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American diplomats in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Amman led a coordinated evacuation of over 250 foreign nationals and 93 U.S. citizens from the Gaza Strip January 21-22, 2009. U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv coordinated the operation with diplomatic representatives from other countries, including Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Greece, Jordan, Norway, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Turkey. In the video above and text below, U.S. diplomats reflect on the experience.Mr. Andrew Parker, Consul General, American Embassy Tel Aviv: The U.S. Embassy was asked by the Israelis to take on the role of being the coordinator for this international evacuation. We began by contacting 25 countries that have nationals here who were interested in evacuating people. We brought them together at the Embassy and started a coordination group, and we have been providing daily updates as we have negotiated with COGAT (Israeli Border Authority responsible for controlling this Erez Crossing and other crossings in and out of Gaza) and with the others to try to arrange departure for their foreign nationals. So, they have been the key interlocutor for us as we try to arrange this departure.
Mr. Van Reidhead, Political Officer, American Embassy Tel Aviv: We worked throughout the last two weeks of the conflict to put it together and then we were finally, as the ceasefire came into place, able to coordinate with the other embassies, with our consulate in Jerusalem and with the Israeli authorities to bring out – I don't recall the numbers – but a great deal of American and other third country nationals. We are very happy it worked out.
Mr. Jonathan Crawford, Vice Consul, Consulate General, Jerusalem: I have got 90 American citizens and their families. This is part of an international evacuation and coordination effort. Today, we have about 350 foreign nationals who are leaving. We have been working really hard for the past two weeks trying to organize the names, confirm citizenship, and then work out the logistics of bringing people out of what used to be a war zone.
Well, it was definitely a lot of coordination, but it was also a big team effort. This is the first time that we worked very closely with, of course, our Embassy in Tel Aviv, with our colleagues in Amman, and with our colleagues in Cairo. So, really there were four missions here – American missions working hard to make this happen.
Mr. Ruben Harutunian, Vice Consul, American Embassy Tel Aviv: Today was my first time working with the Consular Section in an evacuation and it was really an exciting time to be here to be helping the people, especially what was most gratifying was being a welcoming face, an open face for the people as they came through the border and just helping them with their bags and really to showing them where the bathrooms were, showing them where the sandwiches were, just really hanging out with them and being relaxed and showing them a welcoming face from both the United States and on as they prepare for their onward journey.
Ms. Kristin Roberts, Vice Consul, American Embassy Tel Aviv: We got here this morning and it was quite a day. Just a few days ago there was a war going on here and bombs were flying just over the hills back here. Having the kids come through - especially the kids is what hit me – you have got these families and kids were coming through on their baggage and on the bags, sitting on top and they are leaving their life behind: They are leaving their school, they are leaving their friends, they are leaving members of their family. They were scared. Their eyes were glazed over like coming through an airport after several hours but they don't know where they are going. They know they are going to America but that is all they know.
So, actually, the best part of it today for me was providing a friendly face and playing with the kids. They dug through a suitcase of toys that people had donated and helping them choose their toys and learning a little bit of Arabic and talking to them in a little bit of English, and just kind of providing a way for them to go out and play and relax and be happy and it is actually very tense and scary for them. So, for me that was the best part of the day. A lot of logistics are being handled. A lot less people came today than we expected so there was a lot of time available to really spend time with the families. I'd never met any Palestinians families until today and for me, personally, getting to know these families and these kids was really the best part of – really put a human face on it for me and I hope I did the same for them.
Zharkov in U.S.A. writes:
Is it true that our own allies are firing missiles at Israel?
Are we shipping ammunition to both sides?
I'm almost curious -- which side is ours?
HERZLIYA, Israel -- With Hamas signaling it is willing to enter a cease-fire with Israel, it was the U.S.-backed Fatah party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas whose so-called military wing took responsibility for a barrage of rockets and mortars fired from the Gaza Strip today.
Fatah's Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades called WND and also released an official pamphlet to take credit for firing at least five rockets and four mortars today, lightly wounding two Israeli soldiers and one civilian. Also taking responsibility was a cell claiming it was working on behalf of the Iranian-backed, Hamas-allied Islamic Jihad terrorist organization.
Cat in U.S.A. writes:
I am not Jewish, but...if Canada were protecting a settlement of rocket firing extremists who were killing American citizens and hiding their rockets where there were peaceful Canadians living, I believe I would want our government to invade and destroy the enemies of this country. How do feel about it?
Joe in Tennessee writes:
A Quote come to mind:
The true shame of humanity is that: Politics and Religion are not the true nature of people. It is the few who destroy the many. It is Peculiar that the few are generally more educated than the many is it not; given that, Knowledge is Godly.
So, again, we need to control the few from gaining oversight of the many who are not beneficial to Society. Should this not be the goal so the many can live in peace and develop?
S.D. in Tennessee writes:
I support Israel, but also, as an American, seeing refugees, not only have trouble with food, water, and seeing their kids and families go without, touches my heart! Those who do not believe in respect and freedom in the extremist Islamic movement, cause fear and distrust in all countries, especially the U.S. and israel, but I hope Americans, always, care for the war torn!
Zharkov in U.S.A. writes:
As an American, I naturally want to support the "good side" in the Israeli-Palistinian conflict and this presents a huge problem for me because in the middle east, I see no such animal.
Israel employed continual terrorist attacks to force others off the land in 1948 through various groups such as the Haganah, which attacked and killed British and American citizens, including diplomats and military. Arabs are employing the same tactics now for the same purpose.
So which side do we want to be ours?
Whose victims do we wish to condemn?
Which side has "clean hands"?
Joe in Tennessee writes:
The education of the children are the best solution for the future...it is a shame indeed. Egypt is putting up a longer fence, so there is no help even there. This is an International problem which may well need intervention to place the peaceful in another country until the problem is solved by either peaceful accord or war.
How the children are taught is how they will grow...somehow we need to find a way to guide the adults to lead the children properly...and I think all attempts at that were made thus far.
Hamas is still firing rockets since the peace accord and even during the Israel invasion; HAMAS was killing their Fatah competitors. This is by word of mouth from Palestine, yet the press did not cover it at all. They used the war as a disguise to maim and kill a lot of their political competition and those who openly wanted peace. They are a plague of evil to even their own.
Anyone have any ideas? How do you deal with them to change and adapt for the sake of the children? Do you honestly think they believe that the death of children is Godly in any way? Then again, people who think they have a right to stone others to death in public without any regard to the law cannot be Godly can they?
Other than elimination, what is the alternative? If elimination of this abstract is the only answer, how do you do it without hurting others?
Eveyln W. in California writes:
There will not be peace until the U.S. sees that Israel stops the siege of Gaza. For too long we have been complicit in the brutality of the Israelis toward the people of Gaza. It is a shameful foreign policy that supports Israel when it uses the very powerful weapons that we have sold them against civilian targets. Open the borders so that the people of Gaza will receive the humanitarian aid that has been denied to them for years. Then the rockets will stop and Israel will not have to 'defend itself' by committing war crimes with the weapons we sell them.
