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Remnants of the early-morning rain still dripped from the leaves of the apple trees, and a purple finch hopped along a limb where fruit was forming that would not be harvested this year. The sun was well up, but hidden behind thick gray clouds. Seated cross-legged on the ground, Perrin unconsciously tested his bowstring; the tightly wrapped, waxed cords had a tendency to go slack in wet weather. The storm Verin had called up to hide them from pursuit the night of the rescue had surprised even her with its ferocity, and beating rains had come three more times in the six days since. He believed it was six days. He had not really thought since that night, only drifted as events took him, reacting to what presented itself. The flat of his axe blade dug into his side, but he hardly noticed.
Low, grassy mounds marked generations of Aybaras buried here. The oldest among the carved wooden headpieces, cracked and barely legible, bore dates nearly three hundred years old, over graves indistinguishable from undisturbed ground. It was the mounds smoothed by rains but barely covered by grass that stabbed him. Generations of Aybaras buried here, but surely never fourteen at one time. Aunt Neain over by Uncle Carlin’s older grave, with their two children beside her. Great Aunt Ealsin in the row with Uncle Eward and Aunt Magde and their three children, the long row with his mother and his father, Adora and Deselle and little Paet. A long row of mounds with bare, wet earth still showing through the grass. He counted the arrows remaining in his quiver by touch. Seventeen. Too many had been damaged, worth recovering only for the steel arrowheads. No time to make his own; he would have to see the fletcher in Emond’s Field soon. Buel Dowtry made good arrows, even better than Tam.
A faint rustle behind his back made him sniff the air. “What is it, Dannil?” he said without looking around.
There was a catch of breath, a moment of startled surprise, before Dannil Lewin said, “The Lady is here, Perrin.” None of them had gotten used to him knowing who was who before he saw them, or in the dark, but he no longer really cared what they found strange.
He frowned over his shoulder. Dannil looked leaner than he had; farmers could only feed so many at once, and food had been feast or famine as the hunting went. Mostly famine. “The Lady?”
“The Lady Faile. And Lord Luc, too. They came from Emond’s Field.”
Perrin rose smoothly, taking long strides that made Dannil hurry to keep up. He managed not to look at the house. The charred timbers and sooty chimneys that had been the house where he grew up. He did scan the trees for his lookouts, those nearest the farm. Close to the Waterwood as it was, the land held plenty of tall oak and hemlock, and good-sized ash and bay. Thick foliage hid the lads well—drab farm clothes made for good hiding—so even he had difficulty picking them out. He would have to talk with those farther out; they were supposed to see that no one came close without a warning. Even Faile and this Luc.
The camp, in a large thicket where he had once pretended to be in a far wilderness, was a rough place among the undergrowth, with blankets strung between trees to make shelters, and more scattered on the ground between the small cook fires. The branches dripped here, too. Most of the nearly fifty men in the camp, all young, were unshaven, either in imitation of Perrin or because it was unpleasant shaving in cold water. They were good hunters—he had sent home any who were not—but unaccustomed to more than a night or two outdoors at a time. And not used to what he had them doing, either.
Right then they were standing around gaping at Faile and Luc, and only four or five had longbow in hand. The rest of the bows lay with the bedding, and the quivers, too, more often than not. Luc stood idly flipping the reins of a tall black stallion, the very pose of indolent, red-coated arrogance, cold blue eyes ignoring the men around him. The man’s smell stood out among the others, cold and separate, too, almost as if he had nothing in common with the men around him, not even humanity.
Faile came hurrying to meet Perrin with a smile, her narrow divided skirts making a soft whisk-whisk as gray silk brushed silk. She smelled faintly of sweet herbal soap, and of herself. “Master Luhhan said we might find you here.”
He meant to demand what she was doing there, but found himself putting his arms around her and saying into her hair, “It’s good to see you. I have missed you.”
She pushed back enough to look up at him. “You look tired.”
He ignored that; he had no time to be tired. “You got everyone safely to Emond’s Field?”
“They are at the Winespring Inn.” She grinned suddenly. “Master al’Vere found an old halberd and says if the Whitecloaks want them, they will have to go through him. Everyone’s in the village now, Perrin. Verin and Alanna, the Warders. Pretending to be someone else, of course. And Loial. He certainly created a sensation. Even more than Bain and Chiad.” The grin faded into a frown. “He asked me to deliver a message to you. Alanna vanished twice without a word, once alone. Loial said Ihvon seemed surprised to find her gone. He said I wasn’t to let anyone else know.” She studied his face. “What does it mean, Perrin?”
“Nothing, maybe. Just that I can’t be sure I can trust her. Verin warned me against her, but can I trust Verin? You say Bain and Chiad are in Emond’s Field? I suppose that means he knows about them.” He jerked his head toward Luc. A few of the men had approached him, asking diffident questions, and he was answering with a condescending smile.
“They came with us,” she said slowly. “They are scouting around your camp now. I do not think they have a very high opinion of your sentries. Perrin, why don’t you want Luc to know about the Aiel?”
“I’ve talked to a number of people who were burned out.” Luc was too far to overhear, but he held his voice low. “Counting Flann Lewin’s place, Luc was at five on the day they were attacked, or the day before.”
“Perrin, the man’s an arrogant fool in some ways—I hear he’s hinted at a claim to one of the Borderland thrones, for all he told us he’s from Murandy—but you cannot really believe he is a Darkfriend. He gave some very good advice in Emond’s Field. When I said everyone was there, I meant everyone.” She shook her dark head wonderingly. “Hundreds and hundreds of people have come in from north and south, from every direction, with their cattle and their sheep, all talking of Perrin Goldeneyes’s warnings. Your little village is preparing to defend itself if need be, and Luc has been everywhere the last days.”
“Perrin who?” he gasped, wincing. Trying to change the subject, he said, “From the south? But this is as far south as I’ve gone. I haven’t talked to a farmer more than a mile below the Winespring Water.”
Faile tugged at his beard with a laugh. “News spreads, my fine general. I think half of them expect you to form them into an army and chase the Trollocs all the way back to the Great Blight. There will be stories about you in the Two Rivers for the next thousand years. Perrin Goldeneyes, hunter of Trollocs.”
“Light!” he muttered.
Hunter of Trollocs. There had been little so far to justify that. Two days after freeing Mistress Luhhan and the others, the day after Verin and Tomas rode on their own way, they had come on the still-smoking ruins of a farmhouse, he and the fifteen Two Rivers lads with him then. After burying what they found in the ashes, it was easy enough to follow the Trollocs, between Gaul’s tracking and his own nose. The sharp fetid stink of the Trollocs had not had time to fade away, not to him. Some of the lads had grown hesitant when they realized he meant what he had said about hunting Trollocs. If they had had to go very far, he suspected most would have drifted away when no one was looking, but the trail led to a thicket no more than three miles off. The Trollocs had not bothered with sentries—they had no Myrddraal with them to overawe their laziness—and the Two Rivers men knew how to stalk silently. Thirty-two Trollocs died, many in their filthy blankets, pierced through with arrows before they could raise a howl, much less sword or axe. Dannil and Ban and the others had been ready to celebrate a great triumph—until they found what was in the Trollocs’ big iron cookpot sitting in the ashes of the fire. Most dashed away to throw up, and more than one wept openly. Perrin dug the grave himself. Only one: there was no way to tell what had belonged to whom. Cold as he felt inside, he was not sure he could have stood it himself if there had been.
