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How much? $170,800 plus on-road and dealer costs
Vital statistics: 3.8-litre twin-turbo V6; 404kW/628Nm; 6-speed dual clutch automatic transmission; 11.7L/100km and 278g/km CO2
She: I've always admired this beast from afar – it cuts a mean Stormtrooper-tough figure on the road, and the designer in me loves those uncompromising, wind-tunnel-derived angles. I spent most of my driving time in awe of the power, and that mechanical whine. Are you as enamoured of Godzilla as I am?
He: I'm not falling over myself to the same extent. But it is a reasonably impressive beast. Beast being the operative word. I agree it looks the part with a menacing demeanour. But it's the figures and ability that get me drooling more – 404kW, four-wheel-drive and some incredible engineering to make it all work.
She: So true – it wouldn't be such a "hook in and hold on" power ride without some serious tech under the bonnet. But unlike other performance car manufacturers who sink plenty of time into safeguarding the driver from overzealous out-of-control moments, the GT-R has been known to chew up and spit its drivers, especially on the track. I found the stability control and other interventions fairly harsh and grindy for a $170k vehicle.
He: Yeah they can get aggressive, but that's because they have to. Even a quick stab of the throttle builds some serious pace, which means you arrive at the next bend carrying genuine speed. At no point does the GT-R feel undernourished when it comes to acceleration. But I do get a bit tired of the performance claims – 2.8 seconds to 100km/h. We couldn't get close even when using every megabyte of software.
She: Yes, the launch figures are a far cry from our track times. But as a mere mortal pilot, I really like the way this car focuses on driver ergonomics. The whole wheel and instrument bank is adjustable, which really works for shorties like moi, and the paddles are in the perfect spot, with leather edging making them some of the sleekest flippers around. Then again there's that seat, with its barely upholstered rods pincering each thigh into place. That took a bit of getting used to.
He: Performance aside, one thing I love with the GT-R is that brilliant data centre with all sorts of funky stuff – G-forces, pedal positions and the temperature of just about every component on the car. It gives it a hint of race car feel and brings a bit of PlayStation to the car.
She: I love the instrumentation and the way the graphics mirror the nature of the car. And how is that Bose sound system? The awesome audio is standard for Australia. I also wouldn't mind the fancier leather offered as an option overseas. I'd also option some legroom in the back if I could.
He: Yeah comfort and practicality are not a GT-R's forte. My biggest issue is how it behaves on the road. Sure, they've made the suspension more compliant, but it's still very firm and is accompanied by plenty of tyre roar. The gearbox is also a race track special – it blasts through the gears brilliantly when you're flipping the paddles but is pretty dopey if you stick it in D for drive.
She: It's a bone-rattling kidney-smasher on unkempt roads and a noisy ride on the highway at speed – perhaps the Bose is there to sweeten that deal. Despite a few daily drive concessions like the reversing camera (which you absolutely need to park this thing), it's really a car for special occasions and track play. Otherwise it's a lot of cash for a car that subjects its passengers to a relentlessly loud, bashy drive. Does it tempt you?
He: If I had a (really) big garage and plenty of cash a GT-R would be on my wish list. But I'd struggle to live with it day to day.
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Swimming pool plugs come in all shapes, sizes and colors, and are used for many different purposes around the pool and for the pool equipment. At pool center, you will find all kinds of pool plugs you will ever need- we carry Winterizing Plugs including Gizmos, Filter Plugs, Pump Plugs, Heater Plugs, and Test Plugs.
Pool plugs are a perfect winterizing accessory when you want to protect your costly equipment from damage especially when the weather turns harsh and your pool is not in use. Swimming pool plugs are used for many different purposes around the pool and help protect your pool equipment from damage. Winterizing Plugs:
These are the most common type of pool plugs and are also known as freeze plugs or expansion plugs. Winterizing plugs are basically tapered rubber plugs with two stainless steel washers and a bolt passing through the center, and can be used to plug the pool pipes after draining or blowing them out to protect them from freeze damage. Used as pipe plugs, to plug skimmers, returns, cleaner lines - to prevent water from entering the pipes during winter, expansion plugs have other uses too, such as pressure testing pool lines or other methods of leak detection, or stopping water flow from the pool when equipment repairs are made.
