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KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA – Even if he's never finished better than fifth in a World Cup downhill, Austria's Matthias Mayer is catching everyone's attention ahead of the opening Alpine race at the Sochi Olympics.
That's what happens when a guy turns in a couple of top-three times in the first two training runs, including the fastest time on Friday.
Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway summed up what Mayer's done: "Impressive skiing, two days in a row."
Bode Miller of the U.S. had this to say about Mayer, whose father won an Olympic medal 26 years ago: "He's got great touch."
High praise from a pair of two-time overall World Cup champions and triple medalists at the 2010 Vancouver Games.
Mayer was timed in 2 minutes, 6.51 seconds on Friday, 0.27 ahead of past overall World Cup winner Carlo Janka of Switzerland, and 0.55 ahead of Svindal. Miller, who led Thursday's opening training run, was sixth Friday.
"I'm not under pressure," said the 23-year-old Mayer, who might be excused for being nervous about his status as Austria's best downhill hope now that Hannes Reichelt is sidelined after back surgery. "It's totally the opposite. I feel free."
The women's training session was completed without a hitch, a day after the run was halted for an hour so a particularly dangerous jump could be trimmed down. Fabienne Suter of Switzerland finished in 1:42.70 Friday, followed by Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein and Anna Fenninger of Austria. Reigning overall World Cup champion Tina Maze of Slovenia was fifth, one spot ahead of Stacey Cook of the U.S., with three-time Olympic medalist Julia Mancuso of the U.S. in 10th.
Ski-loving Austria has won more men's downhills at the Olympics than any other nation, six of 17, but the last came in 2002 from Fritz Strobl, who happens to be from the same region in southern Austria as Mayer. So is Franz Klammer, who won the 1976 Innsbruck downhill.
All told, Austria has collected nearly twice as many Alpine Olympic medals across every event as any other country, 105, but its men left the 2010 Games with none.
They came oh-so-close, too, with four fourth-place finishes.
"I hope we are more lucky than in Vancouver," Austrian Alpine director Hans Pum said.
Pum knows that his quartet of downhillers for Sunday — Mayer, Max Franz, Klauss Kroell and Georg Streitberger — can boast of a combined zero career downhill victories.
But he also likes what he has seen lately from Mayer, who has had more success in the super-G, including a silver medal at the 2008 junior world championships and two second-place World Cup showings. Those super-G skills would seem to suit Mayer well for the Olympic course, which several racers found to be a bit on the technical side.
Pum also has ties to Mayer's family that go way back. When Mayer's father, Helmut, took home a silver in the super-G at the 1988 Calgary Olympics — a little more than two years before Matthias was born — Pum was an assistant coach with the Austrian team.
Father and son are rather similar, it turns out.
"Both are very good technical skiers," Pum said. "They are really concentrated and very nice guys. They are the same."
Mayer, though, said he's not sure how much weight his father's advice would carry these days, because skiing is so different now than it was a quarter-century ago.
Still, Mayer smiled as he noted, "I have Olympic blood in the family."
Now he hopes to add to the family's Olympic medal collection, too.


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The ceremony took place in the presence of the Chairmen of the International Balzan Foundation "Prize", Bruno Bottai, and "Fund", Achille Casanova. In accordance with the ceremony´s usual formalities, each Prizewinner, introduced in turn by Salvatore Veca, Chairman of the General Prize Committee, gave a speech of acceptance and thanks.
According to established tradition reflecting the Italo-Swiss nature of the International Balzan Foundation, the Award Ceremony takes place in alternate years in Rome, in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic, and in Bern, in the presence of a Representative of the Federal Council of the Swiss Confederation, usually the Head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs.
The Balzan Prize 2012 for Epigenetics was given to David Charles Baulcombe "For his fundamental contribution to the understanding of epigenetics and its role in cell and tissue development under normal and stressful conditions".
Ronald Dworkin received the Balzan Prize for Jurisprudence "For his fundamental contribution to the understanding of epigenetics and its role in cell and tissue development under normal and stressful conditions".
In the field of Solid Earth Sciences, with emphasis on interdisciplinary research, Kurt Lambeck was recognized "For his exceptional contribution to the understanding of the relationship between post-glacial rebound and sea level changes. His findings have radically modified climate science".
The Prize for Musicology went to Reinhard Strohm "For his extensive research on the history of European music within the cultural and socio-historical context from the late Middle Ages to the present, and for his detailed descriptions of high-rank vocal music, especially early sacred music in Flanders, and of the works of Vivaldi, Händel and Richard Wagner".
The International Balzan Foundation awarded 750.000 Swiss Francs (approx. EUR 620.000, USD 800.000, GBP 500.000) for each 2012 prize, a figure which places the Balzan Prize amongst the biggest prize funds in the world of Science and Culture.
The winners are each required to allocate half of their prize money to funding research projects carried out preferably by young scholars or scientists in their respective fields. In twelve years 48 research projects in a wide variety of fields have benefited from an input of 23 million francs and launched the careers of numerous young researchers.
The subject fields honoured (which change every year and which are chosen from arts, letters, moral and physical sciences, mathematics and medicine). The winners are chosen by the General Prize Committee, an independent body belonging to the International Balzan Foundation "Prize" which is presided over by Salvatore Veca and is composed of twenty leading academics from ten European countries.
The Ceremony will be followed, on Thursday 15 November, by the Balzan Prizewinners Interdisciplinary Forum 2012, which will take place in the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. The Forum is a public event dedicated to the Balzan Prize subject areas for 2012 with the four Prizewinners playing a prominent role together with Members of the Balzan General Prize Committee and Members of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
The International Balzan Foundation, founded in 1957, operates through two separate institutions. The International Balzan Foundation "Prize" (chaired in Milan by Ambassador Bruno Bottai) selects the subjects to be awarded and the candidates through its General Prize Committee. The Balzan Foundation "Fund" (chaired in Zurich by Achille Casanova) administers the estate left by Eugenio Balzan, so as to place at the disposal of the International Balzan Foundation "Prize" the necessary financial means to realize its objective.
Further information and pictures of the Prizewinners are available on www.balzan.org
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Set in an unnamed country not unlike our own, at a time that could be tommorow or the day after, the drama centers around Jack, a student of no particular distinction who finds himself at the center of the intellectual elite, courtesy of his marriage to Judy, whose father, Howard, is a revered poet and thinker held in disfavor by an increasingly repressive regime. As the political and military situation in the country deteriorates and violence spreads through the society, Jack realizes that the ivory tower his family inhabits has become a prison. In a series of candid, even shocking reminiscences, he recounts his abandonment of the world of ideas and his gradual rebirth as a socially acceptable "low brow." As Howard and his kind are systematically destroyed by a society that no longer needs or wants artists, Jack manages to survive, mourning a culture that has all but died.


