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Pyramid League 2017
1) Tournament Type & Schedule, Eligibility & Registration
• The tournament will last 17 weeks, beginning on Sunday July 2nd
• Each player will play every other player within their Division once
• Players score 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss
• The winner of the Division is the player with the most points, and so on…
• All players are eligible for this tournament (unless specifically banned by TC)
• Places in Apex Division and Core Divisions are invite-only, and have been based on historical tournament performance
• Players who wish to play in Base Division may make a post in the Registration thread (http://forum.strateg...id-league-2017/) to indicate their participation
• Players are also required to fulfil obligations regarding disclosure of aliases and basic information by making a post in the Alias Register: (http://forum.strateg...lias-register/)
• Registration closes on Saturday July 1st 23.59GMT
2) Promotion & Relegation
The Pyramid will run annually, and players may move up or down a Division depending on their finishing position.
Finishing positions in other specified tournaments will provide additional automatic qualification routes for players to win a place in a higher Division. These tournaments are: WCO 2017, WinterTourn 2017/18 and Champions League 2018 - and will be referred to as 'the 3 Majors'
Automatic Promotion and Relegation through Pyramid
• The winner of each Core Division wins promotion to Apex
• The top two of each Base Division win promotion to Core
• The bottom two of Apex will be relegated to Core
• The bottom two of each Core Division will be relegated to Base
Automatic Promotion through the 3 Majors
• Top 2 (of any of the 3 Majors) win promotion to Apex
• 3rd to 8th (of WinterTourn 2017/18 or Champions League 2018) and 3rd to 10th (of WCO 2017) win promotion to Core
As some promotion and relegation spots depend on the results of future tournaments, some finishing positions in the Pyramid are potential promotion or relegation spots
Players in potential promotion and relegation spots will fight it out between themselves for the remaining places in the Pyramid Play-Offs - but only in the event that there are places left to play for
Pyramid Play-Offs: Potential Promotion and Relegation
• Players finishing 8th to 10th in Apex may be relegated to Core
• Players finishing 8th to 10th in Core may be relegated to Base
• Runners up of Core Divisons may be promoted to Apex
• 3rd place in Base Divisions may be promoted to Core
• 3rd and 4th place in the 3 Majors may be promoted to Apex
• 9th to 16th (of WinterTourn 2017/18 and Champions League 2018) and 11th to 18th (of WCO 2017) may be promoted to Core
The Pyramid Play-offs will occur after Champions League 2018
3) Arranging a Tournament Game
• Players are responsible for arranging their own fixtures
• Due to the flexibility awarded to players, TC will not usually be initiating any game arrangements. If players are having difficulty arranging matches (no-shows/cancellations/difficult opponent to track down etc) then TC will assist at your request
• We recommend that you either make arrangements by PM and cc a member of TC (steelers, Master Mind or TheOptician) into the conversation, or inform TC that a Pyramid game is about to occur. This will avoid any potential disputes that may occur, but this up to you
• TC may intervene if they become concerned that a player will not be able to complete their games in time
4) Absences
• Over the 17 weeks we expect that players will be out of contact for sustained periods. All we ask is that you inform TC should you be away for more than a week at a time
• TC will post notice of absences so that players do not waste time trying to make arrangements with someone who is on holiday
5) Reporting Results and Screenshots
• After the match has finished, the result must be reported to TC, and a screenshot of the victory screen provided
• Screenshots are especially important in the event of a dispute, so please don't forget. If there is no proof and your opponent disputes the result then it cannot be counted
6) Disputes and Disconnects
If a player is booted from set-up, the game must re-start
If your opponent claims they were legitimately booted or disconnected once the match is underway, then TC will leave the decision to replay the game to the players involved
If only the disconnected/booted player is willing to replay, then TC will independently assess whether the game SHOULD be replayed. In this scenario TC will expect:
• the disconnected player to provide video evidence of their disconnection
• the winning player to provide a victory screenshot of the entire screen
TC will then use their judgement to determine whether the game is to be replayed. Note that TC will only compel a replay where they decide that the disconnected player had a clear advantage
7) Withdrawals
TC understand that real life events may force a player to withdraw. A player may withdraw from the tournament, at any time, by informing TC. This will not usually impact the player's ability to participate in future tournaments. However, if the reason for withdrawal is for example 'there was no point in playing my last few matches because I wasn't doing well' then participation in future tournaments will be threatened
8) Disqualifications/Etiquette/Draw-Refusal/Double-Chasing
• TC will not tolerate discrimination, bad language, abusive behaviour or poor sportsmanship (this includes prolonged chasing or intentional time-wasting) and may disqualify players deemed guilty of these offences. TC may also decide to deduct points from a player as an alternative to disqualification
• Double-chasing is forbidden in this tournament.
• TC may also decide that the tournament is better off without players who persistently cause their opponent difficulties (no-shows/cancellations etc)
• The Draw-refusal policy is in place, and TC will judge cases. Players found guilty of Draw-refusal will at the very least lose the match
• Public accusations, insinuations or suggestions of deceitful or abusive behaviour will not be tolerated. If you believe an opponent has acted in contravention of the rules this must be communicated to TC PRIVATELY, not publicly via the forum.
If any player wishes to bring any of the above cases to the attention of TC then please realise that we can only act if evidence is provided (in the form of screenshots or video)
Note about videos: Players do not need permission of their opponent to film a sequence of moves to illustrate a case of double-chasing or other abusive behaviour
9) Results concerning disqualified (or withdrawn) players
Everyone's least favourite section
• Any player who withdraws or is disqualified - having played less than half their matches – has all their results nullified
• If the disqualified or withdrawn player has played at least half of their matches, then all their opponents who never had the opportunity to play are awarded 0-2 points (a range), which represents the scoring outcomes that could have occurred had the game been played
10) Resolving Ties
Ties (when two or more players finish level on points) will be resolved in the following order:
• Firstly - If players are level on points then the head-to-head results between the tied parties will be used
• Secondly - The 'best' result will be used (eg 2 players finish T8th, Player A's best result was beating a player who finished 2nd, Player B's best result was beating a player who finished 4th – Player A wins)
• Thirdly – The 'worst' result will be used (eg 2 players finish T1st, Player A's worst result was losing to a player who finished 9th, Player B's worst result was losing a player who finished 6th – Player B wins)
• Finally a play-off will occur but only if the result has potential to impact promotion/relegation or to decide the Division Champion
The following situations involving a disqualified or withdrawn player are also considered ties:
• Where one player's score is not lower than the bottom range of another player's score (eg a score of 32 ties with a score of 32-34)
• Where one player's score is not higher than the top range of another players' score (eg a score of 26 ties with a score of 24-26)
• Where one or more players both have a range which overlaps (eg a score of 21-23 ties with a score of 23-25)
These ties are resolved in exactly the same way as standard ties
11) Player Responsibilities & TC Rights
• Players are expected to monitor their PM inbox (unless absent) in case TC need to communicate privately with them for any reason.
• TC reserves the right to ask any player questions to maintain the integrity of tournaments. This may extend to asking questions about aliases which go beyond the requirements of the Alias Register (such as 'can you explain how you are 800+ ELO, have played under 200 games and this is your first account?'). A player who is deemed uncooperative will be subject to disqualification.
