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Hey Matt - which Shorai model are you using in your 990? So far, this battery cranks my bike like nobody's business and I will be field testing it in the coming months. Whatever weight I saved was added right back with the Rigid D2 LED fogs, lol.
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I used a LFX18A1-BS12 in mine, And was suprised at how long it would crank at full speed
Just purchased the same model for my 990 Superduke.
ah .. but at what temperatures?
and minor details but for how long?
when temps drops ... that's when actual amp hour capacities, not PB/EQ comes into play.
LiFePO4 at 14f AH capacity drops in half. don't forget your LFX18 actual AH is about 4.6AH, not 18AH. it's 18AH PB/EQ (lead acid equivalent) .. LiFePO4 warm up procedures requires amps flow to heat battery ... which lowers internal resistance, bringing back up LiFePO4's ability to deliver huge amps. above cold weather start procedure specific to LiFePO4 uses up amps ... assuming you've got a full charge, at a tiny 4.6AH ... your margin of error is slim indeed.
LiFePO4 is no different than any other battery in that when current draw goes up, actual amp hour capacities goes down.
this means if you only crank for say 1-2 second intervals .. your LFX18 will deliver a high number of crank cycles. but when you try to do extended 200amp cranks .. LFX18 will fall flat on it's face .. not because it's a bad battery. but because it's too small for the job!!!
for Starbuck duties .. IMHO LFX18 is still too small for 990 ... certainly not for real Adv duties to parts unknown. go with AGM or if you've got the $$$ ... use largest LiFePO4 you can stuff into available space.
don't forget Starbuck duties could include the dreaded .. Cold start, short ride with heated gear... don't be surprised if your 990 will not start the next morning at say 25f ...
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I used Tia's color technique on this drawing with a little modification....I set up the subject and then put the color down on the paper where I think it will be in the final drawing. Then while waiting for it to dry I do a small sketch of it to get warmed up. The color doesn't fall into place most of the time but I like the result.
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When you were young didn't you think your parents were crazy? Did you swear you wouldn't turn out like them? For filmmaker Jonathan Caouette, those two worries have defined his life because his mother suffers from bipolar personality and schizoaffective disorders, something that he focused on in his award-winning 2003 documentary "Tarnation." In his new film, "Walk Away Renee," Caouette brings us up to 2010 with the focus on Caouette driving his mother, Renee LeBlanc, in a U-Haul from Houston to New York.
For a dysfunctional family, road trips can be filled with emotional landmines. For Caouette, this bonding experience starts out well, but early on, they lose Renee's 30-day supply of lithium. Without her mood stabilizing meds, you know that things can only get worse. For people who have bipolar relatives, this story might seem heartbreakingly familiar.
Caouette's "Tarnation" begins with overexposed grainy images. The highlights are blown out to white; this isn't a technical problem, but an expression of panic. His mother has overdosed and the documentary then shows the events building up to this emergency. Caouette began filming his family in 1984 and in "Tarnation" we see him as a young troubled boy, starved for attention and trying to make sense of his world, his sexual orientation and the mother he loves while being raised by his overwhelmed though well-meaning grandparents, Adolph and Rosemary Davis.
Renee was an only child, and for a while, she was a local celebrity in Houston. Having been discovered by a photographer, she worked as a regional child model. When she was 12, she fell from the roof and was paralyzed for six months, during which time her parents decided to treat her with shock therapy twice a week for two years. that Electroshock therapy (now electroconvulsive therapy or ECT) can cause memory loss and one imagines having one's childhood memories erased, distorted or fragmented would create alarming confusion in a teenager.
As a young woman, Renee married Jonathan's father but he left her before Jonathan was born. Eventually, Renee was jailed after a disastrous trip to Chicago and given more ECT. Jonathan was placed in foster homes for a couple of years until his grandparents adopted him when he was six. As Jonathan grew up, acting out and expressing himself through various creative endeavors until he finally formed a stable family unit, Renee became increasingly unstable.
