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Intel snaps up digital identity manager PasswordBox
The firm hopes the latest buy will simplify and strengthen Intel's security offerings.
By Charlie Osborne for Zero Day | December 1, 2014 -- 11:49 GMT (03:49 PST) | Topic: Security
Intel has acquired PasswordBox, a cross-platform identity management service that will be merged with the Intel Security Group portfolio.
Announced on Monday, the IT services provider said the acquisition of Montreal-based PasswordBox will boost the company's Safe Identity organization talent pool and solutions.
PasswordBox develops identity management solutions that allow users to log in to a number of websites and applications from any device, without needing to type or remember passwords. Instead, an app uses one-tap logins to simplify account security processes.
Intel says new benefits to consumers will be made possible by the deal, including reduced password fatigue. The firm also claims that security will be simplified, as PasswordBox's technology will be incorporated with "new, user-friendly authentication technologies that enable users to get the benefit of improved security in a manner that is simple to set up and use."
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According to a recent report by consulting firm Deloitte, over 90 percent of user-generated passwords are vulnerable to hacking, claiming that the 10,000 most common passwords could access close to 98 percent of all accounts. Intel hopes the buyout agreement will bring the companies together to tackle this issue.
Chris Young, senior vice president and general manager of Intel Security Group said:
Everyone can relate to password fatigue. The PasswordBox service has already brought relief to millions of consumers who now enjoy simple, instant login. Intel Security and PasswordBox share the same goal of improving digital identity protection across all devices and platforms. We believe we have the technology, expertise and reach to bring simple, secure access to consumers worldwide.
PasswordBox's 44 employees have all migrated to Intel Security. Since the company's debut a year ago, PasswordBox has secured venture capital funding, won best mobile app of the year award at CES 2014, and has been downloaded over 14 million times worldwide.
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Here we go again. For the second time in seven years social workers face a dramatic overhaul of their profession.
The change programme set in track by David Cameron's government differs markedly from the reforms that emerged from the 2009 social work taskforce. Back then the profession was asked what was needed to raise practice standards. This time it is being told.
With no warning, social workers found out they'll get a new regulator and improvement body. Every children's practitioner will face accreditation tests without promised consultation (see page 13 of this report) having taken place on whether they should be mandatory. Before an evaluation of the Frontline scheme has been published, ministers have pledged £100m for fast-track programmes so they can produce a quarter of new children's social workers by 2018.
Meanwhile a child protection taskforce, made up of 12 ministers and zero social workers, will set about accelerating the 'transformation' of local authority children's services. Those deemed failures will be taken over by third parties, while high performers will be given 'academy style freedoms'.
The detail on many of the changes is muddy. Clearer is the government's narrative behind them.
Look past the praise of social workers as 'unsung heroes', and ministers are selling a story of remedying failure. Of rooting out weak council-run services and sorting out a broken social work education system accused of churning out too many poorly trained graduates.
Notably absent is any desire to strengthen social work's 'national voice'. That was a key driver of the 2009 reforms, and led to the establishment of The College of Social Work and the chief social worker roles.
The government withdrew support for the College last year, after the organisation ran into financial problems. The chief social workers have given social work a presence in Whitehall but some fear ministers have used this to effectively replace, rather than aid, consultation with the wider profession when it suits.
Social work's representative bodies, particularly the British Association of Social Workers, face a daunting task in responding to the changes.
Gone, at least on the children's side of policymaking, is a strong desire for consensus building. The government has lost trust in the idea social work can reform itself.
The financial mess The College got itself into hardly helped. But before its demise ministers were already looking elsewhere for solutions to social work's problems – the Narey review of social work education one high profile example.
Since The College closed, another reform symbolic of professional-led change – the Professional Capabilities Framework – has effectively been put out to pasture. There is a new game in town.
The views of a narrow, but trusted, group of advisers and pro-reformers now holds greatest sway. Consultation with the wider profession is often piecemeal and limited to scraps of reforms, rather than the fundamental direction of travel.
Many social workers' initial reaction to Cameron's changes has been to point to the realities of practice, the unsettling effect of constant upheaval and the financial context facing staff and those they support.
The truth is the profession must play the hand it has been dealt. Its representatives must keep a cool head, weigh up the potential opportunities and dangers of what is on the table, and present a confident case for the measures they can and cannot support.
That will involve keeping an open mind. Yes accreditation is causing anxieties among many practitioners but could it offer avenues for the post-qualifying development many social workers have long craved? In adult social work the approved mental health professional and best interests assessor roles have brought welcome recognition of advanced social work practice.
In regulation, social workers have plenty of misgivings about the Health and Care Professions Council, particularly because of its wide multi-professional remit. Could the creation of a new body focused purely on social work offer the chance to address some of these issues?
And while legitimate questions surround the growing inequity in financial support between fast-track and traditional social work education, the trainees graduating from Frontline and other schemes could prove a real boon to the profession. They should not be written off, nor should those graduating on the traditional routes ministers have criticised.
There will also need to be strong critique and challenge. But any opposition must draw extensively on the knowledge that comes from day-to-day practice. It should be evidence-based, focused, and seek to build alliances with service users to ensure it does not lose sight of what matters to the people social workers support. Little impact will come from simply decrying austerity or claiming 'back door privatisation'.
A starting point could be to push for transparency on many of the unanswered questions from last week's announcement.
For example, why less than four years after the government disbanded the General Social Care Council, is it proposing setting up a new regulator? How much will this cost? Is it the best use of money given the cuts frontline services face and the recruitment and retention problems facing many local authorities?
Why didn't the government wait until an evaluation of Frontline's effectiveness was published before investing another tranche of public money into the scheme? Likewise, why were ministers quick to give so much weight to largely anecdotal evidence of traditional education routes failing? There are issues with social work education but a report out this week also suggests more students are actually graduating with good degrees and getting jobs.
What will happen to social workers who fail their accreditation tests? How much will accreditation cost to deliver? What is meant by 'academy style' freedoms in the context of children's social work, beyond a soundbite that plays well with the Conservative grassroots?
And given these reforms are largely driven by the Department for Education, what do they really mean for social workers in adults services or those working outside statutory services altogether? Is the government genuinely committed, or simply paying lip service, to the idea of a unified social work profession?
There may be good answers to these questions. Social workers deserve to know. Education secretary Nicky Morgan said "it is on the shoulders of social workers that the success of the system rests". That's why they need to be involved properly in reform plans, not blindsided by announcements every few months from a government that claims to value them.
Very Good article outlining the challenge to Social Work. I believe that top-down initiatives carry the risk of ignoring the great work already being carried out. There is a need to work with existing structures, building upon and strengthen what is already there and working well in social work. 'A scorched earth' approach may further cleanse the talent and enthusiasm from the profession just when we need it most. But as the article says we must play the hand we have been dealt and keep a cool head and an open mind.
Bit hard to scrutunise when the social work force gets drained further due to the latest view out of central government in which they say New Zealanders earning under £35,000 will be deported. Its ironic that English speaking New Zealanders might be deported.
That new view might also extend to other commonwealth countries and may also apply to social workers from those countries, and also health professionals, teachers, students, and police and charity workers. Personally I don't know any social workers on the front line who earn £35,000, not even with AMP or Best Interest Assessors skills, or even forensic social workers. ideas like this will further undermine already stretched front line social work.
Given that Cameron has deemed G4S as suitable to look after Young People by paying public money to beat them up, i.e Panorama, I think I would take his views on Social Work with extreme caution.
What a load of sanctimonious drivel! The government tell social workers to jump and they're supposed to respond by asking How High! It's about time social workers stood up for themselves and took a leaf out of the junior doctors book. They need to fight back and take industrial action. The Tories are dismantling the welfare state. They've already imposed draconian cuts to council budgets. It's impossible to deliver services to clients if you haven't got any resources! It's no good waffling about your "practice" because they'll be nothing left to practice with!
We really need our own professional trade union (BASW doesn't count -they're all academics). Ideally we should refuse to co-operate with the accreditation proposals. Most of my colleagues don't even know about them.
Why oh why does government not realise the social work task is already perilously difficult and that mounting pressure that feels like blame is likely to fuel the exodus from the job. What is needed is a supportive arena pulling us forward rather than weighing us down. The fundamental error seems to be looking only at outcomes for service users (I agree they should be much better) and blaming the SW profession for those poor outcomes. This fails to recognise that SW's did not make the system they just work it. As a manger I can look forward to even more recruitment issues and they are serious already.
I totally agree with you Ian. I think the argument that taking industrial action will harm clients is a nonsense in the face of the attack upon the welfare state by this government. I think we also have got to be aware that this government is proposing further restricting the possibility of taking industrial action by unions and therefore to enable them to further roll back the state and support to those who are most vulnerable. (though of course this does not stop them ordering the public sector around as they of course know more about social work, teaching and the health service than those who do it day in and day out) When you also add in the proposed changes to constituency boundaries that will heavily weigh in the Tories favour and their plans to change how unions and the public purse fund political parties we are staring at an extremely long term restructuring of public services in this country for the worse. I feel it is sickening as to how leaders in social care have kowtowed to the government as demonstrated in this article. I leave aside those who act as the government's henchmen in order to advance their own careers.
The Social Work Profession has become the front line for taking the blame for this dreadful disingenuous governments dismantling of the Welfare State. We have a poor government driven by appeasing big business that invests in the few rather than the many. Cameron and all the other cronies have not a clue regarding good practise ,their own practise at best is poor. We are human engineers who at best fix people and make their lives better. This Government continually keeps removing our tools (resources)then questioning why we cannot deliver the services we are supposed to provide!


