The NBA proposed to the players' union last month a version of the "franchise tag" that it wants to include in the next collective bargaining agreement, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The tag, however, would be very different from the NFL's version, which allows a team to essentially block one of its free agents from entering the market by binding him to his incumbent team with a one-year contract that carries a high salary based on various parameters.
The system the league has presented would not work this way, according to sources. Instead, a team would be allowed to designate one player for preferential contractual treatment, including more overall money, more guaranteed money and at least one extra year on his contract. A player would have to agree to such a designation. It is designed to work as an incentive to get a player to remain with his team rather than as a roadblock to free agency, the sources said.
Take the situation between the Cavaliers and LeBron James one year ago. Under the league's proposal, the Cavaliers would not have been able to unilaterally "tag" James a franchise player and bind him to the team for one more season. The Cavaliers would have been able to offer James various enticements he may not have been able to get from other teams, the sources said.
The NBA's current collective bargaining agreement already gives incumbent teams such advantages when it comes to re-signing their own players. James and Chris Bosh both took less money to sign with the Heat than they could have received from the Cavs and Raptors, respectively. The idea behind the league's new proposal would be to increase the gap between what teams can offer a "designated player" and what non-designated players can get on the open market.
1) Though the CBA expires on June 30, negotiations are really only starting to pick up. SI.com's Sam Amick confirmed a report that commissioner David Stern and union executive director Billy Hunter have been meeting in person recently, and added that the two have future meetings scheduled over the next couple of weeks. That is a good sign, but we're early in the process, and there are still many details to work out on how the "designated player" system would work.
2) The designated player is one small part of a larger proposal and must be considered as such, sources said. It exists within an overall plan that key members of the players' union have said they do not like. It has been widely reported that the league wants to reduce the amount of revenue players receive (currently 57 percent of all basketball-related income); trim player salaries by as much as $800 million per year; cut the length and maximum value of player contracts; and slash the amount of money guaranteed to players in each contract.
Sources also said the league's proposal would ban fully guaranteed contracts. All contracts would have limits on the amount of money a player would be guaranteed to receive, and those guarantees would decline during the life of each contract. In other words, a player making, say, $5 million per season over four years would actually be guaranteed less than $5 million in each of those four seasons — and the amount guaranteed would drop each season. The idea is for teams to be able to get out of undesirable contacts more easily and avoid ugly, Eddy Curry-style buyout talks.
It is within that kind of system in which you have to consider the league's designated player idea. By cutting guaranteed money and contract lengths leaguewide, the overall proposal would make the benefits the designated player would receive more meaningful.
Would that be enough to keep free agents tied to small-market teams? It's too early to say, just as it's too early to say exactly what sort of "franchise tag"-style system, if any, the league will adopt. But this is the starting point, at least on paper, and it's different in one crucial way from the NFL's well-known system.
Owners have to realize that its PLAYERS who fill their seats.
Enough playing scrooge with them.
Would balance the league out some.
I hate what the franchise tag has done to the NFL. I'd hate to see any form of it in the NBA. And I don't care that it gives the chosen player right of first refusal.
sounds good to me. BARGNANI FRANCHISE TAG YEA BOY!
of course many fans from large markets will be opposed to this. But small market fans are in favor of it, including me. May help balance the league out a bit.
it just sounds like the bird rights rules they have now. It doesn't seem any different. Thats why Melo had the extend and trade and Lebron did a sign and trade. It doesn't sound any different.
Wait, so the player has to agree to it? How does this help in the situation of a Lebron or Dwight who clearly would want to leave.
This franchise tag would make it alot more interesting come free agent time. And I do agree with the fact it would balance out the league, and stop from the players conspiring on where to play together when it comes to free agency.
I didn't notice if it said about the players having the right to decline the franchise tag. I do believe the NFL franchise, the player has to sign it. unless I'm wrong. anyone know for sure?
And the way that I'm reading it now how it's proposed, it wouldn't change a damn thing.
Each of the three took less money, so I doubt a soft-tag like the one proposed--one centered around the deterrent effect of a longer contract and more money--would have motivated LeBron or Bosh to remain with their former teams.
Im on board with this. Would love this too happen, not sure if this will happen tho.
Exactly. And can't players just sign extensions and then demand a trade like Melo just did? Just seems like an amendment to bird rights to me.
we're not in Europe anymore Toto.
Not going to happen. No way the union agrees with that. Then they want to cut out the gauranteed contracts? Get real! The owners have to take responsibility and do their jobs with some kind of common sense, nobody is putting a gun to their head and forcing them to sign the Eddy Curry's and Darko's of the world to stupid contracts.
They give all these bums and "questionable" players all this money, realize they screwed up, and want the league to bail them out? What part of the game is that?
Remove the guaranteed contract and you'll expose the NBA to the world of the Whining Athlete Holdout (WAH!!!!!!!!!!!).
With the NFL franchise tag the player doesnt have to agree or sign ****, they are stuck no matter what if they get tagged for the year.
I'm surprised they didn't suggest something similar to the NHL. In the NHL, the players remain with the team that signed with them for 7 years before technically becoming UFAs. After their 3 year entry lvl contract, they are restricted for the next 4.. as in they get an offer and the team could match it in order to acquire him.
This could help prevent the amount of max deals around as some teams might decide over spending the max on a guy who they aren't 100% confident in and don't want to relinquish so many picks for them. IMO right now, the only guys who should be making around max are Kobe, Lebron, Amar'e, Rose (I know he's in Rookie contract), and Dwight. The owners (who are whining because they were dumb enough to set some some bad contracts up), will be able to think twice before offering too much.
This could also prevent attempts at collusion (as some of these GMs whined about, but did nothing to try and prevent their allegations lol), at least if all of their contracts run out at the same time. For example (I say example, I'm not trying to bait or anything :D) suppose Dwight Howard and Chris Paul decide that they want to play together in LA (Assume they just basically cleared cap room all season). As I mentioned before, I believe that Dwight is a Max player, therefore if the Lakers were to sign him, they would have to send 2 consecutive firsts to Orlando. When they attempt to sign Paul, they would run into problems as Paul's contract would require at least one first to go to the Hornets, and they might have problems since they sent 2 consecutive first to the Magic. They could get another team involved in order to get the first needed (E.g. Bynum to Clippers for their First), but if the other GMs suspect that there was collusion between the players/organization, they would likely do anything in their power to block it.


