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The Five Phases of Homecoming: A Guide for Veterans and Their Loved Ones
Throughout this website we have emphasized that recovery from disasters is a process, and not an event. It takes time and requires personal meaning-making adaptation to change. As with other processes, having a "map" or a guide can help us in navigating the territory. Here are some guidelines to help veterans and their loved ones during the homecoming process.
Many veterans and their families merely assume that homecoming will go well, or "hope" that it will. But preparing for homecoming, and having a sense of where veterans and their families are in the process, can help you all meet the challenges you and your family may encounter. The five phases of homecoming are as follows:
1. Anticipation 2. Reunion 3. Realization of Changes 4. Acceptance 5. New Normal
Phase 1: The Anticipation Phase
This phase can begin as soon as the service member leaves for deployment and is sometimes the single most important motivation for coping with life's challenges while they serve and anticipate eventual homecoming. Similarly, loved ones are anticipating the veteran's return, and this anticipation is the beginning of the homecoming process.
Phase 2: The Homecoming Reunion Phase
This phase can be both exhilarating and terrifying for all involved. So many wants, needs, and expectations are present but not clearly defined. We have included information elsewhere on this website to assist with this reunion process.
Phase 3: The Realization of Changes Phase
Veterans and their loved ones become aware of this phase when they begin to realize fully the subtle and significant changes that have occurred in family or system members, and in the context in which the family or system resides, during the time apart from each other. Change is a necessary and unavoidable part of the military experience -- and of the human condition in general. During this phase it will be helpful to try to not label change and growth as positive or negative. In reality, the only thing that is definite is change; all people grow and adapt to cope with their surroundings. The key to dealing with these new realizations in order to move to the next phase of homecoming is effective communication.
Phase 4: The Acceptance and Adaptation Phase
Once we take the time to observe and acknowledge the reality that the veteran has been apart and has returned, and that changes have occurred in him or her and in the family system, it is up to us to learn how to grow and accept these changes so that we can then begin to adapt to them. Acceptance allows us to move to the next phase of homecoming. Some of this process involves grieving the old ways of being and moving toward acceptance of the fact of military involvement and its consequences for veterans and their families.
Phase 5: The "New Normal" Phase
We begin to enter this phase when we feel a settling awareness that our time apart and individual experiences have created a new and different understanding of what is now normal for ourselves and others.
Homecoming is a process, not an event, and it occurs over time. Knowing the phases of homecoming can help veterans and their families adjust to the realities of the military service experience.
Parts of this fact sheet are excerpted and modified from this site.
Web Links
Veterans Heart Georgia: This grass roots organization utilizes innovative approaches to helping veterans of all wars with the entire spectrum of the effects of war and military service. The organization is made up of veterans, mental health professionals and citizens.
CareForTheTroops Inc. is a 501c3 Non-Profit formed to develop a network of civilian faith communities, civic organizations, and networks of therapists all trained and able to work with the military members, veterans, and their families as they adjust to the changes experienced during and after returning from deployments and combat.
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Our Mission: IAVA's mission is to improve the lives of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families.
This is the information forGeorgia's largest provider of VA services and the web site address.
Atlanta VA Medical Center 1670 Clairmont Road Decatur, GA 30033
Phone: (404) 321-6111 hrs. 8:00a.m-4:30p.m.
Website www1.va.gov/Atlanta
24-hour VA suicide hot line : 1-800-273-TALK
America's Heroes at Work: Welcome to America's Heroes at Work - a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) project that addresses the employment challenges of returning service members living with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and/or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
U.S. Vets Over 200,000 veterans will sleep on the streets of our nation tonight. Our VISION is that one day there will no longer be homeless veterans in America...U.S. VETS provides housing, counseling, job assistance, and HOPE to thousands of homeless veterans each year. Our programs foster the skills necessary for every veteran to return to the community and remain self-sufficient.
This is a link provided by the US army for soldiers that help with some information on stress, suicide facts, and some veteran benefits that are available.
Welcome Back Veterans is resource to help welcome back veteran returning from deployment.
Homeless Veterans Reintegration Project this is a resource to help find homes for our disabled veterans in need of shelter.


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I am not a boomer, but I find it odd that anyone could call the life of someone who lived under the shadow of mutual assured destruction for most of their lives as "charmed." Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
So, what's his answer to us 'spongers'????...Deathpanels??? Click Here if you Like this Comment 3 persons like this.
Gen X intersects with the boomers. The gen was labelled precisely to have a way to describe boomers and post-boomers for whom their was no boom- not ever.I'm right on the border born in 1967. It's always been an economic mess for me except perhaps the late 90s.My uncle is an older end boomer born in 1950. he can remember the pure boom, but it was just as over for him post 90s as anyone else.Early boomer investors cleaned up though - they had pure numbers to carry them through.They'll also be dying off as well. I'd think that would actually be *good* for the economy, not only in released social security/medicare, but released jobs and funds. Click Here if you Like this Comment 4 persons like this.
Yes, the boomers lived through the Cold War and I have always thought that the reason they rebelled against us, their parents, was because of the Cuba missle crisis when they (here in Florida at least) huddled under their school desks practicing "survival tactics". They knew that we could not protect them. My 5 yr old daughter said "Well, if I die now I certainly did not live very long." My son said, Mom, if I grow up I want to . . " It is not good for children to know that their parents can't save them. My baby was happy and secure because he had no idea what was happening.But to an extent they lived a charmed life because we spoiled them. How could we not? Click Here if you Like this Comment 3 persons like this.
Wow! My dying off will be a boon to society!Now there's a sobering thought for a beautiful Fall Saturday night.I think I'll go eat some worms. Click Here if you Like this Comment 4 persons like this.
