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154 not say what I wanted to say either, for it is useless to talk with those who do not understand one and troublesome to talk with those who criticize from a feeling of superiority. Especially one-sided persons are troublesome. Few are accomplished in many arts and most cling narrowly to their own opinion.

Pretty and coy, shrinking from sight, unsociable, proud, fond of romance, vain and poetic, looking down upon others with a jealous eye—such is the opinion of those who do not know me, but after seeing me they say, “You are wonderfully gentle to meet with; I cannot identify you with that imagined one.”

I see that I have been slighted, hated, and looked down upon as an old gossip, and I must bear it, for it is my destiny to be solitary. The Queen said once, “You were ever mindful not to show your soul, but I have become more intimate with you than others.” I hope that I may not be looked at obliquely even by those who are ill-natured, affected, and unsociable. As a rule one is easy at the back [i.e. not afraid of gossip] who is modest, gentle, and of tranquil disposition. Even a coquettish and frivolous person is not rebuked if she is good-natured and of a disposition not embarrassing to others. A person who is self-exalted and eccentric with scornful mouth and demeanor can be unmistakably perceived, and one can be on one’s guard; by observing closely one may discover faults of speech and behavior. Those whose words and deeds are not in harmony, or who are always trying to outdo one another, attract notice. One seldom wishes to criticize those who have defects, but are good-natured. One cannot but sympathize with them. Those who habitually do evil with intention deserve to be freely talked about and laughed at even though sometimes they do it without intention. We ought to love even those who hate us, but it is very difficult to do it. Even the Buddha of Profound Mercy does not say that the sins against Buddha, the laws of religion, and priests, are slight. Moreover, in this muddy world it is best to let alone the persons who hate us. If we compare one who tries to excel in hatred saying extraordinary words and watching their effect ill-humoredly face to face, with one who coldly hides her heart with a tranquil manner, we can see which is superior.

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'''Genesis 26:31 When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah. Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?”

Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”

“What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.” So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

Isaac’s Prosperity

Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him, and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy. He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him. So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there. Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.

Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there. But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.

Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

From there Isaac went up to Beersheba, and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”

So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.

Isaac’s Covenant with Abimelech

Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.

“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”

“We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”

So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank. And they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.


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'''32  On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him. So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

Esau’s Wives

When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite. And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah. Isaac Blesses Jacob (Hebrews 11:20)

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.”

“Here I am,” Esau replied.

“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death. Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me. Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”

Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac told his son Esau. So when Esau went into the field to hunt game and bring it back, Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau, ‘Bring me some game and prepare me a tasty dish to eat, so that I may bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.’

Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you. Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father—the kind he loves. Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”

Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned. What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”

His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”

So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved. And Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau, and she put them on her younger son Jacob. She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck. Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.

So Jacob went to his father and said, “My father.”

“Here I am!” he answered. “Which one are you, my son?”

Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”

But Isaac asked his son, “How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?”

“Because the LORD your God brought it to me,” he replied.

Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau, or not?”

So Jacob came close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” Isaac did not recognize him, because his


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 * "Warning", the foreword of My Life Is in Your Hands (1928) by Eddie Cantor

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Rh There is a lady, Saémon no Naishi, who unreasonably cherished hatred of me. I was not at first aware of it, but later heard of much criticism of me in my absence. Once the King was listening to a reading of my “Genji Monogatari,” and said, “She is gifted, she must have read the Chronicle of Japan.” This lady heard of it, and unreflectingly spread abroad among the courtiers the idea that I am very proud of my learning, giving me the name of “The Japanese Chronicle lady”—it is laughable, indeed! I am reserved even before the maids of my own house; how then should I show my learning in court? When my elder brother Shikibu no Jō was a boy he was taught to read the Chinese classics. I listened, sitting beside him, and learned wonderfully fast, though he was sometimes slow and forgot. Father, who was devoted to study, regretted that I had not been a son, but I heard people saying that it is not beautiful even for a man to be proud of his learning, and after that I did not write so much as the figure one in Chinese. I grew clumsy with my writing brush. For a long time I did not care for the books I had already read. Thus I was ashamed to think how others would hate me on hearing what Lady Saémon said, and I assumed an air of not being able to read the characters written on the royal screen. But the Queen made me read to her the poetical works of Li T’ai Po, and as she wished to learn them I have been teaching her since the summer of two years ago the second and third volumes of that collection very secretly when none were present. Her Majesty and I tried to conceal it, but His Majesty the King and the Lord Prime Minister finding it out, the latter presented to the Queen many poetical books which he had had copied. I think that bitter Saémon does not know it yet. If she did, how she would criticize me! …


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'''Genesis 27:42 hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.

Again he asked, “Are you really my son Esau?”

And he replied, “I am.”

“Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.”

Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.

Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”

So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said:

“Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed. May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth— an abundance of grain and new wine. May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”

Esau’s Lost Hope

As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt. He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, “My father, sit up and eat of your son’s game, so that you may bless me.”

But his father Isaac replied, “Who are you?”

“I am Esau, your firstborn son,” he answered.

Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”

When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!”

But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”

So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”

But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”

Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.

His father Isaac answered him:

“Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above. You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”

Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

When the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill


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This policy establishes the authorities, requirements, responsibilities, guidelines, and general procedures for the use of Body-Worn Cameras (BWC) by United States Secret Service (Secret Service) personnel and task force officers (TFO) assigned to Secret Service-led task forces, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

In compliance with Executive Order 14074, Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices To Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety, this policy will be publicly posted, available via the Secret Service website at www.secretservice.gov.

Secret Service authorizes the use of BWCs to collect audio and video recordings of interactions between Secret Service personnel who are authorized to carry firearms and the public according to the requirements established in this policy. This policy applies to Secret Service personnel and TFOs assigned to Secret Service-led task forces who operate BWCs or handle recorded data.

Secret Service acknowledges that there may be situations in which BWC operation is impractical and may be an impediment to public and officer/agent safety. Additionally, Secret Service recognizes human performance limitations during particularly stressful, critical situations. However, absent extenuating circumstances that implicate public or officer/agent safety, Secret Service personnel are required to activate their BWC in accordance with this policy.

This policy does not apply to recording statements during criminal investigations.

Implementation of this policy, as well as the development and implementation of related internal operating procedures (IOP), is contingent on the availability of funding to acquire the requisite equipment and supporting information technology infrastructure, personnel to support equipment operations and maintenance, personnel who will review and redact captured video/audio recordings for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and other authorized release requests, the distribution of BWC equipment to Secret Service personnel, and the completion of related training.


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Body-Worn Camera (BWC): Audio/video recording equipment combined into a single unit and typically worn on clothing or otherwise secured to a person, e.g., affixed to the outside of the carrier vest facing forward.

Law Enforcement Encounter: Actions taken by Secret Service personnel authorized to carry firearms when performing law enforcement duties that involve interactions with the public. Law enforcement encounters may include, but are not limited to the following:
 * Use of force incidents as defined in the Training Manual, section RTC-04(01), Use of Force;
 * Other law enforcement activities, e.g., during an arrest, in which a video recording would assist the investigation or prosecution of a crime or when a recording of an encounter would assist in documenting the incident for further law enforcement purposes; and
 * Suspicious or possible illegal activity when observed by BWC equipped Secret Service personnel.