Late the next day no one hesitated when he picked up another fetid trail, though a few mutters wondered what he was following, until Gaul found the tracks of hooves and boots too big for men. Another thicket, close to the Waterwood, held forty-one Trollocs and a Fade, with sentries set, though most snored at their posts. It would have made no difference had they all been awake. Gaul killed those that were, sliding through the trees like a shadow, and the Two Rivers men were nearly thirty themselves by then. Besides, those who had not seen the cookpot had heard of it; they shouted as they shot, with a satisfaction not much less savage than the guttural Trolloc howls. The black-garbed Myrddraal had been last to die, a porcupine quilled with arrows. No one cared to recover a shaft from that, even after it finally stopped thrashing.
 Perrin had not smelled Trolloc scent since, and the ground had been washed clean of tracks. Most of their time had been spent avoiding Whitecloak patrols, which everyone said were more numerous than in the past. The farmers Perrin had spoken to said the patrols seemed more interested in finding their prisoners again and those who had broken them free than in looking for Trollocs.
Quite a few of the men had gathered around Luc now. He was tall enough for his red-gold hair to show above their darker heads. He seemed to be talking, and they listening. And nodding.
“Let’s see what he has to say,” Perrin said grimly.
The Two Rivers men gave way before Faile and him with only a little prodding. They were all intent on the red-coated lord, who was indeed holding forth.
“ . . . so the village is quite secure, now. Plenty of people gathered together to defend it. I must say I enjoy sleeping under a roof when I can. Mistress al’Vere, at the inn, provides a tasty meal. Her bread is among the best I have ever eaten.  He was not the only one who had been unable to wash as often as he would like, and not the only one coming down with a cold, either.
Luc smiled at Perrin much the way he would have at a dog he expected to see do a trick. “The village is quite secure, but there is always a need for more strong backs.”
“We are hunting Trollocs,” Perrin said coolly. “Not everyone has left their farms yet, and every band we find and kill means farms not burned and more people with a chance to reach safety.”
Wil al’Seen barked a laugh. He was not so pretty with a red puffy nose and a spotty, six-day growth of beard. “We’ve not smelled a Trolloc in days. Be reasonable, Perrin. Maybe we’ve killed them all already.” There were mutters of agreement.
“I do not mean to spread dissension.” Luc spread his hands guilelessly. “No doubt you have had many great successes beside those we have heard of. Hundreds of Trollocs killed, I expect. You may well have chased them all away. I can tell you, Emond’s Field is ready to give you all a hero’s welcome. The same must be true at Watch Hill for those who live up that way. Any Deven Riders?” Wil nodded, and Luc clapped him on the shoulder with a hollow good fellowship. “A hero’s welcome, without a doubt.”
“Anyone who wants to go home, can,” Perrin said in a level voice. Faile directed a warning frown at him; this was no way to be a general. But he did not want anyone with him who did not want to be there. He did not want to be a general, for that matter. “Myself, I don’t think the job is done yet, but it is your choice.”
No one took him up, though Wil at least looked ready to, but twenty more stared at the ground and scuffed their boots in last year’s leaves.
“Well,” Luc said casually, “if you have no Trollocs left to chase, perhaps it is time to turn your attentions to the Whitecloaks. They are not happy at you Two Rivers folk deciding to defend yourselves. And I understand they meant to hang the lot of you in particular, as outlaws, for stealing their prisoners.”
Anxious frowns passed between a good many of the Two Rivers lads.
It was then that Gaul came pushing through the crowd, followed close by Bain and Chiad. Not that the Aiel had to push, of course; the men cleared aside as soon as they realized who it was. Luc frowned at Gaul thoughtfully, perhaps disapprovingly; the Aielman stared back stony-faced. Wil and Dannil and the others brightened at sight of the Aiel; most still believed hundreds more were hiding somewhere in the thickets and forests. They never questioned why all those Aiel stayed hidden, and Perrin certainly never brought it up. If believing in a few hundred Aiel reinforcements helped them keep their courage, well and good.
“What did you find?” Perrin asked. Gaul had been gone since the day before; he could move as fast as a man on horseback, faster in woods, and he could see more.
“Trollocs,” Gaul replied as though reporting the presence of sheep, “moving up through this well-named Waterwood to the south. They number no more than thirty, and I believe they mean to make camp on the edge of the forest and strike tonight. There are men still holding to the soil to the south.” He gave a sudden, wolfish grin. “They did not see me. They will have no warning.”
Chiad leaned closer to Bain. “He moves well enough, for a Stone Dog,” she whispered loudly enough to be heard twenty feet off.  Perrin said. “Do you want to go to Emond’s Field? You can shave, and maybe find a girl to kiss while these Trollocs have supper tonight.”
Wil flushed a dark red. “I will be wherever you are tonight, Aybara,” he said in a hard voice.
“Nobody means to go home if there are Trollocs still about, Perrin,” Kenley added.
Perrin looked around at the others, meeting only agreeing nods. “What of you, Luc? We would be pleased to have a lord and Hunter for the Horn with us. You could show us how it is done.”
Luc smiled fractionally, a gash on stone that never came close to those cold blue eyes. “I regret the defenses of Emond’s Field still need me. I must see to protecting your people, should the Trollocs come there in greater numbers than thirty. Or the Children of the Light. My Lady Faile?” He held out a hand to assist her in mounting, but she shook her head.
“I will remain with Perrin, Lord Luc.”
“A pity,” he murmured, shrugging as if to say there was no accounting for women’s taste. Tugging on his wolf-embroidered gauntlets, he swung into the black stallion’s saddle smoothly.  I do hope you all have good luck.” With a half-bow to Faile, he whirled his tall horse showily and spurred him to a gallop that forced some of the men to leap out of his way.
Faile frowned at Perrin in a manner that suggested a lecture on rudeness when they were alone. He listened to Luc’s horse until he could hear it no more, then turned to Gaul. “Can we get ahead of the Trollocs? Be waiting somewhere before they reach wherever they mean to stop?”
“The distances are right if we start now,” Gaul said. “They are moving in a straight line, and not hurrying. There is a Nightrunner with them. It will be easier surprising them in their blankets than facing them awake.” He meant that the Two Rivers men might do better; there was no fear smell on him.
There was certainly fear smell on some of the others, yet no one suggested that a confrontation with Trollocs up and alert, and a Myrddraal to boot, might not be the best plan. They broke camp as soon as he gave the order, dousing the fires and scattering the ashes, gathering their few pots and mounting their ill-assorted horses and ponies. With the sentries in—Perrin reminded himself to have that word with them—they numbered nearly seventy. Surely enough to ambush thirty Trollocs. Ban al’Seen and Dannil each still led half—it seemed the way to keep arguments down—with Bili al’Dai and Kenley and others each heading ten or so. Wil, too; he was not too bad a fellow usually, when he could keep his mind off the girls.
Faile rode Swallow close beside Stepper as they started south with the Aiel running ahead. “You truly do not trust him at all,” she said. “You think he is a Darkfriend.”
“I trust you and my bow and my axe,” he told her. Her face looked sad and pleased at the same time, but it was the simple truth.
For two hours Gaul led them south before turning into the Waterwood, a tangle of towering oak and pine and leatherleaf, bushy bay trees and cone-shaped redoil trees, tall round-topped ash and sweetberry and black willow, with thickets of vine-woven brush below. A thousand squirrels chittered on the branches, and thrushes and finches and redwings darted everywhere. Perrin smelled deer and rabbits, too, and foxes. Tiny streams abounded, and rush-bordered pools and ponds dotted the forest, often shaded but sometimes open, from less than ten paces across to a few almost fifty. The ground seemed sodden after all the rain it had received, squelching under the horses’ hooves.
