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Defining Identity
By Barbara Frye + March 6th, 2012
Given how much blood has been spilled in the Balkans and elsewhere ostensibly over the issue of identity, I was interested to see the results in January of a DNA testing project carried out by some pretty intrepid researchers in Skopje.
It turns out that among people in the Balkans, Serbs, Croats, and Bosniaks have the closest DNA, according to researchers at the University of Sts. Cyril and Methodius. Residents in Macedonia share the most DNA with Bulgarians, and Kosovo Albanians have the fewest links with any of the other groups. Greece did not participate.
The results won't surprise most people, but they will be used by some in the region's ongoing and pointless identity squabbles. Forums are already full of the Slav/Greek who-is-the-real-Macedonian exchanges.
One of the researchers said the results could be used to identify crash victims or "in proving the paternity of Macedonian children when it is suspected that their parents are from Serbia, Croatia, and Kosovo."
But it was almost touching to read of his insistence that "the research represented a very useful scientific project and had nothing to do with daily politics in a region where ethnicity has often been a reason for conflict," according to Balkan Insight.
Still on the subject of identity, in January the Demos think tank surveyed Facebook fans of the far-right Jobbik party in Hungary. Of the more than 2,000 people who responded, 35 percent, the largest single group, said they supported the party "for reasons related to identity."
Those were the people who, according to the survey's authors, "referred to a love of Hungary, commitment to the preservation of traditional Hungarian national and cultural values, or representation of the interests of 'real' Hungarians when asked about their reasons for supporting Jobbik."
"Respondents often perceived Hungarian cultural and national values as being under threat. For some, Jobbik seemingly provides a means to counter this menace: 'There is only one thing in my life that I can say is truly my own: my home country. Jobbik fights those who would destroy it.' "
The researchers didn't ask who that would be, but from the rest of the results and from some of the anger on the rightward end of the spectrum in Hungary, we might guess: Brussels, Roma, Jews, corrupt politicians.
Viktor Orban, Hungary's prime minister, plays an interesting game when he seeks to tap into that mix of desperation and pride. I should say straightaway that, as far as I know, Orban has not stooped to using Roma as a scapegoat. But his plans, for instance, to grant citizenship to ethnic Hungarians living outside the country obviously appeal to those who still nurse the wound of lost empire.
At a press conference after a recent debate in the European parliament in Strasbourg, Orban responded to a question from a French reporter with an aside, evidently intended as flattery, that Hungarians could learn a lot from the French and their pride in "Frenchness."
That kind of pride has always puzzled me. Surely the place you were born should inspire neither pride nor shame. Love and affection, perhaps, but pride? What a strange emotion to attach to an accident of birth.
Maybe that's why I still remember a scene from a documentary I saw in the mid-2000s. A young Bosnian Muslim woman who lived in the Czech Republic went back to Bosnia, pretending to be Czech, and talked with Bosniaks and Serbs about their identity. She sits in a dreary living room with a couple of Bosnian Serb men who are drinking beer and laughing. They're proud Serbs, they tell her, and spend the time boasting. But gradually, the mask comes off and one of them says something genuinely brave and desperate: "I don't care about being a Serb. I just want a job."
As much as I don't like identity bravado, it was a heartbreaking moment. It wasn't an ethnicity that he cherished, but dignity. You can't help wondering how quickly a chance to live in dignity would lay waste to identity politics in Eastern Europe.
Photo by Brenda Annerl/flickr
Barbara Frye
Barbara Frye is Transitions Online's managing editor. Email: barbara.frye@tol.org
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Anonymous March 6th, 2012 (#)
Great article as usual Barbara but identity politics isn't limited to Eastern Europe. It's a global phenomena (regardless if one frames ones identity as ethnicity or not)
If that were not the case why would we recognize the former Yugoslav republic as "Macedonia" and not do the exact same with Republic of China (Taiwan)? Or why wouldn't Israel simply rename itself back to Palestine if a name is a just a name as some claim? Or how would Great Britain react if French was renamed into "ethnic Norman language", "ethnic Normans" manipulatively suggested Great Britain was persecuting ethnic Normans in divided "British occupied Normandy", while encouraging its citizens to see GB as their "ethnic Norman" homeland?
The fact is names are a source of identity. History manipulation is often a method to justify expansionism against other identities. The Nazis actually claimed they were only protecting German minorities in other states at first. It is certainly easy to criticize the identities of others (or give someone else's identity away) but when it comes time to giving up their own identities criticsquickly become much more concerned about their own identities being protected.
In the real world callously throwing around identities leads to real world conflicts. Wars between nations are often due to the result of fears of loss of identity.
Barbara Frye March 7th, 2012 (#)
I certainly agree that identity politics is a global, historical phenomenon. It's just that we cover a certain place and time, and that's what the post was about.
I also agree that many wars are about the fear of a loss of identity — or at least that's why many people around the globe are willing to fight. The motives of those who lead them into those wars are another question.
Your questions about how countries (or people) would react in the case of hypothetical name changes gets to what is so problematic about identity issues to me. In a way that I admit is naive and simplistic, it's a lot easier for me to see the problems associated with identity loyalties. And yet, of course, for all of us there is something we cling to about them and something we see as not just benign, but nurturing. I haven't figured this out, but I suppose the most fundamental thing to say is that it makes us much too vulnerable to manipulation.
"suppose the most fundamental thing to say is that it makes us much too vulnerable to manipulation."
Clever girl (and honest). That's exactly right. Populist megalomaniac politicians know that and constantly use identity as a tool to justify hatred and conflict.
Some anthropologists, social scientists, and philosophers even claim nationalities and ethnicity are simply "imagined communities'. There is some truth to that perspective since despite that we use different names to describe ourselves in practice human beings are all mixed biologically and culturally. One could easily deconstruct any ethnic or national identity by pointing out all the impurities.
Unfortunately even in 21st many believe myths like ethnicity is a synonym for lines of descent. (race does not exist on an ethnic level despite bold claims by nationalists and even surprisingly some that claim to speak for human rights)
On the other hand, some post modernist approaches appear politically motivated rather than strictly empirical (extreme anti-nationalism anti-thesis to extreme nationalism). There is the argument to be made that they are looking for identity in the wrong place. Heraclitus seeing changing waters in a river once wrote we never step into the same river twice. Yet rivers exist and even Heraclitus knew them by a name.
Identity from that perspective would not be about the individual but the balance of values, culture, collective history and memories.
I consider myself human first but I also subscribe to the second view. Anything can be deconstructed into constituent components but entities exist. Nations exist. Ethnic groups exist. History exists. Gravity exists. Word play that casually obfuscates that is playing with fire.


