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WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Almost $95 million in overpayments to people who received aid after Hurricane Katrina and other disasters will not have to be repaid, U.S. officials say.
In a report released Wednesday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it has granted waivers to about 18,000 people who received $94.9 million by mistake, The Times-Picayune of New Orleans said. The agency rejected almost 1,300 applications for waivers.
The bill authorizing the process was sponsored by Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and was aimed at helping people who received overpayments because of FEMA mistakes. In some cases, people who had already returned overpayments will get their money back.
"I'm encouraged that the recoupment waiver process is moving forward and providing resolution for survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita," Landrieu said. "In more than 18,000 cases, Louisianans can now put this part of the recovery in the past and continue rebuilding."


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text: The country that invented Scotch is paying to have virtual billboards implanted in Need for Speed: Carbon, Project Gotham Racing 4 and other titles, telling 15-to-24-year-olds not to drink and drive. At least not in real cars. It's probably okay for them to drink and drive virtual cars, because all they risk there is hitting those virtual "don't drink and drive" billboards. This comes on the heels of the British government putting intelligence-agency employment ads in games like Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent. The Scottish transport minister says that if this $20,000 pilot project is a success, other road-safety messages may soon appear, too. Like "Don't Drive Like You're Playing Need For Speed." [Kotaku]


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The kids rarely give me time to blog during the times of day when I am inspired to do so, and at this rate I'll barely have anything to look back on when I want to remember all we did during this busy time. I'm going to try to start doing a post at the end of each month with pictures of some things we did, and a few words to explain. Here's what we did in January.
1/2: Went to Build-a-Bear for Cousin Michael's third birthday. Suzi and Ivey both made dogs. Ivey picked out a beautiful Esmeralda costume for hers. And then named it Bullseye.
Suzi named hers Spot, even though it didn't actually have a spot.
Ivey loved the pretend bath station best, mesmerized by the way air came out when you pushed the pedal. She finally pulled up a seat to get comfortable and stay a while. Eventually we had to pry her off of it because a line was forming behind her.
1/7: The weather was so freakishly warm we decided to take the kids to the zoo. The animals were so active! That elephant in the background pooped right in front of us and then another elephant ate it, as a horrified, gagging bunch of visitors looked on. So educational!
A rattlesnake in the reptile house slithered up to look at Ivey through the glass. She stared into his beady eyes. It was eerie. Then she burst into tears and we moved on to the next area. We visited the orangutans and the baby looked at us through the glass, too. Then the mama took the baby over under their shelter and they all looked at us like dumb humans don't even know to go in from a shower of rain. The monkeys screeched and fought, and then when the rain stopped and we got to play on the playground, the girls pretended to be monkeys too.
1/8: We finally started our homemade vanilla extract, after having the beans for weeks. It is so simple, just drop some split-open beans into a bottle of vodka and let steep for several weeks, shaking every few days. I can't wait for it to be ready to use.
1/10: It's been a slow month for crafts, after an almost-too-crafty December. But I did manage to get these arm warmers made for my mom, to match her pullover. I used the Katwise arm warmer tutorial, which you should definitely buy because it's great.
I spent a lot of time during this whole month reflecting on how wonderful our floor is compared to the carpet we used to have. It was an early Christmas present from my awesome in-laws.
Robert continued to eat lots of potatoes and Cheerios and some bananas. Bananas are his favorite thing to toss in the floor. At least half his potatoes end up smeared all over him, in his seat, and thrown in the floor too. But he does eat a fair amount of them, as evidenced by his diapers (yuck). Photo taken 1/10.
1/13: Suzi and Ivey watched The Nutcracker, which we DVR'd in December, and then performed their own unique rendition, which was pretty entertaining as well.
1/15: I made a toy pick-up sticker chart for the girls to help them get into the habit of cleaning. Not really my style, but I figured it was better than yelling at them. When the first row of stickers was complete, their reward was baking and decorating a cake. Mama and Daddy ate a lot of it too. Yum! The next reward is a special movie night with popcorn.
1/20: Robert figured out how to push up onto his knees! He now plays while sitting with his fat, adorable little feet sticking out from under his butt.
1/21: We have to bathe the boy a lot more now that he's in the habit of coating himself in sweet potatoes on a daily basis. He still hates it, screams, refuses to sit down in the water. But he is so cute and cuddly afterwards.
1/24: Allowing Ivey to feed the baby made such a mess, but it was totally worth it for the cuteness. Suzi fed him, too. She did a neater job.
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1/25: Zonker day. We spent about four hours at our favorite park letting the kids run out some energy and get some sunshine after several rainy days. Our friends Baby Adelaide and her dad came to play too! Then we went out to dinner with Daddy and bought Suzi some Beyblades and Ivey a Sing-a-ma-jig. A wonderful day and the kids slept great that night.
1/26: Casserole day. My mom and I went grocery shopping and then spent all day preparing a total of 12 casseroles (white chicken lasagna, pesto chicken penne, spaghetti bake, chicken pot pie). While the kids wore Grandpa out. Full freezers, tired mamas.
That's a little bit of our month so far! Now I'm off to spend some time with Ivey while the baby (hopefully) naps and Suzi plays at Grandma's house.


text: MSN Direct's weather, news, stocks, and entertainment info have been available on MSN Spot devices for a while now, but have been surprisingly missing from Microsoft's own cellphone devices. Not anymore. You can get now up-to-date info right on your Windows Mobile home screen direct from whatever data connection you have (Wi-Fi, 3G, EDGE). Best of all, it's free, which means that MSN Direct might be moving more towards a software service on already-connected devices, which in turn means that it might even expand to non Windows Mobile phones in the future? [MSNDirect]


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BGTG 103 - SR & Feedback (Pandemic On the Brink, Caylus Magna Carta, Patrician)
First of all, please consider bidding in my latest Geeklist auction. It ends mid-day on March 24, and has some great, unusual, and/or out-of-print games. Titles like Zoff in Buffalo, Basari (the good version!), Krieg und Frieden, and a pair of games from an original Chinese publisher & designer.
I'm back with another session report & feedback show. These episodes are usually only about some games I've played recently. However, in this one I found another common thread between all of the games discussed, which makes this sort of a themed podcast, as well. In this case, the common thread is boardgame expansions. You may have heard me say before that I generally don't care for expansions...or at least I find them unnecessary. Here are three titles played with expansions that include that reaction, but also some others. I found it interesting to consider, and I hope you enjoy listening to it.
If you want to read Jeff Myers boardgame blog Play2Relax, you can find it here. I'd forgotten about his excellent subtitle to the blog, "Play a game. You'll feel better." Be sure to share with me other recommendations for boardgame blogs, and someday I'll do a podcast about those.


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Goals for 2015
Flexibility is a crucial skill to have when making long term plans. Things never work out exactly as you would like. Last year, instead of making resolutions I made goals for myself. It was a way to be proactive with where my life was going and becoming more of the kind of person that I want to be.


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text: Are the Marc Jacobs ads with Victoria Beckham an example of everything that is wrong with fashion? Or has fashion "journalist" Liz Jones lost her sense of humor?• One more SATC analogy we don't need: HuffPo blogger calls for Obama and Clinton gals to "get on with it" (and "get it on"?). • "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" Yes, yes it is. • Encyclopedia Britannica will now allow public contribution to internet entries because nothing ruins a credible reputation like copying Wikipedia! • Valentine Vester, an English woman who helped create one of the poshest hotels in Jerusalem, dies at 96. • French truckers protest high fuel prices with "operation escargot," joining similar protests across Europe and South Korea. • $100 underpants promise to take off inches without exercise through baloney "micro massage" faux-science beauty bullshit. • Doris Day's controlling third husband may have caused the actress her sanity and was abusive to her son. • Keira Knightley's mother insists her daughter doesn't have an eating disorder, noting her actor father was much thinner than Keira was. • The birthplace of Kate Moss launches its own fashion week, celebrating with celebrity look-alikes!


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Meeting patient spiritual and emotional needs
In accordance with our hospital mission, "To provide prayerful support of the sick and dying and to enhance the sacredness of life and human dignity," the Pastoral Care Department at Little Company of Mary strives each day to meet the spiritual and emotional needs of our patients, their families, our physicians, employees, and all who encompass our daily lives here at the Hospital.
Our chaplains are available 24 hours a day to help patients and families sort through complex and emotionally devastating issues such as loss, crisis, helplessness, pain and suffering, with care and compassion. Our chaplains offer gentle guidance and support on "End of Life" decisions, while preserving the respect and dignity of each and every patient.
