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Legality of WhatsApp surveillance in India
Rithvik DGV· November 25, 2022
Digital evidence is something that has to be treated differently from physical evidence, and on a higher threshold.
IN October last year, videos emerged on social media which depicted the Hyderabad City Police stopping pedestrians and citizens, and checking their WhatsApp chats on their mobile phones for keywords such as "ganja" and "weed" to look for incriminating chats. This was similar to a past operation of the Hyderabad City Police known as 'Operation Chabutra', as part of which police constables had detained members of the public, and had collected and checked their fingerprints, photographs, Aadhar card and drivers' license, among others documents. At least 21 citizens reported similar surveillance in Bengaluru between December 2019 and February this year, most of which has been unreported.
Such incidents raise crucial questions, that is, whether the right to search and seizure under the Code of Criminal Procedure ('CrPC') includes the right to stop and search mobile phones of the members of the public without a warrant, and whether it violates the fundamental right to privacy under Article 21 and the right against self-incrimination under Article 20(3) of the Constitution.
Right to privacy in the Constitution
The Supreme Court in a nine-judge Constitution bench decision in Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) versus Union of India (2017), held that the right to privacy is a fundamental right under Article 21.
Also read: Right to privacy as a fundamental right: Past, present and future
In a landmark judgement in the case of Virendra Khanna versus State of Karnataka & Anr. (2021), the Karnataka High Court issued a slew of guidelines that are to be followed during the search and the seizure of electronic devices in criminal investigations. Under these guidelines, the obligation to reveal passwords and provide biometrics could arise only in two circumstances:
In an emergency situation where the potential evidence, which is present in an electronic device is in the danger of being destroyed,
During the ordinary course of an investigation
In the second circumstance, even though an exception has been carved out in Puttaswamy, there is a requirement for the investigating officer to produce a search warrant for obtaining the passwords. The search in Hyderabad resembles more of an 'operation' than an 'investigation'; the former is not defined nor recognised by the CrPC, and the latter being a procedure authorised by the magistrate. There was no search warrant which was obtained in this case, and hence cannot be considered as a legal search, according to Virendra Khanna.
Does the right to search and seizure under the CrPC include the right to stop and search mobile phones of the members of the public without a warrant, and whether it violates the fundamental right to privacy under Article 21 and the right against self-incrimination under Article 20(3) of the Constitution?
The police officers who had taken part in such an 'operation' are also liable to be fined under Section 19 of the Hyderabad City Police Act, which punishes any police officer who is involved in a "vexatious search, arrest, etc." with up to six months of imprisonment or fine of Rs. 500, or both.
When we look at the United States' jurisprudence on the same, the Supreme Court of the United States had laid down in Riley versus California (2014) that even though the information which is stored on a phone is not immune from search, a warrant is generally required. The court, in explicit terms, held that the search of a mobile phone would result in the investigating officers being able to search the phone for videos, photo albums and address books, which is a "significant diminution of privacy".
Our Constitution protects the right to privacy of an individual, and protects an accused against self-incrimination. The Hyderabad City Police was under a duty by the Constitution to positively uphold the right to privacy of individuals. We have seen in Riley, in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that a warrant was needed for the search of the contents of a phone, as well as for other information which involve both technology and private data.
Also read: Digital evidence in the shadow of Pegasus
Right against self-incrimination in Constitution
Article 20(3) of the Constitution states that "no person accused of any offence shall be compelled to be a witness against himself".
The right against self-incrimination in India has been discussed in two landmark judgments by the Supreme Court: State of Bombay versus Kathi Kalu Oghad (1961) and Selvi versus State of Karnataka (2010). In both, it was held that testimonial evidence includes any evidence which is in personal knowledge and which is conveyed to the authorities. Testimonial evidence is self-incriminatory when the evidence, by itself, should have the characteristics of incriminating the accused. This has also been extended to include not just confessions, but also to "furnish a link in the chain of evidence", in order to support a conviction. The exception which is carved out is when the authorities take such evidence to use it for comparison with material which is already available with the investigating authorities.
In Selvi, it was held that testimonial evidence includes evidence that is not necessarily spoken or written in nature. It will continue to be held as the same if it provides any material or evidence which is based on personal knowledge – and as long as there is a compulsion for the same, leading to the expression of the contents of an individual's mind, then it is a part of the evidence which is protected by Article 20(3).
This position of law which we see in India is also similar to what is prevalent in the U.S., where the right against self-incrimination also protects an accused from "having to share his thoughts and beliefs with the Government", as has been laid down by the U.S. Supreme Court in Doe versus United States (1988).
In Seo versus State (2020), the Indiana Supreme Court in the U.S. held that forcing the defendant to unlock their iPhone would be a violation of their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination. The court held that there are three kinds of personal knowledge which are provided to the investigating authorities, and these include (1) the password, (2) the knowledge of the existence of files, and (3) possession of the files. As in Indian law, unless the State can show that it is already in the knowledge of the State, the communicative aspects fall within the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: this is known as the doctrine of foregone conclusion, which was laid down by the U.S. Supreme Court in Fisher versus United States (1976).
Placing reliance on Selvi, it can be said that this falls under the ambit of Article 20(3), as it does not fall under the exception which states that a piece of evidence is admissible if it is collected in order to compare it to the information which is already in the possession of the investigating authorities.
Another important point that is to be noted is that the persons who were stopped by the police in Hyderabad were stopped without a warrant, and were not "accused" in the first place. The term 'accused' is not defined under the CrPC, but in common parlance can be understood to be someone who has been charged with an offence but has not been proved guilty of the same.
The persons who were stopped by the police in Hyderabad were stopped without a warrant, and were not "accused" in the first place.
There is no indication to suggest that the persons who were stopped had any prior charges against them for possession of controlled substances. If it is assumed for the sake of argument that the persons who were searched were accused in a first information report or in other equivalent documents, placing reliance on Selvi, it can be argued that furnishing the passcode would be incriminating as it would furnish a "link in the chain of evidence" and indicate that the accused has control over the contents in the phone.
Also read: How not to Outlaw Illegal Surveillance
Search and seizure under statutory provisions
The Karnataka high court in Virendra Khanna held that Section 100 of the CrPC, which is applicable to a closed place, is also applicable for accessing a digital device. Hence, the police are required to apply for a warrant in order to access the phone.
In the case of emergent situations, the police can act under Section 165 of the CrPC, but this requires the existence of an ongoing investigation and a belief that such a thing cannot be obtained without undue delay. Both of these components are missing in the case on hand.
The Supreme Court, in State of Punjab versus Balbir Singh (1994) held that sections 100 and 165 of the CrPC would be applicable to the arrest and search which is conducted under Sections 42 and 43 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 ('NDPS Act'). Section 42 predominantly deals with the search of "building, conveyance or enclosed place", whereas section 43 deals with the power of search, seizure and arrest in a public place. In addition to this, Virendra Khanna also states that even when a search is made without a search warrant, it should follow the safeguards laid down in CrPC, and not harass innocent people.
The argument is two-fold. Firstly, since Virendra Khanna has equated the search of a digital device to "closed space", it can be argued that the provisions of section 42 are attracted – in which case, it was held by the Supreme Court in Krishna Kanwar versus State of Rajasthan (2004) that there needs to be prior information about the commission of an offence punishable under Chapter IV of the NDPS Act, either from personal knowledge, or given by a person and taken down in writing. The court held that unless both of these components exist, section 42 has no application. In the case on hand, there was no prior information nor personal knowledge with the police conducting the search as it was a randomised search, and hence section 42 did not apply.
The alternative is a section 43 search, which grants wider powers of search and seizure to the police when the search is conducted in a public place. According to the reasoning in Virendra Khanna, a search of a digital device cannot be equated to a search in a public place. In arguendo, even if we assume that it could be a search in a public place, the NDPS Act requires the officer to have "reason to believe" that the said person has committed an offence. "Reason to believe", under Section 26 of the Indian Penal Code, is said to exist, "if he [officer] has sufficient cause to believe that thing but not otherwise".
According to the Supreme Court in Dr. Partap Singh versus Director of Enforcement, Foreign Exchange Regulation (1985), "reason to believe" is not just the subjective satisfaction of the officer, but this particular belief must be held in good faith and not a mere pretence. The searches which have been conducted by the Hyderabad Police, were random searches undertaken. There is no evidence to suggest that a methodology was followed to target those who were suspected to have committed an offence under the statute.
There is no evidence to suggest that a methodology was followed to target those who were suspected to have committed an offence under the statute.
On both counts, the searches which have been conducted by the Hyderabad Police cannot be considered to be section 43 searches. In addition to this, the lack of compliance with section 100 of the CrPC also makes the search an "irregular search", hence not providing sufficient legal grounds for the searches carried out by the police to be in accordance with the statutes.
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Digital evidence versus physical evidence
When the court in Virendra Khanna holds the search of a digital device to be governed under the provisions of section 100 of the CrPC, the court is distinguishing the search of a body from the search of a device found on the body of a person.
In furtherance of this, there is a line of thought which lays down that the search of a digital device is a dual-step process, and that the same has not been considered by the CrPC. The first step in such a structure is the physical enclosure of the device, such as the hard drives, mobile phones, and laptops, which are physical objects in themselves. The process of the search and seizure of the same has been laid down in the CrPC, by way of a warrant from the relevant authorities.
The second step in this process is the search for the information which is being stored in these physical enclosures. This information includes data, images, contacts, and messages (including WhatsApp messages).
Riley talks about the advances in technology that require courts to evolve and read the Fourth and Fifth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution in a way to protect the rights of the people. In Riley, the court stated, "Modern cell phones…implicate privacy concerns far beyond those implicated by the search of a cigarette pack, a wallet or a purse". It further concludes that the inspecting of an arrestee's pockets, which resembles more of a physical search, cannot be equated to the search of digital data, with additional privacy safeguards which are required for the search of digital evidence.
Indian law on the other hand grants a wide variety of powers to the authorities for the search of evidence (including digital evidence). These include Section 28 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, which allows government officials to access any and all electronic data while investigating contraventions of the Act.
While technology has transformed and privacy is being placed at a higher pedestal, procedural guidelines have not caught up with the same. The search and seizure rules of digital data are still largely governed by the CrPC, which is a general procedural code. The few procedural guidelines which exist, such as Rule 3 of the Information Technology (Intermediaries guidelines) Rules, 2011 and Section 43A of the Information Technology Act do very little to protect the rights of the person accused or suspected.
The distinction of procedure for search between a physical object and data which is contained in a physical enclosure needs to be legislated upon in order to bring it in accordance with the fundamental right to privacy.
The lack of guidelines regarding how the digital evidence would be searched and processed can give rise to a plethora of problems. For example, in the Bhima-Koregaon case, multiple independent and credible reports suggest that incriminating documents were planted in the electronic devices of the accused through malware.
Also read: Surveillance, Data Imperialism and Transition to a Post Human World
Needed: comprehensive, targeted legislation
With the checks carried out by the Hyderabad City Police being in compliance neither with the letter nor the spirit of the Constitution, as well as not in compliance with the CrPC and the NDPS Act, there is a need for courts to take cognisance of these brazen violations to prevent further such activities from being taken up by any other police department(s) in the future.
The issue of electronic evidence needs to be deliberated upon, and guidelines, which are similar to those which have been laid down in Virendra Khanna need to be replicated across the country. The distinction of procedure for search between a physical object and data which is contained in a physical enclosure needs to be legislated upon in order to bring it in accordance with the fundamental right to privacy.
With Hyderabad earning the infamous name of a "surveillance city", there is an urgent need for the state government and the police department in Telangana to draft policies that govern its surveillance programmes, as well as bring their checks and operations under procedural requirements that have been laid down under the CrPC and the NDPS Act.
Rithvik DGV
DGV Rithvik is a final-year student pursuing B.A.LL.B (Hons.) at the National Academy of Legal Research (NALSAR), Hyderabad, Telangana.


