The Road to Paradise (2017) by Karen Barnett is the first book in the Shadows of the Wilderness series. This novel was released on June 6, 2017 by Waterbrook Press. The novel comes in all forms including eBook, and is 337 pages in length. With a full-time job and a five-year old at home, I was able to read this novel in five days. I give this novel 4 STARS. This novel is a Christian Historical fiction set in Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington in 1927.
In 1927, Margie Lane, an avid naturalist, convinces her Senator father to procure her a position at the fledgling Mt. Rainier National Park. Since Ranger Ford Brayden lost his father in a climbing accident, he doubts his ability to protect the park and its many visitors. He certainly doesn't relish the job of watching over an idealistic and privileged young woman with no practical survival skills.
I found it very interesting to set a novel in a U.S. National Park during the age of Flappers and Prohibition. I really found fascinating the theme of halting "progress" in order to keep nature natural. I do think that in some ways we have gone too far in modernizing everything at the cost of God's perfect nature. The two main characters, Margie and Ford, work diligently throughout the course of this novel to keep the avant-garde villain from achieving his goals, namely to destroy the natural beauty of Mt. Rainier National Park in order to bring progressive modernization to the mountain. Having been to Seattle and seeing Mt. Rainier from the Seattle Needle, I can honesty say that changing one thing about that monstrous beauty would have been a shame.
The characters in this novel are well written. Margie Lane is young, naive (incredibly so), and optimistic. At the onset of the novel, she is escaping her former fiance and his brutal ways, and ends up at Mt. Rainier National Park asking for a job as a naturalist. Chief Ranger Ford Brayden is not excited to have such a soft, naive girl under his care. He personally knows the dangers and seriousness of the wild — his father died in 1925 in an avalanche as he was hiking on Mt. Rainier — and is positive that Margie will fail. He just hopes her failing doesn't cause anyone to come to harm…or worse. So, at the beginning of this novel, sparks do fly between the two, but in a more irritated, unromantic way. Although, Margie does concede that Ford looks like an Adonis! LOL!
Over the course of the novel, Margie finds herself in a few troubling places and kind of realizes that maybe she needs to come to her senses about some things she thought she was so sure of. Book-learning knowledge and lofty ideals are not the same thing as real-life experiences. One thing I found hard to grasp in this novel was Margie hiking up Mt. Rainier with almost ZERO training. She had no concept of survival. She believed that God would see her through. I agree that God will always see us through, but I don't think He wants us to enter into things blindly and proudly. This is one of the character quirks that sort of drove me crazy about Margie. Her faith is rock solid. I loved that about her, but she often goes into things without thinking things through. I didn't like that about her character…and, if I am honest, I think this character flaw really struck me because I see a lot of myself in Margie's character.
Ford is a great character. He is manly, rugged, street smart, and protective. He is exactly the kind of person Margie needs in her life to help her grow up a little. What I like so much in this novel is that Margie and Ford genuinely become friends before they become more than friends. I also love that Margie will not, under any circumstances, compromise her morals and standards. Margie will not marry a man who is unequally yoked. Very smart girl! She recognizes feelings and chemistry between her and Ford, but she will not allow those feelings to get in the way of her faith, and she communicates this to Ford. Ford, at the beginning of the novel, is an unbeliever. Watching him go through his emotional turmoil and overcome his issues, and then eventually seeing him come to Jesus, is a really excellent part of this story. I feel his journey to Christ is written in a realistic, understanding, and non-judgmental manner. And, when Margie and Ford do become more than friends, it does feel right because they are both in a good place to begin a relationship.
The villain in this novel, Philip, is well written as well. He is very, very snake-like, and his comeuppance at the end is very satisfying. There were moments in the novel where I wasn't sure if the outcome would be as favorable as I hoped it would because Philip is such a conniving guy. Philip is underhanded and wants what he wants. He goes to any length to get his way. He is a very sad character, and I actually found myself feeling very sorry for him in the end.
Overall, I did enjoy this novel, and I do recommend the book. I give the novel a 4/5 because I did find that there were some slightly slow moments where I could put the book down. BUT, those slightly slow moments in no way detracts from the story overall. It is engaging and sweet. The characters are well written. And, I will more than likely get book number 2 when it is published.
On a side note, this novel is not typically something I would have picked up and read on my own. I am part of the WaterBrook and Multnomah Summer Fiction Book Club and this is the novel that will be discussed in July with that group. If you can, I would recommend joining. It has been fun to connect with other ardent readers, the authors of the books we are reading, and others from WaterBrook and Multnomah. You can still join if interested, just go to wmbooks.com/SummerBookClub to get the info and connect. And, if you need a copy of this novel so you can read it and join in July's discussions, check out my Book Giveaways page.


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Winner of 2016 Chiang Mai Ginastera International Music Festival, winner of 2016 Taiwan National Student Competition of Music and third place recipient of 2017 Academy of Taiwan Violin Competition, violinist Yu-Ping Tsai is gaining attention for her eloquent performance with great technique and virtuosity. Maxim Vengerov praised her superb and brilliant performance in his master-class.
Yu-Ping Tsai was born in Taiwan and began playing the violin at the age of six. As a scholarship holder at the National Wu-Ling Senior High School, Yu-Ping studies violin with Szu-Ying Wang. While attending Wu-Ling, she won Wu-Ling Concerto Competition and made her debut with Wu-Ling Philharmonic Orchestra in 2015. In 2017, she debuted with Academy of Taiwan Strings in Taiwan National Concert Hall and then gave a Solo Recital in Taoyuan Concert Hall, Taiwan.
She has participated in numerous master classes with great violin masters, including Maxim Vengerov, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Agata Szymczewska, Andrew Watkinson, Bin Huang, Keng-Yuen Tseng. In 2016, She participated in Europe Music Festival & Academy, and attended the Heifetz International Music Institute in 2017.


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Kanye West's 'Donda' set a bunch of streaming records on Apple Music
How many times "Donda" was streamed on Apple Music in its first 24 hours.
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Kanye West's Donda set an Apple Music record over the weekend following its release on streaming services this past Sunday. The mercurial artist managed to pull in over 60 million streams, making it the third-most-streamed album ever within its first 24 hours of release.
Additionally, the project managed to become Apple Music's most-streamed pop album of the year and set the service's charts on fire, nabbing spots on the top album charts in 152 countries. The latter of which is yet another record. In about a week we'll see how these early numbers translate to the Billboard charts.
Brilliance or trolling? — As with many of West's musical endeavors, the build-up to Donda's release was an event in and of itself. As is often the case where West is concerned, the anticipation and fanfare leading up to the album dropping almost eclipsed the music itself.
For starters, the release of Donda was repeatedly delayed — the album was supposed to come out in late July, which then turned into August 6, and then August 22, before releasing a week later. Even after the delay, West seemed displeased, claiming that Universal put out the project without his approval.
The delays weren't surprising given that West is a notorious perfectionist, but they did also feel at times like he was trying to create even more hype from it. There were listening parties for the record in some of the biggest stadiums in the world — including the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta and Soldier Field in Chicago. And with every Kanye album comes the Kanye merch, this time partnering with Balenciaga to bring us $160 facemasks.
Past his prime? — Despite changing the entire rap landscape and giving us some of the album's greatest albums of the past two decades, West has become nearly as recognized for his fashion efforts as he has for his music. To a younger generation, a new pair of Yeezys might be more meaningful than a limited edition CD of say, Late Registration. The man even has a quasi-holiday of sorts, with August 2 being unofficially hailed as Yeezy Day.
Regardless, the only thing we know about the artist's remaining career trajectory is that his projects will continue to be grand, expansive, and be delivered as performance art. Whether he reaches or surpasses his previous peaks again or not remains to be seen, but one thing's certain, tens of millions of people are going to tune in.

