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Martin Skrtel has caused uncertainty over his Liverpool future after questioning why Brendan Rodgers has dropped him from the starting XI.
Jamie Carragher has been chosen ahead of Skrtel in recent matches, and the Slovakia international appears to doubt the reasons he has been given by Rodgers for the decision.
Skrtel has struggled against big strikers this season, notably Oldham's Matt Smith and Aston Villa's Christian Benteke, and it's understood Rodgers has told the defender this is his reasoning for leaving him out of the side.
"He gave me some explanation, but it's hard to tell if it was the true reason he gave me," said Skrtel. "I don't think it was and think there is something else behind it."
Skrtl is clearly unhappy, and although he has appeared to rule out a move before the summer, saying he wouldn't make any "hot-blooded decisions", the 28-year-old will clearly not hang around beyond the current campaign if he expects to sit on the bench.
"It would be useless to think about a transfer during the season even if it is true that you can move to Russia till the end of February," Skrtel told the Denik Sport newspaper.
"I have come across such views that it would not be correct to consider leaving a club where you have been on the bench in four or five fixtures. On the other hand, it is hard to put up with it. For three years at Liverpool I was playing in almost every match. I have had various thoughts but certainly I'm not going to make any hot-blooded decision.
"I want to be fit as soon as possible and fight for the place in the starting line-up. If the coach should lose interest in keeping me in his team, then we would have to handle it with my agent. For the present it is valid that I am at Liverpool where I have a long-term contract and I am not thinking about leaving.
"The coach has his ideas about the line-up and the question is if I would be in it if I was fit. I would say it's likelier I wouldn't.
"When I was healthy, I was training with the team, giving 100 per cent and doing all I could to prove to the coach that I belonged in the starting XI. I was waiting for a chance, one then came in St Petersburg, but then I was not playing again.
"However, now I'm injured and we'll see what happens when I'm back fit. It's hard to tell, but I would say it wouldn't [change]."
Skrtel, who agreed a new deal last year which ties him to the Reds until 2016, claims the decision to omit him from the side came after a good performance.
"It all happened after our match with Manchester United in the middle of January," he said. "We lost 2-1 but I think that particularly in the second half we played very well. Moreover, a lot of sources gave me a good rating. But he [Rodgers] told me we had lost the organisation of play in the defensive line and that this would be the reason why I would not play in the following matches.
"I don't know which fixtures he spoke about because we had kept a clean sheet twice in a row and won both matches. Also, we did not disappoint in the game against United.
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BBC reporter Sean Farrington came to Faith headquarters to find out how the drop in the value of the pound affects business costs in the wake of the Unilever/Tesco marmite news story.
Our Managing Director, Joy Parkinson was on hand to share her vast knowledge and experience of retail, export and supplier costs.
A series of interviews were broadcast live throughout the BBC's flagship Breakfast News programme including interviews with Catherine Shuttleworth, an expert in retail and Gemma Godfrey, CEO of Moola, a savings and investment company.
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As expected, Cherington and company looked into Hanley Ramirez. "No traction" in an interesting way to refer to it -- but regardless of semantics, the Marlins don't appear to be interested in what we have to offer. Aaron wrote on Monday that a deal would likely hinge on a package involving Clay Buchholz and/or Kevin Youkilis, and I'd say prospects would probably be involved as well. Hanley may be coming off a down year, but he was among the best players in baseball the years before that.
Such a trade never seemed likely to me anyway. It looks like it will continue to be a quiet winter. There's not going to be Hanley, or Yu Darvish, or Prince Fielder. The best way to look at it is that our offseason acquisitions will be Carl Crawford -- who has to be better than what he submitted last year -- and Clay Buchholz, who will presumably be healthy.
Until then, we need to continue filling bullpen spots and filling out the bench.
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I don't have any knowledge about this particular cemetery, but I can give you some ideas on how to find out. First, I would recommend posting this query on the Lamar Co. Board. When you are on the Texas Genforum page, look at the upper right and you'll see "Counties for the State". Click that and it will give you a list (all 254 of them, bless our hearts!).
Second, the Lamar Co. USGen web has marvelous cemetery information. Here's the link to what it had for the Campbell Cemetery
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The Fall Guy - Season 5 Episodes
"Dead Ringer"
Colt is sent after a jumper and then discovers his quarry has
entered an Elvis Presley impersonator contest and merged with
the crowd.
"King of the Stuntmen"
There is a 'King of the Stuntmen' contest
"Femme Fatale"
Howie goes undercover as a female impersonator, Denise, when
the skip is a material witness in hiding
"A Fistful of Lire"
Colt has to protect an Italian village
"The Life of Riley"
When Colt catches a young man wanted in Los Angeles, he
stumbles into a 'kidnapping for adoption' ring in Sacramento.
Simon begs Colt to wait one more day while he checks out his
last lead--a VW that matches the one used in the kidnapping
"October the Thirty Second"
Elvira and company are filming a horror movie in an old haunted
mansion during a storm, of course
"Seavers, Dead Or Alive"
The tables are turned when Colt is framed and becomes a
"Escape Claus"
A fitting story for Christmas--Santa is arrested for freeing
the reindeer. He asks what each wants for Christmas. Jody
wants a 'white' Christmas in spite of the current heat wave;
Colt reluctantly says he needs a new truck. There is a
child care center threatened with eviction and some crooks
want the bonds Santa's cellmate is hiding.
Trench's slogan: "You bust 'em, we bond 'em"
"No Rms Ocean Vu"
Colt is stranded on a desert isle with a spoiled socialite, who
has a perfume company, after their plane is shot down by
robbers. Prologue is filming a perfume commercial
"Miami's Nice"
An FBI agent persuades Colt to participate in a cocaine sting.
Jody presents awards to Miss Stuntwoman USA winners
One of Colt's old classmates steals his own jewels for the
insurance money.
