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Criminals and the physically powerful prey upon the weak, hoarding the meager food rations and committing horrific acts.When an accident sends him home paralyzed, she's filled with guilt and submits to his wish that she take on other lovers, convinced that this will aid in his recovery. DVD 785; also DVD X4096 Directed by Youssef Chahine.A smoldering tale of life among the poor who live in Cairo's railroad station.A love story about John Leeds, an idealistic special education teacher, and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah.At first, Leeds sees Sarah as a teaching challenge. Cast: Anna Karina, Ulli Lommel, Macha Meril, Margit Carstensen, Brigitte Mira, Alexander Allerson, Volker Spengler, Andrea Schober.Inside the hospital is one eyewitness to the nightmare.
Following her husband into the hospital, a woman whose sight is unaffected by the plague goes into quarantine.During the twilight of their years, Grant is forced to face the fact that Fiona's 'forgetfulness' actually is Alzheimer's.After Fiona wanders away and is found, the decision is made for her to go into a nursing home.Special features: Feature commentary with actress Julie Christie ; deleted scenes ; deleted scenes commentary with director Sarah Polley. Cast: Theresa Chan, Ezanne Lee, Samantha Tan, Seet Keng Yew, Chiew Sung Ching, Lawrence Yong, Lynn Poh.A tapestry of stories woven around the themes of love, hope and destiny. Walthall, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Jameson Thomas, James Bush, Astrid Allwyn. Cast: Finn Atkins, John Langford, Ann Farrar, Luke Gell, Keiran Francis. Schoolteacher Ed Avery, who's been suffering bouts of severe pain and even blackouts, is hospitalized with what's diagnosed as a rare inflammation of the arteries.For the first time in their relationship, they are forced to undergo a separation since this is the nursing home 'no-vistitors,' first 30 days policy of a patient's stay.


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Pink shirts for Silverstone
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Paint the town red? Pink, more like. And we'll be doing it for a good cause and for a great bloke.
For this summer's British Grand Prix, McLaren has created a special T-shirt that commemorates the life of Jenson's beloved father, John, who sadly passed away in January this year.
John was hugely proud and supportive of his son's racing exploits, guiding him from his earliest days in karting through to his 2009 world title, and his many grand prix wins with McLaren Mercedes. His death earlier this year has left a hole in the motorsport community that will be impossible to fill.
At Silverstone, we're encouraging fans to go pink – the colour of John's traditional race-day 'lucky shirt' – and buy a tribute #PinkforPapa T-shirt to show their support and appreciation for a departed British motorsport icon.
A percentage of the proceeds will go to Jenson's preferred charity, the Henry Surtees Foundation – an organisation set up by former world champion John Surtees, in memory of his son Henry, to assist and support people with injuries caused by accidents, injuries, and provide resources and assistance for young people to develop their skills.
Click here to buy the John Button Tribute T-Shirt
Jenson said: "We want to turn Silverstone pink to commemorate John, and to support the Henry Surtees Foundation. Your support is much appreciated in raising awareness ahead of the British Grand Prix."
Speaking about his father earlier this year, Jenson said: "Whether I liked it or not, he was always the last person to give me a high-five or a cuddle before I got into the car. Even if I was trying to concentrate, he'd be there to make sure he gave me that last hug."
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I try to be patient with deciphering the code of "insider jokes" that occasionally appear in the aroid list postings, but I'd be curious to find out why you think philodendrons are not worthy of admiration and respect.
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Dr. Ron Friedman is an award-winning social psychologist who specializes in human motivation and top performance. He's the author ofThe Best Place To Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace. And, leader ofignite80— an organization dedicated to improving employee engagement by giving leaders and their teams science-based practices for enriching engagement and improving everyone's experience at work.


Winners of the SWW Annual Writing Contest were announced at the awards banquet on September 15. Below is a listing of the winners by category and place standing.
Rachel Wierick won the $1500 grand prize Storyteller Award, as well as first place in the Juvenile/Young Adult Novel category for her entry.


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Third Wave Corporation and A. T. Works, two leading Japanese technology product and service providers, have reportedly selected Adaptec's (News - Alert) Unified Serial RAID controllers.
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Tokyo-based developer Third Wave Corp. has adapted Adaptec 5805 Unified Serial, or SATA/SAS (News - Alert), RAID controllers to power its high-end desktop PC line. Working in conjunction with Intel solid-state hard drives, or "SSD," the Adaptec controllers provide the ideal combination of ultra-high data processing speeds and low power consumption, company officials said.
Kentaro Mitsuyasu, from the corporate division of Third Wave, said that, with its advanced 1.2GHz processor-driven RAID firmware, the Adaptec 5805 outperformed every other RAID controller the company tested.
"As a result, Adaptec Series 5 RAID controllers are part of the performance architecture that has become a standard in our current and next generation high-performance systems," Mitsuyasu said.
Japan's premier Internet services provider and manager of the country's largest server farm, A. T. Works has chosen Adaptec Series 2 and Series 5 RAID controllers after a thorough testing process, for its hosted specialized servers, as well as for various other general use servers.
Katsuyuki Okubo, of A. T. Works' Product Planning Division, said that Adaptec RAID controllers met all of their requirements and proved excellent in terms of compatibility and RAID features, and guaranteed extensive support under Linux in open source.
"Adaptec controllers also exhibited top sequential read/write performance while offering the stability that is essential for our hosted specialized servers," Okubo said.
Additionally, A. T. Works has also selected Adaptec Storage Manager, which centralizes management of all Adaptec RAID products and allows for local and remote browser or application-based management across the network from a single console.
Adaptec Unified Serial RAID controllers' claims to provide both high I/O transaction and high bandwidth processing for use with cost-effective, high-capacity SATA drives or high-performance SAS drives, and offers advanced RAID functionalities.
Adaptec products are used in IT environments ranging from on-demand cloud computing to traditional enterprise data centers. Its products enable data center managers, channel partners and OEMs to deploy best-in-class storage solutions to meet their customers' evolving IT requirements, company officials said.
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I'm posting this in the hope that it will help some people out there, it works for me 100% and is easy for a novice.
I recently discovered that DD-WRT to a complete firmware upgrade for FREE and what's better is all the services work like QoS and HotSpotting (using sputnik for beginners or chillispot for the more seasoned).
Do a search for dd-wrt and upgrade right away - you'll thank me!
Rest assured that your dd-wrt router will keep your dnydns records uptodate which I found linksys and sveasoft versions never did.
In short your registered domain will always point to your home pc and you can access everything you want, any time you want.
I have been using this for a few months using my own domain and a dodgy NTL connection and never had a problem.
Hope this is useful to some people - for me it means I can access my home PC on the internet anytime - got to be a bonus!!!
I've done this method myself and it works really well. No need for a Dynamic IP Client since the router updates it for you. Thanks for sharing!


On April 14, 2018, we will once again take to the streets of Denver in support of the March for Science. We are planning to meet in the NE corner of Civic Center Park at 9:30, although music and speakers will begin at 9:00. Please contact Matt Teeuwen at (470) 261-1088 or brg262dist700@gmail.com for more information and/or to coordinate carpooling. We will have Care For Creation t-shirts available for purchase prior to the march. They should be available by Easter and will cost approximately $15.00.