Gizzmos are another type of winterizing plugs used to plug to keep water out and to absorb ice expansion inside the skimmer. The gizzmo breaks up the ice pack in the skimmer and collapses inward to absorb the strong force of expanding ice.
Filter Plugs:
Filter Plugs are basically used to drain water from a filter, and different manufacturers use different plugs on their pool filters. Pump Plugs: Pool pumps usually have two drain plugs, one in the front, at the base of the hair & lint strainer or pump pot, and another plug further back towards the motor, to drain the volute, or impeller housing.
Heater Plugs:
Pool heater plugs are found on both sides of the heat exchanger, or on the front header. Cast iron headers or bronze headers use a 1/4in. brass plug or butterfly valve plug, whereas the modern thermoplastic headers use a plastic plug, usually with an o-ring. Brass plugs should be lubed with green lube, like Aqua-Lube, to keep the rust from building up on the threads of the cast iron headers.
Test Plugs:
Test plugs are used primarily for pressure testing plumbing, and look similar to winterizing plugs, except that they are not tapered, the sides are straight, and they have oversized wing nuts to allow for strong tightening.


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Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire?
The revolutions of Tunisia and Egypt inspired the people of Libya triggering a wave of protest action there too. But unlike in the two afore-mentioned countries, demonstrators in eastern Libya stormed police stations and army barracks on the second day of the uprising, arming themselves for the battle against the regime. A "National Transitional Council" was formed in Benghazi, which was immediately recognised by France and subsequently by around 30 other nations as the "legitimate representation of the Libyan people".
The fact that this legitimacy is founded neither on the results of any elections or any other measurable form of popular support is due to the circumstances, or more specifically: the decisive will of western governments.
Now Libya's foreign assets will be transferred to a council that has found flimsy legitimacy in this manner. This is because Gaddafi had invested a significant portion of oil export revenues in the state-owned Libyan Investment Agency, while kleptocrats Mubarak and Ben Ali had transformed stolen public assets into the private property of their family members. Now the council will be in a position to pay for the weapons supplied by its western friends.
Rebels with a past
In the pro-revolutionary enthusiasm of the West, it is studiously ignored or simply not mentioned that of the 40-or-so members of this council, only just over a quarter of them are actually known by name. These include Mahmoud Djibril and Ali Tarhouni, two US-educated neo-liberal economists, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, Gaddafi's former justice minister who switched allegiances to the rebel side in February, Ahmed al Senussi, a relative of King Idriss I., ousted by Gaddafi in a 1969 military putsch, and around 10 other individuals.
Just how heterogeneous, indeed just how divided this council is, is not only evident from the fact that it has already undergone a necessary reshuffle, but primarily from the fact that the rebels' commander-in-chief Abdel Fattah Younes was brutally murdered along with three aides by another rebel group. Since then there no longer appears to a common command structure in place, as different groups and militia wage uncoordinated battles against remnants of the army and Gaddafi loyalists in Tripoli.
The West's enthusiasm for the rebels also fails to consider the significance of their red-black-and-green banner, which is that of the old Libya during the rule of King Idriss I.: Idriss was head of the Islamic-conservative Senussi Order, which exerted an influence as far as Senegal and Indonesia in the early 20th century. Following the liberation of Libya from fascist Italian rule, Idriss was installed as King in Benghazi under the influence of the British. It remains to be seen to what extent the choice of this banner is not only indicative of eastern Libyan separatist ambitions, but also perhaps of a restorative-conservative programme of reform.
What is certain is that the unknown members of the Council include die-hard Islamists who formed the core of resistance against Gaddafi over at least the last 30 years. Of the Libyan volunteers drafted to fight first against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, then against the US and to bolster the Islamic resistance movement in Iraq, they formed the second largest number of recruits after Saudi Arabia.
