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First Known Use: before 12th century
noun, often attributive \ˈgrau̇nd\
the ground : the surface of the earth
: the soil that is on or under the surface of the earth
: an area of land
Full Definition of GROUND
a : the bottom of a body of waterb plural (1) : sediment 1 (2) : ground coffee beans after brewing
a : a basis for belief, action, or argument <ground for complaint> —often used in plural <sufficient grounds for divorce>b (1) : a fundamental logical condition (2) : a basic metaphysical cause
a : a surrounding area : backgroundb : material that serves as a substratum
a : the surface of the earthb : an area used for a particular purpose <the parade ground> <fishing grounds>c plural : the area around and belonging to a house or other buildingd : an area to be won or defended in or as if in battlee : an area of knowledge or special interest <covered a lot of ground in his lecture>
a : an object that makes an electrical connection with the earthb : a large conducting body (as the earth) used as a common return for an electric circuit and as an arbitrary zero of potentialc : electric connection with a ground
: a football offense utilizing primarily running plays
— from the ground up
: entirely new or afresh
: from top to bottom : thoroughly
— into the ground
: beyond what is necessary or tolerable : to exhaustion <labored an issue into the ground — Newsweek>
— off the ground
: in or as if in flight : off to a good start <the program never got off the ground>
— on the ground
: at the scene of action
— to ground
: into a burrow <the fox went to ground>
: into hiding <might need to make a run for it and go to ground someplace — Edward Hoagland>
See ground defined for kids
Examples of GROUND
- An apple fell to the ground.
- Mechanical problems kept the plane on the ground.
- They were lying on the ground.
- The flight was watched by many observers on the ground.
- planting seeds in the ground
- She drove a spike into the ground.
- They built their house on bare ground.
- We realized that we were on hallowed ground.
- They built their house on high ground.
- Each fall the birds return to their wintering grounds.
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Origin of GROUND
Middle English, from Old English grund; akin to Old High German grunt ground
: to provide a basis or reason for (something)
: to cause a ship or boat to hit the ground below the water so that it cannot move
: to prevent (an aircraft or a pilot) from flying
Full Definition of GROUND
transitive verb
a : to bring to or place on the groundb : to cause to run aground
a : to provide a reason or justification for <our fears about technological change may be well grounded — L. K. Williams>b : to furnish with a foundation of knowledge : base <an understanding … that is grounded in fact — Michael Kimmelman>
: to connect electrically with a ground
a : to restrict to the ground <ground a pilot>b : to prohibit from taking part in some usual activities <grounded her for a week>
: to throw (a football) intentionally to the ground to avoid being tackled for a loss
intransitive verb
: to have a ground or basis : rely
: to run aground
: to hit a grounder <grounded back to the pitcher>
Examples of GROUND
- They grounded the ship on a sandbar.
- The plane was grounded by mechanical problems.
- Bad weather grounded his flight.
- a pilot grounded by health problems
First Known Use of GROUND
13th century
Definition of GROUND
OFF THE GROUND Defined for Kids
noun \ˈgrau̇nd\
Definition of GROUND for Kids
: the surface of the earth <Leaves fell to the ground.>
: the bottom of a body of water <The boat struck ground.>
: an area of land <sacred ground>
: an area used for some purpose <a hunting ground>
grounds plural : the land around and belonging to a building <the school grounds>
: background 1
: a reason for a belief, action, or argument <What is the ground for your complaint?>
: an area of knowledge <We covered a lot of ground in class.>
: a level of achievement or success <The company is losing ground.>
grounds plural : material in a liquid that settles to the bottom <coffee grounds>
Definition of GROUND for Kids
: to provide a reason for <The practices are grounded in tradition.>
: to instruct in basic knowledge or understanding <The students are well grounded in math.>
: to run or cause to run aground <ground a ship>
: to connect electrically with the ground
: to prevent (a plane or pilot) from flying
: to prohibit from taking part in certain activities as punishment <My parents grounded me for a week.>
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RF connector for RT328
I purchased a Cessna radio (RT328) to use as a monitor receiver at our hangar (to listen in on the local unicom and atc freqs). I have it wired up for power, ground and amplified audio out. We have a VHF (118 to 136mhz ground plane antenna on the hangar roof; however, I need to be able to fabricate a coaxial cable from the antenna (with a female version of the PL259 connector) to the radio. Radio did not have a tray so all I have is what appears to be a straight, slide on connector. The VOR side has a similar connector but it was flared out for a TED(?) connector.
Can anyone help me with the RF connector needed to build the cable?
Re: RF connector for RT328
I managed to get a "tray" connector from Pacific Avionics that will plug into the RT-328. The darn little buggers are expensive though - $20.00. It is indeed a TED connector under part number 9-30-10. You will have to solder it onto the RG-58 (or whatever you use) coax, but it should solve your problems.
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The Twenty-five Dollar Victory Garden | Episode 8: Maybe I Should have Planted a Rain Garden | PBS
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Now that the garden bed has been created, it's not all smooth sailing. In this episode, Joe wonders if he should have built an Ark, rather than a garden. The rains come and they come and they come! But not to be deterred, the garden must go on, and it will.Tags:
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AboutReferring to examples of his own work, David will share his fascination with the way that varieties of âpresentation', accidental as well as contrived, give importance to both the mundane and exotic things we see around us. Mixing hand sized treasures with discarded paraphernalia we will explore the process of arranging miniature tableaux as subjects for drawing and painting. David will assemble oddities from his own collection and invite students to bring their own.
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Bitwig Studio is one of the most highly anticipated new software releases of 2013, and the latest teaser video for it shows NI's Maschine hardware being used to record a step sequence into a MIDI clip.
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For some reason I have more distinct memories of Thanksgiving dinners than I do of any other holiday. Hilarious, huge meals prepared with our American friends Paul and Kira (who introduced us to the wonder of sweet potato pie), a melancholy meal of egg rolls and champagne at The Hotel Meurice in Paris when I used to cover the runway collections and the Thanksgiving pizza we had with friends a few days after Julian was born last year. This year I'm doing it up big. Well, actually, I already did it up big a week early so I could prepare this post. Thanks again to Heidi and Andrew for coming over for a test run! I'm doing it up big again for the actual holiday.
Since readers of SPC are going to be getting two helpings of Thanksgiving — one Canadian and one American, both delicious — I thought I'd offer up something a little different. As much as I love the traditional meal, I was looking for a way to lighten things up. This salad still feels like a fall dish but it's a nice antidote to stuffing and mashed potatoes. The oven is already on if you're roasting a turkey so it's easy to pop the cauliflower in.
1 head of cauliflower cleaned and cut into small florets
1 head romaine lettuce cleaned and cut into thin strips
6 or 7 leaves of radicchio cleaned and cut into thin strips
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup red or white wine vinegar
2 shallots minced handful of hazelnuts chopped not too rough (I used walnuts and they were fine, hazelnuts would have been so much better)
salt and pepper
Method Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Toss the cauliflower florets in a bit of olive oil and salt and pepper. Pour into a shallow roasting pan and place in the oven for about 30 minutes. Turn and toss once or twice. The cauliflower should start to brown and be quite soft. Remove from the oven and allow to cool. In a jar place oil, vinegar, shallots and salt and pepper and shake. Dress your lettuce lightly in the dressing and arrange in a bowl or on a platter. Drizzle some dressing over the cauliflower and toss. Arrange the dressed cauliflower on the lettuce. Sprinkle nuts on top. Maude is a salad eater and loved this but even kids who won't touch lettuce — Esme– like this for the cauliflower which smells amazing when roasted.


