Abstract: We present Ardeco, a new algorithm for image abstraction and conversion from bitmap images into vector graphics. Given a bitmap image, our algorithm automatically computes the set of vector primitives and gradients that best approximates the image. In addition, more details can be generated in user-selected important regions, defined from eye-tracking data or from an importance map painted by the user. Our algorithm is based on a new two-level variational parametric segmentation algorithm, minimizing Mumford and Shah's energy and operating on an intermediate triangulation, well adapted to the features of the image.
Follow this link to supplemental material.
The complete source-code of ARDECO and a compiled version for Windows are available as a plug-in for our Graphite software, see the Graphite page.
These web-pages contain in the VECTOR IMAGE GALLERIES section all the examples and results shown in the paper, and some more that did not fit due to space considerations.
All the image galleries are available in two versions, one with all the results in the SVG format (this requires a SVG plugin, available from there), and one with standard images only. The SVG file format is becoming a standard, but is not supported yet by all internet browsers. If you have the SVG plugin, then you can zoom in the results by right-clicking on the vector images. In both cases, to let the reader experience resolution-independent graphics, each example has a link to a PDF version, that can be viewed/zoomed-in/printed in Acrobat reader or in any PDF-compliant software.
The VIDEOS section shows the principal steps of the algorithm.
We have included in the SOURCE-CODE section the complete implementation of our generic rasterizer and M-estimator fitting, for bivariate polynomial functions of degrees from 0 to 3.
Andrew Blake's webpage and book .
L. Demaret, N. Dyn, and A. Iske: Image Compression by Linear Splines over Adaptive Triangulations. Signal Processing 86(7), July 2006, 1604-1616. see this link .
Roman Kazinnik, Shai Dekel and Nira Dyn, Low-bit rate image coding using adaptive geometric piecewise polynomial approximation, see this link .


The resignation of home secretary Amber Rudd hasn't ended the pressure on Theresa May and the Tories.
The Tories were heavily criticised inside parliament on Monday as an emergency motion on the Windrush scandal was discussed.
Newly appointed home secretary Sajid Javid claimed he would treat Windrush Generation migrants "fairly". But he said nothing concrete about what this would mean.
Outside over 100 people rallied in solidarity with migrants. Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott addressed the crowd.
People who have been targeted by the Home Office joined the protest. Harold has been in Britain for over 30 years. He lost his passport 20 years ago and was told by the Home Office they had no record of him.
"My close friends in Jamaica died and I couldn't go to their funerals," he told Socialist Worker. "It was heartbreaking.
Elsewhere in Britain people protested against the government. In Oxford, for example, 100 people came out.
Former detainee Yvonne Williams—who was only released from Yarl's Wood detention centre last Friday—slammed the government for treating people "like dogs".
Rudd had been implementing the policy of the previous home secretary—May—and the racist policy of the entire Tory government.
With Rudd gone, there is no one else who can take the blame on May's behalf.
The outrage at the Windrush scandal can feed into a movement which can claim more scalps. It can also win justice and guarantees for migrants.
Protesters in parliament square heard from the teachers' NEU union joint general secretary Kevin Courtney. He argued that Theresa May's "hostile environment" was designed to do far more than intimidate undocumented migrants.
He argued that migrants shouldn't be divided up into the deserving and the undeserving, and said EU migrants also "need to be allowed to stay".
The protests must continue until the Tories are pushed from office.
Details of the reality of the "hostile environment" for "illegal" migrants that Theresa May created continue to emerge.
One of the memos that brought down Rudd discusses Operation Perceptor which involves arresting and deporting people on the same day.
A memo also outlines how "we have undertaken an intense programme of activity with the top 20 'highest risk' NHS trusts to improve their ability to identify chargeable patients.
The racist approach to the NHS crisis is still in place.
The NHS Employers organisation said last week that 400 visas for doctors to work in Britain had been refused since December.
The Evening Standard newspaper said on Tuesday that May had personally intervened to prevent the doctors from coming here.
The scheme the Indian doctors would have come to Britain under—"earn, learn and return"—means workers come to Britain for three years and then have to leave.
This is scandalous in itself. Migrants are used to plug staff shortages created by government cuts.
They are then told to get out after they have served their purpose.


