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What is Love?
What is love? It's so many things. It's a soft whisper, a gentle touch. It's
a child's first smile, their first word. It's a parent's hug and strong arm.
Love is special and almost always taken for granted. Love is unique. It's
different for everyone. Love can be strong or weak. Love can make you happy or cry.
The most important thing about love is that everyone needs it. Life would be
dull, lonely and unbearable without it. So open your heart, let the love pour
in and out.
Thank you for letting me share,
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Local Newspaper Articles
Local News Report on the Rock and Blues Game
"Rock outfought, outmatched and outplayed"
"Rock Gamble Doesn't Pay Off"
Local Rugby News posted in the The Telegram by John Browne
"For starters, this will be a tough test for The Rock"
Local Rugby News posted in the The Telegram by John Browne
After a slow start, the Prairie Wolf Pack proved they will be a force to contend with in the 2013 CRC after a convincing win over the Atlantic Rock on a blustery day in Calgary, Alberta. Coming into
The Rock will look to win back-to-back games and move to the top of the Canadian Rugby Championship league standings when it faces the Prairie Wolf Pack in a rematch today in Calgary. The two teams
Under overcast skies and on a wet, slick Swilers Rugby Complex field, The Rock squeezed out a 16-14 win over the visiting Prairie Wolf Pack to take their first win of the 2013 CRC campaign. While
The toughest part of Thursday night's two-hour practice at Swilers Complex for Alex Rogers was having to watch it from the sidelines. Rogers had anticipated starting his first Canadian Rugby
(BURLINGTON, ON) – The Ontario Blues have won the opening match of their 2013 Canadian Rugby Championship season, defeating the Atlantic Rock in a nail-biter, 27-25, at Burlington's
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nadian Institute of Resources Law
The nadian Institute of Resources Law (CIRL), a registered charitable organization, is a leading national centre of expertise on energy and environmental policy and law issues relating to Alberta's energy and natural resources. Since its establishment in 1979, the Institute has developed an international reputation for excellence in resources, energy and environmental law, and pursues a three-fold mandate to undertake research, edution and publition activities on energy and the environment.?
The nadian Institute of Resources Law gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the
Alberta Law Foundation
which provides a grant for the maintenance of this website.
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Patent medicines
With few exceptions (such as terra sigillata), medicines in Antiquity and the Middle Ages were not 'brand named'. This changed in England in the 1600s, when medical doctors and unlicensed practitioners who invented new medical recipes started marketing them as 'patent medicines'. This did not mean that the medicines were patented, but that they were original, and the recipes were often kept secret by the person who invented them to avoid imitation. Many of these patent medicines were sold under the name of the inventor, or other brand names. In the 1700s, English customers could buy many different patent medicines, from the painkiller Dr James's Powders and Scotch Pills to Solomon's Balm of Gilead and Brodum's Cordial. In the 1800s, Britain enjoyed Morison's Vegetable Pills, while Americans swore by Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, marketed as 'the greatest remedy in the world' - a patent medicine which made its inventor, Lydia Pinkham (1819-83), one of the most successful female entrepreneurs of her time.
Some patent medicines were the ancestors of today's over-the-counter medicines. However, many were exposed as having no effect, and some patent medicines have been associated with medical quackery. Sellers of patent medicines often used clever and inventive ways to market their products, from early uses of newspaper advertising in the 1600s to travelling medical shows in the 1700s and 1800s, which combined the selling of medicines with all sorts of entertainment such as acrobatics and magic tricks. In the 1900s governments began to regulate the production and sale of medicines to protect customers from the ill effects of quack cures.
Related links
Techniques and Technologies:
P G Homan, B Hudson, R C Rowe, Popular Medicines: an Illustrated History (London, Chicago: Pharmaceutical Press, 2008)
R Porter, Quacks: Fakers and Charlatans in English Medicine (Stroud: Tempus, 2000)
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Open Sky Technologies Fund
ESA has several initiatives for identifying and preparing technologies for non-space use that can result in commercially viable products and high-potential companies.
Although there is a relatively large amount of very promising start-up and early-stage companies that use space-related technologies or satellite applications, as for all new technology ventures, they often lack access to seed and early-stage funding.
Therefore, in addition to the ESA Business Incubation Centres, ESA has taken the initiative to promote the establishment of a fund to support start-up and early stage companies.
The investment focus of the Open Sky Technologies Fund is on seed-capital investments, start-ups and early-stage growth capital for companies using space-related technologies or satellite applications in non-space applications. These companies need to be located within ESA's Member States.
The management of the fund is completely outsourced to Triangle Venture Capital Group, Germany, a company specialised in managing, advising and financing early-stage high-technology companies.
Any questions regarding the Open Sky Tchnologies Fund can be sent to: email@example.com
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Lacoste L1212 Plain Polo Shirt in Vert Clair Aea. Basic plain polo with Lacoste crocodile logo detail on left chest, Two button fastening. Comes in multiple colours, Goes great with everything.This is a Regular Fit garment, which is true to size across the chest and body.
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So I know I've written mostly about my students recently – apologies if that's not what you come here for! Indulge me once more though if you will…
Next week (17th Feb to be precise) some of the Middlesex University Bright Futures committee and I will be attending #TRULondon. Sadly our attendance wll be a bit limited due to the raft of presentations and work due to be completed that week, however we're incredibly excited to be coming and will be running a track on Thursday afternoon about what it's like to be a student tackling the graduate recruitment processes these days. Well. Not me. I have almost finished my BA in Recruitment Practice but, you know, I'm not wholly sure I'll be done in time for graduation this year… :s
Final year students face some huge challenges at the best of times: Slogging through the toughest year of their studies in addition to job hunting (though not as you and I know it) and often juggling part-time work and family commitments as well.