Nobody would be 'sponging' and everyone would be enjoying the fruits of living in a free country, if it weren't for the endless thirst for power by the democrat party. First LBJ sunk a fortune of blood and treasure into years of a 'limited' Vietnam war combined with a 'war on poverty' which became a generational addiction to 'free' Federal government money. Then succeeding generations of politicians led by pandering democrats added more 'benefits' that sucked the energy of every business cycle. Finally democrat allied unions failed generations of low achieving children from single parent homes that flowed from the war on poverty economic structure. Just when the walking economic corpse might have been able to adjust to all of this, BHO and the democrats in congress decided to go for one more benefit, housing for all those imagined, homeowners who were 'barred' from owning a home they could not afford. Derivatives followed which greased the slide of almost every country into unprecedented debt that will destroy the global economy. The democrats couldn't do it without RINOs, corrupt Republicans and most of all, the media. Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
Good link ... Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
... http://www.economist.com/node/21563725 Click Here if you Like this Comment 3 persons like this.
Hey, I'm dying as fast as I can. Click Here if you Like this Comment 4 persons like this.
"achieve some generational redistribution"This snippet, and the fact this article is from The Economist should tell you all you need to know.Look at the number of posters after the article claiming that the problem is not enough money going to the government. Even some of the boomers immediately fall into guilt mode. Sad. Click Here if you Like this Comment 4 persons like this.
No boomer here. Too old. Born in '42. But I worked for over fifty years.I added up my contributions to SS and figure if I live 8 more years I will break even. Actually not if you count interest lost. I am not complaining and I don't think any generation deserves to be called spongers.Maybe the current twenty somethings will turn out pretty bad. Especially when history notes that they put Obama in office. Click Here if you Like this Comment 5 persons like this.
Now it's all our fault !!! I guess I sponged my way into the Viet Nam era Army too. I know this is sacreligious but the group who benefitted most from Boomers entering the workforce was the WW2 generation. That 41% pumped billions into the Social Security pot o'gold. We'll get limited service,maybe death panels, and kids that will blame us fior everything except that hey voted democrat. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
What a bunch of BS! Can't blame a Bush? Then blame a Boomer. Click Here if you Like this Comment 3 persons like this.
#14 points out that the Social Security system was put in place by the "Greatest Generation" and their parents. The boomer generation paid for it. Our payroll taxes have been several times higher than the first generations living off Social Security. Unfortunately, the payroll taxes will continue increasing on future generations because Dems and the media just cannot understand the math in this Ponzi scheme. Click Here if you Like this Comment 3 persons like this.
Obama blows through 5 trillion and the Economist is worried that there might be a generational struggle because the baby boomers might retire. The Economist is left wing claptrap. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Author completely misses the biggest change...and it isn't the boomers. Demographers have known since we were born that we would be a big group moving through the generations. No, the big change came from LBJ's Great Society - the break-up of the poor family. Most of us baby boomers came from parents who struggled and saved. Almost always mom and dad were married when we were born; most of 'em stuck together for life. Single parent families often moved back in with the grandparents or shared a house with another single parent.Somewhere along the way we got the silly notion that everyone 'deserves' a separate place to live - complete with air-conditioning, television and Internet. The percentage of out-of-wedlock births skyrocketed. To parents of boomers, to boomers themselves, the viral video "I want my Obamaphone!" is absolutely nuts. This isn't how we were raised, nor how we lived. Click Here if you Like this Comment 3 persons like this.
The title alone tells me I don't heed to read it. This "Boomer" started on a paper route in 1959 and has worked ever since. Included was a years vacationj in Viet Nam courtesy of Lyndon Johnson and the USAF. I have been a useful contributor to society for the majority of my life and have never spent an hour in jail, on welfare, or cashed a food stamp. I haven't lived in Section 8 housing and have no government supplied cell phone.All I ask is what I've paid for and deserve and later that plot in a national cemetary. The Economist can KMA! Click Here if you Like this Comment 4 persons like this.
You boomers sound like a bunch of Joe Scarboroughs defending the indefensible.Face it and man up - it is your generation that historians will pin that destroyed this great experiment and enslaved me and my kids and grandkids....Personal and anecdotal evidence doesn't erase this fact. Click Here if you Like this Comment 4 persons like this.
I'm a Gen Xer with several Boomer friends, most of whom I met at work. Their values are very admirable, & it is sad to see them not as valued as I think they should be. They work lots of extra hours even though they are salaried & don't get paid any extra to do so, & are loyal to employers who are not loyal to them in return. The younger generations watch how they are treated & as a result many of us don't work late nearly as much, & when a recruiter calls, we take the call. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
The "Staff" of the Economist blames "sponging (baby) boomers" for problems with our economy. I blame the liberals and their endless handouts which has created closely spaced generations of laybouts who believe that they are "entitled" to food stamps, free cell phones, free educations, free housing, etc. etc. ad nauseum, for the problems with our economy. I blame Barack Hussein Obama, aka Barry Soetoro for $5 trillion added to our country's debt during his term in office. I blame our Democrat controlled congress for the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac scandal.Baby boomers have worked all of their lives and paid oodles of money into Social Security, and other government funds. Our government has robbed Social Security, and now Obama as robbed Medicare.This 41% of the population needs to get out and vote for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan so that they can begin to clean up the ungodly mess that the Libs have created. Click Here if you Like this Comment 4 persons like this.
When I, along with my employers, was paying income taxes for over 45 years and then medicare, it was used for someone else and other government programs (thanks LBJ). Now that I am at the age where where I need to receive what I was promised, am I supposed to just die. It doesn't sound to me like the boomers are the only ones who are selfish. They tagged us baby boomers because after WWII babies were being born in large numbers due to soldiers returning home, families being reunited and people getting married and starting families. Click Here if you Like this Comment 3 persons like this.
