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Enlighten Passenger Cars Compared to LEGO Passenger Cars: Emerald Night and Hogwarts Express

This is a side by side comparison of the Enlighten Deluxe Passenger Car and the passenger car from the LEGO Emerald Night set, and I also compare the Enlighten regular Passenger Car to the passenger car of the Hogwarts Express. Many people have asked me to show some of my LEGO and LEGO compatible trains. This is the second of several videos where I will share some of the trains that I have, and possibly introduce you to a new player in the brick market. Enlighten Brick makes LEGO compatible toys, of comparable quality. And as LEGO’s quality continues to decline, it just makes brick companies such as Enlighten that much more of a bargain. Enlighten Passenger Car #628: Enlighten Deluxe Passenger Car #624 LEGO Emerald Night set #10194 LEGO Hogwarts Express set #4841 BUY MY eBOOKS HERE: For your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iBooks and on your computer with iTunes: For your Kindle at Amazon: For your Nook at Barnes and Noble: www.barnesandnoble.comBUY MY BOOKS HERE: Snapshots In Time Buy it at Amazon The Book Depository. (Free shipping worldwide) BUY MY LATEST BOOK HERE: How To Survive An Alien Abduction And Other Useful Information Barnes & Noble The Book Depository. (Free shipping worldwide) Australia UK

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How is your second language compared to your first language?

Or any other languages that you may speak?

For example, your first language is like a bullet train or a subway.
Your second language may be like a diesel train.
Your third language may be like a steam train.
Your fourth language may be like one of those trains that required two people to push up and down like a seesaw.
he he he. My third language (Portuguese) is like a snail!

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Powerverde – Innovations in Power Generation

Imagine generating the power you need with a generator that doesnt run on fossil fuels. Imagine an engine that runs on heat. It doesnt matter how the heat is generated, all that matters is that its there. It can even come from solar panels. In a similar fashion as an air-conditioning system extracts heat from your home, the Powerverde engine extracts heat and uses that energy to run an engine that can power generators, machinery or perhaps one day, your automobile.

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Planning for New Year’s Eve Traffic

Planning for New Year’s Eve Traffic
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We are only 4 days away from New Year’s Eve and the biggest night of the year for Las Vegas nightlife. With upwards of 300,000 people expected to ring in the New Year in Las Vegas, the city is taking pre-cautions to ensure safety for the crowds on the Strip. What does this mean? Give yourself plenty of extra time to get to dinner reservations, shows, Las Vegas clubs and more.

The Strip will be closed to vehicles on Las Vegas Boulevard from Sahara to Tropicana Avenues starting at 6:30 pm. Freeway off-ramps for the Strip will be closed starting at 5:30 pm and outdoor walkways, elevators and escalators will be shut off at 6 pm.

Plan ahead if you are in need of transportation anywhere around town and contact your hotels for further information on taxis, limos, etc. With the Strip being closed, you can expect big traffic on surrounding streets. Any motorists wishing to cross Las Vegas Boulevard during the closure can do so via Sahara Avenue, Desert Inn Road and Russell Road.

The Strip will reopen to vehicle traffic between 3 and 4 am after the roads have been cleared and cleaned.

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How to create an Xbox Live account

This is a super long post, so I’m going to break it down for you. Here are the sections:

  • Why you should get Xbox Live
  • How to sign up for an Xbox Live account on your Xbox
  • How to add prepaid cards to your account and how you can change your Gamertag
  • What to do now that you have an Xbox Live account

Why you should get Xbox Live:

Now that you have your Xbox, what do you do with it? You have access to some of the best games of this generation, but in order to really take advantage of what Xbox has to offer, you’ll also want to get Xbox Live.
The first thing to know about Xbox Live is that there are two different levels of membership: Free (or Silver) and Gold. Gold will run you $60/year, but you can find cards online for much cheaper on and at Between buying a cheaper card online and the special deals you’ll have access to as a Gold member, the actual cost is much less than the listed price.
You’re probably wondering why having a Gold account is so essential. The full list of reasons is here, but in a nutshell, without one you won’t be able to play games against friends online, you won’t be able to use your Netflix or Hulu Plus accounts with your Xbox, you won’t have access to great deals on games and downloadable content, and if you have a Kinect, you won’t be able to use it for video chat. So yeah, it’s good to go for the Gold.
Anyway, that’s enough of this boring discussion of why you should get an Xbox Live account, let’s move on to how.

Signing up on the Xbox:

Note: You can also sign up for Xbox Live on, but for simplicity’s sake I’m only going to discuss how to do it on the Xbox itself.

Step 1: Turn on your Xbox. Make sure that you’re logged into a profile. If you are, your profile’s name will appear in the top right of the screen.

  • If you don’t have a profile, hit the Guide button (see Step 2) and select “Create Profile”. Enter a name (any name, it doesn’t matter. It will be changed in a few minutes) and hit Done. Select an avatar. All set!

Step 2: Hit the Guide button on your controller. This is the silvery button in the center with the Xbox logo on it.

Step 3: Select “Join Xbox LIVE”. On the screen that pops up, select “Join Xbox LIVE” again.

Step 4: A screen will pop up that says “Exit Session”. Hit “Yes”.

Step 5: Now you’re in the Xbox LIVE creation area. Hit “Continue”. The next few steps are just entering info so I’m not going to walk you through it but here are some tidbits that might be useful to know about the information you’re entering in:

  • Your name will appear on your Xbox Live profile, so keep that in mind.
  • You can only link one account to each email address, so keep that in mind if you’re going to be creating multiple Xbox Live accounts.
  • Make a secure password, since theoretically if someone were able to get into your account they could make purchases using your credit card (assuming you have one saved).

Step 6: After entering your birthday, you’ll be asked to verify that all of your information is correct. Hit “Continue”. Your privacy settings will pop up. Unless you are setting the account up for a child, you’re probably ok with the defaults. Hit “Continue”. Review the Terms of Use if you want, then hit “Accept”.

Your account will now be created! You’ll be assigned a (probably terrible) random Gamertag (or “GT” for those in the know). I’ll explain how to change this in the next section.

Step 7: The next screens involve signing up for an Xbox Live Gold account. Go to the page where it gives you the option of purchasing a Gold membership, entering a prepaid card, or upgrading later. Hit “Upgrade Later”. You’ll probably be given the option to get a free 1 month trial (as long as this is one of the first three accounts being created on your Xbox), and we can enter any prepaid cards that you have lying around in a minute.

Step 8: A pop-up message will appear saying “Your 1 month trial starts now!” Hit continue and you’ll be taken to the avatar editor. Change it if you want to. This is what other people will see you as on Xbox Live. When you’re done, hit “Save and Exit”.

And that’s it! You now have an Xbox Live account! Read on for information on changing your gamertag and entering in prepaid cards

How to change your gamertag and enter prepaid cards:

Alright, now that you have an Xbox Live account you want to change the name to something you actually want to give out to people. Easy! Here’s how to change your Gamertag:

Step 1: On your Xbox, go to the “social” tab.

Step 2: Use the joystick on your controller to move one space to the right, selecting your avatar. Hit the A button on the controller.

Step 3: Move to the right until you get to the second screen. This screen has information about your profile, and also a single button: “Change Gamertag”. Hit the A button on your controller.

