Police Commission: Preparing for ‘Joshua’s Law,’ new officers complete training this week

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Highlights from the Dec. 7 Manchester Police Commission meeting, including ‘Joshua’s Law’ which supports victims of domestic violence, recent crime updates, the need to increase diversity within the ranks, grants and other department matters.

Ralph Baer

A life well played: Ralph Baer, 92, inventor of video games, playful spirit to the end

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On the side, in his own skunk works, Ralph began working on what he then termed as “television games” in the mid-1960s, from which came the document entitled Disclosure Data TVG(ames) of 1 September 1966, which led to the seminal patents for video games. Eventually, that side work became part of an effort at Sanders resulting in the creation of a unit now known as “The Brown Box,” which was the first video game console, now part of the permanent collection at the American History Museum at the Smithsonian.

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