Recorded Data: BWC data created as a result of law enforcement encounters.

Once such equipment becomes available, BWCs will be used to record law enforcement encounters by Secret Service personnel who are authorized to carry firearms when they are performing the following law enforcement duties except as otherwise prohibited by this policy or when doing so may jeopardize the safety of Secret Service personnel, other law enforcement agency personnel, or the public:
 * Uniformed Division (UND) personnel who are authorized to carry firearms are required to wear a BWC and activate it during law enforcement encounters when they are conducting patrol or are otherwise engaged with the public in response to emergency calls.
 * All Secret Service personnel who are authorized to carry a firearm are required to wear and activate a BWC during a pre-planned attempt to serve an arrest warrant or other pre-planned arrest, or during the execution of a search or seizure warrant or order.

At the direction of the Special Agent in Charge (SAIC) or Deputy Chief, Secret Service personnel may wear and activate BWCs in other situations beyond the scope of the requirements above, so long as such wearing and activation of BWCs does not otherwise conflict with the exceptions and prohibitions defined in this policy.

Refer to the “Use of BWCs by Secret Service Deputized Task Force Officers” section of this policy for requirements, responsibilities, guidelines, and general procedures specific to TFOs assigned to Secret Service-led task forces.


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'''34 you. So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran. Stay with him for a while, until your brother’s fury subsides— until your brother’s rage against you wanes and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?” Jacob’s Departure

So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded. “Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples. And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”

So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Esau Marries Mahalath

Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,” and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.

And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women, Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.

Jacob’s Ladder

Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.

And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder. And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

When Jacob woke up, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.” And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”

The Stone of Bethel

Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it, and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.


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When equipped with a BWC, Secret Service personnel will activate their BWC, i.e., record law enforcement encounters that fall within the scope of this policy at the start of an event or as soon as safely possible thereafter and continue recording until involvement in an event has concluded.

Secret Service personnel shall deactivate their BWCs when their role in an event has concluded, e.g., they are leaving the scene of an encounter or have completed their interaction with the subject or subjects involved in an encounter.

When conducting a pre-planned attempt to serve an arrest warrant or other pre-planned arrest, or during the execution of a search or seizure warrant or order, Secret Service personnel will deactivate their BWCs when the scene is secured as determined by the Secret Service supervisor on the scene. For purposes of this policy, the term "secured" means that the scene is safe and under law enforcement control.

If BWC equipped Secret Service personnel fail or are otherwise unable to activate their camera, they may be required to provide a statement indicating the reason why they failed or were otherwise unable to activate their camera.

 * Secret Service personnel will not activate BWCs while working in protected buildings or inside the perimeter (the secure fence/external barrier) of protected grounds. This generally applies to areas that are not accessible to the general public and includes, but is not limited to, the White House Mansion, Vice President's Residence, Eisenhower Executive Office Building, New Executive Office Building, and Treasury Building.
 * Special Agents, Investigative Protection Officers, Special Officers, Protective Support Technicians, Protection Officers, Technical Security Investigators, and Physical Security Specialists will not wear BWCs when engaged in protective duties, e.g., standing post, riding in motorcades, or conducting advances.
 * In general, Secret Service personnel will not activate BWCs during non-custodial protective intelligence interviews. Refer to the Investigative Manual, section INV-18, Suspect Interviews and Statements, for exceptions and requirements pertaining to the recording of custodial interviews.
 * Secret Service personnel engaged in counter surveillance assignments, mobile wireless investigations, or crime-scene processing duties will not be required to wear BWCs.
 * Secret Service personnel assigned to an Explosive Detection Team (EDT) will not be required to activate BWCs while conducting EDT operations.
 * Secret Service personnel should attempt to record interviews of witnesses or victims and may use BWCs to record these statements. BWCs may be deactivated upon request of a witness or victim. Secret Service personnel are not required to stop BWC recordings if the recording is the result of engagement in a law enforcement encounter. To the greatest extent possible, Secret Service personnel will record the witness or victim's request to deactivate prior to deactivating their BWC. Refer to INV-19, Witness Interviews and Statements, for further guidance.


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 *BWCs may be deactivated by Secret Service personnel when interacting with a member of the public who seeks to remain anonymous, e.g., to report a crime or assist in an investigation. Upon receiving such a request, Secret Service personnel will evaluate the circumstances, and if appropriate, discontinue the use of the BWC. To the greatest extent possible, Secret Service personnel will record the request to deactivate prior to deactivating their BWC.
 * Secret Service personnel may either deactivate or not activate their BWC if, in the judgment of the BWC equipped Secret Service personnel, a recording may be inappropriate because of the victim's or witness's physical condition, emotional state, age, or other sensitive circumstances (e.g., victim of domestic or sexual violence).
 * Secret Service personnel will not activate their BWC in a hospital or medical facility unless they are engaged in a law enforcement encounter as defined in this policy.
 * Secret Service personnel will not activate their BWC in any location where there is a reasonable expectation of privacy (e.g., restroom, locker room, dressing room, break room, etc.), unless they are engaged in a law enforcement encounter as defined in this policy.
 * Secret Service personnel will not activate their BWC during courtroom proceedings unless they are engaged in a law enforcement encounter as defined in this policy.
 * BWCs will not be used for searches of property lawfully in government custody or control, or a search to obtain digital or electronic records executed by a third party, such as an electronic service provider or custodian of electronic records.
 * BWCs will not be used to record undercover personnel, confidential informants, or confidential sources.
 * BWCs will not be worn in locations where classified information is present unless the BWC equipped Secret Service personnel are engaged in a law enforcement encounter as defined in this policy.
 * BWCs will not be used to record actions and conversations of coworkers, other law enforcement personnel, or members of the public when not actively engaged in a law enforcement encounter as defined in this policy.
 * BWCs will not be used to record Secret Service personnel for the sole purpose of conducting or supporting a personnel investigation, disciplinary action, or employee performance assessment unless such assessment is used in a BWC training environment in support of student-instructor feedback.
 * BWCs will not be used to record gratuitous or obscene images, such as the effects of extreme violence or injury, unless necessary for evidentiary documentation.
 * BWCs will not be used to record a particular person based solely on the person’s race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, personal appearance, gender identity or expression, or political affiliation.
 * BWCs will not be used for the purpose of recording individuals who are engaged in activity protected by the First Amendment, e.g., people who are lawfully exercising their freedom of speech, press, association, assembly, religion, or the right to petition the government for redress of grievances, unless the situation has become violent, dangerous, or otherwise unlawful. This prohibition includes any conversations that BWC equipped personnel have with individuals


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'''Genesis 29:21  Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear, so that I may return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God. And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.” Jacob Meets Rachel

Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east. He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well. When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.

“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?”

“We are from Haran,” they answered.

“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked.

“We know him,” they replied.

“Is he well?” Jacob inquired.

“Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”

“Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”

But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep. Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud. He told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.

When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.

Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel

Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.”

After Jacob had stayed with him a month, Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”

Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel. Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful. Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.” So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.

Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”


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 : engaged in activities protected by the First Amendment unless those conversations are clearly related to criminal activity.

Any excepted or prohibited activity as defined above that is unintentionally captured while recording an activity otherwise required by this policy will not be considered a violation. Secret Service personnel shall notify a supervisor when they become aware of an inadvertent excepted or prohibited recording.

Secret Service personnel who are authorized to wear BWCs will comply with the following:
 * Secret Service personnel will use only Secret Service issued and approved BWCs and shall not use personally owned video and/or audio recording devices in lieu of Secret Service issued BWCs to record law enforcement encounters as defined in this policy.
 * BWC users should not place themselves or others in dangerous situations solely for the purpose of recording an activity.
 * Use of Secret Service issued BWCs will be for official law enforcement purposes only, and the personal use of Secret Service owned BWCs is strictly prohibited.
 * Secret Service personnel shall not tamper with or dismantle a BWC, its hardware, or software components.
 * Secret Service personnel shall not use any device to intentionally interfere with the capability of Secret Service BWCs.

Additionally, Secret Service personnel who are authorized to wear BWCs are responsible for the following:
 * Ensuring the proper care, operation, storage, and safekeeping of their assigned BWC.
 * Ensuring that their assigned BWC is in correct working order and the battery source (if the system requires battery power) is fully charged.
 * Ensuring that they wear the BWC assigned to them. If Secret Service personnel inadvertently use a BWC that is assigned to another authorized user, the employee who inadvertently wore the camera not assigned to them must immediately provide written notification to their supervisor. This written notification should include an explanation of the circumstances that led to the incorrect BWC being worn, and the time and date when the incorrect BWC was used.
 * Ensuring their BWC is correctly positioned on their clothing in accordance with the approved methods specified by the BWC manufacturer’s guidelines and their directorate, division, branch, and/or office’s IOPs.
 * Immediately notifying their supervisor if they discover their assigned BWC is lost, damaged, stolen, or inoperative. Refer to the Administrative Manual section AOD-06, Lost, Stolen, and Damaged Property.
 * Ensuring that their issued BWCs are positioned and enabled to allow recorded data to be moved to storage after their shift has concluded.


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 *Ensuring that their issued BWC’s software and firmware are updated according to the approved methods specified by the BWC manufacturer’s guidelines and their directorate, division, branch, and/or office’s IOP.
 * Ensuring BWC recordings are properly notated, i.e., “tagged” in a timely manner, ensuring efficient case and evidence management, and compliance with applicable policies of the Secret Service Record Programs Management Manual.
 * Reporting any known intentional misuse of BWCs or BWC footage to supervisors or the Office of Professional Responsibility (RES) as appropriate.

Secret Service BWCs will be configured with no less than a 30-second pre-event video recording buffer, i.e., the duration of time and scope of the BWC footage preserved prior to its activation. When BWCs are activated, the preceding 30 seconds of video (no audio) will be captured and become part of the event recording. Audio recording will begin at the time the BWC is activated.

BWC equipped Secret Service personnel will advise individuals that they are being recorded if doing so will not interfere with the encounter or officer/agent safety. Otherwise, this notice shall be given as soon as possible and practical.

BWC equipped Secret Service personnel should advise other Secret Service personnel and other agency law enforcement personnel that they are being recorded if doing so will not interfere with the encounter or officer/agent safety. This will provide other law enforcement officers with situational awareness and allow them to include related information in any written report.

BWC recorded data will only be accessed, downloaded, and disclosed by authorized Secret Service personnel.

BWC recorded data may not be accessed, used, downloaded, printed, copied, emailed, posted, shared, reproduced, or otherwise distributed in any manner, unless for official use and in accordance with this policy and directorate, division, branch, and/or office IOPs.

Secret Service personnel will not delete or modify BWC recorded data and will only dispose of BWC recorded data as permitted by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) approved records schedule DAA-0087-2022-0001 and applicable policies of the Secret Service Record Programs Management Manual.


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'''36  So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast. But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her. And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.

When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”

Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older. Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”

And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife. Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.

Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah

When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”

Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.

Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.

And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children. Dan and Naphtali

When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.

Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”

Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”

So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her, and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son. Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.

And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.

Gad and Asher

When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob


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'''Genesis 30:33 as a wife. And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son. Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.

When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son, Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.

Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?”

“Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.

Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah

And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob. Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob. “God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.

After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.

Joseph

Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said. She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”

Jacob Prospers

Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland. Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”

But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.” And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”

Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care. Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”

“What can I give you?” Laban asked.

“You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks. Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages. So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the


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'''38 future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”

“Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”

That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons. Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.

Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches. Then he set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks coming in to drink. So when the flocks were in heat and came to drink, they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted. Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.

Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches. But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.

Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys. Jacob Flees from Laban

Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.” And Jacob saw from the countenance of Laban that his attitude toward him had changed.

Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”

So Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flocks were, and he told them, “I can see from your father’s countenance that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me. You know that I have served your father with all my strength. And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me. If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore streaked offspring. Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.

When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females. In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’

And I replied, ‘Here I am.’

‘Look up,’ he said, ‘and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you. I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up and leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”

And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house? Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.


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 Unauthorized use or release of BWC recorded data may compromise ongoing criminal investigations and administrative proceedings or violate the privacy or civil rights of those recorded. Any unauthorized access, use, deletion, modification, or release of BWC recorded data, or other violations of records management or privacy laws or Department of Homeland Security or Secret Service policies may result in disciplinary action.

Subject to the exceptions set forth below, Secret Service personnel may not review their BWC recordings or BWC recordings of other BWC equipped personnel that have been shared with them prior to writing initial incident reports.

After completing initial incident reports, Secret Service personnel may, but are not required to, review all available BWC recordings provided that any amendments they make to their initial incident reports include a statement that the incident report has been amended after reviewing BWC footage. Such amendments must specify what aspects of the incident report have changed after BWC recordings were reviewed.

Supervisors may permit the involved personnel to review BWC recordings when they are required to give a formal statement about a use of force incident or when they are the subject of an allegation of misconduct or personnel complaint. Secret Service personnel shall have the option to review the recordings in the presence of their attorney(s).

Secret Service personnel may only review BWC recorded data for official purposes. For example, recorded data will often be reviewed:
 * To complete criminal investigations and prepare related investigative reports;
 * Prior to courtroom testimonies, presentations, or as otherwise needed during preparation for litigation;
 * For training purposes (with PII redacted); or
 * In preparation for administrative investigations/interviews.

Authorized BWC users shall indicate on their reports whether BWC recorded data was viewed prior to completing the report.

BWC footage may be viewed in order to evaluate claims of misconduct or other policy violations. However, BWC recorded data will generally not be viewed at random by supervisors or other Secret Service personnel for the sole purpose of identifying policy violations and disciplining the responsible authorized BWC users.

RES may review BWC recorded data in connection with suspected criminal, civil, and administrative allegations, and following use of force incidents.


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'''Genesis 31:41 Surely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.”

Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels, and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.

Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols. Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away. So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.

Laban Pursues Jacob

On the third day Laban was informed that Jacob had fled. So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead. But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”

Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there as well. Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war! Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps. But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.

I have power to do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’ Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”

“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force. If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.