A year ago I blogged about personal stylist and published author Julia Miles-Davis of Simone Vivian LLC. Recently Ayanna Cobham, a student at American University, was able to sit down with Julia and pick her brain on all things fashion and how she got her start.
By way of North Carolina Julia Miles-Davis, owner of Simone Vivian LLC, is the district's best-kept secret in the world of fashion and image consulting. We recently sat down to discuss her dynamic personality and intriguing life story, but by the end it was her effortlessly chic style that made me apply for an internship.
When I asked her to explain her style she described it as "on trend." Julia is both feminine and edgy and she has her style down to a science. Not only is she fashionable (I love the Christian Louboutin platform sandals she wore for the interview) she also has the brains to back it up. Julia attended Howard University, studied at the London College of Fashion and founded her own image-consulting agency by the time she turned 25.
Last year, Julia published her first book, "Mani Pedi (Success is Defined By You)," which is currently available at Barnes and Noble books stores. "It's been quite a whirlwind," she said, "I can hardly believe I've done it all. I'm very familiar with humble beginnings and also a firm believer that nobody starts as the CEO. I started working retail at Neiman Marcus on the sales floor, folding tees and hanging dresses. Between starting fitting rooms for customers and my internships is where I found my passion as an image consultant." Only time can tell you what is next for this fashionista who can conquer all that life throws at her. One cannot help but admire this chick's drive and goal to expand and conquer. The best part of my job she says is that I'm never bored. My clients and I have great relationships; after all I am conducting my business in their bedrooms.
Q. What has the last year been like for you since publishing your book? Have you seen a growth in your business?
Since publishing my book "Mani Pedi: Success is Defined by You", I've had a book signings, my most recent last month at Grambling State University. I have definitely seen growth in my business since it's inception. I went from a one person business in AZ to a business with several employees and interns. My clientele has also increased from AZ only to now including clients in AZ, CA, FL, and NY.
Q. Are you still living in Arizona or have you permanently relocated to DC? How do the two markets differ in terms of fashion?
Simone Vivian has permanently relocated to DC. AZ and DC differ a lot since the fashion in DC is more conservative than in AZ. This is because DC is a work first place rather than AZ, which is a vacation/retirement place.
Q. What are your 5 essential items for Summer?
The five essential items for this summer are floral print, neon colors, denim, platform sandals, and a great pair of shades.
Q. How do you balance being a new mom and business woman?
Balancing motherhood and being a business woman is a mission for sure. Technology has played a key role in staying connected and accessible to my clients. Without my Ipad3 or blackberry I would be lost. Since relocating my office hours are much earlier in the morning and much later into the night. I try my best to make it work because it's my goal to be both a great mom and a great business woman.
Q. What does Simone Vivian have in store for the rest of 2012? Any plans to write a follow-up book?
Simone Vivian wants to make a huge splash in the DMV and expand it's services. Since our event at Tory Burch in Scottsdale, we've started a new service and that's hosting and styling fashion shows. Our next event we are planning this fall will be with Bloomingdales. As far as another book, I will have to wait for the right time. My top priority is to make a fashion footprint in the here.
For more information on Simone Vivian LLC: Twitter and Website or check out their YouTube channel.


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TOK airport Torokina transcript or TOK which airport?
The name of the airport: Torokina. The airport is located in the country: Papua New Guinea. The city location of the airport in Torokina. IATA airport code Torokina: TOK. The IATA airport code is a 3 letter unique identifier, assigned airports world International air transport Association (IATA).
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Q: Options for synchronized video playback on a webpage I want to create a video playlist and have that playlist played on a loop on my webpage. I have been experimenting with NodeJS/React etc. trying to find a solution. I find it is even difficult to form the question so I am reaching out here in a longer format hoping I can get some help.
All I'm really looking for is a way to play a playlist mentioned above (mp4 video files, ect) on a loop and finally keeping that video playlist in sync between users.
I have looked things like react-player but I cannot tell if it will keep videos synchronized. Does anyone know?
Edit: I am going to keep researching and add notes here.
Possible Ideas
Use amazon s3 for rtp stream and then use some type of node video player to display rtp stream to webpage. would this not keep the video in sync for each user?

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Exhibition at Brooklyn's Green-wood Cemetery shows a day in the life of immigrants seeking sanctuary
Photographs of people young and old who hope to avoid deportation have been installed along the fence of the historic site
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On the left, Dulce Carvajal swinging with her feet up the sanctuary rail of the Chapel of Holyrood Church in Manhattan, New York, in September 2017, with her sister Dulce and her brother David. "I like this church, but I miss my house, there we have a big yard with chickens and in the summer my mom sets a plastic pool up for us," Dulce says. Cinthya Santos Briones
Twelve large banners filled with photographs of immigrants young and old—from Indonesia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Iraq and Colombia, playing, getting ready for bed, celebrating birthdays with family and friends—hang on the iron fence of Green-Wood Cemetery, a nearly 500-acre historic burial ground in Brooklyn. These undocumented immigrants, photographed by Cinthya Santos Briones, are being protected from deportation, often in churches, in the US, and the scenes of their daily lives make up the outdoor exhibition Living Inside Sanctuary (until 7 April). "[I am] trying to dignify them because they are at some point the leaders of the sanctuary movement in this country," the artist says.
Santos Briones said the exhibition's placement—all along Fourth Avenue between 34th and 36th Streets—is deliberate effort to engage a wide range of communities with public art, and thousands of passersby from some of Brooklyn's most diverse neighborhoods can now view the photos every day. "This installation is a thrilling opportunity to engage our neighbours, through art, in timely conversations about the very real struggles that impact communities here and across the country," says Harry Weil, the director of public programmes and special projects at Green-Wood, and the curator of the show.
The photo display Living Inside Sanctuary (until 7 April) has been installed on Green-Wood Cemetery's wrought iron fence along Fourth Avenue between 34th and 36th Streets Courtesy of Green-Wood Cemetery
Santos Briones, who was born in Mexico and worked as an anthropologist in indigenous communities there before becoming an artist, now lives in Bay Ridge and has been working with sanctuary communities since 2017. She found most of her subjects inside churches of refuge in New York, New Mexico and Connecticut, and beyond the display at Green-Wood, she is also showing photographs in a similar exhibition, The Value of Sanctuary (until 30 June), at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in Harlem. Her installation at Green-Wood is organised with help from the Brooklyn non-profit BRIC, the borough's main producer of free cultural programming, as part of its third biennial focusing on artists from South Brooklyn.
Rather than trying to offer an outright political message, the project at Green-Wood aims to present simple intimate images that convey a day in the life of someone seeking sanctuary, Weil says. "The installation is an opportunity for us to talk about what it is to live in a state of uncertainty," he adds. "What if the life we made for ourselves—our homes, our jobs, our families—all vanished in the blink of an eye?"
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Software and computer security has always been a rather important topic. As our systems become more interdependent and connected- and we expose ourselves and our important information more and more, it is becoming even more important. Operating System and Software updates are issued to address security problems, and these security problems are given the utmost importance as users are urged to install them as soon as possible. Many Operating Systems- such as Windows 10, disable or restrict the ability to prevent updates (it seems to require Pro to adjust the settings to update only when the user initiates it, for example). This is considered by many to be a positive change; the idea being that this will prevent systems from being compromised through those security exploits.