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Taylormade M5 3-Wood vs Taylormade M6 3-Wood. Taylormade have released the M5 and M6 range of drivers, fairways, irons and Hybrids. These are the first fairway woods to include twist face technology. But which 3-wood should you use? Should you get the M5 or the M6? Are you looking for a long 3-wood? Or wanting to hit more fairways off the tee? Maybe your a low handicap, Mid handicap or high handicap? But your unsure which club would work best for you? Well let's find out... and let's do it now.
Taylormade M5 3-Wood vs Taylormade M6 3-Wood. Taylormade have released the M5 and M6 range of drivers, fairways, irons and Hybrids. These are the first fairway woods to include twist face technology. But which 3-wood should you use? Should you get the M5 or the M6? Are you looking for a long 3-wood? Or wanting to hit more fairways off the tee? Maybe your a low handicap, Mid handicap or high handicap? But your unsure which club would work best for you? Well let's find out… and let's do it now.
Love the channel! Would really like to see an F9 fairways! Not much online about them.
For me only the M5 is under consideration since I don't like to look at a large fairway wood.
The one big thing not mentioned is the massive price difference between the two. A full 100 quid more, granted its titanium but it's surely not worth an extra 100 of most people's money.
Will be good to see how the others compare.
Have you done the ping 410 fairways and hybrids yet James..?
Looks like it'd be awfully easy for a lot of dirt/grass to get jammed into the bottom weight-screw-track of the M5. I constantly find dirt lodged into the heel of my 3 Wood where the hosel screw is, and that screw, despite post-round cleaning, has started to rust.
M5 Ti looks to be a bomber for Rory. He doesn't even have a 3w in the bag… goes right to a 5w, then a 790 UDI. Could be a special set up for Torrey maybe?
Any testing on cobra coming up as seems to be a lot of TM content I'm not knocking it. Just think maybe a change of clubs like Callaway,cobra,ping.
Saw the new m5 and m6 fairways at. The m5 is right up my alley until they release a m6 tour HFS face or a deep face. The new drivers are REALLY solid. I loved m1 & 2, hated m3 & 4. TMAG didn't have a booth but they did have a few heads sprinkled about. The Cobra f9 and Mizuno ST190G, were the most exciting new drivers for me. It'll be hard for me to switch to a new fw this year.
Take out the shot that you hit with the M6 and you will see the numbers adjust to what they should be. Leaving a literal top in your number skews the data. It's not beneficial to leave it in at all. We want to see what the club does not what you do.
Yawn these reviews by YouTubers are getting a bit boring… Don't you think so James. I mean most clubs are nearly the same and you can't really tell unless you try for yourself which suits you best.
Always a smaller headed 3 wood with shallower face for me I will stick with my M3 thank you.
If only the m6 were titanium like the m5…id be all over it. But I'll gladly keep gaming my ts2. I seem to recall rors always like a larger head 3w…as he primarily seems to use it off the tee…not from the deck. Thanks for another solid review.
The NUMBERS were not at all what I was expecting. Based on what I've been hearing everywhere I expected the M6 to be longer. I'm not surprised you liked the M5 better, though.
It occurs to me that the M6 was really meant to be hit off a tee. It's more of a driver replacement. The M5 looks like a much more versatile club. Perhaps that partially explains your results? You did only hit them off the mat.
Suggestion: Perhaps your viewers would find it informative if you hit fairway woods off a tee AND off the deck in future reviews? I know I'd really like that!
By the way, I don't like big headed fairway woods at all. I think it largely stems from the fact that I don't hit FW off the tee too much. 75% of the shots I hit with a FW are off the deck. I prefer a sleeker, lower profile, look for shots like that. A FW that is too big/tall just doesn't suit my eye off the turf.
Off topic but building golf room in house what brand and your thoughts on the round hitting mat you are using?
Please do a test out the rough.


