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local groups;
local members;

local groups_file;

local jid, datamanager = require "util.jid", require "util.datamanager";
local jid_prep = jid.prep;

local module_host = module:get_host();

function inject_roster_contacts(event)
	local username, host= event.username, event.host;
	--module:log("debug", "Injecting group members to roster");
	local bare_jid = username.."@"..host;
	if not members[bare_jid] and not members[false] then return; end -- Not a member of any groups

	local roster = event.roster;
	local function import_jids_to_roster(group_name)
		for jid in pairs(groups[group_name]) do
			-- Add them to roster
			--module:log("debug", "processing jid %s in group %s", tostring(jid), tostring(group_name));
			if jid ~= bare_jid then
				if not roster[jid] then roster[jid] = {}; end
				roster[jid].subscription = "both";
				if groups[group_name][jid] then
					roster[jid].name = groups[group_name][jid];
				end
				if not roster[jid].groups then
					roster[jid].groups = { [group_name] = true };
				end
				roster[jid].groups[group_name] = true;
				roster[jid].persist = false;
			end
		end
	end

	-- Find groups this JID is a member of
	if members[bare_jid] then
		for _, group_name in ipairs(members[bare_jid]) do
			--module:log("debug", "Importing group %s", group_name);
			import_jids_to_roster(group_name);
		end
	end

	-- Import public groups
	if members[false] then
		for _, group_name in ipairs(members[false]) do
			--module:log("debug", "Importing group %s", group_name);
			import_jids_to_roster(group_name);
		end
	end

	if roster[false] then
		roster[false].version = true;
	end
end

function remove_virtual_contacts(username, host, datastore, data)
	if host == module_host and datastore == "roster" then
		local new_roster = {};
		for jid, contact in pairs(data) do
			if contact.persist ~= false then
				new_roster[jid] = contact;
			end
		end
		if new_roster[false] then
			new_roster[false].version = nil; -- Version is void
		end
		return username, host, datastore, new_roster;
	end

	return username, host, datastore, data;
end

function module.load()
	groups_file = module:get_option_string("groups_file");
	if not groups_file then return; end

	module:hook("roster-load", inject_roster_contacts);
	datamanager.add_callback(remove_virtual_contacts);

	groups = { default = {} };
	members = { };
	local curr_group = "default";
	for line in io.lines(groups_file) do
		if line:match("^%s*%[.-%]%s*$") then
			curr_group = line:match("^%s*%[(.-)%]%s*$");
			if curr_group:match("^%+") then
				curr_group = curr_group:gsub("^%+", "");
				if not members[false] then
					members[false] = {};
				end
				members[false][#members[false]+1] = curr_group; -- Is a public group
			end
			module:log("debug", "New group: %s", tostring(curr_group));
			groups[curr_group] = groups[curr_group] or {};
		else
			-- Add JID
			local entryjid, name = line:match("([^=]*)=?(.*)");
			module:log("debug", "entryjid = '%s', name = '%s'", entryjid, name);
			local jid;
			jid = jid_prep(entryjid:match("%S+"));
			if jid then
				module:log("debug", "New member of %s: %s", tostring(curr_group), tostring(jid));
				groups[curr_group][jid] = name or false;
				members[jid] = members[jid] or {};
				members[jid][#members[jid]+1] = curr_group;
			end
		end
	end
	module:log("info", "Groups loaded successfully");
end

function module.unload()
	datamanager.remove_callback(remove_virtual_contacts);
end

-- Public for other modules to access
function group_contains(group_name, jid)
	return groups[group_name][jid];
end

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Luiz Eugenio Mello: "An opportunity to change the world with science"
Luiz Eugenio Mello: "An opportunity…
Luiz Eugenio Mello, who has recently been appointed as the scientific director of one of Brazil's major research funding agencies shares his vision for this agency and for science.
As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in April, neuroscientist Luiz Eugenio Mello took over as scientific director of one of Brazil's major research funding agencies, the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP).
While FAPESP is based in São Paulo, the state is responsible for approximately half of Brazil's scientific output: FAPESP's 2020 budget of about one billion Brazilian reals — US$195 million — is close to the $234 million budget of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).
What is your strategic vision for the future of FAPESP?
I intend to increase the efficiency of the agency. Understanding that no matter how good the institution is — it is a paradigm even compared to international standards — it is always possible to improve organisations. Increasing the efficiency of the agency is an important strategic objective.
When you refer to increasing efficiency, what do you mean? One of the aspects you have defended is the reduction of bureaucracy. Are you talking about this?
Exactly. By reducing bureaucracy, simplifying work and eliminating task repetition, it is possible to make better use of the time of well-trained and highly qualified people, such as assistant coordinators and area coordinators. They are people who are often involved in more bureaucratic and perhaps less valuable work.
During COVID-19 there are important opportunities and challenges for Brazilian science. What do you think would be the main opportunities?
The opportunities are mainly found in the reduction of geographical barriers.
At a time when international travel is limited, contact is primarily virtual. In that sense, it does not matter if I am in a neighbouring country, such as France or Germany, or if I am in a remote country such as Brazil. The collaboration could take place in the same way.
I would say that this is an opportunity, but it depends on something difficult, which is prior knowledge. Relationships between human beings are established on the basis of trust, and that trust should be earned beforehand to simplify the process.
Science has had, or may have, a relevant role in confronting the epidemic. Could this also be an important opportunity for Brazilian science, as it was in the case of Zika?
Zika was a unique episode, in the sense that it did not affect the central countries. It did not present a public health problem in England, France, the United States, where there were no cases. In Brazil, it represented a relevant and unique problem, providing an opportunity for Brazilian scientists to tackle the construction of knowledge and solutions to that public health problem.
In contrast, COVID-19 is a global problem and the competition is also global. On the other hand, studies on the effectiveness of drug A or B, or the effectiveness of the measurement of behaviour A or B, are implemented simultaneously throughout the world and, in this sense, collaboration is again important. If I can compare my results with those of colleagues from other countries, I will go further.
Economies have been greatly affected by COVID-19. FAPESP's budget represents one per cent of the total tax revenue of the state of São Paulo. What could be the impact for FAPESP?
Since the FAPESP budget is linked to the tax collection of the state of São Paulo … if the state's tax revenue falls, the FAPESP [budget] also falls. The forecast is that it will fall.
On the other hand, FAPESP is relatively preserved compared to other agencies in the country and abroad. In addition, we have already taken steps to adapt to the impact on the budget.
What measures has FAPESP planned to protect itself from this impact?
FAPESP has approximately US$100 million in contracts in foreign currencies. Therefore, if US$100 million corresponded before to 400 million reals, at one point during the crisis they corresponded to 600 million reals. This impact is theoretical because the exchange rate has already decreased from around six [Brazilian reals to US$1] to around five; the volatility of the exchange rate has been great.
On the other hand, travel abroad has been limited for several reasons. FAPESP has a scholarship called Internship Scholarship Abroad, which was suspended. Other scholarships that are not active, that we were processing or planning to be activated, have closed their calls, or will not be evaluated.
We are also reviewing all imports exceeding US$50,000 to avoid this impact of fluctuating exchange rates. At the same time, we have implemented other internal measures to establish greater rigour in the analysis processes to maintain a solid and present reserve fund in the agency. With this, if the state goes into bankruptcy, it could still pay the grants immediately to the fellows and could honour the projects without delay.
Other Brazilian research support agencies are in a deteriorated situation, with limited resources. What kind of impact is this having in São Paulo?
It has a very important impact. FAPESP never had the ambition to be the only support agency for the development of science and technology in the state of São Paulo. There is no way that FAPESP alone can take on this task.
Resources from other institutions that support science and technology are also essential in the state. An eventual decrease in the resources of both the CNPq and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes) would have a disastrous impact on the development of science and technology in the state of São Paulo.
In fact, the CNPq seems to be managing to preserve its scholarships, but it has had a substantial reduction in funding. If it were not for the epidemic, the allocation of funds for the CNPq destined for financing this year would be 16 million reals [US$2.9 million]. With the epidemic, a large amount of resources were released, but specifically destined to confront COVID-19.
In Brazil, since 2019 there has been a great discussion around the importance of social and human sciences. In your opinion, what is the place of these disciplines in Brazilian science and in science in general?
They are paramount. It is impossible to say that A is better than B. The three categories —human sciences, life sciences and exact sciences — are equally important and have the same priority within the scope of FAPESP.
My wife and daughter are visual artists, my son studies filmmaking. With such a family, I would possibly be kicked out if I did not value [social and human science]. I am putting my personal perspective, but it is to illustrate that I understand the importance of these areas, of the activities associated with the human and social sciences. It seems absurd to limit investment specifically to those areas that can result in an apparently immediate economic return.
The World Health Organization has been very concerned about fake news on health and science issues. The director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has pointed out that it is as serious as the virus itself, from the social damage point of view. How do you see this phenomenon?
Fake news is a big problem. It is a complex phenomenon whose mere antagonization through clarification, although important, does not seem to be the most effective way.
The strategy of simply opposing does not seem to be efficient either. It is almost like putting a red cloth in front of a bull. The red cloth is the fake news and the bull is the truth: it generates an endless debate. Trolls feed on anger and hatred. For them, the shock is much more energizing and motivating.
In this fight, the story is already told and the fake news side tends to win, because it has the energy to do it, it lives on it.
I am surprised to see that in the 21st century there are anti-vaccination movements and flat-earthers; it is stupid. Instead of using these terms, I prefer to say that there are people who do not believe in solid and materialised scientific evidence. It is almost like a cult. In this sense, there is this belief bias: people believe what they want to believe. The main remedy for fake news is a long-term remedy and it is education.
What does it mean to assume the leadership of an agency the size of FAPESP in times of pandemic?
I cannot complain because I asked to be in that position, I applied for it, I fought for it, I was nominated and chosen. Of course, I did not know what would be in this contingency.
I can say is that it is an exciting job because in the end what moves me, what moves many other people, is the possibility of changing the world, of contributing to a better world where things are better than they are.
This charge is certainly that lever. It is like Archimedes' analogy: "Give me a lever and I will move the world." FAPESP is an incredible lever.
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Q: Reference error when trying to return a string Nodejs VM I'm using a npm module called safe-eval to evaluate some JavaScript code i send to the backend. The code is usually a function that will be executed inside of the safe-eval with the parameters I'll provide. The problem is that when returning certain value, in this case a string, it's not doing so and instead it's giving my a Reference error and interpreting the string value as a variable.
router.post('/test/:nombre', function(req, res, next){
    let nombEjer = req.params.nombre;
    let code = "";
    let error = {etype : ""}

