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Categorías: Cloud
Licensing in the Cloud
At the turn of the century, ASP (Application Service Providing) was all the rage. "Customers won't buy and download software in the future, instead they will lease it online". With ASP, software such as Microsoft Office runs on a terminal server and customers only need a client to use it. The concept never caught on. Lack of confidence in user data security, service availability and the blurry situation of software vendor and software licensing are some of the reasons which explain its rejection. Now the same idea is back under a new name - cloud computing. The time is now right for it and the technology has matured.
Who uses the cloud?
The cloud is anything online and includes software and services. Hence the cloud is much more than just Application Service Providing. Use of the cloud can be divided into the following categories:
- Infrastructure Vendor: provides the hardware (and the operating system software) in the cloud. He is responsible for availability and backup.
- Service Vendor: provides the software or service. He is responsible for his own application.
- Corporate User: uses the infrastructure, software and services in the cloud for business purposes. He has a special status as he himself installs the software in the cloud and manages his staff's access to it.
- Private User: uses the cloud privately. He is a consumer of software and services and mainly uses the cloud to store data or play online gambling games.
The classical Application Service Provider which offers third-party software such as Microsoft Office hardly exists anymore. The provider has a similar status to that of the Corporate User i.e. he operates third-party software in the cloud.
Software Vendor: is not actually present in the cloud. The Corporate User and Application Service Provider use his software though in the cloud.
What is the cloud?
The following types of services are available in the cloud:
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): the Infrastructure Vendor provides a basic structure (hardware only or hardware plus operating system). The Corporate User normally leases the infrastructure (a virtual computer).
He installs, distributes and starts instances of programs (any software from any software vendor) on this computer. A typical example here is the Amazon computer center. - Software as a Service (SaaS): the Service Vendor operates his software and services in the cloud. Either he is an Infrastructure Vendor himself or he buys the services. The Corporate User and Private User are online consumers of his products. Typical examples here include Google Maps and CRM System Sales Force.
- Platform as a Service (PaaS): this service is similar to SaaS. The only difference is that the Service Vendor allows the user (normally the Corporate User)to optionally define the business logic. Other providers can extend the functionality. CRM System Sales Force and SaaS belong to this category.
- Webspace: the Infrastructure Vendor allows the Private User to store his data in the cloud. Examples of this are the PlayStation Network (PSN) from Sony which allows players to store the current state of their games online, and the Telekom cloud.
Protection interests of providers
Regardless of whether your concern is Private User data in the webspace or the sales figures in a hosted ERP application, security is an important issue. There has been a succession of bad news recently: data relating to millions of users stolen from Sony, or security breaches at a mail-order company operating online prize games. Who wants to protect what in the cloud and how can Wibu-Systems help?
It is in the interest of the Infrastructure Vendor to limit physical access to his computing center.
The protection interests of the Service Vendor depend on his business model; some provide their services for free and earn money via advertising. Others bill customers depending on how often and how long they use their service. In this case, protecting access directly makes money. The Service Vendor has an indirect interest in protecting data on his server as this increases customer acceptance of his service.
The protection interests of the Private User are obvious. He wants to be sure his access data is protected against misuse and that his data is stored securely in the cloud. Just like the Private User, the Corporate User also wants his access data and own data securely stored in the cloud.
Wibu-Systems has numerous products to meet these interests e.g. CodeMeter Password Manager, CodeMeter Identity, a PKCS#11 middleware and a powerful encryption API. The password manager allows the user, be it the Private User or the Corporate User, to choose good strong passwords and to securely store them in a CmDongle. By using CodeMeter Identity and the encryption API the Service Vendor can integrate personalized security into his solution. The PKCS#11 middleware transforms a CmDongle into a standard token which can be integrated into the existing architecture of the Corporate User.
Protection and licensing for the Software Vendor
Although he didn't originally want to be, the Software Vendor is present in the cloud. The Application Service Provider or Corporate User upload their software to the cloud which can then be used by their own users or customers.
Two requirements co-exist:
- The software should never be resold and can be used as often as necessary.
- It is difficult to license the software as tying it to a computer or dongle contradicts the philosophy of the cloud. The software doesn't run on a specific computer in the conventional sense. The Infrastructure Vendor can modify the hardware during operation without prior notice, or move the service to a completely new hardware.
The time is now ripe for a new strategy which the Software Vendor can and must pursue. One option is to migrate to a pay-per-use model.
What implications does this have for the Software Vendor? Wibu-Systems can help him to develop a special cloud-ready version of his software which can run anywhere at any time but which only processes the entered data associated with a specific license. The Software Vendor integrates the license into the application with the aid of the CodeMeter API.
But isn't this unsafe? "If the software runs anywhere at any time, can't I then modify the software to run without a license? As a software vendor, the protection offered up till now by AxProtector was very important to me." No problem: you can still use AxProtector; indeed it is an important part of the protection concept.
The cloud-ready version of your software is encrypted using AxProtector which means it is impossible to detect where the API verifies the license. Hence manipulation is ruled out. By using a special untied CmActLicense you guarantee your software runs everywhere immediately, in other words on any computer in the cloud, while still being sure it is protected against reverse engineering and manipulation.
How can the license and the entered data be linked to each other? Initially the user's data exists locally.
His purchased license or pay-per-use units are also located locally. A special local client from the Software Vendor uses the license to sign the data. This can only be done by the license owner as only this person has the private key for the signature which is securely stored in the CmDongle or a CmActLicense. An important aspect here is that the client deducts the pay-per-use units in accordance with the data.
You don't have any local data to upload? No problem! Our Professional Services team will help you implement your individual solution.