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As part of the Committee I can vouch for the excitement this is rousing in the community. We have some great plans for the revitalization of downtown Provo as well with some partner organizations.
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The book I'm reading right now is by twenty-five-year-old Ryan Heath: "Please Just F* Off, It's Our Turn Now: Holding Baby Boomers to Account." The book is great and offers incredible insight into what young people have to offer and why baby boomers need to get out of their way.
It's published in Australia so you can't buy it in the U.S. in stores. So it'll cost you $40 to buy the book from the Australian publisher and have it shipped, but it's worth it. In any case, I will tell you some of my favorite parts here.
The premise of the book is that baby boomers refuse to retire, refuse to admit that their ideas are outdated, and they are making their institutions irrelevant to young people, who are basically refusing to take part in baby boomer institutions. Heath focuses a lot in Australia, because young people are leaving in droves. But a lot of his points resonate in the U.S. also, where young people have little interest the all-consuming corporate life that baby boomers have institutionalized.
His ability to describe his generation is reason enough to buy the book. Young people will cheer at his ability to frame them in an extremely positive light and his ability to inspire excitement. The U.S. supports a large industry of baby boomers selling themselves as experts on generation Y to other baby boomers who want to retain gen-Y employees (who usually leave after less than two years). This book also makes you wonder about the ability of baby boomers to train other baby boomers on how to handle gen-Y employees.
He has great insight, and he's brave to dis the boomers when they still control almost all media outlets. Generation X might bristle at the unbridled self-confidence and optimism of Generation Y. But the Xers will be relieved to see that finally young people have the demographic force to take the boomers to task. Ryan Heath is the beginning of a tidal wave.


