BEIJING - China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 2.3 percent year on year in November, up from October's 2.1 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Frdiay.
On a month-on-month basis, the CPI rose 0.1 percent in November.
NBS statistician Sheng Guoqing attributed the stronger growth of inflation to higher food and fuel prices.
Vegetable prices jumped 5.5 percent month on month, as a cold weather front disrupted supplies, contributing 0.14 percentage points to the CPI growth.
On a year-on-year basis, vegetable prices soared 15.8 percent, compared with 13-percent increase in October.
Prices of petrol, diesel, gas, coal, water and electricity also increased last month, again due to the cold weather.
However, prices of fruit and pork continued to fall from October, down 2.2 percent and 1.9 percent.
In addition, tourism costs including flight prices dipped, as the winter is a low season for travel.
Since January 2016, CPI has been calculated using a new comparison base and included more products and services, while slightly reducing the weighting of food.
China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, continued its growth by rising 1.5 percent year on year in November, the highest in 56 months.
Reform will boost the growth potential of China's economy, and China is expected to achieve GDP per capita of $12,600 in 2022, making it a high-income country, said Cai Fang, deputy director of the Chinese Academy of Social Science, Shanghai Securities News reported.
Cai made his remarks at a Dec 5 economics forum in Shanghai. He predicted that China's GDP growth rate would be between 6.2 and 6.7 percent during the 13th Five-Year Plan period. Zhu Baoliang, chief economist at the Economic Forecast Department of China's State Information Center, as well as Li Xunlei, a member of the Shanghai Finance Institute's Academic Committee, consider the GDP growth rate in 2016 to be 6.7 percent. The rate is projected to be 6.3 percent in 2017.
According to Zhu, China's economy has not yet reached its nadir; the second lowest level will emerge in 2018. Li pointed out that downward pressure will also be present in 2017.
China's economy is on an L-shaped trajectory in both the short term and long term, said Cai. The economic growth rate is declining due to a disappearance of demographic dividends. While the growth will not see a V-shaped rebound, reform can still improve it.
According to Cai, the long-term L-shaped trajectory is created by long-term reform dividends. For example, household registration system reform can improve the labor participation rate of non-agricultural industries, as well as the productivity rate of the supply side, enlarging consumption from the demand side.
Zhu pointed out that China's economic growth should focus on supply-side structural reform, to further reduce excess capacity, strengthen market means and risk prevention, and promote reforms in administrative and state-owned enterprises, including those related to finance, taxation, land and social security.