So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent. Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.

Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched, but could not find the household idols.

Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me? You have searched all my goods! Have you found anything that belongs to you? Put it here before my brothers and yours, that they may judge between the two of us.

I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock. I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night. As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and


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Requests for BWC recorded data are subject to all applicable laws, regulations, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Secret Service policies, including but not limited to the Freedom of Information Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. § 552, and the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. § 552a.
 * Requests from the public must be coordinated with the Office of Intergovernmental and Legislative Affairs (IGL), Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act (FOIA/PA) Program.
 * Requests from Congress must be coordinated with the IGL Congressional Affairs Program (CAF).
 * Requests from the media must be coordinated with the Office of Communication & Media Relations (CMR).
 * Requests from a United States Attorneys’ Office or another law enforcement agency must be coordinated with IGL and the Office of the Chief Counsel (LEG).

For each of the requests above, the respective offices will also coordinate with LEG, IGL, RES, the Office of Protective Operations (OPO), Office of Investigations (INV), Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information (SII), and the Office of Technical Development and Mission Support (TEC) as appropriate. Decisions pertaining to the release of BWC recorded data will be made by the Assistant Director/Executive Chief (AD/EC) for the coordinating directorate/office after notifying the AD/EC for each of the affected operational directorate(s).

Additionally, and as appropriate, DHS Headquarters offices may be notified by FOIA/PA, CMR, CAF, or LEG prior to external release.

If Secret Service BWC recording(s) depict conduct by Secret Service personnel resulting in serious bodily injury or death of another, to include deaths in custody, RES, in consultation with LEG, IGL FOIA/PA, and the United States Attorney’s Office in the responsible federal district, will expeditiously review the recording(s) and provide official concurrence with public release as soon as practical, unless there are specific and compelling circumstances justifying an objection to public release that cannot be resolved by redaction or other means. Upon official concurrence from RES in consultation with LEG, IGL FOIA/PA, and the United States Attorney’s Office, the Secret Service may immediately release the recording(s) with any agreed-upon redactions.

All recorded data captured using a Secret Service BWC is considered an official Secret Service record, and as such, must be handled consistent with NARA approved records schedule DAA-0087-2022-0001 and applicable policies of the Secret Service Record Programs Management Manual when it is moved to storage.


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 BWC recorded data shall only be stored on a designated Secret Service-approved system or media. BWC recorded data shall not be downloaded or recorded for personal use or posted onto a personally owned device or website.

Unless instructed otherwise, BWC equipped Secret Service personnel shall ensure that all BWC recorded data is moved to storage in accordance with prescribed storage procedures. Supervisory personnel should ensure that BWCs are positioned and enabled to allow recorded data to be moved to storage at the end of each shift, and that all recorded data is properly notated, i.e., “tagged” to ensure efficient case and evidence management.

When recorded data is placed in storage, it is maintained for an initial period of 90 days. By the end of this 90-day time period (or sooner, if its attributes are readily apparent), each data file must be labeled with the more relevant of the following categories:
 * Non-Evidentiary Recordings that have No Further Business Use
 * Media files/data recorded by law enforcement personnel during the performance of their duties that are not determined to have potential evidentiary or exculpatory value; and which are not otherwise required to meet legal obligations, nor to initiate, sustain, evaluate, or provide documentation of agency actions.
 * Secret Service will retain this data for 90 days from the recording termination date of the event and then destroy it in accordance with NARA Disposition Authority Number DAA0087-2022-0001-0001.
 * Recordings Voluntarily Requested for Longer Retention
 * Media files/data requested for extended retention within the initial 90 days of their creation by: a) any member of the public who is a subject of the video footage; b) any parent or legal guardian of a minor who is a subject of the video footage; and/or c) a deceased subject's spouse, next of kin, or legally authorized designee.
 * Secret Service will destroy this data 3 years after the date the specific event or occurrence was first recorded in accordance with NARA Disposition Authority Number DAA-0087-2022-0001-0002.
 * Recordings Asserted to have Potential Evidentiary or Exculpatory Value and which are Requested for Extended Retention
 * Media files/data asserted to have potential evidentiary or exculpatory value in an ongoing investigation, which are voluntarily requested for extended retention within the initial 90 days of their creation, by a) the Federal law enforcement officer whose body camera recorded the video footage; b) any Federal law enforcement officer who is a subject of the video footage; and/or c) any superior officer of a Federal law enforcement officer whose body camera recorded the video footage or who is a subject of the video footage.
 * Secret Service will destroy this data 3 years after the date the specific event or occurrence was first recorded; or when use in agency mission/business operations ceases; or when the related case file(s) are closed, whichever is later, in accordance with NARA Disposition Authority Number DAA-0087-2022-0001-0003.
 * Recordings Related to a Use of Force
 * Any media files/data capturing an interaction or event involving any use of force, as defined in RTC-04(01).
 * Secret Service will destroy this data 3 years after the date the specific event or occurrence was first recorded; or when use in agency mission/business operations ceases; or when the related case file(s) are closed, whichever is later, in accordance with NARA Disposition Authority Number DAA-0087-2022-0001-0004.


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 *Recordings Related to a Complaint Registered by a Subject of the Video Footage
 * Any media files/data capturing an interaction or event about which a complaint has been registered, within the initial 90 days of its creation, by a subject of the video footage.
 * Secret Service will destroy this data 3 years after the date the specific event or occurrence was first recorded; or when use in agency mission/business operations ceases; or when the related case file(s) are closed, whichever is later, in accordance with NARA Disposition Authority Number DAA-0087-2022-0001-0005.
 * Recordings Relevant to Other Authorized Law Enforcement Purposes
 * Media files/data recorded by law enforcement personnel during the performance of their duties needed for prescribed law enforcement purposes (e.g., after action analysis, training, etc.), and/or in support of any other authorized investigative inquiry not covered above.
 * Secret Service will destroy this data 3 years after the date the specific event or occurrence was first recorded; or when use in agency mission/business operations ceases; or when the related case file(s) are closed, whichever is later, in accordance with NARA Disposition Authority Number DAA-0087-2022-0001-0005.

Before categorizing each data file as described above, Secret Service personnel shall take reasonable steps to determine whether recorded data has investigative or evidentiary value. This cannot always be immediately determined. For example, information that may seem insignificant at the time of recording may subsequently play an evidentiary role in an investigation.

Secret Service BWC software or storage mechanisms will have appropriate safeguards and audit trails in place to restrict access and viewing of recorded data to those with an official need to know. Such safeguards will include the following:
 * Automatically logging employee access to a recording, as well as the date, time, and location of access;
 * Requiring personnel to log the purpose of accessing, viewing, downloading, and disclosing or otherwise distributing recorded data; and
 * Allowing offices to dispose of recorded data only as permitted by this policy.

If a hard copy of BWC recorded footage is created to aid in an investigation, prosecution, or another sanctioned purpose, the footage shall be safeguarded and destroyed in accordance with this policy and the appropriate NARA retention schedule.

