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Steven Tyler might be moving to a judge's chair on "American Idol" for his own safety.
The Aerosmith frontman, whose fall from a South Dakota stage last year landed him in the hospital and then in rehab for painkillers, took yet another spill Tuesday in Canada. Tyler and the bad were going through "Love in an Elevator" at Toronto's Air Canada Center when, guitarist Joe Perry backed into Tyler, sending the frontman off the catwalk and into the crowd.
Tyler reportedly landed unscathed on his feet, and was helped back on stage by fans and Perry.
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Last year, Tyler broke his shoulder when he fell during the same song during a show in South Dakota. The band was forced to cancel the rest of its tour, and Tyler's band mates threatened to replace him with a new singer. Aerosmith is now in the midst of a 42-date North American tour dubbed "Cocked, Locked, Ready to Rock."
But the bigger news surrounding Tyler is that sources close to him say he has finalized a deal to join the revamped panel on "American Idol."
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KERSEBOOM, Simone. Grandmother-martyr-heroine: Placing Sara Baartman in South African post-apartheid foundational mythology. Historia [online]. 2011, vol.56, n.1, pp.63-76. ISSN 2309-8392.
This article examines the many roles that the iconic figure of Sara Baartman has been assigned in South African post-apartheid nation-building politics. The mythologising of Baartman as grandmother, martyr, and heroine is indicative of the creation of a new foundational mythology for post-apartheid South Africa. This article shows that the return of Baartman's remains to South Africa initiated the creation of the myth of Baartman as a national grandmother, martyr, and heroine as government rhetoric and the media generated significant publicity around the repatriation process that began in 1994. New and invented meanings were inscribed on her remains and lived experiences that would allow for the re-invention of her story within the context of firstly, Nelson Mandela's Rainbow Nation, and later of Thabo Mbeki's African Renaissance. This article contends that Baartman's return to and burial in her "home-soil" serves as a symbolic ending to colonialism, slavery and racism - the central signifiers of Baartman's life - and that this has made her a significant founding figure within the creation of a new foundational mythology in South Africa. The article demonstrates how Baartman's history was re-shaped, re-cast and re-invented into an ideal story for the South African transition thus separating and dis-remembering the real, lived personality from the myth created to serve the process of nation-building.
Keywords : Sara Baartman; martyr; heroine; mythology; myth-making; foundational mythology; Rainbow Nation; African Renaissance; founding figure; post-apartheid state; nationalism.


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In 2008, the J. Willard Marriott Library formed a Green Committee (made up of library faculty and staff) to implement green initiatives identified in the library's Green Task Force Report and to make future recommendations for the greening of the library.
The Green Committee has participated in sustainability related pilot programs such as
- The creation of the University's Energy & Environmental Stewardship Initiative: Climate Action Plan 2010
- Several student projects through the Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund (SCIF), MUSE Project (My U. Student Experience)
- Re-Imagine the Plaza.
Reflecting the library's overarching mission to inspire the creation, discovery, and use of knowledge for Utah and the world, the Green Committee leads the way in supporting the university-wide commitment to sustainability.
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The Iranian pizza/elastic snack (pitza/kesh loghmeh) story kept me buzy for a while.
What bothered me was
- the translation of kesh loghmeh, and especially loghmeh. This word doesn't really mean loaf, but something as snack, morsel, mouthful, and is used in a few other names for dishes and sweets (gaz loghmeh, loghmeh kabab, ...);
- the connection made with Ahmadinejad;
- the fact that i couldn't find this message on the IRNA website (maybe this should read "the fact that i didn't search well enough"?);
- the very vague idea that i remember having been told about pizza/elastic snack 3 years ago, when i was in a pizzeria in Tehran.
Neither yahoo nor google are very good / keen (?) at finding search results in Persian, but at last i managed to find a referrence:
The full message can be read here, and when you're there, please have a look at the date: 02-15-2001, 06:16 PM, and that day (and hour), Ahmadinejad wasn't even mayor of Tehran.have you heard the words:
"kesh loghmeh" be jaye Pizza!!!!
"charkh bAl" be jaye helikopter!!!!
"namA bar" be jaye fax!!!
va lots of these funny words!!!!!
I know that all this is nitpicking over a few details, and i know that kesh loghmeh has been proposed by language purifiers in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and i know that Ahmadinijad is a national, regional, international danger,
but i also know that i disgust this kind of half baked lies which are taken over by dozens of news agencies worldwide who apparantly don't check the data.
Makes me think of the idiocies that got published about Russian in the Cold War ("Russian doesn't have a word for peace").
And maybe i'm dramatizing, but if they even can't check this kind of silliness, what about the more serious news?


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BASTAD, Sweden – After building a 7-5 lead Tuesday at the PING Junior Solheim Cup, the European team captured seven of the 12 singles matches against the United States to win its second Cup 14-10 Wednesday. The overall series is now tied at two wins apiece, and the team hosting the event has won the PING Junior Solheim Cup in all four instances.
Patterned after The Solheim Cup, the PING Junior Solheim Cup featured the top-12 girls from the United States against those from Europe. The event was played on Bastad Golf Club's par-71, 5,880-yard New Course in Bastad, Sweden Sept. 10-12. Past U.S. Team PING Junior Solheim Cup participants include Paula Creamer, Brittany Lincicome, and Morgan Pressel. Creamer was the first player to make the move from the PING Junior Solheim Cup to the Solheim Cup Team where she helped lead her team to victory in 2005 with a 3-1-1 record.
Despite Sydney Burlison of Salinas, Calif., defeating Sally Watson of Scotland 2 and 1 in the first match of the day, the United States was never able to gain any momentum. The Europeans claimed six of the next seven matches and actually clinched the PING Junior Solheim Cup when the eighth match of the day between Audrey Goumard of France and Isabelle Lendl of Bradenton, Fla., ended in a 5 and 4 European victory. And while the U.S. team won three of the final four matches, the late push was simply not enough.
Carlota Ciganda of Spain, Florentyna Parker of England, and Nicola Rössler of Germany were a perfect 3-0-0 in their matches. Five European players were 2-1-0: Goumard, Caroline and Jacqueline Hedwall of Sweden, Nathalie Månsson, also of Sweden, and Marta Silva of Spain.
This is the second European victory at the PING Junior Solheim Cup. In 2003 at Bokskogan Golf Club in Bara, Sweden, Europe led 6.5-5.5 going into the singles matches. The two teams split the 12 matches, giving Europe a 12.5-11.5 victory, the narrowest margin of victory to date.