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This is it. Probably the biggest series ever played at the new Yankee Stadium; a four-game series between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees.
Derek Jeter gave us the standard rap about every game being important. But when I asked him whether the Stadium would sound differently tonight, he smiled. "Oh yeah, the fans will tell you this is a big game," he said. "You can feel it." – Peter Abraham
Jeter knows what's up. This is a really, really big series.
The Yankees head into the series with a snug 2.5 game lead after sweeping the two-game series with the Blue Jays last night. The Red Sox just lost both games to the Rays and have lost five of their last 10 games, but still are undefeated against the Yankees this season (8-0).
Head-to-Head:
After this series, the Yankees visit Fenway on Aug. 21 and then the rivalry returns to the Bronx on Sept. 25.
Without further ado, let's get to the pitching matchups.
Date: Red Sox starters Yankees starters
7:05 p.m., Thurs. John Smoltz (2-4, 7.12) J. Chamberlain (7-2, 3.58)
7:05 p.m., Fri. Josh Beckett (13-4, 3.27) A.J. Burnett (10-5, 3.89)
4:10 p.m., Sat. Clay Buchholz (1-1, 6.05) CC Sabathia (11-7, 3.95)
8:05 p.m., Sun. Jon Lester (9-7, 3.79) Andy Pettitte (9-6, 4.35)
The Yankees may have lined up their best four for the series, but the Red Sox are also bringing their best four (Brad Penny = Sergio Mitre). The Yankees have the edge tonight and Saturday, but the Red Sox have the advantage Friday and Sunday. Remember, the Yankees remain in first place if they win just one game.
For tonight, Joba is pitching the best he ever has lately, while Smoltz is yet to throw a quality start for the Sox and has allowed 17 earned runs in his last three starts.
Friday's matchup will be the third meeting this season for Beckett and Burnett. Burnett blew a five-run lead in the first one, and was outpitched in the second.
The Yankees have an extremely favorable matchup on Saturday, as Buchholz is filling in for injured starters Daisuke Matsuzaka and Tim Wakefield. Sabathia hasn't been great recently and is 2-5 with a 4.07 ERA in his career against the Red Sox.
The ESPN game should be a great one. Both lefties are pitching great, and in the heat of the rivalry, intensity will be at the max.
My Outlook:
The Yankees have a lot of pressure on them to win a game in the season series, and now that they are playing well and are at home, a series split will only be satisfactory for Yankees fans.
Since their last meeting, the Red Sox are 26-20 while the Yankees are 31-16. Alex Rodriguez was still figuring things out in the last series and is now starting to collect some hits. David Ortiz should prepare to hear the loudest jeering of his life, as this series is seen as payback time for all the booing A-Rod received for his PED use.
"They'll probably give it to him (Ortiz) pretty good." – Michael Kay
Which Big Papi will we see? He's been a huge factor in the rivalry, but perhaps the new Yankee-killer is Jason Bay. Bay is expected to miss the first two games of the series. His bat will be missed, as he is batting .448 against the Yanks this season.
Also, check out a position breakdown of the two teams from the NY Daily News.
I'm extremely excited for the series (it always helps when I get to watch the Yankees every night (even if it is NESN)).
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Saying yes comes easy and natural, but saying no is a whole different story. Why do most of us have difficulty mastering the art of saying no?
There's this art that many people don't think about – the art of saying no. It took me a while to discover it and even more to start practising it. Now I'm in a place where I appreciate all the benefits of saying no to certain things and people. It's still a work in progress, but I now know and understand the importance of being able to say no and to not feel guilty about it.
I feel that women have bigger issues with this subject. We are raised to be caretakers and we often end up being people-pleasers. We end up saying yes to things that we don't want to do or don't have the time to do. That's why practising the art of saying no is very important, as it will change your view on life and yourself. You will learn to respect yourself and your time and to plan your life in a way that works best for you. You will also discover that people won't hate you if you say that you're too busy to help them with their project, or that you can't make it to that event as you already have your weekend planned. And even if they do end up hating you a bit, who cares? A mature person will understand and respect your decisions.
* Great TEDx Talk to help us learn to say no and not feel guilty about it.
Learning how to say no doesn't come guilt-free. Still, getting rid of the sense of guilt is also an important issue to work on and it will get better with practice. Just understand that there's nothing wrong with having your priorities straight. By kindly saying no to certain things you don't disrespect others, but you respect yourself. And ultimately, you're the first person you need to respect. If you don't respect you, how can you expect the others do it?