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Cole Swindell Added to the Atlanta Braves Postgame Concert Series
Georgia's own breakout country music artist Cole Swindell has been added to the Atlanta Braves postgame concert series presented by Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines. Swindell will perform following the Braves game versus the Washington Nationals on Tuesday, September 16. The concert is free with a paid game ticket.
Known for his debut No. 1 hit single "Chillin It," which has sold more than 1.2 million copies, Swindell has impressively sold almost 2 million singles overall and over 350,000 copies of his self-titled debut album released earlier this year on Warner Bros. Records. Earning him the title of the highest selling debut artist of 2014, he became only the second artist to have his first single open at number one on the chart. Meanwhile, Swindell's current single "Hope You Get Lonely Tonight" is already Top 15 and climbing.
The Bronwood, Georgia native, a graduate of Georgia Southern, is a celebrated award winning songwriter in the country music community. Named Music Rows' 2014 Breakthrough songwriter of the year, Swindell has written hits for Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Scotty McCreery, Chris Young, Thomas Rhett and more. "Chillin It" was Swindell's first No. 1 smash as a solo artist.
Fans can purchase tickets for the game at www.braves.com/concerts, visiting the Braves ticket office at Turner Field, the Braves Clubhouse Store at the CNN Center, all Ticketmaster locations or by calling 1-800-745-3000.
For more information on Cole Swindell, please visit Coleswindell.com and follow @coleswindell.


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So, the Raptors are in. Fittingly, Amir Johnson, exemplifying everything he brings to the table, was the one to supply the last push Friday against Boston. Amir and DeMar DeRozan have been suffering through down seasons together here longer than anyone else, the last remaining players from the end of the Chris Bosh era.
It's been a long time coming, that's for sure. A lot of bad basketball has been played since Bosh broke his face. It's a new day. While nobody knows what the off-season will bring (a lot of change, or stability?) the tank is long-dead and thoughts about potential playoff opponents can now be voiced.
- Johnson's been Toronto's best overall player in the three seasons previous to this one and works harder and plays through more injuries than anybody on the team (though DeRozan is about his equal in both of those regards). That's why it was nice to see him get the Raptors through.
- No question Kyle Lowry's been the top Raptor this season (again, with apologies to DeRozan) and he showed what he's all about as well in fighting off an ankle injury to make some decisive drives to the bucket that helped seal the win.
- DeRozan wasn't about to let the pesky Celtics, who he'd already seen five times this season, including the two exhibition games, come back again. With his jumper shaky, DeRozan looked to repeatedly attack, getting five shots in the paint in both the third and fourth quarters. Now that he's an all-star, DeRozan is getting calls from the officials, which helps quite a bit, but it's his mindset that is the key.
- Nice to see John Salmons find his game. To say he's been struggling is a massive understatement. His game had completely vanished, but Dwane Casey kept the faith, even though using Landry Fields instead would have made a lot of sense, and Salmons responded by nailing his first two shots, picking up two assists, a couple of steals and no turnovers. He was also +15, tied for the team lead.
- A bonus thought: +/- is way down on the list of useful stats, but it's a lot more relevant in basketball than it is in hockey, where power plays mess with the numbers. While it's not a be all, end all, the eye test shows that Chuck Hayes has been excellent for the team lately. The +/- check shows Hayes has been +15 (tied for team lead), +3 (best of the reserves), +17 (2nd on team) and +16 (best on team) in his past four games. He's supplied strong defence and helps move the ball around thanks to his surprisingly strong passing skills.
- Since Dwight Howard and Hedo Turkoglu took out the Raptors in five games in the playoffs, Toronto witnessed (a lot more than this, but a few highlights/lowlights):
The ill-fated Jermaine O'Neal deal; The end of the Sam Mitchell era and the elevation of Jay Triano to head coach; Bryan Colangelo gifting the Heat with the cap space to form the Big Three by dumping O'Neal for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks; The drafting of DeMar DeRozan; The Raptors "winning" the Turkoglu sweepstakes, only to almost immediately regret it once Turkoglu showed up to camp fat and unwilling to justify his payday; DeRozan starting 65 games as a rookie; the Jarrett Jack\Jose Calderon controversy at the point; A career year from Bosh, that ended prematurely when he got hurt and shut himself down in advance of his free agent flight to Miami; Bosh leaving, Bryan Colangelo ripping him, then saving some face by somehow dumping Turkoglu on the Suns (his former agent was in charge there); A disastrous season that ended with Triano out, Dwane Casey in and Jonas Valanciunas drafted in Colangelo's ballsiest move, since he wouldn't come over for a year and because Bargnani had soured nearly everyone in the city on European players; A lockout, followed by a shortened season where the Raptors were horrible to watch because the talent simply wasn't there, but where Casey turned around the defensive culture and started turning around Toronto's reputation as a soft team; The development of the youngsters and the drafting of Terrence Ross and Quincy Acy; Last season's brutal start; The Kyle Lowry/Calderon and Lowry/Casey situations; Ross wins the slam dunk contest; The trade for Rudy Gay which sent Calderon elsewhere; The regression and booing of Bargnani; The arrival of Tim Leiweke and Masai Ujiri; The miraculous Bargnani trade that actually brought back draft picks; The tank talk; This season's bad start and the Lowry trade rumours and questions about Casey's future; The trade of Gay to Sacramento; The stunning turnaround of the team into a squad that wins two thirds of the time; Lowry's all-NBA caliber campaign; DeRozan's all-star nod; The return to the playoffs.