NATO attack against Libyan self-determination?
Western chancelleries must be well aware of all this. And this gives rise to the question of the true aim of this intervention. Gaddafi was not only an eccentric person, he was one of the few Arab heads of state who always insisted that Libya maintain control of oil exports through appropriate investment in oil companies.
Following his numerous fruitless attempts to form an alliance between Libya and other Arab states thereby creating a certain counterbalance to the power of the West, he succeeded in building up the African Union – he served as the organisation's first ever chairman – into a system that functioned to a certain degree, with the explicit intention to achieve greater supremacy for African nations and greater control over their commodity wealth.
This was the reason for the passage of Resolution 1973 at the UN Security Council, not human rights violations. If human rights had been the trigger, then the West would have had to impose sanctions on Saudi Arabia a long time ago, or at least denounce the invasion of Bahrain, carried out by Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Cooperation Council in the shadow of the Libyan war – an act aimed at crushing the pro-democracy movement there.
This is why in the "Third World", but primarily in Africa, the 20,000-plus airstrikes launched by the coalition of the willing under NATO command to bomb a path to Tripoli for the rebels, are being seen not as an act of liberation, but as a neo-colonial enterprise.
The battles in and around Tripoli and the mass executions that have apparently begun show that Libya's future looks to be moving towards a dissolution of central statehood in which tribes, secular and Islamic groups fight each other in a state of anarchy.
Whether we are going to see an implosion of statehood, or a disintegration of the country into two or perhaps three states: the reconstruction of Libya's devastated infrastructure and the new regime whose survival is dependent on the support of the West, now at last grants international firms unfettered access to Libyan oil production, and perhaps also throws up the opportunity to divide the only commodity cartel in the "Third World", OPEC.
Werner Ruf
© Qantara.de 2011
Werner Ruf is professor emeritus for International Relations at the University of Kassel, Germany.
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In the News
Director John Tiffany Talks about the Artistic Process
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Considering how much attention we lavish on the technologies of writing—scroll, codex, print, screen—it's striking how little we pay to the technologies for digesting and regurgitating it. One way or another, there's no sector of the modern world that isn't saturated with note-taking. That was more than sufficient justification for holding a conference called Take Note, held at the Radcliffe Institute.
The Best of Beantown
Bon Anniversaire
The photograph is from the vast Julia Child collection in the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute, which includes 5,000 cookbooks donated by her, her book drafts, the voluminous and often funny letters of Julia and Paul, television scripts and production notes handwritten by Paul, some 20,000 photographs, and a gaudy Cordon Bleu medal.
Word On The Street
Livesey, a Radcliffe Institute fellow this year, will discuss what can be gained and lost by drawing on the works of others in "Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be: Homage, Appropriation, and Influence" at 4 p.m. Dec. 10 in the Radcliffe Gymnasium.
Girls Who Rock Out
Professor Challenges Theories on Elections
"Election outcomes have very significant policy consequences, but the election outcomes themselves are largely random," Vanderbilt professor Larry M. Bartels declared at a Radcliffe Institute lecture.
Disruptive Music
Neba Solo: Mali's Balafon Master
For a country where music is so central to life and entertainment, the crisis in Mali has quieted many musicians in a big way. But not balafon player Neba Solo. Radcliffe fellow Ingrid Monson, an ethnomusicologist at Harvard Univesity, has been following Neba Solo's career for years.
Neba Solo Carries Forth Musical Traditions of Mali
The Boston Globe highlights balafonist Neba Solo who will give a rare concert at Harvard's Radcliffe Institute. Preceding it is a talk by Radcliffe fellow Monson, who has worked with Solo for many years. She studied balafon with him in Mali for six months in 2005 and accompanied the band as they played all over Mali. Her balafons are all his hand-crafted creations


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December 9, 2009
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I finally got a laptop and the last time I setup wireless in linux it was using an ancient airnet card on debian.
