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Chasuke's Journey (2015)
Things are hectic in heaven. Dozens of scribes sit before a long scroll incessantly scribbling away. They are composing the biographies of earth-dwellers. What is invented by the men in heaven is lived out below. And their employer, God, is increasingly vehement in demanding avant-garde ideas. Take, for example, the beautiful Yuri, a girl who dies in a car crash. Some of the heavenly scribes find this very dull and send former gangster Chas, who has become a heavenly tea-boy, back down to earth with instructions to save Yuri no matter what. And so Chas ends up in Okinawa, gets to know the earth-dwellers, interferes in their fates, becomes celebrated as 'Mr Angel' and is hounded by brutal enemies. His falling in love with Yuri is of course a foregone conclusion. But no one could anticipate what happens next. Not even God himself


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The weekends on All Things Considered series Movies I've Seen A Million Times features filmmakers, actors, writers and directors talking about the movies that they never get tired of watching.
The movie that actor David Duchovny, whose credits include the television shows The X-Files and Californication, and the films Return to Me and Phantom — currently playing in theaters— could watch a million times is Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather.
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The Future
Current predictions about the future of the world run from the utopian to the cataclysmic. Is the world headed for a bright or dismal future, or both? Will humanity ever be able to overcome its legacy of centuries of conflict and short-sighted exploitation and build a unified society of peace and harmony? Or will the earth descend into chaos and become an environmental wasteland?
The prophets of the Bible foretold amazing things about the future. Many of their predictions have already come to pass. For instance, the general consensus among scholars is that there are over 300 prophecies about Jesus Christ, all written down hundreds of years before His birth, that were fulfilled during His lifetime on earth. The chance of even eight of those prophecies being fulfilled in one man have been estimated at one chance in one hundred million billion.
More importantly for us now, there are hundreds more biblical prophecies about future events and world conditions. Some of these are being fulfilled in our times, and they presage the fulfillment of yet others in the future, perhaps even in our lifetimes. These future events are of such size and scope, and are so momentous in nature, that the Bible warns us to be prepared for them when they happen.
Our future was predicted thousands of years ago. You can know that future.
Continue Reading…The following is a short summary of the events and conditions the Bible predicts are to come in chronological order.
Signs of the Times
Today, conditions prevail and events are taking place that Jesus said would signal His return and the end of the world as we know it. Jesus, as well as several biblical writers, likened these signs to a woman in labor prior to giving birth. Many of these "birth pains," such as war, famine, earthquakes, and pestilences have been evident for a long time.
In this modern age, humankind has invented weapons capable of previously unfathomable death and destruction. Famine is a reality for millions, and the UN World Health Organization estimates that over 600 million people go hungry each day, and malnutrition in children contributes to over half of child deaths. Pollution, global warming, and the depletion of resources points toward even greater famine and consequent violence in the future.
One bright aspect of the modern age is the global spread of the Good News of the Gospel, made possible by modern communication media such as radio, television and the Internet. As a result, the Gospel has been taught in all nations, like never before in the course of history.
Daniel, a Jewish prophet who lived 500 years before Jesus, wrote that in the end times travel, knowledge, and education would increase, which has happened at an exponential rate in contemporary times and continues to do so. The labor that precedes childbirth doesn't go on indefinitely, and it will be only a matter of time before events culminate in the return of Jesus Christ.
As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. "Tell us," they said, "what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?" Jesus answered. "You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.
"Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come." (Matthew 24:3-8, 12-14 NIV)
"But Daniel, keep this prophecy a secret; seal it up so that it will not be understood until the end times, when travel and education shall be vastly increased!" (Daniel 12:4 TLB)
The Antichrist
A powerful empire will arise on the world stage, led by a person referred to in the Bible as a "vile person," "man of lawlessness" and "son of perdition," but most commonly referred to as the "Antichrist," who will come to power at the head of this world government. His evil nature will not be so evident at first, and many will regard him as a savior because he will be able to bring solutions to some of the world's most intractable problems such as a more equitable distribution and consumption of resources; resolution of long-standing hostilities between nations, ideologies, and religions; and reduction of economic instability and exploitation. He will be a man of war and yet gain power by both intrigue and nonbelligerent means. He is, however, in league with Satan, and in the end will become the embodiment of evil.
Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders. (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4,9)
[This] vile person … shall come in peaceably, and seize the kingdom by intrigue. … He shall do what his fathers have not done, nor his forefathers: he shall disperse among them the plunder, spoil, and riches; and he shall devise his plans against the strongholds, but only for a time. (Daniel 11:21,25)
When the transgressors have reached their fullness, [this] king shall arise, having fierce features, who understands sinister schemes. His power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; he shall destroy fearfully, and shall prosper and thrive; he shall destroy the mighty, and also the holy people. Through his cunning he shall cause deceit to prosper under his rule; and he shall exalt himself in his heart. He shall destroy many in their prosperity. He shall even rise against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without human means. (Daniel 8:23-25 KJV)
And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life. (Revelation 13:7-8)
The Covenant
The Antichrist will initiate, or at the least be very much involved in, an agreement called the "holy covenant" in the Bible, which will temporarily bring a measure of peace and security to the world, and will allow the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. The signing of this covenant will signal the start of the last seven years of humankind's dominion on earth and this present age of human history.
