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Chapter 8: Redemption (Part 3)
All eyes turned to regard the halfling as he burst through the doors into the auditorium, panting heavily. He gave a small wave, and an apologetic look to Lieran, who had been cut off by Racieus arrival.
"As I was saying, today's tournament will take place throughout the city. The blunting enchantment has been modified to teleport any who strays outside the city borders back here to the guild, as if they had been eliminated. Once we get down to ten people, the enchantment will lightly pull your weapon towards the nearest contestant. It won't affect them in combat."
Racieus briefly wondered how the guild master had managed to adjust the enchantment in what seemed to be a rather complex way. Did the man possess magical talent? It wasn't unheard of, but it was incredibly rare. Magic was the province of elves.
"-there aren't any other questions, let's begin! If you haven't turned in your weapons yet make sure you do so. I estimate we have around 15 minutes until the sun sets completely and our games begin." Lieran started to walk away, but turned as an afterthought struck him. "I would counsel you to be prudent in where you choose to have your fights. The guards have not been informed of this event, and I imagine they will not take kindly should they get word of a series of fights cropping up all across the town." Finished, the assassin stepped from the platform and made his way through the crowd, heading for the exit. Racieus caught him just as he was going out the door.
"Ah halfling! Nice of you to join us"the tall assassin said a bit reproachfully.
"I'm sorry, I lost track of time. That does not usually happen"replied the young recruit. Lieran grinned, a sign that he had only been joking, and meant to continue.
"Well, you do" he corrected, "Just not usually with anything besides fighting." When they entered the large office, the guild master pulled out his glowing stone and gestured for Racieus to hand over his weapons. He rubbed the stone over the edges of all four blades, and then handed then back to the halfling, who returned them to their proper places all along his person. "As the guild master, I'm not suppose to show favoritism," said Lieran, "But as your teacher, I wish you good luck, and sharp senses."
Racieus smiled, it wasn't often Lieran showed affection, and it meant quite a bit to the halfling, who realized that he wanted to succeed as much to make Lieran proud, as to accomplish his goals. The halfling snapped himself out of his reverie and turned quickly, running down the down the hall, descending the first flight of stairs, and turning head towards the practice room. The halfling threw open the doors and, after making sure no one else was inside, he leapt out the window.
And five pairs of boots fell from the ceiling.
Whether it was from the enchantment in his weapons or some inner sense, Racieus knew exactly when the games had started. He stared out from his perch atop one of the taller buildings in Shanbydder, and listened for any sounds of conflict. There was a gentle breeze, and the wind carried the faint sounds of clashing steel to the young halfling. Rising, the young assassin prepared to move but hesitated. He doubted anyone would find him up here. He could just hide out until he felt the blade begin to pull him in the right direction. He would practically be assured victory.
The debate lasted only a moment, and ended as soon as Racieus thought of Taryn doing the same thing. He didn't know if the human thief had pulled a similar stunt, but if he did, Racieus was determined not to. If he won, he would win honorably. Decision made, he began to move swiftly but silently.
Racieus rarely saw any of the other trainees out in the streets when he and Lieran trained. The other recruits would have little familiarity with the shadowy parts of the city, meaning Racieus would really only have to be worried about the actual members, and they couldn't eliminate him anyway. As the halfling crossed a gap between buildings, he heard the ringing of steel. Skidding to a stop, he turned and peered over the edge, watching two dark forms trading blows. They were pretty evenly matched from what Racieus could see, and the match went on for several more minutes as the two clumsily traded blows. Thinking like an assassin, the halfling knew the practical thing would be to wait until one combatant was defeated and then silently take the winner unaware.
But he wasn't officially an assassin yet, and with an eager grin he vaulted off the low roof, and landed in between the trainees without a sound. In fact it was so quiet that Racieus was unnoticed by either of victims. It wasn't until he stood and drew his weapons, moonlight glinting off the polished steel, that the two recognized the dark shape as another live being. They were even more shocked when they realized who it was. There weren't too many small prodigies in the guild, and by a tacit agreement born of necessity, the two attacked Racieus together.
The halfling lunged at the one on his left, discovering the opponent to be a girl from her long hair and lean body. As expected, she flinched away, and Racieus spun, taking advantage of the moment. He blocked an overhead chop, and with and struck out with the hilt of his second weapon, catching the boy's wrist and causing him to drop his weapon with a yelp. He lashed out, and a streak of color appeared on the recruit's chest, and then he was gone. He heard the footsteps behind him, and waited a split second longer before ducking quickly and sweeping a leg behind him. There was a cry and a thump and Racieus twirling a dagger as he turned slowly, whispered,
"Give Lieran my regards." He winked, and struck the girl's leg. No sooner had she disappeared when the halfling heard the crunching of gravel behind him. There were several mocking laughs and then a familiar voice spoke out.
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Beautiful Ground Floor Condo Just Steps to Kamaole I(16 Reviews)
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- Minimum stay:1-4 nights
- Sleeps:4
- Bedrooms:1
- Bathrooms:1
- Property type:Condo
- Internet:Yes
- Pets considered:No
- Wheel chair accessible:N/A
About the Property
Condo, 1 Bedroom + Convertible bed(s), 1 Bath, (Sleeps 4)
This unit is fully furnished with all the comforts and amenities you will need for your dream vacation on the fabulous island of Maui. The unit has a state of the art entertainment center including a 46 inch 1080P Hi Def TV with a Digital Video Recorder. Sports fans can record their favorite games while relaxing on one of South Maui's best beachs. There is a DVD player for your enjoyment. We also provide a landline with free local and long distance to the US and Canada.