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The 'Clock Kid' Incident Is a Small Part of a Bigger Problem
The recent experience of Muslim American high school student Ahmed Mohamed sheds light on the much bigger issue of Islamophobia in the United States today.
Sanam Malik
Advancing Racial Equity and Justice, Islamophobia, Public Life, Racial Equity and Justice, Religion and Values
Ahmed Mohamed and his father thank supporters during a news conference in Irving, Texas. Ahmed was arrested last week after a teacher thought a homemade clock he built was a bomb. (AP/Brandon Wade)
This column contains a correction.
Regular "Race and Beyond" columnist Sam Fulwood III asked Sanam Malik, the Special Assistant for the Center for American Progress' Immigration Policy team, for insights into the rampant Islamophobia in the United States. Malik, an American Muslim, pleads for greater awareness of this nation's many faith traditions and for the exercise of common sense in religious tolerance.
Last week, 14-year-old Texas high school student Ahmed Mohamed brought a homemade digital clock to school hoping to impress his teacher. Instead of receiving praise for his great work, however, he was handcuffed, booked, and falsely charged with bringing a bomb to school. After an intense public outcry, all charges against him were dropped, and he was released. Ahmed is a Muslim American.
Let's be honest: If Ahmed were a non-Muslim white kid, he probably would have won the science fair. This is not an isolated incident but rather a small part of the much bigger issue that is Islamophobia and racism in America. Discrimination and hate crimes against Muslim Americans have skyrocketed since 2001. According to FBI data, 500 anti-Muslim hate crimes were reported in 2001 after 9/11, up from the typical 20 to 30 incidents per year. For the past few years, anti-Muslim hate crimes have made up 13 percent to 14 percent of annual hate crimes—reaching nearly 100 anti-Muslim hate crimes each year from 2011 to 2013. These do not include the hate crimes that go unreported.
While Ahmed received an invitation to visit the White House from President Barack Obama and a personal offer to tour Facebook from Mark Zuckerberg, his experience is not the norm for other victims. Muslim Americans face bias and discrimination in all forms. Earlier this year, for example, a neighbor's triple execution–style homicide of three promising Muslim college students in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, shed light on how extreme anti-Muslim rhetoric can get. Although it has been hard for police to prove whether the crime was racially motivated, the suspect's Facebook profile was filled with anti-religion and anti-Muslim sentiments. In late 2014, a 15-year-old Somali Muslim teenager was run over by an SUV covered in anti-Muslim graffiti, which nearly severed both of his legs and eventually killed him.
Additionally, South Asians of other faiths—particularly Hindus and Sikhs—have been targeted because they were perceived to be Muslim. In 2012, a South Asian man was pushed to his death in front of an oncoming New York subway train by a woman who told police, "I pushed a Muslim off the train tracks because I hate Hindus and Muslims ever since 2001 when they put down the twin towers I've been beating them up."
Despite these hate crimes, Muslim Americans have never shied away from helping others experiencing hardships, something that the mainstream media often fails to report. Recently, for example, after several black churches across the South were deliberately lit on fire, a group of Muslims put together a crowdfunding campaign that raised more than $100,000 to help with rebuilding costs. In addition, Muslims around the world have dedicated time and money to natural disaster cleanups. After Hurricane Katrina, 18 predominantly Muslim countries—including poor countries such as Pakistan and Bangladesh—collectively donated more than $1 billion to relief efforts. Furthermore, thousands of Muslims volunteered onsite, and mosques opened their doors to all people affected by the hurricane. Members of the only surviving mosque in New Orleans transformed it into a health clinic. Mosques in nearby cities such as Baton Rouge, Shreveport, and Houston provided shelter for all survivors.
Racism, discrimination, and the marginalization of minority communities and individuals has been a sad part of American history. Whether in the form of racially motivated hate crimes against black Americans in both the past and the present or the recent crimes against Latinos, racism continues to flourish. Indeed, hate crimes are often the result of influential people's hate speech. In 2012, after Rep. Michele Bachman's (R-MN) anti-Muslim statements and Rep. Peter King's (R-NY)* anti-Muslim hearings, there was an uptick in hate crimes against Muslims, including the Missouri mosque destroyed by arson and the Bangladeshi cab driver in New York who was brutally attacked by a passenger who mistook him for a Muslim. These violent acts show how deeply rooted Islamophobia has become. The media further feeds the anti-Muslim rhetoric by airing stories about religious fanatics who use religion to fulfill their own personal agendas.
Islamophobia is rampant in the United States today. However, we must not punish or hold accountable an entire population of 1.6 billion Muslims for the crimes of a few—a concept of empathy so elementary and logical but yet one that so many people, of all educational backgrounds, fail to comprehend.
As a result of such bigotry, innocent and law-abiding individuals become targets of hate speech and hateful actions. Where does it stop? How many children like Ahmed have to go through life feeling as if they can't pursue their dreams, talents, and passions because of who they are? According to the Pew Research Center, the Muslim American population is expected to reach 6.2 million people by 2030. And with current conditions in the Middle East, more refugees—the majority of whom are Muslims—are expected to migrate to the United States in the years to come. This makes it crucial for the media, policymakers, and influential public figures to educate themselves and be mindful of how their speech and actions portray Muslim Americans.
Hate and prejudice are toxic for all Americans. Although there are many bigots in society, quite a few of whom hold influential positions, there are also millions of compassionate, tolerant people. These are the true Americans: those who know how to differentiate between right and wrong and who don't lump everyone into one category. America was not built on intolerance and hate; rather, it was founded and thrives on its richly diverse population. Just steps from the U.S. Capitol, an 1897 painting inside a significant dome of the world's largest library pays tribute to the intellectual achievements of Muslims alongside those of other minority groups. This makes it evident that the Founding Fathers recognized that the only way to be a successful nation is to respect and accept all of the diverse religions and cultures that make up the fabric of our society.
Sanam Malik is a Special Assistant for the Immigration Policy team at the Center for American Progress.
*Correction, September 23, 2015: This column has been corrected to accurately identify Rep. Peter King (R-NY) as the congressman who held anti-Muslim hearings.
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Veeam announced that it has received the Certificate of Networthiness (CoN) from the U.S. army for the Veeam Backup & Replication product. The version certified is version 4.x and certification of the latest version, 5.0 which was released in October this year is on its way.
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Baltimore Printing History: "The Printing Office"
Here's an interesting printer's receipt I bought recently from an Austin dealer because the word "Books" appeared in the upper, left corner of the paper. It probably refers to blank books, but I liked the look of it enough to buy it anyway.
This paper predates the Civil War and given Baltimore's rich colonial and Revolutionary history, I thought there could be a connection to some interesting history beyond the date on the paper. I think I may have been rewarded for my reasoning.
I find nothing of historical significance about the printing transaction indicated—payment received from a Mr. Francis V. Moale, an estate trustee, for 25 handbills. But the building where "The Printing Office" was headquartered is the portal for a look back into not only Baltimore's history, but American Revolutionary history.
The Sun Iron Building, where the printer was located, was built in 1851 and was one of the first iron-frame buildings in the city and served as a model for other buildings. Sadly, it was destroyed in the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904.
But the site where it was built had also once been the address of a printer named William Goddard, who, coincidentally (or not), called his business The Printing-Office (with a hyphen). He started the business in 1773 in the house that once occupied the same lot where the Sun Iron Building later stood with its Printing Office.
A year later, his sister Katherine Goddard would join him in the business, where William had also begun publishing two Baltimore newspapers--the Maryland Journal and the Baltimore Advertiser. There are many links to pages about Katherine Goddard, but I chose the one above because it's the only one I found that has an image of her. Christopher T. George provides a more detailed account of her life at http://www.baltimoremd.com/monuments/goddard.html.
This is where the history gets real interesting. By 1775, Katherine's name began appearing in the paper as Publisher and Editor. While not a first in the Colonies, it was unusual. She quickly gained a solid reputation in the printing business and that year was also named Postmaster of Baltimore. That was unusual and likely is the first appointment in the colonies of a woman to that position.
She began publishing news of events leading to the war for American independence. In 1777, she published the first printing of the Declaration of Independence that included the signers' names.
Certain radical groups, chief among them the Whig Club, tried to censure what she printed, such as criticism of General Washington several years into the war. She fought back for the freedom of speech and the press.
She continued in her roles as publisher, editor and postmaster well into the 1780s, when she was unfairly, it would seem, relieved of her postmaster duties and had a falling out with her brother, after which she left the newspaper business William started.
But that wasn't the end of her entrepreneurial endeavors. She continued on as a publisher and published her own almanac, which competed with that of her brother's. She also opened and operated a bookstore in Baltimore until 1802 when she retired from business altogether. She died in 1816 at the age of 78, having lived an eventful life in which she engaged the causes of independence, freedom of the press, and even women's rights.
So can I connect my 1851 Printing Office receipt to a colonial printing office that evolved with a fledgling young nation's struggle to turn its declaration for independence into the realization of a truly independent country?
On July 3, 1887, the New York Times published a brief article that confirms my assumptions about the connection between the Goddard's The Printing-Office and the Sun Iron Building's The Printing Office more than 75 years later. I found the article here in the archives.
What I haven't discovered yet is if, after William Goddard sold or closed the business in the 1790s, the business continued on in the new century under the same name, ultimately moving into the new Sun Iron Building in 1851. Or, perhaps, the proprietors of the reincarnated The Printing Office had a good sense of the history that preceded it on that site and paid homage to the Goddards by reviving the name of their business. The search continues...
Baltimore Declaration of Independence Katherine Goddard Printing Publishing Sun Iron Building William Goddard
How to open a book
Cataloging books the other day, I came across an 1890s multivolume set called Messages and Papers of the Presidents . Inside one of the volumes was a slip of printed paper with a bookbinder's message: How to Open a Book . The set was published by the Government Printing Office, so they are the likely source of this piece of paper, which reprints a passage from a publication titled, Modern Bookbinding . No other bibliographical detail is included for that title, but I have found a magazine from that era, Modern Bookbinding and Their Designers . No clue, though, as to the author of this particular piece. You might wonder (I did) why there would be a need for instructions to open a book. And if you put those instructions inside the book, doesn't that defeat the purpose somewhat? Opening a book is not as easy as you might think. At least if you read these instructions and try to follow them. Here's the gist of it in the opening run-on sentence: Hold the book with its back
A Bookaholic and Bibliophile in Ukraine
A favorite piece in my Bibliophemera collection is an unused postcard illustrated by Ukrainian artists Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv. It features two interesting, whimsical creatures embracing each other while maintaining engagement with their books. Cat-like and bird-like, one in high heels and one barefoot, one with a long tail and prominent ears and one with tail feathers and no visible ears, both with beaks, and both with books. They can't put their books down even in this intimate moment. Appropriately, they are labeled Bookaholic and Bibliophile. Might they even be an imaginative rendering of the artists themselves? Romana and Andriy were both born in Lviv, Ukraine in 1984 and continue to live and work there. The illustration on the postcard is a fitting depiction of their artistic lives where books and their illustrations comprise their passion for illustration, book design, and writing. Together, they started Art Studio Agrafka in Lviv where they have produced award-win
Haunted Holmes Book Company in Oakland
Does this look like a haunted building? The Holmes Book Company was located here at 274 Fourteenth Street in 1931 according to the postmark date on the postal cover below. And according to some, a ghost roamed the stacks mischievously throwing books and making some of the patrons feel uneasy. An article on haunted Oakland touches on this phenomenon. You can search the Internet, using the keywords Holmes Book Company ghost , and find the same or similar references to the spooky goings on in the old book shop building. Holmes was Harold C. Holmes, who lived from 1877-1965. A brief biography of Holmes is found at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, where his papers are archived. He was born in Toronto, Canada, but his family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area when he was about five years of age. There, his father started the Holmes Book Company, which had several antiquarian book shops in San Francisco and Oakland and offered the opportunity for Harold Holmes to enter the b