This particular boomer and spouse have worked for everything they have, have done all the "right" things in life--marriage, home, family, in that order. The family we raised is a benefit to society (good students, college graduates, hardworking even though they can't find good jobs, no drugs, welfare or illegitimate children). Along the way we took care of ailing parents and grandparents, some of whom didn't even live long enough to collect Social Security themselves.I'm sick and tired of hearing what a bunch of spongers we are. If anyone is to blame, it is the criminal politicans who were and are more interested in their own power and comfort than in the good of our country.And we're certainly a lot worse off than the Economist says we are in what we have lost to this economy. Interest on our life savings, accumulated by NOT taking vacations or living high on the hog: .05% or thereabouts. That will help with inflation, won't it?And thanks to Obamacare, we'll be expected to shuffle off this mortal coil by taking "the pain pill." Click Here if you Like this Comment 3 persons like this.
I have to point out one very obvious thing that is affecting it all, longer life span.So you have a huge amount of people who were born living a much longer time.That alone is deal changer. Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
#21, as long as you are sniffing around looking for someone to blame--blame the hard left,of EVERY generation, who threw money down a rathole for decades, expecting a different result each time. (the definition of insanity.) I suspect you won't be barking up that tree, though, because you own it. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
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BEAVER FALLS, Pa. —Geneva will celebrate its 125th year in Beaver Falls Saturday, Oct. 8 at its homecoming this year. The festivities will include a parade up Main Street in Beaver Falls, a festival on campus, and a football game against Malone College. The festivities begin with the College Hill festival on campus from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. More than 30 craft and food vendors will participate. Activities for children, students, and adults include the zip line, face painting, carnival games, coloring contests, and free concerts by New Song and local praise bands. Representatives from Old Economy Village will demonstrate various trades from the 1880's and provide exhibits of the Harmony Society. The parade will begin at 12:30 p.m. at 7th Avenue and 10th Street. Over 70 units from floats to fire trucks will travel up Main Street to Geneva. Northbound and southbound traffic on Route 18 will be rerouted during the parade. A special pre-game show to recognize Geneva's homecoming court and to announce the 2005 homecoming king and queen will begin at 6:30 p.m. The day's festivities will end with a college football game between Geneva and Malone College at 7 p.m. Tickets to the game are $6 for reserved, $5 general and $3 for students. Alumni, students, friends and the community are encouraged to visit Geneva's Web site at www.geneva.edu for more information on reunion activities, seminars, campus tours and other sporting events. - END - |
http://www.geneva.edu/object/nr_homecoming_2005.html Geneva College | 3200 College Ave., Beaver Falls, PA 15010 |


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DATESBETWEEN Function
Returns a table that contains a column of dates that begins with the start_date and continues until the end_date.
If start_date is a blank date value, then start_date will be the earliest value in the dates column.
If end_date is a blank date value, then end_date will be the latest value in the dates column.
The dates used as the start_date and end_date are inclusive: that is, if the sales occurred on September 1 and you use September 1 as the start date, sales on September 1 are counted.
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The DATESBETWEEN function is provided for working with custom date ranges. If you are working with common date intervals such as months, quarters, and years, we recommend that you use the appropriate function, such as DATESINPERIOD. |
This DAX function is not supported for use in DirectQuery mode. For more information about limitations in DirectQuery models, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=219172.
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the 'Summer 2007 sales' for the Internet sales.
To see how this works, create a PivotTable and add the field, CalendarYear, to the Row Labels area of the PivotTable. Then add a measure, named Summer 2007 Sales, using the formula as defined in the code section, to the Values area of the PivotTable.
=CALCULATE(SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]), DATESBETWEEN(DateTime[DateKey], DATE(2007,6,1), DATE(2007,8,31) ))


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Competitive Advantages
Competitive advantages for companies doing business in Georgia are as diverse as Georgia's industries. Two primary benefits for companies include reducing costs and driving business innovation.
The savings that Georgia generates for businesses are significant:
- The state's single-factor tax rate means that Georgia's already low corporate tax rate (6 percent) applies only to the portion of income earned inside the state. If your company delivers a large portion of products and services outside the state, that tax liability is lowered further.
- Georgia is a right-to-work state with the second-lowest union membership rate in the U.S. (4 percent of employed) and an hourly manufacturing wage well below the national average.
- The cost of living in Georgia is lower: all eight major cities, including Atlanta, are below the national average. A 2010 KPMG study ranked Atlanta as the nation's second least expensive large city.
- Georgia's incentives also apply to equipment expenses, inventory and infrastructure. One example: qualified new investments of $50,000 or more in manufacturing or telecomm earn a tax credit of between 1 and 5 percent of the investment.
Reducing business costs is just one part of Georgia's competitive advantage equation. The state also provides companies with what's needed most to develop and expand:
- A deep talent pool. Nearly 90 accredited universities, colleges and technical colleges produce 50,000-plus graduates a year. Population growth has been steady for 30 years, and projections show Georgia's population will grow 46 percent between 2010 and 2030. Beyond providing numbers of skilled workers, Georgia offers several training and development programs – free of charge – including Georgia Quick Start, the nation's top-ranked workforce training program.
- Exceptional access to markets. Atlanta has non-stop flights to 75 countries and 150 U.S. cities every day, and overseas flights will expand in 2012 when a new international terminal opens. Georgia's two deep-water ports are a major reason the state ranks no. 2 nationally in exports. With 4,700 miles of rail, Georgia has one of the nation's most extensive rail systems for freight, and companies can access 80 percent of the U.S. by truck within two days.
- Business development support. Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas can be opened to your company through Georgia's 10 international offices. Our economic development team connects businesses to corporate and government leaders around the world, as well as here at home. They also provide a wealth of data on wages, tax breaks, locations, incentives and more.
