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Beacon House is a non-profit, community based organization that provides tutoring, mentoring, cultural, athletic, recreational and nutritional programs to at-risk children, ages 5-18, who reside in and around the Edgewood Terrace community in Ward 5 of Washington, D.C. Beacon House's goal is to lift as many children as possible up and out of their often difficult circumstances.
Our Project
The Shout Mouse collaboration with Beacon House gives these young people a chance to write fiction inspired by their own experiences. The resulting novels not only allow writers to capture and process the joys and challenges of their lives, but also to reshape their own stories, imagining for themselves and for their characters different possible futures.
Beacon House teen books are excellent reading material for:
- Low-literacy or reluctant reader teens, who get engrossed in the drama and may be moved by the recognition of elements of their own lives
- Social workers and educators who want to more deeply understand the experiences of communities they serve
- Everyone who is interested in complex family dynamics, coming of age, love and pain, frustration and hope, and the ways we can disappoint but also surprise ourselves and the ones we love
Beacon House also partners with Reach Incorporated, which means that Beacon House students can be Reach children's book authors, too!
The Day Tajon Got Shot
We started writing this book with one central question: What happens in a community when another black youth is a wrongful victim of violence by police? In other words, what if something like "Ferguson" happened right here in NE DC?
On Thursday, February 8 at 6 p.m., Beacon House authors will discuss The Day Tajon Got Shot at the Mount Pleasant Public Library.
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It was our busiest summer yet here at Shout Mouse Press! Help us celebrate these summer highlights and look forward to all to come this fall.
We are incredibly honored to feature the work of Critical Exposure Fellow Amir Price in upcoming novel-in-stories, "The Day Tajon Got Shot." Here, Amir explains why he traveled to Baltimore in 2015 to document the aftermath of the tragic murder of Freddie Gray.
We're turning three this summer! We've published 25 books and worked with over 200 young writers from 5 different non-profit partners. To celebrate, we are participating in 2017 United Way Do More 24 Campaign, the area's biggest 24-hour online fundraiser, on June 8 from 12:00 AM – 11:59 PM. You can make an advance donation starting May 25. All you have to do is log on at www.domore24.org/npos/shout-mouse-press and donate!
This winter has been a busy one! This is what we've been up to.
Here at Shout Mouse, we see Black History Month as an opportunity to look at the past and think about how and why history matters for the present and the future.
Here at Shout Mouse, we're excited to celebrate September as National Literacy Month. Literacy is not only dear to our hearts, but central to our mission. To us, literacy is not only about ability to read, but also the capacity to love stories and to value one's own voice. Find out our authors are encouraging literacy.
You've heard about the incredible #1000blackgirlbooks campaign, right?
If not, here's the scoop:
Marley Dias, age 11, decided she was sick of always reading about "white boys and dogs." She asked, where are the characters who look like me? Those books about strong proud funny beautiful black girls were not showing up in her school curriculum, so she decided to do something about it: she started the #1000blackgirlbooks campaign.
Recently, we sat down with Jonae, a Beacon House author of Trinitoga and our upcoming book, The Day Tajon Got Shot. We got the opportunity to ask her about her reaction to other students and adults who have read her work, and what it means to her to be a teenage author.
Our authors write for the same reasons all authors write: to express themselves, to explore and imagine, and ultimately, to connect to others through their words on the page. Writing and reading helps us all feel less alone.
So we were gratified and thrilled by a reaction we got recently from a reader who needs that connection and community right now very much. Through our partners at Free Minds Book Club, we've sent several Shout Mouse books to young people who are incarcerated, which is how L, a twenty-year-old from Baltimore, got to read Trinitoga. After reading, she wrote to the Trinitoga authors, saying that she related to their book, and she hoped they would keep writing. She talked about the importance of writing in her own life:
We recently sat down with Najae, one of the authors of The Day Tajon Got Shot. Najae is writing the chapter for Bobby, a drug dealer who gets in an argument with Tajon before he is shot. She's also helped with the character of Dwayne, Tajon's father. Najae talked to us about her inspiration for writing and the importance of being able to see the world through different perspectives from her own.
In one night this past weekend, two young men from the communities served by Shout Mouse were shot and killed in senseless acts of violence...
I cannot help thinking of our authors when I hear this news, and of the weight of growing up in such a world where life is taken so carelessly outside your front door. I'm thinking about the psychic pain of not feeling safe at home. It sticks with me.
Woohoo! Shout Mouse books on national radio and Kojo Nnamdi's 2015 Summer Reading List!
Mark Hecker of Reach, Inc. knocked it out of the soundbooth today on The Kojo Nnamdi Show's Kids and YA Summer Reading program. He was an incredible ambassador not only for Reach's teen authors but also for the authors of Ballou Senior High School, and Beacon House.
On Tuesday, May 12, 2015, I was given an incredible opportunity: to meet President Obama and put our authors' stories in his hands.
WHAT?!! That's how I felt. Here's how it happened:
We're not just shouting today at Shout Mouse, we're doing a little jig. Why, you ask? Because in partnership with the good folks at Reach, Inc. we just delivered nearly 1,000 Shout Mouse and Reach teen-authored books to DCPS Libraries, who want every one of our titles in every one of their schools.
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By the nature of their size, most community banks simply do not have access to the sources of capital that would be required to meet the requirements of the Basel III standard.
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 15, 2012
While U.S. banking regulators are contemplating the implementation of the Basel III international banking standards, local and community banks have protested inclusion based on the lack of involvement in causing the financial crisis.
The standards will change the amount of reserve capital required to be held by banks as well as redefining risk assessment for certain types of assets. The standards proposal was made by the Swiss-based Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, and adoption in the U.S. is being weighed by the Federal Reserve and other bank regulatory agencies.
Opposed to the new regulations are more than 15,000 community banks and allies. The Independent Community Bankers of America have reported that these banks have signed a petition that calls for small local and community banks to be exempted from the proposed new regulations.
Community bankers feel that should small banks be required to adhere to the new reserve capital requirements, the ability to lend to small businesses will be seriously restricted. Prior Small Business Administration reports have shown that over 50 percent of the job growth in the U.S. can be attributed to small businesses.
"The community banks are not what created the mess on Wall Street. But it penalizes community banks to where we really have the potential of stymieing lending at the time when we need it most in recovery mode," said Ron Thigpen, the chief operating officer for Georgia Bank & Trust in the Augusta Chronicle.
In very simple terms, the Basel III standard would require banks to hold 10 percent of their capital as reserves. In essence, this means that $1 out of every $10 would be unavailable for lending to commercial enterprises and residential loans.
Banks unable to meet these requirements would be forced to reduce the number of loans on their books, or raise additional capital. This would cause many community banks to turn away borrowers, or attempt to raise capital in a difficult economic climate. By the nature of their size, most community banks simply do not have access to the sources of capital that would be required to meet the requirements of the Basel III standard.
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) claim that the new regulations, meant to avoid another financial crisis, are a penalty being imposed on the small banks, who bear no responsibility for the crisis.
"...Applying overly complex capital rules on community banks will fuel concentration in the banking industry, leaving small businesses and consumers with fewer banking options," said ICBA President and CEO Camden Fine.