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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder appearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today continues to stonewall on releasing requested documents detailing what the Justice Department knew about the failed Mexican gunrunning program known as Fast and Furious. The botched operation that supplied more than 2,000 guns to the violent Sinaloa drug cartel and was linked to countless murders in Mexico also resulted in heads rolling in the Arizona office.
U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke was out the door in record time and Patrick Cunningham, the chief of the Criminal Division invoked his Fifth Amendment protections against self incrimination, refusing to testify when called before Congress. The operation was finally shut down after the death of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in the Arizona desert. The fraud perpetrated on the American public through this rogue ATF scheme demands answers.
This morning, Barack Obama, going to extraordinary lengths to suppress information, has stepped in and asserted executive privilege as requested by Holder. U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee promises a contempt vote. With 22-16 Republicans to Democrats on the House Committee, passage should be assured.
Although this memorial to honor Agent Terry won unanimous approval in the senate, refresh your memory by watching Holder's warped utterances, as he steadfastly refused to apologize to the dead agent's family. And while still heading up the Arizona U.S. Attorney's Office Dennis Burke went out of his way to disqualify Agent Terry's family as crime victims, since that would further implicate him and his minions.
In October 2011, ten Arizona sheriffs met in Phoenix to denounce the bungled scheme and demand a Special Counsel look into Eric Holder and the Department of Justice for their roles in "Operation Fast & Furious." There was not a peep from CD 7 Democrat Raul Grijalva in whose district the murder of Agent Terry occurred.
Corruption in this administration is not kept under wraps as the documents are. It is there for all to see. Eric Holder should be held in contempt and removed from office. Ditto for Barack Obama in November.
By a vote of 23 – 17, the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee has voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for his failure to produce documents specified in the Committee's October 12, 2011, subpoena. The vote went along party lines with all 23 Republicans on the panel voting for contempt, and all 17 Democrats against the contempt resolution.
A contempt resolution will be brought to a vote in the full House next week unless Holder hands over the documents regarding Operation Fast and Furious.
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What a disgrace that political correctness and a lousy GOP candidate gave us this miserable liberal partisan. Obama and his administration are snakes, one and all. America is being screwed without a kiss.
Dennis Burke has strong ties to Janet Napolitano. He was her Chief of Staff when she was governor and AG and her all around toady. She slipped him into this job for he was ill equipped and from which he was eventually canned. Burke, like another leftist, (former Associate Justice David Souter) never married and still lived with his mother. He probably thought those would be exemplary qualifications for a US Supreme Court appointment before his ineptness hit the fan.
Summary of Fast & Furious (F&F): a program of the OBOZO regime that was designed to manipulate public opinion so they could destroy the Second Amendment freedoms of Americans to own guns. A key element of this despicable plan was to allow mexican drug cartels to gain free access to purchase guns and rifles in the US (principally, Arizona) and then, after the guns had been used in horrific crimes by the cartels, to sway US public opinion against such "easy" access to guns by federal legislation (or more OBOZO's dictatorial decrees) to severely limit ALL gun sales to American citizens. The F&F operation was totally and completed botched by the ATF/DOJ when they lost track of the thousands of weapons they let the cartel buy. Nonetheless, the weapons were used in thousands of murders, including the murder of US Border Patrol; agent Brian Terry.
Why the "Executive Privilege" cover-up: Documents showing the direct involvement in this plan by Valerie Jarrett, Rahm Emanuel, Eric Holder, numerous other high WH officials and OBOZO, himself, would destroy this rogue, anti-Constitutional, anti-democracy regime if the public saw them. Hence, the OBOZO regime will do whatever it takes to keep them hidden.
Why hold Holder in Contempt: He has stonewalled legitimate Congressional requests for F&F documents for well over a year, and he blatantly LIED to Congress in his 04 Feb 2011 letter stating no knowledge of or involvement in F&F.
Isn't this interesting? I just found it doing a Google search, What a surprise to find out the leftwing instrument known as the New York Times has been withholding information on this scandal and Eric Holder's involvement in it, including his admissions?
More & more people will be killed from F & F weapons, thanks to the Obama Admin. The cover up will continue for years to come. Obama leaks National Security secrets & terrorist kill lists for political gain to show he's a "tuff" guy. But now executive privilege for F & F where Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, the ICE agent (sorry I don't recall his name) and 100's of Mexican citizens & police officers killed with F & F weapons that his Admin provided & mumms the word. Very interesting since supposedly Obama didn't know anything about F & F – the why the order????
In other words, OBOZO has a full week to issue a dictatorial decree disbanding Congress. Watch for it.


People who fled the Syrian civil war, which started over 4 years ago, exceeded 4 million. Of them, 1.8 million went to Turkey, which is now the country that hosts the highest number of refugees in the world. These data have been released by latest report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) published on Tuesday. The Syrian civil war, started in March 2011, has caused the world's largest refugees flow over the last 25 years. In details, Syrian refugees are 4,013,000, whilst other 7.6 million people left their homes but remained within the country. Syrian population doesn't thus reach 18 million of inhabitants. "This is the biggest refugee population from a single conflict in a generation. It is a population that deserves the support of the world but is instead living in dire conditions and sinking deeper into abject poverty," said UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres.
Alongside Turkey, other countries hosting a high number of Syrian people are Lebanon (1,172,753), Iraq (249,726), Jordan (629,128), and Egypt (132,375). The report doesn't consider some 270,000 refugees seeking asylum in EU countries and other thousands of refugees all over the world. The UNHCR estimates that refugees will reach 4.27 million by the end of the year. Over the last 10 months alone, a million people fled the country. And the crisis seems anything but close to a solution.


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Solution: Adaption of the autonomous vehicle systems to meet the needs of older drivers through pilot studies with older drivers and engaging experts in older driver assessment.
Impact: Adapted autonomous vehicles have huge potential to improve independence of older adults but only if the older adult is able to operate the vehicles safely.


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Omar Habbak is an Egyptian-American composer based in Southern California. His work encompasses film, games, and commercials. Over the past few years, Omar interned and worked at Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions, Henry Jackman's Sacred Tiger Music, Warner Bros. Pictures Music, and DreamWorks TV Music.
His latest project includes scoring an animated short film, "Pharaoh" which has won Best Animated Short Film for the Mind Indie Film Festival, New York Short Film Festival as well as receiving over 4 million views online. Additionally, Omar recently scored "Viewpoint", a short film for the Warner Bros. Emerging Directors Workshop which is now available on HBO.


A win over Pitt is always good. WVU defeats Pitt by a final score of 5-4 in the season's first edition of the baseball Backyard Brawl.
The win takes the West Virginia lead in the all-time series to 108-88, including five in a row.
WVU took the lead in the eighth inning on a sac fly by Kevin Brophy that scored Darius Hill.
Mountaineers take the lead❗❗ Kevin Brophy scores Darius Hill with a sac fly to right.
On to the 9th, WVU leads the Backyard Brawl 5-4!!
The game set an attendance record. There were 3,487 fans in attendance.
WVU football running backs coach Chad Scott was in attendance for the game. Not only was he at the game, but he was in full uniform and ready to pinch run if need be. Here he is with the Mountaineer, Trevor Kiess.
.@CoachMazey I know you didn't need me, but I was ready to pinch run at anytime!


