Tulips are the original spring-breakers, they break in the spring season with their undeniable charm and attractiveness. Yes, we'll go ahead and admit it, as huge tulip fans we are a bit biased in our unflinching love for these gorgeous flowers. Hey, at least we're honest about it!
And it's definitely not just us who love them. The Ottomans fell head over heels for tulips and their cute bulbs. So obviously, when they first discovered tulips in Central Asia, they brought them back to Turkey, and they quickly became a symbol of indulgence, high status, riches, and abundance. They were everywhere in Turkey: etched into fabrics, carved into the walls of mosques, and used as decorative motifs on clothing and armor.
Later, in the 1600s, tulips made their way to the Netherlands, and the Dutch absolutely lost their minds over them, and a shocking/hilarious phenomenon called "Tulip Mania" ensued. Overnight, tulips became a luxurious and exotic commodity, sometimes worth as much as a house. The nouveau riche in Holland just couldn't get enough of them!
Basically, it was the ultimate way for someone to flaunt their wealth to others. But, as you could have guessed, the tulip bubble—or should we say, bulb?—burst and thousands of Dutch people lost their life-savings. Yikes!
Nowadays, tulips remain loved all around the world. In fact, they are the third most popular flower behind roses and chrysanthemums (take that springtime rivals poppies and ranunculus!) As you can see, tulips are pretty much awesome. If you were lucky enough to somehow get gifted a precious tulip Bouq or simply bought one for yourself (and why not treat yourself!), you'll definitely want to know the ins and outs of how to care for tulips.
That way they can keep strutting their stuff for as long as possible, which for fresh tulips is around one week. But before we get into that, let's take a quick look at the symbolism and meanings behind tulips. Trust us; it'll make your tulip Bouq even more special than it already is!
The name "tulip" comes from the Turkish word for turban, thanks to the bloom's turban-like shape. And, unsurprisingly, most of the meanings that tulips carry also come from the Turks.
According to one legend, a stone cutter named Farhad fell deeply in love with a beautiful princess named Shirin. He tried to win her heart, but she kept rejecting him, as he was just a lowly commoner. Farhad didn't give up. Every day he traveled to the hills to play music for sweet Shirin. After seeing this devotion, Shirin eventually fell in love with him too.
Shirin's father, the king, did not approve of their relationship because he wanted her to be with someone of higher status, so he told Farhad that he would have to dig a deep canal to win her hand in marriage. It was a monumental task that Shirin's father didn't think was possible. After many years though, Farhad finally finished digging the canal. But the King lied to Farhad and said Shirin had tragically died. Heartbroken, Farhad took his own life.
When Shirin heard that the love of her life had passed, she visited his grave and took her own life so she could be with him forever. Red tulips sprouted from his grave where her dead body laid, symbolizing their everlasting love for each other.
Yellow tulips symbolize joy and excitement.
Now you know what your tulips symbolize, let's take a close look at what proper tulip bouquet care entails. After all, you don't want any of those pretty little flowers losing their gorgeous allure, now do you? So grab a nice clean vase and let's get to work!
Taking adequate care of tulip bouquets is similar to most other flowers but comes with one major caveat, being that their longer than average stems require more support, so they don't droop or break in half.
There are a few simple ways to remedy this, but the easiest two solutions are to pick a vase that is tight enough so that stems support each other, and by not giving them too much water at any given time because tulips continue to grow even after being cut. And the taller they grow, the more likely they are to droop. Filling one-third of your vase with room temperature water should do the trick.
Trim one inch off the stems with a sharp knife—cutting at an angle while holding them underwater will promote water absorption.
Remove any leaves that would be under your vase's waterline to prevent rotting.
Add flower food and a drop of liquid bleach to the vase.
Arrange as desired or take some tips from the homemaking goddess herself, Martha Stewart!
Good job! At this point, you should have an exquisite vase of tulips in your hand. Now, let's find them a suitable spot to call their own.
Of course, you're going to want to put them in a place where they can show off everything they're working with. But first, it's important to consider a couple things. First, never, ever, ever place tulips or any other vase of flowers in direct sunlight. And second, always keep them away from hot or cold drafts.
Long story short, these things will dehydrate your lovely tulips and send them to flower heaven a lot sooner than they (or you!) would have wanted.
In tulip bouquet care, it's always a good policy to recondition your blooms every other day. Essentially, this just means changing their water, re-trimming their stems, and adding more flower food—if you ran out of flower food packets, don't worry. Just toss in a tablespoon of sugar as an alternative. DIY FTW!
There you have it! Everything you need to know to keep that beautiful Bouq of tulips looking… well, beautiful.
If you don't have a fresh tulip Bouq yet, though, or just want some more (hey, you can never have too many tulips!), why not grab a handcrafted, farm-to-table Bouq from one of our artisan florists at The Bouqs Co? We guarantee it'll look all kinds of stunning in your home!


A few years ago I made a couple of visits to Cleveland, Ohio. I was born in the Little Italy section of Cleveland in 1956 and have sisters and brothers there. The old house I was born in is still there as well. For my Throwback Thursday, I thought I would add a few Cleveland photos for fun.
The Old House around 2009.
Little Italy is a wonderful part of town…great eateries, old churches, brick roads (including Murray Hill Rd.) and even a Random road.
The Old Mayfield Theater is a national historic site.
I love Presti's Bakery in Little Italy….just love it!
As one enters Little Italy they pass by the Lake View Cemetery, an iconic cemetery loaded with wonderful monuments. My real father, Joseph Laurienzo is buried here. Former President Garfield is also buried here. The cemetery was founded in 1869.
Cleveland is home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which is a giant glass pyramid near downtown. My son Solomon was with me on this visit.
The Hope Memorial Bridge is a 5,865 foot long art deco truss bridge crossing the Cuyahoga River. The bridge connects Lorain Avenue on Cleveland's west side and Carnegie Avenue on the east side, terminating just short of Progressive Field. Pairs of statues designed by sculptor Henry Hering and architect Frank Walker (titled the "Guardians of Traffic") stand on pylons at each end of the viaduct, symbolizing progress in transportation. Each holds a type of transportation.
The Fountain of Eternal Life, also known as the War Memorial Fountain and Peace Arising from the Flames of War, is a statue and fountain in downtown. It was designed by Cleveland Institute of Art graduate Marshall Fredericks and dedicated on May 30, 1964. The sculpture, which honors people from Cleveland who served, died, or were declared missing in military service, is situated on Veterans' Memorial Plaza.
And finally, one of my favorites, the giant quirky FREE rubber stamp located in Willard Park at the northwest corner of East 9th Street and Lakeside Avenue. Claimed to be the "World's Largest Rubber Stamp," it was created by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen (I have also seen their giant badminton birdies in Kansas City), it has been called the "world's largest rubber stamp". The dimensions of the sculpture are 28 ft 10 in by 26 ft by 49 ft.


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Bengaluru-based Foodvista India Pvt. Ltd, which operates online food delivery platform FreshMenu, has seen its revenue grow 72% but losses increased only marginally for the financial year ended March 2018, its filings with the Registrar of Companies show.
The company's standalone revenue from operations for 2017-18 was Rs 122.3 crore, up from Rs 70.9 crore in 2016-17.
In 2016-17, FreshMenu's revenue grew by 121% as compared to 2015-16 when it registered net sales of Rs 31.6 crore.
For 2017-18, the company posted net loss of Rs 43.8 crore, marginally up from Rs 42.3 crore in the previous financial year.
The firm's total expenditure stood at Rs 167.6 crore in 2017-18, up from Rs 118.3 crore in the previous year.
Employee expenses rose to Rs 44.1 crore in 2017-18 from Rs 33 crore in 2016-17.
Email queries sent to FreshMenu on Thursday night, seeking comments, did not elicit a reply at the time of publishing this report.
Last month, a media report said that FreshMenu was in talks with private equity players such as TPG Capital, Temasek Holdings, General Atlantic and Kedaara Capital to raise up to $75 million.
In November last year, Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd, the publisher of The Times of India and The Economic Times, had invested Rs 1.65 crore ($255,613) in the company, RoC filings had shown.
In 2016, FreshMenu secured $17 million (around Rs 110 crore then) in a Series B funding round led by Zodius Technology Fund.
In September this year, TechCircle had reported that a number of top executives had quit the firm, including Pradeep Desai, the chief business and technology officer, Anita Menon, the human resources head and Aparna Mahesh, the firm's chief marketing officer. Besides these, Sagar Bhalotia, director of new initiatives, and Ramesh May, chief product officer, had also resigned.
Founded in 2014 by IIM-Ahmedabad alumnus Rashmi Daga, FreshMenu prepares meals and delivers from its own kitchen facilities. It operates on a cloud-kitchen model, where it brings on board chefs to its centralised kitchens to prepare the food and delivers only online. In this model, the firm controls the brand, tech infrastructure and logistics in order to achieve profitability. Though it runs its operations only online, last year, it opened a restaurant in Bengaluru for dine-in and takeout.


