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Master Yi Build Guide by DEWO
Master Yi, Cutting with Wuju Style. __(NOT A SPAM BUILD)__By DEWO | Updated on December 21, 2011
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Ability Order
Double Strike
Master Yi Passive Ability
Chapter 1
Welcome to my Master Yi by Belenzor guide.
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Char description.
Master Yi is a fast char that can diliver great amount of damage in short period of time. He is one of the greatest (if not the best) carry/pusher/farmer ingame.
Apart of great dps, huge criticals, great atack speed he has a superb chasing mechanism as well as it can be used as superb escape mechanism.
Pros and Cons
+Great damage
+Great atack speed
+Superb chaser
+Great escape mechanism
+Superb pusher/carry/farmer
+Easy to play
+Good harraser
-Squishy early game
-Vurneable to disables
-Easy to harras (Melee)
-Low HP pool
-After using Ulti on a gank that is not working out, he has no way of fleeing from battle.
Double Strike - Master Yi strikes twice every 7th attack.
Passive that every 7th can take out great amount of oponent HP pool without any problem. Scales with your accual damage (also with enhanced by Wuju Style skill).
Timing it will be a nice thing now. Remember that when counter hits 6, this means your next atack will deal 2x damage. It means you can Alphastrike and double damage oponent. Good for harrasment.
Extremaly usefull in early game when every % of hp matters, as well as in late game when you diliver 1k crits (double 1k crit? shiny?).
Alpha Strike - Master Yi leaps across the battlefield with blinding speed, dealing magic damage to multiple units in his path with a chance to deal bonus magic damage to minions.
Master Yi leaps across the battlefield striking up to 4 enemies, dealing 100/150/200/250/300 (+1 per ability power) magic damage to each enemy with a 20/30/40/50/60% chance to deal 400 bonus magic damage to minions.
Cooldown - 18/16/14/12/10 seconds
Cost - 80/90/100/110/120 Mana
Range - 600
In my playstyle, this is my initiate skill, as well as escape mechanism (but this is very mob dependant escape mechanism)
Basicly you "rush" through 4 targets (mobs) and land a final blow on the targeted champion/mob spawning near him. You cant hit same person multiple times. You cant jump back to char that was already "touched", so catching 2 heroes alone wont mean you hit both of em 2 times, the spell will break after 2 jumps. This skill ignores your melee damage, damage is magical and gets lowered by magic resistance.
Meditate - Master Yi rejuvinates his body by focus of mind, restoring health and increasing his armor and magic resistance for a short time.
Master Yi channels, restoring 140/280/420/560/700 (+1.65 per ability power) health over 5 seconds. While channeling, Master Yi gains 100/150/200/250/300 armor and magic resistance.
Cooldown - 35 seconds
Cost - 70/85/100/115/130 Mana
Range - Self
Very underestimated skill. In late game it can be whole diference between going back to base or stay in lane and push another tower.
It might be good idea to take a single point in in in early game if you are getting too much harras damage.
Not much usefull in late game since you will regain more hp and faster and more efficient by just farming mobs with lifesteal.
Wuju Style - Master Yi becomes skilled in the art of Wuju, passively increasing the power of his physical attacks. Activating Wuju Style doubles the passive bonus damage for a short time, but the passive bonus is temporarily removed after the effect wears off.
Passive: Increases physical damage by 15/20/25/30/35.
Active: Master Yi can activate this ability to double its effectiveness for 10 seconds, but this removes the passive bonus until Wuju Style becomes available again.
Cooldown - 25 seconds
Cost - 40 Mana
Range - Self
Your primary skill. Passivly increases your swing melee damage. On Use you get up to +70 damage. Cannot be boosted by anything. Great skill early game. Scales with Double Strike.
Highlander - Master Yi moves with unparalleled agility, temporarily increasing Master Yi's movement and attack speeds as well as making him immune to all slowing effects. Additionally, killing a Champion refreshes all of Master Yi's cooldowns.
Increases Master Yi's movement speed by 40% and Attack Speed by 40/60/80%, and he becomes immune to all slowing effects for 6/9/12 seconds. Additionally, killing a champion refreshes all of Master Yi's cooldowns, and scoring an assist reduce the cooldowns by half.
Cooldown - 75 seconds
Cost - 120/120/120 Mana
Range - Self
Your Ulti and MOST IMPORTANT skill. This is what makes you a lethal killing ********* machine. Most of the way of usage is to chace fleeing enemies, but it can be either as offensive as defensive ability. It allows you to catch absolutly everything in no time. It allows you to safely flee without any fear of getting slowed (don't you love the red info "Cannot be slowed" apearing above your fleeing ***?)
Another great thing... after you chase down and rip your oponent apart while this skill is active... you can do it again on another champion... coz it refreses all your cooldows with no exeption of the ulti itself... so have fun with those double/tripple/multi/ultra-kills.
Skill usage
More or less your dps should look like this:
Alpha Strike on a hero -> Enable Wuju Style -> slap slap slap dead - profit!
Alpha Strike on a hero -> Enable Wuju Style -> slap slap o_O You want to flee? Go ahead -> Enable Highlander -> slap slap slap dead :) cooldows refreshed hmmm witch one will be next...
when you are sure of scoring a kill but you need to do it fast:
Alpha Strike on a hero -> Enable Wuju Style -> Enable Highlander -> slap slap slap dead :) cooldows refreshed hmmm witch one will be next... (watch your mana pool if you dont have blue buff)
In worst scenarios:
Alpha Strike on a hero -> Enable Wuju Style -> slap slap, whops he is beating my *** off... -> Enable Highlander and GTFO of there :)
Greater Mark of Desolation
Greater Quintessence of Desolation
Marks and Quintessences for ArP. Atm the biggest damage wise boost stat ingame. Makes HUGE diference in early game. With your highest ingame AD base, you will be no match in most cases paired with those babies.
Greater Seal of Evasion
Great addition to Phantom Dancer and Numb mastery. Saved my *** soooo many times. Also great runes for tanks and all other physical champions. Costy (820IP each) but totaly worth it. If you dont have AP runes it will be a good sollution for squishy casters as well.
Greater Glyph of Critical Damage
I prefer crit damage over crit chance since it's more endgame'ish. Your crit due to PD + IE will be high enaugh to maintain this. I dont feel any urge to get % crit for early game since i depend on double strike and AS from 2 early game items (3 if you count boots).
You should start with picking up a Boots of Speed, 2x Health Potion and 1x Mana Potion, and head for a lane.
With your huge damage it shouldn't be much of a problem last hitting mobs. Try to harras a bit with Alpha strike+double strike -> run away combo. Stack up hits for double strike buff, enable Wuju, Alpha to enemy, hit once and run away (or kill :P but dont be greedy).