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In the paper I am reading I see
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E[(X-Y)^2]=\sigma_X^2+\sigma_Y^2-2\rho\sigma_X^2\sigma_Y^2+(E[X^2]+E[Y^2]-2E[X]E[Y]).
$$
When I try to calculate it I get
$$
\begin{align}
E[(X-Y)^2]&=E[X^2]-2E[XY]+E[Y^2]
\\&=E[X^2]+E[Y^2]-2E[X]E[Y]-2COV[X,Y]
\\&=E[X^2]+E[Y^2]-2E[X]E[Y]-2\rho\sigma_X\sigma_Y
\end{align}
$$
I cannot figure out the last step. Have I made a mistake before? Many thanks.
The link to the paper is: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03524677/

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#ifndef FAILEDLITSEARCHER_H
#define FAILEDLITSEARCHER_H

#include <set>
#include <map>
#include <vector>

#include "cmsat/SolverTypes.h"
#include "cmsat/Clause.h"
#include "cmsat/BitArray.h"

namespace CMSat {

using std::set;
using std::map;
using std::vector;

class Solver;

/**
@brief Responsible for doing failed var searching and related algorithms

Performs in seach():
1) Failed lit searching
2) Searching for lits that have been propagated by both "var" and "~var"
3) 2-long Xor clauses that have been found because when propagating "var" and
   "~var", they have been produced by normal xor-clauses shortening to this xor
   clause
4) If var1 propagates var2 and ~var1 propagates ~var2, then var=var2, and this
   is a 2-long XOR clause, this 2-long xor is added
5) Hyper-binary resolution

Perfoms in asymmBranch(): asymmetric branching, heuristically. Best paper
on this is 'Vivifying Propositional Clausal Formulae', though we do it much
more heuristically
*/
class FailedLitSearcher {
    public:
        FailedLitSearcher(Solver& _solver);

        bool search();
        double getTotalTime() const;

    private:
        //Main
        bool tryBoth(const Lit lit1, const Lit lit2);
        bool tryAll(const Lit* begin, const Lit* end);
        void printResults(const double myTime) const;

        Solver& solver; ///<The solver we are updating&working with

        bool failed; ///<For checking that a specific propagation failed (=conflict). It is used in many places

        //bothprop finding
        vector<uint32_t> propagatedBitSet;
        BitArray propagated; ///<These lits have been propagated by propagating the lit picked
        BitArray propValue; ///<The value (0 or 1) of the lits propagated set in "propagated"
        /**
        @brief Lits that have been propagated to the same value both by "var" and "~var"

        value that the literal has been propagated to is available in propValue
        */
        vec<Lit> bothSame;

        //2-long xor-finding
        /**
        @brief used to find 2-long xor by shortening longer xors to this size

        -# We propagate "var" and record all xors that become 2-long
        -# We propagate "~var" and record all xors that become 2-long
        -# if (1) and (2) have something in common, we add it as a variable
        replacement instruction

        We must be able to order these 2-long xors, so that we can search
        for matching couples fast. This class is used for that
        */
        class TwoLongXor
        {
        public:
            bool operator==(const TwoLongXor& other) const
            {
                if (var[0] == other.var[0]
                    && var[1] == other.var[1]
                    && inverted == other.inverted)
                    return true;
                return false;
            }
            bool operator<(const TwoLongXor& other) const
            {
                if (var[0] < other.var[0]) return true;
                if (var[0] > other.var[0]) return false;

                if (var[1] < other.var[1]) return true;
                if (var[1] > other.var[1]) return false;

                if (inverted < other.inverted) return true;
                if (inverted > other.inverted) return false;

                return false;
            }

            Var var[2];
            bool inverted;
        };

        class BinXorToAdd
        {
            public:
                BinXorToAdd(const Lit _lit1, const Lit _lit2, const bool _isEqualFalse) :
                    lit1(_lit1)
                    , lit2(_lit2)
                    , isEqualFalse(_isEqualFalse)
                {}
                Lit lit1;
                Lit lit2;
                bool isEqualFalse;
        };
        TwoLongXor getTwoLongXor(const XorClause& c);
        void addFromSolver(const vec<XorClause*>& cs);
        void removeVarFromXors(const Var var);
        void addVarFromXors(const Var var);

        uint32_t newBinXor;
        vec<uint32_t> xorClauseSizes;
        vector<vector<uint32_t> > occur; ///<Occurence list for XORs. Indexed by variables
        BitArray xorClauseTouched;
        vec<uint32_t> investigateXor;
        std::set<TwoLongXor> twoLongXors;
        bool binXorFind;
        uint32_t lastTrailSize;
        vector<BinXorToAdd> binXorToAdd;

        /**
        @brief Num. 2-long xor-found through Le Berre paper

        In case:
        -# (a->b, ~a->~b) -> a=b
        -#  binary clause (a,c) exists:  (a->g, c->~g) -> a = ~c
        */
        uint32_t bothInvert;

        //finding HyperBins
        struct LitOrder2
        {
            LitOrder2(const vec<BinPropData>& _binPropData) :
            binPropData(_binPropData)
            {}

            bool operator () (const Lit x, const Lit y) const
            {
                return binPropData[x.var()].lev > binPropData[y.var()].lev;
            }

            const vec<BinPropData>& binPropData;
        };
        struct BinAddData
        {
            vector<Lit> lits;
            Lit lit;
        };
        struct BinAddDataSorter
        {
            bool operator() (const BinAddData& a, const BinAddData& b) const
            {
                return (a.lits.size() > b.lits.size());
            }
        };
        //void addMyImpliesSetAsBins(Lit lit, int32_t& difference);

        uint32_t addedBin;
        void hyperBinResolution(const Lit lit);
        BitArray unPropagatedBin;
        BitArray needToVisit;
        vec<Var> propagatedVars;
        void addBin(const Lit lit1, const Lit lit2);
        void fillImplies(const Lit lit);
        vec<Var> myImpliesSet; ///<variables set in myimplies
        uint64_t hyperbinProps; ///<Number of bogoprops done by the hyper-binary resolution function hyperBinResolution()

        //bin-removal within hyper-bin-res
        vec<Lit> uselessBin;
        uint32_t removedUselessLearnt;
        uint32_t removedUselessNonLearnt;
        BitArray dontRemoveAncestor;
        vec<Var> toClearDontRemoveAcestor;
        /**
        @brief Controls hyper-binary resolution's time-usage

        Don't do more than this many propagations within hyperBinResolution()
        */
        uint64_t maxHyperBinProps;

        //Temporaries
        vec<Lit> tmpPs;

        //State for this run
        /**
        @brief Records num. var-replacement istructions between 2-long xor findings through longer xor shortening

        Finding 2-long xor claues by shortening is fine, but sometimes we find
        the same thing, or find something that is trivially a consequence of
        other 2-long xors that we already know. To filter out these bogus
        "findigs" from the statistics reported, we save in this value the
        real var-replacement insturctions before and after the 2-long xor
        finding through longer xor-shortening, and then compare the changes
        made
        */
        uint32_t toReplaceBefore;
        uint32_t origTrailSize; ///<Records num. of 0-depth assignments at the start-up of search()
        uint64_t origProps;     ///<Records num. of bogoprops at the start-up of search()
        uint32_t numFailed;     ///<Records num. of failed literals during search()
        uint32_t goodBothSame;  ///<Records num. of literals that have been propagated to the same value by both "var" and "~var"

        //State between runs
        double totalTime;
        double numPropsMultiplier; ///<If last time we called search() all went fine, then this is incremented, so we do more searching this time
        uint32_t lastTimeFoundTruths; ///<Records how many unit clauses we found last time we called search()
        uint32_t numCalls; ///<Number of times search() has been called
        uint32_t lastTimeStopped;
};

inline double FailedLitSearcher::getTotalTime() const
{
    return totalTime;
}

}

#endif //FAILEDVARSEARCHER_H


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Q: Copy dependency assemblies into nuget package I got a VS 2019 solution with many .Net Standard 2.0 projects.
My main project has a project dependency to another project that has a dependency to a Dapper assembly.
After compiling the main project into a NuGet package, the package hasn't got the Dapper dependency.
How can I include the Dapper assembly into the NuGet package ?

