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MICHIGAN. The Ambassador Bridge Plaza now has a two-lane road for inbound commercial vehicles from Canada, eliminating the need for trucks to use neighborhood streets. The road provides truckers a direct route from the plaza to I-75 and I-96. Reconfiguring multi-lane roads within the plaza should be done by October.
MISSOURI. As part of its initiative to expand interstate truck parking, the state is transforming I-29 rest areas to truck parking. The Mound City rest areas will offer 60 spaces each after conversion. The locations will provide minimal facilities.
NEW YORK. Ten bridges on Route 400 in Erie and Monroe counties are undergoing repair projects, which are scheduled to be completed this fall. One lane of traffic will be maintained in both directions during construction.
NORTH CAROLINA. A 1.5-mile section of N.C. 194 is closed in Watauga County, east of Banner Elk, to allow crews to perform road work related to the construction of a retaining wall. Work is expected to be completed in October. Drivers are advised to follow the detour of Pigeon Roost Road.
OHIO. A new law banning texting while driving takes effect in late August. Warnings will be issued to offenders for the first six months. Afterward, fines will range from $150 to $300.
VIRGINIA. The state has launched a mobile app for 511 traffic information that includes real-time traffic cameras, travel times, electronic message signs and traffic maps, construction zones.
Arkansas Best buys Panther Expedited for $180M
Arkansas Best has closed on its $180 million acquisition of Panther Expedited Services, which will become a sister company to AB's largest subsidiary, ABF Freight System.
The Arkansas transportation holding company announced the purchase June 15 of the Ohio-based company that described itself as "North America's largest independent expedited transportation provider."
Arkansas Best bought Panther, which leases 1,007 owner-operators, from the private equity firm Fenway Partners. The purchases price includes repayment of Panther's outstanding debt of $100 million.
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On June 19, the El Paso City Council unanimously approved a resolution urging the U.S. and Mexico to work to free Jabin Akeem Bogan, who's been incarcerated in a Veracruz federal prison since April 17.
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Congratulations to Our Spring 2012 Honors Graduates and Associates
Twenty five students completed the Honors curriculum and were honored at the Spring 2012 Honors Graduation Ceremony in Reeve 227C on Monday, May 7, at 5:30 p.m.
Honors Thesis Symposium Spring 2012
Congratulations to the 11 UHP seniors who opted to complete Thesis projects for the Honors Senior Capstone requirement.
Fall 2012 Honors Classes
Honors students who are currently enrolled began registering the last week of February.
UHSA Raises $635 for Fox Valley Polar Plunge
On Saturday, Feb. 18, five Honors students (Shane Connor, Anne Cummins, Nick Diel, Kelly Genskow, and Ashley Stocker) and two UHP staff members (Fletcher Marron and Julie Russo), along with about two thousand other volunteers, jumped into icy Lake Winnebago on behalf of Special Olympics.
Congratulations, Fall 2011 Honors Graduates and Associates!
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Looks like Eddie Griffin hasn't been coached well enough by the PR people for his film Redline. Griffin missed an obvious opportunity to use the movie's tagline, "Fear Nothing. Risk Everything" to explain why he crashed a Ferrari Enzo during a charity event to promote the movie. Instead, he answers inquiries as to what happened with, "The brother can't drive." Nice. See the interview in its entirety here.
We brought you info about the crash last night, but now we have a link to video interview of Eddie talking about the incident. Click the read link or the image above and then find the VIDEO link in the box at the lower right of the page. For review, check out the original crash video after the jump. There are also photos of the car before the incident in our Redline gallery from the L.A. Auto Show if you want to remember the Enzo in better days. Be forewarned, however, that the Porsche Carrera GT crashed ON PURPOSE for the movie is featured in that gallery, as well.
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On August 26, 2013, MusclePharm Corporation (the "Company") entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the "Securities Purchase Agreement") with BioZone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Seller") pursuant to which the Company bought (i) $2,000,000 of a 10% secured convertible promissory notes (the "Note") due one year from the date of issuance (the "Maturity Date") and (ii) a warrant (the "Warrant") to purchase 10,000,000 shares of the Seller's common stock, at an exercise price of $0.40 per share, for $2,000,000.
The entire principal amount and any accrued and unpaid interest on the Note is due and payable in cash on the Maturity Date. The Note bears interest at the rate of 10% per annum. The Note is convertible into shares of the Seller's common stock at an initial conversion price of $0.20 per share, subject to adjustment. The Seller may prepay any outstanding amount due under the Note, in whole or in part, prior to the Maturity Date. The Note is subject to certain "Events of Defaults" which could cause all amounts due and owing thereunder to become immediately due and payable. Among other things, the Seller's failure to pay any accrued but unpaid interest when due, the failure to perform any obligation under the Transaction Documents (as defined below) or a determination that any representation or warranty made by the Seller in connection with the Transaction Documents shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect shall constitute an Event of Default under the Transaction Documents.
The Warrant is immediately exercisable and expires ten years after the date of issuance. The Warrant has an initial exercise price of $0.40 per share. The Warrant is exercisable in cash or by way of a "cashless exercise" while a registration statement covering the shares of the Seller's common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant or an exemption from registration is not available.
The Company is prohibited from effecting a conversion of the Note or exercise of the Warrant to the extent that as a result of such conversion or exercise, the Company would beneficially own more than 4.99% (subject to waiver) in the aggregate of the issued and outstanding shares of the Seller's common stock, calculated immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of common stock upon conversion of the Note or exercise of the Warrant, as the case may be.
In connection with the sale of the Note and the Warrant, the Company, the Seller and the collateral agent for other secured creditors of the Seller (including the Seller's Chairman, Roberto Prego-Novo) agreed to enter into a Security Agreement Letter (the "Security Agreement Letter" and, collectively with the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Note and the Warrant, the "Transaction Documents") pursuant to which all of the Seller's obligations under the Note are secured by a perfected security interest in the name of the Company in all of the tangible and intangible assets of the Seller, including all of its ownership interest in its subsidiaries, pari pasu, with the previous secured creditors, all of which is subordinated to the accounts receivable lender to the Seller. Further, pursuant to the Security Agreement Letter, the Company, the collateral agent and the prior secured creditors agreed to further subordinate the granted security interest to a security interest previously granted to another investor in the Seller.