To you and I, job hunting probably means tweaking your CV a bit and labouring over a nice covering letter. Now this is work enough, but students have it even harder: The application forms for a lot of graduate schemes are projects unto themselves! Highly reflective, essay-style questions that take time and work to complete. If (IF!) you make it through the first round screening then there's a good chance you'll have to sit a raft of skills tests – literacy, numeracy and sometimes logic too. Now I've never sat any of these for real myself, but I've done plenty of practice ones and let me tell you now that all common sense goes out the window when you see a little clock ticking in the corner of the screen and a raft of numbers in front of you! I can only imagine how much more stressful they are when you're trying to do your best to get onto a scheme with a company you really want to be a part of! Then there's the interviews, the assessment centres and, if the stars align, maybe a job at the end of it all! I can't begin to tell you how many hours work go into each and every graduate scheme application.
But obviously there's not just the big schemes, and that's often what a lot of students fail to realise and where universities, friends and family can really add some value. All those wonderful SME's out there who could benefit from a bright, enthusiastic grad and vice versa!
The single biggest hurdle I've come across when working with students has been getting them to realise that, no matter what company a person works for, they are just that: A person. We get employees to come in and talk to the students wherever possible and I also like to drag them along to networking events and so on when I can. The feedback is always resounding: They are just normal, nice people! Who knew, eh!? 😉
Aside from taking the fear away a little, the networking is fantastic. It's so great to be able to talk to and get advice from someone who's shoes you might like to be in a few years from now. It's nice to hear real stories and to know you're not the only person out there who's found it tough. It's also great when they identify that, actually, they have friends and family already in the industry who might be able to help them too!
The other big challenge I often face is getting students to see the value of what they do. One girl I spoke to the other week had been running her own dance business for years but it wasn't even on her CV! Despite marketing it herself, sorting out the finances, taking lessons, working with schools, choreographing and hosting events… She'd mentioned it in passing under Hobbies & Interests on her CV and that was it. All that amazing business experience not mentioned anywhere because she didn't consider it to be a "real job", just something she enjoyed doing and that she happened to make a bit of money out of!
We all need to do more to help the next generation of business men and women. Many big companies won't even come to our university because we're not Russell Group or one of their target uni's, and many of the students don't have the billion UCAS points required to even apply to some of the big schemes due to personal circumstances. I understand why things are as they are, but as one person said in one of the higher ed employability forums this week: How is that not discrimination?!
I hate the term "employability" though. The meaning gets so warped that I don't even know what people mean when they say it half the time! Judgements are made on so much more than skills and sometimes I think that being employable just means being able to distinguish yourself from everyone else! But these are all the things we will be discussing at #TRULondon this week and we really hope you'll join us for the debate! 🙂
In addition to myself, you can meet six wonderful young men and women from Middlesex University, all of whom have done me incredibly proud this year:
- Kenneth Izevbigie (AKA @Kenny_I)
- Kevin Izevbigie (AKA @KevinIze) (and yes, they're twins – good luck with that!)
- Julius Kessy
- Martina Stromkova
- Jaspal Jassal (AKA @JaspalJassal)
- Natasha Tsoka (AKA @Belle_Natasha) (hopefully!)


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The Louisiana Environmental Education Commission and the Louisiana Environmental Education Association will host the 15th Annual Louisiana Environmental Education Symposium at the Lafayette Crowne Plaza in Lafayette, Louisiana on March 9-10, 2012.
Last week we shared our outstanding presenter line-up (Concurrent Session Descriptions). Today we're excited to announce our PRESENTERS' BIRDS-EYE VIEW SCHEDULE! (Attached)
If you haven't attended one of our past conferences, now is the time! There is still time to register for the Early Bird Registration fee of $35! Registration postmarked after February 10th increases to $50. Plus, why miss this valuable opportunity to EARN up to 12 CLUs?!
...Truly enjoyable…Great educational resource…Surprising information!...Fun and I learned a lot…A chance to meet and network with others in E.E.…Very valuable ideas to bring back to the classroom…Most positive & inclusive people I have encountered in education…One on one interaction, with plenty of time in a relaxed atmosphere
Please send YOUR PICTURES showcasing outdoor activities for a surprise conference project. If you have pictures of you, your families, and/or your students on a nature trail, tending the schoolyard garden, beachcombing, climbing a tree, etc. that you would like to share, send a digital copy (limit 3) to Juliet Raffray, Environmental Education Assistant Coordinator, at email@example.com. We cannot guarantee that we will use every photo submitted but we will try! Deadline for submitting pictures: February 23rd.
Lodging assistance is offered to those with significant drive times while funding is available so apply now!
Phenomenal speakers, innovative sessions, and a great time to be had by all in Cajun Country!
Join us – register today! Laissez les bon temps rouler!
All Symposium forms and related information can be found on our website: www.wlf.louisiana.gov/environmental-education-symposium
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COMBAT OUTPOST SHIR GHAZAY, Afghanistan – After a troubled past, Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Christopher Souder knew he had to make a change. Wanting to serve his country and support his family, he joined the Marine Corps in hopes of a better life.
Souder, from Rockville, Md., is now an armorer with Bravo Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7.
"Before I joined, I had one kid. My wife and I had just gotten engaged and my life wasn't going the way I wanted it to," Souder said. "I had gotten in a little bit of trouble, so when I had the chance to enlist, I took the opportunity."
Souder joined the Marine Corps on Nov. 1, 2009, to better his life and has no regrets about the decision. He volunteered for his current deployment and hopes to get another deployment before his time in the Marines is done.
"Everything happens for a reason," Souder said. "I mean, it led me here, so although some of the decisions I made weren't the right ones, I'm glad I was able to learn from them. I begged to come on this deployment. I saw the old commanding officer for Bravo Company, and he was like, 'Hey, I've been hearing your name a lot, you still want to deploy?' I told him, 'Hell yeah, I want to deploy,' and here I am."
Souder said he is motivated by what his grandfather, a former Marine, told him as a child.
"The one thing my grandpa told me was, 'Don't go through life with any regrets 'cause that's the worst thing,'" Souder said. "Many people have come over here three or four times. If I don't try to get on another deployment after I'm already done with this one, I think I probably would regret it later on in life. I don't want to have that, so I'd like to deploy with the next company when they come out here."
Although Souder's grandfather passed away, he still takes the knowledge his grandfather passed on to him to heart.
"My grandfather died when I was 10, but he told me a lot of stuff as a kid. A lot of it has stuck with me to this day, and I try to live up to it all the time," Souder said.