Between a large, willow-ringed pond and a narrow rivulet a pace wide, perhaps two miles into the wood, Gaul halted. Here the Trollocs would come if they continued as they had been. The three Aiel melted into the trees to make sure of that, and bring back warning of their approach.
Leaving Faile and a dozen men to watch the horses, Perrin spread the others out in a narrow curve, a cup into which the Trollocs should march. After making certain each man was well hidden and knew what he was to do, he placed himself at the bottom of the cup, beside an oak with a trunk thicker than he was tall.
Easing his axe in its belt loop, he nocked an arrow and waited. A light breeze blew in his face, swelling and falling. He should be able to smell the Trollocs long before they came in sight. They should be coming right at him. Touching the axe again, he waited. Minutes passed. An hour. More. How long before the Shadowspawn appeared? Much longer in this damp and bowstrings would need to be changed.
The birds vanished a moment before the squirrels went silent. Perrin drew a deep breath, and frowned. Nothing. On that breeze he should surely be able to smell Trollocs as soon as the animals sensed them.
A vagrant gust brought him the putrid stink, like centuries-old sweat and rot. Whirling, he shouted, “They’re behind us! Rally to me! Two Rivers to me!” Behind. The horses. “Faile!”
Screams and shouts erupted from every side, howls and savage cries. A ram-horned Trolloc leaped into the open twenty paces away, raising a long curved bow. Perrin drew fletchings to ear and fired in one smooth motion, reaching for another shaft as soon as his arrow cleared bow. His broadhead point took the Trolloc between its eyes; it bellowed once as it fell. And its arrow, the size of a small spear, took Perrin in the side like a hammerblow.
Gasping with shock, he hunched over, dropping bow and fresh arrow alike. Pain spread out in sheets from the black-fletched shaft; it quivered when he drew breath, and every quiver shot out new pain.
Two more Trollocs leaped over their dead companion, wolf snout and goat horns, black-mailed shapes half again as tall as Perrin and twice as broad. Baying, they rushed at him, curved swords upraised.
Forcing himself upright, he gritted his teeth and snapped the thumb-thick arrow off short, pulled his axe free and rushed to meet them. Howling, he realized dimly. Howling with rage that filmed his eyes red. They towered over him, their armor all spikes at elbows and shoulders, but he swung his axe in a frenzy, as if trying to cut down a tree with every blow. For Adora. For Deselle. “My mother!” he screamed. “Burn you! My mother!”
Abruptly he realized he was hacking at bloody shapes on the ground. Growling, he made himself stop, shaking with the effort as much as with the pain in his side. There was less shouting now. Fewer screams. Was anyone left but him? “Rally to me! Two Rivers to me!”
“Two Rivers!” someone shouted frantically, off through the damp woods, and then another, “Two Rivers!”
Two. Only two. “Faile!” he cried. “Oh, Light, Faile!”
A flicker of black flowing through the trees announced a Myrddraal before he could see it clearly, snakelike black armor down its chest, inky cloak hanging undisturbed by its running. As it came closer, it slowed to a sinuous, assured walk; it knew he was hurt, knew him for easy meat. Its pale-faced, eyeless stare stabbed him with fear. “Faile?” it said mockingly. Its voice made the name sound like burned leather crumbling. “Your Faile was delicious.”
Roaring, Perrin hurled himself at it. A black-bladed sword turned his first stroke. And his second. His third. The thing’s slug-white face became fixed with concentration, but it moved like a viper, like lightning. For the moment he had it on the defensive. For the moment. Blood trickled down his side; his side burned like a forge-fire. He could not keep this up. And when his strength failed, that sword would find his heart.
His foot slipped in the mud churned up beneath his boots, the Fade’s blade drew back—and a blurring sword half-severed the eyeless head, so it fell over on one shoulder in a fountain of black blood. Stabbing blindly, the Myrddraal staggered forward, stumbling, refusing to die completely, still instinctively trying to kill.
Perrin scrambled out of its path, but his attention was all for the man coolly wiping his blade with a fistful of leaves. Ihvon’s color-shifting cloak hung down his back. “Alanna sent me to find you. I almost didn’t, the way you have been moving, but seventy horses do leave tracks.” The dark, slender Warder seemed as composed as if he were lighting his pipe before a fireplace. “The Trollocs were not linked to that . . . ” He indicated the Myrddraal with his sword; it had fallen, but still stabbed randomly. “ . . . more’s the pity, but if you can gather your people together, they might not be willing to try you without one of the Faceless to goad them. I would estimate about a hundred, to begin. A few less, now. You have bloodied them some.” He began a calm survey of the shadows beneath the trees, only the blade in his hand indicating anything out of the ordinary.
For a bare moment Perrin gaped. Alanna wanted him? She had sent Ihvon? Just in time to save his life. Shaking himself, he raised his voice again. “Two Rivers to me! For the love of the Light, rally to me! Here! Rally! Here!”
This time he kept it up until familiar faces appeared, stumbling through the trees. Blood-streaked faces, often as not. Shocked, staring faces. Some men half-supported others, and some had lost their bows. The Aiel were among them, apparently unhurt except that Gaul limped slightly.
“They did not come as we expected” was all the Aielman said. The night was colder than we expected. There was more rain than we expected. That was how he said it.
Faile seemed to materialize with the horses. With half the horses, including Stepper and Swallow, and nine of the twelve men he had left with her. A scrape marred one cheek, but she was alive. He tried to hug her, but she pushed his arms away, muttering angrily over the broken-off arrow even while she gently pulled his coat away from the thick shaft in an effort to examine where it had gone in.
Perrin studied the men around him. They had stopped coming now, yet there were faces missing. Kenley Ahan. Bili al’Dai. Teven Marwin. He made himself name the missing, made himself count them. Twenty-seven. Twenty-seven not there. “Did you bring all the wounded?” he asked dully. “Is anybody left out there?” Faile’s hand trembled on his side; her expression as she frowned at his wound was a blend of worry and fury. She had a right to be angry. He should never have gotten her into this.
“Only the dead,” Ban al’Seen said in a voice as leaden as his face.
Wil looked to be frowning at something just out of sight. “I saw Kenley,” he said. “His head was in the crook of an oak, but the rest of him was down at the foot. I saw him. His cold won’t bother him now.” He sneezed, and looked startled.
Perrin sighed heavily, and wished he had not; pain shooting up his side clenched his teeth. Faile, a green-and-gold silk scarf wadded in her hand, was trying to pull his shirt out of his breeches. He pushed her hands away despite her scowl; there was no time for tending wounds now. “Wounded on the horses,” he said when he could speak. “Ihvon, will they attack us?” The forest seemed too still. “Ihvon?” The Warder appeared, leading a dark gray gelding with a fierce eye. Perrin repeated his question.
“Perhaps. Perhaps not.  Without a Halfman, they would probably rather find a farm than someone who might put arrows in them. Make sure everyone who can stand upright carries a bow with an arrow nocked even if they cannot draw it. They may decide the price is too high for the fun.”
Perrin shivered. If the Trollocs did attack, they would have as much fun as a dance at Sunday. Ihvon and the Aiel were the only ones really ready to fight back. And Faile; her dark eyes shone with fury. He had to get her to safety.
The Warder did not offer his own horse for the wounded, which made sense. The animal was not likely to let anyone else on its back, and a war-trained horse with its master in the saddle would be a formidable weapon if the Trollocs came again. Perrin tried to put Faile up on Swallow, but she stopped him. “The wounded, you said,” she told him softly. “Remember?”