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Parking a Problem as Prepaid Cards Hard to Come by in Dubai
Joy Sengupta / 16 September 2008
DUBAI For almost a month now, motorists in the emirate are getting bogged down by the non-availability of pre-paid parking cards issued by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).
While motorists scout around for these cards in vain at groceries and supermarkets, the distributors said the RTA had stopped issuing them, without giving any reason.
As a result of this, many people have to hunt for coins to obtain parking tickets from pre-paid parking machines.
We have not been getting parking cards from the distributors for nearly a month now. But people keep coming to us asking for them. We too have tried to ascertain the reason for the unavailability of the cards but to no avail, said Abu Baker, manager of Al Madina Supermarket in Bur Dubai.
The pre-paid cards are of Dh30, Dh50 and Dh100 denominations. Abu Baker, an official of Al Noor General Trading, one of the distributors of these cards, said: For a month now, we have not got any supplies of these cards from the RTA. For the motorists, it means a messy situation. With the parking cards not available, we have to always make sure we carry coins. Last week, I parked my car in Bur Dubai and then went to get some coins to buy the parking ticket. I came back to my car only to find that I had already been fined. This is very frustrating, said Mohammed Khatir, a motorist.
Many a time we forget to carry coins. The RTA should ensure the availability of these cards at the earliest, said Kamran Hussain, another Dubai resident.
Meanwhile, informed sources said the RTA is changing the card design and that the new cards will be released just after Eid.
Attempts to get comments on the matter from senior RTA officials did not pan out, but a representative at the RTA office in Rashidiya said: The cards are out of stock at the moment. But well start issuing them by the end of this month.
This is not fair, I am too struggling due to this problem and the vendor are making profit on this.. Please RTA..help us - Ashar, Dubai
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Something needs to be done about this dangerous intersection, he said, examining the damage.
Blood clots travel, which is why they are dangerous.
Marijuana never should have been included on the list of dangerous drugs.
The seas dropping water level is leading to dangerous consequences.
The tobacco industry has known for decades how to remove a dangerous isotope from cigarettes but has done nothing about it.
She cheerfully obliges, telling the visitors that the craters are old features-probably not dangerous right now.
Hirsch's site is dangerous because it makes you want to shop.
And it's making the world a vastly more dangerous place in the process.
He would have been more dangerous with a sling and stone.
There is absolutely nowhere to bike and if so, would be dangerous getting there.
Other dangerous locations include hollows and low, enclosed areas that catch cold air as it sinks, then hold it motionless.
Baking bread might be a relaxing weekend activity, but making the flour that goes into that bread is a dangerous business.
It turns out my problem was a simple, but dangerous food intolerance causing widespread inflammation in my muscles and nerves.
Make sure you have room for it--cutting it back is dangerous because of its caustic sap.
Whereas the lakes are rare and beautiful, they can also be dangerous.
Demonized as dangerous predators, they were routinely shot.
The cold proved even more dangerous than heat for the mango trees.
However well intended some of the people involved may be or pretend to be, it is still a potentially dangerous scam.
Chimneys need care and attention and can be dangerous if they don't get it.
Standing in the waves throwing the net is dangerous but exhilarating.
Dangerous bacteria are developing resistance to existing antibiotics faster than humans can invent or discover new drugs.
These bugs provide control of plant-damaging insects, minimizing the need of more dangerous traditional insecticides.
Then the police said it was too dangerous to walk around the neighborhood alone toting expensive camera gear.
But that hasn't made us immune to the dangerous and costly effects of weather.
Even more dangerous than a really sharp knife is a really dull one.
And there is a sad history of chimps being abandoned or killed when they get too old and too dangerous to be cute.
Might be liability issues, since a fast sled can be dangerous for little kids.
However, a nonconfrontational statement is often perceived as weak by the student, and it can actually be more dangerous.
Solitary, aggressive, and dangerous to know-that's how many people view rattlesnakes.
If something is dangerous, treat it as dangerous and treat anyone who tries to bring it on as potentially dangerous.
In the hands of trained fundraisers, lists of non-givers are not dangerous.
They are convinced that the world is warming in a dangerous way and something needs to be done.
Weird, dangerous jewelry that is functional, but if you used it you would probably cause yourself some irreparable damage.
The book was dangerous because children and parents would think it was okay to give kids aspirin.
But these have dangerous machines, which put them in conflict with federal law.
High-tech harvesting and wasteful management have brought world fish stocks to dangerous lows.
It's about baboons, stress vaccines and the often dangerous effects of glucocorticoids.
In our quest for energy to heat homes and run machinery, humans are pumping a stew of dangerous chemicals into the air and water.
Meerkats take on a dangerous puff adder that encroaches on their territory.
Driving was dangerous in the slick, halfinch- deep volcanic dust.
So executive authority around the globe has so expanded and become so much more dangerous.
It is a tough craft, in a tough, often dangerous setting.
Well, the main point is that driving in general is dangerous.
When scientific research produces results potentially dangerous to the public, science must give way to security.
Allowing administrative officers too much power to create policy is dangerous because it upsets the balance.
To me, it is an image of mystery that is both compelling and dangerous.
The resulting strains are dramatically more dangerous.
It is legally flawed, economically dangerous and unnecessary.
Critics have already predicted it will be either ineffectual or dangerous.
Left turns out of the driveway are more dangerous than left turns in.
The fact that they occur naturally does not, in and of itself, make them not potentially dangerous.
We found out that what was dangerous to us was funny to him.
But the hushing of the criticism of honest opponents is a dangerous thing.
His first care in that exalted and dangerous station was to watch over his own soul.
If our sciences are futile in the objects they propose, they are no less dangerous in the effects they produce.
Airplane turbulence isn't as dangerous as it might seem.
Dangerous wandering a lesser known side of autism.
Even if you know to swim parallel to the shoreline until you escape the current, this can be a dangerous situation.
We shouldn't be wasting any more brain power or resources on such a dangerous, short-sighted energy policy.
Delay will allow time for debate on regulating potentially dangerous research.
If however it is well proven that it is dangerous to be used as directed it should be eliminated as have other products.
Public policies aimed at forcing salt reductions are misguided and potentially dangerous, he says.
But out in the world, traditional microbes are an important line of defense against external and possibly dangerous invaders.
But being a smoking hot rock or pop star may be even more dangerous.
Those with sleep apnea often suffer from increased sleepiness during waking hours, which can be dangerous when driving-or flying.
However, the legal precedent created by not needing to disclose how our food is made is extremely dangerous.
The monitoring can help reveal dangerous sinkhole zones in their early stages.
The giraffe's stature can be a disadvantage as well-it is difficult and dangerous for a giraffe to drink at a water hole.
Mildly elevated radioactivity has been detected at some sites but not at levels that appear dangerous.
Despite their giant mouths, the sharks are not considered dangerous and feed mainly on plankton.
Too-curious humans can receive a quite painful and potentially dangerous sting from these spines.
In the world of tipped economies, equal opportunity loses to the reinforcement of prejudices dangerous to society.
The first was that food could be dangerous, especially to those who loved it.
The colors, thank goodness, are not so dark as to appear dangerous.