When the cloud-ready version of your software starts, it checks the data signature is correct. If it is, the software executes the corresponding action or uses the entered data for the calculation. AxProtector thus guarantees your software is protected against manipulation. The software only contains the public key needed to verify the signature. Even if this key is extracted, it does not contain enough information to generate a valid signature.
Wibu-Systems will be happy to help you implement your own protection concept in the cloud-ready version of your software.
And finally one last word
The cloud covers everything which does not run locally on your computer. The benefit for the user is that he doesn't have to invest in or maintain any local computing power. Instead he uses the computing power of the cloud and only pays for what he actually uses, and that he can use anywhere and everywhere.
If the concept is applied to software, migration to a pay-per-use model is necessary.
CodeMeter provides a framework for easy and individualized migration. A CmDongle or CmActLicense can contain several thousand counters which allows precise billing of each client in the cloud.
When the security aspects are solved, cloud computing offers excellent opportunities. We are working on standard solutions for the cloud which involve participation in research projects such as S4Cloud and MimoSecco in conjunction with research institutions and other companies. What are your cloud requirements? Talk to us about them and we'll find a solution together.
We are ready for the cloud!
KEYnote 22 – Edition Fall 2011


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How to make a fast rolling rear tyre
Transform a draggy rear tyre into something with a bit more zip
Transform a draggy rear tyre into something with a bit more zip
Sometimes it's hard to find the correct tyre for the terrain or task in hand.
Chunky tyres are great for grip but can be bad for rolling resistance ie. being draggy.
Slick tyres are rapid rollers but they can flounder and wash-out when cornering. It's also hard to find a slick tyre that has a sturdy carcass that can withstand aggressive riding.
Sometimes you require the tyre equivalent of a mullet; shallow in the middle but knobbly at the sides.
There are a few tyres out there that come like this – the Schwalbe Rock Razor or the Specialized Slaughter for example – but even they won't be exactly to everyone's tastes or requirements.
As it's impossible to add knobbles to an existing slick tyre the answer here is to remove knobbles from an all-over-knobbly tyre.
Cutting tyre tread is something that is fairly common on the downhill race scene. The most common practice is to take a full-on DH mud spike tyre and trim down the centre knobs. The resulting tyre has a tough carcass, good cornering performance but rolls a lot faster when upright and is less deflection-prone on rocky sections.
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Sharp wire cutters or some other sort of workshop snippers used to be the only option. You can still use these tools if you wish but the results will be irregular in height and finish.
Schwalbe have recently released a specific tool for trimming tyre knobbles down – the Schwalbe Tyre Tread Cutter. Essentially it's a chunky snipper with a height/depth gauge that can be set to a specific point for consistent trim results.
It costs about £25. It's not a tool that very many people will be rushing out to buy but if you fancy this sort of thing – go for it.
By the way, you can also use to the tool for trimming/removing side knobs as well as centre knobs. This is useful if you have a tyre that you generally like but are finding it lacks a bit of corning bite in loose or sticky terrain – trim alternate side knobs and you'll be rewarded with improved cornering performance.

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Thomas Jefferson to George Fleming, 29 December 1815
To George Fleming
Monticello Dec. 29. 15.
At the date of your favor of Oct. 30. I had just left home on a journey to a distant possession of mine, from which I am but recently returned: and I wish that the matter of my answer could compensate for it's delay. but, Sir, it happens that of all the machines which have been employed to aid human labor, I have made my self the least acquainted with (that which is certainly the most powerful of all) the steam engine. in it's original & simple form indeed, as first constructed by Newcomen & Savary, it had been a subject of my early studies: but once possessed of the principle, I ceased to follow up the numerous modifications of the machinery for employing it, of which I do not know whether England or our own country has produced the greatest number. hence I am entirely incompetent to form a judgment of the comparative merit of yours with those preceding it; and the cession of my library to Congress has left me without any examples to turn to. I see indeed in yours the valuable properties of simplicity, cheapness, & accomodation to the small and more numerous calls of life; and the calculations of it's power appear sound & correct. yet experience & frequent disappointment have taught me not to be over-confident in theories or calculations, until actual trial of the whole combination has stamped it with approbation. should this sanction be added, the importance of your construction will be enhanced by the consideration that a smaller agent, applicable to our daily concerns, is infinitely more valuable than the greatest which can be used only for great objects. for these interest the few alone, the former the many. I once had an idea that it might perhaps be possible to economize the steam of a common pot, kept boiling on the kitchen fire until it's accumulation should be sufficient to give a stroke, and altho the strokes might not be rapid, there would be enough of them in the day to raise from an adjacent well the water necessary for daily use; to wash the linen, knead the bread, beat the homony, churn the butter, turn the spit, and to do all other houshold offices which require only a regular mechanical motion. the unproductive hands now necessarily employed in these, might then increase the produce of our fields. I proposed it to mr Rumsey, one of our greatest mechanics, who believed in it's possibility, and promised to turn his mind to it. but his death soon after disappointed this hope. of how much more value would this be to ordinary life than Watt's & Bolton's 30. pr of millstones to be turned by one engine, of which I saw 7 pr in actual operation. it is an interesting part of your question, how much fuel would be requisite for your machine?
