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6 Slang Terms With Surprisingly Badass Origins
#3. To Ride (Someone) Out of Town on a Rail
To severely punish someone with ridicule and public condemnation and, optimally, make sure they'll never work in their field/town again.
Used Today:
"Dude, I swear to god, if you bone my sister I will ride you out of town on a fucking rail. I hope you never come back!"
Used Originally:
"I am going to ride you out of town on a fucking rail. I hope your nuts enjoy splinters!"
Back in the American frontier days, a classic punishment was to banish someone from a town by literally "riding them out of town on a rail." Now, you might think that they would be escorted to the nearest transit station, shoved on the first available train and told never to come back. But that would be far too polite for frontier justice.
No, the "rail" in question was the kind one builds fences with. Essentially, a long bar of wood, often with not much care taken in its construction, so it had lots of lumps and strange angles. The offender would be forcibly seated on this bar of wood, or "rail" if you will, borne upon the shoulders of two men (often part of a large angry mob of some description) and carried to the edge of town.
Now, if you're thinking "oh, that doesn't sound too bad, sounds like rather a nice ride actually," well, you're forgetting two things:
1. You'd be straddling a large, bumpy, lumpy, probably splinter-covered piece of wood, being carried roughly out of town by two men who probably didn't care how much they jostled you. Meaning you'd be lucky to get out of it with any junk left (and God help you if they decided to get some drive-thru on the way).
2. At the end of the journey, you'd be unceremoniously dumped into a ditch, often with a liberal application of tar and feathers to emphasize the point, which would be exceptionally painful, permanently disfiguring and almost certainly fatal, depending how much the townspeople hated you.
So much.
#2. (To Read) The Writing on the Wall
To foresee misfortune or disaster.
Used Today:
"Man, I can see the writing on the wall here. You shouldn't bone Mike's sister."
Used Originally:
"Man, I can see the writing on the wall here. God is going to straight up murder you."
Yep, this one comes from the Bible, which, as has been established, contains some particularly badass bits. This is no exception.
God: The Wu-Tang Clan of deities.
The Book of Daniel tells the story of a Babylonian king called Belshazzar, who was just one sin-lovin' motherfucker. Loved sin, this guy. We could tell you some stories. One night, he gathered all his disreputable friends and threw a magnificent feast where, as was the custom at the time, they blasphemed, made offerings to heathen gods, danced to heavy metal and generally sinned like some kind of goddamn sin-fueled sin brigade at the sin Olympics. It was nuts.
In any case, the biggest heresy of all came when Belshazzar and his cronies drank from cups his predecessor Nebuchadnezzar had stolen from the Temple of Solomon at Jerusalem. God's a lot of things, but he ain't no punk, and he was not about to stand for that shit. A disembodied hand appeared (presumably accompanied by some kickass guitar riffs) and began writing in glowing letters on the wall. All the wise men at the party gathered around and tried to figure out what they meant, but none of them could translate it.
Daniel was brought in, because this is sort of his thing, and told the king that the writing meant God was seriously pissed off. That very night, Belshazzar was killed and his kingdom swallowed up by Persia. The moral to this story: When a disembodied hand starts writing on the wall, you've fucked up royally.
#1. Blockbuster
A hugely successful movie/play/book.
Used Today:
"Wait till you see the 'home movie' Mike's sister and I made, it's a real blockbuster."
Used Originally:
"Wait till you see the massive, devastating bomb Mike's sister and I made, it's a real blockbuster."
It's easy to assume, when you're standing in an endless line for the latest action flick National Transformers III , that "blockbuster" means the lines for a movie will be longer than a block. But that just wouldn't be badass enough, would it?
No, a "blockbuster" originally referred to one of THESE fuckers:
Yes, a "blockbuster" was once a huge bomb, weighing up to 12,000-pounds, that was dropped by the British Royal Air Force on German cities, so named because they were large enough to bust a whole city block. The British used these to politely bomb the fuck out of Germany during World War II.
After the war, advertisers hijacked the term "blockbuster" to describe a huge movie. So the term now used to describe the Twilight movies used to once refer to a device that caused pain and misery to thousands of innocent civilians.
Not too much has changed, then.
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Lymphoma of the Heart
John Han-Chih Chang, MD and Kenneth Blank, MD
Last Modified: November 1, 2001
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I need some opinions and medical literature abouth this subject.
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Dear HS:
The treatment of lypmphomatous involvement of the heart is a challenging clinical situation. The medical and radiation oncologist need to work closely to formulate a plan of care that considers the goals of treatment (cure) and the potential toxicity of treatment to the heart.
In general, the principles of treatment remain the same as for lymphoma elsewhere in the body. Chemotherapy, radiation therapy and occasionally surgery are utilized in treatment. However, special care must be taken in patients with lymphoma of the heart to prevent permanent damage to the heart. Chemotherapy drugs used in lymphoma treatment, especially adriamycin, are known to be cardiotoxic (i.e., can damage the heart), and radiation of the heart can lead to myocarditis, pericarditis and valvular abnormalities.
The particluar circumstances of each case of must be examined individually.

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A glimpse of shifting alliances
The latest conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Arab enclave of Gaza, culminating in a cease-fire late Wednesday, follows a familiar pattern. The Palestinians this month had been launching increasingly sophisticated rockets into civilian neighborhoods in Israel. Inevitably, Israeli responses — mainly aimed at destroying missile-launching sites and stockpiles, and killing specific individuals responsible for the terrorist attacks — have caused civilian casualties on the Palestinian side. The news media and many world leaders are aghast at the brutal inhumanity of ... the Israelis! And everyone demands Israel's military forces exhibit restraint in the quest to protect their people.
This reaction renounces both human nature and human history. From the sacking of ancient Troy to the modern-day demolition of Dresden, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it has been well understood that restraint in the face of an avowed, remorseless enemy is the path to eventual defeat. Leaders of Hamas, the Iranian-backed terrorist group that runs Gaza, understand this. No wonder they acted like winners Thursday, celebrating in the streets and shooting off fireworks.
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Is there any way to access a local server via a smartphone during developement, or must I test it online?
Yes, of course. If your smartphone can connect to your local network over wifi then it can connect to any device on that network (that accepts connections), including your server, just like any other computer can. I do this to keep tabs on mobile compatibility during development, but it is limited to the phones(s)/tablet(s) in your possession so it isn't a very thorough way to test.
If you are using a Mac, you can give Sauce a try.
Sauce will provide you a virtual machine to test on every platform a local/online website, which every browser. The free version is restricted to few platform, but it might be enough for you.
Otherwise, you can configure access to your local server over your wifi. Just type the IP address in the URL bar.
