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Low Blow
Dodgeball hits audiences over the head with its stupid, juvenile (but sometimes funny) humor.
The explosion of interest among grown men in dodgeball—i.e., throwing balls very, very hard at people while trying not to get hit by balls being thrown very, very hard at them—confirms what many of us have known for some time: that American males would love to have a little toggle switch that would make them, in an instant, 12 years old. (Given their druthers, they'd probably switch it back only to get laid and buy beer.) It's too bad that the new comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (20th Century Fox) doesn't explore the psychology of this familiar character, dubbed the "rejuvenile" by the writer Christopher Noxon. But the movie, written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, is pretty much a manifestation of the rejuvenile phenomenon. Modeled on such slob-comedy '70s/'80s hits as Meatballs (1979) and Caddyshack (1980), it's coarse, primitive, regressive, often very stupid, and sometimes, against all odds, really a hoot. Just watching grown-ups get bombarded by rubber balls, you know? Makes me feel 12 again.
The movie's premise is established so lazily that the script might have been written by its hero, Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn)—a feckless ne'er-do-well who runs a cruddy Vegas gym, Average Joe's, full of dweebs, nerds, geeks, and, for variety, outright loonies, like the guy who thinks he's a pirate and goes around saying, "Arrrr." For some reason (most of the picture's plot turns could be prefaced, "for some reason"), the owner of an upscale corporate super-gym, White Goodman (Ben Stiller), decides that he wants to put Average Joe's out of business—although he'd hardly want its clientele showing up at his place. He sneers, "In 30 days, I'll be bulldozing that shit heap you call a gym into nothingness." Faced with the demolition of their beloved gym/community center, the dweebs/nerds/geeks/loonies decide to enter a national dodgeball competition in order to win $50,000 to—Sorry, it's too demeaning to summarize.
So, unfortunately, is Vaughn's performance. His character is meant to be noncommittal, sloppy, and dispirited, but there must be a way to act those things without being them. Bill Murray, the genius of the prototype, brought an air of grace to degeneracy: He really appeared to be on a higher astral plane, far above such bourgeois concepts as hygiene and manual labor. Vaughn has no subversive wit, no comic motor, nothing. You want to see him slammed with balls just so he'll react.
Stiller, at the other extreme, has enough energy for 10 clowns. It's true he's insanely overexposed, but at least this performance is a change of pace—a return to the demented extroverts he used to play on his old Fox variety show. He's muscled up here, with huge bronzed arms and a swollen chest—which means he gets to make fun of bodybuilder morons and still have us think, "Nice pecs, Ben." That said, Stiller has always been disconcertingly built up, like the quintessential runt in the Charles Atlas comic book ad who has had sand kicked in his face too many times. He uses that massive chip on his shoulder to give White Goodman real pathos. Every detail—from the feathery blond mane to the mutton-chop mustache to the toasty voice that keeps cracking to the gyrating pelvis—is an act of self-flagellation. The icing on this masochistic beefcake is that Stiller gets to put the moves on his own wife, Christine Taylor (as a bank lawyer who ends up on the dodgeball team), who is repulsed by him to the point of nausea and who gravitates to the barely-awake Vaughn.
The picture's wild card is Rip Torn—the ultimate chuckling nihilist bastard—as the wheelchair-bound dodgeball founder Patches O'Houlihan, who makes you laugh when he shows up and keeps you laughing until his untimely (and poorly staged) exit. Patches trains the team by pelting them with extremely heavy objects, with the movie's sound people helpfully overamplifying every bruising thud. The dodgeball competition sequences are a riot because they're edited not for coherence (coherence and dodgeball don't go together) but maximum pain: Bonk bonk bonk and lots of ouches and wounded glares. Nothing like getting slammed with rubber balls to bring out the blubbery child in a person. Dodgeball is junk, but now and then it's a scream—a primal scream.


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Artisan's SAGE-X™ Library for TSMC's 0.13-micron low-voltage process is the first result of Artisan's and Magma's ongoing collaboration. In addition to completing the qualification of 0.25-, 0.18- and 0.13-micron cell libraries for use with Magma's IC implementation tools, the companies are creating a common data repository for easy access to updates and technical support. Subsequently, Artisan and Magma plan to jointly develop advanced methods of characterizing libraries to address other deep-submicron effects.
A number of mutual customers have already benefited from qualified libraries, implementation tools and technical support provided by Magma and Artisan. Internet Machines, provider of the IMpower™ family of highly integrated network processor ICs, and headquartered in Agoura Hills, Calif., was instrumental in driving this development.
Because it eliminates data transfers between point tools and addresses signal integrity during the flow, the designers at Internet Machines selected Magma's physical design system as the tool of choice in their design flow for implementing 0.13-micron designs. The company is using Blast Fusion and Artisan's libraries developed for TSMC's 0.13-micron high-performance process to complete a 10 Gbps/OC-192c chipset.
"Blast Fusion has been extremely effective at delivering timing closure while addressing crosstalk, noise, electromigration and other problems in a timely manner," said Chris Haywood, vice president of engineering at Internet Machines. "As designs move below 0.13-micron, every aspect of design, from RTL to timing constraints to libraries, will have to take these effects into account. We're very pleased that Artisan and Magma are working together to address these important emerging issues."
"At 0.13-micron, signal integrity can be a significant design challenge," said Dr. Genda Hu, TSMC's vice president of corporate marketing. "We are pleased to be part of Magma's and Artisan's efforts to enable early and accurate signal integrity analysis and correction."
"Magma has significant momentum in the marketplace and Artisan is committed to supporting innovative design automation solutions from Magma," said Mark Templeton, president and chief executive officer of Artisan. "Collaboration to optimize and integrate our libraries with Magma's tools will bring tremendous value to our mutual customers."