The Seller has granted the Company "piggy-back" registration rights with respect to the shares of common stock underlying the Note and the shares of common stock underlying the Warrant for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of closing.
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Piggotts has today announced that it is to invest £500k in new equipment ahead of a period of unprecedented growth for the company's marquees division.
Despite the natural surge in Olympics based business, Piggotts, a leading provider of marquees, creative displays, Christmas lighting and flags and banners, has looked beyond 2012 and will invest in the additional stock as part of a long-term approach to its business strategy.
This move will aim to meet the increasing demands of new and existing clients, as well as a number of long-term partnerships that Piggotts has developed. These include a number of public sector clients and events such as the Suffolk Show.
The investment will pay for over 6000m² of cassette flooring, 600m of ABS walls, 25 sets of doors and over 1000m² of structures, adding to its already impressive portfolio of equipment including marquee frames up to 25m wide, all of which are held at its 12 acre site in Ongar, just outside London.
The marquees division provides services ranging from private parties, corporate exhibitions and large scale country shows and services a number of high-profile events including The Isle of Wight Rock Festival, Twickenham and The Leander Club, Henley.
Lee Harvey, managing director, Piggotts, said: "By investing half a million pounds in new equipment we are not only able to meet the demands of new clients, but we can also offer assurance to our long-standing partners that we can supply marquees for their growing needs.
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She takes off from heive to remote flowers and her FANS(Drones).. Follow her. Only one Lucky Hero can reach her and mate with her. This ... Drone and Queen. She use them for her whole life span. :P Oh... what honest bee.... with her Drone... :oops:
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Starbucks expands mobile payments
US customers will soon be able to pay for their coffee with their smart phones.
By Brian O'Connell, MainStreet
Coffee giant Starbucks (SBUX) will roll out a new mobile payment system nationwide early next year after successful trial runs in New York, California and Seattle.
In a note to customers dated Nov. 1, product manager Chuck Davidson said the Starbucks mobile app is up and running in 300 locations in New York and at select stores in Seattle and Northern California.
The mobile app is available on BlackBerry and iPhone models but not Android phones, although a Droid app is "currently under review," the company reported.
To use the app, Davidson said, customers should "download the free Starbucks Card Mobile app on their supported mobile device. In addition to the mobile payment feature, the app allows customers to manage their card account, reload their card balance directly from their smart phone with any major credit card, check their My Starbucks Rewards status or find nearby Starbucks stores. With the Starbucks Card Mobile app, customers will have a bar code on their screen that they'll hold in front of a 2-D scanner on the counter to pay for their purchase."
According to Boston-based Aite Group, mobile payments will grow from $16 billion today to $214 billion in 2015.
"Retailers that don't hop aboard the mobile payments bandwagon are making a big mistake," said Gwenn Bezard, a research director with Aite Group and the author of the study "U.S. Mobile Payments: The Time Has Come." "Many organizations within the industry remain unaware that mobile payments are in a period of rapid transformation," she said.
"Those that have any desire to play a role in this market must wake up now."
That's exactly what Starbucks is doing, but it's the customers who are driving the company's mobile app program. "We're seeing more and more customers using their smart phones as their mobile wallets," said Brady Brewer, the vice president of Starbucks Card and Loyalty. "We've heard from our customers that they want a faster, more convenient way to pay."
The company says 71% of its customers use an iPhone or a BlackBerry. Stores that have implemented the mobile app program say that use is already high, with one in five customers paying for their coffee with either a Starbucks card or via the mobile app.
But Brewer said the company is already seeing evidence that customers will switch from using Starbucks cards to the digital app -- a shift the company welcomes.
"With the expansion of mobile payment to New York City, we expect to see more and more customers trading their plastic Starbucks Cards for the digital version on their mobile phone," she added.
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An August 6 court decision handed down by Calvert County Circuit Court Judge James Salmon could put Dominion Resources' timeline for its proposed...read more
Just days after an explosion rocked a hydraulic fracturing site in Pennsylvania, Congressional Democrats released a report detailing the dangers associated with fracking. Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee have been investigating the dangers of fracking for years, and their new report has some startling new information about the risks, and which areas of the country are facing the biggest threats.
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) summarized the major findings of the report as follows:
Over a five-year period from 2005-2009, companies used more than 2,500 hydraulic fracturing products containing 750 different chemicals and other components, including chemicals that are known or possible human carcinogens or are federally regulated because at certain levels they are known to be quite harmful to human health–such as benzene, lead, and diesel fuel.
Two fracking products contained hydrofluoric acid (hydrogen fluoride in water). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "You could be exposed to hydrogen fluoride if it is used as a chemical terrorism agent." Hydrofluoric acid can eat through hard rocks. According to the CDC, swallowing only a small amount of highly concentrated hydrofluoric acid or even splashes of hydrofluoric acid on the skin can be fatal. It can cause a wide range of very serious health effects.
Many of the fracking fluids contain chemical components that are listed as "proprietary" or "trade secret," so the public cannot know what chemicals are being stored, used, or disposed of in their communities or near their drinking water sources.
In addition to reporting on the dangerous chemicals used in fracking, the House Committee also showed which states are being pumped with the most fluids. At the top of the list is Texas, where more than 3.5 million gallons of toxins have been pumped into the earth, followed by Colorado with 1.5 million gallons over the four-year period studied. In Pennsylvania where the recent fracking well blew, 747,000 gallons of toxic fracking fluid were used from 2005 – 2009.