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Investigating the Fundamentals of an "Old" Technology
Phil Kinnane | July 13, 2012
Transformers were first commercially used in the late 1800's, but they are still being investigated at their fundamental levels. One of the stories from our latest COMSOL News concerns ABB (who themselves have been around since the late 1800's) and their research into these apparatuses.Read More
Phil Kinnane | July 6, 2012
I have just come back from a bit of a vacation and boy was it hot! Here, a large part of the US has been going through record high temperatures and most of my time was spent trying to keep cool. How nice then to mention a story about cooling.Read More
Phil Kinnane | June 28, 2012
One of the interesting stories to come out of the latest COMSOL News concerned a couple of great researchers, Dr. Ozgur Yildirim and Dr. Zihong Guo, and how they use simulations in their inventing process. They work in an invention/prototype laboratory in Bellevue, WA for Intellectual Ventures, a global leader in the business of invention.Read More
Phil Kinnane | June 20, 2012
According to a study done by Brunel University in the United Kingdom, the food sector is among the top five energy-consuming industries. The transportation of food, including keeping it refrigerated, is one of the larger contributing factors to this energy-consumption and subsequent greenhouse gas emissions.Read More
Phil Kinnane | June 13, 2012
This was the sentiment shared by Michele Gosso of Centre Richerche Fiat in Italy. On the forefront of designing electric and hybrid vehicles in the small truck market, Fiat will soon be introducing this technology to their famous Fiat 500.Read More
Phil Kinnane | June 6, 2012
The June issue of IEEE Spectrum included an insert focused on Multiphysics Simulation. This included a feature on cooling in hybrid cars, articles about metamaterials, the smart power grid, as well as biomedical applications.Read More
Phil Kinnane | June 29, 2012
In an earlier blog post, I commented on how acoustic waves are being used in a biomedical setting, to identify malaria in small fluid samples. A more traditional use of piezoelectric devices was written about in the latest COMSOL News. Here, an Italian company, Esaote S.p.A., uses them to produce improved ultrasound imaging systems.Read More
Phil Kinnane | June 25, 2012
COMSOL News contains two application briefs from our colleagues at AltaSim Technologies. The first has already been mentioned in this blog and interested many of the readers of this blog. This second story concerns Conjugate Heat Transfer.Read More
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Previously, I wrote a blog post about Fiat using modeling to simulate the cooling of their lithium-ion battery packs. This got me wondering how lithium-ion batteries actually get hot in the first place.Read More
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It's long been known that a danger with corrosion is that it compromises the structures that it affects. This is particularly relevant for the naval industry where material failure leads to leaks and the like. Now, another danger is becoming apparent.Read More
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One of the interesting stories from this year's COMSOL News is the article concerning Johnson Screens®. They manufacture steel screens to block debris in water for pipes and valves. Their challenge is to design water intake screens with openings large enough for an unimpeded flow of water, but small enough to block enough debris depending on a specific application. This means that each screen must be custom-designed taking into account the characteristics of the debris and the depth at which […]Read More


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Choosing Party Venues
Camping is enough of a challenge without making the experience more difficult than it needs to be. Unless all your guests are seasoned pros, consider selecting a campground that offers bathrooms and showers, evening activities, and ample parking, preferably away from your campsite.
When you call to reserve your campsite, ask the park ranger about any dangers, such as bees, bears, snakes, poison ivy or oak, stinging nettle, or rapid-moving waters. When you extend your invitations, be sure to let your guests know of these dangers so they can take appropriate precautions.
Also consider the nature of your party: Will your friends prefer to live it up into the wee hours? A camping trip at a public campsite might not be the best choice for you and your pals, unless you enjoy being visited (and kicked out!) by the park ranger. If your friends enjoy good clean fun and are able to limit their giggling to approved hours, then camp away!
A camping trip is in itself a party; do you really need a reason to rough it for a few days? However, if you must find an occasion to celebrate, plan a camping trip for a birthday, reunion, or anniversary.
You Can Take it With You
Outdoor revelry has its own set of challenges, and a good hostess will plan accordingly. Yes, it would be nice if your guests brought everything they needed to enjoy the event, but as the hostess, it's your job to make sure you have the following:
- Several bottles of waterproof sunblock
- Aloe vera gel
- Insect repellant
- Pre-moistened towelettes (baby wipes are perfect)
- Toilet paper (you never know!)
- First aid kit, including a pain reliever and antihistamine for allergy sufferers
- Matches
- Corkscrew and bottle opener
- Ice chest with plenty of ice
- Collapsible chairs
- Tablecloth
- Picnic blanket
- Grill, charcoal, and lighter fluid
- Extra paper plates, napkins, cups, and cutlery
- Trash bags
- Frisbee, soccer ball, a puzzle, and/or travel-sized games
- Blankets or sweaters for when it cools down
- Wildlife guide book
- Binoculars
- Camera, with extra batteries and film
Finally, using a web-based invitation system, such as www.evite.com, is a great way to make sure you don't wind up bringing all the gear. Ask your guests to volunteer for a particular tool and/or foodstuff, and then sign up when they RSVP on the website.
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By SHAWNA JANKOVIAK
CHEBOYGAN — The local animal shelter is currently dealing with an overabundance of felines and is offering special adoption rates on their cats and kittens.
Cheboygan County Humane Society Director Mary Talaske said the shelter is inundated with cats and kittens and has more than 80 that are looking for homes.
"We are offering all of our adult cats for a $10 per cat adoption fee, and our kittens are available for $30 each (they are normally $60) or two for $50."
Talaske said many of the kittens are 10-12 weeks old. All of the cats that are available have been spayed and neutered and are up to date on their vaccinations.
She noted that although this is close to the most cats the shelter has had at one time, the large numbers the shelter is seeing right now are not too out of the ordinary.
"It's really not unusual for this time of year," Talaske said.
"I've been talking with some of the other shelters, and they are experiencing the same thing. Everyone is so busy around this time of the year, with school having started back up and summer winding down — they are occupied with other things and not necessarily thinking about getting a new pet right now."
Talaske said the shelter is able to accommodate more cats due to the recent renovations at the facility, many of which involved improvements to the feline areas.
"We are now able to keep them longer," Talaske said. "Before (the renovations) we would have to put some cats to sleep if we kept getting more in, but we try not to do that if we don't have to. With our new facilities, we have room for more and we are able to let them stay here for more time, especially if they are not feral and are adoptable."
Anyone interested in seeing the animals at the shelter is welcome to visit between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday or between noon and 4 p.m. Saturday. The shelter is located at 1536 Hackleburg Road in Cheboygan. The shelter can also be reached by calling 238-8221.
Pets can also be seen by visiting www.petfinder.com or by checking the Facebook page "Cheboygan County Humane Society (official fb page)."
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It seems that every time I make a tomato sauce for pasta, the sauce is a little bit too acid for my taste. I've tried using sugar or sodium bicarbonate, but I'm not satisfied with the results.
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My secret weapon is onion. Caramelize the onions first. This creates a natural sweetness. Always use ripe tomatoes; if you cannot then use canned. The canned are made from ripe tomatoes and tend to be a very good substitute.
Also, the celery and carrot suggestions are very much a good addition - you are making a classic tomato sauce when you include the celery and carrots, 1 part each celery and carrot to 2 parts onion. Add the onions first to get the caramelization.
I don't get too fancy with herbs, usually one good fresh herb does it for me, basil or sage are two favorites of mine.
There is a suggestion to add cream, why not use the parmesan end you may have in your fridge, it is dairy and allowed to slowly simmer in the sauce will lend a very nice flavor note.
Acidic sauces are usually reserved for nights when I make a puttanesca sauce - it goes with the capers and calamata olives I add to it.
Don't forget to season with salt and pepper.
Just add half a teaspoon (or even less) of white sugar. Typical Italian tomato-sauce always requires a bit of sugar (and not just to cut acidity).
I know there is already an accepted answer, but I will offer a different opinion: cook it for 3-4 hours over a low heat. Stir it every 30 minutes or so (more often if you can't get the burner down to a low enough level, to prevent burning). Not only will it taste wonderful but the house will smell wonderful, too!
One of the ways to do this is to make sure you have some finely diced onion in the sauce or start of with a Sofrito. Once the tomatos have been added turn the heat down, and put a lid on and then leave for as long as you have. The sauce tastes sweeter and less acidic the longer you cook it so if you do have time to leave it for a few hours to gradually cook you should have a sauce that is much less acidic. To my taste it gives a much more rounded seetness than just using sugar but you do need to be careful when cooking this way because even without using any sugar in the recipie it is possible to create a suace that is too sweet.
A little more salt, a little less tomato, a little more stock / water / non-tomato liquid, a slightly longer cooking time. If using dried herbs, switch to fresh (and increase the quantity). If you're using pureed tomato in some form, try switching to tinned; if you're already using tinned, try switching to chopped fresh; if you're using chopped fresh, switch to a sweeter variety.