And, certainly, that is true. Installing security patches will, obviously, prevent the exploits that they resolve from being exploited for malicious purposes. However I think the impact that those exploits have in terms of your typical end user have been overstated.
Based on my own experiences, I an animate that the vast majority of end-user malware infections are not perpetuated or contributed to in any notable way by the sort of issues resolved by security updates. Those updates are more applicable to servers, data centers, and corporate environments. For end-user PCs, it is seldom heard of to find a malware infection that was not caused in some way by trojan horse malware — something which the user explicitly downloaded and ran themselves which had the unintended side effect of releasing malware onto their system. Pirated software; game mods, "keygens", and so on and so forth. Screensavers, greeting card executables, applications that disguise as images. Something as seemingly innocuous as an aftermarket Windows Theme could very easily contain an unwanted payload, and it won't matter if the system is fully up to date or not if you allow it to install.
I call the general concept of overstating those concerns the "security circus". It infects certain styles of thinking and sort of makes itself a self-perpetuating concept over time. As an example scenario, a user may come to an IT repairperson with issues on their PC; it may be determined that those issues are caused by malware. the "security circus" contribution to this scenario could be that the repair person discovers that the system is out of date and missing a number of critical security updates. Because they have learned, over time, that security updates are critical and prevent infections, they may — and very often do — assume that the malware made it's way onto the PC via that infection vector. Over time these occurrences pile up and that particular IT staff can state, without any intention of lying, that they have seen plenty of systems that were compromised by vulnerabilities, even though, realistically, they don't actually know if the vulnerabilities were even responsible.
The "Acts" of this security circus seem to largely stem around Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt being spread and manipulated. Coincidentally, I notice that oftentimes these efforts work in favour of a number of corporate interests. Forced OS Updates for example benefit the OS manufacturer, particularly as updates may very well provide any number of other pieces of software which provide "diagnostic" information which can be used by that company for marketing efforts. Security updates benefit security firms and security software vendors, who's products are used to "prevent" the problems that are caused until they receive that critical patch to fix the issue, or who release security "scanners" which analyze and report whether a system is susceptible to the vulnerability.
Some recent security scares come to mind when I think about the "security circus".
The Wannacry ransomware provides some good examples of the operation of this "security circus". Articles and postings on the issue are often decidedly vague about the extent of the vulnerability that causes it, and often overstate it's capability; users are urged to update as soon as possible, and in some cases I've seen it argued that the vulnerability allows the malware to be installed over the Internet.
The reality, however, is that Wannacry had a distribution method that could exploit a vulnerability in SMBv1 within a LAN in order to spread to another system that was accessible on a LAN from the infected system. This means that a network that has systems that is vulnerable will have those vulnerable systems spread the infection if one get's infected, however, that "patient zero" cannot be infected remotely. Wannacry would still only be installed and infect a "patient zero" LAN system through some other infection vector. and that infection vector was almost certainly through trojan-horse malware of some description.
Which is not, of course, to understate that that is certainly a concern. If Little Jimmy runs an infected game mod installer, and their system get's infected, Other vulnerable computers on the same network would eventually be compromised. However, I think the critical thing is not the security updates, but, in that scenario, the user education to avoid installing malicious software to begin with. In the scenario, for example, Why did Little Jimmy Trust the game mod installer? Should Little Jimmy even have user permissions to install software? What sort of education can be provided to allow users that have "vulnerable" habits to adjust those habits to avoid problems? Installing security Updates, Security software, firewall's etc is, IMO, largely a way of avoiding that question, and unfortunately it pairs poorly because a user with "vulnerable" habits is often the sort who will happily disable their Anti-virus when say a game modification installer says it is a "false positive", or who will happily give administrator permissions — if they can — to applications based in promised functionality.
Game "cheat" software often takes that approach, making a promise and then requesting elevation with that promise in mind is enough to convince some users to "take a chance"; thewse same "vulnerable" users are also susceptible to phishing scams or other things such as software programs stealing login information from say online accounts. A specific example of that would be for example simple applications which claim to "give op" to a Minecraft player. All you need to do is give your username and password! But of course it does not give you OP. Instead it simply E-mails your login information to a specified account. It doesn't work, the user deletes the program, but perhaps never thinks about changing their login information because as far as they know the program just "didn't work". Until one day they cannot log in. Or, For MMOs, they suddenly find their character is poorly equipped or perhaps banned for activity because it was used for some nefarious in-game activity.
Speaking for myself, aside from the occasional Malwarebytes scan, I don't run any sort of background AV software or firewall. In fact, I disable the built-in Windows software that provides those features. To my knowledge, I've not been infected in over 10 years. And even then, what I was infected with, Virut/Sality, wasn't being picked up by any Security software, even fully updated. Since then I've had systems that have lacked important security updates magically not be infected in the ways that the aforementioned "security circus" would have me believe. It seems — at least from where I am standing — that the implications of security vulnerabilities to your typical end-user system are vastly overstated, and the focus on those as a means to prevent people from getting infected may be a focus in the wrong area. Instead, Users should receive education such that their "vulnerable" habits can be eliminated or at the very least they can be made aware of them. Better education for computer systems in general can help as well; knowing the difference between an svchost.exe where it should be and an svchost.exe where it isn't can make it possible to identify unwanted software even if any installed security software isn't picking it up.
Another topic of some interest that has taken the security world by storm is the Meltdown and Spectre prefetch cache security problems found in many Microprocessors (Meltdown being specific to Intel chips). These security concerns relate to an ability to access memory that would be otherwise unavailable by exploiting speculative cache behaviour. Meltdown involves writing carefully crafted machine language instructions in order to trick the speculative execution into providing access to small pockets of memory that would not otherwise be accessible; there are kernel-mode pages that are part of that applications virtual address space. Spectre functions similarly but requires those carefully crafted machine code instructions in order to try to perform various memory operations and carefully measure them in order to guess at the data found in certain areas of those kernel-mode pages within that processes virtual address space.
But, the reality hardly sells articles, and certainly doesn't sell security software- which, I might add, by sheer coincidence tends to be either a sponsor or major advertiser for many of the wider publicized security publications. Coincidence, no doubt.


Mr. Wiensch is survived by his wife Jane, Son Fred, 4 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 11:30 AM Wednesday April 18, 2012 in the Bay Area Alano Center, Algonac. Arrangements by the Gilbert Funeral Home, Algonac. Memorial donations may be made to the Family Wishes.


Not long ago, Irrational launched a competition to let players get their name into Bioshock Infinite. The original Bioshock featured the names of some of its developers in the company names and storefronts dotted throughout the game, now one lucky fan, selected from over 100,000 applicants, will have the same honour.
The winner, as announced on the Irrational blog , is Payton Lane Easter, proud owner of Payton Lane Easter Automated Stallions, your one stop shop for robo-horsey paraphernalia in the floating city of Columbia. Presumably the non-automated horses didn't adjust too well to the whole flying metropolis concept. There's a poster below for the new store, featuring the head of a robot horse.