For your convenience we have provided a laptop computer with a DVD RW for use in the unit and on the lanai, so you can check your email while you enjoy your morning coffee.
Enjoy fabulous sunsets, swimming snorkeling and just basking in the Sun. The unit comes with beach chairs, snorkel equipment, a beach umbrella and a boogie board for your convenience, so you won't need to rent. Please use caution with water sports and use the equipment at your own risk.
This gorgeous property has a private garden view and is ground floor for easy access. Enjoy morning coffee on your lanai (patio) or sip an evening cocktail amid the warm Kihei tradewinds. There is a swimming pool with a hot tub on the property, as well as tennis courts, barbecue and sauna.
Walk to the beach, restaurants, shopping and all that beautiful South Kihei has to offer. And, it's just a short drive to championship golf courses in Wailea and Makena as well as the fabulous shops and restaurants, without the Wailea price tag.
The bedroom has a fabulous comfy king sized bed and a 32 inch wall mounted flat screen TV. The living room has a sofa bed, along with a double reclining love seat for enjoying the large flat screen TV. The bath has a stand up tile shower and a hair dryer is provided for your convenience, as well as towels and paper goods.
The open kitchen is a cooks delight. We provide all cooking utensils, dishware and flatware, and even throw in coffee filters, sugar, creamer as well as salt and pepper.
This well managed complex features a pool, hot tub, gas barbecue, sauna, and two tennis courts for your recreational enjoyment.
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Member since: 2011
Property Type
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- On floor 1
- 700 sq. ft.
House Rules
- Max. occupancy 4
- Children Welcome
- Non Smoking Only
- Pets Not Allowed
Accommodation Type
- Vacation Rental
- Guests Provide Their Own Meals
Bedrooms: 1 Bedroom, Sleeps 4, Beds for 4
Other Amenities
- Books
- CD Player
- Family
- Romantic
- Sports & Activities
- Churches
- Cinemas
- Library
- Marina
- Museums
- Playground
- Rain Forests
- Recreation Center
- Reefs
- Restaurants
- Volcano
- Water Parks
- Waterfalls
- Winery Tours
Local Services & Businesses
- ATM/Bank
- Fitness Center
- Groceries
- Hospital
- Massage Therapist
- Medical Services
Leisure Activities
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- Bird Watching
- Boating
- Eco Tourism
- Horseback Riding
- Luaus
- Paddle Boating
- Scenic Drives
- Shopping
- Sight Seeing
- Walking
- Whale Watching
Location Type
200 yards from beautiful Kamaole Beach 1, one of South Maui's favorite beaches and a great place to see the famous Maui sunsets....moreless
Sports & Adventure Activities
- Cycling
- Deepsea Fishing
- Fishing
- Golf
- Golf Privileges Optional
- Hiking
- Jet Skiing
- Kayaking
- Paragliding
- Roller Blading
- Sailing
- Scuba Diving Or Snorkeling
- Snorkeling
- Snorkeling/Diving
- Surf Fishing
- Surfing
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Water Skiing
- Wind-Surfing
- Dining Area
- Seating for 4 people
- Air Conditioning
- Alarm Clock
- Basic Soaps
- Broadband Access
- Ceiling Fans
- Clothes Dryer
- Computer Available:
- Elevator
- Free Long Distance:
- Hair Dryer
- Internet
- Iron & Board
- Laundry Soap
- Linens Provided
- Living Area
- Local Restaurant Guide
- Paper Towels
- Beach Chairs
- Beach Towels
- Deck / Patio
- Lanai / Gazebo
- Lawn / Garden
- Outdoor Grill
- Outdoor Grill Gas
- Porch / Veranda
Pool / Spa
- Communal Pool
- Jacuzzi
- Sauna
- Shared Hot Tub
- Spa Whirlpool
Building Type
- Building
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Off Peak
Apr 16 - Dec 14, 2017
4 night min stay
Dec 15 - Apr 15, 2018
4 night min stay
Additional information about rental rates
- Tax Rate 13.42%
Manager's cancellation policy:
50% refund for cancellations more than 14 days before check-in date.
100% refund for cancellations more than 30 days before check-in date.
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- Attraction
- 7.4 miles to rental
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Sarento's on the Beach - Maui
- Restaurant
- 3.4 miles to rental
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Wailea Golf Club
- Attraction
- 6.8 miles to rental
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Car: Recommended
Paddle Boarding, Surfing, Whale watching, Game fishing, Scuba diving, Helicopter tours and all forms of water sports.
Manager info
Year Purchased: 2011
About: We reside in Honolulu on the Island of Oahu. When we are not working, we enjoy golf, fine dining and spending time with friends. We also love live Hawaiian music and local theater performances. One owner holds an active Hawaii Real Estate license and practices on the Island of Oahu. TAT License # W-00206094-01
Why Kihei, HI, USA:
In our opinion South Kihei is one of the best locations on Maui. It is convenient to shopping, restaurants, beautiful beaches and all the things people want to do on vacation. In addition, it also has some of the best if not the best weather on Maui. We have been vactioning in and around this area for many years and when we decided to buy, we elected to focus our search to South Kihei.
The Unique Benefits at this Condo:
We love the proximity to great beaches, all the shops and restaurants in Kihei and being close to Wailea and Makena.
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Sunset from Kamaole Beach 1 with the island of Lanai in the Distance
Bathroom with Bamboo Walls and Tile
Championship Golf Courses within 15 Minutes
Fully Stocked, Remodeled Kitchen, a cook's delight.