Caouette's debut experiments with split screens and filters, mixing old photos and Super-8 film with more recent video footage and telephone answering machine messages. "Tarnation" is an eclectic patchwork of family record and performance that was originally edited using iMovie on a Mac with a budget of about $200, and went on to Sundance and several other festivals. While Caouette toured the festival circuit, his life partner, David Paz, took care of Renee.
In his new documentary, "Walk Away Renee," Caouette doesn't expect the audience to have seen "Tarnation," and after some quick establishing shots of a young girl in grainy old footage contrasting more contemporary video of an older woman wearing a bright red knit cap roaming crowded city sidewalks, he gives the audience a condensed version of their tragic back story.
Then we get to the U-Haul and a weary Caouette with his mother Renee -- both older and heavier. She wants to leave the group home in Houston and Caouette is determined to move her to a group living situation closer to him in upstate New York. Some of Renee's front teeth are missing and when she's coherent, she is a bit embarrassed. Caouette walks with less joy and more resignation. This isn't going to be your usual road trip saga. Caouette warns us at the very beginning of this movie by quoting Albert Einstein: "The distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion." Then they lose her meds and we witness Renee disappearing into her own world, her own dimension.
In "Tarnation," his grandmother Rosemary died. In this documentary, his grandfather, Adolph dies, and that requires a bit of backtracking before returning us to the road trip. This isn't the first time Renee has walked out of a group home situation. This isn't the first time Caouette has moved Renee to New York -- he brought Renee and Adolph together to live with him a few years back. Caring for his grandfather, his mother and his young son Joshua has depleted Caouette's savings.
Despite the bigger budget and advances in technology, this documentary has some amateurish aspects, such as over-exposure, light flares and even drops of water on the lenses. But such cinema verite clichés don't significantly detract from this very personal scrapbook-like documentary.
Caouette's melding of family photos and videos with pop culture references (including science fiction), his layering of images and used of montages and multiple panes that we saw in "Tarnation," and his obvious affection for underground movies, make "Walk Away Renee" an elevated home movie for a family that has had more than its share of tragedy.
As in "Tarnation," there's a stream-of-consciousness feel. Consequently, some of the transitions -- from place to place or even the timeline -- are abrupt. Images are layered or juxtaposed like haiku in both movies, but this time there's more emphasis on the family unit as opposed to Caouette's struggles with identity and stability. The veracity and rawness of emotions are what carry this movie, along with Caouette's sensitive soundtrack choices.
At the more basic level, in "Walk Away Renee" Caouette asks the same question he asked in "Tarnation": How should we care for the people who raised us and how should we care for the mentally ill? Caouette's frustration with his mother's mental state and the medical bureaucracy has burned away some of his youthful optimism and yet his persistence is admirable. We might not all end up like our parents, but someone must look after our parents and that sets up a frightening financial future for many Americans. Somehow society must find a better way of looking after both the elderly and the mentally ill. If we can't care for our elderly, who will look out for us in our old age?
To Caouette's credit, Renee may continue to walk away, but Caouette cannot walk away from her.
"Walk Away Renee"
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The Left Banke, Smash Records (1966)
And when I see the sign that points one way
The lot we used to pass by every day
Just walk away, Renee
You won't see me follow you back home
The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same
You're not to blame
From deep inside the tears that I'm forced to cry
From deep inside the pain that I chose to hide
Just walk away, Renee
You won't see me follow you back home
Now, as the rain beats down upon my weary eyes
For me, it cries
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KOCHI: The mortal remains of actor Rajan P. Dev, who died here on Wednesday, were laid to rest at the St. Xavier's church at Karukutty, near Angamaly, with State honours on Thursday.
People from various walks of life thronged his residence, Rajakala, at Karukutty to attend the funeral. The police had a tough time controlling the crowd that started pouring in from Wednesday night onwards.
Sebastian Edayanthrath, Auxiliary Bishop of the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese, led the funeral rites held at the actor's residence. Education Minister M.A. Baby and Law Minister M. Vijayakumar offered tributes on behalf of the State government.