In the event that anything unforeseen occurs not covered by the rules (it usually does), then TC will rule on these issues using their best judgement. All decisions made by TC are final.
12) And Finally…..
If you have a Question or a remark about the general functioning of the rules, this can be communicated in the Questions Thread (http://forum.strateg...id-league-2017/)
TC welcomes constructive feedback which can be provided in the Suggestions Box (http://forum.strateg...uggestions-box/)
Tournament Committee members can participate in this tournament, but those members may not act as judges in cases where they are directly involved. The Tournament Committee consists of:
Master Mind
TC wish you all the best!


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Fitness Babe Swallows Everything
When you spot a fit babe as hot as Silvia Dellai on her way to sunbathe by the swimming pool, you have to drop everything and do whatever it takes to get in her pants. I started out with charming words, and when that wasn't enough, I resorted to holding out some cash. Silvia started walking away, but I wasn't about to give up such a beautiful woman, and I chased her down, offering some cash if she'd let me film her indulging in a little public nudity. Right there on the side of the road, Silvia pulled down her shirt and flashed me her boobs, then her jeans shorts and let me squeeze and fondle her big round ass. Flashing got this exhibitionist slut so turned on, she was game to give me a blowjob in a field, then let me film an amateur sex tape going balls deep in her Euro pussy!October 7, 2016

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Date story was published: Thursday, January 30, 1986
BATON ROUGE, La. - Roger Harden hit a 25-foot shot at the buzzer to give Kentucky a 54-52 victory over Louisiana State in Southeastern Conference basketball last night.
Harden's shot, which gave Kentucky its 17th victory in 19 games, answered a clutch shot by LSU's Derrick Taylor. The LSU guard hit an 18-footer with six seconds remaining to tie the score 52-52.
"I knew I was going to take the shot as soon as I took the inbounds pass," Harden said. "There was no doubt I wanted to take the shot."
Twice before in the final 90 seconds, Harden had missed shots from about 20 feet.
"Sure, I knew I had missed those shots," Harden said. But the senior guard added, "When I crossed midcourt there was no doubt I'd take the shot."
Taylor got the chance when Winston Bennett made only one of two free throws with 18 seconds left to give UK a 52-50 lead.
"We just ran our regular offense," Taylor said. "Don (Redden) penetrated and passed to me. I just took the shot." When it swished through, Taylor said, "I was thinking overtime, you know."
So was UK's Kenny Walker, who was limited to 12 points by LSU's zone and box-and-one defenses.
"I couldn't believe it," Walker said of Taylor's shot.
Harden's shot improved UK's record to 8-1 in the Southeastern Conference. LSU fell to 16-4 overall and 4-4 in the SEC.
LSU had the crowd thinking upset with a 6-2 run that cut UK's lead to 49-48.
Redden's bank shot from straight away cut the lead to 49-46. It became 49-48 when Taylor pulled up on a fast break and hit a shot over Harden.
Harden, however, answered with a shot from the top of the key to put Kentucky ahead 51-48. Taylor's off-balance shot in the lane cut the lead to 51-50 with 3:28 remaining.
UK had let two chances to pad the lead slip away. With 3:06 left, Walker missed the first free throw in a one-and-one situation.
When Jose Vargas fumbled away the rebound, UK got the ball back. However, Richard Madison got caught in traffic along the baseline and gave it back.
LSU called time with 2:13 remaining. But Taylor's shot on a one-on-one move appeared to be partially blocked and UK recovered the ball.
The score remained 51-50 as the teams battled toward the final six seconds.
A pair of dunk attempts and blocked shots left UK holding a 47-42 lead when LSU called time with 8:02 remaining.
The dunk attempts both belonged to LSU.
With UK ahead 45-40, Vargas missed a two-handed slam, but the long rebound went to teammate Oliver Brown. Brown thundered down the lane and into Richard Madison, but the referees ruled his dunk came before the charge.
The blocks followed. Vargas, giving the Tigers a big lift off the bench, blocked Walker's turnaround.
However, at the other end, Redden came off a pick but his foul-line jumper was blocked by Walker.
Several big plays by Bennett helped Kentucky forge a 43-40 lead.
Bennett's turnaround put UK up 40-38. After Vargas hit a post-up shot inside, UK took a 42-40 edge when Ed Davender hit from 18 feet.
Then, Bennett picked off a pass to regain possession for UK. Richard Madison's free throw increased the lead to three.
Bennett helped keep it there by grabbing a rebound in traffic. After a television timeout at 11:29, Bennett hit another turnaround to give UK a 45-40 lead with 10:38 remaining.
Kentucky moved Walker to the perimeter early in the second half. His two jumpers helped keep UK even at 38-38 when a television timeout was called with 14:25 remaining.
LSU was running effectively when UK missed or was guilty of a turnover. Eight of the Tigers' first 10 points came off the break. Redden's layup put UK up 38-36 with 15:28 left.
Walker answered with his second perimeter jumper.
LSU concentrated its remaining forces on stopping Walker. The strategy helped prevent Kentucky from blowing the game open in the first half.
With a 2-3 zone collapsed around him throughout the half, Walker went more than six minutes without a shot in one stretch.
UK, which made 69.5 percent of its first-half shots, made enough perimeter shots to stay ahead most of the half. In one stretch, the Cats made six straight shots (only one by Walker) in opening up its largest lead of the half (26-18).
However, LSU stayed close, trailing 32-28 at intermission, thanks to an emotional effort urged on by an enthusiastic crowd.
UK opened shakily, committing five turnovers in the first 4 1/2 minutes.
After the fourth turnover, when Winston Bennett was whistled for setting an illegal pick, LSU's Redden waved his arms to the crowd, encouraging more noise.
Redden, who had 12 points by halftime, hit six of LSU's first 10 points. His leaner in the lane gave LSU an early 10-8 lead, one of the Tigers' five two-point leads.
Taylor, who had eight first-half points, gave LSU its last two-point edge. His fast-break jumper from the top of the key put the Tigers up 16-14 with 10:24 remaining. A block of an Davender shot inside fueled the break.
However, by then the tide had already turned in Kentucky's favor.
Beginning with 12:19 remaining, UK made nine of 10 shots. The only miss was the block on Davender.
After Davender's layup was blocked from behind, UK went on a 12-2 run that gave the Wildcats their largest lead of the half (26-18).
Davender began the string with two perimeter jumpers. Harden also hit a pair and James Blackmon added a 15-footer.
Walker's contribution was a turnaround in the lane.
Meanwhile, LSU's impatience and UK defense combined to blank the Tigers for more than five minutes.
LSU missed its four shots and committed five turnovers from 9:34 to 4:14, a period when UK ran off 10 straight points to take its 26-18 edge.
LSU got a lift from Vargas, whose two baskets cut Kentucky's lead to 26-22.
When Walker was stripped of the ball twice inside - two of UK's 16 first- half turnovers - LSU cut further into Kentucky's lead.
On the second theft, when Taylor took the ball from Walker in the lane, Oliver Brown's fast-break layup tied it at 28-28 with 1:23 remaining.
UK managed to regain the lead as Bennett hit two shots inside, the last with five seconds remaining, to set the halftime score.
John Williams, one of two LSU players who contracted chicken pox, was released from a Baton Rouge hospital yesterday afternoon and attended last night's game. Williams, who had been LSU's leading scorer (16.8 ppg) and rebounder (8.3 rpg) sat behind the LSU bench in street clothes.
