Gharelu vashikaran ke upay is one of the amazing and popular vashikaran techniques. This can help you in any kind of difficult situations and it is very easy to apply on anyone. if you doublt that somebody has applied vashikaran on you then you can make use of this amazing method and can easily get rid of the vashikaran. The gharelu vashikaran mantra can be done easily at home with perfect guidance.
If you are experiencing continues troubles from particular person or you want to control your boy friend or girl friend mind or you want to control your husband or wife, undoubtedly you can apply the vashikaran mantra on them. As results you can completely take them under your control. Through vashikaran upay you can easily solve any type of difficult and big problems in life.
Gharelu nuskhe for vashikaran– by applying the vashikaran mantra you can easily win the heart of anybody in your family. This is the important vashikaran service especially used to solve any type of family problems. This is the very strong and powerful mantra and you can use it without the guidance of vashikaran experts. You must gain complete knowledge about the vashikaran mantra and then you can easily apply it perfectly as guided.
These amazing and powerful vashikaran mantras can effectively help you in many ways. If you are experiencing attacks directly or indirectly by means of health, business, personal life or emotions, it means that somebody is planning evil effects against you. By applying the vashikaran mantra on the particular person you can easily get rid of all the troubles caused by them. Even if you doubt that somebody has applied vashikaran mantra on you then you can easily find solution from vashikaran tantra.
You can easily break all the hurdles in your life by applying vashikaran mantra. For example if your boy friend or girl friend is not showing much interest on you due to various reasons but still you love them and you don't want to sacrifice them in your life. Here you can use the gharelu nuskhe for vashikaran on them. Once you apply this vashikaran upay on them, they will easily come to your way. They will understand your true love and affection towards them. Finally all your relationship problems are solved through vashikaran so you can lead a happy and peaceful life with them.
If you want to get back you ex love, then you can just take the help of the gharelu nuskhe for vashikaran. By applying this mantra your ex love will automatically come to you with lots of love and affection on you. vashikaran mantras are the great boon for us from your ancestors. Through vashikaran mantra you can easily solve any type of problems in your life. If it is personal or professional you have effective solutions for all your problems through vashikaran. The gharelu vashikaran is very easy to use and you can use it anywhere if you are facing serious problems in your life.
Gharelu Vashikaran Totke- by the name you can understand that this is one of the popular types of vashikaran mantra and this can be easily used at home. Totke is another popular form of vashikaran mantra and tantra. If you are facing continues troubles in your life due to any person and you want some help to solve your life problems then vashikaran is the one of the powerful way that can easily solve your life problems. You can easily use the gharelu vashikaran totke services, which will help you in getting 100 percent positive results in solving your professional and personal problems.
This service will always gives you better and effective solutions, once you start applying the mantras you can easily recognize the better results as soon as possible. It will completely remove all the hurdles and trouble causing factors in your life. Even if you are experiencing trouble due to any person it will take of that person too. The trouble causing person will never think about creating troubles in your life. This is the amazing power of the gharelu vashikaran totke.
Few people will never come forward to accept these types of things to solve their life problems, this may be due to fear on the mantra or they will not believe the vashikaran services. However, all these perceptions will never let you successful way because vashikaran will never cause troubles in anyone's life, it will help you to solve all your life problems. This is the life supporter and not a life spoiler. You can undoubtedly trust this service to solve any type of problems in your life. By using this gharelu vashikaran you can get accurate results and you can get rid of vashikaran within 7-8 days.
Vashikaran ke gharelu tarike- these days it is very difficult to trust anyone even your own family members. If you are experiencing continues troubles in health or in your business or in the peace of your family, you should not leave the problem light. Because all these type of continuous troubles attack you when somebody has applied vashikaran on you to take a full control on your life. Just think, if somebody has their control on our life how bad the situation will be, you will listen only their instruction whether it is bad or good you never think about it. Finally, this will spoil your entire life.
All your family members and friends will go away from you by realizing your wired behavior. Once you realize the actual problem you can take the help of the gharelu vashikaran totke to remove the vashikaran from your life. This is the simple but great home remedy to remove the vashikaran from your life.
All you need is to know the perfect procedure to complete the process. You must take the guidance from the experts to get rid of the vashikaran completely. You can easily practice this at home so that you are completely released from the vashikaran. Then you can lead a happy and peaceful life with your family and friends.