Your letter being evidence of your attention to Mechanical things, and to their application to matters of daily interest, I will mention a trifle in this way, which yet is not without value. I presume, like the rest of us in the country, you are in the habit of houshold manufacture, and that you will not, like too many, abandon it on the return of peace, to enrich our late enemy, and to nourish foreign agents in our bosom, whose baneful influence & intrigues cost us so much embarrasment & dissension. the shirting for our laborers has been an object of some difficulty. flax is so injurious to our lands, and of so scanty produce, that I have never attempted it. hemp, on the other hand, is abundantly productive and will grow for ever on the same spot. but the breaking and beating it, which has been always done by hand, is so slow, so laborious, and so much complained of by our laborers, that I had given it up, and purchased & manufactured cotton for their shirting. the advanced price of this however now makes it a serious item of expence; and in the mean time a method of removing the difficulty of preparing hemp occurred to me, so simple & so cheap, that I return to it's culture and manufacture. to a person having a threshing machine, the addition of a hemp break will not cost more than 12. or 15.D. you know that the first mover in that machine is a horizontal horsewheel with cogs on it's upper face. on these is placed a wallower and shaft which give motion to the threshing apparatus. on the opposite side of this same wheel I place another wallower and shaft, thro' which, and near it's outer end, I pass a cross-arm of sufficient strength, projecting on each side 15.I. in this form. nearly under the cross arm is placed a very strong hemp-break, much stronger & heavier than those for the hand. it's head block particularly is massive, and 4.f. high, and near it's upper end, in front, is fixed a strong pin (which we may call it's horn). by this the cross arm lifts & lets fall the break twice in every revolution of the wallower. a man feeds the break with hemp stalks, and a little person holds under the head block a large twist of the hemp which has been broken, resembling a twist of tobacco but larger, where it is more perfectly beaten than I have ever seen done by hand. if the horse wheel has 144. cogs, the wallower 11. rounds, and the horse goes 3 times round in a minute, it will give about 80. strokes in a minute. I had fixed a break to be moved by the gate of my sawmill, which broke & beat at the rate of 200 ℔. a day. but the inconveniences of interrupting that induced me to try the power of a horse, and I have found it answer perfectly. the power being less, so also probably will be the effect, of which I cannot make a fair trial until I commence on my new crop. I expect that a single horse will do the breaking & beating of 10 men. something of this kind has been so long wanted by the cultivaters of hemp, that as soon as I can speak of it's effect with certainty, I shall probably describe it anonymously in the public papers, in order to forestall the prevention of it's use by some interloping patentee. I shall be happy to learn that on actual experiment your steam engine fulfil's the expectations we form of it, and I pray you to accept the assurances of my esteem & respect.
Th: Jefferson
PoC (DLC); at foot of first page: "Mr George Fleming."
savary: Thomas Savery ( ). TJ presumably proposed his ideas on the use of steam power to American inventor James rumsey when the two men met in France in 1789 ( ; , 15:39–40, 145–6). TJ visited James watt's and Matthew Boulton's (bolton's) steam mill in London in 1786 ( , 9:400–1). A wallower is a trundle, or lantern-wheel ( ).
Index Entries
- agriculture; hemp brake search
- Boulton, Matthew; steam mill of search
- clothing; for slaves search
- cotton; price of search
- flax; TJ on search
- Fleming, George; and steam engines search
- Fleming, George; and TJ's hemp-brake design search
- Fleming, George; letter to search
- hemp; brake search
- hemp; grown at Monticello search
- horses; and hemp brakes search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Opinions on; domestic manufacturing search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Travels; in Europe search
- Library of Congress; TJ sells personal library to search
- machines; hemp brake search
- machines; steam engine search
- manufacturing, household; TJ on search
- mills; and hemp brakes search
- mills; steam search
- Newcomen, Thomas; steam engine of search
- Poplar Forest (TJ's Bedford Co. estate); TJ returns from search
- Rumsey, James; and steam power search
- Savery, Thomas; steam engine of search
- shirting (textile) search
- slaves; clothing for search
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Rotary started with the vision of one man — Paul Harris. The Chicago attorney formed the Rotary Club of Chicago on 23 February 1905, so professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas and form meaningful, lifelong friendships.
Over time, Rotary's reach and vision gradually extended to humanitarian service. Members have a long track record of addressing challenges in their communities and around the world.
Whatever Rotary may mean to us, to the world it will be known by the results it achieves.
Paul Harris
Rotary founder
Our ongoing commitment
That commitment endures today through an organization that remains truly international. Only 16 years after being founded, Rotary had clubs on six continents. Our members now span the globe, working to solve some of our world's most challenging problems.
We're not afraid to dream big and set bold goals. We began our fight against polio in 1979 with a project to immunize 6 million children in the Philippines. Today, polio remains endemic in only two countries — down from 125 in 1988.
Rotary's Timeline
Our 1.4 million members join community leaders, friends, and partners in a global network that is addressing challenges around the world.
Still making history
With every project, we're changing the world for the better. The following stories trace our evolution as an organization through historical documents, artifacts, and images that show the people and events that shaped Rotary.
Rotary's two official mottoes
Service Above Self and One Profits Most Who Serves Best can be traced back to the early days of the organization.
The roots of Rotary's polio eradication efforts
In 1979, Rotary began a project to immunize six million children against polio in the Philippines. The effort's success led to Rotary making polio eradication its top priority.
The start of Rotary in South America
Rotary's global expansion began early. The chartering of the Rotary Club of Montevideo, Uruguay, in February 1919 brought Rotary to South America.
Dive deeper into our archives
Rotary's archives include tens of thousands of photos, recordings, publications, and artifacts that preserve our legacy. Are you conducting research? Members of Rotary, Rotary staff, and the public may visit the archives by appointment. Learn more about what we collect, what we can do for you, and how to schedule an appointment to examine our material.


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Pro-Bolt is proud to be Europe's largest stockist of titanium and aluminium fasteners, along with a growing range of stainless steel products. Our uniquely designed bolts have been successfully tested in the field for the last four years, gaining us a reputation for high quality products, excellent customer service and prompt delivery. Since 1999, Pro-Bolt has supplied many of the top names in the world of Motorsport. We have now taken the initiative and are actively developing products suitable for the Marine Industry.