LSU's team physician, Dr. James Osterberger, said that Williams may resume shooting today and may gradually increase his workouts over the weekend.
Osterberger did not say when Williams might return to the lineup.
The other LSU player who contracted chicken pox, Bernard Woodside, was expected to be released from the hospital today.
According to a source, Nikita Wilson may regain his eligibility. Wilson, who has been declared academically ineligible, had his final appeal of that decision heard yesterday.
Although no official word was given, a source said Wilson will be permitted to retake a test in the subject in question, a remedial math class.
If he passes, Wilson will regain his eligibility, according to the source.
Last night's pregame activities included two ceremonies. The parents of Mark Alcorn, a member of LSU's 1981 Final Four team, were introducted to the crowd. Alcorn, who lost his life to cancer. A new scholarship fund will be set up in his name, LSU coach Dale Brown said.
Also, members of the first LSU team to beat Kentucky, 73-59 in 1961, were introduced.


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Four years ago in Beijing Rebecca Adlington turned for the decisive length of the Olympic 400m freestyle final. She was in fifth place. The 19-year-old had, many believed, done brilliantly to make the final in her first Olympics, in an event for which she had not even been certain to qualify for the British team. Had she stayed in the same position over that concluding 50m, no one could have been disappointed with her achievement. What happened next, however, would become one of the stories of the Games.
As the length progressed, Adlington began to come back at the other swimmers. Her favoured event was, and is, the 800m freestyle and her stamina began to tell. At the front America's Katie Hoff was being caught by Britain's Jo Jackson. Emerging from the pack, however, was Adlington, gaining on all the swimmers with every stroke, bursting forward in the last 10 metres, past Jackson and towards Hoff, joining her just as she reached for the wall. With a final stretch, the gold medal was Adlington's. It was Britain's first in women's swimming for 48 years.
When she won the 800m freestyle five days later, destroying the field and smashing the world record, there was no precedent. Adlington was out on her own; the most successful woman swimmer Britain has ever produced.
Tomorrow she has to try to do it all again – at a home Olympics, in front of an expectant nation. She has been living with that pressure for four years.
'If I meet someone on the street, it's always like, "You ready for London?"' she says. 'They'll say, "Oh, you're going to win again, you're going to get two golds." I think I created a pressure for myself. They were just meaning to wish me luck and wanting me to do well. People don't understand how hard it is to actually get a medal at the Olympics.'
It's late May and we're talking at a pool in the Sneinton area of Nottingham, where Adlington, now 23, used to train as a girl. She's still an appealing mix of girlish and boyish – pink socks with butterflies on them, loose grey sweatpants and a burgundy sweatshirt, a white T-shirt with hearts on it. She's shorter (5ft 10in) than you might imagine, but with a long, loose-limbed grace. Most noticeable of all in person is her strikingly beautiful colouring: Nordic blue eyes, white-blond hair, fair skin.
The triumphs of four years ago brought her instant fame: front-page headlines; an open-top bus parade in her home town of Mansfield; and the gold Jimmy Choo shoes that were presented by the mayor (she has a passion for designer shoes). She has faced some low points since then. There were the remarks made by the playground bully comedian Frankie Boyle about her looks (ruled 'offensive' and 'humiliating' by the BBC Trust), which excited the ugly pack instincts of internet trolls. There was also a dip in form that began at the World Championships in 2009. Adlington set a personal best in the 400m, beating her Olympic time by almost three seconds, but found herself back
in bronze-medal position behind Italy's Federica Pellegrini and her British rival (and friend), Jackson. She crashed out of the medals altogether in the 800m, after being fastest in the heats. She cried in the post-race interview, saying that she felt she had let everyone down, despite the fact that she had elected not to wear the speed suits (which have since been outlawed) that led to a procession of world records at the Championships. Things hardly improved at the European Championships the following year. Despite winning gold at 400m, Adlington finished seventh in her favoured event. What was going wrong?
'Confidence is something that is so hard to gain but so easy to knock,' she says. 'Losing at the Worlds shocked me, but then to have a second disappointment in the 800m at the Europeans, was just like, oh my God. It became mental rather than physical, which is harder to overcome. If it's physical, you can change what you're doing in training. Done. But when it's mental, nobody can help you with that apart from yourself.'
Later in the year, she got a confidence boost at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, winning golds in both her main events. But at the World Championships in 2011 she faced a moment of crisis, after qualifying only seventh-fastest for the 400m final.
'I came out of the heat of the 400 and I felt awful,' she says. 'I had to tell myself, hold on, I'm a better swimmer than this. I could so easily have knocked myself back down again. But I was saying to myself, come on, you can do this. I had to not get panicky, and start thinking, "What's happened?" I just had to take that experience that
I'd gained from those two years and put it into place. I'm glad I did go through the low points. It makes you stronger.'
Adlington went on to take silver from the difficult position of lane one, then decisively won gold in the 800m. Now, she says, her goals are simple. 'I'm hoping I can go to the Olympics and go faster than I did at the Worlds last year, and if I do that I'll take whatever outcome that gives me, whether that's first or last place.'
Adlington lives and trains in Nottingham, 20 miles from where she grew up in Mansfield. She is the youngest of three sisters and credits her siblings, Chloe, 28, and Laura, 25, as the inspiration for her swimming career.
'Becky always wanted to be wherever they were,' her mother, Kay, tells me. 'When we first took her swimming, at three or four, she was in the baby pool, and they were in the 25m pool. That gave her the impetus to get in the big pool as soon as possible. But it didn't stop there. They split the big pool into lanes, with beginners in lane one. And, of course, she didn't want to be in the beginners' lane, she wanted to be in the same lane as her sisters.'
As first Chloe, then Laura, joined the Nottingham Nova swimming squad, they were followed by the baby of the family, whose desire to keep up had become seriously competitive. The older girls were stronger sprinters, but as soon as she was old enough to race longer distances, Rebecca began to catch up. 'We saw that it wasn't going to be too long before she would start challenging,' Kay recalls. 'The first time Becky beat one of the other girls at a county gala in Sherwood Pool, when she was about 12, Steve [Rebecca's father] and I just looked at each other and thought, "We're going to have a quiet journey home." '
'My elder sister still claims that she can beat me on a 50 free now,' Adlington says. 'She hasn't swum in about 10 years. I'm like, "Really?" But my middle sister is only two years older than me so when I got to my early teenage years, I started catching her up and she hated it.'
A regimented routine dominated Adlington's life over the next few years. From the age of 12, when she was selected to work with the swimming coach Bill Furniss, she began training early mornings and evenings four days a week, plus Saturday mornings. Most days began with a 4.30am wake-up call before the drive from Mansfield to Nottingham. Adlington's determination was already in evidence. 'I never had to wake her up,' Kay says. 'She was always ready.' Two-hour training sessions in the pool were followed by the journey to school. 'Becky perfected the art of eating cereal from a Tupperware bowl without spilling milk as I was going around roundabouts,' Kay says. 'I remember the winter mornings; Becky with damp hair, heaters on full blast, eating bread and jam.'