"This relationship marks a critical milestone for Magma," said Rajeev Madhavan, chief executive officer of Magma Design Automation. "We are looking forward to creating a solid foundation for our customers to deploy Magma's tools with Artisan's world-class library technology."
About Artisan Components, Inc.
Artisan Components, Inc., (Nasdaq: ARTI) is a world leader in intellectual property (IP) components, providing high-quality solutions for many of the world's leading semiconductor foundries, integrated device manufacturers, ASIC vendors and IC design teams. Artisan's Process-Perfect™ memory generators, standard cell and I/O libraries are optimized to achieve the full-speed, density and low-power potential of each semiconductor process. Each product is verified using the industry's most comprehensive QA and validation procedures and delivered ready to use with a complete set of views and models supporting leading design tools. Artisan's headquarters are at 141 Caspian Court, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1013.
About Magma
Magma software products enable chip designers to reduce the time required to design and produce complex integrated circuits in the communications, computing, consumer electronics, networking and semiconductor industries. Magma provides a single executable for RTL-to-GDSII chip design. The company's products, Blast Fusion™, Blast Chip™, Blast Plan™ and Blast Noise™, utilize Magma's proprietary FixedTiming® methodology and single data model architecture to reduce the timing-closure iterations often required between the logic and physical processes in conventional IC design flows.
Magma maintains headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., as well as sales and support facilities in Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego, Calif.; Boston, Mass.; Durham, N.C.; Laurys Station, Pa.; Austin and Dallas, Texas; Newcastle, Wash.; and in Germany, Israel, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. The company's stock trades on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol LAVA. Visit Magma Design Automation on the Web at www.magma-da.com.
Magma and FixedTiming are registered trademarks and Blast Chip, Blast Fusion, Blast Noise and Blast Plan are trademarks of Magma Design Automation. Artisan Components is a registered trademark and Artisan, SAGE-X and Process-Perfect are trademarks of Artisan Components, Inc. All other product and company names are trademarks and registered trademarks of their respective companies.
Forward-Looking Statements:
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including statements about Artisan's future collaboration with Magma regarding library development, and the expected benefits of Artisan's collaboration with Magma, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, whether Magma and Artisan will choose to continue to work together on Magma-qualified Artisan libraries; whether technical problems will impede the development of additional Magma-qualified enhanced Artisan libraries; and market acceptance of the Magma-qualified Artisan libraries. Other risks are detailed in Magma's Prospectus dated November 19, 2001 filed with the SEC and from time to time in Magma's SEC reports, including its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2001. Readers are also referred to the documents filed by Artisan Components, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the most recent reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. Magma and Artisan disclaim any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
Artisan Components is a registered trademark and Process-Perfect is a trademark of Artisan Components, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.


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Feet don't fail me now, take me to the finish line. All my heart it breaks every step that I take. But I'm hoping that the gates,they'll tell me that you're mine. Walking through the city streets, Is it by mistake or design? I feel so alone on a Friday night. Can you make it feel like home, if I tell you you're mine? It's like I told you honey


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Three key announcements by finance minister Arun Jaitley on personal taxation have the potential to provide additional annual tax savings of up to Rs 35,000 at the hands of an individual or almost Rs 3,000 every month beginning April 2015.
On Thursday, Jaitley announced to raise the exemption limit for individuals from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh and also for senior citizens from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 3 lakh. The move alone will result into tax savings of Rs 5,000 for all tax payers as the government has exempted taxable income of Rs 50,000 falling in the 10 per cent tax bracket.
The finance minister also announced to raise the deduction limit under Section 80C from Rs 1 lakh currently to Rs 1.5 lakh, thereby providing additional tax savings on Rs 50,000. An individual falling in the highest tax bracket of 30 per cent will save Rs 15,000 in taxes as a result of the same. While those falling in the 10 and 20 per cent marginal tax rate category will save Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively as a result of this move.
Experts feel that the decision will lead investors towards long term savings products.
"The increase in the 80C limit enhances tax incentive for potential retail investors to invest into equities mutual fund," said Sandesh Kirkire, CEO, Kotak Mutual Fund.
This is not all, as the finance minister has also offered to enhance the benefits to be availed on the interest component of the home loans. The finance minister increased the deduction limit on account of interest component of the home from Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 2 lakh, thereby providing tax benefits on Rs 50,000. While an individual falling in the highest marginal tax bracket will save Rs 15,000 on that account, those falling in the lowest tax bracket will save Rs 5,000.
On a aggregate, the three proposals will lead to savings of up to Rs 35,000 for an individual falling in the highest marginal tax bracket of 30 per cent while those falling in 10 and 20 per cent tax bracket would save up to Rs 15,000 and Rs 25,000.
Surya Bhatia, a Delhi based financial planner said, "The government's decision provides additional savings of up to Rs 35,000 for individuals and thereby leaves an additional amount at the hands of the individuals."
Other than this the finance minister also announced to raise the raise the annual investment ceiling in PPF scheme from present Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1.5 lakh and investors can utilise the limit for tax saving under Section 80C.
In another move to make it easier for investors to make investments the finance minister announced to make KYC uniform across the entire financial sector. He also said that a single operating demat account will be introduced that will allow transactions of all financial assets.
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CIU Professor Weighs-In on Bible Translation Controversy
Translating the Bible into the languages of people in Muslim cultures has been a controversial endeavor, especially when it comes to explaining the familial relationship between the divine Son and His Father. New guidelines recommended by the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) are designed to guide Wycliffe Bible Translators and others through the translation process without compromising the basics of the gospel message.
Columbia International University Professor Emeritus Dr. Warren Larson says the biblical teaching that Jesus is also God is a concept that many Muslims find hard to accept. He says there is no way to avoid that teaching without losing the gospel message.