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In the early 1970s in anticipation of the 250th anniversary of Ekaterinburg it was decided to create a historical-memorial complex in the city's historical centre and to locate there a museum of old metallurgical machinery and the history of architecture of Ural towns. Over several years Sverdlovsk Institute of Architecture (SIA) in cooperation with Sverdlovskgrazhdanproject Institute was engaged in designing documentation and supervising the construction of Historical Square including its museum complex.
On 29 March 1975 the Opening ceremony of the Museum of History Problems and Development Perspectives of Ural Architecture (current Museum of Architecture and Design) took place. The museum was housed in the monuments of 19th-century industrial architecture – the former shops of Ekaterinburg mechanical plant. In the late 1970s after the initiative of SIA great efforts were made to search for some large-scale machinery from the Ural works and install that in the museum's court yard. Thus an open-air exposition was arranged there. In 1985 the museum was renamed into the Museum of History of Architecture and Industrial Machinery of the Urals.
In 1992 the bust of Peter I, the founder of mining and metallurgy in the Urals, was installed in the museum yard. It was a copy of the pre-revolutionary monument restored by a SIA graduate, sculptor G.Chekhomov.
In the early 2000s the museum's modernization necessitated a concentration of all the sections of its permanent exposition in the great showroom - the building of the former wood drying factory. The existing exhibits were supplemented by some unique materials from the funds: photos from the late 19th century – early 20th century, drafts of old Ural machinery, models of the monuments of Ural industrial architecture. In this period the museum turned into the Museum-Exhibition Complex of the Ural State Academy of Architecture and Art and proved to be one of the major city expo centres. In 2001 the staff collective of the Museum and the Ural State Academy of Architecture and Art was awarded V.N.Tatishchev and G.V. de Gennin Prize for implementing an international exposition project which united three exhibitions "Searching for an Ideal City", "World Clock" and "C.-N. Ledoux and Russian Architecture".
2008 marked the beginning of a new stage in the museum history related with its expansion, upgrading and reconstruction of the existing buildings aimed at housing a new structural subdivision of the Ural State Academy of Architecture and Art – the Ural Centre of Design Development. Exposition activity was stopped for this period. The museum staff focused on popularizing the architectural heritage of the Urals. A unique six-volume series "Styles in Architecture of Sverdlovsk Region" was published on the basis of museum funds. The books profoundly analyze all development stages of the Middle Urals' architecture from the 17th to the 20th centuries and describe the most significant monuments of Baroque style, Classicism, Eclecticism, Modern style, Constructivism and Neoclassicism. The series was awarded Sverdlovsk Region Governor Prize for outstanding achievements in the field of literature and arts. In 2012 the Museum was renamed into the Museum of Architecture and Design. In accordance with its new conception three exposition sections were developed:
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MONTREAL – (Wire Service Preview) – The Montreal Canadiens have not missed a beat without two of their top offensive players and hope to continue their offensive surge when the rival Boston Bruins pay a visit Monday night. Captain Max Pacioretty led the way with four goals in Saturday's 10-1 destruction of Colorado and the Canadiens scored 15 times in the last two games without injured forwards Alex Galchenyuk and David Desharnais.
Galchenyuk (23 points) and Desharnais (nine) are out indefinitely with knee injuries, but Montreal still scored the most goals at home since the Bell Centre opened in 1996. "We have guys that have stepped up," Canadiens defenseman Jeff Petry told reporters. "That's what good teams have when injuries come along. … It's not just one guy. It has to be everybody." The Bruins come in off consecutive home regulation losses to Colorado and Toronto, and managed only 15 goals in the last seven games despite finding a way to pocket eight points (3-2-2) in that span. Tuukka Rask has been a big reason for that success, but Boston's goalie is only 5-15-3 in his career against Montreal.
ABOUT THE BRUINS (15-12-2): Brad Marchand scored the only goal Saturday to extend his point streak to five games and edge ahead of David Pastrnak for the team lead with 25 points. Pastrnak (24 points) had five goals in three games before being blanked by Toronto, but is among the league leaders with 18 overall. The Bruins will need more from veteran center Patrice Bergeron, who has three of his eight points in the last eight games and owns four goals in 26 contests after recording a career-high 32 tallies last season.
ABOUT THE CANADIENS (19-6-3): Pacioretty, who reportedly played with a broken foot in November that is now healed, recorded seven goals and two assists in his last four games and leads the team with 24 points. Alexander Radulov is tied with Galchenyuk for second with 23 points and defenseman Andrei Markov (20) gives Montreal four with at least 20. Defenseman Shea Weber, who entered Sunday second in the league with a plus-18 rating, was held off the scoresheet in the last six games after putting up 18 points in the first 22.
1. The Canadiens won 10 of the last 12 regular-season meetings, including a 3-2 victory Nov. 8.
2. Boston F David Backes had an assist Saturday, but owns a minus-6 rating over the last three contests.
3. Montreal C Tomas Plekanec boasts six points in the last three games, including four assists Saturday, after recording seven points in the first 25 games.
BOSTON – (Wire Service Report by Sports XChange for Digital Sports Desk)- Frederik Andersen has to be happy he now plays in the Eastern Conference. It gives him more chances to play the Boston Bruins. Andersen, traded from the Anaheim Ducks to Toronto back in June, made it 6-0 lifetime against the Bruins, and 2-0 this season, with a 32-save performance in the Maple Leafs' 4-1 victory over Boston on Saturday night — ending Toronto's three-game losing streak.
Andersen (11-7-4) was beaten only by Brad Marchand's goal as the Boston forward stuffed home the rebound of his own wraparound try, off an Andersen mistake, late in the second period. Former Bruin Matt Hunwick had two assists.
Rookie Austin Matthews scored his 12th NHL goal to open the scoring, Zach Hyman made it 2-0 and James van Riemsdyk tipped home a nifty backhand pass from Tyler Bozak for his 12th of the season to make it 3-1 with 10:08 left. Connor Brown flipped a backhander into an empty net with the 1:33 remaining, his first goal in nine games.
The Bruins, who fell to 7-7-0 at home, lost to the NHL-worst Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night and followed that with a loss to the Maple Leafs, who came in last in the Eastern Conference.
"It seems like every game we're out-chancing teams, but we're not outscoring (them)," said Bruins coach Claude Julien.
The Bruins have scored two or fewer goals in 20 of their 29 games.
The Maple Leafs, who defeated Boston by the same score in Toronto on Oct. 15, won for the third time in 14 road games — and helped Andersen by blocking 22 shots (the Bruins blocked only six).
Tuukka Rask made 16 saves and fell to 15-4-2 lifetime against the Maple Leafs, the team that drafted him and dealt him to Boston.
BOSTON – (Wire Service Report) – The Boston Bruins recalled forwards Noel Acciari and Danton Heinen from Providence of the American Hockey League on Saturday. Acciari, 24, played in 12 games with the Bruins this season, recording two assists and four penalty minutes. The 5-foot-10, 208-pounder skated in 31 career NHL games with the Bruins over the past two seasons, compiling three assists and 12 penalty minutes.
Acciari played 45 games in his first professional season with Providence in 2015-16, registering seven goals, 12 assists and 19 penalty minutes. The Johnston, R.I., ative was originally signed by the Bruins as a free agent on June 8, 2015.
Heinen, who is in his first pro season with the Bruins organization, was assigned to Providence on Nov. 2 after playing seven games in Boston. He averaged a point per game during his Providence stint with seven goals and six assists in 13 AHL games.
Heinen, 21, finished his sophomore season at the University of Denver in 2015-16, recording 20 goals and 28 assists in 41 games. The Langley, British Columbia, native was originally selected by the Bruins in the fourth round of the 2014 NHL draft.
The Bruins also assigned forward Anton Blidh to their AHL affiliate.
Blidh, 21, is in his second full season with the Bruins organization and has played in four games with Boston, recording his first NHL point with an assist at Washington on Dec. 7. He appeared in 19 games with Providence, producing five goals, four assists and 22 penalty minutes. The MoInlycke, Sweden, native was selected by the Bruins in the sixth round in 2013.
BOSTON – (Wire Service Preview) – Among the reasons the Boston Bruins failed to qualify for the postseason in 2015-16 was a lack of success at home, a trend that has carried over to this season. The Bruins will try to avert a third consecutive defeat overall and avoid dropping to .500 at TD Garden when they host the slumping Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.
Boston, which stumbled through an inexplicable 17-18-6 record at home last season, dropped to 7-6-0 with a 4-2 loss to a visiting Colorado team that had lost its previous four. "There was a lot of problematic things there. But at the same time, you've got to move on here," Bruins coach Claude Julien said after Thursday's setback. "Now we got to move forward here and start getting ready for Toronto." The youthful Maple Leafs have been up and down, losing three in a row and six of eight (2-4-2) following Wednesday's 3-2 setback to Minnesota. Toronto dominated Boston 4-1 at home in its second contest of the season, but it has won only twice in 13 games (2-6-5) away from home.
ABOUT THE BRUINS (15-11-2): David Pastrnak continues to light up the scoreboard for Boston, netting both goals against Colorado to give him five in his last three games and 18 for the season — tying Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby for the league lead. "He's been great all year long," forward Brad Marchand said. "You see the way he plays. He's able to make something out of nothing and able to turn around a game in a single play. It's great to see that he's doing so well." Boston's power play is in a 1-for-18 rut over the past six games.
1. Bruins G Tuukka Rask is 15-3-2 with a 1.87 goals-against average versus Toronto.
2. Maple Leafs G Frederik Andersen has won all five career matchups against Boston, allowing a combined seven goals.
3. Marchand is riding a four-game point streak but has only one goal in his last 10 games.
BOSTON – (Wire Service Report by Sport XChange – Special to Digital Sports Desk) – Nate MacKinnon was 2 1/2 years old the last time the Colorado Avalanche lost a hockey game at TD Garden. On Thursday night, MacKinnon scored a short-handed goal to help the Avalanche end a six-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Boston Bruins. Colorado hasn't lost in Boston since 1998.
Jarome Iginla, who was in the league when Avalanche goaltender Patrick Roy lost 4-1 to the Bruins on March 30, 1998 — Anson Carter scoring two goals — laughed when he heard MacKinnon asked if he knew he was a toddler the last time Colorado fell in Boston.
"Really? That's funny," Iginla said.
The Avalanche came in 0-5-1 in their previous six games but handed the Bruins their second loss in as many nights.
A John Mitchell goal (his first) made it 3-0 (all three goals unassisted) before the sizzling Boston's David Pastrnak scored his 17th and 18th goals of the season –leaving him tied with Sidney Crosby for the league lead — by beating Calvin Pickard 80 seconds apart. Colorado's Carl Soderberg beat Anton Khudobin to answer that goal.