"Trial By Fire"
An old army buddy begs Colt to rescue one of the group that was
betrayed years ago in Vietnam. He insists a recent photo shows
the man as a POW even though everyone believes he is dead.
"In His Shadow"
A young man arrives who might be Colt's son.
"The Lucky Stiff"
Jerry has lost his money, house and wife, so he puts out a
contract on himself--then wins the lottery.
"Beach Blanket Bounty"
A severe earthquake rocks L.A. and Colt coincidentally is
involved with a 'rock' group, who want $20,000, and an industrial
"The Last Chance Platoon"
Colt becomes the drill instructor for a platoon of misfits.
"I Now Pronounce You ... Dead"
Pearl wants Colt to grab the skip during his wedding, but one
of his wives beats him to it. As his creditors chase him, more
wives turn up. Song--On The Road Again.
"Two On a Skip"
Trench sends Colt after another bounty hunter who he thinks is
taking too long and spending too much.
"The Lady in Green"
An old actor who played "Silver Blade", a Zorro type crime
fighter, in his earlier days, witnesses a murder and wants
to go after the killer
"Tag Team"
Colt wins two pro wrestlers (losers) and Howie trains them.
They do come in handy in a pinch
"War On Wheels"
A town was bought to become a reservoir, but one resident
refuses to leave. His granddaughter wants to put him in a rest
home. Howie has a remote 'out-of-control' tank. A gang of
bikers have them all trapped in the town
"The Bigger They Are"
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The new news comes alongside rumours that saturated fats may not be as bad for us as previously feared.
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Watch Out Now
|"Watch Out Now"
|Single by The Beatnuts
|from the album A Musical Massacre
|"Turn It Out"
|May 4, 1999
|12-inch single, Vinyl, CD
|East Coast hip hop
|Relativity Records
|Lester Fernandez, Jerry Tineo, Fernando Arbex
|The Beatnuts
|The Beatnuts singles chronology
"Watch Out Now" is the first single from A Musical Massacre, a 1999 album by East Coast hip hop group The Beatnuts. It was released by Relativity Records in 1999 in both 12 inch and CD format. The song is produced by The Beatnuts and features materialistic raps by Juju and Psycho Les, as well as a chorus performed by Yellaklaw. The track's fast-paced Latin beat samples "Hi-Jack" by Enoch Light.
"Watch Out Now" is the most commercially successful Beatnuts single; it reached #84 on the Billboard Hot 100 making it the second Beatnuts single to appear on the pop chart. It additionally appeared on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart and Canadian Singles Chart. Its popularity landed it on two Beatnuts hits compilations: Beatnuts Forever and Classic Nuts, Vol. 1. It can additionally be found on hip hop compilations including 1999's The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 3, 2000's Louder Than Ever, Vol. 1 and 2004's Hip Hop Forever, Vol. 2. A "Watch Out Now" remix produced by Trouble Men was released as a single in France, but did not receive music video treatment as the original version did. Diane Martel directed the "Watch Out Now" music video.
Beat controversy[edit]
In 2002, Jennifer Lopez released "Jenny from the Block", a single that sampled "Hi-Jack" by Enoch Light (a song originally written by Spanish musician Fernando Arbex and was recorded by the group Barrabás for their 1974 album ¡Soltad a Barrabás!) and had a beat similar to "Watch Out Now". The Beatnuts were angry that Lopez and her song's producers, The Trackmasters and Cory Rooney, were able to top The Beatnuts' commercial success with a purportedly unoriginal song. The Beatnuts expressed their displeasure with Lopez and her producers on the 2004 song "Confused Rappers" as well as through various interviews.[1] After receiving royalties, Ju-Ju made amends and ended the feud, but Psycho Les still harbors anger for The Trackmasters.
Single track list[edit]
CD single[edit]
- "Watch Out Now (Clean)" (2:54)
- "Watch Out Now (Real)" (2:54)
- "Watch Out Now (Instrumental)" (2:54)
- "Turn It Out (Clean)" (4:34)
- "Turn It Out (Real)" (4:36)
- "Turn It Out (Instrumental)" (4:32)
US 12" vinyl[edit]
- "Watch Out Now (Clean)" (2:54)
- "Watch Out Now (Real)" (2:54)
- "Watch Out Now (Instrumental)" (2:54)
- "Turn It Out (Clean)" (4:31)
- "Turn It Out (Real)" (4:31)
- "Turn It Out (Instrumental)" (4:31)
Netherlands 12" vinyl[edit]
- "Watch Out Now (Real)" (2:54)
- "Watch Out Now (Instrumental)" (2:54)
France 12" vinyl[edit]
- "Watch Out Now (Trouble Men Rip-Off Remix)" (5:45)
- "Watch Out Now" (2:53)
- "Watch Out Now (Trouble Men Rip-Off Edit)" (3:40)
- ^ "Milk Me Review". AllHipHop.com. 2004-09-01. Retrieved 2008-06-29.


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So, young Dunlop:
Let me tell you where I have been the past three days. I was not chanelling my sick days towards an illicit vacation, as the rest of your fellow workers seem to think. Rather, I was conducting an evaluation of all our employee reviews.
That was a pleasant silence, wasn't it? You may start breathing again.
I can list in vast detail what your profile said about you. Your clients have found you unresponsive - you don't follow-up with their questions for hours at a time, though you at least follow through with their trade requests - you're withdrawn yet arrogant at the same time, and you take inordinate risks with our customers' money.
There, don't deprive yourself of air again. I'm not finished yet.
As I was saying, you take inordinate risks with our customers' money. Somehow, miraculously, these risks always pay off. You've accumulated over $2 million in total for the 25 couples you were assigned this year, ranking you as the third best stockbroker in our company. That is something to be impressed by.
