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I may be wrong posting this here but I mad a this bank today. My son got his frist pay check today from his frist career Job, Not having a bank account no bank would cash his check, I told him to go to the bank that his pay check was drawn on and they should cash it, this is not a small compay 250 employees. I made sure he had two forms of picture ID, Drivers license and dependent Military ID(They didn't even know what the military ID was)They said they would cash it unless he open an account,...

U.S. Army Pfc. Jana Rutherford Soldier Wants to Help Iraq’s Quest for Democracy By U.S. Army Spc. Michael Pfaff133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment KIRKUK, Iraq, April 4, 2006 — It’s 1989 in Czechoslovakia, and the children have the day off from school for a mandatory “fun day.” Only, instead of drawing chalk lines on the sidewalk for a game of hopscotch, or climbing through the iron web of a jungle gym, they spend the day donning gas masks, throwing plastic grenades, and navigating through the wilderness with a compass. Long before she went through basic training for the U.S....

4/3/2006 - MANAS AIR BASE, Kyrgyzstan (AFPN) -- Airmen are working to improve the lives of patients at two Bishkek medical facilities. Last week, volunteers from the Manas Air Base Outreach Society, or MABOS, visited patients in a children’s heart ward and a burn unit in medical centers in Bishkek. They delivered donated medical supplies, linen, toys and treats for the children. They also met with doctors to make arrangements for helping improve capabilities for the long term; paid for a doctor’s advanced training from the heart ward, and worked toward creating an in-house rehabilitation training program and improving medical...

Help Freepers; Some dear friends just lost their baby due to miscarriage. I want to help them but being a single male I am clueless. Help please!

Hate to bug you all, but hopefully I can get some help from a Mod or Admin or someone else. I'm writing a paper about the Kelo case and am trying to capture the essence of the conservative reaction. I wanted to include a reference to the thread that was started when the decision was released. Unfortunately, it would seem as though the thread only exists in the barest of senses. The thread I'm referring to is here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1428902/replies?c=1The only way I was able to find it was through a google search. Has the thread been pulled? Am I looking...

Did anyone here happen to be recording the news on that morning? I have a couple of dvd's from CNN and CBS that were put out afterwards, as well as the two French brothers video. I would like to have just a news recoreding from that day. I was in college and did not own a vcr at the time. Any news channel would do as long as it is in English. I will pay for a tape and the shipping cost. appreciate yall.....

When I say my TV crashed I mean it actually CRASHED!!! What happened is that I was moving the TV table my 21" TV was resting on. Suddenly it fell forward onto the floor. Electronically I think it is okay but in the process of tumbling forward the cable connection got yanked out of the back of the TV and got and messed up (which is why it didn't hit the floor hard). Okay, I just set up another TV I have stored away but it is only 17". I would like to get the 21" TV set up and...

NEW YORK, April 1 (UPI) -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says golf fairways would suffer if illegal immigrants were returned to their native country. "You and I are beneficiaries of these jobs," Bloomberg told his WABC-AM radio co-host, John Gambling. "You and I both play golf; who takes care of the greens and the fairways in your golf course?" However, Robert Heaney, general manager of Deepdale Golf Club -- a Long Island course where Bloomberg often plays -- told The New York Daily News that no illegal immigrants work at the club. "Deepdale Golf Club has always been in...

Hello everyone, Bear with me on this vanity, as I don't post many. I'd like some personal opinions based on freepers experience, attending the following institutions: Clemson, Virginia Tech, Binghamton University, and University of Vermont. These are the final choices we're making regarding college for my son next year. We have to make a decision as to which one, by the end of the month. There is also a possiblity that he will transfer out of one of these colleges for his junior year to an Ivy. Any insights to these schools would be appreciated. You can only learn so...

Freepers, I need some first-hand info from someone who has served in WW II, or shortly thereafter (say, up to 1950) in the Navy, preferably aboard a carrier or as a pilot. I need detail that will be hard to find in most typical history books. Depending on the level of information provided, I not only will be willing to give a cover "contributing editor" credit, but would consider cutting the person in for a share of the royalties.

