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LLOYD Macklin has been released by Chippenham Town.
The 22-year-old former Swindon Town and Torquay United man had been left out of the Bluebirds squad for this week's home victories over Weymouth and St Neots Town, along with young midfielder Jake Simpson, for breaching club discipline.
Macklin made five appearances for Mark Collier's side after joining Chippenham last month before the Hardenhuish Park club confirmed the forward's departure this afternoon.
"Lloyd Macklin and Jake Simpson have been missing training and doing a few other things that haven't been up to scratch so they've been left out of the squad for the last two games," said Collier.
"Myself and Tom (Jones, assistant manager) have a standard that we want the players to adhere to and we don't want to have any bad apples.
"We want to have as competitive a squad as possible and the most important thing is that we've got everybody pushing in the same direction."
Collier, who confirmed earlier this week that the door was open for Simpson to return to his squad, was delighted to see his side take maximum points from two home encounters this week, but reiterated that Chippenham are still a work in progress.
He said: "We knew that six points would be on offer for us and I thought that we carried on from last weekend, when we played very well in some difficult conditions, against St Neots.
"There have been some outstanding performances and we came through a really tricky period in the second half on Tuesday night.
"We're still a side in transition but we want to keep getting better as we move forward – all we want to keep seeing is that improvement."
The Bluebirds make the trip to Bedfordshire this weekend to take on Arlesey Town, with Collier's men looking to avenge their disappointing 1-0 home defeat at the hands of the Blues earlier this month.
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VIA offshoot aims ARM SoC at Intel's Atom
WonderMedia's Prizm unveiled
Computex Having largely failed to dent Intel's share of the netbook processor market, Taiwan's VIA is having another go, this time pitching a part at the nascent handheld internet tablet arena - and on the back of the ARM architecture.
The chip in question is the Prizm 8510, a system-on-a-chip being released by a company called WonderMedia which is nonetheless a wholly owned VIA offshoot. The part was announced today at the Computex show in Taipei.
The Prizm contains an ARM CPU, a GPU, a video decoding unit, its own memory and Flash storage controllers, handlers for all the hardware devive makers are likely to want to build in - display, memory card reader, keypad, audio, camera, parallel ATA storage and so on - and a USB 2.0 controller for other peripherals. There's an MPEG-TS reader to handle feeds from digital TV tuners.
Following the pattern established by VIA's x86 CPUs, the Prizm has on-board encryption and decryption hardware.
Want it to do something else? Then make use of the programmable DSP core that WonderMedia has built in. It'll connect to 3G, Wi-Fi and/or Bluetooth hardware too.
There's a Gigabit Ethernet MAC for wired networking, so it's clear VIA and WonderMedia want this thing in nettops as well as netbooks - it calls them "SmartBooks" - and MIDs. WonderMedia also has its eye on internet-connected photo frames, media players and other, embedded applications.
All that will take it up against Intel's next-gen Atom platform, 'Moorestown', itself more of a system-on-a-chip than past Atoms have been. WonderMedia touted Prizm's "low power consumption", but wasn't forthcoming with details.
WonderMedia indicated is has Linux, Google Android and Windows CE running on its hardware, along with a Flash Lite-based UI it hopes to tempt device makers with. The company's Prizm software stack includes "full" DLNA home media sharing capabilities. The platform does all host devices need it to do to win Windows 7 Networked Media Device certification. ®
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Rep. Tom Rooney, a Florida Republican, Army veteran and member of the Intelligence Committee, is singing a different tune than most of his fellow Republicans who now accept the sequester: raise taxes
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If that sentiment snowballs, that could be a problem for Speaker John Boehner as he tries to hold the line against President Barack Obama, who wants to mix spending cuts and tax loopholes closures to delay the spending cuts that now start in March.
Rooney — a Boehner ally — said on Tuesday that he "would rather have tax increases than cut our defense" after Obama suggested mixing spending reductions with revenue to stop deep Pentagon cuts.
"I think that our party has shifted away from prioritizing a strong national defense to one that's considering what amounts to a reckless cut in spending just for the sake of cutting spending rather that looking at what we believe historically are the true drivers of our debt — entitlements," Rooney said Tuesday. "We're just taking what we can get right now."
( Also on POLITICO: Boehner critical of Obama plan)
But Rooney's buyer's remorse over Pentagon slashing could have the danger of bleeding over to other GOP lawmakers before the sequester takes effect at the start of March, something that would help Obama — and hurt Boehner. After all, it was just one GOP lawmaker — Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole — who supported the idea of raising taxes for those making more than $250,000 during the fiscal cliff negotiations in December. The GOP later compromised on tax hikes for the wealthy.
For now, Rooney is at odds with Boehner and the majority of his colleagues, who have indicated they support the sequester as a last-ditch effort to curb what they dub out-of-control government spending over raising new revenue for the federal government.
Even before Obama spoke, Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) said he was "flabbergasted" by the president's proposal, while Boehner suggested that new revenues backed by Obama should not be part of any deficit-reduction package, short or long term.
"We've tried to replace sequester with other things, but it seems now that a large portion of our conference is [resigned] to the fact that sequestration is OK," Rooney said in an interview. "It's not. It's dangerous, a huge mistake, a threat to our liberty … and I think that we should consider any and all options that don't include hollowing out our military."
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Fed up with the shame surrounding their periods, the Spanish performance collective Sangre Menstrual took over the public streets in sets of white pants stained with menstrual blood. This performance artwork was politically motivated; as the group writes in their "Manifesto for the Visibility of the Period," the taboo surrounding menstruation serves to oppress women and reinforce patriarchal systems.
By making a public display of their shedding uterine linings, the group hopes to reclaim the female body and free normal bodily functions from shame and judgement. Since the earliest books of the bible and before, menstruation has been viewed as unclean, and often women have even been kept separate from men during their periods. Sangre Menstrual, whose name literally translates to "menstrual blood," intends to change all that. In their manifesto, the group of women write, "I stain [my pants], and it doesn't make me sick. I stain [my pants] and I don't find it disgusting."
The implications of Sangre Menstrual's street performance extend beyond menstruation and into larger debates surrounding reproduction and the female body. Like the feminist artist Barbara Kruger and her legendary print "Your Body Is A Battlefield," the blood-stained performance aims to present the body as a political act of defiance. The manifesto states, "the visibility of the period [is meant] to increase the visibility of the body, as political space." Do patriarchal, sexist institutions persist in part because of the repulsion with which we treat menstruation? Is this work of art a groundbreaking innovation or a silly shock tactic? (via BUST)


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§1. But money, no more than commodities in general, has its value definitively determined by demand and supply. The ultimate regulator of its value is Cost of Production.