The funeral procession carrying the body began at 11.20 a.m. from the residence of the actor.
It took more than one hour for the procession to reach the church.
Hundreds of people lined up on either side of the road leading to the church to pay homage to the actor.
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Kai Althoff, German (1966 - )
Through painting, Kai Althoff engages with the spiritualism of masculine identity as a metaphor for reconciliation with German history. Often articulated with a homoerotic subtext, Althoff portrays the male domain as psychologically complex, where power politics of violence, sensuality, vulnerability and enticement are played out against backdrops of war, religion and pub-land. Borrowing stylistically from art history, Kai Althoff's work possesses a timeless quality, where narratives are suggested with confessional intimacy. Rendered with exquisite sensitivity, Althoff uses beauty to seduce the viewer, encouraging moral complicity. Something sinister lies at the heart of Kai Althoff's paintings: unease with the way history repeats itself. Languages borrowed from traditional art are used to paint out suggestive narratives of the artist's own invention. Ranging from avant-garde collage to fairytale illustration, Kai Althoff's appropriated styles carry the weight of historical authority. Blurring the boundaries between past and present, Althoff's paintings explore sensuality, violence and morality as timeless themes.
Central to Kai Althoff's paintings is a longing for reconciliation, with German history, masculine identity and the politics of pack mentality. His all-male cast of characters gives credence to the corruptibility and heroism of youth. Soldiers, dandies, saints and sinners all take starring roles, playing out the group dynamics of power, violence, vulnerability, enticement and sentimentality.
The wholesome ethic of German Catholicism and 30s fascist-style design repeatedly serve to underscore Kai Althoff's taboo subtexts of homosexuality and a nation's fractured history. Althoff only hints at his work's contemporary origin through the use of modern materials such as resin, tape and tinfoil.
Using a variety of media, Kai Althoff draws sympathetic psychology from the physicality of his surfaces. Oil paint is applied with provocative sensuality, giving a tender eroticism to images of brutality. A collage depicting religious repentance is rendered on translucent paper: a frail veneer of purity. Althoff presents beauty as an epitomised guise of perversion; his paintings are elaborate seductions of amoral acquiescence. From long-forgotten wars to orgy-esque club-land, Kai Althoff's paintings explore the essence of masculine experience. Unspoken histories of love, guilt and redemption are rendered with incredible poignancy. Through painting, Althoff designs his own contemporary mythology: by delving into the past, Kai Althoff seeks ablution for the future. His paintings offer a quiet hope for the human condition.
Born in Cologne, Germany Currently lives and works in Cologne
Kai Althoff: Kai Kein Respekt (Kai No Respect) Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; ICA, Boston
Vom Monte Scherbelino Sehen Diözesanmuseum, Freising
Kai Althoff (with Armin Krämer) Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany
Impulse Anton Kern Gallery, New York; Galerie Neu, Berlin Aus Dir Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
Stigmata aus Grossmanssucht Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg Hau ab, Du Scheusal Galerie Neu, Berlin
Galerie Hoffmann & Senn, Vienna Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne
Reflux Lux Galerie Neu, Berlin Bezirk der Widerrede Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
Huts Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin Dreams and Conflicts: The Dictatorship of the Viewer Venice Biennale
Chère Paintre, Liebe Maler, Dear Painter Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt A Perilous Space Magnani, London actionbutton Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
Chère Paintre, Liebe Maler, Dear Painter Centre Pompidou, Paris; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna Drawing Now: 8 Propositions Museum of Modern Art, New York
Drawings Regen Projects, Los Angeles Neue Welt Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt Musterkarte - Modelos de Pintura en Alemania 2001 Galeria Heinrich Erhardt, Madrid I Love NY Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Premio Michetti Museo Michetti, Francavilla al Mare, Switzerland 00 Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
German Open Kunst Museum, Wolfsburg, Germany How will we behave? Robert Prime Gallery, London Oldnewtown Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York Who, if not we? Elizabeth Cherry Contemporary Art, Tucson, Arizona On paper Stalke Galleri, Copenhagen Ars Viva 98/99 - Installationen Portikus, Frankfurt
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Located in Columbia, South Carolina, the South Carolina Museum is the largest museum in the southeast. The extensive museum features a large collection of wide-ranging topics, including state history, art, natural history, science and technology. Visitors can explore an 1830s steam engine replica, a submarine replica, and a recreation of a prehistoric shark. Located on the Congaree River on an old shipping canal, the location dates back to time before the Civil War.Details
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Weddings and private parties can be booked at the museum with on-site catering to accommodate 20-236 guests.