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Category: top boys' names 2011
Click here for the Top 200 Baby Names of 2011
What are the hottest new baby names this year? Based on an analysis of over 23 million page views at Nameberry since January, we've pegged these choices as the Hottest Names of 2011.
It's a surprising list, driven by unexpected celebrities, rediscovered classics, and the year's most compelling events.
Nameberry's Hottest Baby Names of 2011:
Pippa – It wasn't only Pippa Middleton's bottom that attracted widespread attention at the Royal Wedding; her name – both the familiar Pippa and the more formal Philippa – is the Number 1 hottest baby name of the year on Nameberry. Pippa ranks 35 on our most-searched list so far this year and did not appear at all among the 200 most popular girls' names of 2010. While Kate is up too, it's not nearly as hot.
Asher – The soft, Biblical Asher takes the Hottest Boys' Name spot by virtue of having unseated Henry as the all-time Number 1 name for boys on Nameberry. For the first time in 2011, Asher has pulled ahead.
Elula – New celebrity baby name trend: Parents choose attention-getting name, then refuse to reveal the name they've picked, perhaps to heighten interest and publicity? This unusual choice of Isla Fisher and Sasha Baron Cohen for their second daughter was not even in our database last year – it's a name drawn from the Hebrew calendar — and now is the Number 38 most-searched name on Nameberry.
Want the hottest baby name trends for 2012? Check out our baby names 2012 story.
Baby names 2011 signal a new lighter feel in the air and more optimistic outlook for our offspring. Here, our predictions for the top trends for baby names 2011.


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Six weeks ago a poll that suggested Obama may be in trouble in suburban Cook County was widely dismissed as an outlier. Not only does a new poll of Illinois' 10th Congressional District, which includes parts of northern Cook County, show that Illinois suburbanites are turning against the President, but a news report suggests the Obama campaign may be getting a bit desperate in its moves to ensure a high turnout among Blacks in Chicago and its south suburbs.
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text: Irish dominant again at state tennis tourney By Doug Smock May 10, 2013 Story Share Lawrence Pierce Charleston Catholic's Claire Hamilton returns a shot during her match at No. 1 singles Friday at the state high school tennis tournament. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The boys were perfect and the girls were imperfect, but Charleston Catholic got the same result both ways - a state tennis championship clinched a day early.On Friday, the Irish captured their eighth straight boys Class AA-A championship and ninth in 10 years, and did so in dominating fashion. The boys have yet to lose a match, scoring as many points as they have yielded games (15).The girls captured their sixth state title in a row, but have registered "only" 12 points. They lost in three spots - No. 2 and No. 4 singles, and No. 3 doubles - but nobody can catch them. There is a spirited battle for runner-up, with Ravenswood and Ritchie County (seven) ahead of Bridgeport (six) and Oak Glen (five)."I'm happy for the kids, of course," said Catholic coach David Sadd. "Individually, there are some seniors I'd like to have seen do better on the girls side. I really wanted Jenny Borman, who worked hard, I wanted to see here get through the [No. 4] singles draw and the No. 3 doubles. That was tough."But I don't want to dwell on the losses. Once we win these titles, I focus on the kids individually. It's nice to win and watch quality seniors accomplish what they've accomplished in the last four years."Mark Cassis led the boys assault with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Madonna's Nick Conforti in No. 1 singles, and will face an old rival, Max Meade of St. Joseph. Meade downed Cassis in the 2012 finals, but Cassis has beaten Meade this spring.Meade also had a 6-0, 6-1 victory, over Williamstown's Luke Flanagan. The other finalists are Scott Standish at No. 2, Jad Malas at No. 3 and Tanner Whipkey at No. 4, with Cassis and Malas at No. 1 doubles, Standish and Zach Casto at No. 2 and Ben Canfield and Noah Cable at No. 3.On the girls side, Claire Hamilton is shooting for her fourth state title, but the first at No. 1. She won the No. 4 title as a freshman, and played second fiddle to Mary Emma Maddox in her sophomore and junior seasons.She took out Joanna Capito of Wheeling Central on Friday, 6-3, 6-0, and will take on Alexis Alastanos of Bridgeport today."I'm excited. I'd like to get my own title at one," Hamilton said. "I think I've been playing pretty solid. I'm excited for tomorrow. I don't know what will happen, but hopefully it goes my way. I think I've been playing solid."Christina Centofani was upended by Ravenswood's Taylor Youell in the No. 2 semifinals, but Danielle Sadd landed in the No. 3 finals. Hamilton and Sadd advanced to the No. 1 doubles final, with Centofani and Ellie Grubb playing for the No. 2 title.To say this group has had a distinguished career is an understatement. Catholic's state tournament players have combined for 31 state singles and doubles trophies."I have 10 seniors I'm going to miss," Sadd said.Reach Doug Smock at 304-348-5130, email@example.com or follow him at twitter.com/dougsmock. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 3 Body found in Kanawha River, near South Charleston 4 Protester: 'Thanks for the danishes but we'd rather have health care' 5 Judge gives water crisis settlement preliminary approval Marshall announces 2013 Hall of Fame class Previous Story Herbert Hoover enjoying successful track season Next Story


