Holding his fur-lined cloak close with one hand, Perrin let Stayer walk at the bay’s own pace. The midmorning sun gave no warmth, and the rutted snow on the road leading into Abila made poor footing. He and his dozen companions shared the way with only two lumbering ox-carts and a handful of farmfolk in plain dark woolens. They all trudged along with heads down, clutching at hat or cap whenever a gust rose but otherwise concentrating on the ground beneath their shoes.
Behind him, he heard Neald make a ribald joke in a low voice; Grady grunted in reply, and Balwer sniffed prissily. None of the three seemed at all affected by what they had seen and heard this past month since crossing the border into Amadicia, or by what lay ahead. Edarra was sharply berating Masuri for letting her hood slip. Edarra and Carelle both wore their shawls wrapped around their heads and shoulders in addition to cloaks, but even after admitting the necessity to ride, they had refused to change out of their bulky skirts, so their dark-stockinged legs were bared above the knee. The cold did not seem to bother them in the least; just the strangeness of snow. Carelle began quietly advising Seonid as to what would happen if she did not keep her face hidden.
Of course, if she let her face be seen too soon, a dose of the strap would be the least she had to fear, as she and the Wise One knew well. Perrin did not have to look back to know the sisters’ three Warders, bringing up the rear in ordinary cloaks, were men expecting the need at any moment to out sword and carve a way clear. They had been that way since leaving the camp at dawn. He ran a gloved thumb along the axe hanging at his belt, then regathered his own cloak just before a sudden gust could make it billow. If this went badly, the Warders might be right.
Off to the left, short of where the road crossed a wooden bridge over a frozen stream that twisted along the town’s edge, charred timbers thrust out of the snow atop a large square stone platform with drifts piled around the bottom. Slow to proclaim allegiance to the Dragon Reborn, the local lord had been lucky merely to be flogged and fined all that he possessed. A knot of men standing at the bridge watched the mounted party approaching. Perrin saw no sign of helmets or armor, but every man clutched spear or crossbow almost as hard as he did his cloak. They did not talk to one another. They just watched, the mist of their breath curling before their faces. There were other guards bunched all around the town, at every road leading out, at every space between two buildings. This was the Prophet’s country, but the Whitecloaks and King Ailron’s army still held large parts of it.
“I was right not to bring her,” he muttered, “but I’ll pay for it anyway.”
“Of course you’ll pay,” Elyas snorted. For a man who had spent most of the last fifteen years afoot, he handled his mouse-colored gelding well. He had acquired a cloak lined with black fox, dicing with Gallenne. Aram, riding on Perrin’s other side, eyed Elyas darkly, but the bearded man ignored him. They did not get on well. “A man always pays sooner or later, with any woman, whether he owes or not. But I was right, wasn’t I?”
Perrin nodded. Grudgingly. It still did not seem right taking advice about his wife from another man, even circumspectly, obliquely, yet it did seem to be working. Of course, raising his voice to Faile was as hard as not raising it to Berelain, but he had managed the last quite often and the first several times. He had followed Elyas’ advice to the letter. Well, most of it. As well as he could.  Still, he was uneasy. When he firmly told her she was not coming with him this morning, she had not raised a single word of protest! She even smelled . . . pleased! Among other things, including startled. And how could she be pleased and angry at the same time? Not a scrap of it had showed on her face, but his nose never lied. Somehow, it seemed that the more he learned about women, the less he knew!
The bridge guards frowned and fingered their weapons as Stayer’s hooves thudded hollowly onto the wooden planking. They were the usual odd mix that followed the Prophet, dirty-faced fellows in silk coats too big for them, scar-faced street toughs and pink-cheeked apprentices, former merchants and craftsmen who looked as if they had slept in their once fine woolens for months. Their weapons appeared well cared for, though. Some of the men had a fever in their eyes; the rest wore guarded, wooden faces. Along with unwashed, they smelled eager, anxious, fervent, afraid, all jumbled together.
They made no move to bar passage, just watched, hardly blinking. By what Perrin had heard, all sorts from ladies in silks to beggars in rags came to the Prophet hoping that submitting to him in person might gain added blessings. Or maybe added protection. That was why he had come this way, with only a handful of companions. He would frighten Masema if he had to, if Masema could be frightened, but it had seemed better to try reaching the man without fighting a battle. He could feel the guard’s eyes on his back until he and the others were all across the short bridge and onto the paved streets of Abila. When that pressure left, though, it brought no sense of relief.
Abila was a goodly sized town, with several tall watch towers and many buildings rising four stories, every last one roofed in slate. Here and there, mounded stone and timbers filled a gap between two structures where an inn or some merchant’s house had been pulled down. The Prophet disapproved of wealth gained by trade as much as he did carousing or what his followers called lewd behavior. He disapproved of a great many things, and made his feelings known with sharp examples.
The streets were jammed with people, but Perrin and his companions were the only ones on horseback. The snow had long since been trampled to half-frozen ankle-deep mush. Plenty of oxcarts made their slow way through the throng, but very few wagons, and not a single carriage. Except for those wearing worn castoffs or possibly stolen clothes, everyone wore drab woolens. Most people hurried, but like the folk on the road, with heads down. Those who did not hurry were straggling groups of men carrying weapons. In the streets, the smell was mainly dirt and fear. It made Perrin’s hackles rise. At least, if it came to that, getting out of a town with no wall would not prove harder than getting in.
“My Lord,” Balwer murmured as they came abreast of one of those heaps of rubble. He barely waited for Perrin’s nod before turning his hammer-nosed mount aside and making his way in another direction, hunched in his saddle with his brown cloak held tight around him. Perrin had no worries about the dried-up little man going off alone, even here. For a secretary, he managed to learn a surprising amount on these forays of his. He seemed to know what he was about.
Dismissing Balwer from his thoughts, Perrin set to what he was there about.
It took only one question, put to a lanky young man with an ecstatic light on his face, to learn where the Prophet was staying, and three more to other folk in the streets to find the merchant’s house, four stories of gray stone with white marble moldings and window frames. Masema disapproved of grubbing for money, but he was willing to accept accommodations from those who did. On the other hand, Balwer said he had slept in a leaky farmhouse as often and been as satisfied. Masema drank only water, and wherever he went, he hired a poor widow and ate the food she prepared, fair or foul, without complaint. The man had made too many widows for that charity to count far with Perrin.
The throng that packed the streets elsewhere was absent in front of the tall house, yet the number of armed guards like those at the bridge almost made up for it. They stared at Perrin sullenly, those who did not sneer insolently.  From the corner of his eye, Perrin saw Elyas thumbing the hilt of his long knife. It was hard not to stroke his axe.
“I’ve come with a message for the Prophet from the Dragon Reborn,” he announced. When none of the men moved, he added, “My name is Perrin Aybara. The Prophet knows me.” Balwer had cautioned him about the dangers of using Masema’s name, or calling Rand anything but the Lord Dragon Reborn. He was not there to start a riot.
The claim of knowing Masema seemed to put a spark into the guards. Several exchanged wide-eyed looks, and one went running inside. The rest stared at him as if he were a gleeman. In a few moments, a woman came to the door. Handsome, with white at her temples, in a high-necked dress of blue wool that was fine if unadorned, she might have been the merchant herself. Masema did not throw those who offered him hospitality into the streets, but their servants or farmhands usually ended up with one of the bands “spreading the glories of the Lord Dragon.”
“If you will come with me, Master Aybara,” the woman said calmly, “you and your friends, I will take you to the Prophet of the Lord Dragon, may the Light illumine his name.” Calm she might sound, but terror filled her scent.
Telling Neald and the Warders to watch the horses until they returned, Perrin followed her inside with the others. The interior was dark, with few lamps lit, and not much warmer than outside. Even the Wise Ones seemed subdued. They did not smell afraid, but almost as close to it as the Aes Sedai, and Grady and Elyas smelled of wariness, of raised hackles and ears laid back. Strangely, Aram’s scent was eager. Perrin hoped the man did not try to draw that sword on his back.
The large, carpeted room the woman led them to, with fires blazing on hearths at either end, might have been a general’s study, every table and half the chairs covered with maps and papers, and warm enough that Perrin tossed his cloak back and regretted wearing two shirts under his coat. But it was Masema standing in the middle of the room who drew his eyes immediately, like iron filings to a lodestone, a dark, scowling man with a shaven head and a pale triangular scar on one cheek, in a wrinkled gray coat and scuffed boots.  The only name Perrin could give that smell, steel-hard and blade-sharp and quivering with wild intensity, was madness. And Rand thought he could put a leash on this?
“So, it is you,” Masema growled. “I did not think you would dare show your face. I know what you’ve been up to! Hari told me more than a week ago, and I have kept myself informed.” A man shifted in a corner of the room, a narrow-eyed fellow with a thrusting nose, and Perrin upbraided himself for not noticing him before. Hari’s green silk coat was much finer than what he had worn when he denied collecting ears. The fellow rubbed his hands together and grinned at Perrin viciously, but he kept silent as Masema went on. The Prophet’s voice grew hotter by the word, not with anger, but as though he meant to burn every syllable deep into Perrin’s flesh. “I know about you murdering men who have come to the Lord Dragon. I know about you trying to carve out your own kingdom! Yes, I know about Manetheren! About your ambition! Your greed for glory! You have turned your back on—!”
Suddenly Masema’s eyes bulged, and for the first time, anger flamed in his scent. Hari made a strangled sound and tried to back through the wall. Seonid and Masuri had lowered their hoods and stood with bare faces, calm and cool, and plainly Aes Sedai to anyone who knew the look. Perrin wondered whether they held the Power. He would have wagered that the Wise Ones did. Edarra and Carelle were quietly watching every direction at once, and smooth faces or no, if he had ever seen anyone ready to fight, it was them. For that matter, Grady wore readiness like his black coat; maybe he held the Power, too. Elyas was leaning against the wall beside the open doors, outwardly as composed as the sisters, but he smelled ready to bite.  Light!
“So that is true, too!” Masema snapped, spittle flying from his lips.
“They’ve sworn fealty to the Lord Dragon, Masema,” Perrin cut in. “They serve him! Do you? He sent me to stop the killing. And to bring you to him.” No one was offering him a chair, so he pushed a stack of papers from one and sat. He wished the rest would sit, too; shouting seemed harder when you were sitting down.
Hari goggled at him, and Masema was practically shaking. Because he had taken a chair without being asked? Oh. Yes.
“I have given up the names of men,” Masema said coldly. “I am simply the Prophet of the Lord Dragon, may the Light illumine him and the world come to kneel before him.” By his tone, the world and the Light would regret failure equally. “There is much to do here, yet. Great works. All must obey when the Lord Dragon calls, but in winter, travel is always slow. A delay of a few weeks will make little difference.”
“I can have you in Cairhien today,” Perrin said. “Once the Lord Dragon has spoken to you, you can return the same way and be back here in a few days.” If Rand let him return.
Masema actually recoiled. Baring his teeth, he glared at the Aes Sedai. “Some contrivance of the Power? I will not be touched with the Power! It is blasphemy for mortals to touch it!”
Perrin came close to gaping. “The Dragon Reborn channels, man!”
“The blessed Lord Dragon is not as other men, Aybara!” Masema snarled. “He is the Light made flesh! I will obey his summons, but I will not be touched by the filth these women do!”
Slumping back in the chair, Perrin sighed. If the man was this bad over Aes Sedai, how would he be when he learned that Grady and Neald could channel? For a moment, he considered simply knocking Masema over the head, and . . . Men were passing by in the corridor, pausing to glance in before hurrying on. All it took was one of them raising a shout, and Abila could become a slaughterhouse. “Then we ride, Prophet,” he said sourly. Light, Rand had said to keep this secret until Masema stood in front of him! How to manage that riding all the way to Cairhien? “But no delays. The Lord Dragon is very anxious to talk with you.”
“I am anxious to speak with the Lord Dragon, may his name be blessed by the Light.” His eyes flickered toward the two Aes Sedai. He tried to hide it, actually smiling at Perrin. But he smelled . . . grim. “I am very anxious indeed.”
“Would my Lady like me to ask one of the handlers to bring her a hawk?” Maighdin asked.  The falcon, with its blue-tipped wings, was on Alliandre’s green-gloved wrist. That bird was reserved to her, unfortunately. Alliandre knew her place as a vassal, but Faile understood not wanting to relinquish a favorite bird.
She merely shook her head, and Maighdin bowed in her saddle and moved her roan mare away from Swallow, far enough not to intrude but close enough to be at hand without Faile raising her voice. The dignified golden-haired woman had proved to be every bit as good a lady’s maid as Faile had hoped, knowledgeable, capable. At least, she had once she learned that whatever their relative positions with their former mistress, Lini was first among Faile’s serving women, and willing to use her authority. Surprisingly, that had actually taken an episode with a switch, but Faile pretended not to know.  There was still the matter of Maighdin and Tallanvor, of course. She was certain Maighdin had begun sharing his bed, and if she found proof, they would marry if she had to turn Lini loose on both of them. Still, that was a small matter, and could not spoil her morning.
Hawking had been Alliandre’s idea, but Faile had not objected to a ride through this sparse forest, where snow made a rolling blanket over everything and lay thick and white on bare branches. The green of the trees that still held their leaves seemed sharper. The air was crisp, and it smelled new and fresh.
Bain and Chiad had insisted on accompanying her, but they squatted nearby, shoufa wrapped around their heads, watching her with disgruntled expressions. Sulin had wanted to come with all of the Maidens, but with a hundred stories of Aiel depredations floating everywhere, the sight of an Aiel was enough to send most people in Amadicia running or reaching for a sword. There must be some truth in those tales, or so many would not know an Aiel, though the Light alone knew who they were or where they had come from, yet even Sulin agreed that whoever they were, they had moved on east, perhaps into Altara.
In any case, this close to Abila, twenty of Alliandre’s soldiers and as many Mayener Winged Guards provided sufficient escort. The streamers on their lances, red or green, lifted like ribbons when the breeze stirred. Berelain’s presence was the only blight. Though watching the woman shiver in her fur-trimmed red cloak, thick enough for two blankets, was certainly amusing. Mayene did not have a real winter. This was like the last days of autumn. In Saldaea, the heart of winter could freeze exposed flesh hard as wood. Faile took a deep breath. She felt like laughing.
By some miracle, her husband, her beloved wolf, had begun behaving as he should. Instead of shouting at Berelain or running from her, Perrin now tolerated the jade’s blandishments, plainly tolerated them the way he would a child playing around his knees. And best of all, there was no longer any need to tamp down her anger when she wanted to let it loose. When she shouted, he shouted back. She knew he was not Saldaean, but it had been so hard, thinking in her heart of hearts that he believed her too weak to stand up to him. A few nights ago at supper, she had almost pointed out to him that Berelain was going to fall out of her dress if she leaned over the table any further. Well, she was not going to that far, not with Berelain; the trull still thought she could win him. And that very morning, he had been commanding, quietly brooking no argument, the sort of man a woman knew she had to be strong to deserve, to equal. Of course, she would have to nip him over that. A commanding man was wonderful, so long as he did not come to believe he could always command. Laugh? She could have sung!
“Maighdin, I think after all I will . . . ” Maighdin was there immediately with an inquiring smile, but Faile trailed off at the sight of three riders ahead of her, plowing through the snow as fast as they could push their horses.
“At least there are plenty of hares, my Lady,” Alliandre said, walking her tall white gelding up beside Swallow, “but I had hoped . . . Who are they?” Her falcon shifted on her thick glove, the bells on its jesses jingling. “Why, it looks like some of your people, my Lady.”
Faile nodded grimly. She recognized them, too. Parelean, Arrela and Lacile. But what were they doing here?
The three drew rein before her, their horses panting steam. Parelean looked as wide-eyed as his dapple. Lacile, her pale face nearly hidden in the deep cowl of her cloak, was swallowing anxiously, and Arrela’s dark face seemed gray. “My Lady,” Parelean said urgently, “dire news! The Prophet Masema has been meeting with the Seanchan!”
“The Seanchan!” Alliandre exclaimed. “Surely he cannot believe they will come to the Lord Dragon!”
“It might be simpler,” Berelain said, heeling her too-showy white mare up on Alliandre’s other side. Without Perrin about for her to try to impress, her dark blue riding dress was cut quite modestly, with a neck up under her chin. She still shivered. “Masema dislikes Aes Sedai, and the Seanchan keep women who can channel as prisoners.”
Faile clicked her tongue in vexation. Dire news indeed, if true. And she could only hope Parelean and the others retained enough of their wits to at least pretend they had simply overheard talk by chance. Even so, she had to be sure, and quickly. Perrin might already have reached Masema.  It brought a woman who was taken to Masema and remained with him for three hours.”
“We were able to trace her all the way to where Masema stays in Abila,” Lacile added.
“The three men all thought the creature was Shadowspawn,” Arrela put in, “but they seemed fairly reliable.” For her to say any man not of Cha Faile was fairly reliable was the same as anyone else saying they thought he was honest as a bell.
“I think I must ride into Abila,” Faile said, gathering Swallow’s reins. “Alliandre, take Maighdin and Berelain with you.” Any other time, the tightening of Berelain’s lips over that would have been amusing. “Parelean, Arrela and Lacile will accompany me—” A man screamed, and everyone jerked.
Fifty paces away, one of Alliandre’s green-coated soldiers was toppling from his saddle, and a moment later, a Winged Guard fell with an arrow standing out from his throat. Aiel appeared among the trees, veiled and wielding bows as they ran. More soldiers fell. Bain and Chiad were on their feet, dark veils hiding their faces to the eyes; their spears were thrust through the straps of the bow cases on their back, and they worked their bows smoothly, but they cast glances toward Faile, too. There were Aiel all around, hundreds it seemed, a great noose closing in. Mounted soldiers lowered lances, pulling back in their own circle around Faile and the others, but gaps appeared immediately as Aiel arrows struck home.
“Someone must get this news of Masema to Lord Perrin,” Faile told Parelean and the two women. “One of you must reach him! Ride like fire!” Her sweeping gaze took in Alliandre and Maighdin. And Berelain, too.  Barely waiting for their nods, she suited actions to words, and dug her heels into Swallow’s flanks, bursting through the useless ring of soldiers. “Ride!” she shouted. Someone had to get the news to Perrin. “Ride!”
Leaning low on Swallow’s neck, she urged the black mare for speed. Fleet hooves splashed snow as Swallow ran, light as her namesake. For a hundred strides, Faile thought she might break free. And then Swallow screamed and stumbled, pitching forward with the sharp snap of a breaking leg. Faile flew through air and struck hard, most of the breath driven out of her as she plunged facedown into the snow. Fighting for air, she struggled to her feet and snatched a knife from her belt. Swallow had screamed before she stumbled, before that awful crack.
A veiled Aielman loomed up before her as if out of the air, chopping at her wrist with a stiffened hand. Her knife dropped from suddenly numb fingers, and before she could try to draw another with her left hand, the man was on her.
She fought, kicking, punching, even biting, but the fellow was as wide as Perrin and a head taller. He seemed as hard as Perrin, too, for all the impression she made on him. She could have wept with frustration at the humiliating ease with which he handled her, first rooting out all of her knives and tucking them behind his belt, then using one of her own blades to cut her clothes away. Almost before she knew it, she was naked in the snow, her elbows bound together behind her back with one of her stockings, the other tied about her neck for a leash.
She had no choice except to follow him, shivering and stumbling through the snow. Her skin pebbled with the cold. Light, how she had ever thought this day anything less than icy? Light, if only someone had managed to escape with the news of Masema! To carry word of her capture to Perrin, of course, but she could escape somehow. The other was more important.
The first body she saw was Parelean, sprawled on his back with his sword in one outflung hand and blood all over his fine coat with the satin-striped sleeves. There were plenty of corpses after, Winged Guards in their red breastplates, Alliandre’s soldiers in their dark green helmets, one of the hawkers, the hooded duckhawk flapping vainly against the jesses still gripped in the dead man’s fist. She held on to hope, though.
The first other prisoners she saw, kneeling among some Aiel, men and Maidens with their veils hanging down their chests, were Bain and Chiad, each naked, unbound hands on her knees. Blood ran down across Bain’s face and matted her flame-red hair. Chiad’s left cheek was purple and swollen, and her gray eyes looked slightly glazed. They knelt there, straight-backed, impassive, and unashamed, but as the big Aielman pushed her roughly to her knees beside them, they roused themselves.
“This is not right, Shaido,” Chiad mumbled angrily.
“She does not follow ji’e’toh,” Bain barked. “You cannot make her gai’shain.”
“The gai’shain will be quiet,” a graying Maiden said absently. Bain and Chiad gave Faile regretful looks, then settled back to their calm waiting. Huddling, trying to hide her nakedness against her knees, Faile did not know whether to weep or laugh. The two women she would have chosen to help her escape from anywhere, and neither would raise a hand to try because of ji’e’toh.
“I say again, Efalin,” the man who had captured her muttered, “this is foolishness. We travel at a crawl in this . . . snow.” He said the word awkwardly. “There are too many armed men, here. We should be moving east, not taking more gai’shain to slow us further.”
“Sevanna wants more gai’shain, Rolan,” the graying Maiden replied. She frowned, though, and her hard gray eyes seemed disapproving for a moment.
Shivering, Faile blinked as the names sank in. Light, but the cold was making her wits slow. Sevanna. Shaido. They were in Kinslayer’s Dagger, as far from here as was possible to be without crossing the Spine of the World! Clearly they were not, though. That was something Perrin should know, another reason for her to escape soon. There seemed little chance of that, crouching there in the snow and wondering which bits of her were going to freeze first. The Wheel was balancing her amusement over Berelain’s shivers with a vengeance. She was actually looking forward to the thick woolen robes that gai’shain wore. Her captors made no move to depart, though. There were other captives to be brought in.
First was Maighdin, stripped bare and bound as Faile was, and struggling every step of the way. Until the Maiden who was pushing her along abruptly kicked her feet out from under her. Maighdin plunked down sitting in the snow, and her eyes popped so wide that Faile might have laughed if she had not felt sorry for the woman. Alliandre came next, bent nearly double in an effort to shield herself, and then Arrela, who seemed half paralyzed by her nudity and was almost being dragged by a pair of Maidens. Finally, another tall Aielman appeared with a furiously kicking Lacile tucked under one arm like a package.
“The rest are dead or escaped,” the man said, dropping the small Cairhienin woman beside Faile. “Sevanna will have to be satisfied, Efalin. She puts too much store in taking people who wear silk.”
Faile did not struggle at all when she was prodded to her feet and set to laboring through the snow at the head of the other prisoners. She was too stunned to fight. Parelean dead, Arrela and Lacile captive, and Alliandre, and Maighdin. Light, someone had to warn Perrin about Masema. Someone. It seemed a final blow. Here she was, shivering and gritting her teeth to keep them from chattering, trying her best to pretend that she was not stark naked and bound, on her way to an uncertain captivity. All of that, and she had to hope that that slinking cat—that pouting trull!—Berelain, had managed to escape so she could reach Perrin. Alongside everything else, that seemed the worst of all.
Egwene walked Daishar along the column of initiates, sisters on their horses among the wagons, Accepted and novices afoot despite the snow. The sun was bright in a sky with few clouds, but mist curled from her gelding’s nostrils. Sheriam and Siuan rode at her back, talking quietly about information learned from Siuan’s eyes-and-ears. Egwene had thought the fire-haired woman an efficient Keeper once she learned that she was not the Amyrlin, but day by day, Sheriam seemed to grow ever more assiduous about her duties. Chesa followed on her tubby mare in case the Amyrlin wanted anything, and unlike her, she was muttering again about Meri and Selame both running away, the ungrateful wretches, leaving her to do the work of three. They rode slowly, and Egwene very carefully did not look toward the column.
A month of recruiting, a month of the novice book being open to all, had brought in startling numbers, a flood anxious to become Aes Sedai, women of every age some from hundreds of miles away. There were now twice as many novices with the column as before. Almost a thousand! Most by far would never wear the shawl, yet the number of them had everyone staring. Some might cause minor problems, and one, a grandmother named Sharina with a potential above even that of Nynaeve, certainly had everyone startled, but it was not the sight of a mother and daughter squabbling because the daughter would be the stronger by far one day that she was trying to avoid, or noblewomen who were beginning to think they had made the wrong choice asking to be tested, or even Sharina’s disturbingly direct looks. The gray-haired woman obeyed every rule and showed every proper respect, but she had run her large family by the sheer force of her presence, and even some of the sisters stepped warily around her. What Egwene did not want to see were the young women who had joined them two days before. The two sisters who brought them had been more than startled to find Egwene as Amyrlin, but their charges could not believe it, not Egwene al’Vere, the Mayor’s daughter from Emond’s Field. She did not want to order anyone else punished, but she would have to if she saw another stick her tongue out at her.
Gareth Bryne had his army in a wide column, too, cavalry and foot all arrayed and stretching out of sight through the trees. The pale sun glinted off breastplates and helmets and the points of pikes. Horses stamped their hooves in the snow impatiently.
Bryne walked his sturdy bay to meet her before she reached the Sitters waiting on their horses, in a large clearing ahead of both columns. He smiled at her through the face-bars of his helmet. A reassuring smile, she thought. “A fine morning for it, Mother,” he said. “Here.”
She only nodded, and he fell in behind her, beside Siuan. Who did not immediately begin spitting at him. Egwene was not certain exactly what accommodation Siuan had reached with the man, but she seldom grumbled about him anymore in Egwene’s hearing, and never when he was present. Egwene was glad he was there, now. The Amyrlin Seat could not let her general know she wanted his reassurance, but she felt the need of it this morning.
The Sitters had their horses in a line at the edge of the trees, and thirteen more sisters sat their mounts a little way off, watching the Sitters carefully. Romanda and Lelaine spurred their animals forward almost together, and Egwene could hardly help sighing as they approached, cloaks flaring behind them, hooves spraying snow as if at the charge. The Hall obeyed her because it had no choice. In matters concerning the war against Elaida, they did, but Light, how they could quibble over what did or did not concern the war. When it did not, getting anything out of them was like pulling duck’s teeth! Except for Sharina, they might have found a way to put a stop to accepting women of any age. Even Romanda was impressed by Sharina.
The pair reined in before her, but before they could open their mouths, she spoke. “It’s time we got on with it, daughters, and no time for wasting in idle chatter. Proceed.” Romanda sniffed, though softly, and Lelaine looked as though she wanted to.
They wheeled their horses as one, then glared at one another a moment. Events this past month had only heightened their dislike for each other. Lelaine tossed her head angrily in concession, and Romanda smiled, a faint curving of her lips. Egwene almost smiled, too. That mutual animosity was still her greatest strength in the Hall.
“The Amyrlin Seat commands you to proceed,” Romanda announced, raising one hand grandly.
The light of saidar sprang up around the thirteen sisters near the Sitters, around all of them together, and a thick slash of silver appeared in the middle of the clearing, rotating into a gateway ten paces tall and a hundred wide. Falling snow drifted through from the other side. Shouted orders rose among the soldiers, and the first armored heavy calvary rode through. The swirling snow beyond the gateway was too thick to see far, yet Egwene imagined that she could make out the Shining Walls of Tar Valon and the White Tower itself.
“It has begun, Mother,” Sheriam said, sounding almost surprised.
“It has begun,” Egwene agreed. And the Light willing, soon Elaida would fall. She was supposed to wait until Bryne said sufficient of his soldiers were through, but she could not stop herself. Digging her heels into Daishar’s flanks, she rode through into the falling snow, onto the plain where Dragonmount reared black and smoking against a white sky.