Tides on Earth have a far-reaching influence, including disturbing satellites' measurements by affecting their motion. This disturbance can be studied using a model for the gravitational potential of the Earth, taking into account the fact that Earth's shape is not spherical.The LAser RElativity Satellite (LARES), is the best ever relevant test particle to move in the Earth's gravitational field. In a new study published in EPJ Plus, LARES proves its efficiency for high-precision probing of General Relativity and fundamental physics. By studying the Earth's tidal perturbations acting on the LARES, Vahe Gurzadyan from the Center for Cosmology and Astrophysics at Yerevan State University, Armenia, and colleagues demonstrate the value of laser-range satellites for high-precision measurements. Specifically, laser-ranged satellites bring increased accuracy in the study and testing of what is referred to in physics as frame dragging. In this study, the authors collect the observations of Earth's tidal perturbations acting on LARES and compare them with two similar laser-ranged satellites: LAGEOS and LAGEOS 2. The team analysed 3.5 years of LARES laser-ranging data, together with that of the two LAGEOS satellites.
To extract frame-dragging from the laser-ranging data for high accuracy, the authors model the main gravitational and non-gravitational orbital perturbations. To do so, the team documented 110 significant Earth tide modes for the LARES satellite using the perturbative methods of celestial mechanics and recent data on the satellite's orbit.
Frame-dragging is one of the intriguing phenomena of Einstein's theory of General Relativity. It is an effect on space, and is elastic--in other words, it will revert back to its original shape and energy state after force is exerted on it-whereby particles exchange energy with it. This has implications for astrophysics.


The winners for the Brown Bag Quilt Challenge were announced on May 1. And somehow, the judges awarded my quilt "Best Design". Wow. Never having won anything in my life, I'm feeling lucky. Time to buy that winning lottery ticket.
A truly big thank you to RaeAnn and JoyLyn for organizing and coordinating this challenge. The logistics weren't easy to pull off, I'm sure.
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It is said that "First impression is the last impression" and each one of us is intent on creating a good one. But there are a few things that we end up doing that can cause people to dislike us. Here is a list of such things. These might help you understand what not to do and how to create a good impression.
#1 Bragging about oneself and masking it under the veil of self-criticism is a big turn-off.
#2 It will be really difficult for people to like you, if you don't have a smile on your face.
#3 To be nice to people without crossing the limit is no piece of cake; if you are too nice, you'll be considered suspicious.
#4 Being social is good, but the world doesn't want to know about every single thing you do. Updating your status too often or tweeting too much is a big no-no.
#5 Asking someone too many questions without actually opening up about yourself is not a good idea.
#6 Sharing so many pictures on social media might not really make people like you, instead they'll get annoyed.
#7 Being shy is common but people like those with confidence; and you got to hide the timid nature underneath if you don't want people disliking you.
#8 Be real. Let your true emotions reach people. Faking and hiding might not really serve well.
#9 Your social media profile plays a vital role in creating impressions. Having too many or too few Facebook friends can make people shun you.
#10 Getting really personal right away might scare people away. Don't get into their personal space.
#11 If you are too uptight and do not have a good sense of humor, people will prefer to maintain their safe distance from you.


[eng] Virtual screening (VS) is applied in the early drug discovery phases for the quick inspection of huge molecular databases to identify those compounds that most likely bind to a given drug target. In this context, there is the necessity of the use of compact molecular models for database screening and precise target prediction in reasonable times. In this work we present a new compact energy-based model that is tested for its application to Virtual Screening and target prediction. The model can be used to quickly identify active compounds in huge databases based on the estimation of the molecule's pairing energies. The greatest molecular polar regions along with its geometrical distribution are considered by using a short set of smart energy vectors. The model is tested using similarity searches within the Directory of Useful Decoys (DUD) database. The results obtained are considerably better than previously published models. As a Target prediction methodology we propose the use of a Bayesian Classifier that uses a combination of different active compounds to build an energy-dependent probability distribution function for each target.


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Víctor Tevah Tellias (Esmirna, Grecia,  - Santiago, Chile, ), fue un director de orquesta y violinista chileno, de ascendencia greco-judía, galardonado con el Premio Nacional de Arte de Chile mención música en 1980.

Tevah fue el director de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile entre 1947 y 1957, 1962 y 1966, y 1976 y 1986. Estrenó 88 obras de compositores chilenos, lo que constituye el cuerpo principal de la producción sinfónica nacional del siglo XX.

Además, entre 1961 y 1962, fue director titular de la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Argentina, con la que grabó varios discos, y entre 1966 y 1974, director de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico.

Biografía

Formación como violinista
Nació durante un viaje de su madre a su tierra natal, Grecia. Llegó a Chile en septiembre de 1912 y fue inscrito en Valparaíso como ciudadano chileno. Posteriormente, para evitar cualquier problema legal, solicitó y obtuvo carta de ciudadanía en 1943. En 1920 se trasladó con su familia a Santiago, donde realizó estudios musicales en el Conservatorio Nacional entre 1921 y 1930, de violín con Guillermo Navarro y Werner Fischer, y de conjunto instrumental con Enrique Soro. Las altas calificaciones de su examen de grado y la obtención del Premio Orrego-Carvallo en 1930 le abrieron las puertas de su carrera como solista. Entre 1931 y 1932 realizó estudios de perfeccionamiento de violín en la Hochschüle für Musik de Berlín.