You should have gold for Berserker's Greaves SUPER fast. Get them. (might be forced to buy additional 2x Health Potion. You shouldn't be afraid of getting harrased (but not nuked!) so use those pots :). Dont get too coky tho.
On getting lvl 6 you should be able to score a kill or double kill with 1 ultimate. This full skill combo will probably drain you from mana quite much, you can get back to base to replenish and to get Recurve Bow. Always try to get the bow before lifesteal. Even if you have to go to jungle to kill fiew mobs. After you get this, you should get a Vampiric Scepter or completing Zeke's Harbinger fully.
If the early game situation is not going great and you cant buy Recurve Bow fast enaugh i HIGHLY suggest going for Zeal than get Targon's Brace to finaly complete Zeke's Harbinger and than complete Phantom Dancer as specified below.
Why focus so much on AS 1st? Coz we count on getting as many double strikes as possible. Crit is nice but it is a random thing in early game, and double strikes are sure. Make use of em. Your power with wuju style will be enaugh to take down even tanks.
Than you can jungle a bit to get red and blue buff, gank once or twice and get Zeal asap. This will give you that AS/Crit/MS boost you realy need.
You dont have to worry about your damage still so after fiew kills you should be able to complete Phantom Dancer with ease.
Now comes the "hard" part. Wuju will be maxed now, and you will see your damage dropping. We need some damage.
By this moment there is 1 rule you have to follow:
You have to be farming. Constantly. If you are not on a lane, pushing creeps/towers or ganking you should be farming in jungle, rebuffing. You have to always be on the move killing something/someone. If you stop you will get a huge gap in cash flow. Remember you are very item dependant, you need getting items constantly constantly constantly.
Now it is the time to gather cash for Infinity Edge. After you get this item... it's a GG already. Taking whole teams and turrets under 10s will be no problem. Push and farm farm farm.
If the game is still running, get another Vampiric Scepter and swap it into The Bloodthirster.
You have your 1 slot open at this point. If the game is still running you can pick:
Tiamat - for pushing mob waves in notime (helps alot if you are the one that takes care of BIG waves of mobs with super creeps.
Frozen Mallet - If you want to slow down your enemies and hit them more frequently.
The Black Cleaver - If you are facing realy tough tankers or heavy armored teams, this will rip them apart.
Guardian Angel - Imho the best pick for ranked games as last (6th) item.
In VERY VERY late game you can swap boots for:
Madred's Bloodrazor
Situational items:
Banshee's Veil - For heavy caster teams.
Last Whisper - Item for lategame armor penetration for ppl that face heavy tanky teams. Get this only if you already got Infinity Edge.
Force of Nature - for Heavy AoE teams (Fiddlesticks + Karthus combos for example).
Good allies
Diablers like
Taric Sion Alistar Amumu Udyr
Slowers like
Nasus Dr. Mundo Nunu & Willump Swain
Shen Rammus
And ofc Supports :)
Blitzcrank Morgana Janna Lux
Worst enemies
Blinders (!&^%(@%@%@!*&%!(*&%&@)
Teemo Heimerdinger
Heavy range dpsers (Especialy casters)
Malzahar Annie Ryze Tristana Veigar
Yi Solo Mid?
YES! You are better person to go solo mid than Ashe that is so commonly going solo mid just to farm creeps.
Why Solo mid?
- Going 1v1 is way better than going 2v2. You are quite squishy early game, easy to harras, so if 2 champions focus on you early game you will die pretty much in 80% if not used a Flash or ulti to get away.
- Lvl up faster to 6 and gankonanza!
- You are much better mid killer than many ranged that go solo mid often. Often you will end up with kill every 2 lvls ending up with 3 or more kills while reaching lvl 6. Other champions like Ashe are totaly useless before lvl 6. Ashe has to go to base to replenish mana and kill on lvl 6 while her ulit is ready and that is not always sure kill (clense?)
- Taking tower down with Yi is matter of seconds while other champion is dead leaves you pretty often on lvl 4 tower kill on mark of 5-6 min and free to help other lanes.
- Safe creep killing. You need to last hit your mobs. on double lane you are often pushed back by range char and not earning money that you DESPERATLY NEED. Beeing in mid will let you farm alot easier.
- Mid is the best place for ganking after coming back from base.
- Close to other lanes for help and getting even more kills.
- Getting lvl advantage on 4(or even 5 if harrased and killed alot) witch is very viable (Wuju style maxed = 35(70) AD bonus! that is nearly an Infinity Edge bonus damage. So you have a free IE on lvl 9!
Join the "Stop Ashe Going Mid" movement! make her go double lane where she realy shines and get the preciousssss solo mid for yourself! They won't regret it while you carry your team to victory later on.
Yi Solo Mid - How To?
ALWAYS start off with Boots of Speed, 2x Healh Potion, 1x Mana Potion.
Put your 1st point in Wuju Style.
Head for mid lane to check who are you laning against.
If it is Heimer, and he planted his 1st turret down, kill it with activating Wuju style, port back to base and replenish hp+mana before creep spawn start. If it is Teemo try to force him moving and not beeing able to stealth in middle of the field.
If you face other chars, just hug your tower untill mobs come.
1st lvl is boring. Try to stand back and only last hit creeps for cash. You can try to force your opponent to spend mana, health pots, heal spell by hitting you. You have 2 hp pots to replenish hp anyway, dont hesitate to use em.
On lvl 2 take Alpha strike. This is the part where fun begins. Stack up your double strike untill you get "Your next strike will be double strike" buff. Let your opponent push a bit, you can try porting to base trick to lure them. When you feel you have enaugh space to chase and kill do:
Enable Wuju Style, Alpha strike targeting your enemy (so you will land on his location as last strike) Pop Exhaust and get a free kill. Heal is not enaugh to survive your attack but keep in mind what summoner skills does your enemy have. If it is flash be ready to flash with him/her to continue hitting.
If your opponent is tough, has high hp pool or armor, try doing same but without exhaust just to harras. than get your double strike ready again, and begin the action this time with exhaust into kill. Repeat untill you feel like it or you destroy the tower. If you see one of the bot/top lanes beeing pushed too much, dont hesitate to go there. You will have alot of space to chase them and evetualy granting you another free kill and a greatefull part of the team :).
On lvl 6 try to port to base to replenish mana/hp, and let your mid opponent push even to tower. Kill him/her with standard AS->WS->HL combo if nessesary flash or exhaust.
While picking items try focusing on getting AS as fast as you can (even buy Vampiric Scepter last in Stark's parting, than focus getting Zeal and again rush for Dagger 1st.