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Densities of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Tidal Waters of the Ballona Wetlands, Los Angeles County, California
John H. Dorsey
Densities of fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) represented by total coliforms, E. coli and enterococci were measured within tidal channels of the Ballona Wetlands (Los Angeles County) to see if the wetlands act as a sink or source for these bacteria and to measure increases in FIB densities during wet weather. Samples were collected on 10 days over a 1-yr period beginning February 2003 at four sites within the wetlands and one site in Ballona Creek opposite the west tide gate. Incoming flood and outgoing ebb tides were sampled during each sampling event at each station. Water from Ballona Creek may be a significant source of indicator bacteria in the wetlands. Within the tidal channels, densities for total coliforms typically ranged from 103–104 MPN/100 ml, but ranged up to 106 during runoff events. Densities of E. coli and enterococci were orders of magnitude less than those measured for total coliforms, generally ranging from 101–104 for E. coli, and 101–105 for enterococci; greater densities were associated with runoff events. Densities of FIB tended to be up to three times greater during flood than ebb tide conditions depending on the tidal range. This result suggests that more FIB may be entering the wetlands on flood tides than leaving during ebbs, so that these bacteria either are being destroyed, sinking into the tidal channel sediments and plant surfaces, or both. This hypothesis needs to be tested by further identifying other possible FIB sources within the wetlands, and increasing the study design's statistical power to better characterize the flux of these bacteria entering and leaving the wetlands.
Dorsey, John H. (2006) "Densities of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Tidal Waters of the Ballona Wetlands, Los Angeles County, California," Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences: Vol. 105: Iss. 2.
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Q: Assert for Json Output in c# Specflow I am writing test in specflow to validate an API get output
The code for validation is
 [Then(@"the customer details will be returned")]
    public void ThenTheCustomerDetailsWillBeReturned ()
    {
        var actualResponse = ScenarioContextWrapper.Response;
        JObject jsonResult = new JObject();
        jsonResult = JObject.Parse(actualResponse);
        Assert.AreEqual("ABC008", jsonResult.GetType().GetProperty("CustomerCode").GetValue(jsonResult, null));
        Assert.AreEqual("ABC Industry", jsonResult.GetType().GetProperty("CustomerName").GetValue(jsonResult, null));

    }

But i am getting exception as "{"Cannot perform runtime binding on a null reference"}".
the output for API is
              {{
  "Pagination": {
"NumberOfItems": 1,
"PageSize": 200,
"PageNumber": 1,
"NumberOfPages": 1
},
"Items": [
{
  "Addresses": [],
  "CustomerCode": "ABC008",
  "CustomerName": "ABC Industry",
  "GSTVATNumber": null,
  "BankName": null,
  "BankBranch": null,
  "BankAccount": null,
  "Website": null,
  "PhoneNumber": null,
  "FaxNumber": null,
  "MobileNumber": null,
  "DDINumber": null,
  "TollFreeNumber": null,
  "Email": null,
  "EmailCC": null,
  "Currency": {
    "CurrencyCode": "NZD",
    "Description": "New Zealand, Dollars",
    "Guid": "29252c92-3d0e-4eba-a613-f9c6c22ed3a8",
    "LastModifiedOn": "2017-01-31T20:22:20.816Z"
  },
  "Notes": null,
  "Taxable": true,
  "XeroContactId": null,
  "SalesPerson": null,
  "DiscountRate": null,
  "PrintPackingSlipInsteadOfInvoice": null,
  "PrintInvoice": null,
  "StopCredit": false,
  "Obsolete": false,
  "XeroSalesAccount": null,
  "XeroCostOfGoodsAccount": null,
  "SellPriceTier": "",
  "SellPriceTierReference": null,
  "CustomerType": "",
  "PaymentTerm": "",
  "ContactFirstName": null,
  "ContactLastName": null,
  "SourceId": null,
  "CreatedBy": "qa+applicant@tyt.com",
  "CreatedOn": "2017-02-05T18:50:53.697Z",
  "Guid": "15145a60-8688-48a5-b849-ab66da3c0288",
  "LastModifiedOn": "2017-02-05T18:50:53.697Z"
}
]
}}

Can someone please help in assert for the customercode
Thanks

A: I used a short JSON as example because the original in your question is not full:
        string actualResponse = "{\"Items\":[{\"CustomerCode\": \"ABC008\", \"TestBla\":\"Bla\"}]}";
        JObject jsonResult = JObject.Parse(actualResponse);

        // Get Null exception. Property does not exist.
        //Object value = jsonResult.GetType().GetProperty("Items").GetValue(jsonResult, null);

        // Will work
        var items = jsonResult["Items"];

        // To assert CustomerCode:
        string value = jsonResult["Items"][0]["CustomerCode"].Value<string>();
        Assert.AreEqual("ABC008", value);

GetProperty gets the class property. In your case the class is JObject.
if you convert the object to your own class (let's say Result) then you can use it own properties (let's say Item):
    Result result = jsonResult.ToObject<Result>();
    var items = result.Items