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Beyoncé's Netflix Deal Includes Three Projects
Netflix Bows Down To Beyoncé With A $60M Deal — & Three Projects
Jenna Milliner-Waddell
Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Coachella.
Lighting struck twice this week. Beyoncé blessed the world with not only the release of her Netflix documentary Homecoming, which details the journey to her iconic 2018 Coachella performance, but she also dropped a surprise 40-track album — and she's not finished yet. The $60 million deal Bey inked with Netflix includes three projects, according to Variety, meaning there are two more on the way. Beyhive, rejoice.
It's hard to say what the other projects will encompass exactly. If we know anything about Beyoncé, we can expect them to drop without warning in the middle of the work week, but it's oh-so-exciting to speculate about.
Homecoming: The Live Album included two bonus tracks, a cover of Frankie Beverly & Maze's "Before I Let Go," and "I Been On," an updated version of a song uploaded to SoundCloud back in 2013, according to Variety. This could mean more new music is on the way, and possibly a behind-the-scenes Netflix doc to go along with it. An On The Run II Tour concert special is a solid guess as well, but only time will tell.
All we know for sure is that at an estimated $20 million apiece, the specials are sure to be epic. The high, but well-deserved price tag is reportedly why the specials will air on Netflix and not HBO. Beyoncé has a long-standing relationship with the cable network, which aired the Lemonade visuals, the On the Run Tour concert special, and the intimate documentary Life Is But a Dream. They reportedly backed out, however, after Netflix's higher offer.
As for a timeline for these films, hopefully, Beyoncé is taking a well-deserved break. "What people don't see is the sacrifice," Beyoncé said in Homecoming, which goes into the dietary sacrifices she made to get her performance body back post pregnancy, as well as juggling rehearsal with spending time with her three kids.
The Beyhive is ready whenever you are, B.
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The Black Keys' new album El Camino will be released December 6 on Nonesuch Records. Produced by Danger Mouse and The Black Keys, the 11-track album was recorded at singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound studio in the band's new hometown of Nashville during the spring of 2011. The LP edition of the album is pressed on 140-gram vinyl and includes the complete album on CD.
The Black Keys—Akron, Ohio, natives Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney—released their debut album, The Big Come Up, in 2002, followed byThickfreakness (2003) and Rubber Factory (2004). In 2006 they signed to Nonesuch Records in the US and released their fourth album, Magic Potion, which was followed by the Danger Mouse-produced Attack & Release in 2008. El Camino is the first Black Keys album Nonesuch will release worldwide.


My fiance is visiting me in Monterrey México, because que can't travel to USA right now, what requirments she has to visit me in México? Or what documents she needs to get the Electronic Authorization? Job, Bank account an invitation?
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a Ukrainian citizen , need visa to travel to Cancun ?
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My daughter in law is from Ukraine and we are taking a cruise to Cozumel does she need special papers?


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San Antonio, TX — Samba F.C., will host the first of four scheduled tryouts for their 2014 USL Super-20 Men\'s team on Saturday November 30th at McAllister Park. Tryouts are scheduled to run from 10:30AM to 12:30PM on the Anderson Fields. Player registration and check-in will be from 9:30AM to 10:30AM. There is a $10.00 tryout fee and only cash payment will be accepted at the tryout site.
Players must bring a valid photo ID, a copy of birth certificate or passport, soccer ball, shinguards and water. Players under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian during the tryouts.
Our Samba FC Super-20 team will play in the Mid South South Division and will serve San Antonio's North/East side. The team will hold a 22 man roster from high school, college-bound and also active college players who are interested and looking to compete at a high level during the off season.
The USL Super 20 League is a national league run by the United Soccer League and gives players another outlet to play soccer at the highest level over the summer. Players will train 2-3 times a week and play around 6 to 8 league games (not counting preseason games) on weekends and will travel on away games to the cities of Laredo, Brownsville, Eagle Pass and the Westside of San Antonio. Super-20 division champions will have the opportunity to play at Nationals in Bradenton Florida (Home of US U17 National Residency Program) in front of hundreds of college coaches.
Strength and conditioning sessions will start in April and will run for two weeks followed by preseason practices and scrimmages. Players who were personally contacted by a member of our coaching staff, are not required to attend the November 30th tryouts at McAllister Park. However, they will be required to attend the tryouts scheduled in December at Star Soccer Complex. The time and date will be announced soon.