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Table tennis is the fastest ball sport in the world, with the ball reaching incredible speeds, especially due to the ability to apply considerable rotation.
Nowadays, this is a sport that has a good dominance on the part of the Asians, with special emphasis on the Chinese.
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I think you probably call it ping pong and not table tennis. I do not know if you knew, but there's a difference between them …
Ping pong is the term used when you only practice to have fun, as a joke, while table tennis is used to define who competes and practices it being a sport.
The history of table tennis began in England in the nineteenth century, this being a way to play tennis in an enclosed space. In the beginning books were used as a hammock, and with his hands he would beat a ball or cover from side to side.
With the growing popularity of this activity, a toy company got the idea and developed wooden rackets to play. These made a lot of noise and hence comes the name of "ping pong."
Later an English company named J. Jaques registered the brand and from there the other manufacturers began to call table tennis.
Over time, the equipment has been changing and the popularity of the sport has been increasing all over the world. It is currently estimated that at least about 300 millions of people play ping pong as a recreational form.
Since 1988, Table Tennis is an Olympic sport, having been held in Seoul.
The table tennis game is played by sets, and its number is defined by the organization of the event, which may have 3,5 or 7 sets and wins the player who reaches more than half of the sets first.
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To win the set, a player has to reach the 11 points, and the set will only end if there is a difference of 2 points between the players (if they have 10 × 10, the game only ends up if 12 × 10 or so in succession) .
Each play begins with the service and the goal is to make the ball hit the opponent's field during the play and he could not return it in the same way.
The table tennis rules say that the service should begin by placing the ball in the open palm facing upwards for the referee and opponent to see the ball and then throw it at least 16cm and when the ball you are dropping you do the service by making him bounce on your side of the table and then on the opponent's side.
In a game of doubles, the service has to be crossed and made from its right side to the right side of the opponent.
If the ball touches the net and moves to the side of the opponent, touching its field, it is considered net, and this service was invalid, not counting point to anybody. The number of invalid postings is unlimited and can be postponed until the posting is valid or fails to dial.
One of the great peculiarities of this sport is that you can spin a very large ball and thus achieve a very different number of effects and speeds, which requires a lot of strategy during a game. Let's see which are the most used spins:
Cato: This effect causes the spinning ball to "flee" from its opponent back to itself, being that it does not hit as far forward as normal and so thanks the opponent can not put force on the ball and it ends up in the net.
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TopSpin: If you want a way to fight Cato, this is the way. The Topspin is made with a fast and strong upward movement when you are off the table, from the knee to the forehead, which causes the ball to rotate forward and so the bounce is faster and stronger, thus making it difficult to block the opponent.
Driver: The Driver is similar to Topspin but the movement is shorter, giving you more speed in a more compact beat and in most occasions, with the goal of unbalancing the opponent, causing him to block this Driver and thus open spaces to finish the point.
Over-Driver: Few times used, even because it is difficult to perform, is to make a Driver in response to a Driver. The ball already comes with effect and a lot of speed and you try to have the same effect, thus doubling your speed. As said, it is difficult to achieve but when done correctly it is extremely effective.
This can be made of any material, provided it is solid and flat and smooth, and it should make a bounce of 23cm when the ball is thrown from a height of 30cm.
The measurements for the table should be 2,74 meters long, 1,52 meters wide and 0,76 meters high.
The top should also be painted with a dark, matte color so as not to reflect too much light and be easy to identify the position of the ball. The lines should be white, covering the ends and dividing the field into 2, using its width as a reference, with a line of 3mm to separate the service sides in the matches in pairs.
The net for the table tennis table should be a network interlaced, must have 15,25cm of height and that same distance out of the table on each side. The bottom of the net should always be in contact with the ttabletop
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The ball used in ping pong or table tennis is made of celluloid or a similar plastic, weighing about 2,74 grams and with a diameter of 40mm.
Interesting fact: 2000 balls before 38 were around 40mm, which were replaced by XNUMXmm at the Sydney Olympic Games, with the aim of increasing their resistance to the air and speeding up the game so that the spectators could see better the game and thus increase its popularity.
The table tennis racket can be of various sizes, shapes and weights. However, they should be made of 85% natural wood. The racket blade can be reinforced with a layer of adhesives mixed with fibrous materials such as carbon fibers, glass fibers or paperboard.
The thickness of each of these blades can not be greater than 7,5% of the total thickness or 0,35 millimeters, with the lowest value prevailing.
The colors on each side should be bright red and black, even if one side has no rubber coating.
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Port Vale players Mark Cullen, Manny Oyeleke, Cristian Montano and Scott Brown are all set to train tomorrow as the injury list clears up ahead of the new season.
Cullen (ankle), Oyeleke (calf), Montano (hip) and Brown (groin) all missed Saturday's 2-1 win at home to Rochdale but have made progress.
The only player not expected to train is James Gibbons who suffered a knee injury in training but he isn't expected to be out long term.
That potentially gives manager John Askey options for the start of the League campaign, at home to Crawley on September 12, but it remains to be seen whether he would risk them in Saturday's Carabao Cup first round tie away to Scunthorpe.
The Vale also have an EFL Trophy game at home to Tranmere on September 8, before their league season begins.
The Scunthorpe match is Vale's first competitive fixture since the season was cut short in March with then eighth in League Two and on an eight-game unbeaten run.


Apparently "sleeping through the night" actually means sleeping for 5-6 hours at a time. At night. At this age. According to the sleep "experts".
Well, Max has been sleeping for about 5 hours at a time….but not exactly at NIGHT. More like, in the early evening/late night. For instance, he might take a full bottle at 8 pm, go down at 9 pm, and then wake up around 2 or 3 am. Which is wonderful, right? I mean, he finally has a night time routine, he's great at going down anywhere around 6-8 each night….and in his OWN room, in his crib. Don't get me wrong….we were thrilled that he would go for a full 5+ hours. But it meant that Sean and I would end up going to bed around 11, and then we'd be up at 2, and then again around 5:30….get the picture? We did briefly consider changing our schedule to fit Max's, and going to bed at 9. But really….we're grown ups. And as much fun as we have with Max during the day, there is SO much to get done when he is finally asleep for the night. There's laundry, there's dishes, there's dinner. There's having a grown-up conversation and catching up on our day. There's vegging out in front of some shows on Tivo (Is 'Glee' not the most fantastic show EVER?!). And for all of you faithful readers….there's blogging! In other words, Max needed to help us find a compromise!
SO….when we were at the doctor's office yesterday, she casually mentioned that "If you want him to sleep through the night, there's a few things you can try. Now that he's finally big enough. And old enough". She threw it out there like it was NOTHING. And then followed it up with "I mean, if you're fine waking up at night with him, then no big deal…but…". Seriously Doc??!! You're just gonna throw that carrot out there and then move on to discussing reflux meds?
So we stopped her. And she said that we should try waking Max up between 10 and 11, and giving him a bottle. You mean before he wakes up screaming for food?? You mean when he's all snuggly in his cute BabyGap jammies with the feet in them?
You want us to WAKE HIM UP?
After we've rocked him, kissed him, cuddled him, and listened to him make his sleepy noises? (Video of said sleepy noises is below).
In Doc's defense, I have read about this little game. It's called a "Dream Feed". And (if it works) it's supposed to reset baby's little clock so that they fill up their tummies again right before Mom and Dad go to bed, so that they can have enough fuel to last them through the night (well, the "6 hour night").
And then she mentioned the book "BabyWise". Yes, I've read it. And while some swear by it, I felt that the best route for us would be to take bits and pieces of each methodology, and do what felt right for us. But BabyWise stresses the importance of parents calling the shots, and making sure that baby is on Mom and Dad's schedule. It's a tough transition to make. Especially when you spend the first 0-3 months of your life with your newborn trying to stretch out their nap times and their feeding times.
But we'll try anything once.
Max's night started out a little out of the ordinary. It's super hot here, so we wanted to keep him downstairs with us for a little longer while the upstairs cooled down. Around 7:30 pm, he fell asleep in my arms while I rocked him, and we cozied up on the couch together. At 10:30 pm, we woke him up. Poor little guy. How is it that when we want him to sleep, he goes from passed out to wide awake the minute he hears us open the dishwasher? Or the minute I set him down on his blanket? Yet when we want to wake him up, no amount of noise/cuddles/commotion will wake him up?!
So we took all of his clothes off. (Daddy had pj pants on, but yes, he is naked on top just like Max).
And Max took a full 4 ounce bottle.
He played with Daddy for a while and contemplated how one bottle could make his belly look so big. Max's belly. Not Daddy's. And then Max went back to sleep.
Which (according to the experts) means he slept….
Now this also means that in order to make this amazing feat happen more than once, we need to make sure that he gets his full 25-28 ounces during the day. Which means that Mommy has to be in charge of when he eats, as opposed to Max being in charge. Which is why the BabyWise guru has probably made so much money. What this means is that I needed to feed him before he gets to the point where he's starving. Well, not starving. But hungry enough to let us know that it's time for him to eat NOW. In other words, I know that he can go for three-ish hours between feedings. So I would offer him a bottle at 2.5 hours. Granted, sometimes he took a full bottle, and sometimes he took 2 ounces. But by the end of the day, he had his fill.
That second night, we did the same thing as the night before. But this time, Max had our number. He slept through his meal of an entire 4 ounce bottle, still sucking away until it was completely empty.
And then slept from 11 pm to 5 am. Straight through.


