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as the title says since upgrading to bt infinity i received the new bt homehub 5 which works fine for the internet, but now i cant see other pc's on my home network
ive only got two i'm interested in sharing with, my downstairs win7 pc and win7 laptop.
as far as i know both are set up correctly - both network connections are set to 'home', drive sharing allowed, all the check boxes for sharing. ive tried with and without a homegroup setup
interestingly, i plugged my old home hub 3 router, connected both my pc and laptop wirelessly to it - and i can see and access each other fine
switch back to the new router and they disappear!
i cant seem to find any related options on the router setup page - ive tried disabling the firewall - and a google search is coming up blank
any ideas out there? or experience with a home hub 5?
thanks in advance

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Big losers in Canadian election could be foreign real estate speculators
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The biggest losers of Monday's federal election may not be a political party, but foreign homebuyers and homeowners, who are facing the possibility of new taxes levied on them by a Liberal minority government supported by the New Democrats.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals vowed in their platform to "limit the housing speculation that can drive up home prices" with a national tax on vacant homes owned by non-Canadians who are not living in Canada. According to a backgrounder, the Liberals are aiming to charge an annual one-per-cent tax, modelling it on a similar measure already in place in British Columbia.
"In every decision we make as your government, we will always put this country and its people first," Trudeau declared in his victory speech.
But the Liberals are heading back to Ottawa 13 members of parliament short of majority status in the 338-seat House of Commons. To pass legislation, a Liberal minority government will need to cobble together support from other parties.Continue to read on: The Telegram


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For much of the 2013 MLS season, a hallmark of Robert Warzycha's Columbus Crew lineup has been the pairing of two defensive midfielders in the center of the pitch. While formations have changed and lineups have been fluid, two midfielders sitting in front of the defense and behind playmaker Federico Higuain has been the go-to look from the Crew midfield.
But with the emergence of Homegrown talent Wil Trapp and injuries to Matias Sanchez andDanny O'Rourke, Warzycha found himself using Trapp as his only defensive midfielder last Saturday in a win over the New York Red Bulls, and the lineup may be here to stay.
"After the game in New York, you don't want to change too many guys," Warzycha told reporters after training on Thursday. "You have to give the guys some confidence, especially the ones that played well, they need to be on the field."
The Crew return to aciton on Saturday vs. Toronto FC at Crew Stadium (7:30 pm ET, FOX Sports Ohio).
Trapp says that being alone in the defensive midfield role helped him to find more space to operate, and that he has thrived in a similar role in the US Under-20 national team squad.
"I think one of my strong points is getting the ball off of our center backs and outside backs and the goalkeeper and connecting that way, and I think Bernardo [Añor] is better at being more up front and being a little more dangerous, so it was a perfect balance between the two of us," he said. "I prefer that position, that's where I played in college and with the U-20s, so it's a good fit for me."
Anor found himself in a more advanced role in the latest formation, a spot usually reserved for Higuain, who played forward alongside Jairo Arrieta. Añor said that despite his history as a winger, he prefers the advanced central role.
"I think that's the position I like the most, to be honest," he said. "It's something that gets me more involved in the game. I can connect with defenders and forwards, try to control the tempo of the game, move the ball side to side and switch the point of attack. It definitely gives me more time with the ball, and it's something that I like."
While Anor found more time on the ball, Higuain seemed more dangerous than ever, leading to a goal-of-the-week nomination for his long-range chip that clinched the win for the Crew. Despite the success, Higuain says it doesn't matter where he plays.
"In any position, I feel comfortable," Higuain told reporters through an interpreter on Thursday after training at Crew Stadium. "It comes down to what the coach decides is going to be more useful for the team. I feel as comfortable playing more up front as I do being a little more laid back."
Trapp got his first MLS point with the assist on Higuain's golazo, and the Argentinian says that he likes playing with Trapp, and that he doesn't see him as many view the 20-year-old.
"I don't necessarily consider him to be that young," he said through an interpreter. "Young in other countries means 16 or 17 years old. As far as his qualities go, he's very talented, and he's going to bring a lot to this team."


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SNPs in C-reactive protein are not associated with increased risk of cancer
Gene variants associated with increased circulating levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation, are not associated with an increased risk of cancer, according to a new brief communication published online January 7 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Stig E. Bojesen, M.D., Ph.D., of the Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev Hospital, and Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark, and colleagues used a Mendelian randomization design to test whether C-reactive protein (CRP) polymorphisms were associated with increased circulating plasma CRP levels and to determine whether this increase was associated with cancer. The study population included about 10,000 participants in a prospective study and about 36,000 in a cross-sectional study of the adult general population of Denmark, all of whom where genotyped for CRP single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs).
The researchers found that variants in the CRP gene were associated with altered plasma levels of CRP but did not find an association between these gene variants and an increased risk of cancer. The authors write that "…although we may be able to exclude CRP per se as a cause of cancer, we cannot exclude the possibility that inflammation could lead to cancer. Also, our results do not invalidate the potential clinical use of slightly increased plasma CRP levels to predict the risk of certain cancer subtypes."
In an accompanying editorial, Paolo Boffetta, M.D., of the International Prevention Research Institute, in Lyon, France, notes: "The study is an elegant example of how genetic variants that have a functional impact can be used to explore associations between environmental factors and disease, and specifically to identify and control for confounding factors, based on the approach that has become known as Mendelian randomization…"


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A version of this poem was published in The Wilmington Review years ago. I have revised it several times since it was published. .This is the latest.
Song Of The Migrant Workers
Julie Buffaloe-Yoder
Their shacks, a row of scabs
on the hot, red backs of rows
where naked children
with broken eyes
stare at the noon-white sky
and shuffle little feet
through dust, gnats, hope.
With skin like sweat damp tobacco,
they work from six in the morning
'til eight at night, six days a week
for two rooms and a few dollars.
Heads bent low, they wear nothing
but red bandanas, burlap sacks, sun.
Sundays, they wake before dawn
and bathe in an irrigation pond.
They go to church in a condemned
general store with no pews
and stay long after we have
eaten way too much for supper.
Their tambourines shake with God
as they sing of the Kingdom coming,
snorting horses, stark dark revelations.
Their voices rise like rainbows
through thunder cracked clouds.
Night grows fat outside our windows
when they speak in unknown tongues.
The wind remembers their notes.
The ground trembles beneath our feet.


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York parents fired up over school's plan to fingerprint students
Students at Jackson Elementary experienced fingerprinting first
Some parents in York are fired up after the York School District announced it will be fingerprinting students.
"They fingerprinted her today, and they never told me anything. She is only 5 years old," said Fallon Franco of York.
Franco doesn't want her 5-year-old daughter to have her fingers electronically scanned.
The district plans to do that eventually for all of its students, but students at Jackson Elementary experienced it first. It's a high-tech image finger-scanner for identifying students who buy food in the cafeteria.
The problem is that some Jackson parents say they were never told about the device until their children called them on the phone.
"My daughter got this paper this morning. She texted me a picture, and I said 'I am coming right over,'" said Tyease Turner.
At least two parents were so upset about their children being scanned, they pulled them out of school. The district says all parents should have been notified.
Letters were placed in the mailboxes of Jackson teachers, but for some reason, some of them didn't reach the students or their parents.
The superintendent is looking into what happened.
"It is possible the letters remained in the mailbox overnight. That is possible," said Dr. Deborah Wortham, superintendent.
The school district says parents can refuse to have their children scanned. The district maintains that information obtained by the scanner is not stored or replicated. But Turner has her doubts.
"They don't have my consent; she is a minor," said Turner.
The superintendent has temporarily paused the program until all parents are notified.
The district expects to install the next scanning system at Ferguson Elementary School.