Any Secret Service employee who knows or suspects that a BWC recording contains classified information must notify their supervisor and the Office of Human Resources (HUM) Security Management Division (SMD) via the Employee Reporting and Information Center (ERIC) and follow the protocols defined in the Chief Information Officer Manual, section CIO-11(07), Classified Information Spillage on Information Technology Systems. Decisions regarding mitigation procedures, including disposition of affected media (i.e., sanitization, physical removal, or destruction) shall be determined by the IT Cyber Security Program (ITCSP) and SMD personnel in accordance with the appropriate NARA retention schedule.

It is the responsibility of the directorate, division, branch, or office utilizing BWC recorded footage to ensure the safeguarding, appropriate labeling, destruction, and accountability of all BWC footage extracted from the video management software and copied to a disc, desktop, or any other portable storage device.


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Secret Service directorates, divisions, branches, and/or offices will ensure that Secret Service personnel who operate BWCs or handle recorded data are trained in the use of BWCs, relevant BWC policies and procedures, and have completed all applicable refresher training prior to their authorization to use BWCs or access BWC recorded data. Training shall include the following:
 * BWC operation, maintenance, and care;
 * Correct handling of BWC recorded data;
 * Privacy compliance and proper procedures for redacting and sharing BWC data;
 * Required, judgmental, and non-permissible uses of BWCs;
 * Officer/agent and public safety considerations when wearing/operating BWCs;
 * Training on any significant changes to the laws, regulations, or policies governing the use of BWCs.

Recorded data captured using BWCs in the training environment will be utilized only as a part of the student instructor feedback process. Only authorized Secret Service instructors will utilize the recorded data for feedback purposes.

Upon availability of funding to support the acquisition of requisite equipment, supporting information technology infrastructure, and personnel to support implementation of this policy, task force officers (TFOs) who are assigned to Secret Service-led task forces will be expected to comply with the BWC requirements, responsibilities, guidelines, and general procedures established in this policy. Upon availability of requisite equipment, if a TFO assigned to a Secret Service-led task force does not have a BWC assigned to them by their parent agency, Secret Service will make a BWC and Secret Service-specific BWC training available to TFOs such that the TFOs are able to comply with this policy.

Until such time as equipment becomes available, Secret Service permits the use of BWCs issued by a TFO’s parent agency for use by TFOs who are assigned to Secret Service-led task forces. This policy provides parameters for the use of BWCs by such TFOs to the extent that a state, local, tribal, or territorial law enforcement agency requires BWC use by its officers during Secret Service-led task force operations.

For purposes of this policy, the term, “TFO BWC recordings,” refers to audio and video recordings and associated metadata from TFO BWCs made while the TFO is working under Secret Service authority, including state and local warrants adopted by the Secret Service.


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 Use of BWCs by TFOs During Secret Service-led Task Force Operations

Unless subject to specific exceptions/prohibitions defined below, TFOs employed by a law enforcement agency that mandates the use of BWCs by their TFOs who are assigned to Secret Service-led task forces may wear and activate their BWC for the purpose of recording their actions during task force operations only during:
 * a pre-planned attempt to serve an arrest warrant or other pre-planned arrest; or
 * the execution of a search or seizure warrant or order.

During such operations, TFOs are authorized to activate their BWCs upon approaching a subject or premises and must deactivate their BWCs when the scene is secured as determined by the Secret Service supervisor on the scene.

For purposes of this policy, the term “secured” means that the scene is safe and under law enforcement control. In the event circumstances arise requiring additional law enforcement assistance to secure the scene, the TFO will end BWC recording when relieved from the scene by another law enforcement officer.

TFOs are prohibited from using BWCs for recording:
 * undercover personnel;
 * confidential informants or confidential sources;
 * on-scene witness interviews prior to or after the operation;
 * personnel using specialized or sensitive investigative techniques or equipment; or,
 * on-scene actions by any non-law enforcement persons who are assisting law enforcement personnel prior to or after the operation.

Storage of TFO BWC Recordings Originating from Secret Service-led Task Force Operations

The TFO activating a BWC during Secret Service-led task force operations is responsible for downloading or having their parent agency personnel download the resulting TFO BWC recordings. If the BWC worn by a TFO is owned by the TFO’s parent agency, once the TFO BWC recording is downloaded, it shall be placed onto external media (e.g., DVD, hard drive, etc.), or another mutually agreeable delivery mechanism, and promptly provided to the Secret Service-led task force. The TFO parent agency will provide the Secret Service with a recording that qualifies as a “duplicate” under Federal Rule of Evidence 1001(e). When available, this recording should be accompanied by certification from the TFO parent agency’s custodian of records that meets the requirements of Federal Rule of Evidence 902. The Secret Service shall maintain the TFO BWC recording received from the TFO in accordance with the provisions defined in the Video Retention and Storage section of this policy.

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 retention schedule. Any copies retained by the TFO’s parent agency and/or in the possession of any third party engaged by the parent agency to store or process BWC recordings, even if managed under a different records retention protocol, shall be deemed federal records of the Secret Service pursuant to the Federal Records Act, and may not be modified, released, or disposed of without the prior agreement of the Secret Service. In all circumstances, TFO BWC recordings made during Secret Service-led task force operations shall be treated as law enforcement sensitive information, the premature disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings, and as potential evidence in a criminal investigation subject to applicable federal laws, rules, and policy concerning any disclosure or dissemination; and therefore, deemed privileged absent appropriate redaction prior to disclosure or dissemination.

Nothing in this policy shall be deemed to provide a right of public access to TFO BWC recordings made during Secret Service-led task force operations. Once the TFO parent agency has provided the Secret Service with a duplicate recording of the TFO BWC footage, the recording will be considered the property of the Secret Service, and will be retained, controlled, and managed by the Secret Service. The Secret Service is responsible for considering requests to release TFO BWC recordings made during Secret Service-led task force operations. These records cannot be disseminated by the parent agency without the written permission of the Secret Service, subject to the following exceptions:
 * Internal Dissemination
 * The TFO’s parent agency is authorized to use TFO BWC recordings for internal investigations of its personnel consistent with the parent agency’s policies and procedures, but may not disseminate the BWC recording outside the parent agency or for public release without the written permission of the Secret Service. The parent agency shall provide written notification to the Secret Service prior to any internal review.
 * Expedited Public Release
 * If TFO BWC recording(s) depict conduct committed solely by a TFO resulting in serious bodily injury or death of another, the TFO’s parent agency shall notify the Secret Service and the United States Attorney’s Office in the responsible federal district as early as possible if the TFO’s parent agency desires to publicly release the TFO’s BWC recording(s). Notifications to Secret Service may be made to the SAIC of the Secret Service-led the task force. The Secret Service and the United States Attorney’s Office will expeditiously review the recording(s) and provide official concurrence with public release as soon as practical, unless there are specific and compelling circumstances justifying an objection to public release that cannot be resolved by redaction or other means. Upon official concurrence, the TFO’s parent agency may immediately release the recording(s) with any agreed-upon redactions, giving as much advance notice as possible to the Secret Service and United States Attorney’s Office as to the time and manner of its release.

Memorialization

Subject to the guidance set forth in this policy, the SAIC of the Secret Service-led task force is responsible for memorializing any agreement with state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies on the use of BWCs by federally deputized TFOs during Secret Service-led task force operations.