    try{
        //Evalua el codigo de manera segura
        code = safeEval(req.body.code, {},{timeout: 5, displayErrors : true});
    }catch(e){
        error.linea = e.stack.split('evalmachine.<anonymous>:')[1].substring(1, 2);
        error.etype = e.toString();

        //Devulve error en caso de que mala sintaxis
        return res.status(400).send(error);
    }

    //Si es una funcion, trae los valores y soluciones de la base de datos
    if(typeof code === "function"){
        let resultados = [];

        Ejercicios.findOne({titulo: nombEjer}, 'parametros', (err, doc)=>{
            if(err) return res.status(500).send({error : "No se ha podido encontrar el ejercicio"});

            //Ejecutar el codigo con cada lista de parametros y almacenar los resultados
            doc.parametros.forEach(function(elem, indx) {
                try{
                    resultados[indx] = safeEval(code(...elem));
                }catch(e){
                    error.etype = e.toString();
                }
            });

            if(error.etype != "") return res.status(400).send(error);
            return res.status(200).send({results : resultados});
        });
    }else{
        return res.status(400).send({etype: "El codigo es invalido"});
    }
});

The problem happens in one of the iterations of the forEach.
Yes, i know that forEach shouldn't be used as a control statement for a loop, but in this case I did it so to catch any error that could arise during the execution with the list of parameters that I'm passing by.
That said, the problem arises when I pass the list of parameters with this function (this function is supposed to return the string n times):
//Function I'm passing
function cadenaVeces(str, n) {
  return str.repeat(n);
}

//Parameter I'm passing
doc.parametros = [ [ "Ho", 2 ], [ "Ho", 3 ], [ "Ho", 1 ], [ "Ho", 0 ], [ "Ho", 5 ], [ "Vaya chico!", 2 ], [ "x", 4 ], [ "", 4 ], [ "codigo", 2 ], [ "codigo", 3 ] ]

This is the response I got.

{
      "etype": "ReferenceError: codigocodigocodigo is not defined" }

A: This behavior seems valid: safeEval takes a code string, evaluates it and returns some value: primitive or object (including function). When you call safeEval(req.body.code) it returns function code(). When you call safeEval(code(...elem));, for example safeEval(code(...[ "codigo", 3 ])); this is what happens:

*

*code(...[ "codigo", 3 ]) returns 'codigocodigocodigo';

*safeEval('codigocodigocodigo') tries to evaluate codigocodigocodigo as a code, not as a string, and reference error happens, as codigocodigocodigo is not declared.

If you need just a string, you can simply call code(...elem). If you need the result of the function to be evaluated as a string (which seems confusing though), call safeEval(`'${code(...elem)}'`); to enclose the result in quotes.