Our Catholic patients are able to view 3:30 p.m. Mass - Monday through Friday from their room, and are offered daily Communion as well as the opportunity to receive other sacraments such as Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick.
We are here to pray for you, with you and to offer a pastoral presence during your stay. With your prior approval, clergy from all denominations are welcome to visit members of their congregation.
The Hospital's Core Values are as much a part of our Pastoral Care Services as is our Hospital Mission. The Core Values of Professionalism, Compassion, Quality, Responsibility, and Safety become intricately intertwined in our daily presence to all we serve. The Pastoral Care Staff is committed to offer their services in a highly professional and compassionate manner with compassion always being at the forefront of our ministry. We are here to meet the emotional needs, as well as enhance the spiritual life of all entrusted in our care. Our support is diversified in order to meet the complex needs of all those we serve. We offer bereavement support groups for those suffering the loss of a loved one. For our fellow employees and physicians, we are here to help celebrate joyous times such as departmental blessings and special masses as well as offering comfort during difficult times.
We extend the gentleness of our hand and open our hearts to those who are dying and alone. Our staff considers it not only our responsibility, but our privilege to reach out to our surrounding communities who are in need. We work side by side with the Mission and Cultural Awareness Committee on projects such as the Mary Potter Shelter Days, offering hope for people and families in need. We present educational classes on Advance Directives to ensure a complete understanding of what Advance Directives are, enabling you to make an informed decision on your End of Life care. You can be confident that the Pastoral Care Department is committed to ensuring that we have met or exceeded all your Pastoral Care needs.
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Gut Candy helps condition the digestive tract while also providing critical bacteria, enzymes, and microflora for optimal digestion. Helps you gain a show ring advantage by allowing you to push them harder, hold them better, and get them dialed in at just the right time. Hogs 2-3 oz./day; sheep/goats 1-2 oz./day; cattle 3-4 oz./day.
Gut Candy for Livestockby Precision Feed Technologies
Attitude Adjustment is a paste product that will help settle the effects of stress an animal undergoes during every part of the Stock Show experience: sale prep, breaking to show, grooming/clipping, hauling, etc., allowing the animal and showman to concentrate on the task at hand and to work together without any lethargic appearance. All natural, drug free, and contains no banned substances. In order to relieve stress and make the animal more manageable administer as follows: * Sheep and Goats: give 15-20 cc approximately 1 hour prior to show. * Cattle and Hogs: give 30-40 cc approximately 1 hour prior to show.
Attitude Adjustment Paste for Livestockby Stock Show Secrets
Focus Oral Calming Liquid keeps show animals calm and focused without the risk of drowsiness. Contains a blend of natural ingredients that provide a calming effect and take the edge off unruly animals during times of stress. Feed Focus Oral Calming Liquid 1-2 hours before time of activity. Administer by mouth or mix with a minimal amount of feed. Give cattle 15-30 ml; swine 10-15 ml; sheep and goats 5-10 ml. Benefits will last approximately 12 hours. Repeat as necessary. Contains thiamine. Contains 25 mg thiamine per ml. No withdrawal requirements.
Focus Oral Calming Liquid for Livestockby Shobert's Feed SupplementsAs low as:$42.50
GLU-Coat Sheep/Goat formula combines a unique blend of sugars that can improve the palatability of feed and speed up rumen activity to improve appetite. Increased glucose levels stored in the body as fat give a fuller, softer look for the show ring. High in Omega 3 fatty acids from fish oil for healthy skin and brighter wool or hair coat. GLU-Coat Sheep/Goat also contains Cell-Rate, from the makers of Cellarator, which supports the process of cellular replication, supports the immune system, helps animals get through stressful periods, and aids in muscle and fat development. Feed sheep and goats 3 to 4 oz. per head as a topdress daily. Introduce gradually and build to desired level. Includes dispenser pump to meter out dosage. Liquid. Dispenser pump probe measures 15" long. Screw-on cap measures 2 1/2" diameter.
GLU-Coat Sheep/Goatby Natural Solutions LivestockPrice:$98.95
Dyne High Calorie Liquid Nutritional Supplement for Livestock provides maximum calories in a minimal volume for all classes of livestock. Dyne provides easy-to-feed supplement calories for animals being readied for show, as well as underweight, stressed, or recovering animals. As a supplement to other foods, Dyne for Livestock aids in weight gain, provides extra energy, and increases stamina for peak performance. Can be top dressed or mixed into grain or feed ration. Daily dosage: calves: 6 oz., cattle: 8 oz., sheep/goats: 4 1/2 oz.; piglets: 1 tsp per 5 lbs. body weight; swine: 4 1/2 oz. Vanilla flavor.
Dyne High Calorie Liquid for Livestockby Pet-AgAs low as:$16.49
An all-natural joint action formula with cetyl-myristoleate to provide relief from painful joints. Enhances motion and flexibility in show animals without the use of prohibited substances. Molasses flavored for superior intake.
Natural Stride with Cetyl Myristoleate for Livestockby Natural Solutions LivestockAs low as:$82.00
Sta-Sound Fix A Stride is a joint supplement for show livestock, including cattle, goats, sheep and pigs. Sta-Sound Fix A Stride improves range of motion and flexibility, while reducing inflammation and joint pain. Contains 5000 mg MSM, 5000 mg glucosamine sulfate, 2500 mg yucca, 1200 mg chondroitin sulfate and 1000 mg vitamin C. Feed approximately 1 oz. per 1000 lbs. daily. Powder.
Sta-Sound Fix A Stride for Show Livestockby Sta-NaturalAs low as:$85.00
For those show animals that need better hair, step to the front of the line with Big Wig! A vitamin and mineral supplement for hair growth in cattle, goats, and sheep, Big Wig is a one-of-a-kind product that does not contain melatonin. As a result, they won't ever 'shuck' their fluff. Big Wig works on a cellular level to give the animal the extra look that judges and fitters will love. Drug free and contains no banned substances. * Sheep and Goats: Feed 1 oz. per day * Cattle: Feed 2 oz. per day
Big Wig for Livestockby Stock Show SecretsPrice:$160.00
Essential Liquid Composure, a vitamin/mineral supplement for all species, is formulated to provide a calming effect to the nervous system. Stimulates the production of a hormone that helps start the sleep cycle, causing animals to relax. Helps your animal overcome anxiety from stressful situations, including showing and transporting. Essential Composure contains thiamine, tryptophan, and magnesium. Feeding Directions: Provide 2 hours before the show or as needed. Cattle: 15 to 30 ml, Pigs: 10 to 15 ml, Sheep and Goats: 5 to 10 ml.
Essential Liquid Composure for Livestockby Essential Show FeedsAs low as:$28.45
Time tested and banner approved. A feed supplement containing live micro-organisms for direct feeding to cattle, goats, sheep, and hogs to help improve show ring appearance. Use it as a drench or to supplement a reduction in feed to control bellies. Drug free and contains no banned substances. * Sheep and Goats: offer 2-4 oz. powder daily in the feed ration to supplement diet. For a drench: mix 2-4 oz. powder per quart of water * Cattle and Hogs: offer 4-8 oz. powder daily in the feed ration to supplement diet. For a drench: mix 8 oz. powder per 2 gallons of water
Gold Dust Powder for Livestockby Stock Show SecretsPrice:$15.99
Vindicator promotes a strong immune system and a healthy respiratory system. While lambs and goats may eventually recover from a cough, pneumonia, or even a toxic substance, their likelihood of winning is greatly reduced. Vindicator boosts the immune system and removes toxins using zeolite technology. Vindicator also produces a tight hide at show time and uses proven technology to protect against water belly and urinary calculi in wethers and non-castrated males. Vindicator contains 19.5% crude protein and 7% crude fiber from grain products, plant proteins, dried potato products, calcium, vitamin E, vitamin D3, wheat germ meal, and dried brewers yeast. Feed goats and sheep 3 oz. per head daily. Pellets.
Vindicator Pellets for Goats & Sheepby Oxy-GenPrice:$110.00
Stop! Fungus Pellets for Livestock help stop fungus both inside and out! Stop! Fungus is a highly palatable formula for cattle, lambs, and goats containing unique ingredients. This feed-grade supplement utilizes the anti-fungal properties of black walnut oil and organic iodine to help fight fungus both inside and out. Stop! Fungus Pellets contain plant protein by-products, alfalfa, vegetable oil, ethylenediamine dihydriodide (EDDI), sodium chloride, dried cane molasses, magnesium chloride, and hulls. All-natural and drug free. Cattle up to 300 lbs. feed 2 oz daily; 300-799 lbs. feed 3 oz daily; over 700 lbs. feed 4 oz daily. Goats and lambs under 60 lbs. feed 1/2 oz daily; over 60 lbs. feed 1 oz daily. Pellets.
