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Congress doesn't understand RCS messaging, questions Google's Huawei partnership
C. Scott Brown / @c_scottbrown
Congress is reviewing a Google-Huawei partnership to see if it should be concerned regarding the U.S.-China trade war.
However, the partnership revolves around RCS messaging, which likely doesn't pose any kind of threat.
It's likely that Congress is basing its concern on the recent Facebook scandal, and not the actual information at hand.
The trade war between the United States and China is continuing to heat up, but it's also getting incredibly confusing. One begins to wonder if the people waging the trade war actually understand the technologies and partnerships they are trying to stifle.
For example, we learned today via The Wall Street Journal that Congress is concerned about a partnership between Google and Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei. No charges have been filed as of yet, but according to the WSJ, members of Congress have started to "review" Google's association with Huawei.
However, Google's partnership with Huawei revolves around Google's ambitious plan to bring the RCS messaging platform to smartphones and wireless carriers. The partnership between Google and Huawei is likely no different than Google's RCS partnerships with any other device manufacturer.
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This investigation into Google comes hot on the heels of the exposure of Facebook's secret deals with smartphone manufacturers – including Huawei – that gave OEMs access to Facebook user data. Regrettably, Congress is probably basing its scrutiny on Google's RCS messaging ambitions on a completely unrelated scandal involving Facebook.
RCS messaging
We've written a lot about RCS messaging here at Android Authority, but here's a brief refresher.
Google wants to replace SMS and MMS technology with the more modern rich communication services (RCS) technology. RCS messaging is better than SMS/MMS in that it offers quicker, larger file-size transfers, geolocation exchange, social presence information, and more. It primarily will make texting a lot more like using an instant messenger platform such as Facebook Messenger.
What is RCS messaging and why is it important?
SMS and MMS seem positively archaic by the standards set by today's popular data-based messaging platforms. The industry could do with a refresh to its default communication standard. Fortunately, carriers are already moving on to the …
The only problem with RCS is that for it to truly replace the current SMS/MMS experience, every smartphone manufacturer and wireless carrier needs to be on board and using the same protocols. For years now, that has been a nearly-impossible task, but Google is determined to unite the industry using the aforementioned Chat system.
That's why there's a Huawei deal
If Google ever expects to get Chat off the ground, it needs everyone on board. Huawei is the world's third-largest smartphone manufacturer, so it clearly needs to have a partnership with Huawei if Chat is ever going to become the norm.
While we haven't seen the partnership contract for ourselves, we know from the WSJ report and previous reporting here at AA that it involves pre-loading Android Messages onto Huawei devices. This makes perfect sense, as Google already has Chat capabilities built-in to Android Messages which would then make Huawei devices RCS-capable.
Huawei will bring RCS to its smartphones via Android Messages
Google's push for Rich Communication Services (RCS) dates back a couple of years, but adoption has been slow. RCS allows users to send high-quality pictures, participate in group chats, location sharing, and video calling. Other …
What is Huawei getting out of this partnership? That we don't know, but it's highly unlikely that Google is offering up user data to a device manufacturer. What would Huawei do with the user data? Huawei makes and sells physical technology; it doesn't make the bulk of its money off its user base like Google does.
The only other concern would be backdoor spying, i.e., using the information transmitted through Android Messages against the American people in some way. But why would Google do that? What possible incentive would Google have in allowing a foreign power to spy on its own country, simply to make texting a better experience? That makes no sense.
Update: A Google spokesperson reached out to clarify the company's agreement with Huawei, which is, as suspected, pretty standard stuff: "We look forward to answering these questions. Like many US companies, we have agreements with dozens of OEMs around the world, including Huawei. We do not provide special access to Google user data as part of these agreements, and our agreements include privacy and security protections for user data."
How is this different from the Facebook scandal?
Anthony Quintano
The recent Facebook scandal surrounding OEM partnerships is much, much different than Google's partnerships surrounding RCS messaging. The Facebook partnerships gave OEMs access to Facebook user data at a time when smartphone technology was essentially in its infancy; we're talking over ten years ago in some cases.
Back then, Facebook wanted a presence on mobile devices, but mobile devices of that time were not advanced enough to run a full Facebook app. So Facebook partnered with OEMs and gave them access to Facebook features, which added value to the user experience.
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The only issue with these partnerships is that it also gave the companies access to user data, which Facebook took into consideration by filling the contracts with restrictions on the access to that data. There is no proof that any OEM used or abused their access to Facebook user data.
The real issue with the most recent Facebook scandal is the fact that Mark Zuckerberg didn't mention any of this at the Congressional hearing surrounding the Cambridge Analytica scandal. He said that Facebook users have complete control over their data and that third-parties can't access it without their permission. But those statements are not entirely accurate, because some of these OEM partnerships still exist.
In other words, these Facebook contracts are not the problem; the problem is that no one knew about them until The New York Times exposed the information.
But China! What are we going to do about China?
It's clear that President Trump and other members of the U.S. government want to prevent China from attaining even more power over the world's technology. You might agree with that goal, or you might not. But the critical thing to note here is that Google partnering with Huawei to get RCS messaging on smartphones has nothing to do with Chinese tech dominance.
All Google wants is to make texting on Android devices a similar experience to texting on iPhones. In order to do that, it needs everyone to play ball.
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If Congress is going to waste time investigating Google's RCS partnership with Huawei, it's going to have to do the same for all the other Chinese OEMs Google wants on board, like Xiaomi, Oppo, and even ZTE.
But if Congress actually took the time to learn what these deals are all about, it would realize that this is the least of their problems.
To be clear, I'm not saying that big tech doesn't need oversight – it clearly does, as we saw with Google's thankfully-aborted AI military contract. But RCS messaging partnerships? I think we have bigger fish to fry.
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Spa management firm Deep Nature has appointed Magali Marco as director of commercial development for Turkey.
Marco has more than 12 years' spa industry experience. She spent nearly a decade working in Clarins' international spa division – in marketing, communications and business development roles – and more recently she was in charge of spa development for L'Occitane within Europe and the Middle East.
"My wish is not only to take on an interesting professional challenge, but to simply be part of an adventure within a small expert team, helping to capture new international markets while capitalising on Deep Nature's strong presence and success in France," Marco continued.
Ghislain Waeyaert, managing director of Deep Nature, told Spa Opportunities at SpaMeeting Europe in Dubrovnik, Croatia, that Turkey is one of the company's targeted regions for development. "We have many projects under development in Turkey. Magali has a deep knowledge of spa development, thanks to her marketing background. She will have a key role in our development, based in Istanbul," said Waeyaert.
One challenge Marco faces, as she embarks on her path, is conducting business negotiations in the face of the country's current political situation. She explained that even if Turkey is a safe and secure nation, political tension is building in neighbouring nations such as Syria and Iraq. "We need to keep an eye on what will be happening in the upcoming months," said Marco.
In terms of looking after the spa business, Marco predicts staff qualification and retention will be difficult initially – as will specific labour legislation.


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Michael A. Davidson was awarded a Community Grant for the launch of a pilot program with Carver Middle School to teach students' the fundamentals of music. Students who participate will learn how to read sheet music, understand concepts of music theory, and how to perform in a group setting. Michael's Mission is to empower youth through group performance not only enhancing the individuals playing ability but to enhance crucial life and communication skills. This unique program is designed to give students the tools necessary to one day become performing musicians. The 9 week intensive course will end with a Rockcital where students will perform a song in their assigned groups for their family, friends and the community.
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The Chapman Cultural Center Community Grant supports the Spartanburg Earth Day Festival (SEDF) and its efforts to educate our community about the fragileness of our planet, the interdependency of people and resources in preserving viable, life-sustaining eco-systems, and to enhance awareness of the role each individual can play in protecting and sustaining our planet. Grant funds support the SEDF art contests for elementary, high school, and college students. Students create artwork visually interpreting our environmental theme for the year. These works are judged by a local professional artist and showcased in an expansive art exhibit on SEDF grounds.
"The Chapman Cultural Center Community grant has enabled us to link the arts to environmental concerns through each year's art contests and exhibits. Art submissions this year were of such high quality that Wofford College exhibited multiple winners in each age group at the Wofford Library."
Speaking Down Barriers was awarded our largest ever community grant. The Community Grant went towards funding their program Day of Transformation, which is an annual "4-hour experience of living together intentionally across our human differences, including dialogue, art, creativity, sound healing, and more! The goal of Day of Transformation is for individuals to engage spoken word poetry and poets, their fellow community members, and to imagine and actively build a more just and equitable world together. Speaking Down Barriers transforms space and co-creates community beyond the intersections of difference through facilitating gatherings, training, performances, and consultation.
"With this grant we were able to highlight that the social and artistic work done by People of Color and people of the LGBTQ+ community ought to be at the foreground of artistic and communal growth endeavors, as they have always been at the foreground of institutional and world change. Instead of seeking photo opportunities or other superficial representations for the appearance of diversity, citizens from across South Carolina came to Spartanburg to imagine together. Through facilitated dialogue around what it really means to be equitable and to live together across our human differences, we found ourselves able to touch shared power and mutuality as key tools. This is what the Chapman Cultural Center helped make happen right here in Spartanburg!"