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From the 'Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society' Volume 32, 1911, an article written by the Rev. S. E. v. Filleul, M.A. entitled 'The History of the Dorchester Gallows'
In Speed's plan of the town of Dorchester, published in 1610, the gallows is clearly located at the angle of what is now called Icen Way, and South Walks. It is depicted, not in the gibbet form, such as one might have frequently seen at cross-roads in the country, with the wasted frames of highwaymen hanging in irons, rattling out their unwholesome sermons to passers-by as long as they held together; but in the usual pattern of two uprights with a crossbeam connecting them. The drawing is suggestive enough of a certain width between the two uprights, giving space enough for the two-wheel cart to pass through that bore the victim and his coffin. Standing between the posts, while the rope was being adjusted, it formed the platform which relatives and friends mounted to bid their last farewells, and upon which the black-gowned priest stood to the end exhorting to confession and repentance.
Dorchester Gallows highlighted on John Speed's Plan of the town
The street now called Icen Way was not so named in years /gone by. It started as " Gaol-lane," from the gaol at the corner of High East-street; then a section was known as Bell-street," taking this name from the Bell Inn, which stood just above the present gasworks. Here the condemned were allowed to halt and take their last earthly refreshment. The final section up to the fatal mound was " Gallows Hill." Upon this spot thousands must have suffered the cruel lingering death by strangling that our murderous laws condemned man, woman, and child to suffer for even a theft to the worth of 5s. Here, periodically, following the Assizes, the State provided its public spectacles of torture, thinking to terrorise evil-doers and improve the morals of the people. Up the narrow lane from gaol to gallows the dismal processions with the jolting cart constantly climbed. Sometimes, as a heretic or a traitor, the condemned would be dragged by the heels along the rough road, or upon a hurdle or sledge, with frightened horses kicking and plunging. At the end of his journey still keener suffering awaited him, to be hung, and even before death, disembowelled, and then quartered. The crowd was always ready for the pastime, of which it never grew weary. It was mostly a bloodthirsty crowd that drank and cursed and jeered around the gallows, but many there must have been that pitied and prayed when some ragged, trembling lad was led up to close a life that had hardly begun, or as they saw husband and wife or parents and children ruthlessly parted when the last terrible moment arrived. Dorchester gallows have a long, grim tale to tell, for they were the County gallows, fed by the County gaol.
The Dorset Martyrs, Bronze maquette, 2/8. Dame Elisabeth Frink RA, 1986.
One of eight maquettes made in the creation of the statue group erected at Gallows Hill, South Walks, Dorchester. A memorial to those Dorset men and women who died for their faiths during the religious troubles of the 16th and 17th centuries, and in particular to those who were executed at Gallows Hill, South Walks. © DCM
A hundred years after these early plans of the town were drawn by Speed, the gallows was removed to another place. It is shown, still of the same design, standing on the west side of the Amphitheatre, between it and the Weymouth-road, in the engraving of that place to be found in " Grose's Antiquities." The date of the picture is 1755. And Stukeley, in his " Itinerary," written in 1723, tells us that " the amphitheatre was in greater perfection before the gallows was removed hither by an unlucky humour of the Sheriff; since when the parapet at top is on that side much beaten down by the trampling of men and horses at executions." He seems to speak of the gallows as having been recently removed, further on, when he says, "the parapet is now 3 or 4 foot high, but much ruined on that side next the gallows, since last year at an execution." However, there is some reason for supposing that the removal was a little earlier than this. The celebrated burning of Mary Channing took place in 1703, and upon the floor of the amphitheatre. Female criminals were frequently burnt alive at that time, and for some years afterwards; perhaps it was the punishment of the worst, in the place of the drawing, hanging, and quartering which would have been the fate of a man. Had the gallows still been in its old position, she would probably have been burnt on Gallows Hill, and not at the amphitheatre. Therefore it seems most likely that the gallows was removed about the year 1700, from that place to the Weymouth-road site. I am making rather a point of this date, because it seems pretty evident that the Monmouth rebels suffered on the old site of Gallows Hill, and not .on the new site.
Maumbury Gallows Engraved by J. Newton, 1786, for Grose's "Antiquities" © DCM
The gallows by the amphitheatre seems to have been in regular use up to the time that the new prison was built, facing North-square, about the year 1795. At that time, or soon after, the humane method of despatching prisoners more rapidly, by giving them a longer drop, was allowed. This seems to have been provided for in executions at the prison. An Execution Bill of 1807 describes the hanging of three men on "the new drop upon the lodge of the Castle at Dorchester." I have a broadsheet giving the sentences of prisoners at the Lent Assizes at Dorchester in 1801. There were 48 cases tried, almost all for thefts. Several were sentenced to transportation for very small offences, ten were condemned to death, one being a woman, Lydia Hiskins, for stealing a banknote. Plainly up to that date harsh measures had not succeeded in curing the poor people of their belief in the right to live by hook or by crook.
But by this time the efforts of men like Fielding and Romilly to obtain more wise and humane treatment of criminals were beginning to tell, and though death sentences were passed according to law, they were not always carried out. In the large scrap-book volume belonging to this Museum library there are several specimens of the broadsheets printed and sold in the streets after executions at the beginning of the last century. These are usually headed with a coarse woodcut of the typical gibbet, and the felon hanging, and generally give an account of his offences and of his last moments These specimens date from 1819 to 1833. They record deaths for burglaries and arson. The so-called "new drop," which was in use for some fifty years seems to have been arranged over the stout low archway which formed the entrance into the prison from North-square, the predecessor of one lately removed. Some still living remember the body of the last criminal executed there, hanging on the skyline, a woman, Martha Brown, who had murdered her husband.
Then the scene was shifted to a spot within the walls of the prison, overlooking and within sight of the meadows by the river. Many can still tell of the thousands that used to gather below the gaol at the "Hang Fairs." By daybreak the best places were taken, and the waiting .time was spent in drinking, fiddling, and dancing. The time, it is said, of the executions in early days determined by the arrival of the coach from London, which might possibly bear a reprieve at the last moment. The "Royal Mail". coach was timed to arrive at the King's Arms at 9.30 a.m., after 13½ hours run from London, via Salisbury. In Cutler's " Original Notes of Dorchester " the story is told of a poor fellow who declined to halt at the Bell Inn for a parting glass with the constables; listening to his earnest request, they hastened their business, and turned him off just as the postmaster came shouting up the hill bearing a delayed reprieve. They cut the rope in a moment and fetched a surgeon. He could only shake his head and announce "Too late." " Sarved him right," cried the indignant beer swillers standing around, "he should have stopped for his drink." "Quite the contrary," retorted the surgeon, with ill-timed levity, "I will stake my reputation on the fact—the poor fellow has taken a drop too much."
The Mercy Weight. One of two weights made of lead, from Dorchester Prison, dating from the 19th century. These were attached to those executed by hanging, to give weight.
The last public execution was in 1863, when two men named Preedy and Fooks suffered on the same day. The case of Preedy aroused much interest. The Rev. Henry Moule, Vicar of Fordington, visited him in the prison constantly to the last, and afterwards published a book of 94 pages, entitled 'Hope against Hope,' giving an account of his life and repentance. Many thousand people assembled on this occasion. Two enterprising brothers erected a temporary grandstand in the meadows, with seats at 2s. 6d., which was so well patronised that it collapsed beneath the weight of sightseers, and they subsided into the mud below. In Mr. Thomas Hardy's tale of 'The Withered Arm,' a day of this kind provides a terrible page of reading. The saddler's shop in High-East-street which from long custom supplied the new rope required for the gallows has only been closed this summer. This was of the best quality, always of hemp, probably supplied from Bridport; and the old Hangman's Cottage at the bottom of Glyde-path-hill still stands, where the busy official, the last bearing the name of Davies, once lived. And a curious memorial is preserved in the Dorset County Museum, the two lead weights, engraved with the word 'MERCY,' provided by a humane governor of the gaol, to hasten the end of Silvester Wilkins, a very light subject, executed in 1833 for arson at Bridport. The last death sentence carried out at Dorchester was in May, 1887. I was in the neighbourhood at the time, and heard that the hangman sold the rope at so much a foot in one of the public houses afterwards ; but this I can hardly believe.
Hangmans Cottage. Colliton Park, The Walks, Dorchester. © DCM
Out of the gloom that gathers round the history of the Dorchester gallows in past centuries, two or three figures, or groups of figures, stand out distinctly, and whilst on the subject it seems a fitting opportunity to recall them. One and the latest has been already named, the unfortunate Mary Channing, but 18 years old, burnt in the Amphitheatre in the year 1703. It was a peculiar case of murder that brought her to this end, but the punishment was not unusual. One female at least suffered in this way 18 years before, after the Monmouth Rebellion ; and the worthy Lady Lisle was condemned to this death on the same account at Winchester, though her sentence was altered to hanging after petition to the King. But the burning of Mary Channing was made a kind of county fete; 10,000 spectators gathered to view it. No doubt the nature of the spot chosen and the good view of the stake provided in this well-arranged theatre, accounted largely for the crowd that gathered, and that made the event so memorable.
