We need more brothers like you to help spread the message of Islam using these tools for good, Alhamdulillah. It is really nice to know that you are working to promote the site. May Allah accept it from us and aide us all in this mission, Ameen. Walaikum’asalam Brother, Jazak’Allah Khair for your kind comment and du’a. Please also visit our site, Insha’Allah. May Allah guide you, give you knowledge of the Deen, and always keep you on the right path, Ameen. Please do make him a part of your learning, Insha’Allah. A good scholar for these kinds of matter of religion and philosophy is Shaykh Hamza Yusuf. If we do not have knowledge of the fundamental sources, The Qur’an and Sahih Sunnah, then how will we know how to differentiate between what is True and what is false? It is better to study Islam before we study other sources, so that we have a good understanding of what is right and wrong, Insha’Allah. At times we are confused about our faith and tend to go to sources that can confuse us further or make us leave our faith all together. These things can make our faith stronger, but the only problem that could arise is where the source of your knowledge is coming from. Allah encourages this as well in the Noble Qur’an. We don’t believe that man should not think deeply about his Fatih and Allah SWT. Our apologies for getting to it so late, Subhan’Allah. Jazak’Allah Khair for your comment and inquiry. Displaying two pages of the Qur’an on the iPad like printed copy of the Quran.To download a file to your hard drive, right-click on the file link and select “Save Target As…” or “Save Link As…”, then navigate to the location on your hard drive where you want to save the file. Enlargement of the texts of the Quran in mobile landscape mode. Quick access to the chapters and parts through table of contents. Automatically saving the last page number and opening it next time you open the app. Ability to add verses to favorites facilitating the quick access. Adding notes and thoughts to the verses while reading. Ability to share the verse as a picture with a beautiful design. ![]() Ability to share the verse and its translation and interpretation through social apps. Searching in the names of the reciters. Fast and accurate search of the texts of the Noble Qur’an and displaying the search results sorted by surah and page number. Ability to stop the recitation after the specified time. ![]() Possibility of repeating the verse or part of the surah. Ability to download the recitations for offline use. Highlighting verses while playing audio recitation. ![]() Quranic recitations of more than 10 famous reciters More than 10 translations of the meanings of the Noble Qur’an in Urdu, Hindi, Persian, and Pashtoo beside several interpretations. The application interface is provided in several languages such as Urdu, Hindi, Kannada, Farsi, and Pashtoo.Įye comfort while using the app by enabling dark mode feature. High resolution images of the Holy Quran was incorporated in the app, to have clear Quran pages for all devices. The app UI-UX was developed by professional designer to offer elegant design while keeping it simple to access the features. Enjoy reading the Quran through this wonderful application, with an attractive interface.Īuthentic Indo-Pak script, using scanned copy of the Quran. In addition, the app content was completely reviewed by Qaf Group () to confirm its credibility.Īn easy-to-use application with great features including: Quranic recitations, interpretations and translations of the meanings of the Quran in Urdu, Hindi, Kannada, Persian, Pashtoo and others, night mode, bookmarks, notes and share features. The authentic Quran Nastaleeq app offers the Holy Quran written in Nastaleeq script (Indo-Pak script) following Ottoman style of writing the Quran.Įrror-free SCANNED copy of the Holy Quran (One of the most reliable 15 lines Hafizi Quran) was used to avoid any possible spelling mistake. Enjoy reading the Quran through this wonderful application, with an attractive interface offering Quran in Indo Pak Nastaleeq font.
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While The Nature Conservancy works on complex global issues, the top stories of Cool Green Science are consistently about bird feeding, suburban wildlife conflict and common creatures like deer and earthworms. Local wildlife – the creatures that share our backyards and city parks – are of extremely high interest to readers of this blog. No matter what your opinion on snakes, it’s hard to argue with Steen’s breakdown of what the evidence actually says, whether on snake size or aggressiveness or mating habits. If you want me to believe something that is inconsistent with what we know about the world, then I will require evidence.”Įvidence, as I’ve written previously on this blog, is not a story of a ten-foot rattlesnake told by a slightly inebriated guy at the bar. “I generally do not frame conversations on snake myths to suggest whether something is possible or not but on whether something is consistent with what we know about the world or inconsistent with what we know. He does not dismiss wild anecdotes outright but explains his approach: Can you tell if a snake is venomous by the shape of its head, or of its pupils? Will cottonmouths chase you down or hop into your boat? Can you tell how old a rattlesnake is by the number of rattles? You may well think you know the answers to all these questions, but Steen shows what the best evidence suggests. Secrets of Snakes is organized by common questions Steen has heard about snakes. Photo © Chris Helzer / The Nature Conservancy Plains garter snake on gravel road on a warm spring day, Stockham, Nebraska. He also knows how passionately people will defend their snake anecdotes. He knows the most common snake myths because he’s heard them hundreds if not thousands of times. He writes for his audience’s needs, a lesson that unfortunately even many self-proclaimed science communicators never learn. ![]() ![]() I believe Steen’s interactions on social media help make this book so readable and relevant. And he began sharing what the science actually showed. He saw the same folklore repeated as established fact. He heard outlandish stories highly unlikely to be true. But folklore and legend are not science.