- Community leadership. The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), Georgia Chamber of Commerce and dozens of other development agencies statewide assist businesses in communicating with communities, educating a diverse workforce, and promoting the growth of their industries. Read more ▶
- Competitive advantages are not limited to reducing costs and driving expansion. Georgia's versatile way of life has been a major benefit to companies and their employees:
- Beaches, mountains, forests, rivers - the Georgia outdoors offers something for everyone. Georgia is home to more than 60 state parks and a dozen national parks, including the Okefenokee Swamp.
- From the Masters Golf Tournament to NASCAR auto racing to professional teams in football, baseball and basketball, Georgia is a focal point for sporting events.
- Georgia is colored by four well-defined seasons - including a brief winter (average temperature 41) and a warm summer (average temperature 82).
- The world's largest aquarium, the South's leading arts center and a vast array of cultural experiences across the state
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Bassham calls it a multipurpose athletic and community complex (MPAC for short), and he believes there's a desperate need for such a facility locally. The founder and executive director of the N.C. Mountain Area Youth Soccer Association, Bassham envisions a home for just about any kind of recreational group, surrounded by residential communities and linked to downtown Weaverville by a greenway.
To date, nearly 60 different organizations have shown interest in using the space and/or helping create it, says Bassham. Accordingly, his ambitious plan includes something for everyone: a therapeutic pool; a music room and performance space; a fitness gym; a climbing wall; racquetball courts; full-size multiuse fields; a velodrome and both indoor and outdoor pedestrian tracks. Local restaurants, massage-therapy clinics and retail stores have also shown interest in jumping on board, Bassham reports.
Liberty Bicycles co-owner Claudia Nix is particularly jazzed about the idea. "I would like to see the possibility for changing transportation," says Nix, a longtime local advocate for greenways. "We need to make our community accessible without having to have lots of people driving."
And Eric Bryan, a spokesperson for the Asheville Rugby Football Club who also serves on MPAC's board, says such a community-driven facility would enable teams, players and groups like his to flourish. "It's really hard to secure athletes when the team is moving around a lot," he says.
The rugby club, notes Bryan, may be the oldest men's athletic group in town: Formed in 1983, it was one of the first to help revive Memorial Stadium. Since then, however, the club has moved from field to field in search of a more appropriate home. The Azalea Park soccer fields were intended to be suitable for rugby, but the AstroTurf is tough to fall down on, making them impractical for the rough-and-tumble sport, says Bryan. Here in the mountains, he adds, "It's hard to find a flat place to run around on. It just would be really nice for our team to have a place to call home; this is where we play. In fact, it would be a nice thing for a lot of people. A place to throw a Frisbee, run with the dog -- whatever."
Bassham's lofty -- and costly -- vision could be realized in stages, he says. Once a site is acquired -- perhaps in the floodplain, where land is cheaper -- both AstroTurf and dirt fields could be installed, giving many local teams a home while fundraising continues.
The actual construction could come later, providing such amenities as a real wooden velodrome with steep sides and spectator seating. Already, cyclists from far and wide come to Western North Carolina to train and enjoy the gorgeous terrain, challenging hills and supportive bike community. Events at the popular track at Carrier Park in West Asheville, dubbed "The Mellowdrome" because it's so flat, have drawn cyclists from as far as Maryland and Florida. Just imagine what a real velodrome would bring.
With such a development in mind, the Waynesville-based Carolina Track Cycling Association has also partnered with MPAC, Bassham reports.
Another board member, Christine Aiken, has created a local circus subculture through Asheville Aerial Arts, which trains aerial artists and performs at parties and events. So many people have dreamed of flying the trapeze or slinging around in hanging silks that the troupe now boasts about 35 members, and auditions attract folks from around the country, Aiken reports.
There are few facilities in the country where aerial-arts schools can train and perform, she says. For now, her group works at Hahn's Gymnastics in south Asheville. Aerialists require professional riggers, tall ceilings and heavy-duty equipment that can hold a person while falling and swinging. "More than 10 feet is considered a mortal fall," notes Aiken, adding, "Insurance is crazy for classes."
That's why having a shared facility, which would also generate income from performances, could help keep her company soaring. "We are the missing link in the Southeast," Aiken proclaims. "If we had a facility, we could host a [national] conference, which now happens each year in Denver."
Many of the diverse groups Bassham is trying to include under MPAC's umbrella bring their own specific needs to the table. And outdoor recreation, he notes, is a key part of what has made Western North Carolina a vacation destination and what induces many people to move here. To support that, Bassham aims to create a more conducive community.
"MPAC would be a catalyst for so much," says Aiken. "This would be a city of people who want to move their bodies."
For more information, visit www.ncmaysa.com/mpac.html.
[Bettina Freese lives and bikes in Asheville.]
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Nick Young (born June 1, 1985, in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player with the Washington Wizards of the NBA at both the shooting guard and small forward positions.
Young failed out of two high schools before finally being admitted to a third, Cleveland High School, in suburban Reseda, California. He averaged 27.2 points and 10.8 rebounds as a 2004 senior at Cleveland, earning 2004 CIF L.A. City Section, Los Angeles Times All-City and San Fernando Valley first team honors. He shot 57.3% from the field and 46.8% from three-point range (52-of-111), had 48 steals and 41 blocks as Cleveland finished 25–4. Young was tabbed the seventh-best player in the country by HoopScoop and listed by prep basketball guru Frank Burlison as among the Top 50 recruits in 2004. He once scored 56 points in one game and had 23 rebounds in another. He earned CIF L.A. City Section first team honors in 2003 and was included in a list of Top Seniors by Athlon heading into 2004.
Young played for the University of Southern California from 2004 to 2007 and was first team all-Pac-10 in 2005–2006 and 2006–2007. In the 2007 NCAA Tournament, Young led the fifth-seeded Trojans to a berth in the Sweet Sixteen, where they lost to the one-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels, 74–64. Along the way, Young led USC to a 77–60 first-round win against Arkansas. In the 2nd round, Young led the team with 22 points over the Texas Longhorns in a 87–68 rout of the team featuring the National Player of the Year, Kevin Durant.