Kamaole Beach 1 Just Before Sunset
Outdoor Dining on Your Private Lanai
View of Ocean from Plumeria Tree
Kihei Alii Kai Office
Barbecue Area
Outdoor Dining
Swimming Pool at Kihei Alii Kai
46' 1080P Hi Def TV, Blu Ray DVD player, Digital Video Recorder and IPod Dock/CD
Bedroom with Comfortable King Size Bed and 32 inch wall mounted flat screen TV.
Dining Area for a relaxing evening in.
Relax in the Jacuzzi and Pool
Living Room with double Convertible Sofa and Love Seat with Double Recliners
Plumeria Tree in Garden Area creates privacy.
Stand Up Paddle Boarding at Kamaole Beach 1
Walking to the Beach at Sunset from your unit.
Paddle Boarding at Kamaole Beach
Tennis Courts with view of Haleakala
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Date last modified - Thursday, May 18, 2017
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The National Coordinator of the pressure group, David Asante has however insisted that the demonstration will still come off as planned in spite of the police's court order.
The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has secured a court injunction banning the Let My Votes Count Alliance from piquetting in the premises of the Electoral Commission.
This comes on the back of plans by the LMVCA's decision to stage a second demonstration to press home demands for a new Voter's Register for the 2016 elections, after an audit conducted by the New Patriotic Party allegedly revealed names of foreigners from neighbouring countries in the register.
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The Alliance staged a similar demonstration on Wednesday, 16th of September which ended up in a bloody confrontation with the police, leaving scores injured, one person dead and another losing his eyesight, when the police tried preventing the group of demonstrators from entering the premises of the EC to piquet.
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" The injunction secured by the police is an ex parte injunction not to prevent us from demonstrating or piquetting. Their only concern is the venue of the demonstration that is the electoral commission. They are not stopping us from piquetting."
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I recently setup a couple of staffer to be Helpdesk Admins for certain types of tickets (related to certain software packages). I never noticed this before, as I was the only user of the software.
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Ahh... that didn't show up in my initial search. Thanks!
I wonder why searching the database is an issue, if they do not have rights to make changes anyway?
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A friend bought this plan for $1599 and cancelled it 2 months later and got only $500 back!!! total ripoff scheme. THey did it before under another company name. Ba aware. This is my investigation.
I recently received a mailer from Smart Cremation and a call from one of their telemarketers. I agreed to a meeting with them and I was prepared to meet with this lady who actually was very angry because I questioned the integrity of Smart cremation based on the research I made prior to the meeting.
Smart Cremation was started in 2008 by Jerry Norman (CEO), who was the CEO of Neptune Society where he was fired. Neptune Society was sued by the state of Colorado for not putting enough money in the trust accounts and misleding the consumers. They finally settled the lawsuit in 2009 and agreed under a new management to revert the mistakes that Mr Norman did under his supervision of the company. This gentleman started Smart cremation with the same concept and he is repeating the same ponzi scheme he got Neeptune Society in trouble in CO. Smart Cremation only trusts less than 30% of the money you give them!!!
I asked this lady to give me the details of how the funds would be distributed and how money went to trust and she got very agitated to which she responded "we trust enough". I challenged how can you guaranteed the price is the same for the next 10 years as you dont own any crematory and she explained that they were in the process of acquiring crematories everywhere and also that I shouldnt be worried as the future funds for the cremation would come from future customers that sign up on their smart plan (yeah, right)... it sounds to me something like Social Security or a Ponzi scheme to pay older people with the money from the new people!!!
She kept emphasizing that Smart Creamation was the "Old Neptune Society" but better to which I brought up the past history of issues with Neptune while this guy was CEO there where he was fired and she couldn't really articulate why "now" it is better and how she could ensure this guy will not do the same with this company to what he did to Neptune.
So she left my house very angry and even cursing that I made her loose her time. She didnt even leave a business card.
I kept researching online (thanks to Google!) and I found that Neptune Society sued Mr Norman for stealing all the business model and people to found Smart Cremation.
I just want to bring this to some other old folks out there as some of my friends at the club have been receiving these mailers, a couple bought the so called smart plan and one of them tried cancelling his contract for 2 months and he finally got the money back... but only $500 of the $1599 he originally paid!!! Smart response was that the rest of the money was the "merchandise" which is a cheap wood urn which they sell for $1000. That's how they get you screwed.!!
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#6 Consumer Comment
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, November 09, 2010POSTED: Tuesday, November 09, 2010
It never occurred to me that people would buy cremation contracts to lock in prices. My situation is more pressing. I'm only concerned with making sure my widow needs only make one phone call. At a time when things were on a down turn a letter from Simple Cremations showed up.
It seemed like a good time to get it out of the way. The person who came to my home did seem a bit pushy. Kept reminding me that there was a price increase on the way. I wasn't up to trying to read everything on the contract that day. Much less trying to understand what it meant. What I did notice was an important statement on the first page.
It stated that the consumer could back out of the contract any time within thirty days and get all of their money refunded. The State of California is pretty strict about this from what I've heard over the years. That, and if the price is displayed on an item, it must be sold for that price. Important things for Californians to know. So I went ahead and signed up. Paid the full amount by check, just so if things went sour in the next week or two, everything would be taken care of.
I told the salesman I didn't want any box, low end price or not. He kept insisting that he had to give it to me. Kept saying it was a State requirement that I take the box. This seemed a bit strange, but most California laws are strange. Later on, this insistence that I take the box was to make more sense. But for a different reason. Finally, to make him happy I took a box from him. (Okay, if somebody wants to mess with a Smart Cremations salesperson, sign the contract, but absolutely refuse to take any box from them. It would be fun to see what they would do. You'll understand why later.)