Souder now has two daughters and is expecting a third child. He expects to be home in time from this deployment to witness the birth of his third child.
"My oldest daughter is my angel, and my youngest melts my heart every time I see her, so I hope I get another daughter," Souder said. "But I miss my wife and kids pretty much equally."
To cope with being away from his family, Souder writes music about his experiences in Afghanistan. Before joining the Marine Corps, he had developed a small following in his hometown under the stage name of Drew Gutterz.
"I write music to kind of just take me away from everything," he said. "I write music out here all the time, and I like to put some of the different experiences from out here into my music."
Sgt. John Ramson, a section leader with Bravo Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, has been in two companies with Souder and noted his professionalism throughout that time.
"He always makes sure he does his job the way he's supposed to and doesn't care if he gets the credit or not," Ramson said. "He's just a hard worker and wants to make sure everything is done right. He's pretty funny and is really dedicated to what he does. He really cares about making sure whatever he's doing he's doing it right. He was my armorer back in Delta Company, and he was my go-to guy if there were any problems."
Souder plans on re-enlisting and working on his musical career. But until then, he will continue to ensure the Marines of Bravo Company have functioning weapons while deployed to Afghanistan.


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An Education Visit to the Mid Hants Railway, The Watercress Line, offers the opportunity for your pupils to learn about the present day operation of our preserved railway and to investigate its past life and times. Your visit can be teamed with the experience of travelling through the Hampshire Countryside behind a restored steam locomotive during our midweek running season.
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WALTHAM, Mass. – Tournament Most Valuable Player Jil Vaughan (Wareham, Mass./Tabor Acad.) scored eight of her 14 points in the second half as the visiting 16th-ranked Colby College women's basketball team defeated host Brandeis, 60-44, in the championship game of the 2011 Judges Classic. The Mules held the Judges to just two field goals over the final 12 minutes as they pulled away for the victory. In the consolation game, Clark University defeated Endicott College, 57-47.
Over the first 28 minutes of action in today's final, Colby (2-0) was unable to pull away from Brandeis (2-2). Thanks to a balanced attack that saw eight different players score points, the Judges were within three points at 22-19 with just over five minutes left in the first half. Colby held Brandeis to just two free throws the rest of the stanza to take a 28-21 lead in to the locker room.
Mule senior guard Aarika Ritchie (Lee, Maine/Lee Acad.) led all players with eight points at the break, while Vaughan, senior Rachael Mack (Augusta, Maine/Cony) and junior guard Diana Manduca (Portland, Maine/Deering) had six each. Brandeis rookie Hannah Cain (Gloucester, Mass./Gloucester) and sophomore Julia Scanlon (Long Valley, N.J./West Morris) had four each. Mack had eight rebounds to lead all players.
After Mack hit the first bucket of the second half to make it a 30-21 edge for the visitors, Brandeis went on a big run to get back in the contest. The Judges outscored 14-6 over the next five minutes, with graduate student guard Diana Cincotta (Plymouth, Mass./W. Boylston) kicking off the run with a driving lay-up and adding a 3-pointer. Senior guard Kelly Ethier (Springfield, Mass./Minnechaug Regional) capped the run with a trifecta of her own at the 13:55 mark that made it 36-35 in favor of the Mules.
Unfortunately for the Judges, that would be the last Brandeis basket for more than 11 minutes. Vaughan answered Ethier's hoop with a bucket in the paint on a nice feed from Ritchie. After Scanlon hit two free throws to get the deficit back to one point, the Mules outscored Brandeis 22-7 over the final 12:19 of the contest to pull away.
For the game, Vaughan and Ritchie tied for game-high honors with 14 points. Vaughan averaged 15 points and nine rebounds over the two games to take home MVP honors, hitting 14-of-26 from the field (53.8%). She had 16 rebounds last night and two today. Ritchie finished today with 14 points and five assists, tied for game-high honors. Manduca also reached double figures with 11 points while also finishing with a game-high four steals. A night after doubling up Clark on the boards and grabbing 26 on the offensive glass, Colby wasn't nearly as dominant, with a 41-36 edge, 13-11 on the offensive end. The Mules were efficient with their chances, though, outscoring Brandeis 15-7 on second-chance points, and 14-9 in points off turnovers despite committing only one miscue fewer than the Judges.
Brandeis was paced by Cincotta, who had seven of her team-high 10 points in the second half. Ethier added six of her eight after the break. Cain had a fine performance with team- and career-bests of seven rebounds and five assists.
In the consolation game today, Clark pulled away from Endicott in the second half, shooting 51.7% from the floor after the break to pull away for the 57-47 win. Endicott trailed by just three at halftime, 22-19, and got within one after Jordan Ferland (Charlestown, N.H./Fall Mountain Regional) opened the half with a lay-up. Ferland also scored the Gulls' next four points from the line, making it a 30-25 Cougar lead with 16:57 on the clock.
Clark pulled away at that point, as they hit 10-of-15 shots while holding Endicott to just 3-of-14 with five turnovers over the next nine minutes. Six different Clark players contributed to the run, with sophomore Ashleigh Condon's (Hull, Mass./Hull) hitting three in a row to push the lead from nine to 15 at 42-27 at the 12:30 mark. The lead ballooned to as many as 20 at 52-32 on sophomore Emily Reilly's (Marlborough, Mass./Marlborough) lay-up with 8:21 before the Gulls closed on a 15-5 run to make it a 10-point final margin.
For Clark, Condon led all players with 15 points, 11 coming after the intermission, while junior forward Kelsey Giedymin (Shrewsbury, Mass./Shrewsbury) had 10. Four different Clark players had either six or seven rebounds, with sophomore reserve forward Esther Cohn (Chapel Hill, N.C./Carolina Friends School) leading the Cougars with seven boards and three assists. Giedymin, sophomore Annmarie Fransen (Belmont, Mass./Belmont) and senior Kate Minister (Manchester, England/Proctor Acad.) had six caroms each.
Endicott got 14 points and eight rebounds from Ferland to lead the team. Sophomore Jennifer White (Lisbon, N.H./Lisbon Regional) also had eight boards, while senior Nicole Heffernan (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) had seven caroms, helping her team to a 44-43 edge on the glass. Sophomore guard Sarah Robinson (Norwich, Vt./Hanover (N.H.)) had three assists to pace Endicott.