Step 4: Either enter a Gamertag or hit “Get Suggestions” to find a good Gamertag for you.

You can also change your Gamertag on a computer at this site.

*** Note: You can only do this for free once! After this you will have to pay to change your gamertag. ***

Now that you’re all set to go, you probably want to extend your Xbox Live account by entering all those prepaid cards you have. If you don’t have any, check for better deals on and Here’s how to do that:

Step 1: Hit the Guide button on the controller. This is the silver button in the center of the controller that has an Xbox logo on it.

Step 2: Move to the “Marketplace” tab on the Xbox Guide. This is two to the left from the default tab.

Step 3: Hit “Redeem Code”. Enter your code and hit “Done”. All set!

You can also redeem codes on your computer at this site.

Now what?:

Now that you have an Xbox Live account, the world is your oyster. Not really. That’s a terrible expression.

Anyway, there are a lot of great things you can do. Here are the three I would recommend:

  1. Familiarize yourself with the new features available on your Xbox. Try going over to the “apps” tab on your Xbox and checking out what’s in the Marketplace.
  2. Check out to see what’s going on. You can also check out what your Xbox Live friends are up to and download games and additional content.
  3. Check out the other site I write for, XBLA Fans. We write about all of the great games you can download on Xbox Live Arcade and in the Indie Games market. It’s a great resource. If you see a game you like, head over to the “games” tab on your Xbox to search for it in the Marketplace, or look it up on

Well, that’s all I got. Let me know if you have any questions about anything by leaving a comment below. I’m always happy to help out fellow gamers, whether you’ve been playing games all your life or just picked up your first one today! You can add me as a friend if you want, my Gamertag is up on the right sidebar with all of my other contact info. Happy gaming!


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Post by SodaFries on Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:22 pm

My family and I are having some... financial struggles, more so than usual. We are having to cut back a lot otherwise we might lose our house/ I might have to live with my dad. To avoid that we are getting only the bare necessities. We might cancel our phone, interweb, cable, etc... If I can, I'll let you know if we disconnect the internet -- as I won't be able to see you guys anymore. (Please note, this might take months or days. I just don't know)

Other than that, while I still have my internet, I will have to be working around the house trying to get things ready. For example, trying to find stuff to sell and clean up the house in case we have to get rid of it. Either way, I won't be on much anymore. I'll come on ASAP if our situation miraculously changes.

I hope you will remember me.

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Post by Bit on Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:55 pm

I will remember yo soda. I hope you will get through your struggles.
This also remidns me of the song 'bear necessities' from jungle book. ( sorry but i jsut remembered that.

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Post by Islana on Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:05 pm

OMG poor Soda and her family!! u know if u lived in california i would totally tell me my dad to help save ur house...he's a real estate agent and has helped ppl with forclosures. Dont worry Soda! you guys will get throught the tough times! ^^

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Post by Cosmic on Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:49 pm

Im sure u will be back :] I kno it! But in case not I love ya and will always remember yo ^^

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Post by Ace_Archer on Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:12 pm

awww soda!!! i hope ou can come back and maybe if you can't have your internet you can go to the library and go on their internet every once in a while if they have it!!!

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Post by Bluedizboy on Sat May 02, 2009 4:06 pm

I'm sorry, Soda. Just now saw this. Know I'll get my family prayin' for you.
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Jesus: A Prophet of God

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Jesus is a figure who is loved and revered by billions of people the world over, yet there is much confusion surrounding the status of this colossal personality. Muslims and Christians both hold Jesus in high regard but view him in very different ways.

This pamphlet aims to clarify the issues surrounding Jesus: Was Jesus God, or was he sent by God? Who was the real historical Jesus?

“Jesus as God”

Some Christians claim that “Jesus is God” or part of a trinity – that he is the incarnation of God on earth, and that God took on a human form. However, according to the Bible, Jesus was born, ate, slept, prayed and had limited knowledge – all attributes not befitting God. God has attributes of perfection whereas Man is the opposite. How can anything be two complete opposites simultaneously?

Islam teaches that God is always perfect. To believe that God became a man is to claim that God is or was (at some point in time), imperfect. A Christian must ask him/herself, does the idea of a god who was once a weak helpless child, one who could not survive without food, drink or sleep, be the same Almighty God described in the Old Testament? Surely not.

One may ask, “If God can do anything, why can’t he become a man?” By definition, God does not do ungodly acts. God does not do anything that would make Him, something other than God. If God became man and took on human attributes, he would, necessarily, no longer be God.

Some ambiguous verses of the Bible can be applied erroneously to show that Jesus is in some way divine. But if we look at the clear direct verses of the Bible, we see again and again that Jesus is being referred to as an extraordinary human being and nothing more. The Bible contains many verses in which Jesus speaks and behaves as if God is a separate being to himself. For example:

  • Jesus “fell on his face and prayed.” (Matthew 26:39) If Jesus was God, then would a God fall on his face and pray? And who would he be praying to?
  • The Bible calls Jesus a Prophet (Matthew 21:10-11), so how could Jesus be God and be God’s Prophet at the same time?
  • Jesus said, “I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than me.” (John 14:28)
  • Jesus said “I ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my God, and your God.”(John 20:17) If Jesus was God, then why would he say, “to my God, and your God,” and who was he ascending to?

If Jesus was God, he would have clearly told people to worship him, and there would be clear verses in the Bible stating this; yet he did the opposite and disapproved anyone worshipping him: “And in vain they worship me.” (Matthew 15:9)

“Son of God”

Some Christians claim that Jesus is the Son of God. What does this actually mean? Surely God is far removed from having a physical and literal son. Humans have human children. Cats have kittens. What does it mean for God to have a child?

Rather than being taken literally, we find the term “Son of God” is symbolically used in the earliest biblical languages for a “righteous person”, and has been used for David, Solomon and Israel – not exclusively for Jesus: “…Israel is my firstborn son,” (Exodus 4:22). In fact, anyone who is righteous is referred to as God’s ‘son’ : “All who are led by God’s Spirit are God’s sons and daughters.” (Romans 8:14)

It is not befitting to (the majesty of) Allah that He should beget a son. He is Perfect and Flawless! When He determines a matter, He only says to it, ‘Be’ and it is.

“Father and Lord”

In the same way, when the word ‘Father’ is used to refer to God it shouldn’t be taken literally. Instead, it’s a way of saying God is the creator, sustainer and supreme master of all. There are many verses for us to understand this symbolic meaning of the word ‘Father’, for example: “One God and Father of all.” (Ephesians 4:6)

Also, Jesus was sometimes called ‘Lord’ by the disciples. This term is used in the original languages of the Bible, for God as well as for people who are held in high esteem. For example, in the Greek New Testament, the term kyrios is used for both ‘Lord’ as well as to name the owner of the vineyard (Matthew 20:8), and the master who beat the disobedient servant (Luke 20.42-47).

In other parts of the Bible, Jesus is even called a ‘servant’ of God by the disciples: “The God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus.” (Acts 3:13) This clearly shows that when ‘Lord’ is used to refer to Jesus, it is a title of respect, not of divinity.