Kristen Park of Buena Park, Calif., who defeated Charlotte Kring Lorentzen of Denmark Wednesday 2 and 1, went 3-0-0 for the United States in her first PING Junior Solheim Cup appearance. Ranked No. 1 in the current Polo Golf Rankings, Park's 2007 has included wins at the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship and Kathy Whitworth Junior and four top-10 AJGA finishes. Mina Harigae of Monterey, Calif., Vicky Hurst of Melbourne, Fla., Isabelle Lendl of Bradenton, Fla., and Jane Rah of Torrance, Calif., all posted 2-1-0 records.
The Solheim Cup, the most prestigious team event in women's professional golf and sponsored by PING golf equipment, is named in honor of the company's founder, Karsten Solheim, and his family. It is a biennial, trans-Atlantic team match-play competition featuring the best American-born players from the LPGA Tour and the best European-born players from the Ladies European Tour.
The U.S. Team leads this competition 6-3 and has never lost on home soil. The European Team has won three of the four events held overseas and will be looking to regain the Cup in 2007.
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BASTAD, Sweden – Final results from the PING Junior Solheim Cup at Bastad Golf Club – New Course. Par: 36-35—71. Yardage: 5,880.
Europe: 14
United States: 10
Day One: MORNING FOURSOME MATCHES
Carlota Ciganda, Spain & Nicola Rössler, Germany (EUROPE) def. Sydney Burlison, Salinas, Calif. & Allie White, Lancaster, Ohio (USA), 1-up
Jane Rah, Torrance, Calif. & Vicky Hurst, Melbourne, Fla (USA) def. Sara Monberg, Denmark & Caroline Hedwall, Sweden (EUROPE), 4 & 3
Isabelle Lendl, Bradenton, Fla & Courtney Ellenbogen, Blacksburg, Va. (USA) def. Henrietta Brockway, England & Sally Watson, Scotland (EUROPE), 1-up
Marta Silva, Spain & Florentyna Parker, England (EUROPE) def. Kimberly Kim, Pahoa, Hawaii & Stephanie Kono, Honolulu, Hawaii (USA), 5 & 4
Audrey Goumard, France & Nathalie Månsson, Sweden (EUROPE) def. Brianno Do, Lakewood, Calif. & Tiffany Lua, Rowland Heights, Calif. (USA), 3 & 1
Kristen Park, Buena Park, Calif. & Mina Harigae, Monterey, Calif. (USA) def. Charlotte Kring Lorentzen, Denmark & Jacqueline Hedwall, Sweden (EUROPE), 1-up
Day One: AFTERNOON FOUR-BALL MATCHES
Marta Silva, Spain & Carlota Ciganda, Spain (EUROPE) def. Jane Rah, Torrance, Calif. & Stephanie Kono, Honolulu, Hawaii (USA), 4 & 2
Florentyna Parker, England & Nicola Rössler, Germany (EUROPE) def. Sydney Burlison, Salinas, Calif. & Courtney Ellenbogen, Blacksburg, Va. (USA), 2-up
Allie White, Lancaster, Ohio & Isabelle Lendl, Bradenton, Fla. (USA) def. Charlotte Kring Lorentzen, Denmark & Sara Monberg, Denmark (EUROPE), 2 and 1
Caroline Hedwall, Sweden & Jacqueline Hedwall, Sweden (EUROPE) def. Kimberly Kim, Pahoa, Hawaii & Brianna Do, Lakewood, Calif. (USA), 3 & 2
Nathalie Månsson, Sweden & Sally Watson, Scotland (EUROPE) def. Mina Harigae, Monterey, Calif. & Tiffany Lua, Rowland Heights, Calif. (USA), 1-up
Vicky Hurst, Melbourne, Fla. & Kristen Park, Buena Park, Calif. (USA) def. Audrey Goumard, France & Henrietta Brockway, England (EUROPE), 5 & 4
Day Two: SINGLES MATCHES
Sydney Burlison, Salinas, Calif. (USA) def. Sally Watson, Scotland (EUROPE), 2 and 1
Carlota Ciganda, Spain (EUROPE) def. Allie White, Lancaster, Ohio (USA), 5 and 3
Caroline Hedwall, Sweden (EUROPE) def. Brianna Do, Lakewood, Calif. (USA), 5 and 3
Henrietta Brockway, England (EUROPE) def. Tiffany Lua, Rowland Heights, Calif. (USA), 2 and 1
Stephanie Kono, Honolulu, Hawaii (USA) def. Marta Silva, Spain (EUROPE), 1-up
Florentyna Parker, England (EUROPE) def. Kimberly Kim, Pahoa, Hawaii (USA), 1-up
Jacqueline Hedwall, Sweden (EUROPE) def. Courtney Ellenbogen, Blacksburg, Va. (USA), 1-up
Audrey Goumard, France (EUROPE) def. Isabelle Lendl, Bradenton, Fla. (USA), 5 and 4
Jane Rah, Torrance, Calif. (USA) def. Sara Monberg, Denmark (EUROPE), 4 and 3
Mina Harigae, Monterey, Calif. (USA) def. Nathalie Månsson, Sweden (EUROPE), 4 and 3
Kristen Park, Buena Park, Calif. (USA) def. Charlotte Kring Lorentzen, Denmark (EUROPE), 2 and 1
Nicola Rössler, Germany (EUROPE) def. Vicky Hurst, Melbourne, Fla. (USA), 2 and 1
2007 Player Stats (Won-Lost-Halved):
Sydney Burlison: 1-2-0 (2005: 0-3-0)
Brianna Do: 1-2-0
Courtney Ellenbogen: 1-2-0
Mina Harigae: 2-1-0
Vicky Hurst: 2-1-0
Kimberly Kim: 0-3-0 (2005: 2-1-0)
Stephanie Kono: 1-2-0
Isabelle Lendl: 2-1-0
Tiffany Lua: 0-3-0
Kristen Park: 3-0-0
Jane Rah: 2-1-0 (2005: 1-1-1)
Allie White: 1-2-0
Henrietta Brockway: 1-2-0
Carlota Ciganda: 3-0-0 (2005: 2-1-0)
Audrey Goumard: 2-1-0
Caroline Hedwall: 2-1-0
Jacqueline Hedwall: 2-1-0
Charlotte Kring Lorentzen: 0-3-0
Nathalie Månsson: 2-1-0
Sara Monberg: 0-3-0
Florentyna Parker: 3-0-0 (2005: 0-2-1)
Nicola Rössler: 3-0-0
Marta Silva: 2-1-0 (2005: 1-2-0)
Sally Watson: 1-2-0
2002: United States 17, Europe 7
2003: Europe 12.5, United States 11.5
2005: United States 16, Europe 8
2007: Europe 14, United States 10


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form of social organization characterized by submission to authority
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Authoritarianism is a political stance supporting forms of government characterized by strong central power and limited political freedoms. Civil liberties are subordinate to the state and there is little or no reliable constitutional accountability under an authoritarian regime.