A:
Copy dependency assemblies into nuget package

When you pack your main project, it will make another project as a nuget package because the main project references another project. You should note that dotnet pack will see another project as a nuget package but you did not pack another project additionally.
So it will miss another project on the package source and the dependency Dapper exists under another project.
It is not in the dependency of the main project but in the dependency package of another project.
Suggestion
==========================================================
1) You do not worry too much about that. You should also pack another project as a nuget package and then put it into the nuget package source.
Like this:

Although the dependency Dapper does not show on the main project, it shows under the dependency package. And it is installed into the project along with the dependency project.
=====================================================
Please note that:
Before you install any version of the package, you should first clean nuget caches first or delete the cache packages folder under C:\Users\xxx(current user)\.nuget

=========================================================
2) If you still want to see the dependency Dapper under the main project, you should also install Dapper nuget package into the main project.
Then pack it and you can see the dependency Dapper in it.
=========================================================
Besides, if you do not want the referenced project to become a dependency nuget package, but just an assembly dll, you could refer to this link's solution.


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\section{Benchmarking} \label{benchmarking}
We used datasets of 2 different sizes to perform the benchmarking of the
application. Table \ref{tab:datasets} shows the details of the two datasets.
The CreateWord2VecModel spark application is most complex and time
consuming application. We used this application for the benchmarking. We
deployed the application on Chameleon cloud and Jetstream cloud. Table
\ref{tab:cloudconfig} shows the details for the cluster configurations on
Chameleon and Jetstream clouds.

\begin{table}[htbp]
\centering
\caption{\bf Dataset Used for Performance Measurement}
  \begin{tabular}{l|c|r}
    \hline
    Parameter & Dataset1 & Dataset2 \\
    Size of crawldb & 1.4MB & 7.4MB \\
    Count of files in crawldb & 100 & 500 \\
    Source & Wikipedia & Wikipedia \\
    \hline
  \end{tabular}
  \label{tab:datasets}
\end{table}

\begin{table}[htbp]
\centering
\caption{\bf Dataset Used for Performance Measurement}
  \begin{tabular}{ l | c | r }
    \hline
    Parameter & Chameleon Cluster & Jetstream Cluster \\
    Cluster name & cluster-005 & cluster-010 \\
    Nodes & 2 & 2 \\
    OS & Ubuntu 14.04 & Ubuntu 14.04 \\
    Flavor & m1.medium & m1.medium \\
    Secgroup & default & default \\
    Assign floating IP & True & True \\
    Cloud & chameleon & iujetstream \\
    \hline
  \end{tabular}
  \label{tab:cloudconfig}
\end{table}

Figure \ref{fig:compare147} shows the total time taken by CreateWord2Vec
application for Dataset1 on the Chameleon and Jetstream cloud environments.
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\fbox{\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{images/compare147.png}}
\caption{Time taken by CreateWord2Vec for Dataset1}
\label{fig:compare147}
\end{figure}

Figure \ref{fig:compare522} shows the total time taken by CreateWord2Vec
application for Dataset2 on the Chameleon and Jetstream cloud environmentnments.
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\fbox{\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{images/compare522.png}}
\caption{Time taken by CreateWord2Vec for Dataset2}
\label{fig:compare522}
\end{figure}

\subsection{Working with large dataset} \label{benchmarklargedatasets}
There are several configuration parameters added in the application to
fine tune the behavior of the spark applications. When working with larger
datasets, the spark applications can go out of memory. Following parameters
can be configured in the config.propertise to handle such situation.

\begin{verbatim}
spark_executor_memory = <memory given to executor>
spark_driver_memory = <memory given to driver>
max_result_size = <maximum result size>
\end{verbatim}

We tried running out solution on a 4 node cluster with 1000 files on
the crawlDB and the create model script failed with out
of memory exceptions.

\begin{verbatim}
["OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning:
INFO: os::commit_memory(0x00007ff67449f000, 12288, 0)
failed; error='Cannot allocate memory' (errno=12)",
"OpenJDK 64-Bit Server
VM warning: INFO:
os::commit_memory(0x00007ff6746a1000, 12288, 0)
failed; error='Cannot allocate memory' (errno=12)", "#", "#
There is insufficient memory for the Java Runtime
Environment to continue.",
"# Native memory allocation (malloc) failed to
allocate 12288 bytes for committing reserved memory.",
"# An error report file with more information is saved as:",
"# /home/hadoop/hs_err_pid25854.log"], "warnings": []}
\end{verbatim}

We need to tune spark memory parameters here, since the words in model
become too high and we need as much memory(RAM) to execute the
solution or else it goes out of memory(OOM). For example for
min\_word\_count = 5, the number of words in the model were 20839
and executor\_memory of 4GB was enough. But for min\_word\_count of 3
which resulted in 30194 words in model, we have to give 6GB RAM. After
making these changes to spark executor and driver memory
we were able to run the solution successfully with 1000 files.

\begin{table}[htbp]
\centering
\caption{\bf Cluster configuration used for performance measurement}
  \begin{tabular}{ l | c }
    \hline
    Parameter & Chameleon Cluster  \\
    Cluster name & cluster-006 \\
    Nodes & 4  \\
    OS & Ubuntu 14.04  \\
    Flavor & m1.medium \\
    Secgroup & default  \\
    Assign floating IP & True  \\
    Cloud & chameleon \\
    \hline
  \end{tabular}
  \label{tab:cloud4node}
\end{table}

Figure \ref{fig:compare_mwc_5_3} shows the total time taken by CreateWord2Vec
application varying min word count on the Chameleon cloud using
min\_word\_count 3 and 5.
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\fbox{\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{images/compare_mwc_5_3}}
\caption{Time taken when min word count varies from 3 to 5}
\label{fig:compare_mwc_5_3}
\end{figure}

Figure \ref{fig:compare_mwc_10_8} shows the total time taken by CreateWord2Vec
application varying min word count values from 8 to 10 on the Chameleon cloud using
min\_word\_count 10 and 8.
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\fbox{\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{images/compare_mwc_10_8}}
\caption{Time taken when min word count varies from 8 to 10}
\label{fig:compare_mwc_10_8}
\end{figure}