After a couple of weeks things had improved enough for me to start to check around and see how the price compared. A nearby funeral home quoted about $2,000. Not an improvement. Another cremation society looked like their total would come out a few hundred cheaper. But there were a lot of very confusing selections to make. Part of what attracted me to Smart Cremations was that it was one price, one phone call to handle everything.
The Omega Society that my father signed up with many years ago looked like it might win the price contest. So, having a couple of possible choices that might be enough (several hundred dollars cheaper, if the difference was just one or two hundred, I wasn't going to bother) cheaper I went back to check the Smart Cremations contract to compare the details and check how much time I had left on my thirty days.
First, the thirty days was coming up fast. Second in looking over the separate items making up the costs I spotted the "hook." The minimum "box" they sold was charged as $500. My wife thought it was really nice. But no little wooden box mass produced overseas no matter how nice is a $500 box. And I was willing to bet that if sometime later you changed your mind they would refund all the cremation related fees. After all, you won't be using them. But that box you bought is yours. Once the thirty days have passed, it's yours. Pretty cute, if anybody is jerking your chain, saying they want your services and later saying never mind, they'll pay $500 for the privilege.
At this point I'm sweating whether they'll honor the contract as written. I check online, something I should have done first, and see Google offering up not just "Smart Cremations," but also offering "Smart Cremations Reviews." Checking the "Reviews" is what brought me here. Well I gather up the box, which I have perfectly put back in its packing so you can't even tell I'd opened it. I have all the paperwork and am loaded for bear. I have a small digital voice recorder with me and phoned ahead saying I'm coming in for a refund. And if there's any funny business I'd be happy to contact all of the local media consumer advocates and suggest them for a feature.
Considering how suspicious I was acting towards them, they were quite polite. I said in all fairness, if I got my money back, I would report that online. Same as I would if it went the other way. Well, a full refund check in just a few days, and yes, it cleared the bank.
So now I understand the salesperson's insistence that I take the box. It wasn't as I seemed to understand it that the State said you couldn't buy a cremation contract in advance without a box being included. But rather that SC always included a box in the pricing for the reasons given. It made sure they would get their "box fee" if the customer waited longer than thirty days to change their mind. And once they took your money for a box...they had to be sure you received it. Otherwise they wouldn't be keeping their part of the contract.
As to whether they actually provide the service, one phone call to handle all the needs of the deceased's family...I have no way of knowing. If there is something being done wrong there, that would be truly bad intentions. But I can only speak to what happened with me. A moderately pushy salesperson. But not the worst I've met, I'm sorry to say. A somewhat sneaky contract. Once again, not the worst I've seen. But they were honest about honoring the agreed upon contract.
From something I've read, at one time SC was charging $1,000 for the box. If they keep dropping the price and get it to $250, and just consider it their profit margin, they might get to be a company with a future.
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Gin's mood was light as he walked towards the house. The smile on his face was unlike the one he used to conceal his true self. He had a package for his son containing various sweets. As he walked along none of his thoughts went to the idea that something could in fact go wrong.
Suddenly, a green blur came hurtling from the porch straight at him, much like what had occurred on the day of the bad weather. Two small arms held themselves up to be scooped into his arms, a huge smile on the child's face The clothing wasn't at all straight and Gin wondered what mischief the small tyke had been up to. His answer came quickly.
"Otou-san, I dressed myself!" Some of the words Toshiro spoke were not clear. None the less, the meaning came through.
The young man felt his heart suddenly feel with panic. "Toshiro knows and understands fully who I am. I was going to back off before I made such an impression."
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Gin's zampaktuo suddenly spoke. "You lost track of time because you were waiting to hear his first words as an indicator. You didn't expect him not to speak until he had a full understanding of speech patterns and what words mean."
The young man found his mind drifting fearfully to what would happen to the child. Gin could easily see the small child recognizing him if he ever became a shinigami and then the whole plan would be ruined. Not to mention Aizen would set his eyes on the boy. On one knee, he spoke up. "I'm not your father."
Toshiro shook his head, latching onto the shinigami robes and trying to pull himself close. "Yes you are."
The small face pressed against Gin's chest, and he placed a hand on the back of the white head of hair. "No... I'm not."
In truth, the lie hurt both of them. This had been something the young shinigami had wanted to avoid. Avoiding this simply wasn't possible. Sobs began to rack the small body, as the boy clutched tightly to the clothing. Finally, strong arms lifted the boy up and carried him into the house. The mother of the person glanced up.
"What happened?" She didn't push the subject; as a knowing glance told her he would explain after a bit.
Finally, Toshiro fell asleep, tears staining his face. Gin wiped some of the tears away. "He called me otou-san."
"You are his father." The old woman sighed, shaking her head at her stubborn son.
"I planned on not letting him see me before he got as old as he is." A bony hand ran its fingers through the soft white hair. "He can't know who I am. It is for his own good."
"He's going to be heartbroken." Granny never pondered her son's questionable actions.
"I know that. I really thought I would have been able to say goodbye long before this." Two pale teal eyes glanced up. "It isn't that I am not going to come around. I'm going to drop off money to help. He just can't see me anymore. If he becomes a shinigami, he can't recognize me as his father."
"I'm not going to ask what kind of trouble you're in. I think you know full well though, I wish you wouldn't hurt yourself like this. You yourself are still a child."