Approximately three and a half years into the agreement, after surviving what may possibly be an assassination attempt, the Antichrist will break the covenant, declare himself God, and abolish all religious worship except devotion to himself and his totalitarian world order.
He will confirm a covenant with many for one "seven" [seven years]. In the middle of the "seven" [years] he will put an end to sacrifice and offering [religious rites]. (Daniel 9:27 NIV)
And after the league is made with him [the Antichrist] shall act deceitfully, for he shall come up and become strong with a small number of people. … his heart shall be moved against the holy covenant; so he shall … rage against the holy covenant, and do damage. … Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery. (Daniel 11:23,28-29,32)
Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads. … And I saw one of his heads [the Antichrist] as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. (Revelation 13:1,3)
The Image of the Beast
When the Antichrist breaks the covenant, the mysterious "abomination of desolation" is erected in the precincts of the Jewish Temple. The prophet Daniel wrote of it several times, and Jesus confirmed that when it is erected there it will signal the beginning of the 1,260-day period known as the Great Tribulation. Daniel refers in his writings to this abomination's capacity to bring desolation. In the book of Revelation it is called the "image of the beast," and it has power to cause those that do not worship it to be killed.
This image could be some sort of cybernetic representation of the Antichrist endowed with artificial intelligence that will allow it to speak and issue orders. The Antichrist's government will demand that all people worship it. However, those who willingly comply will be condemned to the same fate awaiting the Antichrist.
Therefore when you see the "abomination of desolation," spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place … then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. (Matthew 24:15,21)
[The Antichrist's false prophet] deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. (Revelation 13:14-16)
[An angel said] with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb." (Revelation 14:9-10); See also Daniel 9:27 and Daniel 11:31)
The Great Tribulation
After the covenant is broken, the next three and a half years will see the world plunge into unprecedented social chaos. This period of time is known in the Bible as the "Great Tribulation." During this time, the Antichrist and his government will systematically persecute those who refuse to worship him.
An electronic monetary system will be put in place, and everyone wishing to "buy and sell" will be required to receive the "mark of the beast." This will be a personalized account number somehow embedded, possibly in the form of an electronic chip, in people's right hands or foreheads. This account number is enigmatically linked to the number 666. God's Word warns people not to receive this mark.
Meanwhile, God will help Christians and others who resist the Antichrist, and in their defense will unleash pestilences and plagues on the Antichrist and his followers. We are also told that two of God's prophets will perform miracles and publicly defy the Antichrist.
For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again. If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. (Matthew 24:21-23 NIV) But the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits. (Daniel 11:32)
He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666. (Revelation 13:16-18)
Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. And their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them. (Revelation 9:3-6)
I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth… If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies... They have power to shut up the heavens so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want (Revelation 11:3,5-6 NKJV)
Nuclear War
At some point, likely near the end of the three-and-a-half years of Great Tribulation, the Antichrist and ten "kings," who join forces with him, will destroy the mysterious "Babylon the Great," in what sounds like a nuclear holocaust. Scripture indicates that this Babylon is not the ancient city or empire by that name, but rather the great worldwide, materialistic, capitalistic system, currently epitomized by—but not limited to—the USA. According to the visions of the prophet Daniel, the ten kings who join with the Antichrist emerge from the ancient Roman Empire.
And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.… And on her forehead a name was written: 'Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots and of the Abominations of the Earth.' I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. (Revelation 17:3, 5-6)
The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. … These will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire. (Revelation 17:12-13,16)
Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and mourning and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire. … The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning, standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, "Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come." "And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore: … Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate." (Revelation 18:8-11,19); See also Daniel 7:7–8,19–24.
The Second Coming of Jesus Christ
At the end of the Great Tribulation, Jesus will return. The sun and the moon will be darkened, but then a bright light will be seen around the world, followed by the sound of a mighty trumpet. Jesus will be seen by everyone as He appears in the clouds of the sky surrounded by angels. Then He will rescue His followers out of this world, and they will receive new immortal bodies and be caught up from the earth in what is called the Rapture. Scripture is clear that this event occurs "immediately after the Tribulation" and not before, as portrayed in recent popular novels and movies.
Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. (Matthew 24:29-31)
Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!" (Revelation 11:15)
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all [die], but we shall all be changed—in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (1 Corinthians 15:51-52)
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18)
The Marriage Supper of the Lamb
In heaven, a celebration is then held called the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. One of the titles for Jesus is "Lamb of God," (John 1:29) and His bride is all those who believe on Him. (Romans 7:4) The marital metaphor is used in the Bible to describe the intimate spiritual unity between Christ and His people, and the fervency of the loving union of heart, mind, and spirit that accompanies this relationship.
During this Marriage Supper, Jesus will unite with those He rescued in the Rapture, and His followers throughout the ages, and at His Judgment Seat He will reward them with eternal crowns of life.
And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, "Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns! Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready." And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Then he said to me, "Write: 'Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!'" (Revelation 19:6-9)
For the Son of Man [Jesus] will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works. (Matthew 16:27)
When the Chief Shepherd [Jesus] appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away. (1 Peter 5:4)
The Wrath of God
The devastating plagues described in the Bible as the "wrath of God" will be poured upon the world at the same time that the Marriage Supper of the Lamb is being celebrated, specifically targeting the Antichrist and his forces.