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From hence mankind have found themselves under a necessity to agree upon some universal commodity which shall measure the value of all the rest, and balance all accounts at last. Hitherto nothing has been discovered which will answer that purpose so effectually as silver and gold: Their contexture hinders them from being perishable, their divisibility qualifies them to answer all occasions, their scarcity enhances their price, so as to make a great value lie in a narrow compass, and easily portable; and the more regular and equal supplies of them than of other commodities, render them proper standards for the valuation of other things. These therefore being, by general and almost universal agreement, the mediums of commerce, the balance of all traffick, and the ultimate view and chief advantage proposed by it; we are to consider how far those ends and advantages can be answered by exporting them again.
Now it is certain, that many commodities of absolute and indispensable use are in the possession of nations who do not want those which we have to give in exchange for them; or, knowing our necessities will not part with them but for silver and gold; and therefore we must have them upon their terms, or not have them at all. Some of them are the materials of our manufactures, which will return to us again many times the money which we advance in procuring them; and very often they are necessary to carry on trade in general, and enabling the merchants to make assortments of goods proper for particular markets; or are the materials of navigation, or magazines for war and common defence.
No country wants always the same supplies, or has the same growth and quantity of manufactures to purchase them; nor can any merchant have a clear view of the whole commerce of the country which he deals with; nor do the commodities always bear the same price: so that the balance will often vary, and must be paid at last in those universal commodities. No nation or private man will deal with another, who will not pay his debts; and if he has not other commodities to pay them with, or if those which he has are not wanted, or will not be accepted in payment, he must pay them in such as will; and, whatever it costs him, must deliver them into the custody, or to the order and satisfaction, of his creditor.
It is foolish to imagine, that any precautions, or the greatest penalties, will keep money in any country, where it is the interest of numbers to carry it out: The experience of every nation may convince us of this truth; gold and silver lie in so little compass, are so easily concealed, and there are so many conveniences, and opportunities to carry them off, that small encouragements will always find adventurers, and those adventurers will almost always succeed. There is no way in nature to hinder money from being exported, but by hindering the occasions of it; that is, by hindering the use and consumption of those things which it is sent out to buy; for when they are bought they must be paid for, or all traffick is at an end.
These propositions being, as I conceive, self-evident, it is next to be discussed, whether it be the interest of a state to permit their money to go out freely; or, by annexing penalties to the exporting it, enhance the difficulty, and raise the price of carrying it out, by obliging the exporter to pay himself largely for his own hazard, as well as the hazard of the seas: And I think nothing is more demonstrable, than that the greater the obstacle that is laid in his way, and the greater hazard which he runs, the more he will be obliged to export; for whatever he has agreed to pay beyond sea, must be discharged, whatever it costs him to get it thither, and he is to be paid besides all the charges of getting it thither.
Bills of exchange only serve the purpose, and save the expence of paying the carrier; for if one man has money due to him abroad, and the other wants the same sum here, they will both save the charges of carriage, by one's paying it where he does not want it, and the other's receiving it where he does: But if there be more demands by the merchants of one country upon their correspondents in another, than the others can pay by the produce of their effects, or from debts due to them elsewhere, which will be accepted as payment; the surplus must be returned in silver and gold, and they must pay too the persons who carry it; and other merchants seeing their necessity, will take advantage of it, and receive premiums for as much as they can return in bills, in proportion to the charge which it will cost to send it in specie, and the haste which their creditors are in to receive it: But herein they will not have regard only to the commerce between those particular nations, but to the course and balance of general trade; for bills often travel from country to country, and take a large circuit, before they center, and the account is finally made up at home. And this I take to be the whole mystery of exchange, which is either paying, or saving the charge of paying, the carrier; and if you do not do it yourself, others who do it for you, will reap advantage from it.
Since then money or bullion must be exported, when debts are contracted abroad, I think it is eligible to send out the first rather than the latter, or at least to leave the people at liberty to export which they please. Indeed they are the same thing; for all money is bullion, and all bullion is easily converted into money; and all that is not otherwise manufactured, would be converted into it, if there were no disadvantage in doing so. The advantages are obvious, and the charge to the proprietors nothing; for the stamp of authority ascertains the weight and the fineness; and the dividing it into small parcels, makes it more useful for commerce, which renders it more valuable abroad as well as at home; and consequently foreigners will be contented to pay part, if not the whole, of the charge of coining it. It could in no circumstance be of less value, if it were not denied a privilege and advantage which it had before it was coined; which is the liberty of exportation, and being used in foreign as well as domestick trade: for, whilst free liberty of exportation is allowed to one, and denied to the other, and yet there are frequent and necessary occasions of exporting one or the other, it must happen that either money will be melted into bullion, and so the manufacture be lost, or bullion must be bought by money at a price answerable to the necessity or the hazard of carrying it in specie abroad, or of melting it down at home, and the expence of conscience afterwards in swearing it to be foreign bullion; which sometimes has raised the price 8 or 10 per cent.
Now it must be obvious to any one, who the least considers this question, how much such prohibitions must affect our general trade, they being equivalent to the putting an equal duty upon the exportation of our own commodities, which all wise nations encourage by all ways that they can, and often by giving premiums to the exporter. They give other nations the means and opportunity to trade so much per cent cheaper than we can; which must certainly carry away from us many valuable trades: They enhance the value of all foreign materials which we use in our manufactures, that are bought with bullion or money, as many of them are; which must in consequence raise the price of these manufactures, and hinder their sail; and above all, make the materials of navigation dear to us, upon which all trade in a great measure depends, and the carriage-trade wholly.
But not only those trades, which are altogether, or partly carried on by bullion or money, will be affected by them, but all trade whatsoever: For, as I have before shewn, that bullion, being the medium of the value of all commodities between nation and nation, as money is between people of the same nation; if the latter be of equal weight and fineness with the former, and yet less valuable; then of necessary consequence home commodities must be sold cheaper in foreign countries, and theirs must sell dearer here; which must alter the balance proportionably to our disadvantage: for we sell at home for our own money and buy abroad with bullion; which are equally valuable in themselves, the coinage excepted, and will be equally bought in foreign markets for the same quantity of commodities.
Suppose for example, that corn bore the same price in respect of silver and gold here as in Holland, and yet we must give more for it when that silver and gold is converted into money than they do, who get the difference by importing their silver; then it is evident that they can afford to buy it of us, and sell it again to foreign markets cheaper than we can, and sometimes to ourselves; and consequently must carry away that trade from us. These events are inevitable, unless we let our money be exported, or turn all our coin into bullion, and make that the medium of domestick as well as foreign commerce; which must soon be our case, and every day grows more and more so: for who will give himself the trouble of carrying his bullion to the mint, to have it made less valuable than before? Whereas if money had the same liberty of exportation as bullion has, all the silver not otherwise manufactured would immediately be carried thither and coined, and less of it be carried out afterwards for the reasons before given.
But whilst it remains upon the present foot, whatever contracts are made for English goods in English money, will be paid for with less bullion than will coin into the same quantity of money; and whatever are bought abroad will cost us more money than the same is worth in bullion: So that foreigners will choose to carry off our money, rather than our bullion or goods, and will afterwards melt it down, and find their account in returning it upon us again for more money; and so on till they have got all that we have; which can be prevented alone by putting coined and uncoined silver upon the same foot, and giving them equal advantages, the coinage excepted.
Till this be done, we must suffer in our exchange with most, if not all the countries in the world: For whilst our coin in quantity is less valuable than bullion, and theirs equal or more valuable, every thing that we buy or sell must be affected by it; and we must pay our debts with more silver, and receive them in less than they do; which must make a vast difference in the return of our whole trade.
This is so much the interest of every party, and almost every man in every party, that I have often wondered how so many able patriots that have sat at the helm should never once think of doing their country this great service. I cannot doubt but men of their great abilities must understand this plain proposition; and methinks they should sometimes find it their interest and duty to save a little money for their countrymen, and not always to be taking from them, especially when they themselves lose nothing by doing so much good to others; and though some people, who do not understand the benefit of such a law, may be at first distasted by it, yet I could wish to see that those who have had no regard to their opinions when they were doing mischief to them, would not be so over-scrupulous of offending them in once doing them and their country this great and general benefit.
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Taking Up The Mantle
Published: 02-04-2019 | 1 MIN READ
"Love wins. Love will always win. One of the proudest moments as a teacher is to see my kids express their love for humanity", said Carlos Chirito, teacher at Uplift Heights Secondary school and director of the school's GSA Club (Gay Straight Alliance). The GSA club at Uplift Heights in West Dallas has a membership of over 30 students and is founded on equality and driven by love for humanity. "We want to be the generation to make the change." Mayra, GSA Club President.
Last summer, the club began brainstorming fundraising ideas and organizations that would benefit from their efforts in the upcoming 2018/2019 school year. After much research, the students chose to give back to the community through the Dallas AIDS Walk, LifeWalk, benefiting Prism Health North Texas.
Mayra said "this is a big opportunity (LifeWalk) and something we don't want to miss out on."
They formed team "GSA Heights" and received in-person fundraising tips from Prism Health North Texas Events Coordinator. GSA Heights was the only team made up of all high school students. They held some impressive fundraisers at school with something for everyone, including teachers! They hosted Tamale Thursday and Taco Tuesday. The "My Mom Cooks Better Than You" fundraiser sold the teachers homemade meals for lunch. The entire school had the opportunity to dress out of uniform during Pride Week. For $2.00 each day, students could purchase a day during "Pride Week Dress Down" and wear a different color of the rainbow each day.
Gissel, GSA Club Vice President said "gay people and straight people, we're both coming together and it's hard for it to happen in our generation. We're really hoping to make a change and I know that if we keep working really hard on it…we're gonna get there."
The GSA Club believes more awareness needs to be made about HIV/AIDS through more education and outreach to the community, as well as changing the stigma surrounding it. Alex, GSA Club Treasurer, wants to ensure other people know that "Prism Health North Texas is a place to receive help and free testing."
These high school students want to make a difference in the community, as much as the GSA club has made a difference in their lives. Marshall, GSA Club 12th Grade Representative, said "I'm going to be famous one day…I want to create an environment where everyone is accepted and feels accepted, and everyone feels ok to be who they are."
"They're making a change in people's lives and I think that is the big message, and one of the proudest moments as a teacher, to see my kids that I have known since they were 14, now stand in front of people and be able to express their love for humanity" shared Carlos.
Original version published in the Winter 2018 LifeLines magazine. To subscribe to LifeLines for in-depth articles on health and your community.
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The visiting Notre Dame Cougars blanked the Stettler Wildcats 3-0 in senior high boys volleyball action on Tuesday, winning 25-10, 25-10, 25-7.
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• The visiting Notre Dame Cougars blanked the Stettler Wildcats 3-0 in senior high boys volleyball action on Tuesday, winning 25-10, 25-10, 25-7.
In senior girls play, the host Lindsay Thurber Raiders were 3-0 winners over the Wetaskiwin Sabres, prevailing by scores of 25-8, 25-13, 25-19.
• The Lacombe Rams took both ends of a Central Alberta Junior Varsity High School Volleyball League doubleheader Monday.
The Rams downed Stettler 25-16, 25-18, 25-19 in girls' play and stopped Camrose 18-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-27, 15-9 in boys' action.