ICBA is petitioning the Federal Reserve to apply the Basel I standards to small banks. In previous Basel standards, implementation was not required for all financial institutions. The inclusion of all financial institutions in the Basel III standards is what makes them of such concern to small banks across the U.S. - and to small businesses as well.
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Content-based image retrieval
Content-based image retrieval (CBIR), also known as query by image content (QBIC) and content-based visual information retrieval (CBVIR) is the application of computer vision techniques to the image retrieval problem, that is, the problem of searching for digital images in large databases (see this survey[1] for a recent scientific overview of the CBIR field). Content-based image retrieval is opposed to traditional concept-based approaches (see Concept-based image indexing).
"Content-based" means that the search analyzes the contents of the image rather than the metadata such as keywords, tags, or descriptions associated with the image. The term "content" in this context might refer to colors, shapes, textures, or any other information that can be derived from the image itself. CBIR is desirable because searches that rely purely on metadata are dependent on annotation quality and completeness. Having humans manually annotate images by entering keywords or metadata in a large database can be time consuming and may not capture the keywords desired to describe the image. The evaluation of the effectiveness of keyword image search is subjective and has not been well-defined. In the same regard, CBIR systems have similar challenges in defining success.[2]
- 1 History
- 2 Technical progress
- 3 Techniques
- 4 Image retrieval in CBIR system simultaneously by different techniques
- 5 Applications
- 6 See also
- 7 References
- 8 Further reading
- 9 External links
The term "content-based image retrieval" seems to have originated in 1992 when it was used by T. Kato to describe experiments into automatic retrieval of images from a database, based on the colors and shapes present.[2] Since then, the term has been used to describe the process of retrieving desired images from a large collection on the basis of syntactical image features. The techniques, tools, and algorithms that are used originate from fields such as statistics, pattern recognition, signal processing, and computer vision[1]
The earliest commercial CBIR system was developed by IBM and was called QBIC (Query by Image Content).[3] Recent network and graph based approaches have presented a simple and attractive alternative to existing methods.[4]
Technical progress[edit]
The interest in CBIR has grown because of the limitations inherent in metadata-based systems, as well as the large range of possible uses for efficient image retrieval. Textual information about images can be easily searched using existing technology, but this requires humans to manually describe each image in the database. This can be impractical for very large databases or for images that are generated automatically, e.g. those from surveillance cameras. It is also possible to miss images that use different synonyms in their descriptions. Systems based on categorizing images in semantic classes like "cat" as a subclass of "animal" can avoid the miscategorization problem, but will require more effort by a user to find images that might be "cats", but are only classified as an "animal". Many standards have been developed to categorize images, but all still face scaling and miscategorization issues.[2]
Initial CBIR systems were developed to search databases based on image color, texture, and shape properties. After these systems were developed, the need for user-friendly interfaces became apparent. Therefore, efforts in the CBIR field started to include human-centered design that tried to meet the needs of the user performing the search. This typically means inclusion of: query methods that may allow descriptive semantics, queries that may involve user feedback, systems that may include machine learning, and systems that may understand user satisfaction levels.[1]
Many CBIR systems have been developed, but the problem of retrieving images on the basis of their pixel content remains largely unsolved.[1]
Query techniques[edit]
Different implementations of CBIR make use of different types of user queries.
Query by example is a query technique that involves providing the CBIR system with an example image that it will then base its search upon. The underlying search algorithms may vary depending on the application, but result images should all share common elements with the provided example.[5]
Options for providing example images to the system include:
- A preexisting image may be supplied by the user or chosen from a random set.
- The user draws a rough approximation of the image they are looking for, for example with blobs of color or general shapes.[5]
This query technique removes the difficulties that can arise when trying to describe images with words.
Semantic retrieval[edit]
Semantic retrieval starts with a user making a request like "find pictures of Abraham Lincoln". This type of open-ended task is very difficult for computers to perform - Lincoln may not always be facing the camera or in the same pose. Many CBIR systems therefore generally make use of lower-level features like texture, color, and shape. These features are either used in combination with interfaces that allow easier input of the criteria or with databases that have already been trained to match features (such as faces, fingerprints, or shape matching). However, in general, image retrieval requires human feedback in order to identify higher-level concepts.[3]
Relevance feedback (human interaction)[edit]
Combining CBIR search techniques available with the wide range of potential users and their intent can be a difficult task. An aspect of making CBIR successful relies entirely on the ability to understand the user intent.[6] CBIR systems can make use of relevance feedback, where the user progressively refines the search results by marking images in the results as "relevant", "not relevant", or "neutral" to the search query, then repeating the search with the new information. Examples of this type of interface have been developed.[7]
Iterative/machine learning[edit]
Machine learning and application of iterative techniques are becoming more common in CBIR.[8]
Other query methods[edit]
Other query methods include browsing for example images, navigating customized/hierarchical categories, querying by image region (rather than the entire image), querying by multiple example images, querying by visual sketch, querying by direct specification of image features, and multimodal queries (e.g. combining touch, voice, etc.)[9]
Content comparison using image distance measures[edit]
The most common method for comparing two images in content-based image retrieval (typically an example image and an image from the database) is using an image distance measure. An image distance measure compares the similarity of two images in various dimensions such as color, texture, shape, and others. For example, a distance of 0 signifies an exact match with the query, with respect to the dimensions that were considered. As one may intuitively gather, a value greater than 0 indicates various degrees of similarities between the images. Search results then can be sorted based on their distance to the queried image.[5] Many measures of image distance (Similarity Models) have been developed.[10]
Computing distance measures based on color similarity is achieved by computing a color histogram for each image that identifies the proportion of pixels within an image holding specific values.[2] Examining images based on the colors they contain is one of the most widely used techniques because it can be completed without regard to image size or orientation.[3] However, research has also attempted to segment color proportion by region and by spatial relationship among several color regions.[9]
Texture measures look for visual patterns in images and how they are spatially defined. Textures are represented by texels which are then placed into a number of sets, depending on how many textures are detected in the image. These sets not only define the texture, but also where in the image the texture is located.[5]
Texture is a difficult concept to represent. The identification of specific textures in an image is achieved primarily by modeling texture as a two-dimensional gray level variation. The relative brightness of pairs of pixels is computed such that degree of contrast, regularity, coarseness and directionality may be estimated.[3][11] The problem is in identifying patterns of co-pixel variation and associating them with particular classes of textures such as silky, or rough.