We are supposing, of course, that things are left to themselves. Governments have not always left things to themselves. They have undertaken to prevent the quantity of money from adjusting itself according to spontaneous laws, and have endeavoured to regulate it at their pleasure; generally with a view of keeping a greater quantity of money in the country, than would otherwise have remained there. It was, until lately, the policy of all governments to interdict the exportation and the melting of money; while, by encouraging the exportation and impeding the importation of other things, they endeavoured to have a stream of money constantly flowing in. By this course they gratified two prejudices; they drew, or thought that they drew, more money into the country, which they believed to be tantamount to more wealth; and they gave, or thought that they gave, to all producers and dealers, high prices, which, though no real advantage, people are always inclined to suppose to be one.
In this attempt to regulate the value of money artificially by means of the supply, governments have never succeeded in the degree, or even in the manner, which they intended. Their prohibitions against exporting or melting the coin have never been effectual. A commodity of such small bulk in proportion to its value is so easily smuggled, and still more easily melted, that it has been impossible by the most stringent measures to prevent these operations. All the risk which it was in the power of governments to attach to them, was outweighed by a very moderate profit.1 In the more indirect mode of aiming at the same purpose, by throwing difficulties in the way of making the returns for exported goods in any other commodity than money, they have not been quite so unsuccessful. They have not, indeed, succeeded in making money flow continuously into the country; but they have to a certain extent been able to keep it at a higher than its natural level; and have, thus far, removed the value of money from exclusive dependence on the causes which fix the value of things not artificially interfered with.
We are, however, to suppose a state, not of artificial regulation, but of freedom. In that state, and assuming no charge to be made for coinage, the value of money will conform to the value of the bullion of which it is made. A pound weight of gold or silver in coin, and the same weight in an ingot, will precisely exchange for one another. On the supposition of freedom, the metal cannot be worth more in the state of bullion than of coin; for as it can be melted without any loss of time, and with hardly any expense, this would of course be done until the quantity in circulation was so much diminished as to equalize its value with that of the same weight in bullion. It may be thought however that the coin, though it cannot be of less, may be, and being a manufactured article will naturally be, of greater value than the bullion contained in it, on the same principle on which linen cloth is of more value than an equal weight of linen yarn. This would be true, were it not that Government, in this country, and in some others, coins money gratis for any one who furnishes the metal. The labour and expense of coinage, when not charged to the possessor, do not raise the value of the article. If Government opened an office where, on delivery of a given weight of yarn, it returned the same weight of cloth to any one who asked for it, cloth would be worth no more in the market than the yarn it contained. As soon as coin is worth a fraction more than the value of the bullion, it becomes the interest of the holders of bullion to send it to be coined. If Government, however, throws the expense of coinage, as is reasonable, upon the holder, by making a charge to cover the expense (which is done by giving back rather less in coin than has been received in bullion, and is called levying a seignorage), the coin will rise, to the extent of the seignorage, above the value of the bullion. If the Mint kept back one per cent, to pay the expense of coinage, it would be against the interest of the holders of bullion to have it coined, until the coin was more valuable than the bullion by at least that fraction. The coin, therefore, would be kept one per cent higher in value, which could only be by keeping it one per cent less in quantity, than if its coinage were gratuitous.
The Government might attempt to obtain a profit by the transaction, and might lay on a seignorage calculated for that purpose; but whatever they took for coinage beyond its expenses, would be so much profit on private coining. Coining, though not so easy an operation as melting, is far from a difficult one, and, when the coin produced is of full weight and standard fineness, is very difficult to detect. If, therefore, a profit could be made by coining good money, it would certainly be done: and the attempt to make seignorage a source of revenue would be defeated. Any attempt to keep the value of the coin at an artificial elevation, not by a seignorage, but by refusing to coin, would be frustrated in the same manner.2
§2. The value of money, then, conforms, permanently, and, in a state of freedom, almost immediately, to the value of the metal of which it is made; with the addition, or not, of the expenses of coinage, according as those expenses are borne by the individual or by the state. This simplifies extremely the question which we have here to consider: since gold and silver bullion are commodities like any others, and their value depends, like that of other things, on their cost of production.
To the majority of civilized countries, gold and silver are foreign products: and the circumstances which govern the values of foreign products, present some questions which we are not yet ready to examine. For the present, therefore, we must suppose the country which is the subject of our inquiries, to be supplied with gold and silver by its own mines, reserving for future consideration how far our conclusions require modification to adapt them to the more usual case.
Of the three classes into which commodities are divided — those absolutely limited in supply, those which may be had in unlimited quantity at a given cost of production, and those which may be had in unlimited quantity, but at an increasing cost of production — the precious metals, being the produce of mines, belong to the third class. Their natural value, therefore, is in the long run proportional to their cost of production in the most unfavourable existing circumstances, that is, at the worst mine which it is necessary to work in order to obtain the required supply. A pound weight of gold will, in the gold-producing countries, ultimately tend to exchange for as much of every other commodity, as is produced at a cost equal to its own; meaning by its own cost the cost in labour and expense, at the least productive sources of supply which the then existing demand makes it necessary to work. The average value of gold is made to conform to its natural value, in the same manner as the values of other things are made to conform to their natural value. Suppose that it were selling above its natural value; that is, above the value which is an equivalent for the labour and expense of mining, and for the risks attending a branch of industry in which nine out of ten experiments have usually been failures. A part of the mass of floating capital which is on the look out for investment, would take the direction of mining enterprise; the supply would thus be increased, and the value would fall. If, on the contrary, it were selling below its natural value, miners would not be obtaining the ordinary profit; they would slacken their works; if the depreciation was great, some of the inferior mines would perhaps stop working altogether: and a falling off in the annual supply, preventing the annual wear and tear from being completely compensated, would by degrees reduce the quantity, and restore the value.
When examined more closely, the following are the details of the process. If gold is above its natural or cost value — the coin, as we have seen, conforming in its value to the bullion-money will be of high value, and the prices of all things, labour included, will be low. These low prices will lower the expenses of all producers; but as their returns will also be lowered, no advantage will be obtained by any producer, except the producer of gold: whose returns from his mine, not depending on price, will be the same as before, and his expenses being less, he will obtain extra profits, and will be stimulated to increase his production. E converso if the metal is below its natural value: since this is as much as to say that prices are high, and the money expenses of all producers unusually great: for this, however, all other producers will be compensated by increased money returns: the miner alone will extract from his mine no more metal than before, while his expenses will be greater: his profits therefore being diminished or annihilated, he will diminish his production, if not abandon his employment.