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The Nissan Sentra has been vying for the wallets of economy-car shoppers since 1982. For most of that time, the Sentra's overall appeal and image have trailed the segment leaders. There have been periods, however, when this car has been one of the best choices available.
The latest Nissan Sentra is closer to the historic norm. It offers a roomy and high-quality interior and great fuel economy. On the other hand, it lacks the visual pizzazz and driver involvement of its competitors. Overall, this Sentra is a respectable ride, though it doesn't really stand out from the crowd. Much the same can be said of previous Sentra generations, but their good fuel efficiency and low upkeep costs make them solid budget-friendly options.
Current Nissan Sentra
The current Nissan Sentra comes standard with a 1.8-liter four-cylinder rated at 130 horsepower and 128 pound-feet of torque. Fuel economy is excellent and gets a hair better with the special FE+ model. A six-speed manual transmission is standard on the base model, but a continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT) is specified on all other models.
There are four Sentra trim levels: S, SV, SR and SL. The base model S has air-conditioning, full power accessories and an auxiliary audio jack. The SV doesn't add much in the way of standard equipment, but rather increases the availability of options such as keyless ignition/entry, Bluetooth and a USB/iPod interface. The SR is essentially an SV with sporty design elements, while the SL comes standard with the SL's options, plus dual-zone automatic climate control. Other major options for the Sentra (depending on the trim level) include a sunroof, a premium audio system, a navigation system, smartphone app integration and leather upholstery.
In reviews, the Nissan Sentra has earned high marks for its interior. Nissan has taken a refined and conservative approach here, in contrast to many of its rivals with their youthful, funky vibes. Fit and finish is satisfactory thanks to decent materials and seemingly tight construction. The backseat deserves special mention for nearly matching midsize sedans in spaciousness. A comfortable ride quality is another plus. On the downside, however, the Sentra's acceleration is subpar, and in general it's not very involving to drive.
In total, the Sentra's pluses and minuses speak to the car itself. It's a more grown-up sort of small car that eschews look-at-me styling and zippy wannabe sports car dynamics for a sensible, comfortable and economical formula. It's not necessarily the stuff that dreams are made of, but we suspect it will appeal to many shoppers.
Used Nissan Sentra Models
The current, seventh-generation Nissan Sentra debuted for 2013. It's bigger, yet lighter than its predecessor, with a more refined style. The cabin boasts higher-quality materials, even more passenger space and a full roster of technology features. The engine actually has less power this time around, but it's more fuel efficient.
For the current Sentra's second year of production, Nissan implemented a handful of changes aimed at reducing noise and improving driving dynamics, while smartphone app integration was added via the NissanConnect interface. As such, shoppers considering a used 2013 Sentra would do well to sample a newer model, too, and see if the differences seem like they're worth paying for. We've noticed minor dynamic improvements in the revised version, including more athletic handling.
The previous, sixth-generation Nissan Sentra was produced from 2007-'12. It featured slightly larger dimensions than the fifth-generation model and employed Nissan's edgy design language of the time, giving it an extra serving of style. Thanks in part to its generous wheelbase, this Sentra had a roomier cabin than before, with adequate headroom and legroom for 6-foot passengers.
For much of this generation's production, there were six main trim levels: four variants based on the 2.0-liter engine (base, S, SR and SL) and two high-performance versions (SE-R and SE-R Spec V). All models but the SE-R got a 2.0-liter inline-4 that made 140 hp. The SE-R had a 2.5-liter four with 177 hp, while the SE-R Spec V had a modified version of the 2.5-liter engine that made 200 hp. A six-speed manual or CVT were the available transmission options, the latter available in all but the manual-only Spec V.
The base sixth-generation Sentra was pretty thin on features but did include power windows and locks as well as air-conditioning. Stepping up to the S added common items like power mirrors, a height-adjustable driver seat and an iPod interface (available for 2010 and later), while the SL went the extra mile with items like a leather-wrapped steering wheel, keyless ignition/entry and Bluetooth. The SL was also available with leather seating and a navigation system (2010 and later). The SE-R and Spec V trims featured performance-tuned suspensions, performance tires, larger brakes and sporty styling cues. The 2.0 SR introduced for 2009 essentially added a body kit and wheels inspired by the SE-R.
In reviews, we found that the sixth-generation Sentra offered an improved driving experience, although as with many of its predecessors, it could be described as being "close but no cigar" when compared to the best in class. The CVT made the engine drone noisily, and it provided no way for a driver to change or hold ratios on his own (except in the SE-R with its Manual mode). Another dynamic weakness was the car's suspension, which struggled to dampen bigger bumps and road undulations. The Spec-V was the one Sentra that provided stirring dynamics; it could run to 60 mph in just 6.7 seconds and offered plenty of grip during cornering. However, its tall body design introduced more body roll than expected from a compact car.
In terms of changes, sixth-generation Sentras made prior to 2010 had a different grille and headlights, and lacked standard stability control. There were also various standard and optional features added throughout its lifetime, many of which were high-tech items like Bluetooth that shoppers had come to expect. For 2009, the moniker "FE+" was affixed to all Sentras except the manual-transmission 2.0S and both SE-R trims. Ostensibly meaning "Fuel Economy Plus," the new name signified a 1 mpg increase in fuel economy for those Sentras via a tweak to the engine computer. These FE+ fuel economy improvements were standardized on all except the SE-R trims the following year.
Nissan's fifth-generation Sentra ran from 2000-'06. Available in sedan form only, it was initially available in base XE, nicely equipped GXE and top-of-the-line SE trims. All were powered by a 1.8-liter inline-4 with 126 hp, and power was sent to the front wheels via a four-speed automatic or five-speed manual gearbox. The sporty SE-R returned in '02, and there were two versions: the standard SE-R (165 hp, five-speed manual) and the hot rod SE-R Spec V (175 hp, six-speed manual, 17-inch wheels).
At the time, we praised this Sentra for its functional cabin design, nimble handling, many standard features and peppy SE-R trim level. Downsides included bland styling, an awkward driving position and a small backseat. This generation generally has a solid reputation as far as mechanical reliability, though anecdotal evidence suggests that the engine in the SE-R models was more trouble-prone.
The fourth-generation Sentra (1995-'99), with its low nose and high tail, was a styling departure from the straight-edged look of the previous car. Officially offered just as a sedan (the coupe version became the 200SX), this Sentra had more interior room than before. Trim levels consisted of a bare-bones base model, the slightly less stripped XE, the popularly equipped GXE, the luxury GLE and the sporty SE. All trims but the SE had a 115-hp engine, while the SE actually featured the same 140-hp engine as the previous SE-R.
The sporty SE-R debuted with the third-generation Nissan Sentra (1991-'94). Buyers had a choice of either a coupe or sedan, though both shared the same simple, boxy styling. With 140 hp, four-wheel disc brakes and a tuned, fully independent suspension, the Nissan Sentra SE-R coupe provided a lot of bang for the buck and was a favorite among driving enthusiasts. All other Sentras of this generation had a 110-hp engine and trims included the stripper E, base XE, sporty SE and well-equipped GXE.
Running from 1987-'90, the second-generation Sentra was available in a multitude of body styles, including a coupe, a sedan, a wagon, a hatchback and a Sport Coupe fastback. Engine output ranged from 69 to 90 hp, depending on the year.