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10, 50, 100 and counting
Long-standing respect and admiration on the part of both Isuzu Truck South Africa and its agricultural customers has paved the way for future relationships.
This is a big year for Nampo and Isuzu Trucks alike. The former celebrated its 50th anniversary, while Isuzu Truck South Africa (as an independent entity) turns ten and its parent company, Isuzu Motors Japan, celebrates its 100th birthday. This is the type of endurance that appeals to the agricultural sector …
Lisa van Aswegen, customer care and marketing manager at Isuzu Truck South Africa, agrees. "There is a lot of brand strength with Isuzu Trucks," she notes. "Farmers want products that are tried, trusted and reliable – they are very loyal to a brand and I find we have a very good record of reliability among them.
"Many farmers have been very loyal to Isuzu bakkies over the years and have supported the truck brand right from the old SBR and the JCR models. They've progressed with us because they trust the reliability of the brand," Van Aswegen says.
It's no surprise, then, that the vehicles on the Isuzu Trucks stand at Nampo 2016 were applicable to the farming community – and priced to go.
"Farmers come here looking for a good deal. The FXR 17.360 double-deck sheep carrier has been sold on the show. With this model you have the option of putting a drawbar trailer behind it, and farmers like it because it has sufficient power to do the job," Van Aswegen explains.
Also on the stand was the FTR 850 AMT with a grain body. "There has also been a lot of interest around this combination, because, over the years, the farmers have become accustomed to the AMT technology. They are asking for it more and more."
The piece de resistance was undoubtedly the NPS 300 4×4, which has been used for two years as a support vehicle at the Dakar rally. "This truck has gone straight from production line to finish line at Dakar with no modifications. The members of Team Ride SA, who had it as their support vehicle, were on the stand on Tuesday – they were amazed with the NPS 300's 4×4 abilities on the rugged Dakar terrain.
"If it's tried at Dakar, believe me there is not a Free State farm on which it will get stuck!" laughs
Van Aswegen.
While many of these three models are sold into the sector, Van Aswegen explains that the smaller N-series is also popular with the farming community for smaller jobs on the farm, or for going into town with smaller loads. "Much of what we sell into the industry is also sold into related industries that support the sector," adds Van Aswegen.
Of course, a good truck is one thing, but farmers understand what it costs to run their vehicles … In addition to buying a cost-effective vehicle with good fuel consumption, they also consider economical cost of operation.
"It's not only about buying and selling trucks; we add value to the whole life of the truck. The farmers see the full picture and where our value chain can be of benefit to them," Van Aswegen explains, detailing the suite of support offered by Isuzu Trucks.
"We need to add value to their business, so we look at providing bodies made from lighter materials without compromising on their strength, which will add extra payload capability. In addition to KANU/ACT, we collaborate with many body builders all around the country who have the expertise in specific bodies to give the customer the best deal.
"We are in charge of the quality control and the supply chain so the end product is of Isuzu Trucks quality. That sells confidence in the Isuzu Trucks brand through the supply chain," she says.
Beyond the purchase, the Isuzu Trucks service and maintenance plans present a "budget" figure that allows the customer to see upfront what it'll cost to run that truck.
"We've given consideration to the rates, because we have good history of the cost per kilometre. There are off-the-shelf plans and if there is a specific operation, that has either very high or low kilometres, we custom-make the package specific to the application."
Related to this is the Isuzu Trucks genuine parts scheme, which aims to make genuine aftermarket parts affordable. For those who have used trucks, or have an older fleet, the brand's drivetrain remanufacturing joint venture ensures further quality through the supply chain. The components carry warranties and are manufactured to the Isuzu Trucks factory standards.
"We've assessed our dealer footprint throughout the country and where our trucks are running, and we have strategically placed our approved truck service centres to cover the gaps. These are able to service vehicles and attend to breakdowns in remote areas," Van Aswegen continues, before asking a pertinent question.
"Why do customers buy an Isuzu truck? They are buying a relationship; a full service package with the truck, aftersales support, value-adds and the relationship of trust. It's a give-and-take relationship – we might need to provide a solution to a unique operation and here we collaborate with the customer to give the best for the application.
"We're with this sector for the long run – through good and bad times," she says with the confidence that comes from a 100-year history.
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Robert F. Worth is a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine. His latest book is A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS. (February 2019)
Yemen Under Siege
February 21, 2019 Issue
Yemen and the World: Beyond Insecurity
by Laurent Bonnefoy, translated from the French by Cynthia Schoch
Yemen in Crisis: Autocracy, Neo-Liberalism and the Disintegration of a State
by Helen Lackner
In about 570 AD, in the dry hills of what is now northern Yemen, the great dam of Marib collapsed. It had been one of the engineering marvels of the ancient world, with a mud-and-brick retaining wall fifty feet high and 2,100 feet long—twice as long as the Hoover Dam.
The Pillars of Arab Despotism
October 9, 2014 Issue
The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation Is Changing the Middle East
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The educated youth who kicked off the revolutions of 2011 are not necessarily the vanguard of a new and more secular Middle East. They are one party in a bitter conflict over fundamental issues of identity and social order, a conflict whose outcome is far from certain.
The Jihadis of Yemen
December 6, 2012 Issue
The Last Refuge: Yemen, al-Qaeda, and America's War in Arabia
by Gregory D. Johnsen
High-Value Target: Countering Al Qaeda in Yemen
by Edmund J. Hull
Yemen is an ancient country on the southern heel of the Arabian peninsula, the crucible of many of the peoples and customs we now think of as Arab. But to most Westerners, it is little more than a code word for bizarre terror plots.
Al-Qaeda's Inner Circle
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
by Lawrence Wright
Five years after the September 11 attacks, Osama bin Laden is a diminished figure. President Bush has started mentioning him again in recent speeches, but mainly to highlight American success in crippling and isolating al-Qaeda's leaders. Last year, the CIA disbanded Alec Station, the unit assigned to hunt down bin …
Crafting the Koran
Early manuscripts of the Koran are now on display, under glass, at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C., together forming an ur-text in fragments. They are yellowed pages, splotchy at the edges, with lines of brown Arabic text in the stark, vertical script known as Hijazi. One of the striking features of the show is the visual progression of the Koran from the simplicity of early Arabian styles to ever more detailed and colorful traditions of graphic art, fed by Persian influences.
In the Attic of Early Islam
One of the most memorable moments in The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition, by Shihab al-Din al-Nuwayri, comes in the section on lions, which were still indigenous to the Middle East in Nuwayri's time. He could scarcely have imagined that his book, written with such confidence from the heart of a mighty empire, would one day appear to us like that lion: a vanished, near-mythical creature at the desert's edge.
Yemen: The Houthi Enigma
Safa al Ahmad's remarkable BBC documentary, Yemen: The Rise of the Houthis, is a rare close-up look at the most mysterious player in this agonizing and complex drama. The Houthi movement, which grew out of a deep sense of victimization by the state, has long been an enigma, even to many Yemenis, and it defies easy explanation.


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RESIDENT MAGAZINE X ARTIST FAHREN FEINGOLD
Art By Fahren Feingold
RESIDENT MAGAZINE X ARTIST FAHREN…
INTRODUCING CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ARTIST, FAHREN FEINGOLD
The name of contemporary American artist Fahren Feingold has become synonymous with fluid, feminine watercolours in her enigmatic paintings and illustrations. Her elegant fashion illustrations recall images of women in various stages and chapters of life. Her unique works impart an ethereal quality through her depictions of the female form. Her images featuring bold watercolours and distinctive silhuettes of the feminine form reference imagery from early 20th century French erotica, vintage American magazines from the 70s and 80s, and today's internet girls.
"Sweet Morphine" by Fahren Feingold
The Los Angeles native moved to New York at the age of Seventeen to study at the Parsons School of Design. After earning her BFA between Parsons and Glasgow School of Art, she worked as a fashion designer for top brands including Ralph Lauren, Nicole Miller and J.Crew, among others. In 2016, her dreamy watercolors caught the eye of the legendary Nick Knight, who commissioned her to illustrate Paris Fashion Week for SHOWStudio.
"Generation" by Fahren Feingold
Between 2016 and 2017, her work has been featured in numerous international exhibitions including "Moving Kate," curated by Nick Knight for SHOWStudio in London and The Mass in Tokyo; "The Vulgar" at The Barbican in London, curated by Judith Clark and Adam Phillips; "Red Hot Wicked" at Studio C Gallery in Los Angeles; as well as The Untitled Space group shows "UPRISE / ANGRY WOMEN" and "SECRET GARDEN" curated by Indira Cesarine and "LIFEFORCE" curated by Kelsey and Remy Bennett. Her work was also recently featured at SPRING/BREAK Art Show during Armory Week 2018 as part of the critically acclaimed "(Hotel) XX" installation and exhibition presented by The Untitled Space.
"You Or Someone Like You" by Fahren Feingold
Touted as "a trailblazing artist on a meteoric rise" by Vogue Arabia, her watercolors have steadily gaining recognition from collectors and critics alike for their sensitive, dreamlike colors, graceful brush stokes and rendition of the female nude. Vice Creators praised her work stating, "Feingold's watercolors appear to swim on paper. Her figures bloom and radiate with ethereal energy, and the occasional splash of bright colors imbues them with life." V Magazine noted her as a "particular standout" while the Huffington Post said, "Fahren Feingold captures the space where the ethereal meets the erotic…Her artwork is an attempt to undo the centuries of censorship, shaming and patriarchal politics that clouds the simple beauty of a naked body." With her palette of bright pastels and soft colors blending together, she invites the viewer to step inside her dreamlike erotic world.
"Giving It Away" by Fahren Feingold
Feingold's watercolors will soon be featured in a solo show of works presented in collaboration with The Untitled Space and Fleur du Mal, entitled "The Peep Show" located at 175 Mott Street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, from June 2nd to July 8th, 2018
"The Peep Show" will present original watercolors by Feingold, featuring erotic depictions, exploring larger notions of female constructs in contemporary society. Her artwork is an attempt to undo the centuries of censorship, shaming and patriarchal politics that clouds the simple beauty of a naked body." Through her erotic depictions, Feingold gives new voices to women of the past and present while exploring larger notions of female constructs in contemporary society.
Please consider featuring artist Fahren Feingold in any upcoming features and artist profiles you might be working on.
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Q: $f(m + f(n)) = f(f(m)) + f(n)$ I found this one in the list of IMO'96 (3) problems and decided to have a go at it, but could not complete the solution. So $m$ and $n$ are non-negative integers and $f$ takes values in the same set:
$$f(m + f(n)) = f(f(m)) + f(n)$$
Let $m=n=0$:
$$f(f(0))=f(f(0))+f(0)$$
hence
$$f(0)=0$$
Now let $m=0$:
$$f(f(n))=f(n)$$
therefore:
$$f(m+f(n))=f(m)+f(n)$$
Now consider the following possibilities
1) $f(m)=f(n) \implies m=n$
$$f(m+f(n))=f(m)+f(n)$$
$$f(n+f(m))=f(n)+f(m)$$
By symmetry of the RHS:
$$f(m+f(n))=f(n+f(m))$$
Hence, by assumption
$$m+f(n)=n+f(m)$$
$$f(n)-n=f(m)-m$$
Since the two sides are independent they must be both equal to a constant
$$f(n)-n=C$$
$$f(0)=0 \implies C=0 \implies f(n)=n$$
2) It is the second part where I got confused. I assumed $f(m)=f(n)$ where $m \ne n$, so that
$$f(m+f(n))=2f(n)$$
then figure that since RHS does not depend on $m$ whereas LHS does, then $f=C$ and deduced from the original equation that $C$ must be 0. But then I relayed that in fact here I have some particular values of $m$ and $n$ and not just something arbitrary. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would be grateful.