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Published in the September 14, 2011 Issue
Professor Paul Prucnal confers with Nicole Rafidi '12, one of several undergraduates who are part of a project to develop super-fast circuits.
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Do research on the vets in your new area, taking into account location, reviews, rates, services offered, and any recommendations that you receive to choose one who you think will be a great fit. Then, start the process of getting set up at your new vet's office as early as you can by giving them a call and asking what the process is. You may need to schedule a general wellness check-up for your pet before they can become a regular client. If that's the case, schedule that appointment to take place soon after you move.
One of the most critical parts of transferring your pet to a new vet is sending over their medical documents. Most veterinarians keep their files digital and will either email or fax over everything that your new vet needs without any work required on your part. If you want a copy of your pet's medical records for your own purposes, you can request to have them printed out for you.
When you transfer your pet to a new vet, there's always a chance that important communications will get interrupted. To make sure that your pet doesn't miss out on anything crucial, ask your current vet for a copy of your pet's vaccination schedule, including when they last received each of their key vaccines and when they're due again. That way, you can be sure that you never miss a beat when it comes to your pet's basic medical needs.
Your pet needs to be actively under a vet's care in order for you to purchase their heartworm and flea/tick preventatives, as well as any other non-OTC medications that they take. To be safe, it's usually a good idea to get any refills taken care of before you move, so that you're not scrambling last minute if there are any issues getting your pet settled with your new vet. Stock up now so that you can be positive your pet always has all of their meds.
Give your current veterinarian's office a couple of days to get the transfers of documents handled, then give your new vet a call to be sure they've received everything. It's your responsibility as the pet owner to ensure that the transition happens and that there are no important pieces missing, making this an important (but often overlooked) step. Ask if there is anything else they need you to provide before your pet's first appointment so that you can fill in any gaps. It's always possible that a key document didn't get included with the transfer or that there is incomplete information they need clarification on.
Many veterinarians require a check-in visit for new clients. But even if they don't, it's good to take your pet in so that both of you can meet their new vet. If your pet gets stressed out about going to the vet, bring them to the new office a few times and just give them a treat there, then leave. They'll hopefully start to associate the new office with good things so that there's less fear when their first appointment does eventually roll around.
Note: If you didn't get around to transferring your pet to a new vet prior to your move and are doing it later on, the steps will be pretty much the same. A few phone calls to your old and new vet should take care of all the basics, and from there you can schedule a check-in visit.
Try to tackle this task with the same amount of urgency you assign to other moving-related to dos. Procrastinating could put your pet's health at risk. If your pet has any complex medical needs, it's even more important to ensure that you transfer them to a new vet right away and that no time goes by without them having access to care.
In addition, whether your pet has existing medical needs or not, be sure to find and note down the location and contact information of the nearest 24/7 emergency vet in your new location. Then you never have to worry about being prepared when it comes to taking the best possible care of your pet.
Need more advice about moving with pets? Learn more about how to safely move with pets, how to make moving with dogs easier, and how to make moving less stressful for your kitty. You can access our full archive of tips and advice for moving with pets here.
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It seems obvious that self-image (how we perceive our personality, worth, and attractiveness to the outside world) is eternally tied to our literal self-image (how we appear in photos, mirrors, etc.). I was pondering self-image during our 14-day trek through the Annapurna region of the Himalayas. On day six, we passed through a small village nestled among rice paddies and overlooking rolling mountains that locals call hills, and Himalayas that we can't find words for. It was on this day that we happened upon a mirror and realized it was our first time seeing ourselves in a week. I noticed this lack of mirrors was common throughout Nepal. At home in the U.S., we see ourselves in our bedroom mirror when we wake up, in our bathroom mirror while we brush our teeth, and in our phone cameras throughout the day. We are bombarded with images that shape our sense of self. Trekking along a small river with the roar of insects in my ears, I posed a question to one of my groupmates: do Westerners have so many ways to view ourselves because we are so self-centered, or are we so self-centered because we have so many ways to view ourselves? While both are true in part, we decided that obsessively looking into mirrors and pointing cameras at ourselves is a manifestation of a larger problem: an individualistic society too focused on physical beauty for personal happiness. This in no way describes all of Western culture but it's important to recognize that our surroundings and daily practices mean more than we often realize. When we spend so much time focusing on our outward appearance, we forget to reflect inward.
During the ten days in our rural homestay and 14 days on trek, I saw myself in a mirror at most once a week, and I was absolutely the better for it. For almost three glorious weeks my self-worth and confidence were almost completely uncoupled from my physical appearance. I saw less of a boundary between myself and others. I focused my energy on emotional and mental goals rather than circular questions of self-worth. When I returned to the city and regularly saw myself in the mirror, the physical delineation between self and surroundings came crashing down. I felt more alone and with more of a spotlight on myself. But my mirror is not the same mirror as those used by the people of Nepal.
I use literal mirrors to see myself mostly as I am. For many Nepali people, Western television, music, and ads now function as a mirror to reflect who they should be. This reflection of Western "perfection" is impossible to replicate. And yet hundreds of millions of people worldwide stand in front of this distorted mirror and cut, scrub, and rub away their traditions, forever working on an impossible task: making themselves look like the figure in the mirror that is Western culture. And these alterations translate to the slow but consistent degradation of culture. Handmade creams are eclipsed by caustic creams. Delicious tough bread rolls are exchanged for weightless airy white bread. The lilt of a Nepali conversation is substituted for the consonants of a foreign tongue. And the fierce pride of a people is replaced by the frustrated longing for another.
The realization we must all come to see is that the well-being of a country is tied to millions and millions of self-images.
There are myriad factors that play into this destructive process and one of them is writing this yak. Each wealthy western traveler leaves a small imprint on the minds of those around them as their expensive shoes wear the narrow streets of Kathmandu, Nepal, or any of the places they travel. The onus should not only be on the many industries, mindsets, and forms of media that play into this Western cultural imperialism shaping the world around us, but also in some small part, on each individual traveler. We should find the real reasons to travel: to learn from and shine a spotlight on the beauty of another culture; to give and spread compassion and appreciation; and to share the best parts of the places we come from. And with any luck we might end up exploring ourselves and realize that differences between cultures add texture and life to the world.
And with this we come to realize that the more mirrors one faces, the harder it is to truly reflect.


