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In 1840, Reverend Tillman Dixon Peurifoy was a circuit-riding Methodist preacher on the Troupville Circuit in Lowndes County, GA, which then also encompassed Berrien, Cook, Tift, Lanier and Echols counties. Two years earlier, on April 1, 1838, Peurifoy's family and slaves had been massacred by Indians in Florida, about 20 miles from Tallahassee, FL.
Troupville was then the seat of government of Lowndes County. Methodist pioneers in Lowndes county had been served from the creation of the county first by riders on the Tallahassee District, then the Lowndes Mission and later, when there were sufficiently strong churches to support at minister, the Troupville Circuit. Among these early Methodist ministers were Josiah Evans, John Slade, George W. Davis, and Robert H. Howren.
The earliest Methodist church in Ray City was organized in 1910, but a Methodist church had been established at Troupville about 1832. Other Methodist churches that would have been on the Troupville Circuit ridden by Reverend Peurifoy included Oak Grove Church, Concord Church, Bethlehem Church, and Salem Church. Pre-dating any of these churches was the annual Methodist revival held at the old Lowndes Camp Ground, later called the Mount Zion Camp Ground.
Tilman Dixon Peurifoy was born January 21, 1809 in Putnam County, GA. At nineteen years of age he was admitted to the Georgia Conference [Methodists], having been converted at the age of fifteen. He was married when a young man to Miss Louisa Ann Bird, daughter of Captain Daniel Bird, of Edgefield, SC. After a few years he moved to Florida and settled in Jefferson County in 1833. The war with the Seminoles was then going on, but from the place of his settlement the nearest Indians were a hundred miles distant, and no apprehensions of danger were felt by him or by any one in that section. Mr. Peurifoy was frequently absent for a long time attending to his preaching appointments.
It was during one of these absences, and he was sixty miles distant attending Quarterly Conference, when the attack, so disastrous and terrible, was made upon his home.
Newspaper accounts document that the attack on the Peurifoy home occurred April 1, 1838. The attack was part of the continuing violence between Native Americans and encroaching pioneer settlers. In Florida, hostilities were greatly escalated in December 1835 by the Dade Massacre, where Seminole Indians resisting forced removal to the West wiped out a force of 110 regular army troops under the command of Major Francis Langhorn Dade. When violence spread across the Wiregrass in 1836 local militia units fought engagements in Lowndes county, 200 federal troops were detailed to Camp Townsend near Franklinville, GA, and conflicts continued into the 1840s.
In terrible grief, Reverend Peurifoy wrote to his Bishop, William Capers, reporting the death of his children and slaves, and the grievous wounds inflicted on his wife. Peurifoy's tragic letter was published in the Southern Christian Advocate, and the story was picked up by the Raleigh Weekly Standard and other newspapers all across the 24 states.
Raleigh Weekly Standard
June 13, 1838
Murder of a Missionary Family
The Southern Christian Advocate publishes the following letter, giving a moving description of a massacre by the Florida Indians. The writer is Superintendant to the Alachua Mission on the Tallahassee District:
"Dear Brother Capers, I am ruined! While engaged in my labors in the Alachua mission I received a letter bearing awful tidings. It informed me that the Indians had murdered my family! I set out for home, hoping that it might not prove as bad as the letter stated; but O my God, it is, if not even worse! My precious children Lorick Pierce and Elizabeth, were killed and burned up in the house. My dear wife was shot, stabbed and stamped, seemingly to death, in the yard. But after the wretches went to pack up their plunder, she revived and crawled off from the scene of death to suffer a thousand deaths during the dreadful night which she spent alone by the side of a pond bleeding at four bullet holes and more than half a dozen stabs – three deep gashes to the bone on her head and three stabs through the ribs, besides a number of similar cuts and bruises. She is yet living – and O help me to pray that she may still live. My negroes lay dead all about the yard and woods, and my every thing else burned to ashes. Pray for me.
My family was on a short visit to my father-in-law, for the purpose of having some supplies sent up from our plantation to our temporary residence in the mission, and during this brief period the awful catastrophe took place.
By mid April, newspapers all over the country were reporting on the Peurifoy Massacre and Indian attacks in Florida. On April 19, 1838, the story was published in the Edgefield Advertiser. Edgefield, SC was the birthplace of Mrs. Peurifoy.
Edgefield Advertiser
April 19, 1838
A gentleman, just arrived from Tallahassee, says the Darien Telegraph, of the 6th inst. informs us that on the night of the 1st inst. a family of the name of Purifoy, were murdered within 20 miles of Tallahassee. The Indians burned the dwelling and two white children in it; two negro women were also killed; and Mrs. Purifoy received two shots through her body and was stabbed by the Indians. She crawled, however, into a thicket, where she concealed herself. Dr. Taylor, of Monticello, stated to our informant, that she could not possibly survive.
The Jacksonville Courier of the 5th inst. says: -By a letter to our excellent Mayor, Col. Dell, from his brother in Alachua county, dated April 1, from the bearer of the letter, Mr. Brooks, our worst apprehensions of farther – indeed, of continued Indian murders, are confirmed. "They killed two Irishmen on the place that Brush cleared on the Micanopy pond." Signs near Camp Fanning are spoken of. "God only knows what we are to do; but still hope Jesup will be able to relieve us." Hope deferred; and still farther to be deferred as may be seen by the General's own showing.
Mr. Brooks gives the further information that two volunteers were fired upon at Suwannee, Old Town – and severely wounded; that Indians have been seen at the Echetokamy Springs [Ichetucknee Springs], and signs about Fort White, and near Newnansville.
