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Is there anything more charming than a good old fashioned window box full of flowers? Even if it's just old fashioned flowers like impatiens and geraniums, a window box cannot be beat. Here are a few simple formulas for windowbox success.
Start simple. It doesn't have to be more than one variety of flower and hell, it doesn't even have to be attached to the window. Sticks some pink geraniums in a rectangular planter, plop it on the wall or on a table and you're done. Easy.
Same goes for lavender, or any herb for that matter. Especially if you're in an apartment and want easy access to basil or rosemary – just plant it in a window box outside the kitchen window.
Go a little patriotic. Red, white and green. Impatiens and begonias look great from Memorial Day through the Fourth of July and may even keep on trucking through Labor Day. BTW, Creeping Jenny is available in some states, though you may have trouble finding it in others as its on the old invasive list. If you want to go super-patriotic, add some bluish-purple salvia or ageratums.
Go for a wildflower look. Lots of greens and dangling vines go great with a rustic garden. Verbena, sweet potato vine and trumpet creeper are good choices that will hang below the box.
Go for it. Once you're comfortable with designing with window boxes, throw everything you know will work in there. So long as you have the right light, drainage, and check to make sure certain plants won't become too large for the box, pack 'em in. Additionally, I always like to reassess a box after two weeks to see if it has any blank spots. It's never too late to fill in with more plants, or replace one that has not fared well.
I love the brightly colored rectangular planters from Loll Designs for getting a window box started. They are great on railings or down the center of an outdoor dining table, and they come in several great sizes and colors.
Hi, I'm Becky. I live in Atlanta. Besides acting as the Editorial Director here on Hatch, you can find me talking design over at Houzz. Make me happy — leave a comment!


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Actors: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly
Director: Sam Raimi
Genres: Horror, Cult Movies, Mystery & Suspense
R 1999 1hr 25min
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Michael R Gates | Nampa, ID United States | 11/15/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Even though it's been more than 20 years since its original release, 1982's THE EVIL DEAD is still an impressive marvel of low-budget filmmaking. It does have its palpable flaws, but this first feature-length directorial effort from SPIDERMAN's (2002) Sam Raimi, produced on a shoestring budget of circa $350,000, offers clever special FX, interesting make-up work, relentless shocks, and brilliant direction and camera work. And of considerable note to genre fans, it highlights Raimi's knack for pushing violence and gore to such an extreme that it becomes comic or farcical, a characteristic that is enhanced by the slapstick talents of actor Bruce Campbell (who would himself become a cult hero due to his work in this and other Raimi films).
The story involves a group of college students who, during a weekend getaway, find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented. When they unwittingly unleash evil spirits and demons while reading incantations from the book, that's when the real havoc--and the real fun for the audience--begins. As each of the kids, one by one, are possessed by the demons they've loosed, body parts and bodily fluids go a-flying until only one young man is left to face down the Evil Dead. A simple plot with a simple set up, but Raimi and Campbell effectively milk it for all the scares and all the laughs they can get.
There are several editions of THE EVIL DEAD available on DVD, most of which come from the wonderful folks at Anchor Bay. Most are of great quality and offer beautifully restored digital transfers of this cult classic. The best discs also include feature commentaries from Raimi and Campbell."
Widescreen & Full-screen
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is one of the greatest horror films ever made. Some people may find the special effects work primitive by todays standards, but for a low-budget film as this is they are excellent and charged with a weirdly supernatural energy; something one never sees today in the big production horror films.However, this review is mainly going to be about the picture format. Evil Dead was filmed in 16mm, which is a full-screen format, not widescreen.
BEWARE of the so called "widescreen" versions: Book of the Dead Limited Edition, and the other editions from Anchor Bay. Nothing has been added to sides of the picture to make it wider; instead the top and bottom of the film have been cut away to make it look like a modern theatre film. Instead of more, you actually gett less. In some parts of the movie this makes an important differance; in the close-ups of faces, parts like the chins are now gone (...); other important details also disappear, like when the trap-door in the floor opens and we look down into the cellar, the lower edge of the opening is gone, so we don't see the entrance in its whole.The full-screen version is still available, with excellent picture quality, in the Elite Entertainment edition."