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INDEL Rules
Reference STRs
hg19 to hg38
FTDNA: B26702
MDKA Birth: Ireland
Tree Position
R-P312/S116 > Z290 > L21/S145 > DF13 > ZZ10 > Z255/S219 > Z16434 > Z18134 > BY582 > BY581 > Z18138 > Z18136
Unique Mutations
The mutations unique to this man are summarized in the table below. Those with a '+' or '*' confidence level are considered by FamilyTreeDNA or FullGenomesCorp to be high quality SNPs/INDELs. For completeness, all other mutations of lesser confidence are included as well. These additional mutations may be useful for distinguishing between very closely related men.
Occasionally, some of the mutations listed here will be thought to be shared with other men in which case they might appear in upstream blocks on the tree. When this happens, the 'Blocks' field will indicate what block they appear in. Such a situation might arise with BigY men if the BED data suggests another man may be positive for a SNP, even though it doesn't appear in his VCF data. It might also happen if Chromo2 testing or Sanger sequencing of other men not on the tree show the SNP to be shared.
POS-REF-ALT (hg19)
McDonald BED
combBED
6834713-A-G 6966672-A-G BY17685 Y Y +
7235980-A-AT 7367939-A-AT BY17698 +
18116413-T-C 16004533-T-C BY17847 Y Y +
21314970-G-A 19153084-G-A BY17873 Y Y +
6236851-C-G 6368810-C-G IR3_Dst ***
22307551-T-C 20145665-T-C DYZ19 ***
25353254-G-T 23207107-G-T P2_r1 ***
58978857-A-C 56832710-A-C ***
9774442-TTTTCTTTCTTTCTTTC-T 9936833-TTTTCTTTCTTTCTTTC-T 10×TTTC ***
13450411-CTCCATTCCATTCCATTCTATTCCATTCCAT-C,CTCCATTCCATTCCATTCTATTCCAT 11294735-CTCCATTCCATTCCATTCTATTCCATTCCAT-C,CTCCATTCCATTCCATTCTATTCCAT ***
In the table above, the meaning of the confidence field depends on whether the data comes from an FTDNA kit or an FGC kit. For FTDNA kits, + implies a "PASS" result with just one possible variant, * indicates a "PASS" but with multiple variants, ** indicates "REJECTED" with just a single variant, and *** indicates "REJECTED" with multiple possible variants. 'A*' are heterozygous variants not called by FTDNA, but still pulled from the VCF file. For FGC kits, + indicates over 99% likely genuine (95% for INDELs); * over 95% likely genuine (90% for INDELs); ** about 40% likely genuine; *** about 10% likely genuine. Manual entries read directly from a BAM file will be either + indicating positive, or * indicating that the data show a mixture of possible variants.
For the FTDNA kits, the BED data is encoded in the background color of the cells. Those cells with a white background have coverage, those with a grey background indicate no coverage in the BED file, and those with a pink background indicate the mutation is on the edge of a coverage region. These pink regions often indicate that the individual may be positive for a SNP even if there is no corresponding entry in the vcf file.
The combBED column indicates whether or not the mutation is a SNP and falls in the combBED region defined in Defining a New Rate Constant for Y-Chromosome SNPs based on Full Sequencing Data by Dmitry Adamov, Vladimir Guryanov, Sergey Karzhavin, Vladimir Tagankin, Vadim Urasin.
The McDonald BED column indicates whether or not the mutation is a SNP and falls in the BED region used by Dr. Iain McDonald in the age analysis he does for R-U106 men.
Haplotype Progression
The data below reveals the progression of changes in the haplotype. The bottom row is the haplotype for this man and above him are the inferred ancestral haplotypes for various upstream blocks. These inferred haplotypes are very much a work in progress, and any suggested modifications are appreciated. I think we can use our vast collection of haplotype data to refine these haplotypes. Mutations made from each upstream block are shown in sequence. The cell color is determined by the block in which the mutation took place.
DYS393
DYS19
DYS389i
DYS389ii
Y-GATA-H4
YCAII
CDY
DYF395S1
Y-GATA-A10
Y-GGAAT-1B07
P312/S116 13 24 14 11 11-14 12 12 12 13 13 29 17 9-10 11 11 25 15 19 29 15-15-17-17 11 11 19-23 16 15 18 17 36-38 12 12 11 9 15-16 8 10 10 8 10 10 12 23-23 16 10 12 12 15 8 12 22 20 13 12 11 13 11 11 12 12 33 15 9 16 12 26 26 19 12 11 13 12 10 9 12 12 10 11 11 30 12 13 24 13 10 10 20 15 19 13 24 17 12 15 24 12 23 18 10 14 17 9 12 11
L21/S145 13 24 14 11 11-14 12 12 12 13 13 29 17 9-10 11 11 25 15 19 29 15-15-17-17 11 11 19-23 16 15 18 17 36-38 12 12 11 9 15-16 8 10 10 8 10 10 12 23-23 16 10 12 12 15 8 12 22 20 13 12 11 13 11 11 12 12 35 15 9 16 12 25 26 19 12 11 13 12 11 9 12 12 10 11 11 30 12 13 24 13 10 10 20 15 19 13 24 17 12 15 24 12 23 18 10 14 17 9 12 11
Murphy 13 24 14 11 11-14 12 12 12 14 13 30 17 9-9 11 11 25 15 18 30 14-15-17-17 10 11 19-23 16 15 17 17 38-39 11 12 11 9 15-16 8 10 10 8 10 10 12 23-23 17 10 12 12 15 8 12 23 20 14 12 11 13 11 11 12 12 36 15 9 16 12 25 26 19 12 11 13 12 12 9 13 12 10 11 11 30 12 13 23 13 10 12 20 15 19 14 24 17 13 15 24 12 25 18 10 14 17 9 12 11
Age Analysis Information (work in progress)
All McDonald YFull
Kit: B26702 10847632 7876424 7957084
Used in age calculations 10847632 7876424 7957084
Counts of SNPs 3 3
Variant counts last updated 2019-12-30 03:54:52.
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Nobrowhood is the title of the exhibition organised and curated by Treviso Comic Book Festival 2016 at Ca' dei Carraresi.
The exhibition introduces the art of five illustrators working at Nobrow, an independent graphic arts publishing company based in Shoreditch, London. Some of them also published their works with Flying Eye Books.
The set-up has been designed to create an exhibition itinerary, and to optimise the space available in the museum.
The context of the historic building did not allow for a classical wall display of the works, so we came up with the idea of using a series of modular tables to take full advantage of the horizontal space.
This modular set-up, composed of a structure in natural fir wood and a matte black flat surface, can be easily dismantled, stored and reassembled as and when needed.
These five illustrators have extremely diverse styles, which is why the exhibition itinerary becomes a colourful, varied and personal exploration, a real journey within a neighbourhood (the title is a pun: neighbourhood becomes Nobrowhood) where, along the way, the sphere of each artist is marked by vertical elements that provide information on each author and his/her illustrations.