Īs Steen blogged and became a popular biologist on Twitter, he encountered repeated requests for snake identification. Snake tales get passed from one generation to the next. They have appeared as central characters in our stories pretty much from the time we started telling stories. They’re one of the most recognizable creatures, regardless of geography. A side gig writing a nature column for a newspaper turned into a blog, Living Alongside Wildlife, that often addressed his favorite topic: snakes. He simply had a lifelong love of poking around swamps, and a curiosity about the creatures around him. Photo © Matt ModlinĪs a wildlife biologist, Steen didn’t set out to be a science communicator. It is hard to imagine a nature book being more fun. But Steen breaks down each myth, each story, in a breezy yet informative manner. Many of the myths in here you have likely heard, repeatedly. Which means this adage is basically worthless for snake identification.įortunately, wildlife biologist and science communicator David Steen has taken the most common snake myths, tall tales and snake safety rules and applied real science to them in his wildly entertaining Secrets of Snakes: The Science Beyond the Myths (Texas A&M University Press). It turns out the “Red on yellow, red on black” rule we all learned only works for some snakes, some of the time. It’s lucky I wasn’t inclined to pick up the snake, as I might have received a very nasty surprise. ![]() Every member of our varied group, including the guide, nodded in approval. ![]() “Red on black, friend of Jack,” I said, repeating a snake-safety rule I learned in school. In fact, I recall a dream trip to the Amazon Basin when our group came upon a snake on a night hike. A lot of what you know about snakes is probably wrong. ![]() Love this recipe! Best chop suey we've ever had! You won't be disappointed if you try this recipe. I also had on hand some chinese crunchy noodles, so we put some of these on top at the table. Next time I think I will add a cup of no salt vegetable broth to increase the amount of thickened sauce. I did not use chicken broth, I used a japanese soup base instead. I served it over chinese linguine noodles. I'll keep on making this one as it tastes better than from the local restaurant.Įveryone at the table enjoyed this dish. Great recipe and one the whole family will eat! I doubled the amount of oyster and soya sauce but kept all other ingredients the same. Thanks for a wonderful recipe!ĭelicious version of this dish. My husband and I savored every flavorful crisp and crunchy bite. This is definitely not my mother’s Chop Suey! Lol. Fresh and unique items are readily available now, so I don’t have to cook like she did. My mom made Chop Suey with all those canned, soggy La Choy ingredients, but still we loved it at the time. I’ve been trying to do retro recipes from my childhood. Bring sauce to a boil, undisturbed, then stir to combine with pork and vegetables. Make a well in center, then stir broth mixture and add to well. Drizzle 1 tablespoon vegetable oil around side of wok, then stir-fry pork until just cooked through, about 2 minutes. Reheat wok over high heat until a bead of water evaporates immediately. ![]() Stir together chicken broth, 1 teaspoon oyster sauce, and 1 teaspoon cornstarch. Transfer each vegetable as cooked to bowl with celery. When stir-frying bok choy, begin with ribs, then add leaves and 1 tablespoon water after 1 minute. Reheat wok and stir-fry each remaining vegetable separately in same manner (but allow only 1 minute for bean sprouts), adding 1 teaspoon oil to wok before each batch and seasoning with salt. Drizzle 1 teaspoon vegetable oil around side of wok, then stir-fry celery, seasoning with salt, until crisp-tender, about 2 minutes. Heat a wok over high heat until a bead of water dropped onto cooking surface evaporates immediately. ![]() Stir together garlic cloves, 1 tablespoon oyster sauce, soy sauce, salt, and 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch in a bowl. This website also provides you English Grammar, TOEFL and most common words. The dictionary has mainly three features : translate English words to Shona translate Shona words to English, copy & paste any paragraph in the Reat Text box then tap on any word to get instant word meaning. This English to Shona dictionary also provides you an Android application for your offline use. It has more than 500,000 word meaning and is still growing. This dictionary helps you to search quickly for Shona to English translation, English to Shona translation. It does not only give you English toShona and Shona to English word meaning, it provides English to English word meaning along with Antonyms, Synonyms, Examples, Related words and Examples from your favorite TV Shows. This dictionary has the largest database for word meaning. On a side note, the tower achievement is quite easy to get as an alliance boomkin. This is not just an ordinary English to Shona dictionary & Shona to English dictionary. Just start looting the players whenever you see the corpse nearby. (16) He relates the story of a heist gone wrong as a gang begins to suspect each other after their loot is stolen. (15) That represents a great departure from being preoccupied with loot and spoils of war, and indeed all worldly gains. ![]() (13) ten thousand quid is a lot of loot (14) A spokesman said that nothing had been found so far to substantiate the allegations of Nazi loot being in the collection, and there was also an obligation on those who were making the claims to provide sufficient evidence in support of them. (12) Mystery surrounds a valuable haul of stolen loot discovered by a dog walker. (11) In previous centuries, conquerors were known to pillage, loot, rape and burn. (9) the rooms were stuffed with the loot from Francis's expeditions into Italy (10) The security officers had apparently been watching her steal in the store and waited until she had got outside, thinking she had escaped