Murray K. " Murdog" Harrison, age 78. Sunrise July 2, 1940 and Sunset January 19, 2019.
Visitation 10:00am and Home Going Service 11:00am Tuesday January 29, 2019 at Rhema Christian Center 2100 Agler Rd.
I am so sorry for your loss. I have known Mr. Murray to be a caring, wonderful and kindhearted person. He will truly be missed. I pray that the Lord bless and keep all of you during this time of sorrow.
To the Harrison family. My heart is with you and your family at this time of your loss. There is comfort in knowing God's promises about the resurrection hope. (Acts 24:15) and (John 5:28,29) In the past God has resurrected humans and He is eager to do it again because He hates death. (Mark 5:41-43) To learn more about God's promises go to JW.ORG. There are online Bible study lessons featured and more. Love Your Neighbor Irish J. Richardson.
Expression of sympathy for your love one.
My heartfelt condolences to the Harrison families and friends of your recent passing of Mr.Murray.
God created us to live not to die.Ecclesiastes 3:11 says "" He has put eternity in their heart.More over the dead can not worship and praise God. Psalm 115:17a.


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Delivered 12/22/02 Text: Luke 1:26-38
Do you like surprises? Some folks do. Not I. I do not like bad surprises at all and only tolerate good surprises. In general, I prefer NO surprises. I realize that life is full of surprises though, so they will come whether I want them or not.
Some will be bigger than others, of course. Ask Mary. She surely got a MAJOR surprise. There she was, doing the dishes or sweeping the floor or sitting engrossed in the latest Harlequin Romance or whatever young Israelite girls did in those days when suddenly appeared the Angel Gabriel. "Guess what's going to happen to you, Mary." Surprise!
I wonder what Mary thought when she heard the news. Her first reaction was practical - she was not naive and knew where babies came from, so she asked, "How will this be, since I am a virgin?" The strange messenger replied, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God... And if you think this is a big deal, your cousin Elizabeth whom everyone knows is too old to have babies, is going to have a baby herself. Surprise!"
What would your reaction have been had you been Mary? This odd-looking character shows up at your home with, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you." So far, so good, but then this incredible announcement. How do you explain this to your parents? And what happens when Sadie down the street hears - it will be all over Nazareth. And Joseph...what to say to him? "Joseph, my sweet, I have good news and bad news - knowing how often you and I have said how we look forward to starting a family, the good news is you are going to be a father, the bad news is...ahem!" Surprise.
Surprise is hardly the word for Joseph's reaction. He and Mary were engaged, an agreement which in that day required the same fidelity as marriage; indeed, the only way to break the engagement was an actual divorce. Suddenly, he hears that his intended is pregnant with someone else's child. He must have been crushed. And remember, this is the part of the world that even today is perfectly OK with "honor killings" - the exacting of murderous vengeance if the family name is besmirched. Dangerous ground. But as the gospel account has it, an angel appeared to him in a dream and explained the circumstances of Mary's pregnancy, so Joseph was able to rest easily.(1) Still, it had to have been a shock.
To be honest, we should not find all this unusual. To read scripture, to look at history, to examine life shows that God regularly works, not only in mysterious ways, but in surprising ways as well.
Think about it. In the pages of the Old Testament, God chooses one nation to be a "light" to all the others. Which did God select? A little tiny, fifth-rate one...a nation of slaves in Egypt, wanderers in a wilderness. As the lines of doggerel have it, "How odd / Of God / To choose / The Jews." Surprise.
Others. Geographical surprises. The prophet Micah anticipates the coming of Israel's greatest king...from, of all places, Bethlehem rather than the Holy City of Jerusalem, six miles to the north. The angel Gabriel pays a visit to another little hick town, Nazareth - so unlikely a place for anything angelic to happen that it had earned the saying, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?"(2) Surprise.
Think about the young man from the very devout Jewish family who had more religious conviction than most all of us put together, the one who decided that he was going to destroy this heresy called Christianity. So he set about to. He went around the countryside as scripture says in the marvelous phrasing of the King James Version, "breathing out threatenings and slaughter."(3) His name was Saul of Tarsus. If you remember the story from your Sunday School days, Saul got bounced on his babushka on the Damascus Road and he became the greatest missionary the Church has ever known. Surprise!
Think through the centuries of church history to a time not quite 500 years after Christ, to the young man in the north of Africa who led such a wild, riotous life, that even after he decided to become a Christian he refused baptism because there was still some sinning he planned to do, and he wanted to go wild with at least a relatively clear conscience. He made a prayer once in reference to his raucous womanizing; he said, "Lord, make me chaste, but not yet." His name was Augustine, and even though he lived a thousand years before the Reformers, he became the inspiration for the work that they would do to change the church. Surprise!
There would be other surprises through the years. There was Martin Luther, a simple, scholarly priest who would have been much more content in an academic setting, but ended up taking on the whole church to correct massive abuses. Our own John Calvin began his career looking to become a lawyer, but instead became the greatest theologian of the Reformation. It was William Carey, a humble shoemaker who became the father of modern missionary enterprise when he took the gospel to India. There was John R. Mott, a businessman at the turn of this century who was convinced that Christian churches would present a better witness to the world if we could only begin to cooperate from one denomination to the next - it was Mott, a layperson, who became one of the founders of the Ecumenical movement. There was the young preacher's son, very ordinary, very fallible, but used of God in an incredible way as he became the messenger to America to call attention to our racism and bigotry. Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered for his efforts, but his memory will never die. The list of God's surprises could go on and on and on. But then we have already said that life is full of them.
The late Norman Vincent Peale once told about two men who were standing on Fifth Avenue at 52nd Street in New York City during the Christmas rush, waiting for a red light. One of them was irritated by the traffic. "This town is totally disorganized," he growled. "Look at this traffic! It's terrible! Something ought to be done about it!"
The other man was more philosophical. Thoughtfully he countered, "You know, it is astounding, the romance of it. There was a baby born of peasant parents in a little out-of-the-way place halfway around the world from here. The parents had no money or social standing, yet 2,000 years later that little baby creates a traffic jam on Fifth Avenue, one of the most sophisticated streets in the world. This irritates you? It should FASCINATE you." Surprise.
What is NO surprise is what we hear and read in the news. From a story this week datelined Bethlehem we learn "There's room at the inn. In fact, at the Bethlehem Hotel, all 210 of them are available.(4) Not a single Christmas booking has been made at the comfortable, well-appointed accommodation just down a gentle slope from Manger Square, where tradition says Christ was born. And the establishment's Palestinian proprietor, Elias Arjah, is not expecting any last-minute rush. "God help us -- not even one guest...No one, absolutely no one, wants to spend this Christmas in Bethlehem." No wonder. Bethlehem has been occupied for nearly a month by Israeli troops who moved in after a suicide bomber from the area killed 11 Israelis, and they are not going to be withdrawn before Christmas."
In the words of Bethlehem's mayor, Hanna Nasser, a native of the city whose family traces its roots there back several centuries, "This is the most unhappy Christmas I can remember. Where will all this suffering end?"
O little town of Bethlehem,
How still...TOO still...we see thee lie.
In my files I have an old newspaper clipping that is probably reprintable again tomorrow with only a slight adjustment for more up-to-date statistics. The headline is, "For Criminals, shoppers are in season."(5) It says, "For most people the holiday season is the shopping season. But for many criminals, its...the `shop and rob' season. They're shopping for the opportunity to rob you." The article cited police numbers noting that thefts from vehicles increased 37% in November as compared to the year before, and a 25% increase was expected in December. Police were also projecting a 7% increase in robberies of individuals in November and December as compared to the year before. So Police suggested extra precautions for your shopping - don't shop alone; keep car windows rolled up and doors locked; park in well-lighted areas; check the back seat before you get into your car; and so on. Ho, Ho, Ho. Merry Christmas. Surprised? Not really. And with the economy the way it is right now, the only surprise to me would be if this year's numbers were not worse!
I AM somewhat surprised by the continuing appearance of articles in newspapers and magazines describing the way the baby boom generation and their children are looking to religion for meaning for their lives. Not all of them, obviously, but the articles note that, at one time or another, roughly two-thirds of the baby boomers dropped out of organized religion. Now, in recent years, more than one-third of them have returned. Almost 60% say they now attend church or synagogue. More than 80% of the baby boomers consider themselves religious, and they believe in life after death. The biggest group of returnees (about three out of five) are married with children. The least likely to have returned are married couples without children. With all we hear about the decline in the influence of religion in America and the resulting lack of moral values, the crime and violence we hear so much about, the stories come as a surprise - a pleasant one, to be sure, but still a surprise. Perhaps this is one of those divine messages given to encourage us, to spur us on, to get us to work.
Here is one more surprise. The surprise that God had for Mary is not entirely different from the surprise God has for you...and you and you and you and me. If you can believe it, God has actually chosen US to bear his only begotten Son. Not physically, of course. God asks you and me to bring Christ into our own individual worlds...into our joys and into our sorrows, into our disappointments, into our grief, into our fear, into sickness and into health, into good times and into bad. God asks us to give life to Christ by the way we live out and witness to the gospel.
If that makes you uncomfortable or scares you a little, I understand. A divine surprise often looks daunting. Our first reaction is that we are not up to it. But then we remember that one day, 2000 years ago, a heavenly messenger came to a young girl (probably in her mid-teens) from a no-account family, in a no-account town, in a no-account nation and announced that she had been selected for the great honor of giving life to the Savior. I doubt that any of us could be more uncomfortable or more scared than young Mary. But God gave her the grace to get through it. God will give it to you and me too.
The message of our Gospel lesson is not simply a narrative about the beginning of Jesus' earthly life. It is a reminder to us to be on the lookout for angels - heavenly messengers of some sort (maybe some celestial being, maybe a Bible verse, maybe some Christian friend, maybe even something as mundane as a sermon) - with an announcement...one that could be surprising and unexpected, one that calls us to give life to Christ again.
We can ignore it. We can reject it. Or we can say with Mary, "I am the Lord's servant; May it be to me as you have said."
O Holy Child of Bethlehem,
Descend to us we pray;
Cast out our sin and enter in;
Be born in us today.(6)
1. Matthew 1:20-24
2. John 1:46
3. Acts 9:1
4. Laura King, "Oh, Little Town Lies Still Indeed," New York Times, 12/18/02
5. Greensboro News & Record, 12/10/94, p. B1-2
6. Phillips Brooks