To his disgust, she insisted he ride Stepper. He expected the others to protest, after he had brought them to disaster, but no one did. There were just enough horses for those who could not walk, and those unable to walk far—grudgingly he admitted that he was one of the latter—so he ended up in his saddle. Half the other riders had to cling to theirs. He sat upright, gritting his teeth to do it.
Those who walked or stumbled, and some who rode, clutched their bows as if they meant salvation. Perrin carried one, too, and so did Faile, though he doubted she could even draw a Two Rivers longbow. It was appearance that counted now; illusion that might see them safe. Like Ihvon, alert as a coiled whip; the three Aiel looked unchanged as they glided ahead, spears stuck through the harness of the bow cases on their backs, horn bows in hand and ready. The rest, including himself, were a ragbag remnant, nothing like the band he had led here, so confident and full of his own pride. Yet illusion worked as well as reality. For the first mile through the tangle vagrant breezes brought him Trolloc stink, the scent of Trollocs shadowing, stalking. Then the stench slowly faded and vanished as the Trollocs fell behind, deluded by a mirage.
Faile walked beside Stepper, one hand on Perrin’s leg as though she meant to hold him up. Now and then she looked up at him, smiling encouragingly, but with worry creasing her forehead. He smiled back as best he could, trying to make her think he was all right. Twenty-seven. He could not stop the names from running through his head. Colly Garren and Jared Aydaer, Dael al’Taron and Ken Chandin.  Twenty-seven.
They took the most direct route back out of the Waterwood, breaking clear sometime in the afternoon. It was hard to tell exactly how late with the sky still blanketed in gray and everything blandly shadowed. High-grass pasture dotted with trees stretched in front of them, and some scattered sheep, and a few farmhouses in the distance. No smoke rose from any of the chimneys; if there was anyone in those houses, something hot would have been cooking in the fireplace. The nearest rising smoke plume looked five miles off at least.
“We should find a farm for the night,” Ihvon said. “Some place under cover in case it rains again. A fire. Food.” He looked at the Two Rivers men and added, “Water and bandages.”
Perrin only nodded. The Warder was better than he at knowing the right thing to do. Old Bili Congar with his head full of ale was probably better. He just let Stepper follow Ihvon’s gray.
Before they had gone much beyond a mile, a faint thread of music caught Perrin’s ear, fiddles and flutes playing merry tunes. At first he thought he was dreaming, but then the others heard, too, exchanging incredulous looks, then relieved grins. Music meant people, and happy people by the sound, someone celebrating. That anyone might have something to celebrate was enough to pick their feet up somewhat.


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| def | Clear |
| def | GetQueryCursor |
| def | Get |
| def | Put |
| def | Delete |
| def | Touch |
| def | SetAutoIdPolicy |
| def | Write |
| Public Member Functions inherited from google.appengine.datastore.datastore_stub_util.BaseTransactionManager | |
| def | __init__ |
| def | SetConsistencyPolicy |
| def | Clear |
| def | BeginTransaction |
| def | GetTxn |
| def | Groom |
| def | Flush |
| Public Member Functions inherited from google.appengine.datastore.datastore_stub_util.BaseIndexManager | |
| def | __init__ |
| def | CreateIndex |
| def | GetIndexes |
| def | UpdateIndex |
| def | DeleteIndex |
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| Static Public Attributes inherited from google.appengine.datastore.datastore_stub_util.BaseIndexManager | |
| WRITE_ONLY = entity_pb.CompositeIndex.WRITE_ONLY | |
| READ_WRITE = entity_pb.CompositeIndex.READ_WRITE | |
| DELETED = entity_pb.CompositeIndex.DELETED | |
| ERROR = entity_pb.CompositeIndex.ERROR | |
A base implemenation of a Datastore. This class implements common functions associated with a datastore and enforces security restrictions passed on by a stub or client. It is designed to be shared by any number of threads or clients serving any number of apps. If an app is not specified explicitly it is pulled from the env and assumed to be untrusted.
| def google.appengine.datastore.datastore_stub_util.BaseDatastore.Clear | ( | self | ) |
Clears out all stored values.
| def google.appengine.datastore.datastore_stub_util.BaseDatastore.Delete | ( | self, | |
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transaction = None , |
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trusted = False , |
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calling_app = None |
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Deletes the entities associated with the given keys. Args: raw_keys: A list of unverified entity_pb.Reference objects. cost: Out param. The cost of putting the provided entities. transaction: The datastore_pb.Transaction to use or None. trusted: If the calling app is trusted. calling_app: The app requesting the results or None to pull the app from the environment.
| def google.appengine.datastore.datastore_stub_util.BaseDatastore.Get | ( | self, | |
| raw_keys, | |||
transaction = None , |
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eventual_consistency = False , |
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trusted = False , |
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calling_app = None |
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Get the entities for the given keys. Args: raw_keys: A list of unverified entity_pb.Reference objects. transaction: The datastore_pb.Transaction to use or None. eventual_consistency: If we should allow stale, potentially inconsistent results. trusted: If the calling app is trusted. calling_app: The app requesting the results or None to pull the app from the environment. Returns: A list containing the entity or None if no entity exists.
| def google.appengine.datastore.datastore_stub_util.BaseDatastore.GetQueryCursor | ( | self, | |
| raw_query, | |||
trusted = False , |
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calling_app = None |
|||
| ) |
Execute a query. Args: raw_query: The non-validated datastore_pb.Query to run. trusted: If the calling app is trusted. calling_app: The app requesting the results or None to pull the app from the environment. Returns: A BaseCursor that can be used to retrieve results.
| def google.appengine.datastore.datastore_stub_util.BaseDatastore.Put | ( | self, | |
| raw_entities, | |||
| cost, | |||
transaction = None , |
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trusted = False , |
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calling_app = None |
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| ) |
Writes the given given entities. Updates an entity's key and entity_group in place if needed Args: raw_entities: A list of unverified entity_pb.EntityProto objects. cost: Out param. The cost of putting the provided entities. transaction: The datastore_pb.Transaction to use or None. trusted: If the calling app is trusted. calling_app: The app requesting the results or None to pull the app from the environment. Returns: A list of entity_pb.Reference objects that indicates where each entity was stored.
| def google.appengine.datastore.datastore_stub_util.BaseDatastore.SetAutoIdPolicy | ( | self, | |
| auto_id_policy | |||
| ) |
Set value of _auto_id_policy flag (default SEQUENTIAL). SEQUENTIAL auto ID assignment behavior will eventually be deprecated and the default will be SCATTERED. Args: auto_id_policy: string constant. Raises: TypeError: if auto_id_policy is not one of SEQUENTIAL or SCATTERED.
| def google.appengine.datastore.datastore_stub_util.BaseDatastore.Touch | ( | self, | |
| raw_keys, | |||
trusted = False , |
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calling_app = None |
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| ) |
Applies all outstanding writes.
| def google.appengine.datastore.datastore_stub_util.BaseDatastore.Write | ( | self | ) |
Writes the datastore to disk.