with her loot, to accost her. (8) With a huge grin on his face, a bag full of loot and a silver revolver with five bullets and one empty slot he slowly walked down the street to the north on his way to his apartment. (7) It was not as precious as silver was these days but it was nice loot for a pickpocket. (6) Such feasts might take place at inauguration ceremonies such as dynastic weddings, or to accompany the distribution of loot or booty from raids or trading expeditions. (5) This orgy of loot and arson was soon followed by more systematic ├ö├ç├┐residential cleansing├ö├ç├û. (4) During the early part of this century, American mobsters began buying up legitimate businesses in order to explain the origins of their ill-gotten loot. (3) In 808-809 the Khan's soldiers defeated the Byzantine army in the Struma valley, seizing immense loot and much gold. (2) And though he quickly stole a fortune from his country's treasury, neither he nor his family had long to enjoy their loot. Interestingly, the citations refer “not only to the word itself, but to men who appear to have been pretty sophisticated looters.(1) Her story gets still worse, for after her abduction she was taken back to loot her own home village. The first entry is from a book called Indian Vocabulary, published in 1788. ![]() ![]() The Oxford English Dictionary cites two entries for the word Loot. ![]() According to Ferguson, it meant, “booty, depredation, spoil, plunder, pillage.” In 1773, Caption John Ferguson, an employee of the British East India company, published the “ Dictionary of the Hindostan Language.” In this book, he defined the word loot. Modern etymologists have traced the source of the word-and its inclusion into English-through a series of books and manuscripts. The Hindi word Lut’s origins can be further traced back to the Sanskrit word lotram or loptram, meaning plunder. The art dealer sold a tipi from Spencer’s cache to the Denver Art Museum for 500, or about 5,000 today, even though it had mildew rot and patched holes. The word loot comes from the Hindi word “Lut,” meaning the spoils of war. But how and why did the word “loot” make its way into the English language? It’s entree into the English language is fairly recent, a few centuries old. The words loot, looted and looting are commonly used. The word “Loot” is now part of the English language. In my new AutoHotkey reference script (currently a work in progress), I access the online AutoHotkey documentation by directly downloading a Web page, extracting data with a RegEx, and displaying it in an informational MsgBox window. Why reinvent the wheel when you can use data readily accessible on the Internet? I recently offered an example of a database-driven AutoHotkey script, “ Write Less Code with Database Driven Apps (AutoHotkey Script Design).” This work great for relatively small applications with unique data, but building a database which might compete with the amount of information available on the Web presents an enormous challenge. See “ Waiting for Web Data to Download (AutoHotkey Quick Tip).” Use the Web as Your Database PAGE) at the top of the menu.ĪpUpdate: I made some changes to the script which makes it more reliable.To pay homage and give credit to the site while offering the opportunity for further digging, the first Web page loads in your default browser when you click the bold keyword (e.g. ![]() While SynonymLookup.ahk often displays over 100 alternatives, some words generate two or three Web pages on. The script does not differentiate between various definitions and only extracts equivalents from the first Web page. Note: To be fair, even when listing numerous possible synonyms, the script does not include all the opportunities for literary exploration found at. I love this one! It’s better than ever!įind the changes here: “ The SynonymLookup.ahk Web Data-Driven App Fails (AutoHotkey Adjustments)“ You’ll need to download the current script if you use a version older than this date. Plus, you might also get antonyms, so I marked them with a caution icon ( ). ![]() I now use the links in the page source code-which needed some adjustments, so you may occasionally see a strange character. Then, I’ll fix it.ĭid your SynonymLookup.ahk app stop working? changed their page formatting causing the script to fail, so I changed the Regular Expression in the latest version. (I would simply switch to another site offering synonyms.) In any case, I plan to continue using this AutoHotkey script until it stops working-for whatever reason. They could block my IP, but that would be a lot of work for just one person. They might make an attempt to block my efforts, but I guess any such blocking technique would also block regular users. They could change the formatting of the page, but then I would adjust the Regular Expression I use to extract the data. Any revenue they derive comes from the advertising. If ever notices, I suppose this script may not make the owners of the site very happy. For writers and editors (or anyone who wants to expand their vocabulary), this one script provides enough incentive to plunge into regularly employing the free AutoHotkey Windows utility language. The script extracts the menu items directly from a Web page without opening my Web browser or processing any of the code-no ads. ![]() The apps beauty lies in the fact that I can utilize the Web for the database of synonyms. Click on one of the entries and it instantly replaces the previously highlighted word. ![]() It immediately provides me access to a list of alternative words in menu form (shown at right). I immediately added this short AutoHotkey script to my primary toolbox. In the example, the menu lists possible replacements for the word Click on any item and AutoHotkey replaces the selected word in any document or field open for text editing. AutoHotkey downloads the code from the target Web page and parses the synonyms using RegEx-placing each in a pop-up menu. How to Use the Web to Feed Data to Your AutoHotkey Application-A Pop-up Menu to Replace Boring Words in Your Documents I highlight any word and hit the CTRL+L Hotkey combination. |