Attempts are made to explain the complexity of the above issues of the nature of God and the nature of Jesus, which can be quite confusing or unsatisfying. However, the key point to ponder is: Why would God make it so hard to understand? How do these complicated teachings compare with the simple, clear and pure teachings of the concept of God in Islam?

Jesus: The Prophet

In Judaism, Jesus (peace be upon him) is denied as the Messiah. This is in stark contrast to Christianity where he is worshipped as a deity, or the son of God. Islam takes the middle ground and acknowledges Jesus as an honourable Prophet and Messenger of God, as well as the Messiah, but Muslims do not worship him – as worship is for God alone who created Jesus and everything that exists.

(Jesus) said, ‘Indeed, I am the slave of Allah (God). He has given me the Scripture and made me a Prophet.

Miraculous Birth

According to the Quran, the Angel Gabriel was sent to Mary, the noble virgin, in the form of a man, informing her of a child who was to be born miraculously without a father

He (Angel Gabriel) said, ‘I am only a messenger of your Lord to announce to you the gift of a righteous son.’ She said, ‘How shall I have a son, seeing that no man has touched me, and I am not unchaste?’ He said, ‘Thus (it will be). Your Lord says, “It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to the people and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter already decreed.

Some claim that his miraculous birth is evidence of Jesus’ divinity. However, Jesus was not the first to come into existence without a father, as Prophet Adam (peace be upon him) before him had neither a father nor mother. God says:

The likeness of Jesus before God is as that of Adam; He created him (Adam) from dust, then said to him: ‘Be’, and he was. This is the truth from your Lord, so be not of the disputers.

If Jesus is worshipped due to having no father, then surely Adam is more deserving of worship since he was created without either parent.

Miracles of Jesus

Jesus was miraculously conceived with no father and also performed great miracles by the will and permission of God. He spoke as a baby in the cradle to defend his mother against the people who accused her of fornication. The Quran also states that Jesus gave life to the dead, cured the leper and the blind – all by the will of God.

The fact that Jesus (peace be upon him) performed miracles does not mean that he was anything more than a humble servant of God. In fact, many Messengers performed miracles, including Noah, Moses and Muhammad (may peace be upon them all) and these miracles only took place by the permission of God, so as to demonstrate the authenticity of the Messenger.

Message of Jesus

The Prophets of the Old Testament such as Abraham, Noah and Jonah never preached that God is part of a Trinity, and did not believe in Jesus as their saviour. Their message was simple: there is one God and He alone deserves your worship. It is not logical for God to send Prophets for thousands of years with the same essential message, only to suddenly change it, claim that He is now a part of a trinity, and to stipulate the belief in the divinity of Jesus to be saved.

The truth is, Jesus preached the same message as all the Prophets in the Old Testament. There is a passage in the Bible that really emphasises this core message. A man came to Jesus and asked,“Which is the first commandment of all?” Jesus answered, “The first of all the commandments is, ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.’ “(Mark 12:28-29) So, the greatest commandment, the most important belief according to Jesus, is that God is one. If Jesus was God he would have said, ‘I am God, worship me.’ Instead, he merely repeated a verse from the Old Testament confirming that God is One.

This aligns with the mission of Jesus, as taught in Islam, where Jesus was sent to the Children of Israel to confirm the message of the past Prophets – to believe in the One True God.

And when Jesus brought clear proofs, he said, ‘… Indeed, God – He is my Lord and your Lord. So worship Him alone. This is the only Straight Path.

As an honourable obedient Messenger of God, Jesus submitted willingly to God’s commands. As such, he was a “Muslim” – which refers to anyone that submits to the will and commandments of God.

Jesus in Islam

Jesus was as an honourable Prophet sent by God to call to the worship of God alone. This is evident in the Bible and confirmed by the Quran. The Islamic belief about Jesus explains who the real Jesus was, whilst maintaining the pure belief about God and His complete Greatness, Uniqueness and Perfection.

We invite you to look further and investigate Islam. It is not just another religion. It is the same message preached by Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad – may peace be upon all of them. Islam means ‘submission to God’ and is a natural and complete way of life that encourages one to give due attention to their relationship with God and His creation. Islam teaches that God is the All-Just and All-Merciful and does not need to sacrifice himself to forgive sins nor is anyone “born into sin”. God judges everyone based on their own deeds and everyone is accountable for their own actions.

Islam teaches us to love and respect all the Prophets of God, but loving and respecting them does not mean worshipping them because worship is due only to God. Acknowledging Jesus as a Prophet of God and becoming a Muslim does not mean changing or losing your Christian identity. It is about going back to the original and pure teachings of Jesus.

The Return of Jesus and the End Times

The Establishment of God’s Nation under Jesus

The killing of the False Messiah will traumatize the Christians and Jews who had followed him, for it will finally reveal to them that he was not what he had claimed to be.  In fact, the role of Jesus in his defeat will convince most of the surviving Christians, at least, that the False Messiah had indeed been the Anti-Christ prophesied in their own scriptures.  The Prophet of Islam, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, said:

“The son of Mary will soon descend among you and will judge justly(according to the Law of God[1]): he will break the cross and kill the pig…” (Saheeh Al-Bukhari)

The breaking of the cross may be figurative or literal: the destruction of erected idols in churches and tearing down of crosses from their steeples, as well as forbidding the use of personal crosses as symbols of religion;  or the destruction of the myth that he was executed by the Romans on a cross at the instigation of the Jews.  Likewise, the killing of the pigs may be both literal and figurative: literally conducting a campaign to kill all pigs so the consumption of their meat becomes impossible, allowing them to be killed, or simply re-imposing the ban God made since time immemorial[2]  on eating their flesh, effectively forcing pig farmers to get rid of their stock by culling.  In effect, two of the mainstays of widespread Christian practice will be removed, indicating that the religion as taught by modern Christians would henceforth be defunct, and marking a return to the religion as originally intended (Islam).

“… and there will be no Jizya.” (Saheeh Al-Bukhari)

Furthermore, after the massive losses of life among the Jews, the death of their leader will prove to the Jews that he had been yet another false hope.  Possibly, the False Messiah’s claim of divinity may well have already sowed seeds of doubt in their hearts, anyway, so when Jesus announces that the Jizya[3] will no longer be a means by which non-Muslims can avoid submitting to the will of God, they will be ready to give up following the guidance of their Rabbis in favor to returning to the guidance[4]  of God.  The fact that no Jizya will be accepted underlines the abolishment of all religion except one.  The People of the Book will be required to follow the Law of Islam which Jesus will impose.  The die-hards that refuse will be hunted and killed rather than allowed to continue in their outmoded faith.

“The hour will not come until the Muslims fight against the Jews and kill them.  The Jews will seek shelter behind stones and trees, but the stone or the tree will speak: “O servant of God, there is a [die-hard] Jew behind me, so come and kill him!”  But the Gharqad tree will not speak out because it is partial to the Jews.” (Saheeh Muslim)

No mention of the fate of those who are neither Muslims nor People of the Book is mentioned at this stage, but we believe some of them will also fall under the sway of the rule of Jesus, or die.  Perhaps others will be destroyed by those who are referred to as the Gog and Magog.