And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying: … "The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come … and should destroy those who destroy the earth." (Revelation 11:16,18)
Out … came the seven angels having the seven plagues [and] seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God. … The first went and poured out his bowl upon the earth, and a foul and loathsome sore came upon the men who had the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living creature in the sea died. Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood. Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.
Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain. They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds. Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared. Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, "It is done!" (Revelation 15:6, 16:2-4,8-12,17)
The Battle of Armageddon
On a plain in northern Israel, the Antichrist will muster his armies for his final campaign against the nations that still oppose him. At that time, Jesus and His heavenly army will return to earth to utterly destroy the Antichrist's forces and deliver those who opposed his tyranny. The Antichrist and his leading henchman, the false prophet, will both be cast alive into the lake of fire, a place of punishment. Satan, who plagued humankind throughout history and possessed the Antichrist, will be imprisoned in the "bottomless pit."
The kings of the earth and of the whole world, gather … to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. … to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon. (Revelation 16:14,16)
I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. … And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. … And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: King of Kings and Lord of Lords. (Revelation 19:11,14,16)
And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army. Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. (Revelation 19:19-21)
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. (Revelation 20:1-3)
The Millennium
The restoration of the war-damaged earth will then begin. Jesus will rule on earth for 1,000 years, assisted by those who had been His followers in their earthly lives. This time is commonly called the Millennium and will be a veritable golden age compared to the world that preceded it. Peace and harmony will be largely restored to the world and enmity between animals—and between animals and humankind—will end. There will be those who survive the cataclysms surrounding Armageddon, people who neither followed the Antichrist nor were believers in Jesus Christ. They will live on in a simpler and righteous world, where loving God and others will be the governing rule.
The God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed. (Daniel 2:44) The kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey Him. (Daniel 7:27)
And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. … They shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years. (Revelation 20:4,6)
He shall judge between the nations, and rebuke many people; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. (Isaiah 2:4)
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them... They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. (Isaiah 11:6-9)
The Battle of Gog and Magog
At the end of the Millennium, Satan will be released from the bottomless pit. He will recruit followers and form a rebellion against Jesus and His government. Although it seems inconceivable, apparently he will find plenty of followers who rebel against the conditions of Christ's benign but firm rule in the Millennium.
That rebellion will be obliterated, along with the entire surface of the earth in the Battle of Gog and Magog, after which a beautiful new and significantly changed surface will be recreated on the earth.
Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. (Revelation 20:7-9)
The heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. … The heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat. (2 Peter 3:10,12) Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. (Revelation 6:14)
Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. [Revelation 21:1 (see also 2 Peter 3:13)]
The Great White Throne Judgment
All people from the beginning of time who had not known or believed in Jesus will then be resurrected and will stand before God's throne to be judged. They will be either rewarded or punished according to their works and assigned to their places in the hereafter. Satan will be cast into "the lake of fire."
Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them... And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. (Revelation 20:11-13)
All the nations will be gathered before Him. … Then the King will say to those on His right hand, "Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. … Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me." … Then He will also say to those on the left hand, "Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels. … Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me." And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life. (Matthew 25:32,34,40-41,45-46)
The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. (Revelation 20:10) And anyone not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:14-15)
The Heavenly City
God's great heavenly city will then descend to the recreated surface of the earth. God Himself will dwell in that city with those who love and serve Him. The Bible tells us that God will wipe away ever tear, and there will be no more death, sorrow, crying or pain. Justice will reign, and there will be no more wars, oppression, power struggles, racial prejudice, disparity between rich and poor, poverty, disease, tragedy, or injustice.
The Bible tells us that God is a God of love (1 John 4:8). His kingdom will be filled with love, beauty, peace, comfort, joy, and compassion, and will be enveloped in the love of God Himself.
Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away." Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." … I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.
But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it. Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there). And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.
And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him. They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever. (Revelation 21:1-6,22-27; 22:4-5)
And that is the happy ending. Although there are frightening events looming in the future before the end of the story, we can take heart that God is in control and that after the dark night there is a beautiful and eternal tomorrow waiting. All these events will come to pass as foretold in the Bible, and you can be prepared in the best way possible for the future by inviting Jesus into your life and heart today. He will answer your call and you will be blessed with His presence and love from this time forward, and everlasting life in the future. You can simply pray the following prayer:
Dear Jesus, I believe that You died for me and that You love me. I know I need Your presence in my life, and I open my heart and ask You to come in. Forgive me for my past sins. Thank you for Your free gift of everlasting life and for Your forgiveness of all my sins. Help me to love You and to share Your love and truth with others. Amen.
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This article also appears in Canadian Developer Connection.
I'm reading a couple of tech books right now, and I plan to publish more in-depth reviews of them in the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, I thought I'd give you some quick reviews to give you a taste.
Pro ASP.NET MVC Framework by Steve Sanderson (Apress)
The first book is Pro ASP.NET MVC Framework, published by Apress and written by Steven Sanderson. It's been available in "beta" form as a PDF for the past couple of months, and as of this afternoon, the final PDF version has been released. I expect that the dead-tree edition should be hitting the shelves of your favourite bookstore, real or virtual, in a week or so.
