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"How small can you make this?" is a question frequently heard by embedded engineers at the start of their projects. Most of the time, the person asking this question is concerned with reducing the RAM and Flash resources with the goal of reducing a device's unit costs or energy requirements.
Because Linux, and the surrounding environment, originally was intended for desktop or server systems, its default configuration isn't optimized for size. However, as Linux is finding itself in more embedded devices, making Linux "small" isn't as daunting a task as it once was. There are several different approaches for reducing the memory footprint of a system.
Many engineers start by reducing the size of the kernel; however, there is lower-hanging fruit at hand. This article goes into detail about how to reduce the size of the kernel, mostly by removing code that won't even be used in a typical embedded system.
A root filesystem (RFS) can be the largest consumer of memory resources in a system. A root filesystem contains the infrastructure code used by an application as well as the C library. Selecting the filesystem used for the RFS itself can have a large effect on the final size. The standard, ext3, is frightfully inefficient on several axes from an embedded engineer's perspective, but that's a topic for another article.
Even the smallest Linux distribution has at least two parts: a kernel and root filesystem. Sometimes, these components are colocated in the same file, but they're still separate and distinct components. By removing nearly all features from the kernel (networking, error logging and support for most devices) and making the root filesystem just the application, the size of a system easily can be less than 1MB. However, many users choose Linux for the networking and device support, so this isn't a realistic scenario.
The Linux kernel is interesting in that although it depends on GCC during compilation time, it has no dependencies at runtime. Those engineers new to Linux confuse the initial RAM disk (so-called initrd) with a kernel runtime dependency. The initrd is mounted first by the kernel, and a program runs that interrogates the system in order to figure out what modules need to be loaded in order to support the devices, so that the "real" root filesystem can be mounted. In fact, the two-step mounting, the initrd followed by the real root filesystem, rarely finds its way into embedded systems as the gain in flexibility in a system that does change isn't worth the additional space or time. But, this topic falls under the rubric of the root filesystem and is discussed later in this article.
Most of the effort in reducing kernel size lies in removing what's not needed. Because the kernel is configured for desktop and server systems, it has many features enabled that wouldn't be used in an embedded system.
Kernel loadable modules are re-locatable code that the kernel links into itself at runtime. The typical use cases for loadable modules are allowing drivers to be loaded into the kernel from user space (typically after some probing process) and allowing the upgrade of device drivers without taking down the system. For most embedded systems, once they're out in the field, changing the root filesystem is either impractical or impossible, so the system's designer links the modules directly into the kernel, removing the need for loadable modules. The space-saving in this area isn't limited to the kernel, however, as the programs managing loadable modules (such as insmod, rmmod and lsmod) and the shell script to load them aren't necessary.
The Linux-tiny set of patches has been an on-again-off-again project that originally was spearheaded by Matt Mackall. The Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) has put effort into reviving the project, and the CELF Developer's Wiki has patches for the 220.127.116.11 kernel (at the time of this writing). In the meantime, many of the changes in the Linux-tiny Project have been included in the mainline kernel. Even if many of the original Linux-tiny patches have made it into the kernel, some substantial space-saving patches haven't, such as:
Fine-grain printk support: users can have control over what files can use printk. This allows engineers to reap the size benefits of excluding printk for the kernel at large while still having access to their favorite debugger in the places where it's needed most.
Change CRC from calculation to use table lookup: Ethernet packets require a CRC to validate the integrity of the packet. This implementation of the CRC algorithm uses table lookups instead of calculations, saving about 2K.
Network tweaking: several patches reduce the supported network protocols, buffer sizes and open sockets. Many embedded devices support only a few protocols and don't need to service thousands of connections.
No panic reporting: if the device has three status lights and a serial connection, the user won't be able to see, much less act on, panic information that appears on a (nonexistent console). If the device has a kernel panic failure, the user simply will power-cycle the device.
Reduction of inlining: an inline is where the compiler, instead of generating a call to a function, treats it as a macro, putting a copy of the code in each place it is called. Although the inline directive is technically a hint, GCC will inline any function by default. By suppressing inline functions, the code runs slightly slower, as the compiler needs to generate code for a call and return; in exchange, however, the object file is smaller.