Must be intense stuff to be dangerous at such low levels.
Infantrymen volunteer to enter dangerous environments, a task many of them enjoy.
Bizarrely enough, as housing policy evolves, this dangerous business is seen by many as the solution.
Now, it is possible that having a gun is actually on net dangerous to you and your family.
And besides, the arms race between viruses and our genes may mean health is a moving target, one that would be dangerous to reach.
But packing so much energy into a small space is also dangerous.
While a laptop fire can be dangerous, batteries for such devices only involve a few cells.
Robots have been considered too unpredictable and dangerous to work alongside humans in factories.
Computer malware is insidious and dangerous but there are well known limits to the kinds of attacks that it can be used to mount.
It may also shed light on why the immune system sometimes spirals out of control, resulting in dangerous inflammation.
The trend seems both salubrious and potentially dangerous.
What makes smart phones attractive--the ability to customize them by downloading applications--is what makes them dangerous.
All anyone has to do to get an idea of how dangerous the drugs are would be to open a copy of the prescribing info on the web.
Cars are dangerous enough, without the problem of a cyberattack thrown in the mix.
The problem is that the alcohol in the beer is a pretty dangerous drug.
Technology of this power, for this price, should be considered more dangerous than nuclear weapons.
The runoff contains large amounts of feces that can cause dangerous algae blooms, for example.
Injecting a stem-cell-attracting factor encourages tissue regeneration, but sticking needles into the heart is dangerous.
There are few moments more dangerous to an autocracy.
When threatened, they flatten their narrow heads into a triangle, mimicking the shape of their more dangerous cousins.
Thanks to those pathogens, a punch in the mouth can be dangerous-for the aggressor.
Nitrogen also contaminates drinking water, making it especially dangerous for infants.
Most of those bacteria actually help to keep the skin healthy by competing with dangerous pathogens for nutrients.
The main worry was that the mechanical version might be more efficient and thus more dangerous.
Military helicopters would simply be too expensive and dangerous for such a task.
Dan, a scientist working on dangerous viruses, is giving a visitor a tour of his lab.
Your dosages of a much more dangerous form of particulate than is found in cigarette smoke are tremendously increased.
Climatologists fear global temperatures may be reaching a dangerous tipping point.
All cell phone usage while driving could be dangerous.
Psychologists have found that teenagers are about as adept as adults at recognizing the risks of dangerous behavior.
One can imagine it would have been a dangerous quality among our ancestors as well.
The only ethical reason to ban steroids if they are dangerous and harmful even when used properly.
Much of our training was dangerous, and injuries were common.
All they knew about our job is that it was dangerous.
Vastly more dangerous, and common, is tapping crude directly out of the pipelines themselves.
Art itself could be the crime-could be scary and dangerous enough to shoulder my rebellion.
Yet our patterns of meat consumption have become increasingly dangerous for both individuals and the planet.
The message from scientists at this point couldn't be clearer: the world's emissions trajectory is extremely dangerous.
He looks slobby and barkeeper fat until he swings into his delivery, when he becomes loose and light and dangerous.
But also important is the dangerous state of the region's economies.
Much of the problem simply has to do with sea levels-as these rise, any storm or storm surge becomes more dangerous.
The doctors were often not recognized to be dangerous until they had done considerable damage.
The e-mail points at a couple themes that have emerged in the campaign, and the dangerous way they are intertwined.
It was dangerous, but far less so than the disease itself.
In a nutshell, it is that too much debt is always dangerous.
The message is that biotechnology in the twenty-first century is as dangerous as nuclear technology in the twentieth.
However, the views they ascribe to us are not our views and the norms they suggest seem to us wrong and dangerous.
Indeed, the law as amended continues to contain extraordinarily dangerous principles.
It is easy to forget today how dangerous malaria continues to be.
To deny the urgency of strong action in the face of all the evidence is unscientific, irrational, and dangerous.
Early warning in either instance could have saved the world from a dangerous encounter.
The popularity of mobile devices has had some unintended and even dangerous consequences.
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Gwyneth Paltrow to Miranda Kerr: "Is it Weird to Be That Pretty?"
Gwyneth Paltrow knows a few things about being conventionally attractive, having earned the title of "World's Most Beautiful Woman" from People Magazine just this year, but that doesn't mean she's got everything about being pretty down pat.
At the recent Met Gala, Gwyneth told Entertainment Weekly of model Miranda Kerr, "She's just so pretty, it's abnormal."
Gwyneth, who had marveled at Kerr's attire for the evening, which consisted of a "a black Michael Kors dress that was sort of like a sparkling bandeau, [with] her whole stomach was showing" admitted that she was overwhelmed by the former Victoria's Secret model's "beautiful, punky" style and natural grace.
Despite the formality of the occasion, Gwyneth, who seems to be on a campaign to tear down her high-strung image, went up to Miranda, who's married to equally good-looking star Orlando Bloom, and went in for a hard-hitting question.
"I was like, 'Is it weird to be that pretty?'" recalls Gwyneth. "And she was like, 'No.'"
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ALGUSTO'2013 Saber y Sabor ("Knowledge and Flavour") is the 4th edition of this event. It is scheduled for October 4-6 at the Bilbao Exhibition Centre. As the organiser of the event, the BEC has already set in motion a wide-ranging commercial plan aimed at attracting slow food producers from all over Spain and a wide range of specialists from the rest of the world. The event is to take place concurrently with the Biocultura Bilbao trade show for ecological products and responsible consumption, which also features a section on ecological foodstuffs.
The ALGUSTO 2013 organic and artisanal gastronomy fair will be a shrine to gastronomy and quality food. It seeks to maintain its leading status as different from any other event in the sector in Spain by focusing on the Slow Food movement. To that end ALGUSTO maintains close working relationships with various Spanish convivia, especially those of Bilbao-Bizkaia, Araba and Zaragoza, which form part of the ALGUSTO Committee.
The scheduling of the event concurrently with Biocultura Bilbao enables the two fairs to pool their attractions for the general public and creates a synergy that should prove highly useful to them both. The events share the same philosophy in defending certain values and lifestyle choices, and this should translate into more exhibitors and a substantial increase in visitors.
ALGUSTO is aimed at the general public, but also at amateur and professional connoisseurs of gastronomy from at home and abroad, with particular emphasis on south-eastern France and northern Portugal, where the organisers are focusing efforts to promote the event.
High-quality, artisanal products will once again take centre stage at ALGUSTO, where the general public will have the chance to get to know such products and acquire those that they most like through tastings, workshops, exhibitions, contests and other activities.
The event is to feature various forms of educating the senses. They include the Txoko Algusto gourmet corner, where visitors can try snacks and raw-milk cheeses, meat from local breeds of cattle, wine produced organically from 100% local grapes, paella, etc. The Teatros del Gusto ("theatres of taste") will feature demonstrations of high-quality cuisine and workshops on cooking, products and styles. At the Islas del Gusto ("islands of taste") the BEC restaurant will offer economic menus with Slow Food products. there will be seminars, meetings and other events featuring representatives of gastronomic movements from all over the world, an "Educational Area" aimed at younger visitors, contests for gastronomic societies, tastings of products offered by exhibitors and participating organisations, and the "Algusto Slow Food Dinners", meals prepared by renowned restaurateurs at their own restaurants with menus made up exclusively of Slow Food products.


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Tell me something: how often do you actually use the 'content' property to add content, versus how often you use pseudo-elements purely for aesthetic purposes?