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Morgan Stanley: India's Central Bank Creates New Challenge for Stocks
India announced a series of measures today to drain rupees from the financial system to bolster its free-falling currency.
The Wall Street Journal has the details:
In an effort to stem the tide, the Reserve Bank of India has moved to tighten rupee liquidity, by limiting overnight borrowing, and curtail trading in currency derivatives, for example. The measures came after India's currency hit all-time lows against the dollar recently. There was an immediate impact, with the rupee climbing to its highest level against the U.S. dollar in two weeks on Tuesday.
Morgan Stanley considers the impact on India's stock market:
The RBI chose to defend the currency overnight by quantitative tightening (reducing rupee supply), and this may take its toll on the equity and bond markets. It increases the downside risks to growth, raises the cost of money and dampens domestic liquidity. From an equity market perspective, we think this puts a cap on the markets in the coming weeks. We reset our year-end base case for the BSE Sensex to 21500 (from 23097) on the back of this. Our bull case also falls to 23000 (from 28137 – given the change in earnings and rise in cost of capital) though our bear case is unchanged at 17918. Our probability-weighted Sensex target for 2013 is now 21084 (versus 23069 earlier) representing upside of 5%.
Morgan Stanley also recommended that investors avoid stocks with high "betas," or volatility relative to the overall market, and leverage. Indian stocks on its focus list include Tata Motors (TTM), ICICI Bank (IBN) and Infosys (INFY).
India's BSE SENSEX Index dropped 0.9% today, but its rupee gained 1.1% against the dollar, according to FactSet. That combination means that U.S. ETF's tracking Indian stock indexes have actually gained a smidge today: The iShares MSCI India Index (INDA) has ticked up 0.1% to $24.37 and the WisdomTree India Earnings ETF (EPI) is up 0.03% at $16.80.


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Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, said it might look like hot-button issues and broader economic priorities are competing for space in the General Assembly, but he thinks lawmakers have plenty of time and experience to handle both.
"Those are issues are not a distraction, they're a part of the process," he said, noting that hundreds of bills dealing with a wide range of issues are filed every session. "Some of them are controversial and sometimes don't see the light of day," he said.
This year, he said, is no exception.
"We have lots of different senators making statements with bills this year," he said.
The Legislature will consider a budget proposal from Pence that is likely to be capped by his push for a 10 percent cut in the personal income tax. But legislative leaders, including Republican House Speaker Brian Bosma, have already expressed reservations about the plan as they deal with other cuts already being phased in and look to restore funding to areas like education.
Lawmakers will also have to find a way to pay for new roads now that the money from the $3.8 billion lease of the Indiana Toll Road has been spent or committed to projects. And increased Medicaid costs, based on the assumption that residents who already qualify for the program but are not enrolled will come out of the "woodwork" as the federal health care law takes effect, are certain to add to the demands placed on the budget.
Long said workforce development — training students and workers to fill new advanced manufacturing jobs and other skilled positions that don't require four-year college degrees — will also be one of the big issues this session.
How far social issues intrude on those discussions remains to be seen.
Some supporters of the effort to write the gay marriage ban into the constitution say the debate might have to wait until after the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the issue. The fate of religious-tinged measures, including challenges to the teaching of evolution and a proposal that schools recite the Lord's Prayer at the start of the school day, also is uncertain, but the measures will likely stir debate.
Conservative lawmakers are also pushing for expanded access to guns in a handful of measures that would limit the state's ability to regulate firearms and invalidate any federal gun regulations on guns manufactured exclusively in Indiana.
Democratic leaders, now representing a distinct minority in both the Senate and the House, say they expect cooler heads on the other side of the aisle, if only because there are so many issues to deal with and because the budget will take up so much time.
"The people expect us to work on the problems they care about: making sure people are able to earn their wages and that their hard work is going to be rewarde. They expect their kids are going to be able to go to a safe and secure school," said House Democratic Leader Scott Pelath of Michigan City. "The divisive issues are going to be left for another day."
But if sessions have proved anything, it's to count on unexpected and unannounced issues. As Republican lawmakers spent the 2012 session moving an agenda dominated by right-to-work legislation and modest spending on full-day kindergarten and victims of the 2011 state fair stage collapse, explosive social issues pushed their way to the fore.
After social conservatives failed to revoke specialty license plates for an Indianapolis gay youth group via legislation, they found a workaround by relying on the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to deny the specialty plates. And an otherwise mundane resolution honoring the Girl Scouts' 100th anniversary turned the Legislature into a circus after one House member accused the group of teaching girls to become lesbians and have abortions.
John Ketzenberger, president of the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute and a former Statehouse reporter, said he sees hot-button issues popping up like they do every year but getting little traction as lawmakers focus on clearing what is already a full plate.
"The one thing the Legislature has to do this year is pass the budget. These social issues have been around for a long time coming and going," Ketzenberger said. "I think they're going to spend a lot of time on transportation issues, I think they're going to spend a lot of time on Medicaid, and other than these other issues which sort of float around like satellites, that's going to be what they're about this year."


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A GROUP of Premiership players have been handed the chance to impress Newport Gwent Dragons after being invited to join them at pre-season training.
The region's official return from the off-season is a week on Monday but a number of Dragons, mostly those who spent a large amount of last season on the treatment table, are already back doing weights and conditioning work.
And they have been joined by some individuals that have caught the eye in the top flight of Welsh club rugby.
Among them are Cross Keys hooker Gerwyn Price, back row forward Hywel Stoddart and his new Newport teammates Rhys Downes and Dan Robinson and Bedwas' Richard Powell, Ross Wardle and Craig Lodge, a fly-half, centre and lock respectively.
The group of semi-professionals has been working with assistant coach Rob Appleyard and conditioning coaches Alex Lawson and James Knight.
"They have come in in their own time and it's a good opportunity to look at them in a professional environment, but also for them to have a look at us," said director of rugby Robert Beale.
"Some have been invited for a five-week block and it should provide us with more of an insight into players who have impressed in the Premiership.
"The Premiership is an important pathway for us and it should help to paint a picture of players who have stood out. I sure this will be valuable for both our coaches and this group."
The players will be keen to make an impression given that the Dragons will be operating with a slimmed-down squad in the coming season.
Last term saw Stoddart, brother of Wales full-back Morgan, make his regional debut in the win in Edinburgh while utility back Geraint O'Driscoll and prop Keiron Jenkins, then of Pontypool and Bedwas respectively, also tasted RaboDirect Pro12 action.
The Dragons are likely to continue with the policy of asking clubs if they could borrow players rather than offering full-time contracts, though it could be a different matter for Price.
The region is in the market for another hooker and he was closely watched during a stellar campaign at Pandy Park that saw him nominated for the Premiership player of the year award.
Meanwhile, the Dragons expect to be picking from a full squad come the start of the season.
Full-back Jamie Smith, whose first season at Rodney Parade was hindered by horrible luck with injuries, suffered a setback after picking up an infection following surgery on his left foot. The Ulsterman had to go back under the knife but it is hoped that it won't impact on his scheduled return to action and that he will back in the mix come September.