Further Particulars. – On Saturday evening last, about dark, a party of Indians, supposed to number 30 or 40, attacked the dwelling of Mr. Purifoy, residing in the vicinity of the previous depredations, murdered to children and three negroes, plundered and set fire to the buildings, and made their escape – the children were burned in the dwelling. Mrs. Purifoy, although severely wounded, miraculously made her escape from the savages. When the attack was made there were none but females about the premises, a fact supposed to have been known to the Indians. Mrs. P. was lying in bed with her two children, heard a noise in her room and on looking up found it filled with Indians, who commenced discharging their rifles, several of them aimed at herself and children. The children it is supposed were killed at once. Mrs. P. received a ball in her shoulder, which passed out at her breast. The savages next commenced hacking and stabbing her with their knives, and inflicted a number of severe wounds on her head and several parts of her body. Their attention was a moment directed from her to a noise made by the servants in an adjoining rom, when Mrs. P. taking advantage of this circumstance escaped to the yard, where she was again shot down, but succeeded in gaining the woods, intending to reach her father's residence, Capt. Daniel Bird, about two miles distant. Faint from the loss of blood and the severity of wounds, she was unable to proceed more than half a mile, where she was found next morning. Mrs. P. received, we understand, ten distinct wounds, several very sever, but her physician entertains strong hopes of her recovery. – To heighten the catastrophe, Mr. Purifoy, whose children and slaves were slain, was absent from home, fulfilling his ministerial duties.
As soon as the attack was discovered, the troops at Camp Carter, under Capt. Shehee, were sent for, but the Indians had dispersed in three parties and fled. Maj. Taylor with Capt. Newsam's company joined Capt. S. on Monday morning, and have followed the several trails, but with what success we have not understood.
The house attacked is several miles within the frontier settlements – the houses of most of which are picketed in. We trust the occurrence will awaken the United States authorities to do something more for the protection of our frontier. – Tallahassee Floridian
A longer narrative of the event appeared some 5o years later in a text titled History of Edgefield County: From the Earliest Settlements to 1897 : Biographical and Anecdotical, with Sketches of the Seminole War, Nullification, Secession, Reconstruction, Churches and Literature, with Rolls of All the Companies from Edgefield in the War of Secession, War with Mexico and with the Seminole Indians.
Mrs. Peurifoy was lying quietly and happily upon her bed reading that comforting book, "Heavenly Recognition," when the door was suddenly opened almost without noise, and a tall Indian, in feathers and war paint, quietly entered the room. The house, which was a double log cabin, with a wide passage between, had been surrounded quietly by a party of fifty or sixty Indians. A negro girl about twelve years of age, who was in the room with Mrs. Peurifoy, quickly understood the situation and tried to make her escape. She immediately darted out of the room between the Indian's legs as he stood for a moment in the door. She made her escape, but was fearfully wounded in the effort. She was still living near Augusta at the close of the year 1890, and may be living even now, 1891.
Before Mrs. Peurifoy swooned away she remembered seeing the savage kill her daughter, Elisabeth. The fate of her little boy she did not know. When she revived and came to herself she found the room full of Indians, and they were hurriedly eating the ham and potatoes and what other food they were able to find. Hoping that she would not be observed she made a great effort to escape. She was able to get out of the house and had reached the ground when she was shot and the bullet pierced her shoulder blade. Almost at the same time another bullet struck her thigh and she fell forward on her face. The savages then surrounded her, stabbed her in the back and cut her person fearfully. They cut her throat, but a shawl or handkerchief about her neck and shoulders saved her from death. They then beat her over the head with a lightwood knot, but unconsciously she raised her right arm to protect her head, and that was terribly bruised and broken. They did not scalp her. She became unconscious, and they left her for dead. When she came to herself again the savages were plundering the house and setting it on fire. She then crawled towards the kitchen, hoping that her cook, who had nursed her when she was a baby, might be able to help her. The cook herself was dying from wounds she had received, and could only spread her handkerchief on the ground for her mistress to lie on, when she quietly passed away.
After this, suffering from intolerable thirst, Mrs. Peurifoy dragged herself to a swamp or pond three quarters of a mile distant, where she was able to get some water to assuage her thirst. Here she lay that night, and until sunset next day, when she was found by the searching parties. Her father, who lived only a few miles distant, was with the searchers; and he, it seems, had a presentiment that she was still living, and would be found alive. The charred remains of the two children, Elisabeth and Lovick Pierce, were found in the ruins of the building. Mr. Peurifoy, on his return from Conference, was within twenty miles of home before he received any intimation of the terrible disaster. Upon sheets Mrs. Peurifoy was carried to her father's, near Monticello, Florida. For many weeks she breathed through several of her wounds, and for months she could only be moved and turned upon sheets. After these terrible events they removed to Georgia, and in 1849, came to Edgefield County and settled near Butler Church, where Mr. Peurifoy died June 3rd, 1872, and Mrs. Peurifoy, July 5th, 1878.
Three negroes, besides the cook already mentioned were killed in a house which was used for a church. One woman, who fought them to the last, was killed by having her head beaten to pieces with a lightwood knot. Her baby was saved by the door being thrown down in the scuffle and falling over the cradle in which the baby lay. This child was alive in 1890.
Mr. and Mrs. Peurifoy left several children; Eliza, who married Mr. [Frank] Yarbrough, and Hon. D. B. Peurifoy, named after his grandfather, Captain David Bird. D. B. Peurifoy, familiarly called "Dan," by his friends, has been a member of the Legislature, but declined to be a candidate in 1890.
Thomas Bird, whom I knew at school, and who, I thought was a young man of very lovely character, was, if I mistake not, a son of Captain David Bird, and brother to Mrs. T. D. Peurifoy.
The Peurifoy Massacre was one of many violent episodes on the Florida/Georgia border preceding the 1838 campaign to eradicate Native Americans from the Okefinokee Swamp. By July, 1838, Brigadier General Zachary Taylor was at Camp Gilmer, at the confluence of the Suwanee and the Suwanoochee rivers on the western margin of the swamp.
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Their war isn't over, but Halle Berry just won a small battle in her custody fight with ex, Gabriel Aubry.
The Monster's Ball star was told by a judge that she can take her daughter, Nahla, to New York with her while she films New Year's Eve, a forthcoming romantic comedy, reports the New York Daily News.
