Lightened up pumpkin scones with chocolate chips are a delightful Fall breakfast treat! Made with whole wheat flour, coconut sugar and oil for a healthier pastry.
Fall is finally here and marks the beginning of my baking extravaganza. To kick things off, I made a pumpkin scone recipe with a skinnier makeover. I'm obsessed with sweet buttery breakfast biscuits, just ask my husband. They're one of my favorite things to order at our local coffee shop. However, this year I wanted to dive into healthier baking alternatives and share the tasty results.
I challenged myself to make more nutrient-rich substitutions, without sacrificing taste quality, at least, as best I could. These scones are a combination of whole wheat flour, unrefined coconut sugar, coconut oil, and a mix of warm spices for the base. For extra goodness, I added dark chocolate chips and pumpkin puree for flavor. Grab a cup of hot coffee or ginger root tea, and you'll be ready to start your day!
Just because whole wheat flour and coconut oil are used to make the scones doesn't mean that the process is any different! Scones are considered a "quick bread" because of the little time and effort needed. The technique uses a chemical leavening agent like baking powder to help the pastry rise nice and tall.
The mixing method used is called "biscuit" because the type of fat used and resulting texture. Chilled solid coconut oil is broken up into small pieces, placed in the flour, and then mixed with the wet ingredients. The small solidified oil pieces create air and fat pockets in the dough when baked giving a light and layered pastry. This texture is what you want for these pumpkin scones. Crisp and crumbly edges with a tender bite on the inside, yum!
It's only right to start autumn by making your own pumpkin puree or picking up a can at the store to get inspired. This simple pantry staple can be used for sweet and savory recipes and packs nutrients like vitamin K and beta-carotene. In fact, 1 cup of pumpkin puree contains 7 grams of fiber, 3 grams of protein and only 80 calories. A significant nutritional win!
Because the scones have the added pumpkin, it will naturally have more moisture in the dough. The interior texture of the scone is moist and slightly more bread-like, which my family loves!
Baking with coconut oil provides a dairy-free alternative to butter. Like anything, moderation is key! Coconut oil has 84% of the calories coming from saturated fat. The source is mainly from medium-chain triglycerides, which may be easier for your body to digest compared to other types of fats. It is solid at room temperature, making it easy to work with in baking. I used a refined coconut oil so that the flavor was neutral. However, an unrefined product may also be used. Just make sure to chill the oil before adding into the dough, so it's easier to incorporate.
Have you tried coconut sugar ? It's an unrefined sugar that has been boiled and dehydrated from the sap of the coconut palm. The ingredient is popular in healthy recipes because it contains trace vitamins and minerals like vitamin C, potassium, phosphorous, magnesium, calcium, zinc, iron and copper. Coconut sugar is also lower in glycemic index, ranking at 35 compared to about 60 to 75 with white sugar. I've been curious about it for a while, and it can be used as 1:1 substitute for granulated sugar. It has a more molasses type flavor, which worked very nicely with the spices in the pumpkin scones.
I was thrilled to see my toddler son James grabbing a scone warm off the tray! The anticipation to see if he could detect the addition of whole wheat flour instead of all-purpose flour was growing. Let's just say that there wasn't much left, and I'm sure the dark chocolate was also a big hit.
I can't wait to hear what you think about these whole wheat pumpkin scones. They will make your mornings extra special!
This pumpkin scone recipe uses whole wheat flour for all-purpose flour. I specifically used white whole wheat flour, because the grains are more tender, lighter in color, and have a more mild flavor compared to traditional red whole wheat flour. Because the scones are darker in color and heartier from the pumpkin puree, a 100% use of whole wheat did not create a huge taste difference. You can start with 25-50% whole wheat flour plus all-purpose flour for different recipes that call for white flour.
Pumpkin scones with chocolate chips are a delightful fall breakfast treat! Made with pumpkin puree, whole wheat flour, coconut sugar and coconut oil for a healthier pastry option.
In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together coconut sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, salt, and flour.
Add the cold coconut oil pieces to the dry mixture. Use a pastry cutter to break the oil into small pieces until it resembles a coarse meal. A stir in the chocolate chips.
In a separate medium-sized bowl, whisk the pumpkin puree, egg, milk, and vanilla.
Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the wet mixture. Fold together until just combined. Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface and knead until smooth, about 5 to 7 times. Add more flour as needed to prevent sticking.
Shape dough into a round disk, about 6 inches wide and 1 inch thick. Cut the disc like a pie into 6 or 8 pieces depending on how desired size.
Place scones on a parchment-lined sheet pan. Press in additional chocolate chips onto the surface of the scones if desired.
Bake scones until the surface are set and lightly browned, and the bottom of the scones are golden brown, about 12-15 minutes.
Allow scones to cool on the sheet pan.
Refrigerate the coconut oil to ensure it's solidified before adding to the flour mixture.
Whole wheat, all-purpose or gluten-free all-purpose baking flour can be substituted for white whole wheat flour.
Unsweetened almond, soy, coconut or dairy milk can be substituted for cashew milk.
Purchase dairy-free chocolate chips if avoiding dairy.
Store scones in an airtight container for up to 2 days. Reheat before eating.
Scones can be frozen in a resealable plastic bag for up to 1 month.
I made them healthier friend 🙂 Just for you!
THESE look amazing! I am a lover of all things in the Pumpkin Chocolate Chip fam too 🙂 YUM!