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WASHINGTON The Division of Gastroenterology Products of the Food and Drug Administration has approved the drug application for Wyeth's Protonix in a delayed-release oral suspension.
The drug is indicated for the short-term treatment of erosive esophagitis associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease, as well as maintenance of the healing of an erosive esophagitis.
"The availability of Protonix for delayed-release oral suspension provides adult patients who cannot swallow tablets with an effective and convenient way to treat their erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease," says gastroenterologist Richard Lynn, senior director of global medical affairs for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.
The recommended dosage for an adult patient is 40 mg daily for eight weeks, with an additional eight-week course that might be necessary depending on results.
In 2006, the drug generated $1.8 billion in total sales.


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Sixty-two nominations from 18 Arizona communities were submitted in six categories for the 32nd annual Governor's Arts Awards for individuals and businesses who have made substantial and outstanding contributions to arts and culture statewide.
Winners will be announced on Wednesday, March 6, at The Herberger Theater Center, 222 E. Monroe. The Governor's Arts Awards are presented by Arizona Citizens Action for the Arts in partnership with the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Office of the Governor.
Since 1981, 152 artists, individuals, arts and cultural organizations, educators and businesses have received Governor's Arts Awards
Nominees, by category, and their hometowns are:
Artist: Lee Berger, Phoenix; Charles Bruffy, Phoenix; Daniel Buckely, Tucson; Michael Christie, Phoenix; Bobb Cooper, Phoenix; Barbara Dahlstedt, Glendale; Maria Isabel Delgado, Chandler; Shawn Franks, Phoenix; Deb Gessner, Mayer; Kristine Kollasch, Phoenix; Bruce Marion, Chandler; Fredric Myers, Apache Junction; Monica Saldana, Goodyear; Mike Vax, Dewey; Jim Waid, Tucson.
Arts in Education – Individual: Annica Benning, Scottsdale; Kathryn Blake, Phoenix; Dennis Bourret, Tucson; Simon Donovan, Tucson; Patti Hannon, Phoenix; Marion Kirk Jones, Phoenix; Sherry Koopot, Paradise Valley; Barbara Nueske Perez, Gilbert; Charles St. Clair, Glendale; Joshua Thye, Phoenix.
Arts In Education – Organization: Arizona Dance Education Organization, Phoenix; Copperstar Repertory Company, Chandler; The Glendale Arts Council, Glendale; Lovena Ohl Foundation, Scottsdale; Marshall Magnet Elementary School, Flagstaff; OpendanceAZ, Phoenix; Phoenix Conservatory of Music, Phoenix; The Phoenix Symphony, Phoenix; Sonoran Glass School, Tucson; UAPresents, Tucson; West Valley Conservatory of Ballet, Surprise.
Business: BMO Harris Bank, Phoenix; LDVinci Art Studio, Chandler; Southwest Ambulance, Mesa.
Community: Alwun House Foundation, Phoenix; Contemporary Forum, Phoenix; Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts, Wickenburg; Flagstaff Cultural Partners, Flagstaff;
James E. Garcia, Phoenix; KXCI Community Radio, Tucson; Mesa Arts Center, Mesa; Release the Fear, Phoenix; Scottsdale International Film Festival, Scottsdale; Virginia G. Piper Charitable Foundation, Phoenix; Warehouse Arts Management Organization, Tucson; Young Arts Arizona Ltd., Phoenix.
Individual: Marco Albaran, Tempe; James K. Ballinger, Phoenix; Richard A. Bowers, Phoenix; Ted G. Decker, Phoenix; Faith Hibbs-Clark, Phoenix; Kaitlyn Mackay, Glendale;
Constance W. McMillin, Sun City; Nichole Newman-Colter, Litchfield; Hope Ozer, Paradise Valley; Rebecca Taylor, Yuma.
Honorees will be selected by an independent panel of judges.
The eighth annual Shelley Award also will be presented to an Arizona individual who has advanced the arts through strategic and innovative work in creating or supporting public policy beneficial to the arts in Arizona. The award is named for Shelley Cohn, who spent more than 25 years as executive director of the Arizona Commission on the Arts.
Ticket prices are $135 for members of Arizona Citizens for the Arts and $150 for nonmembers. Sponsorships are available.
For information and to make reservations go to www.governorsartsawards.org.