I have an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG network card and I installed the ipw3945 driver and utilities (emerge ipw3945). lsmod shows that the driver is loaded and dmesg shows the card was detected but when I run iwconfig no card shows up.
When I first emerged ipw3945 I had an eth1 that was the wireless but after a reboot it's been gone ever since.
I have very little experience setting up wireless so any help is greatly appreciated.
$ uname -a
Linux localhost 2.6.17 #6 SMP
i686 Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2250 @ 1.73GHz GNU/Linux
Well the card gets recognized now, it turns out I had some kill switch at the top. How do I get dhcp working with the card now? I'm using wireless-tools.
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I think I have wireless tools down, but I can only connect to certain wireless networks, it might just be that I hadn't registered my wirless card's mac address with my university. Any suggestions? I won't be able to test it till tommorrow (I'm currently in the dorms who's wireless network works).
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Everything works now.


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The AP reported — and a tanned portrait, complete with dapper summer hat, on the Florida International University sports site confirms — that former CNN anchor Rick Sanchez has been hired to be the radio voice of the FIU Golden Panthers football team. Sanchez has two sons at FIU.
Sanchez was fired by CNN last year after he went on satellite radio, complained that Jon Stewart was a "bigot" for making fun of his constant on-air bungling, and suggested that Stewart was part of the Jewish cabal that controls the media.
The president of Florida International, Mark Rosenberg, is a member of Temple Menorah in Miami Beach, FIU's website reports, and is "active with the Jewish Federation of Greater Miami," holding a seat on the board of directors of its Holocaust memorial. Rosenberg has a "tight relationship" with Sanchez, according to the Miami Herald.


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I'll still keep you guys posted. I will also make a few trips up to Tahoe this winter as I still have my house up there. I am also going to make some runs out to Utah as Skyline is probably one of the best spots in the world. I may organize a road trip to Idaho as well for hundreds of miles of tree-less powder and windy ranges.Pablito wrote:Thanks for not rubbing it in with the gory details. Who's going to keep us posted on all the kite demos this winter.
There should be some good stuff for this winter and I will stil be getting it. Blair has my Frenzies now. I will have to work on getting some new ones.


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1:05 p.m. CDT, Oct. 5, Joyce Hanson here:
Goodbye to Morningstar ETF Invest 2012 — see you next year.
Noon CDT, Oct. 5, Joyce Hanson here:
Price war in the ETF space?
"It's been happening since Day One," says Paul Justice, Morningstar's director of research for passive funds, at a "Meet the Pundits" panel with IndexUniverse.com editorial head Matt Hougan and ETFtrends.com publisher Tom Lydon. "It happens every year. It's not new, and it's not going to stop."
So that answers the price war question. Next question from panel moderator Jeff Benjamin, senior editor for InvestmentNews:
How low can fees go?
"At this point, it doesn't matter," says Hougan. "We're getting down to the area where the differences in fees are minimal, 4bp or 6bp."
Lydon notes that the game has extended from the ETF competitors into the index space. "The ETF providers are asking them to give a little bit," he says. "The gloves are off, and they're going to have to compete."
More fun stuff from the pundits:
Paul Justice: "Breaking news everybody. Not everybody buying an ETF is using it as a mutual fund replacement."
Matt Hougan: "Vanguard doesn't make any money. That's their point." But seriously, folks, the lowest cost expense ratios catch advisors' attention. "I don't think for an advisor transferring to Schwab that the 2bp is what matters."
Tom Lydon: There's always buzz about what's new and sexy in ETFs, but the reality is that most investment dollars pour into boring yet steady large funds. The future is in distribution: the Schwab-type companies have broader access than the smaller competitors.
Hougan: Of course funds are going to close. IndexUniverse has pinpointed 400 funds that will close. "It's not a big deal. You get your money back." There's plenty of headline news about tiny fund closures that nobody's invested in anyway.
P.S. from Hougan: "If you have Bill Gross working for you, it's a good idea for him to actively manage an ETF. Write that down."
