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2008 SIMA Retail Distribution Study RESULTS
Findings of SIMA's Retail Research Show Resiliency of the Surf/Skate Industry
Aliso Viejo, Calif. (July 9, 2009) — The surf/skate industry is showing notable resiliency during recent global economic challenges, posting U.S. retail sales of $7.22 billion in 2008 according to the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA). In a third-party research study conducted by the Leisure Trends Group (LTG) and commissioned by SIMA, the 2008 SIMA Retail Distribution Study, findings released today indicate that the surf industry is holding strong.
The study indicates that the surf industry experienced a slight dip in 2008 with retail sales hitting the $7.22 billion mark compared to $7.48 billion in 2006 (a 3.5% decrease). Softness was most apparent in the fourth quarter of 2008, coinciding with the global economic indicators of that time. However, the surf industry has shown substantial growth of 10% for the last five years. The SIMA Retail Distribution Study is conducted biannually, and launched in 2004 with findings showing U.S. surf/skate retail sales at $6.52 billion at that time.
"While the surf/skate retail industry is not immune to the downward pressure on retail sales nationwide caused by the global recession, the resiliency of the surf/skate industry is very positive and promising," says Doug Palladini, SIMA President and Vice President of Marketing for Vans. "Powerful brands with close connections to their consumers will see us through these challenging times and put us in a strong position as the overall economy rebounds."
The 2008 SIMA Retail Distribution Study cites several key factors as driving the overall consistency of the surf industry, including: loyalty of core surfers and skaters to the lifestyle and sport; and, the increasing demand for surf/skate footwear and accessories as evidenced by the double-digit growth of these key categories.
Passion and youth largely drive the surf industry. Surfers and skaters view the industry as a lifestyle, not a passing trend. Because of this, core retailers often tend to feel the downward pressure of sales in tough economic time less than the larger retailers and chains as the core retailers attract enthusiasts. While large-scale retailers may attract customers seeking mainstream fashion trends, when times get tough, those customers often are not loyal. For core surfers and skaters their sport is a necessity and, while they might not be spending as much, they keep frequenting their surf and skate shops looking to fill-in on items such as accessories and replacing old or worn-out items. According to LTG, experience shows that sports industries are some of the first to recover from negative global events and previous recessions.
"There is evidence that the industry has underlying support from core surfers and skaters," says Sean Smith, Executive Director of SIMA. "Because passion drives us more than money, our industry is more likely to weather economic storms. Even when times are tough we're still going to surf, and we're likely to purchase the attire and equipment needed for us or our kids to pursue this passion. That's not to say that the past year hasn't been challenging as it has been for our industry and others, but this data shows we can be confident the future looks bright."
The foot is responsible for the largest double-digit growth noted in the 2008 SIMA Retail Distribution Study. The total footwear category (men's and women's shoes and sandals) experienced a hike of 15.6% since 2006 to $1.5 billion in sales recorded in 2008. While men's footwear and sandals contribute most to this category claiming 77% of sales ($1.15 billion), women's sandals saw a significant 3% increase in their contribution to the category during the last two years, growing from $143 million in sales in 2006 to $210 million in 2008.
"Shoes have moved to the center of the teen wardrobe, with classic and skate styles setting the pace in youth fashion trends," says Palladini.
The accessory category experienced the second-highest increase, climbing 13.1% over 2006 to a total of $561 million sold in 2008. Sunglasses and hats led the charge in increased sales, with duffel bags and watches also contributing strongly to the category's 2008 success. Of note, sunglass sales have been trending significantly upwards during the last five years, growing from $81 million in sales in 2004 to $151.5 million in 2008.
"Depth and breadth in accessory assortments have moved the category from 'impulse' to 'must-have,'" states Palladini. "The quality of design and production in areas such as hats and sunglasses among action sports brands has increased exponentially in the past decade."
Apparel (which includes men's and women's clothing, swimwear and boardshorts) has held strong as the largest category, generating the most sales overall with $1.7 billion (down just 0.8% from 2006). Men's/boy's apparel accounts for 62% of these sales ($1.0 billion). Men's boardshorts also continue to see growth, increasing to $204 million in 2008 sales, up from $124 million in 2004. Women's swimwear recorded significant growth as well, increasing sales by $34 million during the last two years to hit $85 million in 2008.
Top Surf Industry Trends
1. Footwear: The overall footwear category (men's and women's shoes and sandals) experienced the most growth in 2008 with sales of $1.5 billion – an increase of 15.6% from 2006.
2. Accessories: Continue to see strong growth in this high-margin product category, which includes sunglasses, watches, bags, hats, belts and wallets. Accessory sales grew 13.1% from 2006 with total sales of $561 million. Sunglasses, hats and wallets saw a gain in their contribution to the overall category.
3. Apparel: This product category generated the most sales with $1.7 billion (down just 0.8% from 2006), with men's/boy's apparel accounting for 62% of these sales. Men's boardshorts and women's swimwear have continued to see growth as well.
4. Wetsuits: Fullsuits continue to drive wetsuit sales. For the first time, the study indicates the average retail price for wetsuits is $214, with 82 as the average number of units sold per year in a surf shop.
5. Hard Goods: Skateboard decks are the highest volume seller with 821 units sold being average for a retailer. Surfboard fins are the least expensive hard good, averaging $52 and 507 units sold. Also, in surfboard sales, the percentage of hybrid boards (fish/eggs/funboards) significantly increased in 2008 compared to 2006.
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About SIMA
The Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA) is the official working trade association of more than 300 surf industry suppliers. Founded in 1989, SIMA is a non-profit organization that serves to promote awareness of the surf industry and participation in the sport of surfing through public relations efforts and a variety of services, educational programs and research. In addition, SIMA actively supports oceanic environmental efforts through its 501(c)(3) charitable environmental foundation, the SIMA Environmental Fund. In the past 19 years, SIMA's Environmental Fund has raised more than $4.5 million for the environmental groups seeking to protect the world's oceans, beaches and waves. The SIMA Humanitarian Fund, also a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation, was established in 2006 to award grants to various surf or boardsport related social and humanitarian non-profit organizations whose efforts are focused on improving the quality of life, health and/or welfare of people. Please visit www.sima.com for more information.
For more information on SIMA, please go to www.sima.com <http://www.sima.com> .
Data for the 2008 SIMA Retail Distribution Study is provided by the Leisure Trends Group, Boulder, Colorado.


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The great big argument against homosexuality? Blue hair, leather and chains. It scared us, just like the lost souls of the Hell's Angels scared us. Goths and motorcyclists didn't look holy. Therefore, they were probably gay.
Now, obviously, there's more to it than that. There were all the justifications, the lies that enabled us to pretend we weren't just scared:
- They all have AIDS.
- They hate God and want to drag us down to hell.
- They have abortions for fun.
- They want to spread their "lifestyle."
Did reproduction matter? Tangentially, yes. My church taught that living beings that can't reproduce are "dead." William Branham used this expression to talk about what was wrong with denominations: they mixed God's word with human ideas and produced death, just like a horse and a donkey could produce a mule, but the mule would not be able to reproduce with another mule. Looking back, the emphasis on reproduction was pretty strange to find in a religion about transcendence and eternity. "Unnatural" entities that couldn't reproduce were the target of so much derision that seemed to come from anywhere but the Bible. It came from disgust, rooted in the transgression of gender norms. It was a taught response (not a reflexive one) to deviations from the standard family we were being trained to reproduce.


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Leaves of Grassby Walt Whitman, Mel Foster (Narrated by)
Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful." And Ralph Waldo Emerson found Leaves of Grass "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed," calling it a "combination of the Bhagavad Gita and the New York Herald." Published at the author's
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Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful." And Ralph Waldo Emerson found Leaves of Grass "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed," calling it a "combination of the Bhagavad Gita and the New York Herald." Published at the author's own expense on July 4, 1855, Leaves of Grass initially consisted of a preface, twelve untitled poems in free verse (including the work later titled "Song of Myself," which Malcolm Cowley called "one of the great poems of modern times"), and a now-famous portrait of a devil-may-care Walt Whitman in a workman's shirt. Over the next four decades, Whitman continually expanded and revised the book as he took on the role of a workingman's bard who championed American nationalism, political democracy, contemporary progress, and unashamed sex. This volume, which contains 383 poems, is the final "Deathbed Edition," which was published in 1892.
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One's Self I Sing
One's-Self I sing, a simple separate person,
Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse.
Of physiology from top to toe I sing,
Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say the Form complete is worthier far,
The Female equally with the Male I sing.
Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power,
Cheerful, for freest action form'd under the laws divine,
The Modern Man I sing.
As I Ponder'd in Silence
As I ponder'd in silence,
Returning upon my poems, considering, lingering long,
A Phantom arose before me with distrustful aspect,
Terrible in beauty, age, and power,
The genius of poets of old lands,
As to me directing like flame its eyes,
With finger pointing to many immortal songs,
And menacing voice, What singest thou? it said,
Know'st thou not there is hut one theme for ever-enduring bards?
And that is the theme of War, the fortune of battles,
The making of perfect soldiers.
Be it so, then I answer'd.
I too haughty Shade also sing war, and a longer and greater one than any,
Waged in my book with varying fortune, with flight, advance and retreat, victory deferr'd and wavering,
(Yet methinks certain, or as good as certain, at the last,) the field the world,
For life and death., for the Body and for the eternal Soul,
Lo, I too am come, chanting the chant of battles,
I above all promote brave soldiers.
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Walt Whitman (1819-1892) is best known for his famous collection of poems Leaves of Grass, which is considered one of the central volumes in the history of world poetry.
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This was one of the first books I downloaded for the Nook and was pretty disappointed to see that the formatting is really messed up. It looks better in small type size, but on medium it will make incorrect line breaks, which is often disastrous to the poetry. On any size type it will never make indentions to show that a line is continued. I haven't downloaded any other poetry on nook so I'm not sure if this is a widespread issue or an isolated one.
As others say here I was very disappointed that my first e book experience had to be this one. The formating is all wrong. The line breaks are wrong and there are no hanging indentations which Whitman used a lot of. I would urge anyone to read Leaves of Grass, but not this copy. B and N should fix this. Whitman deserves better.
My favorite work of poetry. Captures everything I feel about the world. I love reading this outdoors!
Hey guys. Can you please find some other way to roleplay with each other? I'm not dissing roleplaying at all! I'm a teen just like you who enjoys a good rpg every once in a while. What I DON'T enjoy is a bunch of you guys taking over a space like this that is meant for something else, like reviewing a book. The reviw button is meant for giving your helpful oppinion on a book, not messaging back and forth. Try texting each other or using a site like Facebook, or somewhere else that has messaging capabilities. The other readers would really appreciate it! Thanks! -Ashlee
This really is painful to read on the NOOKcolor since the line wrapping was never reformatted to reflow as font size is adjusted. The reviewer before me warned of this problem but I wasnt able to see the poems because the whole sample consisted of foreword. Dumb question, but can I get my $$ back?
Uncle Walt was considered one of the greatest poets in American History, but I would have to say he is the biggest disappointment in Literature. Leaves of Grass (Bowels of Gas) is so boring it could put you to sleep in the middle of a raging battlefield. I recall him writing a review on Poe, stating Edgar was a nothing, well, (laughing) guess what, no one reads Whitman anymore, yet, Poe is taught in every literature class. The only GOOD thing Whitman ever wrote was, 'Oh Captain, my Captain.' The rest is pure garbage. So, unless you need a good sleeping pill to knock you out, don't bother buying/reading this book.
Whitman didn't begin writing great poetry- or much of anything at all- before he 'came out,' to himself, in the sexual sense, but also in the greater exploratory and transcendent sense. His best poems are those in which he embraces even death and decimation- as the same life that exists within birth and beauty. Whitman arguably has no actual 'art'- only the kind of originary, inexplicable, uncopyable art that a few others had, for one, Shakespeare.


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it can be in two situations:
1. real hack to a network
2. blackbox pentest.
How can we discover if there is any sort of IDS on the network?
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it can be in two situations:
1. real hack to a network
2. blackbox pentest.
How can we discover if there is any sort of IDS on the network?
A properly implemented IDS system means you'll never be able to detect it, the only way you'd know it's there is to physically see the box sitting there.
Of course mine is even hidden from view.
Thats just my $0.02
I don't think there's really anyway to detect an IDS that's installed in that manner.
Of course, your IDS sensor NIC should never have IPv4 or IPv6 bound to it either.
imo there are 2 ways to discover an ids: from documentation (network topology or policy requirements) or by seeing it logging. In either case you would need to have a pretty good access to the network/org.
You'd never detect my IDS system by this method or by documentation as I don't have mine technically documented. It's sensor NIC doesn't respond to probes, it logs all it's information to itself.
The only way to know it's there would to be physically sitting on the box and looking at the processes that are running.
IMO, an IDS should be a self contained system that can just be plugged in wherever it's needed. The general populace of the network should not even know it's there as that prevents tampering by them. It should be placed in a secured location as well.
when your IP gets blocked because you were scanning or throwing exploits at a box you can, with a fair amount of certainty, conclude there is an IDS on the network ;-)
I just recommissioned mine...
I did mine too. I took out the box I was using it and installed Snort on my Cacti box which resides in my office. It's then linked into the DMZ via a direct CAT5 run and a passive tap between the Router and the Firewall.


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Friendly staff.
The rooms were nice and comfortable. Very quiet. There were no bathtubs, only showers.
Very quiet, sure of a good night's sleep
the restruant was excellent with good varied menu and breakfast equally as good and varied hot and cold nothing
Friendly staff. Good breakfast. Everything in order.
hotel very modern, staff nice, breakfast good difficult to find, when you leave the highway turn left not right as the navigators show, quite expensive resturant with small range of dishes
It is near the highway but calm.
Breakfast It was advertised as 15th century building. The only building which even resembeled anything close to that age was the entrance gate. Would never think it was a 4 star hotel. The cleanliness was poor as there was a garantee label of cleanliness rapped round the toilet sit, yet when lifted it revealed human excriments???
Location of hotel is excellent for people who need to finish job or some exhibition in Ferarra or Bologna. Area where hotel is located is poor and recomend this hotel only for the business people who need quiet place for stay on one or two nights.
The hotel is very near to the Highway and is very easy to find. Breakfast is good :)
The staff did not control the school party that stayed their at the same time and ignored the fact that I was repeatedly kept awake and when I got to sleep I was woken at 4am by kids banging on my door
Excellent breakfast, close to the highway, easy to find. really inexpensive
Rooms were comfortable and quiet. Bedroom and bathroom were a good size. Central location, easy access to train station. Good parking.
The Breakfast choice was extensive and the hotel provided a relaxing stay. No
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just right position for most venues
The hotel was obviously well run with helpful & friendly staff. Food was excellent - particularly the breakfast. The Hotel was ideally situated for access to the town , train station & local buses.
The breakfast was excellant and we ate in the restaurant in the evening which was also excellant and value for money We had a double room which was small and the bed was only a small dbouble
Watched Rovigo v Saracens rugby match
Very good hotel, good breakfast.
very quiet and comfortable, good position, excellent service and informations, good breakfast, especially coffee. Very satisfied. Very good services for a really good prize.
The staff were very professional, helpful and friendly. My room was comfortable and very clean.
The dinner was fine, the staff very friendly!
Staff very friendly and supreme restaurant
Very friendly people. Good service. Even at 22.30 it was still possible to get something to eat. They respect your privacy Location is not perfect but with a rental car everything is possible
Very poor breakfast
Easy to find, normal room, helpfull staff. Monday morning nobody stayed in the retaurant, were we used to have breakfeast. We thouth we will not get breakfeast at all. But after half of hour during which we were preparing to continue our trip, keeper, which we suppose was sleeping, opened the door of restourant.
Very friendly staff, great manager, good location for our team racing at the Adria International Raceway.
Easy to find, nice staff.
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Mumbai, Nov 2: After announcing his retirement from cricket, Sourav Ganguly has been approached by Team Hyderabad, bought by Sun TV group for the sixth edition of Indian Premier League, according to reports.
According to a report on NDTV, Sun TV group has shown interest in signing the former Indian skipper and former Indian coach John Wright for Team Hyderabad, as the duo have registered many victories together.
After submitting the initial squad which included all the Deccan players, franchise also revealed that they were interested in roping in the former India coach and skipper Sourav Ganguly, who announced that he would not play IPL 6 as Pune Warriors also submitted their list of players which did not include the former skipper's name in it.
When asked Ganguly about the developments especially after he decided to quit IPL, the 40-year-old did not rule out that option as well. Instead said "Let's see, let's see what happens. We will cross that bridge when we get there," when asked by reporters.
If Sun TV Group can rope in these two giants, then they would definitely get the best out of their players, as we have witnessed India's success under the healm of John Wright and the Prince of Kolkata.
Whether Ganguly has retired from cricket or he is in front of the microphone, the Bengal player is surely in news all the time.


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Olber's paradox
Detailed look at the paradoxIs the universe infinite, or does it end somewhere, with completely empty space and nothingness beyond? Olbers argued that if the nearby parts of the universe were a typical sample, repeated again and again in more distant parts, then it would be impossible for the universe to be infinitely large. The universe would contain an infinitely large number of stars and galaxies. Each star radiates light, and no matter how far away the star is, some of its light reaches the Earth. The argument continues: if the Earth were receiving light from all directions from an infinite number of stars, then the night sky would appear blindingly bright. In every direction there was bound to be a star. The sky would appear to be an unbroken source of light.
In reality, the stars make a very small contribution to the light received on Earth. So according to Olbers, there cannot be an infinite number of them, and the universe must be bounded.
The more distant the star, the smaller the proportion of its light that eventually reaches the Earth. The contribution to the illumination on Earth falls off as the square of the star's distance. Quantities that fall off with squares of distances fall off rapidly. Id the Sun were twice as far away, the illumination would be reduced to one quarter. Three times its present distance away, and the illumination would be one ninth, four times away, and the illumination is down to a sixteenth of its present value.
Over large distances, the number of stars in a unit volume is assumed to be fairly constant. Olbers considered the contribution to the illumination on Earth from an imaginary thin spherical shell of stars centered around the Earth. The entire universe was divided in this manner into a succession of thin, spherical shells, each one enveloping all the smaller spheres, Olbers calculated the contribution from a typical spherical shell, and then totalled the contributions from all the shells – from the closest immediately surrounding the Earth, to the most distant. If the universe were infinite, this outermost shell would be at infinity.
But the paradox was that as the illumination decreased with distance-squared, so the shells became bigger, and contained more stars. In fact, the number of stars in each shell increased as the distance-squared. The increase cancelled out the decrease exactly, and left Olbers with a simple form of summing-up (or integration). If the distance of the most distant spherical shell were infinity, the result of the summing-up would also be infinity. The night sky should appear infinitely bright. Because it is dark, the summing-up cannot be taken as far as infinity Olbers concluded that the universe must be finite.
There are, however, two flaws in his argument that render the conclusion invalid. Much of the matter in space is cold and does not radiate its own light. Interstellar dust, in particular, does not radiate visible light, but absorbs light, and blocks out light from more distant stars. If the interstellar dust were not there, the Earth would receive more light from the stars.
The other flaw came with the discovery that all distant galaxies were receding away from our own Galaxy (this fact is shown by the red shift in their spectra). The more distant they are, the faster their speed or recession; some observed galaxies are receding at close to the speed of light.
The galaxies could stretch out to infinity. None of the light from the most distant ones could ever contribute to the brightness of the night sky.
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We had some good runs in 5s yesterday. There were some bad ones too though.
There was a 5 boxer with 4 dks and a priest healer ... we died twice to that team. Abyssmal. And lost lots of points too.
There was one poor team we farmed over and over, they had a druid healer that Shaba used his newly found resto druid control tactics and it worked a treat!
(oh I totally forgot to write about this! Shab and I were duelling a lot outside so he could practice his druid killing technique. He was complaining resto druids are hard to kill. So we practiced a bit and he got this little strategy worked out. Shoot the druid till deep freeze procs, ring of frost and when the druid gets out of it, counterspell them so they can't heal themselves and bam! dead.)
That poor druid died the same way in about 3 games. Shaba would say "getting druid.... ok dps druid now" and bam dead druid.
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- Add the fennel seeds. Season with a large pinch of salt. Cook for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the onions just begin to soften
- Add the stock, and with a wooden spoon, scrape up the bits from the bottom of the pan.
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FLORENCE, S.C. – Francis Marion University will play host to the 26th-annual Art's Alive Festival on Saturday, March 29.
The festival will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine, and is free and open to the public. The event is a celebration of the visual and performing arts for the whole family, with simultaneous performances at five different venues on campus.
This year's featured attraction is Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs. Williams, a native of Lancaster, had legendary hits with "Stay," "Little Darlin'," and "May I." His songs have been recorded by many top artists and have been featured in films and on television.
A variety of other musical groups will be performing throughout the day, including the Florence School District One All-City Elementary Chorus; Cut Time, FMU's show choir; the Florence Little Theatre Men's Ensemble; Vocal Edition of Myrtle Beach; the Asheville Guitar Trio classical guitarists; The Plaids, from Lake City, performing doo-wop and four-part harmony from the '50s and '60s; Sneed Middle School Jazz Ensemble; "A Tribute to Elvis – The Concert Years" by Bryan Pittman of Dillon; and the Pee Dee Gospel Workshop Choir.
A number of dance groups will also perform, including the Prime Time Dancers, Carolina Belles, Phat Pheet from Williams Middle School, the Florence Line Dance Club, and the Coker Dance Repertory Company, as well as dancers from the Patsy Hathcock Dance Studio, Kelly's Fine Arts, the School of Dance Arts, and the South Carolina Dance Theatre.
Performances for children will include comedy and magic by Boo Boo and Be-Bop the Clowns; Tricia and the Toonies, an interactive fun-filled musical adventure featuring a whimsical troupe of puppet friends; and "Little Red Riding Hood" presented by the Florence Little Theatre School House Players.
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The Society for Creative Anachronism will recreate the Middle Ages with displays of period dress, armor, leatherwork, and calligraphy, along with dancing and fighting demonstrations. Former FMU history professor Joe Stukes will present "A Brief Visit with Robert E. Lee." A mime will roam the grounds and visitors will have the opportunity to meet Miss Florence, Jeanne Culver.
Visual art of every description will be demonstrated and on display at the Hyman Fine Arts Center, including chair caning, hand-carved figurines, stained glass, hand-crafted glass beads, stained-glass earrings, portraits in oils and watercolors, sculpture, jewelry, raku pottery, origami, and hand-painted ostrich eggs.
Visitors to the festival may bring a picnic lunch, or purchase food from a variety of food vendors sure to suit all tastes.
This project is funded in part by the Florence Regional Arts Alliance and the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
For more information, contact the FMU Office of Community Relations at 843-661-1225.
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AyumiSqueezetoy 7 years ago#1
Nier needs 5 keys to get into the Shadowlord's castle. But why? Why do these other shades have them? Doesn't Shadowlord WANT Nier's body? And why do Popola and Crazy Joe Devola help Nier, only to stop him at the end?
My best guess is that Shadowlord is promoting the training of the body so that he can have the most powerful body to protect Yonah, but that seems a bit.. weak. And do the twins half-heartedly try to stop Nier because they've grown fond of him? I guess that would explain leaking the documents to him. Or are they the final test? if so, why does the other try to kill him in earnest when one of them dies?
Also, I wasn't sure.. but since there are so few shells and so many shades, was Shadowlord trying to use Nier to reduce the number of shades that would compete for the bodies?
It's such a good story, but I'm just having trouble seeing if there are strong reasons for these other than "so there's a game to play"...
"Do you really want to fight an army of vampires?"
"Since I was 12 years old."
ultimatefat 7 years ago#2
They actually wanted him to kill shades. Remember that shades are basically people like the shadowlord, a lot of them are incomplete transformations and dangerous, and the ones that attack the replicants AREN'T supposed to. Why would humanity attack the shells it's going to need eventually?
The Shadowlord hoped that by getting him to assemble the key he would kill off enough rogue shades to make them more manageable. Problem is he started killing more than those...
Martin Pagan 7 years ago#3
Yyyyeah, it also seemed to me that the key pieces were more of a game mechanic to make you visit all those locations again than a plot device.
Why was the key broken into pieces in the first place when the castle is protected by two such powerful guardians as D&P?
Who broke the key?
How did the shades end up with pieces of the key?
Maybe the Grimoire Nier book answers those questions.
'Sonny, what's the name of that nasty German who keeps hiding my stuff from me?'
'Alzheimer, grandpa.'
I have no idea why the shades have parts of the key, but with regards to Shadowlord and his intention it was sorta answered in the Grimoire Nier. (I'm just taking things out of my head from what I can remember, so they may not be 100% accurate, and please don't yell at me if it's inaccurate :p)
IIRC, it was mentioned that once the scientists realized that gestalt!Nier (not to be confused with father!Nier) is the first successful case, and they knew gestalt!Yonah is not as successful as her brother/father, the Hamelin Organization (and its associates) offered gestalt!Nier a deal. The deal is that, they'll put Yonah in cryogenics a thousand years for free (so that when she wakes up, she'll be in a world where all malice are purged), but in return, gestalt!Nier has to provide the element which stabilizes all the unsuccessful gestalts (and I think this is why he's called a Shadowlord).
1000 years later or so, gestalt!Nier realized the gestalts aren't and won't be able to enter their vessels, because contrary to "the plan" the replicants developed their own sentience. Realizing this, gestalt!Nier knows that he'll never be able to see Yonah, so he gradually withdraws his supply, and the gestalts are going crazy attacking the replicants. At the same time, gestalt!Nier is planning to do whatever it takes to take his replicant as well as Yonah's so they could fuse together and become "human" again.
Since it's not the time for gestalts to fuse back into their vessels yet, Devola and Popola has no way but to help gestalt!Nier because without gestalt!Nier's supply, all the other unsuccessful gestalts will go crazy. (If a person's gestalt is dead, the said person's replicant will get the black scrawl disease and die eventually.) And because the goal of the Gestalt Project is to revive humanity in general, Devola and Popola probably has to push forward their plan "a 100 years earlier".
In summary, I think it's because gestalt!Nier's withdrawal leaves Devola and Popola no choice that helping him is the best card they could play, instead of risking having all gestalts dead and the replicants damaged (or without a soul) in the case both decided to have a full blown war). So the twins probably guided replicant!Nier to obtain Grimoire Weiss in order to initiate the plan. (It's not clear whether the twins realized they may be jeopardizing the whole plan by leading replicant!Nier to Grimoire Weiss.)
In the last short story from Grimoire Nier, it was sorta assumed that the "world" you see on Nier's map is only a fraction of the whole world. There are other districts that are governed under a similar system. But it's not known whether there are other successful cases like gestalt!Nier that supplies the element to stabilize other gestalts. If not, then it's the end of the world lol.
trunks0709 7 years ago#5
I assumed that he didnt take nier's body 5 years earlier, because it wasn't strong enough to handle his shade. By forcing him to kill the 5 powerful shades, he would assure himself that nier's body was strong enough. Popola and Devola helped him because the shadowlord wanted them to.
Martin Pagan 7 years ago#6
Not all of the shades are powerful. See Kalil who is probably a shade of a 7 year old child protected by a powerful robot. Also, are Hansel and Gretel shades or some sort of robots?
I am wondering whether the Grimoire Nier says anything about the nature of the Black Scrawl. We've had many theories about it but you are saying that a replicant can get the black scrawl when his or her gestalt dies while we've theorised that the Black Scrawl is the visual manifestation of the gestalt/reimplantation process being initiated.
'Sonny, what's the name of that nasty German who keeps hiding my stuff from me?'
'Alzheimer, grandpa.'
@Martin Pagan
According to Grimoire Nier, Hansel and Gretel are shades.
As for the black scrawl part, it wasn't "explicitly" explained in detail, rather it was sorta talked about in different parts of Grimoire Nier. Basically what GN says is that, the infestation of the black scrawl is an error which the programmers of Project Gestalt didn't foresee, and it happens when the gestalt breaks down. Not all gestalts breakdown ASAP when they're turned, but eventually with time, they will start to breakdown unless they get those element supplement from the successful case gestalt!Nier.
^From the timeline pages
In Yonah's case, since she is a failed gestalt since the very beginning, whatever data that is taken out of her to make her vessel is pretty much expected to be plagued by the black scrawl.
^From the abyss of Nier Project Vol1 under Yonah's entry
And then in somewhere else (I forgot where, sorry, but probably from some interview) that based on what was said above, an indirect/ambiguous relationship could be drawn that the lack of gestalt for a vessel could eventually led the vessel to breakdown in the manner of black scrawl.
Martin Pagan 7 years ago#8
Mind = blown
There is so much background to this game it's incredible.
'Sonny, what's the name of that nasty German who keeps hiding my stuff from me?'
'Alzheimer, grandpa.'
DunanBubba 7 years ago#9
IIRC, it was mentioned that once the scientists realized that gestalt!Nier (not to be confused with father!Nier) is the first successful case, and they knew gestalt!Yonah is not as successful as her brother/father, the Hamelin Organization (and its associates) offered gestalt!Nier a deal. The deal is that, they'll put Yonah in cryogenics a thousand years for free (so that when she wakes up, she'll be in a world where all malice are purged), but in return, gestalt!Nier has to provide the element which stabilizes all the unsuccessful gestalts (and I think this is why he's called a Shadowlord).
Gisaelle, I'm actually translating that part right now, and am wondering: is the word "maso" ("ma" meaning magical or demonic + "so" meaning element or base) used in the actual game, and if so, what's the established English word for it? I'm kind of stuck trying to translate this term.
I'm only on the B playthrough, so forgive me if it's mentioned a lot in later endings.
^I don't think I've seen that in the game yet, but if we're going by the convention of localizing the ma in mamono or maou as shade/shadow, something like shadow particle/element?
Then again I'm not that far in the game myself.
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This is NOT ment to be there at all! It's a forum bug that happens when
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An administrator of this site, reversed probably the "forumhome" template,
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After years of yearning to return to Norway - our first trip in 1996 was cut to mere hours in the Oslo Airport due to a city-wide hotel strike, Jay and I returned 14 years later. This time with Mom in tow. This was not the first time we encouraged her to travel abroad with us, but this trip held personal significance.
Traveling from Oslo to Bergen, we climbed through the mountains on a train, cruised through the fjords and skirted high mountain roads on a bus in a torrential downpour.
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This article is from the October 2005 issue of Southern Living. Because prices, dates, and other specifics are subject to change, please check all information to make sure it's still current before making your travel plans.
Each day, thousands trace the velvet rope-lined passages weaving through one of America's grandest homes. Few, however, know that the total Biltmore experience begins outside. Through hikes, carriage rides, float trips, and rooftop views, discover what really brought George Vanderbilt to this land almost 120 years ago.
When driving across the estate, you'll notice paved trails lining the roadways. Walkers sometimes stroll here, but you'll mostly see folks on bicycles leisurely riding beside the fields of cornstalks showing their post-harvest browns. These are just segments of the paved, graveled, and primitive paths for walking, hiking, and biking that navigate Biltmore's thousands of acres. Make your first stop the Outdoor Center, near the Winery, for trail maps and information. Also, while you're in the area, visit the Winery Welcome Center, and make a reservation for the Red Wine and Chocolate Seminar. This event, held at 4 and 5 p.m. daily, gives you a taste of the sweet life.
Left: Bike trails lead guests to some of the more remote areas of Biltmore Estate.
Live like a Vanderbilt. New activities make it more than just a house tour: Sip wine, ride horses, paddle the waters.


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Reports Dorothy Bateman of Carver, Massachusetts, "These creamy pre-filled potato shells can be quickly thawed, then baked as a side dish to go with a steak or any meat."
Recommended: 43 Amazing Ways to Love Sweet Potatoes
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- 6 large potatoes
- 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 green onion, chopped
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Additional butter
- Scrub and pierce potatoes. Bake at 375° for 1 hour or until tender. When cool enough to handle, cut a thin slice off the top of each potato and discard. Cut each potato in half lengthwise. Scoop out the pulp, leaving a thin shell.
- In a large bowl, mash pulp until smooth. Stir in the sour cream, cheese, onion, milk, butter, parsley and salt. Spoon into potato shells.; brush with butter. Cover and refrigerate.
- Wrap shells individually in plastic wrap; place in freezer containers. Freeze. May be frozen for up to 1 month.
- To use potato shells; Thaw in the refrigerator. Place in an ungreased shallow baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until golden and heated through. Yield: 12 servings.
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Who needs to go to Vegas when you can get Sunday brunch at Hugo's? The Sunday all-you-can-eat brunch consistently offers an excellent sampling of regional Mexican cuisine that is the staple of Hugo's trademark. Beautiful shrimp and octopus salads, hearty rich seafood soups, rack of lamb and roasted pork ribs, along with traditional brunch fare of eggs Benedict and huevos rancheros, are just some of the savory items on rotation every Sunday. By 11 a.m., a live Mexican band starts playing festive, traditional Mexican music. And then there's the dessert stand, complete with fruits, cheeses, a myriad of cakes, Hugo's famous tres leches, flan and hand-stirred Mexican hot chocolate. Without a doubt, this is the best Sunday brunch in Houston. $27 for adults, $10 for children. Reservations recommended.
Tacos are one of those foods best enjoyed outdoors — yes, even on a sweltering day. It's the Houston way. That's why the all-outdoors Karanchos is such a destination for taco hounds. That, and the rotating pork-on-a-spit called trompo, which marinates in pineapple juice while it cooks. Like barbecue, trompo is best cooked outside. And as with good barbecue, people flock to good trompo from miles away. Get yours on fresh corn tortillas topped with cilantro, onions and some of Karanchos' screamingly hot salsa verde while you belly up to a picnic table in the shade. It's like inviting yourself to a family picnic, only better — you don't have to make small talk with your relatives, just stuff your face with tacos and Topo Chico.
Located inside the old Antone's Deli spot in Rice Village, Local Foods does its former tenant a great honor by continuing to turn out spectacular sandwiches that are wholly Houston. Made with as many local ingredients as possible, whether it be produce, meat or cheese, Local Foods' sandwiches are chock full of good stuff. Try the roast beef with kale, curried cauliflower and horseradish aioli or the truffled egg salad for something more traditional. Feeling adventurous? Check out the Korean barbecue pork sandwich with house-made kimchi or Gulf shrimp and blue crab salad with green goddess dressing on a fresh-baked ciabatta roll.
It's hard to believe that food coming off a truck can be as inventive, or can taste as good as, what you get at H-town Streats. But then again, it's not every food truck that has trained chefs working at the helm. On any given day, you'll find Jason Hill and/or Matt Opaleski manning the truck, which means that crawfish taco with Tabasco aioli is gonna taste like a lot more than the $3 you're paying to eat it. In fact, whether it's their infamous boudin balls with creole mustard, their fried avocado taco with cilantro slaw, their burger with sautéed mushrooms and cheese, or their watermelon agua fresca, pretty much everything that you try at this truly gourmet food truck is going to be a winner. The menu changes often, too, so no need to worry about eating the same old, same old. Even if you followed the truck around like a die-hard disciple, the menu is extensive enough that you'd still be able to enjoy a different meal every day. Food sells out quickly, so try to visit them at the beginning of service.
If you need proof that quality and quantity are not mutually exclusive, look no further than The Davenport martini. Non-purists will appreciate all of the well-crafted martini "varieties" (more than 30!), but the original classic (a frosty balance of gin, dry vermouth and a splash of olive juice) is truly potable art. More than one might even knock James Bond flat, but sip slowly and you'll be able to get off your bar stool without falling. Eventually.
Just as the sign-less Plonk is a secret treasure here in Garden Oaks, so does its wine list feature hidden gems from the peerless mind of owner Scott Miller. Miller, the former wine director at Pappas Steakhouse, is smart enough to know his clientele on both ends of the wine spectrum and caters to them with aplomb. This means you'll find highly accessible $6 and $8 glasses of Merlot mingling on his menu alongside glasses like a $16 Weingut Bründlmayer Riesling Kamptaler Terrassen from Austria or a $20 Grilli del Testamatta that would have wine geeks swooning in their seats.


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I shared a new tutorial over at Feeling Stitchy today! I don't know about you, but I am definitely in the mood for Spring cleaning.
Embroidered jar labels sounded just right to help me organize all my sewing and embroidery supplies.
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FDA is alerting health care professionals and patients who wear soft contact lenses about a voluntary recall of Complete MoisturePlus Multi Purpose Solution. The company, Advanced Medical Optics of Santa Ana, Calif., is taking this action as a precaution because of reports of a rare but serious eye infection, Acanthamoeba keratitis, caused by a parasite.
"We believe the company acted responsibly in taking this voluntary action and support the decision to be proactive in the interest of public health," says Daniel Schultz, M.D., Director of FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
Steps for Consumers
If you wear soft contact lenses, you should:
- Stop using Complete MoisturePlus Contact Lens solution.
- Discard all partially used or unopened bottles.
- Replace your contact lenses and storage container.
- Ask your doctor about choosing an appropriate alternative cleaning/disinfecting product.
- Seek immediate treatment if you have symptoms of eye infection--eye pain or redness, blurred vision, light sensitivity, sensation of something in the eye or excessive tearing. Early diagnosis is important for effective treatment.
If you believe that you have the recalled product, you may call the company at 1-888-899-9183.
About Acanthamoeba Keratitis
A serious eye infection: The symptoms of Acanthamoeba keratitis can be very similar to those of other more common eye infections and may include eye pain or redness, blurred vision, light sensitivity, sensation of something in the eye or excessive tearing but Acanthamoeba is more difficult to treat. Acanthamoeba keratitis may lead to vision loss with some patients requiring a corneal transplant. The infection primarily affects otherwise healthy people who wear contact lenses.
Recent increase in cases: The link between the solution and the infection was identified as a result of an investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It is estimated that Acanthamoeba keratitis infections occur in approximately 2 out of every 1 million contact lens users in the United States each year. But in a multi-state investigation to evaluate a recent increase in Acanthamoeba keratitis cases, CDC determined that the risk of developing Acanthamoeba keratitis was at least seven times greater for those consumers who used Complete MoisturePlus solution versus those who did not.
Ongoing investigation: FDA and CDC are working closely with the company to collect additional information and will continue to advise consumers as more information becomes available. Experts are collaborating to further understand whether usage or contamination of this solution led to these Acanthamoeba infections.
Measures to Help Prevent Eye Infections
All contact lens wearers should adhere to these measures to help prevent eye infections:
- Remove contact lenses before any activity involving contact with water, including showering, using a hot tub, or swimming.
- Wash hands with soap and water and dry them before handling contact lenses.
- Clean contact lenses according to manufacturer guidelines and instructions from an eye care professional.
- Use fresh cleaning or disinfecting solution each time lenses are cleaned and stored. Never reuse or top off old solution.
- Never use saline solution and rewetting drops to disinfect lenses. Neither solution is an effective or approved disinfectant.
- Schedule regular eye exams with your eye care professional.
- Wear and replace contact lenses according to the schedule prescribed by your eye care professional.
- Store lenses in a proper storage case.Storage cases should be irrigated with sterile contact lens solution (never use tap water) and left open to dry after each use.
- Replace storage cases at least once every three months.
Report Adverse Events
FDA and CDC want to gather information related to Acanthamoeba keratitis in contact lens users. Report adverse events related to these products to the FDA's voluntary reporting program: MedWatch; Phone: (800) 332-1088; Fax: (800) 332-0178; Mail: MedWatch, Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD, 20852-9787.
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By Fatima Barkatulla
That a small number of militant atheists can get a mainstream Muslim organisation banned from hosting events at a London university is bad enough; but the wading in of Prime Minister, David Cameron, commenting without investigating the facts or the instigators of the whole murky affair is downright appalling.
In March a debate at University College London (UCL) between Hamza Tzortzis of the IERA, a global da'wah [invitation to Islam] organisation 'committed to presenting Islam to the wider community', and neo-atheist Prof Lawrence Krauss was disrupted by a militant atheist member of the audience who deliberately headed to an area designated for Muslim women who had requested the seating and insisted on sitting between them prompting security to get involved, his commotion prompted Krauss to also accuse the organisers of forced segregation.
Subsequent to the event, popular atheist author Richard Dawkins took to twitter to condemned UCL for allowing "sexual apartheid" and for "caving in" to Muslims who want to host events where there were separate seating areas for the sexes. He failed to mention that an area of mixed gender seating was also available at the event. IERA was subsequently banned by UCL with little explanation and "no opportunity for recourse" as a spokesman explained.
"Separate seating arrangements for men and women are very much a normative Islamic practice" implemented by Muslims all over Britain at mosques, weddings, conferences and functions. At events it affords Muslim women desired privacy and at functions it allows those of us who observe the hijab and the niqab to literally let our hair down.
Universities UK (UUK) published guidelines on segregation for campuses recommending that where the religious sensitivities of their attendees need to be taken into account, events may have designated areas for male and female attendees with a mixed area and that segregated seating should be side by side. With a minor protest against the guidelines being covered by the media, and the PM commenting that speakers should not be allowed to insist on segregation, UUK has now said that its guidelines are under review.
Many Muslims are questioning why the grassroots leaders are not being consulted on what constitutes normative Islam. With ex-Muslims, militant atheists and known Islamophobe speakers regularly brought onto mainstream media to speak about these issues, misconceptions about Islam are being further exacerbated amongst the general public and hysteria whipped up that normative traditional Islamic practices such as veiling and separate seating provisions are being demonised and dismissed as extreme and fringe practises when in reality they can be found in all of the traditional Islamic schools of thought and have been prevalent in the UK for decades.
Clerics and community leaders from various backgrounds met last month to explore the best response to the sustained onslaught. On December 20 leading Muslim women met in London's Mile End, to present 'A Muslim Women's Unified Community Response' to the furore and sought to refute claims that Muslim women do not choose separate seating of their own volition and are forced to sit separately by Muslim men.
The debate is all in all a contrived one. The idea of separate space for men and women is of course not unique to Muslims. Orthodox Jews and even the Japanese have a long tradition of it. Ladies only gyms and spas, segregated hospital wards, golf clubs, schools, sports teams, toilets and restrooms, rugby student unions for men, 'gentlemen's clubs' and many more are all signs that gender separation is alive and well in 21st century Britain and is very much a natural and often a desirable practise.


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A lot of Americans were duped by the corporate media after the first debate .. and even a number of progressive pundits were either duped or conveniently using all the noise to cover the fact that before the debate their producers had already instructed them that Obama was going to lose.
The fact that OUR President left the media and his opponents significant white space had everyone tripping over themselves.
The way to combat Romney's "Gish Gallop" strategy was NOT to be drawn into slap face arguments in front of 70 million viewers dictated by your opponents use of half truths, lies and runaway gibberish and yammering.
note: The Gish Gallop, named after creationist Duane Gish, is the debating technique of drowning the opponent in such a torrent of half-truths, lies, and straw-man arguments that the opponent cannot possibly answer every falsehood in real time
We are talking about tens of millions of dollars of campaign advertising revenues peeps, and the last thing the corporate owned, sponsored and managed media wants is a runaway election!
I can accept the usual right wing zombies lockstep thinking ... but the MSNBC progressive pundits had no excuse - and even some of the Presidents campaign staff weren't completely on board.
This President wanted this to happen and didn't announce his strategy in a press release or office memo!
Let's all take a deep breath and a step back now that four days have passed.
OUR President is notorious for his well thought out and prolonged deliberations ... and on several occasions he has been called out prematurely by his detractors as well as the corporate (think GOP) influenced, owned and sponsored media ..
Being boring and undramatic are just two of his strengths which have earned him the label "no drama Obama"
Did OUR President need to call out Romney on the obvious flip flops, contradictions, half-truths and hyperbole?
Back on the campaign trail re-stocked with lots of new material supplied by Romney at the debate ... OUR President continues to roll!


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SAN ANTONIO (AP) San Antonio police say a woman accused of beheading her 3-week-old infant son used a knife and two swords in the attack and ate some of the child's body parts.
San Antonio Police Chief William McManus told reporters Monday that Otty Sanchez's attack on her son, Scott Wesley Buchholtz-Sanchez, was "too heinous" to fully discuss.
But he says Sanchez ate part of the newborn's brain and bit off three of his toes before stabbing herself twice.
Police say the 33-year-old Sanchez told officers who were called to her house early Sunday that she killed her son at the devil's request.
Sanchez is charged with capital murder and is being held on $1 million bail. She is recovering from her wounds at a hospital.
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Richard Gere: My wife said no, absolutely not.
Carey Lowell: I didn't exactly say no.
Gere: Yes, you did.
Lowell: Richard has what his mother calls an edifice complex. He has to build and improve on what he sees.
Gere: When I first moved to Bedford, I would go riding with a group of guys on trails that went behind this old, decrepit building. It was such a melancholy feeling to watch this piece of history just falling apart, and so I thought, wouldn't it be great to open a fantastic, casual hotel and restaurant there, someplace we could ride to?
Lowell: We love this removed place that's still only an hour north of New York City.
Gere: I hate to say this, but we can walk around our house naked and it doesn't matter. No one can see us. It's quiet and very natural, and the seasons are distinct.
Lowell: The animals are happy. We have horses, a dog, and two cats. We see foxes, coyotes, lots of white-tailed deer. There's something wild about Bedford that drew me in.
Gere: But the people in the area needed somewhere to gather. So we opened the eight-room Bedford Post Inn and its two restaurants, in an 18th-century stone building that's connected to a beautiful old barn.
Lowell: Richard has a thing for old barns. The building dates to 1762, though after we bought it, stripped it down, and saw the beams, we thought it might be even earlier. And we knew the place could always be more. Now it's also the setting of a yoga studio and a meditation center.
Gere: My father grew up on a dairy farm. So the refurbishing of the barn, the re-souling of it—I love the idea that we've created a space with great acoustics, where concerts can happen, and events for local charities—it's a true coming together of many of my passions.
Lowell: It's just the beginning. Like any great relationship, it has to grow organically, in all kinds of directions.
Country Hideaway
"About a mile from our place, the Bedford Post Inn (954 Old Post Rd.; 914/205-3773; bedfordpostinn.com; doubles from $395; dinner for two $120), which is now a Relais & Châteaux* property, is the 4,300-acre Ward Pound Ridge Reservation. It's where we go horseback riding, hiking, and biking."
Small-Town Find
"Elm Street Books (35 Elm St.; 203/966-4545; elmstreetbooks.com), twenty minutes away in New Canaan, Connecticut, is a very smart independent bookstore. We love to browse the stacks and discover new authors."
Snack Spots
"Bedford Gourmet (652 Old Post Rd.; 914/234-9409; lunch for two $20) is a sandwich joint that's perfect for a bite after riding, while Plum Plums (72 Westchester Ave., Pound Ridge; 914/764-1525) has a great assortment of cheeses. We serve many of them in our restaurants."
*Richard Gere is the 2011 ambassador of the hotel and restaurant group.


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An Illustrated Guide to ARIZONA WEEDS
The University of Arizona Press
MUSTARD FAMILY-Cruciferae
TANSYMUSTARD-Descurainia pinnata (Walt.) Britt.
DESCRIPTION-An erect annual or winter annual, 1/2 to 3 feet high, which reproduces only by seeds. The plants are usually ash colored from the many short soft, forked or starlike hairs, or they may be only moderately hairy and green. The stems are often purplish. The alternate leaves are divided once or twice into fine segments, 1 to 4 inches long.
The tiny flowers, about 1/12 inch long, are yellow or whitish, and on short slender spreading stalks, which elongate as the pods mature. They occur along the upper part of the stems. The short narrow seedpods are somewhat stubby, 1/4 to l/2 inch long, and have 2 rows of seeds in each half. The tiny oblong seeds are dull red, about 1/25 inch long, and have a groove on 1 side.
DISTRIBUTION-Tansymustard is a native weed which is abundant in moist spots throughout the state on sandy, rock, or disturbed soil of riverbeds, washes, mesas, canyons, slopes, and swales in creosote desert, grassland, sagebrush, oak, and pinyon-juniper associations. It is also a troublesome weed in cultivated lands, grain fields, city streets, and waste places; 100 to 7,000 feet elevation; flowering December to August, mostly March and April at the lower elevations.
POISONOUS PROPERTIES-Tansymustard contains no known poisonous principles, but may cause trouble under certain conditions. These plants appear on the ranges in abundance in early spring, and livestock may eat them almost exclusively. Animals may be unable to eat or drink, as a result of eating large quantities over a long period of time. The pods are also relished by livestock. The mature seeds are rich in oil of mustard.
FLIXWEED-Descurainia sophia (L.) Wats.
DESCRIPTION-Similar to tansymustard, but with much more finely divided leaves, brighter green and less hairy. The pods are much longer, 3/4 to 1 1/3 inch long, and very narrow; the seeds are in 1 row in each half.
DISTRIBUTION-Introduced from Eurasia, flixweed is found in the same type of places with the same general distribution as tansymustard, but is not as abundant except in some local areas; flowering mostly March to May.
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