In addition to Colby's Jil Vaughan as the MVP, the All-Tournament team consisted of Rachael Mack from Colby, Diana Cincotta and Kelly Ethier from Brandeis, Kate Minister from Clark and Nicole Heffernan from Endicott.


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NEW YORK, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Delmon Young hit a tie-breaking, 12th-inning double Saturday and Detroit took Game 1 of the American League Championship Series 6-4 over the New York Yankees.
With the score tied 4-4 in the 12th, Miguel Cabrera drew a leadoff walk from David Phelps (0-1), went to second on an out and then scored when Young lined a pitch that eluded Yankees right-fielder Nick Swisher.
Don Kelly came in to run for Young and went to third when Jhonny Peralta scorched a grounder. New York shortstop Derek Jeter stumbled while fielding the play, breaking his left ankle. He is out for the rest of the post-season.
The next batter, Andy Dirks, followed with another infield hit that sent Kelly home with an insurance run.
Drew Smyly (1-0) fired two scoreless innings to earn the win, which gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven ALCS.
Tigers closer Jose Valverde coughed up a four-run lead in the bottom of ninth, yielding two-run homers to Ichiro Suzuki and Raul Ibanez to send the game into extra innings.
Young finished 3-for-6 with three RBI and a solo homer.
Suzuki collected four hits for the Yankees, who will host Game 2 Sunday.


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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Gimmie shelter. Via: Life Archives
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Havana, Cuba. Via: snapawayoungman's photostream
Saturday, February 27, 2010
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Childhood sketches from thejang's photostream
Friday, February 26, 2010
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Lupe Fiasco (Photo by Chetan Patel) Via: DoobyBrain
Thursday, February 25, 2010
The best seat in the movie industry: Specialized Camera Vehicles SCV3
A Shanghai motorcycle taxi waits for his next fare. Via: Nangka.org
Tripper Dungan's shadow puppets made from cereal boxes. Via: Hello Craft
Via: Southsiders
From Lone Wolf 2100. Via: Panel of the Week
A steaming hot cup of Cadury's after practice. Via: The Velobanjogent
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
"70's Classic is back... only smaller" Via: Think Geek
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Designer Marouane Bembli wanted to create something that could even handle itself without human interference. "This bike is supposed to be a guardian of the city and with its lean design and v4 engine could take down any villain in a fast pursuit."
Via: Auto Motto
Words fail us. Via: The Naked Maicomobil
The art of Steven Denby
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"Established in 1852, Bradbury & Co. was Britain and Europe's first sewing machine manufacturer. They produced sewing machines right up until just before the great Wall Street Crash of 1929. As well as sewing machines they produced prams, bicycles ....and later motorcycles."
Via: Sewalot
"Bad Boyfriend " by Will Barras. Via: Upper Playground
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Stage prop from the German band Tokio Hotel's Humanoid tour. Via: Express.de
Why ride a motorcycle wearing a helmet when you can ride in your helmet?. Krasimir Emilov's "Rollersphere" concept. Via: Yanko Design
Shiny, happy people. Via: Brickset
Monday, February 22, 2010
Burewala (southern Punjab) was first in Pakistan to start commercial manufacturing of these motorcycle rickshaws which is called "Chand Garri" in some parts of the country."
Via: Dr. Shahid-Burewala Trekkerz (JOIN MY HAPPINESS)'s photostream
"Speedy Lisa" Alice Eliza (Lisa) Silverwood on her 1914 3½ hp water cooled Humber, with passenger Doris McAuslan. Photo taken around 1914 - 1918.
This photo was not posed - this was Lisa's own bike. Via: Robert Silverwood's photostream
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Bugle Calls
Bugle Calls
Here you will find general bugle calls, as documented by Philip St. George Cooke, Brig. Gen. U.S. Army. These calls are provided courtesy of Chris Hurley.
All of these files are in .WAV format -- they can be played with almost any Windows sound utility.
Please note that .WAV files can be large; file size is indicated in parenthesis. Or if you prefer, download files compressed with the shareware utility PKZIP.EXE.
Listed alphabetically by name:
- The Assembly (262,152) Troopers will form up in ranks. (zipped version)
- Assembly of the Buglers (268,834) Also known as First Call. This signal was used to call all the buglers to gather; it is also the first call of the camp day and the signal to wake up, wash and get ready for the morning roll call. (zipped version)
- Assembly of the Guard (580,189) All those assigned to guard duty are to assemble and mount the guard. This call was also used to call the relief of those standing guard (SEE SENTRIES). (zipped version)
- Boots and Saddles (189,580) This call was adopted by the army in 1841. It calls the troopers to their mounts. (zipped version)
- Breakfast Call (383,403) Troopers to report to the mess tent for breakfast, or time to prepare and eat breakfast. (zipped version)
- The Charge (181,004) Army 1841 signal to charge. (zipped version)
- Dinner Call (143,876) This signal is sounded for the main meal of the day (lunch). (zipped version)
- Distributions (251,410) If anything needed to be distributed, at this signal, the men would fall in to receive it. (zipped version)
- Drill Call (340,376) Troopers fall in on the drill field for drill instruction. (zipped version)
- Fatigue Call (385,576) This call was the signal for policing of quarters, grounds and stables by fatigue parties. (zipped version)
- The General (664,010) This call was used to strike camp and prepare to move out. (zipped version)
- The March (460,508) The order to move out. (zipped version)
- Officer's Call (275,615) Calls officers to headquarters. (zipped version)
- Orders for Orderly Sergeants (202,444) This call was used to signal all those on duty to stand by for the issue of orders. (zipped version)
- The Rally (243,673) Sounded when regrouping of the forces was in order, this signal summoned all to gather and re-execute a previous command. (zipped version)
- The Recall (242,081) Used for a variety of reasons: to call back details, skirmishers, etc. to the main body. (zipped version)
- Retreat (1,053,157) This call is used to signal the afternoon roll call. The call is sounded when the men are formed on the color line, and signals the 1st Sergeants to call the men to attention for afternoon roll call. The first eight notes are also sounded in the field to signal the falling back of a cavalry action. (zipped version)
- The Reveille (2,633,312) Sounded to mark morning roll call. This was not used to wake up the troops. The call is sounded when the men are formed on the color line, and signals the 1st Sergeants to call the men to attention. (zipped version)
- Sick Call (430,961) This call was sounded to assemble the sick so they could report to the hospital tent for treatment. (zipped version)
- Stable Call (469,824) Those who tended the stable were called to their duty with this call. (zipped version)
- Taps (410,249) Late in the war, this call was used to signal lights out. (zipped version)
- Tattoo / To Extinguish Lights (730,214) This call was used to signal the evening roll call. The call was sounded when the men were formed on the color line, and signaled the 1st Sergeants to call the men to attention. This call is also sounded later to signal lights out. (zipped version)
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- To Horse (244,004) The troopers will mount their horses. (zipped version)
- To the Standard (1,309,506) A call to form at the colors, hardly ever used in the field. (zipped version)
- Watering Call (110,220) Details would be sent out for water with this call to replenish the camps' water supply. (zipped version)
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WannaCry Ransomware Campaign: Threat Details and Risk Management
On May 12, a highly prolific WannaCry ransomware campaign began impacting organizations globally. Given the rapid and prolific distribution of this ransomware, FireEye iSIGHT Intelligence believes this activity poses a high risk to all organizations using potentially vulnerable Windows machines. In this webinar, FireEye will talk with customers about how the ransomware works and what we've observed, and we will discuss our detection posture and risk management recommendations.