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Bank of Japan Remains a Milquetoast, Unfortunately; Why U.S. Interest Rates May Soon Stop Their Climb
William Pesek Jr.
Updated Feb. 15, 1999 12:01 am ET / Original July 19, 2019 4:41 am ET
T he Bank of Japan isn't known for taking bold steps, and that reputation remained intact on Friday as the central bank ever-so-slightly trimmed the rate banks charge one another for overnight loans. The cut, from 0.25% to 0.15%, was meant to put a bit of life into Japan's moribund economy, but the markets were unimpressed. The price of Japanese government bonds fell on the news because investors had been hoping for a larger rate cut. Bond prices likewise declined in the U.S. and Canada, in part because of worries that investors will be forced to shift funds to Tokyo from North America to cover losses on Japanese bonds.
"Some in the marketplace were geared up for more from Japanese officials," said Robert Sinche, currency analyst with Citigroup's Citibank unit.
The Bank of Japan decided against trying more aggressive measures, such as purchases of more Japanese government bonds, a move that many experts say is needed to halt a worrisome rise in Japan's long-term interest rates and stabilize markets in Tokyo. Without more assertive action from the Bank of Japan, it seems unlikely long-term rates in Japan will decline.
Some investors feel Friday's paltry rate cut marked a continuation of the head-in-the-sand policies that have fostered weak economic activity in Japan for some time now. The lackluster rate cut may lead government officials to increase government spending, issuing more debt in the process. That, unfortunately, would only serve to push yields higher and act as a drag on the economy.
This was the Bank of Japan's second rate cut since last September, and it underlined how few options Japan has left to revive its economy. With short-term rates barely above zero, there is little room to cut rates further. Hence the need for more unconventional action.
As we mentioned in this space last week, one idea calls for Japanese law to be amended to allow the Bank of Japan to buy newly issued government bonds. Right now the central bank is barred from buying bonds directly from the government. If the Bank of Japan considers the plan a threat to its independence, it could, at the very least, buy additional government bonds in the open market.
On the bright side, last week's rate cut could weaken the yen slightly against the dollar and other currencies. Karen Hawkett of Stone & McCarthy Research Associates notes that the yen's recent strength against the dollar poses a challenge to Japan's export-driven economy.
Have U.S. Rates Peaked for Now?
Even as Japan is experiencing deflation, U.S. investors are harboring concerns about higher prices. It's true that for the moment inflation appears quiescent, and nonfarm productivity, as reported last week, rose at a 3.7% annual clip in the fourth quarter of last year, up from 2.5% in the third. But investors worry that robust economic growth and tight labor markets will boost inflation.
With hopes for a Federal Reserve rate cut fading, the recent surge in Treasury yields continued apace last week. The yield on the 30-year bond rose to 5.42% from 5.35% a week earlier and 5.10% a week before that. The two-year note yield rose decisively above the 4.75% federal funds rate target to finish the week at 4.90%.
"With the global economy still fragile, it would take a lot for the Fed to tighten, but the market is bracing for that risk," says Michael Cosgrove, who heads the Econoclast advisory service.
Some of the bond selling came as Wall Street dealers worked to distribute $35 billion of new Treasury notes and bonds. News that business inventories didn't decline in December hurt, as it reminded investors that the economy had solid momentum going into 1999. Equally disturbing to some was the Commerce Department's finding that Brazil and Japan allegedly have illegally dumped steel in the U.S. at as much as 70% below normal prices. Such evidence could lead to tariffs on imported steel.
To longtime bond bulls like Brian Wesbury of Griffin Kubik Stephens & Thompson, the development suggested that trade tensions may halt declines in the prices of some key commodities for a time. "You have to wonder if we're seeing a bottoming out of certain forces that have helped drive bond yields lower," Wesbury notes.
But for the long term, Wesbury and most other forecasters say U.S. bond yields have probably peaked for a while. With U.S. inflation historically low and one-third of the world economy experiencing weak growth, a lot of investors are beginning to wonder if rates might start to decline again before long. Some players are buying bonds now on the theory that current yields are quite attractive -- and may not be available down the road.
Fighting the Urge to Fix Currencies
As the 'Nineties draw to a close, historians and social commentators are grappling to coin a name for this bizarre decade. Why not call it The Currency-Crash Decade?
Modern history has seen its share of exchange-rate shocks, but the last 10 years have seen extraordinary boom-and-bust cycles that set several emerging economies back decades. The largest economies were slammed as well. The U.S. and Japanese currencies each surged and plunged.
Most recently, of course, currency moves reversed generations of prosperity-building in Southeast Asia. They threw Russia's dreams of capitalism into chaos. Latin America is ending the decade with the same brand of currency instability it experienced in the early 'Nineties. Brazil recently floated its real, and Argentina is thinking about using the U.S. dollar in place of its own peso.
Perhaps the clearest sign of unease over the currency shocks of the 'Nineties comes in the form of proposals to overhaul the global financial system. The aim is to make the world less vulnerable to the whims of currency markets. The most attention has been paid to a plan put on the table by Germany to establish trading bands for the dollar, yen and euro. This is also among the most misguided plans.
Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin loathes the idea, and he will try to kill it when the Group of Seven industrialized nations meets Saturday in Bonn. But Germany isn't alone. The French and Japanese recently called for demanding a "new framework for mutual cooperation" within the G7. Rubin has a strong ally in the fight: European Central Bank President Wim Duisenberg, who is equally against the idea of target bands.
The desire for a "new financial architecture" is understandable. Currency volatility has taken a toll on the health of the global economy. But is there really a better system than floating exchange rates? "To paraphrase Winston Churchill's famous statement about democracy," Rubin says, "the floating exchange rate system is the worst possible system, except for all the others."
Behind Rubin's unease is the fact that currency target zones are merely a substitute for sound economic policies. Asia can blame George Soros and those evil currency traders for their pain. But anger should be directed at poorly run banking systems in developing countries and the governments that failed to regulate them.
"Our floating exchange rate system isn't perfect, but it's one that people have had a hard time coming up with alternatives for," says Kathleen Stephansen of Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette. "It will be around for a while."
T he Bank of Japan isn't known for taking bold steps, and that reputation remained intact on Friday as the central bank ever-so-slightly trimmed the rate banks charge one another for overnight loans.