I've been thinking that this would be a good addition to most CSS resets. This way you would only need to declare a value for "content" if you actually…well, _need_ to.
*:before, *:after {
content: ' ';
Any thoughts?
[*] actually takes up a lot of resources when the document is loaded
You'd have to type
anyway…so another dozen characters is such a big deal.
In any case, I don't use pseudo elements to add content…that's what HTML is for.
I use before/after from time to time to add custom characters to elements. Usually it will be on a list-item, for example a check mark like below;
li:before { content: "✔ "; }
90% of the time I'm using before/after to do stlying that requires a fake element. and thus have empty "content". However as @paulie_D said, don't use the universal selector, that way madness lies.
In the format that @AndyHowells has given it's effectively 'styling' rather than adding content. and that's more than acceptable.
I mostly use :before and :after for icon fonts or more complex styling. But it can also be used to add content that isn't really important to the meaning of the document. For example, at a certain screen size, I have the date format change. I use an :after element to add a comma after the "day" span. Doing this without pseudo elements would be stupidly complex.
Anyway, the * selector may take up some resources, but I already use it to declare box-sizing: border-box on everything. And reset the margins and padding. I'm not too concerned over a few milliseconds of extra rendering time.
You should be concerned, say we have 100 elements on the page.
Using the universal select for box-sizing isn't creating anything, it's just adjusting the properties of all elements. So for example, adjusting 100 elements on a page.
By applying before/after universally you're effectively adding another 200 elements (all be them pseudo) to the page.
Ah, that makes sense.
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One very interesting thing gamers will be able to do if they happen to pick up both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 is use the Xbox One's interface to play games on your PS4 (or Wii U, or even current gen systems.)
Speaking with Ben Kuchera of the Penny Arcade Report, Microsoft's Jeff Henshaw confirmed that you can use the Xbox One and Kinect to switch over to your PS4 without any complications, such as the major lag that some people predicted.
"It is an extremely small lag that the human eye will not be able to perceive," Henshaw told the PA Report.
"So yes, it's going to be very possible to play the PlayStation 4 using the Xbox One, and the lag, according to Microsoft's engineer, will be very hard to detect," Kuchera writes. "You could also hook up a Wii U and play the new Mario game, and then use voice commands to put that in the background and switch over to an Xbox One game without changing inputs."
It's sort of hilarious and great that you can ask the Xbox to switch over to PlayStation, of course. Or Nintendo. And then hop back to Xbox all without getting your hands dirty. I doubt the other systems will respond quite the same, of course. It's not like your game on the PS4 will auto-pause, for instance, like it does on Xbox One when you flip over to Netflix or the TV (or competing video game system.)
Which raises a side question: What about games that don't pause at all? Dark Souls, for instance, should it ever go next-gen, and most multiplayer games. I suppose you'll be able to swap to another program just the same, but you'll still pay the consequences in your game.
Whatever the case, this is a pretty neat, if perhaps unforeseen, feature of the Xbox One. As Kuchera notes, "it's going to be an interesting experiment to use the PlayStation 4 UI from within the Xbox One's UI."
I'm looking forward to seeing how this actually works. As far as I'm concerned it's just another reason why all this bickering and arguing over
who killed who which system is better is invariably silly. The two should be able to co-exist quite comfortably.


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Basic Technical Analysis of Financial Markets: A Modern Approach
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Basic Technical Analysis of Financial Markets: A Modern Approach By Renato Di Lorenzo
2013 | 267 Pages | ISBN: 8847054206 | PDF | 15 MB
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The algorithms used in the technical analysis of financial markets have changed beyond recognition. This book offers a more efficient technical analysis – one that is not satisfied with protocols that just seem to be fine, but which requires that they are indeed fine, verifying this through simulations on the PC, serious statistical counts, and so on.
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EU Budget Reform
Discussions on the EU budget are always contentious and the last deal struck in December 2005 was no exception. After difficult negotiations, some changes were agreed to the overall limit of the budget, to the proportions of the budget allocated to different activities and to the method of calculating the UK rebate. But the basic structure of both income and expenditure, including the UK rebate, remained unchanged, if made even more abstruse. So it was a welcome addition to the deal, strongly urged by the UK, that the Commission should be asked to carry out a comprehensive review by 2008/9 of both the income and expenditure sides of the budget. If it is to be comprehensive, it must cover the size of the budget, how it is to be allocated, what methods should be used to finance it and what to do about the UK rebate.
Given the general desire to hold down public expenditure, there is no appetite for any large increase in total EU expenditure in real terms. As last time, debate is likely to stay within the range of 1 to 1.5% of GNI, with the so-called 'budget disciplinarians' – the UK, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark and Austria – wanting to keep the limit as low as possible and the Commission, the poorer Member States and the European Parliament wanting to be more expansive. The other two big net contributors, France and Italy are more equivocal.
The big argument about spending has always centred around the share of the budget taken by the CAP. Although successive CAP reforms have brought the cost down from a maximum of nearly 70% to a current 40% (and due to fall to 30% by 2012), there is a strong case for reducing the proportion further. Another look at CAP expenditure is due in 2008 and it is to be hoped that this will lead to further cuts in traditional expenditure on product support, on the direct payments made to farmers and in further shifts towards expenditure on the environment. With expenditure on the CAP increasingly in a form, which is not considered 'trade distorting', there is a case for leaving each Member State to run its own programmes or at least to meet more of the cost of Community programmes. Opposition from the newer member states to this shift to more national funding could be reduced if the richer member states paid a higher proportion than the poorer ones (or by the introduction of a general corrective mechanism as advocated later). With reductions in CAP expenditure there would be room for greater EU spend elsewhere. Candidates for increased expenditure are research and development and other programmes to improve the productivity and competitiveness of the EU economy, and more resources to back up the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). There is also room for a review of social and regional expenditure, currently distorted in the interest of achieving acceptable net balances.
While Turkey is unlikely to be a member during the next financial period, it seems difficult not to take some account of eventual Turkish accession. It may not greatly affect the budget system as such, but the prospect of such a large and under-developed country joining should add force to the arguments for shifting the pattern of expenditure as suggested above.
While less controversial than the pattern of expenditure, the forthcoming review will also raise issues about the ways in which the EU is financed. Only 15% of revenue now comes from the original 'own resources' of custom duties and levies on imports, with a further 15% from the rather complex system based on VAT-take. That leaves 70% which is made up by direct contributions from national governments according to the size of their GNI. GNI contributions are straightforward to administer and generally reckoned to be fair. The best way to simplify the system would be to have the whole of the budget funded by national contribution based on GNI shares, or at least all except the import duties and levies. This is the approach strongly favoured in a recent House of Lords report[i]. For some this would not be sufficiently 'communautaire', and there are those at the other end of the spectrum who want to give the EU its own tax, with perhaps some flexibility for the budget authorities i.e. the Council plus the European Parliament, to decide on the rate. In between lie proposals for hypothecating a share of some EU-wide existing tax (as with VAT) to be paid over to Brussels. This is the approach currently being advocated in the European Parliament. Candidates for one or other of these revenue sources include existing corporate taxes or a new tax on financial transactions, but with climate change high on the agenda a tax on the energy sector would be the most likely possibility. While an intellectual case can be made for such an EU tax, it would be strongly resisted by many Member States, including the UK, and would hardly make the EU any more popular.
