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The taste of Oporto's famous fresh grilled chicken and sauces is taking New Zealand by storm with the doors to its flagship Wellington store open on Thursday. The franchise chain, which is already well established in Auckland, is expanding rapidly with the aim of doubling its stores across New Zealand this year.
The new store is in Courtenay Place.
To celebrate the opening of the new store on Thursday, Courtenay Place is expected to attract the masses with a free Bondi burger giveaway between 6 -7pm, DJ on site and street performance from local Brazilian Samba group, Batucada.
Wellington franchise owner Chandra Patel and Manas Sarkar say they are delighted to be able to bring the great brand to Wellington and become the fresh chicken and burger experts for the capital.
"We are thrilled to open the first Oporto flagship store in the Capital city and bring this world class product to Wellington," says Sarkar.
Oporto originated from Bondi Beach Australia and specialises in 100% fresh, never frozen, cooked to order chicken.
Bhushan Arolkar, CEO of Oporto New Zealand says the expansion of Oporto in the North Island is on track for 2013 and plans to expand into the South Island are in the pipeline.
"We are so pleased to bring an Oporto to Wellington due to popular demand. The current growth of the business means more Kiwis are going to taste the delicious fresh flavour and hopefully have an Oporto store in their hometown."
Oporto New Zealand is 100% locally owned with 10 stores in the North Island with the new premises in Wellington pushing the number up to 11.
"For the ninth consecutive year, Oporto New Zealand has grown at a steady pace with three new stores opening this financial year. There are four more stores in the pipeline with one in the Capital City following the opening of the flagship store," says Arolkar.
Oporto New Zealand Ltd is franchise operator in NZ and is a part of the Quick Service Restaurant Holdings Group in Australia which is home to three iconic chicken brands – Red Rooster, Chicken Treat and Oporto and has approximately 600 restaurants located across Australia, United States and New Zealand.
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Using SambaRobert Eckstein, David Collier-Brown, Peter Kelly
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4.6 Networking Options with Samba
If you're running Samba on a multi-homed machine (that is, one on multiple subnets), or even if you want to implement a security policy on your own subnet, you should take a close look at the networking configuration options:
For the purposes of this exercise, let's assume that our Samba server is connected to a network with more than one subnet. Specifically, the machine can access both the 192.168.220.* and 134.213.233.* subnets. Here are our additions to the ongoing configuration file for the networking configuration options:[global] netbios name = HYDRA server string = Samba %v on (%L) workgroup = SIMPLE # Networking configuration options hosts allow = 192.168.220. 134.213.233. localhost hosts deny = 192.168.220.102 interfaces = 192.168.220.100/255.255.255.0 \ 18.104.22.168/255.255.255.0 bind interfaces only = yes [data] path = /home/samba/data guest ok = yes comment = Data Drive volume = Sample-Data-Drive writeable = yes
Let's first talk about the
denyoptions. If these options sound familiar, you're probably thinking of the hosts.allow and hosts.deny files that are found in the /etc directories of many Unix systems. The purpose of these options is identical to those files; they provide a means of security by allowing or denying the connections of other hosts based on their IP addresses. Why not just use the hosts.allow and hosts.deny files themselves? Because there may be services on the server that you want others to access without giving them access Samba's disk or printer shares
With the
allowoption above, we've specified a cropped IP address: 192.168.220. (Note that there is still a third period; it's just missing the fourth number.) This is equivalent to saying: "All hosts on the 192.168.220 subnet." However, we've explicitly specified in a hosts deny line that 192.168.220.102 is not to be allowed access.
You might be wondering: why will 192.168.220.102 be denied even though it is still in the subnet matched by the
allowoption? Here is how Samba sorts out the rules specified by
If there are no
denyoptions defined anywhere in smb.conf, Samba will allow connections from any machine allowed by the system itself.
If there are
denyoptions defined in the
[global]section of smb.conf, they will apply to all shares, even if the shares have an overriding option defined.
If there is only a
allowoption defined for a share, only the hosts listed will be allowed to use the share. All others will be denied.
If there is only a
denyoption defined for a share, any machine which is not on the list will be able to use the share.
If both a
denyoption are defined, a host must appear in the allow list and not appear in the deny list (in any form) in order to access the share. Otherwise, the host will not be allowed.
WARNING: Take care that you don't explicitly allow a host to access a share, but then deny access to the entire subnet of which the host is part.
Let's look at another example of that final item. Consider the following options:hosts allow = 111.222. hosts deny = 111.222.333.
In this case, only the hosts that belong to the subnet 111.222.*.* will be allowed access to the Samba shares. However, if a client belongs to the 111.222.333.* subnet, it will be denied access, even though it still matches the qualifications outlined by
allow. The client must appear on the
allowlist and must not appear on the
denylist in order to gain access to a Samba share. If a computer attempts to access a share to which it is not allowed access, it will receive an error message.
The other two options that we've specified are the
interfacesand the
onlyaddress. Let's look at the
interfacesoption first. Samba, by default, sends data only from the primary network interface, which in our example is the 192.168.220.100 subnet. If we would like it to send data to more than that one interface, we need to specify the complete list with the
interfacesoption. In the previous example, we've bound Samba to interface with both subnets (192.168.220 and 134.213.233) on which the machine is operating by specifying the other network interface address: 184.108.40.206. If you have more than one interface on your computer, you should always set this option as there is no guarantee that the primary interface that Samba chooses will be the right one.
Finally, the
onlyoption instructs the nmbd process not to accept any broadcast messages other than those subnets specified with the
interfacesoption. Note that this is different from the
denyoptions, which prevent machines from making connections to services, but not from receiving broadcast messages. Using the
onlyoption is a way to shut out even datagrams from foreign subnets from being received by the Samba server. In addition, it instructs the smbd process to bind to only the interface list given by the interfaces option. This restricts the networks that Samba will serve.