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So unlike many other fad diets, this diet is actually full of nutritious, healthy foods. I like the way it educates people on the difference between processed and real food, and it really promotes eating more vegetables. I love to experiment with my diet as it is a great learning tool, so I gave it a go for a few weeks with my partner Scott.
- Because of not being able to consume grains and wholesome carbohydrates, we were having to eat way too much meat/poultry/fish which didn't feel great. My joints started to ache and it affected our digestion badly (Scott did not get joint soreness).
- It caused extreme bloating and wind (for the whole 3-4 weeks!), perhaps because of the high protein and excessive vegetable and fibre intake. Fibre is GREAT, but an excess of it can cause serious stomach upsets, especially insoluble fibre.
- I actually started to get Carotenemia from the excess of vegetables, which I needed to fill me up with the absence of filling carbs (Carotenemia is a condition where the skin on your palms/feet develop a yellow tinge from excess carotene which is in spinach, broccoli and other greens, capsicum, carrots, sweet potato and more).
- Paleo eating also caused more skin breakouts personally.
- We were really lethargic and energy deprived, this is simply because of the lack of carbohydrates. We are both quite active, and we did not adapt to the low carb diet. Afternoon naps were a must!
- I felt pretty brain fogged at times, again because carbohydrates is the brain's primary source of energy and I was not getting enough with all of the restrictions.
- Scott told me to add that I was a little moody!
- I put on weight (3kg, from the increase in fats and meats).
So basically, because of all the food group restrictions we were over eating vegetables, meats, nuts and fruit. This caused lethargy, less meal satisfaction, weight gain, and very bad digestion problems. These points were enough to make us go back to including rice, quinoa, lentils, wholemeal and sourdough breads & oats - back to eating a much more balanced diet. And everything stabilised and went back to normal in a couple of weeks.
If you feel happy and healthy on this diet and not eating wholesome carbs and dairy is not an issue for you, then great! *(but do take care of your calcium levels). Everybody is different. Some may feel okay on this low carb diet, the best way to find out is by experimenting with your food. But please read below.
This diet is possibly good for people who have an unhealthy diet or are overweight, and need some restrictions and rules in order to cut out the processed food from their diets and increase their vegetable intake. It is also a good way to learn about how to cook and eat more healthy wholefoods and eat less sugary processed foods.
On the other hand, for people who eat mostly whole foods and get enough fruit and veg (2-3 fruit a day, and 5 or more serves of veggies), don't eat too much processed/packaged foods, and for people who practice balanced, moderated eating, I think taking on this diet would be a step backwards for their health. I also think this fad diet can lead towards eating disorders (ie: binge eating, orthorexia), because of the excessive rules and restrictions, some of which are unnecessary - rice, quinoa, wholegrain breads, oats, Greek yoghurt, fetta cheese, lentils ... just to name a few!
It's easy to lose weight when certain food groups are prohibited, but the problem is that it is not sustainable and it gives people a bad relationship with food. I don't believe people should have a list of banned foods in the back of their minds, especially perfectly healthy foods! Instead they should be knowledgeable about what foods generally aren't great for you (muffins, potato chips, Tim Tams, donuts, chocolate, sweets, take out like Chinese, pizza, etc) keeping these foods limited and if consumed, only on occasion and in smaller amounts. Learning self control and balance within your diet is the key to weight maintenance and long term health.
Summary – I agree on the message of a diet full of wholefoods, but I don't agree on cutting some of them out. I agree on eating less bagels, muffins, pizza, cake, chocolate, lollies, chips, biscuits ... der!! But banning rice, oats, quinoa, other filling wholegrains, wholemeal breads and all dairy doesn't add up to me. Of course if you can't tolerate dairy, are intolerant to gluten or some foods make you feel crappy when you eat them, then don't eat them! Otherwise, don't fall for all this hype. Grains are not poison. Over-eating, processed foods full of fat and sugar and processed meats are what you should be cautious of.


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I have a webapi method where I don't want to include related entities in the response. I have done this by disabling lazy loading.
But help page generated this shows sample response with related entities like this.
For your post, if you don't want to add the related entities in the response, please add the attribute JsonIgnore to the navigation property.
Hope this can be helpful to you.
I have run into the similar kind of issue before. My college wanted to just return some of the properties of a class not the whole class. So I provided him a work around please check this.
it should give you desired result.
I think you missed my point, I want the generated help pages to reflect that I have not loaded related objects.
can you post your server side code please?
so weather you use lazy loading or not you will get the whole Job entity with child entity. Now if you want a workaround that then you would have to use anonymous class as I suggested before or create a custom serializer.
see this link which explains what I am talking about.
I am having no problem with serialization it is what the generated help page shows.
can you please provide a sample project in which this issue is reproducible? I will take a look at it.