Mark R. in the United Kingdom writes:
Dear Mr President, I am a member of a writing group that from time to time becomes a debating society. Not surprisingly the subject of Israel and the Palestinians has become a hot topic. Among many suggestions I floated the idea that Jerusalem should become an independent state, rather like the Vatican with its own police force, and the Headquarters of the UN. I believe that the members would want the same representation as they now enjoy in New York and would agree that Jerusalem, as the fount of all three faiths associated with the Bible, is the natural home from which a peaceful solution for the area can be found. Mark R.
Paul O. in North Carolina writes:
How about we just take over the middle east? Claim all the oil and gold they have, and make them all live in a democratic government forced upon them by an American Ambassador with American Military backing. Make them submit to our laws. And until they can live peacefully among themselves, let these barbarians pay taxes to the United States Government. Control of the Middle East is vital to the diplomacy of other continents.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Paul O, America has never been, nor ever will be a colonial power.
To whom it does very much concern @ State:
I'd like to see nations coordinate the evacuation of women and children from Gaza, regardless of status on humanitarian grounds.
Those that wish to leave should be afforded temp. safe haven in other countries listed above.
This will relieve the burden somewhat on NGO's providing relief aid inside Gaza by getting the innocent to the aid they desperately need and out of harm's way.
UN aid relief has been shut down due to Hamas stealing it for their own militias and in my opinion the ceasefire will not hold more than another week or two (at most a month) before all hell breaks loose.
And that despite the best efforts and intent of nations.
We have this coordinated effort to help foreign nationals, now is the time to use what you've created to save as many lives as possible.
Let nations not suffer a failure of imagination.
Zharkov in U.S.A. writes:
Now that is an amazing statement -- that America has never been a "colonial power."
I think the former Queen of Hawaii, the people of Puerto Rico, the Islands of Guam, and other U.S. Possessions, might remind us of the 13 colonies which we took by force from Britain and placed them and their laws subordinate to federal power. The differences between New York as a colony of Britain, and New York as a colony of Washington, D.C. amount to a different address for paying taxes, and todays taxes are far higher than colonial taxes once were.
I suppose it depends on how one redefines "a colonial power", but at the very least, we exploited Hawaii for its agricultural bounty, absorbed it into the Union, and stuck the natives with our taxes. Native Hawaiians often wish they had their queen back.
Paul makes a salient point -- why should our boys and girls die in the Middle East for land their children will never own?
Under Islam, most Americans could never practice other religions in those lands. When we fought wars with Mexico over Texas, we kept Texas. When we fought a war with Spain over Cuba, we kept Cuba until Fidel took it away from us. We kept all the lands taken from the Native Americans save only tiny fraction for Indian Reservations.
Today we fight wars and keep only the injured and the huge debt that remains long after the war is forgotten; there is nothing for the citizens who fight and die in these wars, most of which are never "won", only abandoned after terrible loss and expense. What is the point of sending our kids into battle when there is nothing in it for them?
Why cannot our government allow the so-called "oppressed people" in the Middle East fight their own wars against their oppressors?
What obligation should U.S. citizens have to liberate foreign citizens at our expense, who are not particularly interested in risking their own lives to be liberated?
John in Greece writes:
@ Zharkov in U.S.A. -- According to your "historical logic" we all of us must return to caves. However, America in not an Empire, does not want or intend to become one and has never been a colonial power!
According to your thinking "path", if we accept that U.S.A. must return all these territories to Indians, the British, Spanish or French, then they have also to return everything they have/d to various "apes" living in caves, on the ground that there was no Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal or Indians etc. 2000 years ago, moreover 100,000 years ago. Even the Indians (natives) won't be able to make "accounting". Apaches won't agree with Cherokees on what they used to have and who has what. And then they will become "colonial"? (according to you) because there are also Navajo, Sioux, Chippewa and it goes?
I suspect, that when Eric in NM says that America has never been a colonial power, he means that all today's States (Puerto Rico, Islands of Guam inc.) are people who accepted the U.S. values and Constitution (Great Fathers' ideas) and they want to be a part of this humanitarian and ideological vision of a democratic and Free world. Otherwise, America would have tanks and military forces everywhere to keep its colonial power. I do not see any tanks. I do not see any conflicts inside U.S.A. Only Chinese and Russians use/d them? Where do you live and you do not see America? London? Paris? Moscow? (Switzerland?)
It's really "funny" to reading you write that Hawaii prefers the Queen, when for the first time in this State's history, today's President is a Hawaiian. I think that your argumentation is out of order. Even a child understands that 2009 Hawaii is absolutely logical to LOVE USA and not any Queen or other ex-Empire. Just only this makes your argumentation PROPAGANDISTIC and SUSPICIOUS.
I imagine that you believe that Canada, or Louisiana belong to France (LOL) I imagine that you like a very small, "splitting up" United States (LOL) And then your kind of governing? (LOL)
Sure! You'll never going to have it! Your "nightmare" answer to what you'll never have is the "logo": UNITED!
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ John in Greece -- World peace will be achieved eventually, if it be back to sticks and stones for all of us.
That is one but possibility that is not written in stone, hovever.
Just for the record.
As it relates to foreign policy, the history of "the Union" is perhaps one of the most unique undertakings in human history.
My simple statement that "America is not , and has never been a colonial power" ( while some cannot seemingly acertain the context in reply to the suggestion that the U.S. "take over" the the mideast - an act subject to interpretation in its own right), one could cite the obvious difference between America's aquisition of territory and integration into the Union, and the classical models of colonial power (Alexander-Greece, Ceasar-Rome, Cyrus-Persia, and so on...at the same time noting that history has always provided lessons.
The mindset involved in "nations within nation" leading to the recognition of the rights and sovereignity of indigenous peoples within what is now the existing territorial boundaries of the United States, is a lot more like Cyrus, than Alexander.
Democracy being "the great experiment", one generally learns from one's mistakes to form "a more perfect Union".
However, "Seward's folly" was not such. And I doubt the people of New Orleans have a problem with "the Louisiana purchase", just as the people of New Mexico regard the treaty of Guadalupe/Hildalgo as essential to having transformed the remains of the old Spanish colonial era into a working Democracy. Interestingly, the King of Spain had issued land grants to his citizens to settle New Mexico long before we became a nation, and those same land grants are still recognized today, as part of county record.
Back in the day, Cyrus took Babylon through peaceful conquest, freed all the slaves and instituted the first "federal system" of government that was based upon the first human rights document, and proceded in "the great experiment" to achieve much of what we take for granted as essential to a democratic form of governance.
The integration of Alaska, New Mexico and other "territories" was through popular referendum, not decree and that is the primary difference between "colonial power" and the power of democracy.
It can be fairly said that Americans do not recognize royalty within our borders as everyone is equal under the law, and having won independance from same. However, the decision to become part of the United States was ultimately the Hawaian people's decision.
Zharkov in U.S.A. writes:
It is an interesting issue to think about -- is America a colonizer, and if not, why not?
Modern life in Afghanistan and Iraq is paid for with our citizen's blood and treasure, so why not colonize these lands? Shall we call them "East America"?
Or is foreign gratitude for human sacrifice supposed to be sufficient reward for families whose children will never return from foreign lands?
We did return Indian land that the federal government seized by force from them. We forced the Russians out of Northern California and forced Spain out of Southern California, and we kept their settlements and their land. We forced the Nazis out of Germany and our military bases remain in Germany today.
Do we colonize? Yes we can!