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Mostrando 1-12 de 162 artigos, teses e dissertações.
1. Extracellular vesicles isolated from Trypanosoma cruzi affect early parasite migration in the gut of Rhodnius prolixus but not in Triatoma infestans
The protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi has the ability to spontaneously secrete extracellular vesicles (EVs). In this paper, T. cruzi EVs derived from epimastigote forms were evaluated during interaction with triatomine bugs Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma infestans. T. cruzi EVs were purified and artificially offered to the insects prior to infection with epimastig
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz. Publicado em: 13/12/2019
2. Factors associated with the presence of triatomines in rural areas of south Argentine Chaco
Abstract INTRODUCTION: The domestic and peridomestic presence of Triatoma infestans depends on several factors, such as human behavior, vector behavior, ecology, and the environment. METHODS: This work was conducted in 139 domiciliary units, where triatomines were captured and risk factors in domiciles and peridomicilies were recorded. Household dwellers
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.. Publicado em: 14/01/2019
3. Occurrences of triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) and first reports of Panstrongylus geniculatus in urban environments in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil
ABSTRACT This note reports on occurrences of triatomine species in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, registered between 1988 and 2017. Records of triatomines captured in Sao Paulo are based on specimens received spontaneously from Health Surveillance Centers, Health Centers and Zoonosis Control Centers in the city as well as from citizens. Species were identifi
Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo. Publicado em: 19/07/2018
4. Jaburetox: update on a urease-derived peptide
Abstract Urease from Canavalia ensiformis seeds was the first enzyme ever to be crystallized, in 1926. These proteins, found in plants, bacteria and fungi, present different biological properties including catalytic hydrolysis of urea, and also enzyme-independent activities, such as induction of exocytosis, pro-inflammatory effects, neurotoxicity, antifungal
J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis. Publicado em: 08/02/2018
5. Assessing the risk zones of Chagas' disease in Chile, in a world marked by global climatic change
BACKGROUND Vector transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi appears to be interrupted in Chile; however, data show increasing incidence of Chagas' disease, raising concerns that there may be a reemerging problem. OBJECTIVE To estimate the actual risk in a changing world it is necessary to consider the historical vector distribution and correlate this distribution
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz. Publicado em: 2018-01
6. Atividade da enzima ATPase dependente de MG 2+ em glândulas salivares de triatomíneos (Heteroptera, Triatominae)
RESUMO A atividade da enzima ATPase dependente de Mg2+ foi detectada nas três glândulas salivares de triatomíneos adultos, machos e fêmeas, de Triatoma infestans (Klug, 1834) e Panstrongylus megistus (Burmeister, 1835) (Heteroptera, Triatominae). Observou-se um predomínio de células binucleadas em D1 e D2, e mononucleadas em D3, com núcleos volumosos
Iheringia, Sér. Zool.. Publicado em: 09/10/2017
7. The eco-epidemiology of Triatoma infestans in the temperate Monte Desert ecoregion of mid-western Argentina
BACKGROUND The eco-epidemiological status of Chagas disease in the Monte Desert ecoregion of western Argentina is largely unknown. We investigated the environmental and socio-demographic determinants of house infestation with Triatoma infestans, bug abundance, vector infection with Trypanosoma cruzi and host-feeding sources in a well-defined rural area of
8. Insights from tissue-specific transcriptome sequencing analysis of Triatoma infestans
ABSTRACT Triatoma infestans is an insect of subfamily Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) and an important vector of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of human Chagas disease. In this work we reported a transcriptome assembly and annotation of T. infestans heads obtained by Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies.
9. Chagas disease: national survey of seroprevalence in children under five years of age conducted in 2008
BACKGROUND Since the early 1990s, programs to control Chagas disease in South America have focused on eradicating domiciliary Triatoma infestans, the main vector. Seroprevalence studies of the chagasic infection are included as part of the vector control programs; they are essential to assess the impact of vector control measures and to monitor the prevent
10. Trypanosoma cruzi I genotype among isolates from patients with chronic Chagas disease followed at the Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases (FIOCRUZ, Brazil)
ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiologic agent of Chagas disease in humans, mainly in Latin America. Trypanosome stocks were isolated by hemoculture from patients followed at Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases (FIOCRUZ) and studied using different approaches. METHODS: For species and genotype identification, the stoc
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.. Publicado em: 2017-02
11. Equipamento aspersor montado em veículo como ferramenta nova para o controle vetorial da doença de Chagas
Resumo: A aplicação de inseticida residual ainda é a principal medida para suprimir a infestação domiciliar por triatomíneos, vetores da doença de Chagas. Enquanto os aspersores manuais acionados por compressão têm sido utilizados tradicionalmente na América Latina, o programa de controle vetorial da Província de Mendoza, Argentina, introduziu o u
Cad. Saúde Pública. Publicado em: 23/01/2017
12. On triatomines, cockroaches and haemolymphagy under laboratory conditions: new discoveries
For a long time, haematophagy was considered an obligate condition for triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) to complete their life cycle. Today, the ability to use haemolymphagy is suggested to represent an important survival strategy for some species, especially those in genus Belminus. As Eratyrus mucronatus and Triatoma boliviana are found with cockroaches


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London, UK —The quarterly G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' meeting at Lancaster House concluded on February 5, 2005, with the G7 failing to agree on a plan to reduce debt in developing countries. According to the Los Angeles Times, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown announced that he believes, "this summit will be remembered as the summit for 100% debt relief" for the 27 countries involved in the Enhanced HIPC Initiative. Ministers from other G7 countries disagreed. Brown's so-called International Financial Facility proposal, or IFF, "would not work for the U.S," Undersecretary of the U.S. Treasury John Taylor said to the Los Angeles Times.
The joint statement issued by the ministers in the wake of the conference stated that, "We are agreed on a case-by-case analysis of HIPC countries, based on our willingness to provide as much as 100 per cent multilateral debt relief." The ministers did not cite a figure for the minimum amount of debt relief that would be provided.
The conference was preceded by a demonstration in Trafalgar Square on the theme of "Make Poverty History." Nelson Mandela spoke at the demonstration, attended by an estimated 20,000 people, according to World Development Movement, an organization involved in the planning of the event. Chancellor Brown invited Mandela to address the G7 on February 4, 2005, which he did in a "fireside chat," according to Larry Elliott of The Guardian.
The G7, or 'Group of Seven,' is a coalition of seven major industrial democracies: the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States, and Canada. They hold quarterly meetings to discuss financial matters.
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'We're better than Madrid' - Raphinha calls out Barcelona rivals after they hit Inter Miami for six in friendly
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The Brazilian had a stellar outing with three goal contributions on his debut, including his first goal for his new club
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New signing Raphinha showed he could be worth every penny of the €59m spent on him as he scored once and provided two assists. He then fired shots at Clasico rivals Real Madrid before they lock horns on Sunday.
Franck Kessie also looked settled and was one of the better performers in the opening 45 minutes. Marquee signing Robert Lewandowski did not take part in action but trained with his new teammates.
Watch: All the goals scored by Barca against Inter Miami
It took just 19 minutes to open the scoring for Barcelona as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang chipped over the keeper to finish off a brilliant team move. Raphinha joined the party soon after and his first-touch volley that doubled the lead was a thing of beauty. Ansu Fati made it 3-0 before the interval.
Xavi switched his entire starting XI in the second half but that hardly hampered their scoring form as they netted three more. Gavi's genius paved the way for the fourth while Memphis Depay and Ousmane Dembele also got their names on the scoresheet.
🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿 Six bona fide, highlight-reel-worthy goals pic.twitter.com/UmUsVSqeVM
Raphinha warns Madrid before El Clasico
The attention now shifts to the Clasico in Las Vegas this weekend, and Raphinha wants to carry on his scoring form.
"One always tries to score against anyone, but if it's in a derby, even more. The most important thing is the win - but for me we're better than Real Madrid," he said.
"I'm very happy to have scored my first goal. It was a good game. I tried to have a good game. I'm very happy and hope to continue it."
Lewandowski makes his bow in training
All eyes were on the Polish international after he was officially announced on Tuesday afternoon. He took part in the pre-game warm-up session with his teammates but Xavi refrained from using him in the match.
This means that Lewandowski might make his debut in El Clasico, which would be a momentous occasion for the former Bayern Munich forward.
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namespace extensions {

namespace {

static const char kChromiumDomainRedirectUrlPattern[] =
    "https://%s.chromiumapp.org/";