Stop! Fungus Pellets for Livestockby Oxy-GenPrice:$59.00
Time tested and banner approved. A feed supplement containing live micro-organisms for direct feeding to cattle, goats, sheep, and hogs to help improve show ring appearance. Use it as a drench or to supplement a reduction in feed to control bellies. Drug free and contains no banned substances. * Sheep and Goats: offer 2-4 oz. powder daily in the feed ration to supplement diet. For a drench: mix 2-4 oz. powder per quart of water * Cattle and Hogs: offer 4-8 oz. powder daily in the feed ration to supplement diet. For a drench: mix 8 oz. powder per 2 gallons of water
Gold Dust Powder for Livestockby Stock Show Secrets
Oxy-Explosion PLUS is a technically advanced feed supplement that combines the best traits of many supplements into one complete nutritional package. Oxy-Explosion PLUS contains Omega-6 and Omega-3 fatty acids for improved health, disease prevention, reduced inflammation, and improved hair coats. Contains vitamins C and B12 to help combat stress, support the immune system, and help with lung function. It also improves muscle and bone development, feed utilization, and creates more aggressive appetites in all livestock. Feed 1/2 oz. per day to cattle, swine, sheep, horses, and goats. Powder.
Oxy-Explosion PLUS Livestock Supplementby JDK ProductsAs low as:$44.50
Swell is a highly digestible show day supplement for all classes of beef cattle, goats, sheep, and swine. Gives animals the show day fill, bulk, and expansion necessary to set them apart from the rest. Helps to maximize hydration and density while holding a steady weight and maintaining a fresh look. Powder.
Swell for Show Livestockby Show-RitePrice:$67.50
Essential Keep'n On was developed to provide body fill and high energy to show animals. Essential Keep'n On creates extra body fill without extra weight. Provides the same fill appearance as 8 lbs. of water at only 1/16 the weight. Essential Keep'n on provides 12 vitamins, 9 minerals and electrolytes for muscle "pop", energy and stamina. Use as a drench or top dress. Feed cattle two bottles 2 hours before and two bottles 15 minutes before show. Feed swine one bottle 2 hours before and one bottle 15 minutes before show. Feed sheep and goats 1/2 bottle 2 hours before and 1/2 bottle 15 minutes before show.
Essential Keep'n On High Energy Show Supplement for Pigs, Goats, Sheep & Cattleby Essential Show FeedsPrice:$5.95
Home Stretch promotes vigor, bloom, shine and faster weight gain to finish your lambs and goats. Helps to give wethers a competitive show finish. Increases muscle mass and helps achieve superior show condition. Gives show wethers a better "handle". Home Stretch combines several Oxy-Gen technologies with cutting edge nutrition. A safe, natural, and drug-free alternative that won't test at shows. Home Stretch is designed to finish your lambs and goats in the final weeks leading up to show or sale. Feed 4 oz. daily for the last 20-30 days before show. Pellets.
Home Stretch Lamb and Goat Show Supplementby Oxy-GenPrice:$75.00
Show Bloom Livestock Conditioner & Supplement is an all-natural nutritional formula for improved animal health. Proven to create a shiny, healthier coat, healthy skin and improved hoof condition. Increases feed intake and utilization. Aids muscle development and firmness. Helps animals reach their full genetic potential. ShowBloom contains a balance of high quality protein along with vitamins A, C, D, and E in a brewer's dried yeast base. Rich in essential amino acids. May be fed to all animals including cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, rabbits, and other small livestock. Feed 8 oz. per day for cattle and horses, 3 oz. for sheep and goats, 4 oz. for swine and 1 oz. for other small livestock.
Show Bloom Livestock Conditioner & Supplementby F L Emmert CoAs low as:$37.95
DED HED is designed to be an affordable "every day feed supplement" version of Attitude Adjustment for cattle, goats, sheep, and hogs. To help reduce the effects of stress and digestive issues associated with a high grain diet. Ideal for those tightly wound, high-strung genetics that make great show animals. This product is not a replacement for show day use of Attitude Adjustment, but it is designed to be safely fed for long periods of time while continually making the animal more manageable. Drug free and contains no banned substances. * Sheep and Goats: Feed 2-3 ounces in the morning * Hogs: Feed 2-4 ounces in the morning * Cattle: Feed 3-5 ounces in the morning
DED HED for Show Stockby Stock Show Secrets
A 90% fat liquid supplement that improves energy levels and feed consumption making for a smoother looking animal. Has a fruity flavor that animals like. 16 oz. of Golden Flo is equal to the energy of 2.5 lbs. of corn. Top dress 6-8 oz. per day for cattle and 3-4 oz. per day for lambs and pigs.
Golden Floby Sullivan SupplyPrice:$129.95
Crusade is an electrolyte drench designed to get maximum results with a minimal amount of water. Refreshes show cattle, swine, sheep, and goats. Delivers superior bloom, muscling, and "pop." Crusade quickly re-hydrates animals and provides essential electrolytes which are critical to performance. It delivers probiotics for improved digestion and maximum nutrient absorption, and niacin to improved appetite and help minimize the effects of heat and stress. Crusade is dye free, so it won't stain your animal's wool or hair coat, and it won't stain your clothing. Mix 2 to 5 ounces of Crusade per gallon of water or top dress onto feed. Powder.
Crusade Electrolyte Drench for Livestockby Oxy-GenPrice:$48.00
Bloom-n-Secret has amino acids and proprietary ingredients that super hydrate and expand the muscle of your show animal for a fresh appearance. Administer one full tube 8-12 hours prior to showing; works in sheep, goats, swine, or cattle. Allow animal to drink as much water as they will consume.
Bloom-n-Secret for Livestockby Sullivan SupplyPrice:$21.95
Show Shake supplies a concentrated source of energy, protein, fiber, electrolytes and vitamins needed in times of stress. Nutrient source for all classes of sheep, cattle hogs and goats. Mix 3 ounces of powdered Show Shake to 5 ounces of water, shake and drench your animal. It's that simple. This product is completely natural.
Show Shake for Sheep, Cattle, Hogs & Goatsby SFI Show FeedsPrice:$39.50
For cattle, goats, sheep, and swine. 3 Hrs Out is an easy-to-use, one-dose administration and gets amazing results. Give the entire 15cc tube, one time, 3 hours before they go into the show ring. 3 Hrs Out contains electrolytes and several innovative ingredients to help the animal metabolize energies and express muscle shape to give a one-of-a-kind look that will impress the judges. Drug free and contains no banned substances. 3 Hrs Out is a must have for every showbox!
3 Hrs Out Paste for Livestockby Stock Show SecretsPrice:$15.99
Essential Uni4M is a highly palatable fat and energy supplement for cattle, horses, swine, sheep, and goats. Puts a more uniform cover on show animals. Essential Uni4M contains 50% crude fat, plus lysine and vitamins A, C, D, and E. Feed orally or top dress on feed. Cattle and horses 3 oz. twice daily; calves 2 oz. twice daily; swine, sheep, and goats 1-2 oz. twice daily. Liquid.
Uni4M Fat & Energy Supplement for Show Animalsby Essential Show FeedsPrice:$43.99
Essential Double Dip improves the appetite of show livestock. Irresistible ice cream flavor increases the appetite and helps get animals up and eating. Helps increase weight gain and improve cover. Essential Double Dip may be fed to cattle, swine, sheep, and goats. Mix 1 packet per 1/2 gallon water. Feed 20 oz. solution twice daily.
Double Dip for Show Pigs, Lambs, Goats & Cattleby Essential Show FeedsPrice:$5.99
Fitters Secret Egg Drench is based on the popular "home-made" egg drench, but without the mess and storage issues. A fantastic pre-show drench to produce a firm but fresh feel to the animal's top line. Helps maintain pop and bloom on young animals prior to sale. May be used as a nutrient replacement when reducing feed to hold or reduce weight. Fitters Secret Egg Drench is for growing beef cattle, pigs, lambs, and goats. 1.8 lb. size makes 2 gallons solution.
Egg Drench Made Simple for Beef, Lambs, Goats and Pigsby Fitter's SecretPrice:$48.39
Essential Soft Silk increases cover and hair shine in all species of show animals. Combines vegetable fats, Omega 3 fatty acids, and vitamin E to improve the shine and health of the animal's skin and coat. Soft Silk can also be fed to show pigs while holding the pig's daily weight gain to maintain muscle expression. Essential Soft Silk is cherry flavored for palatability and increased feed consumption. Feed 2 to 3 oz. per head daily. Soft Silk can be fed to all species of show animals, including cattle, swine, sheep, goats and horses. Liquid.