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Mothers, Comrades, and Outcasts in East German Women's Film merges feminist film theory and cultural history in an investigation of "women's films" that span the last two decades of the former East Germany. Jennifer L. Creech explores the ways in which these films functioned as an alternative public sphere where official ideologies of socialist progress and utopian collectivism could be resisted. Emerging after the infamous cultural freeze of 1965, these women's films reveal a shift from overt political critique to a covert politics located in the intimate, problem-rich experiences of everyday life under socialism. Through an analysis of films that focus on what were perceived as "women's concerns"—marital problems, motherhood, emancipation, and residual patriarchy—Creech argues that the female protagonist served as a crystallization of socialist contradictions. By framing their politics in terms of women's concerns, these films used women's desire and agency to contest the more general problems of social alienation and collectivism, and to re-imagine the possibilities of self-fulfillment under socialism.
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Rural Youth Europe (RYEurope) is an European Non-Governmental Organisation for rural youth. Established in 1957, it functions as an umbrella for youth organisations working to promote and activate young people in the countryside. It provides international training possibilities and works as an intermediary between national organisations, youth organisations and public institutions on an European level. Rural Youth Europe is a member-led organisation: democratically constituted and led by young people for young people.
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RYEurope aims to unite rural youth organisations across Europe to promote rural development, environmental-friendly lifestyle, youth participation. Moreover we wish to raise awareness on human rights and intercultural diversity. In order to lobby and highlight the needs of rural youth and to draw the attention of international and national bodies as well as the general public RYEurope arranges yearly seminars and a rally to discuss and share knowledge on topics such as rural development, youth participation, intercultural dialogue and human rights. We also encourage members to participate in other European youth events too.
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The governing bodies of Rural Youth Europe are the Board and the General Assembly. The Board has a maximum of 7 members. It implements the policy formulated by the General Assembly, and is responsible for all business not undertaken by the General Assembly. The General Assembly consists of representatives of all member organisations, and meets at least once a year. The Assembly elects the members of the Board.
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Rural Youth Europe was founded as a European Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in Rendsburg, Germany in 1957. It was formerly named "European Committee for Young Farmers and 4H Clubs". The current name, Rural Youth Europe, was adopted in 2004.
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To propitiate is to appease, to atone, to turn away the wrath of an offended person. In the case before us, the wrath turned away is the wrath of God; the person making the propitiation is Christ; the propitiating offering or sacrifice is his blood. All this is expressed in most explicit terms in the following passages: "And he is the propitiation for our sins," 1 John 2:2 . "Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins," 1 John 4:10 . "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood," Romans 3:25 . The word used in the two former passages is ιλασμος ; in the last ιλαστηριον . Both are from the verb ιλασκω , so often used by Greek writers to express the action of a person who, in some appointed way, turned away the wrath of a deity; and therefore cannot bear the sense which Socinus would put upon it,—the destruction of sin. This is not supported by a single example. With all Greek authorities, whether poets, historians, or others, the word means to propitiate, and is, for the most part, construed with an accusative case, designating the person whose displeasure is averted. As this could not be denied, Crellius comes to the aid of Socinus, and contends that the sense of this word was not to be taken from its common use in the Greek tongue, but from the Hellenistic use of it in the Greek of the New Testament, the LXX, and the Apocrypha. But this will not serve him; for both by the LXX, and in the Apocrypha, it is used in the same sense as in the Greek classic writers. "He shall offer his ιλασμον , sin-offering, saith the Lord God," Ezekiel 44:27 . "And the priest shall take the blood of the εξιλασμου , sin-offering," Ezekiel 45:19 . Κριος του ιλασμου , "The ram of the atonement," Numbers 5:8 . To which may be added, out of the Apocrypha, "Now as the high priest was making ιλασμον , an atonement," 2Ma_3:33 .
The propitiatory sense of the word ιμασμος being thus fixed, the modern Socinians have conceded, in their note on 1 John 2:2 , in their Improved Version, that it means the "pacifying of an offended party;" but they subjoin, that Christ is a propitiation, because by his Gospel he brings sinners to repentance, and thus averts the divine displeasure. The concession is important; and the comment cannot weaken it, because of its absurdity; for, in that interpretation of propitiation, Moses, or any of the Apostles, or any minister of the Gospel now, who succeeds in bringing sinners to repentance, is as truly a propitiation for sin as Christ himself. On Romans 3:25 , however, the authors of the Improved Version continue to follow their master Socinus, and translate the passage, "whom God hath set forth a propitiation, through faith in his blood," "whom God hath set forth as a mercy seat in his own blood," and lay great stress upon this rendering, as removing that countenance to the doctrine of atonement by vicarious sufferings which the common translation affords. The word ιλαστηριον is used in the Septuagint version, and in the Epistle to the Hebrews, to express the mercy seat or covering of the ark. But so little is to be gained by taking it in this sense in this passage, that this rendering is adopted by several orthodox commentators as expressing, by a figure, or rather by emphatically supplying a type to the antitype,—the doctrine of our Lord's atonement. The mercy seat was so called, because, under the Old Testament, it was the place where the high priest, on the feast of expiation, sprinkled the blood of the sin-offerings, in order to make an atonement for himself and the whole congregation; and, since God accepted the offering which was then made, it was, for this reason, accounted the medium through which God showed himself propitious to the people. With reference to this, Jesus Christ may be called a mercy seat, as being the person in or through whom God shows himself propitious to mankind. And as, under the law, God was propitious to those who came to him by appearing before his mercy seat with the blood of their sin- offerings; so, under the Gospel dispensation, he is propitious to those who come unto him by Jesus Christ, through faith in that blood which is elsewhere called "the blood of sprinkling," and which he shed for the remission of sins. Some able critics have, however, argued, from the force of the context, that the word ought to be taken actively, and not merely declaratively; not as a "propitiatory," but as "a propitiation," which, says Grotius, is shown by the mention which is afterward made of blood, to which the power of propitiation is ascribed. Others supply θυμα or ιερειον , and render it expiatory sacrifice. But, whichever of these renderings be adopted, the same doctrine is held forth to us. The covering of the ark was rendered a propitiatory only by the blood of the victims sprinkled before and upon it; and when the Apostle says, that God hath set forth Jesus Christ to be a propitiatory, he immediately adds, having the ceremonies of the temple in his view, "through faith in his blood." The text, therefore, contains no exhibition of any means of obtaining mercy but through the blood of sacrifice, according to the rule laid down in the Epistle to the Hebrews, "Without shedding of blood there is no remission;" and is in strict accordance with Ephesians 1:7 , "We have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins." It is only by his blood that Christ reconciles us to God.
Unable as they who deny the vicarious nature of the sufferings of Christ are to evade the testimony of the above passages which speak of our Lord as "a propitiation," their next resource often is to deny the existence of wrath in God, in the hope of proving that propitiation, in a proper sense, cannot be the doctrine of Scripture, whatever may be the force of the mere terms which the sacred writers employ. In order to give plausibility to their statement, they pervert the opinion of the orthodox, and argue as though it formed a part of the doctrine of Christ's propitiation and oblation for sin, to represent God as naturally an implacable and vengeful being, and only made placable and disposed to show mercy by satisfaction being made to his displeasure through our Lord's sufferings and death. This is as contrary to Scripture as it is to the opinions of all sober persons who hold the doctrine of Christ's atonement. God is love; but it is not necessary, in order to support this truth, to assume that he is nothing else. He has other attributes, which harmonize with this and with each other; though, assuredly, that harmony cannot be established by any who deny the propitiation for sin made by the death of Christ. It sufficiently proves that there is not only no implacability in God, but a most tender and placable affection toward the sinning human race itself, and that the Son of God, by whom the propitiation was made, was the free gift of the Father to us. This is the most eminent proof of his love, that, for our sakes, and that mercy might be extended to us, "He spared not his own Son; but delivered him up freely for us all." Thus he is the fountain and first moving cause of that scheme of recovery and salvation which the incarnation and death of our Lord brought into full and efficient operation. The true questions are, indeed, not whether God is love, or whether he is of a placable nature; but whether God is holy and just; whether we, his creatures, are under law or not; whether this law has any penalty, and whether God, in his rectoral character, is bound to execute and uphold that law. As the justice of God is punitive, (and if it is not punitive, his laws are a dead letter,) then is there wrath in God; then is God angry with the wicked; then is man, as a sinner, obnoxious to this anger; and so a propitiation becomes necessary to turn it away from him. Nor are these terms unscriptural; they are used in the New Testament as emphatically as in the Old; though, the former is, in a special sense, a revelation of the mercy of God to man. John declares that, if any man believeth not on the Son of God, "the wrath of God abideth upon him;" and St. Paul affirms, that "the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men." The day of judgment is, with reference to the ungodly, said to be "the day of wrath;" God is called "a consuming fire;" and, as such, is the object of "reverence and godly fear." Nor is this his displeasure light, and the consequences of it a trifling and temporary inconvenience. When we only regard the consequences which have followed sin in society, from the earliest ages, and in every part of the world, and add to these the many direct and fearful inflictions of punishment which have proceeded from the "Judge of the whole earth," then, to use the language of Scripture, "our flesh may well tremble because of his judgments." But when we look at the future state of the wicked as represented in Scripture, though it is expressed generally, and surrounded with the mystery of a place, and a condition of being, unknown to us in the present state, all evils which history has crowded into the lot of man appear insignificant in comparison of banishment from God, separation from good men, public condemnation, torment, of spirit, "weeping, wailing, and gnashing, of teeth," "everlasting destruction," "everlasting fire." Let men talk ever so much or eloquently of the pure benevolence of God, they cannot abolish the facts recorded in the history of human suffering in this world as the effects of transgression; nor can they discharge these fearful comminations from the pages of the book of God. These cannot be criticised away; and if it is "Jesus who saves us from this wrath to come," that is, from those effects of the wrath of God which are to come, then, but for him, we should have been liable to them. That principle in God, from which such effects follow, the Scriptures call wrath; and they who deny the existence of wrath in God, deny, therefore, the Scriptures.
It by no means follows, however, that this wrath is a passion in God; or that, though we contend that the awful attribute of his justice requires satisfaction, in order to the forgiveness of the guilty, we afford reason to any to charge us with attributing vengeful affections to the divine Being. "Our adversaries," says Bishop Stillingfleet, "first make opinions for us, and then show that they are unreasonable. They first suppose that anger in God is to be considered as a passion, and that passion a desire of revenge; and then tell us, that if we do not prove that this desire of revenge can be satisfied by the sufferings of Christ, then we can never prove the doctrine of satisfaction to be true; whereas, we do not mean by God's anger, any such passion, but the just declaration of God's will to punish, upon our provocation of him by our sins; we do not make the design of the satisfaction to be that God may please himself in revenging the sins of the guilty upon the most innocent person, because we make the design of punishment not to be the satisfaction of anger as a desire of revenge, but to be the vindication of the honour and rights of the offended person by such a way as he himself shall judge satisfactory to the ends of his government."
See ATONEMENT and See EXPIATION .
Watson, Richard. Entry for 'Propitiation'. Richard Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/wtd/p/propitiation.html. 1831-2.


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At the end of last year, facebook asked their community what they were hopeful for. The answer was that people believe that in order to bring the world closer together, we all have to bring forth the things that connect us. A simple question that spawned a world of hopes.


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Too often, I will hear Christians say things like, "There is no conflict between science and the Bible." While I understand the intent and would probably agree with what the person means when they say this, in my opinion it lacks the precision that is needed and confuses categories. Let me explain.
Honestly, I don't know of any better explanation of God's revelation to man than this paragraph. Many of the problems and errors that plague us and our churches would be helped, if not fixed entirely, if we had a better understanding of what is taught here in our Confession. I know that's a broad statement, but hear me out. Here's how I would break down the teaching of this statement from our Confession.
God reveals Himself to us in two ways: we usually refer to these two forms of revelation as 'general' and 'special.' General revelation refers to the light of nature and the works of nature and providence. Thus, because man is created in God's image and can view the created order around him, he may see God's goodness, wisdom, and power manifested there; however, this general revelation is insufficient to know God in a saving manner. This isn't the fault of God's revelation, but of man's sinfulness – his suppression of the truth in unrighteousness (Romans 1:18-19).
Special revelation refers to the various ways in which God revealed Himself and declared His will to His Church throughout redemptive history (the audible voice of God, theophanies (a visible manifestation of God), the inspiration of prophets and apostles, signs and wonders, etc.). Those former ways of God's revealing His will unto His people being now ceased, God committed His revealed will unto writing in the Holy Scriptures. Therefore since the passing of the Apostles and the closing of the canon of Scripture, for our purposes the special revelation of God refers to the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments.
Simply put, special revelation refers to God's written word in the Holy Scriptures and general revelation refers to the created order.
Here's why the proper understanding of these categories helps us to see why saying, "There is no conflict between science and the Bible" is not as precise as it could be. The statement mixes apples and oranges. Science is a form or interpretation (of general revelation) and the Bible is revelation itself (special revelation). 'Science' (or the 'natural sciences') typically refers to the interpretation of general revelation, while 'biblical hermeneutics' (or theology) refers to the interpretation of special revelation.
We need to be careful not to put science on par with Scripture – a method of interpretation on the same level as revelation, itself. The disharmony that arises in our understanding of general and special revelation is not due to a deficiency or disharmony in God's revelation. The disharmony arises because of the sinfulness of man and the inadequacies of his interpretation of God's revelation (whether in nature or in Scripture).