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    case FXBSTR_ID('S', 'a', 't', 'u'):
      return FXDIB_BLEND_SATURATION;
    case FXBSTR_ID('L', 'u', 'm', 'i'):
      return FXDIB_BLEND_LUMINOSITY;
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  return FXDIB_BLEND_NORMAL;
}
void CPDF_GeneralStateData::SetBlendMode(const CFX_ByteStringC& blend_mode) {
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    return;
  }
  FXSYS_memcpy(m_BlendMode, blend_mode.GetPtr(), blend_mode.GetLength());
  m_BlendMode[blend_mode.GetLength()] = 0;
  m_BlendType = ::GetBlendType(blend_mode);
}
int RI_StringToId(const CFX_ByteString& ri) {
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  if (id == FXBSTR_ID('A', 'b', 's', 'o')) {
    return 1;
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  if (id == FXBSTR_ID('S', 'a', 't', 'u')) {
    return 2;
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  if (id == FXBSTR_ID('P', 'e', 'r', 'c')) {
    return 3;
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  return 0;
}
void CPDF_GeneralState::SetRenderIntent(const CFX_ByteString& ri) {
  GetModify()->m_RenderIntent = RI_StringToId(ri);
}
CPDF_AllStates::CPDF_AllStates() {
  m_TextX = m_TextY = m_TextLineX = m_TextLineY = 0;
  m_TextLeading = 0;
  m_TextRise = 0;
  m_TextHorzScale = 1.0f;
}
CPDF_AllStates::~CPDF_AllStates() {}
void CPDF_AllStates::Copy(const CPDF_AllStates& src) {
  CopyStates(src);
  m_TextMatrix.Copy(src.m_TextMatrix);
  m_ParentMatrix.Copy(src.m_ParentMatrix);
  m_CTM.Copy(src.m_CTM);
  m_TextX = src.m_TextX;
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  m_TextLineX = src.m_TextLineX;
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  m_TextLeading = src.m_TextLeading;
  m_TextRise = src.m_TextRise;
  m_TextHorzScale = src.m_TextHorzScale;
}
void CPDF_AllStates::SetLineDash(CPDF_Array* pArray,
                                 FX_FLOAT phase,
                                 FX_FLOAT scale) {
  CFX_GraphStateData* pData = m_GraphState.GetModify();
  pData->m_DashPhase = FXSYS_Mul(phase, scale);
  pData->SetDashCount(pArray->GetCount());
  for (FX_DWORD i = 0; i < pArray->GetCount(); i++) {
    pData->m_DashArray[i] = FXSYS_Mul(pArray->GetNumber(i), scale);
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}
void CPDF_AllStates::ProcessExtGS(CPDF_Dictionary* pGS,
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    const CFX_ByteString& key_str = it.first;
    CPDF_Object* pElement = it.second;
    CPDF_Object* pObject = pElement ? pElement->GetDirect() : nullptr;
    if (!pObject)
      continue;