Aurhor's note – I figured I would explain for anyone who didn't catch on to what has occurred. Basically, Gin was waiting for Toshiro to start speaking before he disappeared because he didn't want to make a lasting impression on the child. However, because Toshiro did not speak until his comprehension of words was rather great, Gin found himself faced with a child who could forget him, but also could suddenly remember at any moment.


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At the end of the tour, there is a "hands-on" area. I decide to throw a pot: that is, a kind-faced man lets me do the easy bits. The clay is silky to the touch. We throw a lump of it into the centre of the wheel. As it turns, we smooth it into a round. The "lumps and bumps" are removed by the expert's hand, and I am then shown how to bury my thumb into its centre to form the basis of the vessel. It is built up to a cup shape, and I can change it as I wish: the material is astonishingly sensitive, and the barest touch will give it a neck or a lip. It seems like a sort of magic. How many potters like him does the factory employ? "Three," he says. "You can see the way things are going."
Last week, workers at two factories belonging to Wedgwood - the Eagle and Alexandra potteries, which produce the Johnson Brothers earthenware brand - were told that their plants were closing, with the loss of 1,000 jobs, a third of Wedgwood's workers. The Johnson range can be made 70 per cent more cheaply in the Far East. A few years ago, Royal Doulton opened a factory in Indonesia, where the bestselling china pattern ever, Old Country Rose, a hideous triumph of English chintziness, is now produced. Outside the gates of the 19th-century Eagle works in Hanley, there is little doubt about the industry's sharp decline. Some workers will be redeployed in the Barlaston factory. Like others, Sue Lancett, who works in the glazing department, would rather take redundancy. "The industry is dying," she says. "You can see it happening." What will it leave in its wake? "Not a lot - there's cleaning jobs and that. The world is your oyster really - it's what you want to do, isn't it? It won't be as well-paid as pottery though."
When natives of north Staffordshire eat from other people's china, it is perfectly good manners - indeed absolutely commonplace - to turn over the plate and check the make. A century ago, Arnold Bennett, the great chronicler of the texture of Stoke-on-Trent life, wrote, with some justice: "You cannot drink tea out of a teacup without the aid of the Five Towns... you cannot eat a meal in decency without the aid of the Five Towns." The industry was the district, and the district was the industry. Now, however, the Six Towns of Stoke-on-Trent (Bennett made it five for the sake of euphony, to the eternal chagrin of Fenton), are no longer indispensable.
I turn over my coffee mug: no backstamp, but it is stoneware, certainly imported. I eat from Italian earthenware. My dishes are Japanese, Moroccan. There are pure-white Staffordshire bone china coffee cups for best, but then they were given to me by the owners of a potbank - that is, pottery factory. I was born and raised in Stoke, and spent my life wanting to get away. Like Sophia in the Old Wives' Tale, I felt "it would kill me if I had to live here. It's deadening. It weighs on you. And the dirt, and the horrible ugliness". But now I find it under my skin. I turn over pots. I read Bennett. Coming back after 10 years I find it strangely unchanged, although there is a massive new Sainsbury's distribution centre in Stoke. Distribution is the coming thing around here.
According to Geoff Bagnall, the general secretary of the ceramic workers' union Catu, the average wage in the industry is £12,500. He has the air of a local magnate: ample hair well-brushed, natty lilac-checked shirt neatly pressed. People scurry in and out of his roomy office, bringing sets of figures, press releases, cups of coffee. On a table sits an absurd jasperware-and-gilt confection of a clock.
He shows me Catu membership figures. In 1978, he points out, there were 51,120 people in the union. This year, there are 12,497. Catu itself is diversifying to survive: "We'll take anyone," he jokes. "I'll give you an application form when you leave." He is firmly against the trend towards manufacturing in east Europe and Asia. "If the pottery is not made in Stoke-on-Trent, it devalues the brand," he says, brandishing an Indonesian-made Old Country Rose teacup. "The Staffordshire companies will never compete with the bottom end of the market - the future is in making better-quality products and recognising that English pottery is special." He explains the so-called "back stamping issue". The union, and some manufacturers, argue that the ware's backstamp should identify country of origin. Some backstamps omit to mention it at all. Some companies make ware abroad but have it decorated in Stoke, allowing the backstamp to convey the misleading impression that it is entirely Potteries-produced.
I walk across Hanley to the Potteries Museum. Hanley is the centre of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, although Stoke is an entirely separate town. To explain: the six towns that form the city federated into one entity in 1910. Stoke has the name and the station - though, to add to the city's woes, it is shut all summer while engineers work on the west coast mainline. Hanley, however, has the shops, the bronze statue of Stanley Matthews playing an inert game of football and the museum, with one of the finest collection of English ceramics anywhere. Burslem has the distinction of being the mother of the six towns. Fenton may have been cruelly omitted from Bennett's novels, but, curiously enough, Jorge Luis Borges set a strange, magical little tale called The Garden of Forking Paths in a "suburb of Fenton". (Incidentally Flaubert, one of Bennett's literary heroes, once mentioned Stoke in a notebook, but infelicitously rendered it Stroke Upon Trend.) Perhaps as a result of its fractured history the city has no proud Victorian centre like Manchester or Birmingham. It is not known for architectural beauty.