In this manner it is that the value of money is made to conform to the cost of production of the metal of which it is made. It may be well, however, to repeat (what has been said before) that the adjustment takes a long time to effect, in the case of a commodity so generally desired and at the same time so durable as the precious metals. Being so largely used not only as money but for plate and ornament, there is at all times a very large quantity of these metals in existence: while they are so slowly worn out, that a comparatively small annual production is sufficient to keep up the supply, and to make any addition to it which may be required by the increase of goods to be circulated, or by the increased demand for gold and silver articles by wealthy consumers. Even if this small annual supply were stopt entirely, it would require many years to reduce the quantity so much as to make any very material difference in prices. The quantity may be increased, much more rapidly than it can be diminished; but the increase must be very great before it can make itself much felt over such a mass of the precious metals as exists in the whole commercial world. And hence the effects of all changes in the conditions of production of the precious metals are at first, and continue to be for many years, questions of quantity only, with little reference to cost of production. More especially is this the case when, as at the present time, many new sources of supply have been simultaneously opened, most of them practicable by labour alone, without any capital in advance beyond a pickaxe and a week's food; and when the operations are as yet wholly experimental, the comparative permanent productiveness of the different sources being entirely unascertained.
§3. Since, however, the value of money really conforms, like that of other things, though more slowly, to its cost of production, some political economists have objected altogether to the statement that the value of money depends on its quantity combined with the rapidity of circulation; which, they think, is assuring a law for money that does not exist for any other commodity, when the truth is that it is governed by the very same laws. To this we may answer, in the first place, that the statement in question assumes no peculiar law. It is simply the law of demand and supply, which is acknowledged to be applicable to all commodities, and which, in the case of money as of most other things, is controlled, but not set aside, by the law of cost of production, since cost of production would have no effect on value if it could have none on supply. But, secondly, there really is, in one respect, a closer connexion between the value of money and its quantity, than between the values of other things and their quantity. The value of other things conforms to the changes in the cost of production, without requiring, as a condition, that there should be any actual alteration of the supply: the potential alteration is sufficient; and if there even be an actual alteration, it is but a temporary one, except in so far as the altered value may make a difference in the demand, and so require an increase or diminution of supply, as a consequence, not a cause, of the alteration in value. Now this is also true of gold and silver, considered as articles of expenditure for ornament and luxury; but it is not true of money. If the permanent cost of production of gold were reduced one-fourth, it might happen that there would not be more of it bought for plate, gilding, or jewellery, than before; and if so, though the value would fall, the quantity extracted from the mines for these purposes would be no greater than previously. Not so with the portion used as money; that portion could not fall in value one-fourth, unless actually increased one-fourth; for, at prices one-fourth higher, one-fourth more money would be required to make the accustomed purchases; and if this were not forthcoming, some of the commodities would be without purchasers, and prices could not be kept up. Alterations, therefore, in the cost of production of the precious metals, do not act upon the value of money except just in proportion as they increase or diminish its quantity; which cannot be said of any other commodity. It would therefore, I conceive, be an error both scientifically and practically, to discard the proposition which asserts a connexion between the value of money and its quantity.
It is evident, however, that the cost of production, in the long run, regulates the quantity; and that every country (temporary fluctuations excepted) will possess, and have in circulation, just that quantity of money, which will perform all the exchanges required of it, consistently with maintaining a value conformable to its cost of production. The prices of things will, on the average, be such that money will exchange for its own cost in all other goods: and, precisely because the quantity cannot be prevented from affecting the value, the quantity itself will (by a sort of self-acting machinery) be kept at the amount consistent with that standard of prices-at the amount necessary for performing, at those prices, all the business required of it.
"The quantity wanted will depend partly on the cost of producing gold, and partly on the rapidity of its circulation. The rapidity of circulation being given, it would depend on the cost of production: and the cost of production being given, the quantity of money would depend on the rapidity of its circulation."3 After what has been already said, I hope that neither of these propositions stands in need of any further illustration.
Money, then, like commodities in general, having a value dependent on, and proportional to, its cost of production; the theory of money is, by the admission of this principle, stript of a great part of the mystery which apparently surrounded it. We must not forget, however, that this doctrine only applies to the places in which the precious metals are actually produced; and that we have yet to enquire whether the law of the dependence of value on cost of production applies to the exchange of things produced at distant places. But however this may be, our propositions with respect to value will require no other alteration, where money is an imported commodity, than that of substituting for the cost of its production, the cost of obtaining it in the country. Every foreign commodity is bought by giving for it some domestic production; and the labour and capital which a foreign commodity costs to us, is the labour and capital expended in producing the quantity of our own goods which we give in exchange for it. What this quantity depends upon, — what determines the proportions of interchange between the productions of one country and those of another, — is indeed a question of somewhat greater complexity than those we have hitherto considered. But this at least is indisputable, that within the country itself the value of imported commodities is determined by the value, and consequently by the cost of production, of the equivalent given for them; and money, where it is an imported commodity, is subject to the same law.
1 The effect of the prohibition cannot, however, have been so entirely insignificant as it has been supposed to be by writers on the subject. The facts adduced by Mr Fullerton, in the note to page 7 of his work on the Regulation of Currencies, show that it required a greater percentage of difference in value between coin and bullion that has commonly been imagined, to bring the coin to the melting pot.
2 In England, though there is no seignorage on gold coin, (the Mint returning in coin the same weight of pure metal which it receives in bullion) there is a delay of a few weeks after the bullion is deposited, before the coin can be obtained, occasioning a loss of interest, which, to the holder, is equivalent to a trifling seignorage. From this cause, the value of coin is in general slightly above that of the bullion it contains. An ounce of gold, according to the quantity of metal in a sovereign, should be worth 3l. 17s. 10 1/2d.; but it was usually quoted at 3l. 17s. 6d., until the Bank Charter Act of 1844 made it imperative on the Bank to give its notes for all bullion offered to it at the rate of 3l. 17s. 9d.
3 From some printed, but not published, Lectures of Mr Senior: in which the great differences in the business done by money, as well as in the rapidity of its circulation, in different states of society and civilization, are interestingly illustrated.
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I hoped my medical soap opera was over when I posted over a year ago but no such luck. Since then rather than blogging I spent my time on Johnson & Amelia descendent research between this 'n that medical operatic act. My documented descendants of Johnaon and Amelia now number 3777 (10 generations - I'm in generation 5 - some of my cousin's within 5 years of my age are in generation 7!). Most of the documented descendents are born prior to the 1930 census. I find it curious as I read others blogs that folks older than me are talking about being generation 12 & 13 and their research goes back as far as mine (1680s) and I'm just just a generation 5 or 6!
Another thing I did during the past 18 months is link many of the descendants of Mathew Hooper Monroe and Eunice Hinman Englis on Find-A-Grave. My inspiration to do this came from my cousin Leslie Saint who started a project linking descendants of my great-grandfather M. Hooper Monroe's parents Mathew Hooper Monroe and Rebecca Allen - emphasizing his line of Simon Peter Monroe and Elizabeth Wright (both Johnson and Amelia descendants). I owe huge thanks to Leslie not only for his work but also for his inspiration to me and other cousins to share our knowledge and link our family branches on Find-A-Grave. Leslie located many obituaries for our ancestors and cousins in old newspapers and added them to the memorials on Find-A-Grave.
