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U.S. Marines assigned to the 4th Provisional Security Company, stationed with Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa in Djibouti, work together to clean and rebuild a soccer field outside Camp Lemonier. Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa photo U.S. Marines Help Rebuild Djiboutian Soccer Field The project, which involved removing trash, smoothing and marking the field and adding nets to goal posts, was time well spent, according to the Marines. By U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Omar Villarreal Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti, May 18, 2006 — Fifty U.S. Marines with the 4th Provisional...

Police in Sierra Vista tell us that the added National Guard presence would be a "blessing" and the sheriff in Santa Cruz County also feels good about the plan. "They love to use this, this road." Santa Cruz County Deputy Fernando Ayon says about the illegal immigrants who use the Santa Cruz Wash as a roadway. He used to have picnics there with his family when he was a little boy. "See here, the fence has been damaged," Ayon points out. Now, Ayon says, the area is a well-known hot spot for illegal trafficking. "It's everywhere you go, everywhere you...

For some reason I couldn't post this under Talk Radio.........but I need some help. I host a call in show in my little town here in Kentucky. I would like to play some music accompanying stories. For example: I have about 20 seconds of Family Tradition by Hank, Jr. for Kennedy stories. Would love to have some for gay issues, enviros, an idiot update, Hillary, Bush.........etc. Anyone out there with any humorous music they think would draw some laughs? Thanks.

CAMP TAQADDUM, Iraq (May 13, 2006) -- Service members serving in the Al Anbar Province recently lent their support to women's cancer research, participating in the 13th annual Revlon Run/Walk For Women, held here for the first time in a combat zone May 13, 2006. The run-walk was organized to mirror the stateside event held in New York and Los Angeles, which started in 1993 to raise awareness and funding for cancer research and outreach programs for women. Nearly 70 runners showed up for the 6:30 a.m. start time and raised almost $2,500 in pledges from people in the United...

help!! I just downloaded ie 7 beta and my e-mail disappeared. I tried accessing it through my programs and no executable file appears . IE 7 beta no longer has options to add to the toolbar, the e-mail icon does not appear, and I cannot find the exe file to launch outlook express

WASHINGTON, May 11, 2006 – The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is making it easy for anyone to honor America's troops with "Gifts from the Homefront" gift certificates. Anyone, even non-authorized exchange customers, can send these gift certificates to military servicemembers serving in operations Enduring Freedom or Iraqi Freedom. On May 20, 1950, the first Armed Forces Day was celebrated by parades, open houses, receptions and air shows. It was a day for the military to show state-of-the-art equipment to the civilian population they were protecting, and a day to honor the people of the Armed Forces of the...

U.S. Army Maj. Michael Ellis, a physician with 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, sees patients during a medical operation in the Mushada medical clinic at Camp Taji, Iraq, May 2, 2006. Iraqi doctors and medics were also on hand to assist in treating locals who showed up for the treatment. U.S. Army photo by Spc. C. Terrell Turner Iraqis Help Administer Medical Care to Residents The residents of Mushada were given a second chance to receive free medical care May 2 at the Mushada medical clinic from Iraqi army and Multi-National Division...

5/9/2006 - MOUNT HOOD, Ore. (AFPN) -- Exactly two weeks after participating in a joint search-and-rescue training exercise with other local rescue organizations, reservists from the 304th Rescue Squadron were back on top of Mount Hood, Ore., on May 6 for the longest-hauling, glacier-rescue mission ever accomplished on Mount Hood. Five pararescuemen from the 304th helped rescue an injured skier. The man was skiing with three others who were traversing the 11,200-foot mountain summit when he fell more than 300 feet through a boulder field and landed on Reid Glacier, said Sgt. Sean Collinson, incident commander for the Clackamas County...

PAULSBORO, N.J. - It's bedtime and your toddler is having a meltdown, insisting on just one more episode of "Bob the Builder." Well, parents, now TV might help. Melanie the baby sitter, Star the puppet and Hush the goldfish are the stars of a new bedtime show on PBS KIDS Sprout. Since mid-April, the cast of "The Good Night Show" has been taping the second season in a Paulsboro studio, just outside Philadelphia. The show returns in July on KIDS Sprout, a cable and satellite network owned jointly by Comcast Corp., PBS, Sesame Workshop and HIT Entertainment. The network features...

Hey guys and gals, do any of you live in or know of a good place to live in Colorado? Such as, low crime rate, mountains, mid-sized city? Thanks!