I am looking for some help with something related to the way a particular thing is said in the common but preferably educated British way of speaking or writing. It's very easy requiring you to only use a particular word--nothing profane or lewd in a short sentence. If you are willing to help me please say so and I'll contact you with the word. I want to approach people privately because I don't want anyone to be influenced by what someone else says. So if you are from GB or know someone who is, even if no longer living there,...

WASHINGTON, March 26, 2006 – The Iraqis are going through a historic process to form a government of national unity, and success in that country will provide a basis for a more stable Middle East, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday morning talk shows today. "We faced the outcome of an ideology of hatred throughout the Middle East that had to be dealt with," Rice said on NBC's "Meet the Press" today. "Saddam Hussein was part of the old Middle East. The new Iraq will be part of a new Middle East, and we will all be safer."...

Released hostages 'refuse to help their rescuers' By Oliver Poole in Baghdad (Filed: 25/03/2006) The three peace activists freed by an SAS-led coalition force after being held hostage in Iraq for four months refused to co-operate fully with an intelligence unit sent to debrief them, a security source claimed yesterday. The claim has infuriated those searching for other hostages. The Canadians: Harmeet Sooden and Jim Loney Neither the men nor the Canadian group that sent them to Iraq have thanked the people who saved them in any of their public statements. One of them, Norman Kember, 74, a retired physics...

3/21/2006 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- Air Force fighter aircraft pilots helped apprehend three suspected insurgents accused of mortaring Balad Air Base, Iraq, March 16. The pilots, who flew two F-15E Strike Eagles with the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, were on a close-air-support mission near Balad when mortars were detected by the base’s Joint Defense Operation Center. The JDOC is charged with overseeing the integrated defense of Balad Air Base and Logistical Support Area Anaconda. It is staffed by Airmen and Soldiers, and it uses a variety of sensors and tactical surveillance to monitor inside the installation perimeter and surrounding...

WASHINGTON, March 21, 2006 – Sectarian violence that erupted after the Feb. 22 bombing of a mosque in Samarra, Iraq, could have led to civil war. But Iraqis stayed united and are working to build a united government, President Bush said here today. When violence broke out, the Iraqi army didn't break apart into sectarian divisions, and religious and political leaders stood up to the violence and committed themselves to progress, Bush said at a White House news conference. The efforts of the Iraqis, along with continued coalition support, are what kept the country out of civil war, he said....

Betsy Newmark, one of my favorite bloggers who I've been honored to have guest-blog here, is down. I asked her what happened. She e-mails about her nightmare: Evil Blogger has lost the page - server problems. They are the most unhelpful organization. You can't reach any human being and all I get are form letters saying that all the problems have been resolved. I'm just hoping that they fix their problem and I get back on. I don't have time to hassle with setting up a new page. She adds: All I get are their automated messages that are of...

WASHINGTON, March 15, 2006 – As the 21st century progresses, the United States must be prepared to deal with threats posed by terrorists, corrupt regimes and emerging state powers, a top Pentagon leader said here yesterday. The 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review will go a long way toward helping the U.S. military meet these challenges, Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England told the House Armed Services Committee. "The QDR is a strategic document," he said. "It is based on the recognition that the Department of Defense, and our nation as a whole, face a global security climate of dynamic, complex threats,...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 14, 2006) – A brigade of the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kan., will temporarily reorganize to train teams to serve alongside and mentor Iraqi Security Forces and the Afghan National Army. The size of each deployed Transition Team will vary based on its specific mission, officials said; however, they said the teams will generally have 10-15 troops. About 3,500 to 4,000 Soldiers will be trained over the course of a year to serve on these Transition Teams, Army G3 officials said. They said the first rotation at Fort Riley is expected to begin...

Need some help from some Nukie types. (How) Could a person, in US, wirhout any clearences, have obtained radioactive Cesium? How dangerous? What instrument would detect presence of same. How long does a doseameter take to respond, or would film badge be better? Background: I'm an old retired newsie. Have an inkling that some physics teacher with a little (?)knowledge may have obtained some cesium for a project and now her class room is a little "hot" I have a little radiation experience from covering Chernobyl stories. See bio. Stay tuned - thanks.

Would someone who practices law in Texas please freepmail me. I have a simple question about the law to which I think the answer is yes. If you can confirm this, that is all I need.