I didn't break down any brick walls this past year in my direct line but I did crush one a bit for my my cousins by documenting the father of Alethia Hatcher (m. 1848 Nathaniel Perry Monroe). A couple of cousins were very excited about the news but most who asked me eagerly years back if I knew Alethia's parents didn't express much enthusiasm. This was a huge disappointment to me. Alethia has many descendants and very few responded to the news when I told them. It was sort of like they either expected me to find the answer or it didn't matter. Either way I was disappointed. I didn't want praise I just wanted her descendents to say "I'm glad to know".
Thanks to all the new records added in the past year by our friends at familysearch.org I have discovered lots of "goodies". Most are confirming information but some times there is something that really makes me smile. The will of Benjamin Polk Johnson is one of those. I'll let you know about it in my next post.
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Note: It was last year during Tech's game against Murray
State that Josh Lowery was thrust into the spotlight as
quarterback, and the Sparta native has been a steady contributor
ever since. With Tech playing Saturday at Murray, Thomas Corhern
checks up on Lowery's progress.
Story by Thomas Corhern
Cookeville Herald-Citizen
COOKEVILLE--There was one unforeseen benefit from Tennessee Tech's quarterback debacle from last season.
Once starting quarterback Lee Sweeney was injured during the Golden Eagles' 48-24 win against Murray State last season, it was a relative unknown quarterback who stood in and punished the Racers.
Josh Lowery took over and, in his first collegiate effort, threw for 103 yards and a pair of touchdowns to lead the Golden Eagles to victory.
A week later, Lowery kept the momentum going, throwing for another 133 yards and a touchdown in his first career start.
He kept getting better and better, but he hit a road block in his third game. As Tech hosted Austin Peay for its Homecoming game, Lowery put another strong effort together as he threw for 170 yards.
But in the third quarter, Lowery was done.
His wrist broken in two places.
After spending the rest of the 2007 campaign on the bench with a medical redshirt, Lowery is back in a groove.
Through five games this season, the junior backup has thrown for more touchdowns than Sweeney - 4 to 3 - as he has thrown 50 completions out of 74 attempts for 444 yards,
averaging 88.8 yards per game.
Lowery is working his way into more games this season and has proven himself as a valuable addition to the Tech offense.
"It's great," Lowery said. "I always want to play. I'm just glad that I'm getting the opportunity to go out there a little bit more than I did last year. Hopefully, that will continue. The wrist is good to go. I'm hoping it will stay that way since we're halfway through."
He threw for 151 yards and two touchdowns last week against Eastern Kentucky, despite throwing two picks on 16-of-23 passing. Lowery was a perfect 5-for-5 against Central Methodist, threw for 151 yards against Division I-A's Western Michigan, was 4-for-5 against Southeast Missouri and was 6-for-8 with a touchdown against Louisville.
But Tech is not the only area stop that Lowery has had in his career. Lowery was also a standout quarterback at White County. Being able to play so close to home has its advantages for the Tech QB.
"It's fun to play close to home," Lowery said. "You're in a community where they know who you are. I loved it there playing at White County. We weren't the best football team, but I loved it there. I'm always going to be backing them."
Former Warrior head coach Dickie Brown, now the skipper at Clay County, has fond memories of his former QB.
"Josh has got such a quick release with the ball, and he had it up in high school all the way up through my first year over there," Brown said. "Our first year together, we couldn't let him throw the ball as much as would have liked to because the line was so horrendous in front of him. If we tried to drop him back, he would have gotten killed. So there was a lot of three-step drops and quick releases and rollouts and those types of things.
"His senior year, when he could set up and we could give him a little pass protection, he did a great job of getting the ball out. He throws a three-step pass better than any kid I've ever coached. The slant-ins and quick outs and fade patterns and bubble screens and getting it into the flat quickly, I think he did a great job of that in high school. He's accurate down the field with it. He's as good a high school quarterback as I've coached."
And that performance has translated well into his transition into the collegiate ranks.
Lowery spent two seasons at East Mississippi Community College before transferring over to Tech before the 2007 season.
"I always felt like he could play at that level," Brown said. "We tried hard to get him recruited. Tech was very aware of him; Tech had film, but it was the same old story from the old Tech staff. Walk on. I felt all along he could play at that level or the MTSU level."
Both Tech quarterbacks have had their pros and cons this season, but Lowery has really started to step up his game and even Tech head coach Watson Brown admits that Lowery could be the guy leading this Golden Eagle squad if the situation calls for it.
"He's a better quarterback than he has been," Brown said. "The improvements he made have been tremendous and he could have done it last year, but he only got to play one full game before he got injured. He's played really, really well. We're excited about his performance and we've got no problem putting him in if the situation isn't going well. He's handled everything well and he's been a good leader. He's been very good on the sidelines watching what's going on, going in there and reacting to it. He's everything you could want from a backup quarterback. That's why I say we really have two guys who could start. We really don't even consider him as a backup."
And even Lowery's former high school coach admits that the quarterback could be a starter elsewhere.
"I'm watching UT play this year, and he could start for UT right now," Dickie Brown said. "He could; that's not a joke. He's better than Crompton right now."
But right now, it's the Purple and Gold for Lowery.
"Coach Brown has given me a great opportunity here," Lowery said. "I'm just out here trying to do the best I can while I'm out here."


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Of her process, Jamlang explains, "Watercolor behaves so unpredictably… It is very exciting to use. It drives itself. The transparency and the brilliance of the colors all swirling around are thrilling. And when you use it side by side with acrylic, the more opaque, dense and unyielding medium, the contrast can be beautiful." (via hifructose)


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Miles and miles of beautiful beaches. Seas, rivers, lakes. Crooked mountain roads that make you feel you are on a roller coaster instead of in a car. Breathlessly grand mansions. The birthplace of a man whose message of peace and nonviolence resonates to this day, more than 40 years since he was assassinated, and the birthplace of a television icon. A dear friend. Harley Davidsons on the highway. And four statehouses, each more beautiful than the last.That, in a nutshell, is where Desi and I were for the last eight days, doing one of the things we love most: taking a road trip.For all the years we have lived in this country, we have been in love with this wonderful American tradition. Before we got our large family of critters, Desi and I would hop into our car almost every weekend to explore some part of the country, obscure or popular. Over the past seven years since we expanded our family the road trips have become fewer in number but that doesn't mean we don't try to escape at the first available chance.This time we made a visit to the home of a friend, Navami, who lives in Atlanta, the focus of our road trip. But to get to her and back home we charted a route through seven cities, including four state capitols (Desi collects those with a historian-newsman's zeal :)).