A classic horror film. A must for collectors!
aaron wittenberg | 07/23/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I spent some time trying to find this edition. You can find the Anchor Bay copy all over, but it is VERY lacking in features.This DVD cost me as much as the collectors edition of The Thing, but it is SO worth it.The bonus features include roughly 20 minutes of RAW behind the scenes footage. You can see the markings on the film go past the projector, no music, very basic. But it's very interesting to watch. In fact, many of the actors comments are left in.Also, they include dozens and dozens of pictures. Some are just ok, others are pretty interesting. The theatrical trailer is a little different too. I've never seen that one before.First, my biggest complaint is there is no wide screen version. Maybe wide screen versions didn't exist in 1982, I have no idea.You can select two types of commentary. Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert, or Bruce Campbell. Let me just say that I was very, very disappointed with Sam and Robert. They might as well have not even bothered. During the ENTIRE movie, you could just about fit BOTH of their feedback on a single sheet of paper. Worthless. At times they would go over 5 minutes with no comments. Doesn't that totally defeat the purpose? Both men are very quiet. I wish Elite would have just scrapped them altogether. I am very glad I didn't buy it for their commentary.Bruce, on the other hand, gave EXCELLENT commentary. Just about every single scene he gives detail. He shows you mistakes, tells you how scenes were filmed, how far apart they were, and so much more information. In fact, I learned more about Evil Dead from his commentary than from ALL the fan sites combined. He did an outstanding job telling us how they filmed it.On with the DVD, I can't imagine someone reading these reviews who hasn't seen it. My guess is that most readers will just want to know what the DVD has to offer. If you want selection, get the Elite version. The Anchor Bay version has virtually nothing on it.The special effects look a little more fake on DVD, but I think just about everyone knows they were very low budget. Still, the blood and guts hit home. This is an excellent late night, weekend or whatever horror flick. Not for the weak, even with the low budget special effects.As most readers will know, Evil Dead set a standard for its extreme use of blood and guts, bodily dismemberment, acts of killing, and demonic disfigurement.The Elite version costs more than the Anchor Bay version, but if you are a TRUE Evil Dead fan, get the Elite copy. It is far superior. You will be VERY glad you did.Did you know they shot in at least 3 different locations? Hal and Sarah (actors) were not their real names? Betsy Bakers character had several stand ins? That there was no cellar in the actual cabin? That many of the back to back scenes were actually filmed 6 month (or years) apart? Well, you'll find out."
Evil Dead: The Ultimate Experience in Cult Horror
Robert Graff | USA | 10/12/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"One of, if not the, biggest cult horror film of all time makes it's long awaited debut on DVD...and fans will not be disappointed. Elite Entertianment has brought Sam Raimi's EVIL DEAD to us in an impessive collector's edition with enough extras to make any deadite fan happy. First off, let's talk about the quality of the presentation. In a word: excellent. I've seen Evil Dead a number of times on video and I can safely say that i have never seen Evil Dead look this good. The film is presented in it's original full-frame aspect ratio and the print is extremely clean. The audio has been remixed in both a 2.0 stereo and 5.1 dolby surround soundtrack and I doubt that this film has looked or sounded this good...well, ever. The DVD also contains a number of exciting extras including the films trailer, a still gallery, and about 20 minutes of raw behind the scenes footage. The most exciting features, however, have to be the disks two audio commentary tracks. One is a very insightful track featuring director Sam Raimi and Producer Rob Tapert. The other track is the real gem of the disk. A seperate audio track featuring star Bruce Campbell. This is one of the most entertaining and funny tracks you will ever come across, as Cambell takes great liberties to make fun of the film, the director, and himself. I don't know what Anchor Bay's future release of Evil Dead will hold, but for my money, this is the best version of the film that any fan could ever hope to own."