Over the four year period studied, more than 21.5 million gallons of fracking fluid had been used throughout the United States, utilized by only 14 different oil and gas companies. The industry uses more than 650 different types of fracking fluid solutions, and the report found that at least 95 had 13 different components that are known carcinogens.
The leak in Pennsylvania has been stopped for now, but as this new report shows, there are other areas of America that are poised for even greater disasters than we saw in Pennsylvania.
This is an odd statement:
"According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
You could be exposed to hydrogen fluoride if it is used as a chemical terrorism agent."
Firstly, isnt it obvious?
Secondly, what does this have to do with HF use in fracking?
The stuff is pretty nasty, and the treatment for acute exposure is pretty horrible. But HF does not really seem to be the best choice for a terrorist attack. This particular concern seems pretty feeble.
He was just trying show how toxic this chemical is -that terrorists might consider using it.
Democracy is utterly dependent upon an electorate that is accurately informed. In promoting climate change denial (and often denying their responsibility for doing so) industry has done more than endanger the environment. It has undermined democracy.
There is a vast difference between putting forth a point of view, honestly held, and intentionally sowing the seeds of confusion. Free speech does not include the right to deceive. Deception is not a point of view. And the right to disagree does not include a right to intentionally subvert the public awareness.
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Arsenal satisfied with 1-1 draw against Manchester United
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Arsenal forward Theo Walcott got his wish to play up front, but his second minute goal couldn't take the Gunners to a memorable victory. A goal from the spot-kick by former Arsenal star Robin van Persie helped Manchester United salvage a 1-1 draw at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
Arsenal dominated Manchester United for most parts of the game, but it would be unfair to suggest Manchester United deserved to lose the game. Arsenal could have won the game, but Manchester United fought well to change the tempo of the game.
Theo Walcott believes Arsenal needed to concentrate further in order to win the game. The 1-1 draw leaves Arsenal fourth on the Premier League table, which means fifth placed Tottenham Hotspur could take over their spot since they have a game in hand.
Arsene Wenger was forced to field a misfit and injury stricken squad once again this season. Traditionally, the Frenchman's has been affected by untimely injuries once more. Prior to the game, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger confirmed the absence Oliver Giroud, who had recently kicked back into form.
In spite of the French striker's absence, Arsenal's attack was working impressively. Theo Walcott's early first blood allowed Arsenal to send waves of attack at Manchester United's defense. However, patience paid-off since Robin van Persie scored a minute before half-time.
Meanwhile, Manchester United arrived fresh from celebrations of winning the Premier League title. Manchester United might be the most dominating force in English football, yet Arsene Wenger believes his side will able to challenge Manchester United real soon.
Arsenal only have three games left to prove they deserve Champions League action. The Gunners will be up for a trip Queens Park Ranger before playing hosts with Wigan Athletic. Their last trip of the season will to St. James' Park where they will play against Newcastle United.
"There are still three very important games left. We have just got to concentrate on ourselves. We can't keep relying on teams to beat whoever. As long as we get the three points and don't drop any points that's all we can do," Theo Walcott said.
The 24-year-old England winger admitted his side were happy to have extracted a point from the game.
"I think if you look back both (teams) will think it was fair," Theo Walcott told Sky Sports 1. "Both teams didn't really want to lose the game. Overall it will be a good point come the end of the season. We have got to be proud of ourselves, it was a good point."


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The Planck satellite released its first microwave radiation map of the entire sky. The image is made from ten months of data and will be followed by three more all-sky surveys »
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The latest prototype of the European Space Agency ExoMars rover can map out hazards such as rocks, slopes and drops, and plot an appropriate route autonomously »
Lord Drayson spoke to Wired back in July about the possibility of the UK creating its own rival to NASA, and now he has unveiled the Government's plans »
Thanks to a 15-yearly phenomenon, the 170,000-mile-wide ring system around the solar system's second biggest planet will appear to disappear today »
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(Steampunk frerard) When Gerard is saved after an attack it leaves him not quite as human as he once was. But as ringmaster of a special kind of circus a young mechanic keeps him ticking and steals...
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ps. I'm gonna try and give actual chapter titles for this fic, so I apologise in advance. They will no doubt be horrendous xD
Year: 1719
The day was a cold one. Winter had well and truly settled and there was no doubt about it.
The sky overhead was solid grey from horizon to horizon, there was no breeze blowing but that was a blessing considering how cold it was. Snow was drifting lazily from the clouds and seeming to hang motionless in the air before gently landing on the already white land. The trees that lined the icy road were bare and gnarled, snow landing and resting precariously on their outstretched branches, a little robin hopping from tree to tree, its red breast standing out against the white of the snow.
The scene was beautiful, calming. And the man who rode down the path was pleased to be there, even if the air was so cold that the only thing visible was his eyes, peeking out from beneath the brim of his wide, black hat, above a black bandana wrapped around his face right up his nose. His hands that were wrapped around the reigns of his horse were coated in thick, leather gloves and beneath his cape and riding clothes he was wearing numerous vests and leggings.
The man kept his horse at a steady trot, enjoying the scenery and making sure the great black beast did not slip on the patches of ice. The air was misty from the cold and the path seemed to stretch ahead into a great fog, like it was never ending. The man liked it that way, it was much more mysterious. Though he kept his wits about him, roads such as these could be dangerous. No amount of snow or ice would stop bandits from hunting for their next victim.
The man atop the horse was young and slender, but his body was strong. He had a flintlock pistol in his belt and a sword attached to the saddle of his horse. The horse itself was all black, with long eyelashes that were sparkling from snow that landed on them. Its eyes were large and brown, not unlike its masters. It had a blanket draped over its back beneath the saddle to help keep it warm as it clopped slowly down the snowy road.
The man tensed a little as he noticed movement up ahead, only the slightest shift beside one of the trees but he knew he had seen it and he looked closer. As he gazed he thought he could see a figure stood beside one of the bare trunks and he considered pulling his horse to a stop, but he supposed the safest thing would be to just continue on his way.