Other methods of classifying textures include:
- Co-occurrence matrix
- Laws texture energy
- Wavelet transform
- Orthogonal transforms (Discrete Tchebichef moments)
Shape does not refer to the shape of an image but to the shape of a particular region that is being sought out. Shapes will often be determined first applying segmentation or edge detection to an image. Other methods use shape filters to identify given shapes of an image.[12] Shape descriptors may also need to be invariant to translation, rotation, and scale.[3]
Some shape descriptors include:[3]
Image retrieval evaluation[edit]
Measures of image retrieval can be defined in terms of precision and recall. However, there are other methods being considered.[13]
Image retrieval in CBIR system simultaneously by different techniques[edit]
An image is retrieved in CBIR system by adopting several techniques simultaneously such as Integrating Pixel Cluster Indexing, histogram intersection and discrete wavelet transform methods.[14]
Potential uses for CBIR include:[2]
- Architectural and engineering design
- Art collections
- Crime prevention
- Geographical information and remote sensing systems
- Intellectual property
- Medical diagnosis
- Military
- Photograph archives
- Retail catalogs
- Nudity-detection filters[15]
- Face Finding
- Textiles Industry[7]
Commercial Systems that have been developed include:[2]
- IBM's QBIC
- Virage's VIR Image Engine
- Excalibur's Image RetrievalWare
- VisualSEEk and WebSEEk
- Netra
- Vhoto
- Pixolution
Experimental Systems include:[2]
- MIT's Photobook
- Columbia University's WebSEEk
- Carnegie-Mellon University's Informedia
- iSearch - PICT
See also[edit]
- Document classification
- GazoPa
- Image retrieval
- List of CBIR engines
- Macroglossa Visual Search
- Multimedia information retrieval
- Multiple-instance learning
- Nearest neighbor search
- ^ a b c d Content-based Multimedia Information Retrieval: State of the Art and Challenges (Original source, 404'd)Content-based Multimedia Information Retrieval: State of the Art and Challenges Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine., Michael Lew, et al., ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications, pp. 1–19, 2006.
- ^ a b c d e f g Eakins, John; Graham, Margaret. "Content-based Image Retrieval". University of Northumbria at Newcastle. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
- ^ a b c d e f Rui, Yong; Huang, Thomas S.; Chang, Shih-Fu (1999). "Image Retrieval: Current Techniques, Promising Directions, and Open Issues". Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation. 10: 39–62. doi:10.1006/jvci.1999.0413. Retrieved 2 July 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Banerjee, S. J.; et al. (2015). "Using complex networks towards information retrieval and diagnostics in multidimensional imaging". Scientific Reports. 5: 1–13. arXiv:1506.02602 . Bibcode:2015NatSR...517271B. doi:10.1038/srep17271. PMC 4667282 . PMID 26626047.
- ^ a b c d Shapiro, Linda; George Stockman (2001). Computer Vision. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-030796-3.
- ^ Datta, Ritendra; Dhiraj Joshi; Jia Li; James Z. Wang (2008). "Image Retrieval: Ideas, Influences, and Trends of the New Age". ACM Computing Surveys. 40 (2): 1–60. doi:10.1145/1348246.1348248.
- ^ a b Bird, C.L.; P.J. Elliott, Griffiths (1996). "User interfaces for content-based image retrieval".
- ^ Cardoso, Douglas; et al. "Iterative Technique for Content-Based Image Retrieval using Multiple SVM Ensembles" (PDF). Federal University of Parana(Brazil). Retrieved 2014-03-11.
- ^ a b Liam M. Mayron. "Image Retrieval Using Visual Attention" (PDF). Mayron.net. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ Eidenberger, Horst (2011). "Fundamental Media Understanding", atpress. ISBN 978-3-8423-7917-6.
- ^ Tamura, Hideyuki; Mori, Shunji; Yamawaki, Takashi (1978). "Textural Features Corresponding to Visual Perception". Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on. 8 (6): 460, 473. doi:10.1109/tsmc.1978.4309999.
- ^ Tushabe, F.; M.H.F. Wilkinson (2008). "Content-based Image Retrieval Using Combined 2D Attribute Pattern Spectra". Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science.
- ^ Deselaers, Thomas; Keysers, Daniel; Ney, Hermann (2007). "Features for Image Retrieval: An Experimental Comparison" (PDF). RWTH Aachen University. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ Bhattacharjee, Pijush kanti (2010). "Integrating Pixel Cluster Indexing, Histogram Intersection and Discrete Wavelet Transform Methods for Color Images Content Based Image Retrieval System" (PDF). International Journal of Computer and Electrical Engineering [IJCEE], Singapore, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 345-352, 2010.
- ^ Wang, James Ze; Jia Li; Gio Wiederhold; Oscar Firschein (1998). "System for Screening Objectionable Images". Computer Communications. 21 (15): 1355–1360. doi:10.1016/s0140-3664(98)00203-5.
Further reading[edit]
Relevant research papers[edit]
- Query by Image and Video Content: The QBIC System, (Flickner, 1995)
- Finding Naked People (Fleck et al., 1996)
- Virage Video Engine[permanent dead link], (Hampapur, 1997)
- Library-based Coding: a Representation for Efficient Video Compression and Retrieval, (Vasconcelos & Lippman, 1997)
- System for Screening Objectionable Images (Wang et al., 1998)
- Content-based Image Retrieval (JISC Technology Applications Programme Report 39) (Eakins & Graham 1999)
- Windsurf: Region-Based Image Retrieval Using Wavelets (Ardizzoni, Bartolini, and Patella, 1999)
- A Probabilistic Architecture for Content-based Image Retrieval, (Vasconcelos & Lippman, 2000)
- A Unifying View of Image Similarity, (Vasconcelos & Lippman, 2000)
- Next Generation Web Searches for Visual Content, (Lew, 2000)
- Image Indexing with Mixture Hierarchies, (Vasconcelos, 2001)
- SIMPLIcity: Semantics-Sensitive Integrated Matching for Picture Libraries (Wang, Li, and Wiederhold, 2001)
- A Conceptual Approach to Web Image Retrieval (Popescu and Grefenstette, 2008)
- FACERET: An Interactive Face Retrieval System Based on Self-Organizing Maps (Ruiz-del-Solar et al., 2002)
- Automatic Linguistic Indexing of Pictures by a Statistical Modeling Approach (Li and Wang, 2003)
- Video google: A text retrieval approach to object matching in videos (Sivic & Zisserman, 2003)
- Minimum Probability of Error Image Retrieval (Vasconcelos, 2004)
- On the Efficient Evaluation of Probabilistic Similarity Functions for Image Retrieval (Vasconcelos, 2004)
- Extending image retrieval systems with a thesaurus for shapes (Hove, 2004)
- Names and Faces in the News (Berg et al., 2004)
- Cortina: a system for large-scale, content-based web image retrieval (Quack et al., 2004)
- A new perspective on Visual Information Retrieval (Eidenberger 2004)
- Language-based Querying of Image Collections on the basis of an Extensible Ontology (Town and Sinclair, 2004)
- The PIBE Personalizable Image Browsing Engine (Bartolini, Ciaccia, and Patella, 2004)
- Costume: A New Feature for Automatic Video Content Indexing (Jaffre 2005)
- Automatic Face Recognition for Film Character Retrieval in Feature-Length Films (Arandjelovic & Zisserman, 2005)
- Meaningful Image Spaces (Rouw, 2005)
- Content-based Multimedia Information Retrieval: State of the Art and Challenges (Lew et al. 2006)
- Adaptively Browsing Image Databases with PIBE (Bartolini, Ciaccia, and Patella, 2006)
- Algorithm on which Retrievr (Flickr search) and imgSeek is based on (Jacobs, Finkelstein, Salesin)
- Imagination: Exploiting Link Analysis for Accurate Image Annotation (Bartolini and Ciaccia, 2007)
- Evaluating Use of Interfaces for Visual Query Specification. (Hove, 2007)
- From Pixels to Semantic Spaces: Advances in Content-Based Image Retrieval (Vasconcelos, 2007)
- Content-based Image Retrieval by Indexing Random Subwindows with Randomized Trees (Maree et al., 2007)
- Image Retrieval: Ideas, Influences, and Trends of the New Age (Datta et al., 2008)
- Real-Time Computerized Annotation of Pictures (Li and Wang, 2008)
- Query Processing Issues in Region-based Image Databases (Bartolini, Ciaccia, and Patella, 2010)
- Shiatsu: Semantic-based Hierarchical Automatic Tagging of Videos by Segmentation Using Cuts (Bartolini, Patella, and Romani, 2010)
- Efficient and Effective Similarity-based Video Retrieval (Bartolini and Romani, 2010)
- Multi-dimensional Keyword-based Image Annotation and Search (Bartolini and Ciaccia, 2010)
- The Windsurf Library for the Efficient Retrieval of Multimedia Hierarchical Data (Bartolini, Patella, and Stromei, 2011)
- "Pl@ntNet: Interactive plant identification based on social image data" (Joly, Alexis et al.)
