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Contents8Special Report:The Earthquakein HaitiDepartment aids embassyemployees in Haiti.Embassy rides outHaiti Earthquake.Consular Affairs task forceresponds to quake.How to support the FSNEmergency Relief Fund.Mauritians rememberone of their own.On the CoverA Port-au-Prince survivorwalks down a street whereevery shop was destroyedby the earthquake.March 2010Issue Number 543
Features1832CG Vancouver planned wellfor Winter Games.Mentoring helps employeesachieve goals.2034Department’s tutors offer studentsnew opportunities.Embassy readies Indonesia forits close-up.2236Kuwait volunteers seek Iraqisoldiers’ remains.EFMs can help fill U.S. CivilService jobs quickly.2438Djibouti in the Horn of Africa iskey U.S. partner.Art in Embassies transcendsboundaries to link cultures.3042Department works to strengthennuclear nonproliferation treaty.Window coverings can be ahazard to children.Olympic HurdlesNew HorizonsResting PlacePost of the MonthPeaceful VisionGuiding HandThe Next Bollywood?Qualified CandidatesOffice of the MonthDon’t be BlindsidedColumns234741From the D.G.LettersIn the NewsDiversity NotesState of the Arts4244464748Safety SceneAppointmentsObituariesRetirementsThe Last Word1824
*Direct from the D.G.Department Teams RespondTo Haitian CrisisMore than 100,000 people from more than 20 countries diedin the devastating earthquake in Haiti, including members of ourown Foreign Service community–American and Haitian. We grievewith those who have lost family and friends. In Washington, D.C,.and around the world our employees have responded with anoutpouring of emergency and humanitarian assistance and servicesto alleviate the suffering of others. On behalf of the Department, Iwould like to express my appreciation for all of these efforts.Many colleagues have played critical roles that helped save livesin the aftermath of this disaster. Our colleagues in Haiti worked nonstop to coordinaterelief efforts with the Government of Haiti,contributing nations, other U.S. governmentagencies and nongovernmental organizations.One hundred and sixty temporary-duty StateDepartment employees from Washingtonand posts throughout the world traveledto Haiti to assist. Officers and their Haitiancolleagues in the Consular Section of the U.S.Embassy in Port-au-Prince threw themselvesnight and day into efforts to help Americansin need, even when their own homes were inshambles. Thanks in great measure to theirextraordinary efforts to evacuate Americancitizens, more than 14,000 people were ableto reach safety in the United States. Officers atU.S. Embassies in Santo Domingo, Nassau andKingston also assisted official and private U.S.citizen evacuees. The U.S. Embassy in SantoDomingo further supported the enormousvolume of U.S.-government and privateassistance resources moving through the Dominican Republic toHaiti. In response to urgent calls for donations for our ForeignService Nationals, embassy staff around the world organized bakesales, charity breakfasts and luncheons. Members of the ForeignAffairs family have been contributing very generously to ourlocal colleagues in Haiti—enough to provide 100 in cash to eachemployee within days of the profound damage. These are just a fewexamples of the extraordinary efforts by our employees around theworld and in Washington.Here at home, Department employees were eager to assistas well. Employees from bureaus throughout the Departmentvolunteered to staff our round-the-clock Haiti task forces. Alongwith the central coordinating task force, these employees respondedto private U.S. citizen inquiries about locating loved ones andcompleting adoptions of Haitian orphans. Employees also providedstrategic messaging to embassies worldwide; planned for Haiti’s2State MagazineMarch 2010longer-term recovery needs; handled public, private and foreigngovernments’ offers of assistance; and worked toward a strategy tosupport vulnerable children in Haiti. These task forces were staffedby Civil Service and Foreign Service employees, contractors andretired annuitants, representing nearly every Department bureau.Immediately following the earthquake, colleagues in our Officeof Casualty Assistance and Family Liaison Office began trackingthe status of official Americans, activating the Crisis Support Teammembers to staff the task force for three days. FLO staff providedguidance to the evacuees, and members ofthe Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide met evacuees at the airport,provided