He didn't get far though when another figure appeared, this one making themselves known. The gentleman could hardly miss them when they stood right in the middle of the room. There was only one at first, sat atop a chestnut brown horse and aiming a pistol at the gentleman's heart, their face hidden by the black mask associated with their trade.
"Stand and deliver." The voice that demanded the gentleman to stop was smooth and cool, full of authority and conviction. "Your money or your life."
Another two highwaymen appeared beside the first, flanking him on each side. They too had horses, a white one and a grey one. They wore matching outfits to the man in the middle, and though they had guns they did not point them at the man on the black horse, waiting to see if he co operated first.
The gentleman sighed and gently tugged on the reigns of his horse, pulling him to a slow stop and staying silent for a long moment as he looked at the highwaymen. His horse pawed the ground idly with one hoof and shook his head, air blasting from his nostrils like smoke and he whinnied softly. The snow falling around them made the moment somewhat calm and dream like, though the gentleman felt the first stirrings of fear. You would be a fool to not fear highwaymen, especially gentleman of the road, as those on horses were known. Footpads were nowhere near as dangerous, if they could not afford to own a horse then they were obviously not very good at their job, but those with horses, especially three all together, told the gentleman that these were serious men. They probably hijacked horse and carriages a lot, those were the richest bounties.
"Did you hear me!?" The one in the middle snarled, pulling back the lock on his pistol with a soft 'click' and the gentleman gave a tiny nodded of his head. He didn't do anything more for a moment before he ever so slowly raised his hand to his face, curling his fingers over the bandana covering it and drawing it down to reveal his mouth.
"I do not have any money." He said calmly, his breath coming out like mist as he spoke and the highwaymen all laughed, their horses even nodding their heads and whinnying as if they too were laughing.
"Liar." The one in the middle chortled, his black eyes twinkling from behind his mask and he clicked down the second lock on his pistol, both barrels now ready to fire. The gentleman drew in a sharp breath but was otherwise entirely calm, shaking his head slowly and gripping tight to the reigns of his horse. He knew there was no point in trying to gallop away; the roads were so icy that the risk of his horse slipping and breaking a leg was too high to chance. Besides, the highwaymen wouldn't chase him, they would just shoot.
"I won't ask you again." The leader called, his voice calm. " Your money if you please sir, or your life."
The gentleman sighed and shook his head, holding up his hands. "I have told you. I don't have any –"
There was a loud bang followed immediately by a second as the leader pulled both triggers of his pistol and sent two bullets flying at the gentleman. The black horse startled and whinnied loudly in its panic, rearing up as the bullets struck the gentleman. He gasped and grunted in pain, his gloved hands coming down to grab at his struck side and his knees lost all strength, causing him to slide right out of the saddle as his horse reared up and sent him down to the floor.
The gentleman landed heavily on the frozen ground and he groaned in pain. He could feel he was bleeding badly beneath all his clothes but only a small patch of blood seeped through all the layers and made a small stain around the bullet hole in his tunic. The highwaymen were laughing loudly and only once they knew for sure that the gentleman wasn't going to get back up did they dismount from their own horses and drop gracefully onto their feet.
"Search 'im boys!" The leader cackled gleefully, ignoring the black horse as it fled through the trees in its panic. Someone else would find it eventually, but by then its master would be long since dead and there'd be no hope in finding him. Maybe someone could make use of the animal though once it was found. In the mean time, the men had a corpse to search.
The gentleman shuddered very slightly when rough, gloved hands grabbed at his tunic and began pawing over it, searching for anything inside. The gentleman felt fear mingled with his agony coursing through his bones, his wounds throbbing with pain. He forced himself to hold his breath and lay very still as the two sidekicks searched him for money and valuables, the leader standing back and watching with a smirk.
The two highwaymen searching the gentleman's 'corpse' discovered only a golden locket around his neck with a picture of an elderly woman inside which they laughed at before tossing the find to the leader. They then found a fine leather purse tied to his belt but it was indeed empty save for one pitiful farthing which did no good for anybody. The leader caught the purse as they threw it to him and examined it, the leather was good quality so he kept that but he tossed the farthing to the ground in disgust. After that the two highwaymen at the body found only a fool's gold ring but they took it anyway, as well as the gentleman's boots just to find anything they could sell before they got up in disappointment. The man had seemed rich, like an aristocrat riding alone to seem inconspicuous but apparently it really was just some idiot peasant.
"Oh well lads, next one along will be a good 'un, I can feel it." The leader promised, grinning at them both and keeping them in high spirits as they all mounted their horses.
On the ground the gentleman allowed himself a tiny sigh of relief. He had to use all of his strength not to screw his face up in pain, his feet growing numb in the cold snow. The highwaymen were laughing and chatting brightly and he was so desperate for them to leave so he could start trying to get out of this mess. The next town wasn't too far away, if they would just leave already maybe he could somehow crawl there and get help.
The highwaymen were still chatting loudly as they turned their horses and jabbed their heels into their sides, sending the beasts off at a fast gallop down the road to go back to their hiding place before the next person came along. As they rode the leader laughed and shouted at the others to look at him, showing off as he sent his horse trampling over the gentleman's body, cackling all the way.
It was all the gentleman could do not to cry out as he felt the bones on the left side of his body snapping and breaking, piercing into his lungs and his organs as the horse crushed them with its hooves. He gasped and choked on blood that rose into his throat, the highwaymen's laughter fading in his ears along with the sounds of their horses galloping as they rode away into the distance, leaving the gentleman for dead.
"Whoa boy." The gentleman was unconscious when someone finally came down the road and found him. He hadn't even tied to crawl away once the highwaymen disappeared, his broken body too wounded to move. Beside him a horse of deep reddish brown fur came to a halt, the man riding it looking down at the gentleman bleeding in the road.
"Oh my..." The man slid off his horse and dropped down on his haunches, examining the man pale and unconscious in the snow. He had clearly been here for some time, his black clothes almost white over with snow and blood that had trickled from his lips was now hard and frozen down his chin. His skin had taken on a blue tint but when the man removed his gloves and felt for a pulse he found one was there.