    FX_DWORD key = key_str.GetID();
    switch (key) {
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        m_GraphState.GetModify()->m_LineWidth = pObject->GetNumber();
        break;
      case FXBSTR_ID('L', 'C', 0, 0):
        m_GraphState.GetModify()->m_LineCap =
            (CFX_GraphStateData::LineCap)pObject->GetInteger();
        break;
      case FXBSTR_ID('L', 'J', 0, 0):
        m_GraphState.GetModify()->m_LineJoin =
            (CFX_GraphStateData::LineJoin)pObject->GetInteger();
        break;
      case FXBSTR_ID('M', 'L', 0, 0):
        m_GraphState.GetModify()->m_MiterLimit = pObject->GetNumber();
        break;
      case FXBSTR_ID('D', 0, 0, 0): {
        CPDF_Array* pDash = pObject->AsArray();
        if (!pDash)
          break;

        CPDF_Array* pArray = pDash->GetArray(0);
        if (!pArray)
          break;

        SetLineDash(pArray, pDash->GetNumber(1), 1.0f);
        break;
      }
      case FXBSTR_ID('R', 'I', 0, 0):
        m_GeneralState.SetRenderIntent(pObject->GetString());
        break;
      case FXBSTR_ID('F', 'o', 'n', 't'): {
        CPDF_Array* pFont = pObject->AsArray();
        if (!pFont)
          break;

        m_TextState.GetModify()->m_FontSize = pFont->GetNumber(1);
        m_TextState.SetFont(pParser->FindFont(pFont->GetString(0)));
        break;
      }
      case FXBSTR_ID('T', 'R', 0, 0):
        if (pGS->KeyExist("TR2")) {
          continue;
        }
      case FXBSTR_ID('T', 'R', '2', 0):
        pGeneralState->m_pTR =
            (pObject && !pObject->IsName()) ? pObject : nullptr;
        break;
      case FXBSTR_ID('B', 'M', 0, 0): {
        CPDF_Array* pArray = pObject->AsArray();
        CFX_ByteString mode =
            pArray ? pArray->GetString(0) : pObject->GetString();

        pGeneralState->SetBlendMode(mode);
        if (pGeneralState->m_BlendType > FXDIB_BLEND_MULTIPLY) {
          pParser->GetObjectList()->m_bBackgroundAlphaNeeded = TRUE;
        }
        break;
      }
      case FXBSTR_ID('S', 'M', 'a', 's'):
        if (ToDictionary(pObject)) {
          pGeneralState->m_pSoftMask = pObject;
          FXSYS_memcpy(pGeneralState->m_SMaskMatrix,
                       &pParser->GetCurStates()->m_CTM, sizeof(CFX_Matrix));
        } else {
          pGeneralState->m_pSoftMask = NULL;
        }
        break;
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        pGeneralState->m_StrokeAlpha = PDF_ClipFloat(pObject->GetNumber());
        break;
      case FXBSTR_ID('c', 'a', 0, 0):
        pGeneralState->m_FillAlpha = PDF_ClipFloat(pObject->GetNumber());
        break;
      case FXBSTR_ID('O', 'P', 0, 0):
        pGeneralState->m_StrokeOP = pObject->GetInteger();
        if (!pGS->KeyExist("op")) {
          pGeneralState->m_FillOP = pObject->GetInteger();
        }
        break;
      case FXBSTR_ID('o', 'p', 0, 0):
        pGeneralState->m_FillOP = pObject->GetInteger();
        break;
      case FXBSTR_ID('O', 'P', 'M', 0):
        pGeneralState->m_OPMode = pObject->GetInteger();
        break;
      case FXBSTR_ID('B', 'G', 0, 0):
        if (pGS->KeyExist("BG2")) {
          continue;
        }
      case FXBSTR_ID('B', 'G', '2', 0):
        pGeneralState->m_pBG = pObject;
        break;
      case FXBSTR_ID('U', 'C', 'R', 0):
        if (pGS->KeyExist("UCR2")) {
          continue;
        }
      case FXBSTR_ID('U', 'C', 'R', '2'):
        pGeneralState->m_pUCR = pObject;
        break;
      case FXBSTR_ID('H', 'T', 0, 0):
        pGeneralState->m_pHT = pObject;
        break;
      case FXBSTR_ID('F', 'L', 0, 0):
        pGeneralState->m_Flatness = pObject->GetNumber();
        break;
      case FXBSTR_ID('S', 'M', 0, 0):
        pGeneralState->m_Smoothness = pObject->GetNumber();
        break;
      case FXBSTR_ID('S', 'A', 0, 0):
        pGeneralState->m_StrokeAdjust = pObject->GetInteger();
        break;
      case FXBSTR_ID('A', 'I', 'S', 0):
        pGeneralState->m_AlphaSource = pObject->GetInteger();
        break;
      case FXBSTR_ID('T', 'K', 0, 0):
        pGeneralState->m_TextKnockout = pObject->GetInteger();
        break;
    }
  }
  pGeneralState->m_Matrix = m_CTM;
}
CPDF_ContentMarkItem::CPDF_ContentMarkItem() {
  m_ParamType = None;
}
CPDF_ContentMarkItem::CPDF_ContentMarkItem(const CPDF_ContentMarkItem& src) {
  m_MarkName = src.m_MarkName;
  m_ParamType = src.m_ParamType;
  if (m_ParamType == DirectDict) {
    m_pParam = ToDictionary(static_cast<CPDF_Object*>(src.m_pParam))->Clone();
  } else {
    m_pParam = src.m_pParam;
  }
}
CPDF_ContentMarkItem::~CPDF_ContentMarkItem() {
  if (m_ParamType == DirectDict && m_pParam) {
    ToDictionary(static_cast<CPDF_Object*>(m_pParam))->Release();
  }
}
FX_BOOL CPDF_ContentMarkItem::HasMCID() const {
  if (m_pParam &&
      (m_ParamType == DirectDict || m_ParamType == PropertiesDict)) {
    return ToDictionary(static_cast<CPDF_Object*>(m_pParam))->KeyExist("MCID");
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  return FALSE;
}
CPDF_ContentMarkData::CPDF_ContentMarkData(const CPDF_ContentMarkData& src) {
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    m_Marks.Add(src.m_Marks[i]);
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}
int CPDF_ContentMarkData::GetMCID() const {
  CPDF_ContentMarkItem::ParamType type = CPDF_ContentMarkItem::None;
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  return -1;
}
void CPDF_ContentMarkData::AddMark(const CFX_ByteString& name,
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    return;
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  item.SetParam(bDirect ? CPDF_ContentMarkItem::DirectDict
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}
void CPDF_ContentMarkData::DeleteLastMark() {
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  if (size == 0) {
    return;
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  m_Marks.RemoveAt(size - 1);
}
FX_BOOL CPDF_ContentMark::HasMark(const CFX_ByteStringC& mark) const {
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    return FALSE;
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    CPDF_ContentMarkItem& item = m_pObject->GetItem(i);
    if (item.GetName() == mark) {
      return TRUE;
    }
  }
  return FALSE;
}
FX_BOOL CPDF_ContentMark::LookupMark(const CFX_ByteStringC& mark,
                                     CPDF_Dictionary*& pDict) const {
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    return FALSE;
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}