Mushrooms are often included in recipes to balance out acidity, it's the reason they're in recipes such as beef bourguignon. If you're at the tuning stage then you can also turn down the acidity level by adding some butter.
Tomato sauces often include red wine, if you're using a recipe that includes wine it's important that you reduce the red wine down fast to the point where it mellows the acidity levels. You can really push the heat up at this point. Make sure you get your head right in the pan and take a good whiff, if it needs longer to mellow you'll know instantly.
I often start off with crushed tomatoes. My normal recipe involves sautéing some spanish onions and garlic in olive oil, then adding some Serrano peppers, white pepper, sugar, celery, and carrots. After a short toss in the oil I pour the crushed tomatoes over top. I've never noticed that recipe to be acidic.
Sometimes I add an chopped apple to the sauce. The sauce becomes soften and the apple tastes good.
I echo the comments about sugar – but don't overdo the sugar either! A teaspoon seems to be more than adequate for a batch of sauce that will serve 4-6.
I simmer the sauce for a long time on low heat, which mellows and blends the flavors nicely.
Finally, I can recommend one ingredient in my tomato sauce that I never missed until I forgot it once: chopped celery. I find it too cuts the acidity and fills out the flavor. If you're not already using it, give it a try and see if you like the results!
As you said you already tried sugar, and didn't like the results -- have you tried adding other sweet ingredients?
Our family recipe always started with lots of plenty of carrots and onions for our sauce, and I can't think of when I've ever needed extra sugar.
Yes, the suggestions for using a Sofrito–preferrably one that uses carrots–is the best route. I would suggest shredded/grated or finely diced. One carrot is typically sufficient for 4 cups-worth of sauce. I studied in Italy for three months and I was told this is the secret to a good red sauce. The natural sugars in the carrots, onion (as I suppose even more so an apple) balance out the acid without overbearing the sauce.
My favorite way to counter the perceived acidity of tomato sauces is kind of unusual, but I LOVE it. It's not traditional, so it might be hated, but I add a heaping teaspoon of sour cream to my bowl of pasta sauced-pasta right before I eat it. Nice and creamy and it helps my stomach at least.
I add both a bit of sugar and wine vinegar to get some acidity back. It is a fuller taste than just the tomato. You can replace sugar with honey.
Other than that the only way is cooking longer or as others said stop using sour tomatoes. A ripe tomato is sickeningly sweet.
Small amounts of pickling lime (calcium hydroxide) can be used to raise the pH, like sodium bicarbonate. Unlike bicarb, it doesn't leave your tomato sauce with a fizzy, oversalted flavor.
Have you tried cream? It really seems to soften up a tomato sauce, as long as you don't mind the lighter change in color.
Believe it or not, a squirt of Heinz tomato ketchup can do the trick.
I haven't tried the recipe yet myself, but the book "The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual" is supposed to contain a recipe that produces a mild, sweet tomato sauce using just good-quality canned San Marzano tomatoes cooked for four hours. There's no celery, carrot or even onion in this recipe; nor is there any added sugar. The recipe can also be found on a Serious Eats blog post from June 14th, 2010 which says: "You are left with a thick and rich sauce, with the flavor of the sweetest summer tomatoes."
Add some sugar, and cream or milk. A creamy tomato sauce is never acidic.
An interesting way to cut acid in almost anything is to add a bit (1/3 tsp or less) of ground cinnamon (no sugar or anything) to it. I learned this from my grandmother who is Lebanese and it has always worked out well for me. If you search a bit you can probably find this tip on some other websites as well.
Adding sweet red wine will cut the acid and add some nice flavor. Drop the cream idea - yuck. Properly sauteed onion and garlic in olive oil will add sweetness. Paste can also add sweetness if desired.
Rarely would I ever use sugar. I like to keep it Italian.
I always add a little salt and a little sugar. I also know of an old Italian recipe that calls for a small potato, peeled, to simmer in the sauce. I'm not quite sure how it works, but it's supposed to absorb the acidity.
Things that will reduce the acidity bite: sugar, onions, carrots, and red wine. This is because all of these things are very sweet.
To actually cut acidity: baking soda. But please understand that you should only use a very small amount and skim off the foam that rises to the top. Too much baking soda will alter the flavor and probably ruin your sauce.
I threw an onion and a celery stalk in my food processer first and carmalized it. Once the sauce was made I peel a potato and left it whole in the sauce to absorb the acidity. I added sugar to it to add sweetness. I have to say I love my sauce. I use 4 types of seasoning not inlcuding salt pepper and a dash of red pepper. To each is own. I like a flavorfull sauce. I managed to get my picky fiance to eat it and he enjoyed it. I also read to cut acidity to add butter.
my mom always told me a little bit of baking soda.
In Naples (Italy) we add a few leaves of basil (about 2-3 per kg).
It has the same effect of sugar without making the sauce sweet. If you cook the sauce for long add the basil later, as overcooking it may make the sauce bitter.
Apart from regulating the acidity it adds a fresh smell.
The biggest reason why your tomato sauce is acidic is because of citric acid. Companies add this crap to their tomato sauce because they pick tomatoes when they are not yet ripe and it helps the ripening process in the can. The biggest way to rid yourself of the acidity is to buy tomatoes that don't have citric acid in the ingredients on the label, then if you want to add sugar or whatever else you can.
This tomato doesn't have citric acid and if you don't like whole tomatoes, just cook them on low for a long time (30 minutes or so). As they cook the whole tomatoes will break down and you can take a fork or potato masher to puree them more. Enjoy!
Oh yea, tomatoes without the citric acid are going to be more expensive because they are better tasting and more ripe.
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ALBANY, Ky (WBKO) -- Kentucky State Police arson detectives are investigating the explosion of an oil tank that occurred in Albany at 12:15 PM CST on Thursday.
KSP says Kenneth E. Brown, 60, was performing maintenance on a 42 gallon 210 barrel oil tank when the grinder and welder sparked, causing the fumes to ignite and leading to the explosion.
Troopers say Brown suffered severe burns and was flown to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville where he is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.
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Community Helpers
During the week of July 7, thru July 11, 2014, the Faith Academy Preschool hosted Community Helper Week.
Community Helpers visit the children and give tips about being safe, Smokey the Bear fire safety, nursing, dental and health.
Several members of the Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office were helpers and spoke with the children to include Stranger Danger and Bicycle Safety. One of the cool things they were able to do was sit on Deputy Rogers' motorcycle. They were also able to meet Deputy K-9 Barco and learn what he does as a drug/apprehension canine.
Ms. Sylvia of Faith Academy stated, "The children at Faith Academy Preschool have enjoyed Community Helpers Week. They especially enjoyed a visit from the Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office. The officers discussed the importance of safety in a vehicle and bicycle safety."
Undersheriff Noel Stephen stated, "I am proud that our officers take the time to share with others to look out for the wellbeing of our number one asset...our children. Thank you to Ms. Sylvia for requesting our presence to provide this service. If we can avoid just one of these children falling victim to one of these situations then it was well worth the time and effort."


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In his long-shot bid for governor, Republican Mark Fisher on Thursday received the endorsement of the Massachusetts Citizens for Life Political Action Committee.
"MCFL PAC believes that all voters who are concerned with the right to life and with the protection of those on the edges of life should vote for Mark Fisher because he will support vital pro-life public policies," the organization said in a statement.
MCFL noted Fisher's support for a partial-birth abortion ban and a ban on sex-selection abortions and his opposition to the use of tax funding of abortions and "doctor-prescribed suicide."
Fisher and 2010 Republican nominee for governor Charles Baker are competing for the party's nomination for governor this year in a field that also includes three Democrats and two independent candidates.
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Time Was, the Bronx Was Burning With Music
The Bronx's night club scene once rivaled Manhattan's, with more than 200 colorful venues. Jams that defined the hip-hop movement were composed in the borough's school yards. South Bronx bands powered raucous block parties using electricity from street lamps.