Berry, 44, dropped out of production for the Garry Marshall-directed film last month after Aubry, 34, filed a custody petition. Aubry, a Canadian fashion model, dropped his petition but plans to file a paternity action that would legalize his relationship with his two-year-old daughter.
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Berry's attorney, Neal Hersh, was happy with the outcome.
"We are pleased the judge took the time to deal with this very imminent and important issue," he said in an interview with TMZ. "The judge read a great deal of paperwork and gave us time to argue."
He added, "Halle is very pleased with the judge's order."
Berry's role was recast for Grey's Anatomy's alum Katherine Heigl. In her new role, which has less screen time, Berry will play a nurse.
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PORTSMOUTH — Feb. 8-10 February, Pontine Theatre presents Sandglass Theater's, Eric Bass, in his solo production, Autumn Portraits.
Autumn Portraits is a compelling solo puppet-and-mask performance, a series of five interlocking vignettes, each exploring one puppet character and its interplay with its manipulator, who might appear as a masked figure, or simply a voice from the sky. Eric Bass' handcrafted rod puppets are characters in the "autumn" of their existence who act out their stories in precise and evocative gestures as they meet their pasts, their selves, their deaths.
Autumn is a metaphor for that time of life when our thoughts turn inward, when we feel the loss of summer warmth. Each of these puppet "portraits" presents a moment in one character's existence. Some are funny, some touching, some bizarre, and all speak to the human experience, as only puppets can.
Bass performs solo, and for most of his performance he manipulates the characters in full view of the audience. He combines his own craft with the traditional Japanese Bunraku methods of puppetry. While the performance may be enjoyed by older children, "Autumn Portraits" is intended for adult audiences.
Utilizing only a small puppet stage, Eric's masterful storytelling technique and stunning puppet manipulation leads his audience on a fascinating journey that constantly asks the question of who has control, the puppets, or their master? By intertwining the use of masks, tabletop rod puppets and a combination of the two, Autumn Portraits focuses on the relationship between the manipulator and his puppets, told through a constant, yet ever-changing dialogue between the two.
This celebrated solo performance has won awards in Australia, Hungary and a Citation of Excellence from the Union Internationale de la Marionette. Eric Bass, with his spouse, Inez Zeller Bass, is founder of Putney, Vermont's Sandglass Theater.
Eric Bass has presented his work in theaters and festivals throughout Europe, America, Australia and Israel. His awards include the Citation of Excellence from Pecs, Hungary, and the First Prize Critics Award for Best Production at the International Festival of Puppetry in Adelaide, Australia.
Performances are Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 4 p.m. & at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $24 and may be purchased online at www.pontine.org. Tickets may also be purchased at the door a half-hour before each show (cash & checks only), based on availability. Pontine's West End Studio Theatre is located at 959 Islington St.


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Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) June 15, 2012
Today, the United Nations Foundation, Mashable, 92nd Street Y, Ericsson, Energias de Portugal (EDP), LiveAD, and Planeta Sustentável announced the support of Virgin Unite and the United Postcode Lotteries as additional sponsors of Rio+Social, a global event about the nexus of social media, technological innovation, and sustainable development. At Rio+ Social, Virgin Unite and the United Postcode Lotteries, with the Carbon War Room and Rio+Social partners, will hold a "Screw Business as Usual" celebration to recognize business leaders who are protecting and sustainably harnessing natural assets. Later this year, the United Postcode Lotteries will award €500,000 (about $630,000 USD) to the best innovative idea to reduce CO2 emissions, with entries due by July 31, 2012, through their international green competition the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge.
As previously announced, Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group and Virgin Unite, will participate in Rio+Social along with José María Figueres, President of the Carbon War Room. Branson and Virgin Unite invite their networks to join the Rio+Social conversation to discuss innovative business solutions to advance sustainable development. At Rio+Social, Branson and Figueres will have a conversation with the four business leaders to be celebrated later in the day as part of Virgin Unite's "Screw Business as Usual" reception.
Rio+Social will take place on June 19, on the eve of Rio+20, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development. The event will catalyze a global conversation among corporate and digital media leaders, civil society advocates, and government representatives on the impact of technological innovation and social media on sustainability.
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We are currently in week 4 of the Natures Garden staff member challenge. Everyone is excitedly working on their creative projects at Natures Garden and they are having a blast creating them. For the challenge, each staff member has to come up with their own recipe using Natures Garden supplies. The project has to be made with one of their favorite Natures Garden fragrance oils, and they are encouraged to be as creative as possible. Melissa was the fourth staff member to partake in the challenge, and her recipe is what she calls: Fresh Fallen Leaves Soap.
Melissa has been a customer service representative for Natures Garden for years. She is quite possibly one of the happiest and outgoing people around. She is bursting with positivity and cheerfulness, and she is always willing to help. Melissa loves people, especially those that are different than her. Melissa says she likes to see things from others' perspective. It opens her eyes to new experiences she might have missed out on.
As for her other loves, Melissa loves shopping and finding good deals! Her first addiction is zebra, as well as zebra print, although she admits some call her love for zebra an obsession. This is followed closely by her love of shoes. This girly girl is currently sitting on 150 (yes that is 150) different pairs of shoes! Melissa's third addiction is coffee.
In her spare time, Melissa loves to ski. She has been skiing her whole life. She also has a passion for singing. Melissa openly admits that she can not sing well, but radiantly says, "if I turn the radio up loud enough, no one know the difference." Going hand in hand, another thing that Melissa loves to do is dance in the rain. She has even been known to dance in the rain in the parking lot outside of Natures Garden.
Melissa's inspiration for her spotlight creation project was her love of autumn. Besides loving the bold and beautiful colors of a northeastern fall, she adores dressing up for Halloween.
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Last week I found a "frozen pea" sized lump at the base of my newly constructed breast consisting of my stomach tissue in the same breast where my cancer has appeared twice now. Finding a new lump after what seems like every imaginable treatment (two surgeries, three types of chemotherapy and radiation) is a bit frightening. The next morning, I called my amazing doctor, Jane Kakkis, who squeezed me in for an appointment the following day. Knowing that I'm not one prone to hypochondria, she also booked the services of my trusty radiologist, Dr. Richard Reitherman (even though he did not normally work that day) without telling me.