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Blockchain for Law Students
Practical Resources on the Law of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
Ten Reasons for Blockchain Law Literacy
Why should law students become familiar with blockchain technology?
As a law professor, I know that the most popular faculty recommendations for new law students are: guides to studying, exam-taking, and career success; biographies of lawyers and judges; novels like "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Billy Budd"; surveys of American legal history; and discussions of current social concerns.
But the graduation gifts that I sent in May to a friend's law school-bound daughter included two other items: New York Court of Appeals Judge (and future Supreme Court Justice) Benjamin Cardozo's commencement speech, "The Game of Law and Its Prizes," and an introductory book on blockchain.
Cardozo told Albany Law School's class of 1925 that beyond "mere knowledge of principles and rules and precedents" they had learned "the ability to think legally" by acquiring "an understanding of the method, the technique, by which the judicial process works." (As John Houseman's Professor Charles Kingsfield would intone in "The Paper Chase" almost fifty years later, "You come in here with a skull full of mush, and you leave thinking like a lawyer.")
The judge promised that the graduates would soon grapple with "new problems which call for new rules, to be patterned, indeed, after the rules of the past, and yet adapted to the needs and the justice of another day and hour"; and predicted that to create those rules they would have to "be historian and prophet all in one—the qualities of each united in a perfect blend."
Just such problems, requiring just such perspectives, are created every day by blockchain, through which widely-distributed participants use encryption to pseudonymously register transactions on a secure, decentralized, and universally-accessible online record without relying on a trusted third party like a government or bank to maintain or verify the information.
Today, blockchain is most well-known as the foundation of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Despite ongoing speculation—in both senses of that word—on the value of such "altcoins," even J.P. Morgan Chase's CEO Jamie Dimon, who publicly questioned Bitcoin's viability, has acknowledged that "Blockchain is real."
In at least ten ways, a basic background in blockchain will immediately enhance students' experiences and opportunities in law school and beyond.
First, the technology's applications and implications pose practical issues not just in the standard first-year subjects (contracts, torts, criminal law, property, and civil procedure), but across the entire law school curriculum, often connecting several different courses. For example: which courts have jurisdiction over a fraudulent sale that involves parties in different states (or countries), requires payment in Bitcoin, and is executed automatically by blockchain-based "smart contract" software?
Addressing such questions will inevitably involve analogies to and extensions of traditional legal doctrines (such as the authority of agents) and definitions (such as those of "commodities," "currencies," and "securities"). Students will see the law grow and change, even as they are learning it.
Second, it still doesn't take too long to read the relevant court decisions and law review articles in this area. Nor are there very many shelves-full of books on blockchain.
Third, staying current with the tide of developments in the industry and regulation of blockchain—including numerous "white papers" identifying the philosophies, policies, and technologies of developers and trade groups– will help train students to amass, assimilate, assess, and and analyze information in rapidly-evolving situations. Of particular concern in this context, as in higher mathematics, is the clarification of definitions of core concepts, not only of blockchain and Bitcoin, but also of tokens, securities, and money itself.
Fourth, as detailed in several popular books, the history of Bitcoin provides valuable lessons not only in the emergence of this community's culture, collaboration, and consensus, but also in the ways in which effective lawyers serve as creative problem-solvers rather than as deal-killers. In particular, these accounts illustrate the lawyer's role as intermediary among entrepreneurs, lenders, investors, coders, and regulators—and may inspire law students to collaborate on blockchain research projects with colleagues in their university's business school or computer science department.
Fifth, these issues will spawn a huge amount of transactional work, and certainly litigation. When I was in practice, a senior lawyer advised me, "The best clients are rich—and scared." The rise of blockchain and related financial technology ("FinTech") not only threatens (and offers opportunities to) banks, but it is widely expected to disrupt current methods of managing supply chains and digital content licensing; health care, mortgage, deed, and insurance documentation; citizen and shareholder voting; and energy distribution.
Sixth, blockchain can also support human rights and social justice work, especially in the area of "financial inclusion": enabling payments to be made to, and spent by, individuals (including many in developing countries) who have Internet access but not bank accounts. The technology can also be used to help philanthropies accept, and document their applications of, contributions; to provide secure and private digital identification for individuals, including the homeless; and even to establish voting processes for political elections and in organizational governance.
Seventh, hiring partners, who prize "practice-readiness," should welcome lawyers who can help their firms use, and help clients use, blockchain and cryptocurrency. In fact, digital technology might be the one realm in which senior partners readily acknowledge (or presume) the expertise of new associates.
Eighth, those partners should be especially receptive to the intellectual and promotional initiative shown by applicants who have blogged about, or published even short articles about, these emerging issues—or who have created a student group to explore their intricacies.
Ninth, identifying and developing topics for papers and presentations are perfect justifications for entrepreneurial students to contact practitioners and businesspeople, and thereby to start building their own professional networks. (More information on this process is available in Appendix E of my book, Corporate Governance: Principles and Practices (2nd ed. 2013).) These connections may one day propel students onto corporate boards or into regulatory or in-house counsel positions.
Finally, as Cardozo noted (perhaps a little too modestly), the law school process enables graduates to teach themselves the legal fields that arise after their formal education has ended: "in an envious spirit I contrast my own meager preparation with the copious and varied courses that it has been your privilege to follow."
However, less commonly appreciated is that law school also prepares lawyers to educate others—be they agencies, courts, opposing counsel, colleagues, or their own clients. The rise of blockchain offers students numerous opportunities to refine their own powers of explanation, in writing and in presentations, to different audiences.
Half a century ago, in the movie, "The Graduate," a family friend famously advised Dustin Hoffman's befuddled Benjamin Braddock: "I just want to say one word to you, just one word. . . Are you listening?. . . . Plastics. . . . There's a great future in plastics. Think about it."
Law students shouldn't be waiting to take—or to ask faculty to create— courses in this area. They should seize the opportunity to start educating themselves. For today's 1Ls, 2Ls, and 3Ls, the word is blockchain.
This Web site offers:
A list (under the Bookshelf link) of recommended resources (for self-directed study and research, as well as for constructing or supplementing syllabi);
Summaries of and/or excerpts from the emerging body of caselaw (Caselaw) concerning blockchain and cryptocurrency;
A collection (Research Roadmap) of legal issues and responsive law review articles (and other sources), ordered by field of law;
A categorization (Ecosystem) of major types of participants in the blockchain economy;
Suggestions (Courses) on selecting law school courses relevant to blockchain practice; and
Various questions, opinions, and observations (Blog) about blockchain-related legal issues.
I hope that you find it useful.
Professor Walter A. Effross
American University Washington College of Law
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Bayonne is an ancient city in southern France, established by the Basque people. We meet and talk with residents who maintain their rich heritage and unique culture.
A close-up look at cities worldwide, as seen by a walking tourist. Viewers visit places off the beaten path, meet ordinary people, and enjoy a travel experience that's only possible on foot.