4.6.1 Networking Options
The networking options we introduced above are summarized in Table 4.5.
Table 4.5: Networking Configuration Options
hosts allow (allow hosts)
string (list of hostnames)
Specifies the machines that can connect to Samba.
hosts deny (deny hosts)
string (list of hostnames)
Specifies the machines that cannot connect to Samba.
string (list of IP/netmask combinations)
Sets the network interfaces Samba will respond to. Allows correcting defaults.
interfaces only
If set to
yes, Samba will bind only to those interfaces specified by the
string (IP address)
Sets IP address to listen on, for use with multiple virtual interfaces on a server.
184.108.40.206 hosts allow
allowoption (sometimes written as
hosts) specifies the machines that have permission to access shares on the Samba server, written as a comma- or space-separated list of names of machines or their IP addresses. You can gain quite a bit of security by simply placing your LAN's subnet address in this option. For example, we specified the following in our example:hosts allow = 192.168.220. localhost
Note that we placed
localhostafter the subnet address. One of the most common mistakes when attempting to use the
allowoption is to accidentally disallow the Samba server from communicating with itself. The smbpasswd program will occasionally need to connect to the Samba server as a client in order to change a user's encrypted password. In addition, local browsing propagation requires local host access. If this option is enabled and the localhost address is not specified, the locally-generated packets requesting the change of the encrypted password will be discarded by Samba, and browsing propagation will not work properly. To avoid this, explicitly allow the loopback address (either
127.0.0.1) to be used.[3]
[3] Starting with Samba 2.0.5,
localhostwill automatically be allowed unless it is explicitly denied.
You can specify any of the following formats for this option:
Domain names, which can be differentiated from individual hostnames because they start with a dot. For example,
.ora.comrepresents all machines within the ora.com domain.
Netgroups, which start with an at-sign, such as
@printerhosts. Netgroups are available on systems running yellow pages/NIS or NIS+, but rarely otherwise. If netgroups are supported on your system, there should be a
netgroupsmanual page that describes them in more detail.
Subnets, which end with a dot. For example,
130.63.9.means all the machines whose IP addresses begin with 130.63.9.
The keyword
EXCEPTfollowed by more one or more names, IP addresses, domain names, netgroups, or subnets. For example, you could specify that Samba allow all hosts except those on the 192.168.110 subnet with
192.168.110.(remember the trailing dot).
Using the
ALLkeyword is almost always a bad idea, since it means that anyone on any network can browse your files if they guess the name of your server.
Note that there is no default value for the
allowconfiguration option, although the default course of action in the event that neither option is specified is to allow access from all sources. In addition, if you specify this option in the
[global]section of the configuration file, it will override any
allowoptions defined shares.
188.8.131.52 hosts deny
denyoption (also
hosts) specifies machines that do not have permission to access a share, written as a comma- or space-separated list of machine names or their IP addresses. Use the same format as specifying clients as the
allowoption above. For example, to restrict access to the server from everywhere but example.com, you could write:hosts deny = ALL EXCEPT .example.com
allow, there is no default value for the
denyconfiguration option, although the default course of action in the event that neither option is specified is to allow access from all sources. Also, if you specify this option in the
[global]section of the configuration file, it will override any
denyoptions defined in shares. If you wish to deny hosts access to specific shares, omit both the
denyoptions in the
[global]section of the configuration file.
126.96.36.199 interfaces
interfacesoption outlines the network addresses to which you want the Samba server to recognize and respond. This option is handy if you have a computer that resides on more than one network subnet. If this option is not set, Samba searches for the primary network interface of the server (typically the first Ethernet card) upon startup and configures itself to operate on only that subnet. If the server is configured for more than one subnet and you do not specify this option, Samba will only work on the first subnet it encounters. You must use this option to force Samba to serve the other subnets on your network.
The value of this option is one or more sets of IP address/netmask pairs, such as the following:interfaces = 192.168.220.100/255.255.255.0 192.168.210.30/255.255.255.0
You can optionally specify a CIDR format bitmask, as follows:interfaces = 192.168.220.100/24 192.168.210.30/24
The bitmask number specifies the first number of bits that will be turned on in the netmask. For example, the number 24 means that the first 24 (of 32) bits will be activated in the bit mask, which is the same as saying 255.255.255.0. Likewise, 16 would be equal to 255.255.0.0, and 8 would be equal to 255.0.0.0.
This option may not work correctly if you are using DHCP.
18.104.22.168 bind interfaces only
onlyoption can be used to force the smbd and nmbd processes to serve SMB requests to only those addresses specified by the
interfacesoption. The nmbd process normally binds to the all addresses interface (0.0.0.0.) on ports 137 and 138, allowing it to receive broadcasts from anywhere. However, you can override this behavior with the following:bind interfaces only = yes
This will cause both Samba processes to ignore any packets whose origination address does not match the broadcast address(es) specified by the
interfacesoption, including broadcast packets. With smbd, this option will cause Samba to not serve file requests to subnets other than those listed in the
interfacesoption. You should avoid using this option if you want to allow temporary network connections, such as those created through SLIP or PPP. It's very rare that this option is needed, and it should only be used by experts.
If you set
bind interfaces onlyto
yes, you should add the localhost address (127.0.01) to the "interfaces" list. Otherwise, smbpasswd will be unable to connect to the server using its default mode in order to change a password.
18.104.22.168 socket address
addressoption dictates which of the addresses specified with the
interfacesparameter Samba should listen on for connections. Samba accepts connections on all addresses specified by default. When used in an smb.conf file, this option will force Samba to listen on only one IP address. For example:interfaces = 192.168.220.100/24 192.168.210.30/24 socket address = 192.168.210.30
This option is a programmer's tool and we recommend that you do not use it.
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In 2015, a brother and sister from Bolton in Lancashire used Homesitters, the national home and pet sitting company, to look after the home of their late Mother and ensure it was safe and secure whilst unoccupied. The brother who was Homesitters' main contact lived in Bolton, while the sister lived in London.