Even though I have been through this countless times before - I was still shocked when the doctor agreed that, in fact, I had a mass that needed to be viewed on ultrasound. So, it shouldn't have surprised me when the next step included the biopsy of that 4mm lump. For some reason, I had a really bad feeling about this. I asked my usual probing questions trying to squeeze some type of information that I knew the doctor didn't posses without the biopsy results. Are you particularly worried this time, I quizzed? Last time you were only moderately worried and I actually HAD cancer, so if you aren't worried, does that make it more or less likely that it's ok? I drove myself crazy during the procedure.
While I was waiting between procedures, I met a lovely women. She had her cancer recur in the exact same location as my current lump was. To make everything extra scary, she explained she had the exact same surgery I did as well. She mentioned that she thought having cancer again in the scar tissue is "common." Since that recurrence, her cancer had now spread to miscellaneous lumps along her forearm and neck. Up until that moment, my theory included the idea that since I had no more breast tissue in my breast, I shouldn't be worried. That theory flew right out the window. (Just for clinical sake, it is NOT common for cancer to return in a breast after mastectomy, but if it does, the likely places are near the skin and/or along the chest wall. A recurrence of this type is possible, but rare, in case I have scared any of you reading this blog).
My fear returned this time with a vengeance. I could no longer distinguish which thing was my intuition and which was plain old fear. Was the fact that the doctor booked the ultrasound prior to my visit a sign that she knew it had come back? Or was she just being thorough to set my mind at ease? Would I have to put my contingency plan in place for the care of my daughter after only having had her three years since I was facing certain death?
The nurse and I managed a laugh. I am so sorry, she told me, that you are going through this again. We couldn't even count the number of biopsies I had in the past because my chart was so thick. I had been waiting for three hours already. I told her I could just draw the spot on my own breast with a purple pen and just book the biopsy to save time. She said next time they would just send me home with some needles and I could just bring the sample back to send to pathology. My mind wandered to that story a few years back about a female astronaut who biopsied her own breast in the Antarctic or Space, or on the Moon, or wherever she was. She must have been a brave woman. Clearly, I was NOT an astronaut.
Then, lest I feel sorry for myself for one second, someone always puts me in line. I was getting kind of impatient since I had spent another half day of my now probably short life at the doctor's office. I said, "The least you could do is give me the VIP treatment around here!" She replied, "We do! You were an add-on to our already full schedule today. We didn't even have paperwork ready on you. Dr. Reitherman came in on his day off just to see you and perform the ultrasound and biopsy. We already called the Director of Pathology to rush your results." WOW! Now I felt like I deserved cancer for being so selfish!
As the three day wait began, I was convinced that I had cancer again - my days were numbered. I actually felt the cancer invading my body. I was tired, sick to my stomach, etc. I even ate fettuccini alfredo, the ultimate Italian comfort food, as if it were my last meal. Do you know how much butter, cream and parmesan cheese is in that? (But being the eternal optimist, I threw in some broccoli just in case I lived and I needed my veggies).
As I cried myself to sleep the night before my results were due, I begged God, or Buddha, or the Universe, or Mohammed, or whoever you believe in to tell me why he/she/they would give me the miracle and joy of my daughter against all odds only to take me away from her at the tender age of 3.
And then I woke up and found out the test was negative for cancer. My lump was benign this time. To say that I am relieved is an understatement. I have cheated death again and I love that.
Important: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and not Everyday Health.


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On this day of dreary election post-mortems, I couldn't help reflecting on an article from Bloomberg News that I read last week. It reminded me of the ways in which the constant noise messes with our ability to think for ourselves.
I've got a larger point here, but indulge me while I take a detour: call it politics as metaphor.
Bloomberg Business News — hardly considered a pillar of the "liberal press" even by those who try to pigeonhole news orgs as necessarily left or right — conducted a poll in late October that found that by a margin of two-to-one, prospective voters believed that in the past two years of the Obama administration:
taxes have gone up, the economy has shrunk, and the billions lent to banks as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) won't be recovered.
You may believe that too. And clearly, the poll's findings were borne out by the results of Tuesday's election — the biggest Republican upset, by the way, since the Truman administration.
But here's the thing, as the Bloomberg piece points out. Those popular beliefs, the ones that may well be responsible for what Obama called Tuesday's "shellacking", are at complete odds with the reality. It's as if it's sunny outside, but people are continually being told it's actually raining, so all they do is bitch about the weather. Let's check back in with Bloomberg, shall we? (This is business news, remember. Not a partisan editorial.)
The Obama administration has cut taxes — largely for the middle class — by $240 billion since taking office Jan. 20, 2009. A program aimed at families earning less than $150,000 that was contained in the stimulus package lowered the burden for 95 percent of working Americans by $116 billion, or about $400 per year for individuals and $800 for married couples. Other measures include breaks for college education, moderate- income families and the unemployed and incentives to promote renewable energy.
In an October report to Congress, released as TARP turned two years old, the Treasury said it had recovered most of the $245 billion spent on the Wall Street bank part of the rescue, and expects to turn a $16 billion profit. In the Bloomberg poll, 60 percent of respondents say they believe most of the TARP money to the banks is lost and only 33 percent say most of the funds will be recovered.
The perceptions of voters about the performance of the economy are also at odds with official data. The recession that began in December 2007 officially ended in June 2009, making the 18-month stretch the longest since the Great Depression. In the past year, the economy has grown 3 percent and is expected to show improvement in the second quarter of this year.
Do we get sucked so far into into the rhetoric that we never have time to think for ourselves? Do we buy a seat on the bandwagon without even without even considering whether we want to be there?