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Britain to Launch E-University
BRISTOL, UK — The British government put up 14 million pounds ($21 million) this summer to launch an e-university and plans another infusion of cash next month. Joint ventures with corporations also are being sought.
The concept was developed by the Higher Education Funding Council for England and is designed for graduate and post-graduate students to spruce up their specialty knowledge through online learning.
It is also meant to expand British higher education across the globe by attracting some of the 2 million students outside Europe eager for post-graduate work. The HEFCE hopes to attract 500,000 of them by 2005.
Curriculum will be developed with leading British universities such as Kent, York, Edinburgh, and perhaps Oxford and Cambridge, although their e-learning programs will not be limited to the e-university.
"The e-university will aim to produce learning modules that do not need face-to-face support," said Alice Frost, who is in charge of the project for the HEFCE. "The learning materials will contain within them the assessment and the support elements.
"Learning materials are not just static deliverers of content but engage and develop the learner in the learning process, for example in doing projects, working in groups or searching their own learning resources."
Target audiences also include "corporate" universities and major corporations, Frost said, with "earner-learners," i.e., "mature people at work, rather than 18- to 30-year-olds. We do not see much domestic market for undergraduate e-learning."
Frost put initial start-up costs at 75 million pounds ($113 million) and annual operating costs at 40 million pounds ($60 million). While government will put up a good chunk of money, she is also looking for private funds.
"We would probably expect a 50/50 balance in capitalization from public and private sectors," she said. "Our very early estimate is capital of 400 million pounds ($600 million) for a comprehensive e-learning subject portfolio for the five- to 10-year development horizon."
Frost said the e-university would be marketed aggressively and developed into its own brand with "considerable effort" put into marketing the company overseas. But she said a complete marketing plan has not been developed yet.
Since the e-University Operation Co. will be a joint public-private venture, it should at least cover its costs, Frost said, adding that she expects to do much better than that.
"We certainly expect to make money," she said.
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An ME60 running V600R002C02SPC700 substituted for an MA5200G to provide the DHCP relay function. After clients that migrated from the MA5200G were reset within the DHCP lease, obtained addresses were different from the address before the reset.
The problem in this case was caused due to mechanism difference.
2. Captured packets to analyze the problem.
After being reset, the client sent two discovery packets. Upon receiving the first packet, the ME60 released the client and sent a release message to the DCHP server to instruct it to release the address that had been allocated to the client. The ME60 transparently transmitted the second discovery packet to the DHCP server. Therefore, the DHCP server allocated a new IP address to the client.
3. Checked for difference in processing DHCP packets on the ME60 and MA5200G.
On MA5200G, dhcp through-packet was enabled, whereas on ME60 V600R002C02SPC700, the function was disabled by default, which caused the problem.


ATHENS, June 14 (Reuters Life!) - Greece on Thursday said an agreement with Switzerland to facilitate the return of stolen or illegally excavated antiquities was starting to bear fruit with the return of an ancient male marble torso.
Greece and Switzerland, a main thoroughfare for internationally traded ancient art, signed a memorandum of cooperation in May for the repatriation of illegally exported Greek antiquities.
"The return of this statue would not have taken place were it not for this memorandum," Culture Minister George Voulgarakis told reporters, standing next to the marble male torso dating to the 1st century AD, stolen from the island of Crete in the early 1990s.
"Switzerland is a trading and transit country for cultural products to other countries," he said.
The marble statue of god Apollo, discovered in the late 19th century in the town of Gortyna in Crete, was sought by Greece ever since it was reported stolen in 1991 together with nine other items.
It was not until March this year that Interpol informed Athens it had tracked it down in Berne.
Voulgarakis said Swiss arts dealer David Cahn, who had the statue in his possession, returned it unconditionally after a brief legal dispute.
Greece has already received several priceless ancient objects from the Getty Museum in Los Angeles in the past year.
Former Getty antiquities curator Marion True faces criminal charges in both Greece and Italy for conspiring to receive stolen goods. She has denied the charges.
Greece would most like to have the marble friezes and sculptures of the Athens Acropolis that were removed by British diplomat Lord Elgin some 200 years ago returned. They are and currently housed in the British Museum in London.


Chalet Dana is ideally located 150 meters away from the village center. You will be able to acess the Chamois ski lift by walking, as well as all of Megève shops.
Chalet Dana is a new chalet of traditional architecture and modern interior. It is the only chalet that offers the same level of equipment a 5 star hotel would such a pool, jacuzzi, hammam, sauna, fitness room, massage area, cinema, and a bar area. Absolutely perfect for a group of friends.
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A pair of gay restaurateurs is closing up shop in Morris, Man., saying they are sick of being the target of anti-gay slurs. Pots N Hands, which advertises "home cooked meals," opened in the community of 1,700 70 kilometres south of Winnipeg just four months ago.
Ever since, alleges owner Dave Claringbould, he and his partner have been assailed by homophobic slurs, such as a customer asking if his plate of food was diseased.
"They should get the hell out of here. I don't really like them — the service and who they are," resident Aaron Kleinsasse told the Winnipeg Free Press this week.
Since word of the verbal attacks first became public, other locals have tried to bolster the new business by eating there or sending messages of support. But Claringbould says he has experienced homophobia in a small town before and knows some people will never change their attitudes.
Still, he said he didn't initially expect to face blatant ignorance and insults.
"We were asked if somebody was going to catch something off of the plate because we had prepared the food on it," Claringbould recalled Tuesday.
He said his partner calmly dealt with the customer and told the man he would be OK.
They intend to close the restaurant on April 13.
The 35-year-old chef, originally from the United Kingdom, has worked in the restaurant business for 15 years. After cooking in kitchens in British Columbia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, he settled in Manitoba.
He and his partner, who does not want to be identified, lived in Winnipeg before they bought a rural property near Morris. Claringbould taught a cooking class in town, then decided to pursue his dream of running his own restaurant.
The pair opened Pots N Hands in December, serving dishes such as baked potatoes stuffed with chicken curry, roast beef and Yorkshire pudding.
Claringbould said he and his partner didn't hide their relationship but didn't flaunt it either. In February, he said a group of regular customers found out they were gay and stopped coming. Others verbally attacked the couple in the restaurant and around town.
Most people in the community of 1,700 are not homophobic and have been welcoming, said Claringbould. But the others make it difficult to run a business and live there happily.
Claringbould said he and his partner previously faced homophobia when they lived in another community, which he wouldn't name. The couple stuck it out for awhile but people just wouldn't change their attitudes.
George Ifantis, who runs George's Burgers & Subs in town, said he has nothing against the Pots N Hands owners, but understands that some customers might be uncomfortable with the men's sexuality.
One longtime resident, who asked not to be named, said she is disgusted and embarrassed by the prejudice.
President of the Morris Chamber of Commerce, Pat Schmitke, said he's hurt and disappointed.
Schmitke said it's the second time this year the community has been in the spotlight for bigotry allegations.
The town's community newspaper published editorial comments in January calling aboriginals corrupt and lazy. The Morris Mirror went out of business in March.


