this.
Thanks for the answer. It made me realize that my bug was somewhere else (since i already tried what you suggested). My problem was that i tried to copy a range that consisted of 5 rows to 2 rows (i merged 4 rows you see). Now the problem is solved! Thanks again for great tutorial.
Hello Oscar,
I am working in a export import company in the documentaion department. In my nature of work i need to make INVOICE, PL ,FEW STD
FORMS daily . I have a very basic knowledge in excel usage .
I am looking for a solution where , i want to fill in the required details ( changing data) in page 1 and automatically all my sheets are updated with the correct data.
What would be the correct function of the EXCEL that will be ideal for my requirement .
It would be great if you could provide more details on the function
Please drop me an email if any more details are required
looking forward for your reply
Thank you
Thank you so much for this programme - it was just what was needed. I have been trying to use it for my admin dept to create, print or email invoices. I changed the names of the invoice part - so instead of category, description, etc (what I will call here the invoice header names), I have payment description, Other details...
However, when I execute the macro, the data appears on the invoice data sheet, but repeats for each saved invoice, the invoice header names and then on the row below puts in the data. I don't want the invoice header names repeated just the values each time the invoice is opened and a new invoice is created. Hope that's clear and you can help. Thanks
Thanks for the programme. Just what I needed. One problem though I hope you can help with. I adapted the invoice with slightly different header names i.e., instead of "categories", "description" etc, I changed these to "Payment Type", "other details" etc. On executing the macro, most of the information appears (I changed in the vba script, the destination cell reference for invoice number and company - this works fine (and changed the header names on the data sheet accordingly. But when the invoice has data entered on to it, all the header names get repeated and then on the next row are the values. How can I stop the header names being repeated? thanks
Thanks for your VBA , how i can save Data to new workbook and in a specific Sheet named
thanks for VBA, how i can make a preview of invoice after i save it and issue anther one , is there a vba for that
Hi guys just want to ask for your help in my excel file. i need to fill the empty cell of my data but the codes that I got is filling the last empty cells of the sheet but what I need is to fill the first empty cell( not the first cell with data) but the first empty cell. hope you can helpme guys . thanks in advance.
Hi Oscar,
I used your VBA code but on my Invoice Data sheet it copies the invoice number, Date and Company name down the entire range from the Invoice. I think this is because I have formula in the range. Is there a way to have Invoice number, Date and Company name only copy down if there is a visible value in the cell?
Hi guys, I really dd try and read all the comments to find my answer... Since it was not obvious to me, I thought I would just ask.
In the code it refers to 'Copy Invoice number and 'Copy Company name etc... how do I change the cell reference points for these commands?
Thanks in advance
Ignore that, I figured it out... this leads me to another question thought lol
How do I get it to ignore blank lines? in the "invoice Data" sheet?
oh and how to have a running total at the bottom?
Hi Oscar
This VBA code helps me a lot.
I am facing an issue. if there is a blank rows in the invoice in Invoice Details system automatically copy the blank rows with customer number and invoice.
How can i restrict the same.
Oscar Thanks for a great macro.
I want to view the same details in others sheet.
Can you please help me for the code.
Hi. I have used the VBA code and it works wonderfully. However when I do to my Inventory Data page I get the invoice number, date and company name for 15 lines, even thought I only have 3 items being purchased. All the other columns are blank (as there are no other items on the invoice.
Any thought on what I have done incorrectly?
I got some problem which Jen encountered and also depicated the choosed item for my copy the from drop down list when my invoice in fact have different items.
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hello there,
I used your code in my own invoice template and it saves the data into another sheet but it repeats several times instead of just once. I guess some issue with the loop if I am not mistaken. I could you use some help
i have used your code in my invoice template but it is also saving the blank cells containing the formula, however formula used in invoice sheet dose not appear in cell as i have make them hidden using if condition but code still able to read the formula cell as value cell and giving long blank rows in invoice data sheet. please help
In my template I have 7 columns merged from 22(C21:W32) .
By using your code data is saved on 22 columns with 15 blank columns(E:Y)
Is there a way to skip blanks and save on 7 columns(E:K)
Thanks in advance
Hi Oscar
How r u!!!
I need clarification on the below Formula.
How to use the IF and Len formula in single Cell with more in VBA
' ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=IF(LEN(RC[-6]=10,RC[-6]&"" "",IF(LEN(RC[-6]=9,RC[-6]&"" "",IF(LEN(RC[-6]=8,RC[-6]&"" "",IF(LEN(RC[-6]=7,RC[-6]&"" "",IF(LEN(RC[-6]=6,RC[-6]&"" "",IF(LEN(RC[-6]=5,RC[-6]&"" "",IF(LEN(RC)=4,RC[-6]&"" "",IF(LEN(RC)=3,RC[-6]&"" "",RC[-6]"
Hi Oscar,
Can you help me with the below case.
I need code for coding for outlook 2013.
1)If there is an excel attachment then the value will in the subject of the email
2) if there amount in the body of the email then the value will be in the subject
3) if we received the PDF or word as attachment also the value need to paste in the subject
Could please help me with issue because daily I received 100 of email and I need to find out the amount and paste the amount in the subject
Sir thanks a lot ,please help me with this one Black cell with formula is also transfer to invoicedata.
fIND THE CODE AND IMAGE.
THE NAME AND DATE VALUES ARE REPEATING EVEN THE iNVOICE SHEET HAVE ONLY 3 ROW ENTRIES PLEASE CORRECT ME THE CODE.
do THE NEEDFUL.
i AM THE BEGINNER.
tHNAKS IN ADVANCE
sir SAVE iNOVICE vb CODE
Sub Button2_Click()
Dim rng As Range
Dim temp As Variant
Dim i As Long
Dim a As Long
Dim rng_dest As Range
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
i = 1
Set rng_dest = Sheets("SALES").Range("D:M")
' Find first empty row in columns D:M on sheet SALES
Do Until WorksheetFunction.CountA(rng_dest.Rows(i)) = 0
i = i + 1
'Copy range B16:P38 on sheet INVOICE to Variant array
Set rng = Sheets("INVOICE").Range("B15:K29")
' Copy rows containing values to sheet SALES
For a = 1 To rng.Rows.count
If WorksheetFunction.CountA(rng.Rows(a)) 0 Then
rng_dest.Rows(i).Value = rng.Rows(a).Value
'Copy Invoice number
Sheets("SALES").Range("A" & i).Value = Sheets("INVOICE").Range("H6").Value
'Copy Date
Sheets("SALES").Range("B" & i).Value = Sheets("INVOICE").Range("J6").Value
'Copy Company name
Sheets("SALES").Range("C" & i).Value = Sheets("INVOICE").Range("D8").Value
i = i + 1
End If
Next a
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Is it possible to save Data to new workbook
I have used the code but the Amount Column is not coming up
Hey Oscar,
I used your nice code but I have the same issue as some other people who commented ont this vba subject. I used a formula to calculate the subtotales and now the vba does not vieuw these cells as empty. Do you already have a solution for this problem?