The SAIC will execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), or addendum to a preexisting MOU, prior to use of BWCs by TFOs, that sets forth the details for the use of BWCs by TFOs on the task force consistent with this policy. Prior to entering into any agreement, the TFO’s parent agency shall provide to the SAIC of the Secret Service-led task force the details regarding the BWC system and cameras,


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 including the details of any system protections, to the satisfaction of the Secret Service, and any state, local, tribal, or territorial policies or laws applicable to the TFO’s use of BWCs, including any retention policies.

This MOU shall require that a duplicate copy of all TFO BWC recordings be provided to the Secret Service. This MOU shall make clear that TFO BWC recordings, including such recordings that have been duplicated for the Secret Service but have copies residing in the state/local agency’s BWC system or other copies retained by the agency and/or in the possession of any third party engaged by the agency to store or process BWC recordings, are deemed to be federal records, subject to federal retention and information access laws, regulations, policies, and procedures. The Secret Service will ensure that all agencies participating in the Secret Service-led task force are informed of which participating agencies, if any, mandate BWC use by their respective TFOs, and provide all participating agencies with a copy of this policy.

In the case of Secret Service personnel who are assigned to a task force that is not led by the Secret Service, the lead of the agency overseeing the task force shall determine, in writing, whether and in what circumstances Secret Service personnel assigned to the task force will be allowed to use BWCs.

Unless explicitly prohibited by the MOU or other written agreement governing Secret Service participation in the task force led by another agency, there is an expectation that Secret Service personnel assigned to the task force will comply with the provisions for wearing and activating BWC as defined in this policy. The Secret Service directorate, division, branch, or office that is responsible for the arrangements governing Secret Service participation in the task force led by another agency will execute an MOU/agreement, or addendum to a preexisting MOU/agreement, prior to use of BWCs by Secret Service personnel assigned to the task force, that sets forth the details for the use of BWCs by Secret Service personnel on the task force consistent with this policy.


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 Phaethon's three sisters, the Heliades, wept so bitterly on the banks of the Eridanus that the compassionate gods changed them into poplar trees and their tears into amber. Ovid pictures their terrible grief—

Cycnus, Phaethon's friend, also grieved deeply and watched over the waters for many days. While watching thus his neck grew longer and longer until at last it became perfectly atrocious. The gods again looked down in pity, metamorphosed the youth into a swan and placed him on the river of the Milky Way.

If this swan is really Cycnus it seems strange that he was not depicted as flying down the wavy line of Eridanus' stars instead of being placed over the silvery stream of the Milky Way, for the river Eridanus, into which Phaethon had fallen, was placed in the winter sky at the foot of Orion. This was supposed to console Apollo for the loss of his son. Perhaps the Swan is Orpheus, as some mythologists claim, carried up to the constellations to be near his well-loved harp. However, no matter which 'human' this long-necked bird is supposed to represent, we see its gigantic, graceful outlines sketched with star-like lightness beyond the stars of the Cross, and we see his snow-white wings extended and the orange light of Albireo shining on his beak, as he flies softly, head downward, along the misty river of stars.

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above constellations, which lie to either side of the great summer parade of star-figures which crosses the heavenly dome, will be called, for convenience in locating them, "the spectators."

The story of the "spectator" Ophiuchus, who is grasping Serpens (which is a separate constellation but usually mentioned in conjunction with Ophiuchus), has already been mentioned under the adventures of the giant Hercules, and that of Crater, the Cup and of Corvus, the Crow, will appear in connection with the Water-snake. The four large stars in the southern part of the sky—Spica, Antares, Formalhaut and Sirius—are, however, better taken in a group by themselves, for they are thus more easily remembered as large stars conspicuous in different seasons of the year in a region where large stars are scarce.

Aquila, the Eagle, was given a constellation not far below the Cross, at the edge of the Milky Way. This Eagle is designated as the Flying Eagle so as not to be confused with the Eagle which holds Lyra, the Harp. In mythology the eagle was supposed to be the bird of Jupiter because it could fly higher than other birds.

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 the attorneys’ fees before the statutory enactment. Here, all of the attorneys’ fees were incurred after the effective date of the 1986 amendments.

In addition to the Supreme Court’s reaffirmation of the holding in Bradley, a certain logic supports the application of the 1986 attorneys’ fee provisions to this case, since Lockheed has some control in its strategic litigation decisions, while Lockheed no longer has control over conduct that preceded the 1986 Amendments.

Accordingly, the Court finds that the attorneys’ fee provisions of the 1986 Amendments to the FCA do not have retroactive effect and apply to this case.

 * G. Relator’s Share of the Recovery

Under the pre-1986 version of the FCA, relators were entitled to as little as zero, and not more than 25 percent, of any recovery in a case which the Government declined to intervene. See 31 U.S.C.A. § 3730(c)(1) and (2) (1983). Under the 1986 Amendments, relators are entitled to “not less than 25 percent and not more than 30 percent of the proceeds of the action or settlement.” 31 U.S.C.A. § 3730(d)(2) (West Supp.1994).

Lockheed argues that the bounty provision of the 1986 Amendments have retroactive effect because the provision impairs the Government’s rights by increasing the relators’ share of the recovery, if any, at the Government’s expense. Hence, the increased recovery provision may not be applied retroactively and the relator’s are not entitled to a greater share of any recovery than they would have been entitled to under the pre-1986 FCA.

These provisions are procedural enactments which do not increase Lockheed’s liability to the Government and, hence, do not affect Lockheed’s substantive rights. Furthermore, the operative event for retroactivity purposes is the division of any award at the conclusion of a lawsuit, which in this case will occur after passage of the 1986 Amendments.

Accordingly, the Court finds that the bounty provisions of the 1986 Amendments to the FCA apply to this case.

The Court GRANTS IN PART AND DENIES IN PART Lockheed’s Motion for Reconsideration as set forth above.

IT IS SO ORDERED.


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 "This is indeed a singular island," said M. Letourneur; "evidently it is of quite recent origin."

"Yes, father," said Andre, "and I should think it has been caused by a phenomenon similar to those which produced the Julia Island, off the coast of Sicily, or the group of the Santorini, in the Grecian Archipelago. One could almost fancy that it had been created expressly for the Chancellor to strand upon."

"It is very certain," I observed, "that some upheaving has lately taken place. This is by no means an unfrequented part of the Atlantic, so that it is not at all likely that it could have escaped the notice of sailors if it had been always in existence; yet it is not marked even in the most modern charts. We must try and explore it thoroughly and give future navigators the benefit of our observations."

"But, perhaps, it will disappear as it came," said Andre. "You are no doubt aware, Mr. Kazallon, that these volcanic islands sometimes have a very transitory existence. Not impossibly, by the time it gets marked upon the maps it may no longer be here."

"Never mind, my boy," answered his father, "it is better to give warning of a danger that does not exist than overlook one that does. I dare say the sailors will not grumble much, if they don't find a reef where we have marked one."

"No, I dare say not, father," said Andre, "and after all this island is very likely as firm as a continent. However, if it is to disappear, I expect Captain Curtis would be glad to see it take its departure as soon as possible after he has finished his repairs; it would save him a world of trouble in getting his ship afloat."