I heard - today, at the start of my first day back in office - that you've recently invested heavily in an upstart new business called New Products Inc. Your choice doesn't have a very fortuitous name, in fact it's rather vague, but based on your track record I expect that you'll be making me a lot of money in the next month. I've put a personal stake in this, ah, New Products Inc. as well. I'm getting old, and I thought I'd rely on your judgement this once.
I'd like very much for you to meet me for lunch this afternoon, so you can provide me with an overview of information on this gamble, just the same as you'd do for any of our other clients. My secretary should be sending directions to The Open Cage...right...now, so let's set the time for 1 pm, shall we?
I hope you'll dazzle me.


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Please enter the Fairgrounds at 19th Avenue off Monte Vista Road (there is a light and is the main entrance to the Fairgrounds off 19th Avenue). Show the parking pass and/or tell the guard your name and that you are volunteering with Maricopa County StandDown. Park in the lot north of the Coliseum. Descend into the North Hall enter via the ramp on the north side of the Coliseum.
Dress to work, there is a lot to get done.
Pizza and drinks will be served around lunch time.
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A string in C is actually a character
array. As an individual character variable can
store only one character, we need an array of characters to store strings. Thus,
in C string is stored in an array of characters. Each character in a string
occupies one location in an array. The null character '\0' is put after the last
character. This is done so that program can tell when the end of the string has
been reached. For example, the string "I Like C Programming" is stored as
Since the string has 20 characters (including space), it requires an arrayof at
least, size 21 to store it.
Thus, in C, a string is a one-dimensional array of
characters terminated a null character. The terminating null character is
important. In fact, a string not terminated by '\0' is not really a string, but
merely a collection of characters.
A string
may contain any character, including special control characters, such as
\n, \t, \\ etc...
There is an
important distinction between a string and a single character in C. The
convention is that single characters are enclosed by single quotes e.g. '*' and
have the type char. Strings, on the hand, are enclosed by double quotes e.g.
"name" and have the type "pointer to char" (char *) or array of char.
Strings can be
declared in two main ways; one of these is as an array of characters, the other
is as a pointer to some pre-assigned array. Perhaps the simplest way of seeing
how C stores arrays is to give an extreme example which would probably never be
used in practice.
int main ()
char string[];
string[0] = 'C';
string[1] = 'P';
string[2] = 'r';
string[3] = 'o';
string[4] = 'g';
string[5] = 'r';
string[6] = 'a';
string[7] = 'm';
string[8] = 'm';
string[9] = 'i';
string[10]= 'n';
string[11] = 'g';
printf ("%s", string);
return 0;
This method of handling strings is
perfectly acceptable, if there is time to waste, but it is so laborious that C
provides a special initialization service for strings, which bypasses the need
to assign every single character with a new assignment!.
The other way is use a pointer
to some pre-assigned array.
int main ()
char str1[]="I Like";
char *str2="C Programming";
return 0;


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How Much Does a Smile Makeover Cost?
Doctor Answers 24
There's a wide range of treatments and costs...
I believe that the best "bang for your buck" may be a Snap-On-Smile that would cost you around $1500 for a complete arch!
Other smile makeover options may include:
Teeth whitening, which ranges from $250-$500
Direct resin bonding are in the range of $200-$375
Indirect lab-made porcelain veneer are in the range of $750-$1000
Cost of Cosmetic Dentistry
Cosmetic dentistry can range in cost from a few hundred to several thousand dollars, depending on the procedures and where you live.
How much does a smile makeover cost?
Normally people tend to have a guarded smile when they are not happy with their teeth; this all changes after a smile makeover.
Another factor is whether we do same day veneers or you have temporaries and wait a week. Sometimes wearing temporaries allows you to gauge your new smile and to make adjustments.
With same day teeth, we heavily rely on your wax up diagnostics being acceptable and your signed confirmation.
Sometimes patients change their mind after seeing temporaries.
I certainly do advocate patients not rushing into same day teeth unless they are in agreement with the wax up.
Emax veneers are usually the best for aesthetics and strength and fees can be £10,000 upwards for the latest veneers with a master technician and master clinician.
Make sure you see lots of before and after cases.
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What is a new smile worth?
What is the cost of a Smile Makeover?
I can give you some ideas, but your question has a lot in common with the question "how much is a car?" or "how much is a house?" Those costs can vary all over the map, can't they? You will see the same thing in cosmetic dentistry based on your wants and the dentist who will be treating you.
There is a process that a cosmetic dentist usually goes through to estimate the fee.
First, interview the patient. What are the problems? What does the patient want fixed? Just one tooth, eight, sixteen, twenty or twenty eight? And your answer on how many teeth you want treated might depend on how many and which teeth you show when you smile, the color, any existing fillings or unesthetic crowns, how crooked or straight your teeth are, any chips, missing teeth, etc. So the first step is you and the cosmetic dentist need to set down, discuss your goals, and probably also your budget.
Then two important question also have to be answered, what is your level of expectation of perfection and how difficult or easy will your treatment be?
A smile makeover's fees can be all over the map. It could be as little as a couple hundred dollars for bleaching. Orthodontics and Invisalign will be more. Any gum procedures like adding gums onto a tooth that has experienced much recession or taking excess gum tissue off with laser or gum surgery add costs as well. Are you needing just veneers to give you that dazzling smile, or do you need a mouth full of crowns?
And fees for crowns and veneers are all over the map as well. Some clinics and volume oriented insurance dentists "advertise" veneers for as low as $350, while I know there are some specialty cosmetic practices in New York and Los Angeles that charge up to $3,000 per tooth. Average price for veneers or cosmetic crowns by most well trained cosmetic dentists are in the range of $1,400 to $1,800 nationwide.
So in a nutshell, your job as a patient is to first decide what you don't like about your teeth and smile, and what you want to have changed. Meet with several cosmetic dentists, as I absolutely guarantee you, most cosmetic dentists will not agree on a single solution. Usually at the first meeting the cosmetic dentist can give you a good estimate on what it would cost to do your smile makeover.