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| Component bmqa_abstractsession | |
Provide a pure protocol for a BlazingMQ session. | |
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Provide Value-Semantic Type for a close queue operation status. | |
| Component bmqa_configurequeuestatus | |
Provide Value-Semantic Type for a configure queue operation status. | |
| Component bmqa_confirmeventbuilder | |
Provide a builder for batching confirmation messages. | |
| Component bmqa_event | |
Provide a generic variant encompassing all types of events. | |
| Component bmqa_manualhosthealthmonitor | |
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| Component bmqa_message | |
Provide the application with a message data object. | |
| Component bmqa_messageevent | |
Provide the application with data event notifications. | |
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Provide a mechanism to iterate over the messages of a MessageEvent. | |
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Provide a VST representing message properties. | |
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Provide a mock session, implementing | |
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Provide Value-Semantic Type for an open queue operation status. | |
| Component bmqa_queueid | |
Provide a value-semantic efficient identifier for a queue. | |
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Provide access to the BlazingMQ broker. | |
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Provide value-semantic type for system event session notifications. |
bmqa
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Reports say Juventus offer Erling Haaland €3m per season
by FSA EditorJuventus have reportedly made an initial offer to red-hot Salzburg forward Erling Haaland.
Erling Haaland is sought after across Europe and it seems Juventus have made the first move.
Haaland, 19, has already scored 28 goals in 21 games for Salzburg this season, including eight in the Champions League.
The Norway forward is attracting interest from the world’s biggest clubs and Juventus are not prepared to wait around.
TOP STORY – JUVENTUS OFFER HAALAND €3M PER SEASON
Juventus have offered Haaland €3million per season, according to Corriere dello Sport.
Haaland has been linked to the likes of Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund among others.
Juve may be looking to add some youth to their attack, with Cristiano Ronaldo (34) and Gonzalo Higuain (31) in their 30s and Mario Mandzukic (33) out of favour.
ROUND-UP
– Arsenal are still looking for a replacement for Unai Emery. Former Bayern Munich coach Niko Kovac wants the job, according to Goal, while the Daily Express reports there is a tug of war between the Premier League club and Manchester City over Mikel Arteta, who is an assistant at the Etihad Stadium.
– A 1-1 draw at Udinese on Saturday left Napoli winless in nine matches, further increasing the pressure on coach Carlo Ancelotti. CalcioMercato reports a lack of good options to replace Ancelotti have bought the Italian more time, but Napoli must beat Genk in the Champions League on Tuesday.
– At Everton, Shanghai SIPG coach Vitor Pereira is the favourite to be named Marco Silva’s successor, according to the Daily Mail. David Moyes and Eddie Howe are reportedly the other leading candidates.
– Chris Smalling has impressed while on loan at Roma. Now, Inter and Juventus have joined Roma in wanting to sign the defender permanently from Manchester United, according to Sport Witness.
– Seemingly no longer in Chelsea’s plans, Pedro could be set to leave Stamford Bridge. The Daily Mail reports Aston Villa are ready to offer the Spanish forward a way out of the club.
– Inter are interested in Parma midfielder Dejan Kulusevski, who is on loan from Atalanta, according to CalcioMercato.


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Play musical challenges with your friends, through video-chat!
- Eventually,
- Click on the start button
- Allow Webcam and Microphone
- Share the URL with your friends
- Play!
The music content comes from Jamendo. Take a tour there, you will find a lot of nice musics!
You need a recent web browser, that supports WebRTC. You can use Firefox Nightly. This technology is under development, so it can be unstable;


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Interactable
, UTerrain
public class TerrainDeco extends java.lang.Object implements UTerrain, Interactable
| Constructor | Description |
|---|---|
TerrainDeco(UTerrain realTerrain) |
Do not override the constructor.
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| Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
|---|---|---|
void |
animationTick() |
Update our realtime animations.
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void |
becomeReal(UCell c) |
Configure myself once I am in a real cell in the world.
|
UColor |
bgColor() |
|
UColor |
bgColorBuffer() |
DNO
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java.lang.String |
bonkmsg() |
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boolean |
breaksLatch() |
Does running past us stop latched auto-player-movement?
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UColor |
fgColor() |
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UColor |
fgColorBuffer() |
DNO
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boolean |
glow() |
Do we glow our fgcolor into nearby tiles' lightcells?
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char |
glyph() |
Our 'normal' glyph.
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char |
glyph(int x,
int y) |
Our glyph at these area coordinates.
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int |
glyphOffsetX() |
glyph offset for realtime animation.
|
int |
glyphOffsetY() |
glyph offset for realtime animation.
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void |
initialize() |
Instantiate whatever needs to be derived from the json properties.
|
float |
interactionFrom(UActor actor) |
Respond to an Interact command/action from an actor to this terrain.
|
boolean |
isInteractable(UActor actor) |
Can I be interacted with using the Interact command/action?
|
boolean |
isOpaque() |
Do we block light (regardless of who's looking)?
|
boolean |
isPassable() |
Are we passable 'by default'?
|
boolean |
isPassable(UActor actor) |
Are we passable to this actor right now?
|
float |
moveSpeed(UActor actor) |
How fast can actor move into me? (higher is faster, 1.0f is standard)
|
void |
moveTriggerFrom(UActor actor,
UCell cell) |
Actor attempted to walk into me (in cell).
|
java.lang.String |
name() |
WARNING: URE uses the name to look up terrains internally.
|
boolean |
preventMoveFrom(UActor actor) |
Do I prevent actor from moving out of me?
|
void |
printScroll(java.lang.String msg,
UCell cell) |
|
float |
sunvis() |
How much natural sunlight can reach me?
|
void |
walkedOnBy(UActor actor,
UCell cell) |
Actor walked into me (in cell).
|
public TerrainDeco(UTerrain realTerrain)
public void initialize()
initialize
in interface UTerrain
public void becomeReal(UCell c)
becomeReal
in interface UTerrain
c
- The UCell we're birthing into. Be sure to pass this down.public boolean isPassable()
isPassable
in interface UTerrain
public boolean isPassable(UActor actor)
isPassable
in interface UTerrain
public boolean isOpaque()
public boolean breaksLatch()
breaksLatch
in interface UTerrain
public char glyph(int x, int y)
public int glyphOffsetX()
glyphOffsetX
in interface UTerrain
public int glyphOffsetY()
glyphOffsetY
in interface UTerrain
public boolean glow()
public float sunvis()
public boolean preventMoveFrom(UActor actor)
preventMoveFrom
in interface UTerrain
public float moveSpeed(UActor actor)
public void moveTriggerFrom(UActor actor, UCell cell)
moveTriggerFrom
in interface UTerrain
public void walkedOnBy(UActor actor, UCell cell)
walkedOnBy
in interface UTerrain
public boolean isInteractable(UActor actor)
isInteractable
in interface Interactable
isInteractable
in interface UTerrain
public float interactionFrom(UActor actor)
interactionFrom
in interface Interactable
interactionFrom
in interface UTerrain
public void printScroll(java.lang.String msg, UCell cell)
printScroll
in interface UTerrain
public void animationTick()
animationTick
in interface UTerrain
public UColor bgColorBuffer()
bgColorBuffer
in interface UTerrain
public UColor fgColorBuffer()
fgColorBuffer
in interface UTerrain
public java.lang.String name()


public interface IScreenshot extends IAsyncRenderTask
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
|---|---|
ITextureData |
getPixels()
Warning: May return
null if the screenshot is not yet available or volatile. |
nl.weeaboo.common.Dim |
getScreenSize() |
short |
getZ()
The Z-index at which this screenshot will be, or was, taken.
|
boolean |
isTransient()
Returns whether this screenshot is transient.
|
boolean |
isVolatile()
A volatile screenshot only stores its pixels on the GPU.
|
void |
makeTransient()
Deprecated.