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Library Wishes 2013
During the month of July 2013, the Health Sciences Library asked our users to let us know what three wishes they would request from a library genie. The library staff wanted to use this information to assist in creating a new strategic plan.
The library was thrilled to receive 108 submissions for a total of 254 wishes! The most popular type of wish was for an addition to the library's collection – a book, journal, database, or other type of resource. The Library's Collection Management department is researching those requests right now.
The library wanted to share all 254 wishes that were received. The wishes can be viewed below. Additionally, if a wish could be "granted" right now, that information is included in the Comment column.
The library will continue working on updating its strategic plan and are hoping to share a draft in early fall.
- Library operations
- Library policies
- Exhibits in the Library
- Practicum or Service Learning opportunities
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First Wish | Second Wish | Third Wish | Library Comment | Wishes tags |
Good Health |
Independent means (money) |
World peace |
Full remote access for alumni |
Full remote access for alumni |
Full remote access for alumni |
alumni access | |
open 24 hours |
free coffee |
lockable study rooms |
facility, hours, study rooms, vending machines | |
To be a medical librarian. |
Pay off my student loans |
Be able to explore the library at my leisure. |
relaxation | |
Free ILL documents |
Double-sided printing capability |
Cheaper printing and copying |
Wish 2 - Duplex printing is available on library printers, but not the student printer. |
interlibrary loan (ILL), printing, wishes granted |
Better library hours! I want to be able to study there whenever and not have to wait until 7 in the AM or leave by midnight |
More single study rooms! That are bigger than the ones under the stairs but smaller than the group study rooms! Like if you cut one of the group ones in half |
Fridge on every floor! And colder drinking water from the water fountain :) |
Wish 3: There is now a microwave and fridge on each floor of the library |
facility, hours, refrigerator, microwave, water, study rooms, wishes granted |
More open hours especially during the weekends! |
Pastries, coffee during exam weeks |
More open hours! |
hours, vending machines | |
Nap rooms with couches |
Keurig machine |
A coffee shop that is open more. |
café, relaxation, vending machines | |
move into Building 500 and take over two entire floors |
extend laptop checkouts up to 24 hours for all CU Anschutz Faculty & Staff |
computers, facility | |
More collaborative space |
More green ... live plants, flowers. Bring nature in. |
facility, relaxation, study rooms | ||
fast computers. |
faster computers. |
more INDIVIDUAL study rooms. |
computers, study rooms | |
Coffee shop open later |
More individual study carrels |
Updated desktop workstations -- slow and crash often |
café, computers, study rooms | |
Online access to the alumni/recent graduates for a specific period of time. |
24/7 hour access to students with ID, after closing hours. |
alumni access, hours | ||
A bioinformationist that could help others on campus navigate bioinformatics resources |
Licensing of periodicals and textbooks such that it is possible to do automated processing of the full texts of their contents. |
A bigger budget for the library to support 1 & 2 |
budget, e-books, staffing, textbooks | |
Books in PDF |
Colder Temperature, its too hot during all seasons and makes me want to nap |
group study rooms ONLY for groups |
e-books, facility, study rooms | |
I would like to see more online content. Most current journal articles are available online through the library but when the article gets to be a couple years old, I am often unable to get online access to the article(s) I am looking for. There is usually a print copy in the library but having more online content save time and hassle. |
journals | |||
Study rooms that aren't fish bowls, i.e. less windows. |
more signal processing and more biomedical imaging books. |
individual study rooms that are larger than the current cubbies. |
collection requests, e-books, study rooms | |
A coffee shop that stays open as long as the library is open. |
More group work space. |
A coffee shop that stays open as long as the library is open. |
café, study rooms | |
More frequent seminars about literature searching, how to customize pubmed, ways to collect citations and organize them , etc. Also seminars on android apps would be cool too |
