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Okami, with its vibrant Japanese art style and immersive gameplay elements, is loved by many a gamer. Originally a PlayStation 2 title, it came to the Wii with motion controls and also recently had a HD version made for the PlayStation 3.
Plenty of people out there would love to see a sequel made — especially now the Wii U is out — but of course Capcom would have to be willing to publish it.
Someone recently got in touch with Platinum Games' Hideki Kamiya on Twitter and asked him about the possibility of Okami 2. Here's what he had to say:
Ask Capcom. RT @ZeldaPrime: WiiU is to good for Okami 2! HD console and big touchscreen controller! Get on making Okami 2, Kamyia-san— 神谷英樹 Hideki Kamiya (@PG_kamiya) March 5, 2013
It's by no means any form of confirmation and Kamiya-san was probably just teasing us all again, but we can dream, right?
The future of an Okami sequel is still shrouded in mystery then. Would you like to see it happen? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
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May 26, 2000
The UCLA Men's Water Polo Team captured the NCAA National Title this year for the third time in five years. Now, the Bruins are welcoming people to help continue the winning tradition by being a part of the Ninth Annual UCLA Water Polo Scholarship Golf Tournament.
The event is dedicated to the memory of former UCLA Water Polo All-American Jim Toring, who died in 1998 at the age of 23. Jim was a major force in both of UCLA's 1995 and 1996 NCAA Water Polo Championships, sharing Most Valuable Player honors in '95 and scoring the winning goal in the '96 championship match. Jim was also an active participant in UCLA's golf tournament from its inception in 1992.
Proceeds from this tournament will go directly to the UCLA Men's Water Polo Program. The annual event will be held at the Braemar Country Club in Tarzana, Calif. on June 26. Approximately 80-100 golfers participate in the tournament every year.
UCLA is asking merchants to help support the Golf Tournament. There are a number of ways in which to show support:
Tournament Participation: Fee is $190 per golfer. Includes breakfast, BBQ lunch, dinner, all greens and cart fees, personalized golf bag tags and handling, tee gifts including golf balls, tees, golf shirt, caps and more, chances to win raffle and silent auction prizes, as well as a fun day on the links.
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"When I think about Tina, I see a little girl of 5 prancing down the sidewalk in a new dress and shoes."
Ray, who joined the "Tony n' Tina" cast three years ago in Oregon as pregnant bridesmaid Connie Mocogni, played Tina in Minneapolis and Baltimore before coming to Cleveland. Quiet, introspective and extremely private, she's a total 180 from her Italian alter ego.
With Duran Duran playing softly in the dressing room she normally shares with the show's dozen other actresses, Ray begins the 40-minute ritual that turns her into Tina. First comes the blue eyeliner, then the pink eyeshadow.
"When I think about Tina, I see a little girl of 5 prancing down the sidewalk in a new dress and shoes," Ray says. "As far as she's concerned, she could be Miss America."
"I'm not getting rich in this life, but I'm doing OK."
After earning her bachelor's degree in theater arts at the University of Portland, Ray performed in murder-mystery dinner-theater productions. She's been part of a U.S. Department of Defense show tour in Korea, Japan and Guam; and has acted in educational vignettes for Kaiser Permanente.
"People hear you're an �actress,' and immediately they think Gwyneth Paltrow," Ray muses. "I certainly don't consider myself to be a superstar. I'm just your typical workaday girl.
"I'm not getting rich in this life, but I'm doing OK."
On Oct. 2, she became engaged to Andy Weiland, who plays Tony's brother Johnny. The couple, who have been a twosome since St. Patrick's Day 1999, haven't set the date yet.
Armed with photos of gowns printed off the Internet, Ray enters Catan Bridal in Strongsville, ready for her first foray into the world of authentic wedding finery.
"I'm not a girlie girl," Ray tells store manager Toni Kennish. "I'm leaning toward something with a square neckline and a splash of color. But I'm an open book at this point. I'll know the dress when it catches my eye."
The bride-to-be carefully considers each selection Kennish hands her. "I feel like I should be in �Swan Lake,' " she says after disengaging herself from a beaded organza. "I could kill somebody in this," she jokes after putting the kibosh on a crinoline.
Ray readily admits that until very recently, matrimony and all that goes with it was something about which she never fantasized.
"I guess they call this the biological clock," she says. "And it finally started ticking for me this year. Andy and I are talking about buying a house, getting a puppy and starting a family."
"When I starting my acting career, it was about fun and adventure. Now, I like the idea of stability."
"When I starting my acting career, it was about fun and adventure," Ray reflects. "Now, I like the idea of stability, of putting down roots, of having a home. I think I'm pretty much done gallivanting across the country."
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Wine-stain art lines the walls of Daniel Boulud's chic Bar Boulud in New York. The list of nearly 1,000 selections focuses strongly on the Burgundy and Rhône regions and the pleasantly peasanty menu honors the rustic, earthy fare of the chef's Lyon roots, featuring options like charcuterie and escargots persillade.
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Officials from the campaign of Tennessee Sen. Jim Tracy raised more than $150,000 during the fourth quarter of 2013, bringing the total amount of contributions to more than $1 million since he announced his intention to run for Congress.
With the primary election just months away, Tracy's war chest suggests there is growing support across the 4th Congressional District for his campaign.
Tracy is hoping to unseat U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais in the Republican Party primary that is slated for August. If he wins the primary, Tracy would face off against a Democratic Party candidate during the November midterm elections for the 4th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
"The fourth quarter fundraising numbers clearly show his momentum in the 4th District," said Shane Reeves, who is serving as the finance chairman for the campaign. "The campaign is focused on the issues and the people of the 4th District. This is reflected in the large number of individual donors and the amount of support we have received."
Tracy ended the quarter and the year with more than $840,000 cash on hand.
"My wife and I could not be more appreciative of the amount of encouragement we are receiving," Tracy said. "As I travel throughout the 4th District, I have more and more people asking how they can help. I am excited about the opportunity to represent them in Washington, D.C."