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Exam invigilator
An exam invigilator, exam proctor or exam supervisor is someone who is appointed by the examination board and services for maintaining the proper conduct of a particular examination in accordance with the exam regulations. It is the duty of the exam invigilator to watch the examination candidates to prevent cheating during the examination.[1] They are required to ensure that all the exams are carried out according to the rules set out by the exam board which allows each candidate to sit for the examination under equal conditions as other candidates throughout the country.
An invigilator overseeing an exam in the US Navy
An invigilator proctoring an exam in Tanzania
Exam Invigilators are appointed to a position of trust and they should possess the quality of integrity and vigilance to conduct the examinations in exact accordance with the examination board's instructions. They are appointed by different educational institutions to help prepare and carry out the examination procedures according to their rules and regulations of the examination board.
1 Purposes
2 Invigilators required for exams
3 Duties of an exam invigilator
3.1 General duties
3.2 Before the exam
3.3 During the exam
3.4 After the exam
4 E-proctoring
5 Controversy
PurposesEdit
The purpose of exam invigilation is to ensure that all candidates are under active surveillance for every moment of the duration of the examination. Invigilators should also try to provide a suitably pleasant and supportive atmosphere for candidates.[2] However, they must also ensure and prevent any kind of communication between candidates (by copying, whispering or any kind of signal, exchange of paper or objects) and any kind of access to books, papers or electronic media of any kind (unless specifically authorized) for the exam duration.[3]
Invigilators also need to ensure the security of the examination hall before, during and after the examination.[4] From the moment the question papers are given out until all answers are collected, exam invigilators should patrol vigilantly. Particular emphasis should be given to multiple-choice and short-answer questions. The main goal should be to prevent possible candidate malpractice and administrative failures.
Invigilators required for examsEdit
The minimum number of invigilators required for different kinds of examinations depends on the type of examinations held. For general written examinations, there should be at least one invigilator present against every 30 students for patrolling and vigilance at the examination hall.[5]
Duties of an exam invigilatorEdit
General dutiesEdit
The main duty of an exam invigilator is to support the Chief Invigilator, the Deputy Chief Invigilator, the Examinations Officer and the other invigilators at the examination venue.
Some of the other general duties may include:[6]
Setting up the examination venues by placing candidate numbers, booklets, examination papers, stationery and equipment at desks in accordance with strict procedures.
Implementing the exam rules and regulations and remaining vigilant throughout the examination duration.
Assisting the candidates before, during and after the examination by directing them to their seats, advising them about possessions permitted at examination venues and dealing with queries raised by candidates etc.
Invigilating carefully, making sure that candidates do not talk inside examination venues and also responding to any examination irregularities immediately.
Checking attendance during examinations, recording details of late arrivals and ensuring that proper seating plans are followed.
Escorting candidates during water breaks or washroom breaks as required and detecting any unauthorized materials inside the examination hall.
Delivering and collecting scripts carefully at the start and end of the examination in accordance with strict examination procedures.
Assisting with the packing of examination scripts, stationery and other equipment from the examination venues.
Supervising candidates in leaving the examination venues in a quiet and disciplined manner and ensuring that candidates do not remove equipment or stationery from the examination venue without the permission of the authority.
Before the examEdit
Before the start of the examination, exam invigilators must be fully briefed and trained before carrying out the task of invigilation in their respective venues. It is essential that exam invigilators familiarize themselves with the appropriate examination regulations and procedures before attending the examination hall.
Exam invigilators should arrive at the examination hall at least one hour before the start of the examination to report for their duty and remain for an additional hour after the exams to collect and wrap up the examination scripts.
Before the candidates arrive, exam invigilators must prepare the examination venue by placing the required answer booklets, reference booklets, candidate numbers and other supplementary materials on candidates' desks. They must make sure that the time of the clock at the examination venue is set correctly and necessary instructions are clearly displayed at the front of the examination hall for the candidates. They should also help direct students to their seats and prohibit the entrance of forbidden items such as mobile phones, smart watch, headphones, portable audio/video/gaming devices and textbooks at the examination hall.[7]
During the examEdit
During the examination, all exam invigilators must give their whole attention to the examination process. At this time, they must be vigilant, mobile and attentive and should not perform any other tasks throughout the examination's duration.[8]
At this time, exam invigilators must respond to queries from candidates immediately and assist the candidates as per their needs. Within the first 30 minutes of the examination, the invigilators should take the attendance of the candidates in the attendance record sheet and sign it before submitting it to the Chief Invigilator. While checking the attendance, they must also check the candidate's name, candidate number, passport, admit card or examination entrance card etc.[9]
Exam invigilators must deal with students who arrive late at the examination venue and record their attendance and consult with the Chief Invigilator to determine whether extra time will be granted to such candidates or not.
Invigilators must not permit candidates to leave the examination hall room during the first 1-hour and the last 15 minutes of the examination. They should also take immediate actions in case of candidates caught cheating during the examination and report to the Chief Invigilator. If unauthorized materials are found inside the examination hall, they should remove them immediately. In the event of an emergency or fire alarm, invigilators should follow the emergency exit procedures and lead the candidates safely outside the examination hall.
Invigilators must be as quiet as possible during the examination duration but also remain vigilant to the candidates. They should not explain any questions asked by the candidates or allow any other person to ask questions of, or read answers to, the candidates.[10]
After the examEdit
After the examination is over, the exam invigilators should collect the scripts, question papers, stationery and other reference booklets from the candidates and check that all the required information (name, candidate number, venue, date etc.) have been filled out by the candidates on their scripts properly. When all the scripts are collected, invigilators should release candidates and direct them towards the exit of the examination hall in complete silence.
E-proctoringEdit
E-proctoring, also known as remote proctoring,[11] is a form of exam proctoring which involves monitoring student behaviour during exams administered electronically, including those given as part of e-learning or remote learning.[12][13]
Concerns about the use of commercial e-proctoring services include violations of students' privacy[14][15] and impact to students' mental health.[16]
There is some evidence to suggest that it is possible to circumvent e-proctoring software.[17] In addition, there have been reports of user data from commercial e-proctoring services being hacked, resulting in hundreds of thousands of users' data being released.[18][19]
ControversyEdit
Controversy over e-proctoring escalated during the COVID-19 pandemic,[20] when many universities,[14][16][21][22][23] K–12 schools,[24] and standardized testing organizations turned to commercial e-proctoring suppliers for services.[25][26][27][28][29][30] Students across the world protested the use of commercial e-proctoring services at their post-secondary institutions.[15][14][16][31][32] The situation escalated further when e-proctoring software company Proctorio sued a university employee at the University of British Columbia over alleged breach of copyright.[33] The employee was critical of Proctorio on social media and posted links to unlisted YouTube videos produced by the company.[34][35][36] A court ruling on the case was published on 15th June 2021. [37]
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LONDON, ENGLAND : Assalamu aleikum and welcome back. Spring is in the air, which means its time for a new fatwa or two. The issue of Islamic justification for terrorism - specifically suicide bombing - has been a hotly debated one since 9/11, particularly since the Osama bin Ladens have been defending their tactics in explicitly Islamic terms. This week, one promient Pakistani cleric issued a fatwa denouncing terrorism at a London press conference. But it wasn't just a simple statement. Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri, the founder of the Minhaj-ul-Quran International, an Islamic movement with centers in 90 countries, introduced a 600-page analysis which goes as far as to call proponents of terrorism "kafirs" (unbelievers) destined for hellfire. "Until now, scholars who were condemning terrorism were conditional and qualified what they said," said Qadri to CNN's Kiran Khalid. "I didn't leave a single, minor aspect that, in the mind of radicals or extremists, can take them to the direction of martyrdom." Of course, many will note that other imams and scholars have condemned terrorism and suicide bombing in particular in scores since 2001 (and earlier). But many fatwas get dismissed for a number of political, sectarian, or plain Islamophobic reasons. It's also important to note that Qadri's analysis, though probably the most comprehensive against terrorism, is but one opinion in a sea of clerics around the world. As Islam has no clerical hierarchy, Qadri's opinion rests on the strength of his analysis alone. One example of the varying opinions on this can be seen here, where British activist Dr Azzam Tamimi dismisses the ruling against suicide bombing by Palestinians, as prominent sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi has also done. With the strength of Islamic influence resting on the consensus of scholars, it remains to be seen how Qadri's analysis can extend to a better understanding of such a consensus, despite the nuances, caveats, and emphases that various opinions tend to have.