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Q: Reset value in ASP.NET for Image data type in SQL Server In ASP.NET I wish to empty/clear/reset the contents on an Image data type in SQL Server.
I will then later check to see if this column is empty/null - if not, I will output the image.
Can you tell me the necessary C#? Here is what I have presently...
newsItem.Image1 = null;
dataContext.SubmitChanges();

The above actually gives me "0x" when I look through SQL Server Management Studio, so its not actually empty.
Many thanks!

A: Couple things come to mind:

*In your database, is Image nullable?

*You may have to remove and recreate the entire row of that table to ensure that the field is removed.

A: If it is Nullable in DB then use
newsItem.Image1= null;

else
newsItem.Image1= new Binary( new byte[0] );


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"Toy Story 4" Rules Box-Office Again
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Disney and Pixar's "Toy Story 4" took the top spot at the domestic box office again this week, bringing in a further $57.9 million and raising its U.S. total gross to $236.9 million thus far. Internationally the sequel took in a further $80.6 million for an international total of $259.6 million and a global total of $496.5 million.
"Annabelle Comes Home" opened in second place with a further $20.4 million, the lowest opening for a "The Conjuring" film to date, though with preview screenings on Tuesday last week it now sits at $31.2 million domestically. Internationally, it brought in a further $21.1 million. "Child's Play" crashed hard, dropping 69.7% in its second weekend and fell from second place to eighth with a further $4.2 million.
Danny Boyle's Beatles-inspired "Yesterday" opened in third with an estimated $17 million, the highest opening of his career. Disney's "Aladdin" slipped into fourth place but snagged a further $9.3 million in the US and another $24.4 million internationally. "The Secret Life of Pets 2" was fifth with $7.09 million for a domestic total of $131.2 million.
"Spider-Man: Far From Home" opened up in China, Japan, and Hong Kong and from just those three markets managed to snag $111 million over the weekend. The "Avengers: Endgame" re-release push did little – bringing in $7.5 million globally which means it sits $27 million shy of the "Avatar" global box office total and is unlikely to cross it.
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Sam Worthington is the Aussie favourite to be the new Batman.
Worthington of the Bat? Place your bets for new Batman
by PatrickWilliams
23rd Jul 2013 6:57 AM
SAM Worthington is the Aussie favourite to pick up the mantle of Batman - but he has a rogue gallery of Hollywood A-listers to get through first.
The Avatar star is the leading Australian actor to don the cape and cowl according to online book maker sportsbet.com.au.
Speculation for the role spiked this week with the announcement of a Superman and Batman movie - due to hit cinemas in 2015.
The film, a sequel to this year's Superman reboot Man Of Steel, will be directed by Zack Snyder.
The superhero pairing was announced at Comic Con this week by Snyder, who also directed MOS.
Worthington, 36, has a few big names to content with though.
Christian Bale stars as Batman in The Dark Knight (2008)
The Dark Knight Rises star Joseph Gordon-Levitt, whose character inherited the Bat Cave at the conclusion of the trilogy, is the $4 favourite to get the gig.
Hollywood heart throbs Ryan Gosling and Chris Pine are next in the market at $11 each.
Worthington sits as the best priced Aussie at $13, with Liam Hemsworth ($26) and The Wolverine's Hugh Jackman ($101) also in with a shot.
Christian Bale, who portrayed the dual role of Bruce Wayne/Batman in the Christopher Nolan directed trilogy, says he's done with the character.
But sportsbet.com.au say if he can be talked out of retirement, he's in with a chance at $13.
"Henry Cavill is a sure bet to be Superman, but the role of Batman is wide open," said sportsbet.com.au's Shaun Anderson.
"Gordon-Levitt is the favourite due to his ties with the last film, but there is plenty of value in the market if the director decides to go in another direction."
Sunshine Coast Daily reporter and lifelong Batman fan Patrick Williams said he was ready to audition for the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman.
While the build-up to the movie will be huge, it isn't tipped to be the biggest film of 2015, with Avatar 2 priced at $2.50 to top the 2015 box office followed by The Avengers: Age of Ultron ($3.50) and Star Wars: Episode VII ($6.00).
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The key to pain management is helping patients function better so that they can return to doing the things they enjoy. In this CME Snack, expert faculty discuss pain assessment tools and risk stratification so that clinicians can work together with patients to restore function and improve quality of life.
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Gender plays an important role in pain, pain reception, and opioid use. In this CME Snack, expert faculty discuss how gender and sexual trauma and/or abuse affects a patient's proclivity to substance abuse disorders.
In a survey of 1,015,116 opioid naïve patients undergoing surgery, total duration of opioid use was the strongest predictor of misuse and the greatest risk for individuals in the 15-24 age group. Young people aged 15-24 often get their first exposure to opioids with dental surgery. In a survey of randomly selected oral surgeons conducted by Dr. Abubaker and colleagues, the average number of opioid tablets prescribed was 20, with 22% prescribing more than 20 tablets, and 11% prescribing more than 30 tablets. These risk factors, combined with the current epidemic, has led many oral surgeons to believe that the old standards of depending on opioids as a first-line treatment should be a thing of the past. In this free CME Snack, Dr. Gold and Dr. Abubaker share insights on alternative pain management strategies for oral pain with a focus on finding a balance between compassion for patient care and patient safety.
Opioid medications are among the most powerful medications available for the treatment of acute severe pain. Many patients start down the road of opioid addiction when prescribed opioids the first time following a surgery, trauma, or injury. In a 2017 survey of PAs clinical practice, PAs are not only prescribing schedule II and II drugs but are managing patients with pain in their practices and have expressed a need for education on both prescribing opioids and managing their patients, particularly for those of underserved populations. In this CME Snack on best ways to approach opioid use, expert faculty discuss the importance of gathering comprehensive patient histories that include substance use information, listening to patient stories, and the wellness component of treating patients with pain.
Primary care physicians can play a key role in making a difference in the opioid epidemic. PCPs are responsible for approximately 50% of opioid prescriptions and need to incorporate best practice strategies to optimize safe and competent prescribing, therefore minimizing potential for abuse and diversion. Although chronic pain is not something a physician can cure, if the patient feels understood and heard treatment will be more successful. This CME Snack focuses on the complexity of chronic pain and how best to manage it in a primary care setting, with expert faculty discussing how PCPs and their patients can make informed decisions together.
In light of the current opioid crisis, many states have put forward prescribing mandates and limits for opioids, clinical practice guidelines can provide guidance for treatment decisions for acute pain in the management of minor to major musculoskeletal injuries. In this CME Snack, expert faculty discuss non-opioid approaches to acute pain and the new Orthopaedic Trauma Association Clinical Practice Guidelines for Acute Pain Management.
Early in the opioid crisis, physicians were the principle source of opioid use and abuse due to overprescribing, often leading to patients storing leftover prescriptions at home and friends or family members finding and using these leftovers. Unfortunately, simply restricting opioid prescriptions is not an effective strategy in a culture that has wildly available and accessible drugs of abuse available. In this CME Snack, Dr. Mark S. Gold focuses on the biological underpinnings of opioid addiction in order to educate clinicians on how to address the opioid epidemic in their communities.
The opioid epidemic is ravaging many parts of the United States, resulting in drug overdose deaths emerging as the leading cause of injury death. Two populations in particular warrant attention of healthcare providers: incarcerated individuals and veterans. Approximately half of state and federal prisoners meet criteria for substance use disorder, and the number of veterans addicted to opioids rose 55% between 2010 and 2015. Participate in this webcast to as faculty discuss best practices to reduce the risk of relapse or death among special populations with OUD.
Family medicine providers are uniquely qualified to lead the charge for precise and responsible prescribing for acute and chronic pain. Family medicine is at the forefront of managing chronic illness, handling comorbidities, and coordinating care for their patients. A recent live meeting held at the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP) used an animated 3-D model that learners were able to move, rotate, and zoom as they explored acute and chronic pain pathways. The symposium was supported by an educational grant from Johnson & Johnson.