The earliest recorded executions of note were those of Roman Catholics in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, on the charge of high treason. Hutchins gives the names of six that died on the gallows. Four of these suffered on the same day, July 4th, 1594; one, John Cornelius, the principal rebel, was hung, drawn, and quartered. His head was nailed to the gallows, but the Sheriff removed it at the prayer of the townsmen, who suffered ill-luck, it was thought, in consequence of it. Cornelius was born at Bodmin, but was captured while resident at the house of Lady Arundel, near Chideock. In Alfred Mark's 'Tyburn Tree' a curious account is given in Strype's words of the finding of his skull together with three others, in Blackfriars, when clearing away rubbish after the Fire of London. It had evidently been carried away from Dorchester by some sympathising coreligionists. Strype narrates the discovery of four pewter cases containing a head each. He says, "one of these pots I saw, with the head in it, in October, 1703, being in the custody of Mr. Presbury, then sope maker in Smithfield, which pot had inscribed in the inside of the cover, in a scrawling character (which might be used in the time of Henry VIII.), I. Cornelius. This head was without any neck, having short red hair upon it, thick, and that would not be pulled off ; and yellow hair upon the temples ; a little bald on the top (perhaps a tonsure), the fore-part of the nose sunk, the mouth gaping, ten sound teeth, others had been plucked out; the skin like tanned leather, the features of the face visible. The other three heads had some of the necks joined to them and had a broader and plainer razure, which showed them priests. These three heads are now dispersed. It is probable they were at last privately procured and conveyed abroad, and now become holy relics. Who these were, there is no record, as I know of ; nor had any of them names inscribed but one." The identity of this I. Cornelius with the Dorchester victim was not discovered till some years later. I have the engraved portrait of I. Cornelius from one of the old Books of Martyrs, with the Latin inscription beneath : "Pio Cornelius Anglus Soc. Jesu (Jesuit) Novitius Dorcesta pro Catholica fide suspensus et sectus, an. 1594." From another Book I have the portrait of John Slade, a Dorset man, who was " drawn, hanged, bowelled, and quartered " for maintaining the Roman power ; but the sentence was carried out at Winchester.
Lastly, we come to the batch of prisoners, 13 in number, who were condemned by Judge Jeffreys, and suffered on the old Gallows Hilll. In the Western Martyrology " the dying speeches of three of this number are given us – Matthew Bragg, Thomas Smith, and Joseph Speed, with special details of their deaths. The 13 were hung in succession, one after the other. Smith being the first by particular order of the Judge. The bodies were treated in the manner usual for traitor, an exception being made of the body of Matthew Bragg, which was given by the Judge to his friends for burial. He was probably an innocent man, and felt, to have been so by his persecutor after the sentence was passed. but foolishly he had pleaded "not guilty " and so lost all chance of justice. The speeches were made from the ladder, up which the prisoner climbed to reach the noose let down from the crossbeam by the hangman. 'The cart no longer figures at this particular point in the proceedings. When the speech was finished the ladder was turned over, and so, in the common language of those days, the prisoner was "turned off " and launched into eternity. They were probably drawn on hurdles in most places to the gallows; "sledges " is the name given to the rude vehicles used in Dorchester and Lyme. At Lyme Regis two sets of horses refused to draw the sledge; they ended by kicking it to pieces, and the prisoners therefore went on foot through the streets. The quarters of 12 men were distributed in Dorchester and the neighbourhood, the head of one being fixed on a spike that till lately was an interesting ornament of the porch of St. Peter's Church. This spike is now preserved in the museum. There is no entry in the Borough Records of any expense connected with the executions ; it was outside their department. But a horrible set of entries is to be found in the Weymouth records ; they are published in Moule's "Catalogue of Charters, &c., of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis," The Mayor of this borough was ordered through the Sheriff to prepare a gallows for the execution of 12 persons, It was erected on or near Greenhill, in the confines of the borough. Thirty-two quarters and six heads were distributed in the villages round, while 16 quarters and six heads were reserved for Weymouth itself. Then the bill of costs is given— "Disbursements for the gallows, burning and boiling the rebels executed per order at this town—£l5 14s. 3d."
From the "Western Martyrology" we gather that the ghastly preparations for the final disposal of the bodies went on in the sight of the victims. Roger Satchel, at Weymouth. is described, when delivering his dying speech from the Ladder, as " pointing to the wood that was to burn his bowels." The barbarous proceedings conducted at Weymouth were no doubt repeated at Dorchester and at other towns. I notice also in the same book the statement that "some scores died every week of small pox " in the gaol. This, I think, must be an exaggeration, as there is no indication of a corresponding number of burials in our Burial Register. Eighteen only are there entered as " prisoners " at that time. Yet possibly friends who could afford it removed the dead to their own churchyards, all over the country, and a much larger number could thus be accounted for.
I am thankful to have reached the end of this short history of Dorchester gallows. The saddest of recollections are awakened, and even after so long a time, resentment kindles at the thought of so much injustice suffered often by helpless and defenceless prisoners. One can enter into the spirit of Dryden when he wrote of the gallows of Tyburn Tree:-
"Oh Tyburn I couldst thou reason and dispute,
Couldst thou but judge as well as execute;
How often woulst thou change the felon's doom
And truss some stern Chief Justice in his room".
In a short article written by R. A. H. Farrar, M.A. from the 'Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society' Volume 88, 1966 entitled 'The Dorchester Gallows'
The Dorchester Prison Mosaic, 4th Century. A tinted photographic lithograph. John Pouncy, 2nd December 1858. Using one of his new experimental photographic processes. This mosaic was presented to the Dorset County Museum by the Governor of Dorchester Prison in 1885, after its removal from the Prison chapel where it had been relaid in 1858. It was set on the north wall of the museum staircase masked by the overhanging portrait of James John Farquharson, 1857. © DCM
The late Lady Pinney's essay, published in 1966 in the Hardy Monographs series, on Thomas Hardy and the Birdsmoorgate Murder 1856, recalls to the writer his own interest some years ago in some of the circumstances of the execution of Martha Brown. This was due primarily to the fact that it was in digging her grave, in the burial yard of Dorchester Prison, that the mosaic was found that is now fixed to the staircase wall of the County Museum, although it was not until the burial of James Seal, executed on the 10th August 1858, that rediscovery led to its excavation by Governor J. V. D. Lawrance and subsequent relaying in the former prison chapel.
The writer was of course led at that time to the valuable history of the Dorchester gallows published in our Proceedings, Vol. 32 (1911), by the Rev. S. E. V. Filleul. Since it does not appear that his account, now over 50 years old, has been enlarged on, it may be worth pointing out two errors, one of which, relating to the removal of the gallows from Maumbury Rings, had been stated correctly elsewhere, and the other bearing on the execution of the unfortunate Martha Brown.
Dorchester Prison Mosaic now hangs on the staircase wall of the Dorset County Museum masked by the overhanging portrait of James John Farquharson, 1857. © DCM
Filleul's first error (excluding a mis-dating of 1703 for the 1706 execution of Mary Channing at Maumbury by burning following strangulation) was in supposing that the gallows outside the Rings remained in use until the new prison was completed on the present site in 1795. An entry in the pocket book of William Cummg, M.D., for 2nd December 1766, quoted by Boswell Stone in Proceedings, Vol. 24 (1903), p. 36, tells us that "This Day the Gallows removed fm Maumbury and a new One erected on Fordington Down at expense of ye County Cost of £4." Newton's view showing the gibbet at Maumbury, published anachronistically in Grosse's Antiquities in 1786, was engraved in 1755, as Filleul was aware.
The second error concerns the position of the gallows at the County Gaol. Filleul comments on the hanging of Martha Brown over the lodge formerly existing at the North Square entrance to the prison, supposing that this was the 'new drop' which had been in use, as he said, for some 50 years, the site then being 'shifted to a spot within the walls of the prison, overlooking and within sight of the meadows by the river.' Martha Brown was indeed executed. on 9th August 1856 over the North Square lodge in full view of the young Thomas Hardy and a great concourse of sight-seers, but this was an innovation. as the contemporary files of the Dorset County Chronicle, listed by Lady Pinney. make clear. It was not repeated, owing to the resultant dislocation of traffic in the centre of the town, and two years later, when James Seal met his end, it was once again upon the traditional 'new drop', over the monumental main entrance lodge that still grimly but elegantly overlooks the meadows.
According to Filleul the last execution in Dorchester was in May 1887, and the last public execution that of Preedy and Fooks in 1863, so Jim Lane of Blackdown, whose memories were taken down by Lady Pinney in 1926. was at fault in according this unenviable distinction to poor Martha.
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A versatile vegetable fritter recipe that can be a starter, or the center of a meal. Dip them in hummus, add a top a salad or wrap then in a pita pocket. Mix up the vegetables you use depending on what you have on hand in the fridge!
Cook the teff as per packet instructions and set aside to cool.
In a medium bowl add the curry powder, red pepper flakes, salt, cracked pepper and sifted chickpea flour. Make a well in the middle and slowly add the water whisking until you have a nice smooth batter.
Toss the onion, cilantro and veggies in a bowl with the grated ginger, turmeric and the teff. If you are using potatoes or zucchini squeeze the excess liquid out of the grated vegetables first.
Add the batter, stirring well.
Using a large frying pan (I used cast iron skillet which works very well) heat the oil to 375°F (190C). Spoon the mixture in carefully and shallow fry in small batches until golden, around 5 minutes, flipping them over half way. Drain on paper toweling and serve immediately.
I served these fritters as pictured on hummus with chopped onion, tomato and cucumber.


