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Sociology is a subject related to human social activity. It is a study of society, social relationship, interaction and social groups. Sociology and applied sociology are the branches of Social work. There are many sub-subjects come under the branch of Sociology like urban and rural sociology, social psychology, political sociology, economic sociology, social interactions etc.It provides knowledge to understand the social behavior or character of a human being or a society .The work of the sociologist is to study the behavior of both individual and groups .Sociology is very helpful to lead a career in field of law, business, health professions or social science. Sociology as a subject is good for students in order to become a professor, researcher, or applied sociologist.?Sociology educates regarding the necessity of learning the ability of speaking, writing, and thinking which will facilitate in decision making and problem solving. Sociology makes the students to be motivated, benevolent and all time learners .
There are various universities and colleges which provide sociology as subject at graduate and undergraduate level. South Dakota State University, Macquarie University, Adelphi University, University of Sheffield, Texas State University etc from all over the world offers Scholarship to study sociology as a subject. Scholarship from various countries are listed below:

Scholarship Program:?MUIS Full Scholarships
Employer:?Macquarie University
Level of Study:?Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Subjects:?Courses offered by the university
Country: Australia
Scholarship Description:?Macquarie University International Scholarship is a Full Scholarship for Undergraduate and Postgraduate studies. The MUIS is available across most courses* to cover a range of full international tuition fees for study on campus at North Ryde in an undergraduate or postgraduate coursework degree.
Scholarship Website : http://www.international.mq.edu.au/scholarships/muis/merit

Scholarship Program:?International Undergraduate Scholarship at Adelphi University
Employer:?Adelphi University
Level of Study:?Undergraduate
Subjects:?Courses offered by the university
Country: USA
Scholarship Description:?Undergraduate international students are eligible for merit, talent, and athletic scholarships. While the scholarships range from $4,000 to full tuition, there are only a limited number available to international students.
Scholarship Website : http://ecampus.adelphi.edu/sfs/international.php

Scholarship Program:?Fuller Masters Scholarship
Employer:?Fuller Fund
Level of Study:?Master
Subjects:?Sociology
Country: UK
Scholarship Description:?The scholarships will be awarded in the form of a tuition fee waiver for the 2012-13 academic year and cannot be deferred to a later year or a different course from the one for which you are admitted.Our Fuller Masters Scholarship is available to UK and EU students to study a taught masters course in our Department of Sociology. The scholarship is supported by the Fuller Fund and is awarded on the basis of academic merit.
Scholarship Website : http://www.essex.ac.uk/sociology/Documents/fuller_scholarship_terms.pdf

Scholarship Program:?Scholarships for Sociology Majors
Employer:?Western Illinois University
Level of Study:?Undergraduate
Subjects:?Sociology
Country: USA
Scholarship Description:?The Department of Sociology and Anthropology proudly offers two annual scholarships for undergraduate sociology majors, the Harriet Stull Sociology Scholarship and the Kara Leigh Broughton Memorial Scholarship.
Scholarship Website : http://www.wiu.edu/cas/sociology/soc/scholarships.php

Scholarship Program:?The John Pease Undergraduate Scholarship in Sociology
Employer:?University of Maryland College Park
Level of Study:?Undergraduate
Subjects:?Sociology
Country: USA
Scholarship Description:?Must be a fulltime degree seeking undergraduate Sociology major in their senior year of study during the coming academic year.
Scholarship Website : http://www.bsos.umd.edu/socy/giving/PeaseScholarshipApplication.pdf

Scholarship Program:?Scholarships for Sociology Majors
Employer:? South Dakota State University
Level of Study:?Undergraduate and Graduates
Subjects:?Sociology
Country: USA
Scholarship Description:?This scholarship is given to a sophomore student who has demonstrated academic excellence and leadership while at the same time being self supporting through demonstrated employment.
Scholarship Website : http://www.sdstate.edu/soc/scholarship/undergraduate/

Scholarship Program:?Funded PhD Scholarship in Sociology/ Science & Technology Studies
Employer:?University of Sheffield
Level of Study:?Masters
Subjects:? Sociology/ Science & Technology Studies
Country: UK
Scholarship Description:?Each scholarship will cover the cost of UK/EU tuition fees and provides an annual, tax-free maintenance stipend at the standard Research Council rate (?13,590 in 2011-12). The recipient will also receive a Research Training Support Grant of ?1000 per year. International applicants will need to pay the difference between the UK/EU and Overseas tuition fees.
Scholarship Website : http://shef.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.147375!/file/PhDinSTS.pdf