Why? We want to get those 7th hits landing as often as possible. (best in early game would be landing 2 7th hits in a single Wuju Style activation.
Middle lane champions that you will take with ease:
Ashe, Karthus, Anivia, Ryze, Veigar, Shaco, Sivir, Twitch, Janna, Swain
Medium Hard:]
Amumu (stun, tank), Annie (stun), Corkie (valkirie), Ezreal (Arcane shift), Fiddle (fear), Katarina (shunpo), Kennen (lightning rush), Nildae (pounce), Tristana (rocket jump), Twisted Fate (stun), Zilean (time warp), Morgana (dark binding), Lux (binding).
Heimerdinger (Stun, blind, turrets, long range, passive playstyle), Teemo (blind, high damage, mushrooms), Kassadin (Riftwalk, silence, good damage), Sion (2sec stun, BIG DAMAGE, tough (passive), high hp), Malzahar.
I am still trying to get better on those hard champions, any1 that has some tricks i could try post :)
I also wanted to put a special place for an AWESOME item for Yi when you face a heavy Exhaust/Blind/Suppresion team.
There is NOTHING so crushing as blind for Yi.
I find this item EXTREMALY POTENT for you.
Quicksilver Sash.
With your farming abilities it is not a big deal to buy it after your Infinity Edge.
It total cost is 1440 gold but will make your life WAY easier.
I fought against some heavy exhaust teams and i was getting totaly wasted by those exhausts.
After i bought this item i got a nice magic resistance witch also is good, but most nessesary it removed my blinds so i could totaly rape other team into pieces.
THIS IS SO WORTH TAKING, if you didnt go for Clense as Mastery spell. But i find exhaust and flash for killing way better than counting on clense and hoping that i will accualy use it :)
If i can buy Clense ingame why not? Not that killing about 40 minions to get it takes alot of time as Yi.
ABOUT THE Youmuu's Ghostblade
Yoyo is a good item but it is an overkill for Yi.
CDR is not needed coz of reset on cd's all the time. AD and Crit is low for the price. It costs that much coz of Active. But, You will depend on your active. You will have the AS only once every minute instead of passive. You will get bonus MS, but you will not benefit much coz of dimnishing returns.
Also if you think about Yoyo, what item would you remove from my build to put Yoyo in? Since Yoyo is not a great item for lategame, i suppose it would be either Stark or PD.
If you remove stark, you will suffer from no lifesteal making your jungling quite uneffective, if you remove PD, than:
PD cost - 2895g
Yoyo cost - 2687g
Diference - 208g
Statwise (What you loose prior to PD) - +30 AD, -15% crit, +20 ArP, -45% AS, -15% MS.
In my eyes, you loose too much.
You might say that it has active, but do you realy want to be dependable on cooldown on item? Also it doesnt benefit you on the most crucial part... FARMING. It would be quite uneffective to farm on your Yoyo active? :>
So overal, why double the thing you already have? (Highlander).
Leave Yoyo for champs that doesnt have Highlander, and they need it, like Mundo dps and so on.
A showoff what you can achieve with this build/playstyle
Played 1 hand with other one in my pants doin' solo rambo mode in group of 5 after i got tiamat basicly i quote the oposing team:
"op Yi"
"Yi win"
Well i could basicly do anything after i got double kill - first blood in mid solo.
I Also swapped Heal for exhaust in the guide but if you dont feel safe in mid lane, than stick to heal.


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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued the following recalls for the 2008-2013 Toyota Land Cruiser.
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We should note that the 2008-11 Toyota Land Cruiser was included in the recall related to uncontrolled acceleration in Toyota vehicles. While there was much media coverage and Toyota recalled nearly 8 million cars, an exhaustive study by both NASA engineers and the NHTSA could find no flaws with the electronics in Toyota vehicles.
As for safety, the 2008-2013 Toyota Land Cruiser was not tested by either the NHTSA or the independent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). However, the Land Cruiser is equipped with a full compliment of airbags, whiplash protection features and electronic traction and stability assists.
The 2008-2013 Toyota Land Cruiser has a 3-year/36,000 mile basic warranty and a 5-year/60,000 mile powertrain warranty. Extended warranties purchased when the car was new are transferable, so be sure to inquire if the vehicle you are buying has an extended plan. Toyota also offers a line of Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) vehicles through its dealerships. If you purchase a Certified Pre-Owned Land Cruiser, the warranty coverage for the powertrain is extended to 7-years/100,000 miles from the vehicle's original in service date. CPO cars also come with a 12-month/12,000 mile comprehensive warranty, one year of roadside assistance and a free CARFAX report. Best of all, Certified customers are eligible for standard new car financing rates. Vehicles that qualify for the CPO program cannot be older than six years or have more than 85,000 miles on the odometer. To learn more about the Toyota CPO program, visit their website at www.toyotacertified.com.
Word on the Web
Although Consumer Reports has no data on the Land Cruiser, we did find a number of off-road and adventure sites, such as Expedition Portal.com, that rank the Land Cruiser as a number one pick, regardless of model year. Owners rave about the Land Cruiser's rugged off-road abilities and family friendly interior, but they bemoan the poor fuel economy, somewhat truck-like ride and handling and wide turning radius. Later models hold their value well and can be pricey when compared to the competition (remember that a new Land Cruiser costs between $60,000 and $80,000, depending on year and options). Also, there are a lot of moving parts to the Land Cruiser's AWD system and proper maintenance, though sometimes costly, is a must to ensure proper operation and longevity.
Competitive Set
Land Rover LR3/LR4: The Land Rover LR3 (2008-2010) and LR4 (2010 up) offer a more prestigious name with the same off-road ability as the Land Cruiser, but fall far short of the Toyota SUV's reputation for reliability and resale.
Chevrolet Tahoe: The Tahoe takes up about the same space as the Land Cruiser and can be quipped to carry eight passengers. But, the big Chevy isn't as adept at off-roading nor does it offer the Land Cruiser's numerous luxury amenities. And while the Tahoe gets better fuel economy, its V8 can't match the Land Cruiser for horsepower or towing ability.
Jeep Grand Cherokee: The Grand Cherokee is a true off-road warrior and can be had with either a V8 or V6 engine. But, it is nowhere near as large as the Land Cruiser, can only seat five and has a somewhat spotty reliability and repair history.
Autotrader Recommendations
Most Land Cruisers are going to come loaded, so the only choice you have to make is what equipment you want. We say go for a 2010 or newer model, primarily for the Kinetic Driving Suspension System and upgraded audio and Bluetooth features.