Mark Naison sprinkled these facts about the borough's musical heritage—in between his own raps and digressions on street life—on a rambling trolley tour of the South Bronx Saturday, taking 35 passengers on a trip through the area's cultural history. They passed Boston Road Ballroom, where Billie Holiday and Thelonious Monk played, and noted the streets where Grandmaster Flash, one of hip-hop's early stars, first spun records.
"The greatest jazz club from the Bronx was four blocks from the Latin music club," said the 66-year-old Fordham University professor. "You had music everywhere, in the clubs, in the theaters, in the streets."
The occasional tours—given for a suggested donation of $5—are part of an effort by Bronx artists, history buffs and a housing nonprofit organization to highlight the borough's cultural mojo. Clubs once dominated the streets in the 1950s and '60s, and doo wop, jazz, rap and Latin music have all been influenced by Bronx musicians.
But as the trolley rolled past corner bodegas and run-down buildings, there were few signs of that boisterous past. Ravaged by arson in the 1970s and a crack-cocaine epidemic in the 1980s that caused hundreds of thousands of residents to flee, the South Bronx is no longer a cradle for New York music or a gestation zone for aspiring artists. It remains plagued by social ills such as crime, obesity, poverty and teenage pregnancy at higher-than-average rates.
Mr. Naison, who studies the borough's musical heritage, and others in the community are trying to change that image, reminding people that the Bronx was once a cultural incubator.
"This is a neighborhood where many people call home who have no real understanding or memory of the good times that were here," said Nancy Biberman, director of WHEDco, a housing nonprofit organization that is among the leaders of the cultural effort. "This sort of stuff is a vicious cycle in a way, and unless you intervene and say, timeout, this isn't burning buildings and crime anymore, it doesn't change."
Carlton Collazo, a young Bronx native, is someone the group is trying to reach. He took the tour on Saturday and was surprised to learn a few things.
"I've been around these streets," Mr. Collazo said. "The generation of people my age doesn't know about this."
Bobby Sanabria, a seven-time, Grammy-nominated Latin jazz musician, lent his hand to the effort to revive memories of the Bronx's musical heritage.
"Several generations have grown up without any cultural references," Mr. Sanabria said. "These people are culturally unconscious. It's kind of a disease."
WHEDco has enlisted Mr. Sanabria and other musicians to stage frequent concerts, readings and art exhibitions at the 1,400-square-foot Bronx Music Heritage Center on Louis Nine Boulevard. Musicians such as Mr. Sanabria and Will Calhoun, the drummer for rock band Living Colour, have performed and talked to school groups.
Mr. Calhoun, a Bronx native, recalled in an interview that playing old Bronx venues such as the Stardust Ballroom could be brutal. Impatient audiences would boo substandard performers. But those with talent were rewarded with tutelage from the greats.
"I felt like I was in Madison Square Garden," Mr. Calhoun said. "It was paradise playing uptown."
However, WHEDco has had trouble getting attention for some of its events, which haven't always been well attended. "If live music is going to grow in the Bronx, it will have to come from community groups," Mr. Naison said. "I don't see the private music clubs coming back."
The neighborhood has showed signs of gentrification, with a few hip restaurants and new apartment buildings cropping up. Buoyed by grants and private fundraising, WHEDco is planning a larger, 361,000-square-foot housing complex called Bronx Commons that will give preference to elderly musicians and provide a permanent home for the music heritage center.
The neighborhood trolley tours have been a hit. On Saturday, more than 70 people had signed up for 35 seats.
The tour is a showcase for the gregarious Mr. Naison, a white Park Slope resident who calls himself "Notorious Ph.D." and breaks into rap songs.
He asked tour-goers to sing along as he played tunes from musicians who grew up within 20 blocks of the tour, from Luther Vandross to Dizzy Gillespie to Mr. Sanabria himself. He told of dazzling evenings at the Blue Morocco and star-studded nights at the Hunts Point Palace. He pointed out the jazz joints where Donald Byrd played the trumpet, and Charlie Parker sang.
And Mr. Naison rapped, urging the crowd to sing along with a Grandmaster Flash song, before breaking into an original.
"I may be old, I may be white, but my flow is funky, and my rhymes are tight," he said.
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14 'Luxury' Sex Toys for the Extremely Rich and Creepy
Whether you're in the 99 percent or the 1 percent, sex is the one thing that unifies us all. It's not like the richest people on earth can upgrade to platinum genitals that fire aphrodisiac darts, right? Right?
Well, no they can't. But it turns out that rich people have access to all sorts of insane sex toys that the rest of us had no idea even existed. So the next time you see a celebrity or political sex scandal in the news, there's a chance they might have been using ...
#14. Gold-Plated Prostate Massager
Cost: $990
At first blush, this is just an 18-karat-gold-plated door handle. Then you read the description, "gentleman's pleasure object," and realize it's made to go up your butthole.
So now you have a classy gold tool that you might use to tickle your prostate discreetly in the country club sauna or furiously on the bow of your yacht, depending on how desensitized wealth has made you. But wait, what are those things that come with it? Travel prostate massagers? Actually, they're cufflinks, so you can advertise your favorite sex toy brand at black-tie galas, funerals and cancer fundraisers.
Presumably, the cuffs are special designed to not get in the way of even the most acrobatic butt-hole maneuvers.
The massager also comes with an "elegant wooden gift box," a "satin pouch for stylish storage" and a manual, which we assume consists entirely of fake stories for explaining to the emergency room staff how "the thing that flushes the toilet" got stuck in your butt.
Via Store.babeland.com
"OK, but what about the other three we found in there?"
#13. Silver Butt Plug, With Horse Tail
Via Cocodemerusa.com
Cost: $3,475
What, you thought the gold prostate massager was the most expensive luxury good made to stick in your butt? Think again.
This "unicorn" butt plug is made with an actual horse's mane, providing you maximum realism when you feel like lodging a shaft of solid silver in your rectum to role play as a mythological creature. Unlike your average butt plug, this is a product "inspired by human science and spirituality fused with lust for the finer things in life," which we assume means it was made by the world's finest butt plug scientists in their state-of-the-art butt plug laboratories. We wonder what they tell their children they do at work all day?
"I, uh ... reproduce fine pieces of art. That you put into your asshole."
Anyway, thanks to this cutting-edge technology available for just shy of $3,500, all a true gentleman needs for an evening of class is a bottle of port, a fine cigar and an evening on all fours making horsy sounds with his silver butt plug wedged in his rectum. Because that's what separates him from the masses.
#12. Platinum Vibrator With Encrusted Diamonds
Via Jimmyjane.com
Cost: $3,250
Prior to today, we thought "diamond-encrusted sex toy" was a derogatory term for a man who a woman marries for his money and sexual prowess. Yet this "decadent" platinum vibrator is encrusted with 28 diamonds on what we sincerely hope is not the business end. It may cost as much as a used car, but you can't put a price on the experience of turning your vagina into a metaphor that political cartoonists would call "too heavy-handed."
Just to be clear, all that money isn't just going toward the stones -- it's paying for the "proprietary technology" that's helping this vibrator "redefine the context and perception of sexual well-being." But if that were true, we're thinking you wouldn't need the diamonds as a selling point.
Via Jimmyjane.com
"But there's nothing harder than a diamond! Not even dicks!"
Actually, this just gets more depressing the more we think about it. Who is this for? What kind of message does it send if a guy gets this for his lady friend ("Honey, I've found something that perfectly mimics everything you like about me")? And what does it mean if a woman buys it for herself? We're not mocking women who buy vibrators, mind you. We're wondering how you get to an emotional place where you need diamonds on yours.