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Young entrepreneurs: the future of Palestine is in tech
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Stepping into the offices of the few technology startups in Ramallah really feels like entering a work space in San Francisco or Silicon Valley.
The walls of every room are built of glass and long group tables that accomodate 20 employees at a time give an open and cooperative atmosphere. Park benches and patches of astroturf give at least a partial feel of being outdoors.
The tech industry is making innovative strides in Palestine. Yet unlike Silicon Valley, Palestinian startups face both unique challenges and opportunities.
Since 2011, tech startups - or at least the prospect of them - have been gaining traction across the Arab world to combat the staggering youth unemployment rates and to bring technology up to speed with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) market.
There is a lot of untapped potential in the young people of Palestine to engage in the regional market. To self-starters like Imam Hithnawi, 27, and his team at the start-up incubator Flow, this potential can make some honest change - to Palestinian society and the world at large.
The problem with Palestinian society
But start-ups in Palestine face a lot of challenges. A major problem, "is that the older generation are finding it hard to understand that technology is the future – not just for us, but for the whole world."
"If we are not looking for it, maybe we will not have a future," Hithnawi, CEO (or "team leader" as he calls it) of Flow, confessed about Palestinian society.
Startup culture requires a lot of trust in the investment. You don't immediately receive a product from a payment, like in traditional business transactions. There's a long process - an incubation period, alpha and beta testing, prototypes, etc - before the final product and in all these steps the startup team needs money as well. Hithnawi explained that in Palestine, the private sector just doesn't understand this.
"We don't have this mentality. They [stakeholders] will not accept the fact that youth know about this world more than they do." If they think you are not "mature" they will just flat out give you a "no," without helping you try to grow.
That's where Flow comes in. As a "one-stop shop," the Flow team supports the entrepreneurs idea throughout the long incubation and testing period, until they can present a final product to their investor network.
"We think that if we bring them [the entrepreneurs] to incubation and acceleration and make awareness on the new world of startups," Hithnawi enthusiastically said, "we will change the fixed mindset to a growth mindset," with the goal of building a knowledge-based economy in Palestine.
The appeal of tech
Traditional startups of all shapes and sizes exist in Palestine, but the biggest focus right now is on the tech industry. One reason being opportunity, the other, reality.
Despite the rapid growth of Arabic-speaking internet users over the last decade, web content in the Arabic language is
. The Arab world presents itself as an open market for web-based businesses and applications. "We're talking about 350 million people who speak the same language. This is one of the biggest markets in the world," Hithnwai said.
This is how Yamsafer swooped in with their travel website and mobile app.
An online travel provider focused on Arabic-speaking travellers, Yamsafer is now a tech "unicorn" (a startup valued at over $1 billion USD) in the MENA after just seven years.
According to Yamsafer CEO Faris Zaher, 31, people in the Arab market have needs that the global competitors haven't fulfilled. Offering non-credit card payment options and establishing partnerships with local hotels that companies like Expedia and Booking can't reach are some of the ways Yamsafer has been able to cater these needs.
Moreover, Yamsafer is the first step in building a knowledge-based economy that will put Palestine on the map of the global market.
"I think the future and present [of tech] is already creating opportunity in Palestine," Zaher told Palestine Monitor. He said he has seen positive changes over the past two to three years in terms of the quality of talent coming out of universities. And these bright young minds are eager to work for tech companies like Yamsafer.
"It's a personal motivation of a lot of people who work here – they are taking part in building the future of their own economy. They believe in it."
Lack of mobility faced by Palestinians further adds to the appeal of building businesses based on the Internet. Because there is no physical import and export - everything is dealt with on the virtual "cloud" - tech startups can bypass the occupation and its control of Palestine's borders.
Tech companies present an opportunity for Palestinian entrepreneurs to, "overcome physical obstacles and define their future," Hithnawi believes.
Investing in the future
"Innovation is the solution for a lot of problems in the world," Hithnawi said passionately. "There is no solution for youth unless you invest in them."
Forty-nine percent of Palestinians between the ages of 19 and 29 are unemployed, many of whom have university degrees but face the problem of being overqualified for the available job market. Another problem is the support for young Palestinians to pursue careers of the future, like those in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields.
"Going into STEM is not that big in Palestine." said Omar Khatib, 16. "A big obstacle I see is the Palestinian society itself because it's not invested in tech and STEM in general."
Khatib just graduated from the Friends school in Ramallah and is waiting to hear back from his early application into Harvard University in the United States. He received this amazing opportunity in part due to his involvement in the Code for Palestine program.
A three-year program,
Code for Palestine
motivates and mentors Palestinian high school students in both the West Bank and Gaza in pursuing computer science and STEM careers. It also drives tech entrepreneurship at a young age by teaching them the skills necessary to launch innovative solutions into successful startups.
Khatib was confident that Code for Palestine will help develop the tech industry in Palestine in the coming years. "People who enter this program have great aspirations... I feel like great things can be done out of this for our country."
Hithnawi spoke about the world finally listening to Palestine in a way other than through tragedies. "If we empower the youth we can empower the economy and if we empower the economy, people will here us."
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Last week, the U.S. Biotech Crops Alliance, of which the National Corn Growers Association is a founding member, held its inaugural board meeting in Washington. The culmination of years of effort, USBCA members elected a formal executive committee and adopted its Business Plan and Operating Structure during the meeting.
The original Executive Committee was expanded in the formation of the official structure to include additional representation for growers and representation for processors.
The 2014-2015 Executive Committee now includes eight: Barry Bushue, American Farm Bureau Federation; Andrew LaVigne, American Seed Trade Association; Steve Censky, American Soybean Association; Cathleen Enright, Biotechnology Industry Organization; Rick Tolman, National Corn Growers Association; Tom Hammer, National Oilseed Producers Association; Gary Martin, North American Export Grain Association; and Tom Sleight, U.S. Grains Council.