A: If $f$ is a solution to $f(m+f(n)) = f(f(n)) + f(m)$ then either $f \equiv 0$ or there is some $k\in\mathbb N$ and some $a_0,\ldots,a_{k-1} \in \mathbb N_0$ with $a_0 = 0$ s.t. $f(kn+r) = k(n+a_r)$ for all $n\in \mathbb N_0, 0 \leq r < k$.
It is easy to verify that these functions are indeed solutions of the functional equation. To prove that every solution is of this kind, we first make some observations about fixed points.
Claim: Let $f$ be a solution and denote by $F$ the set of fixed points of $f$, i.e. $F = \{ n\in \mathbb N_0 : f(n) = n \}$. Then the following statements hold:

*

*$0 \in F$

*$F$ is closed under addition, i.e. if $x,y\in F$, then also $x+y \in F$.

*If $x \in F$ and $x+y \in F$ , then also $y \in F$.

*$F = k\mathbb N_0$ for some $k \in \mathbb N_0$.

Proof:
(1) follows from $f(0) = 0$. If $x,y\in F$ then from $f(x+f(y)) = f(x)+f(y)$ we get $f(x+y) = x+y$, hence $x+y \in F$. If $x,x+y\in F$ then
$$y+x = f(y+x) = f(y+f(x)) = f(y)+f(x) = f(y) + x,$$
hence $f(y) = y$. (4) now follows from the previous statements: If $0$ is the only fixed point then $F = \{0\} = 0\mathbb N_0$ and we are finished. Otherwise, there is a smallest non-zero fixed point $k$. By (2), $k\mathbb N_0 \subseteq F$. If $x$ is any other fixed point then write $x = kn+r$ with $n\in \mathbb N_0$ and $0 \leq r < k$. By (3), we have $r \in F$. But $k$ is the smallest non-zero fixed point and $r < k$, so $r = 0$ and $x = kn \in k\mathbb N_0$.
(This was basically the proof that $\mathbb Z$ is a principal ideal domain.)
Now observe that $f(\mathbb N_0) \subseteq F$, since $f(f(n)) = f(n)$ for all $n$. Therefore, if $F = \{0\}$ then $f(n) = 0$ for all $n$, i.e. $f$ is constantly zero.
Otherwise, $F = k\mathbb N_0$ for some non-zero $k$. Now let $a_r' := f(r)$ for $0 \leq r < k$. Then $a_0' = 0$, and for all $n \in \mathbb N_0$ and $0\leq r < k$ we have
$$f(kn+r) = f(r + f(kn)) = f(r) + f(kn) = f(r) + kn = kn + a_r'.$$
Furthermore, $kn+a_r' \in f(\mathbb N_0) \subseteq k\mathbb N_0$, hence $k|a_r'$. Write $a_r' = k a_r$, then $f(kn+r) = k(n+a_r)$, as claimed.

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Digital Forensic Investigators need to forensically analyse digital data in order to investigate various crime cases. Quite often, the investigators come across password protection for the digital data that they need to investigate. Therefore, they need to crack passwords in order to gain access to potential evidence. There exist various problems in the field of password cracking. Due to technological advances in security, it currently takes—and is expected to continue taking—large amounts of time for digital forensic investigators to crack passwords. Due to the large amount of time required to crack passwords, the costs involved in cracking the passwords are also high. There also exists an ambiguity with regards to the outcome of the password-cracking procedure. Thus, there is a risk of the forensic investigator not being able to find the correct password even after spending large amounts of time and money. Apart from the ambiguity of the outcome and large password-cracking times, there also exists uncertainty regarding the amount of time a password may take to crack. While a variety of research in the field of password cracking exists, past studies have mostly concentrated on the underlying password-cracking technology in use. They have not examined the underlying procedures and practices involved in cracking passwords. In order to address the various challenges mentioned above, this research proposes the use of a budgeting model. The budgeting model aims to gain control over the amount of time required to crack a password. This also makes it possible to gain control over password-cracking costs. This research also defines an experimental design to define and test the processes involved using the budgeting model. This research consists of a simulation of 200 hypothetical password-cracking cases, classified in groups or blocks of 50 password cases. The various time budgets for each block of passwords are calculated before the actual password-cracking experiment is performed. The password-cracking experiment is then performed as per the defined processes for a period of seven days. The experiment is also monitored regularly. The actual password-cracking times for all of the passwords are also recorded. The data are then analysed. There are certain variations involved in the processes and results, which have been considered during analysis. The results find that the actual password-cracking times were less than the times allocated by the use of the budgeting model. Therefore, the budgeting model guidelines are demonstrated suitable to be followed as best-practice advice for digital forensic investigators. The results also show that the actual times required to crack the passwords are very near to half of the expected budgeted time. This suggests that, on average, the password-cracking times are half of the required budgeted time. The various research processes carried out are also evaluated in order to add to the existing best-practice knowledge for digital forensic investigators. Based on the findings of this study, the recommended budgeting procedure for digital forensic investigators is also outlined.