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Moving Companies in Pendleton County, KY
Comprehensive list of business and home movers in Pendleton County, KY offering house, apartment, furniture and office moving and storage services.
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We're a diversified services firm that inc. has provided a huge range of services for over one hundred years. We take special pride in meeting and exceeding all of your industrial moving requirements. Please take a several minutes to review our firm, our services, and our history. You will see that we truly are the one-stop service to each of your project's requirements.
24-Hour Access not available at Lunken. We operate five convenient self-storage locations in greater Cincinnati.
Welcome to A A A By-Pass Self Storage of Georgetown. Families and business all throughout the Georgetown, Kentucky area have been glad with our storage facilities for years. You can count on us to store your furniture, office records cars and more with the confidence that everything is safe and secure. Our indoor, climate controlled storage units vary from 50 to 300 square feet.
Please keep me informed of new publications. For more than twenty years, Western Pacific Storage Systems has experienced the long-term growth that now firmly establishes the firm as both trusted provider and trusted advisor to several of the world's biggest corporations.
We would like to introduce you to something unique. We're talking about Mobile Attic: Portable Storage as easy as 1-2-3. No need to rent a moving truck! We deliver your Mobile Attic self storage unit right to your door. You can take your time and load it on your own schedule. No more rushing around to pack up everything in one day. There are many portable storage providers throughout the country.
Safeway Moving & Storage is a complete service moving firm that specializes in the transportation and storage of household goods, computerized equipment and other commodities. We serve personal users and well as corporations and various government agencies in local, long distance and international moving.
Reliable, cost-efficient warehousing and responsive, on-time distribution service have been the hallmarks of W.T. Young Storage Company for over fifty years. We currently supply a comprehensive line of best quality public warehousing and logistics services to manufacturers and distributors with merchandise varying from industrial goods - including office equipment, machine parts, light bulbs, and heavy
M&E Storage Company was originally established by J.D. Marshall and Ben P. Eubank, Jr. in 1973. The firm continues to be owned and run by the Eubank family. The owners and team will always give the highest service possible and to work with clients to assure complete satisfaction. You are welcome to inspect the facility and to consider your personal storage requirements with M&E.
Cardinal Contracting is one of the nation's premier rigging and millwright contractors. We specialize in industrial machinery moving, heavy rigging, equipment and machinery assembly and installation. Large jobs to tiny, Cardinal completes its list of services with precision leveling and alignment, metal fabrication, heavy hauling, equipment rental, warehousing and storage.
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Family owned & operated since 1953, Vincent Fister.'s success is a result of the commitment of the Fister family and team to supply the highest standards of client service available anywhere. So you can take attention of the little ones. On-board computers, Skybitz satellite tracking systems and client internet tracking services allow users to track their shipment via the internet.
Price-Coomer Relocation Services. is a moving and storage firm situated in Lexington, KY and has been servicing the Lexington and Central Kentucky area since 1977. We are a family run and run business and as an Allied agent, we're the most recognized van line service in the world. Retiring, downsizing, or just cleaning out your home?
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There are a wealth of reasons that you need self-storage. It may be time to clean the clutter out from your home or apartment or perhaps you need some space to store your seasonal items or inventory from your business. Whatever the reason is, we're here to aid make your experience with self-storage as simple as possible.
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Stephen Edwards, owner of Stephen Edwards Building Movers., has been active in the building and machinery moving industry since 1983. His father Bill Edwards, who established Edwards House Movers, began moving buildings in 1961. Stephen has worked with his father since he was a tiny child.


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WASHINGTON — Elderly Holocaust survivors and the veterans who helped liberate them gathered for what could be their last big reunion Monday at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Nearly 1,000 survivors and World War II vets joined with former President Bill Clinton and Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust activist Elie Wiesel to mark the museum"s 20th anniversary. Organizers chose not to wait for the 25th milestone because many survivors and vets may not be alive in another five or 10 years.
"We felt it was important, while that generation is still with us in fairly substantial numbers, to bring them together," said Museum Director Sara Bloomfield.
Washington has many monuments and memorials that offer something special for visitors from around the world, Clinton told the crowd, "but the Holocaust memorial will be our conscience."
Since the museum opened, the world has made huge scientific discoveries, including the sequencing of the human genome, Clinton said.
"Every non age-related difference you can see in this room and across the globe, every single one is contained in one half of 1 percent of our genetic makeup… but every one of us spends too much time on that half a percent," Clinton said. "That makes us vulnerable to the fever and the sickness that the Nazis gave to the Germans.
"And that sickness is very alive all across the world today."
The occasion marked a reunion of sorts for Clinton and Wiesel: Both were on hand to dedicate the museum at its 1993 opening. On Sunday night, the museum presented its highest honor to World War II veterans who helped end the Holocaust. Susan Eisenhower accepted the award on behalf of her grandfather, U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, and all veterans of the era.
The federally funded museum also launched a campaign to raise $540 million by 2018 to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive and to combat anti-Semitism, Holocaust denial and contemporary genocide.
It has already secured gifts totaling $258.7 million in its quest to double the size of the museum"s endowment by its 25th anniversary. Also, a $15 million gift from Holocaust survivors David and Fela Shapell will help build a new collections and conservation center.
Bloomfield said organizers wanted to show Holocaust survivors, veterans and rescuers that the effort will continue to honor the memory of 6 million murdered Jews, in part by working to prevent genocide in the future. For instance, a study released by the museum last month found the longer the Syrian conflict continues, the greater the danger that mass sectarian violence results in genocide.
The museum"s theme for its 20th anniversary is "Never Again: What You Do Matters."
Vera Greenwood, who was born in Berlin and remembers seeing Hitler with Nazis marching in the street, said her father knew they had to leave when he was forced out of his job as a lawyer. She remembers Nazi officers coming to their house and taking her father"s books.
"Though I was very young, I knew something was very wrong," said Greenwood, now 84. "I still feel we were very lucky to survive."
Her family moved to Palestine with a British visa and ended up fighting for Israel"s independence. Greenwood lived in Israel for 30 years before immigrating to the U.S.
She and her husband, Fred, who survived the Holocaust in Holland as a child by being hidden and passed from house to house, wanted to be part of the last large reunion of survivors.
"In 10 more years, most of us will be gone," Greenwood said, noting the museum is a way to keep their stories alive.
Herman Zeitchik, 89, of Silver Spring, Md., was a young U.S. Army soldier when his unit landed at Normandy in the mission to liberate Europe. He remembers coming across the Dachau concentration camp unexpectedly in southern Germany.
"They never told us there was a concentration camp, but we smelled it," Zeitchik said. "We smelled the burning flesh."
Later during a patrol, Zeitchik saw people held within the camp"s chain-link fence. "That"s the first time I knew about the concentration camps," he said.
Dachau was the first regular Nazi concentration camp, established in 1933. The Americans liberated Dachau"s prisoners in 1945.
The museum continues collecting objects, photographs and other evidence of the Holocaust from survivors, veterans and archives located as far away as China and Argentina. Curators expect the collection to double in size over the next decade.
This week, the museum is opening a special, long-term exhibit titled "Some Were Neighbors: Collaboration and Complicity During the Holocaust." It includes interviews with perpetrators never shown before.
Curator Susan Bachrach said the exhibit"s research challenges the idea that the Holocaust was primarily about Hitler and Nazi leaders. Surveys at the museum show that"s what most visitors believe.
"That"s very comforting to people, because it puts distance between the visitors and who was involved," Bachrach said.
So, the museum set out to look at ordinary people complicit in the killing and persecution of millions of Jews through greed, peer pressure, a desire for career advancement or other factors beyond hatred or anti-Semitism. The exhibit includes images of bystanders looking on as Jews were led away.
Focusing only on fanatical Nazis would be a serious misunderstanding of the Holocaust, Bloomfield said.
"The Holocaust wouldn"t have been possible, first of all, without enormous indifference throughout Germany and German-occupied Europe, but also thousands of people who were, say, just doing their jobs," she said, such as a tax official who collected special taxes levied against Jews.
Much more is still being learned about the Holocaust, Bloomfield noted.
The museum is compiling an encyclopedia of all incarceration sites throughout Europe. When the project began, scholars expected to list 10,000 such sites. Now the number stands at 42,000.
Since opening, the museum has received more than 35 million visitors.
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: www.ushmm.org