them with clothing, toiletries andcar seats, and took them shopping. FLO wasthe primary contact for all queries regarding official Americans, and OCA was theprimary point of contact for the families ofindividuals who had been killed or injured.OCA coordinated with other offices andagencies on the transportation of remains,including military arrival ceremonies.The evacuation of Americans from Haitirequired close cooperation among ourpeople on the ground in Haiti and SantoDomingo, the Bureau of Consular Affairs,the U.S. military, and the Departments ofHomeland Security and Health and HumanServices. More than 14,000 people owetheir safety and security to that effort. Stateworked with our interagency partners as ateam to respond to these critical needs.Currently, we are engaged in an active effort to collect funds forthe FSN Emergency Relief Fund, which the Department establishedto respond to crisis or humanitarian requests on behalf of all FSNsworking for the United States Government. If you would likefurther information about the FSN Emergency Relief Fund, pleasesee the recent State ALDAC cable 00003587 (dated 01/14/10) orcontact the gift fund coordinator by e-mail at bordleyds@state.govor by fax at (202) 647-8194.If you have any general comments or suggestions, includingtopics you would like to see addressed in this column, please feelfree to send them to me via unclassified e-mail at DG Direct. nNancy J. PowellDirector General
*LettersEmbassies’ Help PraisedAs parents of a daughter who was in Haiti for the Office of the GlobalAIDS Coordinator when the earthquake struck, my husband and I want tosend a heartfelt note of gratitude to the staff at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti, tothe extended embassy community in Santo Domingo and to colleagues herein Washington for all of their efforts on behalf of the earthquake evacuees.We felt strongly supported by the manypeople who did their best to help our daughter, Annie Wanlund, and keep us informed.In Washington, we were constantly in touchwith Annie’s incredibly supportive office.The Operations Center and Haiti EarthquakeTask Force were always responsive, andthe Family Liaison Office staff was superb,contacting us whenever a relevant development occurred.Despite the chaos and incredible workloadat the U.S. Embassy in Haiti, Judith Timyanof the U.S. Agency for International Development and Trudy Wong-You, a family memberemployee coordinating evacuation efforts,helped locate Annie and let us know whenshe was likely to be evacuated.Two days after the earthquake, she wastaken from her hotel to the embassy. Thefollowing evening, she was evacuated toSanto Domingo.If Annie’s experience was anything likethat of other evacuees, the level of supportfor those arriving in Santo Domingo wassimply outstanding. The deputy chief of mission greeted everyone getting off the plane.Everyone received a bottle of water and agranola bar, and sandwiches were available.A general services officer walked Annie to thebus that took her and others to a hotel whereTalk to UsVia E-mail:statemagazine@state.govreservations had been made. She began herjourney home early the following morning.We are so thankful for Annie’s safe return,but it is impossible to rejoice wholeheartedlyknowing that pain and suffering continue forso many others. We very much appreciate theFSN Emergency Relief Fund, which gives allof us at least some small way to help assistour dear local colleagues in Haiti.hotel accommodations and then met withus daily for the next three days until he hadsecured passage for our return to the UnitedStates. A friendly and comforting presence,he certainly eased the trauma of our escapefrom Tripoli.Martha NethertonOffice of Employee RelationsBill WanlundRetired Foreign Service officerLet me offer a personal footnote to yourobituary of Johnny Berg (State Magazine,January 2010). As an “old African hand,”I had heard for years how Johnny helpedchildren of FSOs stationed in Africa whogot stranded in Paris trying to make holidayairplane connections. In 1986, when I wasDCM in Niamey, a friend at the embassyin Paris introduced me to Johnny and thatsame Christmas he had occasion to helpour children, abandoned in Paris by PanAmwhose flight landed six hours late. He gotthem on new flights via Dakar and evenwent out to Charles de Gaulle Airport atmidnight to make sure they made the planewithout problems. We, as many others likeus, will always be grateful to Johnny andhonor his memory.Johnny Berg RememberedI would