I will tell you more about the trip in subsequent posts because there's so much to tell, but today I wanted to post a recipe for a delicious breakfast dish that Navami made for us when we were staying with her and that is one of my favorites. Kande Pohe.
In my semi-Maharashtrian home I grew up eating this delicious savory dish for breakfast at least once or twice a week. Trust me, there is no way you can go wrong with this one, it's so easy to make. Even better, it takes just minutes.
Pohe (in Marathi) are basically flattened rice grains that are cooked into a slightly al dente texture in this dish. Kande, also a Marathi word, refers to onions. You can add all sorts of delicious veggies to make this dish even more delicious, but the most popular are green peas and potatoes.
I didn't get the recipe from Navami but I am just going to post mine because it tasted the same (the pictures are of her dish).
Kande Pohe
- 2 cups pohe or flattened rice (you can find these at any Indian grocery store. Make sure you use the thick variety, not the thin, for this dish)
- 1 large red onion , minced
- 1 cup green peas , thawed if frozen
- 1 tomato , finely diced
- 1 large potato , diced finely and zapped in a microwave with 1 tbsp water until tender, abour 3-4 minutes
- 2 green chillies , minced
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- A generous pinch of asafetida (hing), optional
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp canola oil or other vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/4 cup chopped coriander leaves (for garnish)
- 1 tbsp shredded coconut , optional (for garnish)
- Put the pohe in a colander and wash under running water. Set aside. (Don't do this until you are ready to begin sauteing the onions because you don't want the pohe to turn mushy. They shouldn't sit more than 10 minutes after being soaked.)
- In a skillet, heat the oil. Add the asafetida and mustard. When they sputter, add the onions, green chillies and curry leaves.
- Saute the onions until they are translucent, about 3-5 minutes.
- Add the turmeric, stir in, then add the pohe, potatoes, tomatoes and green peas. Stir well and saute until the pohe are warmed through.
- Add the sugar and lemon juice and salt to taste. Turn off heat.
- Garnish with the coconut, if using, and the coriander leaves.
- Serve hot.


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We have all asked the question "why hasn't my plant bloomed?"
Sometimes the answer is as simple as not enough sunlight, not old enough, not cold enough or hot enough, etc.
In fact, it could be as simple as a little digging and dividing for some renewed blooming attitude.
For most of my herbaceous perennials I wait until early fall to do a good portion of my digging and dividing.
•Summer Lynne Allan and Rodney Leo Dryden to be married at the late Dr. Ed Ford's home in Cynthiana on Aug. 14, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. A reception will follow the ceremony. Formal invitations are being sent.
*Cynthiana Democrat, Aug. 3, 1933 - "President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Thursday appointed Mac Swinford of Cynthiana, Ky. as district attorney for the eastern district of Kentucky." (There is a display at the museum to honor Judge Mac. Are you familiar with his writings?)
*Cynthiana Democrat, Oct. 30, 1969 - "A fire of undetermined origin destroyed the maintenance building belonging to Bluegrass Plant Foods, Inc. last Thursday."
Submitted By Cheryl Case, Extension Agent
Celebrity chefs say people eat with their eyes first. Then, they serve up a deliciously crafted work of art on a plate. It may be true, but most of us use our senses of smell and taste to satisfy hunger.
The insect world has countless sucking and chewing pests. One of the most difficult questions to answer, and I get asked it often, is "what's eating my plant?"
It could be a chewing beetle, or caterpillar; or it could be a sucking spider mite, bug or aphid, among many, many others.
Our early heat wave this summer added an additional component to the problem…many insects love this sort of disagreeable weather and can multiply more rapidly as a result.
Harrison County High School Class of 1960 will have its 50th reunion on July 17, 2010 with social time from 5 to 6:30 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 at the Cynthiana Country Club.
For more information call 859-234-1306.
The Criswell-Rankin-Slade-Martin reunion will be Sunday, Aug. 8 at the Benson United Methodist Church.
A potluck meal will be served at 12:30 p.m.
Table service and drinks will be provided.
10 years ago . . .
Births announced this week are: Charles Nathaniel Lee Bowling, April 12, son of Cecil Lee Jr. and Sabrina Bowling; Dennis Wayne "Trey" Russell III, May 24, son of Heather and Dennis Russell II; Jessica Nicole Steven, May 22, gaughter of Amy Quesenberry and Harold E. Steven Jr.; Daniel Scott Faulconer, May 25, son of Brian and Amanda Faulconer; Maxwell Royce Ferguson, May 14, son of Dr. David and Jolleen Ferguson; Grace Louise Street, May 17, daughter of the Rev. John and Lori Street Jr.
•Kellie Marie Grubbs and JJ Nicholsto marry on July 3 at 4:30 p.m. at Indian Creek Christian Church. A reception will be held at the Cynthiana Country Club.
•Katheryn Elizabeth Boaz and Benjamin McDowell Royse to be married at Southern Hills United Methodist Church on Aug. 28, 2010, at 5:30 p.m. A reception will follow at Red Mile.
* Cynthiana News, June 6, 1867 - "The county of Harrison is entitled to three scholarships in the 'Agricultural College' located in Lexington, we believe. It is a concern we know little about and care to know less. It is time that the Legislature of Kentucky cease making appropriations for the advantage of a certain few. The people of this county have paid taxes enough for the benefit of a few nabobs." (nabob - person of great wealth)
On July 5, a High Moisture Haylage field day will be presented on the farm of Greg McCauley. Michelle Simon, UK summer intern, will be presenting information on wrapping haylage at the correct time to increase the quality of the product, information on new possibilites for producers, and information on hay temperatures and curing time. Dr. Ray Smith, University of Kentucky Forage Specialist, will be the guest speaker.
These are the summers that I am glad I have maintained a growing succulent collection for outdoor containers.
It has been dreadfully hot this year and spending all my time watering containers is not my idea of fun.
If we removed the Ohio Valley humidity factor, this summer would be like a Zone 9, Mediterranean climate with pop-up thunderstorms.
Harrison County High School Class of 1960 will have its 50th reunion on July 17 with social time from 5-6:30, dinner at 6:30 at the Cynthiana Country Club. For more information call 859-234-1306.
The Morrison reunion will be held July 10 from 11 a.m. to ? at the Scott County Park in the outdoor shelter. Bring a dish, drinks, etc., and enjoy a day of memories. For more information call 234-8746.
•Jerri Marie Wright and Melvin Sparks Jr. announce their engagement. No date has been set.
•Johnny W. Beckett Jr. and Stephanie M. Miller to marry at their home on July 3 at 4:30 p.m. followed by a reception.
•Keshia Marie Spicer and Christopher Brian Ruth to wed Aug. 21, 2010 in Beattyville, Ky.