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Laser application: what you can do
NOW is the time to throw a spanner in the works at Aldermaston. MOD have applied for planning permission for the new laser facility, the beginning of building a new generation of nuclear weapons. YOU can write a letter objecting to this development.
The next generation of nuclear weapons can be stopped! This application has already had to be withdrawn once, because of a successful legal challenge by a local resident.
Please email something off now, and also pass this tng_alert on to a few people who would also like to object. Remember those who do not inhabit the Email world....they are often excellent at writing letters!
Write a letter objecting to the new developments at Aldermaston: deadline May 21st
The Ministry of Defence have resubmitted their Notice of Proposed Development for the Orion laser facility at AWE Aldermaston. It will be in the public domain by 30th April and the deadline for objections will be May 21st. NOW is the time for letters: play your part in stopping this madness. Below is some brief background, that can be put into letters, and the addresses to send objections to.
SAMPLE LETTER: USE LINK BELOW >> RIGHT
The Notice of Proposed Development
This application, to West Berkshire District Council (WBDC), was previously passed by the council but then the MOD had to withdraw it because a local resident made a successful legal challenge. The MOD have now resubmitted it, including additional environmental information, and it will be treated as a new submission.
Unlike other planning applications, the council cannot reject this Notice of Proposed Development - but it can refer it to the Secretary of State who may open a public inquiry. Aldermaston Women's Peace Campaign are calling for a public inquiry, not merely into this application, but into the whole package of proposals outlined in AWE's Site Development Strategy Plan.
What is going on at Aldermaston?
The proposed high-powered laser will enable AWE to replicate the conditions of a nuclear explosion, and enable the construction of predictive models for nuclear explosions.
The new laser is the first stage of a massive development plan, thought to equip AWE Aldermaston to produce a new generation of nuclear weapons, which - if developed - would violate the international Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
AWE claim that this new development is necessary for the current Trident programme. However, combined with proposals for a new hydrodynamics facility, a supercomputer and other testing facilities, and the recruitment of over 80 new scientific posts, observers believe that AWE is equipping itself to produce a new generation of nuclear weapons.
What are the environmental concerns?
1. Impact of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area. It is acknowledged that given the size of the proposed building, it will have a visual impact, particularly from views into the site from the A340 at Paices Hill.
2. Environmental Problems. At the December 17th hearing, Councillors asked the AWE Applicants if the building could be sunk into the ground. AWE refused, and implied that the building was already designed to be below ground to enable the 10 laser beams to surround the sample. This could be a problem in itself as there is a high water-table at the site. All the usual environmental problems of a nuclear site will apply to this proposal, although very little radioactive discharge is claimed for the normal running of the laser. The possible effects of a serious laser accident or destruction of the laser building are not known.
3. Any additional high-risk procedure at this nuclear warhead production site is unreasonable, both for neighbours and for the local public protection authority. The 5 feet thick walls of the laser building are to provide essential shielding, indicating that a dangerous procedure is to take place inside.
Where to send your objection
Clearly quote this number on your letter: Application number 04/00945/OUT
And send to:
West Berkshire District Authority
Council Offices, Market Street
Newbury, Berkshire. RG14 5LD
OR send by Email to: planapps@westberks.gov.uk
If you would like to receive alerts on action you can take, susbcribe to the tng_alerts list (this is a notifications list, not a discussion list). To subscribe send an email with the subject line tng_subscribe to info@aldermaston.net
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DEVELOPING STORY:
https://www.fairplanet.org/story/petition-calls-on-massachusetts-lawmakers-to-ban-female-genital-mutilation/
Petition calls on Massachusetts lawmakers to ban female genital mutilation
Yair Oded
Donald Trump, female genital mutilation, USA
Despite being referred to as "a grave violation of the human rights of girls and women" by the World Health Organisation and being banned by 59 countries and numerous international human rights treaties, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) continues to be practised around the world, across various cultures and religions.
In the United States, roughly half a million women and girls were at risk or have been subjected to FGM, as reported by the Centres for Disease Prevention and Control.
Presently, 23 states still allow FGM to take place within their territory. One of these states is the otherwise progressive Massachusetts.
A Change.org petition launched by Aisha Yusuf, Hanna Stern, and Mariya Taher (two of whom are survivors of FGM) calls on the Massachusetts State Legislature to pass a law banning female genital mutilation and cutting in the state, where an estimated 14,591 women and girls are at risk of being subjected to FGM.
Female genital mutilation refers to a ritual that involves partial or complete removal of external genitalia in order to control female sexuality. The practice has been directly linked to harsh side-effects, such as pain, bleeding, shock, and genital sores, and is known to cause profound psychological trauma.
A 1996 law passed by Congress banned FGM in the U.S., although no such cases were ever brought to trial until November of last year, when a Michigan doctor and several parents were criminally charged for conducting FGM on minors. Alas, Federal Judge Bernard Friedman of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled that the 1996 law was unconstitutional, stating that Congress had no authority to institute such a ban, and decided to drop the charges against the defendants.
Then, in a blow to women's rights activists and advocates, the U.S. Department of Justice decided in April, 2019 to refrain from defending the 1996 law and pursuing the case any further.
Judge Friedman's ruling, bolstered by the subsequent inaction of the Justice Department, rightfully alerted human rights and women's rights advocates, who now fear that the 23 states where the practice isn't outlawed would become 'destination states' for FGM.
In Massachusetts, the state's Women's Bar Association has been pushing for the legislature to adopt a law banning FGM since 2012. The proposed bill, however, was sent to study, and there is no indication that it will be seriously deliberated upon in the foreseeable future.
In an opinion piece for Fair Observer, Taher, who was subjected to FGM at the age of seven and has played an active role in advocating for the bill, writes, "they are still not listening to us. The bills and our stories sit on a desk, unheard, undiscussed and, worst of all, silenced."
Taher ascribes the apparent reluctance of the Massachusetts legislator to promote such a bill to its fear of targeting ethnic and religious minorities that are already persecuted by the Trump administration. While she comprehends its roots, Taher condemns this rationale, claiming that it ultimately results in the abandonment and oppression of the state's most vulnerable women and girls.
"We should not and cannot sanction violence in the name of culture or religion. And we can't protect all girls in Massachusetts unless we openly condemn female genital mutilation and recognize it for what it truly is — violence against girls", states Taher.
All three petitioners emphasise the importance of education surrounding FGM, and they have all actively organised and conducted community engagement workshops and events in order to acquaint their family members and friends with the many dangers associated with FGM.
Yet, the petitioners argue that such community action can only be effective if it is complemented by strong legislation that outlaws this violent and oppressive practice. It is their hope that by applying sufficient pressure the residents of Massachusetts could convince their government to take a bold stance on the matter; an act they hope would have a ripple effect and ultimately set an example for other states as well.
Please consider signing their petition and expressing solidarity with women and girls, both in Massachusetts and around the globe.
Article written by:
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Being banned by 59 countries and numerous international human rights treaties, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) continues to be practiced around the world, across various cultures and religions.
In the United States, roughly half a million women and girls were at risk or have been subjected to FGM.
Former female inmate's call for Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act
A Change.org petition launched by former female prisoner calls on Congress to pass a bill protecting female inmates from mistreatment, abuse and neglect.
From Wall Street hedge funds to Facebook, big money threatens democratic process in U.S. once again
Wall Street firms and high tech companies fund smear campaigns against Elizabeth Warren, how vowed to crack down on corporate greed if elected president.
Change.org petition calls on UN to conduct criminal investigation into Khashoggi's murder
A Change.org petition calls on the UN to launch a criminal investigation into the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, as evidence implicates the crown prince.


The Kingston Health Centre is a new development project encompassing a brand new, 2-storey health care facility for the Kingborough and Huon Valley communities, built on part of the former Kingston High School site.
This project has been broken into two stages and will provide a range of primary and public health, preventative and social services, where teams of professionals work alongside other disciplines in one consolidated building. The design and layout of the facility is contemporary, providing care in a comfortable and friendly environment, but more importantly it is flexible, allowing for future health service delivery as the area grows.
The functional, modern, light-filled building will be energy efficient, and will feature local Tasmanian timbers in both its construction and decoration, alongside natural inspired elements and materials, promoting a healthy, sustainable environment. Landscaping will complement the design, creating a series of green zones, encouraging social interaction and inviting clients and guests to spend time outside.
This project is now in construction.


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Q: Insert a variable inside a string after it is defined Is it possible to do something like this:
SQL = 'SELECT * FROM test_table ' .$sqljoin . $where . $order;
if (a>0){
$sqljoin = 'INNER JOIN test_users ON test_opplegg.UserId = test_users.id';
}else{
$where = 'WHERE target=1'
}

//Add the new variable to the SQL-sentence...

And then add the new variable to the SQL-sentence. In that way I dont need to write the SQL-sentence so many times and I can add values after the start of SQL is defined?

A: You'll want something like this:
$order = 'ORDER BY column_name ASC' //or DESC

if ($a>0)
{
    $sql_append = 'INNER JOIN test_users ON test_opplegg.UserId = test_users.id';
}
else
{
    $sql_append = 'WHERE target=1'
}

$sql = 'SELECT * FROM test_table ' . $sql_append . $order;

A: Use string formatting:
// I assume you have already defined $order somewhere before this

$sql = 'SELECT * FROM test_table %s %s %s';

$sqljoin = '';
$where = '';

if (a>0){
    $sqljoin = 'INNER JOIN test_users ON test_opplegg.UserId = test_users.id';
}else{
    $where = 'WHERE target=1'
}

$sql = sprintf($sql, $sqljoin, $where, $order);