You remember the end of Blood Diamond, where the heroes sacrifice countless lives at great personal risk to get the precious stone out of the country, only for it to end up in a warehouse for De Beers? And how you thought that was the most depressing possible destination for a diamond these men risked their lives to smuggle? Think again.
Via Jimmyjane.com
"How am I supposed to get off if nobody died in the production of the object I'm having sex with?"
#11. Gold Handcuffs
Via Kikidm.com
Cost: $350
These handcuffs are plated with 24-karat gold -- use them as restraints while making love, or pursue a career as the world's pimpingest policeman. Also, they double as elegant jewelry. Seriously. The keys are attached to a gold necklace and the cuffs split apart into bracelets, which the site seems to think people might want to wear earnestly. It states, "Accessorize your romantic wardrobe, suggesting to your lover the infinite possibilities the evening will bring."
Wait, they're regulation? That changes everything!
"Infinite possibilities" presumably include the conversations you'll be having at parties about why you're intentionally wearing handcuffs in public. Is there any other excuse that's actually less humiliating than just saying they're for rough sex with a weird old rich person? Then again, if you're going to buy golden handcuffs, it seems equally absurd to just keep them shut away in a drawer where the rest of the world can't covet them.
#10. Luxury Gold Flake Massage Oil
Via en.lelo.com
Cost: $45 a bottle
Everyone knows that giving your partner a massage is the fancy way of saying, "I want to do you but I'm willing to take my time about it." So when a bottle of fancy massage oil enters an already fancy situation, the whole state of affairs enters critical levels of fanciness.
The "proprietary formula" (Jesus, the luxury sex toy industry is just full of top secret technologies) leaves the skin "tantalizingly soft and sensually scented." With scents like "Balsam Fir & Bergamot," we can deduce that rich people are particularly turned on by the smell of either Christmas trees or cleaning products. But that's not why it costs 45 dollars: it's the 24-karat-gold flakes they've mixed in that are responsible for that.
Via en.lelo.com
"Make sure you shower over that pan, dear, I'm trying to collect a gold bar."
The gold is included to give your body "an eye-catching shimmer," because that's the sort of absurd addition that separates a regular sex aid from a luxury one. On one hand, this may be the closest wealthy people can get to fucking their own money while still technically having sex with a person. On the other hand, isn't this how Goldfinger killed people?
#9. Sterling Silver and Cherry Wood Spanking Rod
Via Betonyvernon.com
Cost: $3,066
We're told this spanker's "anatomic handle" improves its "grip and overall balance." That sounds more like the description of a golf club or a sports car, but those are apparently the buzzwords you need to get anyone to spend over three grand on a stick. In fact, we've calculated that you could buy a skill saw, some blocks of mahogany, an electric sander, wood stain and two experts to build you an identical spanking rod minus the silver, and still have enough money left over to have each of the craftsmen killed so that your spanker can never be duplicated.
When designer Betony Vernon isn't showing off her sex toys at international exhibitions, she's holding educational seminars like "Bettering Your Sexual Skills." It makes sense that anyone who's willing to spend that much on a glorified paint mixer would want to make damn sure they're using it properly.
Via Betonyvernon.com
Which is probably why she included this image on the page. You know, so you know what spanking is.
#8. Crystal-Handled Whip
Cost: $290
Don't think for a minute that slapping people in the ass with objects is just a masculine job either. This crystal-handled whip is the feminine answer to the cherry wood spanking rod. The site calls it "the ultimate in feminine domination." The crystal handle will add an air of dignity as you pretend your lover is an obstinate mule while you ride him around the bedroom.
But aside from the site description and the absurd price, what guarantee is there that this whip is right for you?
Don't laugh, they're out of fucking stock, so someone is buying them.
Luckily, the maker sells that, too; Agent Provocateur (their sex toys aren't filthy if they use French terms!) offers the complementary services of a personal shopper. With just one phone call you'll be in touch with an expert who can answer any question, from "How many uses can the leather withstand?" to "What bodily openings is this safe to shove into?" Somehow, we just know the majority of their calls come mid-coitus for some "field troubleshooting."


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Afghan, Pakistani Forces Clash
Battle Over Disputed Border Outpost Complicates U.S. Plans to Wind Down War
KABUL—Afghan troops destroyed parts of the controversial border outpost recently erected by Pakistan, Afghan officials said on Thursday, following a heavy exchange of fire that caused casualties on both sides and dramatically raised tensions between the two uneasy neighbors.
One Afghan Border Police officer was killed and three injured in the overnight clash in the Goshta district of eastern Nangarhar province, Afghan officials said. While the Afghan border police said nine Pakistani troops were killed or injured, Islamabad confirmed only two injuries among its Frontier Constabulary soldiers.
The battle between the U.S.-funded and U.S.-advised Afghan security forces and the troops of nuclear-armed Pakistan brought a dangerous new complication to American efforts to wind down the Afghan war.
It came as the U.S. is beginning to ship its military gear through Pakistani ports, preparing for the withdrawal of most U.S. forces at the end of next year.
The worst clash between Afghan and Pakistani forces in more than a decade erupted a week after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan's army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani in Brussels for talks that aimed to improve relations between the two countries and to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table.
"I hope the clashes will not escalate," Mr. Karzai told reporters during a visit to Denmark on Thursday. Yet, he added, Kabul "will do its utmost to make sure [there will be] no foreign military installations on the Afghan side" of the border.
Pakistan summoned Afghanistan's chargé d'affaires on Thursday to protest "an unprovoked firing incident" that is "vitiating the friendly relations and creating avoidable tension between the two brotherly countries," the Pakistani foreign ministry said. Pakistani security forces, it added, "exercised maximum restraint" during the incident.
The fighting in Goshta followed weeks of complaints from Kabul about the new border outposts, which Pakistan erected in recent months. The British-drawn boundary between the two countries is disputed by Afghanistan, which doesn't recognize the so-called Durand Line that cuts through the ethnic Pashtun heartland as an international frontier.
The line isn't properly demarcated and, while the Pakistani government says the new fortifications are on its side of the border, Afghan officials say they are as many as 30 kilometers inside Afghan territory. U.S. military maps also show the disputed outposts within Afghanistan, officials say.
The battle in Goshta sparked a furious reaction in Afghanistan on Thursday, with thousands of Afghans chanting "Death to Pakistan" as they carried the body of the slain border policeman, Mohammed Qassim Khan, through the streets of Nangarhar's capital city of Jalalabad.
Comments calling for war against Pakistan sprouted on Afghan social-media sites, with many users changing their profile pictures to those of Afghan border troops.
Demonstrations against Pakistan were planned outside Kabul's main mosque ahead of the weekly sermon on Friday.
Afghan Border Police spokesman Idris Momand said the Afghan forces, which held the disputed border outpost for several hours, retreated to their previous positions as regular Afghan National Army units rushed to the area to reinforce it.
Pakistan also confirmed that the outpost, which it calls Gursal, was again under Pakistani control on Thursday.
The two sides disagreed on who was responsible for the bloodshed. A Pakistani military official said the incident was unprovoked, and that Pakistan merely "retaliated by counter-fire" after an Afghan attack on the checkpoint.
Afghan officials say the incident began after an Afghan Border Police unit deployed on the Goshta border noticed that the Pakistani forces began additional work on fortifying their outpost, despite recent agreements to suspend such construction.
A protest made by an Afghan commander on the scene to the Pakistani commanders led to a dispute, which was followed by gunfire from Pakistani troops, they said. At around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, the Pakistani forces began shelling the Afghan positions, the Afghan officials said.
While there has been repeated Pakistani shelling in the remote areas of Kunar and Nuristan provinces in recent years, such cross-border firing was new in Goshta.
The Afghan forces responded with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades, destroying three Pakistani compounds and two watchtowers, and forcing the Pakistani troops to retreat from the area at around 2 a.m. on Thursday, an Afghan official said.