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by Joe Kuzma ( joe_kuzma) on December 14, 2018
One of the most ill-advised updates in WordPress history came this past week in the form of WordPress version 5.0. The latest iteration of the software has ditched the traditional, or "classic" editor we're familiar with in lieu of a new "block style" layout editor named "Gutenberg".
In short, Gutenberg replaces the previous classic editor which has existed within WordPress for over ten years. It's a modern rethinking of the entire publishing interface, however, that's not always a good thing.
After playing with Gutenberg for several months (as WordPress announced its arrival would come some time ago) I started seeing that some custom functions I developed for clients of mine had disappeared. On top of that, copy and pasting content from other sources, and then editing said content, had become laborious.
It appears I'm not alone in this thinking, as the official WordPress plugin repository tells the whole tale:
Gutenberg is the default editor in the latest version of WordPress and doesn't have to be installed, so the 400,000 active installation statistic is a bit misleading. However, the over one million active installations for the Classic Editor is not: the number continues to climb by hundreds of thousands daily, as WordPress users and developers reject the new block layout style of Gutenberg (illustrated by the over 1,900 reviews, currently at 2-stars as of this writing).
If you're one of those users stuck in a rut with the new editor, not all is lost. You can use one of the following two methods, outlined below, to restore the Classic Editor as a plugin. Doing so will also revert some of the elements Gutenberg hides or breaks in the latest edition of WordPress.
According to the official plugin repository:
Classic Editor is an official plugin maintained by the WordPress team that restores the previous ("classic") WordPress editor and the "Edit Post" screen. It makes it possible to use plugins that extend that screen, add old-style meta boxes, or otherwise depend on the previous editor. By default, this plugin hides all functionality available in the new Block Editor ("Gutenberg").
The official link also notes that support for the Classic Editor will be maintained until at least 2022: a good sign for those of us fighting with compatibility issues within it's replacement.
If this sounds like something you wanted yesterday, here's how you can go back to the way things were by installing the official Classic Editor WordPress plugin.
Add New Plugin
If you click on the Plugins link on the sidebar menu within the WordPress admin area, you will arrive to a screen listing all of your installed plugins. A button at the top of the page gives you the ability to "Add New" and that's precisely what we want to do. Clicking the "Add New" button will take you to the next screen, where you can directly install a plugin by searching for it, or you can upload a plugin you previously downloaded to your machine.
Direct Install
Currently, the Classic Editor is one of the most popular plugins in the WordPress repository and should show up on the main "add plugin" screen without searching for it. Should it not be on your screen here, a search box to the top right of the page will help you track it down.
Simply type in "Classic Editor" and you should see several search results. Look for the correct plugin (as pictured above) and click on the "Install Now" button.
In a few moments the plugin will install on your WordPress site, but you're not finished yet: you must then click on the "Activate" button which takes the "Install Now" button's place in order to apply changes and restore the Classic Editor over Gutenberg.
Upload Manually
If for some reason you cannot directly install the Classic Editor, another option is to download the Classic Editor as a zip file from the WordPress plugin repository. Start by downloading the file from this link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor/.
Next, visit the same plugins section, as noted above, by clicking on the relevant "plugins" link on the sidebar while logged into the WordPress dashboard. You will arrive at the page listing all of your installed plugins. Just like the direct install method, you want to click on the "Add New" button at the top, but this time you will click on another button in nearly the same spot on the next page, "Upload Plugin" and then choose the zip file you saved from the step above.
In moments you will see that the plugin has installed and you will be given an option to activate it. Don't forget to do this, as the inactive plugin won't get rid of the Gutenberg "experience"!
It's easy to see that WordPress users are initially rejecting Gutenberg due to the lack of a traditional word processing experience. Computer, and even smartphone users, have grown accustomed to a traditional toolbar and return lines (headers, paragraphs, etc.) as commonly found in programs such as Microsoft Word, social media apps, and just about any email provider or software on the planet.
The new Gutenberg experience attempts to make block layout easier for the Average Joe, as advanced web designs required knowledge of HTML and CSS in the past. However, Gutenberg makes this change by eliminating a traditional writing experience which has been around since the dawn of personal computing.
In addition, those of us (like myself) who have hand coded custom WordPress themes and functions for advanced designs, are finding that our work is broken by the Gutenberg editor: making it more difficult for users and clients to update their sites or breaking functionality altogether.
If you find yourself in either camp as someone who wants the classic writing layout or you can't find custom meta boxes and features you once had while editing your website, then a return to the Classic Editor is just the fix you need to get right back on track!
By Joe Kuzma
Hello! My name is Joe Kuzma, and if you're reading this, thank you! I'm pleased to virtually meet you and I hope we get to know one another well throughout this crazy journey of producing content.
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April 14, 2012 July 11, 2014 By admin	In Academic Year 2011-2012
Truth in the Global Media Age by Prof. Clifford Christians
When: 18 April, 2012, 19:30
Where: Andrey Delchev Auditorium
Clifford Christians is one of the leading academic figures in the world of media ethics. The recipient of numerous awards, Professor Christians currently serves on the editorial boards of a dozen academic journals and is Professor Emeritus of Communications, Media Studies and Journalism at the University of Illinois. In this lecture, Professor Christians discusses ethics in the age of global media.
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University Professor and researcher Clifford Christians discussed ethics and truth in the age of global media last Wednesday, April 18, in the Auditorium of Balkanski Academic Center.
Christians talked about the crisis in the concept of globalization and how that affected media ethics and the portrayal of truth in media.
"For all the promise of this electronic age, there is a meltdown sociologically," Christophers said, "truth is under attack and should be rescued and redefined." Christians put forward his definition of truth as "authentic disclosure," coming from the Greek word "aletheia" – the truth in context.
Christians quoted Jacques Ellul, a French jurist and philosopher who called the impact of technology on western society "la technique" – when efficiency in delivering news is more important than the way of delivery itself. Thus, life becomes not immoral, but amoral – with ethics lost somewhere in-between the transmission of facts. "La technique doesn't stand criticism," Christians said, "it isn't free." In the dawn of this global crisis, authentic disclosure more than ever is "the meaning of truth."
