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This was a request by SCC. I actually had a much better background for Mew and then my computer decided to quit on me. Made me very very angery so when I got it restarted I went with a far far easier background. Still looks good to me but it saddens me the original got bajorked. Oh well thems the breaks of being a digital artist.
that is so cute
Oh my god that is so cute!!!!
I am faving this!!!!
I am faving this!!!!
D'aww! Thats a cute Mew drawing! 8D
he's (it's?) so adorable! fav
LOL ilove mew i cant draw his head to save my life
he does have an odd shapped head for sure. And glad you like Mew.
How can i say this?
God you have talent!
I love this +Fav
God you have talent!
I love this +Fav
I really need to practice, but school work [evil] gets in all my time.
You're welcome
You're welcome
Talent bah. Just practice. Thanks for the comment and the fav!
Can I take him home and keep him mommy?
Pretty please?
With sugar on top?
So kawaii @_@
Pretty please?
With sugar on top?
So kawaii @_@
sure you can take him home and keep him. But watch out his psychic blasts may level the town.
Thanks for the comment!
Thanks for the comment!
looks really good man. To bad about the background getting lost though, I save my stuff all the time so that doesn't really happen to me. ;]
Man your smarter than I. I never ever EVER save while I'm working on something. I save after I finish a character then again after I finish the background. That's it.
Omeegawd! Eet ish the cutest thing on...my desktop! -attacks eet- Suu perty @.@
A lot less interesting compared to your other wallpapers, IMO. But it still looks great. Besides, it's all about Erica and the grass pokemon. Nothing is more powerfull than poison (TCG).
gah poison is freaking CHEAP in the card game your right. But it's all about the Psychics in the video game... well in the first one I'm so outdated in my poke-knowledge I have no idea anymore.
Well, now ghost is super effective against psychic, and there are some pretty good ghost attacks, and ghost attacks are physical, and most psychics have weak physical defense, so that tends to hurt them. And now there aren't any ghost/poison types, except the original ghastly family, so that means psychics aren't super effective against the ghosts.
And there's also "dark" type, which is immune to psychic.
And there's also "dark" type, which is immune to psychic.
Immune?! Crap that throws a major dampner on things of the psychic world.
They're still powerful, just not overpowered anymore. I stilll always make room for a Psychic in my team, in every game.
Most dark types have a secondary type, which can be picked on by non-psychic type attacks, such as how on Alakazam you could have any of the three elemental punches on it via breeding. And Psychics have kickarse special attack, those attacks pwn.
Most dark types have a secondary type, which can be picked on by non-psychic type attacks, such as how on Alakazam you could have any of the three elemental punches on it via breeding. And Psychics have kickarse special attack, those attacks pwn.
Shineyriffic! Mew is officially the cutest Pokemon, UNTIL YOU HAVE TO FIGHT HIM! Great light effects, though! It's good because you noticed and remembered to add highlights to the tip of his tail, which means you understand that things don't just become lighting-exempt if they're in abnormal positions. (Haha, believe me... I see a lot of that going on.)
wow you actually made Mew look cute!!
lol I thought Mew was always the cute.
He was.... But being a wierdo that I am I really thought his design was pretty retarded ;_;
lol I loved it. So sleek and... pink. Yeah that's all I have to say about his design. I also liked how he was small and uber powerful. I just wish he was more powerful than Mewtwo.
ah yes, the smallness yet super power was defenatly one thing I loved about him. Although his pinkness was what i reaaaally hated about him ;_;
Bah I love kicking ass in pink. That's why Jigglypuff is my character in Super Smash Bros. It feels so good killing someone while wearing a pink bow. Yes I just OWNED you and look at me! I shouldn't be able to own anyone but I owned YOU!
Yeah I'm an ass while playing Super Smash. Actualy I'm just an ass period.
Yeah I'm an ass while playing Super Smash. Actualy I'm just an ass period.
Awesome. New wallpaper/10
Aww. He looks like a chibi Mewtwo more than a Mew, though...but that's my $0.02.
Nice work. Even though you say you had a better background, this one is fine.
Nice work. Even though you say you had a better background, this one is fine.
yeah I can see that. Probably because I didn't make the tail uber thin but thicker like Mewtwos. Thanks for the comment.
Wow... I really like the eyes. They're LIEK OMG BIG AND SHINEY! Seriously though that bright light behind him is a great effect too. What do you use? Photoshop? I can't draw for peanuts but I do have a great appreciation for art and I like giving my critique. I sometimes have a problem with what I want to say though....