Guided tours of the special collection would be pretty cool |
Unlimited wishes |
classes, literature searches, reference management | |
Better training for library personnel. I was shocked when I visited the library recently looking for a book with a good review chapter about tuberculosis, and the person at the circulation desk didn't know how to help me search for one. The only reason that I have to go to the library nowadays is to get books--if the library can't do that, then I have no reason to physically visit the library at all. |
A science librarian or bioinformatics person. Access to resources like NCBI is important, and the library could help people with this. |
I know that this is a tough one, but I wish that the library could acquire more books in my specialty area. Right now I buy books for my lab out of my own pocket. This seems like something that the library should be doing. |
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Mali's Farmers Discover a Weed's Potential Power
Poor farmers living on a wide band of land on both sides of the equator are planting it on millions of acres, hoping to turn their rockiest, most unproductive fields into a biofuel boom. They are spurred on by big oil companies like BP and the British biofuel giant D1 Oils, which are investing millions of dollars in jatropha cultivation.
Mali's Farmers Discover a Weed's Potential Power
Mali's Farmers Discover a Weed's Potential Power
By LYDIA POLGREEN
KOULIKORO, Mali — When Suleiman Diarra Banani's brother said that the poisonous black seeds dropping from the seemingly worthless weed that had grown around his family farm for decades could be used to run a generator, or even a car, Mr. Banani did not believe him. When he suggested that they intersperse the plant, until now used as a natural fence between rows of their regular crops — edible millet, peanuts, corn and beans — he thought his older brother, Dadjo, was crazy.
"I thought it was a plant for old ladies to make soap," he said.
But now that a plant called jatropha is being hailed by scientists and policy makers as a potentially ideal source of biofuel, a plant that can grow in marginal soil or beside food crops, that does not require a lot of fertilizer and yields many times as much biofuel per acre planted as corn and many other potential biofuels. By planting a row of jatropha for every seven rows of regular crops, Mr. Banani could double his income on the field in the first year and lose none of his usual yield from his field.
Poor farmers living on a wide band of land on both sides of the equator are planting it on millions of acres, hoping to turn their rockiest, most unproductive fields into a biofuel boom. They are spurred on by big oil companies like BP and the British biofuel giant D1 Oils, which are investing millions of dollars in jatropha cultivation.
Countries like India, China, the Philippines and Malaysia are starting huge plantations, betting that jatropha will help them to become more energy independent and even export biofuel. It is too soon to say whether jatropha will be viable as a commercial biofuel, scientists say, and farmers in India are already expressing frustration that after being encouraged to plant huge swaths of the bush they have found no buyers for the seeds.
But here in Mali, one of the poorest nations on earth, a number of small-scale projects aimed at solving local problems — the lack of electricity and rural poverty — are blossoming across the country to use the existing supply of jatropha to fuel specially modified generators in villages far off the electrical grid.
"We are focused on solving our own energy problems and reducing poverty," said Aboubacar Samaké, director of a government project aimed at promoting renewable energy. "If it helps the world, that is good, too."
Jatropha originated in Central America and is believed to have been spread around the world by Portuguese explorers. In Mali, a landlocked former French colony, it has been used for decades by farmers as a living fence that keeps grazing animals off their fields — the smell and the taste of the plant repel grazing animals — and a guard against erosion, keeping rich topsoil from being blown away by the harsh Sahel winds. The Royal Tropical Institute, a nonprofit research institution in Amsterdam that has been working to develop jatropha as a commercial biofuel, estimates that there are 22,000 linear kilometers, or more than 13,000 miles, of the bush in Mali.