How Much Does a Smile Makeover Cost?
Great Question but with many answers. That may seem very unhelpful but to be honest there are many options involved in smile make over cases and prices will vary depending on the options chosen. The general question is like asking "how much does a car or house cost?
The real answer to this question is going to be specific to YOU. What your expectations are with regards to your smile and what options you are comfortable with to get there.
Your dentist is going to provide you with these options, give you the (ABC's) Advantages, Benefits, and Contraindications for each option and work with you to not only meet your Smile Make Over goals but to meet your financial goals also.
Once you are educated on the options you have available to you, and understand the benefits and limitations of those options, you will be able to get much better estimate of the costs for achieving your Smile Makeover. Like many things in life you will get what you pay for. Higher quality materials, longer treatment times, more highly trained dentists in the area of Smile Makeovers, are going to cost more than the alternative.
As far as bang for buck, again it depends on what your "Bang" is. A natural look? Longevity of the material used? On going support from your dental team? etc.
I know this is not a fixed dollar figure answer but I hope it helps you better understand that cost are going to vary depending on your choices.
Affordable Smile Makeovers- Same day new smiles.
With todays technology. We have found smile makeovers can run you about 900-1100 dollars a tooth and that price includes all diagnostic services, bleaching ect. We are able to complete all services in one visit with no temporaries With a custom finish by a master ceramist on the same day. We estimate consider about an hour of chair time per tooth you are going to replace.
Smile Makeovers with Cosmetic Dentistry are elective dental procedures that enhance the way you feel about yourself. Though it can be quite expensive, it is difficult to put a dollar amount on a life altering event. An extensive Smile Makeover could cost as much as a vehicle. One must remember that unlike a vehicle, we use our teeth and associated structures to speak, eat, drink and so much more every minute of every day. Most dental offices offer third party financing that help patients get the best type of quality care at terms that are affordable. We use Care Credit at our office and find that most patients find the terms acceptable as they begin their journey to better dental health through a Smile Makeover using Cosmetic Dentistry.
The cost of smile make overs and cosmetic dentistry
The cost of smile make overs and cosmetic dentistry can vary quiet a bit. The factors involved are:
- Your location, some cities are more expensive to live in and practice in, and due to living expenses, and overhead, the costs go up
- The dentists' experience and training
- The quality of the laboratory used
- The quality of the material ( porcelain) used
- Whether some procedure is covered wit insurance
- Whether a bite issues needs addressing
- Whether any restorative work is involved. such as fillings, root canals, implants prior to same tooth getting a porcelain veneer or crown.
So you see, it is not that easy to give a figure . Is it? I can tell you though that the range of a porcelain veneer done properly is between 1250-2000 per tooth
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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Lara Leona
I looked up and saw the sky.
Then I realized that it was because the ceiling had been blown open, and all the memories rushed back to me. Rai. Juxon.
"Shit." I cursed and pushed myself onto my elbows. This was bad. Really bad. The fact that I was still here, not waking up in the infirmary meant that no one found us. And even if anyone did interfere, they were probably dead. And the ceiling...
"Juxon?" I call out tentatively. He wouldn't have left me here. The sky above was already darkening. It could've been an hour since I was knocked out.
There was no answer. I cast out my magic, searching for life inside the room and came up with nothing.
I needed to warn the other guild members, especially about Rai. She's not stupid enough to stay at the guild after this, but we could send out a team to catch her. It's been years since the last trial, but no guild member has done anything so drastic. What did she want with Juxon anyways?
A tremor went through the floor. I cast out my magic again, trying to sense my fellow guild members to see what was going on.
I felt a wave of energy come over me. Downstairs, there was a chaotic mass of magic, and I could immediately tell that there was way too many people in the guild, definitely more than twice the amount of people.
It didn't take time to piece two and two together. Supernova was being attacked, and Rai murdering Juxon was just the start of it. I stood up, and swayed slightly on unsteady feet.
I needed to get down there. Needed to help my teammates, to make sure the non-fighters were evacuated, needed to find my sister and my new apprentice. My mind raced as I stood up and immediately tripped over a cushion on the floor.
I needed to get to my workshop. I steadied my thoughts, and focused on that one objective.
I left the room, and saw that the rest of the fourth floor was calm and empty. Then floor shuddered under my feet as I felt the aftermath of an explosion. I broke into a run, heading for the stairs that would lead to my workshop on the third floor.
I skidded to a stop when I saw a translucent shield in the middle of the staircase, stretching out straight through the guild. I reached into my pocket for a shield breaker, but only found a few pieces of plastic and metal. Panic rose in my throat, as I mentally sifted through my inventory. Nothing but broken glass and pieces of useless junk.
I took a deep breath, trying to get rid of the weight that had settled on my chest. Looks like it's just me and my magic. It's been a while since I've used it in it's pure form. It's always been too hard to control when it's not bottled up.
"C'mon, c'mon," I held my hands as close to the shield as I dared, sensing the runes rippling beneath its surface and the magic its made of. My shield breaking bomb had some coding written into it, and if I could just translate that into magic...
My fingers tingled and went momentarily numb, but the shield's surface popped like a bubble, and I kept going.
For a second, I almost didn't recognize the workshop. I ran past the huge hole in the wall before I realized that it was supposed to be my door.
The room was dark and empty, and I stared at the wall of smashed computer screens and the splinters of wood and plastic and glass sprayed over the floor. As I took another step forward, I heard a huge crash in the back of the workshop, inside my storerooms.
I could only sense one person in there, radiating with magical power. But I've never fought alone before. Without my arsenal at my fingertips, and no way to assess the threat, I felt a wave of helplessness nearly overwhelm me.
My second home, the safest place I could think of, was being attacked, and I couldn't even bring myself to handle one enemy. The only time I had fought against individually was in training, and now I was in a real situation where people were dying, where I could die.
I have never lost a single battle, and I can't bear the thought of losing one now.