Looking forward to it!
Regards Remi
the code doesn't work if there is a formula in one of the columns, in my case, column E has a formula that calculates the total. and if i take the formula out, the code runs fine.
Short question, how do you change the value in column D in sheet"calculation" ?
Its change everytime when you select a cell in sheet Invoice in Column D.
Thanks !!
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My Space: Sister Act's Sunny Nun Florrie Bagel Creates a Fragrant, Zen-like Backstage Convent
As Sister Mary Patrick in Sister Act, Florrie Bagel's character would probably have strict guidelines in decorating her personal space at the convent. But in her dressing room on the show's national tour, the actress makes herself at home with citrusy fragrances, a yoga mat and hilarious castmates. Check out Bagel's tour of her backstage must-haves!
"I like to surround myself with uplifting quotes, usually on cards, colorful books or little scribblings. It's nice to have inspiring words around me."
"This LUSH fragrance is lemongrass, patchouli and sweet orange, and it makes me so happy to put a little dab on. The solid perfume stick is really subtle, which is good because I don't want to flaunt my fragrance in the convent."
"I got this amazing Aladdin tea infuser tumbler, and I take it everywhere now. Backstage, I make sure to take a big ol' sip in between 'Raise Your Voice' and 'Take Me to Heaven.'"
"I love yoga, so my Jade yoga mat is essential. Yoga centers me and connects me to my breath. It also helps to combat the stiff shoulders and 'nun-neck' from wearing the habits and veils."
"Lael Van Keuren and Diane Findlay, who play Sisters Mary Robert and Mary Lazarus, respectively, are most certainly dressing room 'must haves.' They are lovely, kind-hearted, funny ladies who are always full of support, sweetness and a good laugh. I sure am lucky to share a dressing room with these two. There's never a dull moment."
See Florrie Bagel in Sister Act at the Boston Opera House from January 22 through Febaruary 3.


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"To be, or not to be: that is the question."
"Psychopaths are capable of taking the perspective of somebody else, but only to take better advantage of you. They're able to play the empathy game, but without the feelings involved. It's like an empty shell. The core of empathy -- being in tune with the feelings of somebody else -- seems to be completely lacking. They are like aliens among us."
--Frans de Waal
The Believing Brain
The human brain often functions as a "believing organ." Our beliefs develop for many different subjective and psychological reasons, and according to various contexts (family, relationships, culture, media, advertising). There is evidence that many beliefs are largely subconscious in nature. That does not stop us inventing conscious explanations for them. We rationalize, defend and fight for our beliefs -- often as if our identity depended upon it. And often it does.
If some new reality challenges our mental map, our understanding of it will usually be limited by our old beliefs. Evidently human ideologies provided some evolutionary advantage in the past. But the enormous evolutionary crisis we are now facing requires rapid creative adaptation to unprecedented realities. The believing organ is being challenged as never before.
Democracy or Corporatocracy?
At the outset of the 21st century, the dominant institution is not government but business corporations, which have learned how to manipulate the democratic process. These legal entities have an insatiable appetite for profit and work to undermine any limitations on their power to pursue it. A prime example was the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to permit unlimited corporate cash donations to political campaigns. Big Carbon companies responded to this new legalization of corruption by financing lavish advertising to capture a majority in the House of Representatives. Defying the unprecedented frequency of extreme weather events occurring worldwide -- including a record 12 events imposing aggregate damages of $52 billion on the U.S. itself -- their "representatives" blocked any attempts to address the climate crisis. They attacked environmental regulations across the board and cut the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency (which they also threatened to abolish). They organized witch-hunts of eminent climate scientists, reminiscent of the McCarthy hearings in the 1950s.
With this act of political "shock and awe," Big Carbon forced its agenda down the throat of the world's most powerful country. Although climate science shows clearly that extracting and burning the remaining fossil fuels will make global warming irreversible within a decade, such corporations are still determined to direct all political discourse and decisions to bolster their own record profits. How can they get away with making our world un-liveable? Because the top 200 oil, coal and gas companies have a combined value of $7.4 trillion, based on proven fossil fuel reserves that "the market" expects to burn.
Many people say they cannot understand how the corporate executives concerned can ignore the ecological tragedy that is unfolding for their own children and grandchildren. They are sacrificing the future of the biosphere for short-term profit. "Are they inhuman?" we ask. Like de Waal's psychopaths, they seem to lack the core of empathy that 99 percent of us take for granted. This suggests an obvious question: Does lack of empathy make it easier to climb to the top of the corporate ladder?
Zero Empathy, Institutionalized
Over a decade ago, the psychiatrist Robert Hare evaluated corporate behaviour toward society and the world by applying standard diagnostic criteria to the business practices of these so-called "legal persons." The diagnosis that fitted best was antisocial personality disorder -- in other words, psychopathy. This finding came a few years after evolutionary biologist Edward Wilson wrote an insightful essay on the global ecological crisis, titled "Is Humanity Suicidal?"
Research by Simon Baron-Cohen and colleagues has more recently identified the circuit in our brain that generates spontaneous empathy for others' feelings. Unsurprisingly, it is underactive in individuals who commit acts of cruelty. Unfeeling cruelty toward others has traditionally been called "evil." Now we have a precise neurogenetic definition: "zero-empathy" is the root of all evil.
As the power of corporate institutions has increased, so has that of its ideology -- economic theory, which continues to exalt the beneficial nature of "the free market." Market forces must be allowed to wreak unregulated "creative destruction" on ecosystems, cultures, democracy and globalized society alike. Empathy erosion toward future human generations has become an acceptable norm. Today carbon emissions are permitted to increase at reckless rates by governments in thrall to a failed energy paradigm and its catastrophic infrastructure. An upsurge in extreme weather events is now treated as the "new normal," while the mainstream media -- themselves powerful corporations -- ignore the fact that such disasters have been repeatedly predicted by climate science.
Wilson asked whether our species has a suicidal tendency. The jury is still out on that question. History does clearly show, however, that war, genocide and other man-made disasters can be orchestrated by zero-empathy individuals in positions of power. How much more so, then, by zero-empathy institutions seeking "full-spectrum dominance"?
Breakout From the Matrix
Film and television are technologies that have the potential to be genuine art forms. Today, however, they are predominantly used by media corporations to create and maintain a simulated reality: the matrix of consumer capitalism. The ideology perpetuated by this all-pervasive matrix insists that happiness exists in direct proportion to consumption, "because you're worth it." Saturation advertising, which exploits the latest research into psychological manipulation, alternates with selective news, soap operas, thrillers, game shows, so-called reality shows and other disempowering trance-inductions.
The medium is also the message: virtual reality is the new norm. As we disconnect from the immediate biological world of interpersonal relationships and interdependent species, we adapt to an artificial one, where climate breakdown disappears when we don't believe in it.