This book covers the new way of developing ASP.NET applications, the MVC way. If you've read the "Gang of Four" book or any other book on design patterns (or any of Rocky Lhotka's books on business objects), you know that MVC is short for "Model-View-Controller" and a pattern for separating an application into its business logic, presentation and interface. Perhaps you've looked longingly as the "cool kids" have used frameworks like Ruby on Rails and Django to build applications with greater speed and fun, and fewer errors and less futzing around with tedious development minutiae. You might have heard Scott Hanselman and Phil Haack talk about their work on ASP.NET MVC, or maybe you'd heard that Jeff Atwood's Stack Overflow is implemented in ASP.NET MVC.
I myself come from the world of Rails and have noodled with Django. As such, find that I'd rather use an MVC-style framework in most cases. That's why I'm happy that ASP.NET MVC has hit the official "1.0" stage – it's available for download right now and will be included in Visual Studio 2010 as an official alternative to old-school ASP.NET.
The book is a great introduction to the concepts of MVC web frameworks in the context of ASP.NET. It starts by showing you how to get the ASP.NET MVC tools and templates onto your system and then walks you through the development of a sports store ecommerce site. The middle part goes into the features of ASP.NET MVC in greater detail, covering REST and routing, controllers and views, testing and adding Ajax to your MVC applications. The last section covers the goodies that ASP.NET gives you – authentication, members/roles/profiles, caching/compression and WebForms – and how to use them in the context of ASP.NET MVC.
It looks like a pretty promising read on a topic that I'm very interested in. Watch this blog for a review, and eventually, some code examples based on what I learn from the book.
The Passionate Programmer by Chad Fowler (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
Regular readers of this blog will know that my favourite developer book of 2008 was Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware. They also know that there really wasn't much about software development in particular, but developing the most important tool for software development: your mind.
The publishers of Pragmatic Thinking and Learning have just put out a "new-ish" book, The Passionate Programmer, written by Chad Fowler. I say it's "new-ish" because it could be considered a second edition of his book My Job Went to India (and All I Got was this Lousy Book).
The problem with My Job Went to India was that the title implied that it was largely about saving your job from outsourcing. In a recent podcast about the book, Chad said that the book's title influenced the way he wrote it, and it ended up not being quite the book he wanted to write.
The Passionate Programmer is different; you could consider it a "refactoring" of My Job Went to India, and a good one, too. Rather than focusing on saving your job, it's more about two very important things:
- Finding fulfillment and happiness in your career
- Cultivating the desire to live a remarkable life
Those are two pretty tall orders for a book, but I've met Chad at a couple of conferences, and I know he likes to think big. I've just started into The Passionate Programmer and so far, I've thought "damn right!" at every bit of advice he's given. As with Pro ASP.NET MVC Framework, watch this blog for the full review of this book.


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I've seen "Road to Perdition" when it came to the movies. A couple of years later I bought the DVD and saw it few more times. But somehow it happened that I never described on this blog how beautiful this movie is.
It's a piece of art. Nothing more, nothing else. It feels like nothing happened by itself in this movie. Everything has its reason, and everything has been placed appropriately by the makers of this film. The story, the acting, the directing, the sound and visuals – all of these work in harmony with each other. And like any other talented piece of art, "Road to Perdition" can be watched over and over and over and again.
I particularly enjoy the atmosphere of the 1930s. Clothes, hats, cars, buildings – these all worked very well for the film. It was also interesting to see how modern faces could be transformed into personalities of the past – Tom Hanks, Daniel Craig, and even Paul Newman, although he is a bit of a veteran.
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Nokia comments on market rumors related to its annual report on Form 20-F
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شروط "لا إله إلا الله"Question :
Conditions of Laa ilaaha illa-Allaah
Can you please explain the conditions of Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah (knowledge, certainty, etc), and tell us the rulings on one who does not attain them and one who is ignorant of the meaning of Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah?
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Praise be to Allaah.
The conditions of Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah. Shaykh Haafiz al-Hukmi said in his poem Sullam al-Wusool :
"Knowledge, certainty, submission and following. So listen to what I say.
Truthfulness, sincerity and love. May Allaah help you to do that which He loves."
The first condition is knowledge, in the sense of negating what is negated in the Shahaadah and affirming what is affirmed therein – as opposed to being ignorant of that.
Allaah says (interpretation of the meanings):
"So know (O Muhammad) that Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah (none has the right to be worshipped but Allaah)…" [Muhammad 47:19]
"except for those who bear witness to the truth knowingly" – i.e., that there is no god except Allaah (laa ilaaha ill-Allaah) – "and they know" – in their hearts the meaning of the words that they utter with their lips. [al-Zukhruf 43:86]
It is narrated in al-Saheeh from 'Uthmaan (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever dies knowing that there is no god except Allaah will enter Paradise."
The second condition is certainty, in the sense that the one who says these words is absolutely certain of their meaning. Faith is not sufficient unless it is based on certain knowledge with no element of speculation, let alone doubt. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Only those are the believers who have believed in Allaah and His Messenger, and afterward doubt not but strive with their wealth and their lives for the Cause of Allaah. Those! They are the truthful"[al-Hujuraat 49:15]
The sincerity of their faith in Allaah and His Messenger is conditional upon there being no element of doubt therein, As for the doubter, he is one of the hypocrites. In al-Saheeh it is narrated that Abu Hurayrah said: "The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 'Bear witness that there is no god except Allaah and that I am the Messenger of Allaah, for no person meets Allaah with these two, not doubting in them, but he will enter Paradise.'" According to another report: "No person meets Allaah with these two, not doubting in them, and is denied Paradise."