Throughout this area of natural bushland a network of treetop boardwalks has been created so you can witness the koalas in their natural habitat.
There are plenty of places to eat around the island, however we stopped at a small supermarket in Cowes to grab a picnic lunch and enjoyed it on the coast.
With a hint of dread we watched the menacing grey clouds tumble across the sky and the foamy waves tossed to and fro. Nevertheless we decided nothing would stop our Adventure Boat Tour and hopped on board at the Cowes Jetty located at the end of Thompson Avenue.
This relatively new attraction allows visitors to experience rugged coastlines and remote wildlife that can't be reached any other way. Oh, and it's an adrenalin-laced thrill ride too.
Fast, electrifying, unpredictable. What every roller coaster enthusiast craves.
This would be an incredible boat ride on a clear sunny day. But on a stormy day with angry waves taller than a house pounding the boat, and winds strong enough to blow a small child over, it almost was almost terrifying. The kids were frozen to the bone and Mia (6 years) started crying due to the ferocity of the waves that tossed the boat. Caius (4 years) on the other hand was quite nonchalant the whole trip.
As soon as the first penguins stumbled onto the beach, the hushed crowd broke into a harmonious "awwwwwww". These flightless birds stood apprehensively, cautiously watching the sky for signs of their predator, massive Gulls and Sea Eagles. At the slightest sound, they got spooked and hastily retreated into the sea with a mad dash and flailing of wings. It was almost humours, but so darn cute at the same time. Soon more groups of penguins reached the beach and they began pouring out in droves, heading inland to their homes.
If you are looking something uniquely Australian then Phillip Island is a fun day out. Pack up the kids, bring your woolly jumpers and picnic blankets and spend the day exploring this beautiful island. Even if you start getting drowsy by the end of the day don't miss those darling fairy penguins. They are so darn adorable. I just wish I could pinch their cheeks.
I loved the penguin parade but I was silly enough to go with only a t-shirt! Watching the penguins clamber on to the beach knocking each other over was so much fun though. Shame you can't take them home.
How adorable. What an experience. Thanks for sharing.


What is a decision engineer?
A new professional discipline is emerging: decision engineering. The field is still young. Decision engineering shares the same norms and ethics as established engineering professions. However, it is different enough that it deserves the attention of educators, business, and government.
What are the strategic decisions we face?
What is the "mother" of all framing questions?


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The First Wike Executive Council was the Executive Council of Rivers State between 5 June 2015 and 24 June 2017. It was led by Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike with Ipalibo Banigo as Vice-Chairman. The first set of appointments to the cabinet were made on 5 June 2015. The designees included Kenneth Kobani, Chukwuemeka Woke, Emmanuel C. Aguma, Fred Kpakol, Onimim Jacks, Emmanuel Okah and Opunabo Inko-Tariah. Governor Wike appointed Desmond Akawor, Ambassador to South Korea, to serve as Administrator of the Greater Port Harcourt City Development Authority.

On 16 July 2015, former Permanent Secretary of Rivers State Ministry of Environment Rufus Godwins was sworn in as the Head of Service.

Further appointments to the Wike Executive Council were announced formally on 20 November 2015 and included 20 commissioner nominees, all of whom were confirmed by the Rivers State House of Assembly and sworn in on December 18.

Executive Council members
The Wike Executive Council was composed of the following members:

Resignations, suspensions and dismissals
Media and Publicity Special Adviser, Sir Opunabo Inko-Tariah resigned his cabinet position in a letter of resignation dated 6 November 2015. Inko-Tariah stated that unfolding developments in the state indicated that his services were no longer needed.

On 12 February 2016, Commissioner of Finance, Fred Kpakol along with Accountant General Abere Dagogo were temporarily relieved of their duties. The suspension lasted until 15 February before being lifted following interventions by different political leaders. Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike also suspended Kelvin Wachukwu indefinitely from his post as Commissioner of Works. The reasons given included negligence, dereliction of duty and poor project supervision. Wachukwu was replaced by Bathuel Harrison Iheanyichukwu, who was officially sworn into the Cabinet on 9 May.

On 31 August 2016, four commissioners, a special adviser and the Head of Service were handed a suspension of 3
months each for unstated reasons.
The commissioners suspended from office were the Commissioner of Culture and Tourism Tonye Briggs-Oniyide, Commissioner of Finance Fred Kpakol, Commissioner of Sports Boma Iyaye and Commissioner of Chieftaincy and Community Affairs John Bazia. Others suspended included the Head of Service Rufus Godwins and Anugbum Onuoha, Special Adviser on Lands. Further reports, however, revealed that the Governor had taken his decision following an Executive Council meeting in August "which the officials attended late". They were later recalled to their various offices on 16 September that year.

On 15 February 2017, Theophilus Odagme was dismissed from the office of Commissioner of Health.
He was the second commissioner dismissed openly from the cabinet. On 22 June 2017, Wike fired Bathuel Harrison Iheanyichukwu from the post of Commissioner of Works, making him the second cabinet official in that ministry to be removed from office. A day after Harrison's abrupt removal, Commissioner of Information and Communications Austin Tam-George handed in his letter of resignation.

The Executive Council was dissolved on 24 June 2017.