•Jared Mattox and Carla Withrow to wed at Hilton Head, S.C. on July 30. A reception will take place at a later date.
* Cynthiana Times, Dec. 7, 1865 - "We notice among other arrivals at their homes, our much esteemed and highly respected friends, Maj. Ben and Capt. Jo Desha. They are looking well and hearty. Their reception by their friends in old Harrison was that character which could not fail to make them proud of their county and state."
The Renaker School Alumni Reunion will be held on July 17 at 6 p.m. at the Calvary Assembly of God's Church.
Calvary Assembly of God's Church is located at 325 Webster Ave. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. All former students, alumni and friends are invited.
For reservations contact Patty Adams at 859-234-1403.
Harrison County High School Class of 1960 will have its 50th reunion on July 17, 2010 with social time from 5-6:30 with dinner at 6:30 at the Cynthiana Country Club.
I have some healthy looking tomato plants in the garden this year which is refreshing after last year's diseased lot. Nothing ripe yet but all in all things look promising despite the pop-up down pours and the 90 degree weather.
"I don't like spiders and snakes…" are the lyrics to the catchy 1970s tune by singer Jim Stafford. Although the song has little to do with wildlife, the sentiment holds true for many whose fear, when they cross paths with a common snake or spider, is real even when the perceived danger isn't.
The Anness family reunion will be held Sunday, June 6. A potluck lunch will be served at noon at Northside Elementary School. All family and friends are invited to attend.
Joseph and Lydia Fleming Cummins were married in Bourbon County, Ky. in 1793 and lived at Antioch Mills in what is now Harrison County, Ky. They had 13 children and 140 grandchildren. Eight of the children went to Illinois in early 1800s and the other five stayed in Kentucky. Anyone with Cummins family connections is invited to attend.
* Log Cabin, March 24, 1906 - "Interurban Road - An engineering corps composed of the senior class in civil engineering of the State College, Lexington, has begun a survey for an interurban line from Lexington to Cynthiana by way of Russell Cave turnpike. The work being done under the supervision of Mr. W. A. Newman and under direct charge of Mr. Nesbit. The parties who are having the work done are reported to be Eastern capitalists, but Mr. Newman declined to give their names. The proposed line will run through Centerville, Jacksonville, and Broadwell to Cynthiana.
•Regina Riley and John K. Lyons announce their engagement.
• Johnny W. Beckett Jr. and Stephanie M. Miller announce their upcoming marriage at their home.
• Lindsey Cockrell and Skyler Jones will be married on July 10 in Lexington.
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The Cynthiana Democrat is your source for local news, sports, events, and information in Cynthiana, KY and the surrounding area.


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- Overall Length:7.375"
- Blade Length:3.25"
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- Finish:Mirror
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- Handle Length:4.125"
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2015 UNHCR subregional operations profile - Northern, Western, Central and Southern Europe
| Overview |
The number of asylum applications received in 2014 in European Union (EU) Member States has risen by 25 per cent compared to the same period in 2013. A quarter of the applicants are of Afghan, Eritrean or Syrian origin, and a similar proportion are under 18 years of age. There have also been many more asylum applications from stateless people, with an estimated total of 436,000 people across the European Union. Germany continues to be the recipient of the largest number of asylum applications, followed by France, Sweden, Italy and the United Kingdom.
In the first seven months of 2014, more than 87,000 people arrived in Italy by sea, mainly from Eritrea and the Syrian Arab Republic (Syria). In an effort to reduce the risks linked to such journeys, in October 2013 the Italian Government launched the Mare Nostrum operation, which has rescued more than 100,000 people. Greece and Spain also recorded an increase in arrivals.
The economic situation in the region has had an impact on the capacity and readiness of many countries to strengthen their protection systems. Austerity measures have also hit civil-society organizations that provide services to asylum-seekers and refugees. Xenophobia and intolerance have led to incidents of discrimination and violence. States have responded by concentrating on curbing irregular movements, including through tighter border controls and detention, or penalization for illegal entry.
UNHCR will build on international and regional law and policy to support States' efforts to find durable solutions for unaccompanied and separated children, who have been arriving in the subregion in large numbers.
The Office continues to be particularly concerned about reports that some EU countries are placing barriers to entry or forcibly returning asylum-seekers and refugees.
In April 2014, the European Union adopted the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, representing a commitment of over EUR 3 billion for the next seven years (2014-2020). A major portion of this fund will be allocated to Member States' national programmes to complement their own domestic budgets, which should help improve asylum systems, reception modalities, and integration policies.
In this context, UNHCR's work in the subregion will also focus on:
Assisting and supporting governments to build and maintain fair and efficient asylum and protection systems;
Ensuring border management is more protection-sensitive. The Office will promote alternatives to detention. It will also advocate for reception conditions that meet minimum international standards;
Promoting responsibility-sharing among EU Member States, complementing the efforts of the European Commission and the European Asylum Support Office (EASO);
Promoting community participation and preventing and responding to incidents of sexual and gender-based violence(SGBV);
Advocating for more resettlement places and enhancing integration capacity in resettlement countries;
Urging States to accede to the 1954 and 1961 UN Statelessness Conventions, improving mechanisms to identify and protect stateless people and preventing and resolving situations of statelessness; and
Supporting EU policy-making processes related to people of concern and mobilizing regional political and financial support for UNHCR's work worldwide.
| Response and implementation |
Asylum and protection
In 2015, one of UNHCR's priorities will be to ensure the safeguarding of asylum space. To prevent deaths at sea, the organization will work with European States towards more concerted action. These efforts will be guided by its Central Mediterranean Sea Initiative (CMSI), which includes measures not only within the European Union, but also in transit or first asylum countries, and in countries of origin. The CMSI seeks to strengthen cooperation with relevant stakeholders. Admission practices will be monitored and the capacity of immigration and coast guard officials built, to help prevent refoulement and ensure that those in need of international protection can access territory.
UNHCR offices in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and the United Kingdom will follow up on measures in respect of the Response to Vulnerability project. Standard operating procedures will be instituted in reception centres to respond to incidents of SGBV.
The Office will pursue efforts to build and maintain an effective asylum and protection system. Since 2013, UNHCR and the Government of Albania have worked in close collaboration to ensure the safe arrival of more than 240 former residents of the Hurriya temporary transit location (ex-Ashraf) in Iraq who are in need of international protection, and will continue working on durable solutions for this refugee group.
UNHCR will also work to assure reception conditions and procedures that are adequate for responding to asylum-seekers' specific needs and maintaining their dignity. UNHCR and UNICEF are developing guidance on how States can ensure respect for the best interests of unaccompanied children in Europe.
In line with the organization's global Beyond Detention strategy, rolled out in Hungary, Lithuania, Malta and the United Kingdom, the Office will promote alternatives to detention, as well as the release of children held and improvements in detention conditions.