IT and technical support refers to a plethora of services by which assistance is provided to users of technology products such as mobile phones, computers, and other software and hardware products. Specific problems with a product or service are addressed by technical support services. Technical support is provided by most companies for the product they sell. Email, live support software on a website may deliver technical support. In all larger organizations, internal technical support is available to their staff for computer related problems. Every one of us needs a tech expert to help us with a computer related problem or question because nowadays everything is based on this machine. From the time of creation of the first computer tech support was there. The need for tech support will never decrease rather increase with time.
Call in support, also known as "Time and Material" IT supports has been very common in the service industries. The customer by paying for the materials and to the technician on the pre-negotiated rate avail their service when any problem occurs.
Working on a basis of block hours with IT and tech support allows clients to use support hours in whichever way they wish. It can support, project management, consultancy; the choice depends on the individual client.
Managed service is another type of IT support where a list of well defined services will be received by a company on an ongoing basis.
Discussion boards are provided by many companies and organizations for users of their products to interact. Such forums help the company to reduce the support costs while retaining the benefit of customer feedback.
Feeling comfortable with the person or the company you are dealing with is very important. Because companies providing you tech support will have the necessary dates and information about your company in their hands. The trust factor is very essential. You need to trust your IT Company in the same way as you trust your accountant. It is important for you to gather all the detailed information about the company providing IT support.
Skill is another very important factor. Make sure that IT Service Company you are dealing with has the right level of skills for IT support. You will need to do a short research about the experience, skill, knowledge, of the company you are assigning the job to.
Don't go for cheapest companies, it may sound attractive but it can end up costing more in later stages if your job has not been done properly due to unqualified personnel.
The requirement of providing technical support has shown tremendous growth with the increasing use of technology in modern times. All reputed IT and tech support companies offer 24/7 services giving, a completely satisfying experience to its customers. It by providing seamless and smooth operation brings more than a sense of accomplishment to its clients. Any renowned IT service company can back up important data and recovery of systems that are responsible for the successful running of the company. It also provides the option of spam filtering so that the business people can keep track of the important operation of their jobs. In a time, when there is a constant evolution of technology, when everything is computerized, any technology related problem brings tension and confusion and hinders the smooth running of the business. But with IT and tech support companies every technology related problem has a solution and it ensures that there is a worry-free environment in the company.


Cedarwell gets PHOX-y… 3 videos worth.
yo-yo freakout in the night garden during the day in Sheboygan. with PHOX. what is up?
…and what is a Shevegas hangout without a destinys child shout out?!
Cedarwell still writes songs and plays concerts. here is a newer song about being real and real. take it slowly.
this one has Cedarwell with three people. we will try it all again soon for the DCW album release show on Sat, June 30th at Paradigm with the fantastic Daredevil Christopher Wright. part of the proceeds will go to the troy tousey memorial fund. he recently passed away in a tragic bicycle accident. he was such a vibrant member of the Sheboygan community. he will be missed.
On first look, this painting had an unusually calming effect on me. The more I looked at it – the standing wheat, the encroaching green grass on the left, the rays of light or rain in the background – the more I heard a story come through the painting. The year '47 placed clearly in the bottom right corner kept tugging at my writing and focusing my thoughts on the element of time and urgency in the painting. The work in the field is done, but something about the growing grass on the side and the rays of light/rain at the back leave a sense of urgency and fear that I could not shake. So we end up with a song from the perspective of the field with all its fears and hopes for the future.
this song has been meaning to go on an album for some time. it is a slippery tune and we can not catch it entire. a few people have asked where to get it, so i decided to let the demo version we released on the acclaimed "Fall '08 Tour EP" here she blows.
Burn Up The Sky; Which One?
Our friend Spencer Wells got stuck in Sheboygan during a snowstorm last winter and took the opportunity to film some homely Cedarwell songs. thanks spencer. check out his website and other videos here. they are awesome.
A new Cedarwell official, taken place in Hamburg DE. in early spring, 2010.
Proving playgrounds were intended for not just the youth, but for the man in every boy.
CD release show for Blessed Feathers!
May 7: AMP-Munster, DE w/ Bjorn Kleinhenz!
Thursday, March 17th, we will be playing an unofficial showcase along with fellow Wisconsin artists, bloggers, promoters, journalists, businesses and creatives. Come say hello. We start at 1pm.
You can also follow @sxwisconsin on twitter.
Jared and Erik recorded this last winter before heading out to tour Europe.
In case any of you haven't heard of Daytrotter, they are a group of guys from Rock Island, Illinois, that record and post live sessions of bands from, well, everywhere. We are honored to have been daytrotted.
Check out the whole session here.


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Thiessen: The rise of anti-Semitism on the left
OpinionOpinion Advocates for ideas and draws conclusions based on the author/producer's interpretation of facts and data.
The State Department has revised anti-Semitism to include comparing current 'Israeli policy to that of the Nazis'
Demonstrators opposed to a far-right rally march and hold signs at Lafayette Park opposite the White House August 12, 2018 in Washington, DC, one year after the deadly violence at a similar protest in Charlottesville, Virginia. – Last year's protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, that left one person dead and dozens injured, saw hundreds of neo-Nazi sympathizers, accompanied by rifle-carrying men, yelling white nationalist slogans and wielding flaming torches in scenes eerily reminiscent of racist rallies held in America's South before the Civil Rights movement. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP)NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images
By Marc A. Thiessen |
PUBLISHED: August 14, 2019 at 11:40 a.m. | UPDATED: August 14, 2019 at 11:49 a.m.
OSWIECIM, POLAND — Recently, the State Department revised its definition of anti-Semitism to include "drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis" — an apparent response to the rise of the anti-Israel BDS (Boycott, Divest and Sanctions) movement whose supporters routinely make such comparisons. That is a good thing. Just a few days ago, I sat in the former SS headquarters of the Auschwitz concentration camp with Piotr Cywiński, director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. Speaking beside a window overlooking the gas chamber and crematorium where countless souls perished, he explained that there is no difference between hatred of Israel and hatred for Jews.
"It's the same old story with some different words," he said. "If you are speaking with somebody who is defending some anti-Israeli ideologies, maybe not in the first minute, maybe not in the second minute, but in the third minute you will find that the same old story accusing Jews of every bad thing in the world. For me, that's very, very clear. I never saw any anti-Israeli theory that was not anti-Semitic."
In an interview, my American Enterprise Institute colleague Danielle Pletka and I asked Cywiński about politicians such as Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., who recently said that boycotting Israel is no different from boycotting Nazi Germany.
"I can't see why people feel free to compare Israel to the Nazis," Cywiński said. "I don't want to comment on it on an intellectual level. It's simply an insult. It's an insult to the victims and an insult to the survivors and an insult to a whole country, to a whole society." There was a time, he said, when "if somebody would [say] something like this, it would be the end of his political career. Now it's a question of two days maybe of troubles. And this is something terrible, because that means that there's no more responsibility with words."
As for the BDS movement, he said, "I don't know why some politicians have a deep need to focus so permanently on this only one country. If you look to the United Nations, how many resolutions were concerning Israel and how many were concerning, let's say, Sudan?"
The problem of anti-Semitism is rising across the world. A recent CNN poll found that more than a quarter of Europeans say Jews have too much influence in business and finance, while 1 in 5 said Jews have too much influence in the media and politics. Anti-Semitic incidents are on the rise as well. Here is the United States, we saw neo-Nazis marching in Charlottesville chanting "Jews will not replace us!" and horrific shootings at synagogues near San Diego in April and in Pittsburgh last year. In 2018, France reported a 74% increase in anti-Semitic attacks, while in Germany they grew by 60%.
While the rise of far-right populism has played a role, many victims say those on the right account for only a fraction of these anti-Semitic incidents. In December, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights asked European Jews who was responsible for the most serious incident of anti-Semitic harassment they had experienced: Only 13% said it was someone with a far-right political view, while 30% said it was an "extremist Muslim" and 20% said it was someone with left-wing views.
The fact is anti-Semitism is a growing problem on the left. In Britain earlier this year, three members of the Labour Party resigned after accusing the party and its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, of being — as a former Labour general secretary put it — "institutionally anti-Semitic." In Washington, congressional Democrats have struggled to confront anti-Semitism within their own ranks. Cywiński says the rise of left-wing anti-Semitism is not surprising. "Do not forget that the Nazi party in Germany was a party of workers," he says. "We are many times thinking about the Nazis as far right. They were also very deeply speaking … to the left, using some leftist language."
Whether on the left or the right, we all have an obligation to confront anti-Semitism and other forms of racism and xenophobia. Asked if politicians who express anti-Semitic attitudes should come here, Cywiński says everyone should come. "People need to see Auschwitz. People need to come not only to cry over all of the victims … but maybe to feel their own responsibility today."
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Q: $P(\mathbf{X} \geq t) \leq P((\mathbf{X} + a)^2 \geq (t+a)^2))$ In general, is it true that
$$ P(\mathbf{X} \geq t) \leq P((\mathbf{X} + a)^2 \geq (t+a)^2))$$ for non-negative $a$.
What about the general case of replacing square with a function $\Phi(\mathbf{X})$, where $\Phi$ is a non-decreasing non-negative function.
How can I prove this ?