After school, it would be back to Nottingham and into the pool from 5 until 7pm, then home to an evening meal and homework – week in, week out, year after year. It was during these years that Adlington forged the relationship with Furniss that still endures. I ask her whether it had been a tough decision not to join the British coaching set-up at Loughborough University, the nearest of British Swimming's 'centres of excellence', with its superb facilities and Olympic-sized pool, where a number of Britain's top swimmers are based.
'No,' she says simply. 'I've always wanted to be with Bill. Never wanted to leave Bill. We're very, very similar. I'm not a girlie girl, I don't like heart-to-hearts, I don't cry very often. I'm not like that and Bill's the same. We don't really say that much to each other, but we like it like that. We're kind of quiet, do-the-job people and I think that's why it works so well. We just get on with it.'
In public, Furniss describes Adlington as the 'ultimate racer'. I wonder if he's tough on her in private? 'He is but he has his own way of being tough on me. He doesn't shout at me, he never raises his voice. Bill's not a shouter in general. He just knows my breaking point, he knows my limit, so he knows how hard to push me, and he knows when to ease back. He never pushes me so far that I'm just absolutely dead, that I can't get back up.'
I catch up with Furniss on the phone a few days later, and ask him to pinpoint the trust that's at the heart of their relationship. 'I know Rebecca would never not give 100 per cent,' he says, 'so if she's having a bad session, she's still giving it her all. She knows I've always got her best interests at heart, she knows I respect what she does and I'll always look after her.
'At 12,' he adds, 'she was the same as she is now: honest, committed, never late, never complained. Even then she was prepared to pay the price.'
He talks me through an intensive training session – a 'sick-bucket session', as he calls it. 'They're agony. They're about pushing yourself to the absolute limit. A main set might be 30 100m at maximum heart rate, starting one every one minute 40 seconds, and swimming close to race pace.'
Adlington rates the ability to tolerate pain as one of the elements of mental toughness that are essential for distance swimmers, gained over a long period. In a race, it's extreme. 'It's very, very painful,' she groans. 'I just tell myself, it's got to be easier than childbirth. Once you've finished, it's like your body's burning, but you don't care because all your emotions take over. I've definitely noticed the older I've got, the more painful it has got.'
Adlington has spoken of needing more recovery sessions at 23 than she did at 19. Is a recovery session a lot easier? 'You might not think it was,' Furniss laughs. 'A recovery session for Rebecca would still be 7,000m in two hours, but it would be focusing on technique – skills and drills.'
The workload means that Adlington requires a lot of calories, roughly 2,800 per day, beginning with fruit juice and cereal before her first training session and ending with an evening meal that includes protein, such as braising steak or chicken (she doesn't like fish) served with something like sweet potato and carrot mash. She will eat four or five times during the day, and snack on fruit throughout the afternoon. Lunch might be four or five sandwiches and a yogurt. She has admitted in the past to treating herself to the occasional cupcake or glass of wine, too.
Furniss says that Adlington was a rough diamond when she came to him as a youngster, but that she differed from many other promising young swimmers who hit a performance peak in their mid-teens because she just kept improving: technically, physically, psychologically.
A profound event had an impact on that improvement. At 18, Adlington's sister Laura developed encephalitis after a bout of glandular fever. She spent two weeks on a life-support machine. Kay recalls the doctors telling her that there was nothing more they could do and her survival depended on how strong she was. Rebecca was also suffering from post-viral glandular fever at the time, and there was a real fear that both daughters might succumb to the brain condition. They didn't. Laura pulled through, although she suffered memory loss and had to take a year out of school.
Rebecca, meanwhile, having been weakened by the illness, was unable to train to her usual intensity. Furniss spent the long recovery period focusing on developing the technical base to her swimming that has been so important to her success. She also learnt how to concentrate on swimming when her life outside the pool was in turmoil.
Family life is still the mainstay of her world. 'I think that's what's helped me since Beijing. If I had moved too far away from home, I just wouldn't have been able to cope. I love my mum, she comes over and cooks for me three or four times a week and I go home every Sunday for a roast, to eat with the family. I train in the same pool I have done for 10 years and I like my routine, my comfort zone.'
She lives in Nottingham with her boyfriend, Harry Needs, 20 – he is also a swimmer, who hopes to compete in the 50m and 100m butterfly events in the 2016 Olympics. He swims for the Nova Centurion club in the city, where the two met. I ask her if she is the sort of person who needs a stable relationship to take some of the pressure off her. 'Definitely. I think it helps that we both swim. A lot of people in the swimming world go out with swimmers, it makes it so easy. We've been together about 14 months. We live together, and we moved in after about four months, which is quite soon but it just felt right. I love the fact that Harry understands the lifestyle and he obviously wants to succeed in his swimming as well, so even on a Saturday night we'll go to bed at 10. It's nice in the winter, too, getting up with someone when it's dark and cold.'
Are there things that she feels she has missed through the regimen of her lifestyle? 'No, because with swimming, most people retire in their mid- to late twenties, and you still have so much of your life left. If I want to learn to dance or do bike rides or learn to play tennis or go out with my friends to nightclubs or travel or whatever, I still have so much time to do everything.'
She has talked before about a wish to go on Strictly Come Dancing after she finishes swimming. I wonder if the desire to perform is a factor in her swimming career. Does she enjoy the spotlight?
'I do once it's finished, if that makes sense. I love it when I've touched the wall, but before the race I don't notice anything. I don't ever really look up because you just have to stay so focused, but afterwards it is an incredible feeling.'
She is looking forward to the crowds in London. Will the woman with the passion for Christian Louboutin shoes ('They're just my absolute dream') be taking the chance to go shopping in the capital? 'I'm sure I will,' she laughs. 'Obviously the swimming's in the first week, so in the second week we all get to go shopping.'
First though, there will be the little matter of trying to defend her titles. The 400m event will be a 'dogfight' according to Furniss. Federica Pellegrini, the world record holder, will be the favourite. 'There are a lot of specialist 400m freestylers in the world and we'll try to get among them,' he says. 'The 800m is what we prepare for,' he adds. 'All you can do when you get to the competition is control what you can do. I can't control what Pellegrini's going to do, neither can Rebecca. You do the best that you can and take what you get.
'The only thing I can say is that no one will have tried harder, prepared better or put themselves through more pain and agony in the past four years than Rebecca. She's given it every last fibre in her body to deliver in London, and she will give everything. We'll see what that brings.'
Rebecca Adlington is an ambassador for British Gas, a principal partner of British Swimming, which is giving away free swims around the country. See britishgas.co.uk/freeswimming


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Despite our best laid plans, details can sometimes slip through the cracks when protecting data. In their effort to maintain reliable backups and fast recovery times, IT departments have to overcome hurdles such as:
- Limited available time for maintenance
- Constantly changing infrastructure and new technologies
- Diminishing IT budgets
And sometimes, when backed up data needs to be recovered, it can't. And that's what I want to talk about today.
Here are some of the most common reasons that IT staff can't recover files from their backups:
- No backup copy was available. This can happen if the data loss occurred before the daily tape backup was processed.
- The backup copy was corrupted. This can happen if the backup device was damaged or processed incorrectly. It may also happen if the storage device contained some sort of physical defect.
- Backups were done incorrectly. This is a common scenario in businesses that host their own SQL databases or Exchange servers, but lack the proper training to back up properly. One day, they load up their backup tapes and find that they've only been backing up their flat files… and have never backed up their database.