Scholarship Program:?Fellowships and Scholarships
Employer:?University of Manitoba
Level of Study:?Graduate
Subjects:?Sociology
Country: Canada
Scholarship Description:?The Faculty of Graduate Studies maintains an up-to-date listing of all fellowships and scholarships available to graduate students in Sociology. The most noteworthy of these are the University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowships (UMGF), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Fellowships, and Manitoba Health Research Council Studentships.
Scholarship Website : http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/sociology/grad/index.html

Scholarship Program:?Department Scholarships
Employer:?Texas State University
Level of Study:?Post graduates
Subjects:?Sociology
Country: USA
Scholarship Description:?The Department of Sociology offers many scholarships and awards each year in honor of past graduates and faculty. Each scholarship is unique and has its own unique set of criteria; not all of the Department of Sociology?s Scholarships have an application form. Please refer to each scholarship?s description for their specific criteria.
Scholarship Website : http://www.soci.txstate.edu/resources/scholarships.html

Scholarship Program:?Sociology Doctoral Research Grant
Employer:?University of Alberta
Level of Study:?Doctoral
Subjects:?Sociology
Country: Canada
Scholarship Description:?The Sociology Doctoral Research Grant aims to support sociology doctoral candidates undertaking original research that is likely to advance knowledge in their chosen field of study. Grants are awarded on a competitive basis up to a maximum value of $7,000.00.
Scholarship Website : http://www.sociology.ualberta.ca/GraduatePrograms/GraduateStudentFunding.aspx

Scholarship Program:?SSPSSR MA Scholarships 2012
Employer:?University of Kent
Level of Study:?Honours
Subjects:?Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Country: UK
Scholarship Description:?The School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research will award ?500 scholarships towards fees to all students with a First Class honours degree (or equivalent) who register to study on one of their MA programmes.? Any offer will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory academic transcript, references and personal statement.
Scholarship Website: http://www.kent.ac.uk/scholarships/postgraduate/departmental/SSPSSR.html

Scholarship Program:?SSPSSR Foundation Scholarships 2012

Employer:?University of Kent
Level of Study:?Graduates
Subjects:?Sociology
Country: UK
Scholarship Description:?For 2012-13 The School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research will award, on a competitive basis, up to four MA scholarships worth ?3,000 each to students who graduated from SSPSSR with a First Class Honours Degree.
Scholarship Website : http://www.kent.ac.uk/scholarships/postgraduate/departmental/SSPSSR.html

Scholarship Program:?PhD Scholarship in Sociology 2012-2013
Employer:?University of Milan

Level of Study:?PhD
Subjects:?Sociology
Country: Italy
Scholarship Description:?The scholarships and their amount are specifically assigned every year: for specific information about the number of scholarships available and about their amount, please download the file related to the specific Call of the Year. Admission test to Ph.D. Programs is divided in two stages: in the first stage the Examining Committee evaluates the qualifications for compliance with the criteria established by the Ph.D.
Scholarship Website : http://www.networkprecario.com/phd-scholarship-in-sociology-university-of-milan-italy-deadline31072012/

Scholarship Program:?Winslow-Tremblay Scholarship in Sociology
Employer:?University of Ottawa
Level of Study:?Graduate
Subjects:?Sociology and Anthropology
Country: Canada
Scholarship Description:?This scholarship was created by Dr. Donna J. Winslow and Dr. Andr? Tremblay of the Faculty of Social Sciences to encourage applied anthropology and sociology.
Scholarship Website : http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/eng/bursary_Winslow_Tremblay_soc.asp

Scholarship Program:?Ann Denis Scholarship in Sociology
Employer:?University of Ottawa
Level of Study:?Honour
Subjects:?Sociology
Country: Canada
Scholarship Description:?This fund was established by Ann B. Denis, during her tenure as Chair of the Department of Sociology. In establishing it she acknowledges the important contribution that her university education has made in her life and the contribution that scholarships made during her studies. The purpose of the fund is to provide financial assistance to students enrolled in an honours degree in sociology and whose education would otherwise be compromised.
Scholarship Website : http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/eng/bursary_Ann_Denis_Sociology.asp