like to express my deepestcondolences to the family of Johnny Berg,who was noted for his personality andproblem-solving skills.On Dec. 2, 1979, the American Embassyin Tripoli was stormed by Libyan militants.I was among those who narrowly escapedbeing taken hostage. We were evacuated thefollowing day, and as our plane toucheddown at Charles de Gaulle Airport, wewere met by Johnny and First SecretaryGuy Davis. They welcomed us warmly,fending off reporters and ushering us intoa waiting limousine. Johnny arranged ourAnne-Marie GaborRetired Foreign Service specialistAlbert and Parvin FairchildLetters should not exceed 250 words and should include the writer’s name, addressand daytime phone number. All letters become the property of State Magazine. Letterswill be edited for length, accuracy and clarity. Only signed letters will be considered.Phone:(202) 203-7118Fax:(202) 203-7142Mailing Address:301 4th Street, SW, Room 348,Washington, DC 20547March 2010State Magazine3
NewsA new, consolidatedwork area has fraudprevention unit staffmembers smiling.Former Storeroom Houses FPU in KingstonThe fraud prevention unit of the U.S. Embassy inKingston, Jamaica, has gained new offices, quarters that sixmonths earlier had been a storeroom for chainsaws and otherhurricane-preparedness supplies. The new area gave theFPU sufficient room for its files and the privacy to carry outinvestigations.The unit needed new space to unite a split staff andrespond to the high visa caseload. In the second half of fiscal2009, 406 nonimmigrant visa cases, 57 new immigrant visa4State MagazineMarch 2010cases, 21 American Citizen Services cases and 150 externalrequests were referred to the FPU. It also processed an additional 391 walk-in cases and entered 2,427 consular lookoutsbased on tips and information from other agencies.Of the visa cases referred, the unit confirmed fraud in42 percent of the immigrant visa cases and 27 percent ofthe nonimmigrant visa cases. The FPU was also engaged inoutreach and training for mission customers, local governments and the Jamaican public.
NewsDepartment Giving Approaches CFC GoalThe State Department’s 2009 CombinedFederal Campaign fund drive was only a fewthousand dollars short of its 2.2 million goalby mid-January, and contributions were stillflowing in, particularly from overseas.Judy Ikels, chief of the Work Life Division in the Bureau of Human Resources’Office of Employee Relations, said thatalthough the official campaign endedJan. 15, the Department would be accepting donations until Feb. 15. Her divisioncoordinates the Department’s campaignunder the leadership of Shelly Kornegay;the CFC of the National Capital Area hadalready met its 2009 goal of raising a record 64 million.More than 2,000 Department employeesdonated in the 2009 drive. The 24 whodonated in the Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science gave 23,979, or roughly 1,000 per donor.The bureaus giving the greatest sumsFirst-place finisherin the fun runJohn Spykermancrosses the line.were among the Department’s largest. Theywere, in order, Human Resources ( 90,727),European and Eurasian Affairs ( 88,645) andDiplomatic Security ( 87,967) in the stillincomplete accounting.“We appreciate all employee contributionsand the hard work of bureau volunteers whocoordinated the drive in addition to theirnormal duties,” Ikels said. “Final figures will beannounced at a spring CFC awards ceremony.”During the Department’s campaign,the bureaus held fundraisers for the CFC’sgeneral fund. For instance, in early Januarythe bureaus of Near Eastern Affairs andSouth and Central Asian Affairs held the first“State’s Got Talent” show in the Dean AchesonAuditorium. The first-place winner among the12 competing acts was Lisa Davis, who sangher rendition of “At Last.” Second place wentto Dan Shen, who played a classical pianomedley, and third place to Opal Blackmon,who sang “Just a Prayer Away.” The judges—Director General Nancy Powell and JacquelineD. Hill, director of Civil Service HumanResource Management—were joined on thepanel by a local recording artist.Late last year, the Office of EmployeeRelations held a combination hot dog/bakesale/silent auction and a noncompetitive funrun/walk-a-thon, events that together raised 1,833. John Spykerman finished first in therun, covering the three-mile course in 21.3minutes, and DeeDee Smith, the first womanfinisher, ran the course in under 26 minutes.INQUIRIES TO HR SERVICE CENTER TRIPLEIn the final two months of 2009, the level of inquiries to