We manufacture using single process on multi-axis CNC machining centres, which includes thread rolling. Thread standards are to BS3692:1967, the British Standard for ISO Precision Metric Threads, and route radii vary between 0.8mm and 0.4mm, the maximum that we can use to improve shear strength. Thread lead varies between K1 and K2. We also supply items machined from bar.
We encourage trade enquiries and welcome the opportunity to provide you with a quotation.
AluminiumManufactured from 7075T6 aluminium, and suitable for use in all non-safety critical areas, all products are available in a choice of black, blue, gold, orange, purple, red and silver. During manufacturing, the head is cold formed and the shank thread rolled. The anodising involves chemically brightening and colour anodising to between 8 and 12 microns thick. We offer Race Spec Drilled Flanged Hex Head, Socket Cap Bolts, Countersunk Bolts, Dome Head Bolts, Nuts and Washers – from 3mm to 10mm.
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TitaniumMade from aircraft grade titanium 6AL-4V (grade 5), the outstanding benefits are that we roll the threads to produce greater fatigue strength and reduce galling. These bolts are in excess of 120,000psi ultimate tensile strength, suitable to replace both Grade 5 and Grade 8 steel bolts. We offer Race Spec drilled Flanged Hex Head Bolts, Flanged Hex Head, Tapered Socket Cap, Countersunk Bolts, Dome Head Bolts, Nuts and Washers – from 3mm to 12mm.


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Alcohol Delivery SE20
Alcohol delivery SE20 - Late night alcohol delivered to your house, flat or hotel in SE20. We offer a fast all night alcohol and drinks delivery service that covers all of SE20. We boast fast delivery times of approximately 15-35 minutes and all drinks arrive chilled. We offer a huge menu that comprises over 150 different products. We also boast a cigarette delivery service that runs throughout the night.
Our alcohol delivery service doesn't just cover SE20 but also extends across five counties: London, Surrey, Kent, Middlesex and parts of Essex - so no matter where you are located, undoubtedly, we will be able to deliver alcohol to your door.
Our menu extends to over 150 different products that includes beers, wines, spirits, champagnes, snacks and cigarettes. Beers include favourites such as Fosters, Kronenbourg, Stella, Red Stripe amongst others, our spirits menu stocks well-known brands such as Smirnoff, Absolut, Captain Morgans, Gordons Gin. We stock over 7 different champagnes including Moet Chandon and Veuve Cliquot and our wine delivery service boasts over 15 different wines to pick from! We also offer a snack delivery service with items such as Pringles and KP nuts on offer!
For those that smoke, we also offer a 24-hour cigarette delivery service to SE20 - it's quick and convenient boasting delivery times averaging just 30-35 minutes. We stock well-known brands that include: Marlboro, Benson & Hedges, Mayfair, Camel, Vogue - we stock over 12 different types of cigarettes, with new brands being added frequently! For those who prefer rolling tobacco, we also sell that, along with Rizla papers, lighters and filters!
To order alcohol simply call us on 0843 289 39 30, order using our online menu above - pay cash or card. You can also speak to a team member using our online chat panel located towards to bottom of this page or SMS us by texting BOOZEUP to 63666 followed by your message.
Booze Up is an established name within the Alcohol Delivery Service, in fact, we are the founding company for Alcohol Delivery London - who better to trust to ensure your drinks arrive on-time. Fast, reliable and friendly - it's the Booze Up difference.
Our beer delivery services includes lagers such as Peroni, Kronenbourg, Stella, Fosters & Kronenbourg to name a few! In fact, our beer delivery service boasts over 12 different lagers, all available for fast delivery. All our beers are served chilled.
We stock over 12 different wines to suit most taste buds. Our wine delivery service includes favourites such as Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay & Sauvignon Blanc. Our wines are served chilled and typically have twist openers, should the bottle head be cork, we will inform you at the time of your delivery. Our 24-hour wine delivery service to SE20 is spread across three ranges, House, Premium and Platinum; just view our menu above for an entire selection.
Our champagne delivery is vast and includes Moet & Chandon, Veuve Cliquot, Laurent Perrier among others. Our champagnes are all served chilled. We also deliver ice to the SE20 area should you prefer to serve your champagne on ice.
Our spirits delivery service is the largest in the industry with over 40 different bottles to choose from. We stock 10 different vodkas (brands include Smirnoff, Absolut, Grey Goose, Russian Standard), gin (Gordons Gin, Bombay Sapphire, Hendricks), brandy (including Hennessey & Courvoisier), whiskey (that includes: Jack Daniels, Jameson, Chivas Regal & Johnnie Walker), rum (Bacardi, Havana, Captain Morgan & Kraken) and shooters such as Jagermeister, Sambuca and Tequila.
When placing an alcohol delivery to SE20, you have three options available to you:
Visit our menu and browse over 140 different products including beer, wine, spirits, champagne, snacks and cigarettes. Choose the items that you are interested in purchasing by adding them to the cart, take note of the quantity you would like.
Once complete, you now have two options available to you:
a) Click the Chat box at the bottom of the screen, if we are available, enter your name and click 'send chat request'. You may now speak directly with a member of the team who will able to process your order personally.
b) click the cart at the top right of the screen in order to complete an online alcohol delivery purchase. You are now taken to a one-page checkout page; fill out all the relevant fields, take note of the delivery address and billing address. Add your payment details and complete your purchase.
Please now contact us on 0843 289 2930 in order to confirm your order and delivery time. Don't forget our opening times can be found at the top of this page!