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- Most traditional societies produce an authoritarian personality, but some produce an innovative one, which leads to change.
- Bert N. Adams and Rosalind Ann Sydie in Sociological Theory (2001), p. 449
- In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran, Yugoslavia, journalists play a critical role in civil society, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.
- An anarchist … is an individual who, whether he has been brought to it by a process of reasoning or by sentiment, lives to the greatest possible extent in a state of legitimate defence against authoritarian encroachments.
- No moral system can rest solely on authority.
- Alfred Jules Ayer, in Humanist Outlook (1968), p. 4
- When true freedom covers the earth, we shall see the end of tyranny - politically, religiously and economically. I am not here referring to modern democracy as a condition which meets the needs, for democracy is at present a philosophy of wishful thinking, and an unachieved ideal. I refer to that period which will surely come, in which an enlightened people will rule; these people will not tolerate authoritarianism in any political system; they will not accept or permit the rule of any body of men who undertake to tell them what they must believe in order to be saved, or what government they must accept.
- Alice Bailey The Reappearance of the Christ (1947) p. 164/5
- They are the driven crowds that makes the army of the authoritarian overlord; they are the stuffing of conservatism ... mediocrity is their god. They fear the stranger, they fear the new idea; they are afraid to live, and scared to die.
- Donald Ewen Cameron as quoted by Harvey Weinstein in Father, Son and CIA pg. 101
- Hierarchic and authoritarian structures are not self-justifying. They have to have a justification. So if there is a relation of subordination and domination, maybe you can justify it, but there's a strong burden of proof on anybody who tries to justify it. Quite commonly, the justification can't be given. It's a relationship that is maintained by obedience, by force, by tradition, by one or another form of sometimes physical, sometimes intellectual or moral coercion. If so, it ought to be dismantled. People ought to become liberated and discover that they are under a form of oppression which is illegitimate, and move to dismantle it.
What happens next? We don't really know. There are people who think they know the answer. I'm not one of them. My view is, we don't understand very much about human beings or human affairs, so anything that would be done has to be experimentally tried, but I think there are some leading ideas that make some good sense.
- The killing of another, except in defense of human life, is archistic, authoritarian, and therefore, no Anarchist can commit such deeds. It is the very opposite of what Anarchism stands for.
- Violence is the whole essence of authoritarianism, just as the repudiation of violence is the whole essence of anarchism.
- Errico Malatesta, "Anarchism, Authoritarian Socialism and Communism" in Fede (28 October 1923); also in What Is Anarchism? : An Introduction edited by Donald Rooum (1992, 1995) p. 59
- I think the question is not about "communists" and "individualists", but rather about anarchists and non-anarchists. And we, or at least many of us, were quite wrong in discussing a certain kind of alleged "anarchist individualism" as if it really was one of the various tendencies of anarchism, instead of fighting it as one of the many disguises of authoritarianism.
- Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race. All through history mankind has been bullied by scum. Those who lord it over their fellows and toss commands in every direction and would boss the grass in the meadows about which way to bend in the wind are the most depraved kind of prostitutes. They will submit to any indignity, perform any vile act, do anything to achieve power. The worst off-sloughings of the planet are the ingredients of sovereignty. Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.
- P. J. O'Rourke, in Parliament of Whores (1991)
- The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians.
- George Orwell, in a letter to Malcolm Muggeridge (4 December 1948), quoted in Malcolm Muggeridge : A Life (1980) by Ian Hunter
- In popular terminology, a libertarian is the opposite of an authoritarian. Strictly speaking, a libertarian is one who rejects the idea of using violence or the threat of violence — legal or illegal — to impose his will or viewpoint upon any peaceful person.
- Dean Russell, in "Who Is A Libertarian?" in The Freeman, Vol. 5 Issue 5 (May 1955) published by Foundation for Economic Education
- That the more authoritarian organizations survive and prevail goes generally unnoticed because people focus on the objectives of organizations, which are many and varied, rather than on their structures, which tend to be similar. Whenever people see a problem, an opportunity or a threat, their first reaction — even before saying, "Pass a law'" — is, "Let's start an organization."
But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be diverted from its original ideals, principles and purposes.
- However sugarcoated and ambiguous, every form of authoritarianism must start with a belief in some group's greater right to power, whether that right is justified by sex, race, class, religion or all four. However far it may expand, the progression inevitably rests on unequal power and airtight roles within the family.
- Gloria Steinem in "If Hilter Were Alive, Whose Side Would He Be On?" in M.S. magazine (October-November 1980); later in Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (1983)
- We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of state we can imagine living in is Utopian; and so cynical that the only Utopia we can believe in is authoritarian.
- Lionel Trilling, notebook entry (1948), published in Partisan Review 50th Anniversary edition (1985), p. 510
- Anarchism is a manifestation of natural human urges … it is the tendency to create authoritarian institutions which is the transient aberration.
- Most fundamentally, I would see Anarchism as a synonym for anti-authoritarianism.
- John Zerzan, in Running on Emptiness: The Pathology of Civilization (2008), p. 67
- The Napoleonic rule which followed within a decade after the French Revolution is generally conceded to be the prototype of modern dictatorships. It was the forerunner not only historically, but psychologically as well, for it demonstrated a principal function of dictatorship as a psychocultural emergent: a reversion to authoritarian rule after a too drastic attempt to impose democracy on an authoritarian culture. Napoleon's assumption of the role of dictator and then emperor, with the wholehearted support of significant segments of of postrevolutionary French society, illustrates a fact that has been true of virtually every dictatorship since then: the inability of an authoritarian culture to absorb too much self-government too suddenly without reverting, at least temporarily, to some form of paternalistic-authoritarian rule. From the first French Republic to the German Weimar Republic, it has been proved again and again that, while the outward forms of democracy may be achieved overnight by revolution, the psychological changes necessary to sustain it cannot.
- G.M. Gilbert in The Psychology of Dictatorship (1950), pp. 4-5.


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Art in and outside the clinic
Gideon Boie
2013, Psyche
Art has a notable function in the context of mental health care. In official government architectural assignments it is customary to reserve part of the budget for what is called art integration. To give an example, the artist Joost van Zanden was involved in the design of the Lumen Admissions Department at the Sint-Jan Baptist Psychiatric Clinic in Zelzate. The cladding of the glass porch and a skylight cast a spectral light on the bare white hospital walls.