Through the business plan, USBCA formalized its overarching goal: "Improve the environment for technology innovation and the market for U.S agricultural products."
Additionally, the plan formalized the mission statement: "Successfully execute USBCA plans by coordinating and informing U.S. value chain efforts that encourage policy and commercial practices affecting the development, purchase, marketing and shipment of agricultural products derived from biotechnology."
The two main working groups within the organization, the International Working Group and the Domestic Working Group, plan to meet in June and July respectively to continue work towards agreement on principles moving forward under the business plan.
Established under a memorandum of understanding signed in 2012, the USBCA already has developed and is working to implement consensus positions on key policy issues designed to improve the introduction, stewardship, domestic and international regulatory policy, and distribution in U.S. and export markets of commodities and processed products containing or derived from modern biotechnology.
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C.B. Dollaway officially shrugged off his old ways by submitting Joe Doerksen.
Dollaway, an All-American wrestler at Arizona State University, once believed that his native art would triumph over all inside the octagon. Then he got submitted, twice, by Amir Sadollah in his first shot at the limelight on "The Ultimate Fighter 7."
He's now a part of the well-rounded faithful when it comes to the skills he needs to be successful in MMA.
Dollaway (11-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) and Munoz (9-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) meet next Thursday at "UFC on Versus 3: Sanchez vs. Kampmann," which takes place at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky. The main card, including a Diego Sanchez and Martin Kampmann headliner, airs live on Versus.
Dollaway said the loss to Sadollah – first on the reality show's semifinals and then at its live finale – was the best thing that could have happened to him. It provided a catalyst to learning.
"I had to get a out of the wrestler mentality," Dollaway said today during a media call in support of the event. "When I first started fighting, I just thought … that I would be able to go in, take guys down, and not have to worry about other parts of my game as much. I kind of skipped over the jiu-jitsu side of things."
It didn't take long for him to get the submission ball rolling. In his very next fight, Dollaway tapped fellow "TUF 7" cast member Jesse Taylor with the rarely seen Peruvian necktie.
Of course, the ball didn't always roll his way. After pounding out Mike Massenzio at UFC 92, he was choked unconscious by Tom Lawlor at UFC 100. It was back to the drawing board. Or in this case, back to the mat.
Wrestling helped Dollaway bounce back against two heavy-handed strikers in Jay Silva and Goran Reljic. But his victory at UFC 119 over Doerksen, a dyed-in-the-wool jiu-jitsu stylist with 33 wins by submission, sealed his status as a legitimate threat on the ground. Dollaway tapped the Canadian in a manner befitting his nickname, "The Doberman"; once he got ahold of the neck, he never let go.
The first-round victory put a $70,000 "Submission of the Night" bonus check in his pocket.
"It was huge," he said. "Sometimes … you're like, 'My game's getting good,' but you don't know how good until you do something like that. It's a payoff for all the hard work you put in. It makes you open your eyes and believe in yourself and know that you can finish guys on the ground. You can be a threat there as well."
His opponent upcoming opponent has undergone a few transformations of his own. Munoz quickly jumped into MMA after a decorated career as an amateur wrestler at Oklahoma State University and soon was fighting in major promotions. But a bad knockout loss to Matt Hamill at UFC 96 taught him that he had a long way to go in the striking department, and he diligently worked to bring those skills up to the level of his wrestling.
Munoz hasn't always been successful in his journey. But he's on the same one as Dollaway in becoming a complete mixed martial artist. That's caught Dollaway's eye.
"When he came in, he was thrown right into the deep end fighting tough fights right out of the gate, and he found a way to win even though he wasn't the most well-rounded fighter when he came in," Dollaway said. "But over the last few fights, you've definitely seen a progression."
The question now is who's further ahead. The former wrestlers will figure that out next Thursday.
Dollaway's journey is still in progress.
"I have to get better – I have to evolve with MMA," he said. "It's no longer wrestlers can just go in and pound on everybody. You have to learn everything, and you have to be well-rounded."
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"We're not paying attention," John Mauldin, president of Millennium Wave Investments, said of investors during a Strategic Investment post-conference interview with AdvisorOne on Friday. "As humans, we tend to project current trends out into the future, which is a dangerous and destructive thing to do."
In the folksy style that is his trademark, Mauldin likened the current investor mindset to the person who jumps off the top of the Empire State Building and at the 72nd floor thinks all is going well.
"This conference tells us uncertainty in the market is real, and it's imperative for investors to look for strategies that thrive in uncertainty and money managers that have the tools to adopt to a potentially rapidly changing environment," added Jon Sundt, president and CEO of the alternative investment firm Altegris, a co-sponsor of the conference with Milennium Wave.
Sundt said he has a long allocation to equities currently, but his key is diversification.
"If I'm wrong about interest rates and my equity allocations, then my beta plays will lose money," Sundt said. "It's a stock picker's market, and as a result our long/short equity performance is strong."
As to what else Sundt likes in the alternative investment space, he notes that managed futures and global macro allocations have struggled recently, but it was to be expected given what they are designed to do.
"Bernanke has said he will hold interest rates low, so I don't see how traditional fixed income could possibly be a good play," he added, referring to Fedreal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.
Playing off of Sundt's comments, Mauldin (left) said we live in a "binary world," one in which the debt and deficit are dealt with, or they are not, but "all other decisions are derived from that."
Echoing Doubleline's Jeff Gundlach from earlier in the day, Mauldin said he "is no perma-bear."
"I came on stage to REM's 'It's the End of the World as We Know It,'" Mauldin quipped. "The key is 'as we know it' and as we know it sucks. I'm sick of governments running deficits. I'm sick of central banks messing in the markets. I'm sick of secular bear markets. All that stuff is bad, and it's about to be cleared out."