"What a strong heart he must have..." The man whispered, his horse neighing and nodding its head as if in agreement. The man grinned and looked up at the grey sky, the clouds remarkably darker than they were when the gentleman had been attacked. Night was settling in now and only a little lantern dangling off a metal pole bent above the horses head offered light. Not even the full moon could pierce through the snow clouds.
The man looked down at the gentleman again, his hands delicately pressing over his body to assess the extent of the damage. The thick layers of clothes masked most things but he could easily feel one side was fine and one wasn't. Broken ribs for sure, possibly worse. The man bit his lip and knew he would have to work quickly if there was any chance the gentleman would survive even long enough for him to get him to the lab, let alone survive the experiment.
"A stroke of destiny, eh Marcher?" The man breathed to the horse, the animal blinking its wise, large eyes and watching as the man lifted the gentleman ever so carefully up. He felt bones shifting under his arms and he grimaced, hoping the gentleman would prove strong enough to stand the ride back. He draped his body over Marcher's back and laid him out as straight as he could, taking the reins in one hand and laying his hand gently on the half of the man's chest he guessed was fine. He then began to walk down the road, continuing on his way and leading his horse as gently as he could so as not to hurt the gentleman further.
Hazel eyes slowly blinked open, the eyelids fluttering weakly and twitching before sliding up to reveal the glazed irises searching for the world beneath. The man groaned softly and winced when the exhale of air caused his chest to flare with pain. He tipped his head from side to side, blinking in the harsh light he found himself in.
"Mm... Mm... Where am I?"
Across the room a middle aged gentleman looked up from a wash bowl he was stood over, his hands coated in what appeared to be thick pink soap though the bar he was rubbing over his hands and forearms was in fact white. He glanced over his shoulder at the man stretched out across the highly polished oak table and grinned when his hazel eyes slowly came to focus on him.
"You're awake? My goodness, your heart is strong." He beamed, the dazed man looking utterly lost by his words.
"Wh – what?"
"Forgive me, I'll be but a moment." The man by the wash bowl turned back to the water and used his hands to lather the soap over his skin, washing it off in the water quickly. The clear water in the bowl turned murky and red when his hands touched it, the pink soap turning out to be a mixture of white soap and blood. The man then picked up the jug of water beside the bowl and poured some more over each arm and hand before he wiped himself dry with a towel, the man on the table watching him weakly the whole time.
"My name is Axis. May I enquire to yours?" The man asked gently as he turned and strode back to the table, the long white sleeves of his shirt rolled right up to his biceps, a brown waistcoat over the shirt. He looked to be in his late thirties, early forties, and behind gold wire rimmed spectacles he had watery blue eyes that sparkled with kindness. His black hair was beginning to grey, smoothed back in a small quiff, and laugh lines framed his mouth and crinkled the corners of his eyes.
The man on the table kept his breathing shallow and careful as his lungs ached, his eyes not moving from the man approaching him. He seemed kind enough, but that didn't change the fact he didn't know who he was or where he had brought him.
"M – My name is Gerard." He croaked, Axis smiling at him and stopping beside the table, gently touching his hand.
"Don't be afraid Gerard. I am not going to harm you." He said kindly, Gerard swallowing thickly, his throat hoarse and dry. He felt sore all over, and so... so tired. But yet he was not afraid, he somehow knew he could trust this man.
"Where am I?" He asked, looking about himself but unable to come to any conclusion.
All around him there were desks and tables and numerous shelves, everything covered with such a wide variety of objects it was like he had landed in some sort of organised chaos. For though the room was cluttered he got the feeling everything had its own rightful place. There were jars everywhere, some holding liquids of every colour of the rainbow, others holding organs, disembodied hands, feet, and even what seemed to be foetuses. There were hundreds of tools lying around made of bronze, some looked like medical tools, scalpels and knives and forceps, some though looked like they belonged to a blacksmith. There were tons of books dotted everywhere, along with ink and parchment and other such documents. There were scales, compasses, brass dividers, cauldrons, potion bottles, wooden boxes. Hell, it seemed like anything you could ever want was all here in this one room.
"You are in my laboratory. I am a scientist." Axis said proudly, gazing around with his hands outstretched as if the room they were stood in was the most magnificent thing in the world. "I found you lying in the snow, left for dead by bandits or something I guess. I brought you here to save your life."
Gerard stared at Axis with wide eyes, stunned to the core. Of course he could remember the highwaymen and how they had left him for dead, but for this man, this perfect stranger, to try and save him – and succeed!- was just astonishing.
"I... you... saved me?" He breathed, smiling widely and sitting up so he could clasp the man's hand and thank him. Axis gasped and tried to stop him from moving but it was too late, and when Gerard sat up grinning at him his jaw dropped.
For a moment Gerard was confused, but then he too realised why this was so shocking. When the highwayman's horse had trampled over him he had clearly felt the way all of his bones had crushed from the weight, the way they had crumbled like pipe ash inside him. He was incredibly lucky he wasn't dead, but to sit up as he was with such hurt bones was damn impossible.
"Oh my...." He breathed, looking down at himself to try and figure out how he could be sitting up with such ease. His body ached, of course it did, but it wasn't the excruciating pain it should have been.
Gerard's hazel eyes gazed over his exposed torso and his stomach lurched. All the way down his left side there was a straight line of stitches, red and fresh but perfectly neat, closing up what must have been one heck of an incision. His flesh was also bruised all over his side and arm where the horse had run but that was not the thing he noticed most. Located just to the left of the centre of his chest was a large, bronze square, complete with a keyhole. It covered nearly the whole of his left pectoral muscle, and when he laid his hand on it he could feel a soft humming and whirring beneath it.
The fact he could even lift his arm up and flex his fingers with no trouble at all was crazy, the bones apparently back to normal but he knew that couldn't be true.