Jatropha's proponents say it avoids the major pitfalls of other biofuels, which pose significant environmental and social risks. Places that struggle to feed their populations, like Mali and the rest of the arid Sahel region, can scarcely afford to give up cultivable land for growing biofuel crops. Other potential biofuels, like palm oil, have encountered resistance by environmentalists because plantations have encroached on rain forests and other natural habitats.
But jatropha can grow on virtually barren land with relatively little rainfall, so it can be planted in places where food does not grow well. It can also be planted beside other crops farmers grow here, like millet, peanuts and beans, without substantially reducing the yield of the fields; it may even help improve output of food crops by, among other things, preventing erosion and keeping animals out.
Other biofuels like ethanol from corn and sugar cane require large amounts of water and fertilizer, and factory farming in some cases consumes substantial amounts of petroleum, making the environmental benefits limited, critics say. But jatropha requires no pesticides, Mr. Samaké said, little water other than rain and no fertilizer beyond the nutrient-rich seed cake left after oil is pressed from its nuts.
The plant is promising enough that companies across the world are looking at planting millions of acres of jatropha in the next few years, in places as far flung as Brazil, China, India and Swaziland. A company based in Singapore has announced plans to plant two million hectares, about 4.9 million acres, of jatropha in the Philippines.
Here in Mali, a Dutch entrepreneur, Hugo Verkuijl, has started a company with the backing of investors and assistance from the Dutch government, to produce biodiesel from jatropha seeds.
Mr. Verkuijl, 39, an economist who has worked for nonprofit groups, is part of a new breed of entrepreneurs who are marrying the traditional aims of aid groups working in Africa with a capitalist ethos they hope will bring longevity to their efforts.
"An aid project will live or die by its funders," Mr. Verkuijl said, but "a business has momentum and a motive to keep going, even if its founders move on."
His company, Mali Biocarburant, is partly owned by the farmers who will grow the nuts, something he said would help the business to succeed by giving the farmers a stake.
It takes about four kilograms (about 8.8 pounds) of seeds to make a liter of oil, and Mr. Verkuijl will sign contracts with farmers to buy the seeds in bulk. The fuel he produces will cost about the same as regular diesel, he said — more than $1 a liter, which is about 1.06 liquid quarts. He will also return the nutrient-rich seed cake, left after the seeds are pressed for oil, to the farmers to use as fertilizer. He said he hoped to produce 100,000 liters of biodiesel this year and 600,000 a year by the third year.
Even if jatropha proves a success in Mali, it is still not without risks. If farmers come to see it as more valuable than food crops, they could cripple the country's food production.
These kinds of worries led a recent United Nations report on biofuels to conclude that "the benefits to farmers are not assured, and may come with increased costs," the report said. "At their worst, biofuel programs can also result in a concentration of ownership that could drive the world's poorest farmers off their land and into deeper poverty."
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Senator Dodd's Peace Corps Hearings
Read PCOL's executive summary of Senator Chris Dodd's hearings on July 25 on the Peace Corps Volunteer Empowerment Act and why Peace Corps Director Ron Tschetter does not believe the bill would contribute to an improved Peace Corps while four other RPCV witnesses do. Highlights of the hearings included Dodd's questioning of Tschetter on political meetings at Peace Corps Headquarters and the Inspector General's testimony on the re-opening of the Walter Poirier III investigation.
What is the greatest threat facing us now?
"People will say it's terrorism. But are there any terrorists in the world who can change the American way of life or our political system? No. Can they knock down a building? Yes. Can they kill somebody? Yes. But can they change us? No. Only we can change ourselves. So what is the great threat we are facing? I would approach this differently, in almost Marshall-like terms. What are the great opportunities out there - ones that we can take advantage of?" Read more.