These artworks are limited but defensible. Colourful interventions hide the clinical functionality of the broad, bleak corridors of the admissions department. Legal standards and technical requirements result in the typical, monotonous hospital surroundings that we are familiar with today. In these instances, art compensates for what seems to be quite difficult in care architecture: the creation of a homely atmosphere for care or treatment.
Art integration is not always equally successful. Take for example the case of the bus shelter with a lamp-post and rubbish bin that were installed on the roof terrace of Hotel Min in the Seefhoek district of Antwerp. It is an artwork by Koen Theys, and the Flemish Government Architect's art unit acted as mediator. The artwork creates a quiet spot on the internal promenade that runs through this forensic psychiatric care home. Detainees stay there under a half-open regime for a trial period at the end of a course of treatment at the Rekem Public Psychiatric Care Centre.
The roof terrace is now no longer accessible for everyday use. This internal decision is not down to the artist, but does point up the compulsive nature of the artwork. It is not only the safety of the roof terrace that is a problem, but also its low usability. The closure of the artwork shows that no one at Hotel Min particularly wants this sort of art. In addition to that there is the positive stigma of the bus shelter. The artwork focuses unnecessary attention on the unstable mental condition of the guests, who are at the end of their course of treatment.
The bus shelter clashes with the 'invisible care' that Hotel Min offers in an unremarkable urban setting. So there is an urgent need for another function for art in mental health care. The question is whether art can also make a contribution to the normalisation of mental health care.
The place that immediately comes to mind is the Dr. Guislain Museum in Ghent. The exceptional art exhibitions held there are intended not so much for the patients, but for a broad public – and often also include art produced by patients. In this way the museum completes the cycle of socialisation. It is a legal obligation to take target groups that have undergone treatment out of the psychiatric complex and to assist them to reintegrate into society. This museum enables the outsider to take the opposite route – towards the psychiatric clinic – not for care or treatment, but for cultural and educational activities.
At the Sint-Norbertus Psychiatric Hospital in Duffel we see a similar double movement in its socialisation. Here too Psychiatric Care Homes are set up in the village centre and here too the high walls of the institution are demolished to make the site accessible to everyone. In this instance, the organisation of a triennial art exhibition of work by widely-known artists draws in more people. In addition, many of the artworks are retained as a permanent installation in the park-like grounds. For example, Orla Barry's The Stone Garden and Thierry De Cordier's Chapel of Nothingness are the enduring result of the 2010 triennial.
The triennial removes the stigma of psychiatry. But Wim Cuyvers' untitled work for the 2013 exhibition goes one step further. It consists of two proposals. In the first, a pit is dug in the hospital's former rubbish dump. This relates to Cuyvers' fascination for waste as an indication of the existential space. In the second proposal a patient is offered a week's stay at Le Montavoix – a refuge the artist set up in the Jura region of France. Communication during the patient's stay takes place formally by an exchange of cards which are later made public. The only predetermined activity is the cartographic recording of the land at Le Montavoix on the basis of three reference maps.
Proposal 2 cancels out the art integration assignment. It takes a person out of the industrial-clinical complex of psychiatry and offers a refuge. In this place the patient is absorbed into a strange game of words and cards. In this way, the artwork finally complies with the legislator's pursuit of normalised care, even though this will never have been the intention. Proposal 2 also shows that the task of providing invisible care may have to be sought outside architecture.
Published in Psyche 25 (4), December 2013, quarterly magazine of VVGG (originally in Dutch)
Tags: English, Psychiatry
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Two female Army officers testified Wednesday they provided nude photos to a general facing sex crime charges.
A married captain testified that Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair repeatedly asked her to send him nude photos of herself, which she said made her uncomfortable. Eventually, she said she placated the married general by sending him downloaded pornographic photos of other women cropped so that their faces weren't visible.
The testimony came during the third day of a hearing at Fort Bragg to determine whether Sinclair will go on trial for multiple criminal charges including forcible sodomy, wrongful sexual conduct and adultery, which is a crime under the military justice system. The allegations against Sinclair involve relationships with five women other than his wife.
Sinclair served as a deputy commander of the 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan until he was relieved of his duties in May amid a criminal investigation and sent back to North Carolina.
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The female captain who testified Wednesday said she and Sinclair did not have a sexual relationship and they had met in person only three times. Their relationship was primarily through emails, she said.
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Name: Viann Zhang Xinyu (� 馨予)
Date of Birth: March 28, 1987
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About: Viann Zhang Xinyu (� 馨予), is hot looking Chinese model possibly the next Fan Bingbing (范冰冰). Hailed as the #1 Beauty from Suzhou and the modern Xiao Qiao (小乔) which is the great beauty married to Zhou Yu from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. With titles like China's Best Soccer Babe (中国第一足球宝贝) and Best Online Gaming Model (网游第一美女), she's becoming one of the fast rising star in China. In the beginning of 2010, Xinyu started to appear on various influential magazines and TV shows. While some people are still spreading the rumour of Xinyu prostituting herself for employment, it seems the majority are behind Xinyu and believe she is not only a beautiful vase – she represents innocence, glamour and sexiness.
However, several of her personal photos were leaked out by her fans in her QQ blog. Intimate photos with boyfriend on the bed "Bed Photos Gate" were spread like wild fire among the Chineze netizens. Personally, I don't see anything wrong with those pictures, at least they're still wearing clothes (I think!). Even though we could not rule out the possibility of Xinyu's "Bed Photos Gate" being a publicity stunt, Xinyu's hot modelling photos have charmed enough people in the nation to keep following her progress. Anyhow, here are some samples...
According to a recent interview with Xinyu, we learned that she is a very open-minded person and copes with scandals well. Parts of her interview are as follows:
Q: Most of your photos are very sexy and you don't wear much. Was it your idea and do you accept being asked to take nude photos?
A: I have photos that aren't sexy as well, you just haven't noticed. As for the sexy photo shoot, you'll have to ask my photographer since I don't have much say on this. Photography has been an art form to me, being a model is part of it; I would accept nude photos as long as it is still about art. Human body is very beautiful; I've drawn nude models before at college, and I believe any art major would have experienced the same thing.
Q: People say you've done cosmetic surgery before. And your new photos look different than the old ones, have you?