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text:
First Official Beach Rugby Tournament comes to Dubai's Shores
- UAE Rugby Federation sanctioned tournament to be played at Sheraton Beach Resort (JBR) Friday April 26 -
- Open to corporate, social and club, men's and women's teams, locally and internationally -
- Teams to consist of 7-player Touch and 8-person Contact -
Dubai, UAE, Monday March 25th 2019: In an exciting first for the region, the 'Beach Rugby Dubai' tournament has today been officially announced.
Sanctioned by the UAE Rugby Federation and supported by Beyond the Beach, 'Beach Rugby Dubai' offers a thrilling one-day tournament of corporate, social and club rugby on the shores of the pristine Jumeirah coastline. Open to all levels of men's and women's players, locally and internationally, Beach Rugby's 2019 edition will be played at the Sheraton Jumeirah Beach Resort located within the vibrant heart of Jumeirah Beach Residences' Walk on Friday April 26 (2019). Matches will start at 08:00 and continue through until 20:00.
"Discussions have been underway for a number of years on how we can bring the excitement of Beach Rugby to UAE's Rugby-loving community and we now believe we have the right starting point which will provide a fantastic day of quality rugby for clubs, corporates and social teams, as well as for the enjoyment of rugby fans." said Qais Al Dhalai, UAE Rugby Federation's Secretary General. "We are exceptionally fortunate to have some of the most stunning, clean stretches of beachfront in the UAE and we are very pleased to see this tournament scheduled to be played on the Sheraton Beach Resort's shoreline."
Speaking on the development of the tournament Al Dhalai added, "We have entered into a long-term partnership with our preferred Sport Marketing Agency; Onside Sports, who have been tasked with developing the concept and the event. Together with them we look forward to, and are committed to growing this tournament into a must-do fixture on the UAE sporting calendar for the enjoyment of local and international beach rugby fanatics and fans."
Jeff O'Brien, Managing Partner Onside Sports commented, "Dubai is rich with numerous quality sports events that welcome the participation of all levels of athlete, and, with the many formats rugby has to offer we are very excited to bring both contact and touch to the sands of Dubai under Beach Rugby Dubai." "We are encouraged by the interest we are receiving (for the tournament) and are exceptionally pleased to welcome 'Beyond the Beach' as our official sponsor (of this tournament) and thank them for their support to this engaging, and exciting format of a rugby-experience." added O'Brien.
A total of 5 pitches will be used throughout the day, where three beach pitches will be marked out for Beach Rugby Touch and two for Beach Rugby Contact. Teams in Beach Rugby Touch will consist of 7-players per team (3 reserves), and the Beach Rugby Contact will consist of 8-players per team (3 reserves). Each half will be played over 5 minutes for teams to give absolutely everything they have. Officiating Beach Rugby Dubai will be under the jurisdiction of the UAE Rugby Federation with technical support from Middle East Touch.
More information about Beach Rugby Dubai, including packages, can be found at www.beachrugbydubai.ae
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Adrienne O'Brien
aobrien@onside-sports.com
Tournament contact:
Lucas Britt
lbritt@onside-sports.com
UAE Beach Touch Rugby is sanctioned by UAE Rugby Federation and managed in partnership by Onside Sports.
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text:
Siasat.com/Offbeat/Australia: World's leggiest millipede with 1,306 legs discovered
Australia: World's leggiest millipede with 1,306 legs discovered
A large proportion of the species of arid Australia are undescribed. For subterranean fauna, this may be more than 90%. Not knowing these animals exist makes it impossible to assess their conservation status.
Associated Press| Posted by Mansoor | Published: 17th December 2021 10:38 am IST
Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name derived from this feature. Each double-legged segment is a result of two single segments fused together. (Representative Image)
Perth: Millipedes were the first land animals, and today we know of more than 13,000 species. There are likely thousands more species of the many-legged invertebrates awaiting discovery and formal scientific description.
The name millipede comes from the Latin for thousand feet , but until now no known species had more than 750 legs. However, my colleagues and I recently found a new champion.
The eyeless, subterranean Eumillipes persephone, discovered 60 metres underground near the south coast of Western Australia, has up to 1,306 legs, making it the first true millipede and the leggiest animal on Earth.
Finding life underground
In Australia, most species in some groups of invertebrates are still undescribed. Many could even become extinct before we know about them.
Part of the reason is that life is everywhere, even where we least expect it. You could be excused for thinking remote areas of Western Australia such as the Pilbara and the Goldfields, where the land is arid and harsh, are not home to too many species.
But the reality is very different. An enormously diverse array of poorly known animals live underground, inhabiting cavities and fractures in the rock several metres below the surface.
One way to find out about these creatures is to place troglofauna traps far below the surface. E. persephone was found in one of these traps, which had spent two months 60m underground in a mining exploration bore in the Goldfields.
A lucky discovery
At the time I was working for a company called Bennelongia Environmental Consultants, which had been hired by the mining company to survey the animals in the area. I was lucky enough to be in the laboratory on the day the leggiest animal on Earth was first seen.
Our senior taxonomist, Jane McRae, showed me these incredibly elongated millipedes, less than a millimetre wide and almost 10 centimetres long. She pointed out how their triangular faces placed them in the family Siphonotidae, comprised of sucking millipedes from the order Polyzoniida.
Their long, thin and pale bodies, with hundreds of legs, reminded me of a paper I had read years earlier, which redescribed the leggiest millipede in the world, the Californian Illacme plenipes, bearing 750 legs. Back in 2007, while teaching zoology at Campinas State University in Brazil, I used that paper to explain to students how no millipede species in the world really had 1,000 legs.
Often, popular names are scientifically inaccurate, but in front of me I had an animal that stood a chance of finally making the name millipede biologically correct.
A true millipede at last
I suggested to Jane that our new specimens might be more consistent with I. plenipes, which belongs to another order of millipedes, the Siphonophorida.
We consulted Mark Harvey from the WA Museum, and together were surprised to realise Siphonophorida are very rare in Australia: there are only three known species, all found on the east coast.
Next, I contacted Paul Marek at Virginia Tech in the United States, a millipede expert and lead author of that paper about the 750-legged I. plenipes. He was excited to receive the specimens a few weeks later.
This new species turned out to have up to 1,306 legs, making it the first true millipede. Paul named it Eumillipes persephone, in reference to its true 1,000 legs nature, and to Persephone, the goddess of the underworld in Greek mythology who was taken from the surface by Hades.
Why so many legs?
E. persephone was most likely driven to its underground life as the landscape above became hotter and drier over millions of years. We eventually discovered Jane was right about the nature of E. persephone: it is in fact a member of the Siphonotidae family, only distantly related to I. plenipes, and is therefore the only species in the whole order Polyzoniida with no eyes.
We classify any millipede with more than 180 body segments as super-elongated . E. persephone has 330.
With a genetic analysis, we found that super-elongation has evolved repeatedly in millipedes, and it might be an adaptation to living underground.
The large number of legs likely provides enhanced traction and power to push their bodies through small gaps and fractures in the soil. But this is just a hypothesis at this stage, and we have no direct evidence that having more legs is an adaptation to subterranean life.
Finding the unknown
Finding this incredible species, which represents a unique branch of the millipede tree of life, is a small first step towards the conservation of subterranean biodiversity in arid landscapes.
This starts with documenting new species, assessing their vulnerability, and ultimately devising conservation priorities and management plans.
Biodiversity surveys, and especially the taxonomy that supports them, are incredibly important. Taxonomists such as Jane, Paul and Mark are the unsung heroes of conservation.
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Francisco A. Lomelí, Donaldo W. Urioste, María Joaquina Villaseñor, "Historical Dictionary of U.S. Latino Literature"
U.S. Latino Literature is defined as Latino literature within the United States that embraces the heterogeneous inter-groupings of Latinos.
For too long U.S. Latino literature has not been thought of as an integral part of the overall shared American literary landscape, but that is slowly changing. This dictionary aims to rectify some of those misconceptions by proving that Latinos do fundamentally express American issues, concerns and perspectives with a flair in linguistic cadences, familial themes, distinct world views, and cross-cultural voices.
The Historical Dictionary of U.S. Latino Literature contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has cross-referenced entries on U.S. Latino/a authors, and terms relevant to the nature of U.S. Latino literature in order to illustrate and corroborate its foundational bearings within the overall American literary experience.
This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about this subject.