And it was also narrated from Abu Hurayrah in a lengthy hadeeth that the prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) sent him and said, "Whoever you meet behind this wall who bears witness that there is no god except Allaah, believing in it with certainty in his heart, then give him the glad tidings of Paradise."
Thus we see that a person's entering Paradise for saying these words is conditional upon his believing in them with certainty in his heart, with no element of doubt. If this condition is not met the target is not met.
The third condition is acceptance and submission to what these words imply, both in one's heart as well as verbally. Allaah has told us the stories of those who came before, who were saved by their acceptance of these words from the punishment of those who had rejected them. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"(It will be said to the angels): 'Assemble those who did wrong, together with their companions (from the devils) and what they used to worship,
Instead of Allaah, and lead them on to the way of flaming Fire (Hell);
But stop them, verily, they are to be questioned.
What is the matter with you? Why do you not help one another (as you used to do in the world)?'
Nay, but that Day they shall surrender.
And they will turn to one another and question one another.
They will say: 'It was you who used to come to us from the right side (i.e., from the right side of one of us and beautify for us every evil, enjoin on us polytheism, and stop us from the truth, i.e. Islamic Monotheism and from every good deed).'
They will reply: 'Nay, you yourselves were not believers.
And we had no authority over you. Nay! But you were Taaghoon (transgressing) people (polytheists, and disbelievers).
So now the Word of our Lord has been justified against us, that we shall certainly (have to) taste (the torment).
So we led you astray because we were ourselves astray.'
Then verily, that Day, they will (all) share in the torment.
Certainly, that is how We deal with Al‑Mujrimoon (polytheists, sinners, disbelievers, criminals, the disobedient to Allaah).
Truly, when it was said to them: Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah (none has the right "to be worshipped but Allaah)," they puffed themselves up with pride (i.e. denied it).
And (they) said: 'Are we going to abandon our aalihah (gods) for the sake of a mad poet?'"[al-Saffaat 37:22-36]
So Allaah has made the reason and cause of their punishment their arrogant refusal to say Laa ilaah ill-Allaah, and their disbelief in the one who brought this message, so that they did not negate what this word negates and they did not affirm what it affirms, rather they said, arrogantly denouncing:
" 'Has he made the aalihah (gods) (all) into One Ilaah (God — Allaah). Verily, this is a curious thing!'
And the leaders among them went about (saying): 'Go on, and remain constant to your aalihah (gods)! Verily, this is a thing designed (against you)!'"[Saad 38:5]
So Allaah showed them to be liars and threw their words back at them through the words of His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). He said (interpretation of the meaning):
"Nay! he (Muhammad) has come with the truth (i.e. Allaah's religion — Islamic Monotheism and this Qur'aan) and he confirms the Messengers (before him who brought Allaah's religion — Islamic Monotheism)"[al-Saffaat 37:37]
Then He said concerning those who accept it (interpretation of the meaning):
"Save the chosen slaves of Allaah (i.e. the true believers of Islamic Monotheism).
For them there will be a known provision (in Paradise),
Fruits; and they shall be honoured,
In the Gardens of Delight (Paradise)"[al-Saffaat 37:40-43]
In al-Saheeh it is narrated from Abu Moosa (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The guidance and knowledge with which Allaah has sent me is like abundant rain which falls on the land. Some of the land absorbs the water and brings forth much grass and vegetation. And some of (the rain) falls on another part of the land which is like a smooth plain and does not hold the water, so no vegetation grows. That is the likeness of the one who understands the religion of Allaah and benefits from that with which Allaah has sent me, so he learns and acts, and the likeness of the one who pays no heed and does not accept the guidance of Allaah with which I have been sent.
The fourth condition is following that which is indicated, as opposed to not following it. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And whosoever submits his face (himself) to Allaah, while he is a Muhsin (good‑doer, i.e. performs good deeds totally for Allaah's sake), then he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold" – i.e., Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah – "And to Allaah return all matters for decision"[Luqmaan 31:22]
What is meant by "submitting one's face" is following, when one is also a doer of good and a believer in Tawheed. Whoever does not submit his face to Allaah and is not a doer of good has not grasped the most trustworthy handhold. This is what is meant by the following aayah (interpretation of the meaning):
"And whoever disbelieves, let not his disbelief grieve you (O Muhammad). To Us is their return, and We shall inform them what they have done…"[Luqmaan 31:23]
According to a saheeh hadeeth, the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "none of you truly believes until his desire is in accordance with that which I have brought." This is the ultimate meaning of following.
The fifth condition is truthfulness, as opposed to lying. This means that one says it (Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah) sincerely from the heart, with harmony between what is in the heart and what is said on the lips. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Do people think that they will be left alone because they say: 'We believe,' and will not be tested.
And We indeed tested those who were before them. And Allaah will certainly make (it) known (the truth of) those who are true, and will certainly make (it) known (the falsehood of) those who are liars, (although Allaah knows all that before putting them to test)"[al-'Ankaboot 29:2-3]
And He said concerning the hypocrites who spoke these words falsely (interpretation of the meaning):
"And of mankind, there are some (hypocrites) who say: 'We believe in Allaah and the Last Day,' while in fact they believe not.