Next, examine the meaning of the following volume integral
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where the volume V = V (ψ) is the volume within the magnetic surface labeled by ψ. Using ∇⋅ B = 0, the quantity D can be further written as
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| (233) |
Note that 𝜃 is not a single-value function of the spacial points. In order to evaluate the integration in Eq. (233), we need to select one branch of 𝜃, which can be chosen to be 0 ≤ 𝜃 < 2π. Note that function 𝜃 = 𝜃(R,Z) is not continuous in the vicinity of the contour of 𝜃 = 0. Next, we want to use the Gauss’s theorem to convert the above volume integration to surface integration. Noting the discontinuity of the integrand 𝜃B in the vicinity of the contour of 𝜃 = 0, the volume should be cut along the contour, thus, generating two surfaces. Denote these two surfaces by S1 and S2, then equation (233) is written as
|
| (235) |
Using the expression of the volume element dτ = |𝒥|d𝜃dϕdψ, Ψp can be further written in terms of ﬂux surface averaged quantities.
Note that the sign of the Jacobian appears in Eq. (236), which is due to the positive direction of surface S2 is determined by the positive direction of 𝜃, which in turn is determined by the sign of the Jacobian (In my code, however, the positive direction of 𝜃 is chosen by me and the sign of the Jacobian is determined by the positive direction of 𝜃). We can verify the sign of Eq. (236) is exactly consistent with that in Eq. (27).Similarly, the toroidal ﬂux within a ﬂux surface is written as
|
| (237) |
the poloidal current within a ﬂux surface is written as
|
| (238) |
and toroidal current within a ﬂux surface is written as
|
| (239) |
(**check**)The toroidal magnetic ﬂux is written as
| ⇒ Ψt′ = g |
| ⇒ = g |
|
| (241) |
Next, calculate the derivative of the toroidal ﬂux with respect to the poloidal ﬂux.
Comparing this result with Eq. (442) indicates that it is equal to the safety factor, i.e.,|
| (243) |
By using the contravariant representation of current density (342), the poloidal current within a magnetic surface is written as
| −∇ψ ×∇𝜃 − g′∇ϕ ×∇ψ, |
The toroidal current is written as
The last equality is due to ∇ψ = 0 at ψ = 0. By using the ﬂux surface average operator, Eq. (245) is written|
| (246) |
Next, calculate another useful surface-averaged quantity,