When it comes to making political decisions, the noise comes at us from all directions: straight news, op-eds, blogs, cable TV, campaign ads, facebook share tags, tweets, bloviators, opinionators and blahdeblah. The list goes on, but the bottom line is this. Too. Much. Information. And the result is that all of it, every bit, becomes so confusing that it becomes a real chore to sort the real from the rhetoric. So that we're tempted to just walk away and say: Screw it. I'll just have what she's having. (We know how that one ends)
And so I wonder. As in politics, so in life? Does this constant state of TMI, this state of confusion, super-saturate us when it comes to life decisions, too? Consider the cacophany: opinion pieces, media images, personal essays, status updates, tweets upon tweets, messages from everyone from family to friends to Suzy from Ohio, all selling their own version of "ought." Small wonder, then, that going quiet, taking the time to figure out what's real and what's not, deciding who we are and what we want to be becomes a pretty impossible task.
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O's skipper Showalter a perfect fit in Baltimore
"I've allowed myself [to have fun]," said Showalter, whose team has defied all odds this season and made the postseason, facing the Rangers on Friday in the one-game Wild Card playoff. "This is a great group to be around. They don't let anybody take them too seriously, trust me. I feel real good that they feel real comfortable making sure all of us don't take each other too seriously. Everybody around here is open game, and that's the way it should be."
There's been a fair amount of good-natured pranking this season, from Showalter punking reliever Darren O'Day with the reliever's Solowheel to the ever-popular rookie dress-up. Showalter may have seemed to come with a warning label -- whispers of his being a micromanager who wears out his welcome -- prior to his hire in August 2010, but the ever-detailed skipper has been a perfect fit for an organization in desperate need of order.
"I don't think people in this clubhouse make excuses," shortstop J.J. Hardy said of Baltimore's character. "If something happens, they own up. I think the thing with Buck is he manages the team well. [He's] very personable with everybody, easy to talk to. He keeps it loose. We have a ping-pong table in the clubhouse. And I think the fact that he's so prepared for every game, everyone trusts that we are not going to get out-managed."
As much as Showalter deflects praise -- he glibly referred to himself as a "passing ship in the night" when collecting his 1,000th career managerial win earlier this season -- there's no denying his impact since arriving in Baltimore. Showalter's clubs have historically made significant strides in his second full season at the helm, with all three of his previous stops enjoying a minimum 12-game improvement. This year's Orioles squad is no different.
But maybe Showalter is.
"You always learn from things -- some of it positive some negatively," Showalter said in September when asked if he had changed his managerial style from previous stops, where he was dismissed in Arizona and New York in the seasons prior to those clubs winning the World Series. "But if it were that easy, everybody would be doing it. Every situation calls for a different approach, and I pride myself on being flexible with the needs of each club and each organization. You adjust to them; you don't ask them to adjust to you."
What Showalter hasn't wavered on has been his quest to restore a beleaguered Baltimore organization back to its years of baseball glory. He challenged his club this spring to raise the bar, adding a level of accountability and focus that ensured this year's Orioles team would experience the first non-losing season in 15 years. It started this spring, during a camp in which every detail was done for a reason, whether it was the team-wide test -- which included naming the words written above the clubhouse walls -- or the perfectly placed lockers that often put rookies by specific veterans to help foster their development.
There has been an influx of new talent -- particularly on the 40-man roster -- under new executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette and a slow accumulation of depth to help supplement a player development and Minor League system that had failed to provide a solid pipeline to the bigs. The Orioles secured a lease to move spring operations to Sarasota, Fla., under former president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail, and the multimillion-dollar renovations were finally completed this spring, helping eliminate certain excuses and streamlining the organization's efforts. It wasn't uncommon to find Showalter driving around on a golf cart late into the Florida night, inspecting the fields and ground conditions to ensure everything was held to the highest possible standard. Those who play for Showalter better be equally up to snuff.
"As players we are always prepared because of him, he prepares us the way we need to [be]," pitcher Chris Tillman said. "He's obviously the Manager of the Year in my eyes. Definitely a biased opinion, but I think he's doing a great job."
"The way he handles the team is amazing," added setup man Pedro Strop. "It's so smart. I've never see a guy like that, [who is] just aware of everything. If he warms up me in the bullpen, he's aware of that. And he takes care of his players pretty good. Nobody is tired, because he knows how to handle it, especially the bullpen. No one is sitting around for 10, 15 days. And I've seen that before. Nobody's tired at this point in the season, and that means a lot."
While in between managerial jobs, Showalter found the most common complaint among pitchers was how they were used. Simply put, guys didn't appreciate warming up multiple times in a game and not getting in on a regular basis. That is a practice that leads to overuse, injuries and a cranky bullpen -- a disastrous mix. It's something Showalter has made a point to avoid at nearly all costs, keeping track of each pitcher's "ups" and appearances, and making frequent roster moves this season to protect the health and integrity of the bullpen after short starts. The O's relievers have rewarded those efforts, helping carry the team through some rough stretches.
The players are fiercely loyal to Showalter, and he is to them -- a relationship that has helped the team overcome adversity and defy critics. They are a group devoid of any superstars or ace pitchers, a "sum of their parts" type team that Showalter believed could erase a 15-year playoff drought.
"We got a real good core of people who understand what we are trying to do," he said. "And I trust them."


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1-sector (one-way) awards can be redeemed starting from 9,000 miles.
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- *Please have a purchased ticket (with pre-upgrade classes of service) for all sectors on which you wish to use awards.
Required Mileage Charts
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- *1 Available for flights from April 1, 2020.
Eligible Booking Classes
- Please have a purchased ticket for all sectors on which you wish to use awards.
In order to apply for upgrade awards, tickets must be purchased for the following eligible booking classes.
|Itinerary Origin
|Economy Class to Premium Economy*1
|Premium Economy / Economy Class
to Business Class
|Business Class to First Class
|Within Japan
(Note: Booking class N is not eligible.)
(Note: Booking class P is not eligible.)
|Outside Japan
(Note: Booking class N is not eligible.)
(Note: Booking class P is not eligible.)
- *1 Available for flights from April 1, 2020.
- It is not possible to make both an Economy-Business and Economy-Premium Economy upgrade application for the same flight simultaneously.