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Oophorectomy - Post- operative Care
Women report less pain after a laparoscopic procedure than the abdominal incision procedure.
After surgery a woman may feel some discomfort. The degree of discomfort varies and is generally greatest with abdominal incisions, because the abdominal muscles must be stretched out of the way so that the surgeon can reach the ovaries.
Post-operative Care: Some of the post operative measures include-
Antibiotics are sometimes given to reduce the risk of post-surgical infection.
If both ovaries are removed, the woman immediately goes into menopause. If there is no evidence of breast cancer, the doctor will prescribe hormone replacement therapy (HRT), either estrogen alone or with progesterone, to help manage the symptoms of menopause.
Return to normal activities, such as driving and working, takes from 2-6 weeks, depending on the type of surgery you had.
Some women experience emotional distress following the removal of their ovaries and benefit from counseling and may need some sort of hormone replacement therapy.
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Have you ever been sucked into reading the tabloids while waiting in line at the grocery store? Fifth-year English doctoral candidate Marissa Nicosia reads them, too—but the ones she's looking at are from the 17th century.
They're part of an area of the archives that hasn't garnered much attention in literary studies. Nicosia spends a chapter of her dissertation, "Genre and Crisis: Print, Politics, and the Transformation of 17th-Century Literature," examining the way in which tropes of the history play were imported into tiny five-act plays called playlets.
Unlike traditional history plays, which feature great historical figures of the past, the playlets dealt with current events, were only four to eight pages long, and were sold alongside news periodicals. "Why haven't we read them much, when we do have them?" Nicosia says. "Some people say it's because they're bad literature. But I don't have a problem reading bad literature. They sold at a very brisk pace, and must have been quite popular in order for anyone to bother writing these things."
Nicosia's work focuses on literature in the mid-17th century, when poetry was still the language of the state and heavy hitters such as John Milton, John Dryden, and Andrew Marvell were enmeshed in the bureaucracy of government. Nicosia argues that historical literary genres—the history, the romance, the elegy—underwent dramatic transformation in the era, and it was not only the political culture that was formative, but the ways these genres were printed—their publication history and circulation—that was fundamental to reshaping literature in that century.
What readers did with their literature after they acquired it is another element of print culture Nicosia studies. There's a copy of the Restoration-era satire The Rehearsal in Penn's Rare Book and Manuscript Library, for instance, that contains the centuries-old scribblings of a reader who wanted to make it clear that he or she understood the satire. "So for any jab at John Dryden, the reader has written 'Dryden' next to it. The reader is picking out all the public figures, and relating something to a poem by Andrew Marvell, and something else to a particular lord. Really just outlining the whole thing."
In addition to research, Nicosia teaches undergraduates, and sharing finds like The Rehearsal with her students is integral to her approach. For two semesters she taught "London Calling," an undergraduate critical writing seminar about the city of London from Chaucer to the Clash. Nicosia encouraged archival engagement and performance exercises to help students deepen their understanding of the subject matter: "I do a lot of things in my teaching to try to shake up the ways students think about literature."
For example, when she brings undergraduates into contact with old books—digitally and then in person—the materiality itself can change students' relationships to what they're studying. "It's the multiple ways of looking at the same cultural object that can lead them to their own individual research questions." Nicosia says, "When students perform different versions of the same scene in something like Hamlet, they absorb the play's interpretive open-endedness. It can't be just zombie Hamlet and then, like, normal Hamlet. It has to be Gertrude killed Hamlet Senior, or she was very involved in it. Or Gertrude wasn't involved—that kind of choice can really change a scene."
The relationship between teaching and scholarship is something Nicosia hopes to explore on a larger scale in the future. Heading into what could be her final year of dissertation work, and beginning to think about the next phase of her academic career, Nicosia learned of the Rare Book School's Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical Bibliography in The New York Times. Created through a grant the Rare Book School in Virginia received from the Mellon Foundation, the new program will bring together early-stage scholars throughout the humanities. Nicosia is one of the inaugural fellows.
"It was a very intense application, and I'm just thrilled I got in," she says. "This in-depth training will enable us to think about ways we can work with one another across disciplines to improve research and teaching. Given that humanities centers and digital humanities centers are on the rise, this kind of collaborative scholarship comes at a crucial moment in academia."
As part of the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical Bibliography, she will also put together a symposium within the next three years. "It's a chance to introduce methods I was trained in at Penn and at Rare Books School to a new population," Nicosia says, "I'm excited to use what I learn in my scholarship, in my teaching, and in my life as a public intellectual to really contribute to public life."
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Inspired by Europe's historic Mille Miglia rally, this year's edition of the California Mille gets underway tomorrow. We're proud to be a sponsor of the journey, which will take dozens of fine cars throughout the gorgeous hills of Northern California this week. Our role is to help cars in need, whether or not they are insured by Chubb. Our modern minivan is decked out with supplies for roadside repairs and thirsty drivers. The participating cars were on display in San Francisco today, and our photo gallery will give you a sense of the kind of talent we'll be following all week. We'll be updating the gallery all week as the cars make there way through the course.
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Planet of the Capes
w: Larry Young; a: Brandon McKinney
$12.95, 80 pages, B&W/Color
There are a million and one reasons why Larry Young & Brandon McKinney's Planet of the Capes shouldn't work. The plot is a shambles, for one thing. We see things happen and we have no idea why they're worth seeing--there's no through line, there's no narrative drive, there's no weight that pulls us from one scene to the next. The characters, and we're using that term loosely, are ciphers, just the latest in a ever-lengthening line of Batman/Captain America/Superman/Wonder Woman/Hulk/Green Lantern/what-have-you manques. The art is almost confrontationally ugly, the kind of style you see in dollar-bin back-issues of bad 80s Marvel & DC books, complete with lousy paper stock and the glorious color of the black-and-white glut. And the whole thing, of course, is merely the latest pisstake on the superhero genre by a smartass indie guy, which, although not quite as unnecessary as another straight superhero book, is still pretty goddamn unnecessary. (What the world needs now is not another Brat Pack.) No, it shouldn't work at all.
But it does.
A creepy, uncomfortable graphic novel, Planet of the Capes follows the--see, I was tempted to say "adventures" there, but it's really just a bunch of crap that happens for no real reason--of four supertypes: A Batman-cum-Captain America knockoff named Justice Hall, who is the latest raven-themed vigilante in a line of such individuals dating back to Ben Franklin (the raven is the national bird in this, the Federated States of America, and I certainly got a kick out of finding out why); quasi-bad-girl Kastra, an alien princess type with the usual amorphous telekinetic/energy-based powers that women superheroes always get saddled with; the Schaff, a rampaging Hulk stand-in who is himself the result of an accident in which two other superheroes (the Green Lantern-ish Red Fez and Kastra's father, an intergalactic warrior leader) were physically melded together; and the Grand, a Superman figure about whom we learn next to nothing, beyond the fact that he's a bona-fide asshole. After we're introduced to all four characters (via an autograph-seeking kid who couldn't be more transparently a mere plot device), we see them get blown into an alternate dimension, where planet Earth is superhero-free. In very short order, all four "heroes" end up dead. (No, I'm not spoiling anything--it says so in giant block letters right there on the back of the book.) How this happens is where they story hooks you.
On Young's website he says that each of the four superheroes represent not just a super-archetype, but a faction of the comics industry. I'm not going to sit around guessing who's what (beyond the obvious conjecture that the Grand represents modern-day superpublishers)--I'm far too taken aback by how perfectly Planet demonstrates how the excess baggage of the superhero genre, unless it's being handled by extremely gifted men and women, makes great art so very difficult create. In the heroes' world, their behavior is readily understood and tolerated, if not fully accepted, but with a flick of the switch no one they meet can make heads or tails of what the hell they're doing or why the hell they're doing it. It's a reaction I'm sure you're familiar with--you probably felt it last time you read a lousy superhero comic, one where the characters did things simply because, well, that's the way things have been done for the past sixty years. The result of such by-the-numbers obesiance to convention and cliche, Planet shows us, is soulless, ugly, and ultimately destructive. (So too, naturally, is at least one of the heroes in the story. Getting there is half the fun.)
But none of these ideas would stick if there wasn't something to the work itself, and there is. The book features a terrific four-color flashback to the event that created the Schaff, with a compelling wordless sequence that (in a rare move for the book) gives the scene some real heft. The final act takes place atop a dam, with wide-open spaces of sky, sun, and water giving the impression that these characters really have been freed from their constraints, and could go do something either very bad or very good at any moment. And the final confrontation between the two sudden nemeses is surprisingly forceful, all squinty eyes and lantern jaws and unexpected, horrendous violence. Again, Young was smart enough to leave this key sequence silent, and again McKinney imbued it with a sense of dread that enables it to work without simply relying on audience memories of similar confrontations.
Planet of the Capes is likely to be one of those books that either works for you, or doesn't. (A quick look around the comics blogosphere should tell you that.) With its slapdash plot and largely empty characters, I'm sure some people would feel cheated by the $12.95 pricetag (that's three bucks more than your average manga volume, for a whole lot less story). But Planet is a solid, squalid little book, and if you're in the right mood, it'll tell you a lot of things you've wanted to hear about far too many supercomics. "We've been had" is the message, and this nasty, brutish, and short supercomic is the messenger.


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|OSU beats Michigan in nationally televised business competition
The football field is not the only place where the Buckeyes triumphed over the Wolverines. On the nationally televised cable show, mtvU Quad Squads, a team of Fisher students gave the University of Michigans Ross School of Business team a lesson on how to execute a winning marketing strategy.
Executives from Michigan-based Ford Motor Co., the corporate sponsor that challenged the rival schools to come up with a successful promotional event and marketing plan for its 2008 Focus automobile, hailed the Ohio State students as the victors in this contest.
Over an eight-week period beginning in September, an mtvU camera crew filmed the work of the four Fisher students for the four-part series. The conclusion aired on Nov. 27 with both teams presenting their plans and the results of promotional events to Ford and advertising executives at company headquarters in Dearborn, Mich.
The things I will remember the most are the friendships I made, the long hours our team put in, the event we put on and, of course, the amazing feeling of beating Michigan, said one of the team members, Jessica Kleinman, a senior in marketing and international business.
Kleinman's teammates were Faraz Khan, a junior in business marketing and finance, Christopher Sparks, a senior in marketing and psychology, and Kelly Mirgon, a junior in business and marketing. The team said the competition provided them with real world professional experience and helped sharpen their marketing skills.
"The chance to create a marketing campaign and then being able to present our recommendations from consumer research to detailed execution to Ford executives was invaluable," Sparks said. "It will be a great experience to talk about in job interviews and to build upon as we embark on our first careers, especially since many of our ideas will be incorporated into Ford's college marketing strategy."
More than 300 Ohio State students attended the team's October promotional event, "Sync My Ride," on the Wexner Center plaza. The team showcased the Focus' Sync technology, an integrated voice-activated hands-free cellular phone and entertainment system, by having students get in the car and interact with the new feature.
"I will definitely remember the long nights and many hours it took to put on a campaign like this," Khan said. "The pressure, deadlines, budget, restraints as well as creative freedom forced our group to think outside of the box. This is similar to what I expect to see in the business world."
While students indicated the competition was a good educational experience, they said having the mtvU cameras rolling as they conducted their work also gave them a dose of reality television entertainment.
"Seeing that side of television was definitely a different experience--the lighting and microphones," Mirgon said. "We taped hours and hours of footage at different angles, saying certain lines two or three times. Some things you hear about reality TV proved to be true, such as dramatizing every small detail."
As the winning team, all four students were offered internships at Ford and prizes that included an Apple iPhone with two years of free service and a laptop computer. All four episodes can be viewed on the Quad Squads Web site.