A: First of all, I'm not against cosmetic surgery, because everyone has the right to become beautiful. That's why I've been a spokesperson for a cosmetic surgery institute once. Secondly, if you count Botox as one, then I'll have to admit. As for breast implants, some photographers might have photoshopped the photos to perfect them. Nowadays photoshop technology is more advanced than cosmetic surgery. (smiles)
During the filming of Pretty Maid <大丫鬟> last year, Viann Zhang met Ron Ng Cheuk Hei 吴卓羲 in Shanghai. Although good friend, Raymond Lam's (林峯) intimate bed photos were revealed with ex-girlfriend, Mavis Pan (潘霜霜) in March, the incident did not dampen Ron's love of beautiful mainland women.
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The couple too tweeted some messages over Weibo, publicly admitting their romance. Allegedly, Viann stayed at Ron's apartment each time she visited Hong Kong.
In late Aug 2011, Viann starred in 戀夏戀夏戀戀下 (Summer Love Love) together with another popular fellow China model, Izumiia Liu Yuqi (刘羽琦). Anyway, only the best of Zhang Xinyu available here and filtered by http://pemandanganmata.blogspot.com


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ALLIANCE, Ohio -- Matt Piloto's 29-yard touchdown pass to Chris Denton on fourth down with 2:14 left in the game gave Mount Union a 25-20 comeback victory over Baldwin-Wallace on Saturday afternoon.
The win secured the Purple Raiders' 20th consecutive Ohio Athletic Conference championship and a berth in the NCAA Division III playoffs for the 23rd time. Mount Union (9-0, 8-0 OAC) is ranked No. 2 by the AFCA and d3football.com, and No. 1 in the NCAA North Region.
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Draining the Milk Reservoirs
1. Position the thumb (above the nipple) and first two fingers (below the nipple) about 1" to 1–1/2" from the nipple, though not necessarily at the outer edges of the areola. Use this measurement as a guide, since breasts and areolas vary in size from one woman to another. Be sure the hand forms the letter "C" and the finger pads are at 6 and 12 o'clock in line with the nipple. Note the fingers are positioned so that the milk reservoirs lie beneath them.
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• Avoid spreading the fingers apart.
• For large breasts, first lift and then push into the chest wall
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4. Repeat rhythmically to completely drain reservoirs.
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Three months after the NFL settled its own suit for $765 million, 10 retired hockey players have filed a class-action lawsuit against the NHL. They claim the league didn't do enough to protect them from brain trauma. This is most likely only the beginning.
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The 10 players are Brad Aitken, Darren Banks, Curt Bennett, Richard Dunn, Warren Holmes, Gary Leeman, Bob Manno, Blair Stewart, Morris Titanic, and Rick Vaive, who's probably the biggest name of the 10. In addition to unspecified damages, they want medical care and monitoring of their injuries, which they claim are the results of playing hockey.
The suit alleges the NHL knowingly concealed the risks of brain trauma, but without seeing the plaintiffs' evidence, hockey is absolutely not football. The NFL left a decades-long paper trail of bad science and cover-ups that likely forced the league into a settlement. The NHL's argument will be that it has generally been ahead of the curve with player safety, and any pre-concussion-era lapses were not purposeful or malicious.
When the idea of a suit was mooted in September, commissioner Gary Bettman had this to say:
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You may find it interesting to read what great hackers like ESR have to say about Python:
Eric S. Raymond is the author of 'The Cathedral and the Bazaar' and is also the person who coined the term 'Open Source'. He says that Python has become his favorite programming language. This article was the real inspiration for my first brush with Python.
Bruce Eckel is the author of the famous 'Thinking in Java' and 'Thinking in C++' books. He says that no language has made him more productive than Python. He says that Python is perhaps the only language that focuses on making things easier for the programmer. Read the complete interview for more details.
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Bruce Perens is a co-founder of OpenSource.org and the UserLinux project. UserLinux aims to create a standardized Linux distribution supported by multiple vendors. Python has beaten contenders like Perl and Ruby to become the main programming language that will be supported by UserLinux.


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Original Trinity Hymnal, #440
Fountain of never-ceasing grace,
Thy saints' exhaustless theme,
Great object of immortal praise,
Essentially supreme;
We bless thee for the glorious fruits
Thine incarnation gives;
The righteousness which grace imputes,
And faith alone receives.
In thee we have a righteousness
By God himself approved;
Our rock, our sure foundation this,
Which never can be moved.
Our ransom by thy death was paid,
For all thy people giv'n,
The law thou perfectly obeyed,
That they might enter heav'n.
As all, when Adam sinned alone,
In his transgression died,
So by the righteousness of one
Are sinners justified;
We to thy merit, gracious Lord,
With humblest joy submit,
Again to Paradise restored,
In thee alone complete.
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New York, January 10, 2012--Two prosecution witnesses at a trial of banned Yemeni daily Al-Ayyam last month testified in favor of the defense, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today after reviewing court documents.
Al-Ayyam, Yemen's most popular independent daily until it was shut down by the government in May 2009, faces politicized criminal charges in six separate trials, including "forming an armed gang," which is being tried at the specialized criminal court in Aden. At a December 26 hearing in that trial -- against Editor-in-Chief Hisham Bashraheel, two of his sons, and other staffers, and stemming from the January 2010 attack against Al-Ayyam's offices by Yemeni security personnel -- two prosecution witnesses testified that the attack on Al-Ayyam was planned and executed by the government, according to local news reports.
One of the witnesses testified that the Central Security Forces were headed by outgoing President Ali Abdallah Saleh's nephew, Yahya Mohammed Abdullah Saleh, according to the court's transcript. Additional prosecution witnesses failed to appear. The trial, which resumed on Monday, was therefore adjourned again until January 30.
"This trial against Al-Ayyam is a farce designed to keep a critical paper silent," said Mohamed Abdel Dayem, CPJ's Middle East and North Africa program coordinator. "The prosecution's own witnesses are either contradicting the prosecution's claims or failing to testify altogether. It is time for the case to be dismissed."
The two prosecution witnesses who testified December 26 are Hassan Saeed, deputy general manager of the water works company in Aden and a member of the local council who was involved in the January attack as a mediator, and Taha Hussein Ali Nour, a passerby and a resident of Aden, according to court proceedings reviewed by CPJ.
Saeed said Police Chief Abdallah Qairan told him to cut the water supply to Al-Ayyam's offices and the Bashraheel family residences, which are housed in the same compound, the court documents show. The second witness, Nour, said he was taken to Qairan's office and forced to give a false statement that Al-Ayyam had an armed gang and that they were first to fire their weapons.
Al-Ayyam staffers face criminal charges in six separate cases filed in the country's specialized tribunals. All of the charges are fabricated, CPJ research shows. In a 2010 report, CPJ interviewed dozens of lawyers and journalists who denounced the creation of these specialized tribunals as unconstitutional. Among the many charges, Hisham Bashraheel is accused of "instigating separatism" and "inciting violence." On January 4, 2010, government forces surrounded Al-Ayyam's compound using machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. The editor-in-chief and his two sons were arrested and held for several months.