Essential Soft Silkby Essential Show FeedsPrice:$25.99
Firewater Energy and Electrolytes was developed for exhibition swine, cattle, sheep and goats. Firewater provides a concentrated source of electrolytes and energy when needed, especially while showing and shipping. Cattle: Add 4 heaping scoops (approx 12 oz) to 1/2 - 1 gallon water. Swine, sheep and goats: Add 2 heaping scoops to 18 - 24 oz water. Administer by drenching or top dressing on feed. Powder.
Firewater Energy and Electrolytes for Swine, Cattle, Sheep & Goatsby Firewater FeedsPrice:$34.50
Sure Champ Extreme w/Climate Control is a pelleted, daily supplement with the Amaferm advantage for show livestock that can be top dressed or mixed in the ration to promote appetite and digestive health. Includes ingredients designed to help support animals during extreme temperatures and support hoof and coat care. Also contains garlic, a natural insect repellent. A nutritional supplement for beef cattle, swine, sheep, and goats. Pellets.
Sure Champ Extreme w/Climate Control for Livestockby BiozymePrice:$74.50
Sheep SHAG helps create luxurious, show-winning wool, even on legs! One-of-a-kind formula will grow wool, even in the hottest weather. Complete supplement blend contains Oxy-Gen to improve muscling and overall health, and Stop! Fungus to help stop ringworm and fungus before they become a problem. All-natural formula. Feed 1 oz. daily to sheep over 60 lbs; 1/2 oz. daily to sheep under 60 lbs. Pellets.
Sheep SHAGby Oxy-GenPrice:$91.95
Restore Pro is a performance electrolyte with proteins for muscle development, prebiotics and probiotics for gut health, support for immune system, blood, and tissues, and vitamins B1, B2, B3, C, D3, and E. For all species of livestock. * Hydrating muscle definition * Gut health * Increase fluid intake * Energy * Enticing flavor
Restore Pro for Livestockby Sullivan SupplyAs low as:$7.95
Mor-Pow "RRR" is a combination of high energy products that are absorbed rapidly into show animals. Quickly restores fluid to the muscle tissue, promoting overall freshness and a more defined muscle appearance. Top dress, drench or add to water. Mix 3 to 5 oz. with 8 to 16 oz. water. Give every 2 hours for 6-12 hours prior to show. For all species except dairy cattle.
Mor-Pow "RRR" for Show Animalsby Winning EnterprisesPrice:$58.50
Hide and Hair for Sheep and Goats encourages hair growth and skin health. Contains kelp and seaweed, which has been shown to help lower body temperatures. Feed 60 - 120 days before showing, with optimal results at 90+ days. Feed 2 oz. per head daily. Pellets.
Hide and Hair for Sheep and Goatsby Natural Solutions LivestockPrice:$49.95
Exhale can be used as an aide for animals facing temporary respiratory challenges. Exhale opens airways and allows animals to breathe easier and perform with greater stamina and endurance. Approved for use in cattle, sheep, goats, and swine. No withdrawal for meat animals. Apply 2 ml per 100 lbs. of body weight at the back of your livestock's tongue. Exhale can be given up to two times a day during show or for general respiratory support throughout the growing phase.
Exhale for Livestockby Show-RitePrice:$26.50
Healthy Coat Show Formula is a rich source of essential fatty acids and vitamins to improve skin and coat conditions, performance and overall health. All-natural feed supplement includes Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids, vitamin E, vitamin B12, niacin, biotin, and lecithin. Healthy Coat Show Formula is an easily digestible source of nutrients for energy, performance, stamina and strength. Introduce gradually with feed each day. Steers: 2 to 4 oz. Goats and sheep: 3/4 to 1 1/2 oz. Pigs: 1/2 to 2 oz. To obtain maximum response for difficult skin and coat needs, higher levels may be fed.
Healthy Coat Show Formula for Livestockby Healthy CoatPrice:$27.99
Feminine shape and freshness throughout the front end of your show lamb means ultimate success or failure in the show ring today. The superior science of Fresh & Feminine features a combination of strategic vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and protein sources. This chemistry supports metabolic fat burning that targets specific areas of the body to reduce fat content, most notably in the neck and chest area. As a result, your show lamb has a more feminine, attractive physique. This helps to offset the results seen from aggressive, high energy show lamb diets. Safe for market and breeding animals. Top dress one (15 g) scoop twice daily.
Fresh & Feminine for Show Lambsby Sullivan SupplyPrice:$96.50
Crave is a unique blend of all-natural ingredients used to neutralize acidity caused by stress, weaning, hauling, vaccinating, and show day. * Develops a healthier digestive system * Increases appetite * Promotes water intake. Give Crave orally once daily during times of stress: cattle 20 ml, yearling calves 15 ml, swine 10 ml, sheep 5 ml, lambs 2.5 ml. Liquid.
Stierwalt Crave Appetite Booster for Livestockby Stierwalt CraveAs low as:$12.99
Gut Candy helps condition the digestive tract while also providing critical bacteria, enzymes, and microflora for optimal digestion. Helps you gain a show ring advantage by allowing you to push them harder, hold them better, and get them dialed in at just the right time. Hogs 30-60 cc/day; sheep/goats 20-40cc/day; cattle 30-60cc/day.
Gut Candy for Livestockby Precision Feed Technologies
Sure Champ Climate Control Paste helps show livestock handle heat stress. Lowers the animal's body temperature in a safe, fast, and natural way. Climate Control Paste contains the natural prebiotic Amaferm, research-proven to lower body temperature, and Capsaicin to help maintain circulation, supporting the animal's performance during heat stress. Also includes garlic, a natural insect repellent. Feeding directions: Beef cattle: 10 - 15 ml. Sheep, goats, and swine: 5 - 10 ml. Feed 5 -7 days prior to leaving for the show through return from the show.
Sure Champ Climate Control Paste for Show Livestockby BiozymePrice:$17.49
Protein, vitamin, and mineral supplement for show sheep and goats. For best results, feed 60 - 100 days prior to show. Feed 1 scoop twice daily. Pellets.
Essential Touch Tone for Sheep and Goatsby Essential Show FeedsPrice:$69.95
Time tested and banner approved. A feed supplement containing live micro-organisms for direct feeding to cattle, goats, sheep, and hogs to help improve show ring appearance. Use it as a drench or to supplement a reduction in feed to control bellies. Drug free and contains no banned substances. * Sheep and Goats: Give 20-40 cc twice daily or as needed. * Cattle and Hogs: Give 40-80 cc twice daily or as needed.
Gold Dust Paste for Livestockby Stock Show Secrets
Immunize is formulated to help protect show livestock against disease. Immunize Pellets speed healing, boost the immune system, and fight both viral and bacterial infections. The formula is based on an antioxidant biotechnology using beta-glucans, a term used to refer to a class of soluble fibers found in many plant sources. Beta-glucans can have a positive effect on the immune, cardiovascular, and digestive systems, and have been hailed for their virus-fighting and healing capabilities. Immunize Pellets contain 18.5% crude fat and 4% crude fiber from grain, plant, forage, and roughage products, brewer's dried yeast, wheat germ meal, vitamin E, L-lysine, L-arginine, dl-arginine, and yeast extract. Safe, all-natural and drug free. Immunize Naturally Pellets are for cattle, horses, swine, sheep, and goats. Feed 1 oz. per head daily. Pellets.
Immunize for Livestockby Oxy-GenPrice:$79.00
Essential Revive is a show time electrolyte that hydrates muscle cells just before showing. Gives the muscles "pop", keeps the animal looking fresh, and improves expression. Keeps your animal drinking and hydrated to protect against stress. Essential Revive is for cattle, swine, sheep, and goats. Mix 2 oz. per quart of water. Powder.
Essential Revive Electrolyte for Show Animalsby Essential Show FeedsAs low as:$4.99
Essential Body Builder for Show Lambs is designed to increase rack size, provide muscle definition, increase bloom, and put on more shine. High levels of Omega 3 fatty acids and an advanced, balanced electrolyte system. Essential Body Builder includes soybean meal, flax seed, balanced electrolytes, brewers yeast, Albion chelated minerals, and more. Feed 1/2 scoop per head daily. Pellets.