- Customers who have applied for an upgrade from Economy Class to Premium Economy cannot then upgrade to Business Class.
To upgrade to Business Class, customers must request a refund for their current upgrade application and then make a new application to upgrade from Economy Class to Business Class.
- It is not possible to upgrade directly from Economy Class to First Class.
- Depending on the flight, it may not be possible to use upgrade awards.
- Upgrade awards cannot be used for domestic flight sectors within Japan.
- The itinerary origin refers to the departure point for the first sector of the international flight itinerary.
- If tickets are reserved and purchased for 2 or more passengers at the same time for flights departing from March 1, 2015 onward, and not all of those passengers will use upgrade awards, the reservation must be split accordingly. If a reservation must be split, please contact the ANA Mileage Club Service Center.
ANA Diamond Service Members, Platinum Service Members, Bronze Service Members, and Super Flyers Card Members may also use upgrade points for redemption.
Please refer to the ANA Premium Member Services page for details.
Upgrade awards are valid only on the flights for which the reservations have been made.
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Infants (less than 2 years of age*1)
- When Using an Award for an Infant
An infant may use an award if a ticket (child fare) for the upgrade-eligible sector has been purchased, and the same amount of miles as an adult is used to redeem the award.
- When Not Using an Award for an Infant
Either an infant fare (no seat) ticket or a child fare (with seat) ticket for the same post-upgrade service class*2 as the accompanying adult must be purchased separately.
- *1 The age at the time of boarding is applicable.
- *2 Premium economy fare for premium economy upgrades.
Children (2-11 years of age*)
Children require the same number of miles to redeem an award as adults.
- *The age at the time of boarding is applicable.
Applications and Changes
Applications for upgrades can be submitted through the ANA website if the ticket number starts with "205".
Upgrades for all other tickets are handled by the ANA Mileage Club Service Center.
ANA Website
After logging in, proceed to the Upgrade Reservation screen from the ANA International Flight Awards menu.
Application Period (Deadline)
From 355 days prior to the departure date until 24 hours prior to the departure of the relevant flight.
- *This may vary depending on the number of business days.
- *The required mileage will be deducted from the mileage account when the reservation for the upgraded service class is secured.
Changes after Making the Application
The names of the passenger and the AMC member who is providing the miles cannot be changed after the application has been submitted.
Furthermore, upgrade awards are valid only on the flights for which the reservations have been made.
After the application has been submitted, the flight number, date, sector, and class of service also cannot be changed, and the ticket cannot be issued as an open ticket.
Waitlisting is available until the departure date.
- *If a seat in the upgraded class of service cannot be secured in advance, please confirm with the check-in counter on the departure date.
- *A ticket must be purchased for all sectors in order to be eligible for upgrade award waitlisting.
- *The required mileage to redeem the award will be deducted from the mileage account when an upgraded seat is secured. Duplicate reservations for the same class of service as the upgrade award (both normal fare and award tickets) may not be accepted.
- *Based on the seat availability situation for the flight, waitlisting requests may not be accepted.
- ANA international flight awards cannot be used in conjunction with upgrade awards.
- ANA International Upgrade Awards may be used in conjunction with Star Alliance Upgrade Awards for multiple flights within the same itinerary, however, not in the same flight.
- Prioritized reservation and wait-list is available for upgrade on ANA international flight for premium members boarding on ANA Group operated flights when using member's own mileage.
Registered award users who use awards while not accompanied by the AMC member are not eligible for prioritized reservation and wait-list.
- The number of seats that can be used with upgrade awards is limited (and such seats may not be available on some flights).
There may be cases when awards cannot be used even if normal fare seats are available.
- When using upgrade awards, mileage and ANA Premium Point accrual is calculated based on the class of service of the originally purchased ticket.
- Please note the following information when connecting from a flight that is operated by another airline to an ANA-operated flight.
- There may be cases when through check-in for upgraded flights may not be available due to issues related to the departure airport, operating airline, or IT systems. Customers are required to check-in again at connecting airports.
- The free baggage allowance for the upgraded class of service does not apply to flights operated by other airlines.
Customers are required to check-in their baggage again when connecting to an ANA flight.
In some countries, customers may be required to pass through immigration before they can check in their baggage again.
- The AMC member is responsible for the payment of taxes, Passenger Facility Charge, fuel surcharge, and other fees associated with using an upgrade award.
- The following passenger taxes apply to upgrades via mileage redemption and the actual amount that is due will vary depending on the class of service.
For tickets which have already been issued, any differences in taxes and fees for the upgraded class of service must be paid at the airport.
- - Air Passenger Duty: Applicable to all passengers departing from airports in the UK.
- - Air Passenger Solidarity Tax: Applicable to all passengers departing from airports in France.
Application through the ANA Website
- Customers accompanying infants who will not occupy their own seats cannot apply for upgrade awards through the ANA website.
- Changes to upgrade reservations and upgrade types cannot be made through the ANA website.
- Upgrade Award request will not be accepted through the ANA website when there is a connection flight on the itinerary and when online checkin procedure has been completed.
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Andrew Alexander has, finally, returned home after wandering around Europe for several years. Andrew's brother, the Marquess of Heathgate, and the rest of his family are thrilled. Unfortunately, Astrid Worthington, the Viscountess of Amery,and the reason why Andrew fled to Europe, is widowed and pregnant with the possible next Viscount. When it becomes evident that someone is trying to murder Astrid and her unborn child, Andrew feels he must try to save them.
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A quote that will live in infamy
Much of the Affordable Care Act won't be fully implemented until 2014, but there are a series of breakthrough dates along the way at which new benefits kick in, helping millions. Today is one of them.
As Rachel explained on the air last night, starting today, insurance companies have to provide preventive care without copays or deductibles, a policy that especially benefits American women, who can now receive everything "from pap smears to detect cervical cancer, to STD screenings, to other kinds of cancer screenings, to gestational diabetes testing if you`re pregnant, to breast feeding supplies if you're a new mom" effectively for free.