President Lincoln and his Congress started a civil war in order to block the South from independence. The Confederacy wanted to leave the Union and Lincoln decided to kill them rather than set them free.
The notion that we do not "colonize" other lands ignores reality -- we do colonize if we want to -- and if the Congress decides to keep the region, they never let go whether the natives agree or not.
No voters in Germany were allowed to decide where our military base should be located. Indians do not get to choose where their reservations would be. Southern states had no voice on the terms of surrender. Hawaiians never expected that the U.S. military, and U.S. mainland residents who relocated there, might be voting along with them.
People who take action to be free and independent of our federal government are often killed, as demonstrated during various massacres such as at Waco, Texas, where 83 people lost their lives because they rejected a federal search warrant -- a piece of paper -- and demanded to be left alone.
The people who wrote our Declaration of Independence did not want to preserve British rule over them, and the Confederate States did not want to continue Federal rule over them. In their respective times, both groups were a minority.
Today, dissolving our federal government is already under discussion in several states and a sovereignty movement exists in Hawaii and 20 other states for independence.
Naturally there are federal laws against insurrection, but ask yourselves this question:
If we are a free people, and we are governed by our consent as our government tells us, then why should our federal government care if the states vote to dissolve it, or secede from the Union?
One would think that state compliance with the provisions of our Declaration of Independence would be celebrated by federal officials. The right of the states to create or abolish a government is a natural right set forth in our Declaration of Independence and implied in our Constitution. Or are we no longer governed by our own Constitution or by consent?
John in Greece writes:
@ Zharkov in U.S.A. -- Z, I think that the recent financial environment should make you understand that: "when America just sneezes, the Globe catches a pneumonia".
If you continue this anarchic stance I will proceed with more details concerning your "Z plan"...Utopian (your plan), anyway!


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Two US Mens Beach Teams Reach Shanghai Semis
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 5, 2012) – The U.S. men's beach volleyball teams of Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers along with Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal have advanced to the semifinals of the Shanghai Grand Slam in China, the first grand slam event on the 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball SWATCH World Tour.
The semifinals and finals will be an all-U.S. and Brazilian affair. Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.), the tournament's No. 1 seeds, will play Brazil's 12th-seeded Benjamin Insfrans and Bruno Schmidt in Sunday's second semifinal.
Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) and Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Calif.), ranked 14th, will take on Brazil's fifth-seeded Pedro Salgado and Marcio Araujo in the first contest.
In 2011, Rogers and Dalhausser won the Shanghai gold medal with a 21-18, 24-22 victory over Gibb and Rosenthal.
To reach the semifinals, both U.S. teams had to win two matches on Saturday. Dalhausser and Rogers' second victory came over compatriots Matt Fuerbringer (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Nick Lucena (Santa Barbara, Calif.), seeded eighth. Dalhausser and Rogers won, 21-18, 21-19 in 42 minutes.
"We have gotten better as the tournament has gone on," Rogers said in an FIVB press release. "There are certain people who I don't want to play on tour, not because I fear them, but because they're my friends and I want to see them in the finals. I'm not going to let them win, but I want to see them do well."
Dalhausser and Roger were relieved that they could conserve energy and not play a third set against Fuerbringer and Lucena after having to go three in their first match on Friday to defeat Italy's 15th-seeded Nicolai Paolo and Daniele Lupo (21-19, 18-21, 15-8 in 53 minutes).
"It means we have to work harder because they know our game," Dalhausser added. "There were a lot of rallies and we had to run around like crazy. We looked at the draw last night and saw that it was a pretty tough draw and it is good to get through the day unscathed."
Fuerbringer and Lucena, who defeated Switzerland's No. 21-seeded Sascha Heyer and Sebastian Chevallier, 21-18, 21-16 in 44 minutes to reach the third-round match against Dalhausser and Rogers, finished the tournament tied for fifth.
Gibb and Rosenthal, who are in a battle with Fuerbringer and Lucena for the second U.S. men's berth on the 2012 Olympic team, opened Saturday by defeating Brazil's fourth-ranked Ricardo Santos and Pedro Cunha, 23-21, 21-19 in 47 minutes. The U.S. pair reached the semifinals by topping Spain's seventh-ranked Pablo Herrera and Adrian Gavira, 20-22, 21-19, 15-12 in 53 minutes.
Complete information about the FIVB World Tour is available on the FIVB web site.

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For when you just can't wait until Thanksgiving, try this savory take on turkey. Recipe courtesy of Lenore Pinello of Tequesta's In The Kitchen.
Turkey Breast Sauté
You will need:
- 1 lb. turkey cutlets
- 1 cup all-purpose flour, for dredging
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- ½ cup olive oil
- ½ stick butter
- 2 shallots, minced
- 6 oz. white wine
- 6 oz chicken stock
- Fresh minced herbs, such as parsley, sage or thyme
Dry the turkey cutlets, season with salt and pepper, and dredge in the flour. Heat ½ the butter and oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the turkey and brown on each side until cooked through. Remove the turkey from the pan and keep warm. Cook in batches until all turkey is cooked. Add more butter and oil to the pan as needed, and sauté the shallots for 3-5 minutes until transluscent. Deglaze with the wine. Add chicken stock, reduce by half. Season with salt and pepper. Add the cutlets back to the pan to coat with the sauce, and garnish with parsley, sage and thyme.
- Serves 3-4.
Pictured with sautéed mushrooms.


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Alabama Crimson Tide super-star Junior quarterback A.J. McCarron behind several 1st-round pro football draft picks
From a childhood friend in Birmingham, Alabama, just after the BSC Championship game ended last night:
Saw you tried to call earlier and would like to have chatted but was "indisposed" with a minor medical situation with one of my children. No big deal. Don't know what set of angels you invoked for the win tonight, but you managed to get it done, with the help of a few others of course. Think your dad would have been proud of this bunch, but most importantly to me, I hope you enjoyed the game and the season. See you soon, I hope. Mat
My father and Alabama football legend Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant became close friends after the Bear started promoting Golden Flake potato chips on his Sunday afternoon Saturday game replay shows. The way the Bear came around to being okay with that was his players didn't like taking salt tablets and were at risk to salt deprivation and heat strokes during hot August and September practices, but they loved Golden Flake potato chips, which had lots of salt, so a big bowl of Golden Flake potato chips was on every table at team meals. My father had a home on Lower Matecumbe Key, and sometimes he and the Bear and some of their Alabama cronies gathered there to R & R. For a very long time, there were a pair of Converse tennis shoes in a plastic bag hanging from the ceiling over the bar in the old Green Turtle Inn, with a label on the bag saying "Bear Bryant's Booties". I never did hear how they got them off his feet.
I replied:
Morning, Mat – Actually, I felt Alabama was going to lose because of that grievous foul against the Georgia QB in the SEC National Title Game, which the refs didn't flag, and I even wrote that to "Sancho Panza", a non-football cyberspace friend yesterday afternoon and of how conflicted I was internally about the game last night. Then, I took a nap and dreamt of a ref diving for a pass in the left-hand corner of the end zone and not being able to drag his feet and bring the ball down in bounds. Later, as the game started and progressed, and the Tide had its way with the Irish, I thought that dream was the angels' way of telling me the pass I had thrown to Sancho Panza, and to you a few weeks ago, was unplayable and the Tide was destined to win.