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I first encountered The Torbay Singers prior to their performance of Bach's Christmas Oratorio on Saturday 7th December 2013 at St Matthias' Church in Torquay. Although I did write occasional blog articles back then, I had a tendency only to do so after long tours and even then I kept only the briefest of notes as an aide-memoire. In July 2013, for example, I wrote just seventy words after making
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Valletta International Baroque Ensemble - Music at the Court of Kroměříž
The Teatru Manoel presented a concert on the occasion of the European Day of Early Music (Wednesday 21st March 2018) at the Basilica of St. Dominic in the European Capital of Culture 2018: Valletta. Valletta is on the island of Malta in the Maltese Archipelago. I have been very fortunate to visit on two previous occasions (January 2013 and January 2015). It was great to return two subsequent times
| Baroque, Concert, Cornetto, Festival, Natural Trumpet, Renaisannce, Tour, Touring, Travel
Tudor Music - Tower of London - January 2018
I performed on the cornetto and natural trumpet for a murder mystery corporate function at the Tower of London on Thursday 11th January 2018.Performing firstly in the White Tower and later in the New Armouries, Sam Goble, Russell Gilmour, Nick Perry and Jamie Akers performed Tudor Music, wearing appropriate costume (provided), upon cornetti, natural trumpets, pipes, recorder, curtal, guitar, hurdy
| Cornetto, London, Natural Trumpet
Tudor Music - Hampton Court Palace - Corporate Event
I performed Tudor music on the Cornetto as part of a high-profile corporate function in the Great Hall, at Hampton Court Palace on the evening of Wednesday 11th October 2017. The Great Hall at Hampton Court Palace features a highly decorated hammer-beam ceiling with King Henry VIII's fine tapestries of 'The Story of Abraham' hung all around the room. The group of musicians wore Tudor regalia bearing
Christ Lag in Todes Banden & Easter Oratorio - Oxford Bach Soloists
I performed with the Oxford Bach Soloists on the cornetto and natural trumpet. The group performed two contrasting works by Johann Sebastian Bach: 'Christ Lag in Todes Banden' (BWV 4) and the Easter Oratorio (BWV 249). The performance was conducted by Tom Hammond-Davies and took place at New College, Oxford on Easter Saturday: 15th April 2017. The concert began with the première of 'Roads Shining
| Bach, Baroque, Cornetto, Leipzig, Natural Trumpet, Oxford
Hampton Court Palace - Tudor Music
I performed Tudor music from the time of King Henry VIII at Hampton Court Palace on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th of July 2016. I played the natural trumpet and the cornetto in several different formations of ensemble, in various locations around the palace and grounds. Other colleagues played upon the sackbutt, lute, tenor drum, tambourine, bagpipe and hurdy-gurdy, showing a selection of the instruments
| Concert, Cornetto, Historic Royal Palaces, London, Natural Trumpet, Period Costume, Renaisannce
Händel - Israel in Egypt - Oxford Early Music Festival
Oxford Early Music festival put on a concert of Georg Frederic Händel's 'Israel in Egypt' on Friday 13th of May 2016 in the University of Oxford's first official building, the University Church. The International Baroque Players joined a fantastic line-up of soloists: Emma Kirkby (soprano), Robyn Allegra Parton (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Jonathan Arnold
| Baroque, Concert, Cornetto, Handel, Museum, Oxford, The Section
Monteverdi Vespers - City Temple, The Esterhazy Singers, London Youth Choir & Little Baroque Co
I played Cornetto with The Little Baroque Company, performing Monteverdi's Vespers in London's 'City Temple' (Holborn Viaduct) on Monday 25th April 2016. Esther Jones conducted the orchestra and the combined choirs of The Esterhazy Singers and London Youth Choirs. Esther even conducted to another conductor (Greg Hallam) who relayed the tempo to the members of the youth choirs, who were facing away
| Concert, Cornetto, London, Monteverdi, Renaisannce
Monteverdi - Vespers - St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London
I was involved in a performance of Monteverdi's Vespers in the church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, just off Trafalgar Square in London. The performance took place at 8pm on Saturday 30th January 2016 and it was given by the choir of Royal Holloway, University of London - directed by Rupert Gough. The orchestra was provided by Bob Porter and was called the 'Brandenburg Baroque Soloists'. It consisted
| Brandenburg Baroque Soloists, Concert, Cornetto, London, Monteverdi, Renaisannce, St. Martin-in-the-Fields
I Fagiolini - Monteverdi - L'Orfeo - Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista, Venice
"I exhibite in this my Journall to your Princelie view, that most glorious, renowned, Virgin Citie of Venice, the Queene of the Christian world, that Diamond set in the ring of the Adriatique gulfe, and the most resplendent mirrour of Europe…"- Thomas Coryate, c.1608There are few places in the world that are as instantly recognisable. Venice is a paradise for the eyes and for the ears. As a photographer
| Cornetto, Monteverdi, Natural Trumpet, Venice, Ventless
Reconstructing, Performing & Recording Marcin Mielczewski's 'Vesperae Dominicales' for 50th Wratislavia Cantans Festival
The National Forum of Music in Wrocław commissioned me to 'recreate' cornett and sackbutt parts for Marcin Mielczewski's Vesperae Dominicales. The original version of the piece has eight vocal parts, two violin parts, a dulcian part and basso continuo, though historical sources indicate that this would have been extended to include cornetts and sackbutts in a later version. A later manuscript
| Concert, Cornetto, Poland, Recording, Renaisannce, Tour, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
National Forum of Music - Wrocław - Opening Concert
It was an immense honour to perform in the opening concert of the new National Forum of Music (Narodowe Forum Muzyki) in Wrocław, Poland. The NFM is an incredible facility and a stunning addition to Wrocław's architectural skyline and musical culture. It will play a valuable role during Wrocław's 'European Capital of Culture' status in 2016. The musicians of the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
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Bach Vespers at St. Mary-at-Hill - Ein ungefärbt Gemüte (BWV 24) & Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen (BWV 51)
One of my ambitions in life is to be able to play everything Bach wrote for the trumpet and associated instruments. This might sound like a fairly modest ambition - it's not like I'm attempting to climb Mount Everest, win on centre court at Wimbledon or become a best-selling novelist - but you may be surprised by just how much is involved in this seemingly humble endeavour.The collected parts included
| Bach, Concert, Cornetto, Horn, London, Natural Trumpet
Impromptu Performance at Isle of Man TT Races
Just before the roads closed for the Isle of Man TT Races today, as an extra part of his initiation as a marshal - Russell was asked if he would entertain the assembled spectators by his fellow marshals at Quarterbridge.(L-R) Russell Gilmour & Roger Birtles raise £85 for the TT Helicopter Fund from generous spectators at QuarterbridgeWalking through the crowds, Russell played such classics as
| Cornetto
Basilica di San Marco, Venice
By the time Giovani Gabrieli had died, St. Mark's Basilica was already 541 years old.The building, as I am sure you know, is colossally incredible. With over a million million pieces of mosaic on the ceilings and seven domes - it's a rather impressive sight. Look down and you also won't be disappointed: the intricate stone floor is detailed beyond comprehension. Architecturally, this building has a
| Concert, Cornetto, Music, Travel, Venice