The Invasion of the Gog and Magog[5]

Who the Gog and Magog are, exactly, is not known, though it is known from a hadeeth, found in the two principal books of authentic narrations (Saheeh Al-Bukhari and Saheeh Muslim), that they are of the nations of mankind[6].  Of them, the Quran says:

“When he reached a valley between two mountains, he found a people who could barely understand a word.  They said; O Dhul Qarnayn!  Verily, Gog and Magog are doing great mischief in the land.  Will you accept a tribute from us so that you build a barrier between us and them?” (Quran 18:93-94)

After Dhul Qarnayn carried out their request (without exacting tribute), he told them:

“This is a Mercy from my Lord, but when the Promise of my Lord comes, He shall level it to the ground.  And the Promise of my Lord is ever true And on that day, we shall leave some of them to surge like waves on one another…” (Quran 18:98-99)

This means that they will be a people who are not under the jurisdiction of Jesus when he accepts the pledge from former Jews and Christians.  And it is the Gog and Magog who will be the final threat to the believers before his reign of peace.  Again, the Quran says:

“When the Gog and Magog swoop down from every ridge, and the true Promise draws near, you will see the disbelievers, their eyes staring fixedly, in horror; They will say, ‘woe to us; indeed were heedless of this – and we were wrongdoers.’” (Quran 21:96-97)

Not even Jesus will be able to withstand the coming of the Gog and Magog, for they will swarm the land destructively, like locusts.

Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported that the prophet said that only the Muslims who retreat into their cities and strongholds with their cattle and sheep will survive the onslaught.[7]  It is also said:

God will reveal to Jesus, son of Mary, “I have brought forth people from among My creatures against who none will be able to fight.  Take my worshippers safely to Mount Tur.” (Saheeh Muslim)

The Gog and Magog will be so many that when the last of the horde passes through a lake bed from whose water the first rank had drunk, they will bewail,‘There used to be water here, once.’ Anybody not from themselves, except for the Muslims in their strongholds and refuges, will be killed, and the horde will declaim, ‘We have defeated the people of earth.  Now only the people of heaven are left [for us to defeat].’  On that, one will fire an arrow into the sky, and it will fall back to earth blood-stained.[8]

Though the Gog and Magog will think they have obtained victory, their very boast would be their downfall, for the blood on their weapons will be nothing but a test from God.  The next article will deal with how the Gog and Magog will be defeated, and what happens after that.

[1] It is by this Law, the Shariah that is based on the Quran and way of Muhammad, that Jesus will rule with equity and justice.

[2] As it is recorded in the Torah, as well as in the Quran.

[3] Jizya: The tributary poll tax taken from the People of the Book who, under the protection of the Islamic nation of which they citizens, are free to practice their religion.

[4] God uses the word ‘Al-Furqan’ to describe both what was revealed to Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, that which was revealed to Moses and Aaron, as well as other prophets. Many of the original teachings, undistorted by rabbinical additions and interpretations, support and precede the Law prescribed by the Last Prophet, which is the final shape of the Law of God.

[5] Gog and Magog pronounced Yajuj wa Majuj in Arabic.

[6] The Prophet said: “Among you are two nations that never approach anything but they overwhelm it with their large numbers; the Yajuj and Majuj.”

[7] In Musnad Ahmad

[8] ’Musnad Ahmad

Jesus’ Miracles and Message

God granted Jesus many miracles which began right after his blessed birth. The Quran testifies that in defense of his mother and of the truth, Jesus spoke as an infant, saying, “‘I am a servant of God. He has granted me the Scripture; made me a prophet; made me blessed wherever I may be. He commanded me to pray, to give alms as long as I live’” (19:30-31). This miraculous speech silenced the detractors.

Throughout his youth, Jesus remained dutiful to his mother and developed quickly in intelligence, wisdom and devotion. He astounded the learned and was greatly admired by his companions. Jesus claimed to be a sign of God and a Messenger to the Israelites.

When he came of age, Jesus began to travel and preach throughout the land of Palestine. He taught the scripture that God sent to him, known as the Injeel (Good News or Gospel), which confirmed the truth of previous holy books.

Jesus taught that love and mercy overcome hate and anger. He stressed that only true and sincere faith in the Creator and obedience to Him can bring a person salvation in this life and the hereafter. To reinforce his message, God granted him the ability to perform miracles. He healed the sick, uplifted the distressed and revived the dead. All of these miracles happened with God’s permission, and Jesus never took credit for them himself.

According to the Quran, Jesus said,

“…I have come to you with a sign from your Lord: I will make the shape of a bird for you out of clay, then breathe into it and, with God’s permission, it will become a real bird; I will heal the blind and the leper, and bring the dead back to life with God’s permission; I will tell you what you may eat and what you may store up in your houses. There truly is a sign for you in this, if you are believers. I have come to confirm the truth of the Torah which preceded me, and to make some things lawful to you which used to be forbidden. I have come to you with a sign from your Lord. Be mindful of God, obey me: God is my Lord and your Lord, so serve Him– that is a straight path.”

Jesus led a simple and pious life, attracting an inner circle of devoted followers who listened to his teachings with fervor and humility. These disciples included Peter, Barnabas and John, who helped spread Jesus’ message of submission to the One God.

A Test of Wills

As the message of Jesus began to gain wider acceptance, a small group of hypocritical and self-serving men began plotting against him. They were the priests and leaders of the Jewish people, whose status and wealth depended upon their position as the sole interpreters of religion to the masses. They pursued him and his followers, and plotted to crucify him on a Roman cross. They were sure they had killed him, but God protected Jesus, saved him from their schemes and raised him up to Himself. God says in the Quran, “[They] said, ‘We have killed the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the Messenger of God.’ They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him, though it was made to appear like that to them; those that disagreed about him are full of doubt, with no knowledge to follow, only supposition: they certainly did not kill him – God raised him up to Himself. God is Almighty and Wise” (4:157-158).

Hence, Islam teaches that God rescued the noble Jesus by removing him from this world. God raised him to the heavens, to a place near Him, and will cause him to return to this world at a later time.

With their messenger gone, the devoted followers of Jesus tried to maintain the purity and clarity of his teachings. However, in the next few centuries, different beliefs about Jesus developed amongst some of the early Christians. They held that he was divine, calling him the son of God, which eventually became the dominant Christian belief. In contrast, others maintained he was not the literal son of God or God Himself, but a messenger sent by the One God. Muslims share this second view of the early Christians, holding that Jesus was sent to guide his people just like the other prophets before him. “[This is] a statement of the Truth about which they are in doubt: it would not befit God to have a child. He is far above that: when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ and it is.” (Quran, 19:34-35)

Restoring Jesus’ Legacy

Muslims believe that every nation received a messenger from God. Just like the prophets before him, Jesus’ message lasted in its original purity for a period of time, but the scripture he received was slowly altered and his original call to absolute monotheism became corrupted. Six centuries after Jesus, God sent His last messenger, Muhammadp, and revealed His final scripture, known as the Quran. Prophet Muhammadp was sent to all of humanity and he confirmed the miraculous birth of Jesus, the miracles he performed and the essential truth of the message that God chose to reveal through Jesus.The Quran has been preserved in its exact original form for over 14 centuries. Through this final revelation, God protects His guidance for the entire human race, containing the same core message sent to all prophets and messengers of the One God, including Jesus, Moses, Abraham and Noah, peace be upon them.