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More to nuns than you think
Nuns: tyrannical ruler-wielding matriarchs or champions of feminism?
Although most now prefer the term "women religious," nuns have been mysterious figures in society, and more recently the victims of media stereotypes.
Communication and Culture professor Dr. Rebecca Sullivan chose this as a topic for her new book, Revolution in the Convent: Nuns, Feminism, and the Media. Alongside women religious in the media, the book discusses the role of nuns throughout history as moral beacons and feminists.
"It's a bit of a passion for me, really," explained Dr. Sullivan. "This was something that no one else had ever written about in quite the same way that I wanted to. So the need for this book became clear to me."
The subject of women religious has been handled by historians and sociologists in the past, but little research has been done about their role in culture and the media. Dr. Sullivan intends to change attitudes towards nuns with her book by addressing how nuns are stereotyped and what their true roles in the development of culture have been.
"There's nun porn, and nasty nuns and nitwit nuns all over the place," Dr. Sullivan cited as examples of the bad rap nuns receive in modern culture.
She said the most offensive example she saw was in a Spin City episode.
"[The nun] never had a word of dialogue," she explained. "It was just this actress dressed up in a habit wielding a ruler and she would arbitrarily slap people with it for no good reason."
Despite their modern image, women religious have had a monumental impact on society, according to Dr. Sullivan.
"The whole history of the New World is inextricably linked to nuns and their teaching ministries," she said. "Nuns were real frontier women, establishing schools, hospitals and asylums across North America."
Dr. Sullivan suggests nuns are an easy to stereotype because culture "idealizes and denigrates women on the basis of sexuality."
"While on the one hand their choice to remain celibate makes them 'safe,' by spurning maternalism, they become suspect all over again," said Dr. Sullivan. "And the fact that their celibacy gives them access to a community of like-minded women working together in the public eye also makes them a threat to patriarchy."
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By Erica Meltzer Updated Apr 1, 2020, 4:10pm MDT
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis gives an update on the state's coronavirus response at the Emergency Operations Center in Centennial on March 27, 2020.
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Colorado schools will remain closed at least through April 30, a move that makes it ever less likely that in-person classes will resume this school year.
Gov. Jared Polis made the announcement Wednesday, a day after The Denver Post reported that Denver Mayor Michael Hancock would extend that city's stay-at-home order at least until the end of the month. Along with closing bars and restaurants to dine-in service and keeping non-essential workers at home, school closures are a key part of the social distancing strategy that officials hope will slow the spread of the new coronavirus.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Colorado had more than 3,300 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and 80 people had died of the disease. More than 600 people are hospitalized. Public health officials are investigating 17 outbreaks at residential facilities.
The order applies to public and private K-12 schools but not to child care centers, which the state has urged to remain open to ensure essential workers can keep doing their jobs.
Polis praised schools for rolling out distance learning opportunities, though he also acknowledged that some districts have had a greater "learning curve" than others.
"We see across our state great innovation by amazing school districts, amazing superintendents, and amazing teachers," he said. "While our children are not at the highest risk from this virus we want to make sure they are not at risk from losing a year's worth of education, and everybody is ready to advance their grade level."
Many school districts have distributed laptops and even internet hotspots, as well as packets of schoolwork, to keep students engaged, but the rollout of online learning has been bumpy and uneven. Many advocates are concerned that students who face additional challenges, such as poverty, disability, and learning English, will fall further behind.
The Colorado Department of Education has taken a flexible approach with districts, requiring only that they make some effort to engage students. The department said that school need not extend into the summer to make up instructional hours, and districts are not required to take attendance.
The order leaves open the possibility that classes could resume in May, but Polis has said repeatedly that it's "unlikely" that students will return to class. On Wednesday, he reiterated that returning to school may not be feasible for many districts. However, he said he would continue to watch data on the progression of the disease before making a decision about extending the closure further.
Many Colorado districts end their school year on May 22, leaving just three weeks for classes even if students were to return at the end of the month. Denver Public Schools, the state's largest district, runs until May 29, while Pueblo 60 in southern Colorado runs until June 4.
On Tuesday, the Boulder Valley School District announced it will postpone high school graduation ceremonies, a step that other districts are considering. Polis said that all school districts should be thinking about alternatives to in-person commencement, whether that means holding a virtual ceremony this spring or bringing students back to march later this year.
Polis has said that social distancing measures that started two weeks ago seem to be slowing the spread of coronavirus. However, confirmed cases and hospitalizations continue to increase, and public health authorities say this is not the time to let up on precautions.
Polis said he's considering the rate of spread of the virus, surge capacity at hospitals, and supplies of personal protective equipment as he weighs whether to ease any restrictions on work and movement. The state needs to significantly increase the number of critical care beds by mid-April, based on current trends.
Polis did not announce an extension of the statewide stay-at-home order, which currently runs through April 11.
Polis initially closed schools statewide on March 18. Many school districts had already announced closures of two to three weeks at that point. On March 25, Polis announced a statewide stay-at-home order after a number of counties did the same. The order still allows essential businesses, including child care centers, to operate. The order also allows food distribution at school sites or efforts to prepare for remote learning, such a laptop distribution.
"The better the compliance with the stay-at-home order, the sooner we can return to normalcy," he said.
And he acknowledged the stress that uncertainty has cast over many Coloradans, who ask "When will this be over? When can I leave my home and play with my kids on the playground? When can I start earning a living again?"
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Ferrari Enzo History
Let's clear up the first bit of confusion about this car: the Ferrari Enzo was named for the company's founder, Enzo Ferrari. It was introduced in 2002, and only 399 were ever built, making it one of the most exclusive supercars -- even for a Ferrari. Italian design firm Pininfarina did the pen work for the body's striking curves and intakes, while Ferrari's own Formula 1 experiences came into play for the power plant.
The Enzo Engine
The Ferrari Enzo used an all-new, massive 6-liter V12 engine mounted over the rear wheels. It was the first time all the on-board electronics were able to work together to calculate the necessary dynamics for best performance. The six-speed semi-automatic gearshift in the Enzo was attached directly to the engine, reducing shifting times to 150 milliseconds. It was also the first time a road-going Ferrari wore carbon ceramic brakes, though the Scuderia had been using them for years. The Enzo finally had enough "go" to require extra "stop."
Enzo Design
Those rakish curves and giant nostrils are not just for show -- though they are pretty showy. The pointed shape in the front is Pininfarina's homage to the Scuderia cars of Formula 1, which lent so much technology to the Ferrari Enzo. The front and side intakes keep air flowing to the massive engine in the rear, while wind-tunnel-tested ground effects do the work of keeping the car glued to the pavement at speed. Notice that there isn't a big flashy wing on the rear of the car -- you'll have to find some other way to get noticed in a Ferrari Enzo.
The Ferrari Enzo Interior
As the car was sculpted from yard after yard of carbon fiber, the material was left unmasked throughout the cabin. The carbon-fiber seats could be ordered in a variety of sizes and positions to fit the driver, with F1-style switches and controls on the dashboard. Ferrari's goal was to create a road-going supercar with the same "human-machine interface" that had been developed for the track.
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Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORBs) are the most abundant magmas produced on Earth. They are widely studied to infer mantle compositions and melting processes. However, MORB liquids are also the complex end-product of a variety of intra-crustal processes such as partial or fractional crystallization, melt–rock interaction, and contamination. Deciphering the relative contribution of these different processes is of first-order importance. Contamination at ocean crustal levels is likely, and may occur at magma chamber margins where fresh magmas can interact with previously hydrothermally altered rocks. Characterizing the composition of this crustal contaminant component is critical if we are to understand the relative importance of each component in the resulting MORB liquid. Here we present the results of experiments designed to reproduce the processes occurring at oceanic magma chamber roofs, where crustal contamination should be most extensive, by melting a representative sample of the sheeted dike complex. Anatectic melts thus produced are likely to represent the principal crustal contaminant in MORB. These melts were characterized for major and trace elements, showing B, Zr, Hf, and U enrichment, and Sr, Ti, and V depletion relative to original MORB liquids. In comparison to the starting material, relative element fractionations are observed in the anatectic melts, with enrichments of: U relative to Ba, Nb, and Th; LREE and MREE relative to Sr; and Zr–Hf relative to LREE. Bulk partition coefficients for element partitioning during magma chamber roof anatexis are derived and proposed as valuable tools for tracking MORB contamination. Comparison with natural samples from the East Pacific Rise and the Oman ophiolite shows that anatectic melts can crystallize in situ to form oceanic plagiogranite intrusions, and that residual assemblages associated with the hydrous partial melting stage are represented by hornfelsic dikes and enclaves (also named granoblastic basalts). We now recognize these as commonplace at the root of the sheeted dike complex both at present-day and fossil oceanic spreading centers.