Prior to its shutdown, Al-Ayyam was the only private daily to distribute countrywide, and was Yemen's highest-circulation publication. It was regularly critical of the president and his inner circle, and its popularity stemmed in part from willingness to speak out on sensitive issues such as corruption and unrest in the southern region. Al-Ayyam was founded by the influential Bashraheel family in 1958 and run by its members over the ensuing five decades.


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Women's Service with the Revolutionary Army
The American Revolution has proven to be a fertile ground for study. One can find works as theoretical as the ideological nature of the war, and as practical as detailed troop movements in particular battles. The contributions of the men who drafted the documents of the Revolution, commanded the forces, fought in the war, and offered support have been well documented. The Revolution was not a one-gender war, however. Many women contributed to the effort, and it is time their stories are told.
Today, women who followed the army are referred to as "camp followers," even though that term was not used in the eighteenth century. Females who followed Washington's army were seeking safety, shelter, food, and work. They needed the army, and while Washington and many officers did not like to admit it, the army needed them. Some officers thought that the presence of women in an army camp distracted the soldiers, claiming that they got in the way of operations, detracted from the professional appearance of the camp, and even enticed soldiers to desert. But, if women were not permitted in military camps, the army stood to lose a number of good soldiers. Men with families in need asked for furloughs or deserted in order to provide for their destitute loved ones. For example, Private Ralph Morgan sought a furlough in December 1775 because his wife and children had no roof over their heads. Morgan received a discharge. Since the Continental Army could not afford to discharge a soldier every time he needed to assist his family, Washington was obliged to permit some women to follow the camps. He wrote to Superintendent of Finance, Robert Morris, "I was obliged to give Provisions to the extra Women in these regiments, or lose by Desertion, perhaps to the enemy, some of the oldest and best Soldiers in the Service." In the same vein, Washington wrote to Major General Henry Knox, "The number of Women and Children in the New York Regiments of Infantry . . . obliged me . . . to allow them Provision or, by driving them from the Army, risk the loss of a number of Men, who very probably would have followed their wives."
General Washington could not afford to lose men because of their families, but neither could he afford to feed every hungry mouth that sought assistance from the army. Throughout the war destitute civilians fled to the army for safety and food, while the army could barely provision its own troops. Washington and his officers attempted to keep the number of dependents traveling with the army to a minimum. On August 4, 1777, Washington wrote,
"the multitude of women in particular, especially those who are pregnant, or have children, are a clog upon every movement. The Commander in Chief earnestly recommends it to the officers to use every reasonable method in their power to get rid of all such as are not absolutely necessary."To ensure that only those who were absolutely necessary to the army drew provisions, commanders continually called for reports concerning how many women they had, their marital status, their health and the duties they performed. In 1776, General Andrew Lewis, wrote from near Williamsburg, Virginia, that "Officers of Companies are to return a list of the names and number of women they have, and whether single or married, in order to have them examined." Women who did not pass muster, that is, those who were unmarried, did not perform a necessary task, misbehaved, or were ill, were often sent away. Those fortunate enough to obtain permission to stay were given anywhere from one-quarter to one full ration, depending on what duties they performed. The Militia Law of 1775 stipulated that a soldiers ration should consist of
"One pound of beef, or 3/4 of a pound of pork or one pound of fish, per day. One pound of bread or flour per day. Three pints of peas or beans per week, or vegetables equivalent, at one dollar per bushel for peas or beans. One pint of milk per man per day. One half-pint of rice, or one pint of Indian meal per man per week. One quart of spruce beer, or cider, per man per day, or nine gallons of mollasses per company of one hundred men per week. Three pounds of candles to one hundred men per week, for guards. Twenty pounds of soft, or eight pounds of hard, soap for one hundred men per week."
A good portion of women earned their rations by doing laundry and mending for the soldiers and the officers. Colonel Ebenezer Huntington wrote that he was "endeavoring to hire some women to live in camp to do the washing for [him] self and some of the officers." Laundresses were permitted to remain in the camp as a reward for their own or their husbands' good service. In a letter to Colonel Lamb, Captain George Fleming pleads the case of an army wife,
"I have been unfortunate in losing Peter Young, by his taking a hearty draught of cold Water [dying]. I propose continuing her [Young's wife] still a Washerwoman belonging to the Company, as a small recompense for her long Service & late Husband's, in case she chooses."Not only could women draw provisions if they performed laundry services, but they could charge for each piece they washed. The army did regulate prices when it believed women were overcharging. In 1780, officers at West Point, New York fixed laundry rates. The orders stated that
"the following Prices be paid for Washing; to the Women, who draw provisions, with their respective Companies; For a Shirt two Shillings; Woolen Breeches, Vest and Overalls, two Shillings, each; Linen Vest, and Breeches, one Shilling, each; Linen Overalls, one Shilling and Six Pence each; Stock, Stockings and Handkerchief, Six Pence each; the Women who wash for the Companies, will observes these regulations."
Overcharging soldiers for washing was a serious offense. In 1770, Sergeant John O'Neill made it clear that "those who will presume to Charge more than the price afore mentioned [one half-dollar per dozen articles] will immediately be ordered out of the Camp & not to be suffered to return." Although some officers feared laundresses may have extorted the soldiers, they still recognized the need for the services washing women provided and set about trying to regulate them to assure their good behavior and to prevent their becoming nuisances. In October of 1778 in Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania, officers were ordered to watch the laundresses to prevent them from washing clothes in the river the men used for drinking water. If any woman was guilty of such an action, she was to be placed in the guardhouse. And in July of 1779, orders of the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment forbade women to wash in front of the tents or to throw soap suds or any other refuse on the parade grounds.
Women also worked as cooks to assist the army and, perhaps, earn extra cash. When soldiers entered the army, they formed "messes." These messes were generally composed of six men who shared housekeeping chores, including getting water, chopping wood, and cooking meals. However, on occasion, women of the regiment earned extra money by cooking for men who could afford to pay them. Hannah Thomas earned wages for cooking for twelve men in the Quartermaster General's Department during October 1780. In Fishkill in 1782, Sarah Parsell cooked for the wheelwrights, a Mrs. Creiger cooked for the blacksmiths, and Mrs. Lloyd cooked for the express riders. For 12 days of work done that January, Parsell and Creiger were paid 2 shillings per day. Lloyd worked from May through September at $10 per month.