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As translated by the folks over at Gematsu, the Tweet says that some Okami news will surface during the beginning of Golden Week in Japan. A week long holiday in Japan, Golden Week would be a good time to either drop news of a sequel to the masses or unveil another more unexpected development.
Since appearing on the PSN and XBL via Okami HD it's clear that Capcom isn't entirely ready to let the franchise die despite it never being a massive hit, even abroad in Japan. So expectations should be set low since Capcom could simply go on to announce a mobile version of Okami or even something simpler than that (soft drinks, new line of plushies).
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New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Bollywood producer-director Ravi Chopra feels that remakes of classics are bound to lack the essence of the original and says he will never remake any films of his legendary father, B.R. Chopra.
'A classic film cannot be remade,' Ravi Chopra told IANS here. The maker of such films as 'Baghban' and 'Baabul' was in Delhi to launch his new television series 'Sujata', which will be aired on Sony TV April 14 onwards.
Chopra feels that whoever remakes a film is a 'mentally bankrupt person'.
'It is very rare that filmmakers make a classic film. To be able to make one, everything has to be managed at the right time, place and with the right characters,' he said.
Director Ram Gopal Varma had remade 'Sholay' in 2007, and it bombed at the box office. Chopra pointed out that Amitabh Bachchan and Amjad Khan's performance in the original could never be repeated with the same essence.
Chopra asserted that he would never remake any of his father's films.
B.R. Chopra has produced and directed hit films like 'Ek Hi Rasta' and 'Naya Daur'. He was also the man behind popular television series 'Mahabharat', based on the Hindu epic.
'When remakes are made, the audience tends to make undue comparisons and when a classic is remade, people try to seek the same sort of flavour that existed in the original,' Ravi Chopra said.
His forthcoming film 'Bhootnath', based on the relationship of a child with his deceased grandfather, is set to release May 9.
'Bhootnath' is a very different kind of film. Basically, it is a fun film about a child and I hope the audience appreciates it,' he said.
Aman Siddiqui plays the child's role in the film alongside Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla.
Chopra feels that Indian audiences have now begun to accept a wide range of films rather than being open only to specific genres.
While the audience appreciates a film like 'Race', it also loves a good film like 'Munnabhai M.B.B.S', he said.
Chopra, however, thought Abbas-Mustan's thriller 'Race' was 'much ado about nothing'.
'I have no personal bias against the film, but I feel it was a little confusing. Besides, I am just trying to say that the audience is ready to accept every sort of film today,' he said.
Four films from Chopra's production house, B.R. Films, are in the pipeline. These include 'Kohinoor', 'Pocket Maar', 'Dosti' and 'Betiyaan'.
He added that two more soaps are on the anvil that would air on Sony TV and Sahara TV.
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Original Article
Salvage stereotactic radiosurgery for breast cancer brain metastases†
Outcomes and prognostic factors
Version of Record online: 14 SEP 2011
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26343
Copyright © 2011 American Cancer Society
Volume 118, Issue 8, pages 2014–2020, 15 April 2012
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Kelly, P. J., Lin, N. U., Claus, E. B., Quant, E. C., Weiss, S. E. and Alexander, B. M. (2012), Salvage stereotactic radiosurgery for breast cancer brain metastases. Cancer, 118: 2014–2020. doi: 10.1002/cncr.26343
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We thank Nancy Pinnell and Barbara Silver of the Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center for their help in the preparation of the manuscript.
Publication History
- Issue online: 6 APR 2012
- Version of Record online: 14 SEP 2011
- Manuscript Accepted: 16 MAY 2011
- Manuscript Revised: 2 MAY 2011
- Manuscript Received: 16 FEB 2011
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- salvage;
- stereotactic radiosurgery;
- breast cancer;
- brain metastases;
- radiation
Salvage stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is often considered in breast cancer patients previously treated for brain metastases. The goal of this study was to analyze clinical outcomes and prognostic factors for survival in the salvage setting.
The authors retrospectively examined 79 consecutive breast cancer patients who received salvage SRS (interval of >3 months after initial therapy), 76 of whom (96%) received prior whole-brain radiation therapy. Overall survival (OS) and central nervous system (CNS) progression-free survival rates were calculated from the date of SRS using the Kaplan-Meier method. Prognostic factors were evaluated using the Cox proportional hazards model.