This novel chronicles Venezuela's 'lost decade' under Chavez through teenager Eugenia Blanc's road trip in search of her grandfather, who may be able to provide her with the documents she needs to escape her violent, corrupt country. Johnny Walker Blue Label is the drink of choice in the book, and I opted to hand-draw the bottle for the cover. The little car in the label at top is the Fiat that Eugenia and her lover Luis drive.


White chocolate and macadamia nuts are not exactly a revolutionary combo in the cookie department. They are, however, an epically delicious flavor combination that I love dearly. A few months ago I nailed my recipe for brown butter white chocolate macadamia nut cookies (have you baked those yet?) and when my freezer stash ran out decided it was time to bake another batch. ← Must have cookies on hand at all times.
Since the holidays are creeping up on us and my brain is already thinking about Christmas baking I decided to bump up the pretty and delicious in these cookies by adding ruby red crannies! A simple but powerful addition.
The results? SO. DANG. GOOD. I demolished 2 straight from the oven (and in record time)… but that's an entirely different story.
Let's quickly review how easy these cookies are: softened butter gets whipped; add sugars and vanilla; add eggs; add dry ingredients; add mix-ins. That's it! Once your dough is assembled you simply roll and bake, baby.
P.S. When you pull these cookies out of the oven they will look very soft in the center. This is good! Resist the temptation to pop them back in; they will firm up a great deal while they cool. Promise.
If you'd like your cookies to look just like the ones you see in this post, nestle a few extra cranberries, macadamia nuts, and white chocolate chips on the top of each fresh-from-the-oven cookie. It's important you do this right after you remove them from the oven – otherwise the cookies will firm up and you'll be unable to easily press them on.
These cookies will look stunning on your holiday table. Or in a cookie basket. Or on a plate… with a glass of milk in close reach… because sometimes you just need to treat yo' self.
Thick and chewy Cranberry White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies! These are insanely delicious and so easy to make.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees (F). Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.
In a medium-sized bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
In a large bowl using a handheld electric mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter until smooth and creamy; about 2 minutes. Add in the sugars and the vanilla and beat until light and fluffy; about 2 minutes. Add in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gently fold in the flour mixture with a rubber spatula, stirring only until the flour begins to disappear. Fold in the white chocolate chips, cranberries, and macadamia nuts, stirring just until the mix-ins are incorporated.
Roll 3 tablespoon-sized scoops of dough between your palms to form a ball (they should be big; almost a 1/4 cup), then place on prepared sheet (make sure to leave enough room in between each cookie for inevitable spreading). Continue this process until all the dough has been rolled. Place baking sheets in preheated oven and bake for 11-14 minutes, or until golden at the edges but still soft in the middle. Let cookies cool for 5 minutes on the sheet before transferring to a wire wrack to cool completely.
White chocolate, cranberries and macadamias is a great combination!
Could I use fresh blueberries instead of cranberries? Would I need to make any adjustments to the recipe?
If you're going to use blueberries, I suggest using dried blueberries. Fresh berries will change the texture and taste of the cookies.
Hello, I want to make cookies, but I have a problem…2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour,no one knows how much this is in grams?
Great recipe! I made these twice this past Christmas and was so happy with how they turned out each time! Not only are they delicious but so festive and perfect for the holidays. I followed all instructions and my cookies looked just as beautiful as the ones pictured!


Letter dated 2 April 2017, addressed to David Burchell, City Choir Dunedin, and Philippa Harris and members of the DSO.
Saturday's performance of The Armed Man was spectacular, inspiring, emotional.
I've heard choral works in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and London, Amsterdam, Germany. I don't think I've heard anything performed better. And it is such a powerful work; especially reinforced by those images. The two doves will stay in my memory for ever.
The standard of performance was outstanding. I heard Peter Godfrey on the radio some years ago. He said that he prefers to conduct New Zealand choirs, because they always give 100%, because they do only one or two performances. He said overseas, professional singers are always holding back for the next performance or the next engagement. I feel that about a lot of the Russian Ballet companies that come to New Zealand.
I gather I and others have Philippa to thank for the spread in Saturday's ODT, without which I may not have made the trip from Hampden. Well done, Philippa! You keep the ODT up to scratch. In fact we are lucky to have the last family/locally owned newspapaer in New Zealand. Their coverage, and their opinion pieces, and the Monday International Supplement are brilliant.
Keep the great music coming.
Stunning concert. As a man said to me walking out with tears in his eyes "Bloody Hell".
It was wonderful! It was truly a magnificent production and I enjoyed it immensely (well some distressing moments but certainly packed a message of "please let there be peace". As I had already bought tickets I gave them to someone who would not have been able to go and they also greatly enjoyed it . So once again, thank you.
I wanted to write to thank you all for a memorable experience on Saturday night. I have rarely attended an event where the sense of communal emotional engagement was as powerful: like many people around me I openly wept. All of us were stunned and utterly swept up by the combination of the music and film. All the elements contributed: choir & soloists in fine voice with the words clear and moving; the orchestra and the organ thundering & whispering by turn; and the finely judged combination of gut-wrenching mages leavened, just as it all became too much, by a reminder of the beauty of nature in spite of the actions of man.
It's heartening to think that 2,000 other audiences all over the world have already had a similar experience. What a shame we cannot make it a requirement of the school curriculum world wide : it might go a long way to sorting out the problems of the world.
Thoroughly enjoyed The Armed Man — great performance by all.
I'm so glad to be back in the Choir after an absence of several years ... and I am very grateful to you all for making me welcome.
"The Armed Man" was a powerful and memorable experience. It was a great privilege be part of it I have been greatly impressed by David's musicianship – he has an extraordinary talent for directing. Roland is efficient and diligent in the background, and those of you from the choir who 'manage' us do a very efficient job (and you do it so pleasantly!).
As the reviewer said in the ODT, it all made for a highly professional performance. My friends in the audience reported that they found the film too disturbing to watch in places, so they shut their eyes to enjoy the music all the more. One said that if you weren't a pacifist before seeing the performance you would be afterwards. It was very emotional.
I'm looking forward to seeing you all again on Tuesday, and I'll have my eyes shut during the film!
Just to say that every bit of feedback I have had, from quite a few folk, had said it was stunning, amazing, poignant, brilliant, emotional, that the choir was excellent and sang so movingly and with such strength and precision. Positive all round.
What a wonderfully moving evening on Saturday night. I have no words to describe it really. We were near tears in so many places. The choir and orchestra were amazing and cannot get over the timing of everything. Well done YOU!! Most beautiful music.
It was an absolutely stunning performance which has replaced Zimbe and Messiah at the top of his 'Best Ever' list in 14 years of choir concerts.
Echoing the views of others re The Armed Man - it was excellent. My sister (Ruth in the choir) and I had seen the 2000th performance in the Albert Hall in June last year. It was magnificent in that setting but the intimacy of Saturday's performance plus the visual images made for a more moving performance.
The family (including our German exchange student) were among those giving standing ovation – they absolutely loved the concert.
A stunning powerful work brilliantly performed by all involved. Thank you Dunedin.