The key to this clever arrangement was that the work of women freed up the men to soldier on. Richard Platt wrote to a Mr. Else,
"The [Quartermaster General] Having agreed, in consideration of the Wives of Hezekiah Gibson and Elihu Cary, cooking for each, for a mess of artificers [skilled tradesmen], which superseded the necessity of two men being employed on that Business, that one Ration should be allow'd, daily, to each of those women."One should note, however, that in most of the examples, women cooking for the army were cooking for retainers to the camp, such as blacksmiths and wheelwrights, not for regular soldiers. Most often, soldiers did their own cooking, unless they could afford to pay someone else to do it, or unless a soldier's wife was kind enough to do it for free. One example of a woman cooking for regular soldiers is that of Sarah Osborne, who followed her husband throughout the war. Osborne testified in a pension application that she washed for the soldiers, in addition to sewing and baking. She also remembered cooking behind the American line, one mile from the battle of Yorktown. She carried beef and bread to soldiers in the trenches, saying, "It would not do for the men to fight and starve too." Osborne recalled being in the habit of cooking for four soldiers, and she carried their breakfasts to them on the morning of Cornwallis's surrender. Osborne appears to have been able to draw rations for her services, but she does not mention receiving payment for cooking for the soldiers.
Another way for women to earn money and rations with the Continental army was through nursing. The army preferred female nurses to male ones, not only because nursing the sick has traditionally been a female responsibility, but also because every woman nursing meant one more man freed for fighting in the line. Therefore, commanders desired to hire women to perform the difficult tasks of nursing. Individuals who would care for the sick were in constant demand and short supply throughout the war. Although a woman serving as a nurse could hope to receive regular pay and retain a job throughout the war, the job brought with it hazards. Exposure to deadly diseases such as smallpox and all manner of camp fevers; in addition to being relegated to the dirtiest jobs connected to the medical profession. Officers therefore alternately bribed and threatened women to take up nursing. They promised full rations and an allowance for volunteer nurses or threatened to withhold rations from women who refused to volunteer.
A Congressional resolution of July 27, 1775 allowed one nurse for every ten patients in Continental hospitals. The Congress allowed two dollars per month as a salary for these nurses, though matrons (women who supervised nurses and acted as liaisons to surgeons) were allotted four dollars per month. In 1776, Congress raised nurses' pay to four dollars per month, and in 1777, to eight dollars per month, possibly in an attempt to entice more women into nursing or to retain nurses dissatisfied with their jobs. Despite Congressional efforts to increase the number of female nurses for the army, there remained a shortage throughout the war. Regiments constantly sought women to nurse their sick and wounded.
The General Hospital in Massachusetts needed nurses for Cambridge and Roxbury in the spring of 1776. Advertisements promised preference to Boston and Charlestown women. A few months later in Williamsburg, the Virginia Gazette advertised a request for nurses. In July of 1776, Nathanael Greene wrote:
"The sick Being Numerous in the Hospital And But few Women Nurses to be Had, the Regimental Surgeon must Report the Number Necessary for the sick of the Regt and the colonels are Requested to supply accordingly."
Indeed, the need for nurses was so great that commanding officers, in their eagerness to procure them, sometimes overlooked suspicious circumstances in order to obtain women for nursing. In April of 1777, General Israel Putnam questioned a woman named Elisabeth Brewer after she left British-occupied New Brunswick, New Jersey. Putnam wrote to Governor William Livingston that Brewer
" . . . has an Inclination of entering the Hospital as a Nurse; in which employment she has been before employ'd at this place, and the Surgeon giving her a good Character, I have that purpose to detain her here for that purpose—If you have any Objections and will let me know, I will send her Immediately to you."Apparently, Brewer was permitted to take up nursing duties with Putnam's units. The fact that she had arrived from a British-held town did not cast enough suspicion on her to prevent the army from using her skills. Perhaps Putnam should have inquired more carefully into Brewer's background and motives, for in June 1777, Brewer was found guilty of espionage. Fortunately for the Continental Army responsible patriot nurses also answered the call. In July of 1776, orders for the Pennsylvania battalions at Ticonderoga stated that one woman be chosen from each company to go to the hospital at Fort George to nurse the sick. Returns for the hospital at Albany in July 1777 record nine female nurses. In 1778, Washington ordered his regimental commanders to employ as many nurses as possible to aid regimental surgeons. In March 1780, an Albany hospital provided provisions for female nurses and their children, as well as for female and child patients. Nurses Rachel Clement (with two children) and Mary DeCamp (with one child) received two rations each, while Mrs. Perkins (with three children) and Sarah Lancaster (with one child) received one ration each. Nurses working there who were without children received one ration each.
Nurses' duties were generally related to keeping the hospital and its patients clean. The "Rules and Directions for the better regulation of the military Hospital of the United States" described nurses' duties. They must stay clean and sober, empty chamber pots as soon as possible after use, wash new patients, wash the hands and faces of old patients, comb patients' hair daily, change linen, sweep out the hospital, sprinkle the wards with vinegar (as a disinfectant) three to four times a day, and deliver dead patients' belongings to the ward master. Nurses were forbidden to be absent without the permission of their supervising physicians, surgeons, or matrons.
Women provided all of the above services to the army, content to do so while remaining within their traditional female role. There were some women, however, who chose to break out of traditional gender roles and defend their country by taking up arms against the enemy. A few examples exist of women who, by virtue of circumstances, fought the enemy as women. There were also women who concealed their sex and joined the army disguised as men.
Controversy exists over how exactly women participated in the war as combatants. Many have heard stories of "Molly Pitcher," who attended the cannon of her fallen husband. Some scholars believe "Molly Pitcher" to be a generic term for all women of the army who may have assisted soldiers in this way. Direct evidence exists of at least two women who did perform such duties—Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley and Margaret Cochran Corbin.
Mary McCauley followed the Seventh Pennsylvania Regiment. Her husband, John, was an artillery man. During the Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey, on June 28, 1778, Mary hauled water to the cannon so the sponger could swab out the barrel. John collapsed during the battle, either because of a wound or the extreme heat of the day, and Mary immediately took his place at the cannon. She assisted in firing it with the rest of the crew for the remainder of the battle.
Margaret Corbin was the wife of John Corbin, an artillery man, who was killed in the battle of Fort Washington in November 1776. Margaret stepped up to fill her husband's place at the cannon, assisting in sponging and loading. Margaret was wounded by grape shot in the arm and the chest, and as a result was disabled for the rest of her life. She was an original member of the Invalid Regiment that Congress created in 1777 to care for disabled soldiers. In 1779, Corbin was granted a stipend of $30 and a lifelong pension of half a soldier's pay. She was the first American woman to receive a disabled veteran's pension.