"Frozen Planet" is an excellent seven-part BBC television series wherein Sir David Attenborough celebrates the extraordinary ecology and wildlife of Earth's polar regions. British viewers saw all seven episodes, the last addressing the momentous effects of climate change on the Arctic and Antarctic. Thirty worldwide TV networks purchased this series. A third of them (including Discovery Channel in the U.S.) elected to do without the "optional extra" of the final episode. In the real world, the Arctic sea ice continues its precipitous decline. While the climate models of global warming that predicted this have been ignored by governments, a comprehensive collapse has happened faster than any model could predict.
In the real world we do not get to avoid the final episode. It's time to break out of our unsustainable zero-empathy matrix. To be or not to be is now the pressing spiritual question before us -- as individuals, as citizens, as a civilization and as a species.
John Stanley & David Loy are part of the Ecobuddhism project


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We love cheesecake, but especially when it packs a bit of a kick. Aly Fell's pinup art includes robots, zombie-slayers, vampires, witches, demons and supervillains. And transdimensional dragon hunters! Check out a few of our favorites.
It's well worth checking out the rest of Aly Fell's amazing body of work, which pays homage to some of our favorite glamor artists as well as comics artists and classic pulp fiction. It's glamorous and dangerous! Oh, and one or two of the images below are probably NSFW. Check out more of his art at the link. [DarkRising]
Lady Frances Drake, from an alternate fascist Elizabethan England. She's about to battle the Spanish Armada with Zeppelins.
Sky Angel
Mary Of The Blue Lights!
A steampunk reinterpretation of Judith from Judith and Holofernes
Erica: Zombie Killer
Supercute Sophie, Princess of Evil Bunnies
Tiffany May: Killer Prom Queen.
Silhouette from Watchmen.
A reimagining of Harley Quinn from DC Comics
ImagineFX Cover
Robot Piercings. Why would a robot get nipple piercings? Why not?
Lady Westernra
CHARGE! Inspired by Bride of Frankenstein
Three Vamps
Jonny Stay Dead
Sam Gunn — Alien Detective.
Boing! In the future we will all ride around on space hoppers in our underwear. Makes as much sense as a lot of futurists do, really.
Daisy The Driller
Serran, a transdimensional dragon hunter. Fuck yeah!
Astarre, a demon who can look like an angel.
Nancy Goodaim, Space Ranger!
Absinthe Fairy (could be NSFW)


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Here is a new interview with me for a web-site called SolPix. I think it is primarily European. Anyway, thanks to Bob Morris for persevering with me over the course of about a month to get the interview completed. Here is a snip...
It wasn't so long ago that a character holding a Bible was a sign that person was a societal menace. Movies like Contact, Misery - too many to name really - all spewed this kind of anti-religious bigotry. In recent years, things are getting a little more fair. Movies like In The Bedroom and Magnolia, as well as TV shows like Joan of Arcadia, all have featured characters who love God and who are not, say, idiots, hypocrites, or bomb-throwing terrorists.
I am more intrigued by recent projects that question some of the lies of the prevailing culture. For example, movies like The Ice Storm and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind really slam the cinematic coffin on the ravages of the Sexual Revolution. In America carried a wonderfully compelling cinematic doubt about money and stuff being an essential element to human happiness. Monster trashed forty years of pop-psychology by making the case that even people who have had tough breaks still have free will.
All of this is stuff religious people have been saying for thousands of years. That must be very galling to the atheistic or agnostic materialists out there. You can't get away from human history. God wins. Over and over.


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As a support service for young people struggling with cancer, CanTeen provides numerous invaluable programmes, services and resources to their members. Each programme is designed to bring together young people through openness and team work while simultaneously allowing them the space to develop, feel empowered and work through their individual struggles. CanTeen prides itself on being able to offer it's services free of charge, making it fully accessible to any young people who may need it; however, their outstanding services can not continue without ongoing support from fundraisers and charitable donations.
When approached about the best way to fundraise for CanTeen, staff in the Sydney office unanimously voted to run in the 14km City2Surf challenge from Sydney CBD to Bondi Beach. Each person who participates is asked to raise $1,000, or as much as they can in order to partake. The Taxback.com Team in Sydney have even set up their own fundraising page for the event, so if you feel like sponsoring us to do the walk, head on over to the page!
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After announcing in 2014 it would bring an industrial 3D printer to market within two years, HP went mostly silent -- until now.
Next week, HP plans on pitching its Multi Jet Fusion 3D printer at the South by South West (SXSW) conference in Austin.
Steve Nigro, president of 3D printing at HP, said the MultiJet Fusion 3D Printer is on schedule for mass production and will ship late this year; it will retail for between $100,000 and $1 million.
HP is not interested in going after a piece of the $4 billion-to-$6-billion 3D printer market, Nigro said. Its focus is on the $12 trillion manufacturing market.
"First off, ...we're targeting rapid prototyping..., but we're really looking at the production opportunities where ultimately you start doing final parts production using 3D printing -- where Multi Jet Fusion will shine.
"We're going to deliver something that's reliable," he added. "That's part of the reason it's taking us so long to put this system together. We're making sure it's a robust system."
The new industrial 3D printer -- a little larger than a washing machine -- is 10 times faster and 50% less expensive than current systems on the market, Nigro said.
HP is collaborating with potential beta customers, such as Shapeways, a 3D printing service that allows users to upload CAD designs and have them printed out and shipped back.
Using production parts as an example, Nigro said 3D extrusion techniques -- where layer upon layer of thermoplastic nylon is laid down -- can take up to 83 hours to create the part. Laser sintering, where a laser fuses layers of powdered material (even metals) together, can take 30 hours.
"With Multi Jet Fusion, it takes three hours," he said.
In some ways, HP's new 3D printer mimics how ink-jet printers work.
The printer works by first depositing powdered plastic (about 100 microns thick, or the thickness of a standard sheet of paper) onto a print bed using a print bar that looks like a scanning bar on a typical 2D printer. The print bar has 30,000 nozzles spraying 350 million fusing agent droplets per second in specific patterns as it moves back and forth across a print platform. The "fusing agent" will absorb the energy to actually fuse the thermoplastic. A "detailing agent" is also sprayed around the edges of a printed object, giving it "sharp" details.
Future iterations of the Multi Jet Fusion printer are expected to be able to modify color, elasticity, texture, strength, detail, and electrical and thermal conductivity -- within a single 3D-printed part -- at the voxel (3D pixel) level. HP is currently investigating whether the technology will be well suited for 3D printing with ceramics and metals, and it has also invited select customers to help accelerate its development.
The first version of the printer uses thermoplastics, but HP plans on expanding materials to suit a variety of production manufacturing. The machine is capable of producing high-precision parts, HP said.
Most importantly, though, the 3D printer will be able to build production parts, albeit in smaller runs, Nigro said.
HP has also created an "open" collaboration program for developers who want to work with HP to create specialty applications for the printer.
Like all industrial 3D printers, HP's Multi Jet Fusion will be especially well suited for creating high-quality, customizable parts for industries such as aerospace, healthcare and automotive.