A topic much discussed is the role of co-financing i.e. programmes paid for partly by the Member States and partly from the EU budget. This is already done in some rural and infrastructure development programmes. Where Member States have discretion to apply the programmes or not, co-financing may well be appropriate, and reduce total spending. But if applied to EU programmes, which operate across the board, it is hard to see the value of splitting the cost – total public expenditure will remain the same and only the distribution of the cost between Member States will change. It might be attractive to the UK but will be resisted by others. Whether it would help to improve budget control and reduce fraud is problematic. A variant of co-financing, favoured by the UK is to limit the EU's regional programmes to the poorer Member States, leaving the richer Member States to run, and finance their own programmes if they so wish.
The UK rebate, still worth some £4 billion a year, will once again come under attack, particularly given that the UK now has one of the highest GNI per head. In its defence, the UK will argue that the rebate is needed so long as the imbalance in the budget remains. France, whose net contribution is now roughly the same as Britain's, will no doubt argue that if CAP expenditure is cut then the rebate must go. Another stand off between the UK and France seems inevitable unless a new approach can be found.
Present perceived imbalances could be reduced by changing the pattern of expenditure or by adjusting the system of revenue collection. But the surest way would be a generalised corrective mechanism based on relative prosperity applying to all Member States and not just the UK (and the four countries which have a rebate on their share of the British rebate). Under such a system all Member States would have their net contributions or receipts adjusted each year according to their relative per capita wealth and the well-known fiscal principle of ability to pay. With such a mechanism in place, policies need not be distorted to correct imbalances. For example, the wealthier states could then cease to be recipients of structural funds.
Critics will argue that a generalised corrective mechanism would lead to the 'juste retour' with each country getting back what it puts in, but it need, indeed should not, do so. Instead of the existing arrangements which, through the various programmes and correctives, produce a haphazard redistribution between richer and poorer Member States, a generalised system – best called an adjustment rather than a corrective mechanism - would produce a structured and determinate redistribution with the richest Member State making the highest per head net contribution and the Member State with the lowest GNI per head receiving the most. The amount of 'progressivity' in the system would be a matter for negotiation. Unwelcome to the few remaining purists who do not even accept the concept of 'net balances', it would nevertheless respond to the political realities. It is worth remembering that the Fontainebleau settlement applies in theory to any Member State even though in practice it has only applied to the UK. How the UK's net contribution under such a system would compare with the existing rebate system, would depend largely on its relative position in the GNI league table. But whatever the outcome, it could be well defended as rational and fair, and it would mean that Britain was no longer fighting a single-handed battle against the rest of the EU.
So there is plenty of scope for improvement. Hopefully, the Commission will encourage an open debate and eventually come up with sensible proposals. If the Commission is ambitious and imaginative in its approach, there is a reasonable chance that the Member States can be brought to agree on changes which will produce a simpler, more transparent, fair and defensible budget system. If the Commission is too cautious, there is no chance of the European Council deciding on anything more radical, and a good opportunity will have been lost.
Sir Michael Franklin
[i] 'Funding the European Union' House of Lords European Union Committee, 12th Report of Session 2006-7, HL Paper 64


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In the US, NPs are licensed by the state in which they practice, and have a national board certification (usually through the American Nurses Credentialing Center or American Academy of Nurse Practitioners). Nurse Practitioners can be trained and nationally certified in areas of pediatrics, geriatrics, women's health, psychiatry and acute care.
Nurse Practitioners treat both acute and chronic conditions through comprehensive history taking, physical exams, physical therapy, ordering tests and therapies for patients, within their scope of practice. An NP can serve as a patient's "point of entry" health care provider, and see patients of all ages depending on their designated scope of practice. The core philosophy of the field is individualized care. Nurse Practitioners focus on patients' conditions as well as the effects of illness on the lives of the patients and their families.
Because the profession is state regulated, care provided by NPs varies. A nurse practitioner's job may include the following:
NPs practice in all U.S. states. The institutions in which they work include the following:
NPs specialize in a particular field of health care practicing advanced nursing not medicine.
To be licensed as a nurse practitioner, the candidate must first complete the education and training necessary to be a registered nurse (RN).
Requirements for a registered nurse (RN) include either an associate degree in nursing (ASN), a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing (BSN), or completion of a diploma program, as well as direct patient care for acutely or chronically ill patients. Associate degree in nursing programs, which are offered by community and junior colleges, usually take 2 years. BSN programs are offered by colleges and universities and take 4 years.
In most states a master's degree is required. To become NPs, nurses with an ADN or diploma must first complete a bachelor's degree or enter in various programs offering an ADN to master's degree via a "bridge program," most of which award the bachelor's degree while completing the requirements for the master's.
Once registered nurse status is attained, the candidate must complete a state-approved advanced nursing education program that usually specializes in a field such as family practice, adult health, acute care or women's health. The degree can be granted by:
The variety of educational paths for NPs is a result of the history of the field. In 1965, the profession of nurse practitioner was instituted and required a master's degree. In the late 1960s into the 1970s, predictions of a physician shortage increased funding and attendance in nurse practitioner programs. During the 1970s, the NP requirements relaxed to include continuing education programs, which helped accommodate the demand for NPs. The certifying organizations, states, and employers require a minimum of a master's degree for new NPs (already established NPs with lesser education were grandfathered in).
After completing the education program, the candidate must be licensed by the state in which he or she plans to practice. The State Boards of Nursing regulate nurse practitioners and each state has its own licensing and certification criteria. In general, the criteria include completion of a master's degree in nursing and certification by an accrediting body (ANCC, AANP). The license period varies by state; some require biennial relicensing, others require triennial.
Before or after receiving state licensing, a nurse practitioner can apply for national certification from one of several professional nursing organizations such as the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). The American Nurses Association (ANA) does not offer certification directly, but through its credentialing center, the ANCC. Some NPs pursue certification in a specialty. Several organizations oversee certification, including the following:


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Rainmaker2006 writes "The latest iteration of Linux kernel is out. The kernel 2.6.39 is listed in kernel.org, ready to be yours!" Linux for Devices has a short overview of what you can expect in the newest kernel; an article at Phoronix (complete with obnoxious pop-out advertising) points out a few bugs, as well.


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis gave Jeff Saturday a chance to fulfill his NFL dream.
On Thursday, he came back to thank the town and the team that embraced his improbable journey from undrafted free agent to NFL star.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis gave Jeff Saturday a chance to fulfill his NFL dream.
On Thursday, he came back to thank the town and the team that embraced his improbable journey from undrafted free agent to NFL star.
Moments after signing his final contract with the Colts, Indy's longtime center and a key figure in forging a settlement to the 2011 NFL lockout officially retired with the team that brought him into the league 14 years ago.
"This does not happen for many players, especially many offensive linemen," Saturday said. "I'm excited to retire as a Colt. I mean, this is my home. This is what we've supported for so many years. I was known, no matter what team I was playing for, as a Colt. So it's good to put that horseshoe on and go out that way."
Colts fans will always remember Saturday for his gritty play and down-to-earth attitude. Nationally, he will forever be known as the voice of reason during the contentious lockout negotiations. Saturday lobbied on behalf of the players he represented and constantly urged both sides to remember that they would be best served by reaching a settlement rather than losing the "golden goose."