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Q: Testing asynchronous componentDidMount that changes state with Jest and Enzyme All I am doing in my code is upon componentDidMount being run, I am making an axios get request to GitHub, and setting some data back onto state. However, when I run the test it still says the state is an empty array.
Here is my component below:
export default class HelloWorld extends Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props)
        this.state = {
            goodbye: false,
            data: []
        }

    }

    async componentDidMount() {
        await this.func()
    }

    func = async () => {
        let data = await axios.get('https://api.github.com/gists')
        this.setState({data: data.data})
        console.log(this.state)
    }

    goodbye = () => {
        this.setState((state, currentProps) => ({...state, goodbye: !state.goodbye}))
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <Fragment>

                    Hello World

                <button id="test-button" onClick={this.goodbye}>Say Goodbye</button>
                {
                    !this.state.goodbye ? null :

GOODBYE WORLD

                }
            </Fragment>
        )
    }
}

and here is my test:
it('there is data being returned', async () => {
    const component =  await mount(<HelloWorld />)

    component.update()

    expect(component.state('data')).toHaveLength(30)

})

I am very new to using Jest and am not sure what I am doing wrong. This app was built solely for testing out Jest with Enzyme. How can I test this component correctly?

A: Testing a component that runs an async function from componentDidMount (or useEffect -- see this answer) must await a re-render before running assertions. wrapper.update is used to sync Enzyme's component tree before running assertions but doesn't wait for promises or force a re-render.
One approach is to use setImmediate, which runs its callback at the end of the event loop, allowing promises to resolve non-invasively.
Here's a minimal example for your component:
import React from "react";
import Enzyme, {mount} from "enzyme";
import Adapter from "enzyme-adapter-react-16";
Enzyme.configure({adapter: new Adapter()});
import mockAxios from "axios";
import HelloWorld from "./HelloWorld";

jest.mock("axios");

describe("HelloWorld", () => {
  beforeEach(() => jest.resetAllMocks());

  it("should call `axios.get` and set the response to `state.data`", async () => {
    const mockData = ["foo", "bar", "baz"];
    mockAxios.get.mockImplementationOnce(() => Promise.resolve({data: mockData}));

    const wrapper = mount(<HelloWorld />);
    await new Promise(setImmediate);
    wrapper.update();

    expect(mockAxios.get).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
    expect(wrapper.instance().state.data).toEqual(mockData);
  });
});

While this works, wrapper.instance().state.data is too tied to the internal state of the application. I'd prefer to write a test that asserts on the behavior, not the implementation; variable name changes should not force tests to be re-written.
Here's an example component where the updated data is rendered in the DOM and tested in a more black-box manner:
Component (StackUsers.js):
import axios from "axios";
import React from "react";

export default class StackUsers extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {users: null};
  }

  componentDidMount() {
    this.getUsers();
  }

  async getUsers() {
    const ids = this.props.ids.join(";");
    const url = `https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/users/${ids}?site=stackoverflow`;
    const res = await axios.get(url);
    this.setState({users: res.data.items});
  }

  render() {
    const {users} = this.state;
    return (
      <>
        {users
          ?
{users.map((e, i) =>

{e.display_name}

            )}

          :
loading...

        }
      </>
    );
  }
}

Test (StackUsers.test.js):
import React from "react";
import Enzyme, {mount} from "enzyme";
import Adapter from "enzyme-adapter-react-16";
Enzyme.configure({adapter: new Adapter()});
import mockAxios from "axios";
import StackUsers from "../src/components/StackUsers";

jest.mock("axios");

describe("StackUsers", () => {
  beforeEach(() => jest.resetAllMocks());

  it("should load users", async () => {
    mockAxios.get.mockImplementationOnce(() => Promise.resolve({
      data: {
        items: [
          {"display_name": "Jeff Atwood"},
          {"display_name": "Joel Spolsky"},
        ]
      },
      status: 200
    }));

    const wrapper = mount(<StackUsers ids={[1, 4]} />);
    let users = wrapper
      .find('[data-test="test-stack-users-list"]')
      .hostNodes()
    ;
    expect(users.exists()).toBe(false);

    await new Promise(setImmediate);
    wrapper.update();

    expect(mockAxios.get).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
    users = wrapper
      .find('[data-test="test-stack-users-list"]')
      .hostNodes()
    ;
    expect(users.exists()).toBe(true);
    expect(users.children()).toHaveLength(2);
    expect(users.children().at(0).text()).toEqual("Jeff Atwood");
    expect(users.children().at(1).text()).toEqual("Joel Spolsky");
  });
});

Now, the only things the test knows is that axios.get is used and the results should appear in an element with a specific data-test attribute. This does not unduly interfere with CSS classes, HTML structure or component internals.
For reference, here are my dependencies:
{
  "dependencies": {
    "axios": "^0.18.0",
    "react": "^16.8.6",
    "react-dom": "^16.8.6"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "enzyme": "3.9.0",
    "enzyme-adapter-react-16": "1.12.1",
    "jest": "24.7.1",
    "jest-environment-jsdom": "24.7.1"
  }
}

A: First of all you need to mock await axios.get('https://api.github.com/gists') somehow.
Them probably you'll need to do something like this after component.update() to "wait".