Yes, they played very well, and they played a very clean game, too. As did Notre Dame play a very clean game, and I was very glad to see that. Good role model for kids, and for adults. And, yes, I imagine my father would have been and probably is very proud of how the Tide players acquitted themselves last night. It was a very loud statement, and I was glad to hear, hope it holds, Saban is not going back to the NFL to coach. Had thought some during this season that perhaps he would get to a point coaching at Alabama where he felt he could go nowhere but down, and that would motivate him to move on. The pressure of coaching at and playing for Alabama was already tremendous, and now will be even greater. A hell of an act to follow next year, for sure, with everyone they play all hyped up about knocking them off. However, Bear Bryant was a hell of an act to follow.
Been feeling for some time that maybe I need to be in Birmingham for a while, the local action down here is wearing very thin for me, am really jaded with the local politics, familiarity breeds contempt, and all of that. Imagine that works both ways. The "religious" insurgencies for the past little while also are wearing thin for me, in a different way. The internal work is beyond comprehension horrible, makes the local political juking and jiving internal work seem like a trip Panama City or Gulf Shores for high school spring break. I need a rest and rejuvenation; whether or not such is in the cards, I can't see in the crystal ball I don't have. Need more US greenbacks, too. Maybe something brewing there, time will tell.
I know they must be delirious in Alabama, or at least the Crimson Tide half. That A.J. McCarron's drop dead gorgeous Miss Alabama girlfriend is an Auburn Tigerette is interesting. That side attraction reminds me some of Mary Lou Snow and Riley Strange in that first and wackiest of my novels, Kundalina, Alabama, which some pirate named Jake Carruthers claimed to have written. Mary Lou went to Auburn and became a vet with mystical powers. Riley went to Alabama and was till trying to figure out what he was gonna be when the tale ended, after a few wacky-ish mystical disruptions. Easily the most fun book I wrote. No relation, apparently, to the life I was living and would live. Must of all been made up. Or, maybe it just hasn't kicked in yet.
Hard to imagine me being your age and having children to look after. Ain't all that great at looking after myself, but do pretty good with Miss Kitty, who probably died and went to heaven when I brought her up here from the animal shelter in Key West in March 2010. In return, she keeps me company and has kept the woods rats under control in the bothering me in my home sense. Am befriending, slowly, a feral lady cat, the sight of whom causes great hissing and spatting from Miss Kitty, who is of the opinion she is the Queen of this neck of the woods, even though she gets her ass whupped every time she tangles with the feral lady, whom I named Midnight, since she's mostly black with some white spots mostly on her feets. She's started fattening up, maybe she's gonna drop a litter. Still too early to tell. Maybe just the result of the same chow Miss Kitty gets – Friskies Seafood Sensations. Miss Kitty don't seem to like any other cat food, especially not the wet kind I spend a wad on at the vet.
My pre-dawn dreams a little while ago left me feeling some interesting and fun stuff might be coming along down Key West way before too long. Interesting and fun to the angels has not historically seemed all that interesting and fun to me. They must find my writhings and thrashings entertaining, like watching Bruce Willis meets Cinderalla Werewolf. Or Mary Poppins meets Jack Nicholson. Way, way over the Cuckoo's Nest, amen.
Here below are a couple of political forwards from my rather politically conservative duplicate bridge partner, Al Morgan, M.I.T. Phd grad, engineer, retired covert CIA operator, whom I imagine you'd really like, and my reply to the second forward. He somehow finally managed to send me stuff that wasn't Republican propaganda. I don't usually send him my ravings, don't want to be responsible for the heart attack, nor to be erased by some of his old wet work buddies. However, I do sometimes remind him that Barack Obama and G.W. Bush both fell out of the same idiot production facility, just different divisions, and I'm so far left that Obama is a Nazi.
Five surgeons from big cities are discussing who makes the best patients to operate on.
The first surgeon, from New York, says, 'I like to see accountants on my operating table because when you open them up, everything inside is numbered.'
The second, from Chicago, responds, 'Yeah, but you should try electricians! Everything inside them is color coded.'
The third surgeon, from Dallas, says, 'No, I really think librarians are the best, everything inside them is in alphabetical order.'
The fourth surgeon, from Los Angeles chimes in: 'You know, I like construction workers… Those guys always understand when you have a few parts left over.'
But the fifth surgeon, from Washington, DC shut them all up when he observed: 'You're all wrong. Politicians are the easiest to operate on. There's no guts, no heart, no balls, no brains, and no spine. Plus, the head and the ass are interchangeable.'
I met a fairy who said she would grant me one wish.
Immediately I said, "I want to live forever."
"Sorry," said the fairy, "I'm not allowed to grant eternal
"OK," I said, "Then, I want to die after Congress gets its head out of its ass!"
"You crafty bastard," said the fairy.
To which I replied to Al and the other people he had sent it:
The selfish bastard, why didn't he wish for Congress to get its head out of its ass?
Just today, someone at the health food store on Big Pine Key was bitching about Congress. I said it looked to me the only solution was to nuke Washington D.C. when they all were there. She continued bitching about Congress. I said, "Like I said, nuke the place, make in unhabitable forever, start all over."
Driving home, I thought to myself, "Darn, those seriously bad old Nazis with very long memories in Al's last published novel, No End in Sight, nuked the wrong American city!"
The Baby Phoenix, Like Father, Like Son, No End in Sight, available at Amazon, including Kindle version. The 4th and final installment soon to go to press. Altogether, the not so circumstantial evidence that Al had a great legend, but not so great that the CIA underthread didn't get lighted up a bit.
I hear Midnight under the trailer yowling for her breakfast, so gotta tend to that. Thanks for the opportunity to write myself into a somewhat better general mood. I might have been in a better Crimson Tide mood last night, if Alabama had beat Texas A & M. But it was still a pretty good mood from a Tide fan perspective. Pretty well shut up the naysayers from other conferences for another year. I must be going soft, I was feeling sort of bad last night for Notre Dame and their coach and fans.
Right, a part of me is as sane and normal as any other Alabama Crimson Tide redneck fanatic ex-pat, who, with one brief interlude with a Lower Keys biker chick who picked him up one day in late 2010, was a monk not by happy choice since early 2005.


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In the 21st century, shouldn't we be able to trust that our volumetric measuring tools are remotely accurate?
Pic 1: This pic is mostly just to show you what kind of pan Im using. You probably already figured it out, but now you know for sure. This pan used to be pretty well seasoned, but now a little bit of the seasoning flakes off every time it touches anything. If anyone has a good seasoning technique, Id love for you to share it with me.
Please describe "carboned up" for me.
Usually when a pan or screen develops carbon that flakes off, the recommended solution is to strip the entire pan or screen and reseason it. If you can't physically remove the seasoning that is still on the pan, what Tom Lehmann has recommended in the past for removing the carbon is a product known as Carbon-Off.
As one who has done a lot with trying to reverse engineer and clone pizzas of others, in nearly all cases without even having tried the pizzas, I have a question of a general nature: What approach and steps do you take to reverse engineer and clone someone else's pizza, such as ones sold by Tommy's Pizza? Since you appear to have access to Tommy's pizzas, do you at some point do a side-by-side comparison? And do you do any metrics (weight, size, amounts of dough, cheese, sauce, etc.)?