For example, in the healthcare industry, surgical guides or implants can be shaped to a patient's specific anatomy; a patient's hip ball and joint can be scanned and then rescreated to exacting specifications.
The automotive industry could use the industrial printer to create custom cars, so buyers could specify changes to the body or interior and an automaker could then create those requirements during the manufacturing process.
In aerospace, 3D printers can make parts lighter but adding enough scaffolding to ensure stability without unecessary added wieght.
And 3D printing allows parts to be created on the fly, instead of the need for traditional manufacturing processes where bulk runs are stored in warehouses until the parts are needed.
There are, however, barriers to the wider adoption of 3D printing, Nigro admitted. Mostly, he said, manufacturers need to be educated on how 3D printing can change the design process and traditional production and supply chain methods.
"There's a tremendous amount of education needed around how you can build your products differently [and] the raw economics," he said. "You need parts to be built faster, with higher quality and lower cost."


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Republican Rep. Henry "Trey" Radel pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession and was sentenced to a year's probation.
"I've hit a bottom where I realize I need help," Radel told a judge in acknowledging that he purchased 3.5 grams of cocaine from an undercover police officer.
As part of a plea agreement Radel acknowledged he agreed to buy the cocaine for $250 in a Washington, D.C., neighborhood on Oct. 29. After the undercover officer gave Radel the drugs federal agents confronted him, court documents show. Radel agreed to talk with the agents and invited them to his apartment, where he also retrieved a vial of cocaine he had in the home, the documents said.
The charges against Radel were made public Tuesday, and Radel said in a statement then that he struggles with alcoholism and will seek treatment and counseling. Radel made no mention of his political future and did not answer reporters' questions outside of court about whether he would stay in office.
"I want to come out of this stronger," Radel said in court, later adding that he wants to "continue serving this country."
A DEA official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release details of the case in his own name said Radel was identified to authorities as a cocaine buyer by his suspected dealer. The dealer had been arrested previously as part of a separate drug investigation led by a federal task force.
Court documents show that when Radel bought the cocaine on Oct. 29 he met with the undercover officer and an acquaintance with whom he had previously used cocaine. The documents said that Radel purchased cocaine on several previous occasions.
Radel's lawyer, David Schertler, said in court that his client had already entered outpatient treatment in Washington and would also seek treatment in Florida. He said his client sees the charge as an opportunity to seek help for a problem.
If Radel successfully completes his year of probation the charge against him will be dismissed and he can apply to have his record expunged.
"I know I have a problem and will do whatever is necessary to overcome it, hopefully setting an example for others struggling with this disease," Radel said in his statement Tuesday.
Radel appears to be the first sitting member of Congress charged with a drug offense since former Rep. Frederick Richmond, D-N.Y., was convicted in 1982 on charges of tax evasion and drug possession.
A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said the allegations are a matter for the courts.
"Beyond that, this is between Rep. Radel, his family and his constituents," Boehner spokesman Michael Steel said.
The Florida Democratic Party released a statement Wednesday calling Radel's conduct "an embarrassment to his district and to the state of Florida" and saying he "should resign immediately."
Radel was elected in 2012 to represent Florida's 19th Congressional District, which includes the Gulf Coast communities of Fort Myers and Naples. He was a radio host before becoming a congressman. He identifies himself on his Twitter profile as a "Hip Hop conservative" and "lover of #liberty," and his Twitter account has remained active in the past few weeks, including on the day of the bust.
Among the bills he co-sponsored during his freshman term is legislation that would allow a judge to impose a sentence below a mandatory minimum, including for drug offenses.
If Radel had been arrested in Florida with the same amount of cocaine it would be a third-degree felony punishable by five years in prison under state law.
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You'll find Blogathon articles written by various astrologers which suggest practical solutions for the problems we all may encounter during the reign of the difficult Cardinal T-Square and Grand Cross patterns of planetary energies bedeviling our world 2010 - 2014.
Read to glean practical ideas for trying times from noted astrologers with special emphasis placed on the three planets involved in the Cardinal T-Square.
Here's the line-up of articles and the dates they go Live:
Friday March 19, Skywriter's Pluto Problems Got You Perplexed? Here's What Helps by Donna Cunningham.
Saturday March 20, Astroair's Look After Saturn and Saturn Will Look After You by Mandi Lockley.
Sunday March 21, Aunti Moon's Uranus in Aries: Claiming a Self Reliant Future by C. J. Wright.
Many other astrologers are taking part as well including astrologer Neeti Ray so be sure to check out Neeti's insightful work at Astrology Expressed.
Our Cosmic Art Gallery 2010 opens with a spinning Cosmic Art Cube featuring Saturn, Uranus, Pluto, Earth's Moon, and Jupiter - simply point to the Cube to spin, speed up, or slow down your view.
Then you'll find the Cube's 6 images displayed in full (below) along with a celestial illustration drawn in 1996, View from Cave Observatory, plus, a link to a rather psychedelic Secret Moon Art Kaleidoscope Slideshow being published in solidarity with all my fellow Flower Power Baby Boomers - and the rest of humanity, too!
A strong brew: Saturn in Libra opposing Uranus in Aries, squaring Pluto...
Saturn Spies the Moon
Uranian Road is a quirky path!
Now lumbering through Saturn-ruled Capricorn, red-hued Pluto Draws Near:
Yet affirmingly, here's a serene fairy cove lighted by Orion's Moon ...
Created during my own Jupiter Return of 1996, here is my previously published Merit Award winner in a city college exhibition during Atlanta's 1996 Olympic Games, Timeless Path, meant to add the faith of Jupiter to our Art-Astrology collaboration:
And last of the spinning Cosmic Art Cube's 6 images: Faceted in Space...
Image #7 is View from Cave Observatory which reminds me of Astrology's As Above, So Below principle now being used by my able colleagues to write their articles on the difficult energies affecting the collective as the Great Cosmic Clock of our Solar System times events here upon Earth and yields astrological clues about how best to manage our issues and concerns.
Now here is your invitation to view a special Secret Moon Art Kaleidoscope Slideshow of Moon-infused images, if you wish.
In addition, please check out my new Cosmic Flowers Slideshow if you find a free moment. This 'puzzle-style' presentation goes along with the Blogathon's Flower Essences suggestions for healing, soothing, and making it through life's storms.
And if you wish to browse you'll discover that 'Uranian Road' and other Cosmic Art images are now adorning T-Shirts, Ladies' Keds, Wall Art Posters, and more in my Zazzle Art Shop.
Well, thanks for clicking in and I sincerely hope you enjoyed my Cosmic Art Gallery set up for Astrology Day Blogathon 2010. My special thanks happily go to Donna Cunningham, C.J. Wright, and Mandi Lockley, all wonderful astrologers and writers, for inviting me to participate!
Jude Cowell
Athens, GA, USA, planet Earth, the Universe


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The creative force previously behind Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive series, now on the upcoming Devil's Third, Tomonobu Itagaki, says he has wanted to make games since he was a teenager. He just didn't want to make video games.