Lydon: PIMCO's move to open an ETF that tracks its Total Return Fund was "gutsy," but a smart move. "There are no real personalities in the ETF space, and here comes Bill Gross, a big fund rock star."
11:30 a.m. CDT, Oct. 5, Joyce Hanson here:
Good bye to Morningstar ETF Invest 2012. Exhibitors are breaking down their booths and ignoring advisors, so you know it's over.
For hangers-on who just don't want it to end, the closing general session is a lively one: "Meet the Pundits," with Matt Hougan, Paul Justice and Tom Lydon talking about the state of all-things-ETF and where the industry is headed.
Watch this space for their thoughts…


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Collections and Tools
- Disambiguation
- Author name disambiguation collections
- SyGAR
- Wiki Quality
- Collections from the Wikipedia, Muppets, and Star-Wars used to predict the quality of wiki articles. More information about the used features can be found at: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2063507 and http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asi.23650/abstract
- Similarity matrix based on Letor 3.0
- Similarity matrix based on Letor 3.0
- Temporal Contexts - Datasets
- Bag of words representation for documents from ACM-DL and MEDLINE datasets. Dataset format: doc_id;year;class;{term_id;term_frequency;}+ That is, each line corresponds to a document. The first field is the unique document identifier. The second field denotes its year of creation, and the third its class. The remaining fields are pairs of (term identifier;term frequency) . Note that each field is separated by ';'.
- INDi
- Incremental unsupervised Name Disambiguation
- SchemaMatching
- Repository of files related to the Schema Matching using Genetic Programming
- Ranking Q&A Forums
- Data for the Q&A Forums. More information can be found at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asi.23650/abstract and http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2484072
- Web 2.0 Quality Assessment
- Comparative Performance Evaluation of Relational and NoSQL Databases for Spatial and Mobile Applications [Query Template Guide]
- Lattes Expertise Retrieval
- Lattes Expertise Retrieval (LExR) test collection for research on academic expertise retrieval.
- A Two-Stage Machine Learning Approach for Temporally-Robust Text Classification
- Reprozip package for replicating experiments reported in the "A Two-Stage Machine Learning Approach for Temporally-Robust Text Classification" paper.


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I keep coming back to the importance of information literacy and it's application to genealogy. The following handful of blogs (unless I get an itch to write about something else) will focus on the key points of information literacy.
Setting Family History Research Goals
I often refer to a family history problem as a family history goal or objective. How many of you have complained or expressed frustration on not knowing where to start or where to look for your ancestors? Like most things in life if we don't start out our research with a goal or a set of goals we will usually be faced with frustration and lack of success. To give yourself a better chance of success I recommend that your research goals should focus on one ancestor or one family. This allows you to focus on just one small portion of your family tree, rather than the whole thing. Your goals should include the following:
- Research Objective - What do you want to learn about your ancestor? Some of the more basic objectives might include:
- Finding the birth, marriage, or death of an ancestor. Notice the word or, your objective should focus on one of the three individually, not all at once.
- Identify the parents' names of an ancestor
- Finding siblings of an ancestor
- Finding the children and/or descendents of an ancestor
- Finding emigration and immigration (not necessarily basic, but one of the more popular objectives)
- Place Information - Where did the objective occur? Once the objective is clearly identified you need to identify as much place information as possible. Depending on the information that you have your choice of resources will change drastically. Remember: be as specific as possible, if a rancho, or finca is known start with that information. Knowing a specific section of a big city will also be helpful in identifying resources.
- Time Period - Once the objective and place information has been identified, you will need to narrow down the time period when the objective occured. Time periods might be a small set of years (i.e. 1870-1875), or it might be a larger set of years (i.e. 1880-1900). Time period will influence which records are available to use.
Knowing what records you need for solving a family history problem
The key here is to first know what records are available, and then knowing which records to use for your research goal. For most Hispanic research problems Catholic Church, Civil Registration and census records will suffice, however, more advanced records like Notarial records should never be overlooked.