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RDB-El Seif, a pioneer in concrete and member of Saudi Arabia's El Seif group, has chosen Italy's Marcantonini Concrete Technology (MCT) to build a state-of-the-art precast factory in Jizan in order to meet its housing project obligations in the kingdom's southern border area.
The factory, which is currently being commissioned, will support RDB-El Seif's robust order book for the region. The company is currently working on a contract in the southern border region for design, engineering procurement, construction, testing and commissioning of a total of 4,520 residential units including 628 apartment buildings, 832 villas, schools, kindergartens, a sports club, mosques, shopping malls, petrol stations and military police buildings.
RDB-El Seif chose MCT as the main contractor because of its ability to provide a high level of customisation and also due to the complexity of the project. It was selected as a partner in close cooperation with the local agency Philip A Tabone.
The layout of the factory has been drawn up in close liaison between the two companies. "We went through a lot of hand sketches and then CAD drawings until we got everything designed to what we felt was the perfect layout from an efficient and flexibility standpoint," says Renzo Arletti, CEO of RDB-El Seif.
Massive equipment has been employed at the new factory giving RDB-El Seif the ability to produce up to 760 cu m per day of concrete for precast elements and 420 cu m per day of hollowcore slabs at full capacity.
The hollowcore production facility is composed of 18 lines – 150 m each – with the MCT batching plant able to deliver, thanks to an incredibly fast concrete distribution system, says Gabriele Falchetti, MCT area manager for Middle East.
FROM LEFT: Falchetti, Anthony Tabone, president of Philip A Tabone, Allan Damen, vice-president of procurement of RDB-El Seif, and Arletti.
The batching plant is equipped with six aggregate bins with a total capacity of 180 cu m and two 3000/2000 planetary mixers. Concrete is transported via two AV 2000 high-speed flying buckets able to feed two gantry casting machines which can deliver the material in a fully automatic process to two extruder machines.
"MCT's concrete distribution system is the result of years of dedicated efforts by its engineers to achieve maximum functionality, efficiency and reliability in the rapid transport of the concrete," says Falchetti. "Flying buckets supplied to RDB-El Seif can transport dry concrete at a speed of 240 m per minute in a fast and controlled way so that material (fresh concrete) arrives at its destination swiftly without changing any of its characteristics.
The precast production line, consisting of eight battery moulds, 120 tilting tables and some minor elements, is supported by two MCT concrete batching plants, each comprising two planetary mixers of 3000/2000 size. A total of 12 aggregates storage bins let the customer stock up to 360 cu m of raw material, ensuring greater autonomy in the production.
According to Falchetti, one of the features that RDB-El Seif highly values is that the aggregates dosing system at all the three batching plants perform with their own mobile dosing scale.
This gives the flexibility to install an additional hopper or mixer in the future; it also guarantees better dosing accuracy for the quantity of aggregates due to its reduced tare compared with classical dosing system. These units also ensure reduced cost of civil foundation works; and give the customer complete flexibility in positioning the mixers.
MCT is completing the turnkey project with containerised ice flakes and chiller machines which can cool the temperature of the concrete down to 26 deg C, which is strictly required and controlled daily by the main contractor.
The three ice flakes and chiller machines, supplied for each of the three batching plants, can deliver simultaneously ice flakes and cold water to every mixer, producing a total of 110 tonnes per day of ice flakes and 243 cu m per day of cold water at 4 deg C.
In order to conform to the temperature limit and guarantee the highest concrete quality production, MCT has installed Compumat software to manage the ice plants.
"This software has been completely designed and realised by MCT in-house and, thanks to a high level of customisation, it enables the monitoring of all aspects and stages of the entire process of the concrete production and distribution system," says Falchetti.
Flying buckets ... run up to 240 m per minute.
MCT's relationship with the company dates back to 2007 when it first installed a precast factory for RDB-El Seif in Riyadh. This factory consistently produces 600 cu m per day of precast concrete elements, which include hollowcore slabs, walls and all precast elements used for industrial buildings.
MCT has 49 years of experience in the precast field, which has given it an enormous amount of knowhow and earning it an excel lent reputation for supply batching plant and equipment.
A company official says MCT's unique selling point (USP) is its turnkey capability of designing and developing a precast factory, where the concrete batching plant and distribution system is fully integrated with the supply of hollowcore equipment, battery moulds and moulds for all kinds of precast element.
Falchetti says the company has proven its capability of designing and delivering – including high quality machinery and equipment – for RDB-El Seif's new project, with everything having been studied and manufactured according to customer's detailed needs and requirements.
El Seif Group is a leading privately owned group of companies founded in 1975. Its member company RDB-El Seif has become a premier precast company in the country offering a full range of products including hollowcore slabs, partition walls, columns, stairs and beams.
In the last decade, El Seif has seen robust growth in terms of concrete production as well as financially through delivering high quality works, with the highest safety standards. It has built up an impressive portfolio of projects in Saudi Arabia and the UAE and is one of the largest construction groups in the region.