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Q: Time period of a spring in case of constant force
The block is being pulled by a constant force $F$. Now,to find the time period of the spring, the following method is used. First the equilibrium/mean position is determined and then the block is displaced slightly and then net force on the block is calculated. Here is where i am all fuzzy.
First of all, at mean position,only the net force has to be $0$ meaning $F$ must be equal to $-kx$. But according to the teachers,at this mean position now,the block is at rest and is doing no motion. I don't understand this at all. Net force being $0$ doesn't mean the block has to be at rest,it can move with constant velocity as well,it is not at rest!!! Then the teachers say as the block is now at rest,by giving some impulse or energy,the block is displaced slightly and it will start to perform oscillation about the newly obtained mean position. I need to know if the * marked lines are used are correct or not.Please enlighten me to build my concepts.

A: Your teacher has stated an initial condition for the system which is that the block is at rest at what might be called the static equilibrium position.
Although in theory with no net force acting on the block and it could be moving with a constant velocity your teacher has decided to consider the block having a constant velocity of zero, ie the block is at rest.
The block at its initial condition is given is then given a kick and the subsequent motion of the block is then considered.
With the kick the system is given some extra energy and this results in the block moving away from where it started and undergoing oscillatory motion.
When the moving block passes through the static equilibrium position the net force on the block is zero and it has an instantaneous velocity and zero acceleration.
The inertia of the block moves it passed the static equilibrium position which results in there being a net force on the block which as a consequence undergoes an acceleration towards the static equilibrium point.

A: I think you are getting confused a bit by $t=0$ and what happens before it.
Say you place the mass plus spring on that surface as depicted in your figure. Assume this system will not be at equilibrium but now we let it (the mass) move for a bit. 'A bit' here means that after a while, due to even very minus friction (internal to the spring, block/surface, block/air etc) it will come to a halt.
At that point no net force acts on it in the horizontal, i.e. $x$-axis. The mass will now be in a position we conventionally denote as $x=0$, aka the equilibrium position.
Assume now that at $t=0$ (the start of our experiment) we move the mass a little to the right by an amount $x_0(>0)$.
Now the spring will exert a restoring force $F$:
$$F=-kx_0$$
And on release of the mass, again at $t=0$, the Newtonian Equation of Motion will be:
$$ma=-kx$$
Solving this with $x=x_0$ at $t=0$ will give you the right equation of motion $x(t)$.