A few good books for learning about different records available in Hispanic countries include:
- Finding Your Mexican Ancestors: a beginner's guide by George and Peggy Ryskamp
- Finding Your Hispanic Roots by George R. Ryskamp
- Latin America Census Records by Lyman Platt
These resources are but a few available to anyone searching their Hispanic ancestry. I would recommend visiting your local public library, family history center, or buying one or a few of these books/publications. They will give you a solid foundation on which you can build your research.


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Emergency Escape Ladder for the 2nd Floor
The QuickEscape Fire Escape Ladder provides a safe means of getting out of your home or business when all other exits are unavailable.
Simply place the ladder hooks over the window sill and climb down the ladder to safety. This 12 foot ladder is designed for windows up to 2 stories in from the ground.
Example: A window directly below the exit window will be in the path of deployed escape ladder. How to prevent accidentally breaking it?
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U.S. Expands Military Footprint in Africa
With the U.S. troop presence in Iraq and Afghanistan shrinking, President Barack Obama has arrived in Africa as American security footprint on the continent is growing. Drew Hinshaw reports.
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The Jarrarde surname finds its earliest origins with the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. Their name is derived from the son of Gerard. The surname Jarrarde was originally derived from the Old German Gerhard which meant spear-brave. In Old English, patronyms were formed by adding a variety of suffixes to personal names, which changed over time and from place to place. For example, after the Norman Conquest, sunu and sune, which meant son, were the most common patronymic suffixes. In the 12th and 13th centuries, the most common patronymic names included the word filius, which meant son. By the 14th century, the suffix son had replaced these earlier versions. Surnames that were formed with filius or son were more common in the north of England and it was here that the number of individuals without surnames was greatest at this time.
The surname Jarrarde was first found in Lancashire where they held a family seat from very ancient times. The Gerrard family name, also spelled Gerard and Jarrard, is traced by historians to the grandson of Edward the Confessor (1004-1066). In England the name was first recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086. Gerard (died 21 May 1108), was Lord Chancellor of England (1085-1092) appointed by William I, and later Archbishop of York (1100-1108.) He may have been with the king's hunting party when William II was killed, as he witnessed the first charter issued by the new king, Henry I of England, a few days later. Windle with Hardshaw in Lancashire was home to the family in later years. "In the reign of Edward III., the manor was held under William Boteler by Peter de Burnhull, with whose heiress the Gerards acquired the property; and this latter family are the present lords. Windle Hall belongs to Sir John Gerard, Bart., at whose annual court lor the manor of Windle, officers are chosen for the township." [1]
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Jarrarde research. Another 127 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1177, 1545, 1611, 1593, 1559, 1581, 1564, 1618, 1622, 1613, 1640, 1634, 1667, 1587, 1670, 1617, 1680, 1641, 1660, 1618, 1683, 1660, 1687, 1661, 1685, 1659, 1701, 1689 and 1694 are included under the topic Early Jarrarde History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
It is only in the last few hundred years that the English language has been standardized. For that reason, early Anglo-Saxon surnames like Jarrarde are characterized by many spelling variations. As the English language changed and incorporated elements of other European languages, even literate people changed the spelling of their names. The variations of the name Jarrarde include: Gerrard, Gerard, Jarrard, Jared, Garrad, Garred, Jarratt, Jarrett and many more.
Notables of the family at this time include John Gerard (Gerarde) (1545-1611), an English botanist and herbalist, who maintained a large herbal garden in London, eponym of the botanical genus Gerardia; Sir Gilbert Gerard (died 1593), a prominent lawyer, politician, and landowner who served six times as a member of the English parliament, Attorney-General (1559) Master of the Rolls (1581); Sir Thomas Gerard, 1st Baron Gerard (ca. 1564-1618); Gilbert Gerard, 2nd Baron Gerard (d. 1622); Dutton Gerard, 3rd Baron Gerard (1613-1640); Charles Gerard, 4th Baron Gerard (1634-1667); Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Harrow on...
