Book Review

The Mirage
By Matt Ruff

Set in an alternate universe during the summer of 2009, Arab Homeland Security agent Mustafa al Baghdadi is plunged into an international conspiracy involving Saddam Hussein a gangster who is the head of the Iraqi Mafia; Osama Bin Laden who heads Al-qaeda an elite security agency, and the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee when a captured suicide bomber claims that the world in which they live is a mirage. 

A great fun read.

Happy Mothers Day

 The Prophet Muhammad said, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him: Your Heaven lies under the feet of your mother (Ahmad, Nasai).

 A man came to the Prophet and said, ‘O Messenger of God! Who among the people is the most worthy of my good companionship? The Prophet said: Your mother. The man said, ‘Then who?' The Prophet said: Then your mother. The man further asked, ‘Then who?' The Prophet said: Then your mother. The man asked again, ‘Then who?' The Prophet said: Then your father. (Bukhari, Muslim).

 Abu Usaid Saidi said: We were once sitting with Rasulullah when a man from the tribe of Salmah came and said to him: O Messenger of Allah! do my parents have rights over me even after they have died? And Rasulullah said: Yes. You must pray to Allah to bless them with His Forgiveness and Mercy, fulfill the promises they made to anyone, and respect their relations and their friends (Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah).

 It is narrated by Asma bint Abu Bakr that during the treaty of Hudaibiyah, her mother, who was then pagan, came to see her from Makkah. Asma informed the Messenger of Allah of her arrival and also that she needed help. He said: Be good to your mother (Bukhari, Muslim).

3D printed gun fires

This changes everything.

http://boingboing.net/2013/05/06/3d-printed-gun-fires.html

FUTURESTATES : Refuge By Mohammad Gorjestani

FUTURESTATES : Refuge By Mohammad Gorjestani

HAPPY MAY DAY

HAPPY MAY DAY

Bismi Allah Al Rahman Al Raheem

Bismi Allah Al Rahman Al Raheem Ya Al-Hamid bi Haqq Muhammad [s], Ya Al-Ala bi Haqq Ali [s], Ya Al Khaliq bi Haqq Fatima Zahra [as], Ya Al Rahman bi Haqq Imam Hasan, Ya al Raheem bi Haqq Imam Hussein [as].

Vladimir Putin Says Manned Russian Spaceport Launch in 2018

The more countries get involved in space exploration, the better! Russia was there at the beginning when they launched the first man into space, Yuri Gagarin, in 1961. Now Russian President Vladimir Putin has told astronauts on the International Space Station that the first manned spaceflight launch from Russia’s new Vostochny Cosmodrome spaceport  will take place sometime in 2018.

According to Reuters, the Vostochny Cosmodrome will help the Russians get back to being a pioneer in space exploration, with planned missions to the moon and deep space. The spaceport will be available to Russia’s International Space Station partner nations in Europe and North America, but Putin hopes that the Cosmodrome will help Russia catch up to the other major space exploration players. Putin says:

http://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/sci/vladimir-putin-manned-russian-spaceport-launch-2018.html

The C.S.S Fodhil al-Warthilani

The C.S.S Fodhil al-Warthilani

The C.S.S Fodhil al-Warthilani is an exploration class star ship. It is equipped with it it's own worm drive. It carries four type 7-G heavy shuttles and two type 3-F light shuttles. It has two rail guns and six missile tubes for ships defense.

The medical bay has eight burn beds and fortytwo Meditech beds, as well as an isolation ward with 8 Meditech beds. They have top notch science labs, Chemistry, xeno-biology, xeno-botany, geology and physics. Six large repair bays allow for the repair and manufacture of any and all needed equipment. The 

C.S.S Fodhil al-Warthilani   

Length of 645 meters and a  displacements of over 200,000 long 

tons. The ships' companies can number up to 3,200. The C.S.S 

Fodhil al-Warthilani was built at the Parameswara ship yards in the 

New Malaysia star system.  The C.S.S Fodhil al-Warthilani was 

built for the purpose of exploration.