- Superimage: Packing Semantic-Relevant Images for Indexing and Retrieval (Luo, Zhang, Huang, Gao, Tian, 2014)
- Indexing and searching 100M images with Map-Reduce (Moise, Shestakov, Gudmundsson, and Amsaleg, 2013)
- Content based Image Retrieval (Tyagi, Vipin,) 2017
External links[edit]
- cbir.info CBIR-related articles
- IJMIR many CBIR-related articles
- Search by Drawing
- Demonstration of a visual search engine for images. (Search by example image or colors)


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MADRID — Spanish police have found $36.5 million in assets owned by ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and people close to him, including Marbella beach properties and luxury cars, the government said yesterday.
Egypt had asked Spain to track down assets in the country belonging to the former president and more than 100 people with ties to him.
"The assets could come from crimes such as embezzlement or corruption," the government statement said.
Mubarak, who ruled Egypt for three decades, was forced out in February 2011 after a popular Arab Spring uprising.


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Heraklion is the largest city of Crete with a population of about 200.000. Heraklion houses the public services and the major scientific centers of Crete, being the commercial center of the island with the main port and airport.
From a scenic city with unique traditional Venetian and Ottoman monuments in early 1900s, as one of the most historical cities in the Mediterranean, Heraklion unfortunately turned into an ugly cement city, losing almost all of its aristocratic splendor. This bad development was a result of the need for rapid expansion of the city for the settling the refugees after the Asia Minor Catastrophe (1922), but also from the effort to "modernize" Heraklion by turning the beautiful old buildings into blocks of flats.
Even today the visitor can get a good taste of the glorious image of the past, while the locals can be surprised by the unknown corners of Heraklion and the story hidden behind them.
The history of Heraklion starts in Minoan era, as it was the port of the legendary palace of Knossos. However, the city in its present location (the old center) was built in 824 by the Arabs and later expanded and fortified by the Venetians and the Turks, who named it as the Large Castle of Candia. The current name Heraklion was given after the liberation of Crete from the Turks in 1898.
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LONDON — Police sources said Tuesday that one of the persons arrested when they smashed an Irish Republican Army plot to bomb hotels in 12 holiday resort towns was the prime suspect in the bombing of Brighton`s Grand Hotel last October.
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Quite a few years ago we had some building work done on our house. We built over our garage making our third bedroom bigger and adding a fourth bedroom. As we had to have pillars built into our garage to support the extra rooms above it meant the garage door wouldn't close so we decided to have a window put in and convert the garage into a room which could double as a kids room and a study. As we would be losing so much storage space we decided to have floor to ceiling cupboards built at the back of the room to house everything from paint to craft supplies. The cupboards at the top we called our 'December cupboards' as they were out of reach of inquisitive children so would be a good place to hide presents.
Unfortunately this room has never worked for me. The desk has moved from the long wall opposite the door to below the window. Same thing with the sofa. That always left a biggish (it is only a small room) floor area with no definition. I had told my husband I would be quite happy to turn it back into a garage as I felt there was little we could do to make it work.
I then came up with the idea of splitting the room down the middle to give it two distinct areas. Just before Christmas my husband had a week off so built a just over half height wooden structure which took some work as we didn't want to attach it to the floor in case we didn't like how it ended up. We didn't want to be left with screw holes in an expensive oak floor. He then attached bead board and trim and I painted it white. It is really solid and not going anywhere. We didn't want a full wall as the study part would have ended up too dark plus it's just tall enough to give privacy when you are in either area. My desk backs onto one side of the wall with my storage cupboards behind me and my kids telly and x-box backs onto the wall on the other side (I am planning on making a Pottery Barn style TV unit adapting plans from Ana at Knock Off Wood) but haven't got round to it yet. I will then change our 'antique' portable TV to a flat screen but due to time and money this won't be for a few months yet.
I've now gone from hating this space to loving it. It really works for us. I now have quite a decent sized study where all my half finished projects can sit until I have time to finish them. I have my memo board where I can hang inspiration photos or chalk down ideas and I have a lovely wire heart to hold photos and postcards that I love. I plan on making a sign to go above my wire heart and 'bus roll' hanging but haven't decided on the wording yet.
My kids (mainly my son) now has a little lounge where he and his friends can play on the x-box or where you can just go to read if you want a bit of peace and quiet. The decor isn't quite how I want it yet - my Mum gave me the rug so I may change that, the wall colour blends too much with the leather (I may change it to white or really pale blue) the large picture frame is overbearing so I may make this wall into a gallery wall with loads of frames. Plenty of scope but I have got decorators block at the moment thanks to all your gorgeous homes and my total confusion as to what I want!
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It is summer in 1920s England and a group of friends are enjoying one of many weekends at Mayfield, the Wyndham family's country home. Amid the gaiety of punting on the river, tea on the lawn and lavish parties, a love triangle emerges: Caroline, thought by everyone to be heading for engagement to George, surprises everyone by agreeing to a Philip's sudden proposal, leaving George distraught.
Six months later Caroline and Philip marry but it is not long before she realises that people are not always as they appear and that Philip has been hiding a secret . . .
As the years slip by Caroline's marriage is plagued by fears that she made a horrible mistake and a tragic turn of events takes her life down an unexpected path.
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An all-night Shavuot program June 3 will present Rabbi Tovia Singer, noted author, educator and former radio talk show host on Israeli National Radio.
His 10:15 p.m. talk, open to the public, is "The Battle for the Jewish Soul! Are the Missionaries Winning?"
Singer is director of Outreach Judaism, an organization that tries to counter evangelical Christian efforts to convert Jews. He also is known for his book and audio series, "Let's Get Biblical."
A panel will discuss the question, and Singer will lead a study session at 1:30 a.m. The events will be at Kehilath Israel Synagogue, 10501 Conser, in Overland Park. The Rabbinical Association of Greater KC and the Frank Morgan Fund of Kehilath Israel are sponsors.
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'So what do people in KL do when they are free on weekends or at night?', an overseas friend asks me.
'Well, we drink coffee and eat burgers'.
Looking at the photos I took after I came back from Barcelona, in March, I did both. So here are some photos taken in March of me drinking coffee and eating burgers.
One night, we were at Garage 51, Bandar Sunway, enjoying the coffee and chatting with the friendliest crew ever from the cafe.
On another night, I was enjoying this burger with peanut butter and bacon at Burgertory, SS15 Subang.
I forgot which weekend was this back in March but it was then my first time visiting Pulp in Bangsar.