Pakistan's foreign-ministry spokesman, Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry, said Islamabad didn't violate an agreement with Kabul that there would be no construction of new outposts on the disputed border, and that Pakistani forces were merely "engaged in renovation and repair" at the facility. "We were hoping the Afghans would cooperate in border management," he said.
U.S. Army Col. Thomas Collins, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition, said the tripartite border commission that includes U.S., Afghan and Pakistani officers was involved in tamping down tensions.
"We have been in coordination with Afghan and Pakistani officials," he said.
Keeping the Afghan-Pakistani border open is crucial for U.S. plans to remove its military equipment from Afghanistan as the remaining 66,000 U.S. troops withdraw from the country.
Pakistani military analyst Talat Masood, a retired lieutenant general, said he doubted the clash would lead to the border's closure, as it would be "mutually harmful."
The fighting in Goshta wasn't the only bloodshed in Afghanistan on Thursday. In the eastern province of Logar, eight local police officers died when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb.
In the Gereshk district of the southern province of Helmand, a local tribal elder was gunned down, a day after the head of the provincial peace council, tasked with negotiating with the Taliban, was killed by a roadside bomb along with two bodyguards in the same district. Afghan officials also said some 20 Taliban died across the country, including 11 killed in a coalition airstrike in Farah province.
—Habib Khan Totakhil in Kabul, Annabel Symington in Islamabad and Clemens Bomsdorf in Copenhagen contributed to this article.
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June 11, 2012
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced (June 9) the medal winners in the 39th Student Academy Awards and New York University alumna Keiko Wright was among those earning gold. Wright, a 2011 alumna of the Undergraduate Film & TV division in the Kanbar Institute at the Tisch School of the Arts, received a Gold Medal for her documentary Hiro: A Story of Japanese Internment.
The documentary is based on Wright's grandfather, Hirosh "Hiro" Hoshizchi, who in 1942 was forcibly removed, along with other family members, from his Los Angeles home. He was eventually shipped, along with 10,000 other Japanese Americans, to an obscure and desolate place called Heart Mountain, Wyoming. He was kept there for several years until the war ended. Wright premiered her documentary at a ceremony opening up a commemorative learning center at Heart Mountain.
Wright joins a long list of past award recipients from NYU, including Spike Lee. In all, there were ten students from nine U.S. colleges and universities who were honored with either a gold, silver, or bronze medal. The awards were given out at a gala ceremony in Beverly Hills, California at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The event featured as presenters actors Laura Dern, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Greg Kinnear, and Mena Suvari, along with Academy President Tom Sherak.
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I wonder if anyone can offer some assistance. I own a RRS ballhead with the arca type mount. I need to find some sort of universal camera plate that will marry the base of my NN5L to the arca style mount on my tripod.
Can anyone reccommend a good plate?
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I've given up trying to bring this back to life in other formats, so we're back like this and active again.
This site is dedicated to Uncle Bill, one of life's great observers.
His humour and stories of his life working in the local SWEB (South Wales Electricity Board) depot in Pontardulais probably warped the early years of my cousins and I, and probably goes a long way to explain our current mental state.
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I want to take a screenshot of a whole desktop with Applications Menu selection.How to do this?
Actually, it is possible to do it without the delay, but with some hacks instead. I have written a small script which will allow you to do that without the delay. This is a big hack, but it works and is certainly (for me) more preferable than using the delay.
Before you can actually use the script (on ubuntu), you need to make sure you have xinput and unbuffer. To do that simply do:
Then you can run the script. Run it first with the -h option to see the possible configuration options. By default, the script will only work once and you have to restart the script after every screenshot (e.g. by a keyboard shortcut). This is because the script might have a performance inpact. If you want to run it as a "daemon" run it with the
By default it will also use shutter. If you want to use something else, use the
By default, the capture button will be Meta + R. you can change that with the configuration options.
Since you were wondering if it was also possible with Shutter...
To do it in Shutter, open it up and select Full Screen from either the toolbar or from File > New > Fullscreen.
Make sure you have a time delay set so you have enough time to open the Applications menu (Edit > Preferences > Main tab; at the bottom, there is an selection box: Capture after a delay of __ seconds).
Yes. Open screenshot, and set a delay of whatever time you think is necessary to go back and open the menu. Keep it open until the shot is taken.
Fast answer / workaround
(for medium to advanced ubuntu users)
Elaborate answer
(novice to hacker)
Whenever you press PrntScr, all Ubuntu does is calling
If you're still not sure how to use this, you can always read a more detailed help, just ask for the manual typing
The more you read full manuals, hacking ubuntu to fit your needs will become intuitive and you won't need other people to give you step by step instructions. Maybe by this point you even know how to make this workaround by yourself, if you're still lost (hopefully not), just keep reading...
Use Screenshot (in accesssories) and set 'Grab after a delay of xx seconds'.
Worked for me
I have found a workaround for this, not an actual solution.
Open the
Note: This cannot be used for grabing a specific portion of the window.
Note: Sorry, It is not also possible to take the screenshot of Screenshot application itself as a Window or grabing a specific portion.
I wouldn't say it's a bug. It's possible to use the "Screenshot" tool and set "Grab after a delay of x seconds" to the time you need to get the menu back open.


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Is anyone actually buying the triangle deals?
I bought the triangle (musical instrument) and the Triangle (creepy looking relic/necklace), in case I ever actually want to start a cult..
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Probably about as many people are buying the triangles as bought the crab items during the great Crabs Infestation of 2011.
It's a shame it had to happen a couple days before Christmas when people are looking hard for gifts, but it'll go away by itself in a couple days.
People are buying my triangle deal :-)
I was tempted by the dinner triangle thingy. It's cool, I've always wanted one of those. But until I buy my house on the prairie and need to call in the folk for supper I'm going to hold off.


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I have purchased Crafter's Workshop Templates previously, and have found them to be very good quality and hold up well to paints, sprays etc. over a long period of time. The gears are versatile, and I will enjoy using that mask as well as the several others I purchased.
I use these extensively in my art and collage-always get
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It's not just the features in version 1.4 that we're working on before the reset, there's loads more going on; including another major update (version 1.5) and a whole load of other stuff behind the scenes.
With all these changes comes the need for extra testing, so we're on the lookout for people who want to get involved and help us improve the game for the future. As well as reporting on any bugs and errors you may find, you'll also have the opportunity to get involved in the many debates that go on in the beta forums about features and how they'll work. So this really is an opportunity to change the way the game is played!
Remember, since its a beta, the game-play may well be disrupted throughout the test in the following ways.
1. There may be outages (however well do our best to communicate these with you in advance).
2. The game will be updated regularly (and we're sure some changes might introduce bugs for you to catch).
3. There will be occasional "stress tests" where we try and get as many people to log on at the same time as possible to test how well our servers can cope (we'll need you to help out in these as much as you can).
4. Due to the nature of beta, the gameworlds may need to be reset at some point during the test as well as shut down after the reset if they are no longer needed.
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For a mapping $f: \Omega\to \bf{R}^n$, what kind of condition ensures that the one-dimensional Hausdorff measure of $f^{-1}(E)$ is zero whenever $E$ is of zero one-dimensional Hausdorff measure zero. Note that f is not assumed to be a homeomorphism.
There may be a name for this, but it seems like a strange condition. Such a function cannot take a constant value on any set of positive Lebesgue measure, otherwise the inverse image of that constant (having zero 1-D Hausdorff measure in the range) would have positive Lebesgue measure, and therefore infinite 1-D Hausdorff measure.
A good start might be to investigate the situation on maps $f:[0,1] \to \mathbb{R}$ with the Lebesgue measure in both places.
There is also a related notion, called Lusin's N property, which means $f$ takes sets of measure zero into sets of measure zero (as opposed to $f^{-1}$, as you desire). This is a quality of Lipschitz functions that Sobolev functions also inherit, and is necessary to satisfy the fundamental theorem of Calculus (along with being differentiable a.e., etc.).