Browse our menu and decide on which products you might like to purchase and then call us on 0843 289 2930. Don't forget our opening times can be found at the top of this page!
We are the founding company of Alcohol Delivery for London no one knows our industry better, although they do try and imitate! Trust in us to deliver your alcohol & drinks on time, every time!
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BALDUR the Good, having been tormented with terrible dreams indicating that his life was in peril, told them to the assembled gods, who resolved to conjure all things to avert from him the threatened danger. Then Frigga, the wife of Odin, exacted an oath from fire and water, from iron and all other metals, from stones, trees, diseases, beasts, birds, poisons, and creeping things, that none of them would do any harm to Baldur. Odin, not satisfied with all this, and feeling alarmed for the fate of his son, determined to consult the prophetess Angerbode, a giantess, mother of Fenris, Hela, and the Midgard serpent. She was dead, and Odin was forced to seek her in Hela's dominions. This Descent of Odin forms the subject of Gray's fine ode beginning:
"Uprose the king of men with speedBut the other gods, feeling that what Frigga had done was quite sufficient, amused themselves with using Baldur as a mark, some hurling darts at him, some stones, while others hewed at him with their swords and battle-axes; for do what they would, none of them could harm him. And this became a favourite pastime with them and was regarded as an honour shown to Baldur. But when Loki beheld the scene he was sorely vexed that Baldur was not hurt. Assuming, therefore, the shape of a woman, he went to Fensalir, the mansion of Frigga. That goddess, when she saw the pretended woman, inquired of her if she knew what the gods were doing at their meetings. She replied that they were throwing darts and stones at Baldur, without being able to hurt him. "Ay," said Frigga, "neither stones, nor sticks, nor anything else can hurt Baldur, for I have exacted an oath from all of them." "What," exclaimed the woman, "have all things sworn to spare Baldur?" "All things," replied Frigga, "except one little shrub that grows on the eastern side of Valhalla, and is called Mistletoe, and which I thought too young and feeble to crave an oath from."
As soon as Loki heard this he went away, and resuming his natural shape, cut off the mistletoe, and repaired to the place where the gods were assembled. There he found Hodur standing apart, without partaking of the sports, on account of his blindness, and going up to him, said, "Why dost thou not also throw something at Baldur?"
"Because I am blind," answered Hodur, "and see not where Baldur is, and have, moreover, nothing to throw."
"Come, then," said Loki, "do like the rest, and show honour to Baldur by throwing this twig at him, and I will direct thy arm towards the place where he stands."
Hodur then took the mistletoe, and under the guidance of Loki, darted it at Baldur, who, pierced through and through, fell down lifeless. Surely never was there witnessed, either among gods or men, a more atrocious deed than this. When Baldur fell, the gods were struck speechless with horror, and then they looked at each other and all were of one mind to lay hands on him who had done the deed, but they were obliged to delay their vengeance out of respect for the sacred place where they were assembled. They gave vent to their grief by loud lamentations. When the gods came to themselves, Frigga asked who among them wished to gain all her love and good will. "For this," said she, "shall he have who will ride to Hel and offer Hela a ransom if she will let Baldur return to Asgard." Whereupon Hermod, surnamed the Nimble, the son of Odin, offered to undertake the journey. Odin's horse, Sleipnir, which has eight legs and can outrun the wind, was then led forth, on which Hermod mounted and galloped away on his mission. For the space of nine days and as many nights he rode through deep glens so dark that he could not discern anything, until he arrived at the river Gyoll, which he passed over on a bridge covered with glittering gold. The maiden who kept the bridge asked him his name and lineage, telling him that the day before five bands of dead persons had ridden over the bridge, and did not shake it as much as he alone. "But," she added, "thou hast not death's hue on thee; why then ridest thou here on the way to Hel?"
"I ride to Hel," answered Hermod, "to seek Baldur. Hast thou perchance seen him pass this way?"
She replied, "Baldur hath ridden over Gyoll's bridge, and yonder lieth the way he took to the abodes of death."
Hermod pursued his journey until he came to the barred gates of Hel. Here he alighted, girthed his saddle tighter, and remounting clapped both spurs to his horse, who cleared the gate by a tremendous leap without touching it. Hermod then rode on to the palace, where he found his brother Baldur occupying the most distinguished seat in the hall, and passed the night in his company. The next morning he besought Hela to let Baldur ride home with him, assuring her that nothing but lamentations were to be heard among the gods. Hela answered that it should now be tried whether Baldur was so beloved as he was said to be. "If, therefore," she added, "all things in the world, both living and lifeless, weep for him, then shall he return to life; but if any one thing speak against him or refuse to weep, he shall be kept in Hel."
Hermod then rode back to Asgard and gave an account of all he had heard and witnessed.
The gods upon this despatched messengers throughout the world to beg everything to weep in order that Baldur might be delivered from Hel. All things very willingly complied with this request, both men and every other living being, as well as earths, and stones, and trees, and metals, just as we have all seen these things weep when they are brought from a cold place into a hot one. As the messengers were returning, they found an old hag named Thaukt sitting in a cavern, and begged her to weep Baldur out of Hel. But she answered:
"Thaukt will wailIt was strongly suspected that this hag was no other than Loki himself, who never ceased to work evil among gods and men. So Baldur was prevented from coming back to Asgard.*
* In Longfellow's Poems will be found a poem entitled "Tegner's Drapa," upon the subject of Baldur's death.