See also
Government of Rivers State
Timeline of the governorship of Ezenwo Nyesom Wike

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What are the merits of Al-Quran over previous scriptures?
The Quran is the only scripture which is promised to be preserved until the Day of Judgement. It is also the only scripture that is proven to be from the Messenger. All of it's verses are intact, and it is recited in the same dialect it was in the Prophet's day.
How are these 3 pillars of faith related to each other? And what is the relationship between them and the 1st one?
The Belief in Angels, Jinns, Books, and Prophets are the natural outcome of belief in ALLAH. The knowledge of ALLAH as the creator of everything makes possible the belief that he created unseen worlds in addition to the physical world we live in. It also helps the belief that ALLAH sent Messengers and Books to confirm the cause of good, and righteousness, which is greater than the the things he can see in his physical surroundings.
The belief in Angels is a pillar of Faith. In ISLAM, we are required to believe in Angels because they are found in the Qur'an and the Ahadith (sayings of Prophet Muhammad). The Angels were created before Adam, from light, and have no animal nature. They worship ALLAH, and obey His commands in the Universe. They have any number of wings, and come from heaven with ALLAH'S orders and return reporting to ALLAH.
Angels are assigned over the events of every day life. They help man to be righteous and aid him in things that benefit him. One way the Angels do this is by giving man good suggestions to follow the right course of action, and obey ALLAH, which counters Shaytaan's evil suggestions. They beseech ALLAH for men's forgiveness, and good fortune, and bring glad tidings on the righteous; and they beseech against the wicked. Angels encourage the reading of Qur'an, the remembrance of ALLAH, and learning. They also help to comfort man and keep his focus on doing good deeds to attain the good of the hereafter.
Even from man's primordial state—i.e., sperm drop, in the womb, infancy, etc.—and throughout his life, they help him through the darkness, and they write his wealth, actions, emotions, speech. They attend to man in the grave, on the Day of Judgement, and in his final abode. The Angels are also charged with looking after matters in the earth and the whole universe. They attend to matters of "cause and effect" and it doesn't clash with their roles. ALLAH put some Angels in charge of the Sun, the Planets, and the matters on earth. Since the Universe has been subjected to man by ALLAH, their roles there help man in his role on earth.
The knowledge of the Angels' existence is part of the belief in the unseen, only learned about through ALLAH. Since He informed us of the things helpful to us, any extra details should not be a topic of inquiry. Details like how the Angels were created are ALLAH'S mysteries. Also, the number of Angels are innumerable to man. However, the exact number of Angels charged with certain tasks is named, such as the 19 in charge of Hell Fire (Holy Quran, 74:30); but this is not for the symbolic or superstitious misuse of mankind.
The Qur'an rejects the conception that Angels share in ALLAH'S power, or glory -- by calling them "Gods" or the "Children of God". Their existence involves worshipping and carrying out ALLAH'S commands, hence they have no free will in respect to obedience or disobedience to ALLAH. This means they cannot intercede except by ALLAH'S permission. None of their pleas can be heard except through ALLAH granting them a stage.
It is kufr (polytheism, disbelief) to worship them, or think they have authority. Such beliefs were not commanded by ALLAH, through revelation or any other means, as it is disbelief after submission. It is also Kufr to deny the existence of Angels. Their presence is plainly given in the Qur'an and Sunnah, and confirmed by the consensus of Muslims.
The Archangels mentioned in the Qur'an and Sunnah are three: Gabriel, who brings ALLAH's revelation; Michael, in charge of rains, plants and animals; and Israphiel, who blows the Trumpet before Judgement Day, and is one of the Angels that bear the Throne of ALLAH. Malik is also mentioned in the Qur'an as the Angel in charge of Hell Fire (Holy Quran, 43:77).
The Angels are able to take the form of human beings. The Archangel Gabriel, appeared before Mary, the Mother of Jesus (alayhis salaam) "…as a man in all respects." (Holy Quran, 19:16-17). In a Tradition, he appears before Muhammd (s.a.w.s.) and his Companions with "…black hair…" and drills them about Iman.
We must believe in the Angels whose names were given, with those whose errands are described instead, for example: "…those that glide along"; the Messengers who "…stand by and record." (43:80); the Angels in front and behind man (13:11); The Angel of Death, the Bearers of the Throne, the Angels responsible for Hell Fire, the Angels of Paradise, and so on. Moreover, we must believe in those Angels who remain completely anonymous and whose names, and functions, are known only to ALLAH.
The knowledge is of great benefit to a believer because it saves them from the conjectures of materialism, and it also makes him aware of the good forces in the unseen, working against the evil in his surroundings. He understands he is always with better company, even in a crowd, a rebellious society, or a group of mockers. Moreover, even in private, he feels ashamed to ALLAH to commit evil, when there are so many noble creations in the unseen trying to aid him to good.
Although the other scriptures remain unnamed, we should believe that each Messenger of ALLAH conveyed the message of His Oneness of Lordship, Godhead, and Attributes, that is, ALLAH's complete ownership of everything, His exclusive right to worship, and the perfect and unparalleled nature of His qualities.
The Revelation sent to each Messenger mentioned in the Qur'an, confirmed the truth of the previous revelation. For example, The Injil (Bible) given to Jesus, was a confirmation of the Torah, given to Moses aforetime, and at the same time a fresh admonition to the Jews, Moses' followers.
The Qur'an is the one Scripture preserved in it's contents, and consequently, in the purity and nature of it's message. This is so because ALLAH has promised in the Qur'an that He will protect the Quran from corruption, and it will remain a source of guidance until the Day of Judgement. It is the Final Revelation for all of mankind to follow, it provides guidance and protocol for every affair of human life. Furthermore, it's finality as a guidance for all of life for everyone; replaces the laws of the People of the Scriptures, and any customs, laws, or behavior adapted in previous eras.
The Qur'an also confirms the truth in the earlier revelations, and exposes the teachings, beliefs, and practices that their followers innovated. Morever, the Qur'an supports the original unity of the scriptures in the message of ALLAH'S Oneness and man's duty of worshipping Him.
