Article: Consular Officers work to help arrange international adoptions, evaluate travel requests from foreign nationals, assist in evacuating Americans stationed abroad, combat fraud, and fight human trafficking organizations.  Consular Officers are expected to be strategic planners with crisis management skills, capable of protecting US citizens while working to serve US interests abroad.  Consular Officers are trained in resolving child custody disputes, overseeing arrests and detentions, issuing travel advisories, and addressing and responding to emergencies abroad. Economic Officers serve as liaisons with foreign government representatives on foreign and domestic issues related to technology, science, economic developments, trade negotiations, energy crises, and environmental interests.  Economic Officers must be skillful negotiators capable of building and maintaining mutually-beneficial trade relations with other nations.  Economic Officers are trained in economics, trade, commercial diplomacy policies, energy issues, or environmental issues, depending on that officer's assignment. Management Officers help facilitate all embassy operations across all departments.  Management Officers are required to be fast thinkers who are capable of devising problem-solving strategies in the face of challenging situations.  Management Officers are trained in a variety of professional areas, depending on the needs of that officer's appointment office. Political Officers are responsible for analyzing the political climate of their host country. Political Officers must be able to effectively communicate and negotiate as needed with representatives of foreign governments.  Political Officers are required to be well-informed and must possess the skills to effectively interpret situations and negotiate with other agencies on issues of international interest.  Political Officers are trained to solicit support from foreign government agencies to help move US interests and shared international goals forward. Public Diplomacy Officers engage with government officials and non-governmental groups, including political think tanks, civil society members, and academic leaders, with the goal of promoting mutual interests and building support for American international policies.  Public Diplomacy Officers are expected to be skilled experts in cross-cultural interests and relations while advocating for American policies and values abroad.  Public Diplomacy Officers are trained in communicating American history, values, and traditions to foreign audiences in order to build international support for American policies.
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Prepare for a Consular Officer's duties. Prepare for an Economic Officer's duties. Prepare for a Management Officer's duties. Prepare for a Political Officer's duties. Prepare for a Public Diplomacy Officer's duties.
Article: Vision problems are primarily caused by light not focusing properly in the eye. Eyeglasses help redirect the light to focus properly onto the retina. Contacts are smaller lenses that are meant to wear directly on the eye. They float on the surface of the cornea.  There are many options you can choose from, for example some contacts are daily wear (one time use), others are designed to last longer. Some contacts come in different colors and are designed for specific types of eyes. Consult your healthcare provider for the appropriate selection to meet your needs. While glasses and contacts are the more traditional method for correcting vision, the surgical method is gaining in popularity as well. There are SEVERAL different type of surgeries for the eye. However the two most common are LASIK and PRK.  In some cases surgery is suggested because contacts and eyeglasses are not effective enough to improve vision. In other cases corrective surgery is suggested as an option to wearing long term glasses or contacts. LASIK is formally known as laser in-situ keratomileusis. This surgery is used to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. This surgery replaces the need to have contacts or eyeglasses.  The FDA has approved LASIK eye surgery to be done on patients 18 years or older with an eye prescription of at least one year. Despite this, most physicians will recommend waiting until the mid-20’s because they eye are still changing.  PRK is formally referred to as photorefractive keratectomy. It is similar to Lasik in that it also treats nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. The age requirement for PRK is the same as LASIK. For most common eye conditions, nearsightedness, farsightedness, presbyopia and astigmatism, medication is not used. For more serious problems your healthcare provider may prescribe a medication usually in the form of eye drops or pills. If you need further treatment seek your healthcare provider for more information.
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Wear eyeglasses. Wear contacts. Correct vision with surgery. Determine if medication is an option.
Article: After months of crawling about, your baby will finally be ready to attempt her first steps. Don’t focus on getting her to walk right away, though. Help your baby practice her balance and coordination. Then, when her leg muscles are up to the task of walking, she will be equipped to take confident steps. Resist putting your baby in a stroller or a sling; let her walk everywhere.  Let her cruise barefoot on the furniture; this will encourage her to walk on her own and is definitely more helpful than any kind of walker out there. Instead of getting a walker with a seat, get a stable push toy that will act as her stabilizer. Give your baby some small balls or clean socks to shoot into a laundry basket; the act of bending down, picking up something, and standing up again is great for balance practice.  Play freeze dance to practice her inhibitory control or her ability to stop her body from moving. Get a big soft ball and let her practice kicking it to each other, or sit on the floor and roll or throw a ball to each other.
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Get ready for baby's first steps. Encourage her to stand on her own two feet as much as possible. Practice different types of movements.