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I was very happy with this purchase again from Overstock.com. Package delivered in one big box, but no damage at all. I spent more than an hour to assemble by myself (female over 50). Lots of parts and instruction was helpful. Extra nuts and screws were great idea from manufacture. It is very easy to lost those small parts if you are assembly outside.
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12 Google Shortcuts Every Traveler Should Know
by Mike Richard | January, 2008
Sheila at Geeky Traveller noted the other day that "Google could put out toilet paper and I'd use it." Because the fact is: Google rules.
But did you know the plain ol' Google search box you use every day is good for a whole lot more than you're likely asking of it? Forget going to ten different sites to get your travel info quickly. Just Google it!
Here are twelve essential Google travel shortcuts you might have missed:
#1: Get Local Weather
Type: "weather [city name or zip/postal code]"
Example: "weather 02818″ or "weather london"
#2: Check Flight Status
Google automagically pulls flight data from FlightStats.com. All you have to do is enter the flight number.
Type: [flight name and/or number]
Example: "aa123″ or "united 959″
#3: Currency Converter
Type: "[amount] [first currency] to [second currency]"
Example: "1000 usd to euro"
… or:
"500 yen to pesos"
#4: Find the Local Time Anywhere
Type: "time [city/state/province/country]"
Example: "time tokyo"
#5: Identify People, Foreign Objects, and More
A great tip from Lifehacker:
Google Image search results show you instead of tell you about a word. Don't know what jicama looks like? Not sure if the person named "Priti" who you're emailing with is a woman or a man? Spanish rusty and you forgot what "corazon" is? Pop your term into Google Image Search (or type image jicama into the regular search box) to see what your term's about.
A while back, someone told me of a fruit I'd never heard of called "rambutan". Plugging the phrase into Google image search revealed that it's a bright red, quirky looking fruit that's not likely indigenous to the U.S.:
#6: View Airport Conditions
Type: "[airport name/code] airport"
Example: "logan airport"
#7: Convert Temperatures
Type: "[temperature] [C/F] to [F/C]"
Example: "40 C to F"
#8: Convert Distances
Type: "[value] [first distance unit] to [second distance unit]"
Example: "400 kilometers to miles"
#9: Convert Driving Speeds
Type: "[value] [first distance unit] to [second distance unit]"
Example: "70 kph to mph"
#10: Find a Phone Number
Find a Person:
Type: "[person's name], [city or zip/postal code]"
Example: "john smith, london"
Find a Business:
Type: "[business name or type], [city or zip/postal code]"
Example: "apple store, manhattan"
#11: Find Local Food and Restaurants
Type: "[food type], [city or zip code/postal code]"
Example: "pizza, london e1″
#12: Track Your Packages
Wondering where that extra pack of socks Mom was supposed to forward you is?
Type: [any USPS, UPS, or FedEx tracking number]
Example: 706479610009807
Voilà! No longer must you login to each shipping carrier's official website.
Bonus: Google Translator
Google's online language translation service is fast, free and a breeze to use.
For example, asking Google to convert Vagabondish's "What We're About" statement:
Vagabondish is an online magazine that discusses offbeat backpacking and travel news, advice, how-to tips and tall tales from around the world.
… to Russian reveals:
Vagabondish Это онлайновый журнал, что обсуждает offbeat backpacking и новости, советы, как на советы и высотных сказки из разных стран мира.
Sure, it's not perfect but if you're in a pinch a thousand miles from home, it beats paying $300 for Rosetta Stone software.
What other Google shortcuts or hacks do you use in your travels? Feel free to share them with us in the comments below!
You might also be interested in related posts tagged with: Features, Tips, Travel
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About the Author
Vagabondish founding editor, Mike Richard, is a Rhode Island native, professional web designer and travel junkie with an unhealthy addiction to backpacking, hiking and seeing the world. He enjoys knit hats, small, declarative sentences and speaking in the third person. His professional credits include "Woman's World magazine contributor" and having once been interviewed by Tyra Banks (seriously).
January 31st, 2008
Great list! I was just trying to remember how to use Google to convert currency this afternoon. It's nice to have this all in one place… I'll be referring back!
Great idea for a post, Mike! Meredith is right, it is nice to have all of this in one place. Thank you!
Meredith + Stacy: Thanks! Most people probably already know about many of these but I thought it might provide a helpful "cheat sheet" for travelers.
Great post. I use heaps of these already but was pretty impressed with the package tracking idea!!!! Now I'm trying to think of other random numbers that Google might be clever enough to convert into what I'm really looking for. Hmm …
Great info! I can use all the travel tips I can get!
[...] Vagabondish digs deep and rounds up 12 Google Shortcuts Every Traveler Should Know. From how to check the weather, convert your currency and [...]
I consider myself a long time web searcher but some of these are gems! Thanks for the great list.
Haha! Great stuff Mike.
Just don't make the mistake of these two Googlers on "Google Maps Gone Bad"!
you can use "define:" in front of any word or term and you will find definitions. E.G.: http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Arainforest
Keep track of your travels with your very own google map: goto maps.google.com and go to the tab "My Maps".
On google maps, you can get driving directions by typing "city1 to city2″: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=amsterdam+to+paris
On google finance you can find the trends for currency conversions for e.g. USD to EUR (you will also get useful news links explaining why exchange rates changed): http://finance.google.com/finance?q=EURUSD
You can use "location:" in front of your search to localize it
You can find easy flight info by typing "city1 to city2″ in normal google: http://www.google.com/search?q=amsterdam+to+new+york
for gmail users: use searches like "label:labelname" or "is:unread". More tips here: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=7190
There, that should keep you busy for now ;)
Hey, Walter: all great tips. Thanks for sharing!