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Egyptian grooms can now complain to the Consumer Protection Agency if their brides "are missing a hymen, or are otherwise faulty," according to the new law.
If the marital product, also known as "woman", is found without the highly-prized tissue still intact, bride consumers can return the damaged commodity within 7 days of trying it out, in which case they will then receive compensation from its manufacturer, or "parent".
Contrary to unpopular belief, Egyptian women are expected to preserve their hymens at least until their wedding day.
The new law is a response to a growing trend of more and more marital products falsely presenting themselves as first-hand goods, when in fact other consumers had tested them out secretly before. "Imagine spending LE200,000 on a new car then finding out some other prick had taken it for a ride before you?" says Moneer El Modage3, an avid car collector and Middle East hymen expert.
This sentiment is shared by a majority of Egyptian bride consumers and manufacturers, known for often violently disposing of marital products if the treasured bubble wrap goes missing before the so-called "entry night".
"The manufacturer of my ex tried to tell me my purchase was damaged only due to frequent horseback riding in its past," said one disgruntled bride consumer, "but in the end I got a refund and bought a new model with a longer expiration date."
Saudi conservative leader Imar Wekhimar, a frequent visitor to Egypt, praised the new law, though with some reservations. "Quality control in marital products is long overdue," he said between sips of fermented grapes, "I just wish they extended it to young boys too."
Not all Egyptians are happy with the new law, however – particularly the XX-based gender. A minority of extreme "liberals" are arguing that the so-called marital products are in fact conscious, claiming that consumers should be more concerned with what's inside the head-shaped region, rather than obsess about the one time-use tissue.
"Ha!" says El Modage3, "What's next? Stop sexually harassing them in the streets?!" Justifiably, El Modage3 and other consumers are worried that attaching any real value to "women" themselves may interfere with the ongoing 7000 year old plan for men to rule the universe.
Wahahahahahahahah! I so love that! ROFL @ Al-Modage3
HAHAHAHAHA.. '"Ha!" says El Modage3, "What's next? Stop sexually harassing them in the streets?!"'' LoL
Loves it!
on another note, after el modage3 read this "highly biased article", a highly acclaimed and trusted source has informed us that he has taken about himself to take his revenge upon the "Liberal Westernized Social Infiltrators" and hired Korombo "A well reputed investigator" to look deeper into the matter, and so Korombo has published his report regarding the koshary clan to government officials and Mr. Modage3 ... a report which we had held a copy of incidently and i quote " It has been found that several of the Koshary clan, are highly influenced by their western peers, and in doing so have lost several of their "disposable tissues", unfortunately for them, being members of this unfortunate mentally degenerate society as their senior spokes official has called it (Mr. Ta2leya maskha" they have taken it upon their sorry selves to mock their inability to be accepted by this society, and repackage it in the form of the society's own inadequecies, while subliminally glorifying their prepackaged mass produced western ideologies they gladly picked up from western flea markets, convenient stores and stand up comedians such as Eddie Izzard and George Carlin, just another example of how copying and pasting may lead to no more than a big mess, in other words leads to "Koshary"!
To the second anonymous:
As a westerner, who is highly critical of his culture, particularly its foreign imperialist policy, I'd like to object to your condescending response to an insightful article that tackles misogynistic attitudes.
This kind of commodification of women that is disturbingly prevalent in the world today is truly disgusting, whatever culture it exists in. And anyone who has the intelligence to question this and highlight the sinister absurdity should be commended. So go swivel dick brain! Up yours, you're never gonna get laid - although clearly that's what you need.
Dear Feminist wrestler,
I realize its "westerner", but i read it "wrestler" at first, and after reading your response it made much more sense to call you so.
Not to get too serious on you because this isn't the place to be serious *wink *wink *Helloooooooooooooooo Common Sense Calling Feminist Wrestler.... Koshary?!!! ... yeah right!