Deprecated since NVList 4.0
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void |
markTransient()
Marks this screenshot object as transient; its pixels won't be serialized.
|
cancel, isAvailable, isFailed
void markTransient()
@Deprecated void makeTransient()
boolean isVolatile()
boolean isTransient()
isTransient
in interface IAsyncRenderTask
true
if the render result is omitted when saving. If false
, the render result
(if available) will be stored as part of save files.markTransient()
nl.weeaboo.common.Dim getScreenSize()
short getZ()
IVisualElement.getZ()
ITextureData getPixels()
null
if the screenshot is not yet available or volatile.


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Kaggle Competition Past Solutions
[edit: last update at 2014/06/27. My apologies, have been very busy the past few months.]
We learn more from code, and from great code. Not necessarily always the 1st ranking solution, because we also learn what makes a stellar and just a good solution. I will post solutions I came upon so we can all learn to become better!
I collected the following source code and interesting discussions from the Kaggle held competitions for learning purposes. Not all competitions are listed because I am only manually collecting them, also some competitions are not listed due to no one sharing. I will add more as time goes by. Thank you.
Algorithmic Trading Challenge
Allstate Purchase Prediction Challenge
- Rank 2 solution code by Alessandro Mariani.
- Rank 10 solution code by B1aine.
- Rank 36 solution code by Hiroyuki.
- Rank 159 solution code by MrCanard.
- Solution thread.
Amazon.com – Employee Access Challenge
- Rank 1 solution code by Paul Duan and Benjamin Solecki team.
- Rank 1 solution Q&A by Paul Duan.
- Rank 2 solution code by Owen Zhang.
- Rank 3 solution code by Dmitry & Leustagos.
- Rank 289 solution code by Foxtrot with original blog post here.
- Solution thread.
AMS 2013-2014 Solar Energy Prediction Contest
- Rank 1 solution code and description by Leustagos team.
- Rank 2 solution code and description by Toulouse.
- Rank 3 solution code and description by Owen Zhang.
- Rank 4 solution escription by Peter Prettenhofer.
- Rank 5 solution description by Domcastro.
- Rank 58 solution code and description by Davit.
- Solution thread here.
- Ridge Regression starter code with MAE about 2.2M by Alec Radford, original thread here.
- Improved starter code by Foxtrot.
- Baseline code with MAE about 2.6M using Catmull-Rom Spline interpolation, also available in R here and here.
Belkin Energy Disaggregation Competition
Challenges in Representation Learning: Facial Expression Recognition Challenge
- Rank 1 solution code and description by Charlie Tang.
- Rank 3 solution description by Maxim Milakov.
- Solution thread.
Challenges in Representation Learning: The Black Box Learning Challenge
- Rank 1 solution description by David Thaler.
- Rank 2 solution code and description by sayit.
Challenges in Representation Learning: Multi-modal Learning
- Rank 1 solution by MMDL.
- Solution thread.
Detecting Insults in Social Commentary
- Rank 1 solution description and code by Vivek Sharma.
- Rank 2 solution by tuzzeg.
- Rank 3 solution description Andrei Olariu.
- Rank 4 solution by Chris Brew.
- Rank 5 solution description by Yasser Tabandeh.
- Rank 6 solution by Andreas Mueller, code available here.
- Rank 8 solution description by Steve Poulson.
- Solution thread.
EMI Music Data Science Hackathon
- Rank 4 solution description by Steffen Rindle.
- Rank 18 solution code and description by Vlad Gusev.
- Rank 34 solution code and description by zenog.
- Solution thread.
Galaxy Zoo – The Galaxy Challenge
- Rank 1 solution code and description by Sander Dieleman.
- Rank 2 solution code and description by Maxim Milakov.
- Rank 3 solution code and description by tund.
- Rank 5 solution code and description by Julian de Wit.
- Rank 9 solution code and description by Soumith Chintala.
- Rank 13 solution code and description by Xiaoxiang Zhang.
- Rank 28 solution code and description by utdiscant.
- Rank 38 solution code and description by sugi.
- Rank 57 solution code and description by hxu.
- Rank 58 solution code and description by yr.
- Solution thread.
Global Energy Forecasting Competition 2012 – Wind Forecasting
- Rank 1 solution by Leustagos.
- Solution thread here.
KDD Cup 2013 – Author-Paper Identification Challenge (Track 1)
- Rank 1 solution with code and description by Team Algorithm, Github link to code here.
KDD Cup 2013 – Author Disambiguation Challenge (Track 2)
- Rank 1 solution with code and description by Team Algorithm, Github link to code here.
- Rank 2 solution by SmallData Team.
- Rank 3 solution by hustmonk.
- Rank 4 solution by Ben S.
- Solution thread.
Large Scale Hierarchical Text Classification
- Rank 1 solution code and description by anttip.
- Rank 3 solution code and description by nagadomi.
- Solution thread one.
- Solution thread two.
Loan Default Prediction – Imperial College London
- Rank 2 solution and description by HelloWorld.
- Rank 12 solution and description by David McGarry.
- Solution thread.
Merck Molecular Activity Challenge
MLSP 2013 Bird Classification Challenge
- Rank 1 solution code and description by beluga.
- Rank 2 solution code and description by Herbal Candy (W and thomeou).
- Rank 3 solution description by Anil Thomas.
- Rank 4 solution description by Maxim Milakov.
- Solution thread.
Observing the Dark World
- Rank 2 solution by Iain Murray, code available here.
PAKDD 2014 – ASUS Malfunctional Components Prediction
Personalize Expedia Hotel Searches – ICDM 2013
- Presentation paper/slides for ICDM 2013.
- Solution thread.
Predicting a Biological Response
- Rank 6 solution by Shea Parkes & Neil Schneider team.
- Another solution code by Oblique Random Forest (oRF) by Shea Parkes & Neil Schneider team.
- The code of my best submission thread. Talks about Multi-core training Oblique Random Forests, and Stacking.
- Question about the process of ensemble learning thread. Talks about applying ensembles in practice, and how can problems arise and how to deal with them.
Predicting Closed Questions on Stack Overflow
- Rank 10 solution by Marco Lui.
- Rank 33 solution by Foxtrot.
See Click Predict Fix
See Click Predict Fix – Hackathon
StumbleUpon Evergreen Classification Challenge
- Benchmark beater 1.
- Benchmark beater 2.
- Benchmark beater 3.
- Solution thread.
- My own solution, which is a good example of what is overfitting. (Public rank: 57, Private rank: 291)
The Analytics Edge (15.071x)
- Rank 17 solution code and description by Foxtrot.
- Solution thread.
The Marinexplore and Cornell University Whale Detection Challenge
- Rank 1 solution by Nick Kridler.
- Rank 7 solution by Gilles Louppe and Peter Prettenhofer team.
- Rank 8 solution by Sander Dieleman.
- Rank 56 solution by Sudeep Juvekar.
- Solution discussion thread.
- Mean spectogram thread.
- Official interview from the Marinexplorer and Cornell at Kaggle.
Walmart Recruiting – Store Sales Forecasting
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- Rank 2 solution description by sriok.
- Rank 3 solution code and description by James King.
- Rank 5 solution description by ACS69.
- Rank 6 solution description by T. Henry.
- Rank 8 solution description by BreakfastPirate.
- Rank 9 solution description by Neil Summers.
- Rank 10 solution description by Gilberto Titericz Junior.
- Rank 11 solution description by citynight.
- Rank 16 solution code and description by yr.
- Rank 29 solution code and description by Mike Kim.
- Rank 30 solution description by dkay.
- Solution thread.