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Saudi Arabia is preparing an aid package for around 22,000 students in Pakistan as part of its ongoing aid to the areas devastated by the October 2005 earthquake.
Sixty trucks loaded with educational materials will be distributed in the Muzaffarabad and Bagh regions. Each student will receive bags, books, two sets of uniforms and other essential materials.
Since October 2005, the Saudi Public Assistance for Pakistan Earthquake Victims has distributed more than 1,000 truckloads of relief assistance to earthquake victims.


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"Dear Steve,
I too talked to Mr. Chapman like another reader posted. Was told he could drop my mortgage anount by 50k. And payments would drop $300.00 a month. He ask for my bank info. so $660.00? Could be taken out each month to hold. He stated it would take 4 months for him to do this for me. And each month $660.00 would be taken out until finalized. I ask for some kind of documentation for me to get. So I know this was on the up and up. He got a little angry. Said he didn't have time to do all this leg work. Pretty much if you want tit act now or forget it. That is what I took him to say. I didn't take it although I really need the help. I to can not afford to be scammed. What do you think aboutt his…. Should I have went on forward with him?
Dear Della,
I'm assuming you are referring to the Mr. Chapman in the post Meracord / Noteworld is Offering Me a Loan Modification for a Fee. – Noreen.
It smells like it is less than honest and like a salesperson trying to push you into making a decision you are not ready to make.
I'm inclined to think it was all just hype.
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Please help me! My Baby has severe eczema.
My 4 month old daughter has severe eczema. She had it for 3 months now. She can't sleep well during night and day. She has it all over her body,head, and face. I already tried a lot of moisturizer (cetaphil,aveeno eczema for babies, lubriderm scent free,gentle naturals eczema,mustela,hydrocortizone,desonide cream etc.) all those did not work and some of them just got it worse. Her pedia is an allergy and asthma specialist but seems like he's already giving up to my daughter.:( i just feel so bad.i even clean everyday at home. Change the bedsheet everyday 100% cotton. I even put distilled water to her humidifier. Doctor change her formula 4x. They did blood draw to her came out normal no food allergies. Dr refered her to derma. Said its normal. Even gave her p&s its just got worse. Went to ER gave her steroids cream. Her doctor also gave her steroid syrup for 3 days. But still its worse.she cries a lot and itchy all over.CAN ANYONE HELP ME PLEASE!!! THANK YOU!!! GODBLESS!!
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What formula is she on? My son has it very bad as well, when he was that age his skin began to weep. I took him to a dermatologist and they prescribed him hydrocortisone, he also had it in his scalp mixed with cradle cap. They, too did a allergy test on my son, he is slightly allergic t milk and we had him on Nutrimagin (sp). My son will be one on 12/1 and I have his eczema completely under control. I limited his bath time to 5-7 minutes, I bathe him with Dove sensitive skin. I also wash him with luke warm water, I don't bathe him every day b/c that dries your skin out. I rub him down with hydrocortisone + eucerin cream.. they make a compound formula avail by prescription, but I compound it myself. I then seal in his moisture with baby aquaphor. I never leave the house with those 3 creams. The key is moisture. Keep her skin hydrated! I also used cetaphil lotion for eczema, but I just phased it out and completely rely on the hydrocortisone/eucerin/aquaphor. Good luck it will get betterposted 11/23/2012 by sjohns2005
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HOME > Life Inspiring Stories > My School Life
Some of the major challenges I faced when I had cancer was having a poor appetite and coping with my schoolwork. I lost my appetite during the days of chemotherapy treatments. Despite being hungry, I skipped all my meals – breakfast, lunch and dinner. Even food that I usually like tasted weird to me. I abstained from eating and drank fruit juices and milk instead. It took about a day or two after the treatment before I started eating again.
As I had very low immunity at that time, I had to stop schoolingl. I either stayed at home or at the hospital. In fact, I spent more than 30% of the time in KKH, either for chemotherapy or for treatment of infection. I requested my teachers to give me my school assignments to keep me occupied. Though I would like to continue with my studies, I could not. The drugs made me very tired and restless, and I just couldn't concentrate. To distract me from my pain and discomfort, I turned to computer games, and I would play for hours.
I was absent from school for almost a year, from end August 2007 to end of July 2008. Thus, I did not sit for PSLE in 2008. Instead, I took my PSLE in 2009. Thankfully, I scored very well and was accepted by my dream school.
I was nervous when I first went back to school. After all, I had not been to school for about a year. As I was in touch with my friends through the internet, I did not feel too distant from them. It took only a few days for me to settle down. I have to thank my teachers and friends for being there for me, and for their help and encouragement. I don't really have any concrete plans for the future. I suppose I will just complete my studies before I consider what to do next. I love writing though. Maybe I want to be an author... I applied to take French as my third language in Secondary One next year. I find it a fascinating language. Hopefully, I will like it.
All the people around me helped me keep going. My parents stayed with me when I was going through chemotherapy – despite having to juggle between the hospital and office. My grandparents, sister, aunt and uncle took care of me when I was at home while my parents were working. My teachers visited me often, and kept me updated of the happenings in school. I communicated with my classmates via MSN, SMS and emails. The social workers from CCF talked to me often and introduced me to many games and videos.
"Ganbatte" is a Japanese word. It means "加油!" or "Hold out, persevere, do your best" . Of course, it is unfortunate to be a cancer patient, but it is not the end of the world. Instead of asking "why me", take this opportunity to "discover" yourself. Like me, I realised that I have a flair for writing and blogskins. I started pursuing my interests.