The man better known for his fast-paced, reflex-based action games told Kotaku in a recent interview that he grew up hoping to work on the plodding, strategic war games of his youth. These are the games played not on a console or computer, but with paper, dice and pencil. Itagaki, a military buff, says he "stayed up all night" during his elementary and middle school years playing tactical war games, hoping to make it his career.
"I wanted to be a designer of these kinds of games," Itagaki said of the genre. "But there was an industry that destroyed my dream: video games."
Itagaki said that in order to get a sense for his tastes and his passion for war simulation, "I want your readers to check out the following games. They're really fun."
Without further ado, here are four of Tomonobu Itagaki's favorite war games from the 1970s to 1980s.
Advanced Squad Leader by Avalon Hill
A "tactical-level board wargame," that simulates actions of company or battalion size set in World War II. Map boards are "divided into hexagons to regulate fire and movement, and depict generic terrain that can represent different historical locations." Counters "depict squads of soldiers, crews, individual leaders, support weapons, heavy weapons, and vehicles."
War in Europe by Simulation Publishing International
The massive War in Europe—it boasts a 46 square foot map—is "a corps/division level simulation designed to recreate the massive campaigns of 1939 to 1945."
Assault: Boots and Saddles by Game Designers' Workshop
The modern warfare wargame module focuses on "Air Cavalry in the 80's." The description reads: "In order to simulate the modern battlefield on a tactical level, a game must cover both hardware and the human element in detail. Assault includes all the latest technology from Chobham armor to Copperhead, as well as simple but realistic command control and morale rules."
Ambush! by Victory Games
Itagaki specifically mentioned the Ambush! module Purple Heart, but the official description of the core game is: "Ambush! is the solitaire game of combat, adventure, and heroism in World War Two France. Using a ground-breaking development of the programmed paragraph solitaire system, Ambush! gives the player control of an American squad, faced with a variety of missions against an ever-changing, hidden German foe. The variable events, innumerable tactical options, and wealth of unexpected occurrences make Ambush! a solitaire gaming experience unlike any that has gone before. The easily learned rules are specially designed to get the player into the action within minutes. The player selects and arms his squad, providing each soldier with command and initiative ratings, perception, weapons skill, driving skill, and movement capability. After selecting one of the eight missions provided, the player sends his squad into a mission map to conduct operations called for in the mission. Soldiers move freely, as far as the player wishes, checking for events each time they move...until the sequenced action rounds are triggered by the whine of German bullets!"
Though Mr. Itagaki chose to continue working on high speed action video games, he's since moved on to the Western-influenced shooter genre with Devil's Third. Why? For a simple reason: "I picked a shooter because it sells, but also because I want to show my own originality."
"I know a lot about wars," Itagaki explained. "I thought that I could bring something new to this genre, so that's why I started working on Devil's Third."


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The Bonds of Density
Marching along the green grass before me is the gaggle of geese, the lame one hopping and fluttering in their midst, while that huge white bird dives again and again into the water, beneath the hawk circling high overhead – it's dinnertime on my last day here. It's as if they've all shown up to say goodbye.
Next week school begins. I will miss this beautiful lake, tucked in between the suburbs. Minnow buckets and fishing poles remind me from where I came. This is a part of me I'll keep.
We are being asked to let go. As I sit here I wonder if there is something else I should be doing, because frankly I don't get it. The advent of school begins a four month countdown until 12.21.12. Four months! We've finished 2/3 of this pivotal year.
Is it possible there is something I missed? It feels right in front of me, yet not. An hour has passed since I got to the lake today. How can that be? Did I fall asleep? I'm consistently tired, and yet there are times I can't sleep at all. My internal motor turned on again today and now I am humming. There are sparkles of energy shooting up and down my limbs.
I read about the necessity of chakra activations and third eye openings and I don't connect with any of it. What's happening for me is organic and without a name. I feel it yet I have no words to adequately define it. I cannot in good conscience tell you what you will experience or how. I can only tell you to trust that you will.
These definitions and deadlines and processes we are reading about are all subjective. I'm coming to disbelieve in dates. Now, I have children and obligations so I must therefore pay attention to the calendar and the clock, but it is a challenge.
As we move toward Oneness I find each definition and name more divisive than helpful. If this process is anything at all it is internal. I guess I am letting go – releasing my stranglehold on perfection and blame.
That's not to say it's gone – lately I notice opinions in every corner of my psyche. It would seem my ego is not happy about the idea of moving on – she has filled my head with doubt and judgment.
Homemade bread, peach cobbler and a rich stew fill my house with delicious aromas – I cook when I feel uncertain. Something about the smell and sight of freshly prepared food settles me. Perhaps I'm looking for home.
This accelerated passage of time creates a sense of being late to the party. It's illusory – there will come a moment of "no time" to make and "no other" to judge. I can feel this happening already.
We chose this. When the energy of ascension or whatever you are calling it overwhelms you, remember this was a ride you stood in line a long time to get on. It's an amazing trip, one you'll never forget. This lake and these birds are part of the landscape and forever imprinted on my mind. I am so grateful for them.
Another hour has passed. The birds here have settled in for the night and I will do the same soon. With all the symptoms, energies and changes – we are human; sparks of divinity poking at us from the inside, faster and faster now, just itching to be free.
Maybe it's not time that's moving faster. Perhaps it's us. We've waited for so long for this freedom to be ours and we can sense it getting closer. These symptoms are nothing more than us – straining at the bonds of density, pulling us up towards the light that we are.
We are the ones we are waiting for.
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{Click here to read the original article on 6 Tips For Avoiding The Resume Black Hole.}
Many job seekers spend countless hours writing, polishing and blasting their résumés to dozens of companies. Then they wait, and wait, and never hear a thing.
That's because human resources people and hiring managers receive heaps of résumés for any given job opening, and they end up missing, skipping or tossing a lot of them. However, it turns out there are things you can do to help ensure your résumé is seen.
Career experts and a spokesperson for Glassdoor.com, a jobs and career community where people share information and opinions about their workplaces, weigh in.
"I think résumés end up in the résumé black hole if the person just responds to a posting or ad and does nothing else," says Anita Attridge, a Five O'Clock Club career and executive coach. "Today companies are receiving hundreds of résumés for each position and, due to the volume, are not acknowledging receipt of them. Most large and medium-size companies are using applicant tracking systems to screen résumés before a person looks at them. Smaller organizations many just review the ones they receive until they find enough qualified candidates and then set the other résumés aside."
Rosemary Haefner, vice president of human resources at the jobs site CareerBuilder.com, says she suggests that candidates use the job posting to their advantage. "Use some of the same words and phrases that appear in the job posting in your résumé," she says. "The computer will then recognize them and move your résumé toward the top of the pile because you will be a match. But don't just cut and paste the job posting into your résumé or cover letter. If the computer doesn't catch it, the hiring manager definitely will, and it could hurt your chances of moving forward with an interview."