Other women served in the war by passing themselves off as men. Deborah Sampson Gannet and Anna Maria Lane fought with Washington's army dressed as male soldiers. Sampson was born in 1760, in Plympton, Massachusetts. She enlisted in 1782 with Captain George Webb's Company of the 4th Massachusetts, passing as Robert Shurtleff. Sampson performed admirably, achieving the rank of corporal, fighting in the battle of White Plains, and sustaining injuries twice in the service of her country. Upon discovery of her sex, she was honorably discharged and later granted a pension for her services. The Massachusetts legislature declared, "that the Said Deborah exhibited an extraordinary instance of female heroism by discharging the duties of a faithful, gallant soldier." As compensation, the legislature awarded her $4 per month, commencing from January 1, 1803. In 1816, the legislature increased her pension to $6.40 per month and, in 1819, to $8.00 per month. Sampson spoke about her wartime experiences as a circuit lecturer. She recalled that she enlisted because she wanted to avenge all the wrongful deaths of colonists by British soldiers. Though she appeased those who would call her unfeminine by saying, "I indeed recollect it [her enlistment] as a foible, and error and presumption," she did "recollect it with a kind of satisfaction." Despite her experiences, or perhaps because of them, Sampson went on to praise motherhood and encourage women to raise children and leave wars and politics to men.
Anna Maria Lane was another woman who was not content to leave such affairs to men. Lane most likely married her husband, John, before 1776, when he enlisted in the Connecticut line under General Israel Putnam. Lane accompanied her husband, though it is unclear if she did so as a woman of the army or a disguised soldier. By the Battle of Germantown, however, she was attired in men's clothing. According to the Virginia General Assembly, Lane, "in the revolutionary war, in the garb, and with the courage of a soldier, performed extraordinary military services, and received a severe wound at the battle of Germantown." After the war, Lane and her husband relocated to Virginia. John served in the Public Guard, and both were permitted to draw pensions for their service. History knows of two other women who fought for their country. One, Sally St. Clare, was a Creole girl who lost her life in the war, and the other is known only as "Samuel Gay," discovered and discharged for being a woman. One can only theorize about others who may have masqueraded as men in the service of their country and remained successfully undetected.
Women who offered their services to the army made a difficult decision. They chose to give up the security of home and embark on a journey that offered discomfort, hardship, and danger. They worked hard to make a living for themselves and their families, in addition to supporting the army and its cause. Some even broke traditional gender roles in order to serve their country. They worked just as hard and suffered just as much as the men they worked beside. Despite Abigail Adams's famous plea to "remember the ladies," many of the contributions of Revolutionary War era women have been forgotten. It is only appropriate now to remember their courage and sacrifice, honoring them as well as the fighting men they supported.
This article is excerpted from a Colonial Williamsburg Interpreter article written by Kaia Danyluk. Kaia is a graduate of the College and William and Mary and former member of the interpretive staff at the Military Encampment.


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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:20 am
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Hi, everyone, I am a RN in ICU for many years. I have planned to sit Gamsat 5 years ago but gave up because of family reasons. Now after all these years I pick up my dream again (mainly with the support of my husband who is a doctor.)
I am planning to sit the 2013 gamsat . I plan to prepare it for one year since I dont have much science background and English is not my first language. I have to start everything from the beginning. Two of my boys are below 8 and quite demanding. I only can find time after send them to bed. Am I too crazy? I regret I didn't do it when I was young. But if I give up again I will regret all my life. So I am serious this time.
I live in south eastern suburb of Melbourne. Hope anyone interested to form a study group to contact me.
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 6:48 am
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Hi Nora,
My name is Nikki and I am a 45 year old Naturopath, my husband is also a doctor and studied post grad med as a mature aged student at Flinders.
I have also been thinking about this for years but have been tied up with family. I am interested in a study group in the South Eastern suburbs. I am in Warburton, but work in Warranwood and my youngest is now 12 so I am not too tied down by kids, so am happy to meet in the south east, which suburb are you in?
Warm regards Nikki.
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Nice to meet u. I live in Glen Waverley. My boys are 3 and 6 years old. so they demand lots of my time. I actually have been thinking to sit for gamsat 5 years ago when I was working in Flinders in Adelaide. I gave up because I had my 2nd child and the whole family moved to Mel in 2009.
I am now starting to reading some physics and chemistry. I hope I could catch up with you after I have some basic ideas about the science. Besides I dont know from where to start about essay. I am very poor at it.
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Hi Nora
I'm a doctor and Flinders and used to be a nurse there too (5 years ago strangely
we probably worked together, though I was in ED and 6C)
I have 2 children aged 3 and 5, Mason was born on the first day of medical school and Aiden was born 2 weeks before 3rd year began.
I can sympathise with your plight that kids can make study difficult and I won't lie, the first 6 months of medical school were just awful because of getting used to both sets of commitments. But I survived and I'm much better for it.
I've used this argument for my wife (she's grappling with the fact that she might have to go away for a few weeks to get some peace to prepare). Who do you think is a better mother and teacher for her children? The mother who sacrificed some time with them to teach them to follow their dreams, improve their minds and show them that they can do anything they set their mind to. Or the mother who can only teach them regret and tell them 'I would've done this if it weren't for....'
It's scary and it's hard work and there are no guarantees. But if it's what you really want and if you think you'll regret not trying, then I think you've solved the problem for yourself. Living with 'what if' can be a pretty sould destroying thing.
For prep, I went back to high school as a mature aged student. It's free, time flexible and it will get you in the ball park to learn the rest yourself (the required level of knowledge is relatively low).
Check out our blog if you're keen;
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It's free and there's a lot of useful pointers there to help you out.
I wish you all the best for your preparations and your attempt!
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Great thanks, Hoop0054. Yeah, what you said is absolutely what I am afraid. I am afraid to regret for not trying.
About 6 years ago I was so ambitious for this dream that I have got all the fundamental books for the science and set up my time for it. so shameful that I gave up simply for the family reasons. Then I have been almost totally lost my life into my two boys'. I am not myself but someone's wife and someones' mum. I suddenly realized it until one day my husband happened to mention to me that one of his colleague's wife just was accepted by the medical school and who used to be a nurse as well. I felt so sad at that time. That would be me if I tried! But I didn't. I picked up my dream again this time, seriously. Nothing will be excuse if you really want to do something.
In this forum, I am always cheered up by so many people who gave me encouragement and shared the same dream ever.
I will have a look of your blog, hoop0054. Cheers.
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I'm glad I could be of use.
Good luck.
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