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*** ~ Chapter 8: Only Warning ~ ***
"I'm fine, Lightning. Really."
Lightning paced the length of the room. The Primarch's throne room was an enormous room in retrospect, some remarking that it was built to accommodate the towering mass of the mythical fal'Cie, if there ever came a time. Of course, the fal'Cie were nothing more than creatures of myth and legend, just like the Goddess Etro and her Eidolons for that matter.
The call of his charge went unbidden, Lightning too busy mentally berating himself for his folly.
A white clad fist tightened.
He knew it. He knew it! He just knew something was going to happen the moment he left the Primarch's side! But instead of protesting it, Lightning did what he was told. Lightning was the good soldier and good soldiers always did what they were told. Damnable gods and fal'Cies! Why did he even let Serah out of his sight?! Lightning growled under his breath, disgusted with himself.
The soldier paused in his step, this time hearing the Primarch's muted plea. He turned to the leader of all Cocoon.
Serah Farron sat atop an elevated white marble throne. Three floating crystal stairs, all thanks to Cocoon's advanced technology, led up to the prestigious chair, the one only the Primarch was privileged enough to sit on. An intricately carved backrest spanned twelve feet up into the air, marked with Cocoon's royal symbol, other images associated with the mountain kingdom also making up the frame. Towering over the throne from behind and finishing the amazing piece of workmanship was a jagged chunk of pure diamond, the triangular piece almost doubling the height of the Primarch's chair. Such rarities were found in the heart of Cocoon's mountain, the precious gems growing as commonly as stalagmites.
Pillars of white marble paved the wide hallway leading up to the Primarch's seat, a vibrant silk red carpet connecting the dormant transgate opposite the throne to the throne itself. Also carrying the white marble motif, the walls of the rectangular room were decorated with circular and rectangular lights, both of which ran perpendicular to the white marble floor.
Interspersed between the lights were windows, large floor to ceiling windows which revealed the Primarch's own personal garden, something much smaller but just as beautiful as the Imperial Gardens. The windows themselves were actually large screens, holographically projecting the gardens in place of real windows. An actual window would be a structural weak point and a grave risk for this particular room. So the occupants had to make due with pretend windows. Two banners hung on either side of the Primarch's throne, colourful in their display of the Primarch's sigil.
"Ya should let him pace," Fang said, a bitterness to her voice. "That's all any of us can do right now."
Aside from the regular adornments to the throne room, four white leather couches had also been dragged in, the four of them positioned in a square pattern in front of the Primarch's throne. Advisor Katzroy and his only child Dajh, sat on the couch nearest the Primarch to her left. Advisor Estheim and his son Hope took up the couch just opposite the other Cocoon Advisor, to the Primarch's right.
On the left most couch opposite Cocoon's leader was Oerba Yun Fang, Oerba Dia Vanille next to her, leaning against her sister. Fang wrapped a protective arm around the redhead's shoulders. The last leather couch was empty, Oerba Kamau Gadot and Oerba Kamau Lebreau choosing to stand behind Fang and Vanille's couch, defensively instead. All Pulsians had their weapons with them, as did Lightning and the Primarch. Advisor Katzroy was the only of the two Cocoon Advisors who was armed, a pair of Cocoon energy pistols strapped to his legs.
Three hours ago, the Cocoon Imperial Palace experienced its most devastating attack yet. The Imperial Army, led by Captain Snow Villiers and his two lieutenants, were still trying to figure out who was responsible for the attack. While there was much left unknown, there was no question about the casualties.
Advisor Nabaat was dead. As was a dozen Imperial attendants and soldiers. They were just in the wrong place, at the wrong time. Of those who survived, twenty nine people sustained critically injuries, forty-one of them, including the Primarch, Vanille, and their bodyguards, receiving serious but non life threatening wounds. Dozens more were still accounted for.
How their attackers managed to sneak past six lines of security, that which included technological defences and patrolling soldiers, was still the question of the hour. The improvised bomb used in the attack literally imploded a quarter of the Imperial Palace, something that should have never happened considering what was needed for such a blast. Alarms should have raised long before that device was assembled, its height being almost as tall as a regular adult's.
Captain Villiers and Gadot shielded the Primarch and Vanille from the blast, the Imperial Gardens on the outer edge of the explosion. As Lady Luck would have it, both men only suffered scraps and scratches. Vanille was injured by a piece of flying shrapnel which caught her the hip, the Primarch having a similar injury but on her left arm. The pinkette currently wore a sling, her left upper arm layered in white bandages, the only evidence they were in any danger at all.
A pair of crutches rested against the side of the couch Fang and Vanille occupied, closest to Vanille, the redhead's left leg from the hip down encased in a brace, white bandages also peeking out from underneath. Because of the shock of the attack, Vanille couldn't muster the strength to conjure healing magics, leaving Fang in the uncomfortable situation of reluctantly permitting Cocoon medics to attend to her sister. While technologically more advanced, the mountain kingdom had nothing in their arsenal which could offer instantaneous tissue regeneration like magic did. And hence, bandages were in order.
The Primarch sighed, hearing truth in the lancer's words.
Very little could be done right now, Serah entrusting Snow with sorting out this mess. Normally this kind of thing would have been left to Lightning, but the soldier was too close to the Primarch to be thinking rationally right now. Besides, the Primarch felt better having her bodyguard nearby. This was the safest place in all of Cocoon (aside from the Primarch's personal chambers) right now. And not just because of Lightning's presence, nor the presence of the thirty Imperial Guards standing watch inside of the Primarch's Throne room.
"Lightning, come here please."
Lightning made his way to the Primarch's throne without question. Serah immediately looped her good arm around his and rested her head against her bodyguard's shoulder when he was close enough. She closed her eyes.
The Primarch's Throne room was the inner most room in all of the Imperial Palace, Serah Farron's place of residence half built out of the mountain the Cocoon people thrived on. For normal folk, getting an audience with the Primarch meant meeting her via holograms. Unless you were an Imperial Attendant or Imperial Soldier, both of which went through a vigorous screening process of almost a hundred levels, you didn't get to see the Primarch in person. It was one of many security measures instilled over the years. The Primarch's predecessors' legacy of sorts. The only exception to this was the Pulsian envoy, this being an extreme case when it came to the Kingdom of Cocoon's overall security.
Putting that aside, to get this far into the Imperial Palace, an intruder would have to go through twenty lines of Imperial Guards patrolling the palace itself, and twenty technological lines of defence including automated security drones, heat and movement seeking energy turrets, energy barriers, and the ten foot thick titanium walls encapsulating the Primarch's Throne room. The only way into here without bashing through the walls, something which needed the might of ten fal'Cies to do and almost all of time itself, was through transgates. Transgates needed a teleportation address however, and even if a transgate was accessible and the address in hand, it still took a few seconds for the transgate to power up.
Then of course, there was Lightning himself to deal after all of that. And the Primarch herself too. Starseeker rested against the right side of her throne, in sword form, ready to be used.
"Are you feeling ill, Primarch?"
Serah shook her head slightly, her eyes still closed. She could feel Lightning's anxiety and worry through the tenseness of his muscles and the way his shoulders felt stiff like rock.
"Allow me this selfish indulgence," the Primarch said softly. "Just for a little while."
A quiet inhale.
Locks of rose coloured hair were gently pushed away from the Primarch's eyes by a white gloved hand. Serah relished such open affection from her bodyguard, Lightning having never done this before aside from when they were alone. At the sound of the transgate powering up on the opposite end of the room, those movements stopped, the Primarch quickly snapping awake, her heart beating rapidly in her chest. Lightning untangled himself from Serah to stand in front of the Primarch and her throne.
Fang was just quick on her feet, jumping over the back of the white couch she shared with Vanille, her spear drawn. The Kamau twins flanked her on either side, a quick glance behind revealing Lightning also armed with that fancy blade of his. Fang smirked upon hearing the crackling of a Thundaga in the soldier's hand. Vanille remained half hidden behind the Pulsian trio on the couch, her binding rod in hand should she need it. She was hoping it wouldn't come to that, especially with the armed contingent of Cocoon soldiers already flanking the transgate, taking up defensive positions around it, some of them placing themselves between them and the teleportation device itself.
In a flash of purple, one sole form materialized, the transgate falling dormant again. They were greeted by thirty energy rifles, one spear, one greatsword, two short swords, one binding rod, two energy pistols, one gunblade, and one sword bow, every single weapon pointed at them.
"It's only me," Captain Villiers said, his hands raised in front of him to show his surrender. "At ease."
Breaths of relief sounded all over the throne room, weapons lowered a moment later. A white gloved hand closed into a fist, snuffing out the Thundaga. Lightning was the last to lower his weapon, as was Fang and the rest of the Pulsian envoy, but even then they didn't lower their guard. With a nod from the blonde, the Imperial Guards went back to their standby positions.
"Please tell me you have something," the Primarch said as the Cocoon Captain approached the throne.
"I do," Snow said, his lips pressed together into a grim line. He held up a datalogue in his hand. "Here's who's claiming responsibility for the attack."
The Pulsian representatives gave each other a look, settling back into their previous positions as Lightning momentarily left the Primarch's side to intercept Captain Villiers. Snow immediately relinquished the datalogue over to Lightning, following up with a respectful bow. As the soldier started to read it, the good captain backed up three steps.
The datalogue exploded into pieces to the sound of breaking glass and Thunder.
"I want every last one of them hunted down and shot on sight!" Lightning roared, furious blue eyes glaring at the Cocoon Captain.
Snow bowed without question. "It shall be done. I shall oversee this matter myself."
No one missed the vehemence in the blonde's voice. While known for his caring, most of the time good natured side, not many people knew about the captain's unforgiving side, one which was currently rearing its ugly head. Lightning wasn't the only one who knew how to make people disappear for good.
Booming footsteps marked Captain Villier's exit through the transgate, the behemoth of a man's posture rigid, his booted feet marching now with purpose. When the transgate closed again, all was quiet in the Primarch's throne room, except for the soft squeak of Lightning's hand further tightening around his gunblade. If one looked hard enough, they could see Blazefire Saber shaking in the soldier's grasp.
At the sound of his name, Lightning turned towards the Primarch again, the full extent of his fury clearly seen in his gaze.
Fang knew that look. She had seen it before in aggravated, cornered, feral beasts. Such beasts were always the most dangerous of the lot. The Pulsian lancer unconsciously raised her spear in front of her defensively. Lightning immediately caught that movement out of the corner of his eye, raising his gunblade as well.
"Calm yerself, Sunshine," Fang said, daring to take a step closer to the irate man. She raised her free hand up, palm facing the white garbed soldier, hoping to placate him. "Yer not gonna do anyone good if ya start pickin' fights wit' us."
To hear such rational words from the Pulsian huntress shocked the Primarch. Fang didn't even seem the type. That was more Vanille's domain. Vanille however, was not surprised by this turn of events in the least bit. Whether she wanted to admit it or not, Fang was a natural born leader. As such, this was not the first fight she'd have broken up before. Good leaders took care of their people. Which raised the question, did Fang think of Lightning on equal grounds with her?
"What did the datalogue say?" Advisor Estheim piped up, hoping a change of subject would diffuse the already tense situation.
Lightning glared in Advisor Estheim's direction for a good few seconds before speaking. "PSICOM," the soldier ground out. "PSICOM claimed responsibility for the attack."
Lightning's gaze shifted to Advisor Katzroy. "They threatened further retribution should these peace talks continue."
"Maker," Sazh said, rubbing his forehead. "As if we don't have enough things troubling us already. First one of our own attacks us, and now this?"
"That makes no sense." It would be Kamau Lebreau who spoke up there. "How does attacking the Primarch help them? You're all on the same side."
"No," Serah said, a sad smile on her face. "I wish that were the case, but it's not."
Lebreau looked at the Primarch in confusion.
"Not everyone believes peace between kingdoms is the right thing for Cocoon," Advisor Estheim said. He shifted in his seat, wrapping an arm around his son's shoulders.
"These same narrow minded individuals are a small part of our population, mind you, but no less dangerous. As this most recent attack has proved, they are willing to do whatever it takes to ensure this peace treaty does not happen."
"How does hurting the Primarch accomplish what they want?" Kamau Gadot frowned. "What? They think this will scare you away? Or us for that matter?"
"Not hurting," Advisor Katzroy told the man. "Killing."
Eyes widened in realization.
"Kill the Primarch and force an early election for the Cocoon leadership," Advisor Katzroy continued. "With the Farron bloodline ending with our current Primarch, there would be no one to refute the vote."
Lightning and Serah shared a look.
"Pull some strings here and there, and then you have a more Cocoon friendly candidate in power."
"Etro's norks!" Fang threw up her hands in exasperation. "Are all of ya highlanders, the lot of ya in this room not included, nutters in the head?"
"I sometimes wonder that myself, Oerba Yun Fang," Advisor Estheim said, sighing. He took off his glasses to rub the bridge of his nose.
Silence reigned in the Primarch's throne room again.
"Maybe..." Vanille said after a while. She looked at everyone hesitantly. "Maybe this peace treaty shouldn't happen after all..."
The Primarch's good hand slapped down on her arm rest. "I will not cower in fear to the likes of these terrorists," Serah said through clenched teeth. She rose from her throne, angry. "This attack should be even more reason why the peace treaty should go through."
"But more people will get hurt!" Vanille protested.
"There will be never ending causalities in both kingdoms if this war continues," the Primarch retorted. Slowly she made her way down from her throne.
"This war has brought us all pain, and suffering, and loss. It has hung over our heads for centuries, like a devastating cloud of Chaos, poisoning us all. How much longer will this go on? How long will it be before we say enough is enough?"
All eyes were fixated on the pinkette, no one breathing, no one speaking.
"Must I be the one to say it?" Serah asked. She gritted her teeth when no one answered her. "Fine," she said. "I'll say it."
A roar.
"I have had enough!"
Lightning reached out to hold the Primarch's elbow, concerned his leader's legs might give out from under her by the way she was shaking. Tears pooled in the corner of the Primarch's eyes, her cheeks flushed and not because of something embarrassing.
"I don't know about you, but I'm sick and tired of watching people, my people, die for something that was started centuries ago. Aren't you?"
The Primarch leaned against her bodyguard again, the adrenaline of the original moment now fading. "We don't even know why it was started in the first place."
Fang's mouth opened to retort, but then she closed it when she realized she had no rebuke. When the Primarch put it that way, nothing she'd been told before felt right enough to say. Gadot looked to this twin, Lebreau only shrugging her shoulders, shaking her head.
Advisor Estheim and Advisor Katzroy glanced at each other.
"I've been told-" Fang tried again. But she would not finish.
"You've been told," the Primarch interrupted, fury in her tone again. "But do you actually have proof? Do you actually know the real reason why we've been at war for centuries?"
When no one responded, Serah took that as her cue to continue. "Ever since I took the throne, I've been trying to find that reason. And after all of this time, I have found nothing."
Vanille frowned. The Primarch found nothing? That didn't make any sense. Something wasn't adding up here.
"Cocoon is one of the most technologically advanced societies on this continent," the Primarch continued. That was not boast nor an arrogant proclamation. That was fact.
"One whose archives go back to the time our ancestors stopped worshipping the old gods. Yet when investigating the records about this war, there's nothing there. No records. Nothing."
The Primarch's gaze raked across the room. "Doesn't that seem a little strange to you?"
Advisor Katzroy felt eyes on him.
"Sazh," Vanille began. The Cocoon Advisor's words from the other night hadn't stopped bothering the redhead, even after all the time that had passed. "What did you see all those years ago? What made you seek asylum here?"
Sazh sighed heavily. "If I knew Vanille that, I'd tell you," the old man said. "But right now, I'm still not sure what I saw."
Things were starting to sound worse and worse by the minute.
"As it stands," the Primarch continued, drawing attention back to herself again. She straightened up a bit, Lightning still supporting her. "This peace treaty is going to through. No matter what happens."
A small smile curved on Kamau Lebreau's lips.
"It will be a fair treaty, one that reflects both sides equally," the Primarch said. "I will personally make sure of that." A pause. "And if someone doesn't like that, then they'll have to take it up with me."
Fang smirked. Not only was Lightning growing on her, this tough little Primarch was too.
Gadot leaned over to whisper to his sister. "I'm glad she's the one in charge."
Lebreau rolled her eyes.
"For now, our current focus should be on recovering," the Primarch stated. "Peace talks will resume in three more days."
A glance around the room.
"Any objections?"
Serah was only met with silence.
"Worthless, all of you."
Another body thumped to the ground.
"P-Please! We did everything you told us to do!" a PSICOM commando squeaked. He was the only was left alive in this room. "But the walls were thicker than we- No! NOOOOO!"
A headless form crumpled to the ground.
"I'm done wasting my time on you."
A single figure rose from their chair, deftly flitting around the bodies and blood staining the floor as they walked out. With his point made, the man nonchalantly strode out of the hidden PSICOM base on the outskirts of the capital city.
"Time to do what I should have done from the very start," he muttered to himself.
A ghost of a smile.
"Isn't that right, Yeul?"