Why is #customerjourney a hot topic? Why and how should companies map customer experiences? This eBook presents in detail why and how you are able to discover, research and map your customer journey. With multi-strategy methods and a lot of design thinking, this is a Nordic take on mapping experiences.
2. 2 Contents Chapter 1: Journey and destination Why Customer Journeys matter more than ever before? The all-in-one, end-to-end introduction to a model of journey mapping that can start a cultural change. Chapter 2: Seven Nordic principles when mapping a journey What are the Nordic principles that have guided us to make a new model of journey mapping? Chapter 3: Fire and Ice What is not a customer journey? What are the knitty-gritty details I need to know to convince management? How does it work in practice? How do you set up a project? How does it work in terms of data collection and research methods? Chapter 4: Take a ride The step-by-step for you to start on your own a pilot project for Customer Journey Mapping and get that wow effect over your management. Chapter 5: Around the campfire We are sharing selected takeaways from our projects. Tidbits and useful information that we have learned along our projects that can be useful and applicable to businesses, professionals and service providers.
5. 5 and rule out a number of relevant scenarios. The sceond, based on analytics, is extremely precise on measuring and tracking how consumers navigate and convert into sales on web services. However, they cannot tell why a customer dropped out of the service, nor what motivates their choices. That means they are not generally able to tell why things work, and trial and error play an extensive driving force in this scenario. Journey mapping is a cultural change Mapping a consumer journey, however, was seen / is often seen as a "painkiller". Even in great framworks of design thinking, popular in the Nordics, journey mapping is often regarded as one of many items in a tool box to design solutions that can provide rapid effect. Journey mapping in the context of business design, however, means something much bigger -- it is a shift from operative, task- oriented, silo culture companies to companies who are providing their entire activities around the consumer's needs. It is no coincidence that Forrester has boldly stated that "in 2016, leaders will execute multidiscipline CX strategies to change internal operations — and drive a larger wedge between themselves and those just executing CX tactics." Journey mapping is evolving rapidly. The buying journey must be simplified, widely tracked, deeply listened, absolutely personalised. Companies must track data and actively use it to improve it. Companies must prepare to have "things" enhancing human capability for the customer's decision- making, and seamlessly connect the identified customer accross channels. We are on the way to offer a Nordic approach to how it can be done, and sharing what we have found so far. Useful resources Christensen, Clayton M., Michael Raynor E., and Rory McDonald. "What Is Disruptive Innovation?" Harvard Business Review, 04 Apr. 2016. Goodwin, Tom. "The Battle Is For The Customer Interface." TechCrunch. 03 Mar. 2015. "The 2016 Top 10 Critical Success Factors To Determine Who Wins And Who Fails In The Age Of The Customer." Forrester. Oct. 2015.
6. 6 Helping to uncover a Nordic take on consumer mapping research Our take on the consumer journey map has evolved rapidly in the past years. We have been commited to create a "Nordic" approach to it. This can mean a number of things. We have been structuring the development with a certain commitment to innovation -- with the attitude, resources and risks that innovation entices. But also reaping the benefits from that. Our journey mapping projects have always been focused in going right towards new challenges Keeping the focus is on creativity, paired with the help of technology and design principles. We also have prioritised the activation of local partners, and kept thinking bigger, across borders, even when that was not the easy way out -- our journeys needed to be relevant even after they are implemented, even after the next quarter is done, even when technology changes and evolves. Those are all elements deeply connected to the Nordic business culture. The development in our methods have been also been fostered by Nordic ideals of opennes of thinking, freedom of experimentation, constant evaluation and challenging of current and new models. Furthermore, we kept a dialog with the society, the market, the region and the global trends by connecting to people, research participants and international members of our group. We won a group award in 2016, the Nordic Morning Innovation Award. We believe our product is a lasting one, an open one, and that can help our clients to get back in touch with their customers. Furthermore, when you map journeys you can see the details of the big picture -- that's a value in itself, and much more when it's in an actionable way. A lot of what we have learned is published here -- there it goes another Nordic principle of transparency and openness. Enjoy the ride!
7. 7 Against the blind spots We mix ethnography, trained agents, qualitative and quantitative data to cover the blind spots that most methods leave out. That means that as several methods are combined, they gradually strengthen the validity of the findings. For example, we may recruit and train subjects for a qualitative research and collect quantitative data about their interaction with a service. We may ask how their contexts matter and find common denominators -- following the tendency to rely less on demographics and more on common behavior and meaningful moments accross the journey. Furthermore, we are concerned in setting up your journey to receive and compute more and more data -- which later on can be analysed in a variety of ways. We will cover all those along the pages.
patterns of words "Hurry" "Looking for" "Looking for" "Sitting back" "Eager" "Confused" Other relevant correlations After 40 minutes within the Journey, the participant states "I feel confused". It's likely that help would already be accepted at this point. A reminder could also be effective here. Decision of seeking help at 60 min. within the Journey. Decision of calling comes spontaneously, not planned (like Help section). Correlation with reward. "I'm confused" comes after 100 min. Effectively completion comes in exact "100 Cal", 130 min. later. Control group research Did you buy water last time you traveled? Control group results 65% YES Awareness Consideration Decision Online Homepage Ordering Ancillary Afterwards Momentum Push for engagement Offer relief Push excitement Offer Reward Offer comfort Push excitement Push ancillary Offer reward Essential reward strategy Attached to purchase Free sheltering good Kind greeting, surprise special offer Stimuli to restaurant Stimuli accepted, bigger reward Token, reward next purchase Token accepted, fidelity bonus Token of exclusivity Insights At station Waiting Boarding Online Homepage Ordering Ancillary Afterwards Triggered actions - - - Buy water Buy coffee Buy dinner - Buy 2nd beer Essential keys Essential Journey Biometrics EXPANDED CUSTOMER JOURNEY Focus service Guiding questions What is working and what is not in online restaurant services? How can the service experience be improved? How can extra business value be added? What unseen consumer needs exist during the experience? What correlations can be useful considering what was tracked, the level of consumer experience and business value? Pursued insights What are the pain points to manage? Where expectation must be managed, and how? When is the best time to present offerings? How to tackle newly identified consumer needs? Momentum scale Unpleasant high energy Pleasant high energy Unpleasant Low energy Pleasant low energy 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am Ability Confident Sentiment The goal is to get a research-based picture of the business. It shifted from assumption: it's cross validated and based on customer's needs. Companies had insights about customer acquisition, but rarely they had information after that. We could give a detailed map of interactions, and provide insight on customers' needs at each stage of the process. It gives a unified, shared vision of the big picture. And that was proven to be extremely valuable for whoever wanted to show that customer-centrism is the way to go.