They (think to) deceive Allaah and those who believe, while they only deceive themselves, and perceive (it) not!
In their hearts is a disease (of doubt and hypocrisy) and Allaah has increased their disease. A painful torment is theirs because they used to tell lies" [al-Baqarah 2:8-10]
In al-Saheehayn it is narrated from Mu'aadh ibn Jabal (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, "there is no one who bears witness that there is no god except Allaah and that muhammad is His slave and Messenger, sincerely from the heart, but Allaah will make him forbidden for the Fire."
The sixth condition is sincerity, which means that actions are free from any element of shirk. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Surely, the religion (i.e. the worship and the obedience) is for Allaah only [al-Zumar 39:3]
"Say (O Muhammad): 'Allaah Alone I worship by doing religious deeds sincerely for His sake only'"[al-Zumar 39:14]
In al-Saheeh it is narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The most deserving of my intercession are those who say Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah sincerely from the heart or from the soul."
The seventh condition is love for this word and for what it implies and indicates, and love for the people who act upon it and adhere to its conditions and hate whoever or whatever goes against it. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And of mankind are some who take (for worship) others besides Allaah as rivals (to Allaah). They love them as they love Allaah"[al-Baqarah 2:165]
Allaah tells us that those who believe love Allaah more, because they do not associate anything with Him in that love, as is done by those among the mushrikeen who claim to love Him but who also take others as rivals to Him whom they love as they love Him.
In al-Saheehayn it is narrated from Anas that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "No one of you truly believes until I am more beloved to him that his son, his father and all of mankind."


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Managing Risk: Why It's a Hot Topic
NIST's Ron Ross Tackles the Risk Management FrameworkThe senior computer scientist who led the team that developed risk management framework guidance for the National Institute of Standards and Technology says those CISOs have the right idea. "Managing risk with regard to information systems and security sometimes doesn't go to the highest levels and that's why the risk framework is a way to get senior leaders involved early in the process," says Ron Ross in an interview with GovInfoSecurity.com (transcript below).
"In order for the organization to make good, credible risk-based decisions and invest dollars wisely, it really does take the involvement of everyone up the chain of command, especially with today's advanced persistent threats that have the ability through some well placed malware to really bring down an entire organization's operations with some well placed malwares," Ross says. "The realization of this by senior leaders now has energized them and gotten them involved in the process of managing risk."
In the interview, conducted by Information Security Media Group's Eric Chabrow, Ross:
- Outlines the genesis and core principals behind the risk management framework,
- Explains the synergy between the risk management framework and continuous monitoring of IT systems and
- Addresses how organizations can get started in implementing a risk management framework.
The Department of Commerce, which oversees NIST, this fall awarded Ross, who serves as principal architect of NIST's risk management framework, and five colleagues - Kelley Dempsey, Peggy Himes, Arnold Johnson, Marianne Swanson and Patricia Toth - gold medals for significantly improving U.S. computer security by designing, developing and disseminating the risk management framework in support of the Federal Information Security Management Act.
Besides leading NIST's Federal Information Security Management Act compliance team, Ross also supports the State Department in the international outreach program for information security and critical infrastructure protection. He previously served as the director of the National Information Assurance Partnership, a joint activity of NIST and the National Security Agency.
A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Ross served in a variety of leadership and technical positions during his 20-year career in the Army. While assigned to the National Security Agency, he received the Scientific Achievement Award for his work on an interagency national security project and was awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal upon his departure from the agency. He's a two-time recipient of the Federal 100 award for his leadership and technical contributions to critical information security projects affecting the federal government. During his military career, Ross served as a White House aide and as a senior technical advisor to the Department of the Army.
Last year, the Information Systems Security Association named Ross its distinguished fellow, the group's highest tribute, for his leadership in the development of influential information security documents.
Ross is a graduate of the Program Management School at the Defense Systems Management College and holds a master and Ph.D. in computer science from the United States Naval Postgraduate School.
Please check out earlier interviews GovInfoSecurity.com conducted with Ross:
- NIST Guidance Seen Saving Government Millions
- FISMA Reform Without Reforming FISMA
- Defining Information Security Metrics
Risk Management Framework Explained
ERIC CHABROW: Simply, what is a risk management framework?
RON ROSS: The risk management framework was a model that NIST proposed going back to 2004, 2005. It was an outgrowth of the Federal Information Security Management Act, where NIST was given responsibility for developing the implementing security standards and guidelines for the federal government so our federal agencies could demonstrate compliance to legislation and also build effective information security programs and manage risk within their organizations.
The framework was a simple six-step process that we established and we defined to help organizations define how they select their controls, how they go about assessing those controls to see if they are effective and then really reaching some kind of an authorization or risk base decision on whether their information systems are good enough to go and support the operations, the core missions that the organizations are carrying out.
The final step, which is getting a lot of publicity today, is that of continuous monitoring, where we are trying to ensure that in a world today that moves very rapidly with the advance persistent threats and things that really can do great damage to our federal organizations through their information systems, we're able to monitor the security state over time and manage risk over time in a world that can be very dangerous.