A su regreso a Chile, fue profesor de Violín y de Conjunto instrumental en el Conservatorio Nacional entre 1932 y 1938, y primer violín (o concertino) de la Orquesta de la Asociación Nacional de Conciertos Sinfónicos. Con ella estrenó en Chile obras capitales de la literatura violinística, ejecutadas bajo la dirección del maestro Armando Carvajal, una de las figuras claves de la historia musical chilena del siglo XX, quien estrenó en el país muchas obras de compositores chilenos, latinoamericanos y europeos, lo que en cierta medida trazó el sendero de la ulterior carrera de Víctor Tevah como director de orquesta.

Carrera como director de orquesta
En 1941 ingresó como concertino a la recién creada Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile, pero ya en este período su carrera comenzó a definirse, de forma autodidacta, a favor de la dirección orquestal. En 1941, Tevah dirigió sus primeros conciertos frente a la misma Orquesta. En 1944 fue nombrado director ayudante y en 1947 alcanzó el grado de Director Titular, puesto que ocupó por diez años y que, luego de una breve ausencia, volvió a ejercer entre 1962 y 1966 y entre 1976 y 1986.

Fue invitado a dirigir por toda América Latina y, entre 1961 y 1962, fue director Titular de la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Argentina, conjunto con el que realizó una importante serie de discos con obras de compositores argentinos. Desde 1966 hasta 1974 se desempeñó en varios cargos, particularmente en Puerto Rico, donde fue director de la Orquesta del Festival Pablo Casals, Director de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico y Decano y profesor del Conservatorio de Puerto Rico, institución en la que desarrolló una intensa labor docente.

Sus actuaciones en el extranjero fueron siempre destacadas por la crítica. En dos ocasiones la revista musical argentina Polifonía le otorgó un galardón por ser el intérprete americano (no argentino) que más destacada actuación ha tenido en Buenos Aires, primero por su labor durante la temporada de 1953 frente a la Orquesta Sinfónica Municipal, en el Teatro Colón, y posteriormente por sus conciertos con la orquesta de la Asociación Amigos de la Música, durante la temporada de 1955. De su larga y fructífera asociación con Pablo Casals se puede destacar la presentación del oratorio "El Pesebre" en la Ciudad de México en enero de 1961, inmediatamente después del estreno mundial en Acapulco, bajo la dirección de Casals. Regresó a Chile en 1974, para retomar dos años más tarde su cargo de director titular de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile.

Estreno de obras
Entre 1941 y 1980 estrenó en Chile 192 obras: 104 de compositores europeos y latinoamericanos y 88 de compositores chilenos. Sus estrenos de obras chilenas cubren una parte importante de la producción sinfónica nacional, escrita en una muy amplia variedad de lenguajes y estilos.

Entre los autores de esas obras se puede mencionar a Remigio Acevedo, Andrés Alcalde, Leni Alexander, René Amengual, Gustavo Becerra, Próspero Bisquertt, Gabriel Brncic, Salvador Candiani, Acario Cotapos, Roberto Falabella, Fré Focke, Fernando García, Celso Garrido Lecca, Luis Esteban Giarda, Alejandro Guarello, Federico Heinlein, Hans Helfritz, Ángel Hurtado, Carlos Isamitt, Tomás Lefever, Juan Lémann, Alfonso Letelier, Eduardo Maturana, Alfonso Montecinos, Juan Orrego Salas, Roberto Puelma, José Quintano, Abelardo Quinteros, Carlos Riesco, Domingo Santa Cruz, Claudio Spies, Emeric Stefaniai, Jorge Urrutia Blondel y Darwin Vargas. Cabe agregar numerosas grabaciones en disco de obras de compositores chilenos, entre los qué se encuentran Pedro Humberto Allende, Becerra, Bisquertt, Cotapos, Garrido Lecca, Alfonso Leng, Letelier, Orrego Salas, Santa Cruz, León Schidlowsky, Enrique Soro y Urrutia Blondel.

Igualmente significativa resulta su participación en el Ballet Nacional Chileno. Dirigió en 1951 la música para el estreno de "El umbral del sueño", el primer ballet creado exclusivamente por chilenos, con música de Juan Orrego Salas, coreografía de Malucha Solari y escenografía de Fernando Debesa. También participó en el estreno y la difusión de muchos otros ballets que jalonan la época de oro de la danza en Chile.

Esta ingente labor corresponde al corpus principal de la producción sinfónica nacional del siglo XX, lo cual explica la importancia de este director cuya nutrida trayectoria le valió el Premio Nacional de Arte de Chile, mención música en 1980, otorgado por «su extraordinaria calidad como director de orquesta y su trascendencia tanto en Chile como en el extranjero». Fue el primer artista músico que obtuvo el Premio sin ser compositor.

Orquestación del Himno Nacional
En 1957 presentó su orquestación del Himno Nacional de Chile, dedicada al Instituto de Extensión Musical de la Universidad de Chile, como recuerdo a su salida del puesto de director de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile ese mismo año. En 1980, el gobierno de Chile le encargó la orquestación oficial del Himno Nacional.