Scholarship Program:?Sociology scholarships 2012-2013
Employer:?Calvin College
Level of Study:?Junior or Senior
Subjects:?Sociology
Country: USA
Scholarship Description:?This scholarship is awarded to departmental students entering the junior or senior year who have an outstanding academic record, particularly within the department.
Scholarship Website : http://www.calvin.edu/academic/sociology/scholarships/

Scholarship Program:?Scholarship
Employer:?Nottingham University
Level of Study:?Postgraduate
Subjects:?Sociology
Country: UK
Scholarship Description:?Funding is made available every year by the University to provide opportunities to study with us at both postgraduate taught and postgraduate research level.
Scholarship Website : http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sociology/Prospective/Postgraduate/Scholarships/I...

Scholarship Program:?Dieul-Kurzweil Scholarship in Physics at University of Melbourne
Employer:?University of Melbourne
Level of Study:?Master/ PhD
Subjects:?Physics
Country: Australia
Scholarship Description:?The Scholarship is awarded upon the recommendation the Head of the School of Physics. Applications for the scholarship are invited by a notice on the University notice board whenever the scholarship is available for award.$2450.00.
Scholarship Website : http://www.science.unimelb.edu.au/scholarships

Scholarship Program:?Fung Global Fellows Program
Employer:?Princeton University
Level of Study:?PhD
Subjects:?Courses offered by the university
Country: USA
Scholarship Description:?Each year, the Fung Global Fellows Program will select six scholars from around the world to be in residence at Princeton for one academic year and to engage in research, writing, and collaboration around a common theme. The program includes a public seminar series where the fellows will present their work to the University community.
Scholarship Website : http://www.princeton.edu/funggfp/application/eligibility/

Scholarship Program:? Victoria Graduate Award for Honours/Masters
Employer:?University of Victoria
Level of Study:?Honours/Masters
Subjects:?Courses offered by the university
Country: New Zealand
Scholarship Description:?These awards consist of domestic tuition fees payable for the nominated degree programme up to the value of $5,000. Graduate Awards are awarded solely on the basis of academic merit.
Scholarship Website : http://www.fis.org.nz/BreakOut/vuw/schols.phtml?detail+100277

Scholarship Program:?Award of Doctoral Fellowships
Employer:?Central Institute of Classical Tamil
Level of Study:?PhD
Subjects:?Literature, Linguistics, or allied disciplines such as Anthropology, Sociology, Education, Archaeology, Epigraphy, Musicology, Performing Arts, Folklore, Philosophy.
Country: India
Scholarship Description:?The candidate should have registered for Ph.D. in any recognized University or Institute. The Doctoral Fellowship includes Rs. 12,000/- per month for 2 years with a contingency grant of Rs.12,000/- per annum. The candidate should not have exceeded 30 years of age as on 16 th August 2012. Age relaxation will be allowed for OBC candidates (3 years) and SC/ST candidates (5 years).
Scholarship Website : http://www.cict.in/English_web/CALL%20FOR%20Doctoral%20Eng.pdf

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Body found off Palos Verdes is that of missing diver

By Jason Kandel and Melissa Pamer, NBCLosAngeles.com

Updated at 12:49 a.m. ET: LOS ANGELES --?A body found floating in the water off the Palos Verdes Peninsula coast is that of missing diver Rebecca Weiss, who disappeared a week ago, authorities confirmed late Saturday.

Coroner Investigator Elissa Fleak said the body had been identified as that of Weiss, 50, of Marina del Rey.

No cause of death was available, and?the Los Angeles County?Department of Coroner will complete an?autopsy in the next few days, Fleak said at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday.


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Authorities had said earlier Saturday that the body appeared to be that of a drowning victim.

If the death was accidental, that would potentially calm speculation surrounding the disappearance of Weiss, an experienced free diver from Marina del Rey who frequented the waters off Palos Verdes.

Homicide investigators were on the scene in the rocky waters below Terranea Resort after authorities got a call at 11:37 a.m. stating a body had been discovered in the water, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Lt. John Wolak said.

Lt. Holly Francisco, who spoke with reporters on site Saturday afternoon, said recreational divers first spotted the body, which was found to be wearing diving gear.?

Francisco could not at the time confirm the dead person's identity or its gender.