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The Scenic Route > Travel Hacks & Tips > Family Travel > Music Festivals & Events for Families – Austin & Beyond
Music Festivals & Events for Families – Austin & Beyond
Living in Austin, Texas, the "Live Music Capital of the World" means my kids have experienced their fair share of music festivals. I brought my daughter to see some of my favorite musicians before she could even walk. I propped her in a baby carrier and we jammed out at the Urban Music Festival and Austin City Limits.
The great thing about living in a city with a rich music heritage is there are plenty of fun places to go to enjoy live music and even bring your kids.
The Austin City Limits Music Festival recently added the Austin Kiddie Limits festival, which features kid-friendly bands and, often, fun snacks and extra shade.
The festival takes place every fall, but if you know Texas, it still feels like summer.
Here are three other great cities to visit for some family-friendly, music festival fun.
Hunter, New York
If country music is your thing, saddle up for the Taste of Country Music Festival in Hunter, New York. Dust off your cowboy hats and boots; fly to Albany International Airport and drive your rental car about 70 miles southwest to Hunter. The festival touts the best of country music lineups, and there's space for families to camp near the concert stages. From the meet and greets with some of your family's favorite musicians to the great food, and a petting zoo, there's something for everyone in your group. The festival takes place in early summer, which is a great time to enjoy the warm weather before it gets too hot.
Lollapalooza takes place every summer in the heart of Chicago and kids 10 and under get in free with their parents. What started as an alternative rock festival has since turned into a family-friendly event featuring lots of food, a farmers market and shopping on Green Street. Not only that, but kids get their very own section to enjoy all the fun. Kidzapalooza offers its own stage with kid-friendly acts and activities like karaoke, photo shoots, arts and crafts and more. Fly into the Chicago O'Hare Airport and drive about 15 miles southeast into the city.
Every summer, California plays host to the WorldFest, which features seven stages of music and dance from around the world. Camp with family and friends; try international foods; and experience workshops and crafts while your kids take part in the renowned children's program. Games on the Green offers a space to hula hoop, and participate in a folkloric beanbag toss. There are also parades and workshops for all ages and this music festival takes place mid-summer under the cool tall pines in the Sierra foothills. To get there, drive about 64 miles northeast of Sacramento International Airport.
So whether you travel to one of these locations, or to my stomping grounds in Austin, you're bound to have a lot of fun making memories rocking out and introducing your kids to some of your favorite musicians.
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Blessings brother, from the land down South.
Tkx W, and hope you are faring well.
Well here's a thought for the day just for you.
When we find ourselves low………just remember……that the Highest of all………..
Thanks for speaking the truth. It is all about good news.
Happy days of continuing the good fight CS—the course is not always easy, nor happy as I wish you…but it is a course none the same that is to be journeyed none the less with the proclamations of Victory…because in the end, that's what it is, a victory…a victory for all those who believe and are faithful. It is not an easy journey, nor one to be taken lightly.
But rather one that requires unrelenting tenacity. And that my friend is the gift you give.
You offer those of us, your readers, an unrelenting, unapologetic tenacity of commitment of faith—and we are the better for it.
Even those who spar with you and mock you, they too have been so richly blessed–and yet they have not the eyes to see nor the clarity to realize…not yet anyway…but all in good time-For The Truth shall be revealed to all… the End Truth.
It is actually a good fight J, one without boxing gloves, and one whose script is written as the finisher of our faith bids us comfort in all things. Victory as you say, but til then, here we are. God's word is ever so good, and the opposition against it, and Him, is so blatant through media, govt, economics, entertainment, academia, sports, you name it, that it is stunning that so many refuse to have a 'second look' at the wisdom of God in the book He has given us.
Tks much for all the sweet thoughts, and hope your holidays are happy too.
I need to also thank you CS and Wally and the rest who comment on your blog.
I must tell you that I have found that a creator zapping the world and universe into being along with making a man made from dust and the rib he lost to be made into a woman to be truly unbelievable.
When told my life is nothing but sin and when I die I will go to hell, I feel the strong emotion of disbelief.
Well steve, your 3rd paragraph tells me why you struggle with people of faith and attach meaning never intended.
Who told you your life is NOTHING BUT SIN? Me? You are commenting on this blog, so this statement of yours is only your illusion.
Of course death is the result of sin. The next time you see a dead ground hog run over by a car, and the next funeral you attend of a family member, proves to you man and animal are not in the same ballpark.
Why don't you stop and give the ground hog a six gun salute or a proper burial?
But no, to say that believers say 'your life is nothing but sin,' is a blatant falsehood, and this is another reason you have difficulty with seeing things that are true, as opposed to things that are false.
Yes, God's word is true, its not because you think there is no 'evidence,' but it simply because you do not like what God says of history and mans doings.
We are all sinners. Christians are saved sinners. Our Maker saved us because He saw in each of us someone worth saving. Read John 3:16. Whether you believe in Jesus is up to you.
If you choose wrongly, it is your loss. You have been told the Gospel, and God will respect your decision.
What if Christians have chosen wrongly? Then if you going to gloat you must do it now. You won't be able after you are dead, but what is the point? Why bother? What is there to gain? Are you trying to prove your life is nothing but sin, that when you die you deserve Hell?
Merry Christmas! Thank you for your fellowship.
Merry Christmas to you CT and all bloggers.
Agreed, maybe we are both wrong, plenty of other gods and alien life out there to believe in.
For myself, I do not really care if I were to be wrong because I have weighed up as much evidence and facts as I possibly can and finding the irrational and absurd reasoning for creators is clear and speaks for itself, therefore I disbelieve in any gods, super human creators, alien beings, heaven or hell, reincarnation and ghosts etc. It would be false and detrimental to my own intelligence and well being to pretend I believe in something I disbelieve in.
You don't care if you are wrong? Yeah! Sure!
I have weighed up as much evidence and facts as I possibly can. I believe Jesus lived a sinless life and died for our sins.
Since the salvation offered by Jesus Christ (His shed blood) requires us to repent of our sins and to believe in Him as the Bread of Life, conversion requires a voluntary choice. You don't have respect that choice. I don't have to respect your choice, but I think it is pointless to try to force what we think the correct choice on someone else. Unfortunately, I don't think you agree.
It is indeed all about the good news ColorStorm. Merry Christmas to you!
Btw, what do unbelievers say to someone who says 'God bless you ' when they sneeze? Do they make a federal case out of it or just say tkx?
There is no sight given to those who refuse to see what's right in front of them. As you mentioned, nature itself speaks of an awesome God.
God gave each of us free will to choose Him or the world/self, and honors that choice. Come judgment day that choice determines where you fit-in in His kingdom and eternity. For every knee WILL bow and every book (our recorded history) opened. One either has their slate cleaned by Christ or not.
Agreed. To deny the Father of nature alone, let alone the Owner of redemption, is not too smart. Stupid even. When I say 'Father of nature,' btw, I don't mean the male version of mother nature, but as in He who from whom springs forth all things.
And every knee shall bow. Just reminded someone of that, and myself, last week. Some in thanks, others in scorn, but EVERY knee shall bow.