- All backup copies were corrupted. This can happen if invalid data is unknowingly backed up repeatedly over a long period of time.
- Loss reported too late. Most corporate backup policies state that deleted files must also be removed from the backups after a specified length of time. If the data loss isn't reported before this time has elapsed, the data could be gone forever.
- Important files, directories or components were excluded from the backups. Many home users will only back up their "My Documents" folder, leaving other files at risk such as their Outlook files and those files saved on the Desktop. Many applications will also save important data to a sub-folder under their "Program Files" directory.
- Other systems or hardware were added without updating the backup process.
- Files were saved on the end-user's local drive or portable media instead of the assigned network folder. If you have users who save data locally – as is common with laptops – you must have a plan to protect those as well.
- Human error. Everyone messes up once in a while. That's why you have to automate as much of your backup process as possible, and ensure that your IT staffs are properly trained.
- Software bugs. Although software providers do their best to write bug-free software, they're constantly racing to catch up with the fast-changing operating systems and external applications that they must interact with.
- Backup software was not installed or configured properly. Once again, this can be attributed to human error and lack of proper training.
- Unable to locate files, or locating files would be too inconvenient. Sometimes, the process of recovering files can simply be too laborious, or it would eat up too much precious IT time. In this event, the company must evaluate the maintenance costs against the cost of the lost data before making a decision.
- No backup process in place. As crazy as this might seem, many smaller businesses either have no backups at all, or only back up a few of their machines. For them, every day is Russian roulette.
- Forgot the encryption password. Nothing is more painful than backing up properly, then being locked out of your files when you need them the most.
- Only one copy of the backups were ever made, and they were destroyed with the servers. This is usually the case in the event of fires or natural disasters.
And there you have it. I've just given you plenty of reasons for why you need to test your recovery process on a regular basis. No matter how perfect you think your process is, every tiny change to your IT system increases the odds that something might go wrong later on.
It's better to invest the time now and iron out the kinks, than to wake up one day and realize that you've been forgetting an important step all along.


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Dissertation Methodology
Dissertation Methodology – Expert Advice
Dissertation methodology as one of the imperative parts of research paper writing implies the use of different methods aimed at making your paper coherent and clearly organized. Speaking about writing methods we should point out:
- variables that can be both dependent and independent;
- sample which is a comprehensive description of participants;
- procedures including setting, data collection, etc;
- instrumentation that should be marked by validity, reliability, and any other related issues;
- statistic analysis;
- limitations of the study which involve issues related to the external validity.
What follows the orderliness of your research questions and hypothesis is the discussion of research results that may include recommendations for future research, clinical implications and conclusions.
The scientific methods involved in paper writing means that you should start with a hypothesis, and proceed to collecting evidence that would either support or deny it. Thus the most complicated aspect of the dissertation writing consists of organizing evidence into a coherent form.
Speaking about dissertation methodology we should point out that each statement in your paper should be supported either by an original work or by a reference to publish scientific literature. Moreover, your writing shouldn't repeat details of critical thinking, but instead it should use results as facts referring readers to source for future details.
Choosing proper research methods for your paper is a difficult, time-consuming task that can be successfully completed by our experienced researchers and writers committed to professionalism.


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Everybody remembers when Steve Jobs returned to Apple and set the company on the incredible turnaround that's led to it becoming the world's most valuable company.
But before its legendary rise, Apple was just three guys in a garage in Los Altos, California.
Back then, it was a company struggling with IBM and Microsoft's meteoric success, and it would eventually face rough times where everything seemed like a lost cause.
Here's a look into the history of Apple in photos, from its inception through to the triumphant return of Jobs.
Apple would officially incorporate in 1977, thanks to guidance from Markkula. A man named Michael Scott (no, not the one from "The Office") was brought in at Markkula's suggestion to serve as the company's first president and CEO. The thought was that Jobs was too young and undisciplined to serve as CEO.
Xerox PARC convinced Jobs that the future of computing was with a graphical user interface (GUI), like the kind we're used to today.
Jobs spearheaded the effort to equip Apple's next-generation Lisa computer with a GUI, but was bumped from the project thanks to infighting. Lisa was released in 1983 to much fanfare, but disastrous sales — it was too expensive and didn't have enough software support.
Around the time of the launch of the first Macintosh in 1983, Apple got a new CEO in the form of John Sculley.
Sculley was serving as Pepsi's youngest-ever CEO, but Jobs managed to bring him to Apple with the now-legendary pitch: "Do you want to sell sugared water for the rest of your life? Or do you want to come with me and change the world?"
The Macintosh had strong sales, but not enough to break IBM's dominance. This led to a lot of friction between Jobs — the head of the Macintosh group who liked doing things his own way — and Sculley, who wanted stricter oversight on future products in the light of the Lisa disaster and disappointment of the Macintosh.
It got to the point that Apple's board specifically instructed Sculley to "contain" Jobs.
Things came to a head in 1985 when Jobs tried to stage a coup and oust Sculley — but Apple's board of directors took Sculley's side and removed Jobs from his managerial duties. A furious Jobs quit and went on to found NeXT, a computer company making advanced workstations where he had total control.
The 1990s would see Apple get into lots of new markets, none of which really worked out. Possibly the most famous Apple flop of the '90s was '93's Newton MessagePad, which was Sculley's own brainchild. It literally created the market for "personal digital assistants," but it was $700 and did little more than take notes and keep track of your contacts.
But Sculley's longest-lasting mistake was in spending lots of time and lots of Apple's cash on bringing System 7 to the brand-new IBM/Motorola PowerPC microprocessor instead of the dominant Intel processor architecture. Most software was written for Intel processors, plus they got cheaper and cheaper over the years.
Spindler had the unfortunate job of following through with Sculley's big PowerPC mistake. In 1994, the first Macintosh running on a PowerPC was released. But Apple's fortunes continued to sag as Windows took off. After acquisition talks with IBM, Sun MicroSystems, and Philips all fell through, Apple's board replaced Sculley with Gil Amelio in 1996.
Amelio's reign saw its own kind of excess, including the "Twentieth Anniversary Mac," a $7,500 all-in-one PC that came with the very unique perk...Apple would hand-deliver it via limo and set it up for you, in a full-on concierge experience.
Read more about the Twentieth Anniversary Mac and its demise here.
Under the new era of Jobs' leadership, the company would make nice with Microsoft, which invested $150 million in Apple circa 1997. The investment was announced at Jobs' first big speaking gig as CEO, with a guest appearance from a gigantic Bill Gates projection. The audience booed.
Jobs also had Jony Ive spearhead the design of the iMac, an all-in-one computer released in 1998. In 2001, he introduced Mac OS X, based on the operating system from NeXT Computers, finally replacing System 7. And in 2006, Apple finally moved to an Intel-based system architecture.


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This next year will be filled with many blessings, lots of challenges, and probably some losses for many people. Such a mix of experiences.
We love the blessings. We sometimes don't mind the challenges. In fact, some of you really enjoy challenges. But most of us would like to side-step the losses.
The difficult part for most people is facing the future with all the unknown components. So often you don't know how to prepare, what to do, how to respond, where to find the answers. Your life is filled with shadows and you don't know how to navigate through them.