Ruth Robbins, a certified career counselor with the Five O'Clock Club, agrees that using buzz words and key phrases that demonstrate you are a perfect fit for the job will help you get on the employer's radar—but even with a perfectly tailored résumé, there is no way to know if or when it will be reviewed by the hiring manager.
"The best way to make sure your résumé is seen is by networking into the company," Attridge says. "Let your networking contact know that you have applied for a position, and ask that person if he or she would send your résumé to the H.R. department with an endorsement of you as a candidate. Another way is to try to determine who the hiring manager is and send a résumé directly to that person, with a letter asking for an informational interview."
Robbins agrees. "H.R. managers are often avalanched with résumés, so if you can find someone who works at the company who would be willing to hand in your résumé directly to a hiring manager or interested influencer in the selection process, your chances of landing in the black hole [will shrink significantly]," she says.
Mary Elizabeth Bradford, an executive résumé writer and author of the bestselling eBook series The Career Artisan, offers some alternative advice. "From what I have seen, what works best in any market is for the job seeker to take a pure, entrepreneurial approach to their job search process," she says. "I think it would be futile to call H.R. and leave repeated voice messages. A better way is to contact a key decision maker through hard mail and follow up with a phone call. Go around H.R. That's provocative, right? Well, it works."
Samantha Zupan, a spokesperson for Glassdoor, agrees that it's smart to look for more than one way to apply. "In addition to sending your résumé through a company's online job portal, also take the time to do some research and try to identify who the hiring manager may be. If you send a personalized note to the likely hiring manager, a good e-mail may get your resume pulled out of the stack."
Zupan offers some additional advice:
Have someone proofread your résumé. Sometimes it can be something as small as a typo that may turn off an employer and land you in the black hole, she says. "Before sending your résumé, have at least one person you trust review it so that it can have a better chance of catching the eyes of the employer."
Keep it simple. Avoid graphics and logos and other things that may "clog" how an applicant tracking system reads your résumé, Zupan suggests.
Research the company's hiring process. "Companies like Google and Facebook include specific insights into their interview process," Zupan says. "For example, on the Google careers page, they let you know that one of their recruiters is the first to review your résumé and that they look first at your qualifications and experience." Thorough research can help you properly prepare to avoid the résumé black hole.


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DSA-2530-1 rssh -- shell command injection
- Date Reported:
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- Affected Packages:
- rssh
- Vulnerable:
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I think this really makes sense! Bill's got a sane and realistic attitude to the situations and problems we are facing. I hope he is serious about becoming a candidate in 2012!
Bill Cosby's Advice For Fixing Our Economy -
(1). Any use of the phrase: 'Press 1 for English' is immediately banned. English is the official language; speak it or wait outside of our borders until you can.
(2). We will immediately go into a two year isolationist attitude in order to straighten out the greedy big business posture in this country. America will allow NO imports, and we'll do no exports. We will use the 'Wal-Mart 's' policy, 'If we ain't got it, you don't need it.' We'll make it here and sell it here!
(3).. When imports are allowed, there will be a 100% import tax on it coming in here.
(4). All retired military personnel will be required to man one of the many observation towers located on the southern border of the United States (six month tour). They will be under strict orders not to shoot on
SOUTHBOUND aliens.
(5). Social Security will immediately return to its original state. If you didn't put nuttin' in, you ain't getting nuttin' out. Neither the President nor any other politician will be able to touch it.
(6). Welfare. -- Checks will be handed out on Fridays, at the end of the 40 hour school week, the successful completion of a urinalysis test for drugs, and passing grades.
(7). Professional Athletes --steroids? The FIRST time you check positive you're banned from sports ..... for life.
(8). Crime - We will adopt the Turkish method, i.e., the first time you steal, you lose your right hand. There is no more 'life sentences'. If convicted of murder, you will be put to death by the same method you chose for the victim you killed: gun, knife, strangulation, etc.
(9) Only one export of ours will be allowed: wheat; because the world needs to eat. However, a bushel of wheat will be the exact price of a barrel of oil.
(10). All foreign aid, using American taxpayer money, will immediately cease and the saved money will help to pay off the national debt and, ultimately, lower taxes. When disasters occur around the world, we'll ask The American People if they want to donate to a disaster fund, and each citizen can make the decision as to whether, or not, it's a worthy cause.
11). The Pledge of Allegiance will be said every day at school and every day in Congress.
(12). The National Anthem will be played at all appropriate ceremonies, sporting events, outings, etc.
My apology is offered if I've stepped on anyone's toes ..... nevertheless......
Sincerely," Bill Cosby
(The photo of Bill Cosby in this post is an image from the Wikimedia Commons.)
Friday, November 13, 2009
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ATLANTA – Two rookies came through in key situations to help Atlanta's Tim Hudson beat Arizona's Josh Collmenter.
Backed by a key defensive play by first baseman Freddie Freeman and two ninth-inning strikeouts by closer Craig Kimbrel with a runner on third, Hudson and the Braves beat Collmenter and the Diamondbacks 1-0 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
Hudson combined with Jonny Venters and Kimbrel on a five-hit shutout. Alex Gonzalez homered for the game's only run.
Hudson (13-7) allowed only three hits with three walks and seven strikeouts in seven innings.
"He was outstanding," said Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez. "Wow. What a performance. He got out of a couple of jams and gave us the opportunity to win."
Kimbrel escaped trouble in the ninth to earn his 39th save.
Kimbrel walked Chris Young with one out in the ninth. Young advanced to third on Miguel Montero's single up the middle. Kimbrel hit 100 mph on the Turner Field radar gun before striking out Paul Goldschmidt on a 99 mph fastball. He struck out Sean Burroughs to end the game.
"I felt confident the whole time," Kimbrel said.
The Braves strengthened their lead in the NL wild-card race by winning six of seven from the NL West's top two teams — San Francisco and Arizona — to complete a 7-3 homestand.
"It was huge," said Braves catcher Brian McCann. "We had the two best teams from the West come to town and we took six of seven."
The Diamondbacks have lost five straight to match their longest skid of the season.
The Braves have won four straight and six of seven and began the day 8 games ahead of the Giants in the NL wild-card race.
Kimbrel leads the majors in saves and is one behind the rookie record of 40 saves by Neftali Feliz of Texas in 2010.
By striking out the side in the ninth, Kimbrel has 100 for the season, the most among relievers in the majors. Kimbrel is considered a leading candidate for NL rookie of the year.
Freeman, hitting .293 with 17 homers and consistent strong defense at first base, is another top rookie. He delivered a strong catch and throw in the sixth inning to preserve the 1-0 lead.
Arizona's Kelly Johnson led off the sixth with a triple to right. One out later, Chris Young hit a popup that Freeman chased into foul territory and caught while running with his back to the plate. Johnson took off from third base as Freeman turned and threw to the plate.
Catcher Brian McCann moved to his right to catch Freeman's throw and then made a lunging tag before Johnson slid over the plate.