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Weiss' family members were in the area when?the body was found.

"They did not identify the diver that was located in the water, but they were here passing out missing-persons fliers where their family member was last diving," Francisco said.?

Francisco?said Los Angeles Fire Department responders pulled the body from the water.?

Wolak said he wasn't sure exactly where the body was found, but the call came from someone at or near Terranea, a luxury resort at the former site of Marineland of the Pacific (map).

The lower portion of the resort, which sits on land above a cliff, had been cordoned off as detectives searched for evidence, Francisco said.

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Volunteers on Saturday had planned to pass out fliers in an effort to find out what happened to?Weiss, 50,?who disappeared after she apparently went diving alone off Rancho Palos Verdes on Aug. 11.

Weiss was supposed to be back by 5 p.m., according to her husband, 60-year-old Alan Weiss, who reported her missing that night.?He said that when she did not return as scheduled, he went to the area where they go diving.

Her car and a diving bag were found nearby, but her cellphone and keys remain missing, sheriff's officials said.

Sheriff?s officials have questioned the husband in the case, but detectives do not consider him a suspect in his wife?s disappearance.

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"The husband of Rebecca is not considered a suspect. He's been cooperative with investigators," Francisco said Saturday.

She added that investigators believed Rebecca Weiss had been diving alone.

In an interview earlier in the day, before the body was found, Weiss' mother, Vilma Causey, said she would have a hard time believing her daughter would go diving alone.

"We have number-one rule. I dive myself, and we say there has to be a buddy?--?somebody with you --?at all times," Causey said.

Authorities had hoped a surveillance camera near where her car was found might shed more light on?Weiss' disappearance.

The family of Rebecca Weiss, who went missing last week while reportedly free diving, are questioning the story of her husband -- who was the last person to see her ? though police have ruled him out as a suspect. NBC News' Diana Alvear reports.

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Olympic golf in 2016 will be worth watching ? agree or disagree ...

Olympic golf in 2016 will be worth watching ? agree or disagree?

The wait of golfers to play in the summer Olympics is about to be over. Three years ago, after an extremely hard fought campaign led by the three greats of the game, Jack Nicklaus, Colin Montgomerie, and Annika Sorenstam, International Olympic Committee finally decided to include golf in the Olympics.

Golf will be included in the Olympics from2016 onwards but will not be a part of the London Olympics.

The inclusion of golf has had different reactions from all walks of the game. Some have criticised it, while others appreciated it and are looking forward to it. ?

Those who think that golf should not have been included argue that golf is not an Olympic sport, it is not meant for Olympics. They say that golf has its own major championships, the Masters, the US Open, the Open Championship, and the PGA Championship, so Olympics become more of a low priority event. ?

They believe that Olympics are only meant for track and field events where as the other games are just added to increase the attendance and participation.

Like golf, tennis has also come under criticism for the same reason. That too has its own championships, so the Olympic medal becomes a low priority achievement.

There have been mixed views from the players as well, people like Sergio Garcia believe that an Olympic medal is more than wining a major.

Whereas, Dustin Johnson thinks that being part of Olympics is a big honour as you are representing your country but being a golfer the first priory should be to win a major.

The Australian Brendan Jones believes that golf should never be part of the Olympics games and he will be boycotting Rio Games.

?I do not agree that golf should be in the Olympics,? Jones said, ?It is like tennis, who even knows who won the gold medal in tennis??

There are many who welcomed this decision by the International Olympic Committee. Phil Mickelson was one of the first to have come out and praise this decision. Sergio Garcia has also revealed his Olympic dream.

The last time golf was part of the Olympics was in 1904, when the Games were held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. After more than hundred years, golf will once again be featured in the Olympic Games.

A total of 60 male and 60 female players will be taking part in the event. Each country will nominate two players who will be part of their Olympic squad. This decision was done in order to maintain an equal representation from all nations.

Golf is the most highly paid game but the question is, will it get the same amount of attention and coverage as it gets throughout the year?

NO is probably the answer because Olympics are mainly meant for track and field events. Other sports too are broadcasted live but the main attention is on the track and field sports, and indoor games, such as table tennis, badminton, swimming and the like.

Plus, Olympics are a team based event and only two players from each country will be featuring in the Olympics. As there will be a few big players, the competition will not be that tough and broadcasters will prefer telecasting other sports rather than golf.