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The K-7 well commenced drilling in September 2012 and was cased to a total depth ("TD") of 3,206 metres in early November 2012. Wireline logging of the well indicated up to five potential gas zones in the Bashkirian and Serpukhovian between depths of approximately 2,390 metres and 2,760 metres. A 10 metre section of the Bashkirian B12 zone, from a depth of 2,395 to 2,398 metres and from 2,400 to 2,407 metres, was selected for testing.
Production testing of the B12 zone yielded an initial rate of 4.937 million cubic feet per day ("MMcf/d") and a final rate of 4,971 MMcf/d through an 8 millimetre ("mm") choke during a 50 minute initial flow period. Average production rate during this initial period was 4,934 MMcf/d. Flowing tubing pressure, which averaged 15,185 kilopascals ("kPa"), was fairly constant ranging between 15,196 kPa at the start of test to 15,300 kPa at the end of the initial flow period.
The well was flow tested again approximately three days after the initial flow period for a total of 14 hours using various choke sizes and achieving a maximum rate of 5.914 MMcf/d through a 9 mm choke at a flowing pressure of 14,930 kPa. Average production through the 9 mm choke was 5.896 MMcf/d at an average flowing pressure of 14,435 kPa. Average flow rates and pressures during the three day test period are shown in the table below:
During the test the well was slugging condensate and analysis of well data indicates a calculated rate of 33 barrels of condensate per MMcf of gas.
The well, which has now been shut-in to observe pressures, is expected to be on production in the third quarter of 2013 after the construction of 1.7 kilometre of new pipeline.
Krutogorovskoye is a 1,100 hectare exploration licence granted to KUB-Gas in 2004. It is located near the city of Lugansk, approximately 105 kilometres to the southeast of the KUB-Gas licences at Olgovskoye, North Makeevskoye and Makeevskoye and 12 kilometres northwest of the KUB-Gas licence at Vergunskoye.
About Kulczyk Oil
Kulczyk Oil is an international upstream oil and gas exploration and production company with a diversified portfolio of projects in Ukraine, Brunei and Syria and with a risk profile ranging from exploration in Brunei and Syria to production and development in Ukraine. The common shares of the Company trade on the Warsaw Stock Exchange under trading symbol "KOV".
In Ukraine, KOV owns an effective 70% interest in KUB-Gas LLC. The assets of KUB-Gas consist of 100% interests in five licences near to the City of Lugansk in the northeast part of Ukraine. Four of the licences are gas producing.
In Brunei, KOV owns a 90% working interest in a production sharing agreement which gives the Company the right to explore for and produce oil and natural gas from Block L, a 1,123 square kilometre area covering onshore and offshore areas in northern Brunei.
In Syria, KOV holds a participating interest of 50% in the Syria Block 9 production sharing contract which provides the right to explore for and, upon the satisfaction of certain conditions, to produce oil and gas from Block 9, a 10,032 square kilometre area in northwest Syria. The Company has an agreement to assign a 5% ownership interest to a third party which is subject to the approval of Syrian authorities, and which, if approved, would leave the Company with a remaining effective interest of 45% in Syria Block 9. KOV declared force majeure, with respect to its operations in Syria, in July 2012.
The main shareholder of the Company is Kulczyk Investments S.A., an international investment house founded by Polish businessman Dr. Jan Kulczyk.
For further information, please refer to the Kulczyk Oil website (www.kulczykoil.com)
Translation: This news release has been translated into Polish from the English original.
Forward-looking Statements This release may contain forward-looking statements made as of the date of this announcement with respect to future activities of KUB-Gas and related to its five licence areas in Ukraine and to certain wells drilled or seismic activities undertaken within those licence areas that either are not or may not be historical facts. Although the Company believes that its expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable as of the date hereof, any potential results suggested by such statements involve risk and uncertainties and no assurance can be given that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. Various factors that could impair or prevent the Company from completing the expected activities on its projects include that the Company's projects experience technical and mechanical problems, there are changes in product prices, failure to obtain regulatory approvals, the state of the national or international monetary, oil and gas, financial, political and economic markets in the jurisdictions where the Company operates and other risks not anticipated by the Company or disclosed in the Company's published material. Since forward-looking statements address future events and conditions, by their very nature, they involve inherent risks and uncertainties and actual results may vary materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statement. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements in this announcement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this announcement, unless required by law.
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We've learned a lot about Kobe Bryant in his short time on Twitter. For instance, the Los Angeles Lakers star loves referring to himself as "Mamba." He is also kind of corny and incredibly focused, even to a fault.
And thanks to a series of tweets on Monday night, we saw just how torn apart Bryant is by his team's recent losing ways -- and that he has been holding out on us regarding his musical prowess. Who knew the Black Mamba was also the Piano Man?
The Lakers lost to the Bulls in Chicago on Monday, their third consecutive defeat and their ninth loss in their past 11 games. Bryant expressed frustration after the game, and later that night he found a few ways to relieve the stress.
Kobe started at the piano, where he played Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. He told a follower on Twitter that he learned the tune one year ago for his wife, Vanessa. He wrote that it reminds him of, "strength, fragility, joy, love, pain."
Of course, without an audio attachment on his tweet, we'll have to take his word for it that he played Beethoven, or anything at all on the piano. (In this post-Te'o era, everyone is on alert for being faked out via social media.)
After a turn at the keyboard, Bryant headed to the weight room. At this point it must have been well into the morning, as Bryant stayed at the United Center past midnight. Bryant took a photo of himself in the weight room and tweeted an inspirational quote:
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SHANGHAI, January 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WuXi PharmaTech (NYSE:WX), a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device research and development outsourcing company with operations in China and the United States, announced the winners of its 6th annual WuXi PharmaTech Life Science and Chemistry Awards at a ceremony held on January 20, 2013.
Mr. Guowei Sang, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress and a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Ms. Zhizheng Wang, Vice Chairwoman of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, presented the awards. Mr. Sang served as the Honorary Chairman of the award selection committee, which was comprised of nine distinguished experts from Chinese life science academia and industry.
Eighteen highly accomplished young scholars were honored through a rigorous and transparent selection process that began in May 2012.
Winners of the Outstanding Achievements Awards included:
- Prof. Rui Wang, School of Basic Medical Science, Lanzhou University
- Prof. Hongyan Wang, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University
- Prof. Qiao Wu, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University
Winners of the Scholar Awards included:
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- Dr. Ke Ding, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Prof. Zhike He, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University
- Prof. Tuo Jin, School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Prof. Ke Lan, Institute Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Prof. Lei Liu, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University
- Dr. Zhijie Liu, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Prof. Zhangjie Shi, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
- Dr. Xiaocheng Wang, National Institute of Biological Sciences
- Dr. Xin Xie, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Prof. Ning Yan, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University
- Prof. Shengyong Yang, State Key Laboratory of Biological Treatment, Sichuan University
- Dr. Tao Ye, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Dr. Ao Zhang, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dr. Bing Zhu, National Institute of Biological Sciences
"I would like to express my gratitude to WuXi PharmaTech and the distinguished selection committee for their recognition of our research," said Prof. Hongyan Wang, one of the winners of the Outstanding Achievements Awards. "We hope that results from our research laboratories may one day benefit patients and their families."