Monitoring and reporting on national practices will help identify gaps and good practice. The follow-up study to Beyond Proof, which assesses credibility in claims lodged by unaccompanied children, will be completed in 2014 and will require implementation in 2015.
Having analysed the reasons for their movements, UNHCR has started developing a more comprehensive protection strategy for Afghans.
Comments on legislation in the context of the transposition of the asylum acquis, comparative analyses and judicial engagement, will allow UNHCR to contribute to the setting of national and regional legal standards. It will implement quality audit mechanisms and participate in some national asylum procedures, such as those in France, Italy and Spain.
UNHCR will continue to complement EASO's efforts to improve practical cooperation among EU Member States in building asylum systems and improving the quality of country-of-origin information.
The Office will pursue its efforts to identify cases for judicial engagement with national and European courts. It will continue to support the conference of refugee law judges in Germany. Judicial engagement and court interventions will permit UNHCR to ensure the correct application of relevant laws in refugee cases.
UNHCR works closely with civil-society organizations and others involved in refugee protection. Innovative approaches include high-visibility campaigns in public spaces and transport. In 2015, particular attention will be paid to improving social media communication.
Durable solutions
Despite 22 out of 36 countries contributing to UNHCR's resettlement efforts in some capacity, the number of resettlement places for the region remain limited. Special attention will be devoted to resettlement and humanitarian admission of Syrian refugees, and the Office will continue managing the Emergency Transit Centres in Timisoara (Romania) and Humenné (Slovakia).
In order to enhance reception and integration capacities and improve refugees' local integration prospects, the Office will work to raise awareness of the integration challenges facing 1.6 million refugees in the region and to promote good practice in labour market integration, housing and the building of social and professional networks.
UNHCR has launched a 10-year campaign to end statelessness, and will advocate for more EU Member States to accede to the 1954 and 1961 UN Statelessness Conventions. The organization will encourage and support States to adopt national action plans to address statelessness, conduct public awareness activities and advocate for a formal identification and protection mechanism for stateless people be established in countries that lack one.
The Office will continue to advocate for law reform preventing statelessness at birth or later in life, and the facilitation of naturalization. Cooperation with the European Network on Statelessness will continue.
| Financial information |
The budget for the subregion has increased significantly in the past years, from USD 51.1 million in 2011 to USD 68.1 million in 2015, primarily owing to the impact of the Syria Situation and asylum-seekers arriving by boat to the shores of Southern Europe.
The budget for the subregion will however be reduced during the course of 2015 as the operation in Albania will move to South-Eastern Europe within the context of UNHCR's regionalization process in the western Balkans.
Approximately 94 per cent of the 2015 budget is allocated to refugee programmes, with the remaining 6 per cent for statelessness activities.
|UNHCR 2015 budgets for Northern, Western, Central and Southern Europe (USD)
Revised budget
(as of 30 June 2014)
|1. Includes activities in Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, the Liaison Office in Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
2. Includes activities in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and as from 2015, also Croatia.
3. Includes activities in Albania, Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Spain.
4. Includes activities in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania and Norway.
|Belgium Regional Office[1]
|Hungary Regional Office[2]
|Italy Regional Office[3]
|Sweden Regional Office[4]
|Regional Activities
Source: UNHCR Global Appeal 2015 Update


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Here's how to integrate Apigee functionality into your HTML5/JavaScript application using the Apigee SDK for JavaScript.
1. Create an Apigee account
Sign in or create a new account if you do not already have one. You won't need it to install the SDK, but you'll need it to create apps.
For more about Apigee accounts, see Creating an Apigee Account.
After you've signed up, you'll see that you have a sandbox application to experiment with. For more information about that, see Using a Sandbox Application.
2. Download the Apigee JavaScript SDK
Download the Apigee JavaScript SDK and expand the ZIP file.
When you expand the ZIP file, you should see the following structure:
apigee-javascript-sdk-master /lib /samples /source /tests README.md build_release_zip.sh
What's included
The SDK includes the following:
|File or Directory
|Minified version of the SDK (apigee.js).
|Sample apps that you can run to explore Apigee features.
|Source code for JavaScript functions in the SDK.
|For SDK development only. HTML and JavaScript for testing the SDK functions.
|Builds SDK outputs and packages them into a ZIP file.
3. Import the SDK into your HTML
To enable support for Apigee-related functions in your HTML, you'll need to include
apigee.js in your app. To do this, add the following to the
head block
of your HTML:
<script type="text/javascript" src="path/to/js/sdk/apigee.js"></script>
4. Instantiate Apigee.Client
Apigee.Client initializes the Apigee SDK, and gives you access to all of the Apigee SDK methods.
You will need to pass a JSON object with the UUID or name for your API BaaS organization and application when you instantiate it.
var client_creds = { orgName:'your-org', appName:'your-app' } //Initializes the SDK. Also instantiates Apigee.MonitoringClient var dataClient = new Apigee.Client(client_creds);
Optional parameters
You may also pass these optional properties with your client credentials:
logging:true: Produces verbose debugging output on the console to quickly see where your application code is crashing.
buildCurl:true: All API calls the SDK makes will be logged to the console when they are made.
logoutCallback:function(err, response): Sets a callback function that will be called anytime the OAuth access token sent with the request is invalid. Normally you would specify a callback that redirects the user to the log in page of your app.
_callTimeourCallback:function(err, response): Sets a callback function that will be called if any call to API BaaS takes longer than 30 seconds to complete. This is useful for setting a default request timeout message to be displayed to the user.
URI: Specifies a base URL to use for all requests other than the default (see Using the API for more on base URLs). Users who are attempting to use the SDK to make calls to on an on-prem installation of API BaaS will need to use this parameter.
5. Verify SDK installation
Once initialized, the SDK will also automatically instantiate
Apigee.MonitoringClient and begin logging usage, crash and error metrics for your
To verify that the SDK has been properly initialized, run your app, then go to 'Monitoring' > 'App Usage' in the API BaaS admin portal to verify that data is being sent.
Installation complete! Try these next steps
Call additional SDK methods in your code
dataClient or
dataClient.monitor to call SDK methods:
dataClient: Used to access the data methods of the Apigee SDK, including those for push notifications, data store, and geolocation.
dataClient.monitor: Used to access the app configuration and monitoring methods of the Apigee SDK, including advanced logging, and A/B testing.
Add API BaaS features to your app
With Apigee's API BaaS you can quickly add valuable features to your mobile or web app, including push notifications, a custom data store, geolocation and more. Check out these links to get started with a few of our most popular features:
- Push notifications: Send offers, alerts and other messages directly to user devices to dramatically increase engagement. With Apigee's API BaaS you can send 10 million push notification per month for free!
