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Deborah Gardner

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Deborah Gardner was a Peace Corps volunteer who was murdered by another volunteer on the South Pacific island of Tonga in 1976.

Gardner was a recent graduate of Washington State University when she joined the Peace Corps. She was stationed on the island of Tonga where she met Dennis Priven, a volunteer who had come to Tonga a year earlier. Priven was instantly infatuated with Gardner but Gardner did not share his feelings. The disparity in their feelings became abundantly clear when Gardner accepted a dinner invitation from Priven: he envisioned a romantic dinner, but after he attempted to give Gardner an expensive gift, she left, feeling uncomfortable. Despite this, Priven continued to pursue her and she continued to try to evade him, going so far as to request a transfer to another island.

A few months before the end of Priven's Peace Corps stint, a party was held for all the volunteers on Tonga, attended by both Priven and Gardner. Gardner left the party, intoxicated, with another member of the Corps who escorted her to her hut, witnessed by Priven and others. Less than a week after the party, Priven killed Gardner.

A local villager heard screams coming from Gardner's hut and rushed to the scene. He reported seeing Priven attempting to drag Gardner out of the hut. As soon as Priven noticed the villager, he dropped her body and fled the scene on bicycle. She later died from 22 stab wounds, but not before she was able to say who attacked her.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Deborah_Gardner Wikipedia]
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Chris Shays

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Christopher H. Shays, usually known as Chris Shays (born October 18, 1945), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987, representing the 4th District of Connecticut, which includes 17 towns in Southwest Connecticut.[1]

He is the only House Republican currently serving from New England. All the others were defeated in the 2006 midterm elections.

Born in Stamford, Connecticut; Shays grew up in Darien, and attended the Christian Science Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, and received an MBA and MPA from New York University. He was a member of the Connecticut state house of representatives from 1975 to 1987 before his election to Congress. He lives in the Black Rock section of Bridgeport, Connecticut.[2] Shays is a Christian Scientist; in September 2006, Shays said in an interview that he was questioning his faith.[3][4]

Shays married the former Betsi deRaismes in 1968. They served together in the Peace Corps in Fiji from 1968 to 1970.They have one daughter.

In 1987, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in a special election held to fill the vacant seat of the late Stewart McKinney. Between 1988 and 2004, Shays easily won re-election each time by margins between 34,000 and 53,000 votes.[5]

In 2004, however, Shays defeated Democratic opponent Diane Farrell, a Westport First Selectwoman, by a margin of 5 percentage points to win reelection.[6] In that race, Shays eschewed the use of negative television ads, despite pleas from some Republicans to do so.[7] The district, like the rest of the state, had swung heavily toward the Democrats in recent years; the Democratic candidate has carried the district in the last four presidential elections.

Now in his eleventh term in the 110th Congress, Shays serves on the Government Reform, Financial Services, and Homeland Security Committees.

Shays and his spouse are now well-known, prominent residents of Bridgeport. Prior to moving there in 2000 Shays was a long time resident of Stamford, which he had represented in the CT House of Representatives for many years prior to his election to Congress.

[edit] Political views

Shays is interviewed in a charity facility. In the far background is U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman; in the middle is Curt Welling, president of the charity (AmeriCares).Described in the press as a social liberal in the style of a "Rockefeller Republican",[8] Shays labels himself a fiscal conservative.[9] US News & World Report says that analysis of Shays' voting record reveals that he is a moderate, having voted historically more often with liberals than with conservatives, although it notes he voted with Congressional Republicans 80% of the time in 2002.[10] Shays has listed former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich as his political inspiration, saying "Newt Gingrich is my hero."[11]

Shays is labeled by his supporters as a "maverick"[12] and "independent thinker", while conservative detractors regard him as a RINO ("Republican in name only").[13] Shays is pro-choice on abortion and although he voted for the 2003 ban on partial birth-abortions, he had voted against the bill numerous times prior to that along with most other restrictions on the procedure. [12][14] Shays was endorsed by the Brady Campaign for his support for gun control and was one of only six Republicans to vote against banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers and distributors in 2005.[15]. Shays generally votes with the Democratic Party on matters affecting gays and lesbians; he has voted against the federal marriage amendment and co-sponsored a bill to overturn the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. He is one of the few Republicans to oppose amending the constitution to ban flag-burning. In 1999 he was one of 20 Republicans to vote against an ultimately failed bill to ban physician assisted suicide. The Congressman has long been known for environmental regulations,[9] and was endorsed in the past election by the League of Conservation Voters.[16] He also advocates humane treatment of animals[17] and ending discrimination in the workplace.[18]