A: In general, inequalities of probabilities involve a relationship between the events involved. Thus, if $A,B$ are "events" (i.e., measurable sets with respect to the underlying probability measure) such that $A\subset B$, then $P(A)\leq P(B)$ and the reason is self-evident: larger sets have larger probability. Now, if you think about $X\geq t$ as defining an "event" in your probability space, and $\Phi$ is a non-decreasing positive function, then what you have to check in order to prove your inequality is that the event $X\geq t$ is contained in the event $\Phi(X)\geq \Phi(t)$. That is, whenever $X\geq t$, then also $\Phi(X)\geq \Phi(t)$. Since this holds for every non decreasing function, you get your proof.

A: No, it is not true. Take $X=0$, $t=-1$, $a=1$. Then the left hand side is $1$ and the right hand side is $0$.
In general, we do have $P(X\ge t)=P(X+a\ge t+a)$ (for any $a$, not just non-negative) but we do not have $P(X\ge t)\le P(X^2\ge t^2)$. This will hold if $X$ is non-negative, however.


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"Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace," the eighth studio album from the OC punksters, is an impressive new set of songs from one of rock's most exciting and enduring bands. The Offspring entered the studio with legendary producer Bob Rock (Metallica, The Cult) to record 12 new songs culled from the most productive songwriting period in the band's history. This is the band's first full-length studio release in four and a half years, the longest gap between The Offspring's studio albums to date. 'Hammerhead' the 1st single from "Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace" debuted at #5 on the U.S Billboard Modern Rock Tracks and #18 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks respectively. The Offspring has performed over 1000 shows and they have sold more than 34 million albums worldwide, including their 1994 release "Smash," which more than a decade after its release remains the highest-selling album of all time on an independent label.
The hits:
"Half-Truism" – A long missing, and desired, Offspring song. This is their core strength–pop/punk. The chorus is easy to remember and sing-a-long to. Could it be a comeback?
"Trust In You" – This sounds like a retread, but it still holds up to most of their hits. It's a fun pop/punk track. They still have it.
"You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" – It's a bit wacky: "dance, f**ker dance, you never had a chance." But wacky or not its catchy as hell.
"Hammerhead" – The typical big chorus and harmony–just not as strong of a chorus as previous iterations of Offspring songs.
"Takes Me Nowhere" – An average filler track.
"Kristy, Are You Doing Ok?" – A song about sexual molestation isn't anything to take lightly. I just wish the song matched the sentiment.
"Lets Hear It From Rock Bottom" – This song could have been left off the album.
Frankly:
There are a few songs that left me unsure on how to react. "Fix You" doesn't really sound like The Offspring. It's a ballad that sounds like it could have been sung by Fuel or a similar band. But its not corny nor does it diminish the punk flavor of The Offspring. After a few listens its obvious its an lovely song; the question how do feel about The Offspring singing it? I don't have an answer.
Frankly, I'm extremely surprised by this new Offspring offering. "Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace" is good from beginning to end. There are a few songs that could have been left behind but the songs aren't terrible they just don't hold up to the better songs. The Offspring have proven themselves to be as good as advertised.
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Some people in the Bible are remembered for their good deeds, while others are remembered for their rebellion. King Saul, the first king of Israel, is remembered for his rebellion against God. His life is an object lesson showing how quickly self-centeredness can lead to a ruined life. The Bible says that Saul died a tragic death � he took his own life when he was 61 years old. In an attack on Shunem about 1000 B.C., the Philistines critically injured Saul. Rather than let his enemies gloat in victory, he fell upon his own sword and died. (1 Samuel 31:4) Many Christians believe that King Saul went directly to hell that afternoon. According to the doctrine of an eternally burning hell, King Saul and millions of people like him are writhing and jumping about in the flames of hell fire this very minute. Advocates of an eternal hell claim that once God sends a person to hell, there is no escape and no relief. The torment is said to be painful and torturous beyond words!
According to the scenario above, King Saul has been on fire for about 3,000 years. He must be discouraged beyond words since there is no second chance � no way out of hell. His cries for relief are no doubt drowned out by the roar of hell�s furnaces. Think about it. If there is a burning hell where sinners, young and old, writhe in eternal torment, it must be the most awful place in the whole universe! There is no way out, no hope, no end. I can just imagine how the hostages of hell curse God and cry out for immediate release from their misery every time the devil turns up the thermostat. Many Christians believe this scenario to be true, or something similar to it and they use the parable Jesus told about the rich man and Lazarus to prove it. (Luke 16:19-31) Unfortunately, many non-Christians refuse to believe in God because they find this doctrine about God�s justice to be repugnant. About 15 years ago, George Gallup surveyed American Christians regarding their views on Heaven and hell. Almost 87% of the individuals surveyed believed they were going to Heaven and 91% said they knew someone in hell or someone who was going there. In recent years, the cruelty of hell has been lessened by some theologians. Consequently, recent surveys reveal that larger numbers of Christians do not believe that hell is a literal place where the souls of wicked people writhe in eternal flames. So, is there a hell? Where is it? What is it like? When does a person go to hell?
1. The Bible teaches there is a resurrection for the righteous and a resurrection for the wicked. If the righteous go immediately to Heaven when they die, why does Jesus say that the righteous are resurrected at the last day ? "For my Father�s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day." "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day." "There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day." (John 6:40, 44; 12:48) Some scholars claim that God�s purpose for resurrecting the righteous at the last day is to reclaim an earthly body. This argument does not make any sense. If the soul is a living entity that can exist outside the body, why is a body necessary? For example, if Abel has been in Heaven for almost 6,000 years, why would he want or need a body now? Besides, the Bible says that flesh and blood cannot inherit eternal life! (1 Corinthians 15:50) Even more, what about those individuals who suffer with physical deformities while they are alive? Would their soul want to return to a deformed and degenerate body again? Certainly not. If a body actually returns to dust after death as the Bible indicates (Psalm 104:29; Ecclesiastes 3:20), then why would Jesus wait until the Second Coming to gather some dirt to create a new body for the deceased? He could certainly create a new body at any time.
4. Revelation 20:15 reveals that God will put an end to sin at the end of the millennium and everyone not found in the Book of Life will be burned up. Here is the problem as I see it. Eternal life in Heaven or in hell requires immortality; however, God grants immortality only to the saints at the Second Coming. (See 1 Corinthians 15:51-53.) The wicked never receive immortality. Therefore, the souls of the wicked are not immortal. In fact, the Bible clearly says, "the soul who sins is the one who will die." (Ezekiel 18:4) Think about it. If wicked people were immortal and suffered in hell forever, the presence of sinners and rebellion within the universe would last throughout eternity!
die . . . ." (Genesis 3:4) Satan led Eve to believe that if she ate of the forbidden fruit that she would become immortal like God. If she had immortality, she could not be subject to death! What a clever deception!
God did not insert an everlasting soul in Adam�s body. Instead, Adam became a living soul when God created him. "The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." (Genesis 2:7, italics mine.) In other words, God united Adam�s body of dust with His own breath of life and Adam became a living being. When Adam died at the age of 930 years, his soul ceased to exist because the human soul cannot live as a separate entity outside the body. The soul of man results from a combination of two parts � a human body and the breath of life. Here is an illustration that might help to illustrate this concept. A light bulb comes to "life" when the power of electricity is applied to it. Light occurs when the light bulb is combined with electricity. If the power is removed, there is no light. Likewise, if there is no breath of life in the body, there is no soul. A man�s soul is mortal which means it is subject to death. God alone is immortal and not subject to death. When Jesus died for humanity, He had to lay His immortality aside! (John 10:17,19) When the Father resurrected Jesus, the Father restored immortality to Him. (Revelation 1:18) But notice what God said about man at the time of Noah�s flood, "Then the Lord said, My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his [remaining] days will be a hundred and twenty years." (Genesis 6:3, insertion mine.) Each time the word immortal is used in the Bible, it pertains to God, not man. "Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen . . . God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen" (I Timothy 1:17; 6:15,16) Paul expounds on this point by writing that God will grant the gift of immortality to the saints at the Second Coming! "When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: �Death has been swallowed up in victory.� " (1 Corinthians 15:54) If the righteous receive immortality at the Second Coming, it is obvious that they do not have immortality before that time!