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A vague question of Kevin Lin which didn't quite fit at Mathoverflow:
So ... what is the Fourier transform? What does it do? Why is it useful (both in math and in engineering, physics, etc)?
(Answers at any level of sophistication are welcome.)
A vague question of Kevin Lin which didn't quite fit at Mathoverflow:
So ... what is the Fourier transform? What does it do? Why is it useful (both in math and in engineering, physics, etc)?
(Answers at any level of sophistication are welcome.)
The ancient Greeks had a theory that the sun, the moon, and the planets move around the Earth in circles. This was soon shown to be wrong. The problem was that if you watch the planets carefully, sometimes they move backwards in the sky. So Ptolemy came up with a new idea - the planets move around in one big circle, but then move around a little circle at the same time. Think of holding out a long stick and spinning around, and at the same time on the end of the stick there's a wheel that's spinning. The planet moves like a point on the edge of the wheel.
Well, once they started watching really closely, they realized that even this didn't work, so they put circles on circles on circles...
Eventually, they had a map of the solar system that looked like this:
This "epicycles" idea turns out to be a bad theory. One reason it's bad is that we know now that planets orbit in ellipses around the sun. (The ellipses are not perfect because they're perturbed by the influence of other gravitating bodies, and by relativistic effects.)
But it's wrong for an even worse reason that that, as illustrated in this wonderful youtube video.
In the video, by adding up enough circles, they made a planet trace out Homer Simpson's face. It turns out we can make any orbit at all by adding up enough circles, as long as we get to vary their size and speeds.
So the epicycle theory of planetary orbits is a bad one not because it's wrong, but because it doesn't say anything at all about orbits. Claiming "planets move around in epicycles" is mathematically equivalent to saying "planets move around in two dimensions". Well, that's not saying nothing, but it's not saying much, either!
A simple mathematical way to represent "moving around in a circle" is to say that positions in a plane are represented by complex numbers, so a point moving in the plane is represented by a complex function of time. In that case, moving on a circle with radius $R$ and angular frequency $\omega$ is represented by the position
$$z(t) = Re^{i\omega t}$$
If you move around on two circles, one at the end of the other, your position is
$$z(t) = R_1e^{i\omega_1 t} + R_2 e^{i\omega_2 t}$$
We can then imagine three, four, or infinitely-many such circles being added. If we allow the circles to have every possible angular frequency, we can now write
$$z(t) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}R(\omega) e^{i\omega t} \mathrm{d}\omega.$$
The function $R(\omega)$ is the Fourier transform of $z(t)$. If you start by tracing any time-dependent path you want through two-dimensions, your path can be perfectly-emulated by infinitely many circles of different frequencies, all added up, and the radii of those circles is the Fourier transform of your path. Caveat: we must allow the circles to have complex radii. This isn't weird, though. It's the same thing as saying the circles have real radii, but they do not all have to start at the same place. At time zero, you can start however far you want around each circle.
If your path closes on itself, as it does in the video, the Fourier transform turns out to simplify to a Fourier series. Most frequencies are no longer necessary, and we can write
$$z(t) = \sum_{k=-\infty}^\infty c_k e^{ik \omega_0 t}$$
where $\omega_0$ is the angular frequency associated with the entire thing repeating - the frequency of the slowest circle. The only circles we need are the slowest circle, then one twice as fast as that, then one three times as fast as the slowest one, etc. There are still infinitely-many circles if you want to reproduce a repeating path perfectly, but they are countably-infinite now. If you take the first twenty or so and drop the rest, you should get close to your desired answer. In this way, you can use Fourier analysis to create your own epicycle video of your favorite cartoon character.
That's what Fourier analysis says. The questions that remain are how to do it, what it's for, and why it works. I think I will mostly leave those alone. How to do it - how to find $R(\omega)$ given $z(t)$ is found in any introductory treatment, and is fairly intuitive if you understand orthogonality. Why it works is a rather deep question. It's a consequence of the spectral theorem.
What it's for has a huge range. It's useful in analyzing the response of linear physical systems to an external input, such as an electrical circuit responding to the signal it picks up with an antenna or a mass on a spring responding to being pushed. It's useful in optics; the interference pattern from light scattering from a diffraction grating is the Fourier transform of the grating, and the image of a source at the focus of a lens is its Fourier transform. It's useful in spectroscopy, and in the analysis of any sort of wave phenomena. It converts between position and momentum representations of a wavefunction in quantum mechanics. Check out this question on physics.stackexchange for more detailed examples. Fourier techniques are useful in signal analysis, image processing, and other digital applications. Finally, they are of course useful mathematically, as many other posts here describe.
It took me quite a while to understand what exactly is meant by Fourier transform since it can refer to various algorithms, operations and results. Though I'm quite new in this topic, I'll try to give a short but hopefully intuitive overview on what I came up with (feel free to correct me):
Let's say you have a function $f(t)$ that maps some time value $t$ to some value $f(t)$.
Now we'll try to approximate $f$ as the sum of simple harmonic oscillations, i.e. sine waves of certain frequencies $\omega$. Of course, there are some frequencies that fit well to $f$ and some that approximate it less well. Thus we need some value $\hat{f}(\omega)$ that tells us how much of a given oscillation with frequency $\omega$ is present in the approximation of $f$.
Take for example the red function from here
which is defined as
$$f(t) = \sin(t)+0.13\sin(3t)$$
The green oscillation with $\omega=1$ has the biggest impact on the result, so let's say $$\hat{f}(1)=1$$
The blue sine wave ($\omega=3$) has at least some impact, but it's amplitude is much smaller. Thus we say $$\hat{f}(3)=0.13$$
Other frequencies may not be present in the approximation at all, thus we would write $$\hat{f}(\omega) = 0$$ for these.
Now if we knew $\hat{f}(\omega)$ not only for some but all possible frequencies $\omega$, we could perfectly approximate our function $f$. And that's what the continuous Fourier transform does.
It takes some function $f(t)$ of time and returns some other function $\hat{f}(\omega) = \mathcal{F}(f)$, its Fourier transform, that describes how much of any given frequency is present in $f$. It's just another representation of $f$, of equal information but with a completely different domain. Often though, problems can be solved much easier in this other representation (which is like finding the appropriate coordinate system).
But given a Fourier transform, we can integrate over all frequencies, put together the weighted sine waves and get our $f$ again, which we call inverse Fourier transform $\mathcal{F}^{-1}$.
Now why should one want to do that?
Most importantly, the Fourier transform has many nice mathematical properties (i.e. convolution is just multiplication). It's often much easier to work with the Fourier transforms than with the function itself. So we transform, have an easy job with filtering, transforming and manipulating sine waves and transform back after all.
Let's say we want to do some noise reduction on a digital image. Rather than manipulating a function $\text{image} : \text{Pixel} \to \text{Brightness}$, we transform the whole thing and work with $\mathcal{F}(\text{image}) : \text{Frequency} \to \text{Amplitude}$. Those party of high frequency that cause the noise can simply be cut off - $\mathcal{F}(\text{image})(\omega) = 0, \omega > ...Hz$. We transform back et voilà.
Let me partially steal from the accepted answer on MO, and illustrate it with examples I understand:
Example 1: Polynomial multiplication
This is the use of the discrete Fourier transform I'm most familiar with. Suppose you want to multiply two polynomials of degree n, given by their coefficients (a0, …, an) and (b0, …, bn). In their product, the coefficient of xk is ck = ∑aibk-i. This is a convolution, and doing it naively would take O(n2) time.