Metadata is information about information. For example, a book's title and author is metadata. Metadata can be many kinds of information -- a location, a date, or a catalog item number. When you use SharePoint products, you can manage the metadata centrally. You can organize the metadata in a way that makes sense in your business and use the metadata to make it easier to find what you want.
This article describes some important terminology of managed metadata, and gives you a quick look at how you can use the tools in SharePoint to manage metadata.
This section contains definitions of some key terminology. These terms and concepts appear frequently in articles about managed metadata.
A taxonomy is a formal classification system. A taxonomy groups the words, labels, and terms that describe something, and then arranges the groups into a hierarchy.
People construct taxonomies for almost any kind of information, from biological systems to organizational structures. For example, biologists group living organisms into four major classifications: animal, plant, fungus, and microbe. Each of these major groups has many subdivisions. Together, the whole system is a taxonomy.
Organizations create taxonomies in too many ways to list. They create Chart of Accounts taxonomies to manage accounting systems, organization charts and job classifications to manage employees, product catalogs and so on. All these taxonomies are structured hierarchies of information; formal classification systems that help people handle information.
A folksonomy is an informal classification system. It is evolves gradually as web site users collaborate on words, labels, and terms on a site. Originally, folksonomies developed from popular applications such as bookmarking.
If you have ever seen a tag cloud on a website, then you have seen a visualization of a folksonomy. The following figure shows a tag cloud on a SharePoint site.
A folksonomy-based approach to metadata can be useful. It creates a way to share the knowledge and expertise of site users. By using a folksonomy, content classification can evolve together with changing business needs and user interests.
Terms sets can have different scope, depending on where you create the term set.
A term is a specific word or phrase that you associated with an item on a SharePoint site. It is a single item in a term set. A term has a unique ID and it can have many text labels (synonyms). If you work on a multilingual site, the term can have labels in different languages.
Managed terms Managed terms are terms that are pre-defined. Term Store administrators organize managed terms into a hierarchical term set.
Enterprise keywords An enterprise keyword is a word or phrase that a user adds to items on a SharePoint site. The collection of enterprise keywords is known as the Keywords set. Typically, users can add any word or phrase to an item as a keyword. This means that you can use enterprise keywords for folksonomy-style tagging. Sometimes, Term Store administrators move enterprise keywords into a specific managed term set. When they are part of a managed term set, keywords become available in the context of that term set.
To learn more about how to create and manage terms, see Create and manage terms in a term set.
In SharePoint products, group is a security term. With respect to managed metadata, a group is a set of term sets that all share common security requirements. Only users who have contributor permissions for a specific group can manage term sets that belong to the group or create new term sets within it. Organizations should create groups for term sets that will have unique access or security needs.
To learn more about how to create a group for term sets, see Set up a new group for term sets.
A Managed Metadata column is a special kind of column that you can add to lists or libraries. It enables site users to select terms from a specific term set. A Managed Metadata column can map to an existing term set, or you can create a local term set specifically for the column.
The enterprise Keywords column is a column that you can add to content types, lists, or libraries to enable users to tag items with words or phrases that they choose. By default, it is a multi-value column. When users type a word or phrase into the column, SharePoint presents type-ahead suggestions. Type-ahead suggestions might include items from managed term sets and the Keywords term set. Users can select an existing value, or enter something new.
To learn how to add a special keywords column, see Add an enterprise keywords column to a list or library.
In a general sense, tagging refers to the act of applying metadata to an item, whether the tag is managed metadata or a social tag.
SharePoint metadata management supports a range of approaches to metadata, from formal taxonomies to user-driver folksonomies. You can implement formal taxonomies through managed terms and term sets. You can also use enterprise keywords and social tagging, which enable site users to tag content with keywords that they choose.
SharePoint products enable organizations to combine the advantages of formal, managed taxonomies with the dynamic benefits of social tagging in customized ways.
The following diagram shows how different requirements might use different levels of scope and control.
When the content across sites in an organization has consistent metadata, it is easier to find business information and data by using search. Search features such as the refinement panel, which displays on the left-hand side of the search results page, enable users to filter search results based on metadata.
Metadata navigation for sites enables a site administrator to create navigation elements based on metadata terms. For more information including performance recommendations, see Navigation options for SharePoint Online.
Metadata navigation enables users to create views of information dynamically, based on specific metadata fields. Then, users can locate libraries by using folders or by using metadata pivots, and refine the results by using additional Key Filters. To learn how to set this up, see Set up metadata navigation for a list or library and Use grouping to modify a SharePoint view.
Managing metadata effectively requires careful thought and planning. Think about the kind of information that you want to manage the content of lists and libraries, and think about the way that the information is used in the organization. You can create term sets of metadata terms for lots of different information.
Document purpose - Is it a sales proposal? An engineering specification? A Human Resources procedure?
Your organization may want to do careful planning before you start to use managed metadata. The amount of planning that you must do depends on how formal your taxonomy is. It also depends on how much control that you want to impose on metadata.
If you want to let users help develop your taxonomy, then you can just have users add keywords to items, and then organize these into term sets as necessary.
The Term Store management tool provides a tree control that you can use to perform most tasks. Your user role for this tool determines the tasks that you can perform. To work on global terms in the Term Store management tool, you must be a global admin or SharePoint admin in Office 365, or a Term Store Administrator in SharePoint. To work on terms for a site, you can be a designated Group Manager or Contributor for term sets.
For more information, see Create and manage groups and term sets.
To take actions on an item in the hierarchy, follow these steps.
Point to the name of the Managed Metadata Service application, group, term set, or term that you want to change, and then click the arrow that appears.
Select the actions that you want from the menu.
For example, if you are a Term Store Administrator or a Group Manager you can create, import, or delete term sets in a group. Term set contributors can create new term sets.
At each level of the hierarchy, you can configure specific properties for a group, term set, or term by using the properties pane in the Term Store management tool. For example, if you are configuring a term set, you can specify information such as Name, Description, Owner, Contact, and Stakeholders in pane available on the General tab. You can also specify whether you want a term set to be open or closed to new submissions from users. Or, you can choose the Intended Use tab, and specify whether the term set should be available for tagging or site navigation.