}  // namespace

namespace identity_exp = api::experimental_identity;

ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::
    ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction()
    : should_prompt_for_scopes_(false), should_prompt_for_signin_(false) {}

ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::
    ~ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction() {}

bool ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::RunImpl() {
  if (GetProfile()->IsOffTheRecord()) {
    error_ = identity_constants::kOffTheRecord;
    return false;
  }

  scoped_ptr<identity_exp::GetAuthToken::Params> params(
      identity_exp::GetAuthToken::Params::Create(*args_));
  EXTENSION_FUNCTION_VALIDATE(params.get());
  bool interactive = params->details.get() &&
      params->details->interactive.get() &&
      *params->details->interactive;

  should_prompt_for_scopes_ = interactive;
  should_prompt_for_signin_ = interactive;

  const OAuth2Info& oauth2_info = OAuth2Info::GetOAuth2Info(GetExtension());

  // Check that the necessary information is present in the manifest.
  if (oauth2_info.client_id.empty()) {
    error_ = identity_constants::kInvalidClientId;
    return false;
  }

  if (oauth2_info.scopes.size() == 0) {
    error_ = identity_constants::kInvalidScopes;
    return false;
  }

  // Balanced in CompleteFunctionWithResult|CompleteFunctionWithError
  AddRef();

  if (!HasLoginToken()) {
    if (!should_prompt_for_signin_) {
      error_ = identity_constants::kUserNotSignedIn;
      Release();
      return false;
    }
    // Display a login prompt.
    StartSigninFlow();
  } else {
    StartMintTokenFlow(IdentityMintRequestQueue::MINT_TYPE_NONINTERACTIVE);
  }

  return true;
}

void ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::CompleteFunctionWithResult(
    const std::string& access_token) {
  SetResult(new base::StringValue(access_token));
  SendResponse(true);
  Release();  // Balanced in RunImpl.
}

void ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::CompleteFunctionWithError(
    const std::string& error) {
  error_ = error;
  SendResponse(false);
  Release();  // Balanced in RunImpl.
}

void ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::StartSigninFlow() {
  // Display a login prompt. If the subsequent mint fails, don't display the
  // login prompt again.
  should_prompt_for_signin_ = false;
  ShowLoginPopup();
}

void ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::StartMintTokenFlow(
    IdentityMintRequestQueue::MintType type) {
  if (!should_prompt_for_scopes_) {
    // Caller requested no interaction.

    if (type == IdentityMintRequestQueue::MINT_TYPE_INTERACTIVE) {
      // GAIA told us to do a consent UI.
      CompleteFunctionWithError(identity_constants::kNoGrant);
      return;
    }
  }

  if (type == IdentityMintRequestQueue::MINT_TYPE_NONINTERACTIVE) {
    gaia_mint_token_mode_ = OAuth2MintTokenFlow::MODE_MINT_TOKEN_NO_FORCE;
    StartLoginAccessTokenRequest();
  } else {
    DCHECK(type == IdentityMintRequestQueue::MINT_TYPE_INTERACTIVE);

    // GetAssociatedWebContents() could be NULL and this would trigger a CHECK
    // in the ExtensionInstallPrompt UI. Passing a valid Profile so that the
    // icon is loaded and avoid the CHECK failure.
    install_ui_.reset(
        GetAssociatedWebContents()
            ? new ExtensionInstallPrompt(GetAssociatedWebContents())
            : new ExtensionInstallPrompt(GetProfile(), NULL, NULL));
    ShowOAuthApprovalDialog(issue_advice_);
  }
}

void ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::OnMintTokenSuccess(
    const std::string& access_token, int time_to_live) {
  CompleteFunctionWithResult(access_token);
}

void ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::OnMintTokenFailure(
    const GoogleServiceAuthError& error) {
  switch (error.state()) {
    case GoogleServiceAuthError::INVALID_GAIA_CREDENTIALS:
    case GoogleServiceAuthError::SERVICE_ERROR:
    case GoogleServiceAuthError::ACCOUNT_DELETED:
    case GoogleServiceAuthError::ACCOUNT_DISABLED:
      extensions::IdentityAPI::GetFactoryInstance()
          ->GetForProfile(GetProfile())
          ->ReportAuthError(error);
      if (should_prompt_for_signin_) {
        // Display a login prompt and try again (once).
        StartSigninFlow();
        return;
      }
      break;
    default:
      // Return error to caller.
      break;
  }

  CompleteFunctionWithError(
      std::string(identity_constants::kAuthFailure) + error.ToString());
}

void ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::OnIssueAdviceSuccess(
    const IssueAdviceInfo& issue_advice) {
  should_prompt_for_signin_ = false;
  // Existing grant was revoked and we used NO_FORCE, so we got info back
  // instead. Start a consent UI if we can.
  issue_advice_ = issue_advice;
  StartMintTokenFlow(IdentityMintRequestQueue::MINT_TYPE_INTERACTIVE);
}

void ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::SigninSuccess() {
  StartMintTokenFlow(IdentityMintRequestQueue::MINT_TYPE_NONINTERACTIVE);
}

void ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::SigninFailed() {
  CompleteFunctionWithError(identity_constants::kUserNotSignedIn);
}

void ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::InstallUIProceed() {
  // The user has accepted the scopes, so we may now force (recording a grant
  // and receiving a token).
  gaia_mint_token_mode_ = OAuth2MintTokenFlow::MODE_MINT_TOKEN_FORCE;
  StartLoginAccessTokenRequest();
}

void ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::InstallUIAbort(
    bool user_initiated) {
  CompleteFunctionWithError(identity_constants::kUserRejected);
}

void ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::OnGetTokenSuccess(
      const OAuth2TokenService::Request* request,
      const std::string& access_token,
      const base::Time& expiration_time) {
  DCHECK_EQ(login_token_request_.get(), request);
  login_token_request_.reset();
  StartGaiaRequest(access_token);
}

void ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::OnGetTokenFailure(
      const OAuth2TokenService::Request* request,
      const GoogleServiceAuthError& error) {
  DCHECK_EQ(login_token_request_.get(), request);
  login_token_request_.reset();

  CompleteFunctionWithError(
      std::string(identity_constants::kAuthFailure) + error.ToString());
}

void ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::StartLoginAccessTokenRequest() {
  ProfileOAuth2TokenService* service =
      ProfileOAuth2TokenServiceFactory::GetForProfile(GetProfile());
#if defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
  if (chrome::IsRunningInForcedAppMode()) {
    std::string app_client_id;
    std::string app_client_secret;
    if (chromeos::UserManager::Get()->GetAppModeChromeClientOAuthInfo(
           &app_client_id, &app_client_secret)) {
      login_token_request_ =
          service->StartRequestForClient(service->GetPrimaryAccountId(),
                                         app_client_id,
                                         app_client_secret,
                                         OAuth2TokenService::ScopeSet(),
                                         this);
      return;
    }
  }
#endif
  login_token_request_ = service->StartRequest(
      service->GetPrimaryAccountId(), OAuth2TokenService::ScopeSet(), this);
}

void ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::StartGaiaRequest(
    const std::string& login_access_token) {
  DCHECK(!login_access_token.empty());
  mint_token_flow_.reset(CreateMintTokenFlow(login_access_token));
  mint_token_flow_->Start();
}

void ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::ShowLoginPopup() {
  signin_flow_.reset(new IdentitySigninFlow(this, GetProfile()));
  signin_flow_->Start();
}

void ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::ShowOAuthApprovalDialog(
    const IssueAdviceInfo& issue_advice) {
  install_ui_->ConfirmIssueAdvice(this, GetExtension(), issue_advice);
}