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Power Sequencing¶
This section describes the embedded controller firmware power sequencing module which handles platform out-of-reset sequencing and power management flows.
The embedded controller firmware follows Intel Platform design guide for all power sequencing timings and sequence. This module relies on platform events to keep track of these system transitions. These power signals either come from a host system (Intel SoC) or are generated by board circuitry.
Note
System in this case refers to either board, laptop or desktop running Windows OS, however some concepts are generic enough to be applicable to other OS.
Power Signals¶
Power button input¶
Also known as SMC_ONOFF, refers to the direct connection to EC from the board power button. Based on this signal the module generates a debounced or delayed power button signal towards Intel PCH as described in the Platform design guide.
RSMRST#_PWRGD¶
Resume reset power good signal to the Embedded Controller hardware to indicate that main power rails on the board are stable, in response this module generates RSMRST output to PCH.
ALL_SYS_PWRGD¶
The all system power good input generated from board circuitry indicates to the Embedded Controller (EC) that SoC power rails are stable. Based on this the module will generate PCH_PWROK signal.
SLP_Sx#¶
SLP_S3#, SLP_S4# and SLP_S5# indicate that the host system is undergoing a system transition, in which case system is entering the specified sleep state indicated by the respective signal as defined in ACPI specification.
Note
The power signals can either be physical pins or virtual pins which are transmitted over the eSPI bus in the form of a virtual wire. The reference code assumes an eSPI-capable host. See Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface specification
System transitions¶
This module main role is to handle system transitions between the global system states (Gx states) defined ACPI specification. The states apply to the system as a whole and are visible to the user.
Note
Windows OS is assumed in Intel TGL RVP, in which case Gx states map to user actions as follows: suspend (S3), hibernate (S4), shutdown (S5).
ACPI System Transitions¶
Flow for G3 to S0¶
Trigger events
Valid power button press
Platform sleep signal assertion
Actions
Check for any power button press
Check RSMRST_PWRGD input
Generate RSMRST#
Propagate power button status to PCH
Perform deep sleep exit handshake if supported a) PCH sends SUS_WRN virtual wire b) EC acknowledges by sending SUS_ACK virtual wire
Indicate if there is a valid power source or enough battery capacity to power up the system using PM_BATLOW signal.
Check power sequencing signals as described in the platform guide. These include SLP_S5, SLP_S4, SLP_S3 and SLP_M (sometimes referred as SLP_A).
Wait for ALL_SYS_PWRGD
Drive PCH_PWROK and if required by the system SYS_PWROK. Do refer to platform guide to see if this signal needs to be generated.
Wait for platform reset signal.
Flow for S0 to S3 (suspend)¶
Trigger events:
SLP_S3 signal assertion
Actions:
Turn off 7-segment display used for platform POST codes
Turn off system fan
Wait for event for resume
Flow for S3 to S0 (resume)¶
Trigger events:
SLP_S3 signal de-assertion
Power button
AC adaptor insertion or removal
Flow for S0 to S4/S5 (hibernate/shutdown)¶
Trigger events:
Respective sleep signal de-assertion (SLP_S4 or SLP_S5)
Actions:
Turn off 7-segment display used for platform POST codes
Turn off system fan
Reconfigure GPIOs for power saving
Remove PCH_PWROK signal
Flow for S5/S4 to S0¶
Trigger events:
Respective sleep signal de-assertion (SLP_S4 or SLP_S5)
Actions:
Turn on 7-segment display used for platform POST codes
Turn on system fan
Reconfigure GPIOs to previous state prior to transition.
Provide PCH_PWROK signal
Intel-specific Power Management Transitions¶
There are 2 additional low power states supported in some platforms which reduce power consumption further from S3/S4/S5 global states described in ACPI spec.
The implementation of these consider 2 different cases:
Embedded controller losing power after deep sleep entry
Embedded controller not losing power after deep sleep entry
For the case where Embedded Controller loses power during the transition, EC_DSx# signal is used keep EC on/off during system deep sleep.
Note
Deep sleep for S3 is not supported in this reference implementation.
Flow for S3/S4/S5 to deep sleep¶
Pre-condition:
System is already in S3/S4/S5
Triggers:
SUS_WRN power signal assertion is received.
Actions:
Module acknowledges notification by sending SUS_ACK
Module waits for PCH PM_SLP_SUS# assertion
Module asserts RSMRST#
Flow for deep sleep to S3/S4/S5¶
Triggers:
EC wakes via power button
Actions:
Module de-asserts RMSRST#
Module waits for SUS_WARN de-assertion.
Module acknowledges notification by sending SUS_ACK
Note
Once system is back to regular sleep states, EC FW waits for SLP_Sx# signals then follows normal S3 to S0 or S4/S5 to S0 flow.
Note
If EC HW main power rail was off during entry to deep sleep, EC FW will perform same flow G3 to S0 after SUS_WRN handshake describe earlier.
Implementation¶
This module uses a cooperative thread as described in the task handling section. The thread track overall system transitions then sleeps 10 ms before checking again for new events.
To track the different triggers the power sequencing module registers for notifications with the eSPI hub and whenever there is a relevant virtual wire event, the new system state is determined, and actions as described above are executed.
Note
Previous reference designs did rely on physical pins instead of eSPI Virtual Wires.
Timeout Mechanism¶
Each transition is triggered by a specific event and before the transition is completed, the module will check if certain conditions are met, if any each of these conditions is not fulfilled within a predetermined time interval the power sequencing will stop.
Such scenario is considered a power sequencing failure, so RSMRST# signal will be pulled LOW as required by platform design guide and a timeout code will be displayed in postcode display in the following format “ECNN”, where NN refers to a specific error code.
Variants Across Platforms¶
This module covers generic aspects of power sequencing, however for specific timings and/or signals not covered here refer to your Intel PCH specific Platform design guide.


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drop_close : removes features that are too close to brighter features
grey_dilation_legacy : local maxima finding routine used until trackpy v0.3
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NexusData is an object graph and persistence framework for Android. It allows for organizing and managing relational data and serializing it to SQLite or custom stores. The data can be accessed or modified using higher level objects representing entities and their relationships. NexusData manages all the objects in the persistence store, tracks changes, and maintains consistency in relationships.
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Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money I found myself as a teaching assistant for an introductory course in algebra. In an event that I still recall, the instructor gave a lecture about the fundamentals definitions of a topic known as group theory. For those that don’t know, a group is an algebraic structure that consists of a set of elements together with an operation that combines any two elements to produce a third element; and where the operation satisfies four equational laws. The lecture was straightforward, but afterwards a student walked up to me and asked me question:
So what’s a group … actually?
That’s easy I thought, I’ll use the usual metaphor one uses to describe groups: modular arithmetic or clock arithmetic. If the hour hand of a clock is at 9 and 4 hours is added to it it loops back around to 1. One can never add time to the position outside of the 12-hour cycle. The addition of time always proceeds equally forward if equal intervals are added. If one advances the clock by no time, it remains at the same position. And regardless of what time you’re at there’s always some interval of time you can add to get to any other point in time.