theDepartment’s HR Service Center in Charleston, S.C., was threetimes that of the prior 10 months. The service center, which handlesHuman Resources-related inquiries from current and formeremployees, received 5,570 inquiries by the end of 2009, its first fullyear in operation.The service center has 11 contract employees and two full-timeDepartment staff. It has been designated as the first point of contactfor routine HR-related questions. It now handles all inquiries regarding annuitant services, for instance.Customer service representatives at the center use a database ofcommon questions to provide answers and, if they cannot provide ananswer, refer the caller to a subject matter expert. Employees can alsopose questions on the AskHR Web site, www.askhr.hr.state.gov, andthe service center provides the answers and adds them to its database.Jeff Lee, deputy director of the Bureau of Human Resources’Office of Shared Services, said the service center aims to giveHR staff the ability to focus on work other than continuallyanswering routine employee questions. He added that the centerhas increased employee satisfaction levels. Prior to the center’slaunch, he said, customer satisfaction with HR services was only57 percent. Since the second quarter of 2009, the satisfaction levelhas risen to 74 percent. It stood at 78 percent in the first quarterof fiscal 2010.The HR Service Center was launched in November 2008 (StateMagazine, January 2009) when it began handling calls fromBureau of Diplomatic Security employees, The service center nowalso supports employees from the bureaus of Consular Affairs,Overseas Buildings Operations, Educational and Cultural Affairs,International Information Programs, International Narcotics andLaw Enforcement Affairs, and Economic, Energy and BusinessAffairs. It can reached at (866) 300-7419 between 8 a.m. and5 p.m. Eastern time or by e-mail at hrsc@state.gov. All questionsare tracked until the employee receives an answer, Lee said.March 2010State Magazine5
NewsMagazine StaffRob WileyEditor-in-ChiefEd WarnerDeputy EditorBill PalmerWriter/EditorDavid L. JohnstonArt DirectorBackgroundState Magazine (ISSN 1099–4165) is published monthly,except bimonthly in July and August, by the U.S.Department of State, 2201 C St., N.W., Washington, DC.Periodicals postage paid at Washington, D.C.,and at additional mailing locations.Change of AddressSend changes of address to State Magazine,301 4th Street, S.W., SA-44,Room 348, Washington, DC 20547.You may also e-mail address changes tostatemagazine@state.gov.Vice Counsul Pablo Quintanilla,far left wearing sling, danceswith Chinese university students.Embassy BeijingCelebrates LatinoHistory MonthIn September, five Venezuelan musicians played music of their homeland at thefirst celebration of Latino History Month at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Caterersserved quesadillas and other traditional Hispanic foods.The concert drew students from at least four Chinese provinces and provided anoutreach opportunity for consular officers to share information about U.S. culture,history and diversity, and to explain the visa process for U.S. study. When it beganto rain, a portion of the concert was moved into Consul General Linda Donahue’sapartment, which filled up with 70 U.S. staff and Chinese students. The staff taughtstudents a chant made famous by U.S. Hispanic leader Cesar Chavez: “Sí se puede, síse puede,” yes we can, yes we can.Other post activities for Latino History Month included a presentation on thehistory of salsa dancing, with a lesson from a professional salsa dancer and teacher,and the screening for students of the film Real Women Have Curves, which led to adiscussion of immigration, family values and education.6State MagazineMarch 2010SubscriptionsState Magazine is available by paid subscriptionthrough the U.S. Government Printing Officeby telephone at (202) 512-1800 or onthe Web at http://bookstore.gpo.gov.SubmissionsFor details on submitting articles to State Magazine,request our guidelines, “Getting Your Story Told,”by e-mail at statemagazine@state.gov; downloadthem from our Web site at www.state.gov;or send your request in writing to State Magazine,301 4th Street, S.W., SA-44, Room 348,Washington, DC 20547.DeadlinesThe submission deadline for the May 2010issue is March 15. The deadline forthe June issue is April 15.Environmental NotesState Magazine is printed in the USA usingsoy-based inks on recycled paper that contains10% post-consumer waste and is SFI-certified.