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The Accounting Historians Journal Vol. 12, No. 1 Spring 1985 John H. Myers INDIANA UNIVERSITY SPIRALING UPWARD: Auditing Methods As Described By Montgomery And His Successors Abstract: Audit emphasis this century has swung away from chasing entries through the books to values being "fairly presented" and then back again. Now, however, what was "chasing entries through the books" has become "verifying internal controls." This verification is primary evidence that statement values are fair, and comparison of values to "things themselves" is corroborative evidence. Thus, auditors have not gone around in a circle, but in a radically changing en-vironment they have spiraled upward. These conclusions are drawn from a review of the nine editions of Montgomery's Auditing published through 1975 and from the two editions which Montgomery prepared of the Authorized American Edition of Dicksee's Auditing. A 1950 list of auditing methods by the American Institute of Ac-countants (now AICPA)1 included (a) analysis and review, (b) ob-servation, including both observation of physical assets and of how clerical employees do their work, (c) confirmation, (d) inquiry, and (e) computation. Compare, cross-reference, examine, investigate, scan, and trace might be added as subitems in the major list. These words also appear in the auditing literature of the early 1900's and of today, but today do we do these things differently? The changed environment of larger masses of data, new means of handling them, increased audit responsibilities and greater understanding, have led to many changes in the use of these methods. Early in the cen-tury they were used primarily to trace transactions through the books. Later the emphasis changed to according the account bal-ances with the "things themselves." Now the audit focus is on the integrity of the system for getting the transactions into the financial statements, while additional balance sheet auditing assures that ac-count balances accord with the "things themselves." This analysis of history is based on the nine editions of Montgom-ery's Auditing plus the two editions of the Authorized American Ver-sion, which Montgomery prepared, of Dicksee's Auditing. In addi-


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Halfway between 7 and 10 inches, halfway between Android and iOS, the HDX 8.9 could be the best of both worlds.
On the other hand, it could be the most indecisive tablet we've ever seen. On the other hand (stop counting) maybe it's a stroke of genius: the perfect tablet for people who can't decide which tablet to get.
Amazon aims high
With the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, the online retail giant has reaffirmed its determination to play rough in the high-end mainstream tablet market. It sits between the established "small" (7-inch) and "big" (10-inch) tablet forms. The 16GB Wi-Fi version (without ads on the homescreen) will set you back less than what the iPad Mini Retina, iPad Air, or Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition costs.
Its little brother, the Kindle Fire HDX 7, has its sights on the value end of the market, matching the price of Google's Nexus 7, so you might wonder quite where the HDX 8.9 fits in. In many ways it feels like one step down from the tablet top tier; if your budget won't quite stretch to the very best that's not such a bad place to be.
Is this a premium product?
In a word, no. That is, the HDX 8.9 doesn't feel particularly special, even though it's priced a long way above the "value" end of the scale. While it lacks the design chic of its Apple and Samsung rivals, it is remarkably thin and light. It's comfortable to hold thanks to rubbery backing and edges that don't feel cold or sharp. That's important in a tablet designed primarily for leisurely, handheld reading and viewing.
Flip it over and you can't fail to notice a large embossed Amazon logo. It's something that will turn off tech brand snobs for sure. The tapered top strip houses an 8MP camera and LED flash framed by a few Darth Vader helmet creases, flanked by stereo speakers. Hardware volume controls are usefully located to sit beneath the fingers of your right hand when holding the tablet in landscape mode. There's work to be done in the desirability stakes but in terms of practicality Amazon has done a good job here.
Beneath the surface
As with the Kindle Fire HDX 7, the HDX 8.9 is actually built on Android but because the interface is a bespoke top layer it doesn't look or feel like an Android tablet. The design and layout of the interface is neat enough but lacks some cohesion and isn't as intuitive as it could be, as if Amazon's designer's couldn't decide on a single system or heirachy for its various online services, apps, settings and navigation controls.
A row of text labels runs along the top of the screen, reminiscent of the company's own website. Maybe that's as unsurprising as it is uninspiring, because most of them take you off to Amazon's physical and virtual stores.
We find the interface more user-friendly than Windows 8 and it doesn't have Android's tendancy to become cluttered, but it still feels as if it needs a stronger direction and focus. There are too many blank screens with no explantion (for example, if it fails to connect to the app store) and an over-reliance on swipes from offscreen in order to bring up essential menus and navigation controls. For simplicity and ease of use, Apple's iOS 7 is still the best.