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Referencias

Directores de orquesta de Chile
Violinistas de Chile
Judíos de Chile
Premios nacionales de arte de Chile
Chilenos nacidos en el exterior
Nacidos en Esmirna

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Thotsakan, (from Ramakien) – King of the Demons of Lanka and strongest of Phra Ram's adversaries. Thotsakan has ten faces and twenty arms, and possesses a myriad of weapons.
Thotsakun are son of the lord Lastian and lord Ratchada King of Krunglongka the city of giant, once upon the time Thotsakun is Nonthok reincarnated, about the Nonthok has to wash the feet of angel and all the angel like to rubbed on his head and bothering him that made Nonthok very angry after that Nonthok go find the Shiva and beg for a good weapons for him and Shiva was gave him a Diamond finger after that Nonthok killed every angel that rubbed his head, Shiva knew about Nonthok was killed all the angel, Shiva was very sad that he gave the diamond finger to Nonthok and want to stop him and Shiva go asking for Vishnu for help, Vishnu was transform himself to be a girl and offer if you can dance same as me I will follow you everything, Vishnu asking Nonthok for dancing with and Nonthok was dancing also until a Diamond finger was pointing to himself. After that Nonthok die and resurrection to be Tossakun, Tossakun has 10 hands 10 faces.


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Suspension Letter for Fuel Stealing
June 12, 2020 June 12, 2020 Naid
Letter -1
We hope that everyone is in good health. This letter is supposed to be circular for the suspension of our two employees. It has come to our attention that these two employees Mr. (name of the person) and Mr. (name of the person) were stealing the fuel from the site.
The company (name of the company) has opened an investigation against them. The company (name of the company) would like to make this clear that both the employees would be subjected to a fair trial and would be allowed to provide proof and justifications for their actions. The investigation team would investigate all the details of the accounts and the justifications provided by both the employees and asses if the allegations made are true or false.
It is hereby directed to both Mr. (name of the person) and Mr. (name of the person) that they are suspended from performing their duties. The decision about their rejoining the company (name of the company) would be taken after looking at the report of the investigation. The investigation committee has been instructed to complete their investigation within 2 weeks and submit the report on the 3rd week of this month.
Moreover, the company (name of the company) has made another decision regarding this matter. The person's name who reported these allegations would be kept a secret till the final decision.
It is advised to all the employees to come forward and tell the investigation committee if they know anything regarding this matter. Like the first person who made the initial allegations, anyone else who comes up with any information regarding this situation should feel safe as his name too would be kept a secret.
The purpose of this exercise is to develop a firm trust between the company (name of the company) and all the employees. Any sort of dishonesty would not be tolerated. Therefore, by taking this action the company (name of the company) intends to develop an example for the future so that no one tries to be fraudulent with the company. we would highly appreciate your cooperation.
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It has come to our attention that Mr. (name of the person) along with his colleague Mr. (name of the person) was involved in the stealing of fuel on-site. There is speculation that some other people have also participated in this act of stealing. The company has their names as well but the company (name of the company) has for now decided to give them the benefit of the doubt and keep their names a secret till we find solid proof against them.
An investigation team comprised of some senior employees of the accounting department and the shipping department has been created. This team will look at the account details submitted by the people whose actions are in question. The CEO of the company has strictly asked the investigation team to complete their investigation within the deadline given. The investigation report would be shared with every employee so that there is no ambiguity left that all the employee-facing this investigation were given a fair chance to prove their innocence.
As for Mr. (name of the employee) and Mr. (name of the employee) the company, after looking at the current proofs and the severity of the allegations made against them, has reached a decision to suspend them for the duration of the investigation. After the investigation is complete the company would decide to depend upon the findings of the investigation report if both the employees would be allowed to work and fired from their positions.
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Wolcen: Lords Of Mayhem
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem review
As buggy as it is bloody.
By Fraser Brown
(Image: © Wolcen Studio)
A mountain of issues gets in the way of the gratuitous monster murder and engaging customisation.
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What is it? An ARPG with more than a hint of Diablo and Path of Exile
Expect to pay £31/$40
Developer Wolcen Studio
Publisher In-house
Reviewed on GTX 1080Ti, Intel i7-8086K, 16GB RAM
Multiplayer Yes
Link Official site (opens in new tab)
An unhealthy number of hours spent carving my way through ARPGs like Diablo and Path of Exile ensured that Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem felt like putting on a familiar, bloodstained gauntlet. It's another misadventure set on a miserable world full of unrelenting hordes of monsters, all seconds away from popping like balloons filled with blood and gold. Unfortunately, the bugs and balance problems are just as numerous, and they've proved to be a greater challenge to overcome.
In a genre that keeps trying to do Diablo 2 again, Wolcen's reliance on its predecessors is hardly egregious. There are gem slots, cursed chests, an intimidating passive skill tree—some ancillary, others crucial—but rather than feeling like a hodgepodge of earlier ARPGs, it's unified by the game's true objective: building your perfect dungeon-delving hero.
Wolcen takes this fantasy and runs with it, much further than Path of Exile or Diablo. Notably, there are no fixed classes locking you into a choice early on. You make your own out of your gear, active skills and passive skills, drawing from lots of different archetypes to create something just for yourself, or borrowed from one of the many theorycrafers busily crunching numbers and experimenting with builds.