Median age was 50.5 years. Fifty-eight percent of this population was estrogen receptor positive, 62% was HER2 positive, and 10% was triple negative. At the time of SRS, 95% had extracranial metastases, with 81% of extracranial metastases at other visceral sites (lung/pleura/liver). Forty-eight percent had stable extracranial disease. Median interval from initial brain metastases therapy to SRS was 8.4 months. Median CNS progression-free survival after SRS was 5.7 months (interquartile range [IQR], 3.6-11 months), and median OS was 9.8 months (IQR, 3.8-18 months). Eighty-two percent of evaluable patients received further systemic therapy after SRS. HER2 status (adjusted hazard ratio [HR], 2.4; P = .008) and extracranial disease status (adjusted HR, 2.7; P = .004) were significant prognostic factors for survival on multivariate analysis.
In patients with good Karnofsky performance status, salvage SRS for breast cancer brain metastases is a reasonable treatment option, given an associated median survival in excess of 9 months. Furthermore, patients with HER2-positive tumors at diagnosis or stable extracranial disease at the time of SRS have an improved clinical course, with median survival of >1 year. Cancer 2012. © 2011 American Cancer Society.
With advances in systemic therapies for breast cancer, central nervous system (CNS) relapse has emerged as an important source of morbidity and mortality. There has been increasing recognition that a predilection to CNS dissemination is influenced by breast cancer subtype, with HER2-positive and triple-negative tumors most likely to develop brain metastases.1-6 Furthermore, tumor subtype has emerged as a prognostic factor for survival in breast cancer patients with newly diagnosed brain metastases.7-11
Selection of patients with brain metastases for treatment with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and the timing of treatment are controversial. SRS may be used in the upfront setting without whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT) in patients with a limited number of metastases; 2 randomized studies were unable to demonstrate a survival benefit with the addition of WBRT.12, 13 An SRS boost after WBRT improves overall survival in patients with a single brain metastasis.14 SRS may also be used in the salvage setting at the time of CNS recurrence. Data regarding the outcomes of breast cancer patients who undergo SRS in the salvage setting are lacking, and studies have not addressed prognostic factors at the time of CNS recurrence. The objectives of this study are to report clinical outcomes in breast cancer patients treated with SRS at the time of recurrence after initial treatment with WBRT and to analyze for prognostic factors, including tumor subtype.
This retrospective study was approved by the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Institutional Review Board. Records of all breast cancer patients who underwent SRS at Brigham and Women's Hospital between January 1, 2000 and June 30, 2010 were reviewed. As a priori intention-to-treat could not be assigned retrospectively, salvage SRS was defined as patients who underwent SRS at an interval of >3 months from the date of initial treatment for brain metastases (WBRT or other). Salvage SRS was further defined by 2 conditions: first, there was no stated intent in the medical records to deliver a radiosurgical boost upfront, and second, all patients had to have evidence of persistent or progressive CNS disease, defined as any growth of an existing enhancing lesion or the development of a new contrast-enhancing lesion. Furthermore, clinical notes from patients receiving SRS before the 3 month cutpoint were screened for stated intent of salvage to avoid misclassification. During the period of this study, institutional practice was to deliver upfront WBRT in breast cancer patients with multiple newly diagnosed brain metastases. The follow-up schedule after SRS was not uniform in all cases; however, the standard approach was to obtain brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) 2 months after SRS and approximately every 3 months thereafter.
This study was conducted with the approval of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Institutional Review Board. Review of the Radiation Oncology SRS database identified 132 consecutive patients with a histologic diagnosis of breast cancer who underwent SRS between January 1, 2000 and June 30, 2010. Follow-up data, including medical records and neuroimaging, were available for 130 patients. One patient was excluded who developed a brain metastasis secondary to a metachronous nonsmall cell lung cancer. Of the 129 evaluable patients, 79 met the above criteria for salvage SRS and constituted the study population.
Stereotactic Radiosurgical Technique
SRS was performed using the Novalis linear accelerator-based radiosurgery platform. Before 2009, all patients were immobilized with the use of a fixed head frame. As of April 2009, conventional frame-based radiosurgery at our institution was replaced by frameless delivery using the thermoplastic BrainLAB cranial mask immobilization system. Diagnostic MRI and contrast-enhanced simulation computed tomography (CT) datasets were coregistered for contouring purposes using BrainLAB iPlan. Iterative forward planning was performed using the BrainLAB BrainSCAN stereotactic treatment planning software. Prescribed dose was not standardized in this study. Generally, arcs using circular collimators, arcs using static multileaf collimators, or multiple static fields using dynamic MLCs were used for treatment. Institutional practice aims for 99% target coverage, that is, 99% of the target covered by the prescribed dose.