Christians relayed his idea of aletheia, "the trademark of media ethics," with three examples of contemporary media outlets – Al Jazeera, Photojournalism and WikiLeaks. "Truth is the standard by which we should judge the digital revolution in media," he said.
The first example was Al Jazeera – "born in war and centered in turmoil ever since," as Christians presented it via its coverage of Afghanistan, Iraq and the Arab Spring. But "is it the home of sensation and bias rather than of aletheia?" he asked, commenting on the almost exclusive rights Al Jazeera had on the Iraqi bombings and its sophisticated technological form of reporting. "Does it get caught in the instrumentalism of the technological order," Christians asked. Does it follow the camera and let it define news or does it see under the surface, meeting the standard of aletheia? Does it disclose news or does it do propaganda in covering the grisliness of war? "True, bloodiness is part of the story," Christians said. But covering bombings, death and destruction is only the surface issue, he continued, it is not authentic disclosure because it doesn't see the ultimate question under the surface – are the wars in the Middle East just? "Do you enable, as Al Jazeera, your audience to see beneath the technological surface of all the bombs and drama to the fundamental issue of whenever or wherever war can be justified," he asked.
The second example was photographer Kevin Carter whose picture of a starving Sudanese girl brought him a Pulitzer Prize as well as critiques from all over the world as to why he didn't help the starving child after he photographed her. He committed suicide soon after he received his award for the picture in question, called "the best technical photo ever published." Christians, however, argued this photo does not meet the criteria of aletheia as truth on a deeper level, but it is rather just "a mirror of reality." Christians further argued that the Pulitzer Board gave Carter the award based on their limited definition of truth."Aletheia, authentic disclosure, insists on truth in context, on seeing beneath the surface to the heart of the matter," Christians said, asking for "a deeper reading of the little girl's suffering" by communicating the circumstances surrounding the people in the region. "In the esthetics of aletheia stories that produce only pity are unacceptable," he said.
The third example was WikiLeaks – the biggest organization disclosing truth in the 21st century, releasing secret documents from all over the world. Christians showed a Wiki video of the killing of two Reuters reporters in Iraq by US air forces. "What is truth in international context as authentic disclosure?" asked Christians as the video stopped playing. Christians commented on the structure of WikiLieaks and its manner of disclosure of information without questioning the motives of the people who leak government and corporate secrets, the publishing of big amount of data without putting it in context or checking the facts as well as the anonymous sources the organization uses. "For aletheia the raw and naked release of material as in information flow is unacceptable," he said. WikiLeaks can be used for occasional leads, but not for the mainstream journalism, he concluded.
"Journalists who practice aletheia are not doomsayers or self-righteous moralizers. They cut through the turbulent surface to the issues underneath," said Christians in conclusion. "Getting to the heart of the issue is enormously difficult in the global media age. Penetrating beneath the rallying surface is hard under any circumstances, and especially with sophisticated technology. The overwhelming power of instrumentalism traps technology within its efficiency, making us satisfied with means rather than ends."
Clifford Christians is a renowned figure in the contemporary study of ethics and the philosophy of technology. He is a part of the Institute of Communications and Research in the University of Illinois and author of multiple books on the above topics. He is also a former professor of Robert Fortner who introduced him as "The father of Media Ethics study in the US."
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Republican Party Platform: Porn Is a Public Health Threat; Guns Are Not
RNC committee members who voted to keep mention of LGBT members as victims of ISIS in the platform pic.twitter.com/6xQgDQLiCO
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) July 12, 2016
So, the rolling shebeen is off to Cleveland at last, trying to get there in time to see what shenanigans (if any) the Never Trump incompetents try to pull in the rules committee meetings. If a major piefight doesn't break out, I'll be very disappointed. Meanwhile, though, the party's platform committee has been meeting and, boy howdy, the freak flags are flying high and proud.
Show them to us, Time.
"Pornography, with his harmful effects, especially on children, has become a public health crisis that is destroying the life of millions. We encourage states to continue to fight this public menace and pledge our commitment to children's safety and wellbeing," the amendment stated.
Porn is a public health threat, but guns are not. Got it.
An amendment offered by the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins in the subcommittee on healthcare, education, and crime offered support for the controversial practice of "conversion therapy" for children who identify as LGBT. "We support the right of parents to determine the proper treatment or therapy, for their minor children," the amendment said. Perkins originally drafted a more explicit embrace of the practice, but amended the text after consultations with top RNC officials. Perkins' amendment, which passed the subcommittee and subsequently the full committee, also calls for legislation to require parental consent for minor women to cross state lines for the purposes of obtaining an abortion.
The Quack Psychiatrist lobby must be stronger than I thought it was.
All the Things the Republican Party Is Against
Also, folks, Tony Perkins is the leader of a recognized hate group. Maybe someone forgets to mail his invitation next time around?
An amendment that sought to argue that gay marriage "subverts child's rights to biological parent" drew condemnation from the moderate members, including an audible gasp of, "Hello, what was that?"
I think I've heard this debate before.
The committee also considered an amendment calling for allowing the teaching of the Bible as part of American History, which failed before the full group. The separate subcommittee on Restoring Constitutional Government approved its own language opposing same-sex marriage designed to dovetail with the language from the health committee, said author and GOP lawyer Jim Bopp said.
Also, there seems to have been some vigorous discussion concerning game birds. And about Oreos. USA Today kept track of the action.
The platform talks had moments of precise detail and humor. In discussing an amendment arguing that endangered species laws damage economic development, delegates discussed the fate of prairie chickens and sage grouse. A proposal to outlaw the use of government assistance to buy "junk food" inspired a debate about the meaning of the term, including the difference between Oreos and chocolate-covered Oreos. A discussion of medical marijuana invoked legendary smokers Cheech and Chong.
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namespace chromeos {