There are many proofs of the Qur'an's authenticity as a book of ALLAH. For example, the Qur'an is completely the word of ALLAH, and doesn't include the speech of the Prophet or his Companions, or their contemporaries or forebears. Hence, the speech of Muhammad, and the style of speech in the Qur'an, are very different. There are no quotations from other texts. Furthermore, the Qur'an is proven to be the message of Muhammad (pbuh) through revelation; the chapters, verses, and dialect are written in the exact manner he conveyed them. Therefore, it is the duty of all mankind (who hears it's true message) and all Muslims to believe in the whole of it, act on it's commands, and take admonition from the warnings.
Any ideas in the Books mentioned in the Qur'an as revelation, which contradict Tauhid (God's Oneness), is a man made change or addition. Further, it is not in our authority to accept specific books other than those mentioned in the Qur'an as authentic, or inauthentic, and this knowledge rests with ALLAH.
Although the other Books were revealed by ALLAH, they have been mixed with history, legends, scholarly commentary and other interpolations which make them a mixture of Revelation and man's ideas. The other Scriptures' laws were for particular communities, hence they did not get the same protection.
Moreover, the stories of the Prophets, depict them as prey to the worst vices such as fornication, lying, and idol worship. Such does not fit their lofty rank as ALLAH's viceroy.
The Qur'an mentions the Jews modifying the Torah, although they were entrusted to protect it. The Christians' neglect of the Bible is also described. Furthermore, it mentions the customary saying of the Jews that Ezra is the son of ALLAH, and of the Christians that Jesus (alayhis salaam) is the son of ALLAH. (A'uthubillah). The Qur'an refutes this idea and says that ALLAH, the Lord of the Heavens and Earth, says "Be" and it is, and he is above such anthropomorphism, and every Messenger, though honored, were human and his slaves.
The belief that ALLAH sent Prophets is another part of Iman, and Believers must accept all those Prophets named in the Qur'an and Sunnah. It also means believing that ALLAH sent others whose names and stories were not given. The Number of Messengers named in the Qur'an are 25; these include Adam, Nuh, Abraham, Moses, and Muhammad (alayhimus salaam).
A Prophet is one who is given revelation from ALLAH. Those ordered to preach to their communities are called Prophet-Messengers.
The Messengers were sent to convey good news to the believers who do good deeds. That they would get security and peace in this world, ALLAH's forgiveness, and the everlasting home of Paradise. They also warned the disbelievers, and evil doers, that the consequence of their rejection is torment in Hell Fire.
They were also sent to teach people to worship ALLAH correctly, and establish His (revealed) Religion. All Messengers taught men about ALLAH'S Unity, and his exclusive right to worship – they also taught the necessary unified, non sectarian nature of His Religion. The Messengers admonished their peoples to give up the false deities they were worshipping.
The Messengers were men chosen for ALLAH'S revelation. ALLAH selected the best people to convey his message, and the Messenger's were all utmost in their devotion and belief in Him. Their character, wisdom, endurance, piety, and wit surpassed all other men. They were free from major and minor sins, such as cheating, lying, or stealing; and they were free from character flaws like deceitfulness, laziness, and cowardice. Each Messenger conveyed the Message in the most effective way, and didn't neglect it, nor let people frighten them from it.
It is mankind's duty to believe in these Messengers, and also in the above things concerning their mission, which is to worship ALLAH alone. Also, Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) is the last Messenger and anyone who claims to be an Apostle after him is one of the 40 such Dajjals, or liars, predicted as appearing before the last day.
Muhammad, Abraham, Moses, Noah, and Jesus (pbuh). These Messengers are so named because they were given a weighty mission and completed it with patience, steadfastness, and devotion.
Although the Messengers were above the rest of mankind in their character, they felt the same pain, emotions, and physical needs as all humans. Like all other creatures, they had no power over themselves, others, or their environment, except what ALLAH willed. And they possessed no knowledge of the Unseen except what ALLAH revealed. (7:188, 72 :26-27).
Believing in some Messengers, while rejecting others is disbelief, and all mankind has the duty to believe once they hear the true form of their Message.
Muhammad (pbuh) is the last of a chain of Prophets. He has been exalted by ALLAH in many ways: He will be the first to intercede on behalf of mankind on Judgement Day; the revelation he received perfects the faith the Messengers before him were sent to convey, hence unfaith is destroyed with him. ALLAH chose Muhammad for Khillah (great friendship and intimacy). Also, it says in a Tradition that he has been given precedence to other Prophets in his wisdom, the awe and fear inspired in his enemies, booty being made legal for him, and the earth being made a Masjid for him (and his followers).
Muhammad (pbuh) was sent to all mankind and jinn, instead of just a single tribe, community, or civilization. Morever, he is the Messenger whose example in all things mankind should follow, through which true faith and the forgiveness of ALLAH is obtained, so much so, that no one has true belief until he loves the Prophet more than anyone, including his family, or himself.
ALLAH also granted Muhammad (pbuh) miracles which are mentioned in the Qur'an, and the most reliable prophetic traditions. The first and foremost miracle is the inimitability of the Qur'an; which is sufficient to quell the unbelievers. Furthermore, Muhammad (pbuh) received physical miracles, such as the splitting of the moon; the clouds that shaded him during revelation, water gushing from his fingers, etc. Moreover, his protection from the treachery of enemies, and his prediction of the future were miracles.
The Prophet's qualities, alone, were a sign of his Prophethood. Through his life, before and after revelation, he was devoted to ALLAH. He was free from minor sins like telling lies, so much so that those closest to him, such as his wife, and even his enemies acknowledged it. For example, when the Prophet became fearful because of his first sight of Angel Gabriel, he went to his wife, Khadijah, who said that his high character would keep ALLAH's protection with him.
The Roman Emperor, Heraclius, examined carefully the description of Muhammad (pbuh) given by his enemies; they told him of the increasing number of his followers, his honesty, and his message to worship ALLAH alone and keep ties of kinship. After this, he concluded that Muhammad (pbuh) was the Prophet that he had been expecting from the scriptures.
Further, Muhammad's steadfastness during times of difficulty and prosperity shows that ALLAH was the object of his faith and confidence.