This makes the whole scenario pretty gloomy for the game of golf itself and, in the end, it will be golf which will be on the losing end.

The views expressed in this article are the writer's own and in no way represent Bettor.com's official editorial policy.

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Cafe Liz ? A stroll through Acre (Akko) ? the kosher vegetarian ...

Liz Steinberg

It?s vacation month. Daycares are on break, Yeshivas are on break, we?re on break ? the end of my husband?s paternity leave, to be precise. I?m already back at work, actually.*

But with this scorching summer heat, all we really want to do most days is sit out our vacation inside, in the air conditioning. Once so often we?ll drag ourselves outside, only to be reminded why we were cowering in the air conditioning in the first place. There?s a mock weather report going around Facebook with forecasts like ?Monday: Nuclear holocaust; Tuesday: Even Satan is sweating.? It?s not far off. Thirty-seven degrees Celsius (100 degrees F) and humid is a little much even for me.

But we really wanted to visit Akko, the ancient northern port city now home to a mixed Jewish-Arab population. Close, yet so far away ? only 1.5 hours by train from Tel Aviv, yet I hadn?t been there in 7 or 8 years, and my husband had never been. So we waited for the day with the coolest forecast (only 31 degrees), braced ourselves, and headed north along the coast.

Indeed, Acre is a great day trip from Tel Aviv. You don?t even need to do too much preparation ? OK, I?m sure it wouldn?t hurt ? but the old city is small and compact. Once you get there, you have archeological and historical sites, a bustling market and a beautiful coast all within spitting distance of one another.

Plenty of other people had similar ideas. Foreign tour groups and domestic tourists, particularly ultra-Orthodox families, were all strolling through town.

Here are some of the highlights from our day.

CRUSADER CASTLE: We started with the city?s visitor center and the Crusader fortress, which is now partially underground. The cavernous stone halls were shady and cool.

WANDERING THROUGH THE MARKET: The visitor center is around the corner from the old city market. While the path through the market winds, it doesn?t really branch off so you can?t get lost. The market has translucent awnings overhead that keep it cool, and is relatively clean. Locals mix with tourists, housewives shop alongside backpackers and tour groups. Souvenir shops are interspersed with homewares, children?s clothing, food and spices.

Hebescos or cenamen, anyone?

COOL HOMEWARES: Maamoul moulds of all shapes and sizes, copper pots, mortars and pestles, juice presses, little ceramic coffee cups. A vendor called out to a mother as her toddler wandered off with one of these weird metal things. They turned out to be sabras pickers.

RAMADAN SWEETS: Since we?re in the middle of Ramadan*, lots of vendors were selling qatayef pancakes. These little discs of dough are fried on one side like miniature lahoh (or injera, or crumpets, for those with different reference points). Then they?re generally filled with nuts or cheese, fried and served with sugar syrup. Lots of sweets shops were selling the pancakes without the filling, to give people a head start on the preparation process at home.

One vendor sold us some excellent ones stuffed with cinnamon sugar and walnuts (top photo).

?SOUVENIRS? THAT COST LESS THAN THEY DO IN TEL AVIV: We were tourists after all, so we did a bit of souvenir shopping ? an industrial-size box of Snickers bars at prices you won?t find in Tel Aviv (all the branding was in Arabic, but it was still kosher. Go figure.)

HUMMUS, BUT NOT AT SAID: As you meander through the market, you won?t be able to miss the town?s most famous hummus restaurant. Most of the market was relatively quiet and calm when we were there, but Hummus Said was packed, with entire tour buses were waiting out front.

We walked on and wound up at Shamshiye, a smaller hummus restaurant. Sometimes I just appreciate quiet and air conditioning. And the food didn?t disappoint either ? the proprietor pounded chickpeas and tehina in front of us to make the creamy mashawashe, and the labaneh topped with zaatar reminded me of my days in Haifa.

Soon you?ll be eating that mashawashe too, kid.

CRUSADER TUNNELS: By then we were already at the far end of the market, the end closest to the sea. The entrance to the Crusader tunnels is just around the corner. The curved stone tunnels were recently excavated, and a wooden walkway was installed over the running water, making for a pleasant underground stroll. Based on the photos online, you?d think the place is a massive cavern.

But no ?.

OK, the ceiling did get higher after that. (At right: Inside the Crusader castle.)