The hood lamp, as the name implies, uses a lampshade to cover the light and then is projected in a certain area. Generally used in the ceiling, bedside, cabinets inside. It can be hoisted or landed. In the style there are cylindrical, tubular, flowerpot-type, concave-groove and the next wall-screen lamp.


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 Carlos Pellegrini, argentinsk president

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 Partido de Pellegrini, kommun, Buenos Aires,
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Harnessing lifelong creativity, and combining it with the artistry of traditional dressmaking methods, Sienna Von Hildemar produces stunning bridal wear that is as unique and extraordinary as the bride wearing it.
© Sienna Von Hildemar, 2018. All rights reserved, London, UK.


A car, abandoned on Hammersmith Road, somewhat worse for wear after a rather nasty smash with two other cars and a lorry yesterday lunchtime. The driver and a passenger were seen to grab a bag from the boot, before leaving on foot.
Exactly why they left their car on a major road isn't entirely clear. Perhaps they were late for an important meeting.


Teen personality - What is your real personality?
Among the many challenges of being a teen is figuring out how to fit into the many - and always changing - groups of other teens whom you encounter in everyday life. These endeavors are not for the faint of heart! The good news is, although you'll never completely stop trying to fit in, it does get easier when you're an adult, because you at least know yourself to a good degree.
Yes, for better or for worse, teenhood (for lack of a better term) is when you're most challenged to figure yourself out. And all the while, you're trying to determine which group(s) you fit into! Or don't! Agh!
So, tell you what. We're here to try to help, with a handful of quizzes you can take to sort out your own personality and shed light on the other types you're always running into. Do you have a mixed teen girl personality? There's a quiz for that. Are you a stereotypical teen? There's one for that, too. And more – have a look!
What Type of Teen are You?
Am I A Stereotypical Teen?
Welcome, all teen girls! Take this quiz now to see if you are a typical teenage stereotype, and if so, which one. Have fun, and please rate it if you liked it!
What's your mixed teen girl personality?
These 10 easy questions will help teens determine their personality type. NOTE: You'll get the most accurate results if you answer all questions honestly.
This test shows in which group of teenagers you fit in. If you really don't know, take this to find out!
What Kind of Teen Girl Am I?
Teen Girl World is full of cliques. Some girls are nerds who read and study a lot. Some are hippies who like things natural. Some are just a bunch of divas. Some are athletes. And some are Goth - anti-social, and death brings them to life. Which teen girl are YOU?
To all those struggling teenagers out there! Come and take this test, it will result to whether your life is REALLY that bad and it will give you a tip or so to preventing it getting worse! Thanks for taking the test!
Teens-Which crowd do you fit into?
Ever wonder what group you belong to. The popular crowd, the nerds, or the in between crowd? Take this quiz and find out!
Hey it's me! Nicola, how are you? Please comment so I can know if you are okay because I know how it feels, given the fact all of my boyfriends have dumped me for one of my friends. By the way, If you want revenge, I'm best person to ask for ideas that won't harm them but will embarrass them so much that they won't want to leave their room for a week or two. If you don't respond, I'll understand. It is a bit weird that a random person is trying to talk to you but don't worry I'm harmless.
So interesting!! I love every one of those quizzes.
Nicola, sorry if this hurts your feelings but GET OVER IT!!!!! I said that bluntly because if your boyfriend dumped you for your BF, it shows he is a jerk and you shouldn't care about him any more. Also, ask your BF why he is now with her and why she betrayed you by being with him.
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I am the best!!!! I am a typicle teen.
Girl, I know what its like. There is this boy I like, and I can't tell if he likes me, It's hard when you don't know. . . It's not bad to be athletic, it's normal and healthy. I do ballet, even though I absolutely hate hate hate running. Remember though, you are beautiful inside and out. don't ever forget that!
I'm 15 and I've only ever had one boyfriend and I really want a sweet nice boyfriend but it doesn't seem like any guys like me and I don't know why I'm really athletic and I thought I was pretty, but I geuss I am a little shy but that's not that bad. Is there something wrong with me why don't guys like me?


Air volume inaccuracy is a common problem in boiler operation. High or low air volume in operation will bring great difficulties to the fine operation of the boiler, and even can not achieve a high level of operational objectives. High or low air volume will directly affect the boiler combustion efficiency and thermal efficiency. Because of the inaccuracy of wind measurement, it also brings great trouble to the fan efficiency measurement, so it is impossible to monitor and grasp the fan efficiency in time. The fan efficiency of power plants in China is generally low, and it is the biggest contributor to the plant consumption. Although the power plant costs a lot of money every year to ask professional institutions to test the fan performance and calibrate the wind meter, but these work on the operation of the power plant boiler has no practical effect.
Based on the principle of energy method, our company skillfully avoids the problems existing in the current air measurement test method, that is, it can simply and accurately measure the air volume, but also timely track the efficiency of the fan, which provides a solid foundation for fine filtration and air distribution operation and fan efficiency adjustment.
1. the excess air coefficient can be accurately controlled, the combustion efficiency of the boiler can be increased, and the carbon content of fly ash can be reduced.
2. avoid excessive heat loss or increase of air volume and low combustion efficiency.
3. Real-time dynamic tracking of fan efficiency can provide decision-making basis for fan efficiency upgrade operation adjustment and upgrade of output, reduce unnecessary air supply to boiler, maintain the best operation state of fan, and reduce fan power consumption.
4. It is the foundation of establishing the reasonable flow field of CFB boiler, which is very important for combustion, heat transfer, anti-wear and even pollutant emission control.