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The Auray boom pole holder is an industry favorite for quick and easy sound setup:
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After 25 years putting on concerts for Bill Graham Presents, Brian Auger has different kinds of events to manage these days: car shows, chalk painting and, on July 27, a bike race.
Auger, 56, has been the San Rafael city event coordinator for 11 years. He reviews proposals, works with people to troubleshoot their plans and even pitches hay bales on race day.
"I'm kind of the one-stop shop," Auger said.
It also means that in order to help coordinate the annual San Rafael Twilight Criterium he "got a whole education" about bike racing.
"I knew nothing about crits or anything," he said.
A crit, short for criterium, is a type of bike race where the cyclists complete laps around a small loop — in this case through downtown San Rafael — over a set amount of time. As they aim to be first across the line, the group moves at shockingly fast speeds and crashes unfortunately can be common.
While Auger, a Fairfax resident, used to ride his road bike around the East Bay and mountain bikes some, he said he's had to give it up or pedal much more casually now.
"I got a lot of broken body parts," he said.
The ex-concert organizer grew up in the East Bay and then moved around the Bay Area, living in Mill Valley in the 1970s. At the time, he worked for Graham managing events, coordinating concerts and putting on shows. That job covered everything from talking to town officials at concert locations to making sure sound equipment was set up to marketing and advertising. It was fun and "a dysfunctional, wild and crazy family," he said.
But, things started to change when Live Nation took over a lot of concert venues and tour management.
The music community became more corporate and Auger decided it was time to move on and settle down — something he did in Marin, bringing his event organization skills to San Rafael. He's on the other side of events now, he said, as the town official the organizers have to talk to.
When Auger started in the San Rafael event coordinator position, the San Rafael criterium was called the Carrera de San Rafael and was run by Wil Matthews, who used to own Start to Finish Bicycles. It was a small race, organized almost solely by Matthews on "tooth and nail and shoelace," Auger said. But, in 2008, Matthews wanted to move on and wanted to hand the race off to someone who would take care of it. Project Sport, a sports event and marketing company in Northern California, took over and it took off.
"They just took it to another level," said Auger, which — despite his position — he said he takes no credit for.
Since then it's gotten bigger every year, expanding the amount of prize money and perks, like a beer garden and an expo with giveaways. It's all about the details, said Auger, no matter what kind of event you're organizing. And, with that attention to detail (and heightened festival feel) the number of spectators has risen every year. Last year, more than 10,000 people watched bike racers speed toward the finish on Fourth Street.
This year, there are a few small changes — a larger podium and VIP area, a popsicle truck, video cameras on some of the riders — but Ryan Dawkins, Project Sport founder, thinks they'll only make the race better. And, he promises, it may get bigger but it hasn't changed.
"It's the same crit that everyone knows and loves," Dawkins said.
Last year's winners, Mill Valley cyclist Alison Tetrick from San Anselmo-based team Exergy Twenty16 and Mike's Bikes' Eric Riggs from Antelope, will return to defend their titles.
Having the city host events like the bike race brings people to town, Auger said. Those people spend money at restaurants and bars, boosting the town's tax base, and it doesn't cost the town anything other than his time.
Depending on the type and length of the event, the amount of money per person that comes back to the town can be anywhere from $1 to $10. And, family-friendly and fun events also raise property values, he said. If a realtor is showing houses, said Auger, it doesn't sound very appealing to say, "San Rafael, where nothing happens."
If Auger had his way, there'd be fun events nearly every weekend in San Rafael. "I'd want to do events every day," he said, but that can be challenging.
This year, for example, the Church of Saint Raphael is presenting an honorary dinner for its elderly clergy at the same time as the crit. Auger and Dawkins and church officials had to work together to come up with a way to allow cars to drop people off without endangering the cyclists.
Will the race reach a limit on how big it can get?
"Never," Dawkins said. "Every year we try to raise the bar a little bit."
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When: July 27; 2:20 p.m. amateur races, 6 p.m. kids races, 6:30 p.m. professional women race, 8 p.m. professional men race
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President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama — his "better half," as he called her last night at the inaugural balls — took part in a more somber time of reflection after all the weekend's inauguration festivities during the national prayer service at Washington National Cathedral. Michelle wore Naeem Khan as she sat beside Barack, Vice President Joe Biden, and Dr. Jill Biden at this final inauguration event. The tradition of a national prayer service occurring the day after the inauguration dates all the way back to George Washington. This morning's service included a message from the Rev. Adam Hamilton from the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, KS. While we saw the president let loose yesterday during the parade and inaugural ball, today we saw his emotional side as he teared up while listening to the Children of the Gospel Choir perform. See the sweet moment now.