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Q: product of sliding conditional probabilities in a sequence I'm trying to come up with a simple general formula for a product of sliding conditional probabilities in a sequence of terms.
Take a sequence s consisting of 4 terms:
\begin{equation}
s = x_1, x_2, x_3, x_4
\end{equation}
To calculate the product of sliding conditional probabilities of sequence $s$, you condition each term in the sequence on the preceding terms and then take the product of all these conditional probabilities. For sequence s the product is:
\begin{equation}
P(x_1) \times P(x_2|x_1) \times P(x_3|x_1, x_2) \times P(x_4|x_1, x_2, x_3)
\end{equation}
The point where I'm struggling is coming up with a general formula for a sequence $S$ of $n$ terms. The equation I came up with (shown below) has an issue.
\begin{equation}
\prod_{i=1}^{n} P(x_i|x_{i-1}, x_{i-2}, ..., x_{k})
\end{equation}
where:

*

*$n$ is the number of terms in $S$ and

*$k = i-1$ and denotes the size of the conditioning environment

The first issue is that k seems to spring out of nowhere. Ideally, I would like to come up with a function $f(n_S,k_S)$ that yields the product of conditional probabilities for sequence S of $n$ terms. How how do I define such a function?
This brings to the second, more problematic, issue, namely that if $k = i - 1$ then $P(x_i|x_{i-1}, x_{i-2}, ..., x_{k})$ because it makes the conditioning context fold back upon itself. Where can I specify $k$ in a way that specifies the number of terms in the conditioning context. Would using recursion help?

A: It sounds like you're trying to formulate a generalized chain rule:
$$
\Pr \left(\bigcap_{i=1}^n x_i \right)
= \prod_{i=1}^n \Pr \left( x_i ~~\middle|~~ \bigcap_{i=1}^{n-1} x_i \right)
$$
which is equivalent to:
$$
\Pr(x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n) = \prod_{i=1}^n \Pr(x_i \mid x_1, x_2, \dots, x_{i-1})
$$
which is equivalent to:
$$
\Pr(x_1) \times \Pr(x_2 \mid x_1) \times \Pr(x_3 \mid x_1, x_2) \times \cdots \times \Pr(x_n \mid x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_{n-1})
$$