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Processor - 2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 CPU, Adreno 330 GPU
Screen - 8.9in, 2560x1600 resolution (339ppi)
Cameras - 8MP rear with LED flash, 720p front
Storage - 16GB/32GB/64GB (not expandable) plus cloud storage
Connectivity - Bluetooth, dual-band Wi-Fi, MicroUSB, 3.5mm headphone
Battery life - Up to 12 hours (claimed)
Dimensions - 231 x 158 x 7.8mm
Weight - 374g
Ring-fenced app store
While the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 is built on Android, it won't access the main Google Play app store. Instead, developers can submit Kindle editions of their apps to Amazon where they are then vetted and, if all is well, added to the Kindle App Store. The benefit is that it cuts out a lot of the dross and reduces the likelihood that you'll be scammed or mugged off by a dodgy app, and most of the big-hitters from Android are available, but there are some big exceptions, such as WhatsApp Messenger and Instagram.
There are apps for all the functional stuff but if you want high quality games, educational apps or serious creative apps you'll be disappointed by the omissions. Apple's App Store continues to be leagues ahead in terms of the quality and range of apps available.
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Much of Amazon's tablet ethos revolves around security, and this extends beyond the app store. There's a feature called Kindle FreeTime, designed to allow parents to "child-proof" the Kindle Fire HDX. It allows you to put the tablet into a mode where only specific apps or books can be used, and it's also possible to impose time limits on these sessions.
As a parent, you set up a new profile for a child or a number of children and authorise certain apps or books which will be accessible when you log in to that profile. The profile can only be exited by entering a password, set by the parent. It's a simple system that works very well and could be a major selling point for parents looking for a family-friendly tablet. It's not unique (the Android 4.3 update includes a similar feature) but it is very useful and currently not something that's available on many other tablets.
Mayday, the video helpdesk
Another helpful feature is the Mayday button. Accessed from the settings pull-down menu, this connects you to the Kindle helpdesk with a couple of taps. In our tests, calls have been answered in just a few seconds. Once you're connected you get to see your helper in a little video window (they can't see you), and from there they can answer technical questions, aided by the ability to remotely control your device (with your permission) or sketch onto your screen to show you how to do things yourself.
We've found the helpdesk's level of technical knowledge to be sufficient to solve minor queries and the service has always been friendly. This is a service to help out users who have "lost" all their photos, or found that "the internet has been switched off", so we'll cut it some slack for the slightly vague responses we got to some more technically taxing queries.
Battery life
Amazon's battery life claims of "Up to 12 hours of reading, web surfing over Wi-Fi, video watching or music playback" are probably achievable at low brightness settings, and in many sitations (in bed or on a flight) you won't need the luminance cranked up to the max. In our tests it lasted 5 hours, 20 minutes playing a continuous stream of live TV via the iPlayer app with brightness turned right up. A side-by-side test with a Google Nexus 7 saw the smaller tablet pegging out at the 3hr, 45mins mark. Standby performance is a little disappointing, though: our 25%-charged Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 drained itself completely in a 63-hour spell of inactivity.
Music and video streaming
If you're the kind of person who grumbles a mild obscenity and hits the "back" button as soon as the suggestion of a free 30-day trial pops up on your screen, the Kindle Fire range is probably not for you. The HDX 8.9 is full of such things because it's really all about getting you hooked up to Amazon's media subscription services, such as a LoveFilm (for on-demand movies and TV), Amazon Prime (for access to a library-style book-lending service) and Audible (for audio books).
You can still buy music and ebooks as one-offs, and there's also the option of uploading your own existing music files to Amazon's cloud storage, from where they can be streamed back to your tablet.
If you're going to get the most from the HDX 8.9 you'll need to buy into all of these, literally and figuratively. Once you do, the Kindle Fire 8.9 really starts to make sense. So long as you're in range of a strong Wi-Fi signal you'll have access to a huge amount and variety of entertainment.
A screen for crisp video
The screen is one of the HDX 8.9's best features. Depending on your source, images and video can sometimes have a slightly yellow hue but this is very minor and not something you're likely to notice unless doing side-by-side testing. The pixel density is sufficient for the little dots to be invisible to the naked eye, rendering fonts, icons and webpages very cleanly. Viewing angles are pretty good, too, with an acceptable level of brightness reduction when shared around a boardroom table or across a sofa.
The HDX 8.9 is certainly a safe option. Bigger than an iPad Mini Retina, cheaper than an iPad Air or Galaxy Note 10.1, it's an outstanding middle-of-the-road option, and that's not as much of a contradiction as it would seem.
Tidier and simpler than the regular Android option, the HDX 8.9 will please those looking for a no-fuss tablet solution, but if you stretch the budget just a little bit further you could have the best from Apple or Samsung. For this reason the far cheaper HDX 7 makes a lot more sense to us.
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text: When Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, 30 years ago this week, they got 4,700 square miles of land in the South Atlantic inhabited by British sheep farmers driving Land Rovers on the left. A few days after the Argentinian flag was raised over Government House on April 2, 1982, traffic was redirected to the right, in keeping with Argentina's rule of the road, and arrows were painted on local roads to mark the new driving side. As this period photo of a Land Rover shows, the locals weren't amused and kept driving on the left when the Argentines weren't looking. A little over two months later, a British task force retook the islands and the arrows were removed.


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High School students bullied for wearing camouflage, parents say
Student newspaper quoted kids saying clothing is trashy, tacky
After an article ran in Rogers Heritage High School's student newspaper, some kids have been bullied for wearing camouflage clothing, parents said.
Crissy and Shannon have a freshman daughter, who they say was made fun of in class for wearing a camouflage jacket.
"She was asked a question, if she was one of those trashy people that wear the camo because she had on a camo hoodie," said Crissy, who along with Shannon, did not want to reveal their last names because they are worried about their daughter getting picked on even more.
In the article "50 shades of green," one student said, "I think camo is ugly, it's overused, it's tacky and it makes me want to puke." Another student said, "Personally, I think camo is tacky, but if people want to be tacky, they have that right. To each his own."
"There's a lot of kids that choose to wear what they wear and maybe that's who that person is," Shannon said.
"Part of student wear is individuality," said Principal Karen Steen.
Steen said this was the first time she's heard about any issues with students wearing camouflage, but she might take a closer look if students and parents come forward.