Looks up ids
in a list of embedding tensors.
tf.compat.v1.nn.embedding_lookup( params, ids, partition_strategy='mod', name=None, validate_indices=True, max_norm=None )
This function is used to perform parallel lookups on the list of
tensors in params
. It is a generalization of
tf.gather
, where params
is
interpreted as a partitioning of a large embedding tensor. params
may be
a PartitionedVariable
as returned by using tf.compat.v1.get_variable()
with a
partitioner.
If len(params) > 1
, each element id
of ids
is partitioned between
the elements of params
according to the partition_strategy
.
In all strategies, if the id space does not evenly divide the number of
partitions, each of the first (max_id + 1) % len(params)
partitions will
be assigned one more id.
If partition_strategy
is "mod"
, we assign each id to partition
p = id % len(params)
. For instance,
13 ids are split across 5 partitions as:
[[0, 5, 10], [1, 6, 11], [2, 7, 12], [3, 8], [4, 9]]
If partition_strategy
is "div"
, we assign ids to partitions in a
contiguous manner. In this case, 13 ids are split across 5 partitions as:
[[0, 1, 2], [3, 4, 5], [6, 7, 8], [9, 10], [11, 12]]
The results of the lookup are concatenated into a dense
tensor. The returned tensor has shape shape(ids) + shape(params)[1:]
.
params
: A single tensor representing the complete embedding tensor, or a
list of P tensors all of same shape except for the first dimension,
representing sharded embedding tensors. Alternatively, a
PartitionedVariable
, created by partitioning along dimension 0. Each
element must be appropriately sized for the given partition_strategy
.ids
: A Tensor
with type int32
or int64
containing the ids to be looked
up in params
.partition_strategy
: A string specifying the partitioning strategy, relevant
if len(params) > 1
. Currently "div"
and "mod"
are supported. Default
is "mod"
.name
: A name for the operation (optional).validate_indices
: DEPRECATED. If this operation is assigned to CPU, values
in indices
are always validated to be within range. If assigned to GPU,
out-of-bound indices result in safe but unspecified behavior, which may
include raising an error.max_norm
: If not None
, each embedding is clipped if its l2-norm is larger
than this value.A Tensor
with the same type as the tensors in params
.
ValueError
: If params
is empty.