"He's such an athlete, I knew he was going to make that play," McCann said. "I just caught it and dove for the plate."
Fredi Gonzalez said McCann deserved credit "for sticking his nose in there and cutting Kelly off."
Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said Johnson had to try to score when the Diamondbacks had so few chances.
"We forced them to make a play," Gibson said. "I liked what Kelly did. ... We were going to go down swinging."
Arizona began the day 2.5 games ahead of San Francisco in the NL West.
Collmenter (7-8) gave up only four hits and one run in seven innings but saw his streak of road starts without a win extended to nine.
The Diamondbacks have scored only nine runs in their last six games, including three runs in the three losses to Atlanta.
"We tried to make as much happen as we could," Gibson said.
"We each got five hits. They got a home run. They got seven home runs in three games. We hit none. That's uncharacteristic of us."
Collmenter loaded the bases with one out in the sixth but pitched out of the jam with fly balls from Dan Uggla and Freeman.
The Braves couldn't extend the lead in the eighth when Michael Bourn hit a one-out double to right and advanced to third on Justin Upton's fielding error.
Bourn took off from third on an attempted squeeze play, but Martin Prado missed the bunt attempt and Bourn was caught in a rundown.
"That's why they call it a suicide squeeze," said Fredi Gonzalez said.
The Diamondbacks also lost five straight from May 8-13. Both streaks came on road trips.
NOTES: The Braves wore new "Ernie" patches on their sleeves to honor former pitcher and longtime broadcaster Ernie Johnson Sr., who died on Aug. 12 at the age of 87. ... Braves RHP Peter Moylan will begin an injury rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Gwinnett on Monday. He had surgery on May 17 to repair a bulging disk in his lower back. ... RHP Tommy Hanson (shoulder) plans to throw in the bullpen on Monday in Chicago and could begin a rehab stint with Greenville on Saturday. ... RHP Jair Jurrjens will face the Cubs' Ryan Dempster as the Braves open a four-game series in Chicago on Monday night. The Cubs won two of three in Atlanta on Aug. 12-14. ... Arizona's 10-game road trip through the NL East continues Monday when LHP Joe Saunders faces Washington's Ross Detwiler in the opener of a four-game series.


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Gods and Fighting Men, by Lady Gregory, [1904], at sacred-texts.com
AND another that went to Manannan's country was Cormac, grandson of Conn, King of Teamhair, and this is the way it happened. He was by himself in Teamhair one time, and he saw an armed man coming towards him, quiet, with high looks, and having grey hair; a shirt ribbed with gold thread next his skin, broad shoes of white bronze between his feet and the ground, a shining branch having nine apples of red gold, on his shoulder. And it is delightful the sound of that branch was, and no one on earth would keep in mind any want, or trouble, or tiredness, when that branch was shaken for him; and whatever trouble there might be on him, he would forget it at the sound.
Then Cormac and the armed man saluted one another, and Cormac asked where did he come from. "I come," he said, "from a country where there is nothing but truth, and where there is neither age nor withering away, nor heaviness, nor sadness, nor jealousy, nor envy, nor pride." "That is not so with us," said Cormac, "and I would be well pleased to have your friendship," he said. "I am well pleased to give it," said the stranger. "Give me your branch along with it," said Connac. "I will give it", said the stranger, "if you will give me the three gifts I ask in return." "I will give them to you indeed," said Cormac.
Then the strange man left the branch and went away, and Cormac did not know where was he gone to.
He went back then into the royal house, and there was wonder on all the people when they saw the branch. And he shook it at them, and it put them all asleep from that day to the same time on the morrow.
At the end of a year the strange man came back again, and he asked for the first of his three requests. "You will get it," said Connac. "I will take your daughter, Aille, to-day," said the stranger.
So he brought away the girl with him, and the women of Ireland gave three loud cries after the king's daughter. But Cormac shook the branch at them, until it put away sorrow from them, and put them all into their sleep.
That day month the stranger came again, and he brought Cormac's son, Carpre Lifecar, away with him. There was crying and lamenting without end in Teamhair after the boy, and on that night no one ate or slept, and they were all under grief and very downhearted. But when Cormac shook the branch their sorrow went from them.
Then the stranger came the third time, and Cormac asked him what did he want. "It is your wife, Ethne, I am asking this time," he said. And he went away then, bringing Ethne, the queen, along with him.
But Cormac would not bear that, and be went after them, and all his people were following him. But in the middle of the Plain of the Wall, a thick mist came on them, and when it was gone, Cormac found himself alone on a great plain. And he saw a great dun in the middle of the plain, with a wall of bronze around it, and in the dun a house of white silver, and it half thatched with the white wings of birds. And there was a great troop of the Riders of the Sidhe all about the house, and their arms full of white bird's wings for thatching. But as soon as they would put on the thatch, a blast of wind would come and carry it away again.
Then he saw a man kindling a fire, and he used to throw a thick oak-tree upon it. And when he would come back with a second tree, the first one would be burned out. "I will be looking at you no longer," Cormac said then, "for there is no one here to tell me your story, and I think I could find good sense in your meanings if I understood them," he said.
Then he went on to where there was another dun, very large and royal, and another wall of bronze around it, and four houses within it. And he went in and saw a great king's house, having beams of bronze and walls of silver, and its thatch of the wings of white birds. And then he saw on the green a shining well, and five streams flowing from it, and the armies drinking water in turn, and the nine lasting purple hazels of Buan growing over it. And they were dropping their nuts into the water, and the five salmon would catch them and send their husks floating down the streams. And the sound of the flowing of those streams is sweeter than any music that men sing.
Then he went into the palace, and he found there waiting for him a man and a woman, very tall, and having clothes of many colours. The man was beautiful as to shape, and his face wonderful to look at; and as to the young woman that was with him, she was the loveliest of all the women of the world, and she having yellow hair and a golden helmet. And there was a bath there, and heated stones going in and out of the water of themselves, and Cormac bathed himself in it.
"Rise up, man of the house," the woman said after that, "for this is a comely traveller that is come to us; and if you have one kind of food or meat better than another, let it be brought in." The man rose up then and he said: "I have but seven pigs, but I could feed the whole world with them, for the pig that is killed and eaten to-day, you will find it alive again to-morrow."
Another man came into the house then, having an axe in his right hand, and a log in his left hand, and a pig behind him.
"It is time to make ready," said the man of the house, "for we have a high guest with us to-day."
Then the man struck the pig and killed it, and he cut the logs and made a fire and put the pig on it in a cauldron. "It is time for you to turn it," said the master of the house after a while. "There would be no use doing that," said the man, "for never and never will the pig be boiled until a truth is told for every quarter of it." "Then let you tell yours first," said the master of the house. "One day," said the man, "I found another man's cows in my land, and I brought them with me into a cattle pound. The owner of the cows followed me, and he said he would give me a reward to let the cows go free. So I gave them back to him, and he gave me an axe, and when a pig is to be killed, it is with the axe it is killed, and the log is cut with it, and there is enough wood to boil the pig, and enough for the palace besides. And that is not all, for the log is found whole again in the morning. And from that time till now, that is the way they are."