Statistical Analysis
Recurrence was defined as either local or distant. Subsequent recurrence events after the first recurrence event were not recorded. Local recurrence at the site of SRS was defined as an increase in the diameter of the contrast-enhancing lesion of at least 25% on follow-up MRI.15 Distant recurrence was defined as the presence of a new enhancing lesion consistent with a brain metastasis or leptomeningeal enhancement outside of the SRS target volume.
The initial analysis included descriptive statistics of clinical and demographic information. Estimates of CNS recurrence-free survival and overall survival were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method. In the absence of radiographic evidence of CNS recurrence patients were censored at the date of the last MRI demonstrating no evidence of recurrence. The effect of clinical and demographic covariates on survival was estimated using a Cox proportional hazards model. Variables with a P value <.1 on univariate analysis were used to construct a multivariate model. All statistical tests were 2-sided and used a significance level of .05. All analyses were performed using R (version 2.11.1) with R Commander and Survival packages.16-18
The following potential prognostic factors were analyzed: patient age at the date of SRS (dichotomized at 65 years as per the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Recursive Partitioning Analysis); Karnofsky performance status (KPS) at the time of SRS (≤70% vs ≥80%); the number of metastases treated with SRS (1 vs 2-3 vs ≥4); the interval between initial treatment for brain metastases and SRS; the status of extracranial disease (stable vs progressing), as defined by any evidence of radiographic progression on restaging CT scanning ±2 months from the date of the SRS; estrogen receptor (ER) status; HER2 status; and triple-negative status. Tumors were assigned ER and HER2 status on the basis of immunohistochemistry (IHC) carried out on the primary tumor at the time of original diagnosis. Tumors were considered HER2 positive only if they scored 3+ by IHC or if they were 2+ by IHC and also amplified (ratio >2.0) on the basis of fluorescence in situ hybridization.
Patient Characteristics
Of the 79 patients who underwent salvage SRS, 96% (76 of 79) received WBRT as part of the initial therapy for brain metastases (Table 1). Eighteen percent (14 of 79) underwent upfront surgical resection. The median time from initial treatment for brain metastases to SRS was 8.4 months (interquartile range [IQR], 4.9-15 months). The median age was 50.5 years (IQR, 44.1-57.7 years). Sixty-one percent of patients had 4 or more lesions at diagnosis of brain metastasis. Ninety-five percent had evidence of extracranial sites of metastatic disease at the time of SRS, with 81% of the study population having other visceral metastases (lung/pleura/liver). Only 48% had stable systemic disease at the time of SRS. However, this was a selected population of patients with good performance status. Ninety-seven percent had a KPS ≥70%. Data regarding the use of systemic therapy after SRS were incomplete. However, of the 62 patients for whom this information was available, 51 (82%) received further systemic therapy after SRS.
|ER status
|46 (58%)
|32 (40%)
|PR status
|38 (48%)
|30 (38%)
|11 (14%)
|HER2 status
|49 (62%)
|28 (35%)
|2 (3%)
|Luminal A
|18 (23%)
|Luminal B
|28 (35%)
|21 (27%)
|Triple negative
|8 (10%)
|4 (5%)
|Type of initial therapy
|63 (80%)
|WBRT + surgery
|13 (16%)
|Chemotherapy alone
|Surgery alone
|No. tumors treated by SRS
|29 (37%)
|32 (41%)
|18 (23%)
|N of initial CNS metastases
|11 (14%)
|20 (25%)
|48 (61%)
|Systemic disease status
|38 (48%)
|38 (48%)
|3 (4%)
|Extracranial metastases
|75 (95%)
|4 (5%)
|Bone-only metastases
|11 (14%)
|65 (82%)
|3 (4%)
|Liver/lung/pleural metastases
|64 (81%)
|12 (15%)
|3 (4%)
|2 (3%)
|25 (32%)
|35 (44%)
|15 (19%)
|2 (3%)
Treatment Characteristics
In total, 291 tumors were treated by SRS in 79 patients. The median tumor volume treated was 0.55 mL (IQR, 0.16-2.0 mL). Median prescription dose was 18 Gray (Gy) (IQR, 16-20 Gy), with a median normalization of 78% (IQR, 70%-80%).
CNS Recurrence
With a median follow-up of 16.7 months, 61% of patients (48 of 79) experienced progressive CNS disease. Sixty-six percent of recurrences were distant to the site of SRS (n = 32), 16% were local-only recurrences (n = 8), and 16% were simultaneous local and distant recurrences (n = 8). The median CNS recurrence-free survival time after SRS was 5.7 months (IQR, 3.6-11 months). Of the 48 patients who developed recurrent disease within the brain after SRS, 42 received further salvage therapy (SRS or stereotactic radiation therapy, n = 25; repeat WBRT, n = 5; posterior fossa radiation, n = 1; craniotomy, n = 5; or a trial of CNS-directed systemic therapy, n = 6).