*Diversity NotesBriefing Diversity to BureausThe mission of the Office of Civil Rights is to propagate fairness,equity and inclusion throughout the Department. The office hasworked to expand its focus from simple Equal Employment Opportunity compliance to productive engagement with the bureaus as partnersin our mission. Our Diversity Management and Outreach section notonly prepares reports on workforce statistics,but works with the bureaus to addressdiversity-related issues proactively.Bureau Briefings have been disseminatedto assistant secretaries and directors from all26 bureaus and feature a breakdown of theirparticular workforces with regard to race,national origin, gender and disability status,compared to the civilian labor force, the meanfor the Department of State (Civil and ForeignService) and in comparison to other Cabinetlevel agencies.The overall statistics for the State Department are shown in figure 1 below. Some thingsto remember when analyzing the numbers: All of the data is self-reported. If anindividual with a disability, for instance, doesnot report the disability on the SF-256 form, itis not reflected in OCR’s statistics. The Department also does not recorddata on religious preference, sexual orientationand many other areas that might be of interest,such as national origin.Despite the limitations, including some recording inaccuracies, thenumbers are an important way to begin the dialogue with bureaus ondiversity issues. We chose a few key bureaus based on size, anomalies ortheir request for comprehensive discussions of their Bureau Briefings.Nine have been completed for this year.Effective diversity management depends on the attention anddedication of senior leaders. The Department officials involved asLeadership Liaisons to our employee affinity groups have been effectivein providing that attention and dedication. Here are a few other seniorleaders who have made a real difference for the Department:Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Under Secretary for Management Patrick Kennedy led the charge for getting same-sex partnerbenefits for Foreign Service officers. Ambassador Nancy McEldowneyfrom the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs has not only metwith leaders from various employee affinity groups to discuss diversitybut also created and distributed an EUR-specific diversity statement.Susan Swart, the Department’s chief information officer, provideddiversity training to all of her supervisors/managers, instituted a policyrequiring diverse hiring panels for all positions grade 14 and above andpiloted a diversity dialogue project.The briefings provide an excellent opportunity to remind bureauleadership that:Equal Employment Opportunity is the law. Apply Equal Employment Opportunityprinciples to hiring, training, promotion andretention efforts. Ensure that individuals with disabilities areaccommodated in the workplace as well as atall public meetings, forums and trainings.In the briefings, we also shared with bureauleadership the following strategies:Communicate to all staff that diversity isimportant. Post the Secretary’s Statement on Diversityand Equal Employment Opportunity in alloffices and installations. Compose and post a diversity statement foryour bureau/division. Include diversity in the bureau’s strategicplanning . Encourage both informal and formalmentoring . Use focus groups to assess yourworkplace climate.Incorporate principles of diversity in recruitment. Collaborate with your EX office and the Bureau of HumanResources regarding special hiring authorities such as Schedule Ahiring authority (www.opm.gov/disability), which noncompetitivelyappoints persons with disabilities, and the Veterans Rehabilitation Actfor veterans. Consult the HR Office of Student Programs (http://careers.state.gov/students/programs.html) for internship/fellowship programs,which include diverse candidates (Priority Interns and WorkforceRecruitment Program).We hope, through an ongoing discussion of the importance ofdiversity, additional leaders will rise to the occasion to contribute to afair, equitable and inclusive environment for all. nJohn M. RobinsonOffice of Civil RightsFigure 1: FY 2008 Department of State Workforce Diversity (Percentage of Employees)Civil ServiceForeign ServiceAverage of otherCabinet-level agenciesCivilian labor forceWomen55.1434.66American .4110.106.7913.3065.2771.80March 2010State Magazine7