After the two sides agreed to a 10-year collective bargaining agreement, Saturday's embrace of Patriots owner Robert Kraft became an memorable image of labor peace. Kraft had just finished speaking about his wife, Myra, who died during the negotiations, when Saturday put aside Indy's bitter rivalry with New England, hugged Kraft and then credited him for "saving football."
"I have a tremendous amount of respect for Jeff Saturday. For more than a decade, I considered Jeff a fiercely competitive rival. After working with him in 2011 during the NFL labor negotiations, I now consider Jeff a friend," Kraft said. "I admire him for the leadership and professionalism he showed throughout the negotiations and I thank him for the compassion he extended to me during a difficult time. I know that Jeff was a great leader on the field, but I witnessed the leadership he possesses in the board room, and I believe that will serve his next employer very well as he transitions to his next career. I wish him all the best."
Saturday also acknowledged that his appreciation for Colts football played a big role in reaching a compromise.
"This organization is what I hope all the NFL teams strive to be. In every negotiation I was involved with the PA (players association) and the NFL, I used us (the Colts) as an example of what you should strive to and I make no bones about it," he said. "This organization is the best in the business and it will continue."
Before playing in his sixth and final Pro Bowl last month, Saturday had already said he was retiring. He even made a cameo appearance with the AFC so he could snap the ball one more time to his close friend, former Colt and current Bronco Peyton Manning. Green Bay cut Saturday last month, a procedural move that made Thursday's festivities possible.
Ironically, though, the move came exactly one year to the day after team owner Jim Irsay and Manning, the four-time MVP, appeared in the same room to announce Manning's release. Both men spoke then in halting tones as they fought back tears.
This time, it was more celebratory. Saturday and Irsay smiled and even joked about the formality of the one-day deal.
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Week Seventeen: Let Down
All the Kansas City Chiefs had to do was win and this last week of the NFL season would have meant something, instead the fan base is talking about the 2012 draft ad not potential playoffs.
The Chiefs season has ended in a letdown. MyRead on »
Week Sixteen: Dominance Ceased
The Kansas City Chiefs shocked the football world last Sunday by upsetting the then 13-0 Green Bay Packers. The Packer's win streak and dominance is over. Well, not really, the Pack is still Super Bowl favorites, but it was nice that the Chiefs were theRead on »
Chiefs Upset Packers 19-14, Still in Playoff Race
The Kansas City Chiefs did the unthinkable Sunday by upsetting the undefeated Green Bay Packers. The Arrowhead crowd was boisterous and acted as it is best known for: the 12th man. (Occasionally the 13th man, but who's counting?) The Packers came in to Kansas CityRead on »
Week Fifteen: Where art thou Romeo?
Exit Todd Haley and welcome Romeo Crennel. Crennel has done a fine job getting what he can from this makeshift, banged up, and untalented defense; however, he has not been a very good head coach. Then again, we was given nothing in Cleveland, and let'sRead on »
Week Fourteen: Hail Yes!
Yes the Kansas City Chiefs got what could be considered a meaningless win over the Chicago Bears due to a Hail Mary pass from Tyler Palko to Dexter McCluster. However, I'm more excited that my Beantown Banana Slugs just finished their second consecutive 10-3 season.Read on »
Week Thirteen: Horseshoes and Hand Grenades
The Kansas City Chiefs almost beat the Pittsburgh Steelers and we all know the saying when it comes to the word "Almost." If the Chiefs would have had an average QB in that game the outcome would have been different. Any other backup QB inRead on »
Kyle Orton Is A Worthy And Welcome Experiment
This season just continues to get weirder and weirder. Just when I thought the Chiefs were headed for a major losing streak that may have extended to the rest of the season. Then, Kyle Orton fell into the Chiefs' lap. With Tyler Palko, the ChiefsRead on »
Week Twelve: Stick a Fork in…
#1 Stick a fork in that Thanksgiving meal and enjoy! #2 Stick a fork in the Kansas City Chiefs, they are done! #3 Stick a fork in Tyler Palko, make room for Kyle Orton!
So, Chief fans knew going into last Monday night it wasRead on »
Week Eleven: Total Embarrassment, and More to Come
Damn! After the Chargers game Halloween night Kansas City Chiefs fans couldn't have been more excited. The team was 4-3 and headed to 6-3 before the Monday Night match-up against the New England Patriots.
That Chargers game seems like eons ago. This Chiefs team gotRead on »
Chiefs, Get Back To Basics!
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The Institutional Review Board's (IRB) "Submitter 101" class will cover the basic history and mission of the IRB, how to determine which projects need review, choosing the appropriate forms to submit, basic information on the submission and approval process, and tips for successful submissions.
Submitter 101 is for SLU students and staff newly involved in research (or those looking for a refresher), who are interested in learning the basics of submitting to the IRB.
This class will not cover how to specifically use the electronic IRB submission system, which is currently being piloted by a few departments.
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Quick systemd-nspawn guide
I switched to using systemd-nspawn in place of chroot and wanted to give a quick guide to using it. The short version is that I'd strongly recommend that anybody running systemd that uses chroot switch over – there really are no downsides as long as your kernel is properly configured.
Quick EC2 Backups with Duplicity
I've been doing online EC2 backups on my Gentoo box for a while, but switched to Duplicity a few months ago and have been very happy with the results. Setting this up took some trial and error, so I figured I'd share my config in case others find it useful. But first, here's why I switched… Read the rest of this entry »
btrfs and snapper with portage on Gentoo
This is just a quick share-a-recipe post to introduce snapper to anybody who hasn't heard of it, and explain how to use it.
Snapper is a utility that manages btrfs snapshots. One of the nice features of btrfs is that snapshots are cheap (virtually instant, and consume space only as changes accumulate), and easy to access. Snapper allows you to automatically create and manage them based on time, events, manual action, etc.
Once snapper is set up you can display a list of snapshots. I have 10 hourly snapshots, 10 daily snapshots, and snapshots from before/after each emerge. I can diff them, browse them, etc. Btrfs snapshots can be browsed right from the filesystem, so if I nuke /etc/passwd I can always do a cp /.snapshots/1875/snapshot/etc/passwd /etc/passwd to restore one from a few hours before (though I do also have /etc in a git repo).
Snapper is currently available in the sunrise overlay – I won't spend time on how to set that up/etc. Also, I've had time-based snapshots running for a while now and my memory is hazy as to whether I had to do anything to get those working – it just requires sticking some scripts in /etc/cron.*/ and creating a config file containing your policies.
What I did want to post is a recipe for getting pre/post-emerge snapshots working. All you need to do is add some lines to /etc/portage/bashrc:
case "${EBUILD_PHASE}" in preinst) DESC="${CATEGORY}/${PF}" NUMBER=`snapper create -t pre -p -d "${DESC}"` ;; postinst) snapper create -t post --pre-number $NUMBER -d "${DESC}" ;; esac
One of these days I might clean this up a bit and move it to portage.
The Balance of Power in Gentoo
The recent concerns with the request to re-populate QA have re-opened a debate that is a few years old now. I've already made some specific recommendations on the lists, but I wanted to step back and explain why I feel the way I do.
Gentoo's system of governance has some internal ironies – ones which occasionally even lead to calls to establish a benevolent dictator position. I think the mistake that Gentoo makes is that the problem is perceived as being democracy, when in reality the problem is with competing governance bodies with differing constituencies…
Gentoo EC2 Tutorial / Bootstrapping
I want to accomplish a few things with this post.