And, of course, part of preventive care also means birth control – a detail that apparently still troubles some folks on the right.
How troubled? This troubled.
A House Republican lawmaker likened the implementation of a new mandate that insurers offer coverage for contraceptive services to Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks against the United States.
Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Kelly (R), an ardent opponent of abortion rights, said that today's date would live in infamy alongside those two other historic occasions. Wednesday marked the day on which a controversial new requirement by the Department of Health and Human Services, which requires health insurance companies to cover contraceptive services for women, goes into effect.
"I know in your mind you can think of times when America was attacked. One is December 7th, that's Pearl Harbor day. The other is September 11th, and that's the day of the terrorist attack," Kelly said at a press conference on Capitol Hill. "I want you to remember August the 1st, 2012, the attack on our religious freedom. That is a day that will live in infamy, along with those other dates."
For the record, there was no indication that Mike Kelly was kidding. In his mind, the day on which contraception is treated as preventive care in this country is, in all seriousness, comparable to 9/11 and the attack on Pearl Harbor.
In case anyone's forgotten, contraception access is not an "attack on our religious freedom." First, access to birth control is voluntary. Second, churches and other houses of worship are exempt from coverage requirements. And third, the Obama administration worked out a compromise of religiously-affiliated employers so they wouldn't have to pay directly for contraception as part of their insurance plans.
The comparison to mass murder is obviously absurd, but the underlying policy point isn't any better.
On a related note, President Obama's campaign remains very much on the offensive on reproductive rights, and launched a new interactive map this morning in order to highlight Mitt Romney's endorsers by state who've pushed legislation to restrict women's reproductive rights.
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Here's my politically incorrect thought of the day: Are critics of Meg Whitman's employment of an undocumented immigrant as her housekeeper of nine years trading in ethnic stereotypes?
Before you scream, stay with me for a couple minutes and consider the following mental exercise.
Whitman, her critics say, should have known that she was employing an undocumented immigrant. There's even talk (which Whitman foolishly encouraged) that she should take a lie detector test about whether she had suspicions.
But why should she have known? Diaz Santillan was hired through an agency. She submitted paperwork that showed her to be in the country legally. Much has been made of a Social Security administration letter about a paperwork discrepancy that appears to have reached Whitman and her husband. But the letter made no judgment about Diaz Santillan's legal status, and didn't seem to make an impression on Whitman.
It's perfectly reasonable to believe that Whitman and her husband, who did far more to check out their housekeeper than most Californians do with domestic workers, didn't know their housekeeper was undocumented. So why have her critics been able to make such hay and suggest she should have known?
I hate to be the one to say it, but here goes: The unspoken suggestion underlying criticism of Whitman is that she should have had doubts about her housekeeper because she was Mexican.
Does that seem outrageous? Well, think about this question. What if Nicky Diaz Santillan wasn't brown-skinned? What if she wasn't Mexican at all? Heck, what if she was an immigrant with phony papers (as Diaz Santillan was) but looked like Elin Nordegren, the blue-eye, blonde Swedish nanny who became Mrs. Tiger Woods?
I would submit that Whitman simply wouldn't be in the pickle she is in – or at least she would be in a very different pickle – if she had hired an undocumented Swede and former underwear model. (Now, there's a story that TV would have loved even more than this one!)
Would Whitman's critics be so quick to suggest she must have known? Or would there be more understanding if Whitman were fooled by someone who didn't fit the stereotype of the undocumented immigrant?
It says here: At some level, Whitman's critics – particularly those on the right (who want her locked up for employing an illegal) but also some on the left -- are suggesting she should have harbored – and acted upon – suspicions that would have been based on ethnicity and national origin.
And they're appealing to a prevailing bias that there's something not quite acceptable -- not quite American -- about Mexicans.
OK, now that I've detonated this stink bomb in the middle of this messy controversy, debate amongst yourselves.


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I agree with you on the players.Good decision to take Williams off for Davies, just like I suggested when both Williams and Gana got their bookings.
Hang on do I have to be supporting Koeman by saying I think I see a lot of positives out there today? Yes Arsenal have carved us open but it's the first time this season I have seen passion, commitment and a willingness to try things. I can just about take losing when the players leave it all out there.
Nah, its in colour.
Congrats. You think like Ronald Koeman.
You think weve got a good team out there then? Im not blindly supporting Koeman, I just dont think our team is very good. 4 players way past their best and 3 kids, 2 of which look way out of their depth. Apart from a Big Sam back to basics approach (God no!), not sure who could come in and make this misfit group, better.
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Useful UFO information
Posted by dandare on October 19, 2007
DOCUMENTARY + GOVERNMENT RECORDS ON UFOs:
To kick us off, there is a handy link to Area 51 (groom lake), from FAS (Federation of American Scientists): http://www.fas.org/irp/overhead/groom.htm It goes into detail about the imagery available, an overview of the area, handy links to other sites (some now are not working), and images of Area 51 through the years, near the bottom of the article. It seems to have been written in 2000, but still handy for anyone interested in this topic. Imagery of groom lake can be seen here .
Majestic 12 has links to document sources, some witnesses, documentary authentication for some of the reports and other links. Recently, the authentication was put into question.
rendlesham forest files which has documents, new developments and comments.
The full condign report can be found here (on the MOD site, 32 files).
Blue Book Archive this is where you can view project blue book on the internet. A valuable resource, it is still ongoing…. it has uncensored microfilm releases, download facility for reports and information about the documents (at this time 10 rolls of film, that are uncensored have been made available).
The Tornado case (1990) an audio cassette recording between British pilots and Dutch military air traffic control.
The Magoniax Project : "Archiving centuries of Fortean phenomena" including UFO related documentation.
Roswell proof up to date information on Roswell, with any new information added to the site.
CIA Freedom of information Act web results for UFO/flying saucer…. see here (242 results). Also here (43 results).
MOD: on UFO documents <–from 2005 for instance Part one. (it frequently changes the website, so links need finding every so often, to keep up to date). Part 2 can be found here and lastly part 3 here . Also Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) can be found here .