class LoginStatusConsumer;

namespace {
const char kGmailDomain[] = "gmail.com";
}

Authenticator::Authenticator(LoginStatusConsumer* consumer)
    : consumer_(consumer), authentication_profile_(NULL) {
}

Authenticator::~Authenticator() {}

// static
std::string Authenticator::Canonicalize(const std::string& email_address) {
  std::vector<std::string> parts;
  char at = '@';
  base::SplitString(email_address, at, &parts);
  if (parts.size() != 2U)
    NOTREACHED() << "expecting exactly one @, but got " << parts.size();
  else if (parts[1] == kGmailDomain)  // only strip '.' for gmail accounts.
    RemoveChars(parts[0], ".", &parts[0]);
  std::string new_email = StringToLowerASCII(JoinString(parts, at));
  VLOG(1) << "Canonicalized " << email_address << " to " << new_email;
  return new_email;
}

// static
std::string Authenticator::Sanitize(const std::string& email_address) {
  std::string sanitized(email_address);

  // Apply a default domain if necessary.
  if (sanitized.find('@') == std::string::npos) {
    sanitized += '@';
    sanitized += kGmailDomain;
  }

  return sanitized;
}

}  // namespace chromeos

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Q: Can't get my input value bindings working properly in Svelte 3 I am trying to make a form using Svelte 3. I have some inputs in my form. And I am using #each block to make multiple inputs. But the problem is that the value bindings for the inputs are getting mixed up and behaving weird. Here's my REPL
https://svelte.dev/repl/bdc37a81cbe04654a44b138dd973b16b?version=3.31.0
Try writing anything in input option 1, the words from input option 1 jump to input option 2.

A: This happens because of your placeholder:
placeholder="Option {i += 1}"

You'r changing i's value, try:
placeholder="Option {i + 1}"