The Linux-tiny patches are distributed in a tar archive that can be applied with the quilt utility or applied individually.
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According to a recent report from Smith Travel Research, 2005 was very good to the U.S. hotel industry, which reached $22.6 billion in profits. In fact, it was the most profitable year the industry has ever had, including the year 2000, during which the industry scored a then-record $22.5 billion in profits. Compared to 2004 every metric grew, including average daily rate (up 5.4 percent), occupancy (up 2.9 percent), RevPAR (up 8.5 percent), and total industry revenues (up 7.9 percent).
This highwater mark is expected to continue, despite energy, labor, and insurance increases, according to Randy Smith, STR founder and CEO. In a press release STR president Mark Lomanno notes that profits as a percentage of revenue actually were lower than the 2000 profit margins, but the strong room demand—for the first time, more than 1 billion room nights were sold last year—helped to increase the bottom line. Groups and business travelers accounted for much of this increase in demand for 2005, and STR expects that trend to continue. Coupled with a slowdown in new supply, STR projects that hotels will continue to raise both occupancies and rates.
The 2006 edition of Trends in the Hotel Industry, released by PKF Hospitality Research, also hails the 15.5 percent increase in profits in 2005, which follows 2004's double-digits. But, like STR, PKF cautions that, while demand and revenue are growing, so are operational expenses—up 6.5 percent from 2004 to 2005. Labor is the largest piece of the operational expense pie at 44.6 percent, followed by management and franchise fees, property taxes, insurance, and utilities. However, the PKF report says, while it was mainly larger hotels who reaped the profits in 2004, everyone—defined as full-service, limited-service, convention, all-suite, and resort properties--saw double-digit increases in profits in 2005.

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"Save the French Broad" campaign funds will be used to protect French Broad water quality and build paddle trail
The Save the French Broad Campaign wrapped up a summer long campaign with a rocking grand finale show with the Wailers. Aston "Family Man" Barrett, from the Wailers, said the money that was raised to protect the French Broad River was "for the people." This summer long campaign smashed its fundraising goal of $20,000 by $16,000, making this the most successful Save the French Broad Campaign to date. This truly was a campaign for the people as hundreds of people contributed to improving water quality in the French Broad River and building the French Broad River Paddle Trail.
This is the fourth year that SweetWater Brewing Company has teamed up with the French Broad Riverkeeper and has worked with numerous other Riverkeeper groups across the Southeast to protect clean water. SweetWater fans in Atlanta are no strangers to the annual Save the Hooch Campaign, which has raised more than $150,000 to support Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper's river patrol and water quality programs since its inception in 2006.
Throughout the summer dozens of bars, businesses, and restaurants encouraged the public to "give of their liver to save the river," by buying $1 or $5 paper Sweetwater fish to support the campaign. Other contributors to the Save the French Broad Campaign padded for 9 days down the French Broad River, sponsored a paddling friend, raced down the whitewater section of the river, or attended the grand finale Wailers show.
The funds from this campaign are already being directed towards building the French Broad River paddle trail and funding water quality initiatives. Two campsites have recently been built along the French Broad River and five more are planned for this fall and spring. This would fully connect over 120 miles of the French Broad River, improving an already world-class paddling destination by adding riverside campsites for overnight trips.
The ultimate goal of the Clean Water Act of 1972, one of America's most important environmental laws, is to ensure that all streams are fishable and swimmable. The French Broad Riverkeeper has been monitoring hundreds of miles of the Swannanoa River, Hominy, and Mud Creek Watersheds for E. coli bacterial contamination. The test results from these samples show there is much work to be done, but through the contributions from supporters of the Save the French Broad Campaign, the Riverkeeper is actively working to make the goals of the Clean Water Act a reality here in WNC.
The Wailers show was a great way to celebrate the success of the Save the French Broad Campaign, and also to re-energize the public about the importance of protecting our streams and rivers. Looming threats such as the H.R. 2018 bill, which significantly weakens the Clean Water Act, could drag us back down to the days when the French Broad was said to be "too thick to drink and too thin to plow."