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I've lost sleep thinking about the labyrinthine passive skill tree, the Gate of Fates. Like Path of Exile's, it's an elaborate network of skill nodes, some of which might give you a boost to your toughness or ferocity, increasing your damage and ability to take a beating, while others might be more exotic, like turning a percentage of your damage into fire damage. Within a few levels, you can fundamentally change how your character works. It's also split into three rings, each of which can be rotated individually to open up new paths on the road to your perfect build. It's all very tactile and mechanical, like you're working with a mystical machine in an alchemist's lab.
You have to wait to level up before you can dabble in the Gate of Fates, but with active skills you'll be batting them away as they're flung at your head. Skills can be bought or looted, and the only prerequisite to use them is that you need an appropriate weapon. Spells need a stave or a catalyst, melee skills require melee weapons, ranged skills require ranged weapons—but thanks to duel-wielding, you can double up, making a magical warrior or a swashbuckler with a pistol for backup. Skills also level up, letting you spend points on build-defining augmentations that completely change how they work.
I wouldn't get too attached to any of them, though. Despite being out of Early Access, Wolcen still feels very much in-development. There's a long list of skills and passives that don't work as intended, don't work at all, are ludicrously overpowered or broken in some other way. Wolcen Studio has started fixing them, but judging by the last patch notes there's still a long way to go, and inevitably some popular builds are going to end up defanged. This is a game driven by numbers, and right now those numbers are all over the place. It's hard to get invested in a character when they might be completely changed next week, and when so much of the game is wrapped up in experimentation and theorycrafting, it's a serious blow.
Itemisation, the final ingredient in your custom hero, is also the victim of some wonky numbers. Wolcen's gear comes with no restrictions, you can mix and match different gloves and spaulders, and you'll constantly be drowning in allegedly 'rare' weapons and armour—most of it won't be any use to you at all. Like the early days of Diablo 3, the RNG is an utter bastard. The magical bonuses that randomly get applied to gear often don't make much sense, and Wolcen certainly doesn't take into account your skills or build when dumping more loot in front of you. It's just a grab bag of largely useless junk waiting to be begrudgingly sold, along with the occasional underwhelming 'unique' weapon.
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Each new weapon or piece of armour that you pick up unlocks that skin in your cosmetic menu, letting you set a custom appearance for a small fee, as well as a colour change if you've unlocked some dyes. If you feel like a more meaningful transformation, it's also surprisingly easy to just wipe the slate clean. Drop some cash and some magical currency and you'll be able to reset your stats and passives, and you can swap out your active skills whenever you fancy. You can quit your job as a time mage and start sauntering around dungeons as a slick gunslinger within a few minutes.
While I've ended the game with a melee-focused brute, I had the most fun hopping between magic and stabbing stuff. Wolcen has this great tug of war going on between willpower and rage—the resources that fuel your magical and physical attacks respectively. Your willpower generates passively, while your rage builds up as you deal and receive damage; and as one goes up, the other goes down. So I'd open with a flashy magical assault, maybe taking a bit of damage in the process, then I'd wade in with my sword, all pumped up, and start popping off my melee abilities, turning myself into a whirlwind of destruction until my willpower recharged.
There's a third resource, stamina, which allows you to use your active dodge. Hit the space bar and you'll roll out of danger, or maybe into it. Tumbling around like an acrobat to avoid yet another explosion, charge attack or frost ray does have a way of breaking up the flow of battle, unfortunately, and the boss fights in particular seem to be allergic to letting you get a few hits in before it's back to running away. Most fights involve you slaughtering packs of gormless enemies.
Throughout both the campaign and end game, the vast majority of enemies barely take a single hit before exploding. Jumping into a pack of regular monsters guns blazing is like detonating a nuke in a petting zoo—it's carnage. It's like being the Grim Reaper; you just walk into a room and everyone dies. It could do with being a touch more challenging, especially to balance out the much, much tougher boss battles, but it's still immensely satisfying to wipe out an army in a minute.
The monster massacres are great, but whenever it feels like I'm getting into a rhythm exterminating Wolcen's rather plain menagerie, something interrupts me—as inevitable as a chest only spitting out items I don't need. At first it was terrible input lag and the inconsistent frame rate, and while performance has improved a little bit thanks to the last update, the bugs have continued unabated. Sometimes they're easy to fix, like when I have to attack something to stop my character from moonwalking, but other times the only solution is quitting the game and losing progress.
Dungeon entrances not working, my inventory freezing, my character vanishing—this review could too easily become a litany of bugs, but thankfully there are already countless posts, as well as our own breakdown (opens in new tab), that show the extent of Wolcen's problems. There's also a general lack of responsiveness that makes clicking on items, quaffing potions and dodging spotty, frequently leaving me yelling at my perfectly innocent monitor.
With more patches, Wolcen might be able to come back from its rough launch, but I'm not sure what can be done about its missing personality. The maps, which take us to all the old haunts, like a desert, a forest and some ruins, are all rendered in a style that, I guess, resembles Diablo, but in a sort of neutral, forgettable way. It's the same with the story, which is all about demons and corruption and some factions fighting each other—it's generic fantasy without a spark of its own identity. Everyone in Wolcen is completely bereft of charisma, and with every conversation more of the colour is drained from the world.
Confession: I checked out of the story pretty quickly. I still sat there and let Wolcen tell me its dreary tale, but I'm convinced it's too dull to retain. By the final boss of the campaign, I had no idea what was going on or who the Big Bad was. Early on I tangoed with a demon and got the power to transform into a massive boss-killer with a special set of attacks, and that's about the only story beat that matters.