- Geolocation: Keep your app highly-relevant by targeting users or returning result sets based on user location.
- Data storage: Store all your application data on our high-availability infrastructure, and never worry about dealing with a database ever again.
- User management and authentication: Every app needs users. Use Apigee's API BaaS to easily implement registration, login and OAuth 2.0-compliant authentication.
Check out the sample apps
The SDK includes samples that illustrate Apigee features. To look at them, open the index.html file for each. You'll find the samples in the following location in your SDK download:
apigee-javascript-sdk-master ... /samples
The samples include the following:
|An app for storing a list of books that shows Apigee database operations such as reading, creating, and deleting.
|An app for sending and receiving messages that shows Apigee database operations (reading, creating).
|Shows basic configuration and initialization of the HTML5 app monitoring functionality. Works in browser, PhoneGap, Appcelerator, and Trigger.io.
|A simple app for reading data from an Apigee database.


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The evil vampiric Count Drascula has a plan to conquer the world. Building an army of monsters created from parts of corpses reanimated by a machine of his invention called "The Indifibulator", he plans to take over the whole planet... Ok, maybe it's not such a good plan, but he is determined to carry it out. The only thing he really needed was a "brand new and unused brain". And beautiful innocent Billie Jean's brain was the best candidate.
So Count Drascula kidnapped the girl and took her captive to his castle.
But the fearsome vampire didn't figure on the brave Johnny Hacker, a real estate agent in business trip to Transylvania who happens to be in love with Billie Jean, and will do anything to rescue her.
Source: The Developer Website.


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Rami rescues late goal in PSG triumph
Adil Rami popped up with a crucial stoppage-time strike to hand Valencia a lifeline in their Champions League last-16 tie against Paris St Germain which finished 2-1 in favour of the away side at the Mestalla.
PSG looked on course for a dream result as first-half goals by Argentinian duo Ezequiel Lavezzi and Javier Pastore put Carlo Ancelotti's men firmly in the driving seat, but their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals suffered a setback in the space of two wild minutes at the end of the contest.
First Rami stole in behind the defence to reduce the arrears for Los Che before PSG's talismanic striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was sent off for aiming a stamp at Andres Guardado. The red card means Ibrahimovic is suspended for the return leg along with defensive midfielder Marco Verratti, who picked up his third booking of the campaign.
Lucas Moura was a thorn in Valencia's side in the opening period and PSG did not have long before they opened the scoring.
Lavezzi started and finished the move, exchanging passes with Pastore on the edge of the area and advancing beyond the lunging challenge of Ricardo Costa before crashing a powerful finish beyond Vicente Guaita, who should perhaps have done better.
PSG's second goal arrived two minutes before the break, but again the Valencia goalkeeper will feel he should have done better.
Lucas, having impressed with a couple of surging runs from his own half, gave a demonstration of what he can deliver in the final third as he beat two men on the byline before running into the area and pulling the ball back for Pastore, whose first-time finish went through the legs of Guaita.
Costa was culpable for Valencia's late reply as he created the chance with a chipped free-kick over the top of the Valencia defence, although as the ball floated into the six-yard box the goalkeeper should have come to claim.
Instead, Salvatore Sirigu stayed rooted to his line, leaving Rami unchallenged as he cleverly steered the ball into the net.
And with almost the very last action of the night PSG's efforts were further diluted when Ibrahimovic allowed himself to become riled as he challenged with two Valencia players and went over the ball in a challenge with Guardado, prompting the referee to brandish the red card.


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An ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute band needs glitzy jackets, glittery gloves and 80s regalia. It must pay studious attention to the intricate details of every original groove and gravity-defying dance step. It must demonstrate a commitment to the unforgettable musical legacy the King of Pop left us. Beyond replaying MJ's countless hits, an ultimate Michael Jackson tribute band must possess the ability to connect millions of people around the globe with each resurrection of our favorite Michael Jackson songs.
In January of 2004, Who's Bad mesmerized a standing-room only gathering of friends and pop music lovers at a small nightclub in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They have since played over 700 shows in numerous countries and now boast the title, The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band. Their live performance is a jaw-dropping musical extravaganza that pulls from 3 hours of Michael Jackson's catalog and spans four decades of Michael Jackson's extraordinary music career.
From ABC to You Rock My World, no song is forgotten in this electrifying revival of Pop Music's Royal Highness. As the longest running MJ tribute band and the only one that predates his passing, Who's Bad has awed Michael Jackson fans at sold-out shows the world over. Who's Bad has packed internationally-acclaimed pavilions numerous times, including The House of Blues in Houston, Dallas, and New Orleans; Washington D.C.s 930 Club, and the River Rock Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia. Their first tour of China included sold-out stops at Ningbos Grand Theatre, Wutaishan Stadium in Nanjing, Peoples Grand Hall in Chongqing, Red Stadium in Chengdu, and Hunan Grand Theatre in Chengsha. Who's Bad also gained the respect and admiration of thousands of MJ fans in the United Kingdom with performances at Royal and Derngate in Northampton, Central Theatre in Chatham, Embassy Theatre in Skegness, The Orchard Theatre in Dartford, The Palace Theater in Manchester and The Pavilion in Glasgow. With sold-out shows from Colorado's Bluebird Theatre to Romania's Sala Palatalui and anticipated tour dates in Central and South America, no corner of the globe is safe from this infectious party production.
Founded in 2004 by saxophonist, composer and arranger Vamsi Tadepalli and spearheaded by some of North Carolina's premiere musicians, Who's Bad has crafted an intricate performance complete with synchronized dance routines, blaring horn section and down-deep rhythms--each delivered with a precision that could only be superseded by the King himself. They've shared the stage with some of pop music's biggest acts including The Four Tops, Boys II Men, and The Backstreet Boys. Captivated fans include LIVENATION's Anthony Nicolaidis who calls Who's Bad, the real deal, and Michael Jackson's longtime friend and manager Frank DiLeo, who, after catching Who's Bad's concert in Nashville, TN said, "The show was great Michael would have been proud!" Such accolades have earned Who's Bad an invitation to play London's O2 in December of 2010, the venue where the King of Pop was slated to end his career with a 50-show This Is It concert series before meeting his untimely demise.
Whether you idolized the Jackson 5, fell in love to Human Nature or memorized all of Thriller's creepy choreography, Who's Bad is authentic, music-driven, must-see entertainment that navigates you back to that special place. As the curtain opens on a Who's Bad performance, even the most skeptical Michael Jackson fan feels the excitement rising, screams at the sight of that unmistakable silhouette, and succumbs to a surefire MJ sing-along. The energy is magnetic, the musicianship is first-class, the dance moves exhilarating. Who's Bad is a homage befitting a King and their high octane execution of MJ hits has exclusively catapulted them to the ranks of ultimate!


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