CHABROW: Risk management has been around for a few years, but when I speak with chief information security officer, such as those from the financially strapped states, they say they are just initiating these risk management frameworks. Why do you think that risk management is gaining more attention now?
ROSS: There is a greater understanding on behalf of organizations in the public and the private sectors of the severity of the cyber attacks today that are occurring that can either have the potential to bring down a key capability of these organizations or exfiltrate information, where information could be intellectual property, anything that is a value to organizations can be stolen from these systems with the implementation of malware. There is a greater realization of the threats that are out there, and organizations are trying to do the best they can to apply a cost-effective, risk-reduction regimen, which includes the application of security controls and how you pick those controls, and which ones are more effective against certain types of threats. All of that really demands some kind of an organized framework so you can assist your decision makers in making the right decisions in an environment where a resources can be fairly scarce so within all organizations today.
Smart Spending of Limited Dollars
CHABROW: Can you go a little bit more into that because that is something that I hear from these state CISOs and others about this synergy between effective risk management and smart spending of limited dollars on IT security?
ROSS: The key to all of the security work that we do, it all rests on protecting the organization's missions. The core missions in business operations. That is the real reason we do security is to protect those missions to make sure we can have mission success and the business can go on, whether it is an e-commerce or whether it's protecting a key federal operation. And with limited dollars you have to make sure that you get the best investment that you possibly can, and so the risk framework provides an approach, a methodology if you will, a discipline methodology to go through and examine what are the threats out there? What types of things may cause damage to your organization?
We have a very large and robust catalog of security controls in our special publication, 800-53, that help organizations determine which controls should I apply, which ones are most effective, and how can we get the best bang for our buck. That really is to me what the risk management framework does best, and help decision makers come to good credible risk based decisions on how they should protect their organizations.
CHABROW: Let's talk about those decision makers because when I talk to CISOs, one of the things they tell me when they pursue their risk management initiatives is to get more participation on IT security from the business leaders, departments secretaries or agency directors. How does a risk management framework involve non-IT leaders and IT security decision making and why is that important?
ROSS: That's going to be one of the topics that we continue to address is the involvement of senior leadership in the risk management decision making process. Senior leaders are managing risk all the time. Managing risk with regard to information systems and security sometimes doesn't go to the highest levels and that's why the risk framework is a way to get senior leaders involved early in the process, because a lot of the things that you want to do whether it's the wise use of technology as you build out your enterprise architecture or you deploy certain security controls to various systems or the environments of operations, where those systems operate in the enterprise. Those investments have to be very carefully considered.
In order for the organization to make good, credible risk-based decisions and invest dollars wisely, it really does take the involvement of everyone up the chain of command, especially with today's advanced persistent threats that have the ability through some well placed malware to really bring down an entire organization's operations with some well placed malware. The realization of this by senior leaders now has energized them and gotten them involved in the process of managing risk, in addition to having a very capable security staff and folks that can support them in that process.
CHABROW: You mentioned that one of the important things about risk management framework is the move toward continuous monitoring of IT systems. How does the framework deal with continuous monitoring?
ROSS: Continuous monitoring has been a very hot topic as you are aware. It's been the subject of both the Office of Management and Budget and the federal agencies have been trying to implement continuous monitoring programs. It is an important part of the risk framework, not just as the information system level but continuous monitoring also has a role at the organization's governance level and the level where organizations actually build out their mission and business processes that these are the activities that take place that allow organizations to carry out their core missions and business functions.
In a world today where we have advanced persistent threats and the operations tempo of the adversaries is on the order of minutes or hours and they are constantly thinking up new ways to do damage to our systems, we really have to have processes and procedures in place. Many times supported by automated tools it will allow us to understand what is the security state of my system not just every three years but sometimes down to a period of hours. That understanding of the security state of your systems helps us continue to make good risk base decisions, and so the risk acceptance that we had yesterday when that system was authorized may not be the same risk that is out there today based upon the new threats, some additional vulnerabilities that may emerge. The likelihood that those threats can exploit the vulnerabilities and the ultimate impact on the missions and business operations of the enterprise, so continuous monitoring is our attempt to kind of stay in this rapid cycle so we can have the best knowledge and information to continue to make good risk based decisions.
CHABROW: In implementing a risk management framework can seem daunting. What are some initial steps an organization should take that won't make the process seem so overwhelming?
Getting Started on Risk Management Framework
ROSS: We try in the risk framework to be very thorough and comprehensive in the process. We certainly have a very large and rich control catalog that they have security controls that cover management operational and technical controls. The key element here is understanding what controls are really necessary to protect the organization's core missions and business operations.
And of course, NIST tries to help a little bit by providing initial recommendations. We call them baseline controls. These are starting sets of controls that we recommend that you take a look at first, and then the process of the risk framework allows organizations to go through and specifically tailor controls so they fit the specific missions and operations of the organization.
But I think the other key component today is getting a good threat briefing and understanding where the current threats are within the space that the organization is dealing in, and then be able to take a look at those threats in the context of what the organization looks like with regard to their information technology and their current set of vulnerabilities. That's the part that is the most difficult, managing the threats and vulnerabilities to make decisions about whether I deploy additional controls and if so, how many of those controls do I deploy.