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Big problems require big actions. This has been AOPA's modus operandi behind the Flight Training Initiative, an effort the association thinks is vital to the future of flight training and general aviation. Since the beginning of the project a few years ago, we have focused on how to improve the flight training experience and ensure that more student pilots are able to make it from start to finish. For decades, aviation ignored this problem, instead relying on a steady flow of prospects through the flight training door. But now that the economy has faltered, the prospects don't come like they used to, and when someone drops out of training it is having a significant effect on the pilot population.
To try and combat the problem we and others in the industry have begun a number of programs and projects, all of which we consider to be just the beginning of the effort. Today AOPA President and CEO Craig Fuller announced the newest, and most exciting related project to date–the AOPA Flight Training Excellence Awards. This is not just another awards show. The hope is that far from simply having a nice dinner and a few trophies, the AOPA Flight Training Excellence Awards will be the catalyst for significant sea change within the industry.
The awards are meant to shine a bright spotlight on the flight schools and instructors that embody the ideals laid out in AOPA's research report into the ideal flight training experience. The research showed that successful flight schools maintain a common set of practices and values that are irrelevant of size and location. Winning schools will be chosen as a direct result of customer feedback as it relates to the criteria.
Nowhere else in the industry is there a way to objectively grade your flight school. Thus the awards not only highlight those schools that are doing well, they will also form the backbone of the industry's most extensive source of information yet on how customers feel our flight schools are performing. To participate, simply take a survey. It only takes a few minutes, and your results will make your school eligible for an award, and contribute to changing the industry for the better.
AOPA's hope is that as schools examine what it takes to win an award, the institutional leaders will judge their own business against the criteria, and adjust accordingly. Given that the winning criteria is a set of objective measures that is scientifically proven, in doing so there is a real chance that the school will change for the better. Clearly the student is the biggest winner in this, as flight training becomes a more professional, more predictable endevaour. Through the students, our industry will ultimately benefit as we see schools get better and better at keeping those who dream about flying in the sky.
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SOC Alumni Give Tips on Life After AU
To kick off SOC Week, three recent SOC alumni returned to campus to speak about life after AU, and gave students advice about everything from finding a job and interviewing to living independently after graduation. The panel included Ethan Klapper, (SOC/BA '11), Politics Social Media Editor for the Huffington Post; Jeremy Diamond, (SOC/BA '09), a post-production coordinator for Discovery Studios; and Jett Choquette, (SOC/BA '12), a Health Communications Associate for IQ Solutions.
To secure a job that not only provides an income after graduation, but also incorporates the experience and expertise gained during students' college careers, each panelist stressed the importance of networking and maintaining connections. Both Klapper and Choquette got their first position through the help of a contact from a previous internship.
"It's not just your network that matters. It's also about the people you know and their networks. If you do a good job they will recommend you," Diamond said.
Choquette also stressed that small, personalized gestures, like leaving a thank-you note after an interview, could give an applicant an edge over his or her competition.
"Send thank you notes or emails by the night that you interviewed," she suggests. "You can even have them ready to hand to the secretary [on your way out]."
Klapper reminded students to also focus on getting "the right job," and to not forget to consider what will make them happy.
"You're under a lot of pressure to do the best you can," says Klapper. "So you have to really love what you're doing because you come home from work every night and you're exhausted."
Each alumni panelist uses a variety of skills taught at SOC on a daily basis, from film production to blogging and navigating the world of social media. However, the most vital skill, they all agreed, is strong writing.
"Writing is very important. You have to be able to write good emails, blogs, memos for your boss, or research," says Coquette. "And it really helps if you can write quickly."
A dedicated and competitive work ethic is also vital to not only finding a job, but maintaining a strong presence once you arrive.
"The most important thing to do is to outwork everyone," says Diamond. "If you are always the go-to person there or if you were to leave and people wouldn't know what to do, then you are in the right place."
The opportunities that these alumni have created for themselves are challenging, but also extremely rewarding. In a time when many students are just hoping for a paying job after graduation, having a chance to work in their specialized field is a valued opportunity.
"One of the best parts of working in journalism is walking into work every day and not really knowing what to expect," says Klapper.
For students whose graduation is on the horizon, Choquette offered a few words of wisdom regarding the stressful process of finding a job and taking part in the "real world."
"Believe in numbers –if you put yourself out there, you will get something eventually. If you don't get any interviews or offers at first, just keep going. Be confident in your network. Apply to first choices first and then broaden out," she says. "And prep for your interview! Practice, practice! And don't lose hope."


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text: Nocella Co-Edits Economics Book Dr. Anthony J. Nocella, visiting professor in the School of Education, has co-edited, The Accumulation of Freedom: Writings on Anarchist Economics, one of the first books on the philosophy of the Occupy Wall Street Movement. He worked on the project with Deric Shannon, professor at the University of Connecticut, and John Asimakoupolos, professor at City University of New York-Bronx.With the rise of the Occupy Wall Street Movement, scholars, activists, and politicians have been looking for alternatives to the current economic system. The Accumulation of Freedom brings together economists, historians, theorists, and activists for a first-of-its-kind study of anarchist economics. The editors say they aren't trying to subvert the notion of economics—they accept the standard definition, but reject the notion that capitalism or central planning are acceptable ways to organize economic life.


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Review: Google's $199 Laptop Is a Champ
The days of the $999 or $2,799 MacBook Air/Pro are soooo 2012. In the interest of "fairness" and "a balanced approach", the government will now claim tens of thousands of your hard-earned dollars, cutting into your discretionary income. Your trips to the Apple (AAPL) store and the Microsoft (MSFT) store will soon be as much a memory as Tsar Nicholas II's trips to the St. Petersburg Winter Palace after Lenin's 1917 power grab.
But do not despair! There's still a small plot of a private garden that can keep you alive even after the government takeover of the rest of your private property. In the laptop world, this is called the Acer Chromebook C7, aka the $199 Google (GOOG) laptop, which went on sale earlier this week.
Software: It Doesn't Get Any SimplerThe Acer C7 runs Chrome OS, of course, so you know what this means in terms of setting it up: It takes less than one minute. Gone are the days when you have to spend the better part of a long weekend to fully set up your new PC so that it looks just like your previous one. One minute vs. one weekend? I think I just added 1% to this quarter's GDP in terms of personal productivity. At this pace, Google's $199 Chromebook may even solve half the fiscal cliff.
So why would you choose a Chromebook instead of a "regular" laptop? The Google laptop is for you if this is what you do:
1. Gmail or private-labeled Gmail, which is what many companies have started to do.
2. Google Docs. This is a must. This is your equivalent of Microsoft Office.
3. Web surfing. Duh! But I would argue that the Web surfing experience on a Chromebook is at least equal to that of any other Mac or Windows.
4. Google Talk, Google Voice: For communications.
I don't know about you, but this is pretty much 99% or 100% of what I do on a laptop. For my portable entertainment needs, I have an Apple iPad, among other things. The Apple iPad and the Google Chromebook complement each other like a latte and a croissant -- except one is a lot less expensive than the other, in this case.
Obviously, you also get the other advantages of every Chrome OS PC: Security, automatic backup, automatic updates, multi-user ease of use, fast boot-up and shutdown.