Essential Body Builder Top-Dress for Show Lambsby Essential Show FeedsPrice:$41.49
Essential Voltage is a supplement that promotes feed and water consumption in times of stress in all classes of pigs, sheep, goats, and cattle. Loaded with vitamins and minerals to aid in quick recovery and Amaferm prebiotic to support the immune system. Paste. Feeding Directions: Cattle under 300 lbs. - 10 ml Cattle over 300 lbs. - 15 ml Pigs, sheep, and goats: 5 ml for younger animals and 10 ml for older animals
Essential Voltage for Livestockby Essential Show FeedsAs low as:$10.95
Sullivan's Show Road Supercharge B12 Paste is a balance of Vitamin B12, plus other essential vitamins and live, naturally occurring microorganisms to boost energy levels and fight fatigue in livestock during times of stress. Will help livestock that get run down while on the road, after travel, or weigh in. Give cattle 10-15 cc, horses 10 cc, swine 5-10 cc, sheep and goats 5 cc. Administer daily, or every 12 hours as needed.
Sullivan's Show Road Supercharge B12 Pasteby Sullivan SupplyPrice:$17.50
* Now with COB * A highly palatable Orchard and Timothy blend forage source for cattle, lambs, and goats * Added molasses to enhance feed and water intake Feed 1/2 lb. per 100 lbs. of body weight, along with usual daily feed ration to improve fill in the animal. Forage.
2 The Fullest Body Fill for Livestockby Sunglo FeedsPrice:$29.50
Essential Express O is a concentrated muscle builder designed to put muscle on the top, hindquarters, and chest of show livestock. For best results, use for 45-60 days prior to show. Express O can be used on show livestock without the fear of structural damage, such as tight tendons, stiffness, or hoof cracking. Express O may be fed to cattle, swine, sheep, and goats. Pump dispenser provides approximately 1.5 cc per pump. Liquid.
Essential Express O for Swine, Goat, Sheep & Cattleby Essential Show FeedsPrice:$55.99
Essential Composure for Sheep and Goats is formulated to provide a calming effect to the nervous system. Stimulates the production of a hormone that helps start the sleep cycle, causing animals to relax. Helps your animal overcome anxiety from stressful situations, including showing and transporting. Essential Composure contains thiamine, tryptophan, and magnesium. Feed 10 cc per lamb or goat. May repeat dosage in 4 hours, as needed. Paste.
Essential Composure for Sheep and Goatsby Essential Show FeedsPrice:$10.39
Sullivan's Alert is a caffeine and ginseng instant energy paste for cattle. Perfect for stubborn, lethargic and dead-headed cattle that act too tame and have no mo-jo. Sullivan's Alert is designed to perk up their metabolism, much like your morning coffee or energy drink does for you. Natural ingredients. Drug-free.
Sullivan's Alert Energy Paste for Livestockby Sullivan SupplyPrice:$16.50
Cir-Q-Late Pellets give show livestock a more competitive look. Visible results in 48 hours! Cir-Q-Late actively improves blood flow and increases circulation to improve the distribution of nutrients. All-natural formula combines select proteins with the original Oxy-Gen formula. Safe, natural, and drug free. Cir-Q-Late is for cattle, swine, sheep and goats. Feed cattle and swine 3 oz. per head daily; sheep and goats 1 1/2 oz. per head daily.
Cir-Q-Late for Livestock & Horsesby Oxy-GenPrice:$89.95
A calming aid for showing all classes of sheep. Not a drug, so there is no withdrawal period. One tube treats 1000 lbs of animal weight.
Show Sheep Pasteby Sullivan SupplyPrice:$15.18
Essential Pump It Up is used to prevent or correct travel shrink and to show maximum muscle expression in cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs. Contains amino acids, minerals, and electrolytes. Provide 2 to 5 quarts over 36-48 hour period prior to show.
Essential Pump It Up for Show Livestockby Essential Show FeedsPrice:$47.08
ShowFresH2O is a water treatment for show livestock that eliminates chlorine odor from municipal show water. In many cases, show animals traveling from the farm to the show will drink less water than they need. One reason for this is that city water smells and tastes different from their home, partially due to chlorine added for bacterial control. Animals that will not drink the city water can risk dehydration and poor performance. ShowFresH20 water treatment quickly and easily eliminates free chlorine and related odor from municipal drinking water on-site, helping animals stay hydrated and performance-ready. Each bottle can treat 160 gallons of chlorinated water (4ppm). Add 1/2 ounce of ShowFresH20 per 5 gallons of drinking water.
Show FresH2O for Show Livestockby Swamp Fox InnovationsPrice:$24.99
12 O'Clock gets your animal bulkier looking while maintaining shape and expression. It adds body, bulk, and promotes a bold, shapely top. Feeding Directions: Swine: Top-dress 4-8 oz. per head daily. Sheep & Goats: Top-dress or drench 2-6 oz. per head daily. Cattle: Top-dress or drench 6-16 oz. per head daily.
12 O'Clock for Livestockby Essential Show FeedsPrice:$51.95
Pure Grit is a premier electrolyte supplement that is designed to offer ultimate hydration and definition to the muscles, and with its homogenized and pasteurized formula it contains live micro-organisms that keep the stomach healthy. Safe to use on market, breeding, and show animals. Top dress or mix with water. Powder.
Sullivan's Pure Grit for Livestockby Sullivan SupplyPrice:$14.95


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Eldeib earned his first Junior Olympics medal (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
PORTLAND, Ore. – Alexander Eldeib and Stephen Mageras of the No. 6 Harvard men's fencing team captured their first Junior Olympics medal this weekend as the Crimson freshmen took home gold and silver, respectively. The No. 3 Harvard women's fencing team was also represented at the event as sophomore Nina van Loon earned her spot on the U.S. Junior epee team.
Eldeib sat on top of the podium after posting a 5-1 record in pools. The 14th-seeded Burke, Va., local, drew a bye into the table of 256 in the ranking rounds. The epeeist defeated Vikram Aggarwal, 15-3, Cole Mallette, 15-9 and Gary north, 15-10, to reach the round of 16. In the quarterfinals, he upset seventh-ranked Nicholas Hanahan, 15-8, before downing fellow 14-seed Anton Piskovatskov, 15-8 to reach the gold medal bout where he faced Matthew McGrath. Eldeib went on to take home the gold with a 15-10 victory over McGrath.
Mageras also impressed at the Juniro Olympics as he fenced to an unbeaten 6-0 record in pool play to rank sixth headed into the medal table. After receiving a bye in the table of 256 the Darien, Conn., native downed Gianni Natale, 15-5, Nick Itkin, 15-4, and Andrew Cornman, 15-6, to reach the quarterfinals. Mageras upset the tables top seed, William Upbin, 15-8, to move onto the semis where he met and defeated George Haglund, 15-4. In the gold medal round, the foil fencer could not surpass Axel Kiefer, as Mageras fell, 15-9, to claim the silver.
Van Loon, who hails from Boulder, Colo., entered the ranking round ranked sixth after recording a perfect 6-0 mark in pools. The epeeist could not continue her winning momentum into elimination play, as she fell to Celine Shanosky, 15-10, in the round of 128. With her 65th-place finish overall, van Loon secured her spot on the U.S. Junior Epee Team.
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Team Swarm! met up with some of the Dock Riders today for some fast, flat miles on PCH. Ended up rolling 9 deep. Caught another group from Santa Monica to Pepperdine and suddenly almost 20 of us were cruising along the coast at 24 MPH until we dropped them all on the climb (I think commuters have a real advantage in climbing. Or something!). There was only a 30% chance of rain, but it rained on us for most of the ride. Not so bad as the temps were in the low 50's, much warmer than two weeks ago. Has anyone else noticed that suddenly we ride with some fast people? 100 miles in 7 hours or so. This pic is from Magu Rock in Ventura County, our turn around point (thanks Jesse). Looking forward to rolling to the Death Valley double 16 deep.


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The Hay Festival 2013 in Hay-on-Wye takes place between Thursday 23 May and Sunday 2 June. For reviews, news and pictures from the event see The Telegraph's Hay Festival page, or follow the latest Hay updates on Twitter @TelegraphBooks
Tweeting from Hay? Please share your thoughts using the hashtag #HayFestival or #Hay13. We will publish a few of the best in the daily live blog.
Down in Hay? Don't forget to pick up your copy of the Hayly Telegraph, a free festival newspaper produced from the festival by The Telegraph's finest wordsmiths. Peruse a copy of yesterday's Hayly Telegraph.
Day eleven: Sunday 2 June
• Hay Festival highlights on the final day include Jonathan Dimbleby, Roy Hattersley, Cerys Matthews, Miranda Hart and Alan Davies.