Shut up, I told myself, and took in a deep breath as the crashes continued inside. I've probably handled worse before. Maybe. It doesn't matter. I found myself remembering something my old instructor told me, "Progress can only be achieved when you take a step into the unknown."
That old nerd, always spouting out something deep or insightful. I felt a corner of my lip twitch up at the thought of her. That comment was probably about something stupid that has nothing to do with this situation, but I felt calmer now.
I have never lost a single battle, and I won't lose this one either.
I slipped into the room quietly, listening for any sign that the intruder noticed me. As I neared the crashing noises, I realized that someone was trying to break into my ammunition room.
I watched the runes on the door flicker as the man's hands, covered in enormous gauntlets of crystals, smashed against them again and again and again.
He was tall, and probably strong too, but his attacks won't be fast, with those heavy gauntlets. He barely had any armor, only a battered metal chest plate. A strategy was forming in my mind, and I started to focus my magic into my body, increasing my speed and agility, strengthening my shield.
I cleared my throat loudly, and when he whirled around, I realized with a start that he was a teenager. He couldn't be older than fifteen or sixteen, and his wide-eyed expression of surprise made me hesitate for just a second.
In that moment, a shower of shards of crystal flew towards me, only stopping inches before me when they smashed into my shield. Immediately, I grabbed a board from a broken shelf near me, and rushed forward, smashing it into his face.
He staggered, then swung his fist towards me. It barely knocked into my shield, but I felt the power behind that blow as I dashed aside, aiming another blow into his stomach.
He stumbled, and tried to attack me again, but I ducked under his arm, and jabbed the flat side of the board up into his throat, hard. As he reeled back, I took the knife out of my boot and slashed the inside of his exposed elbow.
His arm fell uselessly to the side, unable to lift the gauntlet. I moved again to dodge his other fist, and drove my knife down, through his foot into the floorboards. There was a shout of pain, and then he brought his gauntlet up again, shattering through the shield and into my side.
My body lifted upwards, and for a second I was suspended and weightless in the air.
Then the ground came up and met me with a burst of pain. I felt the rough floor scrape my cheek as my body slid a few more feet.
My vision spun as I tried to get up. I blindly reached out and grabbed the nearest thing to me. It was something heavy and solid, a slim plank of wood nearly as tall as I was.
When I got up again, I saw that the boy was also struggling to recover. He had dropped his gauntlets, and was trying to stop the bleeding on his arm. His wounded hand loosely clutched my knife.
I wielded the plank of wood like a staff, put on a burst of speed, and charged.
He barely had time to react as I knocked the knife out of his hand, and jabbed the makeshift staff into his solar plexus. He choked and gasped for air, doubling over, and I brought my weapon across the back of his knees.
He fell, and my last blow shattered the staff against his head. As his body slumped to the floor, I dropped the splinters of wood that was left in my hands.
I stared down at his unmoving form. "Who are you?" I wondered out loud, "What are you fighting for?" I felt like kicking him in frustration. I hated being in the dark.
This... organization that was attacking us. I had no idea who they were or why they were here. Supernova didn't have any enemies, at least none that I knew of. What's their purpose? How could they let this inexperienced kid fight with them?
Stop thinking too much, I told myself, Just focus on the present.
My eyes found the battered door that covered shelves and crates full of bombs and ammunition, and I felt a grin stretch across my face.


text: Imperative Programming Chapter 12 12.1: What Makes a Language Imperative? • Programs written in imperative programming languages consist of – A program state – Instructions that change the program state • Program instructions are "imperative" in the grammatical sense of imperative verbs that express a command Von Neumann Machines and Imperative Programming • Commands in an imperative language are similar to the native machine instructions of traditional computer hardware – the von Neumann-Eckley model. • John von Neumann: first person to document the basic concepts of stored program computers. • Von Neumann was a famous Hungarian mathematician; came to US in 1930s & became interested in computers while participating in the development of the hydrogen bomb. The "von Neumann" Computer • A memory unit: able to store both data and instructions – – • • • • Random access Internally, data and instructions are stored in the same address space & and are indistinguishable A calculating unit (the ALU) A control unit, (the CPU) Stored program → an instruction set Duality of instructions and data → programs can be self modifying Von Neumann outlined this structure in a document known as the "First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC" June, 1945 The von Neumann Computer – Historical Background • • • • Earlier computers had fixed programs: they were hardwired to do one thing. Sometimes external programs were implemented with paper tape or by setting switches. Eckert and Mauchly considered stored program computers as early as 1944 During WW II they designed & built the ENIAC (although for simplicity the stored program concept was not included at first) The von Neumann Computer – Historical Background • Later (with von Neumann), they worked on the EDVAC • First stored program electronic computer: the Manchester ESSM (Baby) – Victoria University of Manchester – Executed its first program June 21, 1948 • A number of other stored program machines were under development around this time History of Imperative Languages • First imperative languages: assembly languages • 1954-1955: Fortran (FORmula TRANslator) John Backus developed for IBM 704 • Late 1950's: Algol (ALGOrithmic Language) • 1958: Cobol (COmmon Business Oriented Language) Developed by a government committee; Grace Hopper very influential. Turing Completeness • A language is Turing complete if it can be used to implement any algorithm. • Central to the study of computability • Alan Turing: A British mathematician, logician, and eventually computer scientist. Imperative Programming • Imperative languages are Turing complete if they support integers, basic arithmetic operators, assignment, sequencing, looping and branching. • Modern imperative languages generally also include features such as – – – – – – Expressions and assignment Control structures (loops, decisions) I/O commands Procedures and functions Error and exception handling Library support for data structures Flowchart • Used to model imperative programs • Based on the three control statements that are essential to have Turing machine capability • Precursor of UML and other modern techniques • Originated to describe process flow in general Imperative versus Declarative Languages • Imperative programming languages (Java, C/C++) – specify a sequence of operations for the computer to execute. • Declarative languages (SQL, Haskell, Prolog) – describe the solution space – provide knowledge required to get there – don't describe steps needed to get there • Functional languages and logic languages are declarative. 