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this is our version of
a 10 year calendar box.
ev made the box.
he also cut and
date stamped every card.
scout decorated the month cards.
and special day cards.
i chose the month cards
from a vintage pack i found.
we decided to use
a mixed color index card
this box we made
for jon cody, val & sammy baer
for Christmas.
today we are
making our own.
ev is stamping dates as i type.
to use this memory box
you simply write the year 2013
on the first line each day.
next to it jot a phrase
about something that happened,
you created, you made for dinner,
you did for the first time...
{you get the idea}
on that day.
make it a habit.
it's easy. really.
each year repeat this.
in 10 years you will
have a miniature
calendar journal
all in one small box.
so what are you waiting for?
you still have time to make yours.
if you need a box, you can
substitute a small fruit
box - like blueberries
and raspberries come in.
let me know
how yours turns out.
thanks for stopping by.
until next time.
happiness to you.
from me.
with heart.
ox joon


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Five More Reasons to Hit the Beach
Discover a Floridian's top five reasons to explore the award-winning beaches of Florida's Paradise Coast.
If you live in Florida, like I do, you sometimes let ordinary, everyday life get in the way of enjoying Florida's star attraction – the beach. No matter how many times I go, it never seems to be quite enough. I envy visitors who spend every waking minute along the shore. I gaze wistfully their way whenever I pass a beach, and have to fight the temptation to ditch an appointment or meeting and join them, high-heels and all.
It really struck home a few weeks ago that I need more beach in my life (really, everybody does). And one of my favorite places to "get more beach" is Florida's Paradise Coast – Naples, Marco Island and the Everglades, where the beach is always close by.
Those oft-described sugar-sand beaches extend south from Barefoot Beach to Naples, with its multiple beach access points, and then another four miles along Marco Island. Sometimes the beach peeks between Gulf-front homes. Other times it takes you by surprise, revealed in a wide-open sweep of breathtaking white sand and azure waters just tempting you to dive right in.
There are plenty of reasons to savor the beaches of Florida's Paradise Coast. Here are my top five reasons to head to the beach:
1. Because Others Say So
Don't take just my word for it. Leading travel experts constantly sing the praises of the unique combination of surf, sand and sun – all framed by palm trees swaying in the breezes. Yes, it's that idyllic.
The beaches have won many prestigious awards, including being named to TripAdvisor.com's 2011 Travelers' Choice Awards for the Top 25 Beaches in the U.S. TripAdvisor's announcement described the area as "sophisticated" and "charming" with "world-class hotels and resorts." An illustrious panel of travel editors from Condé Nast, USA Today and Fodor's are among the area's beach admirers, recently naming Naples as America's Best All-Round Beach for the Travel Channel. How's that for a pedigree? Bloggers also list Naples beaches among their top in the world and Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park as one of Florida's top 10 beach parks.
2. A Nightly Show
With apologies to P.T. Barnum, I happen to think the greatest show on earth occurs every night along Florida's shores – and without the scary clowns. Florida's Paradise Coast beaches, the Naples Pier and Gulf-front restaurants are the perfect spots for taking in those spectacular sunsets, almost always accompanied by an enthusiastic round of applause and, if you're lucky, by the elusive green flash.
3. If by Sea
Rent a boat or bring your own and enjoy the area's scenic shores by water. You'll get to the beach faster and don't have to worry about traffic or red lights, plus your hair will have that glorious tousled look we like to call "island hair." You'll even discover beaches, picturesque backwater mangrove estuaries and rookeries that can only be reached by boat. For a slower pace, kayaks and canoes get you even closer to the water's surface – and you can work on your tan and get an upper body workout at the same time.
4. Free Souvenirs
Forget the T-shirt. Show those stuck at home you were thinking of them by sharing your new shell collection. Nothing says you've been to Florida like a starfish or sand dollar. Shelling enthusiasts once confided in me that the northern and southern tips of Marco Island are prime hunting grounds for rare finds like the scotch bonnet, zigzag scallop, hawk-wing conch and even the elusive junonia. Just remember, county regulations forbid taking live shells.
5. Park It!
There's more to our beaches than the aforementioned surf, sand and sun. Beach parks offer a host of activities, including water sports, volleyball and more. Follow a boardwalk through natural Florida habitat perfect for birding, nature photography and fishing. You might even see a sea turtle nest, and you'll definitely forget there's a city with all its amenities just a short walk or drive away.


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Shadow play round a new home being built at Martha Cove marina
a game of stripes
shadowing the walls with
enigmatic art
Welcome to the shadows of Shadow Shot Sunday!
This is our 107th post closing 2013!
Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman
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The folks over at Disney have released a new trailer for the upcoming 'Alice in Wonderland' sequel.
Alice Kingsleigh (Mia Wasikowska) has spent the past few years following in her father's footsteps and sailing the high seas. Upon her return to London, she comes across a magical looking glass and returns to the fantastical realm of Underland and her friends the White Rabbit (Michael Sheen), Absolem (Alan Rickman), the Cheshire Cat (Stephen Fry) and the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), who is not himself. The Hatter has lost his Muchness, so Mirana (Anne Hathaway) sends Alice on a quest to borrow the Chronosphere, a metallic globe inside the chamber of the Grand Clock which powers all time. Returning to the past, she comes across friends – and enemies – at different points in their lives, and embarks on a perilous race to save the Hatter before time runs out.
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS hits Irish cinemas May 27, 2016.


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