"The first thing that has to be taken care of is their safety and security," Steen said. "And this falls into that."
Steen also said she's planning to sit down with the newspaper's editors to review some of the content.
The school district policy says students can be suspended or expelled if they are caught bullying other students.


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Foundries make type. They can be large organizations or small, one or two-person operations. Historically, foundries turned out a physical product — metal type cast from a font of molten lead. These productions, however small in scale, necessitated the procurement of heavy, skilled labor. The masters who hand-cut the punches, down to those who kept the fires burning still got greasy every day. It was hard work. Up until the turn of the last century, the trade of type design kept its perception as blue collar. At foundries presently, there is little commotion compared to the hot metal days when you could tell a foundry worker by the smell. Gutenberg was the first, and while we haven't seen the last, the trend has moved from physical to digital production. But the name 'foundry' persists.
When I think of foundries today, I tend to think of people like Peter Bruhn, who spends his days drawing and fitting his letters, and checking his proofs, a little time tending to business on the phone or sending emails, but mostly, with the letters. Other designers can release their fonts through Peter's foundry, but for now, it's mostly him. Foundries can sell their types directly, or through distributors, who take a cut of the revenue to pay for promotion and operating costs.
Mayo by Peter Bruhn of Fountain
So what is FontShop?
FontShop is the first of the independent digital type retailers. Our aim from the beginning arose from the idea that great design is a valuable service to everyone. And since great typography is the core of great graphic design, we made it our purpose to improve design by making the best type available to designers everywhere. In the beginning this meant that we printed and sold big yellow books, and waited by the phone with price lists, ready to mail out diskettes, same-day. Now it means that we curate a collection of type online, and publish newsletters, blog posts, tweets and comments, produce and commission original artwork, and sponsor and host design conferences, and of course, reach out to new foundries.
What makes FontShop independent?
While we deal with hundreds of foundries, we don't hold the intellectual property of any. Each foundry retains the rights of authorship for its original works and chooses which of its fonts to let us sell. We do our part to make and publish promotional material, help our customers choose the best type for a given project, and sell licenses to the fonts.


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Get Your Nerd On: Desire, Passion And The Scientific Bookstore
It never seemed to be in the same place twice. After stumbling on to it by accident during my undergrad days, I seemed to lose its location time and time again. But it was easy to lose, just a door on 19th Street (or was it 17th?) between 5th and 6th Avenue. The door led to a cramped hallway and locked stairwells. Then came an ancient, cranky elevator that took you up to the 3rd floor (or was it the 4th?) and spilled out onto an empty, poorly lit hallway. It always felt creepy, like I was there for a drug deal. But in a way that is exactly why I, or anyone else, was there.
We all came to get our fix. We came to get some science books. And not just any kind of science book, mind you. We wanted the hardcore stuff and for that you needed a technical bookstore. Technical bookstores are the domain of the ultra-geek. They are places of such rapturous beauty, such all-encompassing delight that, today, I must to sing a pean to their glory.
I hope, perhaps, you will know what I mean. While I write specifically of the scientific bookstore, the same joy can be found in a cookbook store for the epicurean, the record store for the audiophile (vinyl!), the craftbook store for the knitting junkie and the comic bookstore for the hardcore fan. The word of the day is passion and it can be found in any place that stokes your inner fire.
You weren't going to find Cosmos, A Brief History of Time or The Elegant Universe on the shelves of my hidden Manhattan technical bookstore. Its cramped aisles held the kinds of volumes nobody reads unless they are a serious junky. Titles like Non-linear Differential Equations for Population Biology stood next to Vector and Tensor Analysis for Relativity which propped up Matrix Methods for Quantum Physics.
I was just beginning my training in math and physics when I found the store. As I ran my hand across the pages of those books they seemed to contain magic spells — the equations and the diagrams were a secret language I longed to read. The entire store seemed like a kind of forbidden library full of expensive, elusive and impossible knowledge (most books were over a hundred bucks, even back then). It was thrilling. Remarkably, it still is. As I learned to read those incantations, my sojourns to amongst the shelves in my favorite technical bookstores became even more intoxicating.
The pleasure of the technical/scientific bookstore is a rare and elusive thing. It's like spending your life in a foreign country, only to find a store full of books written in a native tongue that you never knew about. To find a new store can be the highlight of a trip. Over the years my friends and I have exchanged stories and the addresses of our favorite bookstore finds around the world.
There is Powell's Technical Books in Portland, Reiter's Books in D.C. and, back in the day, there was Stacey's in San Francisco. Every one of these places is (or was) magic if you are a nerd of a particular passion. The time spent camped out on the floor with an out of print version of Zel'dovich & Raizer's The Physics of Shock Waves was time spent freed from the weary concerns of the day to day. There was liberation on those bookshelves and that is where the technical bookstore has everything in common with all the other kinds of geekdom, nerdisms and obsession which can and should unite us all.
The brutal truth is we just find ourselves in this life and, worse, we find it full of sorrow and hardship. Taken on its own, that fact might crush us. But along with the love of others we can also find enthusiasm. We can find passion. That passion might be for science. It might be for 1920s Blues recordings, great detective novels or mastering the subtle art of woodworking. In all its diverse forms we can take the bounty of the world around us and make something of it for ourselves. We can throw our time and attention into some small corner of the Universe's infinite mansions. Once there, and with help of others who share our passion, we can enter the palace of the dorks and, without guile or shame or irony, we can become little kids again, delighting in the world and delighting in delight!
Last spring my son and daughter, both budding dorks themselves, introduced me to Ada's technical bookstore in Seattle. In an Amazon.com era, when the technical bookstore seems like an anachronism, here was the idea reborn. A comfortable, hipper version of the concept, mixing comics, sci-fi and computer-language manuals. Together we spent an hour in the store drooling over all the titles we wanted. When we finally left the store it was with a bag full of books and the anticipation of hours of delight ahead of us.
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Fire Kills 112 Workers Making Clothes For U.S. Brands
By Julhas Alam
DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Fire raced up the floors of a Bangladeshi garment factory with no emergency exits, killing at least 112 people, some of whom jumped from the eight-story building where they made clothes for major global retailers.