Survival and Prognostic Factors
Across all patients, median survival time was 9.8 months (IQR, 3.8-18 months) after salvage SRS (Fig. 1). On univariate analysis, HER2-negative patients had a significantly increased risk of death, with an unadjusted hazard ratio (HR) of 2.3 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.5-3.9; P = .002) (Fig. 2). On univariate analysis, other factors significantly associated with an increased risk of death included progressive extracranial disease (HR, 2.9; 95% CI, 1.7-4.9; P < .001) (Fig. 3), KPS ≤70% (HR, 4.2; 95% CI, 2.3-7.7; P < .001), and triple-negative status (HR, 3.8; 95% CI, 1.7-8.3; P = .001). Nonsignificant factors on univariate analysis included patient age, ER status, number of lesions treated with SRS, and the interval between initial treatment for brain metastases and SRS.
On multivariate analysis, HER2 negativity (HR, 2.4; 95% CI, 1.3-4.7; P = .008) and progressive extracranial disease (HR, 2.7; 95% CI, 1.4-5.2; P = .004) were found to be associated with increased risk of death after salvage SRS (Table 2, Fig. 4).
|Age >65 years
|Extracranial disease
|Triple negative
|No. lesions treated >1
|Time to SRS
|Bone-only metastasis
With advances in modern systemic therapy, an increasing number of patients are experiencing recurrent CNS progression events for which CNS-directed treatment modalities are being considered. Quality of life and the prevention of neurologic deficit are important goals of care in this population. SRS is a single-visit outpatient procedure that is associated with minimal acute toxicity. Shaw et al reported rates of irreversible grade 3 or higher acute toxicity of 0% to 7% in the setting of SRS for recurrent brain tumors.19 Therefore, it is an attractive treatment option to both patients and oncologists alike, particularly in the era of frameless radiosurgical delivery. However, the role of salvage SRS in the management of breast cancer patients who have recurrent brain metastases after initial therapy is unclear, and potential prognostic factors that might help guide decision making in this setting are undefined. Furthermore, given increasing concerns about cost in the management of patients with advanced cancer, an understanding of survival outcomes takes on additional importance.
Our study demonstrates protracted survival after SRS at the time of CNS progression for a selected population of breast cancer patients with good performance status, the large majority of whom received further systemic therapy after SRS. Our study suggests that HER2-positive disease and stable extracranial metastatic disease at the time of SRS are favorable prognostic factors for overall survival. Strengths of our study include that it reflects a modern series of patients treated in the trastuzumab era with a focus solely on the question of SRS use in the salvage setting. Other strengths include the completeness of the immunohistochemistry data and internal pathology review, and the availability of follow-up imaging.
There are several limitations inherent to our study. This is a retrospective single-institution experience, and as such is subject to selection bias. Of note, however, our study population was enriched with patients with multiple brain metastases and extracranial involvement, which a priori might have been expected to confer a worse prognosis. The use of systemic therapy before and after SRS was not well characterized in this study. Previous reports suggest that receipt of systemic therapy after CNS recurrence is an important predictor of survival.7, 10 In our study, of the 62 patients for whom information regarding the use of post-SRS systemic therapy was available, 52 (82%) received further treatment. Breast cancer subtype was assigned based on IHC receptor status acquired from primary breast tumors. Discordance between primary tumor and brain metastasis receptor status has been reported.20 However, lack of availability and safety of CNS biopsies makes this a reasonable surrogate. Finally, one may hypothesize that SRS use decreases the likelihood of neurologic symptoms and possibly neurologic death; however, conclusions regarding this cannot be drawn from this study.
Breast cancer is not well represented in published phase 3 randomized studies of SRS, comprising 6.8% to 11.7% of the study populations.11-13 Several retrospective studies have addressed the use of SRS in breast cancer-specific populations with newly diagnosed brain metastases; however, none exclusively addresses the question of SRS in the salvage setting.14, 21-24 Chao et al previously reported the effective use of salvage SRS after prior WBRT in a population of mixed primary tumor sites.25
This study adds to the considerable available literature reporting that brain metastases from breast cancer are heterogeneous and differ in terms of tumor biology and prognosis. Previous studies have demonstrated that HER2-positive disease is a favorable prognostic factor in patients with newly diagnosed brain metastases.7-11 Our study suggests that HER2 positivity also has prognostic significance at the time of CNS recurrence. This is likely reflective of effective systemic therapy options in the HER2-positive population. Further studies should be performed to define subpopulations of breast cancer patients with brain metastases who are most likely to benefit, but also to define subpopulations who do not benefit from this technique and who may be better served by trials of systemic therapy or by a transition to supportive care.