"The real question is Europe," Sundt said. "The situation there can accelerate and unravel quickly. In the United States, I see stocks that are overvalued, like high-flying tech stocks, and some that are undervalued. Investors should be defensive, but they can't sit in a bank or money markets."
So where are they finding alpha?
"For me, it's all about income producing investments," Mauldin answered. "Hedge funds, managed futures; stocks will become cheap again and we will begin to test the bottom."
"For me it's all about risk versus reward," Sundt said. "Over the last 12 months equities as an overall asset class we only up 1%, and that's with significant volatility. I'm not saying it's not worth it, but investors must be prudent."
Sundt reiterated that the managers in the firm's long/short funds are bottom-up stock pickers, and he feels it is a stock pickers' environment.
When challenged on the poor performance of long/short funds before, and during, the economic crisis, Sundt responds, "Most of those long/short managers were not running true long/short strategies; they were 130/30 guys in mutual fund families. In order to successful, firms must have experienced sub-advisors that know shorting strategies."


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Forget blowing the images up to Imax size and converting the lunging velociraptors and T. rexes into 3-D. The best reason to revive "Jurassic Park" for its 20th anniversary is Jeff Goldblum.
Yes, children, there was a time when Goldblum was sci-fi's "ultimate explainer," as producer Dean Devlin labeled him in "Independence Day." Goldblum's bug-eyes said "scientist-smart," and his mannered, considered and hesitating line readings reinforce that. His very presence in movies from "The Fly" onward screamed "complicated science, made understandable and plausible."
As "chaos theory" expert Dr. Ian Malcolm, Goldblum is the "Jurassic Park" skeptic in a cluster of greedy entrepreneurs and spellbound paleontologists (played by Laura Dern and Sam Neill). Goldblum, as Malcolm, has all the "What if things go wrong?" questions. And when they do, he utters this line, in that distinct, silky Goldblum purr: "Boy, do I hate being right all the time!"
"Jurassic Park," adapted from Michael Critchton's conceptually brilliant novel, is a horror movie wrapped in the trappings of early '90s speculative science. Back then, kids were dino mad, the magical letters "DNA" were on every research grant, and the wonders of genetic code were just beginning to unravel. What a great time for a scary movie about a tycoon (Richard Attenborough) whose efforts have led to the breakthroughs that enable him and his backers to open an island theme park where dinosaurs have been back-engineered back to life.
Not that they should have been.
Things, as Dr. Malcolm predicts, will go wrong. Storms happen, cages fail, "sterile" dinosaurs turn out not to be. And people, who never walked the Earth at the same time as these beasties, are now the main item on the menu. Chaos theory incarnate.
Steven Spielberg's film captures the terror in thunderous approaching footsteps that could only belong to something bigger than King Kong, in breathy sniffs from a nose as powerful as an air compressor. The dinosaurs, impressive in their animated actions and leathery digital texture in '93, haven't lost much of their moist, tactile menace over the decades. When they start messing with the theme park's SUVs, we still shudder in the knowledge that those on-screen "are going to need a bigger truck."
The frights still work, supersized and turned into 3-D for your viewing and recoiling-from-the-screen pleasure. It's not nearly as scary on TV as it is in theaters.
If anything, science has closed the gap from the impossible to the merely improbable in the 20 years since this movie reminded us of "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth." Australians are close to bringing back a recently extinct species of frog, and others are working to bring back the day when dodos ruled the earth.
Good idea? Maybe to some. But that's where Jeff Goldblum comes in handy. Nobody explained the improbable, and the risks involved in it, like Goldblum's Dr. Malcolm: "Oh, yeah. 'Oooh, ahhh,' that's how it always starts. Then later there's running and screaming."
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A 'normal' day on the UConn campus
Even as the University of Connecticut's mens national champions headed back to the Storrs campus, and preparations were made for a welcome home rally squeezed in before the women's team played for its own title, officials were calling it a "normal' day.
A normal day, perhaps, at the basketball powerhouse with four NCAA men's championships since 1999 and the women Huskies preparing to play for their ninth.
"Classes were held as scheduled today without disruptions, and it's been a normal day -- with an extraordinary number of people wearing their UConn shirts, hats and other gear, and stopping by the Co-Op to pick up more,'' university spokeswoman Stephanie Reitz said.
There were 35 arrests, including 20 UConn students, in the celebration that followed the men's 60-54 victory over Kentucky on Monday night. Most were for minor offenses, Reitz said, including breach of peace, criminal mischief, and interfering with an officer. A few people also were charged with inciting others to riot, reckless endangerment and other charges.
"A lot of it was alcohol-related," said Tom Breen, also a university spokesman. One arrest was for possession of fireworks, "There was breach of peace, destruction of property, and we had a fireworks charge."
Jubilant students smashed a window in an engineering building, broke street lights and overturned furniture inside the school's student union. Most of the property damage was minor, officials said.
"In addition to whatever punishments they may face in the court process, their cases will be reviewed here through an administrative process,'' Reitz said of the student arrestees. "If it's determined they violated the Student Code of Conduct, they can face sanctions ranging from probation to expulsion.''
Although traditionally the celebrations following the UConn women's national titles have been more muted than for the men's, security was being beefed up again Tuesday afternoon.
"We'll have the same stepped-up police presence tonight that we had last night to ensure everyone is safe, though, given how large the crowds are expected to be,'' Reitz said.
"We estimated at least 15,000 people around the Gampel area and central campus last night, so 35 arrests over 10 hours shows that a vast majority of people were celebrating very safely and responsibly. We're really pleased with how cooperative people were.''


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I Think Many Christians Just Do Not Give a Damn That People Die
Christians inconsistently claim to hold to the sanctity of life while many of them are politically pro-life. But Christians who accept the traditional interpretations of the historic creeds of the church are all pro-death. They justify death. They even personally long for it. Many of them hope for the so-called Rapture, disregarding the fact that many if not most of their friends and family members will be Left Behind, or worse yet be condemned to hell. They simply do not care. They see no reason why death is a problem when confronted with the incongruous claim that God loves us each and every one. God is good. Just look at some of the responses to what I wrote here. Christians simply do not care. They do not care. They do not care.
