FRESHWATER BAY (Bonavista) - A very picturesque inlet on the west side of
Bonavista Bay. The great Northern mail road in process of construction
passes the head of the bay, but it is not sufficiently made for travelling. The
Gambo Ponds discharge their waters into this bay through the Gambo brook,
and the land is well wooded. Distance from Salvage by boat 23 miles.
Mail weekly. Population 55(Excerpt from Lowell's Newfoundland Directory 1898).
"Guilty plea in Newfoundland murder case that sent an innocent man to jail."
The Man that beat the justice system! ________________________________________
An 11-year-old murder case that sent an innocent Newfoundland man to prison has been solved. Brian Doyle, 32, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to second-degree murder in a court room in St. John's. In 1991, Catherine Carroll was stabbed to death. Police arrested her son Gregory Parsons. He spent the next decade trying to prove his innocence. The undercover officers told Doyle that first they needed to know everything about him, including how Catherine Carroll died. That's when Doyle told them everything. On New Year's Eve 1990, he went to Carroll's home, broke in through a basement window and stabbed and slashed her 53 times.
Gregory Parsons Her son was tried for murder and found guilty. But in 1998 DNA evidence cleared his name. Parsons is refusing to talk to reporters, but his older brother Todd is angry that the charge of first-degree murder against Doyle was reduced to second-degree. "If you look at how brutal this murder was, he walked into the bedroom, my mother's bedroom, totally naked with other intentions on his mind, and a brutal crime like that. And now he's falling back on the fact he was intoxicated." On Wednesday, the court will finish watching a five-hour video of Doyle's police interrogation. He faces a minimum of 10 years in prison.
Windows XP allows to send a request for assistance to another Windows XP system . The system asking for help/ support ("Assistance") is called the "Novice", the system giving help / support is called the "Expert" : Such a connection to give assistance is possible via any connection, which supports TCP/IP : - local area network (LAN ) - Wide area network (WAN) - dial-in via Modem - via the Internet Notes: - to be able to use "Remote Assistance", both the system of the Novice and Expert must have Windows XP installed (if one of these systems is not running Windowsx XP, use NetMeeting ) ! - when connecting via a firewall , it is required to have an open TCP/IP port 3389. Once the "Expert" has accepted the invitation and connects to the "Novice" system, he can see on his screen the desktop of the "Novice", he is also (if allowed by the "Novice") take control and use the mouse and keyboard on his "Expert" system to control the "Novice" system : This is similar to the "Remote Desktop", only available in Windows XP Professional, but while "Remote Desktop" allows to connect to a host-computer without any user action on the host system, Remote Assistance requires a user to be present to accept an incoming connection.
Check the setup of Remote Assistance :
In the Control-Panel, select the System icon: (or right-click "My Computer" on the desktop and select Properties) Select the tab : Remote By default, Remote Assistance is activated. Please check the "Advanced ..." settings Note : The other option on on this tab , Remote Desktop , is NOT available for Windows XP Home Edition, it is only available for Windows XP Professional.
Define, whether you allow the "Expert" only to view your activities or whether the "Expert" can also take control, i.e. use his mouse and keyboard to operate your system. Define the maximum amount of time, an invitation can remain open
Send an invitation for Remote Assistance
To send out a request for help / support, to send an "Invitation for Remote Assistance", select from the Windows Start-menu : "Programs" / "Remote Assistance", This starts up the Windows XP "Help and Support Center" / Remote Assistance page. You can review the status of current invitations , to send out a new invitation, select "Invite someone to help you"
Remote Assistance : Pick how you want to contact your assistant : There are 3 methods to send out an invitation : - via Microsoft Windows Messenger ( but it is NOT a MUST to use it ! ) - via e-mail using Microsoft Outlook Express - via "Save invitation as a file" (allowing other e-mail programs or even floppy disk transfer) In this example, I "Save the invitation as a File" (using Messenger or Outlook Express is similar) :
Enter your name define how long this invitation stays open then "Continue"
For security, it is highly recommended to define a password, which must be used by the "Expert" recipient to connect to your "Novice" system. It is your job to advise the "Expert" of the password, either by e-mail or a phone call. When selecting "Save Invitation", you will be asked to define the location to save the file (for example: to "My Documents" )
Remote Assistance give you some last instruction.
You need now to get the invitation file (default name : RAInvitation ) to your "Expert", also advising hum/her about the password !
Important note : While waiting for the"expert" to connect, make sure that your TCP/IP address does NOT change ! That is especially important for Internet connections : do NOT terminate your modem , DSL or ADSL connection (to connect later at a time agreed with your export again), because when reconnecting you will get most probably a new / different IP-address and then your "invitation" is invalid, because the IP-address does not match anymore !
Connecting from the Expert System to give Assistance : Once the "expert" has received the Invitation on his/her Windows XP system, double-click on the Invitation file , which opens the "Remote Assistance" Window : If a password was defined, then enter it now. Continue with YES. Your system is then connecting to the "Novice" system :
Once an "Expert" connects to a "Novice" system, a confirmation message will be displayed : You must click on "Yes" to allow the "expert" to continue and to view your system. You will then the "Novice" windows of "Remote Assistance" : You can chat via keyboard (type under "Message Entry" ) or via "Start Talking", of both the system of the "Novice" and the "Expert" are equipped with a sound-card with speakers and microphone.
The "Expert" has a different Window for "Remote Assistance" : On the left, the section for chat messages, send / received via keyboard. On the right, the desktop of the "Novice" system. On top, the tools for the "Expert" . At this time, the "Novice" is operating the system, the "Expert" is just watching, while they exchange information via : - keyboard chat, displayed as messages - voice communication via the network using microphone and speakers - phone call using a separate line
if allowed in the settings of the invitation, the "expert" can take control of the system of the "Novice" by selecting in the toolbar "Take Control".
When the "expert" like to take control, a message will pop-up on the screen of the "Novice" informing about this request . If you agree to this request, accept it by clicking on "Yes".
Once the "Novice" accepted the request,a message will pop-up on the "Expert" system to advise about having control and to press "ESC" or any key sequence or combination including the ESC-key to return control to the "Novice".
The section "Chat History" of the "Remote Assistance" will show, that control has been taken by the Expert. The Expert uses now the mouse and/or keyboard of the "Expert" system to operate the "Novice" system to identify the problem, checking for example: - Control-Panel - Device-Manager - Event Log
To terminate a "Remote Assistance" connection, both the "Expert" and the "Novice" can select in their control-section to "Disconnect". The "Expert" will be informed about a "Disconnection" from the system of the "Novice":