Larson, who served as a missionary in Pakistan for 23 years, is also the former director of the Zwemer Center for Muslim Studies at CIU. Read the article "Will New Guidelines Solve Wycliffe's Two-Year Bible Translation Controversy?" in the online edition of "Christianity Today" magazine at:
Also, check out the Zwemer Center's Frontline Conference at CIU scheduled for July 5-6, featuring missionaries who will share insights, strategies and testimonies from the field. This is a valuable opportunity for missionary candidates and local church leaders to learn effective methodologies and approaches from those actually engaged in reaching Muslims:http://www.ciu.edu/muslimstudies.


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Jephany is the 3rd two-time All-American at Walters State. She also lead her team to a fourth place finish in the National Tournament at Salina Kansas.
Jephany is the 3rd freshman at Walters State to make All-American.
During Karly's two years at Walters State, she became the all time Assist Leader. She is also the 6th Academic All-American and the 22nd All-American for the Lady Senators basketball team.
Asijah is the second player to have her uniform hang in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame "Ring of Honor". She was MVP for the TCCAA Conference in 2013.
Portia was MVP of the TCCAA Conference in 2012. She signed with the University of Oklahoma where she was named Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the year in 2013. Portia's uniform hung in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame "Ring of Honor" in 2012-2013.
Akia suffered a season-ending injury in the Region VII tournament her sophomore year. She chose to stay at Walters State and work as a student-assistant coach and rehab her knee. She is continuing her playing career at East Carolina University.
Asijah is the second player to have her uniform hang in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame "Ring of Honor". She was MVP for the TCCAA Conference in 2013.
Jama may be one of the hardest workers to ever wear a Walters State uniform. She signed to play at Tusculum College.
LaKrystle was a two time All-American in 2008-1009 and 2009-2010. She has more steals than anyone in a Lady Senators uniform with 269.
Patrice took over the game in the first round of the National Tournament; securing a first round victory and a 5th place finish.
Rhon'Neisha had an outstanding career during her time at Walters State. She scored 20 points in the Region 7 Championship game to lead Walters State to victory. She was named to the Region 7 All-Tournament Team and was honored at the NJCAA National Tournament by earning a spot on the All-Tournament Team. She was named 3rd Team All-American and helped lead the Lady Senators to a perfect regular season record of 27-0, and a 33-1 overall record with a 5th place finish in the nation.
LaKrystle had an outstanding freshman year at Walters State. She was named Eastern Conference Regular Season MVP, as well as Region 7 Tournament MVP. She had 26 points in the Region 7 Championship game. She led the nation in steals with 158 and was named 1st Team All-American. She helped lead the Lady Senators to a 27-0 perfect regular season, 33-1 overall record, and 5th place finish in the nation.
The St. George (S.C.) native was second on the team in scoring at 12 points a game while leading the team with 7.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists.
Garrett shot 50.6 percent from the field and was named MVP of the TJCCAA Eastern Division and the Region VII tournament while sharing the TJCCAA co-MVP award. She signed with Middle Tennessee State University.
She played only one year at Walters State, but it was an unforgettable year. Brittany was a big factor in helping Walters State win the Eastern Division Championship as well as the Region 7 Tournament. The team record for 07-08 was 30-6
A forward/center from Memphis, Cortney helped her team achieve the best regular season win-loss record (26-3) in Lady Senator history. She was a key figure in team's TJCCAA/NJCAA Region VII championship and eighth place finish in the NJCAA national Championship Tournament in Hutchinson, Kan. Cortney was named to the all-tournament team in the TJCCAA/NJCAA Region VII tournament. She led the team in scoring with 432 points for an average of 12 points per game and nearly six rebounds per game. She signed with University of South Alabama.
A forward from Oak Ridge, Brittany led the team in rebounds with 225 for an average of 6.25 per game. She averaged 10.7 points per game in scoring. She was named to the All-Tournament team in the TJCCAA/NJCAA Region VII tournament and helped the 2004-05 team to the championship. She also played a major roll in the team's eighth place finish in the NJCAA national tournament in Hutchinson, Kan. She signed with the University of North Carolina-Greensboro.
Amanda, a center, was not only a fierce competitor on the court but in the classroom as well. She averaged 10.8 points per game and 6.8 rebounds per game. Her leadership on the court paved the way to an Eastern Division co-championship. Her dedication to academics led to one of the highest GPA in the history of Lady Senator's basketball. She signed with Gardner-Webb University.
Kara, a center, was recognized for her performance as a student as well as an athlete. Kara juggled the strenuous schedule of athletics and managed to maintain one of the highest grade point averages of any Lady Senator. On the court she averaged just over seven points per game and nearly five rebounds per game. Kara signed with Carson Newman.
Scealita was a pre-season 3rd Team All-American and an Honorable Mention NJCAA All-American as well as a Smith & Street Honorable Mention.
Alison was a 3rd Team All-American and a Smith & Street 3rd.
Made the winning shot that put the team into National Tournament in 1999.
Joanie was the first two-time All-American. She was also the first two time MVP for the state. She is the Lady Senators all time leader scorer.
Cheri was an Honorable Mention All-American as well as Street & Smith All-American. She is the Lady Senator all time steal leader.
Joanie was the first two-time All-American. She was also the first two time MVP for the state. She is the Lady Senators all time leader scorer.
Jenny graduated Walters State with a 3.7 grade point average which earned her academic All-American honors. "Rip," as she was nicknamed, is the Lady Senators career leader in three-point baskets with 68.
Tiffany overcame a severe high school knee injury to become one of the best players to wear a Lady Senators uniform. Tiffany was the "money player" during the state and region championship drives and led the team to an eighth place finish in the national tournament in 1992. She is the all-time career scoring leader (993 points), field goal shooter (378), and shot blocker (98). Tiffany is also second in rebounding with 521.