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Astronomy is unique among the sciences. It is perhaps the oldest science, playing an integral role in the cultures of ancient civilizations. Today, just as it has been through human history, astronomy is the science that is most relevant to our lives, the most accessible to us. We can perhaps not be aware of how levers work, that when you heat water it vaporizes, or how plants would die if you deprive them of water, but we will always be aware of the blazing Sun in the afternoon and the starry sky at night, punctuated every evening by a beautiful sunset.
Accessibility means that even today, the ordinary layperson can in fact be crucial to advances in astronomy. You don't need a billion-dollar particle accelerator that spans the border of two countries, or a strange-looking machine which you put something into and display some squiggly lines on a screen. You can easily get a telescope in your backyard for less than $1k, but that is not even necessary. To be an amateur astronomer, you would need just your eyes.
In 2010, an amateur discovered a storm in the Northern Hemisphere of Saturn, and only after that were there observations by the Cassini spacecraft. Also in 2010, a British amateur captured the breakup of the icy nucleus of comet C2007 C3 as it approached the Sun. Another British amateur Tom Boles holds the record for discovering more than 120 supernovas.
Then what does a professional astronomer do? Many amateurs are in fact very informed in the field, perhaps the only difference is that they are not full-time. Are professional astronomers merely people who are paid to periodically publish journal papers and once in a while lob a telescope into space? Perhaps I am putting down the professional astronomers - there are certainly large fields, such as X-ray astronomy, that are generally inaccessible to amateurs.
My Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) project saw me working on Cassini data under Andrew Ingersoll and Shawn Ewald. Certainly I learnt a lot about atmospheric dynamics and IDL (I still find it a sloppy language), but what is most interesting is that I saw the breadth of options open to a Physics graduate who wishes to go into academics (of course there is always finance, or the dark side as the joke goes). Andy is perhaps the stereotypical professor leading various teams working in different research areas, and collaborating with other professors like himself from other universities to contribute various instruments for spacecraft. Shawn, however, seemed more like a programmer. In fact I was surprised at first when I found out he was also Physics trained. His role is simply to process the data from the spacecraft, and pass it on to the various research teams. He hardly does any theoretical studies or attempt to interpret the data he handles.
I often like to cite Michael Malin as another person whom I would not have guessed to be a Physics graduate. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in Physics, and came to Caltech to get a PhD in Geology and Planetary Sciences. After 11 years of teaching at Arizona State University, he set up his own Malin Space Science Systems devoted to building camera systems for spacecraft. Notable contributions include the Color Imager on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the Mars Science Laboratory Mastcam, and the Mars Orbiter Camera on the now lost Mars Global Surveyor. It would seem that he has a stable job after getting his professorship at Arizona State University, but he left that job to enter industry. Perhaps he felt he could accomplish much more with more funds available outside the university? It would be interesting to find out.
Which brings me to the latest assignment we have for Ay20. I look forward to all the interviews with various people, and have my eyes opened to the options that lay before me.
On a somewhat related note, I once again realize that I know next to nothing about building stuff. I took part in Caltech Space Challenge, and was exposed to the design process which seemed so natural to the engineers present there. I thought perhaps the reason why I was kinda clueless was that I was the most junior there. Last Friday I held a meeting for a rover building competition, and I had to ask someone next to me what CAD stands for. And this time, most of the engineers in the room were freshmen.
Being able to build an instrument and then fly it in space would be really cool, but looks like I have a long long way to go.
And for all the other scientists out there who are as ignorant as I was, CAD stands for computer aided design. I still don't know how the process work though.
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I'm glad you did ask what CAD is! Engineering, like any science, can be intimidating due to its jargon. It's such an important skill to be able to ask about words you don't recognize or understand - this will take you a long way.
Amateur astronomers can be very very impressive! Did you check out the web site of Robert Vanderbei (in the "Links" section of the class web site)? He is a professor of operations research who is also an amateur astronomer, and does really incredible things!
Amateur astronomers can be very very impressive! Did you check out the web site of Robert Vanderbei (in the "Links" section of the class web site)? He is a professor of operations research who is also an amateur astronomer, and does really incredible things!


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Sponsored by Sanlam Private Wealth, in partnership with Durbanville's Rust-en-Vrede Art Gallery, the award offers a significant monetary prize of R100 000 and a viewers' choice prize of R20 000 . The closing date for entries is 23 July 2015.
The first Sanlam Portrait Award, held last year, attracted a staggering 1 783 entries. KwaZulu-Natal artist Heather Gourlay-Conyngham walked off with the top prize for her nude male portrait entitled A Young Man (177 x 80cm, oil on canvas).
The competition is open to artists of 18 years and older who are residents of South Africa. Work entered should be based on a sitting, or study from life, and the human figure must predominate. No sculptures, photographs and works created using software or other digital means will be eligible. All works will be judged anonymously by a panel of three independent judges. They will identify the winning portrait and select 39 other entries to tour the country as part of an exclusive exhibition. The panel will be convened by Stefan Hundt, head of the Sanlam Private Wealth art advisory service and curator of the Sanlam Art Collection.
Daniël Kriel, CEO of Sanlam Private Wealth, says "Many of our clients have a passion for art, and invest in art as part of a balanced portfolio. We launched the first Art Advisory Service in South Africa in 2010 and it is a platform that has always been a strong part of our business. Partnering with Rust-en-Vrede Art Gallery on the Sanlam Portrait Award was a natural fit for us and we are pleased to be continuing this initiative."
Kriel says the outstanding quality and standard of the entries received in last year's competition was testament to the range and depth of talent South Africa has to offer. "We are looking forward to seeing entries that push beyond the normal and accepted for the second competition."
The name of the overall winner will be announced at a gala event to be held at the Rust-en-Vrede Art Gallery on 27 August 2015.
For more information on the competition, entry forms and competition rules, please go to
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Lonsdor K518ISE Key Programmer Plus SKE-IT Smart Key Emulator(5 Color)
良いニュース: 2018年10月のLonsdor推進計画
Lonsdor K518ISE Main Functions & Features:
Odometer adjustment
Built-in Volkswagen 4th 5th adapter
Built-in Chip & remote detection module.
Free BMW FEM key programming
Supported Car Models:Lonsdor Key Programmer Supported Car List
Language: English only at present.
K518ISE key programmer features:
1.The best car diagnostic tool based on Android
2.WIFI networking ensures software upgrading more convenient.
3.No need to plug memory card, or connect the computer with data cable, more flexible in online upgrading, updating and activating.
4.with USB-B2.0 standard connector, OBD-II test cable integrated with the diagnostic connector function of the adapter.
5.Diagnostic speed greatly accelerated, work efficiency improved, better time
6.7 inches high brightness, high definition color IPS capacitive screen
7.3800mAh polymer battery
8.Support external memory expansion, better within 32G
9. Built-in professional, powerful operation assistant system
10.Free BMW FEM key programming
K518ISE key programmer Function Description:
1.Please pay attention to below function description before using the device. Immobilization: immobilizer system diagnosis
2.Odometer adjustment: mileage diagnosis and correction
3.Hardware testing: test if the hardware can function well
4.Adapter: after dismantling, diagnose certain car models
5.Setting: set up basic device information
6.Update firmware: adapter firmware upgrade & update (connect KPROG adapter
7.with OBD test cable and connect K518ISE with 12V power supply)
8.One key upgrade: click to update to the latest system data
9.Shutdown - turn off the device
Lonsdor K518ISE Key programmer Special Features:
Volvo (S40, S60, S80, XC60, XC90, C30, C70, V40, V60, V70) key programming.