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« THE GREAT ESCAPE FROM SYDNEY COVE
THE HULKS ACT 1776: TRANSPORTATION – AMERICA & AUSTRALIA – DIFFERENCES & SIMILARITIES »
PANDORA'S BOX – THE DAFFODIL EFFECT &The BOUNTY MUTINEERS & THE BOTANY BAY ESCAPEES
'On 17th March 1790, a small paragraph appeared in the Times announcing that William Bligh, fresh from his remarkable voyage across the Pacific, was expected in London later that afternoon. He had arrived in Portsmouth three days earlier'. John Toohey, Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare, 1998
1790 – Portsmouth, March: Eager to give testimony to the Admiralty and put his side of the 'Mutiny on the Bounty' story Captain William Bligh RN arrived in England on the 14th March 1790.
The small paragraph became a story of blazing headlines. The 'daffodil effect' there was much more than Bligh's side to that story.
1789 – 28 April, mid-ocean: A year earlier, at gun-point in the early hours of the morning, Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, Captain Bligh's second-in-command on HMS Bounty,forced his commander with eighteen (18) fellow crew off the ship and into a small oared cutter.
Despite having little food and water, scorched by sun and wind, they survived forty-eight (48) days in the open boat.
Bligh made the lives of his fellow castaways a misery as they rowed and nudged their drifting craft towards land.
It must be said however, without Bligh's excellent celestial navigating skills, none might have survived the 3600 miles (6400km) voyage to Dutch West Timor.
Only one (1) crewman John Norton did not make it to Timor. He was stoned to death when the group landed on Tofra Island to collect water.
1789 – Timor, 14 June: After seven (7) week the starving survivors reached Coupang west Timor in the early hours of the 14th June 1789.
William Van Este, the ailing Dutch Governor fed, clothed and cared for the stranded Englishmen. Nevertheless David Nelson, protégé of Sir Joseph Bank's from Kew Gardens, died a few days after reaching Coupang.
When sufficient strength returned Bligh hired a Dutch vessel He renamed it HMS Resource and made for England via Surabaya, Batavia (present day Jakarta) and Cape Town.
1789 – Jakarta, 2 October: Bligh was so anxious to prosecute his case against Fletcher Christian and the mutineers he took passage on Vlydte a Dutch vessel taking only two (2) men, John Samuels his secretary and John Smith a cook, with him.
The remaining Bounty castaways were left to to make their own way home from Jakarta. Three (3) William Elphinstone master's mate, Quartermaster Peter Linklater and Thomas Hall contracted malaria were buried there.
The remaining fourteen (14) managed to survive the malaria-ridden town and took passage to Cape Town. Two (2) Thomas Ledward and William Lamb died en-route to Africa.
1790 – Cape Town, February: John Fryer, William Peckover, William Purcell, Robert Tinkler and William Cole were among the twelve (12) survivors who made the next hop to the Cape of Good Hope.
They were relieved to find Captain Bligh, their tormentor, had sailed from Cape Town for England a month earlier – January.
As they waited for a suitable ship to take them home a French frigate towed HMS Guardian, a disabled British warship – Australia's Titanic – into Table Bay. See: The Twelfth Man Lieutenant Edward Riou RN
1790 – Portsmouth, 14 March: Captain William Bligh RN arrived in England in mid-March 1790. He hurried to London eager to regale the Admiralty, press and public, without fear of contradiction.
He was determined that his version of the infamous mutiny and its aftermath would dominate.
1790 – England, November: So incendiary was his testimony, towards the end of 1790, the Admiralty gave Captain Edward Edwards command of HMS Pandora.
A decade earlier Edwards characterised as 'a cold, hard man devoid of sympathy and imagination' had dealt brutally with a mutiny on his own command HMS Narcissus.
It is possible Bligh had a say in his selection. Edward's orders were to hunt down, arrest and bring Lieutenant Fletcher Christian RN and all the Bounty mutineers to England for court-martial. Bligh believed it inevitable all would die on the gallows.
1791 – Tahiti, 23 March: Edwards reached Tahiti towards the end of March 1791. But by then Fletcher Christian, who always knew the Navy would come after him, had fled.
Taking eight (8) crew members and, their Tahitian wives with him, Christian sailed 'Bounty' to Pitcairn Island where Bounty was scuttled.
Meanwhile Captain Edwards found and arrested fourteen (14) mutineers who had settled happily on Tahiti. Some had married into local families.
Two (2) John Millward and William Burkett fathered a child. Both were desperate the stay on Tahiti and resisted arrest.
Others, among them William Morrison and Peter Heywood, a young midshipman, surrendered willingly. But Edwards treated both groups with the same savage brutality.
'He [Edwards] secured his captives in a structure about eleven feet [3.35 metre] long and eighteen feet [5.49 metre] wide…built [on] the quarter deck….Admission…to "Pandora's Box", as Edwards called it was by an iron lid in the top of it about 18 inches [45cm] square.
On the floor of it, midway between the walls, was a line of fourteen heavy ringbolts to which the leg-irons of the handcuffed men were secured'. C.H. Curry, The Transportation Escape and Pardoning of Mary Bryant, 1963.
1791 – 8 May, Tahiti: So when Pandora left Tahiti all Bounty prisoners were not only cruelly manacled and shackled to the floor of the box its 'iron lid' was shut and padlocked.
1791 – Great Barrier Reef, 28 August: Edwards, regarded by some peers as 'a stupid, brutal officer and an ever worse sailor', had their observations borne out when, at dusk in fading light, he took his ship too close to shore and ran aground on a coral reef.
Torn below the water-line Pandora began to sink. Thirty-one (31) of one hundred and twenty-one (121) crew drowned.
'The armourer's mate [Hodges] leapt into the "Box" to remove their irons. Three, one with his handcuffs still on, had got out, when the exit scuttle was again slammed down and barred. The remainder would have drowned like rats, in a trap had not the boatswain's mate [Moulter] hearing their urgent entreaties, not risked his own life…to unbar this man-hole and thus given them a chance'.C.H. Curry. ibid.
But for the heroic efforts of two (2) crew, Joseph Hodges and James Moulter who defied Edward's orders not to rescue them, the Bounty prisoners locked in the cage would certainly have gone down with the ship.
'Ten [10] of them were picked up, parched, and exposed almost naked to the pitiless sun, they were treated with even more naked barbarity by Edwards, before being put to the oars in one or other of the four [4] boats in which the exacting crossing to Timor was made'. C.H. Curry. op.cit.
Naked exhausted the Bounty mutineers, four (4) had been lost and, others near death along with Pandora's surviving crew, faced a formidable task. Ahead of Captain Edwards and Pandora's survivors lay a thousand (1000) miles of ocean.
1791 – Timor, 17 September: Against the odds they fetched up at Coupang, West Timor in the middle of September 1791.
Governor Timotheus Wanjon, took care of them as his recently deceased father-in-law Governor William Van Este had done for Captain Bligh when, in June 1789, those cast adrift from HMS Bounty arrived at Coupang in similar condition.
Wanjon had a surprise for Captain Edwards. There were some English convicts living freely on the island. See: The Great Escape – From Botany Bay
Nine (9) convicts and two (2) children Charlotte and, baby brother Emanuel, had escaped from Sydney Cove with help from Deter Smidt the master of a Dutch ship Waaksamheyd. See: The Flying Dutchman and the Botany Bay Escapees
The 300 ton Dutch brig chartered at Jakarta by Lieutenant Ball of HMS Supply was to bring to Sydney Town the urgently needed supplies and medicines he had purchased with Governor Phillip's British Bills of Exchange in order to save the starving settlement from near certain death. See: Abandoned and Left to Starve at Sydney Cove From January 1788 to July 1790