OAuth2MintTokenFlow*
ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::CreateMintTokenFlow(
    const std::string& login_access_token) {
#if defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
  // Always force minting token for ChromeOS kiosk app.
  if (chrome::IsRunningInForcedAppMode())
    gaia_mint_token_mode_ = OAuth2MintTokenFlow::MODE_MINT_TOKEN_FORCE;
#endif

  const OAuth2Info& oauth2_info = OAuth2Info::GetOAuth2Info(GetExtension());
  OAuth2MintTokenFlow* mint_token_flow = new OAuth2MintTokenFlow(
      GetProfile()->GetRequestContext(),
      this,
      OAuth2MintTokenFlow::Parameters(login_access_token,
                                      GetExtension()->id(),
                                      oauth2_info.client_id,
                                      oauth2_info.scopes,
                                      gaia_mint_token_mode_));
  return mint_token_flow;
}

bool ExperimentalIdentityGetAuthTokenFunction::HasLoginToken() const {
  ProfileOAuth2TokenService* token_service =
      ProfileOAuth2TokenServiceFactory::GetForProfile(GetProfile());
  return token_service->RefreshTokenIsAvailable(
      token_service->GetPrimaryAccountId());
}

ExperimentalIdentityLaunchWebAuthFlowFunction::
    ExperimentalIdentityLaunchWebAuthFlowFunction() {}

ExperimentalIdentityLaunchWebAuthFlowFunction::
    ~ExperimentalIdentityLaunchWebAuthFlowFunction() {
  if (auth_flow_)
    auth_flow_.release()->DetachDelegateAndDelete();
}

bool ExperimentalIdentityLaunchWebAuthFlowFunction::RunImpl() {
  if (GetProfile()->IsOffTheRecord()) {
    error_ = identity_constants::kOffTheRecord;
    return false;
  }

  scoped_ptr<identity_exp::LaunchWebAuthFlow::Params> params(
      identity_exp::LaunchWebAuthFlow::Params::Create(*args_));
  EXTENSION_FUNCTION_VALIDATE(params.get());
  const identity_exp::ExperimentalWebAuthFlowDetails& details = params->details;

  GURL auth_url(params->details.url);
  ExperimentalWebAuthFlow::Mode mode =
      params->details.interactive && *params->details.interactive ?
      ExperimentalWebAuthFlow::INTERACTIVE : ExperimentalWebAuthFlow::SILENT;

  // Set up acceptable target URLs. (Includes chrome-extension scheme
  // for this version of the API.)
  InitFinalRedirectURLPrefixes(GetExtension()->id());

  // The bounds attributes are optional, but using 0 when they're not available
  // does the right thing.
  gfx::Rect initial_bounds;
  if (details.width)
    initial_bounds.set_width(*details.width);
  if (details.height)
    initial_bounds.set_height(*details.height);
  if (details.left)
    initial_bounds.set_x(*details.left);
  if (details.top)
    initial_bounds.set_y(*details.top);

  AddRef();  // Balanced in OnAuthFlowSuccess/Failure.

  Browser* current_browser = this->GetCurrentBrowser();
  chrome::HostDesktopType host_desktop_type = current_browser ?
      current_browser->host_desktop_type() : chrome::GetActiveDesktop();
  auth_flow_.reset(new ExperimentalWebAuthFlow(
      this, GetProfile(), auth_url, mode, initial_bounds, host_desktop_type));
  auth_flow_->Start();
  return true;
}

bool ExperimentalIdentityLaunchWebAuthFlowFunction::IsFinalRedirectURL(
    const GURL& url) const {
  std::vector<GURL>::const_iterator iter;
  for (iter = final_prefixes_.begin(); iter != final_prefixes_.end(); ++iter) {
    if (url.GetWithEmptyPath() == *iter) {
      return true;
    }
  }
  return false;
}

void ExperimentalIdentityLaunchWebAuthFlowFunction::
    InitFinalRedirectURLPrefixes(const std::string& extension_id) {
  final_prefixes_.push_back(Extension::GetBaseURLFromExtensionId(extension_id));
  final_prefixes_.push_back(GURL(base::StringPrintf(
      kChromiumDomainRedirectUrlPattern, extension_id.c_str())));
}

void ExperimentalIdentityLaunchWebAuthFlowFunction::OnAuthFlowFailure(
    ExperimentalWebAuthFlow::Failure failure) {
  switch (failure) {
    case ExperimentalWebAuthFlow::WINDOW_CLOSED:
      error_ = identity_constants::kUserRejected;
      break;
    case ExperimentalWebAuthFlow::INTERACTION_REQUIRED:
      error_ = identity_constants::kInteractionRequired;
      break;
    default:
      NOTREACHED() << "Unexpected error from web auth flow: " << failure;
      error_ = identity_constants::kInvalidRedirect;
      break;
  }
  SendResponse(false);
  Release();  // Balanced in RunImpl.
}

void ExperimentalIdentityLaunchWebAuthFlowFunction::OnAuthFlowURLChange(
    const GURL& redirect_url) {
  if (IsFinalRedirectURL(redirect_url)) {
    SetResult(new base::StringValue(redirect_url.spec()));
    SendResponse(true);
    Release();  // Balanced in RunImpl.
  }
}

void ExperimentalIdentityLaunchWebAuthFlowFunction::
    InitFinalRedirectURLPrefixesForTest(const std::string& extension_id) {
  final_prefixes_.clear();
  InitFinalRedirectURLPrefixes(extension_id);
}

}  // namespace extensions

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Q: Modify class list for multiple elements How can I modify the class list via jQuery or JavaScript for multiple classes in one step?
I have several classes in my form like

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How can I remove all the classes except form-group?

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A: You can use the .removeClass() method.
$(".form-group.has-error.has-feedback").removeClass("has-error has-feedback");

From the jQuery Documentation:

Description:
Remove a single class, multiple classes, or all classes from each
element in the set of matched elements.
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If a class name is included as a parameter, then only that class will be removed from the set of matched elements. If no class names are specified in the parameter, all classes will be removed.

A: JQuery
You can do it using attr function :
$('div.form-group.has-error.has-feedback').attr('class', 'form-group');

JAVASCRIPT
For javascript you can use querySelector and setAttribute() function :
document.querySelector('div.form-group.has-error.has-feedback').setAttribute('class', 'form-group');

Hope this helps.

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Regional Agenda
Big UK businesses predict a slow economic recovery
49% of CFOs from UK companies forecasted a return to pre-pandemic levels of business in 2021.
Image: REUTERS/Hannah McKay
This article was published by Reuters
Andy Bruce Reporter , Reuters
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A survey by Deloitte with over 100 Chief Financial Officers from large British companies highlights a common pessimistic economic outlook for pandemic recovery.
Around 49% of CFOs from large UK companies forecast a return to pre-pandemic levels of business only in the second half of 2021.
"Major corporates are expecting a long haul back to pre-COVID levels of revenue," said Deloitte's chief economist.
Nearly half of Britain's biggest companies think it will take until the second half of 2021 before business recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey on Monday that cast doubt on hopes for a speedier rebound.
People look out onto the Canary Wharf financial district as they stand at a viewing area in Greenwich Park in London
Image: REUTERS/Simon Dawson
Accountants Deloitte said 49% of chief financial officers from large and mostly listed companies forecast a return to pre-pandemic levels of business only in the latter half of next year.
Another 33% predicted a recovery in the first half of 2021 and 10% said business had already bounced back.
Two ways to make the COVID-19 recovery more inclusive for women
Recovery is not about starting from scratch, but starting better
The survey chimed with other gauges of business sentiment, such as the Bank of England's Decision Makers' Panel, which show companies expect a lasting hit from the virus outbreak that has killed more than 45,000 people in the United Kingdom.
Deloitte said companies were resolutely downbeat about the outlook for jobs, investment and adding risk to their balance sheet, although less so than in its previous quarterly survey.
"Major corporates are expecting a long haul back to pre-COVID levels of revenue," said Ian Stewart, Deloitte's chief economist.
Most CFOs seem prepared for a longer road to recovery.
Image: Refinitiv Datastream/Deloitte CFO Survey
Separately, manufacturing trade body Make UK on Monday called for the government to extend its job furlough scheme, due to expire at the end of October, by six months for key industrial sectors.
Its latest survey showed 53% of manufacturers are planning to make redundancies, up from 42% previously.
"At present, the prospect of a V-shaped recovery for industry seems remote," said Stephen Phipson, Make UK chief executive.
A Bank of England scenario published in May showed the economy regaining its pre-pandemic size by the second half of next year, but evidence for the kind of "V"-shaped recovery that would be needed is patchy.
The economy could shrink by more than 14% this year if there is lasting damage from the coronavirus.
BoE Governor Andrew Bailey said on Friday that Britain's economy was starting to recover from its coronavirus lockdown but some job-intense sectors remained weak and the longer-term outlook was unclear.
The Deloitte survey of 109 chief financial officers from companies took place between June 26 and July 8.
Andy Bruce, Reporter , Reuters
This article was published by Reuters.
The pandemic has had an enormous effect on young people, but innovative is allowing them to bounce back and defy the odds. Here are some of their stories.