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Галич или Халич (; ) е град в Украйна, Ивано-Франкивска област, административен център на Галички район.

В града живеят около 8000 души.

Първото му упоменаване датира от 898 г. През Средновековието (в периода 12-14 в.) той е столица на Галичко-Волинското княжество. Той дава името на историческата област в която се намера - Галиция (Галичина).

На територията на града се намира културният резерват "Стария Галич".

Градове в Ивано-Франкивска област
Червена Рус
Галиция


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Keyo supplies 12 Combi-RT forklifts to H2S Foxhills
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Keyo Agricultural Services is one of the UK's largest farm gate to factory providers to the poultry processing sector, easily recognisable with its distinctive blue and white livery. It has recently taken delivery of 12 Combilift Combi-RT forklifts for its contract with Hook 2 Sisters (H2S) to complement the commissioning of the customer's new Meyn live intake Poultry System at its Foxhills plant in Scunthorpe.
Keyo collaborated closely with materials handling specialist manufacturer Combilift when it first launched the Combi-RT in 2011, which was designed as a purpose built, no compromise forklift for the very specific requirements of the poultry live collection and transportation sector.
"Following the introduction of the Combi-RT we could see that these rugged machines were far superior to modified versions of other trucks on the market," said Keyo Director Mark van den Bos. "We have been extremely pleased with their performance and reliability and we now operate a fleet of 46 RTs and will continue to replace our remaining 19 truck mounted forklifts with them in due course."
"More importantly, our customers have come fully on board with the Combi-RT after witnessing the very capable no fuss way it glides through the poultry house with the minimum of noise and disturbance, translating to extremely low poultry stress levels which is particularly important when thinning."
Complementing the forklifts, Keyo also supplies the teams for the live collection and loading of the poultry for the Foxhills factory. With a total of around 2 million birds a week (increasing to 2.4 million) to be caught and loaded a slick operation and reliability of equipment is essential, particularly in light of Meyn's "no lairage" system.
The Meyn stainless steel containers used by H2S are five tier modules subdivided into ten compartments, allowing more air to circulate and reducing stress related damage to the birds. This system enables transport vehicles to be loaded to the UK legal maximum weight of 44t. A requirement for Keyo was therefore to provide forklifts capable of handling the 1300kg weight of the five tier modules (compared to the 950kg of four tier modules) at 1200mm load centres in a safe and legal manner – a task easily achieved by the Combi-RT.
Other challenges for Keyo as a supplier were to ensure low operational decibel noise of the forklifts to reduce stress on personnel and poultry, compact dimensions to allow access through narrow doorways and under eves with low ceilings and good traction with manoeuvrability. "Our experience with Combilift is that they take feedback on board very readily to incorporate features which enable us to meet the requirements of our customers," said van den Bos. "For example, the Combi-RT has a clear view 3 stage mast with full free lift as standard."
As drivers spend long periods in the cab travelling over difficult terrain, the RT's deep suspension seat and ample leg room is very beneficial to their comfort. Together with good visibility this reduces fatigue for enhanced health and safety practices as well as a clear view for the welfare of the poultry. An additional plus is the access to components and the ease of cleaning and disinfecting to comply with the high bio security standards prevalent in the industry.
An increase of around 20%+ in efficiency at the Foxhills plant has been estimated since the Meyn/Combi-RT combination has been in place and two other H2S plants supplied by Keyo – at Sandycroft and Llangefni – are also looking to follow suit.
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Lawrence Okoye, a London 2012 Olympian, was one of 13 arrested in a prostitution sting in Alabama. He was arrested Wednesday and was released from the Shelby County Jail on Thursday. The side of the moon we never see from Earth contains secrets about our solar systems early days, and it could help astronomers see the universe more clearly. Lawmakers are lashing out at teachers after their strikes. The children will lose the most. Scientists disagree about whether bringing extinct species back from the dead will result in a net loss of global biodiversity. Facing an economic landscape that threatened to leave it behind, Notre Dame has begun to leverage one of its most valuable assets its century-old mystique.


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Q: How to start ReplayKit screen recording in SpriteKit SKScene class I have implemented ReplayKit in my SpriteKit game, but since everything is done within the GameViewController the record button appears too early. Please see my GameViewController class below:
class GameViewController: UIViewController, RPPreviewViewControllerDelegate {

var videoRecButton: UIButton!
var videoRecImage: UIImage!

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    let skView = self.view as? SKView

    if skView?.scene == nil  {
        skView?.showsFPS = true
        skView?.showsNodeCount = true
        skView?.showsPhysics = true
        skView?.ignoresSiblingOrder = false

        //starting the game with the Poster Scene
        let posterScene = PosterScene(size: skView!.bounds.size)
        posterScene.scaleMode = .aspectFill
        skView?.presentScene(posterScene)
    }

    videoRecButton = UIButton(type: .custom)
    videoRecImage = UIImage(named:"videoRecButton.png")

    videoRecButton.frame = CGRect(x:0, y: 0, width: (videoRecImage?.size.width)!, height: (videoRecImage?.size.height)!)
    videoRecButton.setImage(videoRecImage, for: .normal)
    videoRecButton.addTarget(self, action:#selector(self.videoRecButtonClicked), for: .touchUpInside)
    self.view.addSubview(videoRecButton)
}

func videoRecButtonClicked() {
    print("Button Clicked")
    startRecording()
}

func startRecording() {
    let recorder = RPScreenRecorder.shared()

    recorder.startRecording{ [unowned self] (error) in
        if let unwrappedError = error {
            print(unwrappedError.localizedDescription)
        } else {

            self.videoRecButton.addTarget(self, action:#selector(self.stopRecording), for: .touchUpInside)
        }
    }
}

func stopRecording() {
    let recorder = RPScreenRecorder.shared()

    recorder.stopRecording { [unowned self] (preview, error) in
        self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Start", style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(self.startRecording))

        if let unwrappedPreview = preview {
            unwrappedPreview.previewControllerDelegate = self
            self.present(unwrappedPreview, animated: true)
        }
    }
}

func previewControllerDidFinish(_ previewController: RPPreviewViewController) {
    dismiss(animated: true)
}

override var shouldAutorotate: Bool {
    return true
}

override var supportedInterfaceOrientations: UIInterfaceOrientationMask {
    if UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .phone {
        return .allButUpsideDown
    } else {
        return .all
    }
}

override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
    super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
    // Release any cached data, images, etc that aren't in use.
}

override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {
    return true
}
}

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*How can I call the startRecording and stopRecording functions from a class that inherits from SKScene like GameScene class?