In April of 2005, he broke with most of his party over House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's alleged ethics violations. This made Shays the first Republican to say DeLay should step down from the Majority Leader post. He fought to maintain the Republican Party rule that requires an indicted leader to step down — the rule that ultimately resulted in Tom DeLay's resignation. Shays stated that he should resign, saying, "Tom's conduct is hurting the Republican Party, is hurting this Republican majority and it is hurting any Republican who is up for re-election."[19]

Shays is a member of or supported by the Republican Main Street Partnership,[20] The Republican Majority For Choice,[21] Republicans for Environmental Protection,[22] It's My Party Too,[23] and the Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus.

[edit] Views on Iraq
On February 23, 2003 Shays conducted a public forum in Westport, Connecticut entitled "Iraq and Terrorism." In that meeting he sought to convince the 400 + people in the audience that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and therefore should be invaded. An excerpt from that meeting can be found at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5030871168172279233

Shays voted in favor of the 2003 Congressional resolution authorizing the use of force in Iraq. In 2003, he was the first U.S. Congressman to visit Iraq after the outbreak of war and he has traveled to Iraq 14 times overall, more than any other U.S. legislator.[24]

From 2003 until August 24, 2006, Shays was a "stalwart supporter" of the War in Iraq, and of a continued US military presence there.[25][26] Shays has faced a continued political challenge to his views in a district where recent polls show a solid majority of voters disapprove of the 2003 US decision to invade Iraq.[27]

On April 10, 2003, Shays told the Connecticut Post that "The war plan has been nearly flawless."[28] On August 19, 2004, Shays told reporters, "We're on the right track now."[29] On June 24, 2005, Shays said "We've seen amazing progress [in Iraq]."[30] On July 27, 2005, Shays said on a local radio program that he was optimistic about the future of Iraq, and that he opposed any timetable for troop withdrawal.[31]On June 11, 2006 Shays told the Hartford Courant that his position on the war was a matter of principle and he was not going to stop talking about it.[13]

Upon returning from an August, 2006 Iraq trip, Shays explained that his previous views on Iraq had changed, and Shays became the first Congressional Republican to call for a timetable for withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.[25] Shays said he is still a supporter of the war, but supports a timetable in order to "encourage some political will on the part of Iraqis".[32]

Shays has angrily disputed media claims that he has flipflopped his position on Iraq.[33] "I am not distancing myself from the President," he told the Los Angeles Times on August 25, 2006.[34] That same day, he told other reporters, "I totally support the war."[35]

On February 16th, 2007, Shays voted against H. Con. Res. 63 (which disapproved of increasing troop levels in Iraq) [1] claiming that "The resolution sends the wrong message to the President, to our troops, and to our enemies" [2]

On July 13, 2007 Shays called on Congress to approve withdrawing virtually all American troops from Iraq by December 2008. "I believe we need a timeline. I believe the president's wrong," said Shays. Shays' latest plan marks the first time he has specified dates.[3]

[edit] Policy

[edit] Campaign Finance Reform
Along with Representative Marty Meehan, a Massachusetts Democrat, Shays cosponsored the Shays-Meehan bill, which was signed into law as the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002. The American Civil Liberties Union "believes that key elements of Shays-Meehan violate the First Amendment right to free speech because the legislation contains provisions that would violate the constitutionally protected right of the people to express their opinions about issues through broadcast advertising if they mention the name of a candidate and restrict soft money contributions and uses of soft money for no constitutionally justifiable reason."[36] The Supreme Court upheld the law (McConnell v. Federal Election Commission). Shays introduced legislation in the 1990s advocating forced universal national service (draft)