Investigators suspect that a short circuit caused the fire Saturday night outside the capital, Dhaka, said Maj. Mohammad Mahbub, fire department operations director.
The factory is owned by Tazreen Fashions Ltd., a subsidiary of the Tuba Group, which makes products for Walmart, Ikea and other companies in the U.S. and Europe.
Walmart says it previously stopped working with nearly 50 Bangladeshi factories because of fire danger. An assessment of Tazreen conducted for the retailer last year rated the company as a "high risk," but Walmart said Monday it did not know whether it was still buying products made at the factory.
More:Walmart Black Friday Strike: Could It Slay The Retail Giant? [Video]Firefighters recovered at least 100 bodies from the factory and 12 more people died at hospitals after jumping from the building to escape the fire, Mahbub told The Associated Press on Sunday.
"Had there been at least one emergency exit through outside the factory, the casualties would have been much lower," Mahbub said.
Local media reported that up to 124 people were killed.
Army soldiers and border guards were helping keep order as thousands of onlookers and anxious relatives of the factory workers gathered, Mahbub said.
Relatives of the workers frantically looked for their loved ones. Sabina Yasmine said that she saw the body of her daughter-in-law, but had seen no trace of her son, who also worked there.
"Oh, Allah, where's my soul? Where's my son?" wailed Yasmine, who works at another factory in the area. "I want the factory owner to be hanged. For him, many have died, many have gone."
Neither Tazreen's owner nor Tuba Group officials could be reached for comment.
Tazreen was given a "high risk" safety rating after a May 16, 2011, audit conducted by an "ethical sourcing" assessor for Walmart, according to a document posted on the Tuba Group's website. It did not specify what led to the rating.
More:Jobless Claims Fall But Sandy Dampens RecoveryWalmart spokesman Kevin Gardner said online documents indicating an orange or "high risk" assessment after the May 2011 inspection and a yellow or "medium risk" report after an inspection in August 2011 appeared to pertain to the factory. The August 2011 letter said Walmart would conduct another inspection within one year.
Gardner said it was not clear if that inspection had been conducted or whether the factory was still making products for Walmart. If a factory is rated "orange" three times in two years, Walmart won't place any orders for one year. The May 2011 report was the first orange rating for the factory.
"Our thoughts are with the families of the victims of this tragedy," the retailer said in a statement. "While we are trying to determine if the factory has a current relationship with Walmart or one of our suppliers, fire safety is a critically important area of Walmart's factory audit program and we have been working across the apparel industry to improve fire safety education and training in Bangladesh."
The Tuba Group is a major Bangladeshi garment exporter whose clients also include Carrefour and Ikea, according to its website. Its factories export garments to the U.S., Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands, among other countries. The Tazreen factory, which opened in 2009 and employed about 1,700 people, made polo shirts, fleece jackets and T-shirts.
Bangladesh has some 4,000 garment factories, many without proper safety measures. The country annually earns about $20 billion from exports of garment products, mainly to the U.S. and Europe.
In its 2012 Global Responsibility report, Walmart said that "fire safety continues to be a key focus for brands and retailers sourcing from Bangladesh." Walmart said it ceased working with 49 factories in Bangladesh in 2011 because of fire safety issues, and was working with its supplier factories to phase out production from buildings deemed high risk.
Mahbub said the fire broke out on the ground floor, which was used as a warehouse, and spread quickly to the upper floors. Many workers who retreated to the roof were rescued, he said. But he said that with no emergency exits leading outside the building, many victims were trapped, and firefighters recovered 69 bodies from the second floor alone.
"The factory had three staircases, and all of them were down through the ground floor," Mahbub said. "So the workers could not come out when the fire engulfed the building."
Many victims were burned beyond recognition. The bodies were laid out in rows at a school nearby. Many of them were handed over to families; unclaimed victims were taken to Dhaka Medical College for identification.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed shock at the loss of so many lives.
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association said it would stand by the victims' families and offered 100,000 takas ($1,250) to each of the families of the dead. The association's acting president, Siddiqur Rahman, said on a late-night talk show early Monday that Tazreen's owner was to meet with group representatives later in the day.
"We will discuss what other things we can do for the families of the dead," Rahman said on Rtv, a private television station. "We are worried about what has happened. We hope to discuss everything in detail in that meeting."
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The Chronicle of Higher Education sat down recently with Will Wright to talk to him about the value of educational games. Not only did they get some great money quotes, they got some great money business cards!
The interview starts off with Wright showing off his new business cards, which he's had printed on replicas of foreign money. It then quickly drops into the topic, pulling this gem of a quote from the famed developer:
"If you look at what people are doing with this technology it is, or has been, mostly directed at 12-year-old boys. But it has the potential to do a whole lot more."
Wright, when asked about educational and serious games, says that he thinks sometimes these games are a bit too focused on the idea, hinting that maybe they're not so fun.
What they need to do, he says, is be a bit more abstract in how they deal with the idea.
Why should serious and educational game developers listen to Wright? He's made a career out of making educational games, people just don't realize it.
Wright says, as he told me, that the real power in gaming isn't in its ability to educate, but its ability to motivate. Motivate people to educate themselves.


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Cairo is now ten months old. I can't believe how time flies.
Some lite frothing. haha.
This dog is obsessed with anything he can put in his mouth. The Cuz has become his "walking buddy" and he carries it with him when we go out.
I love how dark he is in the face. <3
Handsome for a herder.
Geez, you are POINTY.
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The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is responsible for protecting the state's 12.4 million residents, as well as countless visitors, through the prevention and control of disease and injury. The Department's nearly 200 programs touch virtually every age, aspect and cycle of life. Some of the services provided by the IDPH are vaccinations to protect children against disease; testing to assure the safety of food, water and drugs; licensing to ensure quality health care in hospitals and nursing homes; investigations to control the outbreak of infectious diseases; collection and evaluation of health statistics to develop prevention and regulatory programs; screening newborns for genetic diseases; programs to meet the special health needs of women. Combined, these vital programs and services make up Illinois' public health system, a system that bears major responsibility for the quality of life in the state.
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