[...] users have always used Google for everything, including travel. Today the vast majority of all travelers are using the internet for every phase of their [...]
[...] Geared towards travellers, this site has uses for the classroom too. Did you know the plain ol' Google search box you use every day is good for a whole lot more than you're likely asking of it? Check it out below… – The URL: http://www.vagabondish.com/12-google-shortcuts-every-traveler-should-know/ [...]
October 29th, 2008
Don't forget Google's text messaging helps!
[...] 12 Google Shortcuts Every Traveler Should Know [...]
A very complete guide of the Google search shortcuts
[...] 12 Google Shortcuts Every Traveler Should Know (tags: GoogleTools GoogleMaps) [...]
January 15th, 2009
[...] is a woman or a man? Spanish rusty and you forgot what "corazon" is? Pop your term into Google Image Search (or type image jicama into the regular search box) to see what your term's [...]
[...] Convert temperatures: Type "[temperature][C/F] to [F/C]" to get the correct temperature. [...]
February 4th, 2009
[...] Convert temperatures: Type "[temperature][C/F] to [F/C]" to get the correct temperature. [...]
[...] Here are the best Google travel tips: [items 1 - 12 were originally put together by Vagabondish, an excellent travel blog] [...]
February 18th, 2010
Good article.
I found a way myself to do a quick translation from google search, type:
translate [word] to [language]
translate car to german
Some results return are not exactly correct in my area but your tutorial is really useful.
Thank you
Whenever I travel abroad, Google Translate is my best friend. It came in super handy on a recent visit to Kiev, Ukraine. English speaking folks (in my experience) were few and far between, and being able to learn a few quick phrases on the fly beyond the basics is beyond helpful.
[...] would like to give credit to the Vagabondish travel blog, credited with posting some of these Google travel shortcuts in 2008. I've been using them [...]


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Panasonic's new Lumix DMC-FX01 digital camera efficiently squeezes a 6MP resolution, a 3.6x optical zoom, and an MEGA Optical Image Stabilizer feature all into a very lightweight and extremely compact body. The DMC-FX01 doesn't disappoint, offering numerous upgrades on older FX models, and then some.
While still maintaining the same compact body size as past models, one major difference is that the DMC-FX01 incorporates a 28mm -102 mm (35mm equivalent) 3.6x optical zoom Leica DC lens. This allows for wider shots, whether you are shooting group table shots at a wedding, wide mountainous landscapes or massive architectural structures.
The lens is comprised of seven elements in six groups, incorporating four aspherical lenses to generate high optical performance. The zoom ratio can be extended up to 5x in 3MP resolution mode with minimal deterioration, thanks to the Extra Optical Zoom feature. By using the central part of the CCD, this very powerful function allows you to easily shoot and magnify even the most distant subjects. The zoom is also quiet, smooth, and swift.
Panasonic has long been at the forefront of image stabilization technology, which the company first developed for its camcorder products many years ago. The DMC-FX01 utilizes dual image stabilization modes: MEGA Optical Image Stabilization (O.I.S.), and High Sensitivity Mode. The MEGA O.I.S. compensates for shaky hands to give you steady, focused images. We liked the High Sensitivity mode, which allowed us to shoot at sensitivity settings up to ISO 1600. This is an added benefit for indoor photography where you might be shooting at faster shutter speeds.
The DMC-FX01 offers the same sturdy, elegant design as previous models in the series. Our test unit featured a stylish silver metallic finish, but in some areas, the camera is also available in black, pink, and white.
The overall layout of buttons and controls is quite good on such a compact unit. The large, bright 2.5-inch screen takes up most of the back of the unit. The zoom, shutter, optical image stabilization and power controls are located on the top of the camera, all within easy access. Located on the back are the menu controls and the mode dial, which allow you to select from normal, macro, simple, scene, movie and playback modes. The unit also offers a Power LCD function, which helps you see the screen even on the sunniest of days. All you need to do is hold the Display/LCD button down a little longer and then select Power LCD mode from the screen. The LCD backlight gains up to approximately 1.4 times brighter to produce clear, easily viewable images, even in bright sunlight.
As far as speed goes, the DMC-FX01 incorporates the Venus Engine Plus LSI for high performance image processing while still going light on the battery. We found it to have a remarkably quick AF response time, especially in 1-point high speed AF mode.
If you're into scene modes, the DMC-FX01 offers a whopping 18 different options, including: Scenery, Sports, High Sensitivity, Portrait, Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Self Portrait, Food, Fireworks and Starry Sky. When you select the mode you want, the camera automatically sets the exposure and white balance settings for you. The video mode has the ability to record at 30fps in standard TV format. In addition, users also have the ability to shoot motion video in a widescreen format-ideal for viewing on the newest widescreen televisions.
Panasonic has really done their homework the last few years to become a major player in the digital camera arena. If you are looking for a tiny, take-anywhere digital camera that captures great photos and features dynamite Leica optics, look no further than the Panasonic DMC-FX01.


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This time of silent worship together may include spoken messages or sharing of spiritual journeys. On the first Sunday of each month, an additional time of singing at
3:30 p.m. precedes the worship service. As Margaret Fell, a 17th century Quaker wrote: "We are a people that follow after those things that make for peace, love, and unity; it is our desire that others' feet may walk in the same."
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So, What Was That You Said About Peyton Manning, Mr. Bob Lamey?