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December 23, 2014
Network Trailblazer: A Conversation with Don Tapscott
The Internet of Good: Amy Cortese sat down with technology thought leader Don Tapscott to talk about a new model of finding solutions for everything from poverty to climate change to human rights.
Amy Cortese: Your latest research project focuses on how global, multi-stakeholder networks are coming together to solve some of the world's thorniest problems – tell me about it.
Don Tapscott: There are many problems in the world. If you inventory them, some are getting better—perhaps poverty—many are stalled, and a number are getting worse, like climate change and water. So, are these problems too hard to solve? Or is our model wrong?
Our model is based on nation-states that work together through diplomacy or in global institutions – institutions that were established at the end of the second world war when 42 countries got together at Bretton Woods and created the World Bank and the IMF, and a year later the UN, and then the WTO and later the G20 and the G-8. These are all global institutions based on nation-states. The trouble is, nation-states are the wrong size for a global economy.
Enter the Internet. By cutting transaction and collaboration costs, it's enabling new self-organizing models to emerge for tracking global problems, for cooperating on this little planet and, perhaps, for governing ourselves. We call these Global Solution Networks. They involve hundreds of thousands of organization and millions of people and they're attacking every problem on the planet. We've launched a program to better understand what is arguably the most important development for building a better world in our time.
AC: So what exactly is a Global Solution Network?
DT: They have four attributes. They're attacking a global problem. Secondly, they are multi-stakeholder, with some combination of private sector, civil society, government, foundations, academia and individuals. Thirdly, the Internet and digital revolution are core to their modus operandi. And fourth, they are self-organizing and emergent—they can't be controlled by states or corporations. So the UN, a typical NGO or a corporation would not qualify.
AC. What is driving this shift to these global, multi-stakeholder solution networks?
DT: With many problems getting worse, there is growing urgency to rethink our aging global institutions. We need a new model. Secondly, the Internet enables powerful and radically new forms of collaboration to occur on an astronomical scale. Thirdly, there's a demographic shift happening as a result of the first-ever global generation. This generation has a set of norms that are common across the world; they think of themselves globally and they collaborate globally as well. This is a powerful force for change. And a fourth factor is the big change in the structure and architecture of all institutions. So, just like Cisco pioneered the business web – that is, a network where you focus on what you do best and partner for the rest – now vertically integrated governments and other enterprises are unbundling into networks. So it's logical that this would be reflected on the global basis and that network models would arise.
AC: Can you give me some examples of GSNs that are having an impact today?
DT: There are ten types of GSNs, and any one of them can have an important impact on solving a global problem. There are knowledge networks that are qualitatively bigger than anything we've seen before—such as Wikipedia, the Khan Academy, Galaxy Zoo, and TED. They're in the business of increasingly global knowledge.
There are advocacy networks like the group behind the Kony2012 video. The Kony 2012 movement involved almost 100 million people over a two-week period in a campaign to alert governments and the world to the atrocities of Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony. The movement, while flawed, showed how advocacy can achieve unprecedented velocity.
There are operational and delivery networks that don't necessarily advocate or develop knowledge. Rather they intervene in situations to fix problems.
There are watchdog networks like the human rights watch that are in the transparency business.
There are platforms that are not trying to solve a specific problem, but are providing a platform for others to do so.
There are global bodies such as the World Economic Forum, which has a wide range of programs and is beginning to look like an institution even though it is not controlled by nation-states. I call these Networked Institutions.
AC: The Middle East has been engulfed in turmoil. That's one area that seems to be ripe for this kind of non-state solution.
DT: The debate of three years on the role of social media in social change was settled with one word: Tunisia. This was followed by other words: Bahrain, Libya, Egypt and so on. It turns out the Internet drops transaction and collaboration costs not just in business or government but also in dissent, rebellion, and even insurrections.
The Tunisian unrest wasn't caused by social media but by injustice. It wasn't created by social media but by a new generation of young people. But the media was instrumental and continues to be.
AC: Despite the recent wave of extreme weather events and record amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, we can't, in the U.S. at least, seem to make any meaningful progress on climate change…
DT: Nation-states seem to be the wrong size for solving this problem, because we end up with a common denominator that is going to be far below what is required to address this situation. But if you look at the ten types of global solution networks there are initiatives in each type of network to help solve this problem. Knowledge networks are developing knowledge about carbon. Policy networks are coming up with new approaches to tax credits and pricing carbon. There are watchdog networks that are tracking the evolution of global warming. There are networked institutions that meet about this topic. There are advocacy groups like the Alliance for Climate Protection that are lobbying governments to change. Ultimately on this issue it will require states to become involved and bring about meaningful change, because pricing carbon can only be done by governments. States left to their own devices will not do what is required to go forward on this issue.
AC: Your research seeks to identify success factors in these networks and what makes them tick – any early insights you can share?
DT: Many of these networks have common characteristics that lead to their effectiveness. They are able to build large-scale collaborations; they are transparent and open. They are able to engage multiple stakeholders and use creative ways of funding. And they are able to interact effectively with traditional states, corporations and state-based institutions.
AC: Are there challenges with these networks?
DT: Every network needs to find a way to be legitimate. You can say what you like about the UN, but at least there is a process there whereby they can make the case that they are legitimate representatives of the world's people. What does one say about these networks that weren't elected by anyone? They are networks of the willing and committed. If they are effective that makes it easier for them to claim they are legitimate. Legitimacy can also be bolstered by a clear mission and goals, so that success can be measured. It can be advanced by having transparency, open dialogue and by being inclusive of key stakeholders. These people feel a sense of ownership of the network. They also abide by their commitments, and so on.
AC: So will traditional nation-states and global institutions become obsolete? Or will they adapt?
DT: Nation-states are not going to go away, certainly not in my lifetime. They have the power to tax and a monopoly over military force and the ability to legally coerce people and a culture of nationalism among citizens. But cities are becoming a more dominant political force, and I can see a time where a disintermediation of the nation-state begins, where global structures and networks are key on the one hand, and where local urban cities and communities are important on the other.
Amy Cortese is an award-winning journalist and the author of Locavesting (Wiley, 2011), about the local investing movement and its potential to rebuild the economy, one community at a time. Her coverage of business, technology and social/environmental issues has appeared in Business Week, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Mother Jones, Plenty, Wired, The Daily Beast, and many other publications. Used with the permission of 'The Network, Cisco's Technology News Site.' http://thenetwork.cisco.com/.


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I'm sure you've heard about the buzz surrounding Bridie Clark's new book, "Because She Can", which is supposed to be a thinly veiled roman a clef about Judith Regan. What do you think? Do you care to comment? Will you read it? (I already have it reserved with Amazon.com, mostly because I'm so curious about the publishing world - it's a writer's Holy Grail, after all.)
Gin isn't my thing, sorry - I'm a whiskey gal (I've also been known to partake of a little Jose Cuervo when the mood strikes) so I'm raising my Irish Coffee in toast to Your Snarkiness.
Are you nuts? This ms circulated through every agency and publisher in town in pdf form about six months ago. We ALL read it.
I'm pretty much over the thinly disguised harridan boss chicklit novel/memoir/salacious isn't she a bitch book. I'm also really over the assistant as hero motif. REALLY over that.
In other words, this book wasn't my cup of tea. I don't think it's possible to write a good trashy book about publishing cause most of us are pretty boring. We sit around reading all the time, and high adventure is going to the library to hear JM Coetzee read. Yes, I wore my Manolo Blahniks to the event..but still, Page Six was nowhere to be found that night.