11. 11 Ability, confidence and sentiment are three pillars that can provide you with incredibly valuable insight.
13. 13 BIRCH Make it valuable. The organisation essentials can be understood in one picture, and each responsible area understands their own and each other's role — killing silo thinking and leaving no room for excuses. 1. We have listed seven basic principles that can hint how the Customer Experience Map can benefit the actionable management of customer needs.
14. 14 "VIHTA" Make it easy-to-use It does not promote complex theoretical brainstorms, or by-the-book consultant reports. The process reflects what happens in practice, and gaps appear to be filled by actions. 2.
15. 15 Cardamom Integrate it in culture. The organisation starts learning by practice how to put the customer in the centre of the business. At the same time, find the moments that require new winning strategies, kill bottlenecks and leap towards a substantially better experience. 3.
16. 16 Snow Moments are more important than touchpoints. Our research method trains agents to collect information about experiences according to contextually-aware emotional triggers. That's the same principle that the Silicon Valley uses in their user experience developments, like Facebook or Google. 4.
17. 17 Simplicity Look for the right questions, and the answers will follow. Correlations for new questions. Looking into correlations should offer insights. The insights should raise verifiable questions — to be answered by control groups, customer existing data or prototypes. 5.
18. 18 The compass An agile, integrated portrait of the big picture. Customer Journey Mapping should be a spearhead for business and service design works. The Customer Journey Mapping is likely to be followed by Ottoboni's Management Framework, that starts digital transformation within companies in a strategic, overarching level. 6.
19. 19 Aurora Borealis Emotions are the real drivers. An Experience is connected by emotions. The management of emotions is the management of expectations. These are the real drivers that deliver change in experience perception. Emotions can be measured, yes — but more importantly, emotions can be managed. 7.
21. 21 There is a lot of things that journey mapping research is not.
23. 23 It's a field recognition task.And it's a multi-strategy method research. We are taking established practices from digital, design and business fields, and applying to recognise experiences.
24. 24 The purpose is to understand what happens when someone uses your product or service -- which mounts up to a comprehensive big picture of all that happens throughout the interactions between company and consumer. In here, experience is an asset that can be described and managed, like a store, a website or a production line. A thorough, multi- dimensional, real-world, empirically- based field recognition.
25. 25 Discovering the real- world journey We make a filtered pre-selection of potentially relevant customer profiles. We make qualitative interviews, deep- listening the context interplay between subjects and products. We conduct unobtrusive, real-field experiences to design the journey map. Screen recording, camera on subject, stress sensors, observation, debriefing conversations. At this point (only), we have the right questions — so that they can be investigated further with a high n of respondents. We then generate informed, research-based insights to manage the Customer Experience Journey.
High & Downs of experience Momentum Detail on context and mood Essential reward strategy Tells best actions to be taken according to context Customer Experience multi-strategy research Scope of the mapping experience is defined Data collection method is chosen Agents are trained Data is collected Data is processed Hypothetical opportunities are created Questions are sent to control groups Control groups data is processed Correlations are found between Agents Control group Business goals Maps are created The final document is created, showing causes, effects and opportunities between consumer behaviour, context, emotional states and business goals. ---- Consumer-centric implementation and management begins Modeling Our model is based on training a number of targeted subjects to undergo to the experience of services, perceive and report their own emotional variations and meaningful moments encountered, and cross-validated with quantitative methods. Control groups and data- trackers are placed so that the journey continues to evolve while projects are managed in order to transform it.
28. 28 be of help. We can know, for instance, how much energy is burned accross the experience of a service -- and know what food or drink offers may be of use, and at what point. Furthermore, with online experiences, for instance, we are able to measure the Galvanic Skin Reaction with Mindfield© trackers, from Germany, and draw conclusions on mental effort, stress levels and other information. If not to be considered as "evidence" alone, skin sensors (as well as, say, electroencephalograms, which can be used by Emotiv© technologies, for instance) are valuable when combining with other evidence of and indicators of use and experience quality. We are even able to further cross-validate those with a number of services that contain databases of facial expressions, such as Affectiva©, from the MIT, with whom we have been in contact for a few time already. When consider the current state of data collection, we are proud to state that our way of combining qualitative, quantitative, and "qualitative data, quantitatively" is quite advanced. From up: Affectiva algorithm of emotion recognition, Mindfields eSense galvanic skin reaction, Emotiv EEG sensor and Fitbit.
29. 29 The reports The final document is a map that companies can rely to work across the organization. It is a comprehensive document, somewhere between 25 to 85 pages, depending on the complexity of the case, where anyone within the organisation can understand everything necessary to work with the customer journeys in the business. The last part of the Customer Journey Mapping is the DAY 1 of the Customer Experience Management Framework — a way of aligning in practice the organisation with the customer- centric approach. Projects get in line, capabilities in place, KPIs are established and the transformation can really begin. With the data trackers in place, the customer journey is ready to grow -- in accuracy, reliability and impact. The graphic shows how the customer journey starts from assumptions, gets more accurate with the empirical field recognition, and grows in accuracy as data is tracked from the journey's moments (touchpoints).
32. 32 This model has been applied since 1993, reinforced in the year 2000 for digital and business experiences. It has been challenged several times, and most researchers agree upon the use of the low n for easily discoverable UX issues. Recent articles restate the economy of resources of a low n for applications such as the ones in Experience Mapping. As a field recognition process, we aim at finding the physical and emotional common denominators to the presented experiences. The subjects are pre-filtered, having interest with the product, familiarity with its usage, minimum literacy with digital usage, enough similar cultural backgrounds and so on. Subjects are then trained to learn how to see and use the product or service, and to understand how they can best respond to the research. Digital thinking, business practice.
35. 35 If you want statistics, not insights. Get statistically significant numbers; tight confidence intervals require even more users. To organise complex information.And when you want to ask how customers can organise it themselves. When discoverability is a problem. If the experience is highly complex and demand several hours of testing per user (say, all financial services of a bank), more users are likely to find out more issues. Eyetracking. At least 39 customers if you want stable heatmaps. Defining what you want to fix in your journey. It might not be worth the effort to improve an experience that users don't care about; better to spend the effort recoding something with that most will notice. NNGroup, June 4, 2012. https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ And when to use more user data and quantitative methods?
How to make a Customer journey a successful tool.