According to the Quran, Jesus himself puts any false claims about his identity to rest: “‘I told them only what You commanded me to: “Worship God, my Lord and your Lord.” I was a witness over them during my time among them. Ever since You took my soul, You alone have been the watcher over them: You are witness to all things’” (5:117).

Today, Muslims seek to follow the original message of Jesus and all the prophets before him as confirmed by God’s final messenger, Muhammadp. Islam literally means ‘submission’ to God and is the same way of life followed by all the messengers of God. Only by following the original call of God’s messengers can we find clear direction and tranquility in our lives.

Mary the Mother of Jesus

The Virgin Mary. Mary, the Pure. Mariam, upon whom be peaceThis blessed woman’s life is evident through many stories and teachings. She has a prominent, significant, and revered role in the Quran and Islam.

The story of the Blessed Mary is a truly beautiful one. She descended from the family of Amram, the father of Moses. Her parents were Anne and Joachim (Imran in Arabic). They were both very pious, religious people. Anne was also immensely caring and motherly. She loved children, and both Anne and Imran yearned for a child. They were both very old, but by the grace of God, Anne conceived. They were both utterly overjoyed. Anne dedicated her unborn child to be a muharrar – a person freed from all worldly affairs and specially committed to the service of God.

Tragically, Imran died during Anne’s pregnancy. Anne realized her baby would need a father to raise her child. She was expecting a boy, who she believed would grow into a prophet. However, God sent her a girl. She was pleased with this, despite the fact that she’d been expecting a boy, and was very grateful. She prayed to God for refuge for her child.  Lots were drawn to decide who would care for the child between several men. Anne’s sister’s husband, Zachariah, was a prophet. Zachariah had no children of his own. Many men tried to cheat and draw the lots in their direction, as they wanted to raise Mary, but the wind repeatedly drew it towards Zachariah.

Zachariah was very good to Mary, who grew into an extremely righteous, gentle woman. She was so pious that she was given her own special section of the temple in which she was brought up to worship God and study her religion. She dedicated her days to God.

God would provide Mary with food. When Zachariah would come to feed her, he would find that she already had provisions. At first he assumed that someone else in the temple had given it to her, but soon after he realized that the food was unseasonable. He asked Mary where it had come from. She replied that it was from God.

Whilst Mary was in her temple, the Angel Gabriel came to her. He informed her that she would be giving birth to Jesus. Mary was a pious woman, and she was entirely chaste, so naturally she asked how this would happen. The Angel told her that God needs only to say, ‘Be,’ and it will be done.

Mary went to a remote place, usually described as an island, as the time of labor drew closer. She was alone – Joseph was not with her, as he is in other tellings of the story. According to the Quran, Mary is completely alone. This gives her more of an honor. She was not only alone while giving birth, she also later endured the stigma of being a single mother. In that place and in that time, this was an extremely difficult thing. She had no one except God, and according to the Quran, she put her full and complete trust in Him, despite the enormity of the task.

Mary, despite being Blessed, was as human as any of us, and she suffered the pangs of labor. She was comforted with food and water. She only had to shake the tree she lay under, and food would be provided to her. She eventually gave birth to Jesus, and returned to her home.

Homecoming was not easy for Mary. Her people immediately accused her of being unchaste. They said that she was born of good people who she had shamed. Mary did not reply to them, but instead she pointed to the baby Jesus. The people mocked her, asking her how she could expect an infant to reply.

Jesus, though he was only a baby, spoke to them. He began,

“Surely I am a servant of God; He has given me the Book and made me a prophet” (Quran, 19:30).

Immediately this shows that Jesus was a human as well, just as his mother was. Mary then brought up her son for the duration of her life.

Mary was a great woman, not only for her story but for who she was. She was chosen by God to give birth to one of the most important figures in mankind. She was always kind, gentle, sweet, and pious. In Islam, she is very highly regarded. She has a chapter in the Quran entirely dedicated to her, and is seen as one of the most important women. Furthermore, the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, said that the best women of humankind are four: Mary, the mother of Jesus, Asiya, the wife of the Pharoah, Khadija, the wife of Prophet Muhammad, and Fatima, his own daughter.

In summary, Mary is one of the most revered women in history and in Islam. She was one of the greatest people in the history of humankind.

The angels said to Mary: “Mary, God has chosen you and made you pure: He has truly chosen you above all women.” (Quran, 3:42)

Mary, The Blessed

Mary was a righteous woman whose mother had dedicated her to God’s service even before she was born. As a child, she lived an admirable life marked by good health and piety. She was raised by the wise Zachariah, who instilled in her a beautiful sense of faith in God. As a young woman, Mary sought to purify herself further for her Lord. She withdrew from her people to a sanctuary in the east, where she could meditate in seclusion and peace.

During this period, on a day that seemed no different from the rest, the angel Gabriel visited her in the form of a man. Fearful of the stranger, Mary prayed for protection. He comforted her, declaring that God sent him to announce the glad tidings of a faultless son. Stunned, Mary asked how this was possible since no man had ever touched her. Gabriel replied,

“‘This is how God creates what He will: when He has ordained something, He only says, “Be,” and it is’” (Quran, 3:47).

When she felt the baby within her, Mary fled her sanctuary, fearing what people would do or say when they heard the news. In her anguish, she cried out,

“‘I wish I had been dead and forgotten long before all this!’” (Quran, 19:23).

The angel Gabriel reassured her of God’s blessings and she found shade and a cool spring. Under a date-palm in the warmth of late summer, she made her dwelling, and there bore the child who was unlike any other in human history.

Shortly thereafter, the Quran recounts that Mary returned to her community carrying the child who was to be called the “Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary” (3:45). When her people saw the baby in her arms, they could not believe their eyes. They accused her of being unchaste and implied that she had ruined her family name and reputation. Gabriel had already instructed her to abstain from conversation (19:26). So, Mary simply pointed towards the child.

Who is Jesus?

There are varied beliefs about Jesus among people of different faiths. Many believe he is God or the son of God. Some maintain that he was simply a very wise man. Others do not recognize Jesus at all, religiously or historically. The Islamic position regarding Jesus comes from the Quran, the last revelation of God preserved in its original form, in which God relates the story of Jesus in great detail. The Quran tells us that Jesus said,

“‘I am a servant of God. He has granted me the Scripture; made me a prophet’” (19:30).

This brochure summarizes the reality of Jesus according to Islamic teachings.

Muslims believe that Jesus was a human being appointed by God as His messenger. His birth was extraordinary and he was blessed with great miracles from God (Allah in Arabic). In essence, God chose Jesus to deliver the same unified message that past prophets had brought to humanity: to worship the One God and to lead a morally upright life in order to attain salvation in the eternal life after death.

Jesus lived about 2,000 years ago in ancient Palestine when the Roman Empire was at its zenith. He was not conceived normally, but was miraculously implanted in the womb of a young woman named Mary by the command of God. In this sense, Jesus was a “word” from God and a special sign for humanity. In fact, he was the last in a long line of messengers sent to the Jewish people.