This course requires students to integrate real world skills and experience with theoretical concepts and knowledge obtained during their program in an international context. Students will undertake an international work-integrated placement or similar community learning, in block mode, to position themselves for a career upon graduation. This is achieved through integrating real world skills and experience with work-integrated, experiential learning supported by appropriate readings and career guidance. High achieving students are able to expand the theoretical knowledge and skills developed in their undergraduate program, and apply knowledge and skills in an external and international context.
Students will be able to undertake their work integrated learning placement in a broad spectrum of international work environments such as business and community/ voluntary organisations, industry associations etc. There are two ways in which students may gain access to this course. Either through competitive entry to a partially funded international WIL opportunity organised by the Faculty of Business and Law, or through individual initiative. In the latter case, it is the student's responsibility to organise this placement or similar external activity before commencing this course, and to obtain written approval from the relevant Program Convenor or Course Coordinator, who will ensure that the placement does not adversely affect other existing placement courses of the University. Further details appear under 'Content' below. In either case, direction will be provided on-site by a placement supervisor. Application for the course must occur a minimum of 2 months prior to the commencement of the term of offering.
On commencing this course but before starting the placement students will need to complete an induction and a compulsory Workplace Health and Safety requirement. Full information on this compulsory component will be provided in the course outline provided by the School.
5. comprehend the array of skills required and opportunities available within their chosen career.
a) through competitive entry to a partially funded international WIL opportunity organised by the Faculty of Business and Law, or b) through individual initiative. In the first instance, entry is based on GPA and a written explanation as to how the undertaking the course will contribute to their career prospects. Application for the course must occur a minimum of 2 months prior to the commencement of the term of offering.
a Program of Activity Agreement signed by the student and workplace supervisor, which will also be signed by the Course Coordinator and is to be resubmitted by the student with their final report.
During the teaching term and before commencing the placement students must attend a short lecture series to cover course requirements, assessment processes, career development and planning, and workplace issues including professional standards of conduct, Equity and Diversity and WHS requirements.
BUSN3500International Work Placement in BusinessThis course requires students to integrate real world skills and experience with theoretical concepts and knowledge obtained during their program in an international context. Students will undertake an international work-integrated placement or similar community learning, in block mode, to position themselves for a career upon graduation. This is achieved through integrating real world skills and experience with work-integrated, experiential learning supported by appropriate readings and career guidance. High achieving students are able to expand the theoretical knowledge and skills developed in their undergraduate program, and apply knowledge and skills in an external and international context.
Admission to this course is based on merit and the number of places available may be restricted. Students should enquire through the Course Coordinator or Program Convenor.FBUSLFaculty of Business and Law344Newcastle Business School1030005980Semester 2 - 2019NCLE_CITYNewcastle City Precinct2019Successful completion of at least 120 units of study.There are two ways in which students may gain access to this course:a) through competitive entry to a partially funded international WIL opportunity organised by the Faculty of Business and Law, or b) through individual initiative. In the first instance, entry is based on GPA and a written explanation as to how the undertaking the course will contribute to their career prospects. Application for the course must occur a minimum of 2 months prior to the commencement of the term of offering.In the latter case, prospective students will be required to present to the Course Coordinator a minimum of 2 months prior to the commencement of the term of offering:Either, formal evidence of prospective acceptance into an international WIL placement organised by an international placement organisation recognised by the Faculty of Business and Law, or:	an up-to-date CV;	a final draft of the letter of application to the host organisation;	contact details of the workplace supervisor at the host organisation;	a Program of Activity Agreement signed by the student and workplace supervisor, which will also be signed by the Course Coordinator and is to be resubmitted by the student with their final report.During the teaching term and before commencing the placement students must attend a short lecture series to cover course requirements, assessment processes, career development and planning, and workplace issues including professional standards of conduct, Equity and Diversity and WHS requirements. YOn successful completion of this course, students will be able to:1construct a career plan, incorporating their academic program and work interests2develop experience in work integrated community / service learning / leadership;3demonstrate skills required for the workplace, including communication and team work;4reflect on, and practically apply what has been learnt theoretically within their program; and5comprehend the array of skills required and opportunities available within their chosen career. Proposal / Plan: Work Placement Project PlanJournal: Reflective JournalPresentation: End of Workplace Presentation Newcastle City PrecinctLectureFace to Face On Campus2hour(s)per Week for4Weeks0PracticalFace to Face On Campus30hour(s)per Week for4Weeks0In order to pass this course, each student must complete ALL of the following compulsory requirements:General Course Requirements:Lecture: Attendance Requirement - Students must attend a minimum number of these sessions.In order to participate in this course, students must complete three compulsory lectures prior to their placement and a final debriefing lecture after their placement.Practical: Induction Requirement - Students must attend and pass the induction requirements before attending these sessions. Pre-Placement Requirements:Career Planning Document - Document developed by student and supervisor with regard to placement objectives.
Lecture: Attendance Requirement - Students must attend a minimum number of these sessions. - In order to participate in this course, students must complete three compulsory lectures prior to their placement and a final debriefing lecture after their placement.
Practical: Induction Requirement - Students must attend and pass the induction requirements before attending these sessions.
Career Planning Document - Document developed by student and supervisor with regard to placement objectives.