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FreeFileSync Open Source File Synchronization
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About FreeFileSync
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The FreeFileSync creator, Zenju, shares his thoughts about the project's history, purpose, and direction in an interview after FreeFileSync was elected Project of the Month on SourceForge:
Tell me about the FreeFileSync project.
FreeFileSync is a graphical file synchronization and folder comparison tool. This means that its main purpose is to speed up backup operations by examining the differences between source and target folders, and then only copy what is really needed rather than copy everything each time like disk cloning/imaging tools do.
Since synchronization is usually very fast and can be automated by creating batch jobs, it is easy to always have your important files backed up in a second location — without needing any cloud services at all.
The second core feature is folder comparison: With FreeFileSync, you can binary-compare entire folders and see exactly where the difference is. This is similar to what file diff tools do, but at a folder level. BTW file diff tools can be integrated into FreeFileSync, too.
What made you start this?
When I started the project, I was looking for a file synchronization tool because I was travelling back and forth between two locations and needed my multi-gigabyte data to be in sync on two PCs. So conceptually my requirement was simple, but I was not happy with the tools I found: They were mostly overly complex, often slow, and were lacking good error handling. After seeing one "unknown error" message too many, I decided this problem should be solved starting from first principles. So, I set out a number of goals that FreeFileSync should strive for:
No needless user interface complexity: A good number of options can be avoided by finding a different, smaller set that better suits the task at hand. Another big fraction can entirely be avoided by having the software make smart decisions itself whenever it can do so without risk.
Having an academic background in mathematics, I like to think that good software design is finding the base vectors of the problem domain: If you have too few "vectors" (= program capability), your software doesn't satisfy enough of your users' needs. If you have too many, you are bloating the software with redundant options. Ideally, just like a good set of base vectors for a vector space, features of a software should be orthogonal, which can be translated as having minimal dependencies between each other while maximally expanding into the problem domain.
Having worked professionally mainly in the area of software performance optimization, another goal for FreeFileSync was to have excellent performance. In other words, if I were to find a file synchronization tool that was faster than FreeFileSync I would take it as a challenge and not stop until FreeFileSync is at least equally fast. Since file synchronization is inherently I/O bound, optimal performance can be defined as the time needed to complete the minimum number of I/O operations for a task, while the CPU time should be so short as to be negligible.
Good error handling: Each and every operation should pedantically be checked for errors and in case errors are detected, the maximum amount of useful information should be returned to the user. Reliability is key for a file sync tool, and before FreeFileSync I found the lack of both consistent error checking and reasonable error messages unacceptable in the popular tools. The premise for FreeFileSync is: If no errors are reported, then the user can rest assured that all went well.
Has the original vision been achieved?
Deciding which features to support is a tough battle. Not every feature that is essential for a single user justifies its exposure to the full FreeFileSync user base. On the other hand, more often than not, highly specific scenarios can be supported by only making a number of small changes to the software without increasing the total complexity. In the vector space metaphor, it's like changing the direction of some base vectors. Frequently new requirements can be handled without the proverbial adding of "just another check box". Understanding the problem in its entirety is the hard part and takes time and openness to any kind of user feedback. Now years after its initial conception, I'm proud to say FreeFileSync has not compromised on its ideals in software design. There is no legacy of historical features that could impede future software development.
I have not yet seen a faster synchronization software. The results of performance measurements for FreeFileSync show that except for the essential I/O the fraction of additional time consumed is in the low percent areas. Additionally, FreeFileSync tries to keep the machine busy by doing as much work in parallel as possible. For example, all folders are scanned at the same time, so if you are scanning ten slow hard disks in a single job, you only have to wait the time that it takes to scan a single one of them.
FreeFileSync's error messages significantly reduce the overall support effort because they enable most users to help themselves. Error messages are structured into multiple levels, first providing a high-level overview on what went wrong, followed by more detailed context information and are even going further down to operating system error codes for maximum detail. All the information can be copy-pasted and is formatted in a way that gives good results when entered into a search engine.
This takes a lot of pressure from the FreeFileSync support forums, because users can find a solution to a specific problem much quicker.
Who can benefit the most from your project?
FreeFileSync is suited for everyone who wants to back up their important files regularly. The idea is to set up a sync configuration once and use it from there on. This reduces the mental overhead required to do a backup to a single mouse button click (on a FreeFileSync batch file). If you want even more automation, you can schedule FreeFileSync to run in a task planner or synchronize a folder in real time on each detected change with RealTimeSync, an application coming bundled with FreeFileSync.
Backup is not only needed when disaster strikes, but frequently when you need an earlier version of a particular file or document. In a non-technical sense, FreeFileSync helps you sleep better, knowing that recent versions of your files are safe. I sure know it did help me.
As far as tech know-how is concerned, FreeFileSync requires no special knowledge. No matter if casual PC user or IT administrator, both should find their way in FreeFileSync. I firmly believe that expert users want nice and easy-to-use software, too, so why complicate a program with "easy" and "advanced" modes?
Did more frequent releases help build up your user community?
FreeFileSync releases updates about once every month and has been doing so since its first release. From a software development perspective, this provides all the benefits that are expected from short release cycles nowadays: Bug fixes reach users very quickly, solving problems before they may have a negative impact. This naturally increases the confidence in that the program is stable and well-maintained. Also, severe bugs are less likely to occur in first place because the changes among versions are not as pervasive as for software created following traditional methodologies (like waterfall) and which release maybe once a year.
Frequent releases force you to rigidly streamline the complete development process, including packaging, testing, and localization. All of this takes considerable initial effort, but pays off: If a severe bug was to be found in FreeFileSync, it's possible to ship an out-of-order bug-fix release on the very same day, while users are notified by the built-in auto-updater. This is an essential property for a software that needs to scale to a large number of users who may critically depend on its functionality. Considering all the years that FreeFileSync has been releasing regularly, this consistency helped to build a community of users who are confident about the quality of the backup software they are using.
What is the next big thing for FreeFileSync?
The most-requested feature currently is synchronization with smart phones. This is our top priority and will be in one of the future versions of FreeFileSync. However I can't make any promises when it will be available. [Update: synchronization with MTP devices is available since FreeFileSync 7.0]
If you had it to do over again, what would you do differently?
FreeFileSync takes a drastic approach concerning software development: If something is not right, be it software design or source code, it will be fixed, no matter how small or insignificant the problem might seem. This may sound like a lot of work for tiny problems, but it pays off significantly in the long run when applied consistently. The complete code base, not only of FreeFileSync, but all my software projects always matches the current level of my expertise. Whenever I learn something new, I apply it and fix it everywhere. With my understanding of both technical and human interface problems deepening, the number of things to fix becomes smaller over time and the amount of time to invest shrinks. At the same time, it's a huge strategic advantage because working on the FreeFileSync code base is always fun when there is no historical baggage left. The advantages of constant code refactoring are well-known and in the case of FreeFileSync provably so.
The biggest impact on the software as a whole in this regard has been the C++11 standard [Update: now it's C++20], which had a profound impact on the code base. As soon as the common set of features supported by compilers on Windows, OS X and Linux allowed it, the FreeFileSync code has gradually migrated to using the most recent and improved ways of programming.
Software is taken literally and whenever there is something that should have been done differently, it is never too late to just do it now.
Is there anything else we should know?
I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the project! Thanks in particular to everyone who donated and to my group of dedicated translators who have supported me reliably over all the years. Also, thanks to all of the users reporting feature requests and bug reports that help to improve FreeFileSync even further.
Zenju
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Nuestra Señora de la Cuevita es una de las representaciones de la Virgen María. Se encuentra en el Santuario de la Cuevita, en Artenara (Gran Canaria, Canarias, España).

La talla de la Virgen
La historia de esta advocación de la Virgen María apareció hace muchos siglos junto a una pequeña cueva, sobre un arbusto llamado "abelino".

La antigüedad y el origen de Santa María de la Cuevita de Artenara data varios siglos atrás. Hay quien la vincula a la isla desde el siglo XVI, a raíz de las expediciones de mallorquines y catalanes en las que venían como evangelizadores frailes franciscanos, en cumplimiento de Bulas Papales encaminadas a incorporar a los canarios al cristianismo.
Cuenta la tradición que varios frailes franciscanos de las expediciones de mallorquines y catalanes, se adentraron por las abruptas barrancadas del lado occidental de Gran Canaria en misión apostólica, llegando a las cumbres con una pequeña imagen de la Virgen María a la que, con auxilio de algunos indígenas catequizados, labraron, cara a los precipicios, una reducida casa de oración donde colocaron a la Señora.

La talla de la Virgen de la Cuevita se trata de una escultura de madera de aproximadamente 80 centímetros de alto. Lleva el niño sobre el brazo, ligeramente adosado a un pecho. Su cabellera cae sobre la capa y los hombros. Luce una bella corona real von aureola por otra de rayos y estrellas.

Santuario de la Cuevita
Se encuentra en la isla de Gran Canaria, en el municipio de Artenara, frente al Roque Nublo y el Roque Bentayga.

La actual ermita, que custodia en su interior la talla mariana, data del siglo XVII y está constituida por una cueva de grandes dimensiones. El Santuario Mariano tiene labrados en roca el coro, el altar, el púlpito y el confesionario. El altar tiene aproximadamente 3 metros de altura, 2 metros de largo, 1 metro de ancho y 72 centímetros de fondo.

Ermita de la Cuevita, Artenara

Festividad
En las Fiestas Patronales la imagen es llevada desde su santuario al templo parroquial de San Matías en Artenara.

La fiesta principal en honor a la Virgen de la Cuevita es celebrada el último domingo del mes de agosto, en la cual, aparte de los actos religiosos, destaca la ofrenda del folklore y del ciclismo, a la Virgen de la Cuevita como patrona de ambos. Concluidas las Fiestas, destaca el retorno nocturno de la Virgen desde la Iglesia de San Matías a la cuevita.