The gods took up the dead body and bore it to the seashore where stood Baldur's ship "Hringham," which passed for the largest in the world. Baldur's dead body was put on the funeral pile, on board the ship, and his wife Nanna was so struck with grief at the sight that she broke her heart, and her body was burned on the same pile with her husband's. There was a vast concourse of various kinds of people at Baldur's obsequies. First came Odin accompanied by Frigga, the Valkyrior, and his ravens; then Frey in his car drawn by Gullinbursti, the boar; Heimdall rode his horse Gulltopp, and Freya drove in her chariot drawn by cats. There were also a great many Frost giants and giants of the mountain present. Baldur's horse was led to the pile fully caparisoned and consumed in the same flames with his master.
But Loki did not escape his deserved punishment. When he saw how angry the gods were, he fled to the mountain, and there built himself a hut with four doors, so that he could see every approaching danger. He invented a net to catch the fishes, such as fishermen have used since his time. But Odin found out his hiding-place and the gods assembled to take him. He, seeing this, changed himself into a salmon, and lay hid among the stones of the brook. But the gods took his net and dragged the brook, and Loki, finding he must be caught, tried to leap over the net; but Thor caught him by the tail and compressed it, so that salmons ever since have had that part remarkably fine and thin. They bound him with chains and suspended a serpent over his head, whose venom falls upon his face drop by drop. His wife Siguna sits by his side and catches the drops as they fall, in a cup; but when she carries it away to empty it, the venom falls upon Loki, which makes him howl with horror, and twist his body about so violently that the whole earth shakes, and this produces what men call earthquakes.
The Edda mentions another class of beings, inferior to the gods, but still possessed of great power; these were called Elves. The white spirits, or Elves of Light, were exceedingly fair, more brilliant than the sun, and clad in garments of a delicate and transparent texture. They loved the light, were kindly disposed to mankind, and generally appeared as fair and lovely children. Their country was called Alfheim, and was the domain of Freyr, the god of the sun, in whose light they were always sporting.
The black or Night Elves were a different kind of creatures. Ugly, long-nosed dwarfs, of a dirty brown colour, they appeared only at night, for they avoided the sun as their most deadly enemy, because whenever his beams fell upon any of them they changed them immediately into stones. Their language was the echo of solitudes, and their dwelling-places subterranean caves and clefts. They were supposed to have come into existence as maggots produced by the decaying flesh of Ymir's body, and were afterwards endowed by the gods with a human form and great understanding. They were particularly distinguished for a knowledge of the mysterious powers of nature, and for the runes which they carved and explained. They were the most skilful artificers of all created beings, and worked in metals and in wood. Among their most noted works were Thor's hammer, and the ship "Skidbladnir," which they gave to Freyr, and which was so large that it could contain all the deities with their war and household implements, but so skilfully was it wrought that when folded together it could be put into a side pocket.
It was a firm belief of the northern nations that a time would come when all the visible creation, the gods of Valhalla and Niffleheim, the inhabitants of Jotunheim, Alfheim, and Midgard, together with their habitations, would be destroyed. The fearful day of destruction will not, however, be without its forerunners. First will come a triple winter, during which snow will fall from the four corners of the heavens, the frost be very severe, the wind piercing, the weather tempestuous, and the sun impart no gladness. Three such winters will pass away without being tempered by a single summer. Three other similar winters will then follow, during which war and discord will spread over the universe. The earth itself will be frightened and begin to tremble, the sea leave its basin, the heavens tear asunder, and men perish in great numbers, and the eagles of the air feast upon their still quivering bodies. The wolf Fenris will now break his bands, the Midgard serpent rise out of her bed in the sea, and Loki, released from his bonds, will join the enemies of the gods. Amidst the general devastation the sons of Muspelheim will rush forth under their leader Surtur, before and behind whom are flames and burning fire. Onward they ride over Bifrost, the rainbow bridge, which breaks under the horses' hoofs. But they, disregarding its fall, direct their course to the battlefield called Vigrid. Thither also repair the wolf Fenris, the Midgard serpent, Loki with all the followers of Hela, and the Frost giants.
Heimdall now stands up and sounds the Giallar horn to assemble the gods and heroes for the contest. The gods advance, led on by Odin, who engages the wolf Fenris, but falls a victim to the monster, who is, however, slain by Vidar, Odin's son. Thor gains great renown by killing the Midgard serpent, but recoils and falls dead, suffocated with the venom which the dying monster vomits over him. Loki and Heimdall meet and fight till they are both slain. The gods and their enemies having fallen in battle, Surtur, who has killed Freyr, darts fire and flames over the world, and the whole universe is burned up. The sun becomes dim, the earth sinks into the ocean, the stars fall from heaven, and time is no more.
After this Alfadur (the Almighty) will cause a new heaven and a new earth to arise out of the sea. The new earth filled with abundant supplies will spontaneously produce its fruits without labour or care. Wickedness and misery will no more be known, but the gods and men will live happily together.
One cannot travel far in Denmark, Norway, or Sweden without meeting with great stones of different forms, engraven with characters called Runic, which appear at first sight very different from all we know. The letters consist almost invariably of straight lines, in the shape of little sticks either singly or put together. Such sticks were in early times used by the northern nations for the purpose of ascertaining future events. The sticks were shaken up, and from the figures that they formed a kind of divination was derived.
The Runic characters were of various kinds. They were chiefly used for magical purposes. The noxious, or, as they called them, the bitter runes, were employed to bring various evils on their enemies; the favourable averted misfortune. Some were medicinal, others employed to win love, etc. In later times they were frequently used for inscriptions, of which more than a thousand have been found. The language is a dialect of the Gothic, called Norse, still in use in Iceland. The inscriptions may therefore be read with certainty, but hitherto very few have been found which throw the least light on history. They are mostly epitaphs on tombstones.