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#if NETFX_CORE || WINUI
using Media = Windows.UI;
#else
using Media = System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Media3D;
using Point = System.Windows.Point;
#endif
using global::SharpDX;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;

#if NETFX_CORE
namespace HelixToolkit.UWP
#elif WINUI
namespace HelixToolkit.WinUI
#else
namespace HelixToolkit.Wpf.SharpDX
#endif
{
    public static class Media3DExtension
    {
#if !NETFX_CORE && !WINUI
        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
        public static Vector3D ToVector3D(this Vector3 vector)
        {
            return new Vector3D(vector.X, vector.Y, vector.Z);
        }

        public static Matrix3x3 ToMatrix3x3(this Media.Matrix m)
        {
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Happy Thursday y'all! The boys open up with the Yankees taking care of business at the Stadium, sweeping Boston in a two-game set, thanks to Brett Gardner's grand slam in the 7th inning. Click to read more.
Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner joined "Mike's On" Tuesday to discuss the upcoming season, and while the injuries are starting to pile up, Gardner is confident in the depth New York has throughout its roster.
Luke Voit and Greg Bird have done exactly what the Yankees hoped they would when camp began -- make the decision a difficult one. Click to read.
The Yankees have come to terms with outfielder Brett Gardner on a one-year contract for 2019, the team announced on Twitter Wednesday.


Google is sending out a new My Business Report via email to verified owners of listings. The report is attractive with meaningful calls to action to visit the My Business or to contact Google Help even if the report is glaringly inaccurate. On the several reports that I have received so far, the review number for the month over counts the number of reviews received on Google by anywhere from 3 or 5. You would think that Google could count better. This lack of accuracy on the review received calls into question the other stats as well or at least makes them suspect.
The links to email, calling and the help center are a welcome and clear messaging that should drive folks to those support options before they go to the forums. I love the idea of monthly reporting if that is what this is. In the past Google has sent these types of reports out one month but then never again. Thumbs up for sending and the clear call to action, thumbs down for the inaccuracy. Judgement pending on the regularity.
Since the company name is the same at each address the emails we received were all identical. The subjects are all the same and the content of each email is the same (save for the number of people who saw the business and asked for directions). There is no information contained that would allow us to quickly ascertain which location we are reviewing data for without clicking the link to view details. As you might imagine, when you have 450 locations that isn't terribly practical.
Obviously, correctly identifying which location the report applies to is critical. Equally important for businesses in this situation would be some sort of roll up report. That assumes that Google will do this report more than once.
This is pretty good news…even if it is a bit buggy in this first iteration. I have to say, I'm impressed with the progress Google has made at supporting SMBs over the past 6 months/year. The phone support folks are AWESOME at getting nutty issues resolved, and the tools are improving at a rapid pace.
I would agree that Google has turned around the Queen Mary on the support side for sure.
As to the value of these reports, we still do not know if they are a one off or a permanent thing.
Thanks for the info about the monthly GMB reports via e-mail.
Do you also know when this feature will be available outside the US, e.g. in Austria? I haven't got any report via e-mail yet.
I find it hard to give credence to the numbers in the GMB report. It says that 48 people asked for directions. Our work is done 99% through email; hardly anyone ever calls us, much less 50 people in one month. No one would ever ask for directions to our offices! There's no reason for anyone to come here unless you worked here. These numbers can't be correct.
What is the link to the detailed report? I can not find using my iPhone. I lost the email with the link.
LOL! Inaccurate indeed! How crazy?! It sort of looks like they pulled numbers for the last month and used them for the last year.
NOT helpful on the data reporting side. They might as well just say, "Hey, this is a good time to see how things are performing. Click here to see this. Click here to see that." It would reflect better on them AND be more helpful to the reader.


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Is there a feature in QuickBase where a notification is sent automatically every 4 hours if a task is overdue by a particular user.
QuickBase is currently only able to send off Subscriptions and Reminders once a day in the early morning.
There is not a native solution, but there is a solution that might work for you. Quickbase sends notification emails when a record has been added, modified, or deleted. A simple solution here would be to dirty select records every 4 hours. It is simple enough to download all record ids for records that are overdue, and then upload some content to 'dirty' those records. Quickbase will then do its job of sending notifications to users specified in some user field.
I'm sure you are looking for an automated approach. I wrote a script that will do this. Following the no-code philosophy, the script is configurable by the user. This makes it flexible for repurposing for future needs as well. I have one script that handles export and one that handles import. These modules can be daisy chained so a job can be configured to solve your problem.
I apologize that I can't give you a more native solution, but the next-best thing is a solution at all. I hope this helps. Feel free to reach to me if this works for you.