Also since 9/11, Western countries have been urging their Muslim populations to integrate into society and participate in all aspects of civic life. Central to this is political participation, where Muslims vote for public officials and join political parties. Strange, then, that a recent documentary in Britain accuses one group, the Islamic Forum Europe (IFE) of "infiltrating" Britain's Labour party in London's east end neighbourhood of Tower Hamlets (where approximately 35% of local residents are Muslim). The documentary, titled "Dispatches: Britain's Islamic Republic," went undercover into the East London Mosque, where the group meets, to uncover alarming rhetoric from IFE members and guests. The "takeover" of the local council seems in no way disproportionate to the natural tendency of British Muslims to gravitate to the Labour party, despite the Iraq war led by Tony Blair's Labour-led government. And to dismiss the political participation of Muslims (despite the IFE's demonstrated conservatism) seems counterproductive. The issue mirrors a similar one in the US, where undercover reporters claimed that America's Council on Islamic-American Relations (CAIR) was "infiltrating" Congress, as outlined in a book endorsed by several US Congressmen and women. What has not been explained is how the mere presence of Muslims in Western political establishments could help impose sharia on a non-Muslim majority. Until that question is answered, reports like this will go nowhere. The Dispatches reporter, Andrew Gilligan, returning to visit the mosque after his documentary aired, found one of the show's antagonists, Azad Ali, inviting him out for a curry and found it strange that even though he "did get the odd double-take, no-one was even slightly hostile."
Finally, a major fast food chain in France has angered some of its potential customers by offering halal meats and removing pork from the menus of a number of their franchises in November of last year. The Quick chain, which has over over 400 restaurants in France, Belgium, Spain, Russia, and the Middle East, has insisted that the conversions are taking place in only a handful of its stores (eight at the moment) where large Muslim populations provide a ready market. "I'm happy, as I can come with my Muslim friends," said one Muslim customer, Farid, 17. Managers at the Roubaix branch of Quick noted a slight increase in business after the conversion to halal menus and that no complaints from customers had been received. But that wasn't enough for some to express alarm at what they felt was discrimination against non-Muslims. "I'm not bothered by the fact that there is a halal menu," said Rene Vandierendonck, mayor of Roubaix, who has filed a complaint for discrimination against Quick. "But this is going too far because it is the only menu on offer and it has become discrimination." Al-Kanz, a French Muslim consumers' group, said the reasons were "purely economic", and added that there were no "dark Muslim forces in France putting pressure" on Quick to convert its stores. Though halal restaurants have been prevalent in Europe for much of the past decade, the catering to Muslims by Western restaurants and multinationals has alarmed those fearful of "Islamisation" of European society, despite the fact that the menu changes have not come under duress, but in search of the Muslim Euro. In the UK, the Subway sandwich chain began a successful campaign in 2008 of halal-only stores, expanding to several dozen serving similar Muslim areas of Britain. KFC soon followed with a trial of eight stores (similar to Quick) in London last year. Despite similar protests of "Islamisation", the trial was so successful that the American multinational increased the number to 73 by February 2010. In both cases, halal-only stores have been located near conventional alternatives, so that those who desire pork or non-halal products have a choice. Strangely enough, KFC stores in France - all 70+ of them - have been certified halal since 2009. But as a French owned chain, Quick hits a bit closer to home, albeit a home that includes, at over 4 million, the largest Muslim minority in Europe.


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Hugh Thompson may refer to:
Hugh Miller Thompson (1830–1903), second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi
Hugh Smith Thompson (1836–1904), Governor of South Carolina, 1882–1886
Hugh Thompson, Jr. (1943–2006), helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War known for his role in curtailing the My Lai massacre
Hugh Thompson (baritone) (1915–2006), American opera singer
Hugh Thompson (architect), American architect
Hugh Thompson (cricketer) (born 1934), former English cricketer
Hugh Thomson (1860–1920), Irish illustrator
Hugh Christopher Thomson (1791–1834), Canadian businessman, newspaper publisher and political figure
Herbert Hugh Thompson, application security consultant
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Hugh M. Thompson was an American architect. He was active in Bend, Oregon during the early 20th Century. Thompson designed the Capitol Theater, New Redmond Hotel, Old Bend High School, Redmond Union High School, the Butch Stover House and an addition to the Pilot Butte Inn. In partnership with Lee Arden Thomas, he designed the O. C. Henkle Building, C. J. Breir Store, Saint Francis School, the 1923 Kenwood School addition, the Hudson & Sather Building, the Central Oregon Bank and the Vandevert & Whitington Garage. He was a member of the American Institute of Architects, #191.
Edward Brosterhous, one of 49 Bend residents who signed its petition for incorporation in 1904 and one of the three people who incorporated the North Unit Irrigation Company, consulted on electrical and heating matters for the Episcopal Church in Bend and built St. Francis of Assisi Church and School, Old Bend High School, Kenwood School and other buildings.
Thompson was quoted as explaining building activity in the early 1920s to an increase in payrolls at the areas sawmills and a growing population. Commercial buildings under construction were already leased, while water and telephone connections doubled from 1920 to 1924.
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Hugh Miller Thompson (June 5, 1830 – January 20, 1903) was the second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi. He was consecrated an assistant bishop to the Rt. Rev. William Mercer Green in 1883. He became Mississippi's diocesan bishop upon the death of Bishop Green in 1887. Bishop Thompson remained Mississippi's diocesan bishop until his death in 1903.
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Căldura toridă a întrerupt meciurile disputate marți dimineața în aer liber la Australian Open ... Suspendarea jocului nu a fost bine primită de toți jucătorii, australianul Jordan Thompson, arătându-și nemulțumirea când meciul său de pe terenul trei a fost întrerupt, în momentul în care era condus de americanul J.J. Wolf cu 6-3, 1-3. "Când se mai întâmplă asta?", a strigat Thompson, numărul 88 mondial, la arbitrul de scaun ... (sursa ... .......