"Wha – What is this?" He breathed, grazing his fingertips over the metal in his chest and Axis bit his lip, trying to put things gently so as not to cause Gerard to panic though his eyes were sparkling with excitement and joy.
"Well... when I found you, you were close to death... I brought you here and tried to save you but the entire left side of your body was destroyed. Your bones were crushed and most of your internal organs were punctured or completely unsaveable... So I... I had to replace them." He said softly, Gerard staring at him in horror.
"Replace them? With what!?" He demanded, Axis gently squeezing his shoulder.
"Please don't get angry. It was the only way." He said quickly, pushing his glasses up his nose. "I have been experimenting on animals for a while now... seeing if I can replace parts of the body with machinery. I've never done it on a human before but seeing as how you are now I would say it was a great success." He beamed, Gerard's jaw dropping and he simply gawped at Axis.
"M – Machinery... You... replaced my organs with machinery!?" He gasped, unable to believe such a thing could be possible but he was not angry. What did it matter as long as he was alive? He was too young to die, he was only twenty one, his whole life was stretching ahead of him. And machinery must be stronger than what he had before right?
"Well... not all of them. Some only parts of them... you're lung for example, is only half machinery... and your heart, though mostly unhurt, now has some metal tubing which will pump your blood through your body like normal and serve as a way of keeping the machinery working... like a.... like a water wheel if you will." Axis said delicately, picking up more steam when he saw Gerard wasn't looking horrified anymore, only deeply curious.
"Your entre rib cage and all the bones in your arm and hand had to be reconstructed in titanium, it's extremely strong. This here is full of a potion I created –" Axis gently tapped a tiny green orb that Gerard hadn't noticed. It was set beside the bronze plate, right over where his heart would be. It was made of glass and set deep into his skin, swirling with a green liquid. "It will gently release the potion into your blood stream, just a drop twice a day which will stop your body from rejecting the machinery. You will need to refill it every so often, I'll teach you how." Axis smiled, Gerard nodding and tapping the bronze plate again.
"And this?"
"This is just so that if anything feels as if it is going wrong then you can open yourself up and take a look." Axis said gently, Gerard staring at him like he was mad.
"Like a door?" He asked, staring in awe at the bronze plate when Axis nodded. He could open his own chest and look at all the new adjustments to his insides? He felt both queasy and thrilled at the though. "Are things... likely to go wrong?" He asked nervously.
"Not at all, but like any machine, things have to be monitored and changed occasionally. It's nothing to be frightened about. I will show you everything tomorrow once you've rested, but you may keep the key." Axis held out a long gold chain with a tiny bronze key dangling from it, Gerard thanking him softly when he draped it over his head like a necklace. "These too will need tightening every now and then." Axis tapped a line of screws up the side of Gerard's neck and the pale man gasped softly, touching them with his hand.
"What are these?" He asked, gulping softly and feeling his skin tighten a little around them before relaxing.
"They're connected to the artificial ligaments. They'll loosen slightly the more they're used, as in, when you move and such, but just tighten them every few weeks and you'll be fine." Axis smiled warmly to show it was okay and Gerard nodded slowly, lowering his hand flexing his fingers. Everything was shocking and new, and he supposed it would take him a long time to get used to everything, but it was kind of exciting too.
"Are you hungry Gerard? I have some chicken roasting over the fire upstairs." Axis smiled warmly, offering his patient his hand and Gerard bit his lip, smiling hesitantly as he took it and nodded.
"I'm starved." He admitted, Axis chuckling and leading him to a staircase hidden between a row of shelves and where the faint scent of food was wafting down. Gerard's stomach growled and he blushed, chuckling sheepishly and Axis laughed, clapping a hand on his shoulder.
"Come on. You can tell me all about your attack and I will tell you how I operated." He grinned, Gerard nodding eagerly and following his saviour up the stairs.
From now on, he supposed, he would no longer be human. But half man... And half cyborg.


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The NBA is in a lockout. Get comfortable.
Several months back, I fully expected the NFL owners to implement a lockout in hopes of gaining financial concessions from players and maybe even twisting the union's arm into an 18-game season. What I didn't know was how long the NFL lockout would last. But logic said that it with so much television network money on the table, regular season games wouldn't be canceled.
This is is different. NFL owners really didn't want to change the entire financial structure with the players — they just wanted a bigger piece of the pie. But the NBA owners want to throw away the pie and blow up the whole bakery.
This simply is not a league that can support guaranteed, astronomical six- and seven-year contracts for players. It can't afford to have such a soft salary cap because owners clearly can't control themselves. And as Shaquille O'Neal accurately points out, Joe Johnson is not a $20 million player, especially for a team like the Hawks that can't fill Philips Arena.
I expect this to be a long lockout. I'd be surprised if teams play more than a 50-game schedule. I would not be surprised if the entire season is canceled. That will depend largely on how quickly the NBA Players Association folds, because I don't see the owners folding.
NBA owners don't have nearly as great an incentive to settle quickly as the players because so many of them are losing money. Also worth noting is that some of these same NBA owners also have NHL teams. When NHL lockout ended following the cancellation of an entire season, the owners emerged with the best and most restrictive, owner-friendly CBA in professional sports.
Players have a small window to make their money. So do their wives and girlfriends. The pressure in these negotiations is heavily on the players.
Don't take this to mean that this is the players' fault. The owners gave them the last CBA and lavished them with huge contracts. It's not their responsibility to say no.
The owners created this mess. But cleaning it up won't be easy, and it's not likely to get done quickly.
By Jeff Schultz
September 23rd, 2011
1:18 pm
first and who cares
September 23rd, 2011
1:19 pm
Wait. The NBA is in a lockout? I thought it just moved to Versus.
September 23rd, 2011
1:21 pm
basketball…….. who cares…
September 23rd, 2011
1:35 pm
No Hawks and no Thrashers in Philips Arena this winter….can we get the circus to stay a month?