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Arizona teachers who speak English with a strong accent or poor grammar won't be allowed to teach classes for English Language Learners, the state education department has ruled. The decision primarily will affect elementary teachers recruited from Latin America to staff bilingual classes. When Arizona voters ended bilingual education in 2000, teachers were told to use English only. But some aren't able to speak fluently or model good English, state officials complain. From the Wall Street Journal:
The education department has dispatched evaluators to audit teachers across the state on things such as comprehensible pronunciation, correct grammar and good writing.
Teachers will be given time to improve their English, but those who can't meet the state auditors' standard must be reassigned to mainstream classes or fired, says a state education official.
. . . Nearly half the teachers at Creighton, a K-8 school in a Hispanic neighborhood of Phoenix, are native Spanish speakers. State auditors have reported to the district that some teachers pronounce words such as violet as "biolet," think as "tink" and swallow the ending sounds of words, as they sometimes do in Spanish.
Creighton's principal says her foreign-born teachers are dedicated, experienced and understand the students' culture. There aren't enough mainstream early elementary classes for teachers with accents, unless they can teach higher grades. The school — nearly all Hispanic and all poor — is rated "performing plus" by the state. By middle school, students are catching up to state averages, especially in math.
In other Arizona news, a bill designed to ban ethnic studies classes has reached the governor's desk, reports the Arizona Republic. State Superintendent Tom Horne, a candidate for attorney general, wrote the bill to abolish classes that:
• Promote the overthrow of the U.S. government.
• Promote resentment toward a race or class of people.
• Are designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic group.
• Advocate ethnic solidarity instead of treating pupils as individuals.
Horne is targeting Tucson's La Raza studies class, saying it's "aimed primarily at members of one race, and we have testimony that this has promoted resentment." He said students could be exposed to various cultures and traditions in social studies classes.
Tucson school officials say there's nothing in their curriculum that would run afoul of the bill's provisions. "In no way do we teach the resentment of any particular group of people," said Sean Arce, director of the Mexican-American studies department in the Tucson district.
The district integrates Mexican-American studies into its offerings, from kindergarten through high school.
Oh, and there's that law about illegal aliens. Arizona's new moniker: The Grand Ban 'Em State.


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This article is an explanation of methods we use to test LCD monitors. It provides a list of tested parameters with remarks on their meaning, and a description of the measuring instruments.
Our methods are being regularly improved and updated so some of them may not have been used in our older reviews of LCD monitors. It means the method was developed after the review had been published. The list of changes to this article can be found at its end.
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This article provides a basic description of LCD monitor parameters to give you some bearings as you are reading our reviews. If you want to have a deeper knowledge of an issue, you can read the following full-size publications:
- X-bit's Guide: Contemporary LCD Monitor Parameters and Characteristics
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- Contemporary LCD Monitor Parameters: Objective and Subjective Analysis
If you want to view test results of a particular LCD monitor, you may try to find it in the detailed list of tested monitors that will be coming out shortly.
We connect the tested monitor to a PC with a Sapphire Radeon X1650 graphics card (for 20" and larger monitors – the choice of the card is due to the necessity to use Dual-Link DVI mode for 30" models) or a Sapphire Radeon X600 (for 19" models). We use a digital connection (DVI-D) unless the monitor offers an analog input only.
When applied to LCD monitors, ergonomics means the options you have to adjust the position of the monitor case. These are determined by the employed stand and may include tilt (it is usually some 5 degrees forward and 10-15 degrees backward), rotation around the vertical axis, screen height adjustment, and portrait mode.
The rotation around the vertical axis can be implemented in two ways: with a rotating circle in the sole of the base (e.g. in Samsung monitors) or with a joint in the vertical pole of the stand (e.g. in Dell monitors). The latter implementation is somewhat better since the base of the stand remains motionless.
The screen height adjustment is usually implemented through changing the length of the vertical pole of the stand although there exist more sophisticated designs like two- or three-joint folding stands in Samsung's and some other brands' monitors. Anyway, the height adjustment range we mention in our reviews is the distance from the surface of the desk to the bottom of the matrix as shown in the photograph.
It's good if the stand can be fixed in the bottommost position. If it doesn't, and the monitor just lies on its stand, the stand will stretch to its full length with a terrible rumble as soon as you try to lift the monitor up from the desk or out of its box. The fixation can be implemented as a button (Dell, HP) or a wire pin inserted into a hole in the stand (Samsung, ViewSonic). It is only intended for carrying the monitor. The screen is not fixed in any other position save for the bottommost one.
Portrait mode is available on many monitors, yet you should be aware that widespread TN matrixes are practically unsuitable for it. Their narrow vertical viewing angles become horizontal viewing angles in this mode, which is downright unacceptable in terms of image quality.
Most monitors also permit to replace their native stand with standard VESA-compatible mounts that come in a lot of varieties from simple wall mounts to intricate stands with multiple joints, adjustments and degrees of freedom. The mount is fastened to four threaded holes at the monitor's back panel placed in the corners of a square with a side of 75 or 100 millimeters.
Another ergonomics-related aspect is how easy it is to control the monitor. This covers the onscreen menu design, the position of the control buttons, and quick access to certain functions. Quick access means that you can access, say, the brightness setting with a single press of a button, without entering the menu proper. A PC monitor is usually set up once and for all. After that, the user can occasionally adjust brightness and contrast (for example, when switching from work to games or to compensate for any changes in the ambient lighting), and it's nice to have quick access to such frequently used features.
And finally, some monitors offer preset modes like LG's f-Engine, Samsung's MagicBright and NEC's DV Mode. These are switched through with a single button. There is usually one ordinary user-defined mode and a number of factory-set modes which cannot be changed. The modes may differ not only in brightness and contrast but also in other settings like color temperature or color saturation. It is better to have only brightness/contrast presets because monitors that change more settings often have distorted colors in such predefined modes.
These are the modes offered by the Samsung SyncMaster 215TW. In the Custom mode you can select any values you like and then quickly switch to a factory preset with a press of a button on the front panel. This switching does not reset you own settings – you'll have them again as soon as you return to the Custom mode.


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Will Groulx's journey to third Paralympic Games
When Will Groulx made his Paralympic debut in Athens back in 2004, he was a 30-year-old single guy and admitted he was "just happy to be there with the team."
He was married the following year and then in 2008, he found himself in Beijing. His motivation then was to help the U.S. wheelchair rugby team improve from a bronze-medal performance in Athens. He and his teammates did just that, claiming a gold medal.
This time around, with the Paralympic Games in London, Groulx is in a much different place. He is 38 and the veteran of the 12-man U.S. squad, and he is the father of twins, who will turn 3 in November.
"Yeah," he said with a smile, "things have changed a bit."
Groulx (pronounced "grew") is in London to compete in the only full-contact wheelchair sport. The U.S. Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby Team started competition Wednesday with a 56-44 win over the host country Great Britain.
Wheelchair rugby isn't quite rugby per se, but uses a mixture of rules from rugby, hockey and basketball. And Groulx, who has enjoyed working with some of the younger players on the team leading up to these Games, said he is enjoying the balance between competing and his family life.
Typically, when the team is preparing for a major event, such as the world championships or the Paralympic Games (the London Games are Aug. 29-Sept. 9), he will train five to six days a week with two-a-day sessions. The training during these peak times can be 40 hours per week. Plus, he said, the coaches give the players homework which involves reviewing video and analyzing trends from other teams.