Po st traumatic stress disorder has been successfully treated using Cognitive processing and integration therapy (CPI) It is a style of working that helps people return to a previous time, or experience when they were unable to think clearly, or process external information entirely. As a result they are suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
One of the most common examples of post traumatic stress disorder is a conflict, or war time situation where circumstances are to a degree, out of a persons control. Events occurring in these circumstances often seem unreal, in the sense they are not normal day-to-day experiences, but are instead shocking and unpredictable. People don't always know, or forget (out of fear and self preservation) what they are 'supposed' to do, and if they later feel bad, or guilty because of this it will not be easy for them to get rid of the thoughts, and emotions surrounding that time. Furthermore, subsequent events that bear even the remotest similarity often cause a relapse.
In reality these thoughts and feelings belong to us, we are responsible for them, and we decide what, and when we think and feel. However, if the experience is unusual, and the person feels bad about what happened – perhaps taking overall responsibility, and not taking into account that other people rightly, or wrongly are also responsible for their own choices, and actions, then the experience has not been properly integrated.The reason why this sometimes happens is because the experience is emotionally traumatic, and it may at the time, have been best to forget, or to push it away. What then happens is negative thoughts and feelings develop over a period of time, and people re-run the feared experience over and over in their head in an effort to find an answer.
By using cognitive processing and integration to address post traumatic stress disorder, the client can begin to reveal, and process their experience which leads to relief from the symptoms of persecution and guilt which is basically what post traumatic stress disorder is about. It is not always clear to the sufferer they have these feelings, or that they could put a name to them to describe how they feel, and this is because people are very good at hiding their feelings. In a conflict situation this is not encouraged because it can hamper, and restrict a soldier, sailor, or airman in their work.
One explanation is that the human psyche exists to protect the person. That is sometimes why we forget, or choose to ignore events and emotions we feel are too complicated, or painful to deal with. This is a useful coping mechanism, learned as we grow up, but when we continue to ignore situations which upset, or induce anxiety the feelings can become overwhelming, and we look for help because we can't fix everything alone.
When a client is able to acknowledge, and relate to their experience, they are more likely to allow themselves to accept, and integrate it into their understanding. The objective of the therapy is to reduce anxiety, and give the client insight into their experience.
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Las Vegas Review Journal: Proposed Ban on Guns in Libraries Irks 2nd Amendment Supporters
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 Posted by
Senate Bill 115 would prohibit the possession of firearms in public libraries without written permission. The Assembly Judiciary Committee heard the bill Tuesday, but took no immediate action.
Via Las Vegas Review Journal:
Firearms are now banned from schools, the Nevada System of Higher Education and child care facilities.
The bill applies to the open carry of firearms; current law allows public libraries to prohibit concealed firearms, Denis said. The Las Vegas Democrat stressed the bill allows libraries to develop their own policies on firearms and does not outright ban them.
Library officials say it will improve safety at places frequented by children and youth.
"Our libraries are active community hubs for learning," said Bilbray-Axelrod, a Las Vegas-Clark County Library District Board trustee.
Danielle Milam, the library district's director of development, testified that armed guards are stationed at libraries, particularly those in crime-ridden neighborhoods.There have been incidents with weapons on library property, but none that involved violence, she said.
"This is one of the tools that we would use to ensure public safety inside our buildings," Milam said.
Craig DeLuz with the Firearms Policy Coalition said the bill would infringe upon civil liberties and put the state on a course involving more restrictions. He said lawmakers should not take a casual approach to the Bill of Rights because they don't understand why someone would need a firearm at a library.
"That's why it's called the Bill of Rights, not the bill of needs," he said.


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Appeal (Crl.) 418 of 1998
M.B. Shah, J.
R.P. Sethi, J.
KALYAN & ORS.
STATE OF U.P.
Penal Code (1860)
Supreme Court Enlargement of Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction Act (1971)
Section 120-B Penal Code (1860)
Section 147 Penal Code (1860)
Section 2(A) Supreme Court Enlargement of Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction Act (1971)
Accused, Conviction, Deed, Fee, Identification, Jurisprudence, Finding of Fact, Mischief, Murder, Police, Registration, Sessions Judge, State, Statement, Witness
Para 11: Antar Singh Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh [AIR 1979 SC 1188]
Para 12: Harijan Megha Jesha Vs. State of Gujarat [AIR 1979 SC 1566]
Para 13: Tara Singh Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh [AIR 1981 SC 950]
Para 13: Kora Ghasi Vs. State of Orissa [AIR 1983 SC 360]
SETHI, J.:- The appellants along with seven others were charged for having committed the offences punishable under Sections 302, 307, 147, 148 read with Sections 149 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code for committing the murders of Mulaim Singh, Munshi Singh, Itwari and Ram Murti. One of the accused persons, namely, Pothi died during the pendency of the trial. All the accused persons, facing the trial, were acquitted by the trial court. In the appeal filed by the respondent-State, the High Court convicted nine accused persons for various offences and sentenced them to imprisonments which ranged upto the imprisonment for life. Two of the accused persons, namely, Brijpal Singh (A10) and Beer Sahai (A11) were acquitted. Out of the 9 convicted persons the appellants who were arrayed as accused Nos.2,3,4,5 and 6 in the trial court have preferred this appeal. The Accused Nos.A7, A-8 and A-9 did not file any appeal against the judgment of conviction and sentences and are reported to have died.
2. The present appeal has been filed, as a matter of right, under Section 2(A) of the Supreme Court Enlargement of Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1971. It has been contended on behalf of the appellants that the impugned judgment being contrary to law and facts deserves to be set aside. It is argued that the High Court was not justified in interfering with the well considered order of acquittal passed by the trial court and the prosecution has miserably failed to connect the accused with the commission of the crime. The prosecution witnesses were not only interested and biased but had deposed contrary to the prosecution case as initially discussed in the First Information Report. The material contradictions in the deposition of the witnesses cannot be reconciled, making their deposition untrustworthy. It is further contended that as the prosecution had failed to prove the charges beyond doubt, the appellants were entitled to the benefit of all reasonable doubts.
3. In the present case occurrence is stated to have taken place on 27th June, 1977 at 5.00 p.m. in Village Khiria Madhukar, Police Station Usehat, District Badayun(U.P.), the FIR of which was lodged by Bhawar Pal Singh (PW1) at about 10 p.m. in the police station which was at a distance of about 15 kms. from the place of occurrence. The deceased persons, namely, Mulaim Singh is the father, Munshi Singh, uncle and Itwari, brother of the first informant and Ram Murti is stated to be an acquaintance of the family. The prosecution story, as narrated by the Informant (PW1) in the First Information Report is that about one year prior to the date of occurrence one Budhpal Singh was murdered and in connection with that case his father Mulaim Singh, his uncle Munshi Singh and others were facing the trial. It was alleged that the said case was filed on account of the old enmity of the deceased with one Pt.Hori Lal (A1). About 13-14 days prior to the date of occurrence the said Pt.Hori Lal, along with Ram Nath and others entered the house of one Lal Janki Prasad of the same village and assaulted him. Pt.Hori Lal was the leader of a gang and wanted to kill Mulaim Singh and Munshi Singh. On the date of occurrence the informant, his father Mulaim Singh, his cousin Radhey, Pt.Ram Saran, Latoori and Ram Murti came from Village Sakhrauli to their house where Munshi Singh, Itwari, Jasbhoo Singh and Ram Dayal were already present. At about 5 p.m. 11 named accused persons along with one unknown person, at the instance of Pt.Hori Lal, armed with guns, Ballams, kantas and lathis reached there.