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We traveled south to Nacogdoches, Texas (the oldest city in Texas). There I met with Sacred Heart Catholic Church youth minister Stephen Watson who told me he was preparing for a “30-hour famine” with the youth at the church. They will drink only water. Later in the day, I told the Daily Sentinel here that while this “famine” among these, for the most part, upper middle class kids won’t emulate the day-in, day-out constant hunger and stress of those in Third World countries, it’s a good step toward helping increase empathy levels for these American youths’ brothers and sisters in other parts of the globe.

About Joe Schriner

Common man, Common sense,
Uncommon solutions.

“In an era when presidential campaigns run on multi-million dollar war chests, lavish fundraising dinners and high gloss television ads, Joe Schriner is a different breed of candidate.”
– The Herald, Monterey, California.

Joe at a glance…

Age: 56.
Family: Husband of 17 years, and father.
Faith: Catholic.
Home state: Ohio.
Graduate of Bowling Green State University.
Journalist and author.
Also a former addictions counselor, with an emphasis on family systems.
Independent presidential candidate in four successive election cycles.
On the road campaigning extensively.
In between campaign tours, now does part-time house painting and light handyman work to make ends meet (aka: Joe the painter).
Volunteer work with: Brown County (OH) Board of Mental Health; Catholic Worker outreach to the poor in the inner city of Cleveland; We Are the Uninsured Healthcare Movement in Ohio. Inner city youth league baseball and soccer coach (won some, lost some).
Hobbies: Trying to beat his wife at “Scrabble,” weight lifting, swimming, photography, sandlot baseball, soccer, football and basketball with his children.

In Joe’s words…

I’m, for the most part, your average Midwesterner, I told the Duluth (MN) News. I jog in a pair of gray sweats. My favorite spots to eat are your basic diners. Whats more, I cut my own lawn. Oh, and Im running for president.

I told the Lancaster (OH) Eagle Gazette that the reason I am running for president is that I am a concerned parent. That is, I don’t want to leave a world of climate change, war, abortion, rural and inner city poverty, violent streets, nuclear proliferation, astronomical national debt, little social security, dwindling access to healthcare to our children. What sane parent would?

Now, I didn’t go to Harvard, Yale, or even Rutgers for that matter. I went to Bowling Green State University where I majored in journalism. I then worked for a couple intermediate-sized Ohio newspapers. I later became an addictions counselor. And in 1990, as a lead up to the presidential run, I took my journalism skills on the road to look for common sense solutions to the societal problems I outlined above.

And in some tremendously extensive, cross-country research (that has continued during my years of campaigning), I’ve found those solutions.
Getting policies enacted…

Amidst abject poverty on the Southside of Chicago, I learned how to end homelessness. In Atwood, Kansas (pop. 1,500), I learned how to balance the National Budget. In Grand Junction, Colorado, I learned how to get quality healthcare for all. In High Springs, Florida, I learned how to end global warming, for good. In Eunice, New Mexico, I learned how to unequivocally solve the immigration issue.

And it was with this information, and much more, that I am running for president. No big money. No special interest backing. Just with tried solutions to make the country a much better place for our kids.

While campaigning for president the past 12 years (and over 100,000 road miles), I’ve been telling people about these answers in hundreds of talks, more than 1,000 newspapers, a lot of radio, television and in a very up-close-and-personal way on the street corners of America.

I told Channel 10 News in Albany, Georgia, that I can get a policy enacted long before I ever get to D.C., if somebody picks up on an idea and tries it in their town. And who knows how far out it will ripple out from there.

So in a small way, I said during a talk at Toledo University, I am already president now! The students all smiled, politely.

Be the change…

I am also a firm believer that this won’t be a better world for our children until more of us follow the saying: Be the change you want to see in the world.

In this pursuit, my family and I try to live the messages we are conveying, at least the best we can.

On a radio station in Indianapolis, Indiana, I said our platform asks some people to consider moving into the inner cities of America to live side-by-side with the poor. So our family moved to the heart of Cleveland, Ohio, where we volunteered at an outreach to the poor.

I told the Tifton (GA) Gazette that our family has also set aside a Christ Room for the homeless at our place. And in D.C. we’d do the same thing in the West Wing. Just like I may well be looking for a youth baseball team to coach when I get there.

I recently coached an inner city Rec. Center League team in Cleveland. On draft day I picked the kids who looked liked they’d be picked last, first. And apparently I did pretty well with this, because we lost almost all the games. Many of the kids on the team, sadly, didn’t have a father at home. And many of these families don’t have healthcare insurance either, just like two million other Ohioans. To help try to reverse this, my children and I have done volunteer work for the We Are The Uninsured Movement in Ohio.

The reason our children are involved is because Liz and I want them learning as much about helping others — as they do learning about math, science and English, I told The Mississippi Press.

In fact, our education platform calls for a lot more local community involvement with students. I we also propose many more classes be focused on environmental awareness.

To do our family’s part for the environment, we created a “Kyoto Protocol Home Zone.” (I even put a “Kyoto Protocol Home Zone” sign up in the front yard, to Liz’s embarrassment.) We live in small places, use little air conditioning, cut the thermostat back in the winter, bicycle or walk almost everywhere within a five-mile radius and we recycle practically everything.

And in D.C., we’d do all this as well. I mean, those big black limos alone can be such gas guzzlers anyway, right?

Heal the family…

“My concern for the environment, for the disadvantaged, for the unborn flows out of my spirituality. I’m Catholic, and trying to live the essence of the Gospel message is what I try to be about,” I told columnist Mike Haynes of the Amarillo (TX) Globe News.

And part of living the Gospel message is being centered in faith, having time for family, being concerned about others. I’m not the poster guy for all that, but I try.

What’s more, its Liz and my role to make sure our children have a wholesome and emotionally healthy upbringing. And I have some additional expertise in the latter area.

Besides having been a journalist, I was also a counselor who worked with family system dynamics. And it is my contention that the current breakdown of the family in America (parents being physically or emotionally abusive, or absent, or addicted to alcohol, drugs, gambling, media entertainment, work) is creating a constellation of societal problems, I told ABC News in Monterey, California.

Because of these dysfunctional family dynamics (and they seem to be everywhere these days), kids grow up depressed, angry and emotionally empty. As a result, incidence of domestic violence, street violence, addiction, mental and emotional problems spike in kind for the next generation, and the next…

“So to heal the country, you have to heal the family. Theres just no way around it,” I told the Bangor (ME) News.

And we have a solid plan to do this, based on research weve done in Arthur, Illinois, Holbrook, Arizona, Carmel Valley, California, etc.

Snow shoveling…

Now when I’m not grappling with these pressing societal issues, my wife Liz is beating me at “Scrabble” (an issue in itself), or I’m playing racquetball with some buddies, or I’m trading baseball cards with our kids.

That is, I’m doing all this in between doing chores for Liz.

During a campaign talk in Wichita, Kansas, I was asked what the first thing I’d do as president was. I responded that “wed get to D.C. in January, so it would probably be snowing. If that, indeed, were the case — the first thing Liz would have me do is: shovel the walk. ”

That will probably be a new one for the Secret Service.

And so it goes…

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Monday, March 20, 2017

Galactic society is ruled by algorithms. From interstellar travel and planetary terraforming to artificial intelligence and agriculture, every human endeavor has become completely dependent upon the hypercomplex equations that optimize the activities making life possible across hundreds of inhabited worlds. Throughout the galaxy, Man has become dependent upon the reliable operation of ten million different automated systems.