Véase también
 Virgen del Pino

Referencias
 Historia de la Cuevita

Enlaces externos

 La Virgen de la Cuevita cumple 50 años como Patrona de los Ciclistas

Artenara
Cuevita
Gran Canaria
Esculturas de la Virgen María
Diócesis de Canarias
Esculturas de España del siglo XIV


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With about 11 minutes remaining in the game, down 42-29, Apollo began full-court pressing. Kesler said the Eagles are not usually a full-court pressing team because they don't have the kind of players who can usually sustain it.
This time, it worked. Apollo forced 17 turnovers and scored 16 points off those turnovers in the second half alone.
"It was just a matter of time before they were going to make a run," Guetter said. "It rattled us a little, and we get antsy when we want to dribble."
Senior guards Michael Tiede and Dauryce Taylor hit three-pointers to start the rally for Apollo. A steal and layup by Tiede cut the lead to two. And a three-point play by senior Ethan Novacinski put the Eagles ahead, 59-57, with 1:15 left.
But Rocori regrouped. Sophomore Sam Olson hit a clutch jumper to tie the game, and the Spartans denied Novacinski the ball on Apollo's final possession, forcing overtime.
Senior Jon Olson scored and was fouled for a three-point play in overtime to give Rocori the lead for good. Novacinski, who was unstoppable for Apollo with 25 points and 11 rebounds, fouled out midway through overtime. The Spartans made their free throws down the stretch to seal the win.
"We got out of control a little bit, just had to calm ourselves down and regroup," said Overman, who finished with 11 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds. "We still believed we could win."
The Spartans will meet top-seed Monticello in the finals on Thursday night for a trip to the state tournament. Monticello beat Becker 63-39 on Saturday behind guard Matt Todd's 22 points and 10 rebounds. Dillon Radunz led Becker with 12 points and 8 rebounds.
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Q: What are all possible values of $ x \equiv a^\frac{p-1}{2} \pmod p$? Suppose p is an odd prime and a $\in$ $\mathbb{Z}$ such that  $ a \not\equiv 0 \pmod p$. What are all the values of $ x \equiv a^\frac{p-1}{2} \pmod p$ ?
This is what I got so far:
$ x^2 \equiv a^{p-1} \pmod p$
By Fermat's Little Theorem,
$ x^2 \equiv 1 \pmod p$
$ x^2 - 1 \equiv 0 \pmod p$
$ (x - 1)(x+1) \equiv 0 \pmod p$
So $\;p\mid(x-1)$ or $p\mid(x+1)$.

A: Going directly from your last line, you have shown that $p \mid (x+1)$ or $p \mid (x - 1)$.

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*In the former case, you have shown that $x \equiv -1 \pmod p$.

*In the latter case, you have shown that $x \equiv 1 \pmod p$.

So these are the two candidates. It conceivably remains to show that both are actually solutions. But this is easy to check! Clearly $1^{\frac{p-1}{2}} \equiv 1 \pmod p$. When is $(-1)^{\frac{p-1}{2}} \equiv 1$? This holds exactly when $\frac{p-1}{2}$ is even (or if $p=2$). This in turn happens exactly when $p=2$ or $p \equiv 1 \pmod 4$.
So $x \equiv 1 \pmod p$ and $x \equiv -1 \pmod p$ are the possible solutions to your question. The latter only occurs when $p = 2$ or $p \equiv 1 \pmod 4$.$\spadesuit$

A: Although several correct answers have been given, I think you may find it interesting to know that this value is known as the Legendre symbol.
It is commonly denoted as
$$\left(\frac{a}{p}\right) \equiv a^{(p-1)/2} \pmod p.$$
This takes the value $0$ whenever $a \mid p$. Otherwise, it is $1$ for a quadratic residue and $-1$ for a quadratic non-residue. This is true by Euler's criterion, which is essentially what you were trying to show (and has been shown in the other answers).

A: $x^2=1 \pmod p \Rightarrow x=\pm 1\pmod p$

A: Do you know about quadratic residues ?
The values of $x$ are $1$ and $-1$.
$\frac{p-1}{2}$ values of $1$ and also $\frac{p-1}{2}$ values of $-1$.

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Jesus Injures Brady's Leg in Practice; Tebow Still Unlikely to Play
FOXBORO, Mass. — Patriot fans are still holding their breath following an apparent injury to quarterback Tom Brady's knee during a joint practice with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Wednesday. Video of the incident showed Bucs defensive lineman Adrian Clayborn push Patriots offensive lineman Nate Solder into Brady's leg just after Brady's pass, causing the two-time MVP to go down and grab his leg. While Brady ended his afternoon early, initial reports suggest Brady's injury is not serious. Nevertheless, Pastor Mac Brunson of the First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida stepped forward to announce that the incident is "unmistakable proof" that Brady is no longer the favored son of the Lord God, and backup Tim Tebow must be returned to his "rightful place" at starting quarterback.
"The fact that this injury occurred on Tebow's birthday is all the necessary evidence we need to declare that God's messenger on this earth is no longer Tom Brady, but Tim Tebow," said Pastor Brunson. "God has struck down Brady and intends for Tebow to take his place. The Patriots organization can either accept this and prosper, or continue to suffer misfortune and injury if it insists on putting the Unclean One under center,"
"The Lord hath spoken," Brunson added.
The announcement should come as a relief to Tebow supporters. Patriots coach Bill Belichick recently refused to comment on whether Tebow would be on the final 53-man roster. In his first preseason game, Tebow completed four of 12 passes for 55 yards and was sacked three times.
"Obviously, I'm very excited about the opportunity," Tebow told reporters shortly after the announcement. "Jesus didn't mention anything about my football future when I spoke with Him last week, but this is as good a sign as any. I can only assume that the last two Patriot Super Bowl losses were God's will too. It makes me wonder if Bernard Pollard was really one of God's angels in disguise."
While Brunson was silent on whether Tebow's new place on high would improve his on-the-field performance, they did confirm that Belichick's coaching success would continue until he is defeated by the Messiah and sent to Hell following the Battle of Armageddon.
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I can connect successfully to my Linux server using WinSCP GUI version 5.5.1 under Windows 7.
However I need to automate a few file transfers so I have to use WinSCP from command line (MSDOS style).
In this example I put <user> <passw> and <hostname> in place of the real username, password and host names.
"Host key does not match configured key ssh-rsa".
Host key fingerprint is ssh-rsa 2048 b7:d7:c0:65:a8:5e:a1:ef:11:91:db:98:3d:92:2a:2a.
(Exception) Host key wasn't verified!
I double checked the host key in the server boot data and it is correct and matches with the one which appears in the above log file.
For debugging purpose I tried to use -hostkey="*" and it works. I can't understand what is wrong with the auto-confirmation.
You have the quotes wrong.
Thanks a lot prikryl, the problem was exactly due to the wrong quotes and now the host key matches the configured key.
(ETerminal) No such file or directory.
Again from the GUI interface I can login as timbr and upload files to home/timbr/timbrature while in the batch execution I get the above errors.
I enclose the new log file.
If the account is chrooted, you have to use a path relative to the root.
I assume that if you login (in GUI), you do not start in /home/timbr, but in / (what is physically the /home/timbr). So in the script you also need to use a path starting from /, not /home/timbr. I.e. probably /timbrature/ (but I obviously do not know what your root is, so it's just a guess).
Hi prikryl, you have solved a problem on which I was stuck from several days.
I am astonished by your competence and experience.
Your support is really precious, I am grateful to you.