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We offer over 18 flavors of delicious, specially blended cream cheeses. We use real fruit in our Strawberry, Raspberry and Blueberry cream cheeses. We cut up our own fresh veggies for the Veggie, Cucumber Dill and Onion and Chive cream cheeses. Like our bagels, we dont put any preservatives or enhancers in our cream cheeses.(click on our menu button of the flavors , sizes and prices)
What is Cream Cheese Anyway?
Cream Cheese is a soft, mild-tasting, white cheese made with whole milk and enriched with cream. Cream cheese is not naturally matured and is meant to be consumed fresh and so it differs from other soft cheeses such as Brie and Neufchatel. Cream cheese has been a part of European life since 1583 in England and as early as 1651 in France. Kraft Foods, an American food processing company reports the first American cream cheese was made in Chester New York in 1872 by American dairyman William Lawrence. In 1880 Philadelphia was adopted as the brand name after the city that was considered at the time to be the home of top quality food in the USA.
What Came First? The Bagel or the Cream Cheese?
Cream cheese post dates the bagel by about 200 years according to Columbia University.
Two Locations!
Main Store:
913 Mount Rushmore Rd
Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: (605) 399-1277
Fax: (605) 399-1800
Hours of Operation
Monday thru Friday, 6:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday, 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM
BHB Express-O:
1720 N Haines Ave
(next to the soon to be Urgent Care)
Hours of Operation
Monday thru Friday, 6:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday, 7:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Free WiFi Wireless Internet Access
We offer free WiFi Wireless Internet Access for our customers at our main store location only. Bring your notebook computer and hook up to the Internet while you enjoy a bagel and a cup of coffee. We have plenty of tables near electrical outlets so you can charge your batteries while you work.