 And when things begin to go wrong and mysterious accidents begin to happen no one has any idea what is happening, except for a sentient medical drone and the First Technocrat of Continox. But their ability to even begin to try fixing the unthinkably complicated problem of galaxy-wide algorithmic decay is made considerably more difficult by the fact the former is an outlaw and the latter is facing a death sentence.

Johan Kalsi is Finland's hottest science fiction author. An accomplished geneticist as well as a 6'3" ex-Finnish Marine, in THE CORRODING EMPIRE, Kalsi shows himself to be more Asimovian than Asimov himself.

From the reviews:
  • This was a very surprising and compelling read. Clearly modeled on Asimov's Foundation, this book does a much better and more interesting job of making that world seem real and possible. Part thriller, some hard-ish sci-fi, and part dystopian novel, The Corroding Empire was strikes a very resonant tone.... Growing up on Asimov and having a special place in my heart for Foundation, I found this to be a fantastic book and homage, of sorts, to Asimov. It's well worth the time and a first-rate addition to the genre.
  • The Amazon blurb brags that, "Kalsi shows himself to be more Asimovian than Asimov himself." I wouldn't go quite that far. The Corroding Empire fails as an Asimov pastiche in a few ways. The characters aren't wooden cutouts, they are real, sympathetic, and relatable. The underlying theme of this book isn't that everything would be so much better if only the technocrats were in charge instead of those lousy politicians - technocrats like the author, you know? This book doesn't possess a strong undercurrent of contempt for the common man and all his problems, it sympathizes with the little guys who suffer whenever the managerial class screw up their five-year plans, as they so often do.... And in that way, this isn't Asimov. It's something far better.
  • A truly thought-provoking book of where man's hubris may take us. A new type of apocalypse book. Mr. Kalsi takes us through a detailed tale of how the arrogance of man, the religion of science, the infallibility of man and how the system can control and predict everything leads to disaster.
  • I thought it was going to be largely tongue-in-cheek humor. Instead it's a pretty strong straight sci-fi story, told as a series of vignettes over an expansive period of time. The comparisons to Asimov's Foundation are apt but I would say it nods in Asimov's direction rather than ripping him off.
  • Surprisingly brilliant. A taut, imaginative, superbly crafted tale in the finest traditions of Isaac Asimov.
  • As a re-telling of Foundation, as out-Asimoving Asimov, it deserves five stars. Heck, for having a MUCH better protagonist in Servo than Asimov had in Hari Seldon, I'd assign seven stars if I could.
THE CORRODING EMPIRE is $4.99 and DRM-free. Also, if you bought it and you subscribe to the New Release newsletter, you will probably want to check your email in order to take advantage of the free ebook offer.

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Anonymous Determinator March 20, 2017 6:17 AM

Bought after watching the darkstream just a few hours ago. Very enjoyable so far.

Blogger Shimshon March 20, 2017 7:04 AM

How can Mr. Kalsi be both ex-Finnish and Finland's hottest science fiction author? I am...concerned.

Nonetheless, I dutifully pre-bought the book weeks ago. Downloaded today.

Blogger Silly But True March 20, 2017 7:56 AM

I think it's a bit like Bruce Jenner having won the gold medal in 1976 Montreal Olympic decathlon?

Blogger synp March 20, 2017 8:02 AM

Volunteered to review, but I'm only half-way through... Still, very good one.

Vox: should I still send in corrections, or just the review as soon as I finish reading?

Blogger VD March 20, 2017 8:09 AM

Vox: should I still send in corrections, or just the review as soon as I finish reading?

Just the review. We've nailed the corrections already thanks to the proofreaders. Check the version 2.0 you were sent this morning.

Blogger Koanic March 20, 2017 8:37 AM

No bonobo sex, androgynous quipsters or jock comeuppance?

Blogger Harsh March 20, 2017 9:34 AM

Not a 6'3" ex-Finnish Marine badass ? Hmph, unimpressed!

Blogger maniacprovost March 20, 2017 10:05 AM

I want to read it today, but... I'm in the middle of a John Ringo book, so... it'll have to wait until later this week.

Blogger Jack Ward March 20, 2017 10:13 AM

Just got it. Watching the Amazon rankings wish I had time for bourbon and popcorn.
[groins a little; have to drive this AM]

Blogger FUCK GOOGLE March 20, 2017 10:59 AM

I enjoyed the Foundation series when I was a teenager, but I always wondered if Asimov was trying to talk up actual technocrats or if he was trying to build up technocracy as a religion.

Hari Seldon comes across as basically Nostradamus + Christ until the Mule shows up and goofs up the whole thing. I liked the story but I never could shake how silly the idea of "Technocrat Jesus and his merry Second Foundation of Apostles fix the universe with math" was.

Anonymous Eduardo March 20, 2017 11:08 AM

So is Scalzi represented as a character in the book?

It would be funny, to have being ruinating the universe XD.

Anonymous VFM #6306 March 20, 2017 11:22 AM

It is a big galactic epic, Eduardo. I very much doubt it would get bogged down with the insignificant and irrelevant.

Scalzi can take solace in the fact that the UK edition (at of his Cohabitating Emperox lists the author as "One of the slickest writers that SF has ever produced."

Which of course causes everyone to ask..."what on earth has he dipped himself in now?"

Anonymous VFM 4127 March 20, 2017 11:41 AM

I just finished Star Realms Rescue Run, so bought this today, along with War to the Blade. It's been great to read quality science fiction again!

Mfw it took me this long to realise that Johan Kalsi is a Finnish play of words...

Blogger Jack Ward March 20, 2017 1:06 PM

1207 EST 21 in books and 23 in Kindle store. Hee, hee.

Blogger Dave March 20, 2017 1:53 PM

Amazon page is gone; comes up "SORRY we couldn't find that page"

Same thing when searching for title or author.

Anonymous Prionyx March 20, 2017 2:00 PM

The Amazon page for the book is missing.
Even going into my Digital Orders page and clicking on the link gets the missing error.

Blogger haruman March 20, 2017 2:03 PM

I confirm the Amazon page is missing and a search returns nothing...

Blogger VD March 20, 2017 2:21 PM

Amazon pulled it. Because "misleading".

It will be back up soon with a different title.

Blogger Eric Slate March 20, 2017 3:47 PM

When will the paperback come out?

Anonymous 5343 Kinds of Deplorable March 20, 2017 5:14 PM

Amazon pulled it. Because "misleading".

Got somebody genuinely worried there, sounds like.

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Welcome to your Adventure Log!
A blog for your campaign

Every campaign gets an Adventure Log, a blog for your adventures!

While the wiki is great for organizing your campaign world, it’s not the best way to chronicle your adventures. For that purpose, you need a blog!

The Adventure Log will allow you to chronologically order the happenings of your campaign. It serves as the record of what has passed. After each gaming session, come to the Adventure Log and write up what happened. In time, it will grow into a great story!

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The End

So I seek my end. I am not my mother, and will not throw my life away, but I seek an end. I will do what I can to strike at the heart of darkness, and make an end of the cult of Orcus. If need be, I will carve the evil heart from the demon himself. This will take time, perhaps a long amount of it. Still, I can no longer sit and wait for the terror to care of itself.