ICE CREAM AND THE SEA: The tunnel exit is close to the sea and the old city boardwalk, which is lined with restaurants. We went to Endomela, a tiny ice cream shop by the owners of famous fish restaurant Uri Buri. As we sat on the bar eating and enjoying the air conditioning, workers made ice cream in the back.

BAKLAVA: As we meandered our way back through the town and the market, we stopped right outside the market?s entrance to buy excellent baklava at Abdelhadi ? a lovely, long-lasting souvenir.

* I wrote this a week ago. Now, Ramadan is over, yeshiva break is over and my husband is back at work.

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Michelle Obama: the person and the persona

She is 5-foot-11 and world famous. Sometimes she inspires awe in her admirers. She has been accused of being the angry type. So when Michelle Obama meets people, she likes to bring things down to earth with a hug.

Erin Thesing got one, before the young schoolteacher introduced Mrs. Obama to a crowd of a thousand people at a recent campaign rally in Philadelphia. As the first lady approached, Thesing extended her hand in greeting.

"She brings me in for the hug, and says, 'It is so nice to see you, Erin.' She knew my name," Thesing remembers, her face bright with the memory.

It happens over and over, wherever Michelle Obama goes ? the human connections made by a charismatic public person, and the careful construction of a very public figure.

How much of this is real, and how much is the kind of strategy that's behind every first lady's image? Can it be both? Is it even possible, in this Internet age, to know where the persona ends and the person begins?

Mrs. Obama's representatives declined to make her available for an interview. And why would they? Her image is already set. This 48-year-old woman has already shared everything about herself that she wants us to know:

She had a working-class, two-parent childhood on the South Side of Chicago, then attended Princeton and Harvard Law. Next came marriage and two daughters with an ambitious man named Barack Obama. She held a series of corporate, government and nonprofit jobs in her hometown.

As the president's wife, Mrs. Obama has rebounded from 2008 campaign accusations that she carries racial grudges to define herself as "mom in chief." She's an advocate for healthy living and military families; a workout enthusiast with arms so taut they inspired their own Twitter feed.

Despite aspersions against the strength of her patriotism and parodies of her as a food-policing busybody, Mrs. Obama's Gallup favorability ratings have averaged a sound 66 percent as first lady. Laura Bush averaged 73 percent; Hillary Rodham Clinton 56.

This popularity is tended as carefully as Mrs. Obama's White House vegetable garden. The tools are her social causes, and the force of her own personality.

Perhaps that personality ? the real Michelle Obama ? can be glimpsed through the eyes of people on the receiving end of those hugs.

In Thesing's case, she and the first lady chatted for five minutes about things like Thesing's students at a predominantly black charter school, Beyonce's "Let's Move!" remix and the Obama family dog. Thesing had been impressed by many famous political figures on the campaign trail in her native New Hampshire, but Mrs. Obama inspired stronger feelings.

"Somehow she has this ability within 30 seconds to make you feel you can open up to her," Thesing says. "To make this instant connection."

Before the campaign rally, Thesing had fully absorbed the first lady's image. She viewed her as a role model: an assertive woman who successfully juggles her career, family and community service, who works out daily, has a great wardrobe and can relate to anyone.

Now that she has met her, Thesing is convinced that the image is real.

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She was a hugger long before she was a public figure, say people who have known Mrs. Obama for years, and yearned to make a difference long before she became first lady.

In 1991, when Michelle Robinson was about 27 years old, she worked in a prominent Chicago corporate law firm, doing intellectual property work for entertainment companies. One supervisor, a partner named Quincy White, recalls that the young lawyer wasn't satisfied with the nature of her work: "I couldn't give her something that would meet her sense of ambition to change the world," White says in the biography "Michelle," by Liza Mundy.

So she wrote a letter to Valerie Jarrett, a deputy chief of staff to Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, who would soon become a mentor and close friend to Michelle and her fiance, Barack.

She took a job as an assistant to the mayor, with a lower salary than at her law firm. Soon she became an economic development coordinator, responsible for working with businesses to foster growth and jobs. After two years with the city, she left to be director of the Chicago branch of Public Allies, a nonprofit that trains young people for leadership in public service.

In 1996, she became an associate dean at the University of Chicago, directing efforts to engage students in local community service. Her first daughter, Malia, was born in 1998; Sasha arrived in 2001. A year later, with Barack in the Illinois Legislature, she moved to the University of Chicago Hospitals as executive director of community affairs.