"It is true indeed that story is," said the man of the house.
They turned the pig in the cauldron then, and but one quarter of it was found to be cooked. "Let us tell another true story," they said. "I will tell one," said the master of the house. "Ploughing time had come, and when we had a mind to plough that field outside, it is the way we found it, ploughed, and harrowed, and sowed with wheat. When we had a mind to reap it, the wheat was found in the haggard, all in one thatched rick. We have been using it from that day to this, and it is no bigger and no less."
Then they turned the pig, and another quarter was found to be ready. "It is my turn now," said the woman. "I have seven cows," she said, "and seven sheep. And the milk of the seven cows would satisfy the whole of the men of the world, if they were in the plain drinking it, and it is enough for all the people of the Land of Promise, and it is from the wool of the seven sheep all the clothes they wear are made." And at that story the third quarter of the pig was boiled.
"If these stories are true," said Cormac to the man of the house, "you are Manannan, and this is Manannan's wife; for no one on the whole ridge of the world owns these treasures but himself. It was to the Land of Promise he went to look for that woman, and he got those seven cows with her."
They said to Cormac that it was his turn now. So Cormac told them how his wife, and his son, and his daughter, had been brought away from him, and how he himself had followed them till he came to that place.
And with that the whole pig was boiled, and they cut it up, and Cormac's share was put before him. "I never used a meal yet," said he, "having two persons only in my company." The man of the house began singing to him then, and put him asleep. And when he awoke, he saw fifty armed men, and his son, and his wife, and his daughter, along with them. There was great gladness and courage on him then, and ale and food were given out to them all. And there was a gold cup put in the hand of the master of the house, and Cormac was wondering at it, for the number of the shapes on it, and for the strangeness of the work. "There is a stranger thing yet about it," the man said; "let three lying words be spoken under it, and it will break into three, and then let three true words be spoken under it, and it will be as good as before." So he said three lying words under it, and it broke in three pieces. "It is best to speak truth now under it," he said, "and to mend it. And I give my word, Cormac," he said, "that until to-day neither your wife or your daughter has seen the face of a man since they were brought away from you out of Teamhair, and that your son has never seen the face of a woman." And with that the cup was whole again on the moment. "Bring away your wife and your children with you now," he said, "and this cup along with them, the way you will have it for judging between truth and untruth. And I will leave the branch with you for music and delight, but on the day of your death they will be taken from you again. And I myself," he said, "am Manannan, son of Lir, King of the Land of Promise, and I brought you here by enchantments that you might be with me to-night in friendship.
"And the Riders you saw thatching the house," he said, "are the men of arts and poets, and all that look for a fortune in Ireland, putting together cattle and riches. For when they go out, all that they leave in their houses goes to nothing, and so they go on for ever.
"And the man you saw kindling the fire," he said, "is a young lord that is more liberal than he can afford, and every one else is served while he is getting the feast ready, and every one else profiting by it.
"And the well you saw is the Well of Knowledge, and the streams are the five streams through which all knowledge goes. And no one will have knowledge who does not drink a draught out of the well itself or out of the streams. And the people of many arts are those who drink from them all."
And on the morning of the morrow, when Cormac rose up, he found himself on the green of Teamhair, and his wife, and his son, and his daughter, along with him, and he having his branch and his cup. And it was given the name of Cormac's Cup, and it used to judge between truth and falsehood among the Gael. But it was not left in Ireland after the night of Cormac's death, as Manannan had foretold him.


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On June 6, 1912, if you happened to be sitting on a log outside your cabin near Fairbanks, Juneau or Dawson City, you would have heard an explosion.
There was no way to know the boom came from hundreds of miles away, or that it was the starting gun for the largest volcanic eruption of the 1900s. Nor would you imagine that in the next three days a mountain would collapse upon itself, or that ash and hot gases would explode from the ground six miles from that mountain, creating a landscape of hot ash and 500-foot-high geysers of steam.
The Novarupta-Katmai eruption of 1912 was hard to imagine then just as it is now, 100 years later. Here are a few things that set the eruption apart, plucked from columns I've written and a new U.S. Geological Survey book on the eruption by Wes Hildreth and Judy Fierstein:
• Botanist Robert Griggs named this desolate, beautiful place The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes when he visited there on a National Geographic expedition in 1916. At the time, four years after the eruption, steam poured from vents all over the valley. Because the thick blanket of ash and volcanic rock has since cooled, the valley no longer steams, but the dramatic landforms still inspire the feelings of Griggs and his companions in 1916. "We were overawed," he wrote.
• In three days of the summer of 1912, a volcano Griggs named Novarupta (Latin for "new vent,") transformed 40 square miles of the world's best bear habitat into instant badlands, burying the downwind valley in more than 500 feet of ash and volcanic rock. Novarupta spewed 100 times more material than Mount St. Helens and sent skyward a plume that reached 20 miles high. Sometime during the eruption, Mount Katmai, six miles from Novarupta, disappeared into itself. In place of its summit today is a magnificent crater lake surrounded by 300-foot walls that echo the thunder of glaciers that now calve into lake.
• Ash from the eruption reached the Mediterranean Sea, and, if deposited on top of Anchorage, would bury it three miles deep.
• High winds blowing abrasive bits of rock over the landscape is the main reason the valley is sterile rock and ice a century after the eruption; few plants have taken hold there.
• Despite the eruption being the largest in the 20th century, no one died except a woman already stricken with tuberculosis aboard a ship docked at Kodiak, where more than one foot of ash fell and noxious gases persisted for days.
• Volcanic lightning and thunder added to the terror on Kodiak Island during the first day of the eruption; static from the charged particles blown from the volcano made the wireless radio useless at the naval station in Kodiak. A fire, possibly caused by volcanic lightning, later destroyed the station.
• University of Alaska Fairbanks Volcanologist Steve McNutt noticed the volcano shook with several large earthquakes, as high as a magnitude 5.5, before it erupted. That fit with other data that showed giant eruptions show their hands with increased earthquake swarm activity before they occur. "I think it's unlikely we'd be blindsided," McNutt said.
• When Novarupta-Katmai erupted, the sky was still the exclusive realm of birds and insects -- Alaska was still a decade away from Ben Eielson's first mail flight from Fairbanks to McGrath. Now, the North Pacific is one of the busiest air corridors in the world, with more than 200 flights a day passing over. To calculate the effects of a modern-day Novarupta-Katmai on today's air travel, British graduate student Rebecca Anne Welchman once used a computer model called Puff developed by University of Alaska scientists and refined by Peter Webley of the Geophysical Institute. Her conclusion: "Another Novarupta would be bad news . . . An eruption of Novarupta scale in today's society has the potential to bring the world to a standstill by affecting the majority of airports in North America and Europe for several days at least."
Ned Rozell is a science writer with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. Used with permission.
Alaska Dispatch Publishing