"Why, what a fellow you are, Andre!" I said, laughing; "I believe you would like to rule Nature with a magic wand, first of all, you would call up a reef from the depth of the ocean to give the Chancellor time to extinguish her flames, and then you would make it disappear just that the ship might be free again."

Andre smiled; then, in a more serious tone, he expressed his gratitude for the timely help that had been vouchsafed us in our hour of need.

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 formation was quite recent. Not a mollusk, not a tuft of seaweed was found clinging to the sides of the rocks; not a germ had the wind carried to its surface, not a bird had taken refuge amid the crags upon its summits. To a lover of natural history, the spot did not yield a single point of interest; the geologist alone would find subject of study in the basaltic mass.

When we reached the southern point of the island I proposed that we should disembark. My companions readily assented, young Letourneur jocosely observing that if the little island was destined to vanish, it was quite right that it should first be visited by human beings. The boat was accordingly brought alongside, and we set foot upon the reef, and began to ascend the gradual slope that leads to its highest elevation.

The walking was not very rough, and as Andre could get along tolerably well without the assistance of an arm, he led the way, his father and I following close behind. A quarter of an hour sufficed to bring us to the loftiest point in the islet, when we seated ourselves on the basaltic prism that crowned its summit.

Andre took a sketch-book from his pocket, and proceeded to make a drawing of the reef. Scarcely had he completed the outline when his father exclaimed:

"Why, Andre, you have drawn a ham!"

"Something uncommonly like it, I confess," replied Andre. "I think we had better ask Captain Curtis to let us call our island Ham Rock."

"Good," said I; "though sailors will need to keep it at a respectful distance, for they will scarcely find that their teeth are strong enough to tackle it."

M. Letourneur was quite correct; the outline of the reef as it stood clearly defined against the deep green water resembled nothing so much as a fine York ham, of which the little creek, where the Chancellor had been stranded, corresponded to the hollow place above the knuckle. The tide at this time was low, and the ship now lay heeled over very much to the starboard side, the few points of rock that emerged in the extreme south of the reef plainly marking the narrow passage through which she had been forced before she finally ran aground.

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 beg this of your Majesty; and if there be anything of sufficient worth in me to be presented before the royal presence of your Majesty as deserving reward and recompense, I should but ask for favor for these two hospitals, which are so needy, and particularly for this holy confraternity of mercy. There should also be provided means according to the income, to provide dowries for a certain number of the girls who are sheltered every year in the Seminary of Sancta Potenciana. Thus it is evident that the state will be totally healed of its evils; and these works of charity will, I believe, be glorious in the eyes of God, especially if your Majesty will look upon them with your royal and compassionate eyes, and encourage them with your royal aid. May our Lord preserve your Majesty for many long years, as Christendom has need. At Manila, June 15, 1594.

Sire:

In the papers I send your Majesty by these vessels, I give an account of Japanese affairs and suspicions. In this letter I shall content myself with saying that when my father made answer to the second Japanese embassy, he sent with father Fray Pedro Baptista, to accompany and take care of the fathers, and with further orders to treat with that king, one Pedro Gonçalez, a man who, by trade and commerce, had acquired some knowledge of that land, and acquaintance with some of its inhabitants. He went and performed his mission well. The Japanese king, either because he is a man of unusual good-will, or because he harbors designs, tells me in his original letter that he wishes to have your Majesty see it, and


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 general fund for the public honor and welfare, its maintenance and perpetuity should be assured. The establishment entails little expense, and the work has been carried on according to your Majesty's orders, without burdening the royal exchequer; and hence the gain has been great. The opportunity is no less favorable which is now offered your Majesty to employ your liberal and royal hand in favoring and aiding this seminary with an income. Thus by its increase will God our Lord, be glorified, by the exercise of charity. Daily prayers are held there for your Majesty, that God may grant you many happy years of this life, and life everlasting. There are now about thirty persons in the seminary, and others are entering every day.

Another holy work has, by the favor of the Lord, been established in this town in these days; and I hope that His Divine Majesty is no less pleased by it, than by that which I have just described. It is very similar to that and is a confraternity of mercy in which there have entered as brethren the most illustrious and prominent persons of this city. The object thereof, in conformity with its appellation of mercy, is to exercise the latter in all the works and occasions which may arise, of which there is no lack, as this land of yours is so poor. As I say, this confraternity is occupied in feeding all the worthy poor, of whom there are many; and in arranging marriages for orphan girls, the daughters of the conquistadors and of persons who have served your Majesty and died in the royal service, leaving their children without inheritance, in poverty and bereavement. These are persons to whom your Majesty owes a recompense; and any favor to this confraternity is granted to them


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 of the Lord and of his Majesty, and with the good name and repute of the Spanish nation; and it was, accordingly, signed by Licentiate Pedro de Rojas, Diego Ronquillo, Gomez de Machuca, Juan Xuarez Gallinato, Pedro de Chaves, Don Juan Ronquillo, Pedro de Arceo Cuevasrubias, Diego de Castillo, Hernando Muñoz de Poyatos, Francisco de Mercado Andrade, Don Francisco de Poça, Juan Ezguerra, Christoval de Axqueta, Jhoan de Alcega, Antonio de Cañedo, Don Diego Jordano, Gaspar Perez, Agustin de Urdiales.

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The seminary for girls of Sancta Potenciana which was commenced by my father in pursuance of your Majesty's orders is now finished, thanks be to God. It is one of the most splendid buildings of this city, and for some days the cloister has been occupied by the mother superior and by some good women of this town, who with holy zeal and in the desire of serving God in retreat and solitude, have entered there. Their sincerity and integrity of life was proved before their entering the convent, which is thereby greatly benefited. By the good example of these women, and the influence of their virtue, retirement, and modesty, I have no doubt that the girls who are now there, and those who shall enter hereafter, will be greatly benefited and improved in the service of God. The advantage of such good surroundings must aid in their improvement and help them in marriage, thus accomplishing the end for which the holy zeal of your Majesty was striving in founding this work so pleasing to God. In this connection it should be said, that since this establishment is so meritorious and necessary in this commonwealth, which is young and poor, and greatly in need of a


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 and to all this community. It also persuades people to come willingly to settle here from other parts, as they see that they may find here a refuge and relief for their needs. The land has hitherto been discredited for the little comfort which poor men, both married and single, find here in a country new, unknown, and of scanty resources. Even these resources are under obligation to be given to others who have settled the place and served your Majesty; and for them alone there is not enough, much less for those newly arrived. For their relief there should be a lodging-house, so that poor married men may be sheltered there and given what is necessary, until they find it convenient to go out and support themselves. In addition to all the aforesaid institutions, another no less important one must be mentioned. A hospital should be established for the treatment of all the servants and slaves of the Spaniards. This is a very necessary undertaking and a work of exceeding charity; for there are many of these servants who die, as they have nowhere to go for treatment. Even their souls suffer, as there is some neglect in administering the sacrament to them. Although there are two hospitals—the royal, and that for the natives—the servants are received in neither, on account of the poverty of the hospitals, and the many sick who are usually there, and the lack of conveniences for so many. As I have written in a former letter, your Majesty should also favor these hospitals, and in particular this holy confraternity of mercy. Thus I beg your Majesty to do so, in the name of our good God and Lord. His Divine Majesty will reward, as is His wont, all that is done for His love and service. In the name of this state, and the poor, and for my own sake, I humbly