Christians will say that Jesus cares and that they do too, of course. I know this. And they do help people who suffer around the world, yes. But when it actually comes down to it they don't give a damn who dies, or how many, or under what circumstances. For in order to justify their belief in God's goodness they must minimize the value of human life. Theirs is a pro-death faith plain and simple.
I value human life more than that. So I cannot believe because I value human life. I am pro-life in this sense, and that includes all life.
No wonder I call Christians deluded. They just do not think about these things. In fact, I'll predict I'll get the same old pat answers regurgitated from Chick Tracks that rely on what an ancient superstitious barbaric set of canonized documents tell us. But that's what I'm calling into question here. Why should I accept these standard pat answers which do not deal head on with what I'm saying?
Cheers everyone, and on this note may you all have a Happy New Year. Once-in-a-while I must say it like it is.


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How to Build Confidence and Destroy Fear
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering. — Yoda
Last week I did something that scared the hell out of me. I stood in front of nearly 200 financial planners and I talked to them about why financial blogs are a good thing.
I'm a confident writer. I've been doing this long enough that I know my strengths and my limitations. I've had enough feedback to understand that I'm an effective communicator — when I use the written word. I'm less confident as a speaker. I don't have time to pause to formulate my thoughts. I'm not able to edit. I'm afraid of being trapped in a corner without being able to talk my way out. Basically, I'm scared to speak.
It would be easy to simply refuse the opportunities that come my way. When somebody asks me to speak in front of a group, I could say "no". When radio and television stations call for an interview, I could say "no". But for the past two years, I've been following my own policy to say "yes" to new opportunities (so long as they don't violate my personal code of conduct).
To say "no" is to live in fear. My goal is to continually improve myself, to become better than I am today. One way to do that is to do the things that scare me, to take them on as challenges, and to learn from them — even if I fail.
The magic of thinking big
In mid-November, a local station asked me to appear on live television. "I realize it's short notice," the producer wrote, "but we'd love to have you on the show if you're available tonight."
It's one thing to say that you want to overcome your fears, but it's another thing to actually do it. Fear is real. When I was asked to appear on live television, I was frightened. I remembered my disastrous interview with a Seattle radio station in early 2007. I thought about recent taped television interviews that I had hated. I was afraid of what might happen.
But I also thought about the things that had gone right. I thought of how my speaking skills had improved over the past year. I thought about my enthusiasm for frugality and personal finance. And then I thought of the book I was a reading, a book that I had bought for $1.29 at the local thrift store.
The Magic of Thinking Big was a huge bestseller during the 1960s. Written by Dr. David Schwartz, a professor at Georgia State University, the book contains dozens of practical hints and tips (and many anecdotes) to illustrate the power of taking risks to achieve big goals. Schwartz argues that nobody will believe in you until you believe in yourself.
So when the television producer asked if I wanted to appear on his show, I thought big. "Sure," I said. "I'll do it." I acted confident, but on the inside I was frightened. What I needed were techniques to boost my confidence and to overcome my fear.
Remember that those times when you feel that your ideas aren't good enough, or people are putting down on your ideas, or you're getting fired — that these are the same ideas that you're going to be celebrated for 30 years later. You almost have to have courage. — Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather DVD commentary track
How to build confidence and destroy fear
Without self-confidence, we have a tendency to make poor decisions. We make choices based on fear instead of what is best for us. If you lack confidence, you might fill your life with self-destructive behavior. You might work at a job you hate. You may allow yourself to get deep in debt. You may find yourself moving from one bad relationship to another. Without confidence, you don't allow yourself to pursue your dreams.
In The Magic of Thinking Big, David Schwartz argues that all confidence is developed. "No one is born with confidence," he writes. "Those people you know who radiate confidence, who have conquered worry, who are at ease everywhere and all the time, acquired their confidence, every bit of it."
Confidence is built slowly, one success at a time. I've learned that in order to overcome fear, I need to employ a variety of techniques. Here are a few that I've picked over the years, and which I've used to help myself get out of debt, and to develop the courage to speak before groups or to appear on live television:
Don't dwell on failures. Draw from the things you've done right. My talk last week was far from perfect. But if I dwell on the things I did wrong, I'll psych myself out of future opportunities. I'll be scared to say "yes" when somebody asks me to speak. Instead, I'm trying to focus on the things I did right so that I can emphasize them in future presentations.
Rehearse a positive outcome. Before my live television appearance, I watched clips of similar interviews on the same show. (I'm not a regular television watcher, so this was new.) I arrived at the station early, so I sat in the car, closed my eyes, and imagined the interviewer asking me questions about the subject. I imagined joking with her. I imagined it as a positive experience.
Do not procrastinate. Procrastination promotes fear. When you're afraid, thinking is your enemy. Act. Do what you think is best, and do it quickly. The longer you take to act, the more time you have to talk yourself out of it, the longer you have to imagine the things that might go wrong. It's not enough to hope. Take action.
Here is a psychological principle that is worth reading over 25 times. Read it until it absolutely saturates you: To think confidently, act confidently. — from The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz
To think confidently, act confidently. You've heard the phrase "fake it 'til you make it". Research has shown that faking confidence actually leads to the real thing. If you're in a situation where you're not sure what to do, act like you know what to do. Act confident and you will become confident. (Note that this isn't license to be a jerk. It's not a license to lie.) Schwartz says that we can change our attitudes by changing our physical actions. He recommends five specific behaviors: sit in front, make eye contact, walk faster, speak up (offer your opinion), smile.