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What Has Changed Recently With Inventors?
For as long as history can tell, geniuses from different generations have invented things that have made the lives of many people all over more convenient and this is something that still goes on to this day and age. One of the things you should understand when it comes to invention is that it has to be protected by copyright because the fact of the matter is that there are many geniuses out there that came up with the most brilliant of inventions but never got the credit for it due to the failure of protecting it. If you happen to be an inventor and you have just created something that you deem to be great, then one of the first things you need to do in order to make sure that your name goes down in history for making such a thing is to protect it with copyright.
Among the things you will find when it comes to this is that there are actually many different ways for you to get it done and there are also many connections you can make in order for you to be able to make things more convenient on your part. When it comes down to protecting your inventions through patent and copyrights, you will find that there are actually a lot of companies out there that would be able to provide you with valuable assistance regarding the subject. The fact that you will be presented with so many different options out there for you to choose from, however, may make things difficult for you especially when it comes to making the decision of which company you should choose in order to help you protect your inventions through patent or copyright. This is why doing a thorough homework when it comes to the matter is considered to be one of the most important things you will have to do in order for you to be able to make sure that you are making a wise decision.


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Hong Kong's attractions and merchants are ON with deals galore from which to choose. Areas of public events are easily avoided and it's best to check with us, hotels, and other tourism services providers for updates. Attractions are easy to get to from multiple modes of transportation so let's visit Hong Kong and its many family-friendly attractions!
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Health Sciences student wins prestigious Rhodes Scholarship
Rahul Arora becomes one of 11 Canadian scholars this year, 16th to date for University of Calgary
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Rahul Arora plans to complement his research experience with two Masters degrees at Oxford.
Rahul Arora
Rahul Arora is headed to Oxford University next fall as a Rhodes Scholar.
Arora is a fourth-year student in the Bachelor of Health Sciences program at the University of Calgary, where he majors in biomedical sciences. He has maintained a 4.0 GPA and is a member of UCalgary's Scholars Academy, an innovative program that supports and challenges high-achieving students.
The application and selection processes for the scholarship are rigorous; there are only 11 awarded in Canada every year, three of which are designated for the prairie region.
"This is an opportunity that I'm so, so grateful for," says Arora. "It means I'll be able to spend the next couple of years studying my interests in Oxford's world-class environment."
Arora has a strong interest in cancer research, particularly data science and how it can change cancer care. Part of his research at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre brought to his attention that patients with inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) — an aggressive form of cancer — are routinely excluded from clinical trials for new breast cancer therapies. As a result, Arora put together the first database of IBC patients across the province and studied how to use clinical data to personalize radiation treatment. Arora has presented some of his research at several national and international conferences.
"Rahul is an outstanding representative of our medical school and of the University of Calgary, and we are incredibly proud of his accomplishment," says Dr. Jon Meddings, dean, Cumming School of Medicine. "The Rhodes Scholarship is one of the most prestigious awards for students to receive. Congratulations and I wish him the best of luck at Oxford."
"Rahul is a remarkable individual whose strengths in leadership, academics and community engagement were identified years ago when he received the O'Brien Leader in Health Sciences scholarship in the BHSc program," adds Dr. Ebba Kurz, associate dean (undergraduate health and science education) and director of the Bachelor of Health Sciences program. "He epitomizes the mission of the BHSc program to engage students in research-intensive inquiry as we create the future leaders in health."
Arora showed a passion for medicine and education early on. In Grade 12, he founded the first Calgary chapter of Operation Med School, a non-profit organization that hosts one-day conferences across Canada and the United States to provide information to high school students interested in a medical career. He has also been a mentor and delivered guest lectures at the university since September 2016.
"I'd like to extend our congratulations to Rahul on this outstanding accomplishment," says President Elizabeth Cannon. "He is an exemplary young innovator who has already contributed exceptional research in the health sciences — and he will undoubtedly continue to do so in the years ahead. Rahul's leadership also makes him a wonderful mentor to other students considering careers in medicine."
Arora plans to complement his research experience with a Master of Science in Computer Science and a Master of Public Policy during his time at the University of Oxford. He wants to diversify his skill set to continue to bridge cancer research with policy and data science. "The most impactful work is done at the intersection of fields," he says.
Arora is excited to meet the people who will be part of the next chapter of his life, and he is thankful for those who have supported him this far. Before accepting the scholarship, he took the time to speak with friends and family. As well as the close-knit circle that has been key to his success, he is grateful for the educators and mentors within his program and the Scholars Academy. "This achievement is not just my achievement," he says. "Only a small percentage is attributable to me. The vast majority is the support, mentorship, and friendship of others."
The University of Calgary has 16 successful scholars to date, including Arora. The first Canadian Rhodes Scholars took up residence at Oxford in 1904.
Rhodes Scholar
student excellence


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The industry is guilty because it knew what the consequences of its actions might be. Large food processors employed a flock of Ph.D. nutritionists and food scientists. The connection between calorie consumption and weight gain was always as plain as the number on the bathroom scale. But instead of acknowledging this and taking corrective action to sell a better product more responsibly, food processors played innocent by blending in with the crowd of causes. It's time to end the charade and mandate the needed changes that the industry has refused to make.
Levy federal and state excise taxes on sugared beverages and a few categories — snack foods, candy, sweet baked goods — that most undermine health. These taxes could help pay for education programs, subsidize the healthiest foods for low-income individuals and, maybe, discourage consumption.
Make mandatory the federal guidelines for marketing food to children that were proposed in 2011. These guidelines — written jointly by the Federal Trade Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Agriculture — were only to be voluntary, and still lobbyists for the food industry persuaded Congress to block them.
Is he right or wrong? What other things can be done within the food industry and our culture itself to begin facilitating big changes for the better on this front? Before you judge for yourself and weigh in here, go read the Op Ed.


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Clio Chang/ March 18, 2016
Mitt Romney thinks a vote for John Kasich is a vote for "Trumpism."
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images
Today on Facebook, Mitt Romney announced that in Utah's nominating caucus, he's going to vote for Ted Cruz. Just earlier this week, Romney campaigned for John Kasich in his home state of Ohio and recorded get-out-the-vote calls for Marco Rubio in Florida. However, now Romney believes that the Republican party's best chance to reach an open convention—and thus possibly deny Trump the nomination—is to throw support behind Cruz.
In his post, Romney reiterated his disgust for Trump, stating:
Today, there is a contest between Trumpism and Republicanism. Through the calculated statements of its leader, Trumpism has become associated with racism, misogyny, bigotry, xenophobia, vulgarity and, most recently, threats and violence. I am repulsed by each and every one of these....
I like Governor John Kasich. I have campaigned with him. He has a solid record as governor. I would have voted for him in Ohio. But a vote for Governor Kasich in future contests makes it extremely likely that Trumpism would prevail.
The war between Trump and Romney has been ongoing and includes choice zingers like Romney saying that Trump was "very very not smart" and Trump calling Romney "one of the dumbest and worst candidates in the history of Republican politics." Trump has also implied that Romney would well, er—"drop to his knees." It seems Romney is truly embracing the Anyone But Trump sentiment.
Clio Chang @cliomiso
Clio Chang is a freelance writer in New York City.
Politics, Election 2016, Republican Primary 2016, GOP, Mitt Romney, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio


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package net.imagej.ops.fopd.energy.denoising;

import net.imagej.ops.fopd.costfunction.CostFunction;
import net.imagej.ops.fopd.costfunction.kldivergence.KLDivergence;
import net.imagej.ops.fopd.operator.LinearOperator;
import net.imagej.ops.fopd.regularizer.Regularizer;
import net.imagej.ops.fopd.regularizer.tv.TotalVariation2D;
import net.imagej.ops.fopd.solver.DefaultSolverState;
import net.imagej.ops.fopd.solver.SolverState;
import net.imagej.ops.special.hybrid.UnaryHybridCF;
import net.imglib2.RandomAccessibleInterval;
import net.imglib2.type.numeric.RealType;

import org.scijava.plugin.Parameter;
import org.scijava.plugin.Plugin;

/**
 * A 2D denoising algorithm which uses TV as {@link Regularizer} and takes the
 * L1-Norm as {@link CostFunction}.
 *
 * Energy: E(u) = lambda * TV(u) + |u - f|_1, where u is the denoised solution,
 * lambda is the smoothness weight and f is the observed image.
 *
 * @author Tim-Oliver Buchholz, University of Konstanz
 */
@Plugin(type = UnaryHybridCF.class)
public class TVKLDivDenoising2D<T extends RealType<T>> extends AbstractDenoising<T> {

	@Parameter
	private double lambda;

	@Override
	SolverState<T> getSolverState(RandomAccessibleInterval<T>[] input) {
		return new DefaultSolverState<T>(ops, input, 1);
	}

	@Override
	Regularizer<T> getRegularizer(final double numViews) {
		return new TotalVariation2D<T>(ops, lambda, (1.0 / (4.0 + numViews)));
	}

	@Override
	CostFunction<T> getCostFunction(RandomAccessibleInterval<T>[] input, LinearOperator<T>[] ascentOperator,
			LinearOperator<T>[] descentOperator) {
		return new KLDivergence<T>(ops, input, ascentOperator, descentOperator, (1.0 / (4.0 + input.length)));
	}
}


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Q: Prove or refute that $\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{1}{n^2+A\varphi(n)+B}$ will be irrational for some choice of integers $A,B\geq 1$ We denote the Euler's totient function as $\varphi(n)$ for integers $n\geq 1$,  that is a multiplicative function that counts the number of integers $1\leq k\leq n$  up to the given integer n that satisfy $\gcd(k,n)=1$.
I'm curious about if one can to find fixed integers $a\geq 1$ and $b\geq 1$ such that we can prove or refute that the series $$\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{1}{n^2+a\varphi(n)+b}$$
is a rational number.

Question. Choose some fixed integers $A\geq 1$ and $B\geq 1$. Can you prove that your series $$\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{1}{n^2+A\varphi(n)+B}\tag{1}$$
  is a rational number? Or well can (you refute it) you prove that $(1)$ is irrational? Many thanks.

Because I think that this question is very difficult only is required what work can be done about it, and after that there are some answers I should accept one.

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Agenus to Host R&D Day November 15, 2019
LEXINGTON, Mass., Nov. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Agenus Inc. (NASDAQ: AGEN), an immuno-oncology (I-O) company with a pipeline of immune checkpoint antibodies, adoptive cell therapies1 and cancer vaccines, announced that it will host an R&D Day on November 15, 2019.
Time: 11:00AM – 2:00PM
Live webcast: https://stream.rampard.com/20191115/index.jsp
Location: New York, NY (by invitation only)
Agenus has delivered more I-O discoveries to the clinic in the last three years than any large pharma and is on track to file a BLA in 2020 for accelerated approval of its lead candidates Zalifrelimab (anti-CTLA-4) and Balstilimab (anti-PD-1) while also advancing AGEN1181, a potential best-in-class next generation anti-CTLA-4 antibody, and a pipeline of additional antibodies, cell therapies, and vaccines.
The event will be moderated by Dr. Garo Armen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Dr. Jennifer Buell, Chief Operating Officer, and will include presentations by world experts in I-O, Dr. Steven O'Day, Executive Director of the John Wayne Cancer Institute, and Dr. Manuel Hidalgo, Chief of the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
The event will be webcast live and may be accessed by visiting the "Events & Presentations" page within the Investors section of the Agenus website www.agenusbio.com or by using the link below. A replay of the webcast will be available on the Agenus website following the event.
About Agenus
Agenus is a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company focused on the discovery and development of therapies that engage the body's immune system to fight cancer. The Company's vision is to expand the patient populations benefiting from cancer immunotherapy with combination approaches that leverage a broad repertoire of antibody therapeutics, adoptive cell therapies (through its AgenTus Therapeutics subsidiary) and its proprietary cancer vaccine platforms. Agenus has a suite of antibody discovery platforms and a state-of-the-art GMP manufacturing facility with the capacity to support early phase clinical programs. Agenus is headquartered in Lexington, MA. For more information, please visit www.agenusbio.com and our twitter handle @agenus_bio. Information that may be important to investors will be routinely posted on our website and twitter.
About AgenTus Therapeutics, Inc.
AgenTus Therapeutics, a subsidiary of Agenus, is a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of breakthrough "living drugs" to advance potential cures for cancer patients. AgenTus employs naturally-derived and engineered receptors, specifically T cell receptors (TCRs) and Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CARs), designed to supercharge human immune effector cells to seek and destroy cancer. AgenTus also aims to advance adoptive cell therapy formats which would enable off-the-shelf living drugs. AgenTus has locations in Lexington, MA and Cambridge, UK. For more information, please visit www.agentustherapeutics.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the federal securities laws, including statements regarding Agenus' clinical development and regulatory plans and timelines and its upcoming R&D Day event. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, among others, the factors described under the Risk Factors section of our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Agenus cautions investors not to place considerable reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this release. These statements speak only as of the date of this press release, and Agenus undertakes no obligation to update or revise the statements, other than to the extent required by law. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.
Jennifer Buell, PhD
Jennifer.Buell@agenusbio.com
1Through AgenTus Therapeutics, a subsidiary of Agenus
SOURCE Agenus Inc.