Thanks to supporters of the Save the French Broad Campaign, the French Broad Riverkeeper will continue working towards improving water quality in WNC.
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Leveraging Big Data
Brynjolfsson is director of M.I.T.'s Center for Digital Business. His take on Big Data is recounted by technology writer Steve Lohr in his "Unboxed" column in the December 30th issue of The New York Times.
Big Data is all about "analyzing data sets so large and complex that they become difficult to process using on-hand database management tools or traditional data processing applications," according to the wonks who think about these things. Put another way, Big Data is a way of wrapping your head around an overwhelming amount of statistical information and drawing some useful insight from the process. Big Data may be a way to answer with a degree of precision some big questions about packaging. To date, we struggle to comprehend all that packaging is by following market developments and conducting traditional research, what Big Data's proponents must think of as "Little Data."
Four quadrillion ampoules, bags, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, pouches and the panoply of other product-containing packages certainly must enter the realm (or at least be standing in the door) of Big Data. The question about the number of packages produced got us thinking about some other packaging use and consumption questions we've considered before, and both how and who might provide more accurate answers than the Little Data responses we've been dealing with. For instance:
• How big is packaging? We think the $500 billion value of global packaging that the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) (www.worldpackaging.org) and others cite significantly understates the fact. Why? Because the tabulations invariably leave out one or the other important element of packaging such as new machinery sales or the value of installed equipment, which runs an average of 12 years before being replaced. Also not typically counted: packaging services such as graphic and machine design, system integration, contract manufacturing, education, and research. For that matter, most measurements of packaging fail to count the value of packager-initiated development, design, installation, maintenance, or the upgrading and streamlining of packaging formats and operational systems that are constant focuses of food, healthcare, industrial, and consumer goods packaging operations.
Thirteen years ago, 20 members of PMMI's Packaging Management Council, an organization of senior packaging managers, did calculate the value of their own and their peers' packaging departments and determined that what is generally referred to as the "packaging industry" should more accurately be considered the "packaging economy," since they unanimously considered themselves part of various packaged goods industries, not any "packaging industry." Furthermore, they estimated the 2000 global packaging economy's value at $3 trillion and growing—a far cry from the $350 billion or so that was being bandied about in those days.
• How effective is anti-counterfeiting packaging? Although many anti-counterfeiting packaging technologies have been introduced in the last 10 years, drug counterfeiting incidents have risen sharply in the period. Data is needed to track counterfeiting incidents before and after adopting anti-counterfeiting packaging before any assessment of the effectiveness of anti-counterfeiting packaging in general, or specific technologies in particular, can be made. Seems like a Big Data inquiry well worth taking.
• What share of the retail packaging mix do various packaging materials, formats and processes enjoy? A number of years ago some American market analysts thought that data derived from UPC package codes might provide an accurate picture of the packaging mix, one that could be updated quarterly. The project never got off the ground, even though various packaging organizations considered the packaging mix data something their members might profitably use.
These are just three investigations that might yield a better understanding of the packaging economy if Big Data were brought to bear. And who should conduct such inquiries? Why not the International Association of Packaging Research Institutes (IAPRI) (www.iapriweb.org). Consider this excerpt from their website:
"The packaging domain cannot advance without substantial strategic research being undertaken. As in every other discipline, novel approaches are essential to achieve effective future packaging solutions. However, the extensive complexity of the field due to its multi-disciplinarity and material variety, its range of stakeholders, and its broad mix of functions, makes strategic research indispensable for the packaging domain."
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I'm having the same issue. Identical to your issue. Apple please help must be an ios7 issue
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I know Apple says you don't have to calibrate the battery for our phones, but it seems that since the ios7 update, it's a must. Here's how i do it, and so far it worked, my phone shuts down at 1%.
1. Charge your phone till 100%.
2. Use it until it shuts down. (When it shuts down, try to power it on a few times over the course of an hour just to make sure it doesn't start)
3. Connect it to the charger, shut it down the moment it powers on and leave it there for about 4-6 hours.
4. Power it on and use it normally,
5. Drain your phone, use it until it turns off then repeat steps 3 and 4.
6. Return to your regular charge cycle.
Hope this helps.