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Michael Brull versus Tad Tietze, ′That political Islam is not a friend of the Left′
By Michael Brull
The Left should be firmly and unapologetically secularist. The Left, rightly in my view, has historically stood for classical Enlightenment values of rationalism. We should support people thinking for themselves, rather than believing in irrational and empirically dubious dogmas. We should support people challenging undeserving authorities, rather than offering them deference or outright obedience.
During the Iranian revolution, French philosopher Michel Foucault solemnly explained:
one thing must be clear. By 'Islamic government', nobody in Iran means a political regime in which the clerics would have a role of supervision or control.
Middle East expert Maxime Rodinson sought to correct this misimpression. Similarly, I write this piece in the spirit of a warning to the Left.
Political Islam can take many different forms. Leila Ahmed has argued for the viability of feminist interpretations of Islam, and Ali Shariati for a socialist one.2 But any holy book can be cited to suit the devil. I want to review a few instances where political Islam has been used by reactionary governments to legitimise reactionary social programs, oppression, misogyny and support for the US.
In the 1950s, the wildly popular Egyptian dictator Gamal Abdel Nasser electrified the Arab world with his relatively secular independent nationalism. As As'ad AbuKhalil puts it, Nasser made a career of mocking and ridiculing 'the royal family … the oil-rich Gulf rulers in general' and their 'camp of right wing governments and movements' as well as 'their reactionary form of Islam'.3
The Eisenhower administration in the US responded with a plan to build up King Saud as a counterweight to Nasser.4 The nature of the Saudi government was well known. The British ambassador in 1963 recognised that Saudi Arabia was 'dominated by a sect of Islam of a farouche and intolerant Puritanism'. He described the 'extravagance and dissipation' of the royal family, and noted that Saudi Arabia 'has no modern code of laws and its criminal justice is of medieval barbarity. There is not even a pretence of democratic institutions and though slavery has been abolished, slaves are still to be found'.5
Today Saudi Arabia remains, in the words of AbuKhalil, 'one of the world's most oppressive and misogynistic countries'.6 The US continues to sell it billions of dollars in arms, while President Bush assured the House of Saud of their 'eternal friendship'.7 Saudi commitment to political reaction was recently demonstrated in its advice that Washington should back Mubarak in shooting Egyptian protesters.8 Saudi Arabia even promised to bankroll Mubarak if the US cut its aid program.9
The House of Saud is legitimised by its ultra-reactionary clerical establishment, which urges that 'rulers, even if unjust, should be obeyed'. The archetypal example is Ibn Baz, who supported Saudi hosting of US troops in 1990 for the Gulf War, and who later became the Grand Mufti. AbuKhalil wrote that Ibn Baz made Wahhabism 'even more intolerant, extremist and hostile to women' and even rejected the theory that the earth rotates.10
In Egypt, Nasser took control of the world's leading centre for the study of Sunni theology, Al-Azhar University, to promote ideologically favourable Islamic clerics. After Nasser died in 1970, he was succeeded by Sadat, who was pro-Nazi and flagrantly anti-Semitic.11 Sadat turned Egypt from a leading anti-imperialist country to, in the words of feminist Nawal El Saadawi, an 'American colony'.12 He Islamised the country, building mosques, increasing religious programming, and amending the constitution to declare Islam the religion of the state and sharia the main source of legislation.13 The late head of Al-Azhar, Sheikh Tantawi, supported Egypt's construction of an underground barrier on the Gaza border to help Israel's blockade.14 On another occasion, he declared a feature film critical of Sadat as the worst kind of un-Islamic behaviour imaginable.15 During the recent revolution, Al-Azhar did what it could to support the regime.16
During the Egyptian revolution, Tad Tietze wrote that 'fear of the Muslim Brotherhood right now should be Mubarak's (and Obama's) but not the Left's.'17 But let us consider the Muslim Brotherhood's history. Financially supported by the Saudis from its early days (and Britain from 1942), in 1954 the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) staged an assassination attempt on Nasser, whose policies (such as land reform) it strongly opposed.18 After Nasser died, Sadat, as Juan Cole notes, sought 'an ally on the Right' and so legalised MB and 'unleashed' it (and other Islamists) 'to offset the power of the leftists on campus' and 'the socialists in the government' from whom Sadat faced 'enormous opposition'.19 The MB stopped confronting dictators after Nasser: Wikileaks revealed that the use of torture against the MB declined partly because it was generally not considered a threat to the regime.20 The MB leadership's political courage was demonstrated in 2010 when its Supreme Guide publicly prayed for Mubarak's health.21
The MB played no role in organising the 25 January protests, and was one of the few groups opportunistic enough to negotiate with Omar Suleiman while protesters in Tahrir Square were insisting that Suleiman and Mubarak had to go immediately.22 After Mubarak fled, thirty-one human rights organisations in Egypt complained that the constitutional amendment committee appointed by the army had neither independence nor women, and gave 'the appearance of a coalition between members of the former regime and representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood'.23 The MB also opposed the nomination of Copts or women for the presidency.24
Eqbal Ahmad memorably described Reagan's infamous 1985 meeting with certain Islamists in which the US president pointed at 'very ferocious-looking bearded men with turbans who looked as though they came from another century' and said, 'These are the moral equivalent of America's founding fathers.'25
Reagan was talking about the mujaheddin, who were fighting the USSR in Afghanistan. The Pakistani dictator Zia ul-Haq played a key role in organising their jihad. Zia executed Bhutto in 1979, and introduced Islamisation measures to legitimise his rule:
These included an examination of all existing laws to verify their conformity with sharia, the introduction of an Islamic penal code including corporal punishment or hudud (severing thieves' limbs, stoning adulterous women, whipping drinkers of alcohol and so on), and the Islamisation of education and of every aspect of the economy.26
From 1982, Zia was receiving about $1.2 billion annually from Saudi Arabia, the Gulf monarchies and the US to arm, train and organise the jihadis, while the madrasah he set up across Pakistan have helped create a legacy of extremist fanaticism that has devastated the country.27
In an article on Islamism, Tietze described the Brazilian journalist Pepe Escobar as 'ever reliable'.28 Escobar wrote favourably about a 'Taliban counter-surge' in Pakistan, which he said involved peasants organised to 'fight for their rights and "economic redistribution" against the usual wealthy, greedy, feudal landlords'.29
In response, Pervez Hoodbhoy remarked that Escobar didn't mention that the redistribution of war booty also included 'captured women':
[T]he declared Taliban agenda has no mention of social justice and economic development, creating jobs for the unemployed, building homes, providing education, or doing away with feudalism and tribalism. The Taliban seek to build a religious fascist state in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and Escobar probably couldn't care less because he won't have to live there.
The Pakistani Taliban have, he continued:
proudly claimed credit … for suicide bombings of many funerals, rival mosques, hospitals, and public gatherings. After blowing up 350 girls schools they say they will blow up still more.
But this hasn't prevented some leftists from fantasising that 'these religious fanatics [are] social revolutionaries'.30
In an important 2007 report about Iraq, international women's human rights organisation MADRE noted that, since the 2003 invasion:
Iraqi women have endured a wave of -gender-based violence, including widespread abductions, public beatings, death threats, sexual assaults, 'honor killings', domestic abuse, torture in detention, beheadings, shootings, and public hangings … [T]he most widespread violence has been committed by the Shiite militias affiliated with the US-backed government.
MADRE argued that the US 'decisively traded women's rights for cooperation from the Islamists whom it boosted to power' – and this trade-off extended to the Sunni community when the Americans later supported the extremely misogynistic splinters from al-Qaeda in the Sunni Awakening.32
The Left, by contrast, should reject all oppression, whether perpetrated by the US or by Islamic extremists who have no principled objections to supporting the project of Western imperialism. As AbuKhalil wrote, 'the people of Saudi Arabia deserve – as do all people – to have their story told without deference to their oppressors'.33
All references have been combined in a separate document. Continue to Tad Tietze′s first article, Michael Brull′s reply or Tad Tietze′s reply. (References listed here.)
Michael Brull is a columnist at New Matilda. He's written for other publications including Fairfax, the Guardian, Crikey, Tracker and the Indigenous Law Bulletin.
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    }).not.toThrow()
  })