Updated information concerning UFO reports made to the British
Ministry of Defence in 1998 – 2006, has been added to their website……please see here .
NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena), has a wealth of information on UFOs, and is an excellent site.
CUFON (The Computer UFO Network) who "…..strive to present material relating to UFO phenomena and the search for UFO-related government documents obtained through official channels in a fair and accurate manner" (extract from webpage). Of great interest is the link to verified documents and other documents. In the special reports link, there is a good link to reading available. An article on "Do nuclear facilities attract ufos?" is worth looking at too.
MUFON (Mutual UFO Network), also is great for ufo insights/knowledge; articles on Famous UFO cases, UFO weather maps and UFO fast facts too name but a few things on this site.
CUFOS (Centre for UFO Studies) "The Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) is an international group of scientists, academics, investigators, and volunteers dedicated to the continuing examination and analysis of the UFO phenomenon". Many articles can be found here. My favourites are "we know where you live?" and government ufo documents on the internet .
NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Centre). I usually refer to the Latest ufo reports for information- very handy; there of course, is other good links on this site.
bufora UFO information, mainly to do with Europe…not kept up to date; quite a few ufologists do not hold favour with the organisation, and i can see their point of view.
Stanton Friedman used to be a nuclear physicist, but became very interested in UFO's from 1958. Goes into great detail about why he believes UFO's are visiting earth, but covers other areas as well.
Flying saurcery….presents The Real UFO Project . A great collection of information from the UK; loads of information here.
Hyper.net has an absolute wealth of knowledge on the subject, and is excellent.
UFO shapes and configurations can be found here .
nick redfern's blog sites; definately worth searching on….some great stuff here.
Nick Pope used to be in the British Government's UFO project, within the MOD.
Frank warren's blog: excellent for up to date news, and for good articles on older matters.
UFO Review for up to date ufo news.
ufo's at about.com with different links and info
The Anomalies Network for information on the Men in Black
and also for information on UFO's
breaking ufo news mmm…what it says
PRUFOS A UK Police Reporting database for ufo sightings
Useful Astronomy sites:
Space Weather Support at Solar Terrestrial Dispatch . This has links to an aurora monitor. For instance, an hourly activity report here , astro alerts, global flare reports and so on….. useful to know whats up there.
Heavens Above a vital resource if you need to know what is in the sky…ie sateillites, ect. Can give you all sorts of data, from almost any town/city.
Other interesting sites:
Campaign for freedom of information (in the UK)
This is just a guide to some of the most reliable websites on the internet…… i will be updating this list on the UFO LINKS page, when i have time to do so- there are many more worthy of a mention here, but as i have said they will be added constantly to the UFO LINKS page on this site.
I hope some of these websites, find you wanting to know more about UFO's, if you are wondering were to get the information.
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Unlocking the Secrets of escapeVektor (part 3)Saturday, January 12th, 2013
Escape with all the medals
This is the final part of our series of features telling you all you need to know about escapeVektor. Read on to learn about more enemy types, Boostenate and the soundtrack that will accompany your escape from the CPU.
Run, blast and reach for the stars!
escapeVektor™ is a retro styled arcade game in which the player controls Vektor, an entity trapped inside the player's CPU. Each node (level) consists of a series of interconnected lines which form cells. These are claimed as Vektor moves along them. Claiming all of the cells in a node unlocks the exit to the next node, bringing Vektor closer to his escape.
However, this is no ordinary CPU. It has held Vektor captive for what feels like an eternity and it doesn't want him to leave now. As Vektor progresses with his escape, the CPU sets up obstacles and sends out its army to destroy him.
In the final part of our escapeVektor feature, we describe the Interceptors, Munchers and Locusts, the most difficult enemies to deal with. We also talk about the Detonate and Boostenate abilities, high scoring tactics and the interactive soundtrack. (more…)


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On Wed, 7 Apr 2010, Daniel Mack wrote:
I was pointed to https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15580 by
Pedro Ribeiro, and unfortunately I'm pretty late in the game. I wasn't
aware of that thread until yesterday.
While the report is quite confusing, the reason seams pretty clear to me
as I've been thru quite some time-demanding debugging of a very similar
issue on Mac OS X. But I'm not totally sure whether we really hit the
same issue here, so I'd like to have your opinions first.
The problem is appearantly the way the transfer buffer is allocated in
the drivers. In the snd-usb-caiaq driver, I used kzalloc() to get memory
which works fine on 32bit systems. On x86_64, however, it seems that
kzalloc() hands out memory beyond the 32bit addressable boundary, which
the DMA controller of the 32bit PCI-connected EHCI controller is unable
to write to or read from. Am I correct on this conclusion?
That seems like the right answer. You are correct that an EHCI
controller capable only of 32-bit memory accesses would not be able to
use a buffer above the 4 GB line.
Depending on the condition of the memory management, things might work
or not, and especially right after a reboot, there's a better chance to
get lower memory.
The fix is to use usb_buffer_alloc() for that purpose which ensures
memory that is suitable for DMA. And on x86_64, this also means that the
upper 32 bits of the address returned are all 0's.
That is not a good fix. usb_buffer_alloc() provides coherent memory,
which is not what we want. I believe the correct fix is to specify the
GFP_DMA32 flag in the kzalloc() call.
Of course, some EHCI hardware _is_ capable of using 64-bit addresses.
But not all, and other controller types aren't. In principle we could
create a new allocation routine, which would take a pointer to the USB
bus as an additional argument and use it to decide whether the memory
needs to lie below 4 GB. I'm not sure adding this extra complexity
would be worthwhile.
If what I've stated is true, there are quite some more drivers affected
by this issue.
Practically every USB driver, I should think. And maybe a lot of
non-USB drivers too.
I collected a list of places where similar fixes are
needed, and I can send patches if I get a thumbs-up.
Pedro is currently testing a patch I sent out yesterday.
Good work -- it certainly would have taken me a long time to figure
this out.
Alan Stern


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