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“You have little time left, and none of it for crap. A fine state. I would say that the best of us always comes out when we are against the wall, when we feel the sword dangling overhead. Personally, I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
― Carlos Castaneda

I work best when under pressure. I have found that if I have a deadline I can push myself through and accomplish whatever I set out to do. Conversely if I just set myself a goal without a time limit I find all kinds of distractions that pull me away from the work at hand. Deadlines (swords) tend to focus me. The goal can be self-imposed such as this blog where each day I have committed to produce at least one picture and at least a hundred words on any given subject. For the last twenty-five months, I haven’t missed a night of blogging. Success has bred success tho I wonder at times whether quality suffers.
Similarly my work on the tarot book has been most successful when I have set commitments for myself. It is only when I let things become open-ended that I find myself slowing down. I need that sword dangling, otherwise the crap gets in the way.
Blessings, G

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Astral PalaceAstral Palace by G A Rosenberg

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Meeting Myself

“Are you the new person drawn toward me?
To begin with, take warning – I am surely far different from what you suppose;
Do you suppose you will find in me your ideal?
Do you think it so easy to have me become your lover?
Do you think the friendship of me would be unalloy’d satisfaction?
Do you think I am trusty and faithful?
Do you see no further than this façade—this smooth and tolerant manner of me?
Do you suppose yourself advancing on real ground toward a real heroic man?
Have you no thought, O dreamer, that it may be all maya, illusion?”
― Walt Whitman

Must we come with warnings?
Each person we meet may read
“Beware of the mirror
standing before you,
he reflects imperfectly
everything you shine into him
including your own reflections
He sees you
so he may become more clear
by watching the ripples of his breath
against your surface.
You may not like what you see
reflected towards you
he may show you your imperfections, imperfectly.
But know that by gazing upon him
he will love you
to the best of his being
perhaps not as lover or friend
or whatever your stated purpose for coming
but for the beautiful imperfect looking glass you are
and for what you may create together.”

Blessings, G

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In Service To HerIn Service to Her by G A Rosenberg

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The HeArt Connection

“If you want to write, if you want to create, you must be the most sublime fool that God ever turned out and sent rambling. You must write every single day of your life. You must read dreadful dumb books and glorious books, and let them wrestle in beautiful fights inside your head, vulgar one moment, brilliant the next. You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads. I wish you a wrestling match with your Creative Muse that will last a lifetime. I wish craziness and foolishness and madness upon you. May you live with hysteria, and out of it make fine stories — science fiction or otherwise. Which finally means, may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, remake a world.”
― Ray Bradbury

Art involves folly and perhaps a bit of hubris. To believe that you can bring a feeling or a knowing to others through an image, a story or song lyrics takes guts. Yet for those who create and that includes everyone in one way or another, it is what we attempt to do. What are the very words we speak but symbols we string together to convey meaning. Through exposing ourselves to how others have communicated in these ways in the past and even more importantly developing clarity and compassion, we can learn to connect better with others. Art can touch us in ways that mere spoken words cannot. Through story, song and image we touch not only the minds but the hearts of others.
Blessings, G

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Exploring in Familiar Places

“All of life is a foreign country.”
― Jack Kerouac

What is the first thing you do when you enter a country for the first time? I find that
whenever I travel to someplace new, I first acclimate myself. I look around and see what is different from what I have experienced before and what is similar. I love experiencing things for the first time and delight in people watching. What can I learn here and now that I have never known? How can I expand my knowledge? Each place ends up marking me in a new way.
When is the last time you looked around at your present environment as if it were a new country to explore? How much do we take for granted in our everyday lives that could if looked at with no expectations, reveal new things about life and the world around us? Life is never static and much happens around us every day. As Dan Millman’s teacher Socrates says in “Way of the Peaceful Warrior”, “There is never ‘nothing going on’.”
I would like to challenge everyone reading this to wake up tomorrow and experience something familiar as if you are seeing it for the first time.
Blessings, G

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Let It Spill

“From now on I hope always to stay alert, to educate myself as best I can. But lacking this, in Future I will relaxedly turn back to my secret mind to see what it has observed when I thought I was sitting this one out. We never sit anything out.

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out. ”
― Ray Bradbury

The witness knows that I’m too full
of transitory things
Momentary panic that stressors bring
On the surface, clarity gone
as the septic moment lingers
so let it spill on out
underneath is pure
learn to let it go
the empty witness’s sure
In hours it’ll matter less
in days not at all
so pop the troubled bubble
a child’s bubble gum
remember back to times
all it meant was fun
sing that happy song
that once ran through your head
Find the joy in what you are
the pure note’s stead

— G A Rosenberg

Blessings, G

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Amber Cathedral MandalaAmber Cathedral Mandala by G A Rosenberg

Nebulous MandalaNebulous by G A Rosenberg

Making Change

“It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institution and merely lukewarm defenders in those who gain by the new ones. ”
― Niccolò Machiavelli

Many people fear the new. They prefer the ways that either have worked for them before or have consistently not worked in ways that they have become used to. This explains the failure of so many systems that governments have their hands in especially ones of education
Quite often we prefer the devil we know rather than the untried even if the untried offers hope for a better solution. Most people will admit that things in our society need to change. Yet actually making the changes seem to stymie us. An interesting conundrum.
Blessings, G

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WaterfallWaterfall by G A Rosenberg

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Like the Nerdiest Boy Scout

With this week's release of Apple's latest OS X (aka "Mavericks"), I finally took the time to complete a nerdy little project of mine.

It starts with the ReadyCase

I was an Indiegogo backer of the ReadyCase which I recommend (although, my first-run case needed a little modification to work with my Belkin dock, YMMV). One of the biggest attractions is that it comes with a USB stick - something I never seem to have on me when I need it. Now, as long as I have my phone on me (i.e. always), I have my USB stick.

Partition It

As an early adopter, I got a 16gb version (the max now is 8gb). I split my drive into two partitions: 1 for the Mavericks installer (aka "Mavericks") and a second partition for "important" files (aka "Data"). It was super simple to set this up using Disk Utility:

  • Both partitions are "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)"
  • I'm using the GUID Partition scheme (available under "Options") - required for install disks
  • I made the 2nd partition encrypted, just in case.

I am thinking of potentially adjusting this into 3 partitions, though: Installer, Secret files (encrypted) and Scratch (for temporary transfers, etc).

Mavericks Installer

It wasn't too tricky before, but Mavericks includes a nice little utility for creating "install media". Once you've downlowded the Mavericks installer from the app store, just run:

/Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ --volume /Volumes/Mavericks --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\

Important Files

So far, my "Important Files" drive includes my ssh private key and a few other handy backups. However, I'm working hard so that more and more of my configuration is automated via my chef-workstation setup. Between that and all of my "in the cloud" data, I can pretty easily bootstrap a new machine in an emergency.

I am prepared.

James Walker

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Friday, February 13, 2015

Is God good?

I sometime wonder... Is he really good? I have my doubts... I struggle with Gods word.

2 Samuel 7:28

And now, O Lord God, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

Nahum 1:7

The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble;he knows those who take refuge in him.

God knows us. He created us. We are doubters (at least I am).  Its okay to let the Lord know your doubt. Talk with him, share your struggle.

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