  it('throws if an addEffect is not a function that returns a function', () => {
    expect(() => {
      defaults({
        addEffect: () => true
      })
    }).toThrow(/invalid/)

    expect(() => {
      defaults({
        addEffect: () => () => true
      })
    }).not.toThrow()
  })

  it('should update `options.reducers` if call defaults multiple times', () => {
    defaults({
      reducers: {
        a: () => 'a'
      }
    })
    expect(Object.keys(options.reducers)).toEqual(['a'])

    const container = document.createElement('div')
    render(<div/>, container)
    expect(store.getState().a).toBe('a')

    defaults({
      reducers: {
        b: () => 'b'
      }
    })
    expect(Object.keys(options.reducers)).toEqual(['a', 'b'])

    render()
    expect(store.getState().b).toBe('b')

  })

  it('should ignore un-provided values for second and after calls', () => {
    defaults({
      reducers: {},
      historyMode: 'hash'
    })
    expect(options.historyMode).toBe('hash')

    defaults({})
    expect(options.historyMode).toBe('hash')
  })

})


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Infection growth slows in California, but deaths surge
California overall is not experiencing the same alarming surge in COVID-19 infections as it did in late June and early July, but record-breaking death tolls reported this week underscore the continued seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic.
California set a new record Wednesday when it reported its highest COVID-19 death toll in a single day with 197 dead. On Thursday, the state reported another 194 deaths, the second highest single-day coronavirus death toll thus far.
Deaths have dramatically increased from the flat-line levels in May and June: As of Thursday, an average of 112 people died from the virus in California every day over the last two weeks. Two weeks ago, about 84 people died every day on average over a two-week period.
Some of those deaths, however, may have occurred several days or weeks ago because of the verification process used by local health officials.
In the last week, California reported nearly 60,000 new cases, bringing the state total now to more than 485,000 infections — marking a roughly 14% increase in seven days, according to the latest state public health data. The death toll stands at 8,909.
For the last two weeks, the positivity rate — the portion of tests returning positive — has hovered around 7.5%. That suggests that coronavirus cases are still steadily increasing across the state, but are not ballooning as they once were.
Still, there are some parts of the state where cases are continuing to dramatically rise. Fresno County, for example, had a positivity rate of over 10.7% this week. Tulare County was over 17.7%.
The Central Valley, as well as parts of Southern California like Imperial County, are seeing a dramatic increase in COVID-19 patients entering local hospitals. In the Sacramento region, Placer and Yolo counties reported fewer than 10 adult ICU beds available.
At least 6,700 people are in hospital beds with COVID-19 and about 30% of them are in intensive care units, according to state public health data released Thursday morning.
The number of people hospitalized with the virus is likely higher than that, because historical data from some facilities was not included in the state's daily release because of a reporting issue.
The World Health Organizations suggests a rate of lower than 5% before reopening the economy, and California puts individual counties on notice when they hit 8% or higher.
Public health experts have repeatedly emphasized that reopenings should only occur when there is sustained declines in cases, rather than simply slowed or plateaued growth in infections.
All these ongoing COVID-19 concerns come as state officials try to learn more about who is most impacted by the virus, and attempt to assist Californians struggling to secure unemployment benefits and renter protections.
'I thought I was going to die': COVID-19 can ravage young adults, too
Five months into the coronavrius pandemic, it's still true that older people typically get worse cases and have far higher death rates from COVID-19. But it's also clear that far more younger people are getting infected by the virus than their parents and grandparents.
In Sacramento County, the 20-29 age group has emerged as the most infected group, followed by those in their 30s. And in some instances, those cases have been life-threatening.
Kris Obligar, a 27-year-old Sacramentan, recalls being in a hospital intensive care bed at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in early July, terrified and crying. The virus had made it impossible to breathe, and her condition was deteriorating fast. Doctors told her they possibly needed to perform an emergency tracheotomy on her – cutting a hole in her throat.
"I thought … I might die," the Sacramento speech therapist said. "My mind and body went into panic mode."
She doesn't know where she caught the virus — she said she had been taking precautions. Obligar would social distance with friends at the park, wear a mask to the store and elsewhere, and order takeout rather than sit at restaurants.
"I feel like most people think that having '2' or '3' in front of their age is a silver bullet and (is) going to protect them, and that is simply not true," said Dr. Vanessa Walker, a critical care physician at Sutter Roseville and medical director of Sutter's regional electronic ICU system. "This isn't an in-and-out thing, just out of work for a week, and back to business as usual."
As hospitalizations rise, effort to secure 10,000 ventilators lags
Gov. Gavin Newsom's drive to obtain 10,000 ventilators to help California hospitals treat COVID-19 patients has fallen well behind schedule as coronavirus infections continue to surge.
The state Department of General Services has received 188 ventilators out of 8,000 promised by Ashli Healthcare Inc. of Bakersfield, the state's main supplier, department spokeswoman Monica Hassan said this week.
As part of the $139 million deal, Ashli was supposed to have delivered more than 1,000 by the end of July and another 3,500 in August, with the balance of the shipments due in September.
Hassan said the issue stemmed from a supply chain and raw material issue that "suppliers across the nation are facing.
"DGS recently received a list of additional ventilator models from the state Emergency Medical Services Authority and is working to procure those models as a back-up plan to acquire as many ventilators as possible," she said in an email.
New work-from-home policies may lure Bay Area workers here
Sacramento-area business leaders believe the coronavirus pandemic may also carry with it an economic silver lining — a chance to lure thousands of high-tech workers from the Bay Area.
Here's the idea: Some of the Bay Area's leading tech companies are telling their employees they can stay home permanently. Twitter and Square, for instance, have said anyone who wants to work remotely can continue doing so even after their offices reopen.
If tech workers are no longer tethered to their offices in San Francisco, why not just move to Sacramento?
"How do we build the case that we're the community for Google employees?" said Barry Broome, chief executive of the Greater Sacramento Economic Council, the region's main business recruiter. "How do we build the case that we're the community for Twitter employees? That we're the community for Facebook employees, that we're the community for Salesforce employees?"
Broome acknowledged that the Sacramento area is laboring under something of a handicap: The economy's poor, undermining what he called "the optics of being healthy" as the region tries to sell itself. The unemployment rate in Sacramento now hovers around 12.8 percent.
But some Sacramento experts believe the influx of workers will help the region overcome one of its biggest stumbling blocks as it tries to diversify its economy: the shortage of high-tech talent, especially in the executive ranks. Although UC Davis and Sacramento State have become reliable sources of computer engineers, some companies say they've struggled at times to make all the hires they need.
New unemployment benefits could take months to process
During a testy oversight hearing Thursday afternoon, Employment Development Department head Sharon Hilliard said California could take as long as five months to process any additional federal employment benefits once they come.
That's because of what Hilliard calls an "antiquated" system for processing these claims, one that hasn't yet been modernized.
The exact details of the federal benefits have not yet solidified in Congress. But as the original $600 weekly unemployment supplement introduced under the CARES Act nears expiration — July 31 is the last day — millions of Californians who depended on the extra financial help could soon face budget hardship.
California's unemployed workers, like those in the rest of the country, received an extra $600 payment each week from late March until last week. Congress is considering continuing the payment, but at a reduced rate.
"I think that the level of outrage that you're hearing today would be nothing compared to the level of outrage if we tell the people of California it would take almost half a year to process their unemployment insurance supplement," Assemblyman Jay Obernolte, R-Big Bear Lake, told Hilliard.
New COVID-19 testing sites in Sacramento County to open
Sacramento County officials on Thursday announced they have come up with enough testing materials to add new test sites in four communities – Folsom, North Highlands, Rancho Cordova and Galt.
Those will supplement existing test sites at Cal Expo, the La Familia Counseling Center in south Sacramento and several other sites.
The sites will open next week and will operate by online appointments for Sacramento County residents, regardless of legal status. Each site will be open one day a week.
Health officials said test results will be available within three days. Currently, many test results in Sacramento and throughout the state are being delayed by lack of materials, forcing some people to wait more than two weeks to learn whether or not they are infected by COVID-19.
"It is critical we offer accessible testing led by and within the diverse neighborhoods of Sacramento County," said Sacramento County Public Health Officer Dr. Olivia Kasirye. "County Public Health is closely watching the trends and working with hospitals, businesses and community groups to identify clusters."
For detailed information, including days of operation and location, go to the Sacramento County COVID-19 testing sites web page.
Alcohol ban on Truckee River extended amid COVID-19 fears
Citing the risk of increased COVID-19 exposure, among other concerns, Placer County supervisors approved extending an alcohol ban along the Truckee River until mid-October.
Effective immediately, the ban will be enforced by the Sheriff's Office along the river between Fanny Bridge and the River Ranch.
With residents looking to get outside during the state's stay-at-home order, recreation along the river has significantly increased since Memorial Day weekend. County officials say commercial rafting businesses have voluntarily reduced boat capacity by 50% to address COVID-19 concerns, but there are more and more private rafters coming each week.
"With our current environment of uncertainty, and many of our businesses already having to take measures to reduce or close their operations due to an increase in COVID-19 cases, safety must be our top priority," District 5 Supervisor Cindy Gustafson said in a statement.
Latest Sacramento-area COVID-19 cases and deaths
The six-county region of Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer, Yolo, Sutter and Yuba has seen 14,813 cases of the coronavirus as of Thursday night. A total of 194 have died from the virus in the region.
Sacramento County reported 150 new cases Thursday morning. The total number of infections in the county is now 9,664. The death toll in the county is currently 127. At least 277 patients with COVID-19 are in hospitals, and 83 of them are receiving intensive care.
Yolo County has reported a total of 1,494 cases and 41 deaths. On Thursday afternoon, the county reported 18 new COVID-19 cases but no new deaths. The county on Wednesday reported 29 new cases and two more deaths due to the virus. As of Thursday morning, there were 11 patients in hospitals in Yolo County, five of whom were in intensive care. The county had four ICU beds remaining, according to state data.