• Read how Mary Beard let slip that she's to make a Caligula documentary
• Watch James Cracknell reveal why he's standing as an MEP
• Read an interview with Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo
• Roy Strong tells Hay that broadcasters discriminate against people with upper class accents
• Watch Cerys Matthews performing in the Telegraph Tent yesterday
• Read Benedict Brogan's Hay Week diary
16.38 Right folks, this is me signing off from live blog for the last time at the Telegraph Hay Festival 2013. What a wonderful eleven days we've had, thanks to the brilliant speakers and performers at this year's festival, the Telegraph Team for all their great blog input, and you guys for tweeting, commenting, and, of course, reading.
Those of you lucky enough to be here tonight can look forward to Miranda Hart (5.30pm, Barclays Pavilion), Paul Boland (5.30pm, Landmarc Stage) and Alan Davies, who'll be ringing out the festival with his first stand-up show for ten years on the Barclays Pavilion at 8.30pm.
I'll leave you with another shot of the glorious sunshine on day eleven. Drive home safely, we hope you've enjoyed the festival.
Goodbye from the Telegraph Hay Festival 2013 (Pic: Clara Molden)
16.30 Roy Hattersley turned up to delight a Hay audience with the story of the Cavendish family and the first eight Dukes of Devonshire; ancestral home - Chatsworth in Derbyshire. So why the name Devonshire, granted in the early 17th century? "I'm often asked this question and I haven't the faintest idea! Even the family doesn't know. I guess it was picked at random. The title Derbyshire had already been taken, so it was probably a random choice."
16.25 Almost ready to wind-up the blog over here (don't worry, I'll pick out some of tonight's highlights before I do). In the meantime, here's Sameer Rahim on Indian writer Vikas Swarup - the man who wrote the book behind Oscars-conquering film Slumdog Millionaire.
The Indian writer Vikas Swarup has an unusual combination of jobs: diplomat and thriller writer. Currently based in Osaka, Japan, Swarup took up writing while based in London. He wrote Q+A in two months, and later it was turned into the film Slumdog Millionaire by Danny Boyle. Though he earns more from his books now than he does from his day job, Swarup would never consider giving it up. "I need to meet people to be able to write," he said. His 13-year-old son is his keenest reader. When he finished his second book, Six Suspects, a 450-page crime book, his son proudly told him he had read every page. The father's pleasure was dimmed somewhat when he said he would reveal the identity of the murderer on his Facebook page -- unless he was bought an MP3 player.
Vikas Swarup at Telegraph Hay Festival 2013 (Pic: Jay Williams)
16.15 And here's a nice meaty report on historian Mark Urban's talk earlier on World War Two, over on the Wales Stage. Thanks to Oliver Bullough for this one.
One of the tank regiments that defeated the Afrika Korps was so disgusted by a new Commanding Officer imposed before D-Day that it refused to serve under him until he was sacked, military historian Mark Urban told the Hay Festival.
One of the rebellious N.C.O.s referred to Lieutenant-Colonel R.N.Wilson in a marginal jotting as "fat, rather short, frightened, blustery, no manners (or rather those of a pig). Almost ruined the unit but we managed". The 5th Royal Tank Regiment, given a new C.O., did indeed manage; it fought its way across Normandy, the Low Countries and Germany.
"They get a different C.O. for D-day because they did not trust this guy. This is a fascinating thing. It was a democratic army," Urban said.
He passionately argued that the British tank regiments did not deserve the often-critical attention they have received from historians, saying that once General Montgomery's officers started to methodically explain to their men what they were doing from early 1942, performance improved dramatically.
"Under these guys and these methods, being treated like intelligent grown-ups, their morale was extremely high. In the months after El-Alamein, they advanced 1,500 miles across North Africa in a few months, fantastic stuff, equal to any of the achievements of the Germans in the Blitzkrieg," he said. And that was not the end of their talents.
'These guys could find booze anywhere, and some of the others seem to suggest they could find sex anywhere, which is quite an achievement when you're in the middle of the Western Desert."
Fascinating stuff.
16.10 Here's Ed Cumming on Monty Don's 'The Road to le Tholonet' talk.
Monty Don's love of France began as a young man, where a trip taught him about smoking, drinking and vegetables, among other things. "I realised that I felt sexy," he said. His legion female admirers would argue he's never lost it. Don's new book, The Road to Le Tholonet, is a tour of French gardens, to tie in with at BBC series. Some are better than others, it seems. "Giverny is overrated," he said. "It's very pretty, but it isn't good gardening. The myth is so powerful that powerful see what they want to see. They see the paintings, rather than what's there, which I think is incoherent."
16.06 Mark Skipworth was there to see Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams discussing her life and work on the Barclays Pavilion stage earlier. Having worked tirelessly to outlaw landmines, Williams now apparently has a new target: 'killer robots'. Read a full news story here, and a snippet below:
Jody Williams, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for her international campaign to ban landmines, has a new target: the next generation of military drones she described at the Telegraph Hay Festival as "killer robots".
According to Williams, the US has used drones in Somalia, Yemen, Indonesia and Pakistan – "even though we are not at war with any of these countries". But at least the current crop of unmanned aircraft are still "piloted" by military personnel in Nevada, she explained.
The next generation – pioneered, she said, by America, Britain and South Korea – will be built and programmed to attack on land, in the air and at sea without any human "being in the loop".
15.56 Just overheard the stewards shouting "Cerys Matthews" queue is about three miles in that direction to fans. Could be a popular one at 4pm on the Barclays Pavilion, then.
15.37 And here's James Cracknell again, talking about how losing his sense of smell led to some interesting meals...
And don't forget that the Olympic gold medallist announced earlier that he would stand as an MEP.
15.28 We've got a bumper round-up of videos of James Cracknell for you, starting with this one of Mark Skipworth interviewing the former rower and his wife about his near-fatal cycling accident.
15.15 Our intrepid photographer Jay Williams has been crouching in the bushes, David Bellamy style, to capture some more Haygoers enjoying the final day.
The final day of the Telegraph Hay Festival 2013 (Pic: Jay Williams)
14.50 Our Books Editor Gaby Wood has filed a report on the talk she chaired earlier with brilliantly-named Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo and German-born writer Meike Ziervogel.
The wonderful Zimbabwean novelist NoViolet Bulawayo, who won the Caine Prize for African literature two years before her first novel was published, and whose book We Need New Names is out this week, has been lauded by writers from JM Coetzee to Edwige Danticat. She spoke this morning about AIDS, migration, and "being lucky enough to forge an existence in a country that is burning in the sun". Bulawayo is now a Fellow at Stanford University, and was asked whether, having shown the holes in the American dream, she could say there was a "Zimbabwean dream". Yes, she said, there had been one. Her generation, born after independence, was dubbed "the bornfrees" - "but unfortunately that dream has been shattered". A white Zimbabwean man in the audience stood up. Zimbabwe desperately needs a middle class, he said. "Would you ever go back?" Bulawayo explained that she would like to - "I don't quite feel that I belong where I am", and that many people consider it to be "copping out" not to be there. But she said the diaspora served a purpose back home - money was sent, artists produced work abroad and told a new story. "There are those of us who fiercely love our country," she said, "and think we can serve it best while we are alive and free." The crowd burst into spontaneous applause.
If you want to know more about NoViolet Bulawayo, take a look at Felicity Capon's interview with her - a cracking good read.
14.30 Here's a little diary update from Mark Skipworth. Hay Festival Kells will launch later this month in County Meath, Ireland, and speakers will include Germaine Greer, Owen Sheers and Jeanette Winterson. You can find details here.
Over Guinness cheese, bacon jam and Irish cream liqueur, Peter Florence and the rest of the Hay Festival team staged a mid-morning party to celebrate the launch of their inaugural event at Kells in Ireland, to be held at the end of the month.
Lisa Dwan, in Hay after her successful one-woman show in Samuel Beckett's Not I at London's Royal Court theatre, revealed she would be performing the play again at Kells. "It's the Irish premiere and I'm immensely proud to be taking it home," she said.
Dwan made headlines at the Royal Court after bringing the running time of the "motormouth" play down from 14 minutes - notched up by Beckett's muse Billie Whitelaw, who tutored the Irish actress - to just nine minutes. Will she be aiming to break her record at Kells? In a word: "No!" she said, emphatically.
14.20 Time for a few of your Tweets on today's Hay Festival...
14.00 Sameer Rahim has been busy today - here's his latest update, from a talk by Abigail Brundin on the Landmarc 100 Stage this morning.
For a Milanese noblewoman in the 16th century, a nunnery was the only option for the unmarried -- 75 per cent of female aristocrats took holy orders. They could be fairly congenial places, though, according to Abigail Brundin, a Cambridge academic. You could have your sisters and aunts there, you could be literate, and you would have a much better chance of surviving your childbearing years. One nun even had a trombone.