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CAREER: One of the most accomplished pitchers in school history ... Ranks fourth all-time at MSU in strikeouts (292), sixth in appearances (103), sixth in strikeout ratio (5.35), eighth in games started (60), tied for eighth in victories (28) and ninth in innings pitched (382.1) ... Expected to be one of the top pitchers in the SEC her senior campaign after finishing her junior season 4-0 with a 0.55 ERA and a 22-5 strikeout-to-walk ratio in her last nine appearances (eight starts) ... One of two pitchers on the current staff to have thrown a no-hitter, throwing the 13th no-no in school history against eventual Women's College World Series participant South Florida in February 2012 ... The April 23, 2012 SEC Pitcher of the Week, the school's first pitcher to earn a conference weekly honor in over six years.
2012: Rewrote the single-season school record book, finishing second all-time in games started (36), third in strikeouts (163), tied for sixth in appearances (43) and strikeout ratio (6.25), tied for seventh in wins (18), ninth in innings pitched (182.2) and 10th in winning percentage (.643) ... Led the team in ERA, strikeouts and wins ... Her innings pitched and strikeout totals were also second-most all-time by a MSU junior ... Finished seventh in the SEC in wins, ninth in appearances and strikeouts and 12th in ERA and opponent batting average (.221) ... Named to the 2012 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll ... Picked up the first win of the 21st season of Bulldog softball with her ninth-career complete game, only allowing two runs on seven hits with four strikeouts at South Alabama ... Allowed just one earned run over 4.1 innings in a 9-6 victory against Memphis at the Mardi Gras Invitational ... Improved to 2-0 after yielding just one run in 6.0 innings to go along with four strikeouts in the victory at Samford ... Tallied her second complete-game win of the season against Mississippi Valley State with seven strikeouts and zero walks ... Threw her first no-hitter against South Florida, becoming the first Bulldog to throw a no-no since February 2010 ... The no-no was the first by a SEC pitcher in 2012 and the 24th no-hitter by a Vann Stuedeman-coached player ... Her five-pitch fourth inning against USF was the quickest inning by an MSU pitcher in 2012 ... Improved to 4-1 on the season in the win at 2011 NCAA Tournament team Jackson State, giving up two runs on five hits in 5.0 innings, while striking out two and walking one ... Contributed to an 8-0 shutout vs. Louisiana Tech by picking up the win in 4.0 innings of work ... Went the distance in a five-inning run-rule shutout against Eastern Illinois, striking out seven batters and walking none ... Picked up her seventh win of the season in the final game of the Bulldog Classic vs. Samford ... Was named the only pitcher to the Bulldog Classic All-Tournament Team after racking up a perfect 3-0 record during the weekend ... Threw her fifth complete game of the season against No. 3/4 Florida, striking out a season-high eight batters and yielding just three hits ... Returned in the nightcap of the doubleheader vs. the Gators, surrendering two runs in 5.0 innings of work to keep the Maroon and White in the game ... Struck out a career-high 10 batters in a complete-game shutout in the series opener against No. 7 Georgia ... Labored through 4.2 innings of work in the game two start vs. Georgia, giving up two runs and striking out two ... Went the distance in for her ninth victory of the season in the SEC road opener at South Carolina ... Picked up her 10th win of the season with a 6.1-inning performance at home vs. UAB ... Started in the win at Mississippi Valley State, giving up one earned run and striking out six in six innings of work ... Picked up State's first win at Arkansas in four years with a complete-game three-hitter in game one of the doubleheader sweep on Good Friday, striking out six for her 11th win of the season ... Tallied a complete-game victory at Ole Miss in game two of the series, becoming the first MSU pitcher ever to throw a one-hitter against the rival Rebels ... Came back the next day and led MSU to a sweep over Ole Miss, picking up the win with 4.0 innings of work and two strikeouts ... Struck out nine and walked none in a complete-game win vs. Kentucky in the series opener ... Picked up the win again in game two vs. UK with 2.0 hitless inning in the nationally televised contest ... Completed the sweep of the Wildcats with five strikeouts in four innings of work to notch the win in the series finale ... Was named SEC Pitcher of the Week on April 23 after going 3-0 with a 15-2 strikeout-to-walk ratio in the series vs. Kentucky ... Threw her second shutout of the season in the victory at Southern Miss, going the distance for a complete-game four-hitter ... Picked up her 18th win of the season in the series opener at Auburn, throwing five innings of one-hit ball ... Started in game two at the Tigers, pitching a hitless first inning ... Threw a scoreless 2.2 innings to start the series finale against Auburn to end the regular season ... Earned the start against No. 3 Alabama in the SEC Tournament, throwing a scoreless first inning ... Finished the 2012 regular season with a perfect 4-0 record and a microscopic 0.55 ERA in her last nine appearances (eight starts).
2011: Named a 2011 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete as well as a 2011 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll selection ... Tossed three innings in relief against No. 11 Washington, allowing four earned runs while striking out a pair ... Notched a pair of wins in the home-opening Bulldog Round-Robin ... Allowed two runs and six hits while striking out three over five innings to pick up the win against Louisiana Tech ... K'd three while tossing 1.1 perfect innings to defeat Southern Illinois ... Collected her third win of the season as she allowed two runs and struck out a career-high five in 5.1 innings against Bowling Green ... Allowed a run and one hit while striking out nine in a win against Alcorn State ... Threw a four-hit, complete-game shutout in a 3-0 win that evened the weekend series against Ole Miss ... Tossed 3.1 innings of perfect relief to earn the win at Mississippi Valley State ... Drew the start in all three games against No. 4 Tennessee, going the distance in the series finale, holding UT scoreless over the final five innings to earn the win ... Allowed a run and two hits over the final 2.2 innings to earn the save in State's series-opening upset of No. 7 Georgia.
2010: Named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll ... Made 28 appearances for the Bulldogs, with the majority of her innings coming in a relief role ... Tied for the most saves on the squad (2) and claimed three wins over 77.1 innings ... Combined on two shutouts while striking out 42 ... Earned her first collegiate save as she tossed two scoreless innings in the Bulldog Round-Robin championship game against UAB ... Tossed 2.2 hitless innings against Louisiana-Monroe at the Aggie Classic in College Station, Texas, to collect her second save of the season ... Held Maryland to three hits in relief at the NFCA Leadoff Classic to claim her first career win ... Defeated Illinois State at the Leadoff Classic, allowing two unearned runs over five innings ... Made her first start against Wright State (March 6) ... Won the Bulldog Classic finale against Troy, allowing one hit over the final 1.1 innings ... Hurled 2.1 scoreless innings in State's series-opening win at South Carolina (April 17).
PRE-COLLEGE: Enjoyed a four-year prep career at West Aurora High School in Aurora, Ill. ... Played her final two seasons for Dave Zine after pitching under Donna Proctor's tutelage her freshman and sophomore campaigns ... Compiled 82 victories and 818 strikeouts during her career, both West Aurora records ... Won at least 17 games each year and tallied 200-plus strikeouts her sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... Named All-DuPage Valley Conference all four years, including unanimous first team selections her last three years of high school ... Selected Beacon News Player of the Year First Team and Daily Herald Softball Athlete of the Year First Team Captain following a senior year in which she won 12 games while compiling a 1.02 ERA and career-best 264 strikeouts ... Voted to the Chicago Sun Times All-Area Team and the Chicago Tribune All-State Team following her final prep season ... Named to the Chicago Sun Times Top 100 Softball Players to Watch twice and the Chicago Tribune list of Top-50 players as a senior ... Daily Herald All-Area First Team and Top-Five Pitcher as a junior ... Claimed 2008 All-Area honors from the Beacon News after posting a 0.78 ERA with 200 strikeouts over 152.2 innings ... Won 22 games as a sophomore, earning Beacon News Player of the Year and all-area honors from the Daily Herald after posting 221 strikeouts and a 0.13 ERA that ranks in the top 12 of the Illinois High School record books ... A four-time DuPage Valley Conference Academic Scholar-Athlete ... Named a Triple Crown 2007 All-America Pitcher and a 2007 adidas Futures Top-100 Recruit.
PERSONAL: Born Stephanie E. Becker on April 27, 1991, in Aurora, Ill. ... Daughter of Michael and Kim Becker ... Majoring in elementary education ... Owns a pet hedgehog named Gabe ... Favorite childhood memory is the annual Becker Christmas Eve party.
Innings Pitched 7.0, 16x, last at Southern Miss, 4/2/12
Strikeouts 10 vs. Georgia, 3/9/12
Hits 10 vs. LSU, 4/29/11
Runs 8 vs. Tennessee, 3/23/12
Earned Runs 7 vs. Tennessee, 3/23/12
Walks 8 vs. Alabama, 3/30/12