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FOX NEWS reports former "Empire" star Jussie Smollett has been indicted by a grand jury on six counts of disorderly conduct for lying to police about his claims of a racist and homophobic attack against him in January 2019, a special prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Special prosecutor Dan Webb issued a statement announcing the indictment against the 37-year-old former "Empire" star.
The actor is due in court on Feb. 24, Fox 32 reported citing a source.
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Smollett's attorney, Tina Glandian, said in a statement on Tuesday: "This indictment raises serious questions about the integrity of the investigation that led to the renewed charges against Mr. Smollett, not the least of which is the use of the same CPD detectives who were part of the original investigation into the attack on Mr. Smollett to conduct the current investigation, despite Mr. Smollett's pending civil claims against the City of Chicago and CPD officers for malicious prosecution. And one of the two witnesses who testified before the grand jury is the very same detective Mr. Smollett is currently suing for his role in the initial prosecution of him."
The statement continued: "After more than five months of investigation, the Office of the Special Prosecutor has not found any evidence of wrongdoing whatsoever related to the dismissal of the charges against Mr. Smollett. Rather, the charges were appropriately dismissed the first time because they were not supported by the evidence. The attempt to re-prosecute Mr. Smollett one year later on the eve of the Cook County State's Attorney election is clearly all about politics not justice."
Smollett originally was charged last year with disorderly conduct for staging the attack and lying about it to investigators. The charges were dropped in March 2019 with little explanation, angering police officials and then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Cook County Judge Michael Toomin in August appointed Webb, a former U.S. attorney, as a special prosecutor to look into why the charges were dropped. Webb was also charged with looking into whether Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx's calls with a Smollett relative and an ex-aide of former first lady Michelle Obama unduly influenced the decision to drop charges. Foxx recused herself from the case but continued to weigh in.
On Tuesday, Foxx's campaign for re-election said in a statement: "The Cook County State's Attorney's office charged Jussie Smollett with multiple counts, and today the Special Prosecutor did the same. What's questionable here is the James Comey-like timing of that charging decision, just 35 days before an election, which can only be interpreted as the further politicization of the justice system, something voters in the era of Donald Trump should consider offensive."
In January 2019, Smollett told police he was attacked by two masked men as he was walking home from a Chicago Subway sandwich shop at approximately 2 a.m. The actor alleged that the masked men taunted him with homophobic and racial slurs, beat him and looped a noose around his neck before fleeing.
He said his attackers, at least one of whom he said was white, told him he was in "MAGA country" — a reference to President Trump's campaign slogan, "Make America Great Again."
In February 2019, police determined that Smollett's masked attackers were brothers Abel and Ola Osundairo, who trained Smollett and worked with him on "Empire." Investigators also identified the brothers as those on surveillance video buying the rope that reportedly was hung around the actor's neck during the alleged attack.
After an intense investigation, police said they determined Smollett staged the entire episode with the help of two brothers, whom he paid to take part in the hoax assault, in an elaborate effort to drum up publicity for his middling career. After prosecutors dropped the case in March, Smollett maintained his innocence but agreed to let officials keep a $10,000 bail.
He then was charged with filing a false police report, but Foxx's office dropped the charges a few weeks later.
In a statement on Tuesday, the Osundairo brothers' attorney Gloria Schmidt Rodriguez, said: "The Osundairo brothers are aware of the new charges brought against Jussie Smollett today by the grand jury. As stated before, they are fully committed to the public knowing the truth about what occurred on January 29, 2019. The Osundairo brothers will continue to cooperate with that process and they thank the Special Prosecutor's office for their tireless work in seeing that justice was administered."
Also Tuesday, Kathy Fieweger, the director of public affairs for the City of Chicago Department of Law, said in a statement: "We look forward to reviewing the indictment and, as we have said previously, the City stands by our original complaint seeking to recover costs for Mr. Smollett's false statements. We again thank the Chicago Police Department detectives for their hard work on the original investigation."
The city has sued Smollett, seeking reimbursement exceeding $130,000 for overtime paid to officers who were involved in investigating Smollett's report. Smollett's attorneys have said the city should not be allowed to recover costs from Smollett because it accepted $10,000 from the actor "as payment in full in connection with the dismissal of the charges against him."
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YouTube Original Cobra Kai is coming to Netflix on August 28th
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The first two seasons of Cobra Kai are coming to Netflix on August 28th to bookend the summer.
The show began its life on YouTube as one of the platform's early 'Original' shows. However, since the Cobra Kai's premiere in 2018, YouTube has slowly backed out of the original content game, though it still produced the third season of the TV show.
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In 2020 YouTube didn't release the third season of the show and decided to auction it off to the highest bidder. During that auction, Netflix walked away with the Cobra Kai, and it seems to be releasing it in stages.
The first stage involves season one and two releasing simultaneously since both have been available on YouTube for a few years.
The second stage is the release of the third season. Netflix plans to launch it next year after it builds some hype with the first two seasons, but there's no real confirmation on the release of season three yet.
Another theory could be that Netflix is holding the third season of the show until after it sees how well the first two seasons perform. Once the episodes hit Netflix, the show could instantly gain a much larger audience, given its high critical rating and the lack of new content coming out this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
If you don't feel like waiting, the show's first two seasons are still available on YouTube for free. You can start on episode one here.
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Czech towns and cities go with the flow and look to buy out foreign water companies
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In the late 1990s and following decade there was a sort of gold rush in the Czech Republic. But what the foreign prospectors were panning for was not gold but water itself. Clearly though they believed that water could be turned into gold.
Photo: Jan Rosenauer The scenario we are talking about was the rush to buy out stakes in regional water companies. Sizeable shareholdings in these companies had been handed over to local towns by the state holding company, the National Property Fund. But the towns, cities, and districts did not really know what to do with this windfall – perhaps waterfall – and opted for the obvious, to sell up.
That was when the foreign companies, the French at the front of the queue, rushed in. With small and large purchases here and there, they soon established sizeable shareholdings in the companies or tied up long-term deals to take over management of the utilities.
These sort of utility companies are often sought after by investment firms for their reliable if unspectacular earnings. As well as cash, the foreign companies added that they were bringing western expertise and would revolutionise the sector. Later Czech companies found out the hard way that the foreign stakeholders would in many cases later lose them the right to claim generous EU funds for infrastructure renewal.
And for the foreign companies, the environment was pretty favourable. In fact, there was and still is not a national regulator for water and sewerage charges although the subject is intermittently raised. But talks about such a regulator, not surprisingly coming at the same time as sometimes sharply increasing water charges, have been increasing and getting loader.
Now, some of the foreign companies have or are preparing to take their leave. The west Bohemian city of Plzeň bought out the 98 percent stake of once of the French sector giants, Veolia, for around 700 million crowns.
And now around 450 representatives from towns and cities in the Ústí and Liberec region are planning to take a similar step in a bid to win back control over water charges. They are seeking to buyout the 51 percent stake in the water management company also owned by Veolia. Prague, which signed some suspect deals for Veolia to take over its water management operations, is also reportedly looking at buying out part of the stake of the French giant.
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In 1966, the Régie autonome des transports parisiens (RATP) gifted the City of Montréal, then in charge of building the métro, with a decorative grillwork. Designed by Hector Guimard in 1900, the architectural element, one of the most illustrious examples of Art Nouveau in France, graced many of the entrances to the Paris métro. However, the unusual dimensions of the street entrance to station Square-Victoria rendered the Montréal installation incomplete and at odds with traditional Guimard grillworks.
The grillwork was properly restored from 2001 to 2003, in close cooperation with RATP. As part of a cultural exchange, STM agreed to also gift its French counterpart with a work of art. With the support of the City of Montréal, STM launched a competition, calling on artists from the greater metropolitan area for submissions. Their work of public art had to draw inspiration from a theme agreed upon with RATP, the French language. A jury reviewed proposals by 37 artists who entered the competition, finally selecting the one by Geneviève Cadieux.
Well-known by Montrealers, the artwork installation by Geneviève Cadieux entitled La Voie lactée, sitting atop the Montréal Museum of Contemporary Art, is reproduced yet transformed at station Saint-Lazare. Seen from afar in Montréal, seen up close in Paris, La Voie lactée becomes La Voix lactée. The first is luminous and distant, the second shimmering and palpable. La Voix lactée was created with glass mosaic tiles in Franz Mayer's studio in Munich, Germany. Its public unveiling took place on October 4, 2011, as part of the 150th anniversary of public transportation in Montréal and the 50th anniversary of the Délégation générale du Québec à Paris.
The Montréal métro became 50 years old on October 14, 2016. In anticipation of this important anniversary and in the wake of the cultural exchange completed in 2012 with the Régie autonome des transports parisiens (RATP), the STM took steps to enter into another such exchange with another métro system that shares a similar interest for integrating artwork and architecture. The Brussels métro, in Belgium, was a perfect match in this respect: in addition to having works of art inside virtually every station, it celebrated its 40th anniversary on September 20, 2016, barely a few days before the 50th anniversary of our métro.
As such, Bruxelles Mobilité, the administrative body responsible for equipment, infrastructure and mobility within the Brussels-Capital Region, gave the STM a work of art by an artist from Brussels, installed in Montréal's station Place-d'Armes, while the STM gave Bruxelles Mobilité a work of art by a Montréal artist which, in turn, was installed in Brussels' station Trône. Located on lines 2 and 6, station Trône serves the Léopold neighbourhood to the east, including rue du Luxembourg and the European Parliament, as well as place du Trône, the Royal Academies of Belgium, the Royal Palace, Brussels Park, and a number of other institutions to the west.
It should be noted that in 2002, the Brussels-Capital Region signed a cooperation agreement with the Government of Québec. The Délégation générale du Québec in Brussels has also expressed strong interest in a cultural exchange between the Montréal and Brussels métro systems and has offered the STM its full cooperation to help achieve it. The STM also has the support of the city of Montréal's public art bureau and has relied on its reputable expertise in the field of arts. Lastly, the STM has solicited the cooperation of several influent public figures in the local visual arts scene to compose a jury who chose three finalists before selecting a winning proposal.