*How can enable, disable and hide the videoRecButton button from the GameScene class?
UPDATE
Based on an answer from crashoverride777 a placed the following code in my SKScene class but the screen records for just a few seconds before the navigation controller with a preview of the recorded video appears. The recorded video is just a black screen and the cancel and save buttons are unresponsive.
    func startRecording() {
    let recorder = RPScreenRecorder.shared()

    if #available(iOS 10.0, *) {
        recorder.startRecording{ [unowned self] (error) in
            if let unwrappedError = error {
                print(unwrappedError.localizedDescription)
            } else {

                self.stopRecording()

            }
        }
    } else {
        // Fallback on earlier versions
    }
}

func stopRecording() {
    let recorder = RPScreenRecorder.shared()

    recorder.stopRecording { [unowned self] (preview, error) in
        self.view?.window?.rootViewController?.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Start", style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(self.startRecording))

        if let unwrappedPreview = preview {
            unwrappedPreview.previewControllerDelegate = self
            self.view?.window?.rootViewController?.present(unwrappedPreview, animated: true)
        }
    }

}

func previewControllerDidFinish(_ previewController: RPPreviewViewController) {
    view?.window?.rootViewController?.dismiss(animated: true)
}

I created a record button:
let videoRecButtonSprite = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "videoButton")
videoRecButtonSprite.position = CGPoint(x: self.frame.width/15, y: self.frame.height - self.frame.height/12)
self.addChild(videoRecButtonSprite)

override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {

    for touch: AnyObject in touches {
        let location = touch.location(in: self)
        if videoRecButtonSprite.contains(location){
            startRecording()
        }
    }
}

A: You should not create your button in the GameViewController, create it directly in your SKScene. Its not good practice to use the GameViewController for UI in SpriteKit games.
There is plenty tutorials around on how to create buttons in SpriteKit.
In regards to ReplayKit, you can use it directly in the SKScene you want, just take the code you have already and move it to the relevant Scene.
To present the preview view controller in a SKScene you can say this
view?.window?.rootViewController?.present(unwrappedPreview, animated: true)

I also noticed you are presenting the View controller after you stop recording. You sure you want to do this? Usually you have a separate button in your game over menu where you can watch the recording.
Here is the general code. I also reccomend you check out apples Sample game DemoBots.
I personally use a Singleton class to manager recording, this way its easier to manager calling all the methods incase you need it for different scenes. To start of the class crate a new swift file and add this code.
 class ScreenRecoder: NSObject {

      /// Shared instance
      static let shared = ScreenRecorder()

      /// Preview controller
      var previewController: RPPreviewViewController?

      /// Private singleton init
      private override init() { }
 }

Than to start recording add this method to the ScreenRecorder class.
func start() {
    let sharedRecorder = RPScreenRecorder.shared()

    // Do nothing if screen recording is not available
    guard sharedRecorder.isAvailable else { return }

    // Stop previous recording if necessary
    if sharedRecorder.isRecording {
        stopScreenRecording()
    }

    print("Starting screen recording")

    // Register as the recorder's delegate to handle errors.
    sharedRecorder.delegate = self

    // Start recording
    if #available(iOS 10.0, *) {
        #if os(iOS)
            sharedRecorder.isMicrophoneEnabled = true
            //sharedRecorder.isCameraEnabled = true // fixme
        #endif

        sharedRecorder.startRecording { [unowned self] error in
            if let error = error as? NSError, error.code != RPRecordingErrorCode.userDeclined.rawValue {
                print(error.localizedDescription)
                // Show alert
                return
            }
        }
    } else {
        // Fallback on earlier versions
        sharedRecorder.startRecording(withMicrophoneEnabled: true) { error in
            if let error = error as? NSError, error.code != RPRecordingErrorCode.userDeclined.rawValue {
                print(error.localizedDescription)
                // Show alert
                return
            }
        }
    }
}

To stop recording call this. You notice I am not actually showing the preview yet, I am simply storing it for later use. This is the usual way you do it.
 func stop() {
    let sharedRecorder = RPScreenRecorder.shared()

    // Do nothing if screen recording is not available
    guard sharedRecorder.isAvailable else { return }

    // Stop recording
    sharedRecorder.stopRecording { [unowned self] (previewViewController, error) in
        if let error = error {
            // If an error has occurred, display an alert to the user.
            print(error.localizedDescription)
            // Show alert
            return
        }

        print("Stop screen recording")

        if let previewViewController = previewViewController {
            // Set delegate to handle view controller dismissal.
            previewViewController.previewControllerDelegate = self

            /*
             Keep a reference to the `previewViewController` to
             present when the user presses on preview button.
             */
            self.previewViewController = previewViewController
        }
    }
}

Than create 2 extensions in the ScreenRecorder class conforming to the ReplayKit delegates.
The Preview Controller Delegate
 /// RPPreviewViewControllerDelegate
 extension ScreenRecorder: RPPreviewViewControllerDelegate {

     /// Preview controller did finish
    func previewControllerDidFinish(_ previewController: RPPreviewViewController) {
          previewController.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
    }
}

and the recording delegate
extension ScreenRecorder: RPScreenRecorderDelegate {

      /// Screen recoder did stop with error
      func screenRecorder(_ screenRecorder: RPScreenRecorder, didStopRecordingWithError error: Error, previewViewController: RPPreviewViewController?) {

