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...herself an integral part of what could quite possibly be a National Championship team—something every Division I athlete dreams about. Yet, for Kim, this fairy tale has become a reality.Unlike her teammates, Kim did not begin fencing at a young age. She didn’t train at the best fencing facility in the country, nor did she compete competitively. In fact, Kim’s high school did not even have a fencing team. She only fenced recreationally in an afterschool program.“I came here and had to basically learn everything...
...coming into a blessed situation by joining a pretty experienced staff.” Frazier has shown versatility to this point in his career, interning with the NBA’s Chicago Bulls prior to his two years with Iowa’s football staff. In a short stint training the Hawkeyes, the two-time All-Ivy selection left a notable impression. “[Frazier] is very progressive and very intelligent,” fellow Iowa football strength and conditioning coach Chris Doyle said. “I think he takes a comprehensive approach to training the athlete...
...coming year will be 30,000. McKiernan has said he needs to beef up U.S. forces in Afghanistan to roll back a growing Taliban insurgency, especially before the presidential election currently slated for August. Indeed, U.S. officials say they have only 40% of the American officers needed to train the Afghan army to take over security duties at some point in the future But sending any additional troops to Afghanistan would require reducing U.S. troop levels in Iraq, and Obama has ordered a review of U.S. strategy in Afghanistan before committing to further reinforcements. Defense Secretary Robert Gates explained last...
...friends are joined by 13 other students in the two-day class taught by Pat Melendrez, an agriculture specialist with the university's extension service, who has been taking shears to sheep for more than 30 years. The idea is to train people who might be interested in meeting the annual shearing needs of small flocks, like the one Jenkins and his friends own. It's not cost-effective for professional shearers, who travel across the country from one large commercial flock to the next, to bother with small flocks...
...around a sheep before he heads to Afghanistan to start up a USAID-funded program to establish sheep-shearing schools as a way to re-introduce sheep/wool production to nomads and villagers. Melendrez will teach the skill to Afghans, who will then head out to rural provinces and train young sheepherders...