In patients with good KPS, salvage SRS for breast cancer brain metastases is a reasonable treatment option, given an associated median survival >9 months. Furthermore, patients with HER2-positive tumors at diagnosis or stable extracranial disease at the time of SRS have an improved clinical course, with median survival of >1 year.
This study was supported by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and the Susan G. Komen Foundation grant BCTR0600849.
The authors made no disclosures.
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A standard size proton pack may not be enough to conquer the ectoplasmic might of this lumbering monolith with the devious grin. The Men's Ghostbusters Inflatable Stay Puft Costume features a white jumpsuit with attached boot covers, a large blue collar with white trim, and a red bandana accent. Of course, the real fun of this costume doesn't begin till the included battery operated fan kicks into gear and inflates the suit to a silly size. It's completed with the inclusion of a Stay Puft Marshmallow Man headpiece with a wide grin and an attached sailor's hat with a red tail. Wear this outfit to a horror themed costume party and break some of the gloom and doom with your sweet and funny attire. You can be sure that you'll stand out quite prominently in a sea of black and gray costumes.
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2010: Competed in the 100-meter hurdles at the Big West Championships ... Finished 18th overall with a lifetime-best 15.43 ... Established a career-low 66.84 in the 400m hurdles at the Trojan Invitational.
2009: Big West qualifier in the 100-meter hurdles ... Established the 49ers' top time of the season in the event at the Big West Challenge (15.53) ... Also competed in the 400m hurdles with a season-low 67.04 at the Cal-Nevada Championships.
High School: Won four letters in track and field at Highland High School ... Was a team captain and All-Golden League selection ... CIF Division I finalist ... Left as the school-record holder in the 300 hurdles (46.36), high jump (5-04.00) and 4x400 relay ... Established a lifetime-best 15.60 in the 100 hurdles ... Also lettered three years in basketball, earning all-league honors as a senior.
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Spring Job & Internship Fair 2014
The registration period for this career fair has ended. Please contact the career center directly if you have any questions.
Fair Date:
February 13, 2014 (11:00AM - 3:00PM)
Renaissance Coliseum, Bradley University Campus, 1601 W. Main Street, Peoria, IL
Attend the Spring Job Fair to network with
* Upcoming graduates for full-time positions
* Students for co-op, internship or part-time positions
* Candidates from diverse backgrounds
* Faculty, staff and students to increase visibility on campus
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The Spring Job & Internship Fair is an all-University fair that typically attracts more than 120 employers and over 800 students. The fair will take place in the new Renaissance Coliseum on the Bradley University campus. Students attend the fair to learn about career opportunities and identify potential internship, cooperative education, and full-time positions.
Early registration is available through January 15, 2014. Display tables will be assigned on a first come, first served basis. A limited number of sponsorships are offered to help employers gain greater visibility with students, staff and faculty. Registration fees will not be refunded after January 15.
Employers have the option to schedule After Job Fair interviews with candidates they meet at the job fair. These interviews can be conducted from 3:30-7:00 p.m. on February 13 in the Coliseum arena or from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on February 14 in the Coliseum arena.
IMPORTANT Information for Employers: All screens must be completed in order for your registration to be submitted to Bradley University. You will receive a "Registration is Complete" e-mail if your registration has been successfully submitted. If you do not receive the "Registration is Complete" e-mail, or if you have any other questions, please contact the Smith Career Center.
However, submission of the registration form DOES NOT guarantee acceptance to participate in Bradley job fairs. Bradley University's Smith Career Center reserves the right to approve the organizations to recruit at campus job fairs. Due to space limitations, there may be a need to place some employers on a wait list or be referred to another Bradley job fair.
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We would print the numbers and release number separately to make the poster reusable. For example, we could hang it and keep it updated at a place with people who we *really* want them to know how awesome we are! Suggestions, ideas and volunteering for printing welcome. :)
That's brilliant. Can you fade-away the ends of the dna picture and add the word "fedora" somewhere to say that those statistics belong to us hihihi :) Perhaps "Fedora Core 6" will have a better influence on people's mind than FC6. Chitlesh -- http://clunixchit.blogspot.com


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No arrests in alleged Springfield solicitationStaff Report | January 28,2013SPRINGFIELD — There will be no arrests in an alleged solicitation of a young girl in Springfield, according to Springfield Police Chief Doug Johnston.