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Himmelhost Barrow is a small burial ground just east of the Iggnir River, about halfway between the mouth and the east shore.
During your travels, you may come across the Himmelhost Barrow on the southern shore of the island, east from Fort Frostmoth. Inside are a number of Skeleton Pirates and a Skeleton Pirate Captain, who wields the unique blade Seasplitter. None of the undead are particularly difficult if you can engage them one at a time. There are a number of treasure chests in the small cave (maximum lock is around 65) with some decent loot, and a single sample of Stalhrim. Be sure to get the key from the Captain along with a note which seems to mention a treasure hoard.
If you haven't progressed very far in the Main Quest and haven't explored the island yet, the treasure note may not make any sense. The sun's great stone is the Sun Stone encountered during the main quest and is located on a hill northeast from Fort Frostmoth, east of the Iggnir River. The arch mentioned in the note is the large stone arch over the Valbrandr Barrow, a little north from the Sun Stone.
Once you've found the arch, look around the base of it until you've found the muck on the northeast end. Underneath the muck is a Pirate's Chest (100 lock) full of treasure (5,000 gold, gems, jewelry, etc.), which the Captain's key will open.
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U.S. Border Patrol Agent Shot While Trying To Stop Human Traffickers
Hachita, NM – A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot multiple times in the chest while trying to apprehend alleged human traffickers during a pursuit on a rural roadway on Thursday.
The incident occurred shortly before 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 5 on New Mexico Highway 146 between Lordsburg and Deming, KFOX reported.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) said an agent assigned to the El Paso sector was conducting a traffic stop on a vehicle suspected of being used for human trafficking when one of the occupants opened fire on him, according to FOX News.
The agent was shot repeatedly in the chest and was able to return fire before the suspects sped off.
USCBP said the agent's ballistic vest saved him from severe injury or death, FOX News reported.
The suspect vehicle crashed several miles away from the shooting scene and rolled.
"The fleeing vehicle was involved in a rolled over accident a few miles down the road and agents took six persons into custody," USCBP said, according to KOAT.
Two of the occupants were airlifted to a trauma center in El Paso, Texas, in unknown condition.
Their identities were not immediately released.
The agent who was shot was released after undergoing a medical examination, according to KOAT.
The USCBP did not release his identity.
The New Mexico State Police, the Office of Professional Responsibility, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are handling the ongoing investigation, KFOX reported.
The attack occurred just days before President Joe Biden is slated to visit El Paso before heading to Mexico City to meet with leaders of Mexico and Canada.
It will be his first visit to the border since he took office.
President Biden announced on Thursday that the U.S. will allow 30,000 migrants from Venezuela, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Cuba to come into the U.S. every month moving forward, the New York Post reported.
He also vowed to turn away people from those countries who illegally cross into the U.S. from Mexico.
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This paper describes a demonstration of the groupware system TeamRooms as applied to Requirements Elicitation process. TeamRooms may be used as a method of distance collaboration between the knowledge engineer, the developer who elicits the information, and the domain expert, the knowledgeable end-user.
Software requirements elicitation is the process where the customers' needs in a software project are identified. This process is regarded as one of the most important parts of building a software system because during this stage it is decided precisely what will be built. Well known requirements engineering methodologies are presented in (Herlea 1996) and the degree of the user involvement in the process of requirements negotiation is discussed.
Requirements definition is an iterative process where, through reflection and experience, users become familiar with the technology and developers become familiar with the work. For example, scenarios, prototypes or mock-ups provide the opportunity for the users to "experience" the new technology and for the developers to "experience" the work practice.
Cooperation between participants in the process is quite difficult, even if they meet in a physical meeting room. The process involves a social network of people with different professional backgrounds and different views over the system that must be built. If the participants in the process are in different organizations or different cities, meetings can be costly, inconvenient and infrequent. This leads to problems of communication, which can greatly impact the quality of the elicited requirements.
the facilitator, who acts as a chairperson of the meeting, has a critical role in organizing the work of the requirements negotiation team.
the users, who are people involved in using the system, are the "owners" of the problem.
the analyst, who is a representative of the design team, has a key role in the transfer of the requiremeents from the "problm owners" to the design team.
the design team, who are the system implementors, are responsible to meet the elicited requirements.
Using TeamRooms, participants located in different physical locations can share a computer workspace in which the work of the entire group is presented to each member with continuous real-time update. When a user starts up the system, he or she is prompted for a user name and a password. If he or she is among the work group permitted to use the system, he or she will be connected to the TeamRooms central server.
*	Brainstorming Room, used to record all "quick ideas" generated throughout the meeting.
*	Meeting Room, used as a general working space that gathers the participants in an informal environment.
*	Work Agenda Room, used to keep an agenda of the meetings, used mainly by the facilitator.
*	Documentation Room, used to record the elicited requirements.
*	Scenarios Room, used to build scenarios of future situations.
*	"Wish List" Room, used to store the initial list of requirements.
*	Future Consideration Room, used to record the intermediary results of the process.
*	Final Consideration Room, used to store the final document of requirements, used by the design team in implementing the system.
*	Reports Room, used to communicate and inform about the design team progress.
*	"Worth Proceeding?" Room, used to "test" the prototypes against the requirements.
*	Read Me Room, used to leave notes for other participants in the process.
*	Personal Rooms, used to store users' own artifacts.
Awareness of other users in the work space is very important in simulating the real physical space. Figure 2 displays the list of users currently connected to the group's server, as well as the room each user is currently working in. This facilitates locating the other users and making contact with them. The images are still pictures or snapshots taken one per minute.
The facilitator, who acts as a chairperson of the meeting, has a critical role in organizing the work of the requirements negotiation team. He or she enables effective communication, works as a project manager for the elicitation team, can have the knowledge of the room and action of each participant in the working space. He or she can use the Work Agenda Room (figure 3) to keep an agenda of the meetings, lists of activities and organize the work using the an agenda of the meetings, lists of activities and organize the work using the Outliner or the Note Organizer applets to create a hierarchical activity structure, or a Concept Map applet to identify and set priorities. Awareness widgets help the facilitator in keeping the team on the right track. Under his or her directions, the team works to meet specific objectives, as stated in the structured Activities list (figure 3). Any room has a room radar overview that provides a miniature overview of the entire room when the user changes the location of his or her view onto the workspace to suit the needs of the immediate task. The room can be larger than the participant's display. The radar shows the position of each user's viewport in the room, telepointers indicating the location of their mouse cursor. Each time when a user navigates the room and manipulates applets, the radar tracks his actions.
The organization analyst plays a key role in requirements transfer process. He or she is regarded as the "problem solver". The requirements generation process may be divided into to separate transfer processes.
Firstly, there is a transfer process between the analyst and the customer representatives, the "problem owner". The users are encouraged to navigate many rooms in generating requirements.
The Brainstorming Room may be used to record all "quick ideas" generated throughout the meeting. Users of the system can enter this room and leave notes or ideas on the whiteboard or organize concepts using the Concept Map tool. This room excludes the facilitator's role as "intermediary". Participants may have direct control over the expression of their ideas.
The Scenarios Room may be used to build scenarios of future situations which involve the system to be developed. Scenarios are meant to reflect changes the new system brings about in the organization. The analyst helps the future users of the system to envision future changes in the work environment, to analyze the organizational policies, to gain understanding of the structure of the organization and to determine the scope and boundaries of the system. They can draw on the whiteboard, create activity structures using the Outliner tool or analyze relationships between activities and data, or data and users, using the Concept Map tool. Results of discussions may be stored in files. All participants in the process may retrieve these files later. In this regard, the Future Consideration Room may be used to keep track of the intermediary results.
Figure 4 illustrates the Future Consideration Room, a "storage and future retrieval" area. Exploring the users' environment, the capture team collectively investigates the target users' organizational setting and identifies and describes what they do. They produce documents recording the shared view of the users' environment. They create objects reflecting the users' workspace and save them in a database. Records in this database are files containing information that describes these specific objects. Any user of the system may retrieve these files and discuss the list of the users' needs. Later in the process, members of the team review and evaluate information they have previously generated in order to arrive to common decisions about the value, relationships, and structure of that information. They update this "user document", according to their understanding of the user environment.
Participants can click on the records of the database - objects in the users' environment - and find out what files contain the description of those objects. The File Holder tool enables participants to exchange files in real time. Any file editor would give the participants the opportunity to read and modify the content of the files, after they discussed the changes with the others in the room.
The Documentation Room may be used by the analyst to record the elicited requirements. Documenting the elicitation process may be a time consuming task in usual physical meetings. Using the Documentation Room into the electronic space, the analyst records all information that participants generated, all the analysis conducted, all of the decisions reached. The analyst may decide to use the help of files to store draft plans of the requirements document. This way the documentation files have a higher quality, they are easier and more quickly produced. Validating understanding of the user environment with the system customers and end users, and formulating requirements based on this existing "picture" may be done in the general Meeting Room. Any tool may be used to manipulate the existing information. Meeting Room is used as a general working space that gathers the participants in an informal environment.
As a next step, an initial list of requirements may be proposed and stored in a generic "wish list", in the "Wish List" Room. Figure 5 shows a list of contents for a set of issues related to the requirements document. This list of contents is stored using the Outliner tool that helps in analyzing the information. It enables users to build upon a previously generated list and refine it into a hierarchical structure. In their "discussion" participants are helped by telepointers (figure 5). They can see the other's cursor location on the document. In face to face meetings, hand gestures play an important role to communicate ideas. Telepointers are examples of a fine-grained awareness of others' action in the workspace.
The final document containing the list of requirements may be stored in the Final Specification Room. It is accessed mainly by the analyst who translates the users' terminology into technical terms.
The system supports a rich persistence mechanism, where any number of versions of one applet's state could be saved and retrieved at a later time. Versions of the applet's contents are automatically saved into a repository when the last user in a room leaves. Selecting the Versions option from the applet's menu (figure 6), the users may browse the entire history of requirements' list.Shared documents exist beyond the meeting session. This way, team members may work on tasks either individually or in a group, their co-workers being able to find their artifacts for later use or information.
At a second stage, there is a transfer process from the organization analyst to the system designers in order to produce an initial set of prototypes. This transfer process takes place mainly in the technical domain. The design team uses the Final Specification document to build prototypes that meet the elicited requirements. Throughout the iterative process of negotiating requirements customers should validate the performance of the prototype against the "wish list" of requirements. Design team may want to release reports on their work -- using the Reports Room --, communicating and informing about their progress, between releasing the actual prototypes. This enables them to get feedback on partial results.
During the prototype evaluation phase, the system enables participants to "test" the product on their workstations. They can use the "Worth Proceeding?" Room. The analyst collects participants' feedback on prototype functions and features, prioritizes modification requests. At the same time participants are able to collaborate, to exchange opinions. The image tool may be used to bring graphical images into the meeting space and discuss around them. A design team representative may run the application on his own workstation and send screen captures to all participants, as still images. The customers of the system may see if the system meets the functional or non-functional requirements.
The system supports collaboration within the requirements negotiation group and the individual work as well. Any user can create his own room. Users create Personal Rooms for themselves, as they do with WWW home pages. These rooms may serve as a personal work space, where the user can use different tools and save his artifacts or leave notes for the group members.
In the same manner users may leave notes for the other members in the group, using the "Read me" Room. They may work part-time for this project, working on their functional roles in the organization at the same time. Based on their schedule, they can meet and work in the working space, at different times and leaving notes for the others.
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