Pam was named a junior college All-American by Street and Smith Magazine. Pam supplied much of the leadership that helped the Lady Senators win two conference championships, a regional title and finish eighth in the national tournament in 1992. During her two years at Walters State, the Lady Senators were 53-11 and set a school record for the most wins in a single season with 29 in 1992. She is second in career scoring with 883 points.
Tammy was an All-American point guard according to Street and Smith Magazine. Shelton was the "blue collar worker" of the national tournament team. She led by example and made three key steals in the final minutes of the 1992 region championship game. Tammy is second in career assists with 143.
Rhonda is the best athlete to have ever worn a Lady Senators uniform. She led her teammates by example giving 110% every time she stepped on the basketball floor. The 6' post-player average 20 points and 10 rebounds a game while shooting 60% from the floor. Coach Dave Kragel called her "an All-American in every sense of the word."
Rhonda possessed all the skills needed to be a great basketball player. At 6'3", Rhonda was a physical intimidator near the basket who could also handle the basketball as well as any guard on the team. During her sophomore season, Rhonda averaged scoring nearly 17 points a game, grabbed an average of nine rebounds a game and shot 60% from the field.


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Table 8 Productions is a group of Wisconsin comedians who have been coming together to make videos since 2009. They all met through ComedyCity, Northeastern Wisconsin's longest running improv comedy club. They're just like the Avengers, if everyone called dibs on not being The Vison. And if you're nodding your head at that reference they're probably making just the kind of comedy you love. Table 8 videos have been on the front page of "Funny or Die", are featured bi-weekly on Screwattack.com and have been shown at film festivals.


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Only in travel can you lose yourself, and discover yourself at the same time. The problem is, discovering yourself can sometimes be a messy business. If there's one thing to expect while traveling, it's that things won't always go according to plan, assuming you have one. Sometimes, that's when the fun begins. Here are our picks as the top five travel blunders to avoid:
Overpacking. Packing too much can be more than just a pain in the back. In addition to the inconvenience of hauling around everything but the kitchen sink, you'll be baggy-eyed when you see the extra cost you'll be hit with to check your heavy haul. Fees can range from $50 to $100 on every flight of your itinerary. Some airlines are even imposing fees per carry-on bag. Keep it to one piece of luggage and your trip will be in the bag.
Procrastination. No one can plan for everything, but when you wait until the last minute to book airline tickets, you open yourself to sticker shock at the check-out. Although you can sometimes grab a great last-minute deal, don't count on it. Tickets tend to increase in price the closer you get to your departure date. If you can, try to book months out from your trip – and buy yourself something nice with the money you'll save.
Impatience. Let's face it. When you travel, you're going to run into the unexpected. Expect it. And when you do, the worst thing you can do is to lose your cool. Whether you're in airport security or in flight, remember, the people around you are doing the best that they can. Getting frustrated or angry won't get you there any faster. Know your TSA rules, mind your manners and keep a lid on it, and you'll make your trip easier for everyone, including yourself.
Underestimating. When you're in a new or unfamiliar part of the world, it's easy to underestimate distances, time and money. Many a road warrior has missed a return departure due to misjudged traffic conditions. For example, a marathon or other sporting event can divide a city in half and result in hours-long delays. Do yourself a favor; ask your hotel concierge about peak traffic hours or if there are any special events in the area that might impact travel.
Risking it. The unpredictability of travel means it's nice to have 24/7 assistance in case something goes wrong. Spending a few extra bucks on a travel insurance plan can cover your trip investment and the 24/7 assistance services can help you order/review credit bureau records, work with law enforcement on your behalf, investigate identity theft, rebook hotels and flights and more.
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(Reuters) - Digital whiteboard maker SMART Technologies Inc said it would reduce its workforce by nearly 25 percent during the third and fourth quarters.
The company had 1,525 employees as of March 31, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities Exchange.
SMART Technologies, which cut about 70 jobs in August and 225 jobs last year, also said it would realign itself into two business units.
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2012-13: Competed in six meets as a sophomore … opened the season at the Head of the Charles (10/21) in the #4 seat of the Varsity A boat … helped the Varsity A boat to a second place finish against Williams, WPI, Franklin & Marshall and Connecticut College (4/13) … sat in the #4 seat of the Varsity A boat that cut a few seconds off its season-best time and came third against Boston University and the University of Wisconsin (5/04).
2011-12: Saw action mainly in the #6 seat … rowed in the #4 seat on the varsity team in the Princeton chase (10/30)… competed in the #6 seat on the collegiate team in the Head of the Charles (10/22); as a member on the MIT freshman eight at Columbia (3/31); versus Boston College, Trinity, and Bates (4/7); against Harvard and Princeton (4/21); at Wisconsin with Dartmouth (4/28) and at the Eastern Sprints (5/13)… rowed in the MIT varsity boat against UMass in the #6 seat (4/21).
Off the Water at MIT: Majoring in aeronautical and astronautical engineering with a minor in political science … was a DRW Investments LLC intern in Chicago during summer 2012 … worked at the Space Propulsion Lab at MIT … Kappa Sigma fraternity.
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Local animal shelters often work together within a community, so don't restrict your pet search to just one type, such as a "no-kill shelter."read more
A furry and enthusiastic crowd greets Kristine Mayberry when she comes home each evening. Mayberry, the president of Second Chance Pet Adoptions in Raleigh, N.C., hopes others will also enjoy the rich rewards of pet adoption, even if they don't take in a collection quite as large as her eight cats and elderly dog. "I get much more from them than I give to them," she says. "There's nothing like having someone to greet me with unconditional love when I've had a really bad day."