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Ms. Podziba is author of Civic Fusion: Mediating Polarized Public Disputes (2012), The Chelsea Story: How a Corrupt City Re-Generated its Democracy (2006), and numerous articles on negotiation, mediation and consensus building. She is listed on credential-evaluated rosters including the United Nations Mediation Roster and the National Roster of Environmental Dispute Resolution and Consensus Building Professionals of the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution.
She has been a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Peace and Conflict Resolution at the Amsterdam Centre for Conflict Studies at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands and has taught graduate seminars on public policy mediation and negotiations at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.
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"I know that Susan is known as a mediator... but I think of Susan as a peacemaker."
BARBARA THORP, former director of the Pro-Life Office of the Archdiocese of Boston
"We found it so good to talk to one another with the purpose of understanding, not persuading. I think we learned something fundamental that is worth sharing."
MELISSA KOGUT, former director of Mass NARAL, the state affiliate of National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action and participant in the Abortion Talks
"Why we are moving forward and why we are not getting bogged down is due to the professional facilitator, Susan Podziba. Her ability to keep us on track, in the right spirit, and with opportunities to express ourselves, has been an amazing skill to observe."
DOUG WILLIAMS, President of Buckner Heavy Lift Cranes, Inc. from "Great Progress," International Cranes and Special Transport Magazine.
"On behalf our agency, I want to say thank you so much for a wonderful program. Your ability to connect in a meaningful way with the work our mediators do every day was an incredible testament to your talent as a dispute professional. The content was both interesting and important to us all."
LU ANN GLASSER, Manager of National Programs, Initiatives, ADR, and International Services, Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service
"Thank you for your work with the committee. I thought you skillfully moved the discussions forward and were always fair and considerate of individual member's opinions and comments."
ALVIN WILBANKS, Gwinnett County Public Schools, Georgia
"My initial internal reaction was 'oh boy, here goes the bar fight' but then the unexpected thing happened. A really fascinating conversation began unfolding with everyone being very respectful of each others opinions and folks trying real hard to come up with constructive ideas for helping NOAA enhance the effectiveness of its law enforcement program."
BARRY DONALD, Environmental Defense Fund
"Susan Podziba has written a powerful and instructive book. Her career as a public policy mediator offers insights that go beyond anything else in print. Her ability to ask piercing questions in the best Socratic fashion, even of her own practice, make this an indispensable guide for anyone seeking to play a peacemaking role."
LAWRENCE SUSSKIND, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, MIT Co-Founder, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
"Susan Podziba's Civic Fusion: Mediating Polarized Public Policy Disputes is a much- needed contribution. It offers a glistening synthesis of the practical, the theoretical, and the aspirational, and shines a beacon of realistic hope for improving democratic processes. It is written beautifully and with a rare combination of sophistication, clarity, and insight. I wish every mediator and everyone concerned about public policy would read it."
LEONARD L. RISKIN, Chesterfield Smith Professor of Law and Director of the Initiative on Mindfulness in Law and Dispute Resolution at University of Florida Levin College of Law.
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Chelsea Charter Consensus Process
Widespread corruption and fiscal mismanagement led the Massachusetts State Legislature to take the unprecedented step of suspending all authorities of Chelsea's elected officials by putting the city into state receivership. Hundreds of Special Acts attached to Chelsea's 1903 City Charter had contributed to confused lines of responsibility and little accountability.
Civic Fusion Workshops in Europe
Government officials and academics have sought to apply public policy mediation approaches to unresolved complex issues and situations in Europe. Many countries are working to create mediator capacity to engage stakeholders and the public to effectively address issues such as environmental protection, land use, immigrant integration, radicalization, democratic governance, and corruption.
Worker Safety Standards for Construction Cranes
When crane accidents accounted for the highest incidence of worker fatalities and serious injuries in construction, industry, unions, and government jointly revised the outdated standards.
Every Student Succeeds Act Negotiated Rulemaking
The U.S. Department of Education convened stakeholders to develop regulations for academic assessments and provisions for allocating federal funds for children from low-income families.
United Nations Seminar on Gender and Inclusive Mediation for Special Envoys
The UN Department of Political Affairs (UNDPA) supports mediation efforts around the world and is responsible for implementing Security Council Resolution 1325, which affirms a critical role for women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and peace negotiations.
The Abortion Talks
After fatal shootings at two women's health care clinics in Massachusetts, the Governor and Archdiocese of Boston called for joint talks among pro-life and pro-choice leaders.
Native American Housing Assistance Negotiated Rulemaking
The Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act (NAHASDA) created the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) program, under which HUD provides affordable housing resources for Native American and Alaskan Native tribes across...
Brownfields Law Negotiated Rulemaking
The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (the Brownfields Law) provides liability protections for innocent landowners, contiguous property owners and bona fide prospective purchasers if they conduct all appropriate inquiries into present and past uses of a property prior to purchase to determine the presence or potential presence of environmental contamination on the property.
Civic Fusion: Mediating Polarized Public Disputes
Learn how people with clashing interests and values can bond to resolve controversial policy conflicts.
Amidst political polarization, public policy mediators help disputing parties contribute their wisdom and experiences to resolve their complex public conflicts. Mediators trigger and sustain civic fusion, a phenomenon in which people with passionately different political positions bond to address common public goals without sacrificing their core values.
In Civic Fusion: Mediating Polarized Public Disputes, I draw on three of my past projects to explain how to move parties from polarization to deliberative negotiations that result in innovative consensus solutions.
Harnessing Unresolvable Difference Across Abrahamic Faiths to Resolve Religion-Related Tangible Conflicts, Conference Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference of the International Center for Ethno-Religious Mediation, November 2, 2016 (forthcoming).
"Negotiated Rulemaking for the Brownfields Law," co-authored with Patricia Overmeyer, chapter in Environmental Mediation: Diversity of Practices Across the World, edited by Catherine Choquette and Veronique Frazer, Montreal, Canada: SAGE, forthcoming.
"Negotiating Social Conflict: Imagining a Civic Fusion Approach in Ferguson, Missouri," Negotiation Journal, Volume 31, No. 4, October 2015.
"The Need for and Conduct of a Conflict Assessment concerning the Sacred Esplanade of Jerusalem," Hebrew Research Network – Conflict Resolution Journal, Social Science Research Network, Vol. 2, No. 1: January 4, 2016.
"Civic Fusion: Moving from Certainty through Not Knowing to Curiosity," Negotiation Journal, Volume 30, No. 3, July 2014.
"Public Policy Mediation: Best Practices for a Sustainable World," co-authored with Howard Bellman, Dispute Resolution Magazine, Volume 20, No. 3, Spring 2014.
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The majority of New Zealanders are of British and Irish heritage, but other European influences are noticeable. In more recent years a large number of Pacific Islanders have come to live here from countries such as Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. There are also large numbers of other nationalities, including recent Asian and European immigrants, who make up New Zealand's 3.8 million population.
The main campus of the University of Otago is located in the city of Dunedin, which is the major city within the province of Otago, and is close to all of Dunedin's cafés,music venues, designer boutiques, stores, museums and galleries. The vast majority of courses are offered here, including the only dental school in the country. The University of Otago also has campuses in Christchurch and Wellington.
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The University of Otago is ranked in the top 3% of universities in the world according to the QS World University Rankings and houses New Zealand's only dental school. In fact, Otago ranks among the world's top 50 (QS rankings 2018) for the study of physical education, dentistry, archaeology, anatomy and physiology, and development studies.
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At the time of filing the fourth quarterly report, the parent should also file an annual assessment using a commercially published norm-referenced achievement test such as below:
Iowa Test of Basic Skills
California Achievement Test
Stanford Achievement Test
CAT/Terra Nova
Metropolitan Achievement Test
State Education Department test (such as Regents)
Alternative test which has been approved by the State Education Department
Note: Brewertesting.com and Setontesting.com provides several norm-referenced achievement tests at reasonable prices.
The test must be administered by one of the following methods:
1) at the public school, by its professional staff
2) at a registered nonpublic school, by its professional staff, provided you have permission from your home school district and the nonpublic school administration
3) at the parent's home or any other reasonable location, by a New York State certified teacher or by another qualified person, provided that the school district has consented to said person administering the test
Note: Keep in mind that some commercial tests require certain qualifications in order to order and /or administer the test.
The test shall be scored by:
1) the person administering the test or by someone mutually agreed upon by the parent and school superintendent; or by
2) the testing center you ordered the test from, if permission is granted by the school district.
If a score on a test is determined to be inadequate, the homeschool program shall be placed on probation. A student's score shall be deemed adequate if:
1) the student has a composite score above the 33rd percentile on national norms; or
2) the student's score reflects one academic year of growth as compared to a test administered during or subsequent to the prior school year.
Alternative Evaluation Methods:
A written narrative prepared by a NYS certified teacher, a home instruction peer group review panel, or other person who has interviewed the child and reviewed a portfolio of the child's work. Note: Said person shall be chosen by the parent but must meet with superintendent approval.
A written narrative may be used no more than every other school year, and shall be prepared by a NYS certified teacher, a home instruction peer group review panel, or other person who has interviewed the child and reviewed a portfolio of the child's work. Note: Said person shall be chosen by the parent but must meet with superintendent approval.