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Many English families tired of political and religious strife left Britain for the new colonies in North America. Although the trip itself offered no relief - conditions on the ships were extremely cramped, and many travelers arrived diseased, starving, and destitute - these immigrants believed the opportunities that awaited them were worth the risks. Once in the colonies, many of the families did indeed prosper and, in turn, made significant contributions to the culture and economies of the growing colonies. An inquiry into the early roots of North American families has revealed a number of immigrants bearing the name Jarrarde or a variant listed above: Richard Gerrard, who landed in Maryland in 1634; Gilbert Gerrard, who settled in Virginia in 1643; Elizabeth Gerrard, who came to Maryland in 1650; Susan Gerrard, who arrived in Barbados in 1686.


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All too often an action-RPG gets put down by the RPG purist who can't imagine that a fast-paced game with lots of button clicking and tons of monster killing could be as intricate or have the depth of a traditional RPG. Sacred 2, the sequel to one of the better Diablo clones in recent memory, is trying to make such skeptics eat their words. We recently went hands-on with the game on the crowded floor of GenCon 2008 and what we found is a quick-moving game that's looking to make a name for itself with some amazingly deep character customization. While we certainly can't make a judgment on how well they've pulled it off, the bewildering number of character options we did find made us quite optimistic.
The story of Sacred 2 concerns T-energy, a powerful liquid mineral that is the source for life and magic on the world of Ancaria. The fight for control over this incredible energy source caused the fall of the Ancient Elf Empire 2,000 years before the events of the game and unleashed a magical holocaust that nearly devastated the world. Two millennia later, civilization has finally gotten back on its feet only to face the prospect of another devastating war, as various world power blocs once again delve into the secrets of T-energy and maneuver for its ultimate control. It's up to the player to choose to head off the final disaster or set it off and seize the source of ultimate power for themselves.
We started our game by looking over the character class choices. There are six playable characters, only one of which -- the Seraphim -- is returning from the first game. Of the remainder, four are able to choose between the Shadow or Light quests while one (the Inquisitor) must follow the Shadow path. Each character must also choose a particular god to worship. This choice unlocks specific powers and side quests unique to that god, offering plenty of replayability. In the end we chose the Dryad, a fragile but very fast warrior who's very good with ranged weapons such as her default blowgun and has a talent for poisons and nature-based spellcraft.
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Kikuichi KnivesThe chef moves into position, and the raw food is arranged on the cutting board. The blades of the chef's knives begin flashing as the food is prepared by the chef's expert hands. It is an impressive sight. At Williams-Sonoma, we can't give you the skill of a master chef – that part takes training and practice, but we do offer a selection of Kikuichi professional quality knives that cut with precision in trained hands. These knives are crafted using the same processes that were used to create the finest of Samurai swords. The company marks each blade with the chrysanthemum symbol to honor the connection to Emperor Gotoba and the firm's Samurai roots and to reflect a commitment to excellence and superior quality.
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How can we support the long-term welfare of the giant panda, one of the world's most beloved and endangered species?
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This expedition invites volunteers to become active participants in panda care, observation, and long-term conservation.
The bamboo-chewing giant panda is one of the most iconic endangered animals in the world. In the Sichuan Province of China, you'll work up close with pandas that are being cared for in captivity so that they may breed and live longer and healthier lives.
This exciting project takes place at the Ya'an Bifengxia panda base, which is currently home to more than 80 captive pandas. As an Earthwatch team member, you'll have the rare opportunity to monitor and record the daily behavior of the pandas. You'll help prepare and deliver bamboo to the pandas and keep their living area clean. You'll watch and sort videos taken of pandas at the Wolong National Nature Reserve, Bifengxia's sister panda base, where some pandas are being trained for reintroduction into the wild.
Your work will support the long-term goal of reinforcing small and isolated populations of wild pandas in the region through the strategic release of captive pandas. Your experience will last a lifetime, and it could help the giant panda population for even longer than that.
The long-term aim of this project is to create healthy, self-sustaining wild panda populations.
Habitat destruction has undermined panda populations and diversity, but your involvement can make the difference.