A Great Time for Cat Adoption
This month is the perfect time to consider adopting a cat or help out with the adoption effort, says Mayberry. Shelters and organizations across the country celebrate June as Adopt a Cat Month. With the arrival of spring and summer comes a flood of kittens each year, and heightened awareness of cat adoption helps shelters deal with this influx.
Opening your heart and home to another cat is important even if your local shelter doesn't euthanize animals, says Betsy Saul, co-founder of Petfinder.com, which maintains a database of 124,000 cats available for adoption. "Cats tend to do fairly poorly in the shelter compared to dogs," she says. "Some shelters have cats housed across the aisle from dogs, and that can be incredibly stressful. You'll see them sitting with really squeezed eyes, which is a sign of stress."
Help Reduce Shelter Populations
Make sure your own cat is spayed or neutered. Supporting organizations that spay and neuter strays will also help control the cat population. Female cats as young as four months can get pregnant, and a female cat can produce up to five litters a year.
Cat owners can take a couple of other steps to reduce shelter populations. First, make sure your pal is microchipped or wears some other form of identification. Even indoor kitties occasionally escape, so it's important that all cats can be traced to their owners. Second, make sure you and your cat are a good fit. Poor matches between cats and owners can result in cats being returned to shelters.
Find Your Match
Ready to celebrate Adopt a Cat Month? Consider these tips before you adopt:
Many shelters will attempt to match you with a cat whose personality suits your needs and lifestyle. Shelters also have already evaluated a cat's health and can save you some money. For instance, the ASPCA Adoptions Center charges no adoption fee for cats ages 3 and older, yet each cat is spayed or neutered, microchipped and up to date on its vaccines. The center charges $75 to adopt cats that are between 1 and 3 years old, and $125 for kittens.
How to Aid the Cause
Volunteer to help socialize cats at your local shelter simply by petting them, says Buchwald. Make catnip toys or crochet washable cat beds at home, then donate to a local cat adoption organization.
You can use Petfinder's iPhone application on Facebook to post photos of adoptable cats. Promote individual cats at your local shelter, posting notices with photos in prominent locations around your community.
Kim Boatman is a journalist and frequent contributor to The Daily Cat, based in Northern California whose work has appeared in The Miami Herald, the Detroit Free Press and the San Jose Mercury News. She is a lifelong lover of animals and shares her home with three cats.
Mely says: I recently adopted a cat from the ASPCA and it has been nothing but joy with my new cat. She is loving and a character. I look foward to seeing her each day!
Babbu says: Hello. I live in NYC and do not know what state you are located in. I had a aonedbnad male cat, Cesar, TNR'd [trapped, neutered, release, rabies vax, ear tipped] 2 months ago. I opted to include him in my current small colony, but they have rejected him. They continue to fight and chase him out of the yard, only to find Cesar returns. Now one of my females has been missing for the past 10 days. I do know if she left due to Cesar's presence, but my remaining female rejected all 5 outdoor sleeping stations because Cesar scent is on them. Cesar will enter my home at will and lounge around and not longer runs when we're present in the yard. I believe he has great potential to become socialized enough to be a great pet. But I cannot keep him anymore. Do you socialize feral cats? Can you help ?
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The Kit Kat Senses any which way you want to look at it is a direct move by Nestle to enter the marketplace with a rival for the Kinder Bueno.
The Kit Kat Senses describes itself as a 'milk chocolate covered wafer with a nutty hazelnut creme filling' - sure its almost identical in build to the Bueno but in truth it does some parts better and some parts not so well.
Nestle have very obviously marketed this bar at females - it promotes its 165Kcal per bar several times on the packaging. Unfortunately this means this bar weighs in at a measly 31g; now I know I'm not the target audience for this bar but its really a bit of a turn off...it cost me round about the same as a Bueno but seemed a least half the size (just over in reality)...why would you pay the same but for less...also its worth noting that despite its small size it still packed 9.5g of fat which is quite alot when you consider the weight of the product.
Opening the bar I as impressed with the look of it - it just looked good and well crafted. Breaking the first block off I was met with a nice nice nutty smell...good stuff.
Taste wise it was a bit of a mixed bag. The chocolate was really rather good, standard Nestle milk chocolate that was actually quite thick..especially at the base. The Wafer was also particularly nice - its was far more substantial than the wafer you get in the Bueno and had a far stronger longer lasting biscuity flavour...chalk one up for the Senses :) The hazelnut creme was a bit of a let down in this bar though; despite having a nice taste and one that was slightly nuttier than the Bueno, it was little less creamy and surprise surprise rather lacking in volume. It also didn't quite have the smooth buttery like texture of its Kinder rival.
Overall I think its all but impossible not to mark this bar directly comparing it to the Bueno, and unfortunately it just wasn't as good. Despite delivering better in the wafer and the chocolate departments the real test of the bar has to be the hazelnut creme and I believe the Bueno is superior in both taste and texture. This is not to say this is not a tasty bar - if your a big fan of a KitKat and fancy a lighter chocolate hit then this is definitely a bar worth considering. Whilst this was a fair product I think if you're after a Kinder Bueno beater you're going to have to keep waiting.
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Opening: Thursday, 20 November 2003, 7 pm
Exhibition: 21 November 2003 - 18 January 2004, daily from 11 am to 6 pm; closed on 24, 25, 26, and 31 December 2003, and on 1 and 6 January 2004
Program in the exhibition spaces: 4, 9, and 12 December 2003, 7 pm
Aula and Exhibition spaces of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Schillerplatz 3, 1010 Vienna
Opening: Thursday, 20 November 2003, 7 pm
Welcome address: Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen, Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Introductory words: Monika Knofler, curator of the Prints and Drawings Collection, Cornelia Reiter, curator
Other venues: Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Winckelmann Museum (29 October 2001 - 6 January 2002); Coblenz, Mittelrhein Museum (27 April - 23 June 2002); Bologna, Galleria d'arte moderna (23 January - 30 March 2003); Rome, Casa di Goethe (fall 2004)
Catalogue: 25.- Eur, published by Prestel-Verlag (German)
After having shown its selection of about one hundred German and Austrian Romanticist master drawings in Germany and Italy, the Prints and Drawings Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Kupferstichkabinett der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien) will now present the survey in Vienna. The unique holdings comprising works by artists such as the Olivier brothers, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Joseph Führich, Leopold Kupelwieser, and Moritz von Schwind offer a confrontation with an intellectual world that still has a decisive impact on art.