"Congratulations to all of the award winners for their exceptional scientific accomplishments," commented Dr. Ge Li, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WuXi PharmaTech. "WuXi is delighted to present this award to recognize some of the brightest minds in China whose research can help our global industry to better understand diseases and find more effective cures. Advancing innovation to therapies is an enormous challenge that requires strong partnership between academia and industry. Our vision at WuXi is to build a technology and capability platform to enable anyone and any company to discover and develop drugs more efficiently and cost effectively to benefit patients in need around the world."
The WuXi PharmaTech Life Science and Chemistry Awards were originated in 2007 as the first nation-wide scientific award in China established by a life science enterprise. The awards aim to foster early innovation and encourage pursuit of excellence in life science research. During the six years since its inception, 95 scholars from more than 30 premier Chinese universities and research institutes have received awards, of whom three were later elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences or the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
About WuXi PharmaTech
As a research-driven and customer-focused company, WuXi PharmaTech provides a broad and integrated portfolio of laboratory and manufacturing services throughout the drug and medical device R&D process. WuXi PharmaTech's services are designed to assist its global partners in shortening the cycle and lowering the cost of drug and medical device R&D. WuXi AppTec is the name for the operating subsidiaries of WuXi PharmaTech. For more information, please visit: http://www.wuxiapptec.com.
WuXi PharmaTech's Contacts:
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LAS VEGAS – Lakemont Homes Inc., a major real estate development, construction, and management group in California and Nevada, violated federal law by subjecting a class of women to a hostile work environment, sexual harassment, and retaliation for complaining about it, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
According to the EEOC's suit, Elizabeth Michelle Blackburn was subjected to sexual harassment while working as an assistant sales agent at Lakemont Homes' facility in Reno, Nev. The EEOC says that from September 2003, when she began as an assistant sales agent, until January 2006, Blackburn faced verbal and physical harassment from the lead sales agent and retaliation from the sales manager. The lead sales agent repeatedly made sexually explicit remarks to Blackburn, asked her to have sex with him, and threatened her life with a gun in March 2005, the EEOC asserts. After complaining about the sexual harassment, Blackburn was retaliated against when the sales manager denied her a promotion and made her share her commission with another employee. Finally, Blackburn was forced to quit due to the harassment and retaliation. The EEOC's investigation also found that a class of women was subjected to a hostile work environment, sexually harassment, and retaliation.
All this alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed the suit (EEOC v. Lakemont Homes Inc., Civil Action No. 3:09-CV-00335) in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement out of court. The EEOC seeks lost wages, punitive damages, and injunctive relief to prevent and correct any future workplace discrimination.
"The EEOC will aggressively enforce laws prohibiting sexual harassment and retaliation in the workplace," said Regional Attorney Anna Y. Park, whose Los Angeles District has jurisdiction for Las Vegas and other parts of Nevada.
Lucy Orta, the EEOC's Las Vegas Local Director, said, "Upon notification of sexual abuse, employers have a responsibility to promptly investigate and correct any problems. When, as in this case, an employer fails to take effective steps to prevent and correct workplace discrimination and retaliates against the employee, the EEOC must and will hold that employer accountable."
According to company information, Lakemont Homes, headquartered in Roseville, Calif. and Reno, Nev., is a full-service real estate development, construction, and management group specializing in land acquisition, community planning & design, land entitlements, and infrastructure development for residential and mixed-use real estate projects.
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Churchill Mining was seeking a ruling from the ICSID tribunal for US$1bn-plus damages after the expropriation of the firm's rights over the huge East Kutai coal mine in Indonesia.
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Leaked Documents Show the U.N.'s Internet Power Grab...
The ITU has planned a meeting this upcoming December where each of the 193 member nations will vote on various proposed Internet regulations. What's striking is that the details of the proposals have been kept secret, so it was impossible to know what authoritarian governments were plotting or how the U.S. was responding.
Until now. A pair of researchers from George Mason University created a website called WCITLeaks.org in the hopes that someone with access to the secretive proposals would leak them and make them available to the public. Last Friday, that's exactly what happened. Someone leaked the 212-page planning document being used by governments to prepare for the December conference. You can read it yourself here.
What it shows is breathtaking. First, China is proposing "to give countries authority over the information and communication infrastructure within their state" and require that online companies "operating in their territory" use the Internet "in a rational way"- in short, to legitimize full government control.
Second, several proposals would give the U.N. power to regulate online content for the first time, under the guise of protecting against computer malware or spam.
Third, Russia and some Arab countries are proposing to be able to inspect private communications such as email.
Fourth, Iran and Russia are proposing new rules to measure Internet traffic along national borders and bill the originator of the traffic, as with international phone calls - essentially creating national toll booths for data.
Fifth, there is a proposal that would give the U.N. control over the Internet's Domain Name System, replacing ICANN which operates under a contract from the U.S. Commerce Department.
Take all of this in its totality and what we see are proposals that would A) grant power and authority over the very functioning of the Internet to the United Nations, and B) grant authoritarian governments the ability to censor, monitor, and more strictly control both the content of the Web itself and people's behavior on it. What's at stake is nothing less than a system based on open flows of information, as opposed to an "information world order" based on government controls.
L. Gordon Crovitz from the Wall Street Journal is right in his assessment: "Authoritarian regimes are busy lobbying a majority of the U.N. members to vote their way. The leaked documents disclose a U.S. side that has hardly begun to fight back. That's no way to win this war."
Everyone better wake up. Soon.
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You really think the Obama administration is going to "step up to the plate"? They want this!ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous4:36 PM
Yes, and the pro-firing Romney would be so much better. The only person that is actually a Republican by definition woud have been Ron, but nobody is going to allow him as the nominee because there's too many ignorant (mostly white) people who think "that could be me" while Romney fake-schmoozes them more.Delete
Romney will be even worse, allowing people to wallow in their sorrows that were caused by the wars that party's candidate got us into 10 years ago and the firings his own company performed to make millions for themselves. So, who do you vote for? The only right thing to do is not vote, it's the only way to be right. Not sure, but right.