While i find your juvenile rambling and creative amusement park swears entertaining, it is nothing more or less amusing than a sneezing monkey ...though i think the later might surpass your wit a little bit more ....
on another note i heard bitches were filing a public lawsuit against dogs to reclaim their dog pound right to strut their stuff in the hood, said Poochi Loochi, Bitches' SpokesBitch and Silky tail pride of the left block of 69 street and i quote "Bitches have the right to strut their stuff, just as dogs have the right to pee in corners and beneath trees, WE DEMAND EQUALITY, and we DEMAND MORE DOGGY LOVE, that's Poochi Loocy Silky Tail , besta recognize, Beeeatch!
"...preserve their hymens at least until their wedding day." (!!!)
I love the stories, but it's the little quirky details that really crack me up. Bravo, fellows, bravo!
Wow. How stupid is it to focus on a hymen as proof of virginity while most arab men aren't virgins themselves when they get married. How fair is that: men can do but not girls? This is why there is an increase of girls having anal sex to preserve their hymen. Lol. Their front private is virgin but not their butt hole.
Hymens are now imported from china so spare parts are available w bel daman kaman. no need to worry ya btoo3 el koshary :P
I was very disturbed by this article & as an Egyptian expatriate living in Zanzibar would like to contribute to the plight of Egyptian men & the high unemployment rate amongst them.
I have therefore decided to invest a significant amount of my personal capital to establish a QA/QC Testing facility in the tax free zone in Port-Said. We shall employ 80% Egyptians (has to be from Saaid i.e. upper Egypt as they are well qualified by nature) and the remaining 20% will be Zanzibarian technicians.
Dear Concerned Expatriate,
On behalf of the Zenzebarian People, i applaude your trust in our people's Hymen Checking Competencies and can assure you we are up to the job and eager to take on the Egyptian Hymen Checking market full blow, provided health benefits include treatment for STD's that is, We Zenzebarians like to be clean and serene at all times.
I would also like to congratulate China for contributing to resolving the Hymen Issue in Egypt in the most peaceful way, and would like to encourage other countries to follow in the path.
I would like to end my message by encouraging the Egyptian People to accept "Jamal" which i believe is beauty as the moto for the coming era, where chinese beauty prevails and everybody is happy and joyful in the chinese Hymen "Jamal" era.
Best Regards,
Zanzibarian Ambassador
once upon a time in the land that is now destroyed by uncle Sam, there was a very famous expert in hymen restoration, her name was Dr. Fatima El Khourassan,"good bless her sole" she was visited by an unfortunate young woman who was taken for a spin.
Fatima magically fixed her.
It's a 100 dinars, you are new and good to go she said.
the young woman returned with her head down 2 months later to plied for another fix.
200 dinars said Fatima, why she replied, it's more difficult the second time around, don't do it again.
3 more months went by and here is our young woman back in Fatima's clinic, What am I going to do with you, frustrated Fatima gave her full anesthesia and did what she had to do this time.
When she woke up Fatima said it's 1000 dinars this time.
The young woman started tearing and asked why so much.
With a big smile Fatima answered:
There is no need to come back I installed a revolving door
Guys, what you do is no doubt skilful. But creativity is not always fun. Some of your articles are really creepy! If you think that being liberal means to treat any issue with flatulence (as you do in this site) then you really are such frustrated and sick society!
Ya Salam, if only all our doors were revolving, men wouldn't have to worry about breaking doors when they go barging through them...
Again, good form.
Hahahahahahaha! But what if men were the faulty goods! Can't we complain!! Unfair!!
HAHAHAHAHA! love it! lol
There has to be a way to identify which Anonymous is which... I mean, now I want to tell the second and third Anonymous dudes they're douche-bags (ha!) who miss the point, project their own demons onto el koshary staff, and seem to be prejudiced against the website as a whole... But I dunno if they're the same person or not!