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Movie Review: Run Lola Run (1998)
German, subtitled in English
`Run Lola Run' is a thoroughly likable film, a hyperactive visual treat that combines 35mm with video, stills, and animation. Combined with a satisfying story line and some deliciously understated acting, it's far and away my favorite movie of the summer.
A lot has been said about this film's fast paced visual style. It has even been compared (unfairly, I think) to a video game. At its heart, though, is a classic dramatic structure. The plot is simple: Lola's lover, a small-time hood named Manni, has managed to get himself in desperate trouble. They have twenty minutes to come up with the100,000 DM of mobster's money that he has lost. The frantic race to the finish tests, and reveals, character. Revelations are made, tension is built up and released.
What's not so classical is that the same race is run three times; it's as if the characters have the ability to rewind and re-do until they get it right. Basically, Lola tells Manni to wait where he is and not do anything until she gets there; she then sprints across town to her father's bank to try to get the money out of him. Each version plays out almost, but not quite, the same as the previous ones. And it's these small differences that make all the difference.
What we have here is theme and variations. There's a musical analogy. And it's no coincidence that the film's writer and producer, Tom Tykwer, also composed the soundtrack. Pace and rhythm are crucial to making this movie work; it isn't all run at breakneck pace, there are also times when the action comes to a full stop, the visual equivalents of silence. And quiet moments. The on-screen pace directly evokes mood in the audience.
This isn't an empty-headed summertime entertainment that requires you to put your brain in neutral. At the risk of sounding pretentious and pedantic (and the movie itself is neither), there are some Big Issues raised, questions of free will versus the predetermined, of fate versus chaos. How much control do the characters have over these events, and how much is pure randomness? Lola bursts into her father's office, surprising him in the company of his mistress. This scene plays out twice; in the later version, a single further line of dialogue has time to pass between the couple, one line that changes everything, that drastically alters the events that follow. While on the other hand there is an unfortunate motorist who in all three versions, no matter what else happens differently, seems fated to slam his car into the pristine white BMW belonging to three very large and angry looking toughs.
`Run Lola Run' is very funny at times; it also has a strong `Thelma and Louise' quality that makes it impossible not to like Lola and to hope that she'll win. Guns are drawn and sometimes they go off, as guns will. Sometimes a gun in the hand means having the world by the tail, sometimes it spells tragedy. There is no moralizing here, it's plain story-telling. With some delightful twists.
Lola's character is so likable, so capable and determined, that I found myself bothered by her seeming willingness to sacrifice herself for Manni, who is kind of a loser and certainly not the brightest bulb on the tree. You don't have to be a rabid feminist to be bothered by seeing a smart woman cast in the role of a martyr to love. But my objection was answered by a scene halfway into the movie, a flashback involving some sweet, funny, and touching pillow talk between the two. In a nutshell it explains the relationship and what's in it for her. Manni makes her happy, and she'd rather he didn't end up with a bullet behind the ear.
Franka Potente, as Lola, is a joy to watch.  Running through the streets of Berlin, she sometimes talks to herself, a kind of incantation, almost a prayer, willing things to work out for her. She also literally screams in frustration, a high-pitched, glass-shattering wail that goes on forever, a release of the primal energy that the character seems to have a gross abundance of.
`Run Lola Run' is proof that a smart film can also be loads of fun.
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For developing or designing a website on the internet, you need to learn web development. This course is all about creating your web page on whatever topic you want. Among professionals, web development is the non-designing aspects of building a website, which includes writing markup and coding.
Web Development Tools
To learn web development, you have to know about some essential tools. Web development tools are also known as dev tools, which help a developer to test and debug their code. There are some web browsers like Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Opera, which provide built-in tools for developers. Web development tools help developers to work in various fields of technology like HTML, CSS, JS, React, amp, Bootstrap, PHP and other components. These equipment are designed and handled by browsers. Popular web browsers also included some extra features to fulfil the increasing demand of developers.
Category of Web Development
Web development is of three types-
1. Front-end Web Development: Every front-end developer must have a basic knowledge of HTML, CSS and JS. They can create a responsive website for all type of modern web development. When you complete all the basic requirements of front-end developing, then learn how to use maps, fonts, icons in HTML. On JS, you should learn how to access the HTML DOM and also how to use AJAX, JSON. After all, these, look forward to some frameworks, learn angular JS, jQuery, React, Vue, W3.
2. Back-end Web Development: At the beginning of back-end developing, you have to learn full-stack SQL, PHP, ASP, Python. After these, you should start learning full-stack JS, including SQL, Node, MySQL, Mongo.db.
3. Full Stack Web Development: In full-stack web development, you should know all the topics of front-end and back-end development. You have to cover all the topics step by step and absorb them.
Short Description of Some Basic Topics
HTML: HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a standard markup language to display designed documents in the browser. HTML builds the structure of a webpage. With HTML, you can include different types of input.
CSS: The full form of CSS is Cascading Style Sheets. It provides different fonts, colours, spacing, etc. CSS can control multiple webpage layout at a time. It is independent and can be used in different frameworks and markup languages.
JS: JavaScript is a programming language also used in web development. It can construct and update HTML, CSS. JavaScript is used explicitly as an object-orientated programming language.
Bootstrap: Bootstrap is a framework for designing and creating websites faster and easier. It includes HTML, CSS, JS. This framework has different types of typography, buttons, table, forms, modals, navigations, carousels, etc. Bootstrap is a consistent framework supporting all the major browsers.
Conclusion
In the present scenario of the industry, web development is a much preferable course. It is a great course to start your technical journey.
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Let's take the grammar previously developed for arithmetic expressions, and translate it into bytecode. The grammar is:
sum = gap expression end expression = term (plus term @2add / minus term @2subtract)* term = atom (times atom @2multiply / over atom @2divide)* atom = number / open expression close number = #integer digit+ @read gap plus = #operator '+' gap minus = #operator '-' gap times = #operator '*' gap over = #operator '/' gap open = #bracket '(' gap close = #bracket ')' gap digit = '0..9' gap = (' ')* @ end = #newline '\r'? '\n' @
We will illustrate with an interpreter in C, but in principle the interpreter could be in any programming language. Here is a skeleton interpreter in C, with two supporting data files:
interpret.c
table1.bin
table2.bin
To translate the grammar, store it in a file sum.txt
, say. Copy
the template interpreter interpret.c
to sum.c
, say.
Adapt the program for the current application. In this particular case, the
program is already suitable for our calculator. Translate the grammar with:
pecan sum.txt -b sum.bin Opcodes: {ACT=0, AND=1, ARITY=2, BACK=3, BOTH=4, CAT=5, DO=6, DROP=7, EITHER=8, EOT=9, GO=10, HAS=11, HIGH=12, LOOK=13, LOW=14, MANY=15, MARK=16, MAYBE=17, NOT=18, ONE=19, OR=20, POINT=21, SEE=22, SET=23, SPLIT=24, START=25, STOP=26, STRING=27, TAG=28} Actions: {add=0, divide=1, multiply=2, read=3, subtract=4} Markers: {bracket=0, integer=1, newline=2, operator=3} Bytecode file sum.bin written.
The constant values printed out can be checked against the interpreter
program. When the program is compiled and run, it reads in the bytecode file
sum.bin
and interprets it:
gcc gcc -std=c18 -Wall -o sum sum.c ./sum Type a sum: 2+2 4


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If you would prefer to contact me directly about BuildAMation, please email me on the address below. I am happy to provide advice to developers using Bam to build open source or personal projects, where my time allows.
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TimesMap is a new visual interface to explore the Times' global news coverage. By highlighting the incredible number of NYT articles and bureaus across the globe, TimesMap positions the company as a truly international publication.
This prototype answers a real business need to grow international readership and visually emphasize content that may go unnoticed by regular domestic readers.
We took into account current NYT assets and design schemes, and integrated T-Brand Studio's sponsored posts for monetization.
I worked on front-end development, design, and strategic marketing documents. I also presented TimesMap in front of over one hundred NYT employees.
TimesMap is built on HTML, CSS, Javascript, and internal NYT APIs. TimesMap code is under the copyright of The New York Times.