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Q: Alexander Vilenkin - The Universe probably had a beginning Is it true that the Universe can not have an eternal past? It seems like Alexander Vilenkin tries to argue this? Does this imply that the Universe had a beginning?
Link to his publication regarding this question: https://arxiv.org/abs/1204.4658

A: This is discussed in the paper's introduction.

It was addressed in the singularity theorems of Penrose and Hawking, with the conclusion that the initial singularity is not avoidable. These theorems rely on the strong energy condition and on certain assumptions about the global structure of spacetime.

In other words, if we accept the strong energy condition and the "certain assumptions" about the global structure of spacetime, then we must an initial singularity. In less technical terms, Hawking himself wrote in A Brief History of Time that the proof requires 1) that the universe contains as much matter as we observe it to contain and 2) that General Relativity is correct.
However, these theorems only hold if the assumptions are valid, and we just don't know. We haven't found any observation to suggest that GR is wrong yet, but given that massive unknowns of dark matter and dark energy, it certainly could be wrong. This allows models in which there is no initial singularity to survive, e.g. when I Googled for it just now I found this space.com article about bouncing cosmologies.
The other thing is that GR is almost certainly wrong at very small scales. In A Brief History of Time, Hawking said that what the theorems actually show is that there comes to a point where quantum effects must be taken into account. Since we don't have a quantum theory of gravity, we can't make any reliable statements once this point is reached.
tl; dr: we don't know. Maybe the universe did have a beginning, and maybe it didn't. We need better theories to be sure.

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Antiferoelectricitatea este proprietatea substanțelor cristaline de a conține straturi atomice polarizate electric spontan (în absența vreunui câmp electric exterior) în sensuri opuse (antiparalel).
Este corelată cu feroelectricitatea, în mod similar cum antiferomagnetismul este corelat cu feromagnetismul.

Antiferoelectricitatea unui material depinde de anumiți parametri ca: temperatură, presiune, câmp electric extern etc.
La o anumită temperatură (punct Curie) dispare.

Materialele care prezintă această proprietate sunt cristalele lichide și oxizi antiferoelectrici ca: PbZrO3 și PbHfO3.

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Q: Dual booting Windows and Arch Linux (with GRUB2) - after using Windows, Windows Boot Manager made first in boot priority list I am dual booting Windows 7 and Arch Linux (both 64bit), with GRUB2, using the 64-bit EFI version.
I partitioned my drive into a GPT drive and installed Windows first according to this guide. I then installed Arch Linux using the Beginner's Guide, installing grub2-efi-x86_64 in the process.
Everything is working fine now, but with one problem. I can set the boot priority in BIOS (or is it UEFI?) to have GRUB boot try and boot before Windows Boot Manager. Then I chainload Windows Boot Manager using GRUB. However, when I actually use Windows in this manner, upon shutting down and turning on again, or rebooting, Windows seems to set Windows Boot Manager first in the priority list again, with the result being I have to manually set GRUB again, or I can't boot into Linux.
My motherboard is an Asrock H61M/USB3, if that helps.
I want to know how to turn off this behaviour.

A: That does seem to be a BIOS issue but I do no know Asrock boards or their tendencies.
@Terdon: MBR is not relevant to GPT disks as such; also, Windows can and will indeed 'touch' the MBR in three cases:

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*Running bootrec /fixmbr and possibly bootsect /nt60 <os_drive>

*Re-installing Windows

*Running Windows repair, startup errors.
GPT disks have an 'encapsulated' protective mbr section and grub-install would not work on a GPT disk, as one would need grub-x86_64-efi.


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In last couple of days, i noticed there was no good planning for my personal projects and there were lots of loose ends. So i finally cleaned up my Github.

Here are some of ground rules for projects on Github:

- Don't open source a project until the project has got unit test, wikis and sample application (if it is a application project) hosted.

- Integrate CI like travis and jenkins with all of them.

- Do all the immature , experimental projects on Bitbucket.

- Write good, clean , pragmatic code in the projects on Github.

- Look for bugs and spend more time on projects seriously.

- Strictly follow Git-Flow on all your projects.

Blog about your latest work or maintain the wiki for the project every work. At the end of week review your work.