Hadith

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "The first of those who will enter Paradise are the people who do acts of kindness." (Fiqh-us-Sunnah)

Quran, 90:12-17

"What will explain to you the path that is steep? It is the freeing of a (slave) from bondage, or the giving of food in a day of famine to an orphan relative or to a needy (stranger) in distress, and to be of those who believe, enjoin patience (in adversity) and encourage deeds of kindness and compassion." Quran, 90:12-17

The C.S.S Fodhil al-Warthilani video

Yuri Gagarin: First Man in Space

April 12 was already a huge day in space history twenty years before the launch of the first shuttle mission. On that day in 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (left, on the way to the launch pad) became the first human in space, making a 108-minute orbital flight in his Vostok 1 spacecraft. Newspapers like The Huntsville Times (right) trumpeted Gagarin's accomplishment. 


http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/sts1/gagarin_anniversary.html

Hadith

Hadith of the Day: Moderation in All Things
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) once asked a companion: "(Is it true) that you fast all day and stand in prayer all night?" The companion replied that the report was indeed true. The Prophet then said: "Do not do that! Observe the fast sometimes and also leave (it) at other times; stand up for prayer at night and also sleep at night. Your body has a right over you, your eyes have a right over you and your wife has a right over you." Sahih Al-Bukhari

The C.S.S Fodhil al-Warthilani

                                                     

The C.S.S Fodhil al-Warthilani   

Length of 645 meters and a  displacements of over 200,000 long tons. The ships' companies can number up to 3,200.

  The C.S.S Fodhil al-Warthilani was built at the Parameswara ship yards in the New Malaysia star system.

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   The C.S.S Fodhil al-Warthilani was built for the purpose of exploration.

Hadith

"Are there rewards for doing good to quadrupeds, and givng them water to drink?" Muhammad said, "Verily there are heavenly rewards for any act of kindness to a live animal."

Meteor strike

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/meteor-strike.html

Watch http://video.pbs.org/video/2358778286" target="_blank">Meteor Strike

on PBS. See more from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/" target="_blank">NOVA.

New Numidia Isle of Tamazight

Mt. Taqbaylit

Ibn-ul-Qayyim

O people who take pleasure in a life that will vanish, falling in love with a fading shadow is sheer stupidity.

Ibn-ul-Qayyim

New Numidia Isle of Tamazight

The Following pictures were taken by the first science survey of the planet New Numidia of the isle of Tamazight. The Isla of Tamazight is 843,530 Sq. km, the tallest mountain is Mt. Taqbaylit with an elevation of 4,295 m. The largest river system is the Kabyle with a length of 1,343 km.

 

 

 The Isla of Tamazight has over 700 large species of fungi identified, The Southern part of the Isle has large fungi forests.

truthfulness

Truthfulness is composed of justice and courage.

Ibn Hazm

New Numidia Narurouch (zoology)



The following pencil drawings were done by Dr. Ibn al-Jazzar Phd. ( Phd.s in Xenobiology and Biochemistry) the second in command of the science team of the C.S.S Fodhil al-Warthilani , during the first planetary survey of New Numidia prime.

 

 

The Naurouch stands on legs that are 10 meters tall. It is a herbivore that lives  solitarly or in mated pairs. It has a life span of 130 standard years. The females lay 20-30 eggs most of which never make it to adulthood. It takes 20 years to reach full size.It lives in the forests in the northern climes of New Numidia

 

 

Noor Glasses

Noor Glasses http://www.peter-gould.com/noorglass/ Very interesting concept expect to see them for sale within ten years.

Sadi Shirazi

If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it reamains valueless.

Sadi Shirazi

New Numidia Prime Zoological survey

The following pencil drawings were done by Dr. Ibn al-Jazzar Phd. ( Phd.s in Xenobiology and Biochemistry)  the second in command of the science team of the  C.S.S Fodhil al-Warthilani , during the first planetary survey of  New Numidia prime.

 The Gitriza is a large herbivore  It stands 5–6 m and has an average weight of 1,600 kg .

The Gitriza is capable of short bursts of speed upwards to 120 Kph. They travel in herds of 20 to 30.

 

Spam

My comments are just filled with spam. I can remember when it was filled with hate messages. AT least the people who wrote the hats messages actually read some of my posts. I miss that.

Bubble nebula

The Bubble Nebula as a 3D-model

Terragen 2

Learning ho to use Terragen 2. terragen was very easy to use very simple and powerful. Terragen 2 is increadibly complicated but more powerful. still not sure in the more complicated to more powerful ratio is worth it yet.

Imam Sufyan ath-Thawri

Keep yourself busy in remembering your faults so that you have no time left to remember the faults of OTHERS
 

Imam Sufyan ath-Thawri (Rahimahullah)

New Numidia Globe

Globe of New Numidia

Malcolm X

My alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

Malcolm X

First Probe Pictures of New Numidia Prime

First pictures taken of the New Numidia prime surface by the probes launched by the C.S.S Fodhil al-Warthilani

Pictures taken of the Zidane Peninsula