The giant panda is threatened by restriction and degradation of its habitat and its reliance on bamboo for food. Habitat destruction has led to panda populations becoming small and isolated. At present, the giant panda is limited to a few isolated mountain ranges in south-central China. Many surviving subpopulations have fewer than 50 individuals. The China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) owns both the Ya'an Bifengxia panda base, where you'll be working on this expedition, and the Wolong National Nature Reserve wilderness training site. Together, these two sites host the largest captive panda population in the world. CCRCGP has been conducting research on training pandas for reintroduction into the wild since 2004. The Ya'an Bifengxia panda base currently has more than 80 captive pandas, of which only about 20 are females of breeding age. There are currently eight pandas at the Wolong panda base, and more are planned to transferred here from the Ya'an Bifengxia panda base.
Research the reintroduction of captive giant pandas to the wild.
The long-term aim of this project is to create healthy, self-sustaining wild panda populations through the release of captive pandas to strengthen small isolated populations of wild pandas.
The Ya'an Bifengxia base draws visitors with its stunning, wild beauty. The base, in Sichuan Province near Ya'an City and Chengdu, the region's major city, sits in a gorge made up of two valleys. With an elevation ranging from about 2,300 to 6,500 feet (700 to 2,000 meters), the gorge is famous for its lush vegetation - you can find more than 320 species of wild plants here - and its more than 50 waterfalls. There is also a zoo in Bifengxia with about 400 species of animals.
In addition to being known for its proximity to pandas, the city of Ya'an was once the heart of tea cultivation in China and the beginning of the treacherous Tea Horse Road, over which porters transported tea to Tibet and beyond for centuries. Sichuan Province, an agricultural stronghold, is home to many different ethnic groups, including the Yi, Hui, Tibetan, and Miao people, making it an area of diverse cultures and traditions.
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At the Ya'an Bifengxia base, you'll help:
On most evenings you'll have personal time after dinner. You may choose to relax at the hotel, or to explore the area within walking distance, which includes local markets, bars, and restaurants.
Note: Field conditions and research needs can lead to changes in the itinerary and activities. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding.
Record panda behavior and help prepare their food (bamboo).
Professor Zhang focuses on the study and conservation of the giant panda.
Earthwatch researcher Professor Zhang Hemin is researching the reintroduction of captive giant pandas to the wild and the control of panda epidemic diseases.
You'll stay in the Ibis hotel in Ya'an, a city of one and a half million. The hotel offers single rooms for all volunteers, as well as en suite bathrooms, Internet access, a dining room, and a bar. You can expect to eat wonderful Chinese food; the local Sichuan cuisine is famous for its spicy flavor. Breakfast may include fruit, biscuits, cereal, hot and dry noodles with sesame paste sauce, bean paste omelets, steamed dumplings, and steamed buns while dinner may include fish and meat dishes, vegetables, rice, and other typical Chinese food. Lunch will be at the research center where you'll join staff for a nutritious meal of rice, local Chinese dishes and fruit. Coffee-lovers can fix themselves a cup of instant coffee in the computer room.
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Kenneth Dubuque | Saturday, May 24, 2014
It was a great expedition : I participated in everything from observing panda behavior (they really do eat a lot), to feeding (with our own made bread) and touching some young ones, really informative lectures and movies, working in the enclosures and getting to know the researchers. The accommodations were a notch above and the meals were downright fabulous. The local team under Professor Zhous leadership : Anna (Earthwatch), Lydia, Jenny and Joseph could not have been more helpful, We also had quite a few laughs, some enjoyable downtime and fascinating conversations. My only criticism is that seven days was not enough. Thanks to our leaders and coordinators and my team and my daughter who accompanied me.
Ken Dubuque, 10/21/13 team
Shannon Miller | Thursday, February 06, 2014
This was a very well run, well organized expedition. The staff was very knowledgeable, eager to share information, and patient! Our main task was to observe and record behaviors of panda -- who wouldn't love that?? The staff accompanied us to dinner at local restaurants every evening, and the food was delicious. I highly recommend this expedition!
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