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How a heart with mitral valve regurgitation tolerates this extra work depends on the degree of regurgitation and how well your heart pumps. Throughout your pregnancy and after delivery, your cardiologist and obstetrician should monitor you. Coping and supportIf you have mitral valve regurgitation, here are some steps that may help you cope: Take medications as prescribed. Take your medications as directed by your doctor. Get support. Having support from your family and friends can help you cope with your condition. Ask your doctor about support groups that may be helpful. Stay active. It's a good idea to stay physically active. Your doctor may give you recommendations about how much and what type of exercise is appropriate for you. Request an Appointment at Mayo Clinic Preparing for your appointmentIn-Depth Aug. 04, 2017 Print Share on: FacebookTwitter References Heart valve disease. 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Gaasch WH. Surgical procedures in severe chronic mitral valve regurgitation. http://www.uptodate.com/home. Accessed Dec. 9, 2014. Nishimura RA, et al. 2014 ACC/AHA valve guidelines: Earlier intervention for chronic mitral regurgitation. Heart. 2014;100:905. Aldea GS. Minimally invasive aortic and mitral valve surgery. http://www.uptodate.com/home. Accessed Dec. 8, 2014. Otto CM. Acute mitral regurgitation in adults. http://www.uptodate.com/home. Accessed June 6, 2014. Gaasch WH, et al. Valvular heart disease induced by drugs. http://www.uptodate.com/home. Accessed Dec. 9, 2014. Nishimura RA, et al. 2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: Executive summary. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2014;63:2438. What is atrial fibrillation? National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/af. Accessed Dec. 9, 2014. Rehfeldt KH, et al. Robot-assisted mitral valve repair. 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Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital could be without permanent top executive leadership during a critical period, as an advisory panel considers a "road map" for the hospital's future as a standalone organization.
According to Salinas Valley Memorial spokeswoman Adrienne Laurent, it could take up to three months to hire a chief executive officer after hospital officials announced earlier this week that the top two finalists for the position backed out. Laurent said that would allow time for the hospital's executive search consultant firm Witt/Kiefer to come up with a new slate of candidates for the job, and for the hospital's executive search committee to conduct interviews ahead of making an offer, though she said it could happen sooner. She said the search committee would consider the three additional candidates who were also interviewed for the position, but wanted more candidates to choose from.
In addition, Laurent said the search for a new, permanent chief financial officer would also be delayed.
Hospital officials had hoped to have a new CEO in place by the end of the year when the contracts for both interim CEO Lowell Johnson and interim CFO Bob Dvorak expire.
Laurent acknowledged the delay was unanticipated but suggested it doesn't represent a setback and merely shows how committed hospital officials are to finding the best possible candidate.
"I think it's fair to say this (delay) is not what the search committee or the board wanted," she said. "But (hospital officials are) intent on finding the right person, and will take the time to do so."
In a statement, board president Jim Gattis noted the importance of a new CEO in Salinas Valley Memorial's long-term success, and said hospital officials would "take the necessary time to undergo a thorough process so we can find someone who has the right vision and experience, and can agree to a financially responsible contract that is in line with other hospitals like ours."
The hospital's statement also suggested the executive recruitment "climate" is highly competitive, and recruitment experts have been reporting a high number of executive vacancies.
Meanwhile, Laurent said the board will decide how to proceed without a new CEO in place. The board, which will include two newly elected members, Victor Rey and Rafael Garcia, is set to hold its next regular meeting on Dec. 20.
Johnson is said to be open to staying on while the CEO search proceeds, but there is no word on whether Dvorak might remain. The former took over for longtime CEO Sam Downing in early 2011 amid a union backlash over cost-cutting efforts and questions about executive pay and benefits. The veteran hospital administrator was initially hired to work through the end of last year but agreed to a one-year extension as Salinas Valley Memorial was embarking on a lengthy review of potential partnership options. Hospital officials ultimately rejected a proposed merger with county-owned Natividad Medical Center, and set their sights on remaining an independent hospital.
The executive search committee of hospital officials — including the five-member board of directors and three top physicians — had chosen two finalists after interviews with five top candidates, and had hoped to begin an interview and introduction process with a broader array of hospital stakeholders before approving an offer to its top choice.
Current chief operating officer Jim Griffith was reportedly interviewed by the search committee, but Laurent would not confirm or deny that report, citing a promise made to the candidates that their identities would remain confidential.
Laurent said Witt/Kiefer's contract calls for producing viable candidates, and the firm's additional search efforts would not result in an additional cost.
At the same time, the 41-person advisory panel working with consultant Alvarez & Marsal on a plan for the hospital's future was set to meet Thursday — its third meeting in the past few months. The panel is seeking ways to continue righting its financial ship without a major influx of outside cash from a partner.
The panel of hospital officials, medical professionals, labor representatives, business and community leaders, and others, is set to meet several more times through February.
A hospital financial forecast suggested the operation would need to improve its bottom line by about $40 million if it's to survive on its own and be capable of paying for a major capital upgrade by 2030 to meet state seismic safety standards.
Laurent said the panel would likely have a series of recommendations for the hospital board after it finishes meeting.
The hospital reported total earnings of about $13.7 million through the end of October this year, a positive sign after consecutive fiscal years of multimillion-dollar losses.
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As far as i am aware i do not need to change anything in the database itself i just need to get the query correct.
Here is what i have done that works.
$get_players = mysql_query("SELECT P.PlayerID AS id,P.PlayerLastName AS lastname,P.PlayerFirstName AS firstname,P.PlayerPositionID AS position,P.PlayerNumber AS number,P.PlayerPublish,P.PlayerNationalityID AS nationality,SN.SeasonID,SN.SeasonPublishFROM idihc_seasons SLEFT OUTER JOIN idihc_players P ON P.PlayerID = S.SeasonPlayerIDLEFT OUTER JOIN idihc_seasonnames SN ON SN.SeasonID = S.SeasonIDWHERE SN.SeasonPublish = 1 and P.PlayerPublish = 1GROUP BY idORDER BY number",$connection)or die(mysql_error());
I am now trying to join data which is held in a second column on a new table, which is linked via the id between them. I can currently get the query to display the 'id' which is the unique filed but it wont change it to the new value.
What i am trying to add: -
I have the 'idihc_players' table which has in it 'PlayerPositionID' (Which is already being used in the above query)I also have 'idihc_playersposition' which has 'PlayerPositionID' and 'PlayerPositionName'
what i wish to display is the 'PlayerPositionName' from the 'id' it finds, however i just get a blank and no data populated.
what is the reason for using GROUP BY?
what if a player plays for more than one season? you won't get anything meaningful with that GROUP BY
Thanks for your reply.
The reason I am using GROUP BY is to stop all the seasons being published. The CMS i have created caters for players in different seasons.
What happens with the query that works is: -
If a season is published it displays all players in that season as long as that player is also published.
If a season is published and a player is not published, that player will not show in the list.
Hope that all makes sense. It works very well in the CMS I just need to try and join the table to what I am doing.
but if you only GROUP BY the player, you won't know which season is being displayed for that player
what's worse, different players could have different seasons published
Sorry I am not making myself very clear.
On the site only ONE season will ever be displayed, this is all controlled by the CMS, therefore a admin user will know what players are being displayed in which season as I have made that available there.
Everything that gets passed through to the website for all to view will only ever be one season and everything that connects to that season.
Hopefully I have explained myself a little better.
Question I have, does the GROUP BY really have an impact on the JOIN that I am trying to achieve? I didn't think this would have an impact.
if this is true, please remove the GROUP BY and confirm that it produces the same results
Ok I will try this when I am back home again, what results are you expecting this to produce?
I have just removed GROUP BY and this had no effect on the results that I am achieving. Are you saying this is what was causing the problem when trying to join the other table?
This is the result URL http://grout-systems.com/PHP-Login/roster.php
As you can see under the heading 'position' I am only getting the actual 'id', hence why I wish to join the existing table to 'idihc_playerpositions' to enable me to get the actual name from idihc_PlayerPositionName' for it to be displayed.
I will point out I do change the 'P.PlayerPositionID AS position,' field from the original query to 'P.PlayerPositionID', and amend accordingly in the third join.
no, i am not -- i hadn't got as far as your problem of joining any other tables, i was trying to understand your original query
by the way, regarding this part of your query --
FROM idihc_seasons S
LEFT OUTER JOIN idihc_players P ON P.PlayerID = S.SeasonPlayerID
LEFT OUTER JOIN idihc_seasonnames SN ON SN.SeasonID = S.SeasonID
WHERE SN.SeasonPublish = 1 and P.PlayerPublish = 1
the conditions in the WHERE clause negate the outer joins, so you might as well code them as INNER JOINs, they might run faster
okay, so your original query will return all publishable players in a single season
could you please now describe the additional tables, and indicate the one-to-many relationships they have with the tables in your original query
Many thanks for your reply, I am not sure what I was thinking about when I done OUTER JOINS, as you rightly point out, the OUTER JOINS are negated by the WHERE clause. DUH!!
I have since re-written the script using inner joins and this works perfectly.
Many thanks again for your help.
what about adding the other tables?
I was trying to add the other tables as outer joins and it didn't like it. I have put them all as inner joins and all three tables worked perfectly.