This boot satisfies all our requirements for inshore and ocean racing and cruising alike.
For most sailors aft of the mast during inshore fair weather racing or cruising, a pair of non-slip non-skid lightweight sailing shoes is probably the most appropriate footwear. The Zhik ZK Seaboot is the footwear you need to have for every other situation.
You've probably seen them on the feet of Volvo Ocean Race sailors as they head around Cape Horn. And while we readily admit these boots won't win any fashion awards, when we're out on the water we'd rather look warm and practical than cold and stylish.
Read on to find out why, no matter if you're a racer or cruiser, inshore of offshore, professional or dedicated Corinthian, the ZK Seaboot is the boot you need to have in your gear bag.
The ZK Seaboot is lined with Hydromerino, which is a fancy futuristic-sounding name for natural Merino wool blended with quick-drying polyester fibers. The inner sole offers a comfortable layer of cushion with moderate arch support suitable for long shifts at the helm—basically, these are the Uggs of sailing. You could go barefoot in them if you just want to keep your feet dry, but we suggest a pair of knee-high wool socks for really rough and cold conditions.
Put your feet in your boots, secure your foulies down over the neoprene upper, pull up the outer gaiter, and hit the rail and hike. The waterproof gaiter has a neoprene gusset to allow for drainage, and a non-stretch draw cord to keep the gaiter securely in place just below your knee. Unless you've got holes in your foulies, there's no way water is getting in this boot no matter the size of the waves coming over the bow.
These sailing boots might appear bulky in the pictures because of their heavy-duty construction, but we assure you, they're not. You'll be equally as comfortable knocking around the front of a J/70 on a breezy day as you would on the bow of a Volvo 70 crossing the Southern Ocean.
No need to redo the non-skid on your deck if you buy a pair of these boots. What we love is not only how grippy the sole of the boot is, but that the grip extends around the toe and all the way up the heel to your ankle. No matter where you are on the boat or what you're doing, these boots will keep you upright.
We wore these halfway to Hawaii on a wet and wild ride, and when we hit the island, the boots still smelled like new. That's back to the Hydermerino inner lining, which not only keeps your feet warm and dry, but also offers natural odor control. Not only will you love these boots, but your crewmates will love you more for wearing them.
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The Second World War remains a defining chapter in modern world history. Colonial India's involvement in the war has often been studied against the backdrop of the ongoing freedom struggle, the varying attitudes of the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League, and the formation of the Azad Hind Fauj under Subhas Chandra Bose. Moving beyond the claims of how Indian resources and soldiers aided the Allies in winning the war, this volume explores the complex interrelationship between the Indian armed forces, the Indian society, and the war.
Drawing on archival data, this book focuses on understanding the impact of large-scale mobilization of manpower and resources on an underdeveloped agrarian society; the communities which joined the Indian armed forces; why the Indian soldiers remained loyal to the Raj; and how they defeated the Japanese in Burma and the Italians and the Germans in Africa and Italy.
Rather than merely providing a chronological account of military operations, Roy fuses ideas and institutions of violence with the prevalent social and cultural contexts. He further asserts that nationalism was not a strong sentiment among the Indian soldiers involved in the war, who were quite content with the British military service.
Dr Kaushik Roy is Guru Nanak Chair Professor in the Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India and Global Fellow at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway.