s essential oil is the essential oil of the troubles women.

It regulates the effects of menopause, to the rules.

operating tips:
Oral: 1 to 2 drops per dose 3 times per day
Dermal: 1 drop pure locally (low belly, plexus).
Dissemination: Yes.

from 6 years.
However specified in pregnant or lactating women.

Formulation full:
linalyl Acetate, Linalol, Germacrene D, Sclareol.

Feedback on this page ?<|endoftext|>Question: To prepare a cast iron pain for frying.
Answer: Over medium heat, add butter and oil. Melt the butter with oil.<|endoftext|>Just another manic monday

I love project stats, and I completely obsess over bug reports.
Whilst collecting data for another post, a mystery libreoffice autocomplete popup me to plot something I hadn't thought of plotting.

What days of the week are bugs opened and closed?

Resolved can mean one of a few things; fixing the bug with a change in the code, marking it as a duplicate of another bug or in some cases closing it as not a direction we want to go with Plasma.

People report more on weekdays than weekends

The difference surprised me. I think it gives a strong indication that Plasma 5 is being used more for work than as a hobby, with people more likely to encounter an area needing to improvement during the normal office week.

Obviously we don't know for sure and we can't pull useful timestamp information without knowing timezone of the user, but indications seem to be there.

Bugs are resolved on a weeked at 50% of the rate of the weekday

This isn't too surprising given that some Plasma maintainers like myself work for Blue Systems or Red Hat and we tend to work office hours.

What's encouraging is that, whilst slower, this shows that a significant amount of work does happen outside office hours; both employees taking the extra time to care for Plasma and our community contributors stepping up to work here. There's some shift between the people doing weekday and weekend bug closing.

We get more bugs open than we close

Naturally our graph will show that we have some open bugs, but if we assume this rate continues our number of open bugs will continue to rise.

It's not as bad as this graph makes it look as there also a lot of bugs in a zombie "needs info" state, where we're waiting to hear back from a user either with more information or to confirm their issue is fixed.

We definitely need more help here, I want Plasma to be bug free.

It's all about Tuesdays

Tuesday is apparently the day for the most reports getting handled. It's also the day Plasma 5.4 gets released.

I always knew Tuesday was an underrated day of the week.

Leave a Reply
<|endoftext|>Happy Mother's Day

This is a card I made for mother's day for mom. For all of you who went to the thing at Aunt Joyce's house with Elvis, this is the crazy cuckoo bird, Kuku, that I got from him. He still acts crazy now, and his best friend is one of Casey's stuffed birds, Nuts (who acts like his name implies, insane). For Grandpa John, this is George, the baby George, the same one who plays with the little people in the ash tray on airplanes. Even though I know you don't have a computer, maybe you can see it at Grandma's house sometime. Baby George will come visit you, I promise. However, I believe Kuku will be left behind at someone's house, he might go a little crazy elsewhere (don't worry, he will remain secure within my bags). If you don't understand this paragraph, I'm sorry, perhaps you aren't really related to us, and don't know these stuffed animals, but I'm sure you'll still like the video. Once more it is only 8 frames per second, but this time I designed that to be the case so it works a little better (though shoes do not make very good tripods, yes I used a shoe as my tripod (I couldn't find a real one, or chose not to look)).<|endoftext|>Empire State Building(67613)

There are a great many ways that you can propose to your sweetheart. Some go for a silly approach and some go for the full out, “on your knees I love you so much” approach. Either way, there are plenty of reasons why you should definitely check into great places to propose in New York. Let's face it—if you're going to ask, you want to make it memorable...and the perfect place might be what helps you to seal the deal. Also remember that this is going to be something that both of you remember for the rest of your life. It will be part of a story that you tell to friends, family and even your future children. So, here is a list of the places that you can propose in New York that will give you a great memory and a fantastic addition to the story you tell everyone!

Central Park

Central Park not only is beautiful, but it's also well maintained and there are a great number of ways that you can go about proposing here. There are also many carriage rides that you can take...and then pop the question whilst you're going past a particularly pretty area. Or, maybe just at random. Either way, it's one of the best places to propose in New York!

Empire State Building

This isn't a guaranteed yes, but some studies have shown that fear makes a person feel closer to you—that's why you're more likely to get a snuggle during a scary movie as opposed to a funny one. It might sound silly, but it's pretty true. However, you have to gauge this one carefully. If they're so scared that they're just begging you to go back down again, you might want to give it a month and try again. This can be one of the most romantic places to propose in New York—depending on your special someone.

This is one of the most famous jewelry stores in New York and has been around for almost one hundred years. However, you also need to be careful with this choice. Some girls might take it wrong if you take them into an expensive jewelry shop to propose—all depending on their personality. Others wouldn't care, but you still want to be cautious. This could be a good way to just get them thinking about jewelry and then to get them to propose. But, it can still be one of the most romantic places to propose in New York

Ice Skating at Rockefeller Center

This is another of the most romantic places to propose in New York—and it's also a lot of fun. So, if you have someone who is of the fun-loving, athletic, romantic type, this is the perfect place for you to check out! Don't forget to bring a small first aid kit in case you're the less athletic type! It makes it way easier on you to propose after a magical night of ice skating, especially when your special someone has that nice, warm, glowy feeling. Plus, they'll love how you picked such a pretty place!

Central Park Boathouse

Are you looking for somewhere not only romantic, but that looks really, really nice? Or do you just need a new idea because you're out of all your others? If that's the case, don't hesitate to check into this beautiful location and make your move as soon as you possibly can! You can even pull out your own boat or perhaps rent one for the evening and take her rowing or gliding across the water! Definitely one of the best places to propose in New York.

Spirit Cruises

Not only are these fun, but they are truly romantic and they also give you a chance to get away if you or your special someone are particularly stressed out. Don't hesitate to check into these, but be forewarned that they will cost you a pretty penny. Also, make sure that your special someone doesn't get boat sick easily either. If they spend most of the day nauseous or simply not feeling good, it probably won't be such a good idea to try to propose... you might end up revisiting THEIR dinner!

Metropolitan Museum of Art

When it comes to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, you can't go wrong if you're an art lover or if your lover is an art lover! Let's face it—there are loads of ways that you can propose, but this is truly one of the most special, since it takes a little bit more guts and it takes a little bit more time. You have to find the best moment. The right painting—pretty much anything that you have in mind! Take the time to really, really think this over.

The Point

The point is another one of the greatest places to propose in New York. It's easily one of the best and the easiest places to propose. It's located in the mountains, so, naturally, you have that on your side. It also has quite a few great cabins that you can choose from, and it used to be a resort for the Rockefellers. So, naturally, it's a really luxurious place!

These are just a few places to keep in mind whilst you're trying to find romantic places to propose in New York. Take the time to have one that has meaning to you if you don't want to propose in these places or if you simply don't think they're what you're looking for. This is just one of the many places that you can propose and show your

 menstruation.

Salvia sclarea o.p. parties air flowers.

Sage Phytosun Aroms essential oil is the essential oil of the troubles women.

It regulates the effects of menopause, to the rules.

operating tips:
Oral: 1 to 2 drops per dose 3 times per day
Dermal: 1 drop pure locally (low belly, plexus).
Dissemination: Yes.

from 6 years.
However specified in pregnant or lactating women.

Formulation full:
linalyl Acetate, Linalol, Germacrene D, Sclareol.

Feedback on this page ?<|endoftext|>Just another manic monday

I love project stats, and I completely obsess over bug reports.
Whilst collecting data for another post, a mystery libreoffice autocomplete popup me to plot something I hadn't thought of plotting.

What days of the week are bugs opened and closed?

Resolved can mean one of a few things; fixing the bug with a change in the code, marking it as a duplicate of another bug or in some cases closing it as not a direction we want to go with Plasma.

People report more on weekdays than weekends

The difference surprised me. I think it gives a strong indication that Plasma 5 is being used more for work than as a hobby, with people more likely to encounter an area needing to improvement during the normal office week.

Obviously we don't know for sure and we can't pull useful timestamp information without knowing timezone of the user, but indications seem to be there.

Bugs are resolved on a weeked at 50% of the rate of the weekday

This isn't too surprising given that some Plasma maintainers like myself work for Blue Systems or Red Hat and we tend to work office hours.

What's encouraging is that, whilst slower, this shows that a significant amount of work does happen outside office hours; both employees taking the extra time to care for Plasma and our community contributors stepping up to work here. There's some shift between the people doing weekday and weekend bug closing.

We get more bugs open than we close

Naturally our graph will show that we have some open bugs, but if we assume this rate continues our number of open bugs will continue to rise.

It's not as bad as this graph makes it look as there also a lot of bugs in a zombie "needs info" state, where we're waiting to hear back from a user either with more information or to confirm their issue is fixed.

We definitely need more help here, I want Plasma to be bug free.

It's all about Tuesdays

Tuesday is apparently the day for the most reports getting handled. It's also the day Plasma 5.4 gets released.

I always knew Tuesday was an underrated day of the week.

Leave a Reply
<|endoftext|>Happy Mother's Day

This is a card I made for mother's day for mom. For all of you who went to the thing at Aunt Joyce's house with Elvis, this is the crazy cuckoo bird, Kuku, that I got from him. He still acts crazy now, and his best friend is one of Casey's stuffed birds, Nuts (who acts like his name implies, insane). For Grandpa John, this is George, the baby George, the same one who plays with the little people in the ash tray on airplanes. Even though I know you don't have a computer, maybe you can see it at Grandma's house sometime. Baby George will come visit you, I promise. However, I believe Kuku will be left behind at someone's house, he might go a little crazy elsewhere (don't worry, he will remain secure within my bags). If you don't understand this paragraph, I'm sorry, perhaps you aren't really related to us, and don't know these stuffed animals, but I'm sure you'll still like the video. Once more it is only 8 frames per second, but this time I designed that to be the case so it works a little better (though shoes do not make very good tripods, yes I used a shoe as my tripod (I couldn't find a real one, or chose not to look)).<|endoftext|>Empire State Building(67613)

There are a great many ways that you can propose to your sweetheart. Some go for a silly approach and some go for the full out, “on your knees I love you so much” approach. Either way, there are plenty of reasons why you should definitely check into great places to propose in New York. Let's face it—if you're going to ask, you want to make it memorable...and the perfect place might be what helps you to seal the deal. Also remember that this is going to be something that both of you remember for the rest of your life. It will be part of a story that you tell to friends, family and even your future children. So, here is a list of the places that you can propose in New York that will give you a great memory and a fantastic addition to the story you tell everyone!

Central Park

Central Park not only is beautiful, but it's also well maintained and there are a great number of ways that you can go about proposing here. There are also many carriage rides that you can take...and then pop the question whilst you're going past a particularly pretty area. Or, maybe just at random. Either way, it's one of the best places to propose in New York!

Empire State Building

This isn't a guaranteed yes, but some studies have shown that fear makes a person feel closer to you—that's why you're more likely to get a snuggle during a scary movie as opposed to a funny one. It might sound silly, but it's pretty true. However, you have to gauge this one carefully. If they're so scared that they're just begging you to go back down again, you might want to give it a month and try again. This can be one of the most romantic places to propose in New York—depending on your special someone.

This is one of the most famous jewelry stores in New York and has been around for almost one hundred years. However, you also need to be careful with this choice. Some girls might take it wrong if you take them into an expensive jewelry shop to propose—all depending on their personality. Others wouldn't care, but you still want to be cautious. This could be a good way to just get them thinking about jewelry and then to get them to propose. But, it can still be one of the most romantic places to propose in New York

Ice Skating at Rockefeller Center

This is another of the most romantic places to propose in New York—and it's also a lot of fun. So, if you have someone who is of the fun-loving, athletic, romantic type, this is the perfect place for you to check out! Don't forget to bring a small first aid kit in case you're the less athletic type! It makes it way easier on you to propose after a magical night of ice skating, especially when your special someone has that nice, warm, glowy feeling. Plus, they'll love how you picked such a pretty place!

Central Park Boathouse

Are you looking for somewhere not only romantic, but that looks really, really nice? Or do you just need a new idea because you're out of all your others? If that's the case, don't hesitate to check into this beautiful location and make your move as soon as you possibly can! You can even pull out your own boat or perhaps rent one for the evening and take her rowing or gliding across the water! Definitely one of the best places to propose in New York.

Spirit Cruises

Not only are these fun, but they are truly romantic and they also give you a chance to get away if you or your special someone are particularly stressed out. Don't hesitate to check into these, but be forewarned that they will cost you a pretty penny. Also, make sure that your special someone doesn't get boat sick easily either. If they spend most of the day nauseous or simply not feeling good, it probably won't be such a good idea to try to propose... you might end up revisiting THEIR dinner!

Metropolitan Museum of Art

When it comes to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, you can't go wrong if you're an art lover or if your lover is an art lover! Let's face it—there are loads of ways that you can propose, but this is truly one of the most special, since it takes a little bit more guts and it takes a little bit more time. You have to find the best moment. The right painting—pretty much anything that you have in mind! Take the time to really, really think this over.

The Point

The point is another one of the greatest places to propose in New York. It's easily one of the best and the easiest places to propose. It's located in the mountains, so, naturally, you have that on your side. It also has quite a few great cabins that you can choose from, and it used to be a resort for the Rockefellers. So, naturally, it's a really luxurious place!

These are just a few places to keep in mind whilst you're trying to find romantic places to propose in New York. Take the time to have one that has meaning to you if you don't want to propose in these places or if you simply don't think they're what you're looking for. This is just one of the many places that you can propose and show your special someone just


Question: How to grease sheet for BBQ.
Answer: Spray canola oil onto baking sheet.<|endoftext|>

Poetry is like a kite floating in the sky high above our heads, coasting on the wind.

Poetry is like sunlight and rain, like dish soap and vitamins, like longeurs and lozenges.

Poetry is—neoteric at its root.

Neoteric poetry is a contradiction, a counter-indication, a valence. It is a benediction.

Neoteric poetry resembles nothing so much as a mountain lion loose in a downtown area.

Neoteric poetry scans.

Neoteric poetry coheres.

Neoteric art blossoms like a blister on the lower lip.

Neoteric art reads like a poem but looks like prose. It reads like prose despite its meter.

In the neoteric age, the meteoric rise of meter was not anticipated.

The meteoric rise of meter is like the gold rush. Prospectors appear on every street corner. Despite the gold in their pockets, they have no teeth. Despite their prosperity, they are tramps.

To be neoteric is to be contemporary but in a farsighted way.

Expect resistance to the neoteric. All such movements meet old-guard resistance.

The neoteric age is an ideal, a paradigm, it is not the everyday but rather the extraordinary found almost every day.

The paradigm of the future will be neoteric.

  1. Dear Dr. Mick: This is brilliant! Some of these strophes made me bark out laughing, others tucked me deep into a warm and promising silence. I will return to this many, many times. And I will share it with my students. Bravo! And thank you!

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Twitter picture

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Connecting to %s<|endoftext|>All of their eyes are opened now and they are so beautiful.  They are beginning to focus and will stare at us, as everything is so new to them.  They are on all fours now with their little "sailor legs" and making their way around the whelping box and to mom.  Some are already learning to go to one end of the whelping box to relieve themselves.  It is amazing how smart they are and the potential for learning that they possess.

They still eat and sleep only, but in a few days, will begin to interact with each other, now that they can see.  Their ears will open in a few days and then I won't be able to sneak around their den to keep it clean without them awakening and wanting food.  They are feisty when they are hungry and will suck on anything.  When I pick one up to bottle feed, they attach to my finger like a vacuum.  They love fingers and love the bottle but the bottle nipple is difficult to get in to their mouth.  They definitely know it is not skin and resist, but my training getting a bit in a horses mouth has helped me learn to gently pop their mouths open. Once open, they suck until they feel like they are going to pop.  We burp them afterwards, just like a baby.

They are all doing so well and we are blessed to have such wonderful puppies.  The next few weeks will be so much fun, as we love to play with them and the playing is just around the corner.<|endoftext|>Case Number 19064

Universal // 1990 // 96 Minutes // Rated R
Reviewed by Judge Patrick Naugle // June 11th, 2010

The Charge

They're already here.

Opening Statement

For many, Sam Raimi is the man behind Spidey's swing. Casual movie fans will be familiar with Sam's work from his successful superhero trilogy, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2 and the woefully underappreciated (at least to this reviewer) Spider-Man 3. But you bottom dwelling horror trolls out there are far more familiar with Raimi's low budget origins that include The Evil Dead trilogy and 1990s weird one-off, Darkman. Featuring a performance from Liam Neeson that seems to be phoned in from the zanier corners of the Twilight Zone, Darkman comes to Blu-ray courtesy of Universal in a barebones edition.

Facts of the Case

Dr. Payton Westlake (Liam Neeson, Taken) is on the verge of a miraculous breakthrough with a new form of synthetic skin replacement for burn victims. What Payton doesn't know is that his girlfriend Julie's (Francis McDormand, Fargo) new discovery at her job -- a memorandum incriminating her boss (Colin Friels) -- will literally blow his world apart. Enter Robert G. Durant (Larry Drake, TV's L.A. Law), a hired thug sent to retrieve the memo from Payton's laboratory. Durant destroys Westlake's lab, and seemingly Westlake himself, in a fiery explosion. But Payton survives with terrible burns and severed nerve endings, giving him super strength and uncontrollable emotions. With a new laboratory and the power to become anyone of his choosing by utilizing his synthetic skin, Payton sets out exact revenge upon those who wronged him and rebuild his old life. A new hero is born: the Darkman!

The Evidence

Sam Raimi's Darkman is an odd film indeed. Tonally, it's all over the map -- there's horror for the gore hounds, sci-fi for the technology nerds, romance for the chick flickers, superhero antics for fanboys, explosions for the action junkies and even Three Stooges-like shenanigans for comedy buffs. It's as if when making Darkman Raimi went as broad as he could when it came to audience inclusion. Had he included a gunfight at the OK Corral and a distinctive yellow brick road he may have succeeded as the first film director in history to make a movie that encompassed every cinematic genre known to man.

As it stands, I like Darkman. I don't love it (no, that space is reserved for the uber-awesome Army of Darkness), but I do enjoy it quite a bit. It's a movie filled with weird imagery, a creative and original superhero, interesting villains and silliness to spare. Liam Neeson is at his most deliriously unhinged in this movie. He doesn't chew the scenery as much as baste with BBQ sauce and scarf it down with a side of baked beans. Dr. Westlake's loony meter pegs at around 11 with no signs of letting up.

Complementing Neeson's performance is Larry Drake (best known as Benny on TV's L.A. Law and as the maniacal murderer in the cult classic Dr. Giggles) as the sadistic, cigar chomping Robert Durant. It's a shame Drake didn't make more of a name for himself as a movie heavy -- he's one of the most interesting enemies in recent memory. A cross between Marvel Comic's Kingpin and Dick Tracy's Big Boy Caprice, Durant is a wonderful foil for Neeson's Westlake.

Due to the strength of the leads the rest of the cast suffers by comparison. Francis McDormand is virtually wasted as Julie, Westlake's long-suffering girlfriend. Her character seems to just meander along; while her presence is needed, her character seems lost among the larger personalities of the cast. Colin Friels (Dark City) as a second tier heavy also is given little to work with. However, it is nice to see Raimi regulars such as brother Ted Raimi (the Spider-Man trilogy) and Bruce Campbell (just about every Raimi movie ever made) popping up in fun cameos.

If Darkman has any real flaw it's in its own internal logic. Darkman is able to replicate the skin of any person and 'become' them...but how do you account for differences in bone structure, height, weight, etc. I realize that when you watch a movie like Darkman you're supposed to check those parts of your brain at the door. Sorry folks, but even in a story about a crazy scientist turned burn victim turned vigilante superhero it's hard to let go of my college degree.

And yet, I nitpick. Overall Darkman includes a lot of things a movie if this ilk requires: explosions, comedy, chase scenes, silliness, a great Danny Elfman score, wacky camera shenanigans and performances that skirt along the cusp of crazy. And when it comes to Sam Raimi, it's fun to see all his signature camera moves and styles flowing effortlessly through the film (has there ever been a director who's over-the-top antics can be seen so clearly in all of his movies?). The truth is that while not a perfect movie, Darkman is an entertaining action/horror/comedy/romance that should make for a wonderful Saturday night rental.

Darkman makes its debut on Blu-ray in a 1080p 1.85:1 widescreen transfer. For a film that is now twenty years old (a figure that only reminds me I'm getting nearer to death than birth every waking moment), Darkman looks surprisingly good for its age. There are moments in the transfer when things soften up a bit, but overall this is

Poetry is like a kite floating in the sky high above our heads, coasting on the wind.

Poetry is like sunlight and rain, like dish soap and vitamins, like longeurs and lozenges.

Poetry is—neoteric at its root.

Neoteric poetry is a contradiction, a counter-indication, a valence. It is a benediction.

Neoteric poetry resembles nothing so much as a mountain lion loose in a downtown area.

Neoteric poetry scans.

Neoteric poetry coheres.

Neoteric art blossoms like a blister on the lower lip.

Neoteric art reads like a poem but looks like prose. It reads like prose despite its meter.

In the neoteric age, the meteoric rise of meter was not anticipated.

The meteoric rise of meter is like the gold rush. Prospectors appear on every street corner. Despite the gold in their pockets, they have no teeth. Despite their prosperity, they are tramps.

To be neoteric is to be contemporary but in a farsighted way.

Expect resistance to the neoteric. All such movements meet old-guard resistance.

The neoteric age is an ideal, a paradigm, it is not the everyday but rather the extraordinary found almost every day.

The paradigm of the future will be neoteric.

  1. Dear Dr. Mick: This is brilliant! Some of these strophes made me bark out laughing, others tucked me deep into a warm and promising silence. I will return to this many, many times. And I will share it with my students. Bravo! And thank you!

Leave a Reply

You are commenting using your account. Log Out / Change )

Twitter picture

Facebook photo

Google+ photo

Connecting to %s<|endoftext|>All of their eyes are opened now and they are so beautiful.  They are beginning to focus and will stare at us, as everything is so new to them.  They are on all fours now with their little "sailor legs" and making their way around the whelping box and to mom.  Some are already learning to go to one end of the whelping box to relieve themselves.  It is amazing how smart they are and the potential for learning that they possess.

They still eat and sleep only, but in a few days, will begin to interact with each other, now that they can see.  Their ears will open in a few days and then I won't be able to sneak around their den to keep it clean without them awakening and wanting food.  They are feisty when they are hungry and will suck on anything.  When I pick one up to bottle feed, they attach to my finger like a vacuum.  They love fingers and love the bottle but the bottle nipple is difficult to get in to their mouth.  They definitely know it is not skin and resist, but my training getting a bit in a horses mouth has helped me learn to gently pop their mouths open. Once open, they suck until they feel like they are going to pop.  We burp them afterwards, just like a baby.

They are all doing so well and we are blessed to have such wonderful puppies.  The next few weeks will be so much fun, as we love to play with them and the playing is just around the corner.<|endoftext|>Case Number 19064

Universal // 1990 // 96 Minutes // Rated R
Reviewed by Judge Patrick Naugle // June 11th, 2010

The Charge

They're already here.

Opening Statement

For many, Sam Raimi is the man behind Spidey's swing. Casual movie fans will be familiar with Sam's work from his successful superhero trilogy, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2 and the woefully underappreciated (at least to this reviewer) Spider-Man 3. But you bottom dwelling horror trolls out there are far more familiar with Raimi's low budget origins that include The Evil Dead trilogy and 1990s weird one-off, Darkman. Featuring a performance from Liam Neeson that seems to be phoned in from the zanier corners of the Twilight Zone, Darkman comes to Blu-ray courtesy of Universal in a barebones edition.

Facts of the Case

Dr. Payton Westlake (Liam Neeson, Taken) is on the verge of a miraculous breakthrough with a new form of synthetic skin replacement for burn victims. What Payton doesn't know is that his girlfriend Julie's (Francis McDormand, Fargo) new discovery at her job -- a memorandum incriminating her boss (Colin Friels) -- will literally blow his world apart. Enter Robert G. Durant (Larry Drake, TV's L.A. Law), a hired thug sent to retrieve the memo from Payton's laboratory. Durant destroys Westlake's lab, and seemingly Westlake himself, in a fiery explosion. But Payton survives with terrible burns and severed nerve endings, giving him super strength and uncontrollable emotions. With a new laboratory and the power to become anyone of his choosing by utilizing his synthetic skin, Payton sets out exact revenge upon those who wronged him and rebuild his old life. A new hero is born: the Darkman!

The Evidence

Sam Raimi's Darkman is an odd film indeed. Tonally, it's all over the map -- there's horror for the gore hounds, sci-fi for the technology nerds, romance for the chick flickers, superhero antics for fanboys, explosions for the action junkies and even Three Stooges-like shenanigans for comedy buffs. It's as if when making Darkman Raimi went as broad as he could when it came to audience inclusion. Had he included a gunfight at the OK Corral and a distinctive yellow brick road he may have succeeded as the first film director in history to make a movie that encompassed every cinematic genre known to man.

As it stands, I like Darkman. I don't love it (no, that space is reserved for the uber-awesome Army of Darkness), but I do enjoy it quite a bit. It's a movie filled with weird imagery, a creative and original superhero, interesting villains and silliness to spare. Liam Neeson is at his most deliriously unhinged in this movie. He doesn't chew the scenery as much as baste with BBQ sauce and scarf it down with a side of baked beans. Dr. Westlake's loony meter pegs at around 11 with no signs of letting up.

Complementing Neeson's performance is Larry Drake (best known as Benny on TV's L.A. Law and as the maniacal murderer in the cult classic Dr. Giggles) as the sadistic, cigar chomping Robert Durant. It's a shame Drake didn't make more of a name for himself as a movie heavy -- he's one of the most interesting enemies in recent memory. A cross between Marvel Comic's Kingpin and Dick Tracy's Big Boy Caprice, Durant is a wonderful foil for Neeson's Westlake.

Due to the strength of the leads the rest of the cast suffers by comparison. Francis McDormand is virtually wasted as Julie, Westlake's long-suffering girlfriend. Her character seems to just meander along; while her presence is needed, her character seems lost among the larger personalities of the cast. Colin Friels (Dark City) as a second tier heavy also is given little to work with. However, it is nice to see Raimi regulars such as brother Ted Raimi (the Spider-Man trilogy) and Bruce Campbell (just about every Raimi movie ever made) popping up in fun cameos.

If Darkman has any real flaw it's in its own internal logic. Darkman is able to replicate the skin of any person and 'become' them...but how do you account for differences in bone structure, height, weight, etc. I realize that when you watch a movie like Darkman you're supposed to check those parts of your brain at the door. Sorry folks, but even in a story about a crazy scientist turned burn victim turned vigilante superhero it's hard to let go of my college degree.

And yet, I nitpick. Overall Darkman includes a lot of things a movie if this ilk requires: explosions, comedy, chase scenes, silliness, a great Danny Elfman score, wacky camera shenanigans and performances that skirt along the cusp of crazy. And when it comes to Sam Raimi, it's fun to see all his signature camera moves and styles flowing effortlessly through the film (has there ever been a director who's over-the-top antics can be seen so clearly in all of his movies?). The truth is that while not a perfect movie, Darkman is an entertaining action/horror/comedy/romance that should make for a wonderful Saturday night rental.

Darkman makes its debut on Blu-ray in a 1080p 1.85:1 widescreen transfer. For a film that is now twenty years old (a figure that only reminds me I'm getting nearer to death than birth every waking moment), Darkman looks surprisingly good for its age. There are moments in the transfer when things soften up a bit, but overall this is a very sharp and pleasing transfer. Due to its age and low budget limitations (well, low budget considering what films


Question: How can I remove old finish and dirt from wood?
Answer: Use a belt sander or rough sandpaper to clean off wood.<|endoftext|> Ofcom is going on about how inefficient Royal Mail are?but at least we?re delivering the mail. ?If Whistl pulls out of the postal market completely that?s a huge amount of work going back to Royal Mail.? He added, ?Two thousand people losing their jobs is not a good thing. But it?s an opportunity to improve their conditions by getting them into Royal Mail. ?The CWU needs to push Royal Mail to recruit those people into the business, where conditions and wages are better.? end story start story Glasgow City Council has head in sand as homeless caseworkers' dispute gets stronger Glasgow strikers are not going away - show your solidarity (Pic: Duncan Brown) The all-out strike at Labour-run Glasgow City Council by homelessness caseworkers entered its seventh week on Tuesday of this week. The workers demand to be regraded and paid equal to colleagues with the same responsibilities?up to ?5,000 more. Council bosses are continuing with their line that it is business as usual for the city?s homelessness service. ?But they have signs posted on every casework team office door saying that during the strike, ?we are operating an emergency service only?. Last week?s election wipeout for Scottish Labour gave city councillors a glimpse of their own futures if they continue with cuts. The result was a hot topic on Friday morning?s picket lines. Striker and Unison union rep Stuart told Socialist Worker he hoped the city?s new MPs would speak out in support. ?We have great support from SNP trade union members. But the political reality is clear for the city?s politicians if they implement austerity. "If the SNP doesn?t deliver it will provoke a similar reaction.? Keep up to date with the latest on Facebook Send messages of solidarity and invite a striker to speak at a trade union or campaign meeting? Donate to the strike fund: Unity Bank, Sort code 08-60-01, Account number 20275792, Account name ?Industrial Action?Income? Cheques to Glasgow City Unison, 84 Bell St, Glasgow, G1 1LQ end story start story Education round-up City and Islington College walkout over cuts Workers at City and Islington College were set to strike on Thursday of this week. They are fighting threatened job losses resulting from cuts to adult education. The UCU union members plan to begin a two-day walkout on Tuesday of next week. The national union has agreed to prepare and coordinate strike ballots across colleges if bosses do not give guarantees on job protection. Colleges across Wales also plan to coordinate action unless they are granted seeking similar guarantees on jobs.? Send messages of support to Greenwich College workers vow to fight to save courses On strike at Greenwich college last month (Pic: Mark Dunk) Activists in Greenwich, south east London, met on Wednesday of last week to discuss the fight to defend Greenwich College. College bosses want to scrap some sites, slash adult education courses and impose new, worse contracts on workers. UCU union members have taken several days of strikes against the new contracts. Lynne Chamberlain is a UCU member at the college.? She told Socialist Worker, ?The meeting vowed to campaign across the area to save provision.? ?College students were there and they included a lot of retired people who don?t want to see their courses cut.? ROUND-UP Two victimised University of Bolton workers lost appeals against their sackings for gross misconduct last week. Bosses sacked Damien and Jenny Markey after stories in the press about the vice-chancellor?s finances.? A protest is planned in the town this Saturday. Sign petition Nearly 700 people have signed a petition opposing planned cuts at London Metropolitan University.? Bosses plan to slash 165 academic and professional support staff. Sign petition University of Aberdeen UCU union members are balloting for strikes over jobs.? Bosses want to cut 150 jobs and have refused to rule out compulsory redundancies. The ballot ends on 8 June. Teaching unions at Small Heath School in Birmingham were set to strike on Wednesday of this week over plans to turn the school into an academy. Send messages of support to Simon O?Hara at end story start story Farage flounders?but votes surge for Ukip racists Nigel Farage (Pic: Flickr: European Parliament) Leader of the racist Ukip party Nigel Farage failed in his attempt to be elected MP in South Thanet. Farage resigned?but Ukip refused to accept his resignation. In a statement the party said there was ?overwhelmingly evidence? members didn?t want him to go. ?He has therefore been persuaded to withdraw his resignation and remains leader of Ukip.? Farage?s election failure follows months of campaigning by anti-racists in the Stand Up to Ukip (Sutu) campaign. Jo Cardwell from Sutu told Socialist Worker, ?Farage came to South Thanet with the intention of dividing people?but they rejected that. ?The high turnout shows that people came out to vote against him.? The party now has just one MP, Douglas Carswell in Clacton, after Mark Reckless lost in Rochester and Strood. But behind the lack of MPs is a worrying rise in the Ukip vote. Farage grabbed 32 percent of the vote in South Thanet, behind the Tories? 38 percent. The Ukip vote there rose by 27 percent. Nationally? the party took around 13 percent of the vote?or 3.8 million votes. It made Thanet its first district council, going from two seats there to 33. Nationally? And nationally Ukip gained 200 seats in the council elections?175 more than it had before.? In many areas where Ukip didn?t win, it saw its vote rise. As Jo pointed out, ?Ukip came second in 118 places in the parliamentary elections. Ukip is now effectively Britain?s third biggest party. ?Its rising vote is massively worrying and shows how important it is to stand up against Ukip. ?But South Thanet shows that it is possible to drive Ukip back.? Ukip benefited from the mainstream parties? agreement that immigration is a problem. Their racist scapegoating made Farage and Ukip seem less extreme and more credible. Farage may have lost in South Thanet but Ukip has succeeded in pulling the debate over immigration yet further to the right.? Anti-racists will need to keep organising. Sutu activists in Ramsgate were set to meet on Wednesday of this week to plan their next steps. Sutu also plans to hold a national activists? meeting in the next few weeks to plan future campaigning against the racist party. end story start story Citizen Shame?do Rupert Murdoch and the press control what people think? The mainstream media seems to wield huge influence over the outcome of elections. Some sections of the media certainly went into overdrive in campaigning for a Tory victory. Indeed, the Guardian newspaper has pointed out that the Tory-supporting Sun newspaper ran more articles attacking ex Labour leader Ed Miliband than it did attacking then leader Neil Kinnock in 1992. Then, after a shock Tory victory in 1992, the paper?s front page claimed, ?It?s the Sun wot won it?. It seems the Sun has won it again. But is media support really the decisive factor in any election? A relatively small minority of rich people own the mainstream newspapers and broadcasters. They?re part of the minority at the top of society that owns and controls the big businesses, banks and the state. Their position in society is based on exploiting workers. They clearly have an interest in convincing the rest of us that this setup is natural? and they will use their control of the media to do so. But they will also use that power to try and secure governments they think will best act in their interests. Rupert Murdoch is an obvious example. Murdoch has switched allegiance between the Tories and Labour a number times since he bought the Sun in 1969. So the Sun was sycophantic in its support for Margaret Thatcher, because Murdoch saw working class militancy and trade unions threatening his interests. But in 1997 he switched allegiance to Tony Blair?s New Labour. It promised to be much friendlier than the Tories? Michael Howard, who was threatening to pass a law banning foreign nationals from owning newspapers. Now the Murdoch press supports the Tories again?at least in England and Wales. Begging Labour supporters point out that this is because Ed Miliband threatened to break up the Murdoch empire. But it?s also because?despite Labour?s surrender to austerity?anything other than a Tory victory would indicate a mood in society that?s opposed to Murdoch?s interests. This is why many other newspapers also campaigned for a Tory win. On the day of the election, the traditionally Tory-supporting Telegraph newspaper emailed every address on its marketing database begging its readers to vote Conservative. And in an editorial on Tuesday of last week, the London Evening Standard newspaper urged its readers to vote Tory ?for London?. It?s owned by the multi-millionaire Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev. The thrust of their arguments was that a Tory government would be better for businesses and therefore for everybody else.? The underlying message was clear?what is good for those at the top of society is good for those at the bottom. Of course, not every newspaper backed the Tories. The Daily Mirror and the Guardian both came out for Labour. But these differences only reflect divisions inside the ruling class.? So the Telegraph?s plea for a Tory vote argued for a continuation of what it called the ?open, enterprise-led economic approach that has underpinned our prosperity for nearly 40 years?. Meanwhile, the Guardian believed a Labour

Ofcom is going on about how inefficient Royal Mail are?but at least we?re delivering the mail. ?If Whistl pulls out of the postal market completely that?s a huge amount of work going back to Royal Mail.? He added, ?Two thousand people losing their jobs is not a good thing. But it?s an opportunity to improve their conditions by getting them into Royal Mail. ?The CWU needs to push Royal Mail to recruit those people into the business, where conditions and wages are better.? end story start story Glasgow City Council has head in sand as homeless caseworkers' dispute gets stronger Glasgow strikers are not going away - show your solidarity (Pic: Duncan Brown) The all-out strike at Labour-run Glasgow City Council by homelessness caseworkers entered its seventh week on Tuesday of this week. The workers demand to be regraded and paid equal to colleagues with the same responsibilities?up to ?5,000 more. Council bosses are continuing with their line that it is business as usual for the city?s homelessness service. ?But they have signs posted on every casework team office door saying that during the strike, ?we are operating an emergency service only?. Last week?s election wipeout for Scottish Labour gave city councillors a glimpse of their own futures if they continue with cuts. The result was a hot topic on Friday morning?s picket lines. Striker and Unison union rep Stuart told Socialist Worker he hoped the city?s new MPs would speak out in support. ?We have great support from SNP trade union members. But the political reality is clear for the city?s politicians if they implement austerity. "If the SNP doesn?t deliver it will provoke a similar reaction.? Keep up to date with the latest on Facebook Send messages of solidarity and invite a striker to speak at a trade union or campaign meeting? Donate to the strike fund: Unity Bank, Sort code 08-60-01, Account number 20275792, Account name ?Industrial Action?Income? Cheques to Glasgow City Unison, 84 Bell St, Glasgow, G1 1LQ end story start story Education round-up City and Islington College walkout over cuts Workers at City and Islington College were set to strike on Thursday of this week. They are fighting threatened job losses resulting from cuts to adult education. The UCU union members plan to begin a two-day walkout on Tuesday of next week. The national union has agreed to prepare and coordinate strike ballots across colleges if bosses do not give guarantees on job protection. Colleges across Wales also plan to coordinate action unless they are granted seeking similar guarantees on jobs.? Send messages of support to Greenwich College workers vow to fight to save courses On strike at Greenwich college last month (Pic: Mark Dunk) Activists in Greenwich, south east London, met on Wednesday of last week to discuss the fight to defend Greenwich College. College bosses want to scrap some sites, slash adult education courses and impose new, worse contracts on workers. UCU union members have taken several days of strikes against the new contracts. Lynne Chamberlain is a UCU member at the college.? She told Socialist Worker, ?The meeting vowed to campaign across the area to save provision.? ?College students were there and they included a lot of retired people who don?t want to see their courses cut.? ROUND-UP Two victimised University of Bolton workers lost appeals against their sackings for gross misconduct last week. Bosses sacked Damien and Jenny Markey after stories in the press about the vice-chancellor?s finances.? A protest is planned in the town this Saturday. Sign petition Nearly 700 people have signed a petition opposing planned cuts at London Metropolitan University.? Bosses plan to slash 165 academic and professional support staff. Sign petition University of Aberdeen UCU union members are balloting for strikes over jobs.? Bosses want to cut 150 jobs and have refused to rule out compulsory redundancies. The ballot ends on 8 June. Teaching unions at Small Heath School in Birmingham were set to strike on Wednesday of this week over plans to turn the school into an academy. Send messages of support to Simon O?Hara at end story start story Farage flounders?but votes surge for Ukip racists Nigel Farage (Pic: Flickr: European Parliament) Leader of the racist Ukip party Nigel Farage failed in his attempt to be elected MP in South Thanet. Farage resigned?but Ukip refused to accept his resignation. In a statement the party said there was ?overwhelmingly evidence? members didn?t want him to go. ?He has therefore been persuaded to withdraw his resignation and remains leader of Ukip.? Farage?s election failure follows months of campaigning by anti-racists in the Stand Up to Ukip (Sutu) campaign. Jo Cardwell from Sutu told Socialist Worker, ?Farage came to South Thanet with the intention of dividing people?but they rejected that. ?The high turnout shows that people came out to vote against him.? The party now has just one MP, Douglas Carswell in Clacton, after Mark Reckless lost in Rochester and Strood. But behind the lack of MPs is a worrying rise in the Ukip vote. Farage grabbed 32 percent of the vote in South Thanet, behind the Tories? 38 percent. The Ukip vote there rose by 27 percent. Nationally? the party took around 13 percent of the vote?or 3.8 million votes. It made Thanet its first district council, going from two seats there to 33. Nationally? And nationally Ukip gained 200 seats in the council elections?175 more than it had before.? In many areas where Ukip didn?t win, it saw its vote rise. As Jo pointed out, ?Ukip came second in 118 places in the parliamentary elections. Ukip is now effectively Britain?s third biggest party. ?Its rising vote is massively worrying and shows how important it is to stand up against Ukip. ?But South Thanet shows that it is possible to drive Ukip back.? Ukip benefited from the mainstream parties? agreement that immigration is a problem. Their racist scapegoating made Farage and Ukip seem less extreme and more credible. Farage may have lost in South Thanet but Ukip has succeeded in pulling the debate over immigration yet further to the right.? Anti-racists will need to keep organising. Sutu activists in Ramsgate were set to meet on Wednesday of this week to plan their next steps. Sutu also plans to hold a national activists? meeting in the next few weeks to plan future campaigning against the racist party. end story start story Citizen Shame?do Rupert Murdoch and the press control what people think? The mainstream media seems to wield huge influence over the outcome of elections. Some sections of the media certainly went into overdrive in campaigning for a Tory victory. Indeed, the Guardian newspaper has pointed out that the Tory-supporting Sun newspaper ran more articles attacking ex Labour leader Ed Miliband than it did attacking then leader Neil Kinnock in 1992. Then, after a shock Tory victory in 1992, the paper?s front page claimed, ?It?s the Sun wot won it?. It seems the Sun has won it again. But is media support really the decisive factor in any election? A relatively small minority of rich people own the mainstream newspapers and broadcasters. They?re part of the minority at the top of society that owns and controls the big businesses, banks and the state. Their position in society is based on exploiting workers. They clearly have an interest in convincing the rest of us that this setup is natural? and they will use their control of the media to do so. But they will also use that power to try and secure governments they think will best act in their interests. Rupert Murdoch is an obvious example. Murdoch has switched allegiance between the Tories and Labour a number times since he bought the Sun in 1969. So the Sun was sycophantic in its support for Margaret Thatcher, because Murdoch saw working class militancy and trade unions threatening his interests. But in 1997 he switched allegiance to Tony Blair?s New Labour. It promised to be much friendlier than the Tories? Michael Howard, who was threatening to pass a law banning foreign nationals from owning newspapers. Now the Murdoch press supports the Tories again?at least in England and Wales. Begging Labour supporters point out that this is because Ed Miliband threatened to break up the Murdoch empire. But it?s also because?despite Labour?s surrender to austerity?anything other than a Tory victory would indicate a mood in society that?s opposed to Murdoch?s interests. This is why many other newspapers also campaigned for a Tory win. On the day of the election, the traditionally Tory-supporting Telegraph newspaper emailed every address on its marketing database begging its readers to vote Conservative. And in an editorial on Tuesday of last week, the London Evening Standard newspaper urged its readers to vote Tory ?for London?. It?s owned by the multi-millionaire Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev. The thrust of their arguments was that a Tory government would be better for businesses and therefore for everybody else.? The underlying message was clear?what is good for those at the top of society is good for those at the bottom. Of course, not every newspaper backed the Tories. The Daily Mirror and the Guardian both came out for Labour. But these differences only reflect divisions inside the ruling class.? So the Telegraph?s plea for a Tory vote argued for a continuation of what it called the ?open, enterprise-led economic approach that has underpinned our prosperity for nearly 40 years?. Meanwhile, the Guardian believed a Labour victory would mean a society closer to its Keynesian ideal of ?economic efficiency, social justice and individual liberty.? The difference between the two newspapers reflects two


Question: To make water run not too fast in a farm setting.
Answer: You make your dug terrace not to be too deep.<|endoftext|>. Green. Mr. Green wiped his hands, looking in the face as though he were going to live up to his name.

"Well, he's certinately dead now," Wadsworth told the others. "Why would anyone want to kill him twice?"

Peach slid down the wall.

Lavender went to comfort her. "I'm so sorry this had to happen..."

Peach hugged her. Lavender hugged Peach and looked at the others as they were discussing how Mr. Boddy could have died twice.

"Maybe Mr. Boddy killed the cook!" Mr. Green spoke up.

Peach shivered slightly.

"Why would anyone wanna kill the cook?" Lavender wondered.

"Food wasn't that bad." Scarlet deadpanned.

Mustard glared at her and called her out for making jokes. "If I was the killer, I'd kill you next!"

Peach buried her face in her friend's shoulder. Lavender continued to hold onto Peach.

"Here, I'll lock up the weapons and we'll put the corpses aside, poor Miss Peach is getting hysterical about this evening." Wadsworth suggested, then took out a key, signaling everyone to hand their weapons to him to lock up.

Peach's weapon hadn't even been removed from the box it had come in.

"Here, I'll take this too." Wadsworth decided to also collect Miss Peach's box and put it with the others, then put the key in his pocket.

"Hey, what're you doing?" Lavender demanded.

"Putting the key in my pocket."

"Well to keep it safe, obviously!"

Peach looked worried slightly at the arguing too.

After arguing a bit with the others, Wadsworth had a new idea. "We'll throw it away!"

The others agreed and decided to go out the front door and dispose of the key.

"Are you two coming?" Mr. Green looked to Peach and Lavender with genuine concern.

Peach looked at Lavender for confirmation.

"What could happen?" Lavender asked, helping Peach up onto her feet. "I'll be right here."

"So will I." Mr. Green added, seeming to be very comforting towards the two girls.

Peach held to her friend. Lavender kept Peach close as they came after the others.

"They're okay, Miss Peach is just a little queasy about this evening." Mr. Green assured the others.

"Shall we move on then?" Wadsworth asked as he still had the key in his grasp.

"Are you alright, dear?" Mrs. White asked Peach calmly.

"I feel a little ill..." Peach says softly. She didn't want to worry anyone more than necessary.

"It's okay..." Lavender held Peach close, comforting her.

Wadsworth then opened the door to throw out the key, but there had been someone else at the door before he could do it. Who was that guy?

Chapter Text

"Hi, my car broke down a little way away... could I use your phone to call for help?" He asks.

Peach glanced at Mr. Green now and then.

Wadsworth discussed with the others, then they stepped aside to let the motorist inside. He then got confused when the motorist asked where 'it' was, and Wadsworth thought he was talking about the body and quickly stammered. "There's no body... Nobody... There's nobody in the study!"

The motorist looked weirded out a little. Wadsworth then took the motorist to another room where the telephone was and shut the doors behind him, locking them.

Mr. Green decided to check on the butler, but the other man let out a scream of surprise. "Sorry..." he muttered.

"You still got that key?" Lavender asked.

"Oh, do you still wish for me to throw it away?" Wadsworth asked the party.

Everyone agreed. Peach looked pale still. Wadsworth then opened the front door again and threw the key into the rain. Peach was still holding onto her friend for support.

Lavender cooed to her. "It's okay... I'm right here..."

"Well, I could use a drink." Mustard spoke up.

Peach smiled weakly at her friend. The others went to get a drink with the colonel.

"Just keep calm and think about something that makes you happy..." Lavender attempted to be like a masseuse. "Like... I dunno... Umm... I'm alive and well..." She smiled to her friend.

"Yeah..." Peach smiled again, still a weak smile but brighter.

Colonel Mustard and Wadsworth had a very confusing debate about whether someone was in the house or not.

"Watch this, this is kinda funny." Lavender pointed to the men.

Peach watched, smiling again a little.

"Sorry, I meant no meaning yes." Wadsworth explained to the mustached man with a small, snide smile.

Lavender had an amused smirk as she glanced back to Peach. Mrs. White merely blinked as she stood by the fireplace. Peach giggled quietly. The debate continued.

"PLEASE!" Mrs. White shrieked, her glass shattering against the fireplace, this was too much for her.

Lavender looked up to her.

"Stop..." Mrs. White tried to calm herself down.

Peach flinched at the sudden shout.

"We should split up by pairs and look for anything suspicious." Lavender suggested.

"Brilliant idea," Wadsworth remarked to that.

Yvette was afraid to go alone, Plum and Mustard offered to go with her, but Green flat-out declined.

"I choose Miss Peach." Lavender already took custody of her.

"We'll draw straws." Wadsworth told them already with his own plan, ignoring Lavender's wishes of being with Peach despite them already being close before the party.

They followed him to the kitchen and when he finished preparing them they all picked a straw. Wadsworth handed everyone a straw and suggested that they all go in different rooms based on the length of their straws. Lavender and Peach got nervous as they picked theirs, unfortunately for them, their straws were different sizes and they had to go somewhere else with someone else. Peach looked for who she would be paired with. She was incredibly nervous.

"Well, looks like it's you and me..." Wadsworth remarked with a small grin which seemed overwhelming to her then.

Lavender was going with Mrs. White. Colonel Mustard had Miss Scarlet. Mr. Green had Yvette, despite being a man, he felt very unlucky in his situation. Professor Plum had Mrs. Peacock, much to her horror. Peach blinked. She looked pretty pale. However the straws had decided. Mustard looked at Scarlet. The others split up as suggested.

Wadsworth was going to the attic with Miss Peach, looking down at her as they walked and the others went their separate ways. "That friend of yours is interesting..."

Peach glanced at him. "Yes, she's my best friend." she says softly. She luckily was able to walk by herself, with very few wobbles.

"Interesting," Wadsworth said as they went along. "She looks a bit taller than you... Is she older than you?"

"No, I'm older." Peach says. She twisted her engagement ring nervously.

"Nice..." Wadsworth remarked, keeping her close, then caught something in the corner of his eye and looked down to see the engagement ring.

Peach looked nervous and blushed. The ring was obviously a Wonka ring, it had Wonka nerds in the gem part.

"I guess you won a golden ticket, eh?" Wadsworth inspected the ring.

Peach looked nervous, but didn't move her hand in case he tightened his. "Lavender did... I was the adult to go with her..." she says quietly.

"Interesting..." Wadsworth sounded obsessed with 'Miss Peach's' connection with Willy Wonka himself.

Peach gave a gentle gulp. "I hope I can live long enough for the wedding... I don't want to die here." she whimpers.

"Oh, you shouldn't worry about that..." Wadsworth grinned eerily.

Peach looked at him with wide eyes. "What do you mean?" She asks softly.

"That Mr. Wonka fell in love with a fair maiden."

Peach moved her hand away nervous. "Thank you." she says though blushed, due to the compliment.

"You must feel pretty lucky, eh?"

Peach gave a small smile. "Yes, I never believed Willy would ever fall for me, or anyone for that matter." she says softly.

Wadsworth continued to smile as he kept something in his pocket, but he didn't unleash it just now. "I always

. Green. Mr. Green wiped his hands, looking in the face as though he were going to live up to his name.

"Well, he's certinately dead now," Wadsworth told the others. "Why would anyone want to kill him twice?"

Peach slid down the wall.

Lavender went to comfort her. "I'm so sorry this had to happen..."

Peach hugged her. Lavender hugged Peach and looked at the others as they were discussing how Mr. Boddy could have died twice.

"Maybe Mr. Boddy killed the cook!" Mr. Green spoke up.

Peach shivered slightly.

"Why would anyone wanna kill the cook?" Lavender wondered.

"Food wasn't that bad." Scarlet deadpanned.

Mustard glared at her and called her out for making jokes. "If I was the killer, I'd kill you next!"

Peach buried her face in her friend's shoulder. Lavender continued to hold onto Peach.

"Here, I'll lock up the weapons and we'll put the corpses aside, poor Miss Peach is getting hysterical about this evening." Wadsworth suggested, then took out a key, signaling everyone to hand their weapons to him to lock up.

Peach's weapon hadn't even been removed from the box it had come in.

"Here, I'll take this too." Wadsworth decided to also collect Miss Peach's box and put it with the others, then put the key in his pocket.

"Hey, what're you doing?" Lavender demanded.

"Putting the key in my pocket."

"Well to keep it safe, obviously!"

Peach looked worried slightly at the arguing too.

After arguing a bit with the others, Wadsworth had a new idea. "We'll throw it away!"

The others agreed and decided to go out the front door and dispose of the key.

"Are you two coming?" Mr. Green looked to Peach and Lavender with genuine concern.

Peach looked at Lavender for confirmation.

"What could happen?" Lavender asked, helping Peach up onto her feet. "I'll be right here."

"So will I." Mr. Green added, seeming to be very comforting towards the two girls.

Peach held to her friend. Lavender kept Peach close as they came after the others.

"They're okay, Miss Peach is just a little queasy about this evening." Mr. Green assured the others.

"Shall we move on then?" Wadsworth asked as he still had the key in his grasp.

"Are you alright, dear?" Mrs. White asked Peach calmly.

"I feel a little ill..." Peach says softly. She didn't want to worry anyone more than necessary.

"It's okay..." Lavender held Peach close, comforting her.

Wadsworth then opened the door to throw out the key, but there had been someone else at the door before he could do it. Who was that guy?

Chapter Text

"Hi, my car broke down a little way away... could I use your phone to call for help?" He asks.

Peach glanced at Mr. Green now and then.

Wadsworth discussed with the others, then they stepped aside to let the motorist inside. He then got confused when the motorist asked where 'it' was, and Wadsworth thought he was talking about the body and quickly stammered. "There's no body... Nobody... There's nobody in the study!"

The motorist looked weirded out a little. Wadsworth then took the motorist to another room where the telephone was and shut the doors behind him, locking them.

Mr. Green decided to check on the butler, but the other man let out a scream of surprise. "Sorry..." he muttered.

"You still got that key?" Lavender asked.

"Oh, do you still wish for me to throw it away?" Wadsworth asked the party.

Everyone agreed. Peach looked pale still. Wadsworth then opened the front door again and threw the key into the rain. Peach was still holding onto her friend for support.

Lavender cooed to her. "It's okay... I'm right here..."

"Well, I could use a drink." Mustard spoke up.

Peach smiled weakly at her friend. The others went to get a drink with the colonel.

"Just keep calm and think about something that makes you happy..." Lavender attempted to be like a masseuse. "Like... I dunno... Umm... I'm alive and well..." She smiled to her friend.

"Yeah..." Peach smiled again, still a weak smile but brighter.

Colonel Mustard and Wadsworth had a very confusing debate about whether someone was in the house or not.

"Watch this, this is kinda funny." Lavender pointed to the men.

Peach watched, smiling again a little.

"Sorry, I meant no meaning yes." Wadsworth explained to the mustached man with a small, snide smile.

Lavender had an amused smirk as she glanced back to Peach. Mrs. White merely blinked as she stood by the fireplace. Peach giggled quietly. The debate continued.

"PLEASE!" Mrs. White shrieked, her glass shattering against the fireplace, this was too much for her.

Lavender looked up to her.

"Stop..." Mrs. White tried to calm herself down.

Peach flinched at the sudden shout.

"We should split up by pairs and look for anything suspicious." Lavender suggested.

"Brilliant idea," Wadsworth remarked to that.

Yvette was afraid to go alone, Plum and Mustard offered to go with her, but Green flat-out declined.

"I choose Miss Peach." Lavender already took custody of her.

"We'll draw straws." Wadsworth told them already with his own plan, ignoring Lavender's wishes of being with Peach despite them already being close before the party.

They followed him to the kitchen and when he finished preparing them they all picked a straw. Wadsworth handed everyone a straw and suggested that they all go in different rooms based on the length of their straws. Lavender and Peach got nervous as they picked theirs, unfortunately for them, their straws were different sizes and they had to go somewhere else with someone else. Peach looked for who she would be paired with. She was incredibly nervous.

"Well, looks like it's you and me..." Wadsworth remarked with a small grin which seemed overwhelming to her then.

Lavender was going with Mrs. White. Colonel Mustard had Miss Scarlet. Mr. Green had Yvette, despite being a man, he felt very unlucky in his situation. Professor Plum had Mrs. Peacock, much to her horror. Peach blinked. She looked pretty pale. However the straws had decided. Mustard looked at Scarlet. The others split up as suggested.

Wadsworth was going to the attic with Miss Peach, looking down at her as they walked and the others went their separate ways. "That friend of yours is interesting..."

Peach glanced at him. "Yes, she's my best friend." she says softly. She luckily was able to walk by herself, with very few wobbles.

"Interesting," Wadsworth said as they went along. "She looks a bit taller than you... Is she older than you?"

"No, I'm older." Peach says. She twisted her engagement ring nervously.

"Nice..." Wadsworth remarked, keeping her close, then caught something in the corner of his eye and looked down to see the engagement ring.

Peach looked nervous and blushed. The ring was obviously a Wonka ring, it had Wonka nerds in the gem part.

"I guess you won a golden ticket, eh?" Wadsworth inspected the ring.

Peach looked nervous, but didn't move her hand in case he tightened his. "Lavender did... I was the adult to go with her..." she says quietly.

"Interesting..." Wadsworth sounded obsessed with 'Miss Peach's' connection with Willy Wonka himself.

Peach gave a gentle gulp. "I hope I can live long enough for the wedding... I don't want to die here." she whimpers.

"Oh, you shouldn't worry about that..." Wadsworth grinned eerily.

Peach looked at him with wide eyes. "What do you mean?" She asks softly.

"That Mr. Wonka fell in love with a fair maiden."

Peach moved her hand away nervous. "Thank you." she says though blushed, due to the compliment.

"You must feel pretty lucky, eh?"

Peach gave a small smile. "Yes, I never believed Willy would ever fall for me, or anyone for that matter." she says softly.

Wadsworth continued to smile as he kept something in his pocket, but he didn't unleash it just now. "I always loved those Everlasting Gobstoppers... I wonder how he gets them to last forever..."

Peach looked at him. "It


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How to hyphenate venue

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How to pronounce venue

venue is pronounced ´vɛnjōː

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The number of syllables in venue is 2

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Using a worm to execute code by overflowing a Linux memory buffer just got tougher.

Buffer overflows that are part and parcel of applications that run on the Linux platform may not get the same attention...

as their Windows counterparts, but they exist and are just as dangerous. Hackers can use a worm to overflow a memory buffer and execute code of their choice.

Last week, code contributors to the Linux kernel took a small but significant step toward curing the buffer overflow problem that not only enhances security on Linux, but beats Microsoft's inclusion of similar protection in Windows.

Buffer overflows in Linux and Windows are relatively the same because of the way all software is written today, with no added protection against buffer overflows like NX.
Keith Peer
CEOCentral Command, Inc.

Microsoft has announced that it will also include support for NX in its upcoming Windows XP Service Pack 2, which is due this quarter.

"In a nutshell, this helps greatly reduce buffer overflows," said Keith Peer, president and CEO of Central Command Inc., Medina, Ohio, which specializes in Linux antivirus software. "This is pretty good news, it's going to slow down buffer overflows significantly."

Molnar wrote in a posting to kerneltrap.org that currently x86 CPUs default to zero in the PAE pagetable for compatibility reasons, making all pages executable by default.

"This property is often abused by exploits when they manage to inject hostile code into this memory, for example, via a buffer overflow," Molnar wrote. "If the NX feature is supported by the CPU, then the patched kernel turns on NX, and it will enforce user space executability constraints, such as a no-exec stack and no-exec mmap [memory map] and data areas. This means less chance for stack overflows and buffer-overflows to cause exploits."

Peer said buffer overflows exist in applications for Linux like OpenSSL and Sendmail, for example.

Bookmark SearchEnterpriseLinux.com's Linux security learning guide

"They just don't get as much attention," he said. "Buffer overflows in Linux and Windows are relatively the same because of the way all software is written today, with no added protection against buffer overflows like NX. NX is a good step forward to prevent future buffer overflow [exploits]."

Molnar added that the patch he submitted also implements NX protection for kernel space code.

"Only the kernel code and modules are executable -- so even kernel-space overflows are harder [in some cases, impossible] to exploit. Here is how the kernel code that tries to execute off the stack is stopped," Molnar wrote.

Torvalds, meanwhile, suggested that because NX has relatively few compatibility issues and because it solves such a serious security problem, it should be turned on by default.

"It's a very simplistic fix, and you wonder why no one had done this years ago," Peer said. "It's a very simplistic approach and a very effective one."

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Toward Conversational Human-Computer Interaction

Magazine article AI Magazine

Toward Conversational Human-Computer Interaction

Article excerpt

The term dialogue is used in different communities in different ways. Many researchers in the speech-recognition community view "dialogue methods" as a way of controlling and restricting the interaction. For example, consider building a telephony system that answers queries about your mortgage. The ideal system would allow you to ask for what you need in any way you chose. The variety of possible expressions you might use makes this system a challenge for current speech-recognition technology. One approach to this problem is to have the system engage you in a dialogue by having you answer questions such as, "What is your account number?" "Do you want your balance information?" On the positive side, by controlling the interaction, your speech is much more predictable, leading to better recognition and language processing. On the negative side, the system has limited your interaction. You might need to provide all sorts of information that isn't relevant to your current situation, making the interaction less efficient.

Another view of dialogue involves basing human-computer interaction on human conversation. In this view, dialogue enhances the richness of the interaction and allows more complex information to be conveyed than is possible in a single utterance. In this view, language understanding in dialogue becomes more complex. It is this second view of dialogue to which we subscribe. Our goal is to design and build systems that approach human performance in conversational interaction. We believe that such an approach is feasible and will lead to much more effective user interfaces to complex systems.

Some people argue that spoken language interfaces will never be as effective as graphic user interfaces (GUIs) except in limited special-case situations (for example, Schneiderman [2000]). This view underestimates the potential power of dialogue-based interfaces. First, there will continue to be more and more applications for which a GUI is not feasible because of the size of the device one is interacting with or because the task one is doing requires using one's eyes or hands. In these cases, speech provides a worthwhile and natural additional modality (Cohen and Oviatt 1995).

Even when a GUI is available, spoken dialogue can be a valuable additional modality because it adds considerable flexibility and reduces the amount of training required. For example, GUI designers are always faced with a dilemma--either they provide a relatively basic set of operations, forcing the user to perform complex tasks using long sequences of commands, or they add higher-level commands that do the task the user desires. One problem with providing higher-level commands is that in many situations, there is a wide range of possible tasks; so, the interface becomes cluttered with options, and the user requires significant training to learn how to use the system.

It is important to realize that a speech interface by itself does not solve this problem. If it simply replaces the operations of menu selection with speaking a predetermined phrase that performs the equivalent operation, it can aggravate the problem because the user would need to remember a potentially long list of arbitrary commands. Conversational interfaces, however, would provide the opportunity for the user to state what he/she wants to do in his/her own terms, just as he/she would do to another person, and the system takes care of the complexity.