The 1563 Council of Trent cracked down on nunnery's laxness, and after then they became more difficult places to live. A remarkable nun called Arcangela Tarabotti wrote a book called L'inferno monacale (The Hellish Convent) which cataloged her privations: the monotony of life and the lack of freedom. Her salvation was writing: "Only an inked pen can lessen my pain," she wrote.
13.40 It's another glorious sunny day at Hay. What a lovely way for the festival to finish. Here are some festivalgoers enjoying the sun.
(Pic: Clara Molden)
13.22 Robert Colvile saw Prof John Mullan's talk, 'What Matters In Jane Austen', this morning, and has compiled a little quiz for us. Here it is.
Fancy yourself a Jane Austen expert? See how many of these questions you can answer from Professor John Mullan's talk in the Barclays Pavilion this
1) At what age, according to Marianne Dashwood, can a woman never hope to feel or inspire affection again?
2) Who is the only wife in Austen to call her husband by his first name?
3) In which London suburb does 'everything bad in Mansfield Park' happen or begin?
4) Who is the only woman in 18th and 19th century literature to have pre-marital sex 'without being killed, becoming a prostitute or being sent to Australia'?
5) Who are the only couple in Austen to blush simultaneously, and when?
(Answers: 27, Mary Musgrove in Persuasion, Twickenham, Lydia Bennet,
Elizabeth and Darcy on bumping into each other at Pemberley)
Let us know how you got on!
13.00 An update from Martin Chilton here, on singer-songwriter Pete Roe.
Pete Roe was singing tracks from his impressive debut album Our Beloved Bubble in the Sky Arts Den. He showed the crowd, relaxing on some rather comfortable-looking giant purple beanbags, his old guitar. Roe, who plays Glastonbury later this month, said: "It's looking a bit old now. It's been dropped, burnt by a light bulb and cracked. It's held together by carpet glue . . . come and buy a CD and help me buy a new one."
You can also read a review of Pete Roe's Our Beloved Bubble by Martin.
12.40 Scottish-born writer Lisa O'Donnell scooped the Commonwealth Writers Prize (and a check for £10,000) earlier this week for her novel The Death of Bees. Our man Ed Cumming caught up with her after the win. You can read his full interview here.
See below for a snippetfrom the interview, and a bit about the book.
It's true that in parts The Death of Bees has a cinematic quality. Alternately bleak and hilarious, it is a coming-of-age story about Marnie and Nelly, two sisters abandoned in their Glasgow housing estate. It is narrated by each of them in the first person, and also by their elderly neighbour, Lennie. On page 11 the girls' mother, Izzy, finds their father, Gene, dead and hangs herself with grief.
"I know from Hollywood that you have to tell the story in the first twenty minutes or you lose your audience," says O'Donnell. "I wanted to start with a bang."
Marnie is the elder sister, and her voice is a beguiling mixture of naivety and bravado. She smokes and drinks and takes drugs, but doesn't realise how vulnerable she is as she tries to plough on without anyone to look after her. Nelly, the younger sister, plays the violin and speaks like a Jane Austen character. Against the bleak backdrop, she starts out as comic relief, but her innocence can't survive the trials of life without parents.
"I wasn't Marnie growing up, but I knew Marnies," she says. "I saw the kind of drinking, the sex, the drug-taking that goes on. It's even worse for children now."
12.28 Another update from Sameer Rahim, who saw my mate Jeremy Irons reading TS Eliot's The Four Quartets last night.
It's quite a challenge to get an audience to listen to a full reading of TS Eliot's Four Quartets. Dense, mystical and and elliptical, the poems are a 20th-century masterpiece. Jeremy Irons read with admirable restraint, dramatising when needed, but in general letting the words speak for themselves. (His panama hat was possibly a touch too far though.) He coped manfully with the noise from the band setting up next door, and a few people who walked out, who clearly had come to the see the actor rather than the poem. By the end everyone gave him a standing ovation.
12.15 Martin Chilton saw Caroline Shenton's fascinating talk this morning about her book, The Day Parliament Burned Down. Here's his report:
Caroline Shenton was talking about her award-winning book The Day Parliament Burned Down (on October 6, 1834). Among the treasures lost were some beautiful medieval friezes. Shenton said the designs for rebuilt Parliament ruled out any "filthy Continental models" and they favoured the Gothic design that exists today. To show that nothing really changes, the rebuild was expected to last six or seven years but actually took 24 years and came in costing £2.5million (a billion in modern dosh), having been budgeted at £750,000.
Caroline Shenton at the Telegraph Hay Festival 2013 (Pic: Clara Molden)
12.00 The tireless Ed Cumming has checked in with this report from Californian foodie Michael Pollan's talk last night.
Michael Pollan, the American food writer, was on excellent form last night talking about consumption and cooking. His new book, Cooked, is a history of food preparation. He argued that cooking is what let apes have smaller stomachs and bigger brains. "Raw food takes a lot of chewing. The reason that chimps don't have time to hunt or write operas is that they have to spend a lot of time chewing." He went on to attack food business, comparing it to the tobacco industry in the pernicious effect it has on public health. "Corporations are lousy cooks. They use the cheapest ingredients they can, and then add salt, sugar and additives to disguise the fact. Also TV advertising tells you that if you have time to cook you're some kind of loser. It wants you to think that your life should only exist of work and leisure, with leisure always an opportunity for consumption. We spend more time watching cookery programmes than we do actually cooking, which has to be wrong."
In America, he added, the food lobbying made it very difficult to get anything done. "Our Congress is bought and paid for by big food. Michelle Obama started out strongly, with an organic garden in the White House, but then she entered into conversations with these companies, and that legitimises processed food."
11.46 Here's Jonathan Dimbleby looking animated during his talk on The Road to El Alamein earlier today.
Jonathan Dimbleby at the Telegraph Hay Festival 2013 (Pic: Jay Williams)
11.38 And here's yet more from Sameer, who caught an emotional talk from Beirut 39 writer Sama Yazbek this morning.
At an emotional event this morning the Syrian writer Samar Yazbek spoke about the revolution in her country. She had no time for the argument that Bashar al-Assad, the dictator, is the only force standing between the country and a sectarian civil war. Rather he is the one who has been encouraging the divisions between Sunni and Shia, by getting Iran and Hizbollah to do his dirty work. Speaking through a translator, Yazbek spoke formally for much of the talk, except when she was describing the atrocities she has witnessed, when she slipped into informal dialogue and looked on the verge of tears. She has set up a charity in Syria that helps children through art and drama. "But we have less money than the jihadists."
The kind of talk that puts the fact that I haven't eaten any breakfast into perspective. Thanks for that report Sameer.
11.25 Sameer Rahim saw historian William Dalrymple's talk on the 'Britain's most humiliating military defeat of the 19th Century' last night at the Barclays Pavilion. Here are his thoughts:
William Dalrymple's lecture on the disastrous First Afghan War kept the audience rapt. His great, great uncle William Mackenzie fought in the battle that saw the British defeated in 1842. He was reminded of his ancestry while researching his account The Return of a King in Jalalabad. Under the protection of a former Afghan wrestling champion, he met village elders who "had a good laugh at his expense". Drawing parallels with the modern conflict that began in 2001, Dalrymple said that the US had lost an opportunity to rebuild the nation. "They didn't build bridges or schools," he said, "and if they had we would be in a very different position now."
William Dalrymple appears at the Telegraph Hay Festival 2013 (Pic: Clara Molden)
11.16 As promised, here's another chance to see Cerys Matthews's performance in the Telegraph Tent yesterday. She'll also be performing live at the Barclays Pavilion at 4pm today.
11.04 It's our pal Jeremy Irons, who took time out of chilling with me and Larry in the blogging bunker (see yesterday's live blog) to read TS Eliot's The Four Quartets yesterday at the Sky Arts Studio.
Jeremy Irons at the Telegraph Hay Festival 2013 (Pic: Clara Molden)
10.45 Another update, this time from Martin Chilton, who saw My Family actor Robert Lindsay talking about his career with Fiona Lindsay (no relation, bizarrely), at the Barclays Pavilion yesterday.
Actor Robert Lindsay said he is considering a return to the stage in January 2014 and said he prefers theatre work to Hollywood. "I'm not sure I have that much respect for my profession, that's probably why I duck and dive. I'm looking forward to doing theatre again, it's when I feel alive."
He recalled the hot water he landed himself in by calling Stratford "a theme park" with all that Shakespeare-on-a-rope merchandise and joked that his main problem doing Shakespeare was when he saw a camping equipment shop displaying the sign: 'Now is the discount of our winter tents'. "All the cast was waiting for me to say it on stage," Lindsay joked.
Very droll.