SPECIAL REPORT///EARTHQUAKE IN HAITIPHOTOGRAPH: CORBISA Haitian washes in stagnantwater in an earthquakedestroyed neighborhood.8State MagazineMarch 2010
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SPECIAL REPORT///EARTHQUAKE IN HAITIPHOTOGRAPHS: (LEFT): GETTY IMAGE; (OPPOSITE PAGE LEFT): JAMES J. JOHNSTON; (RIGHT): DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSEA child walks pasta crack caused bythe earthquakein a street inPort-au-Prince.10State MagazineMarch 2010
Disaster ResponseDepartment aids embassy employees in Haiti /// By Ed WarnerThe January 12 earthquake in Haiti killedat least five Locally Employed Staff members of Mission Haiti, six family membersand one American employee, and left sixstaff members injured, three seriously. Asof late January, 23 of the post’s 956 LE Staffwere still unaccounted for.The earthquake, which occurred outsideof the mission’s business hours, left theembassy structure intact, although officecubicles were toppled (see related story).But as the extent of the disaster becamebetter known, new challenges emerged forthe Department, such as providing LE Staffwith the funds and leave time to attendto injured family members, bury deadrelatives and rebuild shattered homes. TheDepartment’s Office of Overseas Employment and Bureau of Western HemisphereAffairs were examining such solutions assalary advances, converting leave time tocash and funeral grants to bury familymembers. OE Director Catherine EbertGray said LE Staff may need a substantialamount of cash to rebuild their homes andlives following the devastation.Providing medical care for the familiesof LE Staff was another big challenge. Theembassy’s health unit never stopped servingemployees, and the Department of Healthand Human Services in late January set upa facility on embassy grounds to care forLE Staff and their families, said MarjoriePhillips, deputy executive director of WHA’sExecutive Office. Tents had been set up foremployees on the embassy compound, andPhillips said an additional 850 eight-persontents were coming.Employees were fed at post, she added,both by the cafeteria and with Meals Readyto Eat. A shipment of rice, beans andcooking oil was ordered by the post withthe assistance of the U.S. Embassy in SantoDomingo for distribution to the LE Staff.FSN FundIn a key first step to getting LE Staff backon their feet financially, the Departmentimmediately activated the FSN EmergencyRelief Fund. By late January, it already authorized the embassy to provide 100 to eachLE Staff member. Director General NancyPowell encouraged giving to the fund, sayingLE Staff and their families “are going to haveenormous needs.” Contributions can still bemade by check, credit card or payroll deduction to help the LE Staff of all agencies atpost (see related story). Additional information is at http://rm.s.state.sbu/default.aspx.Donors responded generously, said fundmanager Donna Bordley, but the fund needsto raise 200,000 to cover the expected needsof LE Staff in Haiti.Employee participation in the post’s lifeand health insurance plans was voluntary,but Bureau of Human Resources data showmost Mission Haiti LE Staff participated inboth plans. Ebert-Gray said the Departmentis uncertain whether the underwriter will beable to cover all death benefits. If it cannot,the U.S. government may need to exploreprovisions to “step in to help and recoup theoutlays from the company later,” she said.The mission met its first post-quakepayroll, paying employees in cash. The nextpayroll was expected to return to usingelectronic funds transfer once local bankswere back in operation.U.S. citizens living in Haitiwait to be evacuated fromthe airport in Port-au-Princeseveral days after theearthquake. Left: Theearthquake tumbled officeequipment at the U.S.Embassy in Port-au-Prince.