Oh KL people likes to pose for Instagram too.
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Chattanooga's Wesley Cash now has won five USTA men's 55 doubles national championships in a row. After earning a "golden slam" with Mark Vines of Virginia last year, Cash won the first leg of another slam Saturday with Michael Tammen of Portland, Ore. They beat Paul Hoffstein of Merion Station, Pa., and Ken Koelling of Marion, Miss., 6-3, 6-1 in the final of the indoor nationals. Tammen doubled up by beating Koelling 6-4, 7-5 in the 55 singles final.
• The 15th-ranked Sewanee women's tennis team won 5-4 over No. 16 Washington and Lee in NCAA Division III tournament play Saturday at Emory University in Atlanta and advanced to a third-round match at 4 p.m. today. Sewanee (19-5) won all three doubles matches but fell behind 4-3 before Annie Veron completed a 7-6, 6-2 win at No. 4 singles and Lindsey Liles took a dramatic 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (9-7) victory at No. 3.
• Diana Narino from Bogota, Colombia, is transferring to Dalton State College from Reinhardt University to continue her tennis career. She played No. 1 singles and doubles for the Waleska, Ga., school. "She will be an asset to this program from day one," said Michel Bates, one of the coaches of one of DSC's new sports. "Bringing in a player like Diana, with proven college match experience, is invaluable to our program," added the other Roadrunners tennis coach, Zach Rogers.
• The Lee University baseball program has become a perennial threat in the NAIA World Series, and the Flames have one last shot at winning the event before leaving the association after completing a breeze through the Cleveland Regional they hosted. Nationally third-ranked Lee (49-10) beat Avila 14-0 on Saturday as Corey Davis went 4-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs and three runs scored and Danny Canela homered and drove in four runs. Brady Renner was 4-for-5 with three runs, Josh Silver was 3-for-6, Brandon Rader was 2-for-5 with two RBIs and Karsten Strieby also had two RBIs for the Flames. Clint Terry (10-1) and three relievers combined on a nine-inning five-hitter.
• Defending NAIA champion and eighth-ranked Tennessee Wesleyan was extended to a second championship game in the Kingsport opening series by a 6-3 loss Saturday to Missouri Baptist, which the Bulldogs had edged 6-5 on Friday. The teams will meet again at noon Monday to determine who goes to Lewiston, Idaho, for the World Series. Josh McCray and Jake Stone each had two hits and an RBI and Logan Dalton was 2-for-4 with a double for Wesleyan (45-17) in Saturday's game. Ryan Gunhouse was 4-for-5, Patrick Johnson was 2-for-3 with three runs and Pier Olivier-Dostaler and Joseph Taylor each drove in two runs for Missouri Baptist (34-12), which beat Springfield-Benedictine 8-4 in the losers-bracket final.
• Covenant College's strong showing in the National Christian College Athletic Association Mid-East Region baseball tournament ended Saturday with a 15-5 loss to tournament host Trevecca Nazarene in Nashville. David Lockwood was 2-for-2 with a triple, a double, two RBIs and two runs scored and Sterling Whitt was 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs also for Covenant (28-15), and Perry Rigby had the other RBI with a triple. The Scots scored three runs in the first inning and led 4-0 before Trevecca (35-21) scored eight in the second.
• James White of Chattanooga, Robert Jacks of Hixson, Justin Jolly of Tunnel Hill, Brandon Parrish of Chatsworth, Robson Copenhaver of Scottsboro and Jordan Bethune of Fort Payne are among the 130 golfers scheduled to play Monday at Marietta Country Club in Kennesaw, Ga., for eight spots and two alternate positions in sectional qualifying for this year's U.S. Open Championship. Another 18-hole qualifier for the same number of sectional berths is set for Tuesday at Atlanta National in Alpharetta, with Blake Maum of Chattanooga, Sung Back of Rossville, David Noll Jr. of Dalton and Chase Jones, Colby Hipp and Tyler Mitchell of Chatsworth among the 131 entered.
• Chattanooga's LPGA Tour member, Brooke Pancake, and Logan Chaney of Scottsboro, Ala., are among the 78 players scheduled for 36-hole U.S. Women's Open sectional qualifying Monday at Druid Hills Golf Club in Atlanta. They will play for eight berths and two alternate spots in the national tournament June 27-30 at Sebonak Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y. The field includes golfers from Vermont to California and from China, Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Australia, Chile, Argentina, Canada, England, France and Norway.
• The Dalton State College cross country program added Northwest Whitfield twins Brody and Parker Cook in a signing ceremony this past week. They will join Isaac Pacheco from North Murray, his older brother Rafael Pacheco and Bradley Central's Paul Patterson on the new Roadrunners team coached by Margie Bruner and Andy Meyer. "Every team needs a heart and soul. I believe Brody and Parker will be the heart and soul of our very first team," Meyer said in a DSC release. Said Bruner: "They will push each other and our other runners to be even better. They are quality runners and quality young men." Northwest coach Tom Sell said his departing Bruins "are great kids, excellent athletes, and they will be successful." Brody reached the state track meet as a 2-miler, and Parker made it to the sectional. Their sister Jordi is a basketball standout at Georgia Southern.
• Patrick Hall won the King of the Mountain four-mile road race Saturday on Lookout Mountain in 21 minutes, 38 seconds. He was 14 seconds ahead of Geno Phillips, and Dean Thompson (22:53), Joshua Maughon (23:31) and Ryan Shrum (23:59) completed the top five. Jessica Marlier was sixth overall and the women's winner in 24:57. Debbie Vannoy was her runner-up and 15th overall.
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Once the preserve of hardy adventurers and brave explorers, trekking to Everest Base Camp is still no walk in the park. At 8848m taking on the ascent of Everest is too tough a challenge to ask of most ordinary folk, however tackling the classic route to Everest Base Camp is one of the world's top treks. Reaching a very respectable 5,545 metres, it shouldn't be taken lightly, but with enough pre-trip training, the right gear and support from the ever-dependable Sherpas, it really can be within your reach. As well as spending time at the base camp, the starting point for summit expeditions from the Nepalese side of Everest, there is a chance to stand atop the neighbouring peak Kala Pattar, which offers stunning views across to Everest's North Col and the famous Khumbu ice fall.
Most treks begin from the mountain airstrip of Lukla, however for those wanting to truly follow in the footsteps of Hillary and Tenzing the trek to Everest Base Camp begins just outside Kathmandu in the small village of Jiri and gradually ascends from the lowlands aiding acclimatisation.
Almost every trekker in the region spends some time in the lively market town of Namche Bazaar, perched on the side of a hill and the gateway to the main Everest trails. The town is the main trading centre for the Khumbu (Everest) region and there is a weekly food market as well as a daily Tibetan market which are well worth a visit.
Whilst the trek to Everest Base Camp is the most famous trail in the region, there are plenty of other options to consider too. If you are short on time but still want incredible scenery you could opt for a trek to Thyangboche Monastery. Located at 3867m, this is the largest monastery in the Khumbu. Alternatively it is possible to extend the trek from Everest Base Camp and follow a tough circular route crossing the Kongma La (5530m), Cho La (5430m) and Renzo La (5345m) passes on the High Passes of Everest Trek.