In a dimly lit basement room - the museum's ceramics store, brimful of treasures - collections officer Miranda Goodby talks about the firm of Johnson Brothers, under the cool, aristocratic gaze of a collection of snow-white Parianware busts. Johnson's was a typical Stoke family firm, founded in 1882 and run by four brothers. In 1896 one crossed the Atlantic, and the US became a vital market for the pottery. It produced plates decorated with nostalgic landscapes, some typically English, others explicitly American. In 1981, Johnson Brothers started to produce Eternal Beau, the bestselling earthenware pattern ever - an octagonal plate with a border of pale flowers and ribbons. "It was a fashionable shape - very nouvelle cuisine - but the pattern wasn't too scary," says Goodby. However, in 1968 Johnson Brothers had already been swallowed up by Wedgwood, which was then tirelessly acquiring smaller potteries. By 1990 Wedgwood was made up of 18 companies, and had itself been taken over by Waterford Crystal. Most of the tradenames of the family firms it had bought - Susie Cooper and Midwinter, for instance, both once famous for the brilliance of their designers - simply ceased to exist. Now, faced with a plummeting share price and foreign competition, the once unassailable Wedgwood - which also shed 1,400 staff in 2001 - is floundering. Is it the end of the pottery industry in Stoke? "It's not all doom and gloom," says Goodby. "You should go to Burgess Dorling & Leigh, who produce Burleigh."
Middleport Pottery, home of Burgess Dorling & Leigh, is tucked away in labyrinthine Burslem, arranged in a U shape by the edge of the canal. The works was built in 1851 and is a model of its type. The U shape made perfect sense: the clay arrived by canal at one end, passed in turn through the various "shops", was fired in one of seven bottle kilns, and eventually appeared as crockery at the other end of the U, ready to be dispatched once again by canal. It is difficult, in the soft June sunshine, to imagine the dirt and industry of this potbank in its heyday, with men stripped to the waist enduring the fiery heat of the kilns, and the smoke of the ovens tarnishing the sky.
Today Burgess Dorling & Leigh is holding a gala: the courtyard is decked with bunting, visitors sit on a square of neat lawn eating cake, someone is launching a book about the firm. Rosemary Dorling sits me down in the factory shop, which is a riot of blue-and-white underglaze-printed earthenware. She and husband William used to run a ceramics shop in Winchester, for which they bought ware from Burgess & Leigh, as it was called then. One day in 1999, they heard that the firm was going into receivership. It would mean the end of the Burleigh make. With just £400 in the bank, the couple took the sudden decision to remortgage their house to bid for the business. When they turned up at the works as the new owners, they had no money to pay for clay. The staff took bets on how long these well-spoken, romantic southerners would last.
Dorling shows me around the works. It is a glorious time warp. The managers' office has its original safe and handsome wooden desks. A cupboard opens to reveal a first-world-war helmet "that was just left here". She leads me to the workshop where transfers are produced from an old hand-engraved copper roller, and hand-applied with a brush. The company is bursting with old pattern books, and all the lines made today come from the archives. "We want to recognise the old skills of Stoke," says Dorling. "We think it's an incredible craft, and our pots are made just as they were 100 years ago. This is a very viable business. We believe there is a market for quality English product, and people are prepared to pay for it." The works now employs 54 people. Exports account for 70 per cent of the business. "From clay to cup... pure English", runs the slogan.
It is not the only successful specialist pottery in Stoke, trading off craftsmanship and quality. In Bridgewater, too, you can decorate your own plate in the cafe. Near it, however, several streets of back-to-backs and a handsome, derelict old works are boarded up, due for demolition. One of the last, stubborn occupiers of a terrace has put up a sign: "Welcome to Talbot Street, twinned with Beirut."


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|Bruce Michael Gilbert, Robert J. Joersz, Roger L. Shelton
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|International Business Machines Corporation
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This invention relates generally to cache replacement algorithms in computer systems. More particularly, this invention relates to a method and apparatus for minimizing the cache miss rate as cache data entries from input/output (IO) devices replace other entries in a cache.
A cache is the name generally given to the first level of memory hierarchy in a computer system encountered by an address once it leaves the CPU of a data processor. Caches store recently-used data and instructions ("data"), thereby reducing the time otherwise required to access the data from slower, lower levels of the hierarchy such as main memory or secondary storage.
Caches contain a number of block frames, each of which can store a memory block (a group of data bytes), and can be organized in a number of ways, such as direct mapped, fully associative, and set associative. In a direct-mapped cache, a memory block can only be stored in a specific block frame in the cache. In a fully associative cache, a memory block can be stored in any block frame in the cache. A set associative cache, which has features of both direct-mapped and fully associative caches, allows a memory block to be stored anywhere within a set of block frames within the cache. The number of block frames within a set are known as ways. A four-way set associative cache, for example, has four block frames per set.
Caches improve system performance because of the "principle of locality," which holds that most computer programs do not access all data uniformly. Instead, most programs re-use the same data they have used recently. A cache stores this recently-used data in high-speed memory so it is available for re-use. The data processor then first looks to the cache for data before seeking it elsewhere. If the data sought is stored in the cache, a cache hit occurs and the data processor accesses it from the cache. If the data is not stored in the cache, a cache miss occurs and the data processor proceeds through the memory hierarchy to fetch the data from another source. In the process of fetching the data for the processor, a copy is stored in the cache for possible re-use.
A cache, however, has a finite size and at some point will completely fill with entries. On the next cache miss, the cache controller must then select an existing cache entry to be replaced by the newly sought data. The method for replacing entries is referred to as a cache replacement algorithm. Well known replacement algorithms include random and least-recently-used (LRU) methods.
While these and other known replacement algorithms work in most circumstances, they do not distinguish data transfers by requestor type (CPU or IO agent). Where such algorithms are used, they will replace currently cached non-IO data with IO data as significant IO data is transferred through the cache. The cache hit rate for non-IO requesters of the cache, such as data processors, then falls significantly. The cache, in effect, becomes unavailable to processors during the IO data transfer. For example, when a processor requests a desired block that has been replaced by an IO request, the cache has a miss. It must then replace the IO-requested block (or another) in the set to again make room for the processor-requested block. That cache miss would have been a cache hit had the IO request not earlier replaced the processor-requested block. Thus computer system performance suffers as the processors must first seek their data from elsewhere in the memory hierarchy than the cache, such as in main memory or secondary storage.