Oh and 2nd Anonymous dude, I applaud your copy-paste-phobia.
stop sexual harassing in the street ?
woow i like it
frankly sexual harassing in the street is a very bad habit in a country like Egypt because of the culture of Egyptians that virgins don't shave their pussies and that's very disgusting for me :(
thank you for reading
If this article is about mocking virginity, which actually does and it goes back to the same old rheotoric of "equality between genders in f*ing" same as "equality between genders in smoking"...this stupid ideology has nothing to do with freedom or equality...it resembles something like "equality in behaving like animals"!!!. I mean we should not be seeking "equality" between genders in wrong behavior, but rather we ought to stop the wrong behavior. That's the mistake the world committed, when instead of denouncing smoking all together, feminists thought of showing their equality and freedom by sharing men the same disgusting habit...Similar stupid and blind attitude can be traced in "pre-marital sex"..Instead of denouncing fornication as an insult to the meaning of love, a degradation of the beauty and refined meaning of love and sex; a sexual abuse, women thought that it is a "war of equality and gender rights" and instead of denouncing this screaming "sexual abuse", they joined in the zoo....no wonder why this abuse is badly reflected on them and on their sense of security and on their taste and perception of love and beauty..and ofcouse, same goes for men...who have equally lost the refined perception of love and sex and have turned into lustful animals..both genders now have grown this "frenzy" for sex...and have lost the beauty of themselves as refined humans.I know that this is not a serious forum, but seriously, the last thing we want to mock is the beauty of mind that most people have lost.
If this article is about mocking virginity, which actually does and it goes back to the same old rheotoric of "equality between genders in f*ing" same as "equality between genders in smoking"...this stupid ideology has nothing to do with freedom or equality...it resembles something like "equality in behaving like animals"!!!. I mean we should not be seeking "equality" between genders in wrong behavior, but rather we ought to stop the wrong behavior. That's the mistake the world committed, when instead of denouncing smoking all together, feminists thought of showing their equality and freedom by sharing men the same disgusting habit...Similar stupid and blind attitude can be traced in "pre-marital sex"..Instead of denouncing fornication as an insult to the meaning of love, a degradation of the beauty and refined meaning of love and sex; a sexual abuse, women thought that it is a "war of equality and gender rights" and instead of denouncing this screaming "sexual abuse", they joined in the zoo....no wonder why this abuse is badly reflected on them and on their sense of security and on their taste and perception of love and beauty..and ofcouse, same goes for men...who have equally lost the refined perception of love and sex and have turned into lustful animals…both genders now have grown this "frenzy" for sex...and have lost the beauty of themselves as refined humans. I know that this is not a serious forum, but honestly, mocking the beauty of mind that most people have lost is the last thing we want to do. Isn't it enough that the western media has taken good care of that…poising people's minds with wrong messages about love and sex. People this is not an issue of gender equality, so wake up and realize the ugliness behind the message of "pre-marital sex"…it is not about freedom or equality…its about "sexual abuse" which both genders are racing to practice!!!!If men F*, then they are animals and their irresponsible, degrading behavior must be denounced, not copied!
another anynonymous,
I really understand where you are coming from, but if you truly think that we can ever live in a world were EVERYONE would see sex as this beautiful act that we should "wait" for until we get married, then, my friend, you are fooling yourself.
It's great that some people would be moralistic and choose to see sex like that, but it's impossible that eighty million egyptians would all value sex so highly. We live in a world were we are surrounded by American telivision and can view pornography at the click of a mouse. (and no, I'm not blaming western media...the world is getting globalised, this was going to happen anyway) Not everyone is strong enough to abstain while surrounded by temptation. Actually, very few people are strong enough to abstain. As if it wasn't enough that human beings are natural curious about the opposite sex.
So now that we live in a country were you could spend four years in jail for fornication, then obviously, there's going to be like this huge amount of people who do it anyway because they're not strong enough to keep it in their pants. Those who don't get laid, decide to shout out um-very respectful comments-at every single woman they see in the street.
Peter, INTA 3AYEL SAKHEEF
macarona's approach is bitter and shallow.
pre-marital sex is the main problem so stop occupying your minds with useless crap about hymen restoration and pressures on females by males and all that feminist crap. and stop classifying the society into groups and pitting them against each other.