Its Romanticist and Late Romanticist watercolors and drawings constitute a crucial part of the extensive treasures of the Academy's Prints and Drawings Collection in terms of quality and quantity. Founded to offer the Academy's students a hoard of references to explore, the collection of drawings and graphic works was extended considerably through donations and acquisitions especially in the 19th century and is the second-largest graphic art collection in Austria after the Albertina Vienna today. After having carried out a systematic study on Austrian and German Romanticism in the context of a research project, Cornelia Reiter has prepared her findings for an exhibition and published them in a comprehensive catalogue.
The sheets are arranged in the following thematic groups: landscapes, portraits, religious scenes, and subjects from literature, history, fairytales, and legends. The collection permits to present Joseph Anton Koch, the great inspirator of Romanticist landscape drawing, by showing early masterly watercolors by the artist stemming directly from the holdings of his estate. With these landscape watercolors by Koch, which are also rather complex as regards their contents, as a starting-point, the presentation of the Romanticist sacralization of the landscape spans from the results of Ferdinand Olivier's first visit to the Salzkammergut and watercolors by Caspar David Friedrich's sensitive student August Heinrich and the Nuremberg artist Christoph Erhard to Ludwig Richter's art of drawing which may strike us as an epitome of the Biedermeier style.
The section dedicated to portrait drawings centers around Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's "Römisches Porträtbuch" ("Roman Book of Portraits") which assembles the entire circle of intellectuals and artists.
Program in the exhibition spaces
Thursday, 4 December 2003, 7 pm
Cornelia Reiter, curator of the exhibition
Romanticism and the Vienna Academy. From the revolutionary Lucas Brotherhood to institutionalized late Romanticism
lecture in German
Drawing on rich sources, the curator of the exhibition will explore the relationship of the Lucas Brotherhood and the later Nazarenes to the Vienna Academy. Reactions range from the almost militant rejection of the academic neoclassicist art ideal and practiced teaching methods to the installation of late Romanticist artists such as Kupelwieser and Führich as heads of a master-class at the very same institution. Quotations from letters by the protagonists of this reform movement elucidate the highly emotionalized situation.
Cornelia Reiter studied art history, history, and philosophy at Vienna and Innsbruck universities. 1990-1992 Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, where she worked on a general catalogue of 20th-century art and a number of exhibitions. 1993-1995 curator of the art collections of the Vienna Schottenstift. Since she has finished a research project on Anton Romako, she works in the Prints and Drawings Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, concentrating on the Romanticist art of drawing.
Tuesday, 9 December 2003, 7 pm
Rainer Metzger, art historian, author,Vienna/Stuttgart
On Incomprehensibility. The Presence of Romanticism and the Romanticism of the Present
lecture in German
What is conceptuality? What does deconstruction mean? What is art beyond the arts? Romanticism has suggested answers to these questions which are still valid today. The answers are to be found in texts, especially those by Friedrich Schlegel, which is generally known - and, which is less known, in pictures, mainly in those by the Nazarenes.
Rainer Metzger, born in 1961. Art historian, critic, and author, lives in Vienna. Lectures art history at Stuttgart University. Corresponding member of the Vienna Secession. Selected publications: "Kunst in der Postmoderne - Dan Graham" (Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne 1996); "Der Tod bei der Arbeit. Bilder der Gewalt/Gewalt der Bilder - ein Führer für Wien" (Christian Brandstätter Verlag, Vienna 2003); "Buchstäblichkeit. Bild und Kunst in der Moderne" (Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne 2003).
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 7 pm
Werner Hofmann, art historian, Hamburg
Mystics, Dreamers, Fools. Is there something like a romantic artist?
lecture in German
When artists set out in search of the infinite around 1800, they renounced the authorities that had cared for them and told them which way they should take: the church, the aristocracy, and the academies. This separation was of a more or less radical kind. The lecture will deal with this separation by focusing on artists whose revolt the exhibition in the Academy of Fine Arts does not examine. These include Goya, Blake, Fuessli, Runge, and Friedrich. Discussing Hogarth, Reynolds, and Goethe, the introduction to the lecture will offer a survey of important predecessors of this new self-consciousness. All evidence documents that the artist "not taken care of" and fending for himself comes upon new subjects all of which center around the individual's social alienation (exclusion).
Werner Hofmann, born in Vienna in 1928, studied art history at Vienna and Paris universities. 1960-1969 Director of the Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts in Vienna; 1969-1990 Director of the Hamburger Kunsthalle. Lecturer at numerous universities. Selected books: Grundlagen der modernen Kunst, 1966; Kunst und Politik, 1969; Edouard Manet, Das Frühstück im Atelier. Augenblicke des Nachdenkens, 1985; Das entzweite Jahrhundert. Kunst zwischen 1750 und 1830, 1995.