For an experienced trekker there is the option to climb Mera Peak, which at 6654m is Nepal's highest trekking peak. With no technical climbing involved it is the ultimate trekking challenge. Standing at the summit you will be surrounded by Kanchenjunga, Everest, Lhotse, Cho Oyu and Makalu - five of the world's 8000 metre peaks.
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Below is the text of Mr Major's doorstep interview on Thursday 30th January 1992, on his arrival at his New York hotel
Good evening! Thank you for being here this evening.
We have tomorrow an extremely unusual event. I think tomorrow will be the first time in well over forty years that the Security Council has met for an Extraordinary Meeting at Heads of Government level. I believe it is justified for a number of reasons:
It has been an extraordinarily turbulent time in the world over the last year or so; there are a vast number of matters we need to discuss: disarmament, non-
Prime Minister, will the meeting be able to offer Mr. Yeltsin anything more than just kind words?
I don't think the meeting tomorrow is about Mr. Yeltsin's immediate difficulties; I think that is more a matter for the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank rather than the Security Council tomorrow which will be more concerned with peace and disarmament matters.
The British believe that it will be necessary, as soon as the Russians become members of the International Monetary Fund, to offer quite significant help but I don't think that is a particular matter for discussion at the meeting tomorrow.
Prime Minister, how firm will the United Nations be able to be on the issue of human rights and democracy not only in the Soviet but in China, for example?
That, again, is not the purpose of the meeting tomorrow. I am sure it is a matter that will be raised in some of the speeches tomorrow; it will also be a matter that will be raised in the substantial amount of bilateral contact there will be; it is certainly a matter that I intend to raise in some of my bilateral discussions but I do not think, again, that that is the primary matter that we have in front of us tomorrow.
The primary matter we have in front of us tomorrow is effectively the role of the United Nations, how it can become more pro-
The Germans feel left out -
The Germans are not at this moment a member of the Security Council but they are a very important nation. I had the opportunity before coming here today to have a couple of conversations with Chancellor Kohl; I am aware of his views; I have no doubt that Chancellor Kohl has spoken to other people.
Prime Minister, on Security Council matters, we are waiting for a follow-
I think the follow-
Prime Minister, I know you have mentioned it briefly, but some people are saying tomorrow is really a large photo-
I don't believe that that is the case. As I said a moment ago, this is the first occasion in fact for 47 years that the Heads of Government of the Security Council have been tempted here to an Extraordinary Meeting of this sort. They have come here because there are matters of real substance that it is necessary for us to discuss. There has been a revolution in the attitude and possibilities of what the United Nations can do over recent years and I will give you several reasons for that:
It is not all that long ago that the United Nations role was largely confined to sending along observers. Now that is no longer the case; there is a great deal more they can do. We have a new Secretary-
Do you think it might turn out to be a celebration of a new world order which could yet turn out to be fragile?
Everyone, I think, is pleased at the way in which matters developed over the past year in the former Soviet Union, the collapse of communism in a regime that has been discredited in most of the outside world for generations but it survived in strength and was a threat to us in the West -
I think President Bush was entirely right to say the Cold War is over and the Cold War has been won by the West but it isn't an occasion tomorrow for drinking glasses of champagne and patting ourselves on the back. We have to look forward. We have a different situation now; no longer that grisly stability of confrontation between East and West -


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History Committee
The SLHNA History Committee works to make sure that the great history of St. Louis Hills is not only preserved, but made available for the residents of St. Louis Hills (and others) to enjoy forever.
One ongoing objective of the Committee is to collect and preserve historical magazines documents, and artifacts. A list of these items is on the History page of the website. In addition, all of these items are stored in a locked room in the Gabriel House (formerly the St. Gabriel Convent).
Please visit the History page on our website or contact Rick Palank for more information.
- Dave Kloud
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The primary purpose of the Streets & Property Committee is to encourage each and every property owner (residential, apartment, and business) in St. Louis Hills to take pride in ownership, and maintain their property to the highest standards. This will ensure the long term viability of St. Louis, as well as maintain high property values throughout St. Louis Hills.
Please feel free to contact Rick Palank with questions, complaints, or inquiries.
The Streets and Property Committee members are:
- Linda Behrmann
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The SLHNA Marketing Committee's mission is to increase the awareness of St. Louis Hills as a stable, vibrant, and safe neighborhood in which to live and conduct business.
The Marketing Committee's activities include providing a Welcome Bag (with various gifts and coupons) to new home owners; developing brochures that promote St. Louis Hills; work with the House Tour Committee to increase the awareness and demand for apartments, condos, and single-family residences; and building resident interest – and involvement – in the many activities sponsored by the Association.
The Marketing Committee is looking for a few additional members to join those listed below. Please contact Rick Palank if you are interested.
- Chris Murphey
- Rick Palank (firstname.lastname@example.com)
- Nancy Vordtriede
- Derek Wiseman
House Tour Committee
Every two years, the St. Louis Hills Neighborhood Association sponsors a House Tour. The primary purpose of the Tour is to increase the awareness of St. Louis Hills as a great place to live, whether it be in a beautiful home, condo, or apartment.
The next House Tour will be on Sunday, October 14, 2018. Anyone interested in putting their home, condo, or apartment on the tour should contact Rick Palank.
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'Survivor: Blood Vs. Water' Finale: [Spoiler] Wins Season 27
Do you think the right castaway won 'Survivor: Blood Vs. Water?' Drop a comment with your take on this season's results!
After 39 days of beach-bumming and back-stabbing in the Philippines — more so the latter than the former — host Jeff Probst ushered in a new winner on the Dec. 15 finale of Survivor: Blood Vs. Water. Drumroll please…
'Survivor' Winner: Tyson Apostol Wins 'Blood Vs. Water'
Following the final tribunal meeting, and preceding the intense reunion, Tyson Apostol was revealed to be the winner of season 27 — and more importantly, the $1 million grand prize! With (at least) five of the eight votes in his name, Tyson won hands-down.
Physical skill is one thing, but as we all know, it takes more than that to win Survivor. When the Blood Vs. Water finale began, only four contestants remained — Gervase Peterson</strong Monica Culpepper, Ciera Eastin and Tyson — and Ciera was the first to be ousted during the finale.
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The Characters:
Phil - Our hero, a social introvert. He should have spent more time looking for a hypoallergenic wig.
Sandy - Ghost of a cheerleader who was killed in the 50's (apparently a previous time the evil was set free). She wouldn't have to ask me twice about climbing in the back seat. Rowl!
Melissa - Descendant of a famous witch that was hanged in the village square over three hundred years ago. I think that, were I her, a new state of legal residence would have been in order. Becomes a vampiress.
Vinnie - LeVar Burton! Now we know how Geordi went blind: compulsive masturbation. The boy's libido is in full swing and his girlfriend refuses to give it up. Turned into a vampire.
Mitch - The group's big, dumb jock member. Strangled to death by his undead father.
Mary - At first Phil has a fancy for her, but she is blinded by her own crush on some other guy. Yet another vampire victim.
Capt. Jensen - Kurtwood Smith! Police officer who is turned into a zombie (with fireball fists) at some point.
Mrs. Jensen - No relation to the above to my knowledge. Maybe asking her to chaperone the teens' Halloween party was a bad idea. She spends most of the night getting tanked on wine, then joins the nosferatu click.