An objective of the invention, therefore, is to provide a method for replacing IO and non-IO data in a cache with a minimal reduction of system performance.
A method of replacing data entries in an associative cache with new data comprises the following steps. Data entries in the ways of the cache are checked to determine which, if any, was last accessed by an IO agent. If such a data entry is identified, the checked data entry is replaced with the new data. If no such data entry is identified, then a data entry is selected according to another cache replacement algorithm such as random or least-recently-used and the selected data entry is replaced.
In one aspect of the invention, the data entries are first checked to determine if any is invalid and, if so, the invalid entry is replaced with the new data before checking for a data entry having an IO state.
In another aspect of the invention, each data entry corresponds to a remote cache tag and the step of checking the data entry comprises checking a state tag portion of the cache tag. The state tag portion may comprise an n-bit tag.
The foregoing and other objects, features, and advantages of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment which proceeds with reference to the following drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a multinode, multiprocessor computer system in accordance with the invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of one of the nodes of the computer system of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an interconnect device within the node of FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is a diagram of a remote cache tag according to the invention and its relationship to an associative cache.
FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a method according to the invention for replacing data in an associative cache.
Although the invention as described and shown herein is embodied in a multinode computer system, it should be understood that this is only a preferred embodiment of the invention. The invention can be implemented in any computer system that uses an associative cache to store data being transferred to or from an IO device.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a multinode, multiprocessor computer system 10 with which the invention may be used. System 10 uses a computer architecture based on Distributed-Shared Memory (DSM). Four nodes 12-18 are shown connected by a system interconnect 20 that permits any node to communicate with any other node. Specifically, the purpose of interconnect 20 is to allow processors in any node to access the memory resident in any other node with cache coherency guaranteed. System interconnect 20 is a switch-based network that uses the Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI) interconnection mechanism. SCI is an Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) approved standard, or protocol (1596), well documented in a number of publications including IEEE Std 1596-1992 (2 Aug. 1993) and Multiprocessor interconnection using SCI, a Master Thesis by Ivan Tving, DTH ID-E 579 (1994), both of which are hereby incorporated by reference. Other interconnection mechanisms could, of course, be used.
The physical links of interconnect 20 provide high bandwidth and low latency and are scalable to allow for the addition of more nodes. Links that meet these requirements include point-to-point interconnects with a data throughput of one gigabyte/second or greater. The links can be configured in any number of suitable ways for connecting nodes 12-18, such as in a ring topology, in arbitrary topologies through switches, or in a combination of both. The links can be wired or wireless (optical, radio frequency, (RF) etc.) depending upon system performance needs. Additional topologies are described in "Interconnect Topologies with Point-To-Point Rings," Ross E. Johnson and James E. Goodman, December 1991, Computer Sciences Technical Report #1058, University of Wisconsin—Madison
A block diagram of node 12 of system 10 is shown in FIG. 2. The node includes a conventional symmetrical multiprocessor (SMP) node bus 22 for connecting multiple data processors 24 to local memory 26. For clarity, nodes 12-18 may be referred to as home (i.e., local) nodes or remote nodes in certain circumstances. A home node is one whose local memory stores a memory block of interest (i.e., the address of the memory block falls within the address range supported by the home node's local memory); all of the other nodes are then remote nodes with respect to that memory block. Additionally, a node may be a requesting node or a responding node. A requesting node is one requesting data; a responding node is one furnishing such data. Input/output (I/O) device 28, which is also connected to bus 22, connects the node to devices outside computer system 10 for communicating information between the computer system and the outside world. I/O device 28 may be of conventional design and includes means for connecting the node (and hence system 10) to personal computers, local area networks, etc., that wish to utilize the power of the multinode computer system. To connect node 12 to the other nodes in the system, the node includes remote cache interconnect device 30. The device forms part of system interconnect 20 along with the physical links between nodes and the same devices on the other nodes of the computer system 10. In the present embodiment, device 30 is constructed to implement the SCI standard for data communication between the nodes, allowing a processor on one node to access data stored on another node. Device 30 also contains a remote cache in the present embodiment, although this combination is not required for the invention. The remote cache could as well be separate from the interconnect device.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the interconnect device 30 in more detail. The device includes a snoopy cache protocol engine 32; storage such as memory for memory tags 34 and remote cache tags 36 and 37; a tag cache 38; a memory & remote cache protocol engine 40; an interconnect controller 42; and a remote cache memory 44.
To maintain coherence among the remote caches in the nodes of computer system 10, the system uses a chained directory scheme defined in the SCI protocol. The chained directory is implemented as a doubly linked sharing list that keeps track of which caches share the same data. With this sharing list, remote caches can be notified when the data they share has been changed and thus is no longer valid. The elements of the sharing list are SCI remote cache tags 36, which are linked into the chained directory to indicate that the node's remote cache 44 contains a copy of the shared data. An SCI remote cache tag 36 contains a number of fields including the Address field, which identifies the memory block cached in the remote cache, and the Cache State field, which gives the state of the cache.