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Western influence on Taiwan's theatre, felt in both performance styles and repertoire, did not start until the 1960s, when theatre artists and scholars began returning from the West, and when censorship became less strict. Theatre artists not only appropriated Western performance idioms (such as illusionist and environmental theatres) but also adapted plays by Western playwrights, including Brecht, Maeterlinck, and Pirandello. Shakespeare in translation—the majority directed by Wang Sheng-shan (Wang Shengshan, 1921-2003)—played an important role in popularizing Western classics and stagecraft, which laid the groundwork for more innovative adaptations. Lee Man-kuei, the first serious Western-conscious playwright and director, pioneered the introduction of Ibsenian realist and illusionist theatre to Taiwan. She founded the Huaju Promotion Committee in 1962, starting a local tradition of adapting Western dramas. It organized and sponsored annual World Drama Festivals that produced as many as 236 performances of Western plays (in English or Chinese) between 1962 and 1974. Not only were such plays adapted and performed, new ones were written under the influence of Western performance theory. Yao I-wei's Jade Bodhisattva (Nian yu guanyin, 1967) used non-illusionist expressive modes inspired by Brecht's epic theatre and xiqu. Ma Sen's Flies and Mosquitoes (Cangying yu wenzi, 1967) was influenced by the Theatre of the Absurd.
In the 1980s, Lee's successors, notably Yao I-wei, extended her project to create hybrid performing idioms by bringing Western and Chinese (both xiqu and huaju) theatres together. Yao launched five annual Experimental Theatre Festivals between 1980 and 1984, where a wide range of Western performing methods, such as Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty, were tested out on stage. At the first Experimental Festival, Lanling Theatre Workshop (Lanling Jufang, 1976-1990) staged a romantic comedy, Hezhu's New Match (Hezhu xin pei, 1980), to critical success. Using a hybrid style taken from both illusionist and jingju theatres, the play reframes the jingju Hezhu's Match (Hezhu pei) in modern language (Mandarin) and context (Taipei). While Lee Man-kuei believed that playwriting, not performance, is the key to developing a proficient theatre culture, Yao and his followers emphasized the contingency of performance.
The 1990s saw more varied and successful engagements with theatrical interculturalism. Godot Theatre (Guoduo Juchang, founded 1988), a major musical . theatre company(gewu ju), staged retitled adaptations of classics, such as Kiss Me, Nana (Wenwo ba Nana, 1995) and Oriental Rock Midsummer Night's Dream (Dongfang yaogun zhongxiaye, 1999). The Contemporary Legend Theatre (Dangdai Chuanqi), a Westernized jingju company, has innovatively staged a series of jingju adaptations of Greek tragedies and Shakespearean plays since it was founded in 1986. These productions are not confined to small audiences as are many experimental works but are very popular both at the local and global levels. They have created new local traditions of engaging Western theatre cultures.
Further Readings:
Huang, Alexa "Impersonation, Autobiography, and Cross-Cultural Adaptation: Lee Kuo-Hsiu's Shamlet." Asian Theatre Journal 17:2 (Spring 2005): 122-137.
Weinstein, John B. "Multilingual Theatre in Contemporary Taiwan." Asian Theatre Journal 17:2 (Fall 2000): 269-283.


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USAIN Bolt ended a week of controversy and speculation by finally making his Commonwealth Games debut at a packed Hampden Park on Friday night.
Six days after arriving in Glasgow to great fanfare the world's fastest man took to the track to run the anchor leg for Jamaica in the heats of the 4x100 metres relay.
His name was greeted with a huge cheer when it was first read out by the stadium announcer, despite his alleged slur, denied by the man himself, on his Games experience, and the roars only grew when he was introduced to the crowd out on to the track.
If there were any Glaswegians bearing a grudge in attendance, they were well and truly drowned out. The man they had all come to see was here and that was all that mattered.
The six-time OIympic champion responded by sauntering down the home straight to put his team safely into final. Bolt took the baton from Nickel Ashmeade and brought his team across the line in first in 38.99 seconds before applauding the crowd.
Bolt had to take to Twitter on Wednesday to deny a report in The Times which quoted him saying the Games were "a bit s***" and he was "not really" having fun in Scotland.
Despite that controversy, on top of his not racing in the individual 100m or 200m, it was impossible to imagine a full Hampden crowd, who have been in good voice throughout the event, not giving its star attraction a rousing reception.
And so it proved.
Any lingering speculation that he still might not run was ended by the sight of him on the warm-up track next to Hampden ahead of the night's action.
And his appearance for Jamaica's heat, the second of three, was met with roars of approval as loud as those afforded to any Scottish athlete.
Even the weather smiled on Bolt, with the sun out for the penultimate session of athletics at the Games.
Opting to run the heats as well as the final into order to gain race practice after not competing yet this season following a foot injury, the 27-year-old showman danced along to the Scottish folk music blasting out ahead of his race before getting down to business.
Addressing the report in which he was quoted as having made disparaging comments about his time in Scotland, Bolt told BBC1: "I can't believe she (Times reporter Katie Gibbons) actually said that. You know me, first of all I would never use that word if I was going to say that, but for me, I love competing.
"I'm here because of the fans and because I want to be at the Commonwealths.
"I'm enjoying it - it's been good and people have been so nice to me so I'd never say something like that.
"It was rough, everybody wanted to say something but I didn't want to say anything else. Last time I had a simple conversation it turned out to be worse for me so I decided 'you know what, I'm going to wait until I get the chance to speak'.
"It's great, for me, everything has been good, just the weather, it's too cold for me.
"The fans have been wonderful, I'm happy to be here and I'm looking forward to enjoying what's going on.
The 27-year-old was happy to have guided Jamaica safely into Saturday's final.
"We told each other to just get the baton round and we'd be okay.
"It was wonderful, just like the London Olympics. The crowd is great. I have heard it throughout the Championships, just watching on TV. It's been wonderful."
At the end of his interview, Bolt also took time to respond to what he seemed to perceive as criticism from BBC presenter Gabby Logan, who had suggested Kirani James was now the most popular Caribbean athlete after the Grenadian had stormed to 400m glory on Wednesday.