Find a decent wife or husband, depending on your own measure of decent, and marry her or him. Deception and lies and the other b.s is for every couple to deal with; some wouldnt mind marrying "non-virgins" in the first place.
Its obvious that males dont have indicators of virginity, and its understood that females can have their hymens restored. betergho fe eh bezabt?
@anonymous nov. 27(3rd post, im guessing also the 5th post?) I really enjoyed the posts, you have a talent with satirical sarcasm. I wish you luck with the powerpuff girls and the ramblers on here.
This was the 1st article i read on this website and its enough to make me get off the computer and say i've read enough crap online for one day. well, facebook added to it.
no offense to anyone we 7amamti 3al mesh 3agbo
Women, like me, are only good for making food and making babies. And if all else fails with the hymen, a woman can always throw in there a sheep's liver or anything that bleeds.
Why is everyone so focused on the hymen? What happens when a girl marries a guy with a tiny penis or problems "getting it up?" What then? I hope there are doctors in Egypt to fix that problem too! Or do you just go to the vegetable market and buy a big cucumber?
Update from the concerned Zanzibarian expatriate:
The 20% Zanzibarian QC/QA technicians I brought to train and work with the 80% Sa3aida's died from exhaustion, while the 80% sa3aidas are growing stronger by the day and I am not able to supply them anymore. These people are animals! Please help save the hymen testing lab.
To anonymous (Friday, 12th of February, 2010 )
You totally miss the point of sex. Having sex with someone who is not your spouse, is meaningless and ugly. The only normal and meaningful use of sex is between married couples..without marriage, sex is debased. This is not just my refined perception, but this is rather the only context for sex to have a meaning, otherwise, you are abusing yourself far more than you can imagine by being drifted by this sex lust, which will take you nowhere and will fulfill you with nothing but emptiness at heart , and you will turn into an animal...f*** for the hell of it...and you wont be able to keep your pants on, because abuse leads to further abuse...and eventually self-destruction...look at those who are f*** freely abroad, they are not happy; they are rather lost and tired,feeling insecure and unsure about anything, they fall into depression and anger, and even when they get married, they can hardly keep their relations. You cant be free when you are enslaved by sex. So keeping your pants on is an essential test of self-control, and not self-supresson. When you understand sex as designed, you will not even have a tempting urge to resist, and this tempting urge will only be felt towards your spouse. If you look at sex as some object that you want to have, then you lose all rationality about the use and meaning of it, and you abuse it. So wake up and stop justifying sex abuse by surrounding conditions and western influence as if you have no control on your mind and you dont think. Seriously when we abuse the most beautiful and debase it, then what's left in this world?!
Dear Writer,
Your article is not fun at all in fact it is offinsive and shame on you to write such thing about women and call them the F.... word 'goods', u made me sick wz ur words, i pity u for having such sick mind and soul. i am a woman and proud of being a woman, i am respectable with or without the so called 'hymen', God didn't create me as a good for your highness 'men' to consume. next time pick ur words or u ll lose a big range of readers (mostly women)
OMG it's so fucking hilarious!!
"entry night" BAHAHAHAHA!!
And Moneer El Modage3, ROFLMAO! real funny!
Uhm, I think you missed the whole point of the article.
Ladies and Gentlemen who refer to pre-marital sex as fornication:
How about you're not an animal, you're 100% human who thinks sex is a very sacred and beautiful things, but you're just an early professional or young student that doesn't know yet what to do with you life, and you're not in a phase where you can put L.E.200,000 into a housing project, and conclusively decide you're going to tie your career and future to the future of another person... Why should you be deprived from sex? And if (god forbid!) love someone, you can't touch them because you're an asshole professional who wants to advance in their career before committing to another person.
I'm not opening this for discussion (be that religious or social), I'm just sayin' you might consider this before you call pre-marital sex-ers "animals".
Koshary and Article, you have my blessings.