Paul Theroux: Peace Corps Writer
Paul Theroux began by writing about the life he knew in Africa as a Peace Corps Volunteer. His first first three novels are set in Africa and two of his later novels recast his Peace Corps tour as fiction. Read about how Theroux involved himself with rebel politicians, was expelled from Malawi, and how the Peace Corps tried to ruin him financially in John Coyne's analysis and appreciation of one of the greatest American writers of his generation (who also happens to be an RPCV).
Dodd issues call for National Service
Standing on the steps of the Nashua City Hall where JFK kicked off his campaign in 1960, Presidential Candidate Chris Dodd issued a call for National Service. "Like thousands of others, I heard President Kennedy's words and a short time later joined the Peace Corps." Dodd said his goal is to see 40 million people volunteering in some form or another by 2020. "We have an appetite for service. We like to be asked to roll up our sleeves and make a contribution," he said. "We haven't been asked in a long time."
Public diplomacy rests on sound public policy
When President Kennedy spoke of "a long twilight struggle," and challenged the country to "ask not," he signaled that the Cold War was the challenge and framework defining US foreign policy. The current challenge is not a struggle against a totalitarian foe. It is not a battle against an enemy called "Islamofascism." From these false assumptions flow false choices, including the false choice between law enforcement and war. Instead, law enforcement and military force both must be essential instruments, along with diplomacy, including public diplomacy. But public diplomacy rests on policy, and to begin with, the policy must be sound. Read more.
Ambassador revokes clearance for PC Director
A post made on PCOL from volunteers in Tanzania alleges that Ambassador Retzer has acted improperly in revoking the country clearance of Country Director Christine Djondo. A statement from Peace Corps' Press Office says that the Peace Corps strongly disagrees with the ambassador's decision. On June 8 the White House announced that Retzer is being replaced as Ambassador. Latest: Senator Dodd has placed a hold on Mark Green's nomination to be Ambassador to Tanzania.
Peace Corps Funnies
A PCV writing home? Our editor hard at work? Take a look at our Peace Corps Funnies and Peace Corps Cartoons and see why Peace Corps Volunteers say that sometimes a touch of levity can be one of the best ways of dealing with frustrations in the field. Read what RPCVs say about the lighter side of life in the Peace Corps and see why irreverent observations can often contain more than a grain of truth. We'll supply the photos. You supply the captions.
PCOL serves half million
PCOL's readership for April exceeded 525,000 visitors - a 50% increase over last year. This year also saw the advent of a new web site: Peace Corps News that together with the Peace Corps Library and History of the Peace Corps serve 17,000 RPCVs, Staff, and Friends of the Peace Corps every day. Thanks for making PCOL your source of news for the Peace Corps community. Read more.
Suspect confesses in murder of PCV
Search parties in the Philippines discovered the body of Peace Corps Volunteer Julia Campbell near Barangay Batad, Banaue town on April 17. Director Tschetter expressed his sorrow at learning the news. "Julia was a proud member of the Peace Corps family, and she contributed greatly to the lives of Filipino citizens in Donsol, Sorsogon, where she served," he said. Latest: Suspect Juan Duntugan admits to killing Campbell. Leave your thoughts and condolences .
The Peace Corps Library
The Peace Corps Library is now available online with over 40,000 index entries in 500 categories. Looking for a Returned Volunteer? Check our RPCV Directory or leave a message on our Bulletin Board. New: Sign up to receive our free Monthly Magazine by email, research the History of the Peace Corps, or sign up for a daily news summary of Peace Corps stories. FAQ: Visit our FAQ for more information about PCOL.
He served with honor
One year ago, Staff Sgt. Robert J. Paul (RPCV Kenya) carried on an ongoing dialog on this website on the military and the peace corps and his role as a member of a Civil Affairs Team in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have just received a report that Sargeant Paul has been killed by a car bomb in Kabul. Words cannot express our feeling of loss for this tremendous injury to the entire RPCV community. Most of us didn't know him personally but we knew him from his words. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. He was one of ours and he served with honor.


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