September 23rd, 2011
1:36 pm
This could be the lockout that will destroy the nba.
September 23rd, 2011
1:44 pm
Agreed, no one is paying attention. ESPN had wall to wall coverage everytime the NFL owners or union so much as went to the bathroom over the summer. This is gonna kill basketball even more.
September 23rd, 2011
1:46 pm
At 15,600 + a night I would consider the Hawks attendance last year to be incredible, given the predictability of the product and the disdain for the ownership.
Atlanta drew about the same as basketball meccas Detroit, Charlotte, and Washington and significantly more that what everyone says is the greatest sports city of all, Philly.
Rank Average % of capacity
18 Pistons 41 683,080 16,660 75.5
19 Raptors 41 679,208 16,566 83.7
20 Rockets 41 663,839 16,191 89.7
21 Bobcats 41 649,694 15,846 83.1
22 Hawks 41 641,596 15,648 83.6
23 Bucks 41 631,910 15,412 82.3
24 Timberwolves 624,960 15,242 78.8
25 76ers 41 604,823 14,751 72.6
26 Hornets 41 603,088 14,709 86.1
27 Grizzlies 41 600,687 14,650 80.9
28 Nets 41 581,378 14,179 80.6
29 Kings 41 569,496 13,890 80.2
30 Pacers 41 555,077 13,538 74.5
September 23rd, 2011
1:49 pm
I wonder what Howard (before I was locked out of the NBA) Thompkins would decide today? It's not like he didn't see this coming.
NBA salaries, i.e. Joe Johnson, is stupid money. Almost as dumb as government spending!
September 23rd, 2011
1:58 pm
Out Source: ever heard?
I'll play for 400k…plus bonuses….lol
My J is better than 60 percent of those busters anyway…
September 23rd, 2011
1:59 pm
Ah Jeff Schultz, any mention by you or Bradley of the NBA, NHL, or any sports that does not require subterfuge, a projectile, camouflage, or being a pinion and wanting to be a sheep to feel like everybody else (as they think) just brings out the best of types of bloggers;-) The NBA will return, exactly when that might be is the real question…
September 23rd, 2011
2:04 pm
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September 23rd, 2011
2:09 pm
hope it never comes back.
September 23rd, 2011
2:27 pm
September 23rd, 2011
2:27 pm
And Franco is still dead.
September 23rd, 2011
2:30 pm
Couldn't care less about the NBA, but I'm going to miss the Thrashers terribly this winter. It's really hitting home now that there will be no NHL, as training camp and pre-season games have begun.
September 23rd, 2011
2:40 pm
….well, bye.
September 23rd, 2011
2:44 pm
Sure won't lose any sleep over it.
September 23rd, 2011
2:44 pm
Hate these millionaries fighting with billionaires about money. Play the game and be gratful for all the money you do make. I dont make much and certainly could use a raise but I can't just not got to work until i get what I want. Both sides need to stop crying and start the season. I want to go to phillips and watch J-smoove dunk on somebody. Go Hawks!!! bye bye thrashers, no one cared about you anyways.
September 23rd, 2011
2:50 pm
NBA won't be back in 2011 and may not be back until Thanksgiving 2012. After just moving to NH I was looking forward to seeing KG and Ray Allen in the Garden but I might be a year late.
September 23rd, 2011
2:52 pm
NCAA basketball…..FAN-FRIENDLY!
September 23rd, 2011
2:56 pm
i dont care and my decision was to get back cash for every game rather thsn the trumped up formula the owners "offered". i dont want to be on any side so i wont leave my cash in for the owners to use.
September 23rd, 2011
3:03 pm
I only like basketball in March.
September 23rd, 2011
3:17 pm
Jeff- really nobody in this town cares. And you know this. Joe Johnson is a joke. No star quality about him at all.
September 23rd, 2011
3:24 pm
The NBA allowed DUMB owners such as the Atlanta Spirit to operate……Now they want to change the rules again.
The league caters to the Hip Hop Generation with the lousy music and over all attitude….The league has a few really well run NBA teams, and a few really fun to watch, other then that it is boring.
And really Shaq couldn't be more correct….. why pay a guy who mostly disappears when it counts all that money……they were just not a smart group, and thus all the horrible choices from management on down to draft choices.
September 23rd, 2011
3:27 pm
@ Jeff Schultz…
That 3:17PM reply is Exhibit A!
September 23rd, 2011
3:31 pm
If you tied a deer to a tree and put it in the middle of Sanford Stadium, I guarantee it would it be a sell out if you told them they could bring a high powered rifle with a multi range scope in with them…
September 23rd, 2011
3:34 pm
"NCAA basketball…..FAN-FRIENDLY!" For who, drunken 18 year olds?
September 23rd, 2011
3:39 pm
Hey Jeff. When are you going to rate the job of Fredi Gonzalez?
September 23rd, 2011
3:43 pm
the death throes of the NBA are here. YAY! this league became terminal in the early 90s and will just fade away…I hope……kobe, lebron, et.all can just head to Europe for all I care….. bring on March Madness
September 23rd, 2011
3:46 pm
Lockout? I didn't know the NBA still existed. I haven't seen a game in decades. Suits me to lock 'em out for ever and ever amen.
September 23rd, 2011
3:48 pm
Where is M. Cunningham?
September 23rd, 2011
3:49 pm
Can anyone care to explain why the Hawks beat report is M.I.A. on NBA matters and Hawks news? Its been nearly a month since we last heard from Michael Cunningham. Is he a season reporter? Isn't this the NBA season more or less?
September 23rd, 2011
3:53 pm
blazerdawg…..if you believe those attendance figures from the Hawks, I have some swamp land you might be interested in! The real NBA died years ago. The buying public has gone elsewhere with that disposible income. It is just a bad sport now and what a shame!
September 23rd, 2011
3:59 pm
Paddy – I believe that the NBA uses the same attendance criteria league wide, so I do not believe that Atlanta's attendance is outbof proportion with any other market. I agree with you that the NBA is a bad and predictable sport now. Hopefully the outcome of the new agreement will solve some of the leage's issues.