Police interviewed the alleged victim after the incident but the girl could not recall what the man said to her, Johnston said. The police dropped the case based on lack of information.
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Ligia is 42 years old. She lives with her husband and two children, in addition to caring for a granddaughter, in the city of Grecia in the province of Alajuela. She is a hardworking woman who worked in North America in order to support her daughter's studies. Now her daughter is a legal professional. She acquired some capital with which she built a workshop as she has always worked as a dressmaker. She has a business partner, Lucia, with whom she makes uniforms for exercise groups. She brings merchandise from the United States and sells it in her community as well as in neighboring communities. She is independent and hardworking.
She worked in the United States where she saved up, bought equipment and improved her workshop conditions. She is requesting a loan to buy a special sewing machine to give her clothing a nicer finish and to buy basic materials for a job with the SEV (Salud, Estética y Vida) company making uniforms. The business has important assets. She runs two business that generate fixed incomes. She hopes to improve the quality of her product by purchasing a special sewing machine.
She gets up early to get the house together. By mid-morning she is cutting the fabric to make garments and in the afternoon and evenings she takes orders and sells the clothing. She hopes to be able to give her son an education so that he will become a professional like his older sister.
She has the machinery and equipment for her business and customers to sell her products to. She hopes to be able to give her product a better finish with the equipment she will purchase. She has a lot of experience in dressmaking as well as contacts in the United States that allow her to have a business selling clothing in which she brings quality merchandise making a significant profit margin.
Ligia tiene 42 años de edad vive con 2 hijos y su esposo, además cuida a una nieta en la ciudad de Grecia, en la provincia de Alajuela. Mujer emprendedora, trabajo en Norte América para apoyar el estudio de su hija que ahora es una profesional en leyes. Adquierió capital con el que construye un taller, ya que siempre ha trabajado en costura. Se asocia con la señora Lucia a quien le confecciona uniformes para grupos de ejercicios y trae mercadería de Estados Unidos que comercializa en la zona y en lugares aledaños. Independiente y trabajadora.
Trabajo en Estados Unidos, donde con ahorro y adquirió maquinaria y mejoró las condiciones del taller. Solicita el préstamo para adquirir una maquina especial para dar un mejor acabado a la ropa y comprar materia prima para el trabajo con la empresa SEV (Salud, Estética y Vida) de confección de uniformes. La actividad cuenta con un patrimonio importante, maneja 2 negocios que le generan ingresos fijos, desea mejorar la calidad de su producto adquiriendo una máquina especial.
Ella se levanta temprano a organizar su casa, a media mañana se dedica a cortar las telas para elaborar las prendas en la tarde y durante la noche se dedica a cobrar y vender la ropa. Desea darle el estudio a su hijo para que se convierta en profesional al igual que su hija mayor.
Cuenta con maquinaria y equipo para su trabajo, clientela donde coloca su producto y espera darle un mejor acabado con el equipo que va a adquirir. Tiene amplia experiencia en la costura y además los contactos en Estados Unidos le permiten tener el negocio de venta de ropa donde trae mercadería de calidad obteniendo un margen de ganancia importante.
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In Costa Rica, funding for microfinance institutions is hard to come by, and many institutions find themselves having difficulty growing and reaching all the demand for loans that exist. Kiva works with Fundacion Mujer because it attends a very marginalized population in Costa Rica, with a specific focus on women. In addition to the loan, Fundacion Mujer provides specialized training programs for their borrowers on everything from computer classes to salon training. Because of the difficulty in obtaining capital in Costa Rica, Fundacion Mujer cannot serve all the women that need loans. Therefore Kiva plays a unique role in helping Fundacion Mujer grow its portfolio and reach borrowers it otherwise would not be able to.
About Fundacion Mujer:Fundación Mujer is an organization specializing in the financial and personal development of female entrepreneurs in Costa Rica. They seek to reach underserved populations that may include indigenous communities, immigrants, refugees, victims of domestic violence or women living with HIV/AIDS. Fundación Mujer offers courses in both business and personal development, as well as training in concrete skills such as sewing and other crafts.
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Murfreesboro Emergency Veterinarians
The Nashville Pet Emergency Clinic location in Murfreesboro is our newest facility. It was opened to offer pet owners in the Murfreesboro area a better, safer alternative to the 50-mile drive into the city to visit our Nashville pet clinic should a pet ever need urgent care. This latest addition to our network of emergency veterinary hospitals in Middle Tennessee has us very excited about the future, and we're looking forward to doing more good work with pets and their owners in the greater Murfreesboro community.