         // Display the error the user to alert them that the recording failed.
        let error = error as NSError
        if error.code != RPRecordingErrorCode.userDeclined.rawValue {
            print(message: error.localizedDescription)
            // show alert
        }

         // Hold onto a reference of the `previewViewController` if not nil.
         if let previewViewController = previewViewController {
             self.previewViewController = previewViewController
         }
      }

      /// Screen recoder did change availability
      func screenRecorderDidChangeAvailability(_ screenRecorder: RPScreenRecorder) {
           // e.g update your button UI etc
           // you can use something like delegation to pass something to your SKScenes
     }
}

And finally create a method to present the preview. Preferably you call this via a button in your game over menu.
func showPreview() {
    guard let previewViewController = previewViewController else { return }

    print("Showing screen recording preview")

    // `RPPreviewViewController` only supports full screen modal presentation.
    previewViewController.modalPresentationStyle = .fullScreen

    let rootViewController = UIApplication.shared.keyWindow?.rootViewController
    rootViewController?.present(previewViewController, animated: true, completion:nil)
}

Now you can call the methods anywhere you like in your project
ScreenRecorder.shared.start()
ScreenRecorder.shared.stop()
ScreenRecorder.shared.showPreview() // call stop before calling this

This code is pretty much straight out of DemoBots.
I think the nicest way to handle screen recording is by creating an auto-recording button in your main menu. Use UserDefaults to save the on/off state of it. If its turned on you call startRecording when your gameplay begins, and call stop recording when its game over. Than you show a preview button in your game over menu to watch the recording if the user wants to.
Hope this helps

A: DemoBots is hard. Remember to import ReplayKit, RPPreviewViewControllerDelegate, RPScreenRecorderDelegate. Can u post ur final code on GitHub or something, crashoverride777. This is what I wrote and I can't get the preview display:
func startRecording() {
    let sharedRecorder = RPScreenRecorder.shared()

    // Do nothing if screen recording is not available
    guard sharedRecorder.isAvailable else { return }

    // Stop previous recording if necessary
    if sharedRecorder.isRecording {
        stopScreenRecording()
    }

    print("Starting screen recording")

    // Register as the recorder's delegate to handle errors.
    sharedRecorder.delegate = self

    // Start recording
    sharedRecorder.isMicrophoneEnabled = true
    //sharedRecorder.isCameraEnabled = true // fixme

    sharedRecorder.startRecording { error in
        if let error = error as NSError?, error.code != RPRecordingErrorCode.userDeclined.rawValue {
            print(error.localizedDescription)
            // Show alert
            return
        }
    }
}

func stopScreenRecording() {
    let sharedRecorder = RPScreenRecorder.shared()

    // Do nothing if screen recording is not available
    guard sharedRecorder.isAvailable else { return }

    // Stop recording
    sharedRecorder.stopRecording { [unowned self] (previewViewController, error) in
        if let error = error {
            // If an error has occurred, display an alert to the user.
            print(error.localizedDescription)
            // Show alert
            return
        }

        print("Stop screen recording")

        if let previewViewController = previewViewController {
            // Set delegate to handle view controller dismissal.
            previewViewController.previewControllerDelegate = self

            /*
             Keep a reference to the `previewViewController` to
             present when the user presses on preview button.
             */
            self.previewController = previewViewController
        }
    }
}

func previewControllerDidFinish(_ previewController: RPPreviewViewController) {
    view?.window?.rootViewController?.dismiss(animated: true)
}


WORCESTER - A Boylston man was placed on probation with a suspended jail sentence Friday on charges arising from a 2009 beating at his father's Shrewsbury Street towing business and an unrelated attempt to bribe a witness in a separate beating case.
Patsy Santa Maria Jr., 47, was sentenced to 2½ years in the House of Correction, suspended for 2 years with probation, after pleading guilty in Worcester Superior Court to two counts of assault and battery and single counts of witness intimidation and conspiring to intimidate a witness.
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As jointly recommended by Mr. Dillon and Mr. Santa Maria's lawyer, Peter L. Ettenberg, the judge placed Mr. Santa Maria on probation for two years on the assault and battery charges.
The witness intimidation and conspiracy charges involved what prosecutors said was an aborted plot to bribe a witness in Mr. Santa Maria's 2013 Worcester Superior Court trial on assault charges in connection with the 2011 beating of a man at Pat's Service and Towing.
Prosecutors said Mr. Santa Maria's father, Patsy Santa Maria Sr., offered a prospective witness in that trial up to $25,000 to tweak his testimony so as to weaken the prosecution's case against his son. The witness alerted authorities to the bribe offer, which prosecutors said was later withdrawn.
Patsy Santa Maria Jr. ended up pleading guilty to assault charges, ending the trial before the witness was ever called to the stand. He was placed on probation with a suspended jail sentence.
The elder Mr. Santa Maria was placed on probation for one year in 2014 after admitting to sufficient facts for guilty findings on charges of witness intimidation, attempted subornation of perjury and two counts of conspiracy. He was found guilty of attempting to suborn perjury and the remaining charges were continued without findings for one year.
Mr. Dillon recommended Friday that Patsy Santa Maria Jr. be sentenced to 1 to 2 years in state prison on the intimidation and conspiracy charges. Mr. Ettenberg asked that the charges be continued wtihout findings.
The judge imposed a sentence of 2½ years in the House of Correction, suspended for 2 years with probation.


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Atricure (NASDAQ:ATRC) share price was hit on Monday after a U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) report expressed "concerns" about a clinical trial for one of the company's ablation devices.
FDA published a report in advance of its advisory panel meeting this Wednesday to review AtriCure's application for approval of an atrial fibrillation(AF) indication for the company's Synergy ablation system, which is already approved under 510(k) for ablation of cardiac tissue.
The purpose of this Pre-Market Approval (PMA) is to expand the indications for use to include the specific claim of treatment of persistent or longstanding persistent AF in the concomitant surgery setting, which would if successful make Atricure the only company that's obtained an AF label for a surgical device.
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AtriCure's share price fell 13 percent to $10.16 with heavy trading volume on the day, nearly quadruple AtriCure's three-month average.
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