SPECIAL REPORT///EARTHQUAKE IN HAITIOE said it would advise the missionon extending excused absences andother forms of leave to LE Staff. In Haiti,LE Staff—even those from differingagencies—may donate annual leave toother LE Staff if they and the recipientare paid under the same local compensation plan and receive their pay via thesame Global Financial Services payrolloffice. However, leave is not transferrablebetween American employees and LEStaff, according to OE, because they areon separate pay plans.Earthquakes hit U.S. embassiesoften enough that the Department hasprocedures in place arising from pastexperience. Yet no capital city has latelybeen hit by such a large quake as thatwhich struck Haiti. The closest, in termsof casualties, was Managua in 1972—andthat quake caused one-tenth the casualties expected from the Haitian disaster.Ebert-Gray said determining howto help embassy employees in Haitiis a continuing process that willleave the Department better able toaddress disasters affecting colleaguesin the future.The author is deputy editor ofState Magazine.Claudia Cordeiro, regionaltraining coordinator of theMiami Passport Agency,holds a child in Port-au-Prince.Right: A tent city was erected forremaining embassy employeesinside the embassy compound.Embassy Rides Out Haiti Earthquake/// By Jonathan BlythIn the spring of 2008, the Bureau ofOverseas Buildings Operations completedconstruction of a new embassy compoundfor the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince,Haiti. As with all new diplomatic facilities,the bureau made certain the structure wasearthquake-resistant.To accomplish this, the bureau made sureits structural engineering design strictlyadhered to the International Building Codeand to the OBO supplement to that code.The supplement covers unique design requirements for each U.S. diplomatic post anddetails the building’s design requirements,including those for withstanding gravity,snow, wind, earthquakes and even explosions.When doing a site study, OBO’s Office ofDesign and Engineering identifies the project’s design criteria relating to such things asseismic forces and wind load. The study takesplace at least a year prior to constructionand leads the office to recommend what itbelieves will be the most effective structure.The preferred earthquake-resistant systemis the one used at Embassy Port-au-Princeand includes reinforced concrete shear wallsand mechanical, electrical, fire protection andother systems that can withstand the stressesof an earthquake. Embassy Port-au-Prince, infact, was designed to meet the highest seismicdesign criteria and to withstand winds of 100miles per hour.Told the facility suffered only minornonstructural damage from the earthquake,Rod Evans, OBO project director duringthe embassy’s construction, said he wasn’tsurprised.“I would have been amazed if it didn’tsurvive,” he said. “The ability of the embassyto withstand a 7.0-magnitude earthquake istestimony to OBO’s building design criteria,the American contractor’s constructionexpertise and the hard work of the manyHaitian workers who contributed to buildingthe facility.”The author is director of external affairs at theBureau of Overseas Buildings Operations.PHOTOGRAPHS: (LEFT): CONSULAR AFFAIRS; (OPPOSITE PAGE): DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSELeave Needed
A man and an infant awaita departing flight at Haiti’sinternational airport.March 2010State Magazine13
SPECIAL REPORT///EARTHQUAKE IN HAITIPHOTOGRAPHS: (LEFT): CORBIS; (OPPOSITE PAGE): CONSULAR AFFAIRSHaitian men rest inPort-au-Prince afterunloading a truck filledwith food from USAID.14State MagazineM
2009, 406 nonimmigrant visa cases, 57 new immigrant visa cases, 21 American Citizen Services cases and 150 external requests were referred to the FPU. It also processed an addi-tional 391 walk-in cases and entered 2,427 consular lookouts based on tips and information from other agencies. Of the visa cases referred, the unit confirmed fraud in
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future and we lose hope. Hope becomes a concept for other people: It s too late for me . We all need hope. That is universal. But there is an even greater universal truth: hope is possible. Hope is reality. In this Bible study we consider the life of one man who saw himself beyond hope but found the opposite to be true. TH OINT You are never .
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Welcome to the Spring 2020 Issue of HOPE Magazine We’ve done it now – taken something good and made it even better. Late last year, we announced a big change with HOPE Magazine as we begin the next chapter of our publication as an expanded quarterly magazine. When Sarah and I first discussed moving to a less frequent, but much larger
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Hope against hope: exploring the hopes and challenges of rural female caregivers of persons with advanced cancer Allison Williams1*, Wendy Duggleby2, Jeanette Eby1, Reverend Dan Cooper3, Lars K Hallstrom4, Lorraine Holtslander5 and Roanne Thomas6 Abstract Background: This paper focuses on the qualitative component of a study evaluating a hope intervention, entitled Living with Hope Program .
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