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Same issue here, but mine iphone 5 has not been upgrade to the new iOS and is still on the iOS6. Today I was using the camera and it shut down with the dead battery screen. I plugged it into the charger to get the phone to power back up and it showed 52% and I was able to immediately unplug the phone and continue to use it. I did see how much battery was showing before it shut down, but it was certainly over 45%.
This is the third time this week this has happened. Don't believe the other two times it happen I was using the phone, but doing other tasks.
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I have had the same problem twice in the last three days.
First instance, at 15% reported on battery life, the phone shuts down, and the out of battery need to connect screen is shown. I had to connect to power, and when it came back on, it reported 15% battery left.
Second iinstance was at 35%, same thing, powered down, upon connect to power source, when it turned back on, it was at 35%.
Both instance will not let me turn on the phone without connecting to power.
iPhone 5, updated to iOS 7.0.3.
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I was able to find out the issue with my phone. Turns out the battery was depleted. I ran a diagnosis online and the results showed my battery was depleted. Same thing happend when I called Apple Support and they ran a diagnosis. I had to go to the Apple store and have the battery replaced ($79 + tax charge). Naturally, I was just a few days outside my warranty otherwise it may have been free.
I think this is more of an iPhone 5 issue rather than an iOS 7 issue, but the combination of the two seem to be a real problem. This is probably why Apple is no longer offereing the iPhone 5. I had the 3 and 4S longer than the 5 and I never had an issue with the battery.
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had same issue today, just for another data point.
40% left on battery (it was reporting)
was taking pictures
it shutdown and locked me out until i could plug into power
as soon as i plugged in, it said it was at 44% power.
this is an iphone 4s.
btw the camera on ios7 is complete death to batteries. i can drain a battery in 2 hours just by leaving the camera on, unused.
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I have the same problem every since the iOS7 update. It's ridiculous! It will shut down from 13 % up to 30% and when I try to turn it back on (lock button) it will show the 'need to charge' photo.When I press the home button & lock button though it turns on and shows the battery % only to shut down a few minutes later. I have my iphone (5) for roughly 10 months and it's in perfect condition, never dropped it, not one scratch and it makes me angry seeing little annoying bugs like this that ruin an otherwise great phone. Please Apple, fix this soon!
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Definitely add me to this too. Had my phone cut off (multiple times in the last couple of months) showing anywhere between 27% and 38% battery remaining and would not turn back on until I plugged it back into a charger, when it would fire up showing 20% to 40% (sometimes more than the charge showing when it cut off.
Really p****ng me off as its usually in a spot where I don't have a charger immediately to hand and its starting to feel unreliable, which is exactly what you need a mobile to be should an emergency ever arise.
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Try recalibrating the battery meter... fully discharge (until it shuts off) and then fully recharge (don't unplug until 100%) to recalibrate the battery meter. You may need to do this a few times.
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fwiw, i did the full discharge yesterday to see if would be a remedy. i only had the unexpected shutdown once, so hard to establish a pattern.
during the intentional battery drain, i noticed it stopped decreasing near 40 percent for me. i powered off then on again and it showed about 20. so the monitoring or the discharge pattern of the battery itself seems wonky. it also stayed on the last 1% for about 10%'s worth of time -- way too long. so with these efforts i hope it has calibrated -- will try it again when i can and see if it discharges more linearly.
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I am having the same issue and I did not see this until the last 7.03 update. It cut out right during Halloween pictures and could not use the phone till I plugged it in to charger for a minute or so. The phone then powered up and lasted the rest of the night, but some priceless moments were missed!
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I am having the same issue and have had my phone already replaced once by apple and still same issue. I am not wondering if it is an IOS 7 issue somewhere. It didn't do that before as bad. I know all smartphones can be battery hogs if you have alot running.
I had everything that I don't need shut down and it still did it.