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Local Business Briefs 2/11/16
Feb 11, 2016 | Business
Published on: February 11, 2016 | Business
Compiled by Susan Larson. Photo provided by the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors' Regional Transportation Action Committee.
Chamber's Regional Transportation Action Committee Meets with Kaine, Warner and Wittman
Members of the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors' Regional Transportation Action Committee (pictured) met with Senator Tim Kaine, Senator Mark Warner and Representative Rob Wittman on February 2, 2016. "We discussed the need for adequate federal transportation funding and various options to meet this need that we will support," said Kasey Nabal
Government and Military Affairs manager at the chamber. "In addition we asked for funding support for the I-95 North Bound River Crossing."
Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer Announces Stafford County Land Sale
Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced the sale of approximately 132 acres situated along 400 Marlborough Point Road in Stafford County. David C. Frederick purchased the land from 400 Marlborough Point, LLC for $2.8 million as an investment, Paula English, Thalhimer communications director said. Mike Degen of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer handled the sale negotiations on behalf of the seller.
Chili's Southpoint Property Sold
MAGGA Investments, LLC purchased the Chili's restaurant at 10010 Southpoint Pkwy. for $2.35 million as an investment. It was purchased from Battlefield Industrial Park, LLC, owned by local real estate investor Rich McDaniel. Chili's has a long-term lease on the property, and will continue to do business there.
Workforce NOW Workshop: Whose time is it Anyway?
In a world full of meetings, multi-tasking and competing priorities, your time may not seem like your own. There are tools and techniques that can help. Devin T. Fedor, director of Learning & Organizational Development at Mary Washington Healthcare will present "Whose time is it Anyway?" from 8 – 10 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25. Cost is $20 for chamber members and students, and $35 for the general public. The Workforce NOW presentation will be held at the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce, 2300 Fall Hill Ave., Suite 240, in Fredericksburg. Register at: http://fredericksburgregionalchamber.chambermaster.com/Events/details/workforce-now-workshop-whose-time-is-it-anyway-3812#sthash.gq4WV3df.dpuf
The Washington House Challenge
The George Washington Foundation announced The Washington House Challenge. Donations of $5,000 or more received by March 1, 2016, will be matched dollar for dollar. The money will be used for Kenmore Plantation and Ferry Farm, including construction of the interpretive replica of the Washington house. For more information, visit kenmore.org/whc or call The George Washington Foundation at 540-373-3381.
UMW Libraries Receives Grant
University of Mary Washington Libraries, in partnership with the Center for Historic Preservation and UMW Facilities Services, has been awarded a $6,250 grant by the community Duff McDuff Green Jr. Fund. The grant will help fund the preservation and digitization of the university's architectural blueprints and drawings — particularly those related to noted Virginia architect Charles M. Robinson, whose architectural designs grace campuses and other buildings throughout the commonwealth of Virginia.
Friends of Wilderness Battlefield Seeks Ellwood Manor Volunteers
Friends of Wilderness Battlefield (FoWB) is seeking new volunteers to staff positions at Ellwood Manor for the 2016 Season. Ellwood Manor is the only Civil War-era structure remaining on the Wilderness Battlefield. Volunteers may choose to become a Historic House Guide, providing guided tours in the house, or a member of the Ground Force at Ellwood, maintaining the beautiful grounds surrounding the manor. The first training session will be held on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. Contact Bob Lookabill at [email protected] or 540-972-5668 with any questions regarding Historic House Guide training or to indicate that you plan to attend. Volunteers interested in joining the Ground Force, contact Mark Wakeman at [email protected] for information.
UMW to Attempt Guinness World Record
In honor of the retirement of President Richard V. Hurley in June 2016, the University of Mary Washington will attempt to break a Guinness world record. Hurley is known as "the high-fiving president." The goal is to achieve the highest number of people performing simultaneous jumping high-fives. The event will take place at 4 p.m. April 13, 2016, in the William M. Anderson Center on the Fredericksburg campus. Doors open at 2 p.m. Registration, which is free but required, will begin on Monday, March 7. Due to building capacity, UMW will accept 3,000 registrants, and the first 2,500 participants to arrive at the event will be included in the official attempt. For more information, visit www.umw.edu/highfivehurley or contact the Office of Media and Public Relations at 540-654-1055.
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