September 23rd, 2011
4:00 pm
This is like the question about the tree falling in the middle of the woods. Will anyone even notice the NBA isn't playing until February when the NFL season is over? Will anyone even notice the NBA isn't playing once March Madness begins?
JSS – Imagine the TV revenue the Sanford Stadium deer hunt would bring – given the gruesome spectacle of 90,000 people opening fire toward the middle of a round stadium.
September 23rd, 2011
4:02 pm
NBA is not the NFL… No one is following or cares that theirs a lockout…
September 23rd, 2011
4:08 pm
…so what's the bad news? that they will eventually come back?
September 23rd, 2011
4:20 pm
zzzzzzzzzzz. Wake me up when the NBA is relevent again, like in the 80's and 90's. Could care less.
September 23rd, 2011
4:24 pm
Shaq is sooooooooo right.
September 23rd, 2011
4:45 pm
Shortening (the ridiculously long) basketball season is sweet.
If we could only bring back the Thrashers or figure out how to lengthen football season now…
September 23rd, 2011
4:51 pm
Go watch the NHL
September 23rd, 2011
4:52 pm
"JSS – Imagine the TV revenue the Sanford Stadium deer hunt would bring – given the gruesome spectacle of 90,000 people opening fire toward the middle of a round stadium."
Well, it is actually elliptical… Still, they are 1. Drunk, 2. In a frenzy, 3. they can't shoot straight sober… Wow, it might be like rush hour on GA 400!
September 23rd, 2011
4:55 pm
For the haters of the NBA: You honestly think this lockout will end the league? A lot of people are hating the MLB now after the 94 strike, and you know what it's still around. The NBA will follow the same path, and in fact it did before, the 1998 lockout and just in the past few years has finally recovered from that, it will rise again after this lockout.
September 23rd, 2011
5:01 pm
maybe joe johnson will hold a big party at phillips during the lockout…i know he really did not mean to cause this…provide chips and sodas joe and all is forgiven
September 23rd, 2011
5:03 pm
Bbbbuuuuut where will LeBron take his talents?
How will Kris Humphries pay for the wedding?
No more guns in the locker rooms?
I won't miss a season of these self-absorbed jerks at all. The inmates have run the asylum for too long, the owners can't control themselves and Stern has let it happen. They all deserve each other. Buh-bye.
September 23rd, 2011
5:05 pm
PS – Better short the co's that make tattoo products.
September 23rd, 2011
5:09 pm
What are the strip clubs now going to do – a lot less rain-making and $200 bottles of Crystal? Maybe Obama will take care of them in his jobs bill.
September 23rd, 2011
5:21 pm
So the Atlanta Spirit started the NBA on the road to ruining the league. They were good for something after all.
September 23rd, 2011
5:41 pm
I don't think many of us care if they ever resolve their dispute. Maybe Roller Derby will take over the Arena and draw bigger crowds.


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Children whose parents are overweight or obese are at higher risk for becoming obese themselves, studies have shown. A study in the Journal of Pediatrics, for instance, found five independent risk factors for childhood overweight. The main risk factor was parental weight.
Nearly 80 percent of obese 10- to 14-year-olds with an obese parent will be obese as adults. Currently, 34 percent of adults have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more, classifying them as obese.
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Genes play a role in the increased risk for obesity, but lifestyle factors also have influence. Poor eating habits are often established during childhood, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More than 60 percent of young people eat too much fat, and less than 20 percent eat the recommended five or more servings of fruits and vegetables each day.
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City manager inspires staff to reach goals
January 15, 2013
MILTON, Ga. — A couple of years ago, David Frizzell and his coworkers were in a staff meeting led by Milton City Manager Chris Lagerbloom where they wrote down the goals, both personal and professional, that they would like to achieve in their lifetime.
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"He was helping us refine what our dreams are," said Frizzell, the city's information technology manager. "The motivation to get started happened here. A lot of the IT life is reaction. [Lagerbloom] really encouraged [us] to think forward to think of the possibilities."
When the Milton employees had their short list of goals, each person was given an accountability partner to help keep track of those goals.
Team-building activities such as the goal setting exercise are what Lagerbloom said helps his employees achieve work-life balance and become a tighter-knit group.
"People care about you," said Lagerbloom. "[That's a] healthy work environment."
Frizzell, who has had writing as a hobby since he was a child, has gotten the motivation to write with a purpose from his work at Milton's city hall.
Frizzell realized then that he'd always wanted to write a novel, so in the meeting he made the decision to do just that.
He's in the process of writing a science fiction series of novels. The first book of the series is in the editing stage, and he is writing parts of the second and third books.
Lagerbloom isn't the only Milton city employee who has encouraged Frizzell in his writing.
After he finished a draft of the first book, Frizzell asked several friends both at work and outside of work to read the novel and give him feedback.
"They've given me more ideas on ways to branch out I hadn't thought of before," Frizzell said.
Each day after he gets home from work, Frizzell says he immediately sits down to start writing. Last year, he even took two weeks of vacation just to work on the book.
It's been a fun process for Frizzell.
"Being able to put new ideas down is always rewarding," Frizzell said.
Frizzell makes sure his new ideas are understandable.
"If you can relate it in a way that makes sense to people," he said. "I explain IT in the same way."
He's responsible for computers, printers, servers, security codes and virus protection for Milton's 150 employees, most of whom have a computer. He runs audio/visual equipment for town council meetings and creates the city's IT budget. He stays on top of the latest technology and knows when something would work well for Milton employees.
For example, Milton's council members will soon have iPads, saving paper and ink during their meetings.
A large part of his job is educating city employees about their machines and how they work. The best way he's found to explain new information is to use an analogy that will make sense to his listener.
"You take something that's foreign and make it relatable," Frizzell said. "That helps me in my writing too."


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