I perked up when I hit the end game. The reward for finishing the campaign is a new mode where you're put in charge of a city in need of rebuilding. A management game inside an ARPG? What pervert has been looking at my dreams? Sadly, my excitement was perhaps a little premature. The Champion of Stormfall mode is still a neat twist on Diablo 3's rift-focused end game, but it's more like a different take on character progression than a slice of city management.
Reconstructing Stormfall confers a slew of benefits that run the gamut from an additional skill slot to new crafting features, but each building and reform takes time and resources. They all have a specific amount of production that needs to be reached before they're completed, and production is only generated when you're out slaying monsters in random maps. You can pop off on a one-map mission, or you can risk going on an expedition, taking on up to three maps for greater rewards. In both cases, death leaves you nothing but what you crammed into your inventory.
It's a slow grind. You can add modifiers that make expeditions trickier, netting you even more rewards, and you can build things that raise your base production, but it's a lot of work to move an inch. Levelling up takes a lot longer, and the problem with itemisation remains, so there are less opportunities to grow your character. Progression is also more of a slog because you can only unlock higher level expeditions by getting to the end of the trio of maps—if you die, disconnect or get stuck, you'll lose your progress. In my case, every failed expedition also makes my character invisible, except for his weapon, and unable to move. I've decided to disappoint Stormfall's citizens and put the reconstruction efforts on hold. It turns out that killing monsters is not the most efficient way to build a city.
Wolcen's free-form character progression and enthusiasm for experimentation could be great additions to the genre, but most of the good is undone by the sense that, as we're slicing through throngs of enemies, we're really just beta testers. And where it's not buggy and in need or rebalancing, it's incredibly beige. Also, and I really can't stress this enough, Wolcen is a really terrible name. There's no way to say it without it sounding like 'Wilson,' which might be the worst possible name for an APRG.
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The 6.6-mile Exposition Light Rail Transit Phase 2 project extends the Expo light rail line from Culver City to Santa Monica, just four blocks from the Pacific Ocean. The scope of work included 14 miles of track as well as five at-grade stations and two aerial stations. Additionally, the project included one mile of elevated transitway and added a new bicycle path adjacent to the rail line. The project was delivered on schedule and budget in May 2016.
The project team capitalized on the design-build delivery method to offer the best value to all stakeholders while also providing budget and schedule certainty. Skanska co-located with the designer to provide formal and over-the-shoulder constructability reviews, develop alternative innovative concepts and reduce costs and risk. Skanska's team also worked closely with the designer and the owner to implement value-engineering options, analyze project risk, and draft project plans including project management, safety, quality, and subcontract planning.
Intentionally cultivated partnering relationships among Skanska, the designers, and project owner Exposition Construction Authority helped successfully achieve the project's goals and earned Expo Phase 2 the International Partnering Project's prestigious Partnered Project of the Year award. The project also merited two safety awards and the Innovative Transportation Solutions award from Women in Transportation's LA chapter.
The Expo Line corridor is rich with small businesses and opportunities for outreach, and Skanska's team distributed nearly 300,000 construction notices in addition to hosting regular community meetings and maintaining an active social media presence. Skanska was the first contractor to successfully work under Los Angeles Metro's Construction Career's Policy (CCP) and Project Labor Agreement (PLA). Skanska efficiently delivered craft personnel in compliance with the CCP and the PLA, dispatching over 300 workers through the CCP alone. Skanska also collaborated with more than 30 organizations to help build careers in Los Angeles County, and the Expo Phase 2 team included 302 small business enterprises (SBEs), 71 percent of them being disadvantage business enterprises (DBEs).
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Chalimidi is a sweet dish popular in Andhra Pradesh. Made using rice flour and jaggery, it is made during festival and special occasion times.
Image is only for illustration purposes and may not be of the actual recipe.
Wash and soak the rice for 8 hours.
Drain the excess water and spread the rice on a white cloth.
Do not dry it completely, the rice should be little wet.
Using a mixer, blend the rice into smooth powder.
Sieve them and set aside.
Add ghee, grated coconut and cashew nuts.
Take them and keep it aside.
To the same pan, add the jaggery and 2 tblsp of water and dissolve them.
When the jaggery turns to a syrup consistency, Add the cardamom powder.
Mix the rice flour and keep stirring it.
When the mixture turns thick, add the fried ingredients and mix them.
Remove from fire and let it cool for 5 minutes.
Make small balls or any desired shape and serve them.
This can be stored for a week in an air tight container.
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Newly released documents relating to Telegram's 2018 ICO have revealed some big-name backers, including Russian oil tycoon Roman Abramovich and former Minister of Open Government Affairs Mikhail Abyzov.
The publication of the documents highlighting some of the big-money backers in Telegram's planned blockchain, Telegram Open Network (TON), is just the latest development in the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) case against the firm, which claims the messaging app violated securities laws by failing to register its 2018 token sale. The names and the amount that they invested were listed in an expert report by Stephen McKeon, a University of Oregon professor who was hired by Telegram to write an analysis on the blockchain project.
Russian oil billionaire Roman Abramovich, who is best known as the owner of Premier League outfit Chelsea FC, invested US$10 million in Telegram during the second round of fundraising. He made the investment via a British Virgin Islands-based fund called Norma Investments Limited.
Another British Virgin Islands-based fund, Batios Holdings Limited, of which Mikhail Abyzov is a director, also invested in the Telegram ICO. Abyzov is currently incarcerated after Russian law enforcement brought an embezzlement case against him in 2018 after his position at Batios was uncovered, thus ending his political career. Jan Marsalek, Chief Operating Officer at German payments firm Wirecard, also invested US$7 million in the second round of the TON token sale.
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package org.caleydo.core.view.opengl.util.spline;