Yet Groulx, who lives in the Portland, Ore., area with his family, makes sure his schedule includes family time.
"My full-time job now is training for rugby and being a dad," Groulx said. "I have twins and so where before I used to juggle everything around my training schedule, now I juggle everything around my kids' schedule."
His twins, named Will and Grace (and, no, Groulx said with a laugh, "that's not after the TV show"; it's Will as in Will Arthur Groulx the V and Grace as in Grace Catherine), are busy with all sorts of activities, ranging from soccer to basketball. Groulx wife, Amy, played soccer, and with both parents involved in sports at a high level (Will Groulx earned a college scholarship in volleyball), the household can be quite competitive.
"It's competitive as heck," he said, "even when it's a game of Monopoly or Scrabble."
Groulx was born in South Korea but raised in Clarksville, Tenn., where he loved playing football and volleyball. He dreamed of joining the U.S. Navy and traveling the world. He spent six years in active duty as a petty officer second class and was an engineer. But a motorcycle accident in 2001 which resulted in a spinal cord injury changed those plans. He underwent rehabilitation at through the Department of Veterans Affairs, and that is where he learned about the Paralyzed Veterans of America and the sport of wheelchair rugby.
The sport, which was developed in Canada in the 1970s, is a physically grinding game with athletes allowed to contact each other with their chairs, but not their bodies. Groulx not only plays for the national team, but he also plays for the Portland Pounders, a wheelchair rugby team that plays from October through April and finished second in the country this past season. One of Groulx's Portland teammates is Seth McBride, who also is in London for the Paralympic Games. There are about 40 wheelchair rugby teams in the country.
Four members of the national champion team, from Tucson, Ariz., are Groulx's teammates on the U.S. Paralympic Team: Chuck Aoki, Chad Cohn, Derrick Helton and Aaron Roux.
Groulx is hoping to bring home another Paralympic gold medal for Team USA, which has won two of the last Paralympic wheelchair rugby titles since 2000. He is not sure what his own future holds following London, but is pleased with where the sport is heading.
"We have a great group of new, young guys, and they are making the decisions tougher and tougher for our coach," Groulx said. "We've had great growth in our sport. And I feel when I leave, I will be leaving the sport in good hands."
Amy Rosewater is a freelance contributor for USParalympics.org. This story was not subject to the approval of any National Governing Bodies.


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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
CAE Upgrades U.S. Navy MH-60S Flight Trainer
The U.S. Navy is re-entering an updated Sikorsky MH-60S operational flight trainer (OFT) into service at the Naval Air Station (NAS) near San Diego, Calif. CAE provided a "technology refresh" for the trainer, adding motion seats, an upgraded image generator visual system and a new Barco CD2260 visual display system. The upgrades will ensure concurrency with other MH-60S trainers and operational MH-60S helicopters.
Sikorsky's MH-60S is designed to perform vertical replenishment (VERTREP), combat search and rescue (CSAR), special warfare support and airborne mine countermeasures (AMCM) missions.
MH-60S OFT. Photo courtesy of CAE
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BR-H students attend Legion-sponsored Boys/Girls State
BARK RIVER – The Bark River Rheame-Knauf Post 438 American Legion & Legion Auxiliary sent Vanessa Peterson to the 73rd Session of The American Legion Girls State, which was held at Michigan State University.
Since its beginning in 1941, approximately 30,000 young women of Michigan have participated in this practical experience in self-government. The program is based on Michigan State Government at the city, county, and state levels. It emphasizes the impact of government in today's world. It is the American Legion Auxiliary's mission to provide an outstanding, unique and coveted educational opportunity to the young women of the nation that instills the basic ideals and principles of American government.
Jeffrey and Nicholas Moore were chosen to attend The American Legion Boys State, which was held at Northwood University in Midland. This program is one of the most respected events nationwide, in which high school students take part in a variety of city, county and state government activities.
The students learn about rights, privileges and responsibilities of citizens. Activities in the past have included attendance at legislative sessions, legal proceedings and a variety of law enforcement presentations.
The Boys State program was started in 1935 in Illinois and continues today with sponsorship by American Legion posts across the United States, with the exception of Hawaii.
American Legion and Auxiliary posts pay the $325 attendance fee for each selected student to attend the week-long programs.
Girls State representatives attending the 2013 session will be Alyson Barra and Sara Lanaville.


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It is hard to imagine that anyone could be more excited than me to help announce the Best in Show winners of the Office of Art in Embassies and the Department of Defense joint "Serving Abroad…Through Their Eyes" photography project. A year ago this week, we sent a call out to all military, foreign, and civil service personnel, asking for their images of their time abroad. By February 20, 2012, we were overwhelmed by the quantity and quality of images we received.
Narrowing down over 3,200 images to twelve is a harrowing task under the best of circumstances. As Art in Embassies Imaging Manager, I have lived with all the images for a year; read each caption at least once, sometimes laughing at the circumstances that created the image, and most often being incredibly moved, by the sacrifice inherent in the image. When the day came to call the "Best in Show" winners, I was beyond thrilled. Not only had their images been selected by a jury of some of the most prestigious photographers and photo editors in the business, but a panel of noted Americans including Joint Chief Members and former Secretaries of State picked THEIR images. I have lived with the secret knowledge of who would be coming to Washington, D.C. to be honored for months, and finally it is time to share the winning names and images with the world.
U.S. Department of State's Office of Art in Embassies and the Department of Defense are proud to announce the Best in Show winners for the "Serving Abroad…Through Their Eyes" photography project. The winners will be honored in Washington on November 30, 2012.
• Benjamin Altenes of Utah, a Diplomatic Security Officer with the Department of State
• Harold Bonacquist of Virginia, a Desk Officer with the Department of State
• U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant Francisco V. Govea II of California, currently stationed in the United States
• Jonathan Paul Howard of Virginia, a Deputy Press Attache with the Department of State, currently stationed in Brussels
• Alda Kauffeld of Virginia, a DOC Specialist with USAID, currently stationed in Accra, Ghana
• Tennessee Army National Guard Staff Sergeant Russell Lee Klika
• U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Chad D. Nelson of Iowa, currently stationed in the United States
• U.S. Army Infantry Captain, John Rutledge of Washington State, currently stationed in the United States
• Former U.S. Army Sergeant Monica K. Smith of Kentucky
• U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant Joshua Strang of Maryland, currently stationed in the United States of America.
• U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Alvin Williams, Jr. of Virginia, currently stationed in the United States of America.
• U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant Cohen A. Young of South Carolina, currently stationed in the United States
To view all of the best in show and finalist images for the project, and to see how the images will be put on exhibition, please visit the following link: http://www.art.state.gov/Anniversary.aspx?tab=images&tid=106248
Maureen in Massachusetts writes:
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It was well worth the wait. Thank you for the link to the finalist gallery of images. My impression is that most finalist images would be easily interchangeable with the "bestâ€. Beautiful, hopeful, painful and surreal. Congratulations to all participants in "Serving Abroad ...Through Their Eyesâ€.
Francisco G., USAF, (RET.) in California writes:
Viewing all 161 finalist photos was very moving. I can see how difficult selecting only twelve to be Best In Show could have been for the panel of jurists. It surely was a pleasure to meet all 12 Best In Show winners.