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A study says that sleeping during the day can result in obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes...YIKES!!
Farewell Afternoon Naps
Friday, 24 January 2014 by Morsal Bashir
Kick start your mornings 6-9am weekdays with Melbourne's greatest breakky duo - Ken and Lucy. They'll have you in fits of laughter on your way to work or the school drop off. The fun begins at 6am! Missed your daily dose of Ken and Lucy? Don't worry you can catch up on with the Late Late Breakfast Show 7pm weeknights AND again with The Best of Ken and Lucy, 10-12pm every Saturday. You can also like Ken and Lucy on Facebook and follow them on Twitter!
Friday, 24 January 2014 by Morsal Bashir
A study says that sleeping during the day can result in obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes...YIKES!!
Thursday, 23 January 2014 by Stuart McNabb
On today's daily wrap up, we learn exactly how classy Lucy really is- that is, so classy she can't even say 'bogan', instead pronouncing it as 'boogan'. Oh, yes, quite. Splendid. Spiffing.
Meanwhile, we learn the true name for New Zealand bogans- Ken was unimpressed- and a new weight loss pill that fills your stomach with a balloon is really...taking off.
Thursday, 23 January 2014 by Stuart McNabb
The world's coolest event is just round the corner, with the Winter Olympics set to take off in Russia during the month of February.
However, everything is not as it seems. A photo has surfaced that shows that the toilet facilities have been...poorly laid out. As in, right next to each other, with no walls.
How will athletes cope? Probably by using the toilet line-up to their advantage...
Wednesday, 22 January 2014 by Morsal Bashir
On today's Daily Wrap Up...IT'S CAT MANIA!
Ken shares the story of his beloved cat Cuddles disappearing after a big move to Queensland, and Ken and Lucy discuss the extensive journeys some cats take to return to their preferred homes.
Then Ken taps into his cat whisperer side and shares some tips on how to make your cat a more friendly animal. "You've got to be the pack leader, with your cat, come on!" Ken yells!
Wednesday, 22 January 2014 by Morsal Bashir
Wednesday, 22 January 2014 by Morsal Bashir
Tuesday, 21 January 2014 by Bryan Roberts
It might have been a beautiful sunrise here this morning with Ken and Lucy, but when stuck in China's air polution, how would you know?? Ken and Lucy sift through the smog to reveal how China is answering this unsightful problem!
Tuesday, 21 January 2014 by Bryan Roberts
What do you do to make your special day memorable?
After hearing about a newlywed couple in the UK that surprised their guests with huge 'selfie' pizzas, Ken and Lucy wonder just how their wedding day would have been planned and celebrated...
Tuesday, 21 January 2014 by Bryan Roberts
On today's Daily Wrap Up...
Ken and Lucy get to the bottom of one listener's potential fear of Spongebob!
Lucy shares her public restroom exit strategy!
Surprise, Surprise! Find out why Canada's postal service hasn't received any letters of complaint recently!
Monday, 20 January 2014 by Mireille Singh
Got a birthday? GREAT! This is the competition for you.
Our friends at Pepperoni's are giving you the chance to celebrate your birthday one of their amazing restaurants with a $50 voucher!!!
So gather your friends and family, send out the invites and prepare for a great night out celebratiing YOU!
All you need to do to WIN is...


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Lecture Programs
Ask an Expert
Every week, Museum experts talk to the public about the history, objects, or personalities related to a specific artifact or exhibition in the Museum. Watch previous Ask an Expert lectures and view a schedule of upcoming lectures below.
GE Aviation Lecture Series
Every spring and fall guest lecturers discuss aviation- and space-related topics. This series is made possible by the generous support of GE Aviation.
Exploring Space Lecture Series
Hear about recent innovative missions and take a look back at the history of space exploration with distinguished lecturers on the forefront of space science and history.
Smithsonian's Stars Lecture Series
Curious about our nearest star, Moon rocks, volcanoes, and other wonders of the universe? Listen to Smithsonian researchers who are exploring the Sun, the Moon, planets, stars, galaxies, and the universe.
John H. Glenn Lecture in Space History
Each year, legendary figures in space history reflect on their distinguished careers.
Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Lecture
Every May, to celebrate the anniversary of Lindbergh's historic flight on May 21, 1927, guest lecturers discuss their inspiring careers in aviation.
National Air and Space Society - Member Only Events
Among the many benefits of membership in the Museum's National Air and Space Society is an invitation to the Society's annual Vice Adm. Donald D. Engen Flight Jacket Night lecture. Featured speakers are accomplished leaders in aviation and spaceflight.


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I've just had Project Pier installed and I would like to use this for my clients to view their files. The problems starts due to clients on wanting to see specific files and the fact they may have 100 files and 100 users and each user is only allowed to see their one file.
One problem I have is that I would like to be able to upload more than one file at a time. Is this possible? Uploading 100+ files one by one is a real pain and time consuming.
Also, currently it would seem that I can only restrict permissions to a project. What I would like to be able to do is restrict users to see certain folders and certain files. Currently, one client has 25 businesses. I have had to create a project for each business and a user for each business. Ideally, I would create one client, one project, one folder, add the files to the folder and then restrict users to either be able to see the whole folder or restrict another user to only see one file within the folder.
Are either of these functions achievable?
I'm wondering if perhaps PP isn't the correct software for what I want to achieve?
Any help is greatly appreciated.


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The First Movie Trailer For "Thor The Dark World" [Video]
The movie gods have blessed us today as Disney Pictures and Marvel Studios have released the first trailer for the upcoming movie "Thor The Dark World." The movie comes out in theaters on November 8th.
The movie stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano, Jaimie Alexander, Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins.


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Politico has released its list of women to watch in 2014 and it includes one New Hampshire politician.
And it's not who you think - Kelly Ayotte.
It's Maggie Hassan, the first-term Democratic governor.
"There's already speculation that Hassan could mount a challenge to Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) in 2016, and a resounding victory in November will only intensify that chatter," Politico said in its story, "The XX factor: Women to watch in 2014."
"Hassan, who in 2012 helped give New Hampshire a set of all-female leaders in Washington and Concord, will be an in-demand surrogate for Democratic presidential hopefuls with an eye on the first-in-the-nation primary state."Ayotte, the state's Republican first-term U.S. senator, has received a lot of national attention and exposure, starting with word in 2012 that she was among the names considered by presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's pick for vice president.
The chatter hasn't really stopped with Ayotte on a long list of candidates that the politicos believe would be a viable Republican candidate for president in 2016.
But this time around the spotlight is on Hassan, who faces re-election this year and, thus far, has no Republican challenger for another two-year term.
Hassan is in the company of Republican and Democratic women from across the country, including Mia Love, described by Politico as "the congressional candidate who brought down the house at the Republican National Convention..."
The list also includes Wendy Davis, who Politico described as the "Texas state senator grabbed the national spotlight over the summer when she filibustered a restrictive abortion bill, energizing Democrats aiming to turn the Lone Star State blue down the road."
As far as the Granite State's first-in-the-nation primary, Politico tagged Hassan as "touring the Granite State with Hillary Clinton — a possible 2016 contender and another woman to watch this year — could only help raise Hassan's profile."
While there is a strong tie between Clinton and Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, that tie is a secondary one for Hassan. Her primary ties are to Joe Biden, so we'll first have to see whether the vice president decides to enter the 2016 presidential primary race to see where Hassan's allegiances ultimately fall.
In the meantime, Hassan's poll numbers show voters hold her in pretty high regard.
An October WMUR Granite State Poll by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center had Hassan with a 57 percent approval rating among state voters.
According to the poll: "Democrats (74%), liberals (72%), people who oppose the Tea Party (74%), and NHPR listeners (72%) are most likely to say they approve of the job Hassan is doing as governor. Tea Party supporters (22%) and Republicans (36%) are least likely to approve of the governor."