12.2 Procedural Abstraction • Nicholas Wirth described [imperative] programs as being "algorithms plus data structures". • Algorithms become programs through the process of procedural abstraction and stepwise refinement. • Libraries of reusable functions support the process (functions = procedures) • Imperative programming + procedures = procedural programming. Procedural Abstraction • Procedural abstraction allows the programmer to be concerned mainly with the interface between the function (procedure) and what it computes, ignoring the details of how the computation is accomplished. • Abstraction allows us to think about what is being done, not how it is implemented. Stepwise Refinement • Stepwise refinement (also called functional decomposition) uses procedural abstraction by developing an algorithm from its most general form [the abstraction] into a specific implementation. • Programmers start with a description of what the program should do, including I/O, and repeatedly break the problem into smaller parts, until the subproblems can be expressed in terms of the primitive states and data types in the language. Structured Programming • A disciplined approach to imperative program design. • Uses procedural abstraction and top-down design to identify program components (also called modules or structures) • Program structures combined in a limited number of ways, so understanding how each structure works means you understand how the program works • Program control flow is based on decisions, sequences, loops, but… • Does not use goto statements • Modules are developed, tested separately and then integrated into the whole program. Defining Characteristics of Imperative Languages • Statements are commands – Command order is critical to correct execution; – Programmers control all aspects: algorithm specification, memory management, variable declarations, etc • They work by modifying program state • Statements reflect machine language instructions. Features • They are usually "typed" either statically or dynamically. – Basic data types (e.g.,int, float, boolean, char) – Compound data types (structs, arrays). • Statement types: – Declarations, Assignment, Conditionals, Loops . . . • I/O and error handling mechanisms. • A method of grouping all of the above into a complete program - (program composition). – Procedural abstraction, step-wise refinement, function mechanisms. 12.3:Expressions and Assignment • Recall: imperative languages operate by changing program state. This is done using destructive assignment statements. • General format: target = expression • Assignment operators: = or := • Based on machine operations such as MOV or STO Assignment Semantics • Evaluate expression to get a single value • Copy the expression value to the target. • Pure imperative programs implement copy semantics (as opposed to the reference semantics used in object-oriented languages) Expressions • Expressions represent a value and have a type. • Understanding expressions means understanding operator precedence, operator overloading, casting and type conversion, among other issues. – These issues were covered in Chapter 5 & 7. • Simple arithmetic expressions are based on machine language (ML) arithmetic operators (DIV, MUL, etc) Expressions • Logical operators are based on similar ML instructions (AND, XOR, …) • Machine language supports data types indirectly through different instructions: integer add/sub/mul/div versus floating point add/sub/mul/div, for example. • Internally, no visible way to distinguish integers from floats from characters. – Languages from Fortran on have provided some protection from type errors, and some ability to define new types. Examples – as time permits • • • • C Ada Perl (Later, Python) 12.5: Imperative Programming & C • "C was originally designed for and implemented on the UNIX operating system on the DEC PDP-11, by Dennis Ritchie. The operating system, the C compiler, and essentially all UNIX applications programs (including all of the software used to prepare this book) are written in C. ... C is not tied to any particular hardware or system, however, and it is easy to write programs that will run without change on any machine that supports C." The C Programming Language, Kernigan & Ritchie, 1978 C: History and Influences • Rooted in development of Multics, an advanced OS being developed at Bell Labs • When Bell Labs pulled out of the project, Thompson and Ritchie proposed development of a simpler (hence UNIX) OS which would be platform independent. • Initial development efforts were informal • Platforms: minicomputers such as PDP-11. C: History and Influences • Multics was written in PL/1, a full-featured high-level language, rather than an assembly language, as was traditional. – high-level language supports platform independence. • UNIX followed this pattern; its developers also developed the C programming language and used it for virtually all of the OS and its utilities, including the C compiler. History and Influences • Minicomputers during this era were 16-bit machines and had perhaps 32KB of memory • Thus it was important to generate good, efficient code but the compiler had to be small too. • Solution: to make C relatively low-level (closer to assembly language than other high-level languages) History and Influences • Many C features were adapted directly from hardware instructions – Examples: ++ and -- • Although C++ and Java have replaced C in many areas it is still important as a language for writing operating systems, systems with memory or power limitations, and systems that value small code and efficiency over other factors. C – General Characteristics • Traditional imperative components: – Statements: assignment; if & switch conditionals; for, while and do-while loops; function calls. – Data structures: arrays, pointers, structures, and unions • Introduced: casts • Lacks: – Iterators, exception processing, overloading, generics "Interesting" Features • Assignment as an operator, assignment expressions: – void strcpy(char *p, char *q) { while (*p++ = *q++); • Dynamic array allocation – Three versions Dynamic Array Allocation K&R C: int *a; // size = no. of elements . . . a=malloc(sizeof(int) * size); ANSI C: a=(int*)malloc(sizeof(int) * size); or, without the cast, a=malloc(sizeof(int) * size); C++: a = new int[size]; Problems • With strcpy: no checks to see if there is enough space in the target string, cryptic code – buffer overflow problems in UNIX and on the Internet • With malloc: varying levels of type checking; K&R C doesn't check to see if type specified in sizeof matches type of a; ANSI C checks the cast, but not sizeof Summary • Advantages – Relatively small language – Can generate very efficient code – Runs on virtually all platforms • Disadvantages – Cryptic code