Robert Lindsay appears at the Telegraph Hay Festival 2013 (Pic: Jay Williams)
10.28 I'm going to post that video of Cerys Matthews performing in the Telegraph Tent again in a minute, because it's ruddy brill. In the meantime, however, here's an update from Mark Skipworth, who yesterday saw novelist Rose Tremain in conversation with John Mullan on the Wales Stage.
Rose Tremain delighted the Hay audience with a reading from her latest novel Merivel: A Man of His Time, sequel to her bestselling Restoration, written in 1989. Tremain, 69, had some fascinating insights for young, would-be writers: "Never write about what you know; write about what you don't know." And "writing is not about the process of telling but the process of learning."
Tremain said there was an obvious overlap between novelists and psycho-analysts (her own daughter is one). Hollywood, she added, was a master-storyteller but great books offered something more: "What a novelist worth his salt is trying to do is analyse the human condition."
And here's a picture of Rose Tremain from her talk.
Rose Tremain appears at Hay Festival 2013 (Pic: Jay Williams)
10.20 Ahead of appearing with his wife Beverley Turner at Hay this morning, Olympic rowing legend James Cracknell popped into the Telegraph Tent last night to say hello - and reveal that he's to stand as an MEP. Here's a video of him talking about his political plans (via our video man Alastair Good).
And if you want more on Cracknell, here's a full news story from Patrick Sawyer.
10.12 Right, let's have a quick weather report. Basically it's mild and a bit sunny again, but don't just take my word for it, here's the Beeb's view:
(Pic: BBC)
10.00 Hello and welcome to the live blog for the final day of the Telegraph Hay Festival 2013. Sad times that it's all going to be over in a matter of hours. But, there's loads of great stuff on today - including Jonathan Dimbleby on World War Two, Cerys Matthews performing live, and Miranda Hart in conversation. Later, Alan Davies will close the festival with his new stand-up show, Life is Pain.
Stay tuned for updates from last night's events, including reports on Robert Lindsay, William Dalrymple and Rose Tremain. We're also bound to have something on Rupert Everett's lively talk (I could hear the laughter emanating from the Barclays Pavilion from 50 yards away). Here's a pic of the man himself, while we're waiting for more word:
Rupert Everett appears at Telegraph Hay Festival 2013 (Pic: Clara Molden)
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Friday, June 27, 2008
Canales Corner #9
6 comments:
- A.C. said...
No really obvious mistakes, but an epidemic of "uhs" today. Sigh. One step forward, two back.
- June 27, 2008 at 12:34 PM
"Uh" - lol - don't be so hard on yourself! :)
The interuptions sure were annoying but things happen that are beyond everyones control - just ask MatchTracker! :)
- June 27, 2008 at 1:10 PM
- delfin1 said...
Funny how we can easily be our worse critic most times... no? You did fine, really. And the mic worked awesome, I had the volume up from listening to music and forgot, so now I have "hey everbody welcome to the friday edition of canales corner. It turns out that I..." echoing all in my ears. So yeah, you did fine, one back, two forwards. Except for forgetting to mention Liga de Quito is the most awesome team no one has ever heard of ;) Cheers!
- June 27, 2008 at 2:58 PM
- A.C. said...
Yeah, the camera mic is actually a lot louder than the higher-quality mic. I don't know what that's all about - probably something to do with sound level setting that I haven't figured out. And I used to work in radio, too . . .
And Liga does rock - but there's always so much stuff that I don't have time to get to . . . like the USWNT Olympic roster, for example.
- June 27, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Andrea -
I really appreciate your work in covering soccer and these comments.
I think staging the DC - LA game before the Euro final is a mistake. The weather may become brutally hot and it's going to be super slow if that happens. I'm afraid the "eurosnobs" are going to get another round of ammunition after this one.
- June 27, 2008 at 8:19 PM
- Arelcao Akleos said...
Well, Andrea, now that all the matches are over we can say that your predictions were uncannily right on...at least until you laid out those last two, of course !
Congratulations on Spain's victory, which you must have been happy to see.
The Galaxy-DC game showed quite well against the backdrop of the Eurocup, even with the obviously life-sapping heat and humidity. DCU is shaping up to its usual good midseason form, and I hope they go far in Superliga-- until they meet their doom at the hand of the Revs :).
Corner #9 was really quite good, quite professional. I didn't notice more "uh's" than usual. Maybe they only stand out sharply for you because of the increasing polish of the 'casts?
Look forward to #10, and maybe getting thoughts on the USWNT, Superliga, and even delfin1's Liga de Quito [which, yes, I've never heard of before ]
- June 29, 2008 at 6:10 PM


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You know Facebook, and you know LinkedIn. Now, combine those two, target the gay community, and you have some idea what Dot429.com is trying to do.
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COLUMBUS, Ga. – The Georgia College women's basketball team (18-10) got three 21-point performers to help push past No. 23 University of North Georgia (22-6) 83-67 Saturday in the semifinals of the 2014 Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Tournament.
Georgia College advances to play the winner of the Clayton State University/Columbus State University contest for the PBC Tournament Title. The last time the Bobcats played in the title game was a win in 2011 over USC Aiken.
"Our quick start was key," said head coach Maurice Smith. "We knew North Georgia would have a big run in them; they're just too strong an offensive team."
Senior Brandi McKinney (Cincinnati), and All-PBC Second Team juniors Enisha Donley (Loganville, Ga.) and Shanteona Keys (Roswell, Ga.) each netted the 21 points to get 63 of the team's 83.
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None of the 14 dancers in Val Caniparoli's dance adaptation of "The Lottery" know who will perform the 8-minute closing solo each night until the ballet is almost over. Call it luck or misfortune, but the dancer who pulls the paper with the black dot from the box performs the solo.
The ballet follows the plot of American author Shirley Jackson's short story that has been described as "a chilling tale of conformity gone mad." There's no explanation in the classic story as to why the residents of the small rural town agree to the annual ritual of a lottery that selects one person to be stoned. But "The Lottery" has become one of the most famous short stories in American history.
Now it provides the plot for a ballet, which opens a world-premiere run at the Capitol Theatre on Friday, Nov. 2.
"The project is crazy, it is really challenging, but the excitement and intensity onstage is amazing," Caniparoli said. "Some dancers are nervously hoping not to get picked; others want to do the solo. Ironically, the dancer with a sprained ankle [Sayaka Ohtaki] keeps drawing the lot."
Caniparoli's work might be familiar to some longtime local ballet fans, as he was Ballet West's resident choreographer from 1994-97. For most of his career, he has been based at the San Francisco Ballet, where he began working more than 30 years ago under the directorship of Lew Christensen. In the 1980s, Caniparoli was appointed the San Francisco company's resident choreographer.
Caniparoli first majored in music "until music theory started looking like math, and I moved on to theater and English literature." He said his introduction to telling stories through dance is rooted in studying under Lew Christensen and his brother, Willam F. Christensen, who founded Ballet West in 1963. Both were influenced by their father's background in vaudeville.
"I have wanted to make a ballet from Jackson's story for 15 years, but could never find the right music," Caniparoli said. "So when Adam [Sklute] offered to find funding for the score, both the Jackson Trust [which holds the rights to the writer's work] and I got very excited about moving on this project."
Sklute calls the choreographer's premise "absolutely brilliant." In the story, one character wins the lottery and tragedy ensues. "But in Val's ballet, all the dancers choose secret lots onstage. They and the audience find out at the same time who is to be the victim. And this can change from performance to performance. It's pure luck of the draw, and the tension onstage is real."
Caniparoli had worked with composer Robert Moran and wanted him to create the score for the ballet. "It's very tough to do a score," Caniparoli said. "The composer has to be in on everything from design to concept to the ending."
Caniparoli built the story with a cinematic vision. He gave each dancer a backstory for his or her character and designed a minimalist set.
"Not knowing who will dance the solo creates dramatic tension and a sense of excitement that would otherwise be hard to conjure up," he said. "I know I feel very nervous waiting to see who has chosen it's a very emotional moment for everyone."
Dancing (and dying) in 'The Lottery'
P Ballet West launches its season with the world premiere of Val Caniparoli's ballet of "The Lottery," commissioned by Ballet West and based on Shirley Jackson's short story. Also on the program: the revivals of Nicolo Fonte's "Bolero," set to Maurice Ravel's music, and Helen Pickett's "But Never Doubt I Love," set to music by Felix Mendelssohn and Franz Liszt, commissioned by Ballet West in 2010.
When • Nov. 2-3, 7-10, 7:30 p.m.; with a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday, Nov. 10.
Where • Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $19-$75, at 801-355-ARTS (801-355-2787) or http://www.balletwest.org.