Toyota/Lexus: smart key all key lost - via OBD ( without dismantle)
BMW CAS3/CAS3+/CAS3++: direct OBD programming
BMW CAS4/CAS4+: dismantle & read data programming
16 -New Maserati: smart key programming
16 -New Ford: smart key programming
Hyundai / Kia 46/47/8A smart key: PIN code reading via OBD, all key lost included.
Renault ( Megane, Koleos, Scenic) without PIN code key programming
VAG group 4th & 5th immobilizer system
Ferrari (458, F12, F149): direct OBD programming
Peugeot /Citroen: two ways to read PIN code & programming, all keys lost included.
Lonsdor K518ISE Cars Coverage List for Immobilization:
Audi, BMW, Benz, VW, Volvo, Citroen, Ferrari, Maserati, Fiat, Lamborghini, Jaguar, MG,
Land Rover, Bentley, Lancia, Opel, Peugeot, Porsche, DS, Renault, Alfa Romeo, Smart,
Cadillac, Chevrolet, Dodge, GMC, Buick, Hummer, Ford, JEEP, Lincoln, Mercury
Honda, Hyundai, Isuzu, KIA, Lexus, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Ssangyong, Subaru, Suzuki,
Toyota, Shigaoka Queen
Iveco, Trumpchi, BYD, Geely, Chery, Great Wall, Young Lotus (Basically all Chinese car
models are included)
Odometer Adjustment Car List:
VW, Porsche, Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mazda, Audi, Renault, Hummer, Hyundai, Kia...
More high-end cars will be updated very soon.
Note: K518ISE is still under rapid upgrading, more functions and be released soon,
please refer to our website www.lonsdor.com foalso you can "One key update" for the latest version by yourself.
Technical parameter:
|Support: 125KHz ASK; 134.2KHz FSK
|Battery capacity
|ARM Cortex-A7 Quad-core Processor Speed 1.34GHZ
|Power supply
|WIFI communication distance
|Power port
|1024x600, 7 inch IPS capacitive screen
|OBD port
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|eMMC 8G RAM 1G
|Com port
|USB2.0-type B
|OBDII protocols
|ISO15765, ISO9141, ISO14230, SAEJ1850, KW1281, VW TP1.6 TP2.0 etc.
|support programming MCU and EEPROM on ECU circuit board.
Lonsdor K518ISE can program Toyota/Lexus smart key all key lost via OBD by working together with extra SKE-LT Smart Key Emulator(optional)
SKE-LT: Smart Key emulator - Toyota/Lexus smart key for all key lost via OBD.(optional)
Black: SKE-LT-DST40(94/D4) -Supports 94/D4 smart key.(optional)
Red: SKE-LT-8A(88/A8)-Support 88/A8 smart key.(optional)
Green: SKE-LT-DST80(98)-Supports 98 smart key.(optional)
Blue: SKE-LT-8A(A9)-Supports A9 smart key. (optional)
Introduction of the 5th Emulator
Orange SKE-LT-DSTAES Chip 39 (128bit) for Toyota 39 chip smart key all keys lost by OBD
Support Offline Calculation
Test models:
Hilux, Fortuner, Yaris and more
1.All key lost Support
2.Don't need to connect internet
Lonsdor K518ISE Adaptor Binding:
Please note that KPROG adapter must be bound to K518ISE before using, here is the binding process:
Step 1. Connect adapter to K518ISE with mainline
Step 2. Connect K518ISE with 12V power supply
Step 3. Enter into "Setting"
Step 4. Click "Bind adapter"
Step 5. Click "OK" to complete
Note: The KPROG adapter is specialized for part of Volvo car series and the new Maserati for the time being, we are still developing some more
car models that the adaptor can support in the near future, such as Jeep Grand Cherokee, please refer to our website or directly go to the"One
key update" for latest news
SKE-LT Introduction:
Product name: SKE-LT Smart Key Emulator
Battery standard: CR2032=3V(Please install battery)
SKE-LT Smart Key Emulator Functions:
Bind emulator key: first use, it is required to bind SKE-LT emulator to K518ISE main unit;
Backup EEPROM data: backup on board computer immodata;
Make emergency emulator key: with the backup immodata to make the designated SKE emulator key to the key that can replace the original master key.
Such key can be used to turn on the ignition, then add smart key can be proceed;
Add smart key: to add a smart key.
Delete smart key: to delete a programmed key.
1. Press and hold the power button for 2 sec to turn on/off; In start status, when standby for 2 min,
the key will automatically shut down; After switching 3 times, the key will be initialized, and can be recycled again.
2. Status indicator: Blue-normal; Red-hardware failure;
3. After receiving the product, please open the back cover of each emulator and install battery first before using it.
Steps to install battery:
How to Operate the SKE-LT Smart Key Emulator on all key lost situation:
1) Binding
1. Go to the "Bind emulator key" function;
2. Turn on emulator key and put it into K518ISE key slot (put the status indicator down, make sure the key is active);
3. Following the system direction and click "OK" to start binding;
4. After binding completed, the system will indicate"Binding successful".
2) Backup EEPROM data
Connect K518ISE with car OBD port, enter into "Backup immodata" to back up the data.
3) Make emergency emulator key
After choosing the immodata, in a network environment, the system will indicate to choose the corresponding SKE emulator key model,
please start the key and put it into K518ISE key slot(make sure the key is activate), follow the instruction to make an emulator key.
4) Add smart key
Click the car start button, put the generated SKE emulator key close to the start button, with induction the car will automatically activated.
The system will read current key count, then follow the instruction to add key.
1."Bind emulator key"can identify the SKE emulator key binding state;
2. SKE emulator key need to bind K518ISE host and can bind only for one time;
3. When making emulator key, make sure well net connection and to choose the corresponding SKE emulator key model correctly.
Package List:
1*SKE-LT Smart Key Emulator
1* Portable Bag(big)
1*Main Host
1*Power Adaptor
1*USB Cable
1*Packing Bundle
1*OBD Test Cable
1*Extra Connector
1*User Manual
1*Portable Bag(small)
1*KPROG Adapter
1*RN-01 Board
1*E-01 Board
1*FS-01 Board
1*20P Cable
5*Backup Pin


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Elderberry growing off a telephone pole guideline, now ripe and ready for harvesting, Wayland, NY
Debra Myers
Even from above, changes can be seen as green fields turn brown. This taken between Philadelphia, PA and Elmira, NY
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Nothing but fields and more fields, all getting ready to be harvested, New Richmond, WI
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the end...leaves whose time has passed, taken in Addison, NY
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burdock plant, taken in WI
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Hillside in color, Wayland, NY
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A face that is happy to see Fall! Taken in Addison, NY.
Debra Myers
A McDonald's restaurant with a cafe upstairs is shown on Yee Wo Street in Hong Kong.
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The beginning of the leaves changing, Wayland, NY
Debra Myers
ripened miniature variety of crab apples, taken in WI
Debra Myers
ripened crab apples taken in WI
Debra Myers
deer are very alert now, perhaps sensing that danger lurks, taken in Addison, NY
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leaves, taken in Wayland, NY
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ear of corn ready for picking; taken in WI
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Looking down out of my plane on Oct. 4th, 2011
Debra Myers
milk weed plant, taken in Addison, NY
Debra Myers
field of ripened corn, taken in WI
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"No words for the beauty that Puerto Rico has to offer visitors..."
