Where some markers have experienced problems we have been able to work with them quickly to resolve any issues".
Today, almost all of those markers of identity are gone or weakened.
"Every year you have a review meeting with Charles [van Commenee, Britain's head coach] and one of the markers I had was winning the European Championships, so that's the first box ticked.
By all the standard markers, by all the accepted rules and regulations and assessments of secondary school, my daughter left school a failure.
And also, "how can you 'teach' someone not to rape?" Their questions played on my mind: what chance did a bunch of well-meaning students have of turning the tide of sexual violence, armed with only pamphlets, whiteboard markers and clipboards?
"We have carried out an investigation into this and in the majority of cases we have found it is an issue with the computer or internet connection being used … we have seen better ePEN performance from those markers using cable-connected broadband and not wireless".
She has a wired connection, she says, and Pearson had stipulated its technology requirements in markers' contracts, so should not be using that as an excuse.
They are trying to say it's markers' own technology that is the problem, but it's not".
Once out on the night fishing run, when the nets are cast, with tea-tray sized cork buoys topped with diesel-lit, naked flames as markers, we drink warm, sugary chai as the sun sets over the Arabian Sea.
The Haines video is devoid of any specific geographical markers, but Higgins seems inclined to think the murder happened in "the hill around Raqqa".
Myall Creek and Coniston are two of the more prominent Aboriginal massacre sites and as such stand as markers not just for the horrific crimes that took place at these locations but reflect additionally the multitude of silences that remain across the wider continent.