"And the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit [ ruach ] returns to God who gave it." (Ecclesiastes 12:7, insertion mine.) Some people use this text to prove that the spirit of man returns to God when he dies. Although this text does not say so, the alleged implication is that something intelligent returns to God at the time of death. Advocates of the external soul reason that when the body and the spirit are separated, the spirit (or "ruach") returns to God who gave it. The Hebrew word "ruach" means wind or breath. Notice how this word is translated a few verses earlier: "As you do not know the path of the wind [ruach] , or how the body is formed in a mother�s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things." (Ecclesiastes 11:5) The ruach of the righteous, as well as the ruach of the wicked, returns to God at death! The text is clear on this point: The "breath of life" is a gift from God to all people at birth and the "breath of life" [ruach] returns to God who gave it when we die, regardless of our moral behavior!
Job�s use of the word "ruach" helps clarify the meaning even further. He says, "As long as I have life within me, the breath [ruach] of God in my nostrils, my lips will not speak deceit." (Job 27:3,4 [KJV]) An unrefined translation of Job�s comment might read, "As long as I have life within me and the breath from God in my nose, my lips will not speak lies." Neither Solomon nor Job used the word "ruach" to mean a conscious spirit roaming the heavens.
built . . . ." Did Jesus preach to the spirits of the antediluvians after He died on the cross? If Jesus did this, what did He offer them? Did Jesus grant them a pardon for their rebellion or did He shake a divine finger at them and say, "Eternal hell is the reward you deserve � you vile unbelievers?" Is it possible to escape from hell after being sent there? Did Jesus release any hostages from hell? If so, where is the evidence? Since hell is believed to be the worst possible torture chamber ever devised, would repentance come from a contrite heart or would a charbroiled sinner say anything in order to get relief from anguish? Although most Christians believe the soul remains alive after death, they generally reject the second chance theory for salvation after death, believing that matters pertaining to our eternal reward are determined during our present life on Earth.
So, what does Peter say in this text? Peter teaches that Jesus was brought to life by the same Holy Spirit that attempted to bring the antediluvians to their senses before the flood. Notice what the Lord told Noah in Genesis 6:3, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever." I think most people would agree that it is possible for a person to be physically alive but spiritually dead. (Romans 8:10) Peter says that Jesus was physically put to death in the body, but made alive by the same Spirit that tried to save the antediluvians. Because of decadence and rebellion against God, the antediluvians were dead to the Spirit. Since they were not willing to allow the Spirit to lead them onto the ark, they drowned when the flood came.
"There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man�s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham�s side. The rich man also died and was buried. In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. So he called to him, �Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.� But Abraham replied, �Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.� He answered, �Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father�s house, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.� Abraham replied, �They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.� �No, father Abraham,� he said, �but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.� He said to him, �If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.� "
Here is another difficult Bible text: ". . . If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, he, too, will drink of the wine of God�s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. He will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name." (Revelation 14:9-11) This text does not mean the wicked are burning forever and ever. Revelation 20:9 states that the wicked are "devoured" at the end of the millennium. The purpose of hell fire is not eternal torment. I believe God has chosen to use fire at the end of the 1,000 years for three reasons: restitution, penalty and purification! The wicked will suffer proportionately to the deeds they refused to make right (restitution). The wicked will be put to death by fire (the penalty for sin is death by execution). Sin and its horrible consequences will be destroyed in the lake of fire and the cancer of sin will cease to exist (purification). "Whatever they plot against the Lord he will bring to an end; trouble [sin] will not come a second time." (Nahum 1:9, insertion mine.) After Jesus purifies Earth with fire, He will create a new Heaven and a new Earth. John says, "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea." (Revelation 21:1) The smoke rising from the destruction of the wicked and the purification of the world ascends upward forever and ever � just like ordinary smoke does today .
Let us go back to Revelation 14:10,11 and notice something else. The wicked: ". . . will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name." The issue we need to understand in this text concerns the lack of rest � day or night. Look again at the verse: "There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name." (Revelation 14:11) Some people use these words to indicate the wicked writhe in the flames of hell day and night for ever and ever. These words, however, are not describing the experience of the wicked at the end of the 1,000 years. These words are describing the experience of the wicked during the Great Tribulation! This verse reveals the intensity of the work the Holy Spirit does during the Great Tribulation. When the 144,000 powerfully present the gospel to everyone, people who refuse the gospel will ultimately have no choice but to submit to the devil (the Antichrist). Those who submit to the demands of the devil will not only violate their conscience; they will emotionally wrestle with every effort the Holy Spirit puts forth. The Holy Spirit will vigorously disturb every soul who persists in rebellion in an attempt to persuade them to submit to God�s authority. (Joel 2:28-32) This is why Revelation 14:11 says, "There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name." Guilt-ridden and stubborn in their rebellion against God, they will not have peace day or night because the Holy Spirit will not give up on them until God�s offer of salvation is terminated at the seventh trumpet. (See Revelation 10:7; 11:15-19; John 16:8-11.) Eventually, they will no longer hear the Holy Spirit prompting their conscience and the wicked will cooperate with the Antichrist�s forces to kill and torture the saints.
"Then he said, �Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.� Jesus answered him, �I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.� " (Luke 23:42,43) The Bible indicates that Jesus did not go to Heaven the day He died. Instead, He ascended to the Father on Sunday morning. (John 20:17) The original Greek in the New Testament does not use commas, and the punctuation inserted by translators to make reading easier can be misleading. One simple misplaced comma can make the words of Jesus appear to mean something He did not say. Notice how a comma can change the meaning in the following sentence: " I tell you the truth today, you will be with me in paradise." This punctuation appears to be correct since it is supported by the weight of biblical evidence.
If we reconcile all that the Bible has to say on the subject of death and the resurrections, we will find a harmonious solution to John�s statement in Revelation 20:10. John says that the wicked will be tormented day and night, forever and ever, which means they will be tormented as long as they exist. Apparently, the burning process (the restitution process) takes longer for some people than others. In other words, people who have been extremely wicked will suffer longer according to their deeds. This means that Satan will burn the longest! (Exodus 22:9; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Revelation 14:10) Remember, the saints will determine the amount of restitution! Jesus told his disciples: " . . . I tell you the truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel." (Matthew 19:28) "Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? . . . Do you not know that we will judge angels?"
2. There are two deaths, the first is temporary and it is called "sleep," the second death occurs at the end of the 1,000 years and is eternal.
9. God has appointed a time for the judgment of human beings. With the exception of a few people taken to Heaven "on a credit card" (Enoch, Elijah, Moses, the 24 elders, etc.), human beings do not receive their eternal reward at the time of death. We must wait until either the resurrection at the Second Coming or the resurrection at the end of the 1,000 years.


Thomas left Sunday night's game against the Panthers with a leg injury.
After he was carted off with a leg injury during Sunday night's game against the Panthers, Seahawks safety Earl Thomas tweeted that he was thinking about retirement.
Thomas, 27, collided with teammate Kam Chancellor as he went for an interception during the first half and immediately went down grabbing his left leg. NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reported that he broke a bone in his leg.
Thomas missed the first game of his career last week due to a hamstring strain, snapping a streak of 118 straight games started.