The Foreign Service Journal, March 2015

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | MARCH 2015 17 AFSA Scholarship AFSA.org/Scholar Arlington Court Suites arlingtoncourthotel.com Clements Worldwide clements.com Embassy Risk Management Embassyrisk.com The Hirshorn Company Hirshorn.com/USFS Inside A U.S. Embassy afsa.org/Inside McGrath Real Estate Services McGrathRealEstate.com PROMAX Management Inc. promaxrealtors.com WJD Management wjdpm.com to increase the protection and comfort of healthcare workers battling the virus. (See the January-February Talking Points for our coverage of the contest.) A panel of U.S. government experts and international partners chose three winners: • A redesigned personal protective equipment (PPE) suit that allows for quicker and safer doffing/removal and has integrated cooling features (submit- ted by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Bioengineering Innovation & Design and Jhpiego, and featuring technology from Johns Hopkins University). • An antiseptic that, when applied to skin, provides up to six hours of pathogen protection and serves as an antimicrobial barrier to viral transmission for health care workers (submitted by Aquarius GEP LLC and Innovative BioDefense). • A long-lasting, spray-on barrier that kills and repels microbes with electro- static fields to prevent surface con- tamination and allow for more breath- able PPE materials (submitted by SPR Advanced Technologies, Inc.). These three ideas will receive financial or other support, including intensive test- ing, to ensure readiness for production and field deployment. USAID reports that as of Jan. 21 the U.S. government has delivered approxi- mately $952 million in assistance in response to the Ebola epidemic. And now, it appears, the epidemic may be subsiding. New Ebola cases in Liberia and Sierra Leone have been decreasing dramatically of late, so much so, in fact, that the U.S. Test Your Worldliness: The Quiz This month we are introducing a new mini-feature for Talking Points— The Quiz. As an amusing diversion from pressing business, the quizzes will test your knowledge of any and all things worldly, from currencies (this month) and languages to capital cities. See how many you can get right. Gain bragging rights by comparing answers with colleagues! Thanks to retired FSO Rob Callard for the suggestion and this currency quiz. In the “distant past,” Callard says, The Foreign Service Journal included a quiz section. A consular officer, he is now working as a “when actually employed” (WAE) in the visa office. During his Foreign Service career, he served in Port-of-Spain, Lima, Welling- ton, Toronto, Bridgetown, Jerusalem, Pristina and Washington, D.C. If you have a quiz to suggest, send it (questions with answers and source) to journal@afsa.org. Answers appear on p. 18. CURRENCY QUIZ What countries use the following currencies? 1. Manat _________________ 2. Lek _________________ 3. Dram _________________ 4. Kyat _________________ 5. Nakfa _________________ 6. Pa‘anga _________________ 7. Taka _________________ 8. Dirham _________________ 9. Rupiah _________________ 10. Ariary _________________ 11. Quetzal _________________ 12. Dalasi _________________