http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/C/node4.html – Not type safe – Other problems http://www.andromeda.com/people/ddyer/topten .html Ada - Background • Development began in late 1970's by DOD • Motivation: to save money on software by having one consistent language • Applications: – Large command and control systems – Embedded real-time systems • Developed by committee, competition • Standardized in 1983 Negative Factors • Very large – compilers started at 250K lines, compared to average of 8K-12K for Pascal, 15K to 25K for Modula. – PCs were just becoming popular – couldn't host Ada compilers • OO languages were beginning to revolutionize language design – Ada added OO capabilities in Ada 95 version C/C++ v Ada • Why are C/C++ and other languages more popular than Ada for embedded systems? • Ada is a more secure language due to runtime error checking for various errors; e.g., – Out-of-bounds array indexes – Buffer overflow – Accesses to unallocated memory • C/C++ is smaller and faster Current Status • Ada fell out of favor in the 90's • No longer mandated in DOD projects • According to text, there is currently a resurgence of interest in the language due to – Unreliability of commercial, off-the-shelf sofware – Development of new versions of Ada • Spark Ada • NYU GNAT (Ada) compiler – part of the GNU collection Characteristics of Imperative Ada • Influenced by Pascal and Algol • Large language: up to 200 production rules in the grammar • Basic data types: character, integer, floating point, fixed point, boolean, enumeration • Structured: arrays, strings, records, casevariant records, pointers. • Supports subtypes and derived types. Definition • A derived type definition defines a new (base) type whose characteristics are derived from those of a parent type; the new type is called a derived type • http://archive.adaic.com/standards/83lrm/h tml/lrm-03-04.html Ada Characteristics Continued • Case insensitive • Unlike C/C++, array indexing errors trapped • Type safe • Generics • Exception handling • The usual imperative statements, but does not contain iterators Features - Functions • • Functions: value-returning and otherwise Parameters are identified by how they are used (input, output, input-output) – • • The compiler determines which parameter passing mechanism to use (value, result, reference) Formal parameters may specify default values Function calls can specify parameter and argument; e.g., sort(list => student_array, length =>n); Features – Packages • Ada packages are a way to encapsulate functions and data into a single unit – a form of ADT similar to a class • A package has a specification and a body • A specification has a private and public part – it includes subprogram definitions, data declarations, constant definitions, etc. • The body contains the implementation of the subprograms Features – Other • Exception handling • Overloading • Generics – Type-free subprograms – Type supplied when they are needed – Purpose: to avoid writing the same function several times – Introduced in Ada, adopted in other languages (C++ templates are the same idea) Features - Generics Generic – Fig 12.9 is the specification type element is private; type list is array(natural range <>) of element; function ">"(a,b: element) return boolean; package sort_pck is procedure sort (in out a : list); end sort_pck; package integer_sort is new generic_sort( Integer, ">"); package sort_pck is procedure sort (in out a : list) is begin for i in a'first .. a'last - 1 loop for j in i+1 .. a'last loop if a(i) > a(j) then declare t : element; begin t := a(i); a(i) := a(j); a(j) := t; end; end if; Fig 12.10 is the implementation of the previous specification Perl • Most modern of the three languages • Considered to be a scripting language, but is a full-featured general purpose language – Early on, scripting languages automated job control tasks; e.g., UNIX Bourne shell scripts • Most scripting languages are interpreted • Usually interpreted, Perl is sometimes compiled to a form of byte code and then interpreted Perl • Originally designed for text processing, now has many applications • Supports several paradigms: imperative, object-oriented, functional – OO characteristics added as an afterthought Perl • Many different ways of saying the same thing: – "TIMTOWTDI": There Is More Than One Way To Do It • Is this feature good or bad? – Complicates readability; perhaps supports writability. Purpose • As a scripting language, used to "glue" applications together – take output from one application and reformat into desired input format for a different application. – Useful for system administration functions • Also used for Web applications, graphics processing, & many others. – "The Swiss Army knife of languages" • Comparable languages: Python, Ruby, Tcl General Characteristics • dynamically typed – types: numbers, strings, regular expressions • implicit conversion from one type to another, based on the operators used • result is less reliance on operator overloading – Separate operators for, e.g., string operations • String concatenation operation: a period with surrounding white space Concatenation Example • Consider "abc" . "def" which leads to "abcdef" • Compare to 123 . 4.56 which leads to "1234.56" – Since the period surrounded by white space means string concatenation, the operands here are converted to strings Implicit Conversions String vs. numeric comparisons: 10 < 2 # false - numeric 10 < "2" # false "10" lt "2" # true - string 10 lt "2" # true < is a numeric operator; convert "2" to 2 lt is a string operator; convert 10 to "10" Designating Types • Scalar variables (numbers and strings) are prefixed with a dollar sign – $barney = 'hello'; – $fred = 23; – $barney = $fred - 3; #give barney the value 20 • Arrays are prefixed by @: – @a = (2, 3, 5, 7); #0-indexed by default Array Operations • Based on the definition @a = (2, 3, 5, 7); the size of the array is 4, and a[3] is 7. • What if $a[7] = 17; is executed? • Now, the size of the array is 8, and it looks like this: 2, 3, 5, 7, undef, undef, undef, 17 What Perl Doesn't Have • • • • Generics Exception handling Overloading User-defined iterators, but there are built in iterators: foreach $rock (@rocks) { $rock = "\t$rock"; #put tab before each } What Perl Does Have • Assignment operators: = +=, *=, etc. • An append that looks like an assignment: $str .= "x"; # append "x" to end of $str • Lists: a list is an ordered collection of scalars: – (1, 2, 3) – ("fred", 4.5) Features • Strength: support for regular expressions • Many irregularities in Perl: for example, regexps are not first class objects, meaning they can't be assigned to variables or passed as parameters. • First class object: a language element that can be used without restriction – that has all the uses of any other element in that particular language – C and C++ don't permit the creation of functions at runtime, so functions aren't considered first-class objects. Summary • Imperative programming is the oldest programming paradigm • It is based on the von Neumann-Eckley model of a computer • It works by changing the program state through assignment statements • Procedural abstraction & structured programming are its design techniques.