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In response to the other posts, I have not had any issue with the battery until the update to IOS7 and I have been using the phone for over a year. I am not suprised that the store would say the battery was bad, the phone thinks it is and shuts down. I do not know what plugging it in does for the phone, but after I plugged it in for just a few minutes it lasted for several hours. it was not that the battery was dead, but how the camera works with the system on IOS7. I do not know if taking a picture and saving it while using the flash cause a large draw etc, but whatever it is the system then thinks the battery is dead when it isnt. The hard part is once you apply power it will go away and there is no way to verify the issue. Even if it is weaker battery it should not just shut off with 20% power and then not work until power is applied. The battery is not dead as it has worked for several hours afterward. I have not used the camera in those cases for fear of losing my phone until I could get to a power cord. I am not aware of it happening twice in a row, but I will test it next time I am near a power cord after it dies. I would also concur, that this is a quick failure for the battery also as the phone is just over a year old.
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Louisville Metro Government departments are urging gun owners to use common sense now that firearms are allowed in city-owned buildings.
The General Assembly passed a state law forbidding cities from enacting stricter gun laws than the state in 2012, and the Metro Council changed its definition of deadly weapons last week as a result.
Under the new provisions taking effect this month, residents are allowed to openly carry a firearm in Metro facilities such as the mayor's office and City Hall, as well as libraries, parks and the Louisville Zoo.
The Jefferson county attorney told The Courier-Journal he is concerned about Metro employee's safety, but Louisville Free Public Library Director Craig Buthod told WFPL that he expects most residents will keep their guns at home.
"I think most people have better sense than to carry a gun into the library. A library is a place that's always got children and young moms trying to keep the peace. And I don't think anybody's going to want to bring a gun into the library. I think it's something that we'll deal with, but I don't think it's something we'll deal with more than once a year," he says.
Buthod says the library has changed its policy to comply with the state mandate and that no additional security has been requested.
The city's library system is estimated to have about 10,000 visitors daily, and some branches have an armed guard on duty. But others have questioned if public spaces such as the city's parks are as secure and have voiced concern about residents bringing their firearms.
"I think it's reasonable to expect that some citizens will have concerns with this," says Metro Parks spokeswoman Julie Kredens. "But we're hoping that responsible gun owners are going to use a common sense approach as far as when and where it's appropriate to carry firearms regardless of whether or not they're in their rights under law."
The law still allows for cities to regulate other weapons, and it continues to bar things such as knives and nightsticks from Metro buildings. Guns are still banned in Jefferson County jails, courts and schools, and private businesses can prohibit firearms as well.
Those in favor of the changes point out that the law passed overwhelmingly in the state legislature and that it upholds Kentucky resident's constitutional rights. Gun rights groups have often argued that the lack of law-abiding residents with firearms is one of the reasons that mass shootings take place.
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"In the past there has always been a concern that when it comes to certain issues government and as passionate as some people can be, the presence of a gun may intimidate people," says Democratic caucus spokesman Tony Hyatt. "The council president is going to have to be more aware of the potential if a gun is present in council chambers. I don't know if we're going to have increased police presence but you may see us review things such as addresses to the council and who is speaking."
Republican caucus spokesman Stephen Haag says GOP members were split on the state law, but those who objected realized that the city is an arm of state government and were forced to deal with it.
"I think in many cases people have already had these freedoms (in the state capital), and it hasn't been an issue. And for some knowing that an area is not completely gun-free means people are less likely to act violently," he says. "We have good security here at the council, and hopefully the common sense will take over and lead the way. If we have any hints or signs, we have Metro Police officers and security personnel here during our regular meetings."
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Scientific Name: | Cherax quadricarinatus | |||
Species Authority: | (von Martens, 1868) | |||
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Justification: Cherax quadricarinatus has been assessed as Least Concern. There are no major threats impacting this species or its habitat, and it is unlikely to be experiencing significant population declines. This species is tolerant of a wide variety of habitats and is considered an invasive species in certain parts of Australia and in many other countries. Further research is required to determine the abundance of this species, and whether it is being impacted upon by any major threat processes. |
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Range Description: | This species is native to freshwater creeks and water bodies in tropical Queensland, the Northern Territory and south-eastern Papua New Guinea. It has been widely translocated around the world, and is considered an invasive species. This species has established feral populations in South Africa, Mexico, Jamaica and Puerto Rico (Ahyong and Yeo 2007). This species has a distribution exceeding 3.5 million km2. |
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LRICHMOND — For sportsmen, at long last, times are changing in Virginia. The Virginia Senate has approved legislation to repeal a long-standing state ban on some forms of Sunday hunting, a development that all but guarantees the days are numbered for the decades-old prohibition. Russell County Democratic Sen. Phillip Puckett's SB154 was approved on a 29-10 vote. It would allow Sunday hunting on private property with the consent of landowners.