To save their lives Mulaim Singh and others went inside their house and closed the door. The accused persons encircled the house of the informant. Mulaim Singh went on the roof of the house along with his gun. Munshi Singh, Itwari and Ram Saran along with their guns followed him. The accused persons started firing from all the four sides.
Mulaim Singh, Munshi Singh and Itwari were killed on the roof, whereas Ram Murti, who was assaulted with lathi, ballam and kantha on the ground, died later on. The accused persons also took away the one barrel licensed gun of Mulaim Singh. On the FIR lodged by Bhawar Pal Singh (PW1), the investigation commenced. The dead bodies of the deceased persons were seized, accused arrested and after recording the statement of witnesses, formal charge-sheet filed against the accused persons.
4. To prove their case, the prosecution examined 15 witnesses.
Bhawar Pal Singh (PW1), Ram Saran (PW4), Ram Dayal (PW6) and Latoori (PW6) claimed to be eye-witnesses of the occurrence. Dr.G.D. Bhaskar (PW2) was produced to prove the injuries sustained by Ram Saran (PW4).
S.I. Onkar Singh (PW3) proved the registration of the FIR and G.D.
entry about the sending of 6 sealed bundles of the case property to the Sadar Malkhana. Dr.M.C. Sharma (PW7) is the doctor who had conducted the post-mortem on the dead bodies of Munshi Singh and Itwari.
Constable Yogendrapal Singh (PW8), Constable Gur Prasad (PW9) are formal witnesses who took the dead body of Ram Murti to the mortuary for post mortem. Police Constable Devinder Kumar (PW10) is a formal witness. Dr.N.P. Singh (PW11) was examined to prove the injuries sustained by Ram Murti deceased and Ram Dayal, injured. PW15 is the investigating officer and the other witnesses are of only formal nature.
5. As noted earlier, the trial court vide its judgment dated 19.8.1978 acquitted the accused persons and the High Court vide the judgment impugned convicted 9 out of 11 accused persons against whom the State had filed the appeal.
6. We have heard the learned counsel of the parties at length and critically examined the testimony of all the witnesses particularly the statements made by PWs 1, 4, 5 and 6 who were cited as eye-witnesses in the case.
7. Mr.K.B. Sinha, Senior Counsel appearing for the appellants has submitted that the High Court was not justified in interfering with the judgment of acquittal passed by the trial court on proper appreciation of evidence. He has submitted that the view taken by the trial court being probable, could not have been substituted by the another view even though possible to be drawn from the circumstances of the case.
It was submitted that the order of acquittal could be set aside only for compelling reasons and wherever two views are possible to be drawn, the one favourable to the accused person should have been preferred.
8. The settled position of law on the powers to be exercised by the High Court in an appeal against an order of acquittal is that though the High Court has full powers to review the evidence upon which an order of acquittal is passed, it is equally well settled that the presumption of innocence of the accused persons, as envisaged under the criminal jurisprudence prevalent in our country is further reinforced by his acquittal by the trial court. Normally the views of the trial court, as to the credibility of the witnesses, must be given proper weight and consideration because the trial court is supposed to have watched the demeanour and conduct of the witness and is in a better position to appreciate their testimony. The High Court should be slow in disturbing a finding of fact arrived at by the trial court. In Kali Ram v. State of Himachal Pradesh [AIR 1973 SC 2773] this Court observed that the golden thread which runs through the web of administration of justice in criminal case is that if two views are possible on the evidence adduced in the case, one pointing to the guilt of the accused and the other to his innocence, the view which is favourable to the accused should be adopted. The court further observed:
"It is no doubt true that wrongful acquittals are undesirable and shake the confidence of the people in the judicial system, much worse, however, is the wrongful conviction of an innocent person. The consequences of the conviction of an innocent person are far more serious and its reverberations cannot but be felt in a civilised society. Suppose an innocent person is convicted of the offence of murder and his hanged, nothing further can undo the mischief for the wrong resulting from the unmerited conviction is irretrievable. To take another instance, if an innocent person is sent to jail and undergoes the sentence, the scars left by the miscarriage of justice cannot be erased by any subsequent act of expiation. Not many persons undergoing the pangs of wrongful conviction are fortunate like Dreyfus to have an Emile Zola to champion their cause and succeed in getting the verdict of guilt annulled. All this highlights the importance of ensuring, as far as possible, that there should be no wrongful conviction of an innocent person. Some risk of the conviction of the innocent, of course, is always there in any system of the administration of criminal justice.
Such a risk can be minimised but not ruled out altogether.
It may in this connection be apposite to refer to the following observations of Sir Carleton Allen quoted on page 157 of "The Proof of Guilt" by Glanville Williams, Second Ediction:
"I dare say some sentimentalists would assent to the proposition that it is better that a thousand, or even a million, guilty persons should escape than that one innocent person should suffer; but no responsible and practical person would accept such a view. For it is obvious that if our ratio is extended indefinitely, there comes a point when the whole system of justice has broken down and society is in a state of chaos."
9. The fact that there has to be clear evidence of the guilty of the accused and that in the absence of that it is not possible to record a finding of his guilt was stressed by this Court in the case of Shivaji Sahebrao, Cri.Appeal No.26 of 1970, D/27.8.1973 = (reported in AIR 1973 SC 2622) (supra) as is clear from the following observations:
"Certainly it is a primary principle that the accused must be and not merely may be guilty before a court can convict and the mental distinction between 'may be' and 'must be' is long and divides vague conjectures from sure considerations."
10. The High Court while dealing with the appeals against the order of acquittal must keep in mind the following propositions laid down by this Court, namely, (i) the slowness of the appellate court to disturb a finding of fact; (ii) the non-interference with the order of acquittal where it is indeed only a case of taking a view different from the one taken by the High Court.
11. In Antar Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh [AIR 1979 SC 1188] it was held:
"This Court has repeatedly held that although in an appeal against acquittal, the powers of the High Court in dealing with the case are as extensive as of the trial court, but before reversing the acquittal, the High Court should bear in mind that the initial presumption of the innocence of the accused is in no way weakened, if not reinforced, by his acquittal at the trial, and further, the opinion of the trial court which had the advantage of observing the demeanour of the witnesses, as to the value of their evidence should not be lightly discarded. Where two views of the evidence are reasonably possible, and the trial court has opted for one favouring acquittal, the High Court should not disturb the same merely on the ground that if it were in the position of the trial court, it would have taken the alternative view and convicted the accused accordingly. In the instant case, by any reckoning, the view of Diwakar's testimony taken by the trial court could not be said to be unreasonable or erroneous."
12. In Harijan Megha Jesha v. State of Gujarat [AIR 1979 SC 1566] the Court observed that:
"Even assuming that the view taken by the High Court is correct, the circumstances clearly disclose that the view taken by the learned Sessions Judge was also reasonably possible. Once this is so, there can be no question of reversing the order of acquittal."
13. To the same effect are the judgments in Tara Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh [AIR 1981 SC 950] and Kora Ghasi v. State of Orissa [AIR 1983 SC 360].