Just like our other locations, the Murfreesboro clinic has two trained emergency veterinarians on staff at all times to provide immediate care to pets in need. Heading the team in Murfreesboro are:
Rachel Lampley, DVM
Dr. Rachel grew up on a quarter horse farm in the Triune area just south of Nashville. She spent most of her youth showing and judging quarter horses. After high school Dr. Rachel attended Middle Tennessee State University from 2006-2010 with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry. While at MTSU she received two equine related research grants through the university. She then went on to The University of Tennessee College of Veterinary medicine and graduated in May 2014. While at UTCVM Dr. Rachel was an active member of the International Veterinary Students Association and the Feline Club, and volunteered at several Feral Fixin' events. In the summer of 2011 she traveled to The University of Georgia to conduct research with the Georgia Veterinary Scholars Program sponsored by Merial and the National Institute of Health.
After graduating from veterinary school, Dr. Rachel moved to beautiful Tazewell, Virginia, to work in a rural mixed animal practice. She developed an interest in feline low-stress handling, wound management, emergency surgery, and holistic medicine. Dr. Rachel is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association, and the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society.
Dr. Rachel joined the Murfreesboro Pet Emergency Clinic in 2015. She moved back to Middle Tennessee to be closer to family and friends and to get back into showing horses. She lives in Murfreesboro, but her family still has a farm in Triune where she keeps her horses. When Dr. Rachel isn't working she loves to play outside hiking, camping, and floating the river. Her partner is crime is a 4 year old "Georgia Red Dog" (mixed breed!) named Athena. She also has three wonderful kitties named Lily, Chip, and Miss B.
Steve Prevost, DVM
Dr. Prevost grew up in Colorado and completed his undergraduate work in Denver. He graduated from Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2007 followed by an internship with a specialty referral and emergency hospital in Miami, FL. Dr. Prevost has been practicing full time emergency medicine after completion of the internship. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee after visiting in 2011 and falling in love with the culture, scenic beauty, and entertainment opportunities. His three girls (two Aussie mixes and a Golden/Chow mix) are always by his side. Dr. Prevost's free time is spent in his workshop with woodworking projects for a small business he has started.
Our Locations
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Here comes the Renekton. Maybe you know that guy, enjoy anyway :3
Renekton looking for some low fat 2% carrrrrrrrrrrnaaaaaaaaaaggggggge!
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Franz Liszt and Ivan Moravec
Franz Liszt and Ivan Moravec
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Some heart-on-the-sleeve piano music is next. In concert at the most recent Gilmore International Keyboard Festival in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Christopher Taylor plays "Evening Harmonies" from the Transcendental Etudes by Franz Liszt. And then we hear Ivan Moravec in the "Love Song," Op. 7 and "Longing," Op. 22, by Josef Suk.
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Improved Padres team heads to Peoria
Bosses optimistic about better 2010
Third base: With Kevin Kouzmanoff traded to Oakland, Chase Headley finally gets a shot at starting the season at his natural position. Going into spring last year, no one knew Kouzmanoff would set a National League fielding record, although there was a pretty good chance his on-base percentage would be low. Headley's numbers picked up when he moved to third when Kouzmanoff was injured last year. Slight decline given the unknown factor.
Catcher: Not only is Nick Hundley more experienced, backup Torrealba is better suited to catch regularly than last year's backup, Henry Blanco. However, Blanco helped the Padres in many other ways and it remains to be seen if Torrealba will be the same positive influence. But this position has been improved.
Outfield: Going into last spring, right fielder Brian Giles was coming off a .306 season with a .398 on-base percentage while center fielder Jody Gerut had resurrected his career with a .296 mark in 2008 with 14 homers. Who'd have known both would struggle and be gone.
Of course, we didn't know about Kyle Blanks or Tony Gwynn Jr., either. The Padres now have a four-man mix in the outfield with Blanks, Scott Hairston, Will Venable and Gwynn. However, heading into spring training, the Padres look no better in the outfield than they did a year ago.
Bench: Jerry Hairston Jr. alone gives the Padres a major boost over the bench of a year ago. Going into the spring of 2009, the Padres bench included Cliff Floyd (who had never had success in his assigned role as a pinch-hitter), Edgar Gonzalez and Blanco. Now there's Jerry Hairston, Oscar Salazar, Torrealba, pinch-hitter Matt Stairs and whichever outfielder is not starting that day. This bench is more versatile as well as stronger defensively and offensively. Improvement.