HILLSVILLE –– Eddie Sloss has been named the new head football coach at Carroll County High School, following his approval by the school board in its monthly meeting Tuesday night. Sloss, a Blacksburg native, was the defensive coordinator at Christiansburg High School this past season after a nine-year stint as an assistant at Blacksburg High and one year at Auburn.
Firefighters pulled over Is it true that the Galax Police Department has given speeding tickets to two Galax firemen while they were answering calls? If it is, what on earth is going on in the city? First, they change the speed limit to get more money and now this. I hope the council gets involved.
HILLSVILLE — Dozens of members of Hillsville Pentecostal Holiness joined Pastor Jeff Pickett on his birthday Sunday to break ground on the first phase of the church's new facility. The congregation gathered Feb. 9 on the large, cleared lot near Virginia Street for the ceremony celebrating the 500-seat sanctuary, which will also have Sunday school rooms and a parking lot. Along with Pickett and the congregation members, former pastor Ron Fredricks and Bishop Preston Mathena participated in the blessing for the church.
HILLSVILLE — Adding an auxiliary gym along and other improvements to Carroll County High School would solve a variety of space, accessibility and security issues there, Schools Superintendent Strader Blankenship told the county supervisors Monday. Blankenship attended the regular February supervisors' meeting at the request of Pine Creek Representative Bob Martin, in connection with a $3.4 million capital improvement plan request involving the high school and an auxiliary gym.
HILLSVILLE — Two Carroll County residents have been charged with committing a string of residential burglaries in the Wards Gap section, according to Sheriff J.B. Gardner.
It might be difficult to push a shopping cart through Galax's Kroger parking lot next Tuesday without accidentally bumping into one of the store's supporters. On Feb. 18, beginning at 12:30 p.m., the blacktop could be filled with community members who are sad, angry, frustrated and determined to keep the business open.
INDEPENDENCE — A Grayson County woman pleaded guilty Feb. 7 in Grayson County Circuit Court to a charge that resulted from the shooting of a Grayson County deputy sheriff in June 2012. Crystal Sue Gooslin-Wheatley, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of ammunition after having been convicted of a felony.
HILLSVILLE — Travis Jackson has announced that he will step down as Hillsville's town manager at the end of this month, after just more than a year on the job. Jackson submitted his resignation last week, after he was presented with an opportunity to lead a foundation that he has been a part of for several years.
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An Afghan-international security force killed a couple of militants in Wardak province today while pursuing a small group of Taliban. The joint security force searched a compound near the village of Andar in the Nerkh District after intelligence sources determined the location of militant activities. During the operation the security force came under fire, returned fire and killed the militants. In another operation today, a joint force detained a small group of militants, including a Taliban weapons facilitator, in Helmand province.
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ERB arrests suspected terrorist recruiter, VBIED facilitator
By SOF Editor on Mon, 12/21/2009 - 9:24am
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Multi-National Corps - Iraq
Constables of an Emergency Response Battalion, partnered with U.S. forces, arrested Ali Hussein Hassan Farhat in northern Iraq, Dec.
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Securing the Border 24/7: U.S. Soldiers, ABP Combine Efforts at Afghan COP in Khost
By SOF Editor on Mon, 12/21/2009 - 9:22am
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On a rugged mountaintop bordering Pakistan, three kilometers from Northern Waziristan, sits Afghan Combat Outpost Chergotah in Khost province, Afghanistan. Here, U.S.