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We need a new internet based on the old internet, the network of nodes. Those who want to be governed can keep their subscription to Facebook, Google and every iSpyGadget they install. This freedom is also needed to guarantee economic growth and keep the money hording corporations and individuals restrained, giving people a chance to experiment and come up with innovative ways to be connected and exchange ideas.Delete
Here's a link to the transcript of Eben Moglen's recent speech: https://www.softwarefreedom.org/events/2012/freedom-to-connect_moglen-keynote-2012.html there's also video/audio on the net, but I try refrain from linking to youtube. It outlines very well why Freedom is more important than what the UN work-group proposes.
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Do you realize "intercepting an email" is about as difficult as reading a post card. The only problem is finding where it was sent from and where it is going to and then just keep on eavesdroppin'ReplyDelete
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proleteriates must revolt, the power is in the proles! Lets mess stuff up! Attack the governments that work not to empower, provide or aid the people but who instead work vigorously to make sure we may never rise up as a single race and remain united to them and divided from each other. The plague of politicians must end!ReplyDelete
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A panel of media members has picked the UC Santa Barbara men's basketball team to finish second in the Big West Conference in 2009-10. The same panel also named Gaucho sophomore Orlando Johnson to the preseason all-conference team. Long Beach State has been tabbed as the league favorite, it was announced Thursday.
The Gauchos received six first-place votes and totaled 179 points in the poll. Long Beach received 17 first-place votes and had 209 points.
Despite losing its leading scorer and rebounder - Chris Devine - from a team that went 16-15 overall and 8-8 in the Big West, UCSB returns numerous key players and adds several others. Sophomores James Nunnally, Will Brew, Jr., Jaimé Serna, and Greg Somogyi, return with a year of experience. They will be joined by senior guards James Powell and Paul Roemer, junior guard Jordan Weiner and junior forward Sam Phippen.
Santa Barbara should also be bolstered by the return of junior point guard Justin Joyner who, after starting in his first two seasons, sat out the 2008-09 season while recovering from a wrist injury. Additionally, a pair of redshirt transfers (Johnson from Loyola Marymount and 6-foot-10 Jon Pastorek from San Diego State) and two freshmen (Guard Chris Brew and 6-foot-9 forward Lucas Devenny) could be factors.
"Top to bottom this is as well-balanced as I've ever seen this league," said Bob Williams, who is entering his 12th season as head coach of the Gauchos. "There are a lot of good teams in this league and I think it should be a very exciting year."
Cal State Northridge, the defending league champion, finished a distant third with 130 points. UC Riverside was fourth with 127 and Pacific, which received the only other first-place vote, was fifth with 126. Rounding out the poll, UC Davis was picked sixth with 114 points followed by Cal State Fullerton (90), UC Irvine (76) and Cal Poly (30).
Johnson, a transfer from Loyola Marymount, returns to action after sitting out the 2008-09 season as a redshirt. As a freshman for the Lions, the Seaside, Calif., native set school records for points (383), scoring average (12.4 points per game), and rebounds (152), leading the team in all three categories. He was also tied for the team-lead with 12 blocked shots and second with 40 three-point baskets. Johnson scored in double-figures 20 times in 31 games and had three double-doubles. His season-high of 26 points came against Wagner and he added a 25-point game against UC Riverside.
"That shows a lot of respect for Orlando," Williams said of the honor. "But let's see how much respect we get at the end of the season. That's even more important."
Joining Johnson on the six-member preseason All-Big West team were Larry Anderson (Long Beach State), Kyle Austin (UC Riverside), Eric Wise (UC Irvine), Joe Harden (UC Davis), and Mark Payne (UC Davis).
UCSB opens the season with an exhibition game at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7 when it hosts Sonoma State. The regular season will tip-off on Saturday, Nov. 14 when the Gauchos host Cal State Los Angeles.
Williams and some members of his team will join head women's basketball coach Lindsay Gottlie and her squad at the Gaucho Huddle on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at the Cabrillo Arts Pavilion from 10 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Both coaches and their players will talk about the upcoming season and take questions from the audience. The cost is just $10 and includes lunch. For more information or to RSVP, please click here.
Men's and women's basketball season tickets are now available, giving fans an opportunity to catch the Gauchos all season long.
Season tickets are only $125 for men's basketball and $100 for women's basketball (35% lower than last year). Similar to the successful men's soccer family plan, a new Family Plan season ticket is now available for both men's and women's basketball. Family plans, which include five season tickets (two adults and three youth season tickets), are $300 for men's basketball, $225 for women's basketball or get the combo plan (both men's and women's) for just $400. That's just $2.66 per game! UCSB faculty/staff will also receive 50% off pricing on all season tickets.
And, purchase tickets before Nov. 1 to receive a complimentary Olé bobblehead doll! Click here to learn more about season ticket packages or to buy today!
UCSB Athletics has a new weekly radio show called Talk'n Gauchos which airs every Tuesday from 6-7 p.m. on AM 1490 KIST. The show is broadcast live from State & A Bar and Grill, located on the corner of State Street and Anapamu Street in Santa Barbara. Fans are encouraged to attend the show for free gear and ticket giveaways or to even e-mail a question in to one of the guests and have it read live over the air. The show also airs live online via audio streaming and fans can click here to check out the entire lineup of live audio streaming online.
All men's and women's basketball games will be broadcast live on AM 1490 and AM 990 again this year, and those games will also be available online. And, UCSB Athletics is proud to announce that the baseball team will have over 20 games broadcast live on the air and through our website, UCSBgauchos.com.
Media Poll Results
1. Long Beach State (17) 209
2. UC Santa Barbara (6) 178
3. Cal State Northridge 130
4. UC Riverside 127
5. Pacific (1) 126
6. UC Davis 114
7. Cal State Fullerton 90
8. UC Irvine 76
9. Cal Poly 30
(first-place votes in parentheses)


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These are the preschool activities, clubs and classes running in your area especially aimed at babies, toddlers and preschoolers.
Find a wide range of structured classes available, from baby massage to baby gym classes, and from football to messy play and arts & crafts classes all in your area.
Some classes take babies from just a few months old and many offer a free taster session so you can see if it suits your child before you sign up for the term.


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'Intermusic Acoustic Piano Weekend' – Sat 24th & Sun 25th Nov
Are you thinking about buying a new acoustic piano or upgrading your existing instrument ?
Well we may have some good news for you!
On Saturday 24th (9am -5.30pm) & Sunday 25th November (11am-4pm) we'll have the pleasure of welcoming Mr David Rushworth from Intermusic Pianos in our store. David will be explaining the Intermusic Range of Pianos – including the award winning Steinbach 108 Upright and the delightful 'mellow sounding' Petrof range - and offering help and advice on the ins and outs of buying a piano.