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Oh My! Karrueche Tran Dumps Chris Brown Over Rihanna Rehab Visit [Details]
After being ordered back into rehab at the top of the month reports came in last week that Karrueche Tran official called it quits with on again off again Boo Chris Brown. The reason being ex-girlfriend Rihanna of course.
Apparently the Pop star flew on a private plane to visit Chris at the Malibu rehab center for a few hours, with only a few of the facility staff knowing about it before jetting off. So when Karrueche learned of the secrete visit she reportedly flipped out and dumped Brezzy.
Hollywood Gossip Reports:
"With Chris in rehab, [he] and Karrueche spoke every day and she stood by his side," a source explains to the New York Daily News. "She trusts Chris."
"But when it comes to Rihanna, [Karrueche] has a zero-tolerance policy."
The insider says the back and forth between Karrueche and Rihanna over Brown has caused the model to downright despise the pop superstar.
Also, when she learned Rihanna visited Chris, he at first denied it.
"She believed him, but he finally admitted that Rihanna had come to see him. She put her foot down and has cut him off completely," the source.
Tran has not commented on the breakup in any sort of detail, but she recently seemed to confirm it when she tweeted : "Not dating anyone stop w the bs."
After all After all she's been through with him in the past few years who could blame her.


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Originally posted on The Majors Detroit | Last updated 6/12/13
Remember 2009? The Tigers were in first almost the entirety of the 2009 campaign, until the epic collapse in the month of September that led to a Tigers faultier and Carlos Gomez crossing the plate in extra innings as the Twins took the central. In that offseason Dave Dombrowski made a trade that left some Tigers fans scratching their heads and wondering what the future of the Tigers would hold. The Tigers traded Edwin Jackson and Curtis Granderson in a three team trade that brought Max Scherzer, Austin Jackson, and Daniel Schlereth to Detroit. Edwin Jackson headed to Arizona along with Yankees prospect Ian Kennedy, and Granderson found himself in pinstripes. Trading a fan favorite like Granderson did not sit well with fans, but there was a lot of promise with this trade. Jackson was touted as a guy who could play great defense, but needed to cut down on the strike-outs. Schelereth was hard on left handed hitters, and featured a good curveball. Scherzer had maybe the most potential...
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The blog has been quiet for awhile; I just got back about a week ago from my summer break — a trip to Paris and Rome with my family. We spent incredible days exploring the cities, connecting with history, eating a ton of gelato, and sharing some great (and some not so great but just as enjoyable) bottles of wine. It was one of those milestone trips that will be hard to top.
When I left for Europe, the NHIN Direct project was just starting to pep up again after a few weeks of low energy. Getting to agreement on the consensus proposal was pretty tough and took a lot out of the team. Arien was working hard to kick things back into gear with the new workgroups. Here at Microsoft, my friend Umesh was just starting to get moving on "Agent 2.0" — the transformation of his demonstration code into the real reference implementation that will support the pilots we'll be spinning up come November. I wrote a brief overview document trying to break up the work, and hoped that when I got back the agent would be in good shape so we could move on to the SMTP sinks and other pieces.
When I walked back into the office last week, Umesh looked up at me with bleary and slightly crazed eyes and said, "I don't think I can get it done."
I wasn't really sure what he meant. Get what done? Was there some new technical problem that meant our approach wasn't feasible? Or was the agent going to take another couple of weeks, or what?
Well, here's the thing. It turns out that what he meant was that he wasn't sure he could get THE ENTIRE REFERENCE IMPLEMENTATION CODE COMPLETE BY THE FACE TO FACE MEETINGS ON THE 17TH OF AUGUST — he'd need a couple of extra days. What nerve.
Step back for a second here. I get that this isn't a totally fair comparison, but after years of people talking about healthcare interoperability, in the fifteen days that I was on vacation, Umesh wrote virtually all of the code that will be required to start securely sharing health information across the Internet. Holy crap!
There really are special individuals in the world — and those individuals do amazing things that the rest of us benefit from.
When I met Umesh on our first day of college in 1987, it wasn't obvious that this skinny Indian kid obsessing over Jean Michel Jarre had that in him. But having watched him knock down challenge after challenge for more than twenty years now (as long as I've known my wife) … I can say that he is one truly remarkable guy. The kind of guy who explores and questions and makes things happen, whether it's creating code, 80's funk, essays on history or reveling in his adopted country by texting me that "America is cool!" from the Smithsonian.
We are all lucky he's directed some of that talent at healthcare — thanks, dude.


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Charge-Coupled Devices
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Mai 2008
BeschreibungIn this study we investigate the performance characteristics of modern scientific Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs).
After a brief introduction of the basic principles of CCDs, a systematic study of dark current, caused by thermally excited electrons, is presented. An outline of a software solution to automatically correct for dark current is described. It is further shown that the temperature dependence of the dark current of different pixels follows the Meyer-Neldel rule (MNR). The MNR is the result of two separate thermally activated processes.
In the second half of the book a model is presented that quantitatively explains the occurrence of residual images, so called ghosts, by the presence of trapping sites in the depletion region.
Finally, the experimental data for the charge diffusion in the field-free region and an analytical model are presented. This model can be used to calculate the spatial resolution or point-spread function of back-illuminated sensors.
This work will be of interest to engineers and scientists working with semiconductors, in particular to those involved in the design of digital imagers.
PortraitRalf Widenhorn, PhD: Received his Vordiplom in Physics from University of Konstanz in 1997, his M.S. in Physics in 2000 and his Doctorate in Environmental Sciences and Resources/Physics in 2005 both from Portland State University (PSU). He has published numerous papers on digital imagers and is currently a researcher and assistant professor at PSU.
Untertitel: Performance and Dark Noise Characteristics. Paperback. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: VDM Verlag
Erscheinungsdatum: Mai 2008
Seitenanzahl: 156 Seiten
Format: kartoniert