Fadnavis attends Maharashtra BJP MLAs meeting
The meeting was held at the Mumbai BJP office Vasant Smriti in Dadar.
by PTIA meeting of Maharashtra BJP MLAs is being held in Mumbai on Sunday, a day after the sudden swearing in of party leader Devendra Fadnavis as the Chief Minister.
Mr. Fadnavis, state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil and Union Ministers Raosaheb Danve and Piyush Goyal are among those present at the meeting, held at the Mumbai BJP office Vasant Smriti in Dadar, party sources said.


Steve Irwin
- Born Feburary 22, 1962 Essendon, Victoria, Austrailia
- He was Austrailian zookeeper, conservationalist, and televesion personality
- Steve grew up around animals while he worked on the park his parents had created
- He took over the park in 1991 and renamed it the Australia Zoo


@Retention(value=RUNTIME) @Target(value=TYPE) @Import(value=ScaleoutHttpSessionConfiguration.class) @Configuration public @interface EnableScaleoutHttpSession
| Modifier and Type | Optional Element and Description |
|---|---|
java.lang.String |
cacheName
Sets the NamedCache (namespace) name used by the ScaleoutSessionRepository.
|
int |
maxInactiveTimeMinutes
Sets the max inactive time of a session in minutes.
|
int |
maxRemoteReadRetries
Note, requires
remoteStoreName() to have a value. |
int |
remoteReadPendingRetryInterval
Note, requires
remoteStoreName() to have a value. |
java.lang.String |
remoteStoreName
If ScaleOut GeoServer Pro is licensed and configured, setting the value for remoteStoreName indicates that replica objects
in a remote store should be notified every time the local, master object is updated.
|
boolean |
useLocking
Sets whether or not to lock sessions on retrieval.
|
public abstract int maxInactiveTimeMinutes
public abstract java.lang.String cacheName
public abstract boolean useLocking
public abstract java.lang.String remoteStoreName
public abstract int remoteReadPendingRetryInterval
remoteStoreName()
to have a value.
The remoteReadPendingRetryInterval()
can be used to set the interval to wait
when performing a read from a remote store in case a WAN error occurs.
If ScaleOut GeoServer Pro is licensed and configured, when performing a remote read of an object from a another store via
GeoServer pull replication, the ScaleoutSessionRepository
may need to repeatedly attempt to
perform the remote read in a number of situations (for example, the master copy of the object may be in transit to
a different remote store, or another thread in this client may already be trying to perform a remote read and is
refreshing the local replica of the object).public abstract int maxRemoteReadRetries
remoteStoreName()
to have a value.
The maxRemoteReadRetries()
can be used to set the maximum number of retries
the ScaleoutSessionRepository
will exhaust before throwing a CantAccessException.
If ScaleOut GeoServer Pro is licensed and configured, when performing a remote read of an object from a another store
via GeoServer pull replication, the ScaleoutSessionRepository
may need to repeatedly attempt to
perform the remote read in a number of situations (for example, the master copy of the object may be in transit
to a different remote store, or another thread in this client may already be trying to perform a remote read and
is refreshing the local replica of the object).


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This is the sample extension.
It consists of an extension.json file and some content, which will be served at /[extension name]/
The built-in web root is %AppData%\JsDbg\support\[jsdbg version], where you can see the /js/jsdbg/ directory for details on the JsDbg API.


Berkeley is not the safest city. At night, it’s common for students to ask their friends to text them when they get home.
We wanted to get an idea of how safe students feel at Berkeley, as well as methods they take to stay safe when going home at night.
In Fall 2017, we chatted with ~120 students on Sproul about this issue.
In Spring 2018, we conducted 16 in-depth interviews with students on night-time safety.
Main takeaways:
Situation
Students most often walk home alone at night from a friend’s place, a party, or the library.
Safety
Students either:
1) feel safe but cautious because nothing has happened to them, or
2) feel unsafe because of an incident that has happened to them or someone they know.
Safety also correlates with familiarity with the area.
Modes of Communication
Most students track their friends’ safety either through texting or through Find My Friends. Using location-tracking apps isn’t correlated with the feeling of safety that students experience but rather privacy concerns they may have. The feeling of safety isn’t so extreme that it would prompt location tracking.
When students forget to text their friends that they get home, in most scenarios, their friends either 1) get mildly worried and check-in or 2) forget to check-in. This highlights a problem of lack of normalizing accountability for one's friends' safety.
College students coming home from either the library or late night activities. These students feel some level of danger walking alone at night, but not enough to ask someone to walk home with them and not enough to check in on their friend’s location when their friends walk home.
Dingo, as an app, needs to be designed to be easy-to-use (frictionless) for students that see remembering to text as already too much friction. It also needs to be non-intrusive to account for those not willing to constantly share their location with their friend.


Reports variable assignments that can be joined with the variable's declaration.
Example:
int x; x = 1;
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int x = 1;
New in 2018.3


This sample contains sbt build settings and test classes for illustrating multi-node testing with Akka.
Please refer to the full documentation of multi-node testing and the closely related multi-jvm testing for details. There is also an section on cluster testing.
Open project/plugins.sbt
It adds the sbt-multi-jvm plugin to the build.
Open project/Build.scala
It includes the MultiJvm settings that are needed to run multi-jvm tests.
Note that MultiJvm test sources are located in src/multi-jvm/...
and the
test classes must end with MultiJvm
followed by the node name, typically
Node1
, Node2
, Node3
...
To hook up the MultiNodeSpec with with ScalaTest you need something like: STMultiNodeSpec.scala
To see the test in action, open the Test tab
and click Start to run the MultiNodeSample
. This corresponds to
sbt test
.
In case you have many tests in the project it can be convenient to run a single test from the sbt prompt:
> multi-jvm:testOnly sample.multinode.MultiNodeSampleSpec
The same test can be run on multiple machines as described in the multi-node testing documentation.


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| The above plot
shows the resulting BER of the communications when using adaptive modulation.
Most of the errors occur at the boundaries between changes in modulation
scheme allocation, and when the SNR was dropping. This is due to the delay in
the allocation updates. Also to note is that the average spectral efficiency
is 2 bits/Hz/sec and that the BER is very low. |


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Solve the puzzles which await you in the mysterious old mansion in the woods. Explore the mansion, collect clues and items and find hidden pathways to clear the game! Will you be able to reveal the truth?


The app will be available for iOS and Android devices available on Google Play, the Apple store and linked to from the Vasa web site.
The QR code for downloading the app will be printed on the back of the ticket. The app is designed to be as user-friendly as possible by
incorporating standard app functionalities, such as swiping and tapping.
Once visitors download the app, they will be able to select categories which will then present the appropriate exhibits to the user.
As users experience the various exhibits, they will be able to select either “sink” or “swim” on the exhibit to express what they thought.
A smaller survey prompt will follow asking brief questions to expand on their selection.
The app is intended to be expandable in the future to encompass temporary exhibitions, or changes within the museum.
The app will be available in English and Swedish. Future language options will be available.