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Novelist, poet, and screenwriter Sherman Alexie grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Washington. Often focusing on the connections between physical places and the stories that occur in them, Alexie wrote a semi-autobiographical young adult novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian with a protagonist who chooses to leave the school on his reservation to attend a nearby high school where he is the only Native American student.
In 2003, Sherman Alexie was asked to contribute to the "Finding Our Families, Finding Ourselves" exhibition, a project of The Museum of Tolerance. The collection consists of recreations of parts of participants' childhood homes or other significant family locations and showcases the diversity of Americans' personal histories. The scenes explore the meaning and inspiration behind the places and objects where memories and family history were made.
- Ask your class to imagine that they have been asked to participate in such an exhibit. Have students draw or take photos/video of their home or another significant location and then write or record reflections that explain why this location is important to their family history and their personal identity.
- Alternately, have students create an exhibit for a character from a short story, book, or play the class has read. They can use information in the text (and their imaginations), to help them create a representation of the rooms of a character's family home and explain how these rooms reflect the personal history and identity of the character.
- The Official Sherman Alexie Site
Featuring information about Alexie's publications, this site also includes his blog, contests for readers, and a calendar of his appearances.
- Finding Our Families, Finding Ourselves Exhibit Site
The official site for the Musuem of Tolerance exhibit includes images of some of the displays and resources for researching family history including tips for getting started and links to genealogy sites.
- Sherman Alexie in the Classroom Companion Website
This collection of resources, a supplement to the NCTE book Sherman Alexie in the Classroom, offers ideas for teaching social justice and an introduction to Native American literatures, as well as critical excerpts about Alexie's work.
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Alexie's entry on the Academy of American Poets site contains a biography and a link to his poem "Grief Calls Us to the Things of This World."
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Family Memoir: Getting Acquainted With Generations Before Us
Creating a memoir of an older family member allows students both to learn more about their own backgrounds and to learn the power of storytellers.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Exploring and Sharing Family Stories
Writing gets personal when students interview family members in order to write a personal narrative about that person.
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
The Year I Was Born: An Autobiographical Research Project
Students explore the year they were born through interviews and research, and then weave the details into a newspaper or booklet, written from another person's point of view.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Family Ties: Making Connections to Improve Reading Comprehension
Families are all about connections between people. In this lesson, students read three books about different families and make text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections to those texts.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
This lesson challenges students' views of Native Americans as a vanished people by asking them to compare their prior knowledge with information they gather while reading about contemporary Native Americans.


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Bisons rally back, win 7-6
The Bisons offense broke through for the first time in 2010, erasing a 6-2 deficit in a 7-6 win over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. Jason Pridie's two-run single in the eighth inning made the Herd a winner for the first time this year.
Buffalo's high-powered offense came through against the Yankee bullpen. Chris Carter cut the four-run deficit in half in the sixth inning when he tripled home Fernando Martinez and Mike Hessman. An inning later, the lead was down to one when reliever Royce Ring uncorked a wild pitch with Luis Hernandez on third base.
The Bisons then capped the rally with two more runs in the eighth. Carter led off the inning with a walk and Mike Cervenak got himself a board with one of his two hits on the night. Two batters later, Pridie pulled a pitch through the right side of the infield to plate both the game-tying and go-ahead runs.
Ike Davis continued his torrid start with a long home run to centerfield. Davis has reached base in six of his first nine Triple-A plate appearances. Davis is 4-7 with two doubles, a home run and two walks this season.


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In the past I've been successful getting BootIt Bare Metal to boot on Windows 10 UEFI systems configured in Legacy mode via a CD. However, after trying on multiple systems it no longer works.
It appears to work as it displays the following and then just sits at a black screen.
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I can only assume that something has changed in the Windows builds to cause this as I'm using the exact same v1.32 CD as before. I've also tried the latest v1.36a.


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If you're new to the whole USB media player category, it goes something like this: storage brands like Western Digital, Seagate, and Iomega are looking for ways to tap into the growing number of consumers who have multimedia files stored on their computers and want to bring them to their TVs without much fuss. Of course, game consoles such as the PS3 and Xbox 360 offer similar functionality as part of their extensive repertoire (as do some Blu-ray players), but products like Seagate's FreeAgent Theater+ Media Player are targeting a more price-conscious consumer who doesn't want--or need--to deal with a full-fledged console.
The model reviewed here is the "plus" version of the Theater HD, and it addresses many of the complaints we had about the early version that was released in April 2009. Instead of just offering a component video connection, the Theater+ adds HDMI with 1080p output (for easier hook-up to an HDTV and higher maximum resolution), an Ethernet connection (for streaming digital media files over a network), and better file support (it reads more file formats). Like its predecessor, this model comes in a bare-bones "bring your own drive" version ($150 list), as well as one that includes a 500GB FreeAgent Go drive that slides into a slot at the front of the unit and lists for $289. Any Free Agent Go drive, regardless of capacity, fits into the unit just fine, and the drive can be formatted for Windows PCs or Macs (NTFS, HFS+ or FAT all work).
Design and setup
That integrated slot is actually one of the strong points of the Seagate media player, which is relatively compact and sleek--it looks like a not-so-curvy mini Sony PlayStation 3 (the older, fat version anyway). The idea is that you connect your FreeAgent Go drive to your computer, drag various image, music, and video files onto it, then slide it into the slot on the FreeAgent Theater+, which remains connected to your TV. Alternatively, Seagate includes some software that puts an easy-to-use interface on the transfer and file organization process that makes things easier for less tech-savvy folks.
As with all these types of USB media players, you can connect other storage devices, whether they be hard-drive-based or flash-memory-based (a thumbdrive) via a separate USB port. In other words, virtually any USB storage will work, not just Seagate hard drives. The FreeAgent Theater+ also lets you connect your digital camera to that same USB port and view photos--and videos--straight off the camera. It's also worth noting that this new model plays back video from Flip Video pocket camcorders. (Most of these USB media players have trouble with Flip Video files--some, like the Popcorn Hour C200, can play the video but not the sound).
Whatever content is on the attached USB drives or devices will show up in an onscreen menu system or graphical user interface that we found fairly easy to use, though it lacks the slick design we've come to expect from Apple or Microsoft media player devices. If there's a small knock against all these types of players, it's that it takes a little while for the unit to initially recognize and load all the media files. It's not a huge delay, but you're not looking at the same kind of zippiness you've probably come to expect from connecting a drive to your PC or laptop and having the files show up in a few seconds (so long as everything is connected via USB 2.0).
You have a couple of options for connecting the FreeAgent Theater+ to your TV. For the best quality--and to view HD-resolution video of 720p, 1080i, or 1080p--you need to go with component video or HDMI connection (a component video cable is included). If you've got an older, non-HD set, you can opt for a composite video connection (cable also included).
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In our review of the original FreeAgent Theater HD, we knocked it for not offering as robust file format support as competing models. For the Theater+, we loaded a variety of files--video, JPEG and PNG still images, and MP3 and WMA music--onto a 250GB FreeAgent Go drive and a separate 8GB thumbdrive. The system had no problem identifying the files we had on both drives, and--except for one video file that had no sound--everything played back smoothly. That included at least four files that generally cause problems for most devices. Furthermore, video files in a variety of resolutions (including full 1080p) worked perfectly.
There's now support for H.264 and AVC, which have become increasingly popular, as well as AAC audio, which is what you'll get from any iTunes purchase. (Note that current, DRM-free iTunes audio will play fine, but older, FairPlay-encoded iTunes files would first have to be upgraded.) The previous model did a good job with images and the Theater+ also acquits itself well. It accesses even large files quickly and it has a nice selection of slideshow transitions (you can also play music in the background by putting MP3 files in the same folder as your slideshow images).
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During the past several months since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, leaders from across the city, state and nation have been offering ideas to combat gun violence and restrict access to military-style assault weapons. The majority of these ideas have focused on changing the laws regarding legal gun ownership.
But we must be willing to take a different step – one that will target and help combat the threat of illegal guns used by violent criminals to terrorize our neighborhoods. We must keep the spotlight of the law on these offenders, even after they are released by the court system.
That is why we have joined together to support the creation of a statewide gun offender registry, which would be an expansion of the one created in New York City in 2006 by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Speaker Christine Quinn and Councilman Peter Vallone – the first ever of its kind.
This measure would provide police across New York with one of the resources the NYPD and Commissioner Ray Kelly have used to bring murders in the city to the lowest recorded number in history.
The statewide registry would include similar reporting requirements to New York State's existing sex offender registry. It would keep the names of people convicted of crimes involving guns on the registry for at least 10 years, and require offenders to check in regularly with local police. Failure to perform any of the registration obligations would be considered a felony-level crime.
New York City is the safest big city in America, in part because our registry allows the police to shine a light on gun offenders. Now, the State Legislature must follow in the city's footsteps by providing law enforcement with this common-sense crime-fighting tool that will help keep the public safe.
Furthermore, while it is currently used as a surveillance tool by law enforcement officials and other city agencies, it cannot be viewed by the public. We are now also working to update this law to allow people to access the registry online, giving them the ability to identify the gun offenders in their communities.
Rather than publicly displaying the names of legal gun owners who have not broken the law – as was recently done by The Journal News in Westchester County – why not alert people to the potentially dangerous criminals walking among them?
We must work together towards a safer city and state, so that our residents can raise their families without constantly looking over their shoulders. We cannot continue to let gun offenders slip through the cracks or step back into the shadows and continue to infest our neighborhoods with crime.
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I have returned from my trip to southern California and have written an overview post on my blog: Solomon Goss in Fearing Twp. in Ohio. You can access it by going to the right side of this blog and finding the link.
The Delano Kindred Reunion was a lot of fun. The Kindred people are fun, friendly and very proud of their Delano heritage. The weekend was started out by a genealogy session on Friday at 2 pm and then dinner about 6 pm at the Handlery Hotel in San Diego. The next day was the business meeting, a tour of the U.S.S. Midway and then another dinner that evening at the hotel in their garden area. It was fun.
My dad, Keith's mother's line reaches back to the marriage of a John Keller to a Mary Anne Delano in 1830 in Knox Co., Ohio. This is our family's connection to the Delano Family. On the Solomon Goss blog I discuss this in-depth.