Last week during the Cowboys win over the Colts, a game in which Peyton Manning threw four interceptions, Colts radio play-by-play man Bob Lamey was caught making some critical, knee-jerk remarks about Manning. Lamey's comments were originally off-air, but became on-air when a local Indianapolis ESPN radio show on 1070 the Fan played them for all to hear. BigBlueShoe at Big Stampede Blue has the gist:
The gist of Bob's rant was nothing more than froth-mouthed frustration. He said the NFL had 'figured Manning out' and the Colts bench him in favor of Curtis Painter for the rest of this season. He also said the Colts would finish last in the AFC South, and should spend time in this year's NFL Draft looking for a replacement to Peyton.
BigBlueShoe chalked Lamey's comments up to in-game frustrations and being a die-hard fan of the blue shoe. After all, the Colts were on a three-game losing streak which had a lot to do with Manning's uncharacteristic 11 interceptions. But, seriously, Curtis Painter for the rest of the season (with the playoffs still a very real possibility)? Lamey may be a huge homer, but I can't imagine these comments were made without some crazy pills and an empty rocker also being included.
Maybe it's because I'm a Lions fan and I don't have the slightest clue what it's like to root for a bona fide winning NFL team, but I know enough that you don't jump ship at the first hint of a slump from your 4-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl winning quarterback. Three straight bad games, a blip really, and all of a sudden the NFL's figured Manning out? Obviously, no team can win when their quarterback is turning the ball over 11 times in three games. But, given the Colts current injuries and having seen Manning methodically pick defenses apart for, oh, the past 11 seasons, even in the utmost dire situations, Colts' biggest homers should know that the team's best shot is with Manning under center and they're not going to win meaningful football games with Curtis Painter.
Of course, Lamey realized he goofed and apologized to Manning. Then, as if Lamey didn't feel stupid enough, Manning served up a nice, warm bowl of crow on Thursday night. Manning put together a gem -- completed 25 of 35 passes for 319 yards, two touchdowns and, most importantly, zero interceptions -- in a key win on the road against the Titans. That'll be all, Mr. Lamey.*
*To be fair to Lamey, I don't think it's totally unreasonable for the Colts to consider drafting a quarterback to develop and replace Peyton Manning down the road a la Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay. Manning will be 35-years-old next season and, FWIW, Rodgers was drafted when Brett Favre was 35.


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An exhibit showcasing the Chicano arts collective ASCO, which was active in Los Angeles throughout most of the 1970s and 80s, is currently touring the North American continent. Unfortunately, it won't be coming to Indiana any time soon, so I have had to make due with the thick catalog from the show, "Asco: Elite of the Obscure." Fortunately it's a beautiful book. Asco's artwork ties into a lot of my ongoing pet concerns – kitsch, the foreigner, the "as if" artwork – in dynamic and interesting ways, so I thought I would share some thoughts on this arts movement. But most importantly, the images are utterly beautiful and hilarious. I can't help myself: I'm fascinated, I keep thinking about these images, this movement, which may seem very far removed from my own life in Indiana, but yet seems very relevant to me.
The name "ASCO" is itself interesting. To begin with, like the famous forbearer "Dada," it is a foreign word (it's Spanish, meaning nausea) that is both strange and catchy. It "works" in English as a kind of brand name (I'm gonna get som Asco at the corner store? Have you gotten the latest Asco yet?), but the Spanish adds a layer of obscurity, of a sense of something hidden. This combination of the kitschy and the hidden is in many ways emblematic of a foreigner aesthetic. I'm using the word "foreigner" to conveniently include here both actual immigrants and ethnic minorities. I know there's a difference but there's also a similarity: a presence that troubles the dream of homogeneity.
In U.S. culture – whether "high" or "low" – the foreigner is often a figure of kitsch: s/he is a fake version of the real thing ("the American"), lacking the interiority of the American Subject. That is, the foreigner is thing-like. S/he has no soul. In this regard foreigners are a lot like Art. Everything we touch becomes art.
Ethnic or minority or immigrant cultures are often very conservative in trying to avoid this kitsch label, insisting on a kind of authenticity of their culture. America often finds that very attractive as well: "the old world" of authenticity as opposed to the modern America. This is another form of kitsch, "authenticity kitsch."
[Some Swedish kitsch...]
A while back I got in a heated discussion with a Latino poet who claimed the Latina writer Sandy Florian was not a Latina writer because she did not "write about the Latina experience." Her writing was too "experimental" – ie it called attention to itself as artifice, rather than (as his own poetry) seeking to document the stuff of the Latin "experience" (whether food, customs, family traditions). In other words, art gets in the way to this "documenting." Authenticity becomes a conservative aesthetic. Ethnicity becomes an aesthetic. Paradoxically, all things aesthetic are of course artifice.
In this insistence on art that "documents" the "real thing," this conservative aesthetic reminds me quite a bit of the discussions in "Performance Art" where it seems to me (I admit it, I'm not an expert in this field) important that the real art is the performance, not the "documentation." Sometimes I've come across these spats in performance art discussions where people get accused of turning the "documentation" into the artwork.
For example, Joseph Beuys was often accused of this. And that definitely seems true. My favorite work by Beuys is his long-running series of photographs "Arena: Where would I have got if I had been intelligent," which consists of photographs of art objects, regular objects and performances by Beuys. Except, the divisions are immediately blurred. The montage of photographs of artistic relics/souvenirs from the performances renders any object he might put in the show into a relic; the montage sets up an equal sign of sorts; it tells us: these are photographs of relics. Everything is a relic, a souvenir. The art cannot be contained.
Likewise, it's not clear if all the pictures of Beuys himself are from actual performances, or if any picture with him is a performance, if his life is a performance. The "cut" between photographs are too far apart to be "sutured" together into a montage. Art has redefined itself, redefined "life," There is no longer an "outside." There's an atmosphere that leaks out surrounding everything, turning everything into Art.