This is a vague metaphor-heavily description of what a group is. More precisely it’s defined to be a combination of a set \(\text{G}\) and an operation \(\star\) written as \((\text{G}, \star)\) with four laws:
| Law | Description |
|---|---|
| Closure | For all \(a\), \(b\) in \(G\), the result of the operation, \(a \star b\), is also in \(G\). |
| Associativity | For all \(a\), \(b\) and \(c\) in \(G\), \((a \star b) \star c = a \star (b \star c)\). |
| Identity | For any element \(a\) in \(G\) there is an element \(e\) where \(e \star a = a \star e = a\). |
| Invertibility | For each element \(a\) in \(G\) there is an element \(b\) where \(a \star b = b \star a = e\), where \(e\) is the identity. |
Groups are an extremely important concept that are integral to next generation of elliptic curve cryptography that protect our internet transactions and banking, and on top of that show up constantly as part of our underlying description of the physical laws of the universe itself.
After a half hour explanation of clock arithmetic, examples over the integers and hand waving wildly at blackboard, the student then asked me:
I understand the equations, but what’s a group actually?
At this point, I didn’t have much else to say. There really is nothing I can say, other than that a group is the set of equations, I can’t point at something in the classroom and say that this object fully embodies “groupiness”, nor can I pull out a dictionary and find a synonym for group that would in any way convey the essence of what a group is. Common English simply lacks a word for “set with operation satisfying closure, associativity, identity and invertibility”.
The concept is not particularly hard in retrospect, and indeed after a bit of quiet contemplation the topic eventually clicked for the student and she eventually went on to take other classes in higher mathematics, in particular Galois theory which builds on these foundations. Since then I’ve left teaching math behind me and gone on to programming in industry.
So why do I bring this up? Groups, like many concepts in functional programming, are often some of the first concepts that we encounter that defy a reduction down to our everyday experience; and are a constant point of confusion because of it. Yet, for as long as I’ve been involved with industrial programmers it has been a constant point of contention that the names used in describing concepts like Monad, Functor, and Category are problematic because they don’t convey immediate (partial) understanding by reducing them down to concepts from our everyday experience. This thinking is not all that dissimilar from the mental gap that the student studying groups for the first time had to overcome.
I understand the functions and laws, but what’s a monad actually?
A monoid (or pick any of your favorite Haskell abstractions) is typically a small interface defined over a set of types that satisfies certain laws. This style of designing abstractions is often quite foreign in programming in the large, and other schools of thought (see Gang of Four) actively encourage weaving cryptic metaphors and anthropomorphising code as a means to convey structure.
| Law | Description |
|---|---|
| Left Identity | mempty <> x = x |
| Right Identity | x <> mempty = x |
| Associativity | (x <> y) <> z = x <> (y <> z) |
The argument that Monoid should be called something else (maybe Appendable) is about as convincing as the proposition that a Group should be Clock. A clock in a contrived sense can be considered a group and perhaps helps with some initial intuition, but the term is ultimately misleading. Similarly, if one expects that all constructs in programming be modeled on everyday concepts one will eventually hit up against the limitations of everyday experience to model higher abstractions. We would never arrive at complex numbers by counting scratches on a clay tablet, nor will would come up with Galois theory or elliptic curve cryptography by considering groups purely in terms of clocks.
The algebraic terminology was invented often hundred of years ago and is effectively arbitrary. Therein lies the strength though, it’s intentionally precise because it doesn’t come muddled in the baggage of everyday experience, which can confuse and mislead (i.e only special monoids have an append-like operation in their definition). Using the terminology of mathematics opens up hundreds of years of progress done by thousands of people discovering results we would never think of on our own. And on a larger scale often opens up surprising results mapping between different disciplines and computer science.
Dijkstra’s quote is quite apt: “The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.” Programming with precise algebraic names and equational reasoning is here to stay, and the edifice of abstraction is only going to grow as programming becomes more precise and refined.


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Percepsys has developed a suite of technologies combining web-based real-time 3D simulation to provide a dramatically more effective solution to training, marketing, and communication by bringing engaging virtual reality to learning processes in order to take e-Learning (most of which is E-reading today) to the next level - scenario-based multimedia simulation. We call this suite of advanced interactive 3D simulation combined with effective, proven instructional design methodologies "SIMSTUDIO".
Our LCMS product - SNAP! Studio - empowers your organization to create and publish engaging E-Learning within an intuitive, rich environment. SNAP! Course Builder is an easy-to-use, full-featured course authoring tool that dramatically reduces development time for courses, without the assistance of third-party suppliers or information technology resources. An Instructional Designer or Content Manager - with little or no programming experience - can pour content into a set of rich learning-delivery templates for rapid course generation. The course is then exported as XML - which can be deployed as a standards-compliant course. All you need on hand is your content. No need to outsource a course to a third-party vendor or buy content with expensive licenses! No need for an expensive IT and Web development team to create the level of rich content you need for effective instruction.
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Products, services and licensing
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Our LCMS product - SNAP! Studio - empowers your organization to create and publish engaging E-Learning within an intuitive, rich environment. SNAP! Course Builder is an easy-to-use, full-featured course authoring tool that dramatically reduces development time for courses, without the assistance of third-party suppliers or information technology resources. An Instructional Designer or Content Manager - with little or no programming experience - can pour content into a set of rich learning-delivery templates for rapid course generation. The course is then exported as XML - which can be deployed as a standards-compliant course. All you need on hand is your content. No need to outsource a course to a third-party vendor or buy content with expensive licenses! No need for an expensive IT and Web development team to create the level of rich content you need for effective instruction.
Technology
Technology profile
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Convergence of enabling technologies not possible before brings together these technologies
* Web-based 3D simulation recently developed
* Bandwidth-friendly, compact file sizes
* Rich multimedia experience
* Real-time, user-driven interactivity
* Leverage investments in existing CAD schematics
- Not 2D animation with 3D illusion (Flash)
- Not fixed line animation (QuickTime)
- Not a hotspot based simulation (RoboDemo)
Constructed from fully 3-Dimensional renderings where you can change POV, manipulate the object in 3 dimensions in a user-controlled animation
SNAP! Studio LCMS - KEEP YOUR COSTS DOWN AND IDEAS UP!
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* Build courseware faster and cheaper!
* Infinite variability of learning delivery platforms
* Focus on creating engaging, informative e-learning
* Reusable learning objects at every level
* Open standards, distributed architecture
* Accelerated product launches
KEY FEATURES
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* Easy Authoring
* Intuitive Resource Management
* Instructional Design through a rich template library
* Course Structure View
* Publish and Launch immediately
* Application uptime.
* Best Value Model
* Content Adaptation, Development and Systems Integration
Market
Market profile
Alliances:
- Sales/Marketing
- Technology
Strategic alliances:
Why Partner With Percepsys?We have a unique and niche product with verticals as yet untapped by the competition: SNAP! brings a competitive edge to E-learning by helping enterprises increase revenues and decrease expenses by allowing them to educate and train a variety of student communities through short-turnaround course creation and deployment. It features 15 out of the box multimedia templates, .NET and XML architecture, complete shareability and soon to come features like integrated simulations and Data Capture which are strong differentiators in the market.
Our partners are important to us: Partner relationships are highly valued at Percepsys and backed by a committed team to ensure your success.
An E-Learning company with vision: Percepsys closely monitors the pulse of the market and developed the SIMSTUDIO suite which brings the power of real simulations to the desktop. Types of Percepsys Channel Partnerships possible Reseller Percepsys' Channel Partner Program is constructed to provide its partners with the opportunity for increased margins, while offering best-of-breed solutions and a collaborative selling relationship. Built on quality, profitability and a strong partner commitment, Percepsys' channel program offers its partners a wealth of resources aimed at achieving success with its customers, enabling partners to gain knowledge and helps target and win customers.
If any of this piques your interest, lets talk! Contact Ashraf Hashmi on<PHONE_NUMBER> or Email info@percepsy.com


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