Timor: Captain Edwards interrogated the Botany Bay Escapees. One, James Martin wrote; 'we told him we were prisoners and had made our escape from Botany Bay. He told us we were his prisoners'.
From then on Captain Edwards kept them in irons and closely confined.
1791 – Coupang, October: When strength allowed, Edwards chartered Remberg a Dutch vessel to take ten (10) surviving Bounty men, eleven (11) 'First Fleet' escapees and seventy-eight (78) Pandora survivors to Jakarta.
1791 – Flores, 6 October: Remberg sailed from Timor on 6 October 1791. The ship encountered fierce storms and turbulent seas. Off the island of Flores, battered by a cyclone she came near to capsizing.
The mutineers chained and locked in a cage on Remberg's deck, were exposed to the fury of the sea. Every minute the convicts, in the dark below deck, feared for their lives.
1791 – Batavia, 7 November: After a tough month at sea Remberg reached Jakarta, where all Edward's captives remained heavily shackled. At that time the Dutch trading post was notorious for its 'fatal climate'. See: Captain Cook Caught Short
1791 – 1 December, Jakarta: So it proved for two (2) Botany Bay 'escapees'. Baby Emanuel, Mary and William Bryant's youngest child, died at the beginning of December 1791. By the end of the month William his father too was dead.
Africa: Captain Edwards chartered three (3) Dutch vessels – Hoonwey, Horssen, Vreedenberg – to take his surviving crewmen and assorted prisoners to Cape Town.
Mary Bryant and Charlotte, now four (4) years old, along with James Cox and William Allen aged fifty-five (55) years, the oldest of the escaped convicts, boarded Horssen.
At sea, somewhere between Jakarta and Cape Town James Cox, Mary's long-time Cornish friend, either jumped or was washed overboard.
The other convicts John Simms, William Morton, John Butcher, James Martin, William Allen and Nathaniel Lilley, boarded Hoonwey. Simms and Morton died at sea.
Captain Edwards with Pandora's remaining crew and surviving Bounty men sailed to Cape Town in Vreedenberg.
1792 – Cape Town,11 to 23 March: Between 11th to 23rd of March 1792 survivors of these three (3) remarkable voyages HMS Bounty, HMS Pandora and a boat with no name, Governor Phillip's stolen cutter, reached Cape Town.
Cape Town: Where unbelievably they found HMS Gorgan preparing for an imminent departure for Portsmouth.
'They [escapees] had miscarried in a heroic struggle for liberty after having combated every hardship and conquered every difficulty'. Marine Captain Watkin Tench aboard HMS Gorgan at Cape Town, March 1792. Cited in Tench, A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson, ed. F.L Fitzhardinge, Angus and Robertson, 1961
Surely their 'heroic struggle for liberty' was the most extraordinary of the three (3) voyages. See: Boswell Goes Into Bat for the Botany ay Escapees
Earlier (December 1791) Gorgan had sailed from Sydney Cove with the First Fleet's Major Robert Ross and the marines of the Sydney garrison returning home.
1792 – Portsmouth,18 June: HMS Gorgan reached Portsmouth the port from where five (5) years earlier – 13 May 1787 -the 'First Fleet' had sailed to invade the island continent of New Holland.
Then (1787) Marine Captain Watkin Tench had sailed aboard the transport Charlotte as had Mary and Will Bryant.
Mary and her companions were taken off and Gorgan and lodged in Newgate gaol. See: HMS Gorgan & the Botany Bay Escapees
Spithead: To Bligh's intense satisfaction the (10) surviving mutineers appeared before a court-martial convened on HMS Duke at the Royal Navy's base ,Spithead.
1792 – 12 September: Headed by Admiral Lord Hood and eleven (11) post-captains the court began taking evidence on the 12th of September 1792.
1792 – 18 September: Six (6) days later the judges delivered a mixed verdict that dismayed Captain Bligh. Four (4) men were acquitted, six (6) were condemned to death.
Only three (3) paid the ultimate price. Clearly it was a matter of not what you did but who you know.
1792 – 24 October: Although chief mutineer Fletcher Christian's family were not wealthy their advantage lay elsewhere. Weight must be given to the family's connection with the literary Wordworths.
The Romantic Poet set, many of whom saw the world as did his close friend Samuel Colridge Taylor, through an opium mist.
Edward, Fletcher's older brother, a lawyer and close friend of William Wilberforce from their student days at Cambridge, went on to become a Professor of Law.
Christain's family were determined to defend their own. At Edward's behest William Morrison with Peter Heywood were given first-class legal representation. Both had their death sentences forgiven.
Perhaps in an effort to make the result appear not so lopsided William Muspratt, a lowly cook's assistant, was also 'forgiven' death.
An air of expediency and vindictiveness however swirls over the three (3) able seamen John Millward, William Burkett and Thomas Ellison whose death sentences were upheld.
1792 – 29 October: Millward and Burkett had fathered a child on Tahiti. Thomas Ellison, aged fourteen (14) years, was the youngest of Bounty's crew. At the end of October 1792 they 'suffer[ed] Death by being hung by the Neck'[from] HMS Brunswick's yard-arm.
It would be a massive understatement to say William Bligh was unimpressed by the decision of such a high profile court-martial that he no doubt attributed to William Wordsworth's 'daffodil effect'.
At first glance it may appear to be far-fetched to say the 'daffodil' impacted on the history of the Australia's First Nations' Peoples. Lest conspiracy theory springs too readily to mind and, to save the hours required to wade through the Joseph Bank's Papers and Bligh Archive, a short-cut is required.
'Banks had ample need to satisfy himself about this new colonial phenomena…Macarthur was in arrest and under a cloud for shooting his commanding officer William Paterson…This was altogether a strange person to be advancing the floating of a large pastoral Company with English capital'. H.B. Carter, His Majesty's Spanish Flock, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1964
Of course John Macarthur was not to know when, he shot his commanding officer Captain Paterson in a duel, that Sir Joseph Banks and Paterson had been in regular communication on subjects botanical.
Now, with Bligh determined to regain his hero status, Banks had the very man with which to kill two birds with one stone. A deflated William Bligh in search of advancement.
Over the years Bligh's pleading letters arrived with regularity at Soho Square. After all Bligh had never forgotten it was HMS Gorgan that had taken Lieutenant Gidley King RN to Sydney as Britain's third naval Governor of Australia.
Now in 1805 Banks influenced government to recall Governor Phillip Gidley King RN who could not stop the tsunami of alcohol flooding in from India to give Bligh the governorship of New South Wales.
Banks would rid himself of Bligh and a grateful Bligh would keep a sharp eye on that very 'strange person' John Macarthur 'the man who made enemies'.
Governor King was to be recalled in disgrace. About the same time Lieutenant 'MacMafia' Macarthur was itching to return to New South Wales with 'English capital' to begin his new wool enterprise and build his wealth.
'In November 1977 the wreck of the Pandora was located – 186 years after the loss. Its rediscovery by Steve Domm, John Heyer and Ben Cropp was the result of a methodological search based on analysis of historical information compiled by John Heyer…It is one of the most significant shipwrecks in the Southern Hemisphere.
Moulter Cay…this sand cay is on the outer Great Barrier Reef, approximately 140 km east of Cape York, on the edge of the Coral Sea….first named "Entrance Cay" by Captain Edwards. But it was officially renamed in 1984, in recognition of William Moulter's humane deed towards the trapped [Bounty] prisoners in "Pandora's Box".
A magnetometer carried by an RAAF [Neptune] maritime reconnaissance aircraft indicated the approximate location [and] dropped a flare'. Museum of Tropical Queensland, www.mtq.qld.gov.au
Tags: Bligh, Bryant, Captain Edwards, convicts, escapees, First Fleet, HMS Bounty, mary bryant, mutineers, Waakssamheyd
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