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Some particularly common element is for one of the female bikini-clad leads to get out of the pool in slo-mo, water glistening on her body, someone to lose their swimsuit or for someone to get pushed into the pool.
An "interesting" meeting point in Spy Fiction (with the justification that it's harder to conceal a bug) and younger cousin of the Beach Episode. Not to be confused with Bad Guys Play Pool. See Two-Person Pool Party for a more explicit variation.
Examples:
open/close all folders
Anime & Manga
- Metal Fight Beyblade had an episode towards the end featuring a cruise ship with a pool at the beginning, as the main characters travel to Europe.
- Episode 8 of Excel Saga, appropriately entitled "Increase Ratings Week".
- The first episode of Mai-Otome 0~S.ifr~ has a scene in a hotel pool. However, the main characters aren't actually swimming in it, but instead fall into it.
- Mahou Sensei Negima! has an episode which mostly takes place around the olympic-sized pool at the Class Rep's Big Fancy House.
- The setting of the very first Sound Stage of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. It featured Karaoke, nine-years-old girls in bathing suits, and a Monster of the Week made of water that tried to separate said nine-years-old girls from said bathing suits. Yes, the first season is quite blatant on its Fanservice.
- Plenty of manga chapters in Ranma ½, due to Fûrinkan High's Phys. Ed. curriculum (and to show off Akane's Super Drowning Skills). For obvious reasons, Ranma always ends up on the women's side. Mind that these take place at school, and therefore the swimsuits are the standard regulation type rather than the sexy bikini type.
- The manga of Fruits Basket has one of these scenes in the seventh volume, involving Uo in a bikini, Hana in a low-cut one-piece, and Tohru in a school swimsuit.
- Haruhi Suzumiya's "Endless Eight". The sole purpose was to beat the number of swimsuit episodes in K-On! (which had two). Which it did. By six.
- Shakugan no Shana has a pool episode where most of the class gets to go to a water park. Cue Gainaxing at every turn, especially from Margery Daw and Yoshida.
- MariaHolic has Kanade expecting this. But when she gets to take part...
- Code Geass: One of the Picture Dramas has the characters going to the pool. Cornelia in a bondage-inspired bikini, rawr. It also offers a more candid look at Guilford and Darlton.
- Higurashi: When They Cry. The Beach Arc of the manga becomes a Pool Arc in the anime.
- Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou episode four is a pool episode.
- The second half of episode 8 of The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, which Misaki throws as a spur of the moment, welcome party for Nanami.
Comic Books
- Cavewoman: Pool Party is an excuse to have the main female characters both Skinny Dipping, and then cavorting in Barely-There Swimwear when the guests arrive.
Fan Works
- Friendship Is Magical Girls naturally has one of these in the episode aptly called "Pool". It features the mahoushoujo and Spike spending a day at Rarity's pool, getting some last minute relaxation in before their showdown with Sunset Shimmer.
- Ghosts of the Past, the second book in the Child of the Storm series, has one in the first chapter, as part of Harry and his friends enjoying their summer vacation.
- In Chapter 29 of Origin Story, a meeting between Alex Harris, Tony Stark, and Natasha Romanov takes place next to the Black Panther's private swimming pool. The fact that Stark never once snarks about the fact that the two women are sunbathing while topless without caring that he's there is a sign of how serious Stark is taking the situation they are in.
Films — Live-Action
- James Bond, specifically:
- Goldfinger. After the opening credits, Bond is spending time by the pool of a Miami hotel, where he learns of his assignment involving the eponymous villain.
- For Your Eyes Only, one villain is killed by the Bond Girl at his personal pool. The scene became notorious when one of the women in it later turned out to be trans.
- The Living Daylights
- The Starsky & Hutch film has one of these.
- The iconic scene in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, wherein Brad masturbates while daydreaming about Linda getting out of the pool and taking her top off.
- Gender-flipped in Phat Girlz when a glistening, speedo-clad Jimmy Jean-Louis emerges from the pool in Slow Motion (while Etta James' "At Last" plays).
- The caddy invasion of the country club pool in Caddyshack; which results in at least one topless female character.
- Several of these occur in the National Lampoon's Vacation franchise:
- The scene with Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) and Christie Brinkley, then Clark and Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo) in the hotel pool in the first Vacation movie.
- Clark Griswold's fantasy sequence in Christmas Vacation.
- Dana Delany and Stephanie Niznik swim nude in Exit to Eden.
- One of the interview scenes in Lake Mungo takes place poolside, with three of Alice's friends in bikinis.
- One of the many pointless scenes in Laserblast involves teens in bikinis and board shorts enjoying the pool at some girl's birthday party. The main reason for the scene seems to be to pan across several dozen fairly ordinary-looking half-naked California teens, while the film takes a breather from its not-very-pulse-pounding plot.
- The Pool. It's all in the name.
- The Ruins opens with one. It's where they meet the guy who kicks off the whole plot.
- All Cheerleaders Die has the cheerleaders' traditional annual pool party, with all of the cheerleaders in bikinis. It is here that Maddy plants the first seeds to break up Tracy and Terry.
- Special Female Force: The prologue has the first Special Female Force doing a stakeout in a pool area, since it's where their target is. This leads a lot of fanservice due to all the members being Head Turning Beauties clad in bikinis to fit in, with one of them even being introduced with a Sexy Surfacing Shot.
- In Priceless this trope is tweaked for drama. Gorgeous Irene (Audrey Tautou), a veteran Gold Digger, goes out to a hotel pool in a bikini for some sun. However she is soon very unpleasantly surprised to discover that her Meal Ticket Gilles found out she was cheating on him, checked out of the hotel, and took absolutely everything in the room with him. A terrified Irene realizes that she is marooned there at the pool with no possessions whatsoever other than her bikini and wrap.
Literature
- One of these appears in the Alex Rider novel Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz. Alex comments that they are unusual lifeguards.
- The main characters of CHERUB all go swimming together at least once, and there are lots of scenes throughout the series of one or two of them in the pool at one time or another.
Live-Action TV
- Airwolf, at least twice.
- CSI: Miami, very frequently, but the main characters never end up in bikinis.
- Knight Rider episode "The Scent of the Roses".
- Lizzie McGuire has a few, including "Pool Party" (It's all in the name.), the episode where Lizzie and her friends are fighting enemy girls to take back the school and the school pool, the smoking episode, the camera stunt video episode, etc.
- Alias, several times.
- Most notably after she strips to her underwear and high-dives off a penthouse balcony into the hotel pool.
- The Unit
- One episode played with this, involving a most fanservicey scene of Summer Glau in a bikini, on a floaty chair... in a kid's inflatable wading pool.
- Another episode does this straight, with Bridget getting out of the pool.
- One scene in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has Jessie sunbathing at a pool while Derek Reese shows up to question her. There's no particular reason why that scene needed to be at a pool, except that it involves Stephanie Jacobson in a bikini, which is reason enough.
- Burn Notice enjoys this trope. It really really enjoys it.
- NCIS
- One of Ziva David's very first scenes occurs in a pool. Since it's plot-related, she's swimming laps in a one-piece.
- She does get bikini-time in season 5 — and it carries over to season 6 in photos the boys seem to appreciate.
- Thunder in Paradise is pretty much built around this. Oh, and it has a Cool Boat in it.
- The "Xander gets out of the pool dripping wet and wearing only a Speedo" scene in the second season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- Another male example: In the short-lived Fox series New Amsterdam, the hero, 400-year-old hunk John Amsterdam, swims naked at the Y after hours. (He has a key, since he's one of the founding members.) His partner runs into him there and unexpectedly gets an eyeful when he climbs out.
- From Saturday Night Live: Schmitts Gay Beer.
- In a Soap Opera Pool Scene, a real pool isn't featured. Instead, he or she will jump off-camera followed a splash on the soundtrack and a bucket of water's thrown on the set.
- S Club 7 had quite a few of these in the Miami 7 series. They were employed at a hotel so naturally, they used the pool from time to time.
- The Saved by the Bell TV-movie "Wedding In Vegas" featured a pool scene. It didn't seem to serve a purpose other than getting the five leads all wet and into swimsuits. Once Slater gets out of the pool, things get interesting. He sits in Carla's deck chair and starts chatting her up...
- In the Odd Squad episode "Skip Day," Dr. O shows Otto a video of Olive swimming at the Odd Squad pool. Since Olive has the skips, she's still wearing her Odd Squad uniform.
Polly Graph: Looks like she skipped the step where she put on a bathing suit.
- Episode 3 of UnREAL—or rather Everlasting, the Show Within a Show that UnREAL is satirizing—features Adam, Adam's buddy Roger, and some of the ladies competing to win Adam's affections at a pool party. The other women competing for Adam show up, clothing is shed, alcohol is consumed, and things get out of hand. Maya may or may not have been raped by Roger.
- Murder, She Wrote: "Murder in Milan" features several gratuitous scenes set around the pool at the film festival, featuring a multitude of bikini-clad extras.
- Columbo: In "Swan Song", Columbo visits Tommy Brown to question him regarding the death of his wife. He finds him holding a party in his backyard with several bikini-clad young ladies lounging around the pool as he plays his guitar and sings.
Music Videos
- The music video for "Jesus He Knows Me" by Genesis.
- The video for "Hangin' In" by Tanya Tucker
- The video for "Stacy's Mom" by Fountains of Wayne, which is also a shoutout to Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Pinball
Video Games
- Valkyria Chronicles II has a pool scene. They cranked up the fanservice considerably with -Ahem- warm-up exercises.
- Rumble Roses do have scenes of the girls stretching in bikinis near pools.
- Tekken:
- Anna Williams's ending in Tekken 3 features her and sister Nina by a pool at a resort. There are two versions of this ending — Anna is busy chatting with a group of guys and Nina gets jealous and pulls her sister's bikini top off and Anna having a Naked Freak-Out. The US version was censored into Anna eventually walking off with all the boys while Nina looks on shocked.
- There is also a pool arena available as a fighting stage from Tekken 4 onwards.
- Similarly the X-Men: Mutant Academy game has a pool arena and the characters all have a specific swimsuit costume to go with it.
Western Animation
- Happens in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes! in the episode "The Casket of Ancient Winters", where Hawkeye, Hulk and Wasp chill at the pool in the Avengers Mansion, which would seem to serve no other purpose than to give Hawkeye a Shirtless Scene and put Wasp in a bikini, showcasing her Most Common Superpower.
- Beverly Hills Teens has plenty of scenes where the characters (especially the female characters) hang out beside a pool.
- May be incorrect, but Braceface has a couple. Examples include "The Coolest", "Up in Smoke", and "Second Thoughts".
- Happens in several episodes of Code Lyoko ("Marabounta", "Déjà Vu", "The Secret", "Kadic Bombshell"...), mostly for Phys. Ed. classes. Since this is set in France and not Japan, though, the swimsuits aren't regulated. Most of the girls are wearing one-pieces, however, Aelita and Yumi included. Except Sissi.
- The Pool Episode in Codename: Kids Next Door isn't exactly standard for this trope... since it involves fighting with Those Two Bad Lifeguards and their Humongous Mecha chair. Par for the course for the series, otherwise.
- The Mr. Men Show:
- Mr. Happy, Mr. Messy, Mr. Bounce (briefly), Mr. Persnickety, Mr. Rude, and Little Miss Sunshine have one in the episode "Hotel". As the characters are Accessory-Wearing Living Polyhedrons, they wear their normal outfits.
- The episode "Getting Around" also had a brief one with Mr. Grumpy, Miss Chatterbox, Mr. Noisy, and Mr. Stubborn (who was the bus driver taking the first three to the pool).
- The final segment of the episode "Travel" takes place at a swimming pool.
- Not bad so much as morally ambiguous, but Mayor Quimby has one in The Simpsons.
- Spyke's first episode of X-Men: Evolution ends with one (the Xavier Institute has a pool) where Evan accidentally pops Kitty's lie-low with his powers.
- On The Gary Coleman Show, the segment "In the Swim" features Lydia hosting a pool party at her mansion, and Lydia is seen in a bikini in this episode. The arch-nemesis Hornswoggle plans to sabotage the event.
- The 1980s Richie Rich cartoon series produced by Hanna-Barbera did feature a handful of episodes with a pool scene. In "A Younger Irona", Richie and Gloria were seen swimming in a pool on the Rich estate, while in the beginning of "The Haunting of Castle Rich", Richie was seen swimming in a pool onboard his private self-driven double-decker bus in England, while Gloria was seen lounging on the deck.