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 by a slope as gradual as that by which we had come up, and made our way toward the west. We had not gone very far when a beautiful grotto, perfect as an architectural structure, arrested our attention. M. Letourneur and Andre, who have visited the Hebrides, pronounced it to be a Fingal's cave in miniature; a Gothic chapel that might form a fit vestibule for the cathedral cave of Staffa. The basaltic rocks had cooled down into the same regular concentric prisms; there was the same dark canopied roof with its interstices filled up with its yellow lutings; the same precision of outline in the prismatic angles, sharp as though chiseled by a sculptor's hand; the same sonorous vibration of the air across the basaltic rocks, of which the Gaelic poets have feigned that the harps of the Fingal minstrelsy were made. But whereas at Staffa the floor of the cave is always covered with a sheet of water, here the grotto was beyond the reach of all but the highest waves, while the prismatic shafts themselves formed quite a solid pavement.

After remaining nearly an hour in our newly-discovered grotto we returned to the Chancellor, and communicated the result of our explorations to Curtis, who entered the island upon his chart, by the name Andre Letourneur had proposed.

Since its discovery we have not permitted a day to pass without spending some time in our Ham Rock grotto. Curtis has taken an opportunity of visiting it, but he is too preoccupied with other matters to have much interest to spare for the wonders of nature. Falsten, too, came once and examined the character of the rocks, knocking and chipping them about with all the mercilessness of a geologist. Mr. Kear would not trouble himself to leave the ship; and although I asked his wife to join us in one of our excursions she declined, upon the plea that the fatigue, as well as the inconvenience of embarking in the boat, would be more than she could bear.

Miss Herbey, only to thankful to escape even for an hour from her capricious mistress, eagerly accepted M. Letourneur 's invitation to pay a visit to the reef, but to her great disappointment Mrs. Kear at first refused point-blank to allow her to leave the ship. I felt intensly annoyed, and resolved to intercede in Miss Herbey's favor; and as I had already rendered that self-indulgent lady sundry services


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 to have the same Pedro Gonçalez, who brought it, take it with him to España, together with an account of what he saw in that kingdom. He indicates with some insistence that he wishes this, and I am advised by letters from there that, if it be not sent, as he knows everything that is done here, he will be vexed and take it as a pretext for making an earlier declaration of war. Therefore in my opinion his wishes ought to be observed since no harm will be done. Pedro Gonçalez carries the original letter and its translation, together with the reply which was sent from here. Although, as I say, the bearer goes ostensibly only to comply with the wishes of the king of Japon (for I have already written to your Majesty respecting this matter), yet your Majesty may, if such be his pleasure, hear from Pedro Gonçalez certain peculiarities of that kingdom which he has observed. So, because he is an honorable man, prudent, straightforward, of good reputation and abilities, and because he labored and incurred heavy expenses on these voyages, kindly grant him some favor; for he has deserved it, on account of the affection, good-will, and care that he has displayed in everything which he has been ordered to do in your Majesty's service. May our Lord preserve your Majesty for many prosperous years. Manila, June 22, 1594.

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After despatching a letter to your Majesty in the vessel "Sant Phelippe," which it was thought best to send first, as it was in Çibu, I had other letters from Japon from father Fray Pedro Baptista, the originals of which I send herewith. From these letters, and


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 ters. I will advise my lord and king at the earliest opportunity of the peace and friendship established, so that he may ratify it from there; and I trust in the Lord that everything will be done as desired by your Grandeur, whom I wish to serve and please as the friend of my king and our own. For such purpose I should have been glad if I had some curious things from Castilla to send as presents to your Grandeur; but I cannot do it now, and will send them later when they come. Should your Grandeur wish that as friends we send each other men of rank and of a high station, so that our intercourse might be more friendly and informal—not that the religious who have gone are not among us respected and highly esteemed as ministers of God, or are not sufficiently high in station—but from now on a layman could be sent of higher rank than that of those who have gone heretofore. Should your Grandeur desire to send someone to visit the court of my king and see its splendor, and the power and dominion of his Majesty, he will be sent on from here, and will be well received and highly favored by my king, because he is very fond of receiving and entertaining foreigners—especially such as might come from your Grandeur, who would receive especial favor. Your Grandeur can advise me of your decision in regard to this as well as the other matters; and may our Lord keep and enlighten you with His divine light.

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 and of the rumor here that your Grandeur was going to send your armies, a report very different from the agreement made in your name with my father by your ambassador and servant Faranda, which was for firm peace and full amity. Through the letter brought by Pedro Gonçalez, I have learned that it is your royal desire that such relations be continued, and this has greatly pleased me; for it is to be hoped that as the kings are great, great will be the friendship, and greater still the fruits of it. Equally great is my desire that hereafter we treat each other in every way as friends, with less formality and more frankness than in your royal letters hitherto received. Since your Grandeur speaks of vassalage, I wish your Grandeur to understand that my king's power is so great and so extensive, and the kingdoms and states ruled by his Christian hand are so many, that they are beyond compare with the greatness of many kings, though these be most powerful each by himself. His dominions here are nothing but a corner, and my king's possessions are not to be judged by his dominions here. The reason that they are so small is, that our Christian and divine laws do not permit us to do injury or damage to anyone by taking away that which belongs to him. I say this to your Grandeur that you may know that, although we are in a confined and narrow region, we do not recognize other ruler, other power, other dominion, or other lord, than Jesus Christ, the almighty and true God and Lord, and our most Christian king Don Phelipe. Concerning the friendship that your Grandeur suggests we ought to maintain forever, it will be kept by us; and I feel assured that your Grandeur will keep it on your part, since it is so declared in your royal let-


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 such things as are required for the fulfilment of our duties as Christians, and as subjects of our king, and for the sake of our good name. In conformity with this decision, the letter having been so amended, the governor ordered it to be read aloud, so that the said master-of-camp and captains could give their opinion as to whether it was proper and desirable to send it; and it was read as follows:

The letter addressed by your Grandeur to my father was received by me as the person left in charge of the government of this land at his death, which occurred on the way to Maluco. He was treacherously killed while sleeping one night, without apprehension or precaution, as one who did not dream of having enemies or traitors with him. The traitors were the Sangleys, whom he took with him to work his galley. Like the ineffably low, vile, and cowardly people that they are, they killed my father because he trusted them, and set them loose for their own comfort. The news of this event reached me far from the place of its occurrence, while I was awaiting him with the fleet and troops, that we might depart. Although after his death I endeavored to continue my journey, I was prevented because of several events and considerations. I came back here, desirous of hearing news from your Grandeur and of seeing your letter replying to those sent by my father through father Fray Pedro. Although two vessels arrived here from Xapon, they could not give me the desired news. The arrival of Pedro Gonçalez has given me great pleasure, especially in view of the fact that I was unable to understand his delay,