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Criminal law is a broad field with many sub branches. As such, you have to choose a defense lawyer practicing an area related to your case. Such a professional will asses your charges and draw plan to follow. In addition, the lawyer probably has experience working with cases that are similar to yours. Selecting a professional criminal lawyer can impact your conviction. As such, ensure that you don't blunder with your selection.
Credibility When selecting a criminal defense lawyer you shouldn't ignore reputation. Ideally, you should go with an attorney with a good track record when it comes to winning criminal cases. Criminal cases cannot be underestimated, as a result, you should not take hiring the right criminal lawyer for granted. Also, a reputable lawyer will have positive reviews from past clients. If you fail to find more information in your locality, then you should look for more info online. Communication Ability You should pick a lawyer with excellent communication ability considering that criminal charges are sensitive in nature. You should easily communicate with such an attorney. Lawyers with great communication skills can argue your case properly in a court of law. It is critical to understand the seriousness of criminal charges in the end. Cases of this nature could change how you live the rest of your life. As result, picking the right attorney for your case is something you cannot underestimate. Before settling on a decision asses a number of things.


Changing the laws around medical cannabis for children.
A NSW father could be jailed for giving his four-year-old daughter "life-saving medication".
Michael Lambert's four-year-old daughter Katelyn suffers from one of the most vicious forms of childhood epilepsy.
As an infant she would sometimes have more than 1,000 brain-damaging seizures a day — that's one every 15 seconds.
Before he began treating her with cannabis oil, she had a one in two chance of dying before she was 18 years old and a 100 per cent chance of intellectual disability.
"Katelyn is well. Every day without a seizure is a good day," he told Mamamia.
Lambert has a Federal permit to import cannabis but under NSW law it is still illegal for him to possess it, he said.
Regardless, there is a law that allows NSW police to use their discretion when it comes to the drug.
Rather than turning a blind eye, they have chosen to charge Lambert with a slew of offences under the under the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act for growing the plant in his backyard.
"Call them what you like — tattooed healers with tasers; underqualified neurologists with guns," he said, referring to the NSW police force.
"Whatever you call them, you can't call them qualified to come to the house of a catastrophic epileptic and demand her medicine, which her neurologist wants her to continue to take. "
Lambert plans to fight the charges in court and has already spent more than $30,000 on legal fees and medical reports — all because he wanted to ease his child's suffering.
"We will win, because under common law it is not a crime for a father to break a stupid law in order to save his daughter's life.
"You can tell the Premier we are still breaking the law in NSW because we love our Katelyn and she loves cannabis."
Medical cannabis advocate Lucy Haslam understands Lambert's situation better than most.
Her son Dan suffered from terminal cancer and the former nurse claims medicinal cannabis was the only way to relieve his nausea and pain.
After his death, Haslam founded United in Compassion and has consistently lobbied the NSW state government for a more compassionate approach.
Hence, she started a petition on change.org, using Lambert's story to illustrate the need to legalise medical cannabis.
Haslam is advocating to replace the existing Terminal Illness Cannabis Scheme with what she has labelled the Compassionate Access Cannabis Scheme.
"I believe that compassionate access to medicinal cannabis is important, because despite the war on drugs and the long history of propaganda around cannabis, many very sick patients find that it is a great source of relief for many severe and debilitating symptoms," she told Mamamia.
"Unbiased research is supporting the therapeutic benefits of cannabis and slowly attitudes are changing, but patients that are needing medicinal cannabis urgently, cannot afford to wait for the slow clinical trial validation process and are forced to become criminals just to manage their symptoms.
"It is a human rights issue that requires compassion and common sense."
Her petition has already garnered more than 3,000 signatures.


Using a rolling pin roll the puff pastry out to an circle, about 20 cm in diameter (or 26cm), the same size with your tart tin. Transfer to a cookie sheet lined with baking paper, dock it with a fork and refrigerate.
Put 1/3 of sugar into a saucepan, over a medium heat and leave it till the edges start to liquefy. Molten sugar is seriously hot!
Do not stir. Once there are larger patches of molten sugar, just swirl the pan, dragging the dry sugar into the wet, until even. Add again 1/3 of sugar and just swirl. Once melted, add the remaining sugar. Once you obtain a nice color, remove from heat. It will quickly turn darker, so pay attention. Burnt caramel is bitter.
Pour the caramel into your 20 cm tart tatin mold ( I used a 26 cm one) and coat it. Allow to cool.
Peel and core the apples. Cut into quarters.
Bring to a boil the water, sugar and butter. Add apples and poach them for 10 minutes. Remove them using a slotted spoon.
Arrange apples into your tart tatin mold, on top of caramel.
Retrieve the chilled pastry from the refrigerator and place it on top of the apples, pinch the edges and lift the pastry up a bit, on the edges of the mold (this prevents it from shrinking when baked).
Bake for 30 minutes at 220℃, or until the dough is golden brown and crispy.
Place a serving platter upside down on top of the pastry and carefully flip the platter and the pan over. Let the tart fall gently out of the pan.
Slice tart into individual pieces and garnish with a dollop of Chantilly.
Glaze it if you want.
In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices.
In another large bowl whisk melted butter, sugar, eggs, pumpkin.
Add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture and stir until completely combined.
Stir in chopped pecans and cranberries.
Scoop batter into cupcake pan, lined with paper liners. Fill cups about 3/4 full. (This batter perfectly makes 24 cupcakes).
Bake in a preheated oven at 180 C for 20- 25 minutes.
Let the cupcakes cool in the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Then transfer cupcakes to the wire rack and let cool completely.
Pour the cream into a medium pot and heat it until it is almost but not quite boiling. You'll know it's ready when bubbles start to form around the edge of the pot. Remove from the heat and pour over the chocolate. Stir until the chocolate is fully melted into the cream. Let cool.
Whisk forms peaks. Pipe on cupcakes.
Ghosts: Let stand until ganache is set and decorate with sugar paste.
Spiders: Sprinkle chocolate on top.
Add the liquorice for the legs and the white frosting or jelly beans for the eyes.
In a bowl mix powdered milk with sugar, warm water, yeast and melted butter and let it sit 10 minutes.
Add in flour, eggs and salt and knead a smooth and soft dough. Cover and let the dough rise in a warm spot until doubled in bulk, about an hour.
Dust your work surface with a little flour and turn out the risen dough on top. Then roll it out to a thickness of about 1 cm. Cut the dough, dipping the cutter (9,5 cm diameter) into flour as you go, and place the buns apart on 2 parchment lined baking sheets and let rise until they look puffy (20 minutes).
Brush with egg wash, sprinkle sesame seeds and bake them at 200°C, about 15 minutes.
Knead all the ingredients into meat to mix thoroughly.
Divide into portions, make patties.
Place each burger on fairly hot griddle and cook for 2-3min on each side, turning once.
To serve, top the bottom halves of the toasted hamburger buns with the patties and then the cheese slices. Return the bottom bun halves under the grill for 1 minute or until the cheese is just melted. Top each with the sliced tomato, onion, and shredded lettuce, sprinkle with salt and pepper and then cover with the hamburger bun tops.
Roll the dough out very thin, about 2mm. Let it set on the freezer.
Bring the water, cubed butter, sugar and salt to a boil in a saucepan, then add the flour all at once. Cook and dry the mixture over medium heat, stirring constantly for about 30 seconds, until a tight dough forms and pulls away from the pan.
Change to another saucepan. When the dough is lukewarm, add the eggs, one at a time, stirring vigorously between additions. The dough should be thick, but should fall slowly and steadily from the beaters when you lift them out of the bowl. If the dough is still clinging to the beaters, add more egg and mix until incorporated. When the paddle is lifted the dough should form a bird's beak.
Transfer the dough to a pastry bag fitted with an open star tip. Start piping on parchment paper, well spaced, they grow. Keep the piping bag near vertical and just squeeze (~4,5 cm ⌀).
With a small cookie cutter, about 3,5 cm, cut the short dough and top each chou.
Bake in the preheated 230-240°C oven for about 20 minutes,until they are well puffed and a deep golden colour. Do not open the oven the first 15 minutes while the dough puff up!
I made 10 eclairs and 10 profiteroles with this choux pastry.
To prepare pistachio Chantilly cream, mix heavy cream, mascarpone, pistachio paste and sugar and beat until stiff.
I prepared myself pistachio paste, grinding pistachio for a relatively long time, until become oily.
Cut each chou at 3/4, spoon some jam on the bottom, arrange raspberries on the edge, pipe pistachio Chantilly cream, sprinkle some pistachio and top with the other part. (I cut the top using a 4 cm cookie cutter).
Beat yolks with 200 g of sugar until the mixture becomes significantly lighter in colour.
Whisk egg whites , fold in the remaining 60 g of sugar to stiffen.
Sift together the flour, cornstarch and cocoa powder. Melt the butter.
Add a part of egg whites into egg yolk mixture, as well as the flour mixture.
Gently fold in all the egg whites and the butter.
Pour the batter evenly into prepared pan sheets (or one 40×60 cm sheet pan), and bake at 180°C for about 10 minutes.
Chill the cream, bowl and beaters in the freezer before starting.
Whisk the cream until soft peaks begin to form, add vanilla and icing sugar.
Drain sour cherries, reserving 1/2 cup juice.
Melt the chocolate with heavy cream, add sugar and mix very well to combine.
Just before using it, whip to soft peaks.
Cut away 1/3 of each sheet cake. Set aside.
To assemble, place one cake layer on cake plate. Brush syrup (on each layer of your cake). Spread with 1/3 of Chantilly cream, spread the pitted sour cherry, top with 1/3 of Chantilly cream. Top with second cake layer (the 2 pieces of 1/3), spread chocolate Chantilly cream. Top with third cake layer. Refrigerate 2-3 hours.
Cut into rectangles. Frost side of cake. Pat dark chocolate shavings onto Chantilly cream on side of cake. Spoon reserved Chantilly cream into pastry bag fitted with large round tip. Pipe the Chantilly cream on the top of cake.
Decorate with a maraschino cherry and a dark chocolate spiral.
I indulged my kids today with this rich and delicious cake.
I wanted to try it from the moment I saw it at my dear Any. Thank you Any!
There was no other better time than today to make it.
Mix cocoa with sugar, add milk and boil in a small saucepan until thickens. Add in the chocolate and cubed butter.
Mix egg yolks with sugar untill doubled in volume, add boiled syrup at 120C. Continue mixing until cools.
Add the creamed mascarpone and the chocolate cream cooled.
At the end, fold in the meringue.
Bring the water and 175 g sugar to boil. When the syrup reach 110C, start beating whites with the remaining 15 g sugar.
Pour boiling syrup at 120C in a fine stream over whites, beating constantly. Continue beating until completely cool.
In a small shallow dish, add espresso and Marsala if you are using.
Dip each ladyfinger into espresso for only 5 seconds. Letting the ladyfingers soak too long will cause them to fall apart. Place the soaked ladyfinger to form the first layer, breaking them in half if necessary in order to fit the bottom.
Reserve 1/4 cream in a piping bag.Spread evenly 1/2 of remaining mascarpone mixture over the ladyfingers.Arrange another layer of soaked ladyfingers and top with remaining mascarpone mixture. Arrange the third layer, spread a thin layer of mascarpone and pipe the rest of mixture on top.
Before serving, dust with cocoa or chocolate shavings.
This is really… pick me up…(italian tirami sù).