14. In the instant case, after appreciating the evidence produced by the prosecution, the trial court dealt with various aspects of the matter and after negating the existence of a criminal conspiracy, the motives and noticing inherent contradictions, concluded:
"In view of the above discussion, it would appear that the prosecution has not come with the true story. The occurrence most probably took place in the night at 9 or 10 p.m. and the assailants could not be recognised. The presence of witnesses Bhamarpal Singh and Latoori is doubtful as discussed above, and that the presence of Pt.Ram Saran is also doubtful. His injuries are also suspicious as discussed above. It would appears that Ram Dayal was present but he could not recognise the assailants on account of darkness of night. He also could not identify Brijpal and Veer Sahai at the test identification parade although he named them. I have already discussed this matter of identification.
The defence has also produced one witness Chimman Lal who stated that the occurrence took place in the night.
However, in view of the weakness of the prosecution evidence, the defence evidence need not to be taken into account. In view of the above discussion, it is obvious that the prosecution has failed to prove its case against Hori Lal who was charged only under section 120-B I.P.C.
As already discussed the evidence of conspiracy given by Kalyan is worthless and cannot be believed. As against the other accused persons also the prosecution has failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt. In the result all 11 accused persons must be held not guilty and acquitted."
15. The High Court agreed with the trial court so far as the allegations regarding hatching of conspiracy was concerned but on appreciation of evidence and taking a different possible view, convicted the eight accused persons.
16. What weighed most to the trial court for acquitting the accused persons was that the prosecution had failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt and the sequence of circumstances narrated by the witnesses in the court was totally different than the occurrence detailed in the First Information Report. In the First Information Report it is stated that while attacking the deceased persons the accused persons had used only guns with which they were armed. Only Ram Murti and Ram Dayal(PWs) are stated to have been assaulted with lathi, ballam and kanta. The aforesaid two persons are stated to have been assaulted when they were running from the house of the complainant. It may be worth noticing that according to the FIR, at that time, only such accused persons who were armed with guns were on the ground whereas others are suggested to have climbed the roof tops to murder the deceased persons, namely, Mulaim Singh, Munshi Singh, and Itwari. None of the persons who were on the ground are stated to be armed with any weapons other than the guns. Similarly it is not evident from the FIR that who of the accused persons went on the roof top and with what weapons they were armed with. The incident stated in the FIR, being the first version of the occurrence has to be given due weight. The trial court does not appear to have committed any glaring irregularity in disbelieving the alleged eye-witnesses whose testimony was concededly contrary to the case of the prosecution as projected in the FIR. It is true that the statements of PWs 1, 4, 5, and 6 cannot be thrown out merely on the ground that they are partisan witnesses or have any enmity with some of the accused persons. However, the testimony of such witnesses require to be judged with more circumspection. The case of the prosecution, as sought to be proved at the trial, appears to be different than the one as narrated in the FIR.
When the testimony of eye-witnesses is totally different from the story set out in the FIR, the trial court cannot be held to have taken a view which was not at all possible. The view taken by the trial court could have been disturbed only if there were compelling reasons. We do not find any compelling reason noticed by the High Court while setting aside the order of acquittal.
17. The trial court had further found that the prosecution had come with a new case that the injuries to the deceased were not caused by the gun shots but with weapons like ballam, kanta and lathi. In this regard the trial court had noticed:
"To explain the absence of the gun shot injuries, the prosecution at the time of the evidence took up a new case that all the four gun-men in the party of the accused remained on the ground and only Lathi, BALLAM AND KANTA bearing men went up on the roofs to kill Mulaim Singh etc.
It has also come in the evidence of two of the witnesses that the gun bearing men fired shots from downwards in the air. Now this story is against the FIR version where it is said, "the accused persons began to fire shots from all together sides and the complainant's father Mulaim Singh brother Itwari and Tau Mushi Singh were killed on the roofs by these accused persons. After killing them, they took away the single barrel gun of his father. Ram Saran on being hit by a shot jumped down from the roof along with his double barrel gun". Thus the FIR will give the impression that Mulaim Singh Munshi Singh and Itwari were also fired upon and killed on the roofs. This impression of the FIR continued even at the time of writing of Panchayatnama. In the Panchayatnama of Mulaim Singh, Munshi Singh and Itwari were also fired upon and killed on the roofs. This impression of the FIR continued even at the time of writing of Panchayatnama. In the Panchayatnama of Mulaim Singh, Munshi Singh and Itwari Exe.Ka-14, Ka-18 and Ka-22 a number of shot injuries on each one of them are noted, but the postmortem reports show that none of them had any gun shot injury. This also seems a very improbable story. The accused persons knew that Mulaim Singh and Pt.Ram Saran had guns with them, hence lathi, ballams and kanta bearing people alone will not go on the roofs leaving gun-bearing people down-ward. It is also note-worthy that the main enmity with Mulaim Singh was of Jadunath Singh and Shyampal Singh, who had also guns according to the prosecution case. They would have gone forward on the roofs to kill Mulaim Singh and his brother Munshi Singh.
This case that all the four gunmen remained on the ground was not taken even in u/s.161 Cr.P.C. The fact that gun shot injuries were shown in the Panchayatnamas goes to show that was the prosecution case even till then. But when it was found that there was no gun shot injuries on any one in post mortem report, then this new case was invented that the four gun men remained down ward on the ground. This will go to show that no one including the complainant had seen the occurrence and recognized the assailants."
18. Such a view cannot be termed to be either erroneous or highly improbable in the light of the statements of the witnesses and the record produced before the trial court. The Panchanamas prepared immediately after the occurrence showed that the deceased had received gun shot injuries but when examined by the doctor and in the post mortem report no such injury was noticed on the body of any of the deceased persons. The dead body of Munshi Singh was not found on the roof of any house as mentioned in the FIR but in the courtyard of the house of Jogender with injuries including "(i)On right eye-brow clotted blood injury of bullet, (ii) on head in between both eye brows injury bullet injury black blood clot". The panchanama pertaining to the dead body of Mulaim Singh also showed the following injuries:
"(i) On left chest injury near armpit at two places bloodstained gunshot injury.
(ii) On left thigh towards left side bloodstained injury of bullet."
19. The post-mortem report pertaining to Munshi Singh did not show any of the gun shot injury and the cause of death is stated to be shock and haemorrhage. The same is the position so far as the post-mortem report pertaining to Mulaim Singh is concerned. We feel that the trial court was not unjustified in coming to the conclusion that the occurrence has not taken place in the manner as stated by the witnesses in their depositions recorded in the court. Even if another view regarding the occurrence was possible, as taken by the High Court, the same could not be made a basis for setting aside the order of the trial court in view of the settled position of law on the point.
20. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, particularly the variance between the FIR and the depositions made in the court, the mention of gun shot injuries in the panchanama and their absence in the FIR, the conflict between the statements of eye- witnesses and the medical evidence and major contradictions and improvements in the depositions of the eye-witnesses, we are of the view that the prosecution failed to prove their case against the appellants beyond all shadows of doubt. The appellants are, therefore, held entitled to the benefit of reasonable doubt. To form an opinion giving the appellants-accused the benefit of doubt we have kept in mind the defence as projected and suggested by them to the witnesses during their cross-examination.
21. Under the circumstances, the appeal is allowed by setting aside the judgment of the High Court convicting the accused persons and sentencing them to various imprisonments including the life imprisonment. We uphold the order of acquittal passed by the trial court in favour of the appellants. The appellants shall be set at liberty at once unless required in some other case.
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