Dialogue-based interfaces allow the possibility of extended mixed-initiative interaction (Allen 1999; Chu-Carroll and Brown 1997). This approach models the human-machine interaction after human collaborative problem solving. Rather than viewing the interaction as a series of commands, the interaction involves defining and discussing tasks, exploring ways to perform the task, and collaborating to get it done. Most importantly, all interactions are contextually interpreted with respect to the interactions performed to this point, allowing the system to anticipate the user's needs and provide responses that best further the user's goals. …

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<|endoftext|>Question: Deskin a roasted pepper on the stove.
Answer: Place roasted peppers in a pot of water with a lid. Heat the pot and let steam build up. The skins will disconnect from the pepper.<|endoftext|>Terrorism Trials: Military Commissions

United States v. Ali and Military Jurisdiction Over Civilians

By Steve Vladeck
Thursday, December 8, 2011, 9:48 PM

Thanks to Ben for the warm introduction, and to the entire Lawfare crew for letting me crash the party. I thought I'd jump into the fray on a bit of a tangent, albeit one that both directly and indirectly implicates some of the issues we've been fighting over these past few months...

Lurking in the background of the ongoing debate over when terrorism suspects may be tried by a military commission is the broader question of when U.S. military courts may exercise jurisdiction over those besides our own armed forces. Thus, even as the D.C. Circuit gets set to consider the military commission appeals in Hamdan and al-Bahlul, another case seemingly headed for the Supreme Court may have far more to say about the underlying constitutional issue—even if surprisingly few have noticed.

In 1970, the Court of Military Appeals (the predecessor to today's Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, or CAAF) ruled in United States v. Averette that Article 2(a)(10) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), which authorized the trial by court-martial “in time of war” of “persons serving with or accompanying an armed force in the field,” only contemplated jurisdiction over civilians during declared wars (and not Vietnam),

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How to hyphenate venue

venue is hyphenated as ven-ue

How to pronounce venue

venue is pronounced ´vɛnjōː

Number of syllables in venue

The number of syllables in venue is 2

What part of speech in venue?

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How common in the word venue?

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Words with similar spelling to venue

avenue, vendue, venge, venule<|endoftext|>NX slams door on Linux buffer exploits

Using a worm to execute code by overflowing a Linux memory buffer just got tougher.

Buffer overflows that are part and parcel of applications that run on the Linux platform may not get the same attention...

as their Windows counterparts, but they exist and are just as dangerous. Hackers can use a worm to overflow a memory buffer and execute code of their choice.

Last week, code contributors to the Linux kernel took a small but significant step toward curing the buffer overflow problem that not only enhances security on Linux, but beats Microsoft's inclusion of similar protection in Windows.

Buffer overflows in Linux and Windows are relatively the same because of the way all software is written today, with no added protection against buffer overflows like NX.
Keith Peer
CEOCentral Command, Inc.

Microsoft has announced that it will also include support for NX in its upcoming Windows XP Service Pack 2, which is due this quarter.

"In a nutshell, this helps greatly reduce buffer overflows," said Keith Peer, president and CEO of Central Command Inc., Medina, Ohio, which specializes in Linux antivirus software. "This is pretty good news, it's going to slow down buffer overflows significantly."

Molnar wrote in a posting to kerneltrap.org that currently x86 CPUs default to zero in the PAE pagetable for compatibility reasons, making all pages executable by default.

"This property is often abused by exploits when they manage to inject hostile code into this memory, for example, via a buffer overflow," Molnar wrote. "If the NX feature is supported by the CPU, then the patched kernel turns on NX, and it will enforce user space executability constraints, such as a no-exec stack and no-exec mmap [memory map] and data areas. This means less chance for stack overflows and buffer-overflows to cause exploits."

Peer said buffer overflows exist in applications for Linux like OpenSSL and Sendmail, for example.

Bookmark SearchEnterpriseLinux.com's Linux security learning guide

"They just don't get as much attention," he said. "Buffer overflows in Linux and Windows are relatively the same because of the way all software is written today, with no added protection against buffer overflows like NX. NX is a good step forward to prevent future buffer overflow [exploits]."

Molnar added that the patch he submitted also implements NX protection for kernel space code.

"Only the kernel code and modules are executable -- so even kernel-space overflows are harder [in some cases, impossible] to exploit. Here is how the kernel code that tries to execute off the stack is stopped," Molnar wrote.

Torvalds, meanwhile, suggested that because NX has relatively few compatibility issues and because it solves such a serious security problem, it should be turned on by default.

"It's a very simplistic fix, and you wonder why no one had done this years ago," Peer said. "It's a very simplistic approach and a very effective one."

Dig Deeper

Forgot Password?

Your password has been sent to:<|endoftext|>Magazine article AI Magazine

Toward Conversational Human-Computer Interaction

Magazine article AI Magazine

Toward Conversational Human-Computer Interaction

Article excerpt

The term dialogue is used in different communities in different ways. Many researchers in the speech-recognition community view "dialogue methods" as a way of controlling and restricting the interaction. For example, consider building a telephony system that answers queries about your mortgage. The ideal system would allow you to ask for what you need in any way you chose. The variety of possible expressions you might use makes this system a challenge for current speech-recognition technology. One approach to this problem is to have the system engage you in a dialogue by having you answer questions such as, "What is your account number?" "Do you want your balance information?" On the positive side, by controlling the interaction, your speech is much more predictable, leading to better recognition and language processing. On the negative side, the system has limited your interaction. You might need to provide all sorts of information that isn't relevant to your current situation, making the interaction less efficient.

Another view of dialogue involves basing human-computer interaction on human conversation. In this view, dialogue enhances the richness of the interaction and allows more complex information to be conveyed than is possible in a single utterance. In this view, language understanding in dialogue becomes more complex. It is this second view of dialogue to which we subscribe. Our goal is to design and build systems that approach human performance in conversational interaction. We believe that such an approach is feasible and will lead to much more effective user interfaces to complex systems.

Some people argue that spoken language interfaces will never be as effective as graphic user interfaces (GUIs) except in limited special-case situations (for example, Schneiderman [2000]). This view underestimates the potential power of dialogue-based interfaces. First, there will continue to be more and more applications for which a GUI is not feasible because of the size of the device one is interacting with or because the task one is doing requires using one's eyes or hands. In these cases, speech provides a worthwhile and natural additional modality (Cohen and Oviatt 1995).

Even when a GUI is available, spoken dialogue can be a valuable additional modality because it adds considerable flexibility and reduces the amount of training required. For example, GUI designers are always faced with a dilemma--either they provide a relatively basic set of operations, forcing the user to perform complex tasks using long sequences of commands, or they add higher-level commands that do the task the user desires. One problem with providing higher-level commands is that in many situations, there is a wide range of possible tasks; so, the interface becomes cluttered with options, and the user requires significant training to learn how to use the system.

It is important to realize that a speech interface by itself does not solve this problem. If it simply replaces the operations of menu selection with speaking a predetermined phrase that performs the equivalent operation, it can aggravate the problem because the user would need to remember a potentially long list of arbitrary commands. Conversational interfaces, however, would provide the opportunity for the user to state what he/she wants to do in his/her own terms, just as he/she would do to another person, and the system takes care of the complexity.

Dialogue-based interfaces allow the possibility of extended mixed-initiative interaction (Allen 1999; Chu-Carroll and Brown 1997). This approach models the human-machine interaction after human collaborative problem solving. Rather than viewing the interaction as a series of commands, the interaction involves defining and discussing tasks, exploring ways to perform the task, and collaborating to get it done. Most importantly, all interactions are contextually interpreted with respect to the interactions performed to this point, allowing the system to anticipate the user's needs and provide responses that best further the user's goals. …

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<|endoftext|>Terrorism Trials: Military Commissions

United States v. Ali and Military Jurisdiction Over Civilians

By Steve Vladeck
Thursday, December 8, 2011, 9:48 PM

Thanks to Ben for the warm introduction, and to the entire Lawfare crew for letting me crash the party. I thought I'd jump into the fray on a bit of a tangent, albeit one that both directly and indirectly implicates some of the issues we've been fighting over these past few months...

Lurking in the background of the ongoing debate over when terrorism suspects may be tried by a military commission is the broader question of when U.S. military courts may exercise jurisdiction over those besides our own armed forces. Thus, even as the D.C. Circuit gets set to consider the military commission appeals in Hamdan and al-Bahlul, another case seemingly headed for the Supreme Court may have far more to say about the underlying constitutional issue—even if surprisingly few have noticed.

In 1970, the Court of Military Appeals (the predecessor to today's Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, or CAAF) ruled in United States v. Averette that Article 2(a)(10) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), which authorized the trial by court-martial “in time of war” of “persons serving with or accompanying an armed force in the field,” only contemplated jurisdiction over civilians during declared wars (and not Vietnam), in light of the serious constitutional concerns that would otherwise arise. As the CMA summarized the relevant Supreme Court jurisprudence,

Despite the existence of statutory provisions for the exercise of court-mart