Conducted at the same roughly the same time, the ASCO artworks play with a similar dynamic in their "No Films," which consist of fake film stills from non-existent movies, starring "bario stars," an ethnic version of the "superstars" of Jack Smith (whose film stills from the 1960s is probably the most direct predecessor of ASCO's work) and Andy Warhol. This connection suggests another important connection: that between the foreigner and the homosexual, between the immigrant and the queer.
As modernist poet and constant immigrant (from Russia to Finland and later Lithuania) Henry Parland put it in his diary: "I am always a foreigner, no matter where I go." To be a foreigner is to be a kind of drag version of the native, the foreigner introduces Art into every dimension of life. Some people – such as the Latino poet who could not find the "Latina experience" in Sandy Florian's work – would try to deny that the reified 'immigrant experience' is itself kitsch, made up of costumes, objects, food, customs, a recognizable cast of characters, etc. Others, such as ASCO, would use it to produce their Art.
What strikes me in these would-be B-movie promotional stills is the use of cheap trinkets, the kitsch: disco-aliens with platform boots attack a bum with a huge fake axe, a woman is taped to a wall, a dolls is burning. These trinkets and human figures are posed around very mundane parts of Los Angeles; but their make-up, their trinkets both call attention to the mundane Los Angeles and turn it into something ridiculously glamorous, a kind of kitsch glamour. In this way it seems to opposite of the Hollywood idea of Los Angeles: The ultra-rich heart of spectacle culture that can create every exotic locale within its studios. Here the shitty glamour brings the "studio" out into Los Angeles, which finally becomes visible… as Art.
The other thing is that this shitty glamour is actually circuited to ethnicity. You can see this connection very explicitly if you look at some of ASCO's artwork – such as "Stations of the Cross," where they dressed up in Day-of-the-Dead-inspired garbs and carried a cross to the draft station used to sign up Chicanos for the Vietnam War. Once you've become aware of the political and ethnic dimensions of that protest, you can see the connection between the kitsch and the ethnic-inspired matter in the No Movies.
Let me return to the name ASCO, the name with its dual meaning of kitsch-brand and foreign, obscure word. Who was afflicted by this "nausea"? When asked in 1983 where the name came from, Gronk (one of the members) said:
"That was generally the reaction to a lot of the work that we were doing, when we first started doing work, is people would say, refer to our work as giving them, "Uuhllhh!" asco. So we said, "That's a nice title," so we applied it to ourselves. A lot of the stuff early on was like real bloody and used a lot of different things, like dead birds and bones, and anything we could get our hands on. So the reaction by the community, or by different people that would see the work, was that it was giving them nausea. We liked the word."
So in this definition, their artwork is named after the reception, after the effect their art has on people. But this is not the only explanation the group has given for its name. As C.Ondine Chavoya and Rita Gonzalez point out in their article "Asco and the Politics of Revulsion," another member, Harry Gamboa noted very early on: "Last year at this time I was very active in the affairs of my community. I was deeply bothered and disgusted with the condition of my community and the Mexican American people. I learned to distrust and dislike everything that was pro-establishment." Along the same line, Gronk also said "a lot of our friends were coming back in body bags and were dying, and we were seeing a whole generation come back that weren't alive anymore. And in a sense that gave us nausea… that is Asco, in a way." The group also stated that they were "attracted and appalled by the glitter and gangrene of urban reality."
What I love about all these definitions – seemingly seeping out of a very basic yet foreign word – is the contradictions: the nausea is a negative response to the artwork which is a negative response to the political realities and or the kitschy "glitter," which may be a disease in itself. In Julia Kristeva's famous definition of "abjecting" as vomiting out the abject in order to maintain the self. "The abject" is that which troubles boundaries. And here the nausea is both in the viewer and the artist, both inside the artists and outside of them. The glitter, the kitsch is the disease is both a source of fascination and nausea. Asco doesn't expel the kitsch, they harbor it, they are fascinated by it; this fascination doesn't heal, it seems to permeate.
Like the element of the un-sutured montage, the nauseating atmosphere of Asco's work permeates the city of Los Angeles, blurring boundaries between inside and outside, fantasy and reality, Los Angeles and "Los Angeles." Perhaps the most strikingly political aspect of this aesthetic can be seen in the stunning photograph "Decoy". The group sent this picture of an apparently dead man in the middle of a street in Los Angeles to newspapers and news shows as evidence of another Chicano riot gone awry, and these news-outlets promptly broadcast it as evidence.
And this is where I feel like a lot of my concerns in this essay come together: the anxiety about proper documentation is totally undermined by the very beautiful fake documentation, the ethnic "document" becomes the imaginary trace of violence, the nausea pervades everything – from the disenfranchised Chicano artists to the corporate news shows. Glitter and gangrene, glitter and gangrene….


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You can take advantage of electrochemistry and make a battery to clean tarnished silverware without scrubbing. You should learn about how batteries work and study oxidation-reduction reactions so that you can explain how this process works. You'll need a pan large enough to hold the pieces of silverware, and deep enough to cover them in solution while boiling gently. Line the pan with aluminum foil, and place the silverware inside the pan, making sure that each piece touches the foil. Add water to cover the silverware, then add a teaspoon of salt and a teaspoon of baking soda for each liter of water in the pan. Heat the pan on the stove until the water boils, then reduce the heat so that it boils gently. The tarnish (silver sulfide) gradually dissolves, producing silver (Ag+) and sulfide (S2−) ions in solution. Electrons are transferred from aluminum atoms (Al) to the silver ions, producing silver atoms (Ag) and aluminum ions (Al3+). The silverware is functioning as the positive pole of the battery, and the aluminum as the negative pole. The silver atoms plate out of solution on the silverware, and the sulfide ions form insoluble sulfides with various positive ions in the solution. What is common to all batteries? How do batteries differ? With help from an adult, design and build a battery and prove that it works by lighting a flashlight bulb or powering a small electric motor.Share your story with Science Buddies!
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