Instead, suppose we represent the polynomials by their values at 2n points. Then the value of the product polynomial (the one we want) at any point is simply the product of the values of our original two polynomials. Thus we have reduced convolution to pointwise multiplication. The Fourier transform and its inverse correspond to polynomial evaluation and interpolation respectively, for certain well-chosen points (roots of unity). The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) is a way of doing both of these in O(n log n) time.
Example 2: Convolution of probability distributions
Suppose we have two independent (continuous) random variables X and Y, with probability densities f and g respectively. In other words, P(X ≤ x) = ∫x-∞ f(t)dt and P(Y ≤ y) = ∫y-∞ f(t)dt. We often want the distribution of their sum X+Y, and this is given by a convolution: P(X+Y ≤ z) = ∫f(t)g(z-t)dt. This integration may be hard.
But instead of representing the random variables by their densities, we can also represent them by their characteristic functions φX(t) = E[eitX] and φY(t) = E[eitY]. Then the characteristic function of X+Y is just:
To quote again the answer on MO, many transformations we want to study (translation, differentiation, integration, …) are actually convolutions, so the Fourier transform helps in a wide number of instances.
Think about light coming from stars.
The light has colour or "spectrum" but of course the data comes in a 1-D stream.
The Fourier transform gives you the spectrum of the time series.
You can also think about the EQ on your stereo -- the 2kHz slider, the 5kHz slider, etc. Those sliders are adjusting the constants in a Fourier-like realm. (see @leonbloy's caveats below)
(Inverse Fourier just takes you back from spectrum to signal. So what does it mean that $\mathcal{F}^{-1} = \mathcal{F}$?)
To get into the maths of it, remember that $\cos$ and $\sin$ are just phase-shifted versions of one another. Mathematically, you add together different amounts (amplitudes) of various phase-shifted $\sin$ waves and it's a surprising fact that doing so can add up to any function.
(How would you get a straight line like $y={1 \over 3} x$ for example?)
note: The transformed series don't have to be a time series exactly. You could parametrize lots of curves by $t$. For example handwriting or the outline of dinosaur footprints.
Why is it useful in physics? One use is to express the definitiveness of Heisenberg uncertainty. A given wavefunction $\Psi$ in space (position) can be $\mathcal{F}(\Psi)$ to time (momentum). Since the time-space conversion is bijective, position & momentum (anti)covary i.e. you can't increase one without decreasing the other. Frank Wilczek makes use of $\mathcal{F}$ in this video explaining QCD for example.
How is it used in engineering? Signal processing, image processing (PDF, jump to page 5), and video processing use the Fourier basis to represent things.
I'll give an engineering answer.
If you have a time series that you think is the result of a additive collection of periodic function, the Fourier transform will help you determine what the dominant frequencies are.
This is the way guitar tuners work. The perform and FFT on the sound data and pick out the frequency with the greatest power (squares of the real and imaginary parts) and consider that the "note." This is called the fundamental frequency.
There are many other uses, so you might want to add big list as a tag.
You could think of a Fourier series expanding a function as a sum of sines and cosines analogous to the way a Taylor series expands a function as a sum of powers.
Or you could think of the Fourier series as a change of variables. A fundamental skill in engineering and physics is to pick the coordinate system that makes your problem simplest. Since the derivatives of sines and cosines are more sines and cosines, Fourier series are the right "coordinate system" for many problems involving derivatives.
One of the best explanation I've stumbled upon is the following one on betterexplained: http://betterexplained.com/articles/an-interactive-guide-to-the-fourier-transform/ and also : http://nautil.us/blog/the-math-trick-behind-mp3s-jpegs-and-homer-simpsons-face
Here's some simple Matlab code to play around with if you like.
As written you will have the first N=20 terms of the Fourier approximation to the cosine on the interval [a,b]=[0,2*pi]. Not very interesting as is...
Reference: Gilbert Strang.
I'm in a calc 2 class and the Fourier Series are sort of the crowning achievement of the class. Still, I had a hard time figuring out what it was used for. From what I know, and I could be wrong, signals or sin/cos waveforms can be additive or subtractive. So if you take a look at the picture at the top of the page, you'll see a green and blue signal. Well that's all well and good, but what happens if you add them together? Their periods are different, so it's not going to result in just an average of the two forms. So you end up with the red line. It's y value is large like the green, but it's period is smaller than that of the green. The top and bottom look more like the blue line. So this is what a fourier series does. It takes two signals and puts them together to make a new signal. With more and more signals added together, you can approach very specific wave forms, like a square wave or a saw tooth wave (triangular). It's not perfect though, and the difference between green and red waves can be explained with the Gibbs Phenomenon. I hope this helps.
The Fourier transform returns a representation of a signal as a superposition of sinusoids. Fourier transforms are used to perform operations that are easy to implement or understand in the frequency domain, such as convolution and filtering. If the signal is well-behaved, one can transform to and from the frequency domain without undue loss of fidelity.
Here is my understanding of the Fourier transform as it came to me.
Imagine you have an object that makes some sound when it is jolted (e.g. a drinking glass, tuning fork, cymbal, guitar string, you name it). Any sound made this way is a composition of several frequencies (it's only a perfect hemisphere that vibrates in a true harmonic wave). I now want to analyze the frequencies present in that sound, and I want to do it the old-fashioned way.
I put the object somewhere where it's free to oscillate and make sound. Next I play a pure tone in some frequency to it, and measure how much it moves in unison. If it moves a lot in unison, then there should be a lot of that frequency in its natural sound. This is what the Fourier transform does, only with functions.
In general, the Fourier transform of a function $f$ is defined by $$ \hat f(\omega) = \int_{-\infty}^\infty f(z)e^{-2\pi i\omega z}dz $$ The exponential term is a circle motion in the complex plane with frequency $\omega$. It plays the role of the pure tone we played to the object. The reason we use a complex exponential term instead of a pure trigonometric term is that with a $\sin$ term we could be unlucky with the phase. This way we get a result with the same absolute value no matter the phase, only the direction of $\hat f(\omega)$ will vary.
If $f$ has a lot of $\omega$-frequency oscillation in it, then the numbers $f(z)e^{-2\pi i \omega z}$ will tend to line up in the same general direction in the complex plane for different $z$ (exactly what direction that is depends on the phase, as noted above). As you integrate over $z$, $\hat f(\omega)$ becomes relatively large.
On the other hand, if $f$ doesn't have much $\omega$-frequency oscillation in it, then the integrand will end up on all sides of the origin for different $z$, and as you integrate, the result $\hat f(\omega)$ will be small.
A more complicated answer (yet it's going to be imprecise, because I haven't touched this in 15 years...) is the following.
In a 3-dimentional space (for example) you can represent a vector v by its end point coordinates, x, y, z, in a very simple way. You choose three vectors which are of unit length and orthogonal with each other (a base), say i, j and k, and calculate the coordinates as such:
x = v ∙ i
y = v ∙ j
z = v ∙ k
In multidimentional space, the equations still hold. In a discrete infinite space, the coordinates and the base vectors become a sequence. The dot product becomes an infinite sum.
In a continuous infinite space (like the space of good functions) the coordinates and the bases become functions and the dot product an infinite integral.
Now, the Fourier transform is exactly this kind of operation (based on a set of base functions which are basically a set of sines and cosines). In other words, it is a different representation of the same function in relation to a particular set of base functions.
As a consequence, for example, functions of time, represented against functions of time and space (in other words integrated over time multiplied by functions of space and time), become functions of space, and so on.
Hope it helps!
Starting from the discrete fourier transform: If you look at the Vandermonde matrix and the DFT matrix side by side, you notice that the DFT is a (suitably scaled) special Vandermonde matrix. You just insert the roots of unity into the values that appear in the Vandermonde matrix.
The main application of the Vandermonde matrix is polynomial interpolation. It follows that one interpretation of the DFT is that for a set of values it gives you the polynomial coefficients of the polynomial that maps the roots of unity to these values.
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