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BAGHDAD, Feb. 10, 2006 – NATO soldiers assigned to the Iraqi Military Academy of Rustamiyah here trained with the U.S. 801st Brigade Support Battalion, 506th Regimental Combat Team, this week on Eagle First Responder lifesaving techniques. Soldiers and officers from Great Britain, Romania, Hungary and Poland participated in the life-saving courses during the "train-the-trainer" classes. After completing the course, they will be able to, in turn, train and certify their soldiers in Eagle First Responder skills. During the training, the soldiers learned advanced lifesaving techniques, ranging from applying a tourniquet to providing intravenous therapy and shock treatment, as well as...

MAHMUDIYAH, Iraq, Feb. 3, 2006 — One of the coalition missions with the highest expectations, the greatest visibility and the most responsibility is that of the Military Transition Teams. The teams' task is to prepare the young Iraqi Army to take over the job of securing its own country. In Mahmudiyah, a city south of Baghdad, training is taking shape. "It's a very challenging mission, but the more we stay with the Iraqi Army, the better they become." U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Arturo Delagarza "It's a very challenging mission, but the more we stay with the Iraqi Army, the better...

1/11/2006 - ALI BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- Reality is often at odds with expectations when Airmen deploy. This difference can be extreme when the mission is to provide military training to a recent enemy. But several Airmen near the end of six-month deployments as advisory support team instructors say they would rather stay here than go home after their experiences. During their deployment they have had a chance to directly shape the future of the world, learn about and gain respect for a different culture, meet men they now call brothers and solidify their instinctive belief that the U.S. Air...

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day Free Republic made its debut in September, 1996, and the forum was added in early 1997.   Over 100,000 people have registered for posting privileges on Free Republic, and the forum is read daily by tens of thousands of concerned citizens and patriots from all around the country and the world. A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day was introduced on June 24, 2002. It's only a small room in JimRob's house where we can get to know one another a little better; salute and support our military and our leaders; pray for those in...

An Interview with Christina Asquith: About “The Emergency Teacher” Tuesday, November 8, 2005 EducationNews.org Suzi Cottrell Michael F. Shaughnessy Eastern New Mexico University Portales, New Mexico 1) You have recently written a book about “The Emergency Teachers” What prompted you to write this book? Literature is a powerful teaching tool. When I started my first year teaching in a low-income, urban school, I searched for books by other new teachers to use as a model for myself. But I couldn’t find anything that was realistic and written by a teacher. So, when my year ended, and I had learned so...

Ambrea Johnson, 9, right, and sister Aijah, 7, bottom, put on camouflage paint with the help from Pfc. Kenneth Crim during Sunday's 4-H Club visit to a Fort Huachuca obstacle course. (Mark Levy-Herald/Review) Youngsters conquer obstacles on fort, learn team conceptBy Michael SullivanHerald/Review FORT HUACHUCA — “The emphasis today is on teamwork,” Lt. Robert Parker advised about 30 eager-eyed 4-H’ers Sunday morning at the Robert C. Sheetz Jr. Warrior Complex. The kids had other ideas. With the gusto and general fearlessness of youth, the boys and girls charged through the grueling obstacle course with one goal in mind: to...

By U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Paul Dean407th Air Expeditionary Group Public Affairs ALI BASE, Iraq, Oct. 11, 2005 --- Nothing would seem out of place if the room were inside an American schoolhouse. The classroom has posters with picture clues describing nouns. The tables have books, pens, paper and lesson books on them, and students take notes while talking amongst themselves and laughing occasionally. There is nothing uncommon about English as a second language class, but there is a unique reason English classes are held here. Iraqi airmen are required to take the course so they can read...

CAMP RIPPER, Iraq (May 21, 2005) -- Marines with Regimental Combat Team-2 jump team recently helped train members of Reconnaissance Company of the 7th Iraqi Security Battalion on methods of fire and maneuver, here. The training will help them improve their combat efficiency by being able to attack on the move while limiting the enemy’s chances of counter-attacking effectively. “This is a very basic technique that we all learn in the infantry field,” said Sgt. Andrew J. Wittmer, an RCT-2 instructor during the training phase. “This will help them learn other infantry movements as other training takes place.” Wittmer, 25,...

Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn: 1) The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce produce. 3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. 4) We must polish the Polish furniture. 5) He could lead if he would get the lead out. 6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert. 7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present. 8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum. 9) When...

How appropriate that Democrats, when they were looking for a mascot, settled on the donkey. It can be an ornery and stubborn animal that sometimes just won't learn its lesson. Sort of like California Democrats. They never learn from their mistakes. In fact, they just keep making them over and over again. At campaign time, they always seem to try to drive up their opponent's negatives and hope that will be enough to coast to victory. And it looks like that's pretty much the Democrats' battle plan for retaking the governor's mansion in 2006. Just listen to what came out...