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The Friends of the Cabildo operates the 1850 House Museum Store, the official gift shop for the Louisiana State Museum properties in New Orleans.
The 1850 House Museum Store is located at 523 St. Ann Street on beautiful Jackson Square in the historic Lower Pontalba Building. In addition to membership and fundraising endeavors, the Friends of the Cabildo is able to provide financial support to the Louisiana State Museum through the sales of our daily French Quarter Walking Tours and merchandise at the 1850 House Museum Store. At our store you can find handmade art, jewelry, pottery and crafts by local artists, books on everything from history to food to voodoo, exhibit-related merchandise from our museum properties and much more!
Drop by for a walking tour (which also includes free admission to the 1850 House Museum) and shop with us for unique mementos of your visit to New Orleans! Friends of the Cabildo members always get 15% off at the 1850 House Store!
1850 House Museum
Hours: Tuesdays – Sundays, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Closed Mondays and state holidays.
Admission: Adults – $5; Students, senior citizens, active military – $4; Children 12 and under – Free; Groups of 15 or more (with reservation) – 20% discount; School groups (with reservation) – Free; Purchase tickets for two or more museums – 20% discount; AAA membership discount (with card) – 10% discount; Sales Tax Included
Few places offer the chance to experience the lifestyle of our ancestors of more than 150 years ago. The 1850 House is one of these rare places, offering a glimpse of upper-middle-class life in antebellum New Orleans, the most prosperous period in the city's history.
The 1850 House doesn't represent any single family's house, rather, it reflects mid-19th century prosperity, taste and daily life in New Orleans. The house is furnished with art and décor that speak to that era as well, including a set of John Slidell's china, Old Paris porcelain, New Orleans silver and dozens of notable paintings and furnishings that, taken as a whole, transport you back in time.
The 1850 House is part of the Lower Pontalba building. Standing on opposite sides of Jackson Square, the Upper and Lower Pontalba buildings were designed and financed by the Baroness Micaela Almonester de Pontalba. Her father, Don Andrés Almonester y Roxas, was a Spanish colonial landowner who helped finance The Cabildo, St. Louis Cathedral and The Presbytère.
Inspired by the imposing Parisian architecture the Baroness favored, the distinctive rowhouses were intended to serve as both elegant residences and retail establishments. In 1921, the Pontalba family sold the Lower Pontalba Building to philanthropist William Ratcliffe Irby, who bequeathed it to the Louisiana State Museum in 1927.
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Q: How to set button text dynamically with text from database in C#? I'm trying to create an application where the button text is dynamically set.

The above blank buttons are supposed to be set once an item is added on the database. For example, I added 'New Item Here' on the database and it should look like the image below.

So far, what I do is add an item on the database and manually set the button text which requires rebuilding/reinstalling the application.
Is there a way I can automatically set the button text?
Or perhaps, make a populated listview that looks like a group of buttons?
Thanks!

A: Establish a connection to the database, then pull out all the required data from it and assign each value to the button name
//Set button name
ButtonName.Text = variable name that holds the string from database ;

A: Use this loop Statement
The data array represents buttonNames from database
 string[] data = { "Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat" };

int i = 1;
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The National Center for Tumor Diseases – NCT Heidelberg was founded as an exceptional alliance between the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg University Medical School (HUMS), the Heidelberg Medical Faculty, and German Cancer Aid. NCT's mission is to foster interdisciplinary oncology for an optimized development of current clinical therapies, and to rapidly transfer scientific knowledge into clinical applications through a comprehensive concept of translational and preventive oncology. Multiple Clinical Cancer Programs with clinical and scientific excellence organize interdisciplinary patient care and form disease-oriented coordinated research programs that link NCT, DKFZ, and HUMS research groups with national and international research and clinical trial networks. NCT has implemented a highly innovative Precision Oncology Program (NCT POP) as a center-wide master strategy that, together with NCT's dedicated Clinical Cancer Programs, coordinates all translational activities and focuses resources towards individualized cancer medicine, including patient-oriented strategies in genomics, proteomics, immunology, radiooncology, prevention, and early clinical development.
The German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) with its more than 2,500 employees is the largest biomedical research institute in Germany. At DKFZ, more than 1,000 scientists investigate how cancer develops, identify cancer risk factors and endeavor to find new strategies to prevent people from getting cancer. They develop novel approaches to make tumor diagnosis more precise and treatment of cancer patients more successful. The staff of the Cancer Information Service (KID) offers information about the widespread disease of cancer for patients, their families, and the general public. Jointly with Heidelberg University Hospital, DKFZ has established the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg, where promising approaches from cancer research are translated into the clinic. In the German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), one of six German Centers for Health Research, DKFZ maintains translational centers at seven university partnering sites. Combining excellent university hospitals with high-profile research at a Helmholtz Center is an important contribution to improving the chances of cancer patients. DKFZ is a member of the Helmholtz Association of National Research Centers, with ninety percent of its funding coming from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the remaining ten percent from the State of Baden-Württemberg.
Heidelberg University Hospital
Heidelberg University Hospital with its more than 40 specialized clinical departments is one of the leading medical centers in Europe.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of patients from all over Germany and many other countries come here to make use of our modern treatment facilities. The highest standards of medical care are guaranteed by our world-renowned professors, distinguished physicians and committed nursing staff. Heidelberg University Hospital is constantly developing new methods of diagnosis and treatment at the forefront of biomedical science for the benefit of all patients.
Felix Burda Foundation
The Foundation was established by Hubert Burda and Christa Maar and carries the name of their son Felix Burda who died of colon cancer in 2001 at the age of 33. The Foundation sees its main task in creating public awareness for the potential benefits of the early detection of colorectal cancer and in motivating large numbers of people to undergo a screening examination.
German Network Against Colorectal Cancer
The Network connects important opinion leaders and offers an independent stage for decision makers to foster exchange of strategies, bench marking projects and all kinds of improvement to increase participation in colorectal cancer screening.
Dirk Jäger
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Otmar D. Wiestler
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Christa Maar
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President of German Network Against Colorectal Cancer
Georg Ralle
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Tara Lynnsmith McConnell was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Colorado. She is now a Denver based community and participatory artist. She holds a Master's of Art in Integrated Arts and Education from the University of Montana, Missoula, and a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art from Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier, Vermont. McConnell has worked as an art teacher for nine years and is experienced working with kindergarten through adult-aged students. She hosts art and worship integration workshops and created a participatory project for 500 teen-agers in the 2013, 2014 and 2015 ELCA Senior High Youth Gatherings based on the theme "The Wonder of it All," "Woven," and "The Pursuit." McConnell has exhibited publicly in Fraser Colorado, Decorah Iowa, at the College Hall Gallery of Vermont College of Fine Arts, the Hud Gallery in Ventura CA, Helen Day Art Center in Stowe VT, the Core Gallery annex on Santa Fe in Denver, the Artwork Network Gallery on Santa Fe in Denver, the Denver Seminary Gallery, and Gallery 970 in Loveland, CO. McConnell's 22 foot tall interactive and theme-based tree project was the center piece for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America's Synod Assemblies for 2013 and 2014. McConnell's current work explores multi-media painting and designed experiences of play to encourage her viewers to reflect upon conditions of community connection and habitual norms.