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//==--- wrench/memory/ref_tracker.hpp ---------------------- -*- C++ -*- ---==//
//
// Wrench
//
// Copyright (c) 2020 Rob Clucas
//
// This file is distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.
//
//==------------------------------------------------------------------------==//
//
//
//==------------------------------------------------------------------------==/
#ifndef WRENCH_MEMORY_REF_TRACKER_HPP
#define WRENCH_MEMORY_REF_TRACKER_HPP
#include <atomic>
#include <type_traits>
#include <utility>
namespace wrench {
//==--- [forward declarations & aliases] -----------------------------------==//
template <typename Impl>
class RefTracker;
class SingleThreadedRefTracker;
class MultiThreadedRefTracker;
using DefaultRefTracker =
#if defined(WRENCH_SINGLE_THREADED)
SingleThreadedRefTracker;
#else
MultiThreadedRefTracker;
#endif
template <typename T>
static constexpr bool is_ref_tracker_v =
std::is_base_of_v<RefTracker<std::decay_t<T>>, std::decay_t<T>>;
//==--- [implementation] ---------------------------------------------------==//
template <typename Impl>
class RefTracker {
wrench_no_discard auto impl() noexcept -> Impl* {
return static_cast<Impl*>(this);
}
wrench_no_discard auto impl() const noexcept -> const Impl* {
return static_cast<const Impl*>(this);
}
public:
auto add_reference() noexcept -> void {
impl()->add_reference_impl();
}
auto release() noexcept -> bool {
return impl()->release_impl();
}
template <typename T, typename Deleter>
auto destroy_resource(T* resource, Deleter&& deleter) noexcept -> void {
impl()->destroy_resource_impl(resource, std::forward<Deleter>(deleter));
}
};
//==--- [single-threaded implementation] -----------------------------------==//
class SingleThreadedRefTracker : public RefTracker<SingleThreadedRefTracker> {
public:
using Counter = size_t;
auto add_reference_impl() noexcept -> void {
ref_count_++;
}
auto release_impl() noexcept -> bool {
return --ref_count_ == 0;
}
template <typename T, typename Deleter>
auto destroy_resource_impl(T* resource, Deleter&& deleter) noexcept -> void {
deleter(resource);
}
private:
Counter ref_count_ = 1;
};
//==---[multi-threaded implementation] -------------------------------------==//
class MultiThreadedRefTracker : public RefTracker<MultiThreadedRefTracker> {
public:
using Counter = std::atomic_size_t;
MultiThreadedRefTracker() noexcept {
ref_count_.store(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
}
//==--- [move] -----------------------------------------------------------==//
auto add_reference_impl() noexcept -> void {
// Memory order relaxed because new references can only be created from
// existing instances with the reference count, so we just care about
// incrementing the ref atomically, not about the memory ordering here.
ref_count_.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
}
auto release() noexcept -> bool {
// Here we need to ensure that any access from another thread __happens
// before__ the deleting the object, though a call to `destroy` __if__ this
// returns true.
//
// To ensure this, no reads/or write can be reordered to be after the
// `fetch_sub` (i.e they happen before). Another thread might hold the last
// reference, and before deleting, the `fetch_sub` needs to happen on
// __this__ thread __before__ that thread deletes, which is done with
// `memory_order_release`.
//
// Note the delete needs a `memory_order_acquire` before it, so that there
// is a valid release-acquire sequence. We could use
// memory_order_acq_release` here, but that wastes an aquire for each
// decrement, when it's only required before deleting. We put the thread
// fence in the destruction implementation to ensure the correct behaviour.
return ref_count_.fetch_sub(1, std::memory_order_release) == 1;
}
template <typename T, typename Deleter>
auto destroy_resource_impl(T* resource, Deleter&& deleter) noexcept -> void {
// Here we need to ensure that no read or write is ordered before the
// `fetch_sub` in the `release` call. Otherwise another thread might could
// see a destroyed object before the reference count is zero. This is done
// with the barrier with `memory_order_acquire`.
std::atomic_thread_fence(std::memory_order_acquire);
deleter(resource);
}
private:
Counter ref_count_ = 1;
};
} // namespace wrench
#endif // WRENCH_MEMORY_REF_TRACKER_HPP


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Aggregate the elements of each partition, and then the results for all the partitions, using given combine functions and a neutral "zero value".
Aggregate the elements of each partition, and then the results for all the partitions, using given combine functions and a neutral "zero value". This function can return a different result type, U, than the type of this RDD, T. Thus, we need one operation for merging a T into an U and one operation for merging two U's, as in scala.TraversableOnce. Both of these functions are allowed to modify and return their first argument instead of creating a new U to avoid memory allocation.
Persist this RDD with the default storage level (MEMORY_ONLY
).
Return the Cartesian product of this RDD and another one, that is, the RDD of all pairs of
elements (a, b) where a is in this
and b is in other
.
Return the Cartesian product of this RDD and another one, that is, the RDD of all pairs of
elements (a, b) where a is in this
and b is in other
.
Mark this RDD for checkpointing.
Mark this RDD for checkpointing. It will be saved to a file inside the checkpoint directory set with SparkContext.setCheckpointDir() and all references to its parent RDDs will be removed. This function must be called before any job has been executed on this RDD. It is strongly recommended that this RDD is persisted in memory, otherwise saving it on a file will require recomputation.
Return a new RDD that is reduced into numPartitions
partitions.
Return an array that contains all of the elements in this RDD.
Return an array that contains all of the elements in this RDD.
The SparkContext that this RDD was created on.
The SparkContext that this RDD was created on.
Return the number of elements in the RDD.
Return the number of elements in the RDD.
(Experimental) Approximate version of count() that returns a potentially incomplete result within a timeout, even if not all tasks have finished.
(Experimental) Approximate version of count() that returns a potentially incomplete result within a timeout, even if not all tasks have finished.
(Experimental) Approximate version of count() that returns a potentially incomplete result within a timeout, even if not all tasks have finished.
(Experimental) Approximate version of count() that returns a potentially incomplete result within a timeout, even if not all tasks have finished.
Return the count of each unique value in this RDD as a map of (value, count) pairs.
Return the count of each unique value in this RDD as a map of (value, count) pairs. The final combine step happens locally on the master, equivalent to running a single reduce task.
(Experimental) Approximate version of countByValue().
(Experimental) Approximate version of countByValue().
(Experimental) Approximate version of countByValue().
(Experimental) Approximate version of countByValue().
Return a new RDD containing the distinct elements in this RDD.
Return a new RDD containing the distinct elements in this RDD.
Return a new RDD containing only the elements that satisfy a predicate.
Return the first element in this RDD.
Return the first element in this RDD.
Return a new RDD by first applying a function to all elements of this RDD, and then flattening the results.
Return a new RDD by first applying a function to all elements of this RDD, and then flattening the results.
Return a new RDD by first applying a function to all elements of this RDD, and then flattening the results.
Return a new RDD by first applying a function to all elements of this RDD, and then flattening the results.
Return a new RDD by first applying a function to all elements of this RDD, and then flattening the results.
Return a new RDD by first applying a function to all elements of this RDD, and then flattening the results.
Aggregate the elements of each partition, and then the results for all the partitions, using a given associative function and a neutral "zero value".
Aggregate the elements of each partition, and then the results for all the partitions, using a given associative function and a neutral "zero value". The function op(t1, t2) is allowed to modify t1 and return it as its result value to avoid object allocation; however, it should not modify t2.
Applies a function f to all elements of this RDD.
Applies a function f to all elements of this RDD.
Gets the name of the file to which this RDD was checkpointed
Gets the name of the file to which this RDD was checkpointed
Get the RDD's current storage level, or StorageLevel.
Get the RDD's current storage level, or StorageLevel.NONE if none is set.
Return an RDD created by coalescing all elements within each partition into an array.
Return an RDD created by coalescing all elements within each partition into an array.
Return an RDD of grouped elements.
Return an RDD of grouped elements. Each group consists of a key and a sequence of elements mapping to that key.
Return an RDD of grouped elements.
Return an RDD of grouped elements. Each group consists of a key and a sequence of elements mapping to that key.
A unique ID for this RDD (within its SparkContext).
A unique ID for this RDD (within its SparkContext).
Return whether this RDD has been checkpointed or not
Return whether this RDD has been checkpointed or not
Internal method to this RDD; will read from cache if applicable, or otherwise compute it.
Internal method to this RDD; will read from cache if applicable, or otherwise compute it. This should not be called by users directly, but is available for implementors of custom subclasses of RDD.
Creates tuples of the elements in this RDD by applying f
.
Creates tuples of the elements in this RDD by applying f
.
Return a new RDD by applying a function to all elements of this RDD.
Return a new RDD by applying a function to all elements of this RDD.
Return a new RDD by applying a function to all elements of this RDD.
Return a new RDD by applying a function to all elements of this RDD.
Return a new RDD by applying a function to all elements of this RDD.
Return a new RDD by applying a function to all elements of this RDD.
Return a new RDD by applying a function to each partition of this RDD.
Return a new RDD by applying a function to each partition of this RDD.
Return a new RDD by applying a function to each partition of this RDD.
Return a new RDD by applying a function to each partition of this RDD.
Return a new RDD by applying a function to each partition of this RDD.
Return a new RDD by applying a function to each partition of this RDD.
Set this RDD's storage level to persist its values across operations after the first time it is computed.
Set this RDD's storage level to persist its values across operations after the first time it is computed. Can only be called once on each RDD.
Return an RDD created by piping elements to a forked external process.
Return an RDD created by piping elements to a forked external process.
Return an RDD created by piping elements to a forked external process.
Return an RDD created by piping elements to a forked external process.
Return an RDD created by piping elements to a forked external process.
Return an RDD created by piping elements to a forked external process.
Reduces the elements of this RDD using the specified commutative and associative binary operator.
Reduces the elements of this RDD using the specified commutative and associative binary operator.
Return a sampled subset of this RDD.
Save this RDD as a SequenceFile of serialized objects.
Save this RDD as a SequenceFile of serialized objects.
Save this RDD as a text file, using string representations of elements.
Save this RDD as a text file, using string representations of elements.
Set of partitions in this RDD.
Set of partitions in this RDD.
Return an RDD with the elements from this
that are not in other
.
Return an RDD with the elements from this
that are not in other
.
Return an RDD with the elements from this
that are not in other
.
Return an RDD with the elements from this
that are not in other
.
Uses this
partitioner/partition size, because even if other
is huge, the resulting
RDD will be <= us.
Take the first num elements of the RDD.
Take the first num elements of the RDD. This currently scans the partitions *one by one*, so it will be slow if a lot of partitions are required. In that case, use collect() to get the whole RDD instead.
A description of this RDD and its recursive dependencies for debugging.
A description of this RDD and its recursive dependencies for debugging.
Return the union of this RDD and another one.
Return the union of this RDD and another one. Any identical elements will appear multiple
times (use .distinct()
to eliminate them).
Zips this RDD with another one, returning key-value pairs with the first element in each RDD, second element in each RDD, etc.
Zips this RDD with another one, returning key-value pairs with the first element in each RDD, second element in each RDD, etc. Assumes that the two RDDs have the *same number of partitions* and the *same number of elements in each partition* (e.g. one was made through a map on the other).