Sunday is likely to be more formal (and quieter) so we will be able to arrange a one to one with David if you wish.
Furthermore, anyone attending the event will be entered into a prize draw with a chance to win a Bentley compact Digital Piano!
There will be special offers throughout the weekend so do visit us for this unique opportunity to find out more about Intermusic Pianos.
Call the store on 01484 427455 for more details or to book your 1-2-1.
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Canadians love to entertain and host dinner parties. To help create magical evenings, Food Network Chef Michael Smith teamed up with Cascade Platinum to share tips on how to make your dinner party sparkle, while cutting down your clean up time! Want your dinner party to sparkle? Follow these tips from Chef Michael Smith and your guests will be blown away:
- Spend time to save time: Prep as much as you can in advance – from food to your table. Smart preparation will allow you to spend more time with your guests.
- Make your guests feel special: Thoughtful details tell your guests they are special. Set the mood with music, place cards, flowers and sparkling dishes and glasses. I use Cascade Platinum in every cycle to make sure everything is ready for a big event.
- Start with a bang! Do something collectively right away. A group activity subtly reminds everyone "We're in this together!"
- Give your guests something fun to do: At some point, engage your guests in an interactive activity, something hands on, that's not work.
- Clean as you go: Get the mess out of the way, and load the dishwasher as you prepare dinner. With Cascade Platinum, you don't need to worry about pre-rinsing – it will clean stuck-on food in one wash.
- Share the work: Many hands make light work. After the main meal and before dessert, encourage everybody to pitch in with clean up.
- Grand finale: End the evening with something spectacular, something memorable, or my favourite—something flammable!
But you don't have to host a party to have a Sparkling Clean dinner. Sitting down to family dinner is a special occasion in itself as it brings people together. Why not give your family an extra special night by putting Michael's tips to action? And with Cascade Platinum, you're sure to have sparkling clean dishes every day.
Visit www.foodnetwork.cacascadefor more tips and recipes from Chef Michael Smith and Cascade Platinum.
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Unbeaten heavyweight sensation and former British, Commonwealth and Irish heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has announced that his fight with former undisputed cruiserweight and former WBA world heavyweight champion David Haye is "signed and sealed" for February 8th. "This is a message to all my fans and haters, for all those wanting to see me knock out David Haye on behalf of the nation and all those who want to see me put out of my misery," Tyson said. "The fight for February 8th is completely signed and sealed from both of us. "I'm pleased that the fight is on again for February 8th - it's going to be bigger this time, better, more people watching and I'm going to take pleasure in smashing his face in a bit more. "He shunned me in Sheffield when I was just a kid and then this, it definitely adds to my desire of knocking him out. "It's been a long time coming, but it will definitely be worth waiting for - good things come to those who wait - and I've been waiting so long." David Haye and Dereck Chisora are allegedly both set to be sitting ringside tonight as Wladimir Klitschko, 37, defends his IBF, WBO and WBA 'super' titles against undefeated Russian and WBA 'regular' belt holder Alexander Povetkin, 34, but Tyson is not interested in any speculation that Haye may be looking to face the winner.
"I don't want Mr Excuse-maker Haye coming out with any other reason than he chickened out, if he tries to fight a ready-to-go Klitschko instead of me," Tyson said. "Let them all go over there, cap-in-hand and watch Klitschko and give him all their credit. "It's very possible he chases the winner of Klitschko and Povetkin because he doesn't want my fight and he's terrified of me - so he could try and escape by going after one of these, but if he pulls out injured again, it would be laughable and he wouldn't have the credibility to get in the ring with either of them. "I really don't know what's going to happen in the Klitschko fight, they're both boring - Povetkin could land that overhand right on his jaw, if not then I can see Povetkin getting beaten on points. "If they both fight me, I'll knock them both out, if they ever dare to step in the ring with me - but I really doubt that that's going to happen. "I'm confident that Haye will take my fight now as there's too much public demand for him not to take this fight - after all the pulling out saga he's got nowhere to go really. "He'll have to emigrate - he won't be able to show his face around this neck of the woods anymore and I'm looking forward to getting in there and doing a job on him. "Big fights need to happen and it doesn't come any bigger than the fight we've signed up for - over to you Excuse-maker."
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In fact, he says, the Delta presents its own set of challenging circumstances to those served with implementing the regulations included as part of the Clean Water Act.
The Environmental Protection Agency's total maximum daily load (TMDL) regulation mandates that each state determine if its water bodies meet strict water quality standards and, if not, provide for any quality based control necessary.
Speaking at the Delta F.A.R.M. annual meeting in Stoneville, Miss., Chisolm called the TMDL regulation "really nothing more than a very sophisticated water quality study." Despite that, he says, "The issue of TMDLs is a very critical issue here in the Delta because it has the potential to profoundly affect the area's farmers."
Current federal TMDL regulations mandate that states identify which water bodies are pollution "impaired," whether by point source discharge, such as wastewater treatment plants, or whether by non-point source pollution, such as water run-off from crop fields. In addition, each state must establish priority rankings for their list of "impaired" water bodies and then set total maximum daily load limits to determine the amount of pollutants each body of water can assimilate and still be able to meet water quality standards.
"Over the past 30 years most water quality studies have focused more on point source pollution than on non-point source pollution. Now that focus is beginning to shift," Chisolm says. "We are well underway in carrying this regulation out statewide in Mississippi, but there is no other area that will be more complex when it comes to TMDLs than the Delta. There is also no other environmental quality related area where we have to have more collaboration than this one."
"Often, people don't care much about what's going on during the planning phase of an environmental program, but then they get really interested when it's time for the implementation phase," he says. "I'm telling you that if you wait until the implementation phase to get interested, you're waiting until it is too late. At that point, all you are going to do is be along for the ride, you are not going to influence policy on the issue."
The total maximum daily load issue isn't the only environmental regulatory area that is in need of voluntary collaboration between farmers, industry members, and government agencies.
"There are an enormous number of instances where the environment and the economy are intersected," Chisolm says. "We have a regulatory responsibility to make sure water bodies are used in a way that does not degrade the environment. But, we need to make sure that collectively we are making the right decisions. Please think about this business of collaboration, talking and listening."
Chisolm says there are several policy areas the Department of Environmental Quality is working on today that would benefit from voluntary collaboration. Among these, he says, are wetlands issues, the Gulf Coast hypoxia issue, the Sunflower River project, and aerial application safety.
In addition, he says, the Environmental Protection Agency is considering requiring that permits be issued for any discharges from catfish ponds. "We don't think this is a wise use of our resources, but nevertheless EPA is looking at it. Some of us believe that despite our best efforts, EPA still doesn't understand this industry, and what it means to Mississippi."