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I think (part of) the solution is something that came up in the hallways of YAPC::EU a couple of times: de-core most of the modules and dual-life everything that can feasibly be.
Now it just needs to happen…
ExtUtils::MakeMaker parameter is for (
--uninstall for
Module::Build). See for example CPAN-RT#22130 [cpan.org].
What I just don't understand is why we have dual-life modules install to CORE rather than site, if the module is being upgraded beyond the "core" version that comes with Perl.
A distribution-supplied update to a core module should go into vendor. That leaves site (probably under
One obvious thing to consider is to have an "override" directory added to @INC. For further discussion of that option, please see the section:
=head2 Why isn't there a directory to override Perl's library?
There are already many vendors who slice and dice the Perl package. There's no real guarantee that a module will be there even if it's "in core" anyway. We would just be blessing the de-facto situation. Hopefully an insistence on code modules only would then become untenable for enough people that maybe someone would finally find motivation for a good module bundling solution.
As for the places which would still insist that only core modules be used, well, I don't think we can
You are making no sense whatsoever.
You said:
As for the places which would still insist that only core modules be used, well, I don't think we can protect stupid people from themselves
Rsnapshot doesn't require any non-core modules, and so has had to reinvent various wheels. Which, I guess, makes me, the current maintainer, stupid.
What doesn't make sense is removing stuff from the perl 5 core distribution. Although I live in hope that perl 6 will be slim and sylph-like, with only those modules included which are required to easily
When I say "stupid", I mean workplaces that could easily install modules but refuse. Writing what's effectively shrink-wrap software in Perl (ie. rsnapshot has to run on any number of machines, none of which you have any control over) is a very different situation.
However, even in your case, I don't know that trimming down the core would be a problem. Are you better served working against a) a large but insufficient core, reinventing various wheels as needed, or b) a minimal core a
Debian GNU/Linux
... ha[s] a recurring problem with "dual-life" modules. ... The primary problem seems to be that binary packaging systems consider files to be inviolate.
In Debian's case it's (largely) true that one file path belongs to one package, but that isn't actually a problem for dual-life Perl modules. Core modules (such as
CGI, which come in the
perl-base and
perl-modules packages) and Cpan modules (such as
YAML, which each come in their own packages, such as
libyaml-perl) are installed to di


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Soybean futures reacted strongly to the bullish results of the weekly export sales report on Thursday, but gave back much of the rise later in the day. They surged again in overnight activity, thereby giving rise to suspicions that large export sales are being transacted at this time.
Such ideas were probably exaggerated by the monthly NOPA crush report released Friday morning; the November crush met expectations, but the result was the largest monthly figure since early 2010. January beans surged 18 1/2 cents on the day and ended the week at $14.95/bushel. January oil climbed 0.94 cents to 49.94 cents/pound, while January meal rose $2.6 to $457.9/ton.
Industry insiders suggested the recent processing rate can't be sustained, which in turn implies prices will have to rise in order to ration demand through the first three quarters of 2013.
Despite ongoing concerns about the strength of demand for U.S. corn at current elevated prices, prices rebounded Friday morning. The concurrent surge posted by the soybean market probably played a substantial role in the rise as did the slump suffered by the U.S. dollar, since such losses make American products cheaper for international clients. Bulls may also have been reacting to news that U.S. corn had captured a sizeable portion of a big purchase made by a South Korean firm after having been shut out of a similar transaction earlier in the week. March ended the week having jumped 8 3/4 cents to $7.29/bushel, while the December 2013 contract rose 1 1/4 cents to $6.27 1/4 per bushel.
After having tested chart support at the psychologically important $8.00/bushel level Thursday, CBOT wheat futures bounced significantly today. A March futures drop below that point might spark a larger early-winter, breakdown, but the drop apparently attracted fresh buying at those lows. The big soybean surge probably offered spillover support, as did late-week U.S. dollar weakness. We also have to wonder if the weather system sweeping into the Plains from the Southwest is now expected to drop less rainfall on parched wheat fields than was previously anticipated. Persistent dryness could render the winter wheat crop very vulnerable to damage from frigid weather. March CBOT wheat rebounded 5 1/2 cents to $8.14/bushel, while March KCBT wheat rose 2 1/2 cents to $8.65 1/4 and March MGE futures rose 2 to $9.01 3/4.
The persistent tightness of the cattle and beef supply/demand situations continues supporting CME live cattle prices. Indeed, the implied optimism seemed well justified Friday, when wire services reported that Panhandle fed cattle were changing hands around 124.50 cents/pound today. That represents a significant victory for feedyard managers, since prices had dipped to 124.00 last week and current circumstances appeared less conducive to market strength. For example, packer margins remain well in the red, while wholesale prices keep struggling to mount a serious challenge of the $2.00/pound level. February cattle surged 1.12 cents to 132.60, while April jumped 1.40 cents to 136.70 cents/pound.
Despite the big cattle rally Friday and indications of considerable cash strength in early-morning trading, CME lean hog futures finished the week on a down note. The prospect of a substantial slowdown in pork buying during the run-up to the year-end holidays, as well as depressed packer buying during that same period may have weighed upon swine values. Midday news of a two-cent drop in ham prices confirmed the usual pre-holiday breakdown and probably added to the negative atmosphere. Still, swine traders are fully cognizant of the upside potential open to the market once the industry has gotten past its holiday disruptions. February hogs fell 0.50 cents to 85.45, while June slipped 0.17 cents to 99.90 cents/pound to end the week.


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