For rapid response to accesses from local processors 24 and IO device 28, a set of remote cache tags 37 (similar but not identical to tags 36) is also provided. FIG. 4 is a diagram of a remote cache tag 37 and its relationship to remote cache 44. Each 64-bit tag 37 is sub-divided into four 16-bit tags 39 corresponding to particular cache ways. Each tag 39 is further subdivided into a 3-bit state tag portion 39 b and a 13-bit bus address tag portion 39 a. Cache 44 in the present embodiment is a four-way, 128 k (kilobyte) set associative cache organized into 576-bit data lines, or blocks. Each tag 37 corresponds to a particular cache set such as set 2. Within each set are four ways (such as the way numbered 43) which correspond to tags 39. Remote cache tags 37, individual tags 39, and tag portions 39 a and 39 b can, of course, be any n-bit value, or be separate tags or multiple portions, depending upon how the invention is implemented. Cache 44 could be other n-way, even fully associative for the purposes of this invention.
During a remote cache tag lookup, a cache controller (not shown) within protocol engine 32 compares tags 37 against bus address bits received from the processor 24 or IO device 28. This comparison selects the appropriate cache set. Address tag portions 39 a for each tag are then compared against the upper bus address bits to determine if desired data line is stored in one of the four ways of the cache set. If so, the state of the cache line is determined by the bits of the state tag portion 39 b for the cache way containing the data line.
A cache way can have a number of states, indicated by the state tag bits. Table 1 summarizes the state and address cache tag encoding for the remote cache states that are pertinent to this embodiment of the invention.
State Tag
State Tag
Address Tag
Remote cache data valid for
node bus request. Data line
last accessed by IO agent.
Remote cache data valid for
node bus read requests.
Data line last accessed by IO
agent. Hold state guarantees
forward progress for
prefetched lines.
Remote cache data valid for
all node bus requests (this
node has only valid copy of
data). Data line last accessed
by IO agent.
Remote cache data valid for
all node bus requests (this
node has only valid copy of
data). Data line last accessed
by IO agent. Hold state
guarantees forward progress
for prefetched lines.
Remote cache data invalid for
node bus accesses.
The first four rows are states that indicate the last access to the cache line in the way was made by an IO agent such as IO device 28. Other IO states or bit values, of course, could be used.
FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a method according to the invention for replacing a data entry in the way of an associative cache (such as cache 44) with new data. This method comes into play when an agent on node bus 22 such as a processor 24 or IO device 28 tries to access a remote memory line that is not currently cached. Under these circumstances, it becomes necessary to allocate a way in cache 44 for receipt of the new data. In the preferred embodiment, these steps are carried out by the cache controller within protocol engine 32.
Initially, the state tag portions 39 b for the data entries in the ways of the selected cache set (such as the way numbers 43 in set 2) are checked to see if any data entries are invalid (step 50). The cache set (such as set 2 in FIG. 4) is determined by the address bits of the bus agent request, and the corresponding cache tag 37 is checked by examining the state tag portions 39 b of each tag 39. If an entry with an invalid state is found, then its cache way is identified as a replacement target for storing the new data (step 52).
If no invalid data entries in the cache set are found, the data entries are then rechecked to determine which, if any, was last accessed by an IO agent. In the preferred embodiment, the check is done by examining the state tag portions 39 b for the data entries to see if a tag indicates an IO state (such as RDIO or WRIO) (step 54). Other techniques for checking on last access may, of course, be used. By selecting data entries with IO states, the number of IO data entries is minimized since they are replaced before non-IO entries. This minimization reduces the impact of large IO data transfers through the cache by preserving the data entries frequently used by data processors 24. If a data entry has such an IO state, then its cache way is identified as the target for storing the new data (step 56).
If none of the data entries in the cache ways has an IO state, then an entry is selected as the target according to another, conventional cache replacement algorithm (step 58). Any of a number of well-known algorithms can be used, including but not limited to random replacement, least-recently-used, or the first entry encountered with a read (RD) or a write (WR) state.
Once stored in cache 44, through whatever route, the new data entry is marked with the appropriate state in state tag portion 39 b. If the new data entry is IO data, for example, the entry is marked with an IO state.
To provide randomization in the cache way allocation, the order in which the tags 39 are examined in steps 50, 54, and 58 preferably changes each time a cache way is sought for replacement. An allocation counter within protocol engine 32 outputs a number that is incremented each time a cache way is allocated. The counter points to a "first" way for allocation. The cache controller then allocates the "first" way first, looking at the next cache way if necessary, and so on, causing the counter to wrap around as the ways are allocated. For example, if the counter contains a two, the state for the cache way 2 is first evaluated to determine if the way is available for allocation. If it is not (under whatever test is being applied), cache way 3 is evaluated, followed by cache way O and cache way 1. This technique thus checks the ways of the cache in pseudo-random fashion.
Having illustrated and described the principles of the invention in a preferred embodiment, it should be apparent to those skilled in the art that the preferred embodiment can be modified in arrangement and detail without departing from these principles. For example, the locations of the various tags, allocation logic and cache can be changed as desired to meet the needs of a particular implementation. Software aspects of the embodiment may be implemented in hardware and vice versa. The invention may be used in single or multiprocessor computer systems and with set, fully, or other associative-type caches.
In view of these and the many other possible embodiments to which the principles of the invention can be applied, it should be understood that the following claims, not the preferred embodiment, define the scope of the invention. We therefore claim as the invention all that comes within the spirit and scope of these claim.
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- Led gain reduction indicators
- Xlr inputs
- 6.3mm (1/4) jack inputs
- Xlr outputs
- 6.3mm (1/4) jack outputs
- 19' rack mountable, 1uWeight: 2.0kg (including packaging)Warranty: 1 yearPower: 240V / 110V Switchable


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