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How to Pay for It
It is a common misconception that study abroad costs far exceed regular tuition. The Office for International Programs hopes to dispel this myth by showcasing some of our more affordable study abroad program options, proving that in many instances a semester abroad can be equivalent or less than the cost of an average semester at Loyola. Scholarships and financial aid information for students traditionally underrepresented in study abroad are also provided below.
Affordable Programs
The estimated cost for a semester at Loyola is approximately $26,500. This includes tuition, housing, meals, personal spending and mandatory fees such as transportation, health insurance, technology, student activity, and textbooks.
Affordable Programs Chart to access charts showing a selection of affordable study abroad programs that are equal or less than a semester at Loyola. Do not allow misconceptions about financing study abroad to deter you from exploring this opportunity.
Once you select a program, you can get started and complete our Go Global Worksheet to apply your financial aid and see a more accurate depiction of your personal program costs.
"The cost for the trip was the same cost as tuition at Loyola if not cheaper. It was a great experience and I'm happy I chose to go abroad rather than just take summer classes. It was well worth it."
—Nia Lewis, Accra, Ghana, Summer 2011 (USAC)
"It wound up being so much cheaper than a semester at Loyola. I saved a lot of money!"
—Yoni Siden, India Spring 2011
- Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship
This scholarship provides awards of up to $5,000 to U.S. undergraduate students who are receiving federal Pell Grant funding to participate in study abroad programs worldwide. For more information, visit: www.iie.org/gilman.
- Diversity Abroad Study Abroad Scholarship
Diversity Abroad will offer twenty $1,000 scholarships for spring, summer and fall study abroad. Scholarships are only available for students participating in a study, intern, volunteer or language immersion program abroad offered by IES, USAC, or SIT . Economically disadvantaged students, African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic/Latino and Native-American students are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information, click here.
- Diversity Abroad/GlobaLinks Learning Abroad Scholarship
Diversity Abroad has partnered with GlobaLinks Learning Abroad and The Foundation for Global Scholars to offer $1,000 scholarships for undergraduate students to study abroad. Undergraduate students from any community colleges or four-year college, who will study abroad during the summer, fall or spring and meet eligibility, are invited to apply. This scholarship specifically targets students who identify as one of the following: ethnic minority, economically disadvantaged, physical disability, or first generation college student. For more information, click here.
Please see our Scholarship page for additional study abroad scholarships.
Financial Aid
Most all study abroad programs accept some form of financial aid. Loyola center programs and exchanges accept all LUC scholarships, federal, and state aid. To see more information regarding additional programs please visit our Cost page or contact the Financial Aid Office.
"I always wanted to but I didn't think I could though because I knew I couldn't afford it. I was already taking out loans to go to Loyola as is so study abroad seemed like something I couldn't do, but then it turned out that it was the exact same price, it all (financial aid) rolled over so it was like studying here. Honestly with all my grants and loans and scholarships it was just a $1000 more for the study abroad fee, which is manageable."
—Luis Quijano, Madrid, Spain (Marquette Exchange), Spring 2010


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (1519 votes).
In short: One of those things you just got to doIn full: Brilliant crowds and street entertainments, loved the whole family atmosphere on the streets. A must-do. Getting very big now - so you're fighting against being boxed in all the way round - not for the claustrophobic. Very expensive entry fees.Date of review: August 5, 2009
In short: My 13th year in this event and it never seems to lose it's appeal. The downside is the entry fee, I even pay extra to guarantee my entry (GRN member). People are fantastic on the course throughout and the atmosphere is second to none.Date of review: June 20, 2009
In short: Atmosphere alone is worth it!Date of review: March 24, 2009
In short: What can you say? It's the Great North Run! Everyone should do it once at least - the atmosphere alone means you'll remember it forever.Date of review: January 12, 2009
In short: Really enjoyed it again.Date of review: January 11, 2009
In short: My first Great North Run and I absolutely loved it from start to finish! Date of review: November 29, 2008
In short: it's not just a race...Date of review: November 27, 2008
In short: that 15. 16 in 2009Date of review: November 24, 2008
In short: Fantastic race, Words can not describe how amazing it was.In full: For a cold crisp day up North the day couldnt have been any better , it stayed dry, the crowds were great,they most definetly kept you going and have to be the stars of the race every year. Thank You Newcastle/South Shields. I cant wait to see you again Next YearDate of review: November 8, 2008
In short: It's the world's biggest. Nuff said.In full: Don't run it for the PB, run it for the atmosphere, because the atmosphere is absolutely amazing.Date of review: November 5, 2008
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (93 votes).
In full: As others have said, the start was crowded and the support was quite scarce in places. It'd have been nice to see more of Liverpool city centre during the run but the parks were lovely, as was the run along the waterfront.Although not my favourite race of all time it's given me a new PB and I have no major gripes, the goody bag was great and overall organisation was good. Date of review: April 6, 2011
In short: Too expensive for what it was, course was poorIn full: I was hoping for a good event, but was disappointed. Start far too narrow and 90 degree bend within 50m of start!!!!! Course was boring and not the fast and flat that I had been led to believe, support on the course was very limited and no atmosphere at all. Road surface in the parks was sub standard, and what was the underpass and ramps all about???? Passing over to the waterfront was overgrown and not cut back. Loads of corner cutting and running over traffic islands. Best bit was our hotel overlooked the Start/Finish. Very disappointed and won't be back.Date of review: April 6, 2011
In short: Got my pb at 1hr 33In full: Dissapoinred in some parts.Too packed at the start with daft runners scalling barriers far too cramped.Support fairly sparse at times.No isotonic drinks just water very dissapointed what withthe price of 29 pounds.Run along the mersey was the best part.Won't be back for a few years Leeds half a lot better race the crowds at Leeds are amazing.Car parking rip off £5 to park near the start.I paid £8 plus in the city centre as advised.Why not £2 runners throughout city.Just felt conned.Date of review: April 5, 2011
In full: First time at this event and loved it. My only real grumble was no pens for times. For club runners if this continues, you definately need to arrive early. Date of review: April 5, 2011
In short: Very enjoyable race, great course with mix of city and parksIn full: A bit crowded at the start, but I understand the start location will move next year - a victim of its own success. Likewise at the end but no real problem and once again well organised and fun. The home straight was great with crowds cheering either side that made even a plodder feel like a real athlete for a moment.I know some have complained about the goody bags and t-shirts, but all I can say is I got mine fine and I like the orange t-shirt.Date of review: April 5, 2011
In short: PB on a fine day, flat fast course and in an enjoyable raceDate of review: April 4, 2011
In short: This event improves year on year.In full: This is a great race and I always look forward to it. It feels like the start of my running year. The whole atmosphere is good from start to finish, with the crowds giving grear support along the way. Well done to the organisers for putting on such a great race.Date of review: April 4, 2011
In short: Good Organisation, well marshalled, could have had a wider start area took 12 mins to get over the start line but very enjoyable yet againDate of review: April 3, 2011
In short: brilliant. Great race, lots of support and awesome route through Liverpool.Date of review: April 2, 2011
In short: Great views, great fun, great people - really enjoyed itDate of review: April 1, 2011
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