import gleem.linalg.Vec3f;

import java.util.List;

import javax.media.opengl.GL;
import javax.media.opengl.GL2;

import org.caleydo.core.util.color.Color;
import org.caleydo.core.view.opengl.layout2.GLGraphics;
import org.caleydo.core.view.opengl.util.gleem.ColoredVec3f;

import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
import com.google.common.collect.Lists;

/**
 * a simple band
 *
 * @author Samuel Gratzl
 *
 */
public class Band implements ITesselatedPolygon {
	private final List<Vec3f> curveTop;
	private final List<Vec3f> curveBottom;
	/**
	 * flag indicating, whether only the band borders or the whole contour should be drawn upon
	 * {@link #draw(GLGraphics)}
	 */
	private boolean drawBandBordersOnly = true;
	/**
	 * flag indicating, whether the band borders should be drawn upon {@link #fill(GLGraphics, TesselationRenderer)} or
	 * not
	 */
	private boolean drawBandBordersOnFill = true;

	/**
	 * flag, whether the current {@link GLGraphics} z value should be considered or not
	 */
	private boolean moveByCurrentZ = true;

	public Band(List<Vec3f> curveTop, List<Vec3f> curveBottom) {
		this.curveTop = curveTop;
		// create a reversed ordered version for simpler handling
		this.curveBottom = Lists.reverse(curveBottom);
	}

	/**
	 * @return the curveTop, see {@link #curveTop}
	 */
	public List<Vec3f> getCurveTop() {
		return curveTop;
	}

	/**
	 * @return the curveBottom, see {@link #curveBottom}
	 */
	public List<Vec3f> getCurveBottom() {
		return Lists.reverse(curveBottom); // undo reverse again
	}

	/**
	 * @return the moveByCurrentZ, see {@link #moveByCurrentZ}
	 */
	public boolean isMoveByCurrentZ() {
		return moveByCurrentZ;
	}

	/**
	 * @param moveByCurrentZ
	 *            setter, see {@link moveByCurrentZ}
	 */
	public Band setMoveByCurrentZ(boolean moveByCurrentZ) {
		this.moveByCurrentZ = moveByCurrentZ;
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * @return the drawBandBordersOnly, see {@link #drawBandBordersOnly}
	 */
	public boolean isDrawBandBordersOnly() {
		return drawBandBordersOnly;
	}

	/**
	 * @param drawBandBordersOnly
	 *            setter, see {@link drawBandBordersOnly}
	 */
	public Band setDrawBandBordersOnly(boolean drawBandBordersOnly) {
		this.drawBandBordersOnly = drawBandBordersOnly;
		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * @return the drawBandBordersOnFill, see {@link #drawBandBordersOnFill}
	 */
	public boolean isDrawBandBordersOnFill() {
		return drawBandBordersOnFill;
	}

	/**
	 * @param drawBandBordersOnFill
	 *            setter, see {@link drawBandBordersOnFill}
	 */
	public Band setDrawBandBordersOnFill(boolean drawBandBordersOnFill) {
		this.drawBandBordersOnFill = drawBandBordersOnFill;
		return this;
	}

	@Override
	public void draw(GLGraphics g) {
		GL2 gl = g.gl;
		if (moveByCurrentZ)
			gl.glTranslatef(0, 0, g.z());
		if (drawBandBordersOnly) {
			drawBorders(gl);
		} else {
			drawContour(gl);
		}
		if (moveByCurrentZ)
			gl.glTranslatef(0, 0, -g.z());
	}

	protected void drawContour(GL2 gl) {
		gl.glBegin(GL.GL_LINE_LOOP);
		for (Vec3f v : curveTop) {
			setOptionalColor(gl, v);
			gl.glVertex3f(v.x(), v.y(), v.z());
		}
		for (Vec3f v : curveBottom) {
			setOptionalColor(gl, v);
			gl.glVertex3f(v.x(), v.y(), v.z());
		}
		gl.glEnd();
	}

	/**
	 * @param v
	 */
	private void setOptionalColor(GL2 gl, Vec3f v) {
		if (v instanceof ColoredVec3f) {
			Color c = ((ColoredVec3f) v).getColor();
			gl.glColor4f(c.r, c.g, c.b, c.a);
		}
	}

	protected void drawBorders(GL2 gl) {
		gl.glBegin(GL.GL_LINE_STRIP);
		for (Vec3f v : curveTop) {
			setOptionalColor(gl, v);
			gl.glVertex3f(v.x(), v.y(), v.z());
		}
		gl.glEnd();
		gl.glBegin(GL.GL_LINE_STRIP);
		for (Vec3f v : curveBottom) {
			setOptionalColor(gl, v);
			gl.glVertex3f(v.x(), v.y(), v.z());
		}
		gl.glEnd();
	}

	@Override
	public void fill(GLGraphics g, TesselationRenderer renderer) {
		if (drawBandBordersOnFill) {
			draw(g);
		}

		if (moveByCurrentZ)
			g.gl.glTranslatef(0, 0, g.z());

		renderer.render3(g, Iterables.concat(curveTop, curveBottom));

		if (moveByCurrentZ)
			g.gl.glTranslatef(0, 0, -g.z());
	}

	@Override
	public int size() {
		return curveTop.size() + curveBottom.size();
	}

}

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