[edit] National Security
After a series of leaks from within the FBI, CIA, and NSA regarding the disputed legality of surveillance Shays chaired a hearing on National Whistleblower Protection[37] This hearing was largely opposed by the Republican leadership and the Bush administration, which was attempting to strip intelligence employees of whistleblower protections. The witness list included members of the military, the FBI, the CIA, and the NSA who had come forward about such issues as warrantless eavesdropping and the Abu Ghraib scandal in Iraq[38]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Shays Wikipedia]
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Charles Murray

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Charles Alan Murray (born 1943) is employed at the American Enterprise Institute, a right-leaning think tank in Washington, DC. He is perhaps best known for his book The Bell Curve, co-authored with the late Richard Herrnstein, which discusses the role of IQ in American society. "The Bell Curve" generated substantial controversy for its statements about race and IQ.

Murray was raised in Newton, Iowa in a Republican, non-collegiate "Norman Rockwell kind of family" that stressed moral responsibility; he had an intellectual youth marked by a rebellious and prankster sensibility.[1] As a teen he played pool at a hangout for juvenile delinquents, studied debating, and, to his parents' annoyance, espoused labor unionism.[2]

Murray credits the SAT with helping him get out of Newton and into Harvard.[3] "Back in 1961, the test helped get me into Harvard from a small Iowa town by giving me a way to show that I could compete with applicants from Exeter and Andover," said Murray.[3] "Ever since, I have seen the SAT as the friend of the little guy, just as James Bryant Conant, president of Harvard, said it would be when he urged the SAT upon the nation in the 1940s."[3]

Murray obtained an A.B. in history from Harvard in 1965 and a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1974.[citation needed]

Murray left for the Peace Corps in Thailand in 1965, staying abroad for a formative six years.[4] At the beginning of this period, the young Murray kindled a romance with his Thai Buddhist language instructor (in Hawaii), Suchart Dej-Udom, the daughter of a wealthy Thai businessman, who was "born with one hand and a mind sharp enough to outscore the rest of the country on the college entrance exam."[1] Murray subsequently proposed by mail from Thailand, and their marriage began the following year, a move that Murray now considers youthful rebellion.[1] "I'm getting married to a one-handed Thai Buddhist," he said.[1] "This was not the daughter-in-law that would have normally presented itself to an Iowa couple."[1]

Murray credits his time in the Peace Corps in Thailand with his lifelong interest in Asia.[5] "There are aspects of Asian culture as it is lived that I still prefer to Western culture, 30 years after I last lived in Thailand," says Murray.[5] "Two of my children are half-Asian. Apart from those personal aspects, I have always thought that the Chinese and Japanese civilizations had elements that represented the apex of human accomplishment in certain domains."[5]

Murray's work in the Peace Corps and subsequent social research in Thailand for research firms associated with the U.S. government led to the subject of his statistical doctoral thesis in political science at M.I.T., in which he argued against bureaucratic intervention in the lives of the Thai villagers.[6]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Murray_%28author%29 Wikipedia]
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Charles Murray

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Carol Bellamy

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Carol Bellamy, (born January 14, 1942), has been Director of the United States Peace Corps, Executive Director of UNICEF, and President and CEO of World Learning.

Bellamy was born and raised in the New York City environs, and is a Mets fan. She graduated from Gettysburg College in 1963 and earned her law degree from New York University in 1968. She was a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala from 1963 to 1965.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Bellamy Wikipedia]
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John R. Tease

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John R. Tease
Armenia
2004-2006
A-12
Noyemberyan
Business/Community Development
AgriBusiness Advisor to a Communities Union

Major project was collaboration with USDA (now CARD) on the construction of a small meat processing facility to meet EU sanitation standards. Secondary project was a SPA grant for the construction of a kindergarten in the village of Debedavan. Supported A-12 Dan Retz and his efforts to build composting toilets primarily for special needs families. Consultation for regional small businesses in retail, food processing and agriculture

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Peace Corps Wiki:About

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== What is this "Wiki ==

"Peace Corps Wiki" invites all users to edit any page or to create new pages within the PeaceCorpsWiki website. It seeks to involve the visitor in an ongoing process of creation and collaboration that constantly changes the Web site landscape. These articles can be edited infinitely to create content that many users agree on. Edits can be compared side by side to determine there contribution to the article.