First, I'd like to give more attention to the work recently done by edowd on Bootstrapping Gentoo in EC2.
Second, I'd like to introduce a few enhancements I've made on these (some being merged upstream already).
Third, I'd like to turn this into a bit of a tutorial into getting started with EC2 as well since these scripts make it brain-dead simple.
A Quick Dracut Module
Since the general trend on many linux distros is towards requiring /usr to be mounted at boot time, I figured I'd see what it would take to get it working using dracut.
I've been messing with dracut for a while, and for some reason it stubbornly refuses to detect my raid devices. The kernel autodetection works fine, but this is disabled when booting from an initramfs. Dracut would timeout and drop me to a dash shell, and if I just typed mdadm -As followed by exit it would boot just fine.
Dracut is using udev to set up raid devices, and obviously that is not working.
Beyond this, I'd like to get my /usr mounted pre-boot, and there is a module called usrmount that purports to do just this. However, it isn't working in my case because /usr is a bind mount to a subdir on an lvm volume, and it just isn't figuring that out (it doesn't even run lvm in the first place despite having the module installed, let alone figuring out what to mount in what order – I suspect the lvm module only works if root is on lvm).
My solution to both problems is to build my own simple dracut module. If you want to try it out:
- cd /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/
- mkdir 91local
- cat > 91local/module-setup.sh
# -*- mode: shell-script; indent-tabs-mode: nil; sh-basic-offset: 4; -*-
# ex: ts=8 sw=4 sts=4 et filetype=sh
check() {
return 0
depends() {
return 0
install() {
inst_hook pre-trigger 91 "$moddir/mount-local.sh"
- cat > 91local/mount-local.sh
# -*- mode: shell-script; indent-tabs-mode: nil; sh-basic-offset: 4; -*-
# ex: ts=8 sw=4 sts=4 et filetype=sh
mdadm -As
lvm pvscan
lvm vgscan
lvm lvscan
lvm vgchange -ay
Then run dracut to build your initramfs, and it should let mdadm and lvm auto-detect everything before it gets to mounting stuff. You can then use the fstab-sys to mount whatever you need to mount user. However, in your fstab.sys if you're configuring a bindmount be sure to prepend /sysroot/ before the source directory.
Example fstab.sys:
/dev/vg1/data /data ext4 noatime,user_xattr,barrier=1 0 0
/sysroot/data/usr /usr none bind 0 0
/sysroot/data/var /var none bind 0 0
Hopefully this helps somebody out – the dracut documentation is pretty sparse. In fact, if somebody connected to dracut stumbles upon this I'd be open to a better way of hooking my script – pre-trigger just doesn't seem right – I'd rather let udev try to do everything first. However, I couldn't find any way to hook after udev runs but before it bombs out not finding my root device. Suggestions welcome.
Another MythTV Update
Agreeing with some advice on gentoo-dev, I'm going to post this as a blog entry instead of a Gentoo news item. The quick version of this update is expect to see 0.24.1 in portage in a few days. The long version follows…
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The Cleveland Cavaliers may be the NBA's most disappointing team this season.
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Chizuru Yukimura
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"That flowing, jet-black hair took my breath away. The snow, fluttering, was illumitated by the moon's light as it fell ... like cherry blossoms flowering out of season."
Chizuru Yukimura (雪村 千鶴 Yukimura Chizuru) is the main female protagonist in the Hakuōki Shinsengumi Kitan series. She is the narrator of the anime and games. She is a pure-blooded oni, or demon, and the only female in the Shinsengumi. After being taken in by the Shinsengumi, she becomes a medic, cook, messenger, and attendant for the organization. Throughout the series, she developes feeling for Hijikata Toshizo and eventually became his lover. In the games you can make her fall in love with any of the playable characters. In SSL, she is portrayed as a high school student at Hakuou High School.
Chizuru is a young woman with medium brown hair that stops inches below her shoulders, brown eyes, and her height is around 5'1" or 155 cm. She dresses as a boy as directed by Hijikata to avoid any disruption of order in the organization. Chizuru wears an azalea pink shirt and grey pants, and wears her hair in a ponytail. In episode 8 and the OVA videos, she dresses as a geiko in a red and green kimono with a gold obi that is tied in a bow in front of her middle. Her hair is done up in a geiko fashion and she wears makeup that whitens her face. At the end of season 2, she changes into a red, white, and black western outfit.
Chizuru Yukimura is a gentle, caring, soft-spoken girl and is also humble and shy. She hardly ever speaks her mind unless driven to by her concern for others. Her compassion often leads her to inquire about others' well-being. Chizuru is also quite fearless, yet is hesitant to fight, and she hardly ever gets angry. She is often the first one to show emotion when something tragic occurs. Chizuru comes to care quite a lot for the Shinsengumi leaders as she spends time with them and learns of their ideals. She also starts to fall in love with the vice-commander, Toshizo Hijikata.
Skills & Abilities
Being the daughter of a doctor, Chizuru possesses some medical knowledge, which seems to expand as she helps Yamazaki treat wounded soldiers. She is also reliable in relaying messages and is good at cooking and cleaning. As an oni, she has the ability to heal quickly from injuries and is implied to have somewhat of a sixth sense, as in episode 6, she was able to sense Kazama and his henchmen. She is skilled with a kodachi, a short sword, having learned how in a dojo to defend herself, yet she is rarely seen using it.
Second SeasonCurrently, Chizuru has discovered that her father, Koudou, is developing the Rasetsu so he can destroy humanity. It's also revealed that he is not her true father; in fact, he was a relative that took Chizuru in after the Yukimura family was destroyed by refusing to join a plot that involved bringing down the Shogunate. During this time, Kaoru tries to kill Chizuru but fails, admitting that he still loved her as a sister. Kazama then kills Kaoru and tells Chizuru he will give her some time to talk to Koudou before they attack him. Shinpachi and Harada leave the Shinsengumi.
After several battles, the Shinsengumi find out from Amagiri that the Rasetsu are shortening their own lives by using their powers. Chizuru and Hijikata are forced to abandon Kondou when the enemy overwhelms them and the two leave along with Kai Shimada. Later on, when Hijikata finally cannot control his thirst for blood, he allows Chizuru to give him her blood and the two seem to grow closer together as a result. She also nurses him back to health after he takes a serious blow while fighting with Kazama Chikage.
Hakuouki SSL
In SSL, Chizuru is a first year and the only female student of Hakuou Academy. With an invitation from childhood friend Toudou, she resolves to enroll in the institution. She lost her parents at an early age and has since been living with Yukimura Koudou, a distant relative. She has a twin brother called Nagumo Kaoru, who lives separately in another family. Their relationship has been estranged.
- Chizuru's name means thousand cranes, which in Japanese tradition is considered to be lucky and grants long life, especially if you fold a thousand cranes out of paper.
- In the anime, Chizuru's hair is a plain medium brown. In the game, it's almost black.
- Chizuru does not wield a katana per se. She wields a kodachi which is part of a katana/kodachi set that is actually an heirloom passed down through her oni family. She owns the kodachi, while her brother Kaoru owns the katana.
- In the anime, Chizuru rarely fights (save for a brief fight with Kaoru). However, in Hijikata's route, she manages to fend off Kazama very well. Despite sustaining several injuries, she didn't back down to Kazama even once, knowing that if she did, Kazama would have taken her away to be his bride.