Any advice from local conservatives for a new transplant who dresses 100% Western and is threatened frequently by the local gang bangers on the trains and busses (I guess all that "tolerance" BS does not extend to white people)? I live in Arlington Virginia and work in Old Town Alexandria VA and am trying to find a cheap place to live. My family is in Hot Springs AR and I am just trying to find a place with no Salvadorean or black gangs controlling the buildings where I can live without roaches and threats of crime until I build up...

A main item on the Burner is Corporal Binh N. Le, (KIA Iraq) and his parents. You'd think with all these morons who run around attempting to claim our land as theirs soverign (what ever), the illegal ( I guess some folks just don't understand that word - I bet it's those left wing professors at all the colleges, universitys, grade middle and highschools ( gawd I feel surrounded) that have perverted what illegal means.. so mom and pop citizen, when you son doesn't come home cause he done something illegal that he dicided wasn't illegal using the imigration issue...

Any computer help out there? I am trying to get an old laptop in working order for my nephew. He is in the hospital fighting leukemia and will be in for several more weeks of chemo. Since he is in isolation (outbreak of Chicken Pox on the cancer ward)and so sick from the chemo, we thought he could use a laptop for some games and to keep in touch with friends and family by email. He is 10 yrs old and been fighting this cancer crap for 5 years.

POMPANO BEACH, Fla., May 4, 2006 – Nearly 60 sailors worked to help take future homeowners' dreams one step closer to reality here yesterday. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class John Mcinnis, a damage controlman aboard the USCG Cutter Elm, works with servicemembers from his ship and others to roof a house for Habitat for Humanity of Broward County, Fla. Servicemembers began working with Habitat May 1, and were to complete their participation May 4. Photo by Samantha L. Quigley  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The sailors are assigned to various U.S. and Canadian military ships temporarily ported...

5/3/2006 - KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- Pilots from the Iraqi Air Force are waiting patiently for a team of Airmen to arrive from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. It’s this team that can get them up in the air and flying again. The mission of the Iraqi 3rd Squadron hinges on the work of the Air Force Flight Test Center. The center sent a team of maintainers, engineers and pilots here to test the airworthiness of the Comp Air 7SLX. The aircraft -- several were given to the Iraqis as a gift from the United Arab Emirates --...

FOB KALSU, Iraq (Army News Service, May 4, 2006) – With the help of Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division, a 9-year-old Iraqi girl is on her way to receiving a medical procedure her parents only dreamed about. Zenab Maan Fares, from the city of Hillah, has a serious heart condition known as Tetralogy of Fallot, which is a hole between the ventricles of the heart. Soldiers from 2nd BCT have helped coordinate her extensive surgery and post-surgery care. The quest began when Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd BCT, conducted a reconnaissance of the children’s hospital in...

Welcome to all Posters/Hosts/Hostesses! This is for the hosts present, past, future to share information & be the “nuts & bolts”, housekeeping, sharing of issues etc. for the thread. I am putting it in an obscure “chat” category so we can escape some exposure as this is NOT a GENERAL chat thread but rather one of limited interest. Rather than post all the information ON THIS THREAD, I have provided links. This way I can change the material in the document when needed as updates or modifications. We as hosts can give ideas, help each other & use this...

FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq, May 1, 2006 – Iraq once supplied roughly 30 percent of the world's dates, an estimated 600,000 tons. But with fewer than 15 million date palm trees left in Iraq, production has dropped to only about 250,000 tons of the fruit annually. To control the progressive loss of the crop and regenerate the industry, the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture and coalition forces have teamed up to combat the problem by conducting aerial spraying in April and May. Officials from the Najaf, Karbala and Babil provincial agriculture departments met with coalition forces representatives April 27 at...

OK, I am a very technical person. I have installed Operating Systems but they were Minaframes (OS/390 and UNIX). I have a old laptop (Compaq Armada 500) that I want to install Linux on (upon which I wish to install Linux?). But I have been out of the OS biz for a while, so can someone get me started? I am concerned about things like coordinating the BIOS with the OS, getting the proper drivers (especially wifi), etc. etc. etc. Any first steps would be greatly appreciated.

Djiboutian Town Brighter with Task Force Help The Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa project to improve streetlights included fixing broken power poles and replacing cable. By U.S. Army Sgt. Sam Smith Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa ADAILOU, Djibouti, April 28, 2006 — Life in the small African township here is a little brighter now because Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa assisted with improvements to streetlights in the town. The project included fixing eight broken power poles, replacing electrical cable and providing a diesel generator. "This project is an investment in your future," said U.S. Navy Rear...