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The best pop music of 2012 boiled down to one thing – rebirth.
In some cases, that meant pairing veterans with new generation producers. In other instances, it meant reenergizing and even reinventing the past, reaching a more realized level of songcraft and capitalizing on solo careers that had remained in the shadows of more established ensemble projects.
Sure, there were impressive debuts by the likes of Frank Ocean and Alabama Shakes. We experienced vital comebacks by warhorses Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. Multi-stylistic works by Antibalas and John Cale also demanded attention.
All were considered for a spot on a list of the year's finest pop recordings. But in the end, the most lasting music of 2012 came down to rediscovery.
Here, then, is a critic's pick look at the year's Top 10.
1. Dr. John: Locked Down – With the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach as producer and chief collaborator, Dr. John returns to his gris-gris roots. But faithful as the resulting sound is to the funky, spiritual slant of his early '70s records, Locked Down still echoes with the pain and neglect of present day New Orleans.
2. Kelly Hogan: I Like to Keep Myself in Pain – "A laundry list in aclenched fist," sings one of indie pop's great unheralded singers at the onset of this extraordinary set. As vocalists, Hogan ranks as an equal to longtime friend and collaborator Neko Case. The record's torch song ruminations seal the deal.
3. Jimmy Cliff: Rebirth – The comeback album of 2012 surfaces in a session that teams one of reggae's all-time greats, still possessing a voice full of gospel-esque fervor and joy, with a sympathetic disciple of a producer (Rancid's Tim Armstrong). Worldly in tone and forever sunny in temperament, Rebirth is exactly that.
4. Andrew Bird: Break It Yourself – With each successive record, the great Chicago song stylist, violinist and, yes, whistler, equalizes his talents. With Break It Yourself, Bird's singing and songcraft have finally caught up with his considerable musical ingenuity. An album ripe with exquisite pop expression, lyricism and imagery.
5. Patterson Hood: Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance – On his third album away from Drive-By Truckers, Hood relishes in songs that still reflect the dark, rural mystery his band is known for. But a sense of family loss and renewal serve as strong undercurrents on an album that offers an intimate yet autumnal feel.
6. Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Psychedelic Pill – The second of two 2012 albums that reunite the forever restless Young with the forever unrefined Crazy Horse is a wonderful indulgence. Songs stretch on for as long as 28 minutes with ragged, electric grooves that seldom shift. What results is an album is that is playfully and purposely hypnotic.
7. Chuck Prophet: Temple Beautiful – Intended as a love song to San Francisco, Prophet concocts another crafty slab of rock 'n' roll jubilation. The themes grow stormy and reflective at times. But amid all the killer guitar hooks and power pop melodies, Prophet has created the best Tom Petty album that Petty never made.
8. Bob Mould: Silver Age – The former frontman of Husker Du and Sugar returns to what he does best – ultra basic power trio songs that rock with clear-headed attitude, a touch of ageless fury and the tempering element of an expertly designed melody. Silver Age is a garage rock album suitable for any age.
9. Spectrum Road: Spectrum Road – A cross-generational tribute to the very electric music of the late Tony Williams, Spectrum Road is an alliance between John Medeski, Vernon Reid, Cindy Blackman Santana and a veteran of the primal fusion wars that served alongside Williams – Jack Bruce. An instrumental volcano of an album.
10. Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale: Buddy & Jim – Miller and Lauderdale are scholars of traditional country music. But Buddy & Jim is no revivalist exercise. Rhumba beats, Cajun colors, honky tonk fiddle tunes, Louvin Brothers-style harmonies and the rocking charge of The Wobble highlight the year's top Americana party album.