- "Even if you did break all my bones, I will never submit!"
- Chizuru sleeps with her hair out in the anime.
- Chizuru has a theme music in the anime
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Pencil Thru Bill Trick Revealed
Posted by: Peter on Dec 29, 2008
Tagged in: Tutorial , Street Magic , CloseUp
Effect: Take a dollar bill, fold in in half and fold down another side. Cover the bill slightly with a small piece of paper.
Then, you take a pencil and push it between the two halves of the bill (see photo above), pushing the pencil totally through the bill and the paper!
This is a truly amazing illusion that is easy to do and entertains everyone!
What You Need:
- A dollar bill or whatever you have. (I used an American $20 for this trick.)
- A sharp knife - kids, get your parent's permission befor doing this.
- A sharp pencil.
- A small piece of paper about 3 inches by 4 inches.
The Preparation:
Make a small slit in the bill. (I have colored it with pencil so you can see it)
Then, fold the bill in half. Crease it.
Next, fold down one side of the bill like this:
Now, fold the piece of paper in half and crease it:
The Method & Performance:
Note: These views are from perspective.
Place the bill inside the piece of paper. The creases are, of course, on the same side:
Fold down the top quarter of the bill:
Place the pencil inside the bill, but...
Now, just PUSH the pencil and it will penetrate the paper. It will look like it's also penetrating the bill.
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Roast Duck in Banana Leaf
The rich flavour of duck is greatly enhanced
The Balinese have great admiration for the duck
|1 whole duck, about 2 kg (4 1/2 lb)
18 shallots, peeled, cut in half and sliced
6 cloves garlic, peeled, halved, and sliced
3 stalks lemon grass, finely sliced
5 fragrant lime leaves, finely sliced
6 candlenuts, chopped
5 cm (2 in) ginger, peeled and chopped
8 cm (3 in) fresh turmeric, peeled and chopped
8 cm (3 in) kencur root, peeled and chopped
1 teaspoon black peppercorns, crushed
5 bird's-eye chillies, sliced
1 teaspoon coriander seeds, crushed
2 teaspoons dried shrimp paste, roasted and coarsely crushed
1 1/2 tablespoons salt
3 tablespoons oil
banana leaves, grease proof paper or aluminium foil for wrapping
Wipe the duck dry and set aside. Combine all the remaining ingredients except the banana leaves in a bowl and mix well. Rub the duck outside with this mixture and fill the inside of the duck with the remainder. Close the openings of the bird with satay skewer, and wrap the duck in several layers of banana leaves, grease proof paper or foil and steam for 50 minutes. Transfer the duck to a moderate oven and bake at 180°C (350°F) for 30 minutes.
Remove banana leaves, cut the duck meat up in small pieces and serve with stuffing. When cooked, the meat should be so tender that it falls off the bones.
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Mary O'Grady sets the record straight on the Cuba/Mandela story
As usual, marvelous Mary O'Grady lays it all out clearly for the readers of the Wall Street Journal.
Since the WSJ online is only accessible to those with subscriptions, here is the whole essay.
Mandela's Message Didn't Make It to Cuba
In Havana a small white clique rules a majority black nation.
By Mary Anastasia O'Grady Dec. 29, 2013
Did Barack Obama bow to Raúl Castro when the two shook hands at a memorial for Nelson Mandela in South Africa earlier this month? It sure looked that way in a South African Broadcasting Corporation photo.
On the other hand Castro is a diminutive dictator. That may explain what seemed to be presidential stooping to the level of the tropical totalitarian. Let's hope so. After all, the Cuban military dictatorship, run by a white junta, held and tortured the black political prisoner Eusebio Peñalver for 28 years—one year more than Mandela endured.
The world barely noticed when Peñalver died in exile in 2005. If he had enjoyed the kind of international support Mandela had, things might have turned out differently for him and for Cuba's predominantly black population. Government statistics in Cuba are unreliable but according to a 2009 report in the Inter Press Service News Agency, "most Cuban academics estimate that between 60% and 70% of the population is black or 'mulatto.'"
Cuba was thrilled with the Obama encounter. A Dec. 19 commentary under Fidel's byline, published by the state media, congratulated Raúl for "his firmness and dignity" when the two met.
That's not the only reason Cuba had to be giddy about what went on in South Africa. The world used the Dec. 5 passing of Mandela to recall the courageous struggle for racial equality in South Africa. Cuba used it to brag about the close ties between Mandela and Fidel. No one mentioned Peñalver or the 55 years of racial exclusion under the Castro military dictatorship.
Cuba already had a long history of racial discrimination by the late 1950s, not unlike in the U.S. But after dictator Fulgencio Batista went into exile on Jan. 1, 1959 and Castro took over, things did not improve. In many ways, they got worse.
Peñalver was born in central Cuba in 1936, the eldest of six children. He had to give up going to school full-time in order to work. But he studied bookkeeping at night and graduated from a business school in Camaguey.
Peñalver opposed the Batista regime, like many young Cubans, and he fought with the rebel army in the hope of restoring the constitutional democracy. But when Castro hijacked the revolution for himself, Peñalver broke ranks rather than "sell my soul to the same devil that here on earth is Castro and communism."
Unlike Mandela, he never planned or launched attacks against civilians. But he took up arms against Castro's military in the Escambray Mountains, where he was captured in October 1960.
Peñalver became one of the legendary "plantados," prisoners who heroically resisted unfathomable cruelty at the hands of their jailers. In Oct. 1988, after almost three decades of incarceration, Peñalver was released and banished. From exile in Los Angeles he wrote about the "naked brutality" and round-the-clock beating and harassment that he had endured: "They made the men eat grass, they submerged them in sewage, they beat them hard with bayonets and they hit them with fence posts until their bones rattled."
Peñalver didn't carry the left-wing ideological identity card that made Castro a fan of Mandela. (Mandela never forgot it and was a life-long supporter of Cuba's dictator.) Peñalver fought against two dictatorships, but his cause was never racial. He wanted freedom for all Cubans. Yet it is clear that he suffered more because he was black: He interfered with the revolutionary narrative—so crucial to Castro's "progressive" international image—that the regime emancipated black Cubans.
Angel de Fana, who is white, is another of the exiled plantados. He told me last week in an email that during his many years in prison with Peñalver, "I witnessed how he was a victim of 'additional' punishment simply for being black."
Today Cuban economic and political power still resides with the military and the leadership is still a white men's club. But the subject of racism is taboo. In March, Roberto Zurbano, the Afro-Cuban publisher of Casa de las Americas publishing house in Havana, wrote an op-ed in the New York Times NYT -0.39% headlined, "For Blacks in Cuba, the Revolution Hasn't Begun," noting that black Cubans are "underrepresented in spheres of economic and political power." He was fired. Mr. Zurbano blamed the headline. Right.
At least he didn't go to lockup like Sonia Garro, another Afro-Cuban who threatens to unravel the Castro propaganda that he has elevated the black population.
She first got into trouble by doing nonpolitical community work, unauthorized by the regime, in her heavily black neighborhood in Havana. In March 2012 she lobbied, along with others, for an audience with Pope Benedict during his visit to the island. The regime raided her house, shot her with rubber bullets and put her in jail. Others asking to see the Pope were detained at the same time, but only Ms. Garro remains in jail.
Black South Africans have won their struggle against official discrimination. Black Cubans wait.