"Zoltan, there are no words for the beauty that Puerto Rico has to offer visitors. We are so happy that we took your advice and got off the beaten path for a little while. Your adventure excursion to Cayo Luis Pena was simply breath taking. The snorkeling was fantastic, the picnic divine and the simplicity of it all, perfect! There is nothing like flying low above paradise in your seaplane. Can't wait to make it back to PR to explore some more. Thanks for keeping it real!"
Josh and Stephanie NY
Josh and Stephanie NY
"Seaplanes in Paradise ROCKS!"
"Seaplanes in Paradise ROCKS! Who comes up with a concept like that and actually gets away with it? You're living the life, my friend. Keep up the great work. Your services are desperately needed to keep Puerto Rico on my top 10 to-revisit list. After reading that Vieques got the #1 slot for Caribbean Islands in 2012 by Travel and Leisure Magazine, I had to give it a whirl. Staying at the W was awesome, but to arrive by seaplane in Esperanza Bay takes me back to the Fantasy Island skits we all remember so fondly. They weren't lying. Vieques is all that and seaplane services sure do make it appealing when there is so much remote terrain to cover. The sights and tunes make the experience simply Awesome! We will be back.
Kyle and Ashley CA
Kyle and Ashley CA
"Party on the ocean"
We took the 5:30 sunset tour & we had a blast! It was someone's birthday so the sail was extended. Unlimited sangrias & beer. Zoltan was very friendly & fun, along w/the crew. I would most def do this every time I visit San Juan. We sailed out near the fort and governor's mansion. This is a must do!
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
"Prepary to Enjoy"
Our scenic flight and sunset catamaran cruise were exquisite. We had spent the prior day walking old San Juan - seeing the great island of Puerto Rico by air & by sea provided spectacular icing on the cake. The combined flight/boat trip was well worth the price. Our pilot Dave was thorough in his pre-flight information. Smooth takeoff and landing made this dreamy. He safely flew us over Puerto Rico's beautiful sights. We have taken a number of scenic sea plane flights, and this has been the best. Additionally, the captain of our catamaran sunset tour was good as well. It was to great to see the wall around the city, the additional beaches and the gorgeous sunset from the water. Our first mate & entertainment director Carlos added to the joy of our trip. My only two concerns to pass along are that we should have gone on a longer flight & be warned that this seaplane flight may spoil the rest. Thanks to a great team for making this possible.
Seattle, Washington
"Amazing Experience"
Me and a friend went for a day trip and had an amazing time. The crew was awesome.. They received us with mimosas even thou we were a little late they had patience to wait for us. Our tour guide Luis Barreto is the coolest guy.. Really knows rhe history of the island and answered all our questions.. The trip was so beautiful.. The landscape was breathtaking and the food was amazing. Highly recommended!! Cant wait to do it again... :D


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To have a selection of communicative ability-developing activities, teachers can organize a series of English speaking and listening activities for second language learners such as those we'll discuss here. These types of activities not only help English language learners but foreign language learners as well.
Diverse Speaking Activities
The four basic communicative activities in language consist of speaking, listening, reading and writing. Some activities that make for interesting and diverse speaking activities include:
- Conversation classes – provide guided and unguided speaking practice in English for language learners
- Conversation clubs – this similar venue to conversation classes during which learners can practice speaking through oral practice offering opinions and comments on controversial topics.
- Dialogues – a natural speaking forum that second language learners find simple and easy to engage in on a variety of topics. Dialogues can be pre-written, prepared by teachers or the learners and involve two, three or more learners at once in scenarios such as a job interview, a good waiter and difficult customer, or other contrasting roles.
- Simulations and role-playing – a commonly used scenario in business and technical English classes, these provide near authentic speaking practice situations that help in preparing learners for real-life speaking situations.
- Speaking practice games – turn-taking games during which learners give answers or comments on different topics or use selected grammatical structures are fun and motivating for learners.
- Songs – can be used to practice vocabulary in an oral context, grammar elements and connected speech. The teacher can use songs to illustrate accents, lexis in context and pronunciation as well making songs a valuable addition to a series of listening and speaking activities.
- Debates and discussions – with sufficient skill levels, second language learners can debate sides of an issue prominent in their city, region or country based on any theme. Debates are also great for training multiple aspects of speaking in all levels of learners.
These and a variety of other speaking activities can contribute to learners making significant progress in their English speaking skills. Listening activities for second language learners are also important for skills development.
Diverse Listening Activities for Second Language Learners
Second language learners can likewise greatly benefit from a series of diverse listening activities.
- Podcasts – numerous podcasts updated from weekly to daily intervals are available online at several major sites. These cover a broad range of topic areas, themes and subjects from politics to science, art and news.
- Old time radio programs – not only are these programs from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s entertaining, but they are also interesting and useful tools for listening comprehension development with westerns, crime, comedy, variety and mystery genre programs available.
- Short videos online – video-sharing websites abound offering English language learners a selection of available videos on virtually any topic of interest.
- Movies and scene clips – another highly fruitful area for listening comprehension development is the use of clips from full-length movies. These can be used for prediction, debate, comprehension questions, illustrating accents, and language variations, grammar in context, and vocabulary or lexis in context, among other speech aspects.
- Recorded audio speeches – many sites archive audio of speeches, reports, documentaries, dramas and other audio discourse forms. MP3s and other audio formats can even be downloaded to the learners' personal multi-media devices and be listened to at the learners' convenience outside of classes.
- Documentaries – audio and video of documentaries are available either as a download or as online listening at websites of media production companies such as MGM, Universal, National Geographic, Discovery, Sony, Panasonic and Warner Brothers, to name a few.
- Audio and video interviews – interviews are archived in the form of audios and videos online at literally hundreds of sites. With the large number of these available, second language learners have an extensive selection from which to choose to suit virtually any interest. Sites such as Michael Senoff's marketing audio interviews and seminar collections and the top video sharing websites can prove to be invaluable resources for both teachers and learners.
Using These Activities
Having a well-researched repertoire of speaking and listening activities in English is a boon for both the astute language teacher and second language learners. As such it is an indispensible tool which cannot be neglected. Here we have provided a start in acquiring a good selection of activities, but teachers should continue to expand their resources on an ongoing basis.
- Michael Senoff's Marketing Audio Interviews; http://www.hardtofindseminars.com/index.html


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The Sharpshooter medal resembles a green and bronze cross-hair sitting on top of a five pointed bronze star; it is awarded to individuals after killing 10 opponents in a row without dying on multiplayer matchmaking with a sniper rifle. The Sharpshooter medal is second of the sniper spree medals. This medal can be awarded on any gametype containing a sniper rifle.
Related MedalsEdit
- The easiest playlist to earn the Sharpshooter medal is Team Snipers as all players are given a sniper rifle with an infinite amount of ammo; so long as the individual has a good enough accuracy with the sniper rifle, and is able to avoid incoming fire.
- It is not possible to achieve this medal with melee using the sniper rifle. The player must fire the weapon and kill the opponents to earn the medal.