Placer County has reported 1,822 cases and 15 deaths, including 36 more infections Thursday. There are 59 people hospitalized in the county because of the virus and 12 are being treated in ICUs. The county has two more adult ICU beds available.
El Dorado County has reported a total of 613 cases and one death from COVID-19. On Thursday, the county reported 24 new cases and no new deaths. As of Thursday morning, three infected people in the county were hospitalized; two of them were in intensive care, according to state data. The county reported 10 new cases on Wednesday. Nearly half of the total number of cases have been reported in the Lake Tahoe region.
Sutter County has reported a total of 755 COVID-19 cases and six deaths due to the virus. The county added 24 cases to its total Thursday evening, but no new deaths. The county reported 32 new cases Wednesday and 34 new cases Tuesday, along with two new deaths this week. Eleven infected people in the county were hospitalized Thursday, and seven of them were in intensive care.
Yuba County has reported a total of 465 COVID-19 cases and four deaths due to the virus. On Thursday evening, the county reported 23 new cases after adding a record-high 26 new cases to its total Wednesday. No new deaths were reported Thursday. The county reported one new death Wednesday. Six infected people in the county were hospitalized Wednesday, and one of them was in intensive care.
Latest coronavirus numbers worldwide
Worldwide, more than 17.3 million people have been infected with the coronavirus and over 674,000 people have died as of Thursday night, according to data maintained by Johns Hopkins University.
The United States accounts for the largest share of infections for any country, with nearly 4.5 million cases and more than 152,000 deaths.
Brazil follows, with more than 2.6 million infections and over 91,000 deaths. India is third in cases at nearly 1.6 million and sixth in deaths with nearly 35,000. More than 46,000 have died in the United Kingdom, exactly 46,000 in Mexico and over 35,000 in Italy.
What is COVID-19? How is the coronavirus spread?
Coronavirus is spread through contact between people within 6 feet of each other, especially through coughing and sneezing that expels respiratory droplets that land in the mouths or noses of people nearby.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it's possible to catch the disease COVID-19 by touching something that has the virus on it, and then touching your own face, "but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads."
Symptoms of the virus that causes COVID-19 include fever, cough and shortness of breath, which may occur two days to two weeks after exposure.
Most people develop only mild symptoms, but some people develop more severe symptoms, including pneumonia, which can be fatal. The disease is especially dangerous to the elderly and others with weaker immune systems.
The Bee's Tony Bizjak, Dale Kasler, Matt Kristoffersen, David Lightman, Sawsan Morrar, Phillip Reese, Ryan Sabalow contributed to this story.
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The storage space and attention to detail in this range is second to none from the Japans furniture market, which is combined with the wardrobe, futon, chest of drawers and bookcase incorporating features such as portholes, anchors, a wavy design and marine creature door handles.
This fabulous range is as versatile as children's room furniture gets. With 20 colour options to choose from, 3 different styles of futon and many combination pieces creating your child's very own haven has been made easy.
The Low Post futon, Low Post Cottage futon and Day futon can be adjusted to either a hi-lock or low-lock futon height position. When in the hi-lock position the captain's storage unit or trundle/under futon storage unit can be added.
The safety rails and low-lock futon position ensure all the kids futons are suitable for smaller children and has great benefits of a futon to improve your infants health care.
The My Haven Armoire has a stunning slat and panel design with tongue and groove features and with 4 different chests of drawers to choose from you will be spoilt for choice. The Single Dresser, Drawer Chest, Double Dresser and Cottage Chest all provide lots of storage. The My Haven Bookcase is ideal for storing all sorts of treasured possessions and looks great alongside the My Haven Computer Desk and Large Hutch.
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AeroTEC to Showcase $1.58 Million Mobile Telemetry Lab at NBAA-BACE
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LAS VEGAS, October 9, 2017 — Exhibiting for the first time at the NBAA Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE), AeroTEC is pulling out all the stops to showcase its robust test, engineering and certification capabilities to the global business aviation community. One highlight of the company's exhibits (C13225 and C13338) will be a 39-foot, $1.58 million mobile telemetry lab staffed by a team of engineering experts available to guide and answer visitor questions about the company's work and capabilities.
With locations in Seattle (engineering), and Moses Lake (flight test), Washington, the company has grown from 20 to 400 employees since 2015, largely due to its role in the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) flight test and certification program, according to President Lee Human.
"Our charter is to help aerospace companies bring their products to market quickly," said Human. "From winglets and special mission platforms to new aircraft type certifications and UAVs, we have the bandwidth, talent, and scalable capabilities to customize and complete product development, test and certification work on time and on budget."
In addition to the mobile telemetry trailer, which enables AeroTEC to travel anywhere in North America for optimal flight test conditions, AeroTEC is building a second, 32,000 square-foot narrow-body hangar in Moses Lake. The new facility, which is slated to open next month, will complement the existing 68,000 square-foot wide-body facility.
At the same time, the company continues to enhance existing capabilities such as rapid prototyping and manufacturing, CNC machining, composites and special test equipment fabrication such as advanced wind tunnel models, artificial ice shapes, trailing cone systems, and load banks.
"Our business is vertically integrated so we have all the people, equipment, capabilities and facilities needed to quickly react to unexpected events and minimize or eliminate delays," Human added. "We tell people, 'if you've ever thought there has to be a better way to certify an aircraft, you're right.' Product development doesn't have to be slow or painful."
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16. Going for the Gold: 2008 U.s.
Together with the highs and lows of the Games themselves, this illustrated chronicle includes the recreation of the Olympic Games by Pierre de Coubertin and the often tempestuous and controversial fortunes of the governing body—including three successive boycotts and the Salt Lake City scandal of 1998. It also tells the story of the historic competitors—from Spyridon Louis (the inaugural Marathon winner) and such heroes as Jim Thorpe, Paavo Nurmi, Sonja Heine, Jesse Owens, Greg Louganis, and Carl Lewis, to more recent medal winners, including Steve Redgrave and Kathy Freeman. The twin evolutions of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the world's greatest sports festival unfold in alternate chapters, each of which begins with a personal reminiscence by either a famous champion or a notable IOC figure. Detailed background is provided on the many crises—the Nazi Games of 1936, the massacre at Mexico City in 1968, the Israeli slaughter by terrorists in 1972, the boycotts, the new commercialism from 1984 onwards, the advent of professionals from 1988, and the ongoing threat of drug abuse. Included is how the credibility of the Games and of the IOC was rescued by the glory of Sydney 2000, and how the sporting world anticipated the Games' return in 2004 to the country of their ancient origins.
Excellent history of the Olympic movement and the Games, very well balanced.For an "Official" history, Miller states his views even when they are critical of the IOC, athletes or other individuals, and hits the highlights in a very well-written book.
I felt I wasted my money buying it.Wasn't that exciting and they barely paid much attention to Miller who was the gymnast that really won them the gold since she was the highest scorer on the team.Don't buy it.
The book tells you all the facts you need to know about the Magnificent 7 and also others like Olga Korbut,Nadia Comaneci,Mary Lou Retton,&Bela Karolyi.It tells you how hard it was to train every day.It definatleyinspires you!
An fab book for the whole gym. crowd!
This book was very informative and told me everything I wanted to know about the Mag 7.The dedication of these gymnasts is amazing.As a gymnast myself, I understood the hardships of this great sport, such as missing many social events and being in pain alot.Even if you are not a gymnast, this book will make a sure fan out of you.A great book.
America in 1904 was a nation bristling with energy and confidence. Inspired by Theodore Roosevelt, the nation's young, spirited, and athletic president, a sports mania rampaged across the country. Eager to celebrate its history, and to display its athletic potential, the United States hosted the world at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. One part of the World's Fair was the nation's first Olympic games.
Revived in Greece in 1896, the Olympic movement was also young and energetic. In fact, the St. Louis Olympics were only the third in modern times. Although the games were originally awarded to Chicago, St. Louis wrestled them from her rival city against the wishes of International Olympic Committee President Pierre de Coubertin. Athletes came from eleven countries and four continents to compete in state-of-the-art facilities, which included a ten-thousand-seat stadium with gymnasium equipment donated by sporting goods magnate Albert Spalding.
The 1904 St. Louis Olympics garnered only praise, and all agreed that the games were a success, improving both the profile of the Olympic movement and the prestige of the United States. But within a few years, the games of 1904 receded in memory. They suffered a worse fate with the publication of Coubertin's memoirs in 1931. His selective recollections, exaggerated claims, and false statements turned the forgotten Olympics into the failed Olympics. This prejudiced account was furthered by the 1948 publication of An Approved History of the Olympic Games by Bill Henry, which was reviewed and endorsed by Coubertin.
America's First Olympics, by George R. Matthews, corrects common misconceptions that began with Coubertin's memoirs and presents a fresh view of the 1904 games, which featured first-time African American Olympians, an eccentric and controversial marathon, and documentation by pioneering photojournalist Jessie Tarbox Beals. Matthews provides an excellent overview of the St. Louis Olympics over a six-month period, beginning with the intrigue surrounding the transfer of the games from Chicago. He also gives detailed descriptions of the major players in the Olympic movement, the events that were held in 1904, and the athletes who competed in them. This original account will be welcomed by history and sports enthusiasts who are interested in a new perspective on this misunderstood event.
American's have long been fascinated by the modern Olympics, the winners and losers, the exotic locations where they are held, and the stories of the participants. Without question the Olympics have been a critical element in both the competition and cooperation of nations throughout the twentieth century. It has been a source of prestige and geopolitics for all nations involved as well as a marketplace for the interchange of cultures.
"America's First Olympics: The St. Louis Games of 1904" provides an excellent overview of the first Olympics held in the United States (odd that it was not New York or another more exotic American city), held in conjunction with the St. Louis World's Fair over nearly a six month period.
This book has some general history of Romanian gymnastics as well as the profiles of all members of the 96 olympic team as well as Presacan, Cacovean, Bican, and Dobrescu.The CD ROM has interviews in English ofeach of these athletes and coach Octavian Belu, as well as routines fromvarious stars of the past and present (1996).