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Jul 5, 2012 11:00 AM
Tramp is an excellent descriptor for those who wear this Tramp Striped Chiffon Tank with Open Back ($23) sans bra. It is as see-through as a windshield. Your headlights would be blaring so bright in this tank, it would stop traffic in all the wrong ways. Some people are into that kind of thing, though. For the slightly more conservative types (like us), a strapless bra and a skintight neon tank underneath make for a hot pop of color that stands out in all the right ways.
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Adjunct Lecturer
Since 1974, George Isaacson has been an adjunct faculty member teaching in both the Department of Government and Legal Studies and the Department of Education. He has taught courses on constitutional law, comparative constitutional law, law and education, and mental health law. Following his graduation from law school, and prior to entering private practice, he was law clerk to Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice Thomas E. Delahanty. Mr. Isaacson is past chairman of both the Maine Council of School Board Attorneys and the Maine Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence and served as a member of the Federal Appellate Court Rules Committee. He has written, lectured, litigated and testified before congressional committees on issues relating to the Commerce Clause of the U. S. Constitution. He has also taught at the University of Maine School of Law.


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If you've ever been to my house, you know I'm a Scentsy freak. I have 3 full size warmers and 2 plug-ins. I turn them on every morning and turn them off at lunch time when the scents linger for the rest of the afternoon. It warms my house with a yummy smell…and distracts the smell of 4 kids and all that comes home with them. (; I'm so excited to offer you a Scentsy Warmer giveaway, one of you will receive a warmer and bars, whoohoo! When I was challenged by Scentsy to create my own ScenTrend fragrance, I immediately said yes! I met some of the amazing Scentsy reps at SNAP earlier this year and have since become Instagram BFF's with some of them (; They're amazing people AND their product is awesome…I've been using it for almost 6 years, long before I was a blogger and got free goods to say how cool they are, lol! I really am a HUGE fan! They generously sent me Whoot, (this darling owl warmer) along with 2 Pink Pepper bars and an extra 12 various bars to experiment with.
This year, Scentsy Fragrance's in-house fragrance experts teamed up with prominent international fragrance houses to name the inaugural ScenTrend – the trendiest fragrance of 2012 – Pink Pepper. As we head into the fall months we swap out the spring and summer clothing, décor and fragrance for those richer, warmer hues and fragrances of fall. Because Pink Pepper is sweet and spicy, with warm, bold notes, it inspires a sense of renewed energy and coziness – perfect for transitioning into fall!
My ScenTrend fall frangrance recipe:
- 2 bars of Pink Pepper
- 1/2 bar of Paradise Punch
- 1 bar of Zephyr
- 1 bar of RU N2 Me
I know Paradise Punch seems like an unlikely contender but it was the perfect touch to the previous recipe (not shown in the above pic). I love this combo and I know you will too!
So what shall I name this Woodsy, Spicy and Tangy fall combo?? Leave your name suggestion in Rafflecopter below for a chance to win a Scentsy Warmer and the same fragrance bars I used in my custom fragrance! Whoot! Good luck!!
*Giveaway closed. Congrats to winner #432!*


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What is it?
Belotero Balance represents a new generation of dermal fillers. Like older fillers, it's made with hyaluronic acid, a substance that's naturally found in the skin. Adding hyaluronic acid to skin helps "plump" it up, thus temporarily smoothing out unwanted wrinkles, folds, and depressions (such as those formed by acne scars).
But unlike the older hyaluronic acid fillers, Belotero Balance appears to add volume without the risk of granulomas, or "lumps," forming under the skin. That's because the hyaluronic acid formulation used in Belotero Balance has a softer consistency, one that integrates better with existing skin tissue. In addition, Belotero Balance doesn't seem to cause the under-the-skin "blue tinting" that sometimes occurs with other fillers when they're used to treat superficial wrinkles, such as those around the eyes.
Belotero Balance has been safely and effectively used in Europe and elsewhere around the world for several years. It received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval for the treatment of moderate-to-severe facial wrinkles and folds in November 2011.
What does Belotero Balance Treat
Belotero Balance can treat many common facial problems associated with aging:
- Periorbital lines ("crow's feet") around the eyes
- Perioral lines ("smoker's lines") around the mouth and lips
- Vertical glabellar ("frown") lines on the forehead
- Nasolabial folds ("laugh lines"), which run from the nose to the corners of the mouth
- "Marionette" lines, which run from the mouth to the jaw
This dermal filler is also effective for augmenting the lips and cheeks and for correcting small facial depressions caused by acne or an injury. And it can rejuvenate aging, crepe-paper-thin skin on the backs of the hands.
How does Belotero Work?
The hyaluronic acid in Belotero Balance is a protective and lubricating gel-like substance that is produced naturally by the body. As we age, our skin's supply of hyaluronic acid decreases, causing the skin to thin and eventually to sag. Wrinkles and furrows then form. Belotero Balance replaces some of that lost hyaluronic acid, giving treated skin a smoother, more youthful appearance.
Belotero Balance is the first monophasic (as opposed to biphasic) dermal filler, which means it's made with a stabilized, non-particle hyaluronic acid. And all that means is that Belotero Balance tends to produce less-likely-to-lump results.
In one clinical trial, patients had half their face treated with Belotero Balance and half treated with a standard collagen filler. Most (103 of 118) patients experienced significantly greater smoothing of their wrinkles on the side of the face treated with Belotero Balance.
Treatment and Side Effects
Like other dermal fillers, Belotero Balance is injected into the skin on the area being treated. A very fine needle is used. You'll feel a pricking sensation as the filler is injected. Most patients do not experience much, if any, discomfort during the procedure, but you can request a topical anesthetic if you're very sensitive to needles.
Because hyaluronic acid is a naturally occurring substance, you will not need a pre-procedure allergy test. That means you can be treated the same day as your consultation.
The entire treatment session generally takes less than 20 minutes. You can return to your regular activities immediately. You will probably experience some mild swelling and redness (and perhaps some itching) on the treated area. Those side effects are usually gone within a day or two, although they can last a bit longer when lips have been treated.
How Long do Treatments Last?
The effects of a single Belotero Balance treatment will be visible immediately. The results tend to last for at least 6 months, at which point they begin to gradually wear off. Most patients return for treatments every 6 to 12 months.
How Much Does Belotero Cost?
Belotero Balance treatments generally cost about $300 to $500 per injection, an amount that's comparable to other dermal fillers. How many injections you'll need will depend, of course, on the size and location of the area being treated. Your doctor will discuss cost and all other details of this procedure with you doctor during your consultation.


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Food and Nutrition Security
17 Jun 2012, 19:30:00-22:00:00Recommendations
- Promote food systems that are sustainable and contribute to improvement of health.
- Develop policies to encourage sustainable production of food supplies directed to both producers and consumers.
- Eliminate misery and poverty-related malnutrition. Empower women farmers, small holder farmers, young farmers and indigenous people. Ensure their access to land, water and seed as well as their full involvement in public decision making regarding food production and food and nutrition security.
|Mr. Paulo Prada (Brazil)
|Dr. Vandana Shiva (India)
Director, Research Foundation for Science
|Mr. Carlo Petrini (Italy)
Founder, Slow Food Movement
|Ms. Esther Penunia (Philipines)
Secretary-General, Asian Farmers
Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)
|Ms. Hortensia Hidalgo (Chile)
Indigenous Women Network of Latin America
and the Caribbean for Biodiversity (RMIB)
|Ms. Josette Sheeran (United States of America)
Vice-President, World Economic Forum
|Dr. Luísa Dias Diogo (Mozambique)
Former Prime Minister of Mozambique
|Mr. Marco Marzano de Marinis (Italy)
Executive Director, World Farmers Organisation
|Dr. Martin Khor (Malasia)
Executive-Director, South Centre
|Dr. Mary Robinson (Ireland)
Director, International Institute for
the Environment and Development (IIED)
|Dr. Renato S. Maluf (Brazil)
Coordinator, Center for Food Security
Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ)
|Facilitators of the online discussion
|Mr. John Ingram (United Kingdom)
University of Oxford
|Ms. Elisabete Salay (Brazil)