"We want to make the best decisions that we can possibly make on all of these issues. But, to do that, we need all of the right people at the table to decide what the best solutions are for the Delta," Chisolm says. "One of our greatest challenges is to keep the environment safe while also growing the economy of the Delta and the state. In order to do that optimally, we've got to do it collaboratively."


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After executing
"alter database backup controlfile to trace"
how to identifiy which is my controlfile trace from udump folder,
i am using the following query....
select 'ora_'||spid||'.trc' from v$process where addr in
(select paddr from v$session where sql_hash_value in
(select hash_value from v$sql where upper(sql_text) like 'ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE TO TRACE%'))
but this is not giving the correct file name in RAC environment (even if i use gv$ in all places of the above query instead of v$).
can any one help me out to findout the filename exactly in all cases....????


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Tonight, you have the rare opportunity to hear from an expert on hill country water, droughts, and floods!
- Bring your questions and your neighbors -
Will there be enough water to satisfy the needs of Hill Country residents?
Will this water be fit to drink?
Luckily, for us, the answer is still multiple choice, if we make the right decisions now.
Come hear renowned hydrologist Raymond Slade discuss the history and future of our hill country water. As seen in his PBS movie, "Flashflood Alley", and as he has written about in many publications, he will educate us as to the impacts of nature and humans on our vital and precious water supply.
Raymond Slade has extensive historical perspective and experience along with the knowledge to help give us insight on the precarious future our rivers, springs, streams, lakes and aquifers are facing.
We need this understanding to make the proper decisions to preserve our waters for the future. We need to act now to ensure water in our wells tomorrow.
Come join us Thursday, September 17th at 6:00 pm at the Faith United Church, 970 N. Loop 337 (at Common St. across from Rudy's)
Clean water and homemade goodies will be provided.
Hydrologist Raymond Slade Speaks Tonight in N.B.
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OCZ Vertex 4 256GB Review
OCZ as a company has come a long way in a few short years and is one of the pioneers of consumer and industrial grade Solid State Drives. Early drives based on JMicron controllers offered significant increases in performance over spindle-based drive but came with challenges of their own. The next step up the performance ladder was the jump to the Indilinx "Barefoot" controller on the first of the Vertex series drives. In the never ending search for more performance, OCZ once again moved to another controller in subsequent Vertex offerings using the Sandforce 1200 SATA 3Gb/s then 2200 series SATA 6Gb/s controllers. Not satisfied being tied to others controllers, OCZ went out on a limb and in 2011 purchased Indilinx to develop a controller that suited the needs of OCZ and its customers. What came out of that bold leap of faith was its Everest controller as seen in the OCZ Octane that offered excellent read/write performance in a consumer based drive.
The Vertex 4 is equipped with OCZ/Indilinx's latest Everest 2 controller that brings with it no loss of performance using real world data streams with varying levels of compressibility. Features of the Everest 2 platform include a SATA 6Gb/s interface, advanced ECC engine, superior NAND flexibility for use with many types of NAND, a five year warranty, NDurance 2.0 technology featuring Reduced Write Amplification without Compression, Advanced Multi-Level ECC, Adaptive NAND Flash Management, TRIM support, Static and Dynamic wear leveling and Redundant NAND Array™ (RNA) Technology. The Vertex 4 comes in capacities from 64GB up to 512GB, with the price point on the 256GB drive coming in at a cool $219. Let's take a look at the Vertex 4 and see where improvements have been made that allow the consumer to enjoy the benefits of this drive.
Closer Look:
The packaging for the Vertex 4 256GB drive is standard fare for the Vertex and Agility series drives, with a change of color and naming structure to differentiate one drive from the other on the shelf at brick and mortar retail locations. The front of the package shows the drive name, Indilinx Infused logo, and a short list of the drives attributes including SATA 6Gb/s interface, MLC(Multi Level Cell) NAND, Trim Supports and the inclusion of a 2.5 to 3.5 inch drive adapter. The back side of the package has a brief description about why an OCZ drive is the one for the end user with a short sales pitch in 12 different languages. The SKU and part number (VTX4-25SAT3-256G) is shown to the bottom right. Inside the package is a sleeve that has a dense foam core to hold the Vertex 4 drive and drive mounting adapter.
The accessories include the drive mounting adapter, mounting screws, manual and a sticker that proudly proclaims that "My SSD is Faster than your HDD"! The drive mounting adapter is easy to use and is a common form factor item used by many manufacturers.
OCZ's Vertex 4 drive is built in the industry standard 2.5" form factor so that it can be utilized in both desktop and mobile applications like netbook or laptop computers. The casing is a two piece design made from both plastic and steel shells and is durable enough to meet the demands of the consumer, balancing cost, durability, and looks. The Vertex 4 is available in 64GB, 128GB, 256GB and 512GB capacities and is built around the OCZ/Indilinx Everest 2 platform. Mounting points are the same as those found on just about every 2.5" form factor drive. The casing is held together with screws instead of clips. OCZ puts a tamper seal on just one of the screws to enable it to validate the warranty and provide proof of tampering. The Vertex 4 uses a SATA III or 6Gb/s interface and is backwards compatible to allow usage in earlier systems however the drive performance will be reduced to the limits imposed by earlier interfaces. Once inside the casing the OCZ-built PCB is a snug fit. A layer of TIM is over the Everest 2 controller and touches the metal side of the shell to draw heat away from the controller.
Built around the Everest 2 platform controller the Vertex 4 uses the Indilinx IDX400M00-BC 8 channel NAND controller. Sixteen 16GB 25nm OCZ-branded Micron Synchronous Multi-Level Cell NAND modules are used to make up the 256GB capacity on this version of the Vertex 4 with eight modules on each side of the PCB. The NAND is wrapped around the controller in a circular pattern on the OCZ-branded PCB; a much different arrangement than the method used on many other consumer drives. Just under the Indilinx IDX400M00-BC controller is a 512MB DDR3 module; another populates the opposite side of the PCB for a full 1GB of DRAM cache used on the Vertex 4. WIth this configuration OCZ has eliminated any bottlenecks and removed any limitations on compressible or incompressible data. This drive with the combination of a new firmware and new controller is rated for sequential reads of up to 560Mb/s and sequential writes of 510Mb/s.
Packed with the latest hardware that OCZ has to offer, the Vertex 4 should offer a range of performance that will suite the consumer looking for a fast, stable drive that works well with all data streams. With the latest firmware update (version 1.5) touting max IOPs performance of up to 120,000, this drive looks to be fast when you take into account the 560/510MB/s maximum sequential read/write specifications.