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Navy Bids Farewell to USNS San Jose, Combat Stores Ships
By SOF Editor on Mon, 12/21/2009 - 9:16am
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Military Sealift Command combat stores ship USNS San Jose (T-AFS 7) marked the close of 39 years of service to the Navy fleet in a shipboard ceremony Dec. 18 in Pearl Harbor. The event paid tribute to the ship and the hundreds of sailors and civil service mariners who have served as its crew over the past three decades, ensuring that San Jose played its part in keeping the U.S.
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Maneuver Battle Lab tests new mortar system
By SOF Editor on Mon, 12/21/2009 - 9:09am
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The Bayonet
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The Army wants to decrease the weight Soldiers carry on missions, and Fort Benning's Maneuver Battle Lab is part of the effort. Last week, 10 Soldiers evaluated a lightweight base plate being developed for the M224 Lightweight Company Mortar System during a series of live-fire, static and movement exercises at McKenna Urban Operations Complex, Fergusson and Buckner ranges. The current M8 base plate limits the direction and distance a mortar can be fired, said Rusty Schulten, a project officer for MBL's Soldier Team, and Soldiers still have to carry the M7 base plate - weighing more than
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Cambodia Tribunal Charges Former Khmer Rouge Head of State With Genocide
By SOF Editor on Fri, 12/18/2009 - 12:14pm
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VOA News
Cambodia's U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal has charged the Khmer Rouge's former head of state with genocide, the third such charge this week against a former leader of the brutal regime. A court spokesman says Khieu Samphan was brought before investigating judges of the U.N.-assisted tribunal Friday and charged. On Wednesday, the tribunal charged two other defendants with genocide for the first time: Nuon Chea, the group's top ideologist and former foreign minister Ieng Sary. All three have been charged with involvement in the deaths of members of the country's ethnic Cham and Vietnam
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Fine episode. Maybe one day the writers will actually explain the fear Cilan has on Purrloin.
Fine episode. Maybe one day the writers will actually explain the fear Cilan has on Purrloin.
This was a great episode, I'm glad Ash won a tournament .... for once after so long.
It was nice to see an episode focused on Cilan, (Thankfully there was no appearance from Team Rocket in this episode) I liked how Clian found out the thief who stole Mrs. Ripple's rare jewel "The eye of Liepard".
But at the end of this episode, I was like WHAT? Cilan told Ash and Iris the reason why still fears Purrloin .... But off-screen ?! I guess it's another mystery that will be solved in the future ....... Or maybe not.
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This was quite a good episode in my opinion. It was mixed with the funny moments of Cilan and Purrloin and the excitement of Ash's tournament, even though we saw very little of it. It's just a little infuriating that we didn't find out why Cilan fears Purrloin. I hope they reveal it before the end of the arc.
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I actually liked this episode. I think having a mystery story play out is probably what won it for me. Sure its filler but it was still enjoyable. I could have sworn Cilan had shown a Purrloin fear before, way back in the middle of Unova. Just shows you can write a good filler without goofy TRio showing up.
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I bet the reason we don't hear why Cilan fears Purrloin is because it's inappropriate for even kids to hear. Guess that Purrloin back in Cilan's years must have done something REALLY horrible to him.
I doubt he'll tell his fear openly now that Ash and Iris know about it, and they looked pretty shocked. Kind of lame, but oh well.
At least we know the reason for other fears carried by previous members of Ash's gang.
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It was a great episode. I usually don't enjoy fillers like this one. I was surprised Team Rocket didn't appear at all.
Yeah I agree with Zoruagible. This was a filler that I actually liked, and the plot wasn't as simplistic as I would've thought if you told me there was a mystery episode of pokémon.
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As of this episode, I am finally completely caught up in the anime. I've seen every movie, Pikachu short, special, and episode. That only took like two years.
Anyway, this episode was decent. The gems looked pretty cool. Interesting that Cilan's fear got brought up again, but now that Iris and Ash know I doubt we ever will. I guess it's up to your imagination.
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I really wanted to know why Cilan was afraid of purrloin! What a way to fill up the suspense and to disappoint us.... That guy was pretty slick to cut the power out and use vanillite to steal the jewel. Ash finally wins a tournament even though it wasn't really a big one like the tag battle contest or poke ringer contest
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