Phil's Father - Dick Van Patten! As a dentist, he has some "enchanting" views on suffering and relationships. Zombiefied.
Lester - Local redneck that is savaged by a werewolf. Probably spends a lot of time sniffing his dogs' butts.
Lucinda - Here is Melissa's (insert "great" a number of times) grandmother, the witch/vampiress.
The Plot:
Pitchford Cove observes Halloween like so many other sleepy New England towns. The exception here is that, long ago, Nathaniel Grenville (Phil's ancestor) saved the town by hanging their local witch, Lucinda. Okay, so maybe that was not uncommon in New England back then. I am a novice in the background material, but the African-American witch angle seems unique. We will also discover that the evil released by Lucinda was very real indeed.
Following an exciting day at school, the highlight of which was the attractive female substitute teacher, the characters finally decide on their costumes for the Halloween party. In the small building that serves as Pitchford Cove's local museum are housed several wax figures portraying Lucinda, Nathaniel, and a conquistador (odd... ...moving on). The first two are dressed in garments actually worn by the people they represent. Mitch gets the idea that the artifacts would make great costumes for him and Melissa.
I might not be the first to point this out, but the clothing in question is three hundred years old! No doubt the curator who dressed the wax figures probably developed an ulcer from worrying about something ripping. These idiots plan on "borrowing" the attire, dancing, then returning it with no one the wiser. Get a lawyer Mitch, because the plan has some small holes in it.
The teens manage to get past Lester and successfully obtain their costumes. They also happen across an old trunk bearing the Grenville seal. Petty theft loves company, so they take the trunk too. There is only one place befitting to change for a Halloween party; Mitch stops off at the old graveyard. After donning costumes, their interest turns to the trunk (slightly battered by rough handling, at least it is acting its age). Inside are Nathaniel's ring and a timeworn scroll.
To the delight of most assembled, Melissa reads the baneful inscription writ upon the scroll in her best witch's voice. The curse is plenty evil; the only thing missing was a reference to the "black goat of the woods with a thousand young." Why she would cast a spell, intended to raise demons and the dead, on Halloween night, in a graveyard (where a mass murderer and a witch are both buried, to boot), is beyond me. I'm an adult who considers himself rational; go look at that last sentence. Seems to be a bad idea, right?
Nothing happens at first, but after the teens drive off the graveyard soil vomits forth a horde of undead. Leading them all is Lucinda, also resurrected by the scroll's power. The only exception to the evil horde is Sandy. The cheerleader wanders into town to see what's hopping and runs into Phil. Their meeting is brief, both going their separate ways, him to the party and her to where her house used to be.
Phil soon grows weary of the party though. Mary is oblivious to his advances and some weird people are filtering in. The latter would be zombies, who should be conspicuous by their reeking of rotting flesh, but maybe everybody at the party is congested. No, that is not it either. Melissa scolded Vinnie for his costume's smell (bandages smeared with ketchup and leftovers). Heck, I don't know why the smell goes unnoticed. Anyway, Phil changes back into regular clothes and leaves.
The despondent protagonist happens across Sandy again while driving home and immediately has a very spunky cheerleader on his hands. She wants to visit the malt shop, drag race other cars, and fog the windows at lookout point. Plus, to satisfy the male fantasy completely, she improvises a set of pompoms and does a cheer at one point. Yes, there are worse fates that I can think of than being saddled with an uninhibited 1950's cheerleader. A pretty one too. Too bad for Phil that Lester, now a werewolf, interrupts the petting session.
Back at the Halloween bash, Lucinda grows fangs and attacks her descendent in the wine cellar. I have been trying to figure out why all the bottles started either leaping off the racks or spraying their contents when the attack happened. Oh well, it is probably folly to dwell on little things. Melissa soon bites Vinnie; after that the number of undead at the party rapidly multiplies. This sets us up for the film's crowning scene, where Melissa sings "Get Dead." Remember Michael Jackson's "Thriller?" Well, one zombie looked like an extra straight out of the video. Now the partygoers perform their own little music video. It is um, not quite as good as "Thriller."
The police do not believe Phil and Sandy's story, so they depart the station. Stopping by his house to arm themselves, Phil sets about making silver bullets. He melts dental fillings (remember his father's profession) and then dips bullets into the liquid. Two things are wrong with this approach. One is that the bullets are just that, only bullets with no casing (hence gunpowder) attached and Phil has no clue about reloading. Two would be the fact that adding extra diameter to the round will probably make it get stuck halfway down the barrel.
Sandy comprehends the situation facing them completely and tells Phil how to stop the evil. Nathaniel's ring is crucial to sealing the scroll again; wouldn't you know, Mitch was wearing it as part of his costume. The two stop by the party, but find that the place is dead (oh, bad webmaster) and Lucinda is waiting for them. They do manage to get the ring back while fleeing. Finally, cornered in the car, the two frantically work to reseal the scroll as undead swarm over the vehicle (the witches just flap their capes). The cheerleader disappears along with all the other spirits when the spell is undone, leaving a very dejected Phil to mull over his jacket, draped on Sandy's tombstone.
I must say, the movie had some fun points. The music selection was, with one glaring exception, very good. Plenty of golden oldies with announcements by Wolfman Jack thrown in for good measure. The vanilla characters (Except for Sandy - Rowl!) were a major detractor throughout. Accepting Phil as the bona fide hero was onerous, but I took comfort in knowing that he will require lots of counseling before going out on another date.
Things I Learned From This Movie:
Never hire a hemophiliac as a paperboy.
In the old days people were buried with explosives, just in case they woke up and needed to escape.
Halloween is a dentist's favorite holiday.
Lycanthropes have 20/20 vision.
Werewolves can be warded off with silver, wolfsbane, or Keds.
Driving While Dead (DWD) is far worse than DWI.
Back in the fifteenth century they burned punk rockers at the stake.
Vampires are susceptible to crosses, wooden stakes, or being smacked upside the head with a flashlight.
Stuff To Watch For:
1 min - Possibly the dumbest thing I've seen somebody do all year.
17 mins - Oh, so that is where fog comes from: piles of leaves decomposing in graveyards...
25 mins - Zombie midget! Cool!
31 mins - You are a rube; only in this movie would she fall for you.
33 mins - RANDOM ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST A CLOCK RADIO!
57 mins - No way! He must have something other than a stock engine in his convertible!
76 mins - "Your suffering will be legendary, even in the field of dentistry!" Hehehehe!
80 mins - Enough of the surreal opera stuff, this is annoying.
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Starving actors speak out
Phil: "Well, this sounds just like the curse Lucinda let loose on this town exactly three hundred years ago tonight, to set the free the demons of hell and to bring back the dead from the grave."
Mitch's Father (Kevin McCarthy!): "You kids stay away from me with your stupid Halloween pranks! You hear me? Stupid punks!"
Sandy: "No, I don't really want to be with a bunch of people I don't know. Especially since I won't be around for long."
Phil: "What do you mean, you won't be around for long? You're not thinking about doing something crazy, are you?
Sandy: "No, I'm not thinking about killing myself, if that's what you mean. What a waste of time that would be."
Policeman: "Burglary on 4th and Mason - pack of kids dressed up as zombies. Mrs. Phillips on Jackson swears she saw her husband turn into a bat and fly out of the window. He was heading north on Main Street and she wants us to keep an eye out."