Think like the other person. Remember that people are all the same. We each have the same fears and the same desires. Underneath, most folks are pretty nice. When you're in an uncomfortable situation, put yourself in the other person's shoes. While prepping for my talk last week, I used this technique to plan what I was going to say and how I was going to say it. I talked with a dozen financial planners to find out their concerns, and tried to address them in my talk. By doing this, I removed the fear that I wasn't addressing their interests.
Maintain a positive mental attitude. In Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude, the authors write: "When [a person] is wrapped in the warm, secure belief that he will do well, he is actually able to do better than he knows. His defenses are relaxed; his guard down; he is able to stop spending emotional energy protecting himself from the possible hurts of failure; instead he spends his energy reaching for the probably rewards of success…Confidence has had a measurable effect on him — it has brought out the best in him."
Get off your "but". In Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, David D. Burns offers a variety of suggestions for building confidence and destroying fear. One of these is to learn to defeat a case of the "buts". Schwartz calls this excusitis, the "disease of failures". Burns says that the best way to deal with excuses is to argue with yourself. Every time you say, "I'd like to save money, but…", come up with a rebuttal to counter the argument. Keep going, fighting every excuse you make.
Visualize success. In Feeling Good, David Burns also encourages readers to visualize success: "A powerful self-motivation method involves making a list of the advantages of a productive action you've been avoiding because it requires more self-discipline than you've been able to muster. Such a list will train you to look at the positive consequences of doing it." For example, if you've been holding back asking for a raise, make a list of only the positive possible outcomes. Once you've made the list, fantasize about your life after receiving the raise. Focus on the positive outcome that success will bring you.
Look sharp. A lot of us experience poor self-esteem because we don't like the way we look. But we exacerbate the problem when we dress sloppily or are not well-groomed. I'm not pointing any fingers. My friends and family can readily attest that I'm one of the worst culprits. I'm often unshaven, dressed in sweats, slouched at my desk. Why? I lack self-confidence. But when I have an important meeting, the simple act of putting on nice slacks, a dress shirt, and a tie can change my mindset entirely. Take care of yourself.
Do the right thing. if you do the right thing, and you do it well, what do you care what other people think? Successful people will always have critics. Learn from the critics or to ignore them, but don't let them bring you down. Do the right thing, and confidently own the consequences.
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. — from Dune by Frank Herbert
Keep things in perspective. I know a woman who is paralyzed by what other people might think of her. She's always on pins and needles, waiting for some cutting remark. Even small things in innocuous conversations become huge things in her mind, rebukes for imagined transgressions. This sort of thing saps any chance at self-confidence.
Don't seek perfection. Remember that the perfect is the enemy of the good. This is a huge problem in my own life. Somewhere along the way, I've become a perfectionist. I only want others to see me at my very best, whether it's on the blog, on television, or even on Twitter. But this perfectionism takes work, and it saps my confidence. Do you know anyone who has ever been perfect? Me neither. Do your best and let go.
Read the success literature. Research others who have succeeded. Self-help manuals get a bum rap, and many of them deserve it. But not all of them. There are many fantastic books out there that offer advice on how to improve your life. Read them. Learn from the experience of others. (I've found 50 Success Classics to be a powerful motivator [my review].)
Don't compare yourself to others. Be yourself. I'll tell you a secret. There are a lot of personal finance blogs out there. I don't get to read them as often as I used to, but I do try to make the rounds once every week. Sometimes when I do this, I feel like giving up. I feel like quitting. I lose confidence. "I can't write that well," I think. "I can't cover retirement investing as well as Jim did." Comparing myself to others is counter-productive. It only makes me feel inadequate. Who cares what other people write, or how well? What's important is simply producing the best work I can. All I can be is myself.
The techniques I've listed are effective, but here's the thing: No list you find on the internet is going to magically make you more confident. No list is going to grant you instant CSS skills, or give you extra money, or make you a better writer. In order for these techniques to be effective, you have to act on them. You have to pick one or two and practice them. Then move on to another pair and practice those.
It's important to put these tips into action. Do something, if only for ten minutes a day. Tell yourself that you'll move toward your goals for ten minutes a day. If you don't succeed, do it again. Keep going until you do succeed. Never give up.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face…You must do the thing you think you cannot do. — Eleanor Roosevelt
Further reading
I've barely scratched the surface of what it takes to develop self-confidence. If you, too, have struggled with this, I encourage you to borrow one of the following books from your public library. (These are the books mentioned in this article.)
The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David D. Burns, M.D.
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude by Napoleon Hill and W. Clement Stone
If you simply want to find more web reading related to this topic, check out the following:
Zen Habits: Conquer the fears lurking in the dark corners of your mind
Get Rich Slowly: The power of "yes": A simple way to get more out of life
The Simple Dollar: Investing in yourself: Self-confidence
Soul Shelter: The magic of thinking big
The Magic of Thinking Big — the book that inspired this post — is outstanding. It's sold millions of copies in the fifty years since it was published, and no wonder. On the surface it may seem like touchy-feely feelgood stuff, but deep down, it's built on strong psychological principles. Here's Tom Butler-Bowdon's summary of the book.
Moving forward
Tonight I will speak to a group of graduating seniors at Western Oregon University. I'll talk to them about debt and money management, and about pursuing their dreams.
When I gave this same talk last year, I was nervous. I was afraid. I was worried that I'd do poorly. Even after I'd finished, I thought it hadn't gone well, so I was surprised to learn that the group had given me high marks.
There's no guarantee that tonight's talk will be a success, of course, but I know one thing: I'm much more confident going into it than I was last year. I know that I've done this before. I know that last week I spoke before 200 financial planners. I have positive experience to draw from.
By facing my fears head-on, by taking action, I really have been able to build confidence and to destroy fear.
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. — from Walden by Henry David Thoreau


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The year 2008 marks the beginning of the baby boomer retirement avalanche just as the different demographics in advanced and most developing countries are becoming more pronounced. People are worrying again that developments in global population trends, food supply, natural resource availability and climate change raise the question as to whether Malthus was right after all.