After her husband was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004, she was promoted to university vice president. She took leave from that job to help his presidential campaign.

Finally, as first lady, she was in a position to actually fulfill her ambition to "change the world."

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Her first initiative was "Let's Move!" The objective: solve childhood obesity within a generation. People who have worked with her describe a meticulous planner, a goal-setter who translates big-picture strategy into actions that affect real people, a woman who is comfortable being in charge.

"Let's Move!" is now a sprawling effort that includes corporations, teachers, government, Beyonce, and more. But the centerpiece is Mrs. Obama herself.

So one hot day in May of last year, she arrived with just 15 minutes' notice at Alice Deal Middle School in Washington, D.C.

Beyonce's video had just hit the Internet, and students had spent a few gym classes practicing the choreography. All the students were outside on the playground when Mrs. Obama arrived, wearing black slacks and a bright yellow blouse that showed off those arms.

The beat kicked in, the cameras started rolling and the first lady started dancing.

"I was surprised when she did the dances," recalls health and physical education teacher Michelle Ortiz, who spent some time speaking with Mrs. Obama. "She mentioned that she didn't know the choreography, but that she would give it a shot."

She did what the kids did: the running man, the Dougie, the jump rope thing. She picked up the moves quickly. She spoke to the crowd, then asked if they wanted to dance some more.

"Lots of times kids have an issue because they don't have a connection with an adult," Ortiz says. "Like, you could never possibly understand what it's like to be a kid. Now the first lady is doing a dance that we like to do. It shows like, wow, she's still in touch."

Quite literally: "She gave me a hug," Ortiz says. "She smelled really good, like nice perfume. I didn't realize how tall she was."

Assistant principal Diedre Neal got one, too, and said it didn't feel obligatory: "It's like hugging a family member. It's not something you can fake. . It's more comforting, I wouldn't say strong. Solid and comforting. Motherly."

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The first lady's bubble is a powerful thing, erected and enforced by a team of 23 staffers (about the same number as Mrs. Bush had). Unplanned encounters are rare. Coming face to face with conservatives is rarer still ? but they still make themselves heard.

In the fall of 2011, she was on a trip to promote Joining Forces, another initiative that, among other things, has helped 50,000 veterans and military spouses get jobs, with commitments from 1,600 companies to hire at least 160,000 more. While being introduced with the vice president's wife, Jill Biden, at a NASCAR race in Homestead, Fla., boos could be heard from the crowd.

Never mind that she was standing with an Army sergeant who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan, his wife and their three children. Clearly, there was something about her persona the crowd did not like.

The next day, Rush Limbaugh described it:

"We don't like being told what to eat; we don't like being told how much to exercise; we don't like being told what we've got to drive; we don't like wasting money; we don't like our economy being bankrupted. We don't like 14 percent unemployment," the radio titan said, segueing from Mrs. Obama's programs to conservative views of her husband's policies.

"I'll tell you something else," he told his audience, estimated at 15 million people per week. "We don't like paying millions of dollars for Mrs. Obama's vacations."

The vacations. Few of Mrs. Obama's public moves have been widely labeled as gaffes, but a trip to Spain in the summer of 2010 dealt a brief blow to her otherwise steady popularity numbers.

A longtime Chicago friend was taking her daughter to Spain, and she asked Mrs. Obama to come with her younger daughter, Sasha. Despite warnings from advisers, she went, during the depths of the recession, during a week when 131,000 jobs were reported lost.

Although rules required her to reimburse the equivalent of first-class airfare, and her friends flew separately and paid for their own hotel rooms, taxpayers spent $467,585 on costs such as Mrs. Obama's jet, Secret Service protection, and food and lodging for accompanying staff, according to documents obtained by Judicial Watch, a conservative public integrity group.

When she traveled to Aspen, Colo., in February, without the president, conservative websites listed it as the Obama family's 16th vacation since taking office. (Opinions vary along political lines on how the Obama vacations compare to those of previous first families.)

Mrs. Obama's clothes also have been a target.