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Thrills and spills, tenacious tackling, ferocious defending, brilliant point-taking, a net-bursting goal each — the 2,433 who defied the pelting rain to make the journey to Cork got a game to remember.
From the start this was always going to be a very different match to the 2010 Munster final when these same two sides again met in Cork. On that bitterly cold and forgettable day much of the pitch was frozen solid and De La Salle won a low-scoring error-fest 0-9 to 0-8 with Thurles shooting 17 wides.
On this occasion, and despite all the recent rain, the Páirc Uí Chaoimh sod held up extremely well and two outstanding sides were able to fully display their wares.
Sars were fastest from the blocks and led 1-5 to 0-4 after 16 minutes, the goal coming in the fifth minute when veteran centre-forward Jim Corbett (no relation of Lar) was put through one-on-one on De La Salle keeper Stephen Brenner by a sublime Denis Maher pass.
Already some of the Sars big guns were beginning to fire. Lar Corbett scored a fine point and was working hard all over the pitch, his inter-county colleague Pa Bourke was causing chaos on the edge of the square, while in the half-back line Michael Cahill was already beginning to shine and scored the first point of the game.
For De La Salle it was it was their own fledgling county star Jake Dillon doing all the damage and he got all those four points including a sideline beauty.
In the second quarter De La Salle finally found their rhythm and though the Sars attack was still finding the target with some regularity (they would end the game with 13 different scorers), the Déise side were looking the better side as half-time approached.
Twice within a couple of minutes Dillon almost goaled, first in the 20th minute when his rasper came back off the far post, was cleared and resulted in a Sars point at the other end, then two minutes later when his close-range shot shaved the crossbar, screamed just over.
Finally however, in the 27th minute, they did break through. Powerful half-forward Paudie Nevin beat Padraic Maher for possession wide left, racing down on goal to give Patrick McCormack no chance with a rocketshot.
That goal was a major boost to the Waterford champions but it was followed by deflation, not by a Thurles score but by a straight red card for corner-forward John Keane. It seemed harsh for what seemed a harmless hit but it would have a huge impact.
De La Salle trailed at the break by two points, 1-9 to 1-7, but, given Thurles' hard-running game, their 14-man team would be made to work hard in the second half and pay a price in the final minutes in the energy-sapping conditions. Thus it proved.
Showing great skill and spirit De La Salle took the fight to Thurles immediately on the resumption, tied the game in the 36th minute on 1-12 each after a hat-trick of points, two of those from the ever-dangerous Dillon. Indeed they would have taken the lead a couple of minutes later but for a superb save by McCormack from Nevin, and subsequently they twice more created clear goalscoring opportunities only to squander both.
They would pay a heavy price for that profligacy. Padraic Maher came thundering into the fray for Sars, corner-backs Stephen and David Maher were on top, Michael Cahill was doing a superb job on dangerman John Mullane and Denis Maher.
Padraic had some game and scored two big points but was involved in so much more and was the key to this win.
The seventh cavalry also made an impact, veteran Redser O'Grady especially with his high fielding and two points, Richie Ruth with another as Thurles finished by far the stronger side.
Rough justice on De La Salle but another fine win for Thurles Sars and finally, another big title, the Munster senior hurling championship, to add to their roll-leading 32 Tipperary crowns.
Scorers for Thurles Sarsfields: P Bourke 0-7 (2fs), L Corbett 0-3, J Corbett 1-0, M Gleeson, D Maher, G O'Grady 0-2 each, M Cahill, J Enright, M O'Brien, A McCormack, R Reid, 0-1 each.
Scorers for De La Salle: J Dillon 0-9 (5fs, 1 s/l), E Barrett 0-3, P Nevin 1-0, D Twomey, J Mullane, E Madigan, K Moran 0-1 each.
THURLES SARSFIELDS: P McCormack; S Maher, K O'Gorman, David Maher; D Kennedy, P Maher (c), M Cahill; J Enright, M Gleeson; Denis Maher, J Corbett, L Corbett; M O'Brien, P Bourke, A McCormack.
DE LA SALLE: S Brenner; S Daniels, I Flynn, C Watt; B Phelan, K Moran (c) E Madigan; J Kennedy, E Barrett; P Nevin, J Mullane, J Dillon; D Greene, D Twomey, J Keane.
Subs for Thurles Sarsfields: R Ruth for O'Brien (36), G O'Grady for J Corbett (36), S Cahill for Gleeson (59), R Maher for S Maher (inj. 60+1).
Subs for De La Salle: S McNulty for Greene (56).
Referee: S Hourigan (Limerick).