Captain Jensen: "Halloween, my favorite time of year."
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Melissa sings "Get Dead" while the other partygoers (some are already undead) get down. This is better than the song's finale, when all the actors march at the camera as the chorus ends.
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Re: The Midnight Hour
Reply #33.
Posted on June 15, 2010, 12:37:47 PM by Paul Westbrook
I'd have to say it has been a long time since Ive been here to comment on this fun and terrific made for tv film. So Im here to catch up 4 years later. Im still watching this movie regularily each Halloween as a part of my Halloween horror movie parties and it's still one of my all time favorites. I'll be here to write when it gets closer to Halloween and hope by then more people will comment.
Re: The Midnight Hour
Reply #34.
Posted on September 25, 2010, 02:20:50 AM by Cmdr. John Gathings
Stardate: 09/25/2010 - well Paul Westbrook so far this year it looks like just you and i posting. According to the passed logs last year it was just you who posted here about this great movie.There hasn't been much interest since 2006. 2007and2008 only had two postings each and then like i said just you in 2009.
Man, i truely hope no one got tired of this movie cause like i said it is a great movie! For many years i have been wanting to comment about The Midnight Hour Movie but never got around to it for some reason; i don't know? Tonight i thought i would after seeing the lack of interest in this movie since 2006. I am a huge fan of this movie - I LOVE IT! my favorite story in it is the Phil and Sandy love story. I watch it every Halloween to see them. I love stories of young love and i am a huge fan of the 1950s and 1960s so i like Sandy and her cute 1950s cheerleaders outfit Phils a lucky boy! TTFN but i will be back on Halloween to drop a line again and i hope then to see the old fans writing again or some new ones! Bye!
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Reply #36.
Posted on September 26, 2010, 02:32:51 PM by Paul Westbrook
Thanks John for your reply and myself I could never tire of this movie. It's become a staple every year to see Midnight Hour and will be playing it for Halloween again this year, and for the first time in Surround Sound.
Re: The Midnight Hour
Reply #37.
Posted on October 05, 2010, 02:27:57 PM by Yolanda
Like many of you who have written, I too first watched The Midnight Hour as a kid. I just recently purchased the movie and hope to get it in time and watch it this Halloween. I'm excited to watch since it's been so long since I've seen it.
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Reply #38.
Posted on October 26, 2010, 11:23:47 AM by Paul Westbrook
Ah yes it's that all important time again. Once more I am planning to dig out my copy of Midnight Hour for it's annual Halloween viewing. I want to say a hello to all of you who have written here about this great film, and like you I anticipate each showing with friends. I cant believe it has been ages since I wrote here and I was actually the first ever comment. Im happy to see that there are other fans of this show and feel free to write me and say a hello to me anytime you guys want. So enjoy the show as they say in the movies and wait... Till the Midnight Hour!
Re: The Midnight Hour
Reply #39.
Posted on January 25, 2011, 10:25:01 AM by Commander John Gathings
Stardate: 01-25-2011 - Hello Paul and everyone else which are not many as i can see. Sorry i could'nt make it last halloween as i promised but my old (one of the 1st windows 98s perhaps a collecters item one day) computer crashed on me just before halloween and it was just recently one of my sisters helped me get it up and running again. Mickey is a computer wiz i tell you man! my sister is chief engineer here at starbase 12 and i don't know what i'd do with out her.
Well as usual like Paul Westbrook i dug out my copy (I have it on dvd and believe it or not on vhs also) of The Midnight Hour on Halloween and like many many times before it was good to see Sandy and Phil save the Town Of Pitchford once again!
P.S. There is only one thing I DO NOT LIKE about the movie and it is that Sandy at the end of the movie always has to go back to where she came from. Heaven i'm sure! Hailing Frequencies Closed.
Re: The Midnight Hour
Reply #40.
Posted on October 27, 2011, 08:22:47 PM by
Cmdr John Gathings
Stardate: 10-27-2011 - Hello everyone!(not many just like last time - stardate: 01-25-2011 oh well) hello Paul Westbrook! you should be posting soon for your last posting was last year just 5 days before Halloween. This is my second halloween and my third posting on this site and i hope to post every halloween as Paul duz. Yes, it is that time of year again for us all to pull out that The Midnight Hour Movie and watch Sandy and Phil once again save that small new england town of Pitchford from evil and to also enjoy seeing Sandy and Phil fall in love. Is'nt young love grand! Yup! just four more days til halloween everyone and to see a GREAT HALLOWEEN/YOUNG LOVE STORY. Enjoy as always everybody! Hailling Frequencies Closed!
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Feb 6 – Vancouver Chinese New Year Parade 2011 starts at Millennium Gate on Pender St. in Chinatown from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Feb 3-13 – Vancouver LunarFest 2011: Beautifully crafted lanterns will be on displayed outside the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Feb 12 – Celebrations for the One-Year Anniversary of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will start! Granville Street at Robson will be open from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. with performances from buskers, street hockey and the LunerFest Lantern Parade. Wear red and white and bring your hockey stick. And the Olympic Cauldron in Jack Poole Plaza will be re-lit at 4 p.m.
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You know that you made AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2008… how does it feel to make the list? What do you think of lists like this that rate women based on sex appeal and desirability?
Dita Von Teese: I didn't know that, but I think that for the most part, these lists can't be so accurate. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so I hope AskMen.com had all kinds of beauty represented. But it is nice to be included [in AskMen.com's Top 99] -- quite flattering.
Quick FactDita Von Teese is a collector of vintage china, particularly eggcups and tea sets, and she drives a 1939 Chrysler New Yorker as well as a 1965 Jaguar S-type.
Your cocktail glass show, your traditional feather fan dance, The Bird of Paradise, The Black Swan -- how do you come up with such varied, visually stunning, exciting shows?
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Let's consider the Rudder Agent is installed and configured on the new Node.
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Ensure that the CFEngine community daemons
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It looks a lot like West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder. His take on UTOPIA:
So if you were mayor, what would you do? Walk away from the system, let it go dark and make your $147 million in payments over the next 30 years with nothing to show for it? Do you try to sell the network and take pennies on the dollar? Do you dribble in a little money so the network can limp along indefinitely, hemorrhaging cash along the way? Or do you take out a new bond that can grow your subscriber base to break-even point and beyond? A relatively small bond — 20 percent the size of the original UTOPIA bond — could do that.
Leadership is not complaining about decisions made in the past that can't be undone. It's not questioning whether or not the decision should have been made in the first place. It's not endlessly blaming your predecessor for inherited problems. It means accepting the reality of your situation and choosing to make choices that lead towards the best possible outcome, no matter how painful or unpopular they may be.
If only other elected officials had the same strength. (I'm looking at you, Congress.)


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The Who coming to CMAC in July
Legendary rockers The Who have announced a rare Rochester-area concert.
The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductees will be at CMAC in Canandaigua on Sunday, July 16th. The lineup includes original members Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, now in their 53rd year together.
The Who's hits include "My Generation," "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Pinball Wizard."
The London Souls will open the show.
Tickets are $140.50, $100.50, $70.50 in the pavilion and $41.00 on the lawn. They go on sale this Friday, March 24th at 10 a.m.