Girls finally getting a chance to learn Saturday, March 26, 2005 ANKARA - Turkish Daily News A total of 1,659 girls living in Þanlýurfa have begun their schooling as part of the “Girls Let's Go to School” campaign, a project that has been ongoing for a year, made possible through the cooperation of the Education Ministry and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Girls between the ages of 10 and 14, whose families were persuaded to send their daughters to school instead of making them work in fields, are now taking courses in specially prepared classrooms. Children are able to...

Code: ZE05012901Date: 2005-01-29Home Alone -- and UnhappyReflections on the State of U.S. ChildrenSTANFORD, California, JAN. 29, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Concern over problems facing the younger generation is nothing new. A recent book, however, links juvenile difficulties with another controversial subject: changes in family structures. Commentator and author Mary Eberstadt, a part-time research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, argues that for some years now there has been an "historically unprecedented experiment in family-child separation in which the United States and other advanced societies are now engaged." In her recent book, "Home-Alone America," Eberstadt explains that there have been two main causes...

BILL GATES' 11 RULES THAT STUDENTS DO NOT LEARN IN SCHOOL In Bill Gates' new book (Business @ The Speed of Thought), he lays out 11 rules that students do not learn in high school or college, but should. He argues that our feel-good, politically-correct teachings have created a generation of kids with no concept of reality who are set up for failure in the real world. RULE 1 - Life is not fair; get used to it. RULE 2 - The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good...

First, the blame. Then, the healing. In a new book, NEWSWEEK talks exclusively with John Kerry about why he lost—and looks at his plans for another run. It was a little after 7 p.m. on election night 2004. The network exit polls showed John Kerry leading George Bush in both Florida and Ohio by three points. Kerry's aides were confident that the Democratic candidate would carry these key swings states; Bush had not broken 48 percent in Kerry's recent tracking polls. The aides were a little hesitant to interrupt Kerry as he was fielding satellite TV interviews in a...

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Asian Americans fight language barrier in US elections Fri Oct 29,11:29 AM ET Top Stories - AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) - When Chungin Chung, an Asian American community leader, was invited to meet US vice-presidential candidate Senator John Edwards (news - web sites) ahead of the November 2 election, she was excited but politely declined. AFP/File Photo Latest Headlines: · Bush seeks Schwarzenegger's muscle, as missing explosives cast campaign shadow AFP - 6 minutes ago · Soldiers' Votes Could Decide Election AP - 8 minutes ago · Bush, Kerry Battle for Edge in Tight Race Reuters - 13 minutes ago --------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

No one knows whose womb holds the chief. (Old African proverb) A black pro-life activist says it is incomprehensible that a group that claims to champion the right of African Americans supports abortion, which is the number-one killer of black people. Abortion kills more blacks than all other leading causes of death combined. Yet the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has announced that its board voted to take what it calls a "pro-choice" position on the abortion issue. The NAACP's board of directors, at its February 21 meeting, endorsed the principle that "women have the right...

<![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]> THE SATIRICAL POLITICAL BELIEFS ASSESSMENT TEST <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]> A Humorous Political Party Quiz to Test If You're an Archconservative, Leftwing Wacko, Antigovernment Libertine or a Commie Sympathizer <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]> by <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]> Donald J. Hagen <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]> Copyright © 2002 - 2004 by Donald J. Hagen   Email: donaldjhagen@yahoo.com    <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]> INTRODUCTION     Political parties share much in common with obscenity.  Both are difficult to define, yet, to paraphrase U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart's definition of obscenity, you know a political party when you see it.  Therefore, it comes as no...

ATTN: NJ 2nd Amendment supporters, gun enthusiasts, AND Orthodox Jews who have wanted to learn to shoot, but couldn't attend most gun club events on Saturdays. Guns & Beef Night – a Hebron Benefit - Raise Money for Hebron In association with The Golani Rifle and Pistol Club in Formation - the new Shomer Shabbos Shooters Club of Bergen County – We are pleased to invite you to “Guns & Beef Night” – a Hebron Benefit When: Sunday, November 16th, 5pm – 8pm Where: Paterson Rod & Gun Club 1000 Market Street Paterson, NJ Directions: Rt 80 to Exit 59...

Note to FR: I am posting here an email conversation I had today with Gov Bush about Terri, and yes, he knows I am posting it here on FR. In my reply #1, located below this post of Gov Bush’s email, I have posted a message from me to Terri’s husband. And, no, I did not discuss with anyone my idea here to write to Terri’s husband. No one suggested it to me. Nor did I discuss it with anyone at all. In my next reply, reply #2 below, I hope to post a message to my friends here on...