Government of India has allocated an additional Rs. 6,084 crore at RE stage to MGNREGA.
This brings the total allocation to the scheme to Rs. 61,084 crore in 2018-19, making it the highest ever allocation. Governance reforms and thrust on sustainable livelihoods through durable assets has ensured better lives for the poor through wages, incomes and durable assets.
MGNREGA is a flagship programme of the Ministry which addresses poverty in a holistic manner by overcoming social inequalities and creating a base for sustainable & long term development. Mahatma Gandhi NREGA is transforming rural India into a more productive, equitable and connected society.
It has provided nearly 235 crore person days in the last three years, each year. This year as well, it will be around the same making it four years of consistent high performance on wage employment with durable assets for sustainable livelihoods.
A systematic nationwide exercise was initiated for plugging these gaps in partnership with States. Now these sustained efforts have started to show remarkable results.
The first and foremost requirement was to ensure full transparency in wage payments, asset creation, and payment for materials. It is for this reason that efforts were started for a 100% of geo-tagging of assets, AADHAAR linking of Bank Accounts, IT/DBT transfers for all wages, and material payments and Geographic Information System (GIS) based planning of works.
The intention was that work should be visible in the public domain and beneficiaries receive payments in their verified accounts. As on 08.01.19, GeoMGNREGA is implemented in 31 States/UTs and 3.40 crore works out of 4.08 crore completed works since inception of the programme, are already geo-tagged and are in public domain. Social Audit had a very limited approach and its implementation needed to be extended to the whole country. Social Auditing Standards had to be developed, certified Social Auditors had to be trained, and women Self Help Group (SHG) members had to be brought in for faster roll out.
On the technical side, while money was being spent on Water Conservation works, the technical training of the staff was inadequate and often many structures were created which did not give the expected outcomes.
It is for this reason that the Mission Water Conservation Guideline were drawn up in 2015-16 in partnership with the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation and Department of Land Resources to focus on the dark and grey blocks where the ground water level was falling rapidly. This partnership allowed us to avail the technical knowledge of engineers, scientists from Central Ground Water Board to build a robust technical manual and implement capacity development programme for the frontline workers. A special Barefoot Technicians programme was rolled out to ensure better technical supervision.
There has been a remarkable increasing trend in the budget allocation of the Central Government and release for the programme from Rs. 32,977 crore in financial year 2014-15 to Rs. 55,167 crore in the financial year 2017-18. This is a clear evidence of the increasing faith of the people in the programme. The MGNREGS witnessed a record expenditure of Rs. 63,644 crore in 2017-18 including state share, the highest since the programme was launched. This year is going to be even higher.
The issue of creation of durable assets was very important. The 60:40 ratio was mandated at Gram Panchayat level often leading to non-productive asset being created simply because 60% had to be spent on unskilled wage labour in that Gram Panchayat. Without diluting 60:40 principle, the first big reform was to allow 60:40 at the District level rather than at the Gram Panchayat level. In spite of this reform, the ratio of expenditure on unskilled wage labour to overall expenditure remains higher than 65%. This has enabled a new thrust on durable assets that generate incomes. It allows the flexibility to undertake only those assets that are productive.
Over 60% of the resources are spent on Natural Resource Management (NRM). The NRM works are focused on ensuring higher incomes to farmers by improving both the area under cultivation and yield of crops. This is done by improving the productivity of land and increasing the water availability. The major works taken up under NRM include check dam, ponds, renovation of traditional water bodies, land development, embankment, field bunds, field channels, plantations, contour trenches etc. During the last 4 years 143 lakh hectares of land benefitted through these interventions. Large scale water conservation, river rejuvenation, and irrigation works have been taken up and completed under MGNREGS.
Another major thrust of the last four years has been creation of durable community and individual beneficiary assets. A very large number of Individual Beneficiary Schemes like goat sheds, dairy sheds, 90-95 days work in Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G), wells, farm ponds, vermi-compost pits, water soak pits etc. have also been taken up over the last 4 years. These assets have helped the under privileged to have access to alternative sustainable livelihood.
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The South African built industry is increasingly recognising that green construction is imperative if users are to reduce carbon emissions and leave a world that will be habitable for future generations. The move to green is therefore rapidly gaining momentum here, in line with the global focus on ensuring a green, sustainable environment, and the international commitment to reducing energy consumption.
"The worldwide focus on sustainability, rising electricity prices and triple bottom line reporting are forcing companies to become increasingly aware of their carbon footprint," states Jaco Cronje, a director at EES, an ISO 9001 professional engineering and management company, and a leader in project managing the provision of information technology (IT) solutions to the built environment.
Essential to the construction of a green building is integration of IT and multiple system intelligent infrastructure, and in overseeing this integration EES proactively assists its clients to reduce their carbon footprint and wherever possible curtail any practices which negatively impact on the environment.
"A strong information and communication technology (ICT) platform is essential to ensure the delicate balance between being environmentally responsible and growing a company's African and global presence," continues Cronje.
Bradley Hemphill, MD of EES, stresses that integral to being environmentally responsible is energy efficiency.
"Intelligent infrastructure integrates energy efficient lighting and heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) temperature control systems. Through further integration of CCTV security and access control, fire control and digital signage it contributes to the efficiency of the overall building.
"A growth-area within the technology realm is the data centre. Here the intelligent network within the building connects and forms the nerve centre of the network.
These efficient resources and systems of course contribute to the well-being of owner/occupiers and tenants of the building.
He adds that the most efficient and cost-effective method of green construction is to incorporate green methodologies and energy efficiency principles right from the design phase, as opposed to retrofitting.