Gray's ode on the "Descent of Odin" contains an allusion to the use of Runic letters for incantation:
"Facing to the northern clime,The Skalds were the bards and poets of the nation, a very important class of men in all communities in an early stage of civilization. They are the depositaries of whatever historic lore there is, and it is their office to mingle something of intellectual gratification with the rude feasts of the warriors, by rehearsing, with such accomplishments of poetry and music as their skill can afford, the exploits of their heroes, living or dead. The compositions of the Skalds were called Sagas, many of which have come down to us, and contain valuable materials of history, and a faithful picture of the state of society at the time to which they relate.
The Eddas and Sagas have come to us from Iceland. The following extract from Carlyle's lectures on "Heroes and Hero Worship" gives an animated account of the region where the strange stories we have been reading had their origin. Let the reader contrast it for a moment with Greece, the parent of classical mythology:
"In that strange island, Iceland,- burst up, the geologists say, by fire from the bottom of the sea, a wild land of barrenness and lava, swallowed many months of every year in black tempests, yet with a wild, gleaming beauty in summer time, towering up there stern and grim in the North Ocean, with its snow yokuls [mountains], roaring geysers [boiling springs], sulphur pools, and horrid volcanic chasms, like the waste, chaotic battlefield of Frost and Fire,- where, of all places, we least looked for literature or written memorials,- the record of these things was written down. On the seaboard of this wild land is a rim of grassy country, where cattle can subsist, and men by means of them and of what the sea yields; and it seems they were poetic men these, men who had deep thoughts in them and uttered musically their thoughts. Much would be lost had Iceland not been burst up from the sea, not been discovered by the Northmen!"


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Roller Blinds
Roller Blinds are one of the most simplistic blinds, providing a fresh, stylish finish to any room.
Roman blinds are perhaps the next big thing in the blind marketplace. They come in a huge variety of textures, colours and patterns meaning there is a roman blind for every room in the house. So, whatever your specifications, there is a fabric available to compliment your home décor beautifully.
Roman blinds are becoming more popular than roller blinds as the material provides a stylish, luxury feel to any room. They can be situated inside or outside the window recess depending on the finish you wish to achieve.
There are new kinds of roman blinds systems available to you that mean you no longer need a cord and pleat to operate the blind. A control chain makes it much easier to operate and gives you increased control over the height adjustment.
If you want to ensure that the colours and patterns on the front of the cloth do not discolor in the sunlight a lining material could be used on the back of the blind. Blackout linings are also available for bedrooms to help keep out the sunlight. These linings will also give increased warmth and more effective heat retention.
Arrange an in-home consultation and get expert advice from your Custom Fitted Blinds advisor who will measure up and give you a no-obligation quotation.
Roller Blinds are one of the most simplistic blinds, providing a fresh, stylish finish to any room.
Looking for a stylish, contemporary way to control light and shade. If so, Day & Night Enlight™ blinds could be
Perfect Fit Blinds come in a range of performance textiles and fit into the window frame so fitting is drill
Venetian Blinds are a popular choice because they have clean stylish lines and the ability to control the light coming
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Customers appreciate the natural appearance that Wooden Blinds offer because woods have become our second most popular blind.
Our aim is to give people looking for fitted blinds in the Cheshire locality the best possible service and after sales care together with an exceptional quality product at the absolute best prices available. Cheshire Blinds are an independent blinds company, we source our products from some of the UK's best and biggest national companies to make sure our customers get the best window treatments on the market. If you're looking for fitted blinds, please try our price estimator to give you a pre-appointment, 'supplied and fitted' quotation.
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7.1 Surround Monitoring W/ Remote
New DAC
The Quantum DAC is the 5th generation design from Crane Song and has less then 1pS jitter.
The Quantum DAC uses 32 bit a converter and ASRC for jitter reduction up sampling to 211KHz. Avocet has always upsampled to 211KHz. The reference clock has less then 1pS, 0.5pS typical 1Hz to 100KHz and a proprietary reconstruction filter for accurate time domain response.
Direct sub woofer outputs for each of the three output have been added.
The output levels are now programmable in 0.25 db steps for speaker level matching
Avocet IIA is designed to solve the problems of accurate monitoring and volume control as required by workstation users, studios and mastering rooms alike. It is a stereo controller with three digital inputs, three analog inputs and a headphone system. It's comprised of a rack mounted unit and table top remote control. Avocet has many features including; dim, mute, phase, mono, and 16 bit truncation functions, plus a speaker select switch that sends line level balanced audio to one of three outputs. The six input sources have on the fly gain trim capability and all digital signals are up-sampled and jitter reduced to ensure highest accuracy during D/A conversion.
The internal headphone amplifier can be fed from the program source or an external input. Provisions for a talk back function are included.
Avocet IIA can operate in surround up to 7.1, with the appropriate number of audio boxes in the system.


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1st House (Ascendant) – The individual personality
Together with the Sun and Moon the ascendant is one of the most important single factors in a horoscope. The sign at the beginning of the first house tells us a lot about someone's personality, temperament and constitution. It typifies our immediate, instinctive reaction and shows how we present ourselves to the world. The planet ruling the ascendant sign is of particular importance for the interpretation.
2nd House – Values and Possessions
The second house and its occupants tell us about the material circumstances, the acquisitive urge and how we deal with possessions and material means. This includes the relationship to our own body.
3rd House – Communication
The third house and any planets occupying it tell us of our siblings, the manner in which we communicate on an everyday level and the relationships which determine our daily life.
4th House – Roots and Origins
This house describes our origins, the parental home and the circumstances influencing childhood and youth. It describes how we relate to "family", our attitude towards "hearth and home". The father image and the relationship to the real father are also to be found here.