The Age of Aging explores a unique phenomenon for mankind and, therefore, one that takes us into uncharted territory. Low birth rates and rising life expectancy are leading to rapid aging and a stagnation or fall in the number of people of working age in Western societies. Japan is in pole position but will be joined soon by other Western countries, and some emerging markets including China. The book examines the economic effects of aging, the main proposals for addressing the implications, and how aging societies will affect family and social structures, and the type of environment in which the baby-boomers' children will grow up.
The contrast between the expected old age bulge in Western nations and the youth bulge in developing countries has important implications for globalization, and for immigration in Western countries - two topics already characterized by rising discontent or opposition. But we have to find ways of making both globalization and immigration work for all, for fear that failure may lead us down much darker paths. Aging also brings new challenges for the world to address in two sensitive areas, the politicization of religion and the management of international security. Governments and global institutions will have to take greater responsibilities to ensure that public policy responses are appropriate and measured.
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As with any test, how well you do depends in large part upon how well you prepare. To study effectively for the ASVAB, you really need to begin studying at least two months before you plan to take the test, if not more! Here are some basic steps to take:
- Find a comfortable, quiet area to study
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Probably the most important thing is to make a schedule and STICK WITH IT. Some days you will be a little tired, other days you may not concentrate as hard as you should, but if you are consistent, you will reap great rewards.
When you first begin studying, you should make a list of the areas you are good at and those which you could use improvement on. If you're not really sure, it would be a great idea to take a practice ASVAB Test (links). This will help you figure out what you're good and not-so-good at. For example, you might make a table like this:
|Current Skill Level Scale of 1 - 5: 1 = Low 5 = High
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|Arithmetic Reasoning (AR)
|Mathematics Knowledge (MK)
|Word Knowledge (WK)
|Paragraph Comprehension (PC)
|Extra Sections
|General Science (GS)
|Auto & Shop Information (AS)
|Mechanical Comprehension (MC)
|Electronics Information (EI)
Focus on Your Weaknesses
Focus on the four essential sections, those critical to the AFQT score, first. From the example above, it seems that your verbal abilities are at least OK: you gave yourself a 4 on the Word Knowledge section and a 3 on the Paragraph Comprehension. However, your math skills could use some work – especially with Mathematics Knowledge, as you only have a skill level of 2. This you that you'll have to work extra hard on the math sections.
After you know the problem, the solution will come much easier. In the example above, you would probably want to spend about 60% of your time with math studying and about 40% with verbal. If you are really ambitious, you could throw in some studying time for the non-essential sections - GS, AS, MC, EI. An hour-a-day study schedule might look something like this:
|Sections to Study
|7 - 8 pm
|Mathematics Knowledge
|7 - 7:30 pm 7:30 - 8 pm
|Arithmetic Reasoning Paragraph Comprehension
|7 - 7:30 pm 7:30 - 8 pm
|Mathematics Knowledge Word Knowledge
|7 - 8 pm
|Mathematics Knowledge
|7 - 7:30 pm 7:30 - 8 pm
|"Extra" Section (GS, AS, MC, or EI) Paragraph Comprehension
|No Studying – Read a book to help boost vocab!
|7 - 8 pm
|Review any trouble spots you had. Maybe take a practice test to see how you've improved!
What's the most important day out of the above? Hands down, Sunday. Review is essential if you want to make progress. If you never review what you've done, how will you know whether or not you've improved?
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Though you may be intimidated by studying 5-7 nights a week, remember that this is only for a few months. The investment you make now in yourself can have great rewards - IF you put in the time! Just be honest with yourself, find out what you need to work on the most, and stick with your schedule! You may also want to set goals, such as "I want to take a practice test and score 80% or better on it within a month." However you choose to study, be consistent, be confident, and you will be successful!
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John and Linda Underwood have seen poverty close-up in the 10 years they've provided free medical clinics in Haiti.
John and Linda Underwood have seen poverty close-up in the 10 years they've provided free medical clinics in Haiti.
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"We saw devastation in regards to damaged and destroyed huts, evidence of mud slides and erosion, washed out farm land, death of many farm animals, and severe malnutrition," Linda Underwood said.
Their shock quickly turned to gratitude, as they thought of the extra medications and supplies in their bags purchased with donations from generous Rockford Register Star readers.
After a story about the Underwoods' mission work ran in September, donations poured in to the Rockford couple's Haiti fund.
In all, they received $6,500 to help Haitians who might otherwise have no medical care.
"The response from your readers was overwhelming," Linda Underwood said. "We were quite humbled with the generosity of the community."
Five hundred Haitian school children now have a three-month supply of daily vitamins, thanks to Register Star readers. The Underwoods distributed prenatal vitamins to pregnant Haitian women and doled out food to some of the poorest families in Haiti, too.
"We treated nearly 1,000 patients, many who had heartbreaking stories," Linda Underwood said.
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The name Gerrard was spawned by the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture that ruled a majority of Britain. It comes from the son of Gerard. The surname Gerrard 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 Gerrard 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 Gerrard 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 Gerrard History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Gerrard has been spelled many different ways. Before English spelling became standardized over the last few hundred years, spelling variations in names were a common occurrence. As the English language changed in the Middle Ages, absorbing pieces of Latin and French, as well as other languages, the spelling of people's names also changed considerably, even over a single lifetime. Many variations of the name Gerrard have been found, including 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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In an attempt to escape the chaos experienced in England, many English families boarded overcrowded and diseased ships sailing for the shores of North America and other British colonies. Those families hardy enough, and lucky enough, to make the passage intact were rewarded with land and a social environment less prone to religious and political persecution. Many of these families became important contributors to the young colonies in which they settled. Early immigration and passenger lists have documented some of the first Gerrards to arrive on North American shores:
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