== Goals ==

"Peace Corps Wiki" is a collaborative project whose goal is to create a free, interactive, and up-to-date source of information about serving as a volunteer with the U.S. Peace Corps. Anyone, from Returned Volunteers to future Applicants, are welcome to edit, add, or change any entry, or start a new one.

# A forum for RPCVs, PCVs and people with an interest in Peace Corps.
# Online documentation of what volunteering as a Peace Corps volunteer is like. Serving for two years in the Peace Corps may seem like a long time, but Close of Service may come faster than you expect. Volunteers can make the most of their time in-country through well organized material, collaboration and knowledge sharing.
# Institutional memory building
# Exposure and diffusion volunteer input that may help the in process of reform and growth at the administrative level of PC, which with intern shape future policy and training.
# Showcasing the skills and accomplishments made by a wide cross section of volunteers.
# Spark the imaginations of those future volunteers and visionaries that have yet to join PC.
# An expandable and up-to-date resource to communities, RPCVs, and current PCVs on Peace Corps.

== Who ==

[[User:Mike|Mike Sheppard]] served as an Education volunteer in the [[The Gambia]] from 2003-2005. Upon returning home his first project was creating [http://www.PeaceCorpsJournals.com Peace Corps Journals], a website that lists volunteer blogs from around the world in which friends and family members from back home can enjoy reading first-hand accounts of what it's like volunteering as Peace Corps volunteer.

In June 2007, he started creating [[Peace Corps Wiki]], so everyone can share their experience and allow a more open input for volunteers to help keep the progress and history of Peace Corps within their countries alive.

[[User:Willd|Will Dickinson]] served as an Environmental Education volunteer in [[Armenia]] from 2004-2006. Upon returning home his first project was creating [http://www.mappc.org Mappc.org: Map Makers of the Peace Corps], a website that displays community maps from around the world in a wiki style format. In late 2007, he started began assisting with [[Peace Corps Wiki]].

== Why ==

Peace Corps has ongoing for the past 40+ years, but very few volunteers know the history of Peace Corps in their country, or even their site:

<blockquote>“Dealing with what I could and couldn’t do regarding community planning and trying to reconstruct the history of my site was one of the most frustrating aspects of my PC experience.”<br>
-[[Will Dickinson]] </blockquote>

Questions PeaceCorpsWiki can help with:
Where can you go for grants? What are the policies for Early COS? What does a typical Description of Service look like? Who else served in the same country, and what did they do?

User:Willd

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RPCV / [[Armenia]]<br>
[[2004-2006]]<br>

I've been doing all the web administration on Peacecorpswiki which includes, improving the navigation, hierarchy, building templates, extensions, and includes.
If you would like to HELP ADMINISTER part of the site please drop me message in my [[User:Willd?title=User_talk:Willd&action=edit|DISCUSSION]].

For questions regarding FOIA and the documents and welcome books please drop [[User:Mike|Mike Sheppard]] a line

'''My Other Websites:'''

http://wwww.willdickinson.com

http://wwww.mappc.org

[http://www.willdickinson.com/Dos.doc DOS]

'''I'd like to offer, teach or give:'''

A discussion on fostering community based ideas to build sustainable livelihoods and community design schemes in the mountainous highlands of Armenia. This will cover my experience designing, building, and managing projects with the Urban Institute, EU, USAID, and International Red Cross.
I'd like to learn or would like your help with:

Developing new strategies for sustainable development and design solutions (economic incentives) which result in more effective resource management(in micro watersheds around the world).

I have an interest in geography, architecture, urban design, and art. One of my current interests is researching the planning activities of past and present civilizations in order to investigate the history of sustainable design and resource management.

My recent work in the Bay Area includes projects several architectural, landscape, and preservation projects for UC Berkeley: Landscape Survey leader and researcher for the Heart Greek Theater, Historical Survey Report, 2007. UC Berkeley Durant Hall survey leader, 2007. UC Berkeley, Faculty Club recordation and mitigation studies and drawings. Surveyor and researcher for the Salz Tannery, historical landscape consultancy, Santa Cruz. I was in the Peace Corps in Armenia and before that worked in the Cultural resources HABS/HAER division of the National Park Service in Washington DC. I’m a graduate of University of Pennsylvania.

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