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Roy Keane warns England will "suffer" if they fail to improve an area of their game
Keane agreed with a point made by fellow ITV pundit Lee Dixon at half-time as England clashed with Kosovo in Euro 2020 qualifying in Pristina
by Irishmirror.ieRoy Keane has warned England that they will "suffer" against better teams if they fail to improve out of possession.
The Three Lions took a 1-0 lead into half-time of their final Euro 2020 qualification match at Kosovo on Sunday night - but were criticised for their levels of intensity.
England were pulled up for a 'half-press' where they began putting pressure on the ball but did not get there, instead causing gaps to be left elsewhere on the field, giving Kosovo job.
And Manchester United legend Keane, who was acting as pundit for ITV, believes that Gareth Southgate's halfway-house approach will cost them dear if they come up against better opposition.
Keane said: "It is just bad habits from players in international games where there isn't much at stake, because we have seen it in too many games.
"I keep repeating myself, but against better opposition, they will suffer for it."
Keane was responding to analysis from Dixon, in which the former Arsenal man said: "I am always looking for things that have gone wrong in previous games and have they improved in those areas.
"This is them pressing and getting hit on the break. It is a half-press; they never really get there.
"If you do this against good teams, you will end up in a position like this, five v four at the back. You cannot afford against a good side to get five vs four at the back.
"Sterling doesn't catch him but he quite easily could have caught him and caused a penalty.
"It is something about being caught on the break, being caught on the ball, against the better teams you are going to get hurt.


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This assignment focuses on secure Web development. For this assignment, you are tasked with turning your spell checking system from Assignment 1 into a Web service using Flask, while focusing on the security of the Web service you are implementing. After you develop the secure Web service, you will test it to ensure it is not vulnerable to common attacks. Though it is not part of the grade, you should continue to use the secure development practices that you established in Assignment 1.
Setup
Completion time – 2 – 5 hours
If you do not already have pip installed on your machine, install pip using the following command:
$ sudo apt-get install python3-pip
For this assignment you are required to use the Flask Web framework. The Flask web framework can be installed using pip.
$ sudo pip install flask
For python projects, tox is a good framekwork for running tests. For more information on Tox, see https://tox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/. Tox can be installed using pip.
$ sudo pip install tox
However, in order to get tox to work well with Travis CI, you may need the tox-travis plugin for Travis. For more information on this plugin, see https://tox-travis.readthedocs.io/en/stable/. This can also be installed using pip.
$ sudo pip install tox-travis
Deliverables & Grading
The source code is submitted through Gradescope, and the report is to be submitted through NYU Classes. Your report should have a link to the GitHub repository for the code, which should be readable by myself and the TAs or set to public.
1. Web service code - 30 pts.
2. Tests – 20 pts.
3. Write-ups – 50 pts.
Total 100 pts.
Source code can be submitted through GitHub integration or as a ZIP file to the gradescope. All necessary files should be present in your submission, regardless of the method. We expect the application to launch with the command flask run so your submission must contain an app.py file in its root directory.
Flask extensions are allowed, but must be declared in a requirements.txt file and be able to be installed using:
pip install -r requirements.txt
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THE EVENING STAR A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 1996 Steve Rhodes
RATING (0 TO ****): *
For those of you who have been waiting for the sequel to that quintessential tearjerker and excellent movie TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (1983), it is finally finished. Called THE EVENING STAR, it is a disaster.
Shirley MacLaine is back as Aurora Greenway, but her humanity is gone and only her humorous side remains. The script is by the director Robert Harding, and all his jokes fall like stones. So what is good in the film?
In almost a cameo part at the end Jack Nicholson returns as astronaut Garrett Breedlove. His performance is fairly mechanical, but infinitely better than the rest of the film. The only other positive aspects of the picture worth mentioning are the classic tacky clothes that the costume designer created for Aurora.  I have now exhaustively listed every good part of the film. Do not bother looking for any others. There are none.
Set in Houston in 1988, the show contains a cacophony of bad Texas accents, but the worst is Miranda Richardson's as Aunt Patsy.  Struck oil at the altar."
Winning the award for the worse performance in the film is Bill Paxton as Aurora's therapist Jerry. Poor Bill looks as though he suffers from gas through most of the film. I hope he has gotten to feel better. There is a unbelievable romance between Jerry and Aurora. The romance is little more than a plot device inserted in a failed attempt to shock the audience.
Usually interesting Juliette Lewis plays Aurora's granddaughter. I just knew she would be able to make something out of her badly written part, but she wasn't.
The show is full of bad taste masquerading as comedy. Patsy's doorbell plays "The Yellow Rose of Texas." Now, that is an original idea. When a sweet old character dies in the middle of the show, the director peppers the funeral with little sight gags. We can not even bury the dead properly in this show. Believe it or not, there is even a airplane food fight between Aurora and Patsy. Is the world ready for TERMS OF ENDEARMENT meets ANIMAL HOUSE?
Child actor Shawn Taylor Thompson plays Aurora's obnoxious great-grandson Bump. They cut away when he talks, and it sounds as if they are using an adult to talk like a funny toddler. Bad taste abounds in this picture.
The ending comes totally out of left field, but I guess I should not have been surprised. If it weren't for being a critic, I would have been spared the ending. There is no reason to stay if for some reason you find yourself watching this movie. Vote with your feet. And vote early. I wish I could have.
THE EVENING STAR runs way too long at about 2:10. It is rated PG-13.  The language is much worse than it needed to be and had several uses of the F word. The film would probably be okay for kids 10 and up, but why bother? I recommend you stay as far away from this film as possible. This being the Christmas season, I am going to be charitable and give it a single *. My brain told me to give it less.
**** = One of the top few films of this or any year. A must see film. *** = Excellent show. Look for it. ** = Average movie. Kind of enjoyable. * = Poor show.  Totally unbearable.
REVIEW WRITTEN ON: December 16, 1996
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Agent based model
This is a simple model developed as part of my MSc GIS python programming module.
The code models agents moving around and interacting with the environment and each other.
In summary, the model:
- Reads in environmental data (DEM)
- Builds agents in space based on web data
- Randomises the movement of agents
- Gets agents to interact with the environment - "eat" data
- Gets agents to interact with each other - "share" data
- Animates the model
- Contains the model within a GUI
- Reads out environmental data
- Reads out .csv file with agent data storage
In this case, given that the environmental data consists of a DEM, a fun way to visualise the model is to imagine the agents as field geologists. The geologists wander around with their rock hammers, collecting samples and taking holes out of the terrain. They meet up with each other and enthusiastically compare their samples before sharing them and going their separate ways.


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I gave this talk on Wicked Problems at Ignite RailsConf 2012. A Wicked Problem is one that is difficult or impossible to solve. As Rails people, or Tech people, or web people we tend to focus on the here and now, but we can aspire to so much more. Not a very technical topic, but an important one for sure.
This talk was based on the ebook Wicked Problems
I’m off in Amsterdam for EuRoKu today so if you have comments, shoot me a line @schneems and I’ll get back to you as soon as the conference internet planets align