The Obamas are worth millions thanks to the president's best-selling books, and Mrs. Obama earned more than $300,000 in 2006 as a hospital vice president and board member. Although she makes a point of wearing inexpensive fashions from places like J. Crew and H&M, she has occasionally sported things like $515 Lanvin sneakers while volunteering at a food bank, and a $6,800 J. Mendel jacket at a Buckingham Palace reception with Queen Elizabeth II during the Olympic Games in London. (Not to mention the silvery, leather-esque jeggings she wore to the Kids Choice Awards).

All this comes on top of claims that she holds a grudge against America for its past racial sins.

On the campaign trail in 2008 she famously said: "For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country, and not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change."

The conservative National Review magazine quickly put her on the cover with the headline "Mrs. Grievance." The story made a claim that remains inseparable from her image on the right: "Michelle Obama embodies a peculiar mix of privilege and victimology, which is not where most Americans live."

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Other than the obvious fact that she is the first black first lady, how does Michelle Obama, 48, compare with other presidential wives?

Hillary Clinton was another Ivy League lawyer with a high-powered career who stood on equal footing with her husband. But Mrs. Obama has shown no desire to run for office, and her beauty and style are essential to her image while Mrs. Clinton's appearance was often mocked.

Like Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Obama is said to offer frequent advice to her husband, and is deployed often on the campaign trail to articulate and explain the president's beliefs. But Mrs. Obama has not been accused of meddling in policy, a perception that dogged Mrs. Clinton.

Jacqueline Kennedy? Like Mrs. Obama, she was seen as a glamorous, modern presence who brought change to the White House ? but JFK never referred to his wife as "the boss."

Carl Sferrazza Anthony, a historian with the National First Ladies' Library, says Mrs. Obama shares something with Clinton, Kennedy, Betty Ford and Eleanor Roosevelt: Her public persona is very close to who she is.

"When in public, Mrs. Obama does not clip herself to the point of repressing her intentions or viewpoint," says Anthony, who has spent time with 10 presidential wives, from Mrs. Kennedy to Mrs. Bush. "She has defined herself by looking at how she could adapt the traditional roles of a first lady to her own personality."

That's what Mrs. Obama described in a conversation with reporters last February:

"Ultimately, the role has to be defined by the individual. Because not every first lady or first spouse is going to be me. They're not going to think like me. . Part of what I say to women, part of what we fought for is choice ? not just one definition of what it means to be a woman."

Anthony has not yet spent meaningful time with Mrs. Obama. He met her once, for less than a minute, in a receiving line at a White House Christmas party.

"She gave laser focus to me as an individual," Anthony recalls. He made an obscure joke that the president brushed off. But it drew a laugh from the first lady.

"It was just a few moments," he says, "but it was like she used those few seconds to let me know she knew who I was."

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Four years ago, before the bubble closed around her, Michelle Obama needed to let Americans know who she was.

One night in 2007, about 20 women gathered in a home in Bow, N.H. They stuck name tags on their shirts, sat in folding chairs and waited for Mrs. Obama to arrive.

Kathyrn Thesing was among them. Her daughter Erin ? the schoolteacher who would later introduce the first lady in Philadelphia ? had asked her to come. Mrs. Thesing had never been involved in politics, had never even talked politics with other people. But Erin was interested in these people, so she went.

"Right away her presence fills the room," Mrs. Thesing remembers. "She had confidence, she was alluring, very tall, very beautiful. She just catches your attention."

Speaking without notes, she told the New Hampshire women her story, and why she and her husband wanted to serve the country.

Mrs. Thesing had settled in no-stoplight Hopkinton, N.H., after moving around the country with her husband, who had been an Air Force doctor. She stayed home to raise two daughters and a son, and the whole family did volunteer work.

She does not remember if there was a hug. Still, she felt an immediate connection to this sophisticated Chicagoan who was dedicated to her daughters, gave so much credit to her own mother and wanted to change things for the better in America.

"The idea of being just like we are, raising our children to get a better education," Mrs. Thesing says of Mrs. Obama's message that evening. "How her father had challenges, her mother worked really hard, we all could relate to that. How far she went with her education, and how she has been able to use it."

Ever since that night four years ago, Mrs. Thesing has been volunteering for the Obamas. She still can't quite explain what happened.

"I had never been involved in politics before," she says. "I was just drawn in."

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Jesse Washington is a national writer for The Associated Press. He can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/jessewashington or jwashington(at)ap.org.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/michelle-obama-person-persona-151114241.html

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