It is a transitory review of artists whose works are brought together without an overarching thematic or conceptual delineation. Patterns of interest emerge throughout with associations of; intricacy, intentions, parallel investigations, colour and media. Inclusively there is a sense of wonderment be it visible in the of production processes, or in the presentation of unexpected correlations or conclusions.
Five Hundred Dollars is a temporary, artist-run space opening in April 2009. Over six months it will present a series of group and one-person shows, accompanied by a diverse programme of events. Offering an experimental exhibition environment, Five Hundred Dollars aims to encourage mid-career and emerging artists to develop their work in new and unexpected ways.
Domestic Appliance, Flowers East Gallery, London.
Walls & Gateways. Group show, Gent, Belgium.
Museum of Contemporary Art, USA. September 06 and December 06.
Frieze Art Fair, London, showing with Almine Rech. October 06.
followed by Group Show at BU Gallery, Bangkok. August 2006.


Dr. Michael Borich is an assistant professor in the Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine in the Emory University School of Medicine. He has a secondary appointment in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, a joint Emory/Georgia Tech department, and also in the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at Georgia Tech. Dr. Borich is keenly interested in understanding and harnessing the plastic capacity of the human nervous system in health and disease in an effort to improve rehabilitation outcomes for individuals with neurologic injury and disease.
He received both his bachelor's degree in physiology and his doctor of physical therapy from the University of Minnesota. After finishing his PhD training in rehabilitation science and neuroscience at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Borich completed a postdoctoral research training using neurostimulation and neuroimaging techniques to elucidate biomarkers of recovery after stroke and mild traumatic brain injury at the University of British Columbia. He joined the Division of Physical Therapy at Emory in 2014. His previous clinical experience centers on rehabilitation from acute neurologic insult and major multiple trauma.
Dr. Borich currently directs the Neural Plasticity Research Lab at Emory, a trans-disciplinary research and training environment generously supported by multiple funding agencies. His research team utilizes multimodal neuroimaging and neurostimulation techniques to characterize and modulate the structural and functional neuroplastic correlates of learning and recovery of function following neurologic insult.


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During these warm summer months my five kiddos enjoy spending as much time as possible outside doing all sorts of fun things like going to the beach, swimming and riding their bikes. When they can get together with their cousins from out of state and do those things they're thrilled and our whole extended family has a blast! Here they are with a bunch of their cousins hanging out in the condominium pool during their visit. In order to make sure they all have an enjoyable time for the whole weekend they're here we have to protect their skin from getting a sunburn.
My kids are in summer camp during the week where they also do lots of outdoor activities there and since you should apply an ounce of sunscreen to their entire bodies at least 30 minutes before going outside, we make sure to apply it before we leave for camp in the mornings and the kids take bottles with them so they can reapply every two hours or immediately after swimming.
Banana Boat has three new sunscreen formulas out that I am very happy to have been able to try. The new SunComfort™ Clear UltraMist® Sunscreen moisturizes skin that has been dried by the sun and chlorine, and it also allows sand to brush off easily. The newly reformulated Dry Oil Clear UltraMist® Sunscreen now includes argan oil. This one is my new favorite since the dry oil formula is lightweight and doesn't leave your skin with that greasy feel. They've also launched a new Sport Performance® Lotion Sunscreen with Powerstay Technology™ for sport enthusiasts and active people to be sweat and water resistant for up to 80 minutes.
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Don't Forget to Use Sunscreen!
The kids will be out of school for spring break next week and I'm planning to take them out to the beach for a couple of day trips. On the days that we won't be going to the beach I'm sure that they'll still be spending most of their time outdoors as long as this beautiful weather we've been having continues. We're in the sunny south so I'm always very careful to use a broad spectrum sunscreen on the kids and myself, but really its important no matter where you live and no matter what the weather outside is like.
Even on cloudy days you can still be affected by UV rays, plus if you can see light through the fabric you're wearing then UV rays can get through also. To protect yourself and your family from UV rays that can cause skin cancer you should put on a lotion with a sun protection factor (SPF) of 15 or greater before you get dressed and look for "broad spectrum" protection to protect against both UVB and UVA rays.
Always apply a sunscreen at least 30 minutes before going out in the sunscreen, cover up as much as possible, wear a hat, use lip balm with SPF to protect your lips, wear sunglasses that block UV rays, reapply sunscreen after swimming or sweating and try to limit your exposure during midday when the sun's rays are most intense.
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My wool embroidery, "Night Time in the Enchanted Forest" is finally hung over the fireplace.
It is very happy in its new home.
In the dining room I have reassembled a small part of my 20 year old collection of milk glass into another Winter City.
Janet, This is wonderful!! It really looks like the Holidays, and thank so much for sharing with us.
You are most welcome Jan! I love decorating for the holidays.
oh, Janet, it looks amazing!
Thank you Anna. I don't know what took me so long to hang it. I finished it las Spring!
Janet the embroidery looks amazing, a great collection of milk glass, I do not think I have seen milk glass before, shows how unobservant I am.