"I want to say something, all right?" he said, before turning to camera. "Somebody said they enjoy the Games without (Yohan) Blake and me - yeah you, she knows who I'm talking to. She said it yesterday in the press box - where are they, the BBC? (With) Michael Johnson... she knows who I'm talking to.
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Just six days before she is set to touch down in Baton Rouge to host "A Night with Maya Angelou," the iconic poet and civil rights activist held a handful of media representatives in rapt attention Wednesday at LSU.
Speaking via conference call from her home in North Carolina, the self-described woman from "a little village in Arkansas" touched on a number of topics including courage as a virtue, how racism is waning in America and how politicians could stand to show more emotion in public.
In a career spent, among other things, fighting against apartheid and organizing on behalf of Martin Luther King Jr., Angelou, 84, has never shied away from politics.
On Wednesday she touched on President Barack Obama's Tuesday night State of the Union Address calling it "wonderful," particularly portions of the speech that dealt with the safety of the nation's children and gun control.
"I particularly liked that he's courageous enough to be emotional. A number of leaders have the belief that they're supposed to be above that," she said. "So President Obama pleased me last night when he talked about all our children, and how even if you're not a parent, you're some parent's child."
In describing the president as courageous, Angelou gave a glimpse into what she will talk about to LSU students next week.
Her 1969 autobiography, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," is widely regarded as a courageous work at a time when black women didn't readily offer to the public introspective takes on developing an inferiority complex as a result of racial victimization.
"I would encourage young men and women to develop courage. It's the most important of all the virtues because without it, you can't practice the other virtues. You can be anything erratically every now and then, kind, fair, generous, merciful, all of those things. But to continue to be that all of the time, day in and day out, you have to have courage," she said.
In Angelou's Pulitzer Prize-nominated 1971 volume, "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie," she touches on the subject of race in America.
On Wednesday, she said that while racism still exists in America, and continues to be "excruciating" and "extremely ugly," she feels as if the country has turned a corner.
"Our country is better now than it may seem to be," Angelou said. "You can look around and see black people in positions of leadership, and they've been voted in by large white majorities ... men and women who head some of the large corporations and men and women who head some of the largely white universities."
"A Night With Maya Angelou" will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the LSU Student Union Theater. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Tickets are required, but are free. They will be distributed based on a priority system, with students from LSU's main campus given the highest priority, since the event is paid for with student fees.
Guests are encouraged to arrive early as seating is based on a first-come, first-served basis. Beginning at 7:10 p.m., all unclaimed seats will be given to guests waiting in the stand-by line.
The night will also feature a National Pan-Hellenic Council Step Show and performances by the LSU Gospel choir and LSU student Eric Couto, who won the "Mic with Maya" poetry slam contest sponsored by the LSU Student Activities Board.


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Debby Ryan and Laura Marano get dressed up more than average teenagers: As Disney Channel starlets, they've done their fair share of red carpets. But, they say, there's still something special _ and different _ about picking a dress for a school dance and, especially, the prom.
"On the red carpet, I'm more worried about looking like I'm not going to the prom. I might be potentially more casual. For a school dance, I can go for it, and for the prom, I will pretend I'm a princess," says Marano, star of "Austin & Ally."
When the time comes, the 16-year-old suspects there'll be another factor in her decision: the boys at school. "At the prom, you are more about boys thinking you're cute. On the red carpet, you have to please everyone because there are a lot more people looking at those pictures. But," she adds, "from the dances, you will still have photos but you don't have to show everyone."
Ryan and Marano came armed with several prom-worthy dresses to The Associated Press' headquarters in Manhattan to talk about their style and how they are growing into the roles of fashionistas alongside their acting gigs. Even for the early-morning interview they came dressed to the nines with Ryan in a floral blouse with contrasting floral skirt, black tights and super-high heels and Marano wearing a coordinated patchwork of different textures and colors paired with peep-toe booties.
At a prom, however, they might be twins since, when it was time to peruse the dance dresses, they both went for the blousoned white one with a beaded metallic skirt. Marano also loves the cobalt color of a one-shoulder, full-length column gown, while Ryan sees glamour potential in a platinum dress covered in pleats.
Upon further consideration, Ryan picked up a short pink strapless dress with a fitted bodice. She likes the color but wonders if the tiered skirt is "a little too tutu?"
"I think I'd have to add a little black tulle to the bottom to make it a little more rock `n' roll," says Ryan, 18, who stars on the series "Jessie," was on "The Suite Life on Deck" and had a prom scene in the TV movie "Radio Rebel." She also attended her own hometown prom in Keller, Texas, so, she says, she's a veteran of golf ball-sized sequins, a rainbow of colors and the whole boots-with-ballgown look.
"It's all about creating a moment to remember," Ryan says, adding that the prom for many girls is a turning point between childhood and being an adult _ it's a chance to make a statement both about who you've been and who you want to be. A red carpet is more businesslike, she describes, with a chorus of people giving advice and approvals on an outfit, she explains, while a prom is more personal.
She keeps her prom photo _ she's in a "Charlie's Angels" pose with her friends wearing a blush-colored dress with flowers at the neckline _ on her bookshelf with her other prized possessions, including her collections of cameras and vinyl records.
In typical teenage fashion, Marano says she'd consult her friends before finalizing her look. "I will ask, `What are you wearing?' (and) `How are you wearing it?' and `What exactly are you wearing to the dance?'"
Marano so far has only attended school dances, including one with an undersea-adventure theme that posed some style dilemmas, but she plans to attend the prom at her Los Angeles-area high school when the time comes. Here's what she won't wear there: nothing neon, probably not white and definitely no hemline much above her knees. "I don't want a dress that's too short. I will end up sitting awkwardly all night long thinking, `This dress was too short.'"


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