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William Jackson Taylor, Sr.
Special appreciation goes to Linda Ward Meadows, 3rd great grand daughter of William Jackson Taylor, Sr. and Samantha Jane Rogers Taylor, and 2nd great grand daughter of Benjamin Thomas Cook and Samantha Jane Taylor Cook, for her avid research and contributions to this post.
William Jackson Taylor, Sr. (1801-1885) was a settler of that part Lowndes County, GA which was cut into Berrien County in 1856. He came to the area about 1851, first renting land from William J. Lamb and later establishing a homeplace on the Indian Ford Road (Upper Mud Creek Road).
William Jackson Taylor was the subject of a biographical sketch compiled about 1927 by William H. Griffin, an early historian of Berrien County, GA. Griffin described how William J. Taylor came from South Carolina to settle in Georgia:
William J. Taylor
The subject of this sketch was born in Marion Township, South Carolina, January 4, 1801 and died at his home in Berrien county, Georgia, July 18, 1885.
In the year 1851 he decided to cast his fortunes in the state of Florida, consequently he set out by private conveyance to reach that state but for some cause halted at the village of Alapaha, later known as Milltown [now Lakeland, GA], and rented land from William Lamb remaining there a short period when he moved over into what is known as the Upper Tenth district and bought land, cleared up a farm and remained there until his death. The farm he cleared is a portion of the land [later] owned by E. B. Taylor, a grandson, on the Indian Ford or Upper Mud Creek road.
Mr. Taylor in addition to being a farmer was an expert blacksmith and maker of bells, trivets, etc. It was his custom to make a lot of these useful articles and take them on the old fashioned two-wheeled horse cart and peddle them out among the people of the surrounding country, often going into other counties in the sale of his wares. Among the stock raisers of South Georgia, and almost every resident in that day was engaged in stock raising, it was an easy matter to make a sale of one or more bells of different sizes at every house, while the housewife who did her cooking on the open fireplace never failed to barter with him for one or two trivets for use under her cooking utensils. A trivet, as its name implies, is a 3 legged utensil for use under the pots, spiders and ovens to raise the pot or oven up from the hearth so as to give room for building the fire underneath. It is formed by welding three legs on to an iron ring about eight inches in diameter, the legs being about four inches in length. It was a great help to the housewife in her primitive method of cooking. Other articles of Mr. Taylor's man——- —— —— ———- —– fireplace and on which the pots and kettles were suspended while boiling. Mr. Taylor's approach was always heralded by a ringing of his bells of different tones in unison and his quaint method of showing off the merits of his bells were always a source of great amusement to the children who would leave their tasks and gather about his cart while he was bartering with the father and mother.
South Carolina Beginnings
William Jackson Taylor was born January 14, 1801 in South Carolina. His lineage is uncertain, but his presence is well established in the Census records of Marion County, SC, along with others of the Taylor family connection.
William J. Taylor first married Samantha J. Rogers. She was born in South Carolina February 3, 1800. In the 1850 census of William Taylor's household, his wife "Mantha" and eight children are enumerated by name, all of whom moved with their parents to Lowndes County, GA (now Berrien) in 1851.
In 1850 in Marion County, SC, William Taylor's neighbors were Robert Taylor, age 75, and Thomas Taylor, age 50.
A William Taylor appears in the 1840 census of Marion County, SC, with the same neighbors Robert Taylor and Thomas Taylor. Although names of spouses and children were not recorded in the 1840 census or earlier, this enumeration shows three female children and one male child in William Taylor's household, as would be expected from the ages given in the 1850 census. Despite some discrepancies in ages of William, his wife and children, it seems almost certain that the William Taylor in the 1850 and in the 1840 census of Marion County, SC are one and the same person.
William Taylor also appears as a head of household in the 1830 census of Marion County, SC , as do Robert Taylor and Thomas Taylor. In William Taylor's household in 1830 there are his spouse and three children, two boys and one girl. But all of the children named in the 1850 census were born after 1830. If this is the same William Taylor, which seems most likely, then these three children all left their father's household before 1850. Given their ages were at least twenty-something by then, it is entirely reasonably that they should have married and established their own households.
In 1820, William Taylor and Robert Taylor both appear as heads of households in Marion County, SC. William's household includes his spouse and two children. William Jackson Taylor and Samantha J. Rogers in 1820 would have been 19 and 20 years old, respectively. If this was indeed their household, then their marriage must have occurred about 1817. Unfortunately, no documentation of their marriage date has been located.
From Federal Census records, though, it seems that by 1820 William Taylor and Samantha J. Rogers had established their household in Marion County, SC. The names of the three eldest Taylor children are not known, and it appears that they had left their father's household by the time of the 1850 census, but the names of the known children of Samantha J. Rogers and William J. Taylor are listed below. All of these children were born in South Carolina. The reported dates of birth of the children show typical variances found in 19th century census records; where given below the dates of birth are taken from grave marker inscriptions.
- unknown male Taylor, born about 1818 in South Carolina
- unknown female Taylor, born about 1819 in South Carolina
- unknown male Taylor, born about 1826 in South Carolina
- Fannie R. Taylor, born January 21, 1832; died June 30, 1904; never married; buried Empire Church Cemetery, Lanier County, GA.
- Mary Taylor, born 1833; at home with her parents in Berrien County, GA in 1860
- Thomas L. Taylor, born November 7, 1838; married Fairiby Cook (b. 1846), daughter of Elijah Cook; died June 18, 1922; buried Poplar Springs Missionary Baptist Church, Berrien County, GA.
- Emeline Taylor, born about 1839, in South Carolina; married Joseph Lewis, January 28, 1866 in Berrien County, GA.
- Jemima Taylor, born January 22, 1842; married on December 25, 1856 to William Hill Boyett, who was born July 27, 1834 and died December 16, 1897; Jemima died June 28, 1926; buried Empire Church Cemetery, Lanier County, GA
- Robert Lewis Taylor, born 1845; married 1st Nancy Tison, daughter of Henry Tison, on June 22, 1834; married 2nd Sallie Boyd, daughter of Aden Boyd; said to be buried in an unmarked grave at Empire Church Cemetery
- William Jackson Taylor, Jr. born 1847; married Eliza H. Boyd, daughter of Aden Boyd, on July 29, 1862.
- Samantha Jane Taylor, born December 28, 1848; married Benjamin Thomas Cook in Berrien County on December 14, 1865; Jane died June 7, 1888; Ben died October 5, 1924; buried Empire Church Cemetery, Lanier County, GA.
The 1860 Federal Census of Berrien County, GA lists two other children living in William J. Taylor's household. They were Martha, age 3, and Harriet, age 1. Both girls were born in South Carolina.
William Jackson Taylor and his wife, Samantha, joined with the Primitive Baptist congregation of Empire Church. Their future in-laws, Nancy Sykes and Aden Boyd, gave land in 1854 to establish Empire Church, located on Empire Road near Five Mile Creek, about six miles northeast of Ray City out the Sam I. Watson Highway.
The Sons of William Jackson Taylor
According to W. H. Griffin, all three sons saw service in the Confederate army. The sons were:
- Thomas Lang Taylor who married Ferraby Cook, a daughter of Elijah Cook, and they were the parents of George M., E.B., William J., Archie and Arthur, twins, and the three daughters. Thomas Lang Taylor enlisted in Company I, 50th Georgia Regiment on March 22, 1862, and mustered out on February 15, 1863 at Camp Winder, Richmond, VA. He was enumerated at age 23 in Berrien County, in the 1864 Census for Re-organizing the Georgia Militia. His profession as "shoemaker" was critical to the war effort; "keeping the troops adequately shod was a problem that plagued Confederate authorities from first to last." Thomas L. Taylor later served as Justice of the Peace in Berrien County.
- Lewis Robert Taylor, who married first Nancy Tison and after her death Sallie Boyd, a daughter of Aiden Boyd. Pvt L. R. Taylor enlisted in Company E, 50th Georgia Regiment on January 28, 1863 at Coffee Bluff near Savannah, GA.
- William J. Taylor Jr. was too young for service when the Civil War started. He was enumerated at age 16 in Berrien County in the 1864 Census for Reorganization of the Georgia Militia. William J. Jr., [was] still living [in 1927] and was married to Eliza Boyd, another daughter of Aiden Boyd. William J. Jr., [was then] in his eightyeth year.
Widower and Groom in a Month
Samantha J. Rogers Taylor, scarcely survived the end of the Civil War. William J. Taylor was left a widower on November 6, 1865; Samantha was buried at Empire Church Cemetery, near Ray City, GA.
William J. Taylor was not in mourning for long. Within days following the death of his first wife, Mr. Taylor married Mrs. Mary Ford. She was the young widow of William A. Ford, who apparently died at home in Berrien County, GA about 1864. Born Mary Patience Ellen Musselwhite, she was daughter of Asa Musslewhite, of Lowndes County. Mrs. Ford had four young children: Mary Ann E. Ford, age 7; Nancy E. Ford, age 5; John S. Ford, age 3; and Anna Ford, age 1.
|There seems to be some confusion of the military records of William A. Ford with those of William D. Ford.
William D. Ford (1839-1862)
William A. Ford (abt 1825 -abt 1864)
William J. Taylor, Sr. and Mary Musslewhite Ford were married in Berrien County on November 30, 1865. The groom was 64; The bride was exactly half his age, at 32.
The Taylor children's position on their father's remarriage so soon after the death of their mother, and to a much younger woman, is unknown. The wedding ceremony was performed by the widower's son, Thomas L. Taylor, who was Justice of the Peace. On the other hand, William J. Taylor's youngest daughter, Samantha J. Taylor, left the home of her father and new step-mother just two weeks later, to be married to Benjamin Thomas Cook.
On October 27, 1866 William J. Taylor was expelled from the Empire Primitive Baptist Church, presumably on account of his association with a Missionary Baptist church. According to W. H. Griffin, "Mr. Taylor was a member of the Missionary Baptist church and was a co-temporary and fellow worker with Moses G. Sutton and other pioneer citizens in the establishment of Poplar Springs church out ten miles east of Nashville…"
In 1867, William Taylor signed the Oath of Allegiance to the United States in order to have his national citizenship restored and to qualify for the right to vote. The Oath of Allegiance was required of all southern men whose national citizenship had been renounced by way of the Ordinance of Secession, oaths of abjuration of national citizenship, oaths of allegiance to Confederate states, or acceptance of Confederate citizenship.
William and Mary made their home in Berrien County in the 10th Land District. The children of William J. Taylor and Mary P. E. Musselwhite were:
- Moses A. Taylor, born about 1868
- Sarah Ann Taylor, born August, 1870
- Ephraim Taylor, born about 1872
The 1870 Census shows William J. Taylor and Mary PE Musselwhite Taylor were enumerated on their farm in the 1148 Georgia Militia District, Berrien County, GA. In their household were their children Moses and Sarah Ann, and Mary's children by her former marriage, Mary A., Nancy, John and Ann. Their neighbors were the families of John Sapp, William Garrett, William Gaskins, and Emily Gaskins Newbern, widowed daughter-in-law of Etheldred Newbern.
In 1880, William and Mary were still in the 1148 th District of Berrien County. In their household were their minor children Moses , Sarah, and Ephriam, and Mary's daughter, Nancy Ford. Enumerated at age 81, William Taylor was still working as a blacksmith. On neighboring farms were the families of his son, Thomas Taylor, and of James Sirmans.
William J. Taylor, Sr. is buried by his first wife Samantha in Empire Church Cemetery. Several of their children are buried nearby. His second wife Mary survived him by many years.
Griffin Papers, by William Henry Griffin; Taylor Family folder found in Huxford Library; 1820, 1830, 1840,1850 Federal Census for Marion County, SC; 1860, 1870, and 1880 Federal Census for Berrien County, GA; Tombstone inscriptions in Empire Cemetery; Berrien County marriage records.
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by Elizabeth Trail
The worst Thanksgiving of my life was probably the year when, as a young wife, it was my turn to put on the holiday meal for my husband's family.
My own family was 3,000 miles away in California.
The other day on the radio, a commentator talking about regional holiday menus said, more or less, "Well, let's just not talk about California."
The implication was that California Thanksgivings are all about exotic side dishes and getting the right wine.
Maybe there was a little bit of that, especially after my grandparents were gone. We're a food curious lot. But whatever was on the table, the holiday was definitely about good food, family, and conversation.
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