5th House – Pleasure and Creativity
Sexuality and eroticism are at home here, along with play in general and all types of creative expression. This house also describes how we relate to children, pleasure and simple fun.
6th House – Work and Routine
The sixth house describes the circumstances surrounding us in our daily lives, including the work environment and daily routine. This includes our behaviour towards subordinates. Bodily hygiene and care also belong here, as well as tendencies to certain acquired illnesses.
7th House – Relating
The descendant sign and planets occupying the seventh house tell us about how we select our partners and describes the partnerships and relationships we seek. Often we are involuntarily attracted to people whose horoscopes carry a strong emphasis of the sign in our seventh house.
8th House – Loss and Common Property
The eighth house shows how we relate to communal goods and how we deal with material loss. The taxes levied on us each year are a good example for this and show how closely related these areas are. Traditional astrology maintains that this house has an affinity to death and all things metaphysical. Death would then be the ultimate material loss. Amongst other things, the study of metaphysics can be a very differentiated way of dealing with this loss, which inevitably comes to us all.
9th House – Philosophies and Far Countries
The ninth house describes our spiritual leaning, life philosophy and our world view. In fact, these are often influenced by journeys to foreign countries. The attitudes cultivated and formed in this house can greatly influence matters of the 10th. (see below)
10th House (MC) – Occupation and Calling
This house is of particular importance, since it affects not only our choice of profession and our sense of calling – it also has a bearing on our general development, what we become. This continues throughout our lives. According to tradition, as well as more recent experience, this house describes the mother image and the relationship to the real mother.
11th House – Friends and Acquaintances
The eleventh house describes how we relate to friends, benefactors and teachers – people who wish us well or from whom we can learn. It also shows us in these roles. This house shows how we relate to the society in which we live.
12th House – Beyond the Personal
This house represents those spheres of life in which the individual no longer plays a part, where we step back for a greater whole or lose ourselves in one. Traditional astrology sees hospitals, prisons and psychiatric institutions in this house. It is also associated with monasteries and any other retreats


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Darlene is an Arachnimorph disguised as a Mystery Mountain employee and the first known paranormal being outside of Gravity Falls.
In "Roadside Attraction", Stan tries to give Dipper an example of how confidence can get a girl by using his flirting techniques on Darlene. Darlene flirts back at Stan and the two go up Mystery Mountain together. When they reach a cave, Darlene shows her true nature to Stan and traps him in her web, at the same time mocking him for thinking he was in control of the situation. Stan calls for help via walkie-talkie, and after Darlene sees this, she reveals her full true form to him.
When Stan escapes thanks to Dipper, Mabel, Candy, and Grenda, Darlene chases after them. When Candy pulls the release lever on the Trambience they are escaping in, it sets off a chain of events, eventually trapping her under the giant boot of the tourist trap's statue. The spider woman tries to flirt with Stan once more to trick him into releasing her, which Stan almost falls for, but he is stopped by the kids. She is left stuck under the giant boot. It is unknown if she escaped.
When in disguise as a human female, Darlene has tan skin with tan marks over her eyes in the shape of her sunglasses and on her shoulders where straps were present. She has sandy-blonde hair and a brown birth mark on her left shoulder. She wears black pants, a black belt with a circular light pink buckle, a hot pink tube top and shoes, a pair of red butterfly sunglasses, a pink bracelet on each of her wrists and dreamcatcher earrings. She also wears bright pink lipstick and aqua eye shadow.
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- 216. "Roadside Attraction"
- According to Alex Hirsch, the scene in which Darlene was to turn into her spider form was originally going to be much more terrifying.
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Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk and the rest of the Avengers unite to battle their most powerful enemy yet -- the evil Thanos. On a mission to collect all six Infinity Stones, Thanos plans to use the artifacts to inflict his twisted will on reality. The fate of the planet and existence itself has never been more uncertain as everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment.
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The holiday season is almost upon us.
And whether you celebrate Christmas or not, you probably give presents.
Do you know anybody travelling over this holiday season? Maybe get them a couple of audiobooks to help let the travel time pass quickly.
What will you be buying for Christmas this year?
Will it be cheap because of the "global meltdown"?
Will it be expensive because you're just so rich?
Hopefully no family members are reading this (you know how it is with family, they never visit your website unless you ask them 🙂 ), but here's what my wife and I bought for our family:
- Concert tickets to see "The Killers". Yes, it's already passed, but it was given as a Christmas present.
- Audiobooks from Audible.com – As you might know by know, one of my BEST subscriptions.
- Tickets to see Dr. Demartini. Not for everyone, but some people really like it
- Perfume – try out a new one. If you're not buying your own, you might get a little riskier than you would if you were buying it for yourself 😛
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Office of the Press Secretary
October 23, 2006
Presidential Message: Eid al-Fitr
October 20, 2006
I send greetings to Muslims in the United States and around the world celebrating Eid al-Fitr.
Islam is a great faith that has transcended racial and ethnic divisions and brought hope and comfort to many people. Throughout Ramadan, Muslims have fasted to focus their minds on faith and to direct their hearts to charity. Eid al-Fitr marks the completion of this holy month with the Festival of Breaking the Fast. During this joyous celebration, Muslims thank God for his guidance and blessings by gathering with family and friends, sharing traditional foods, and showing compassion to those in need.
America is strengthened by the countless contributions of our Muslim citizens, and we value our ties with Muslim nations throughout the world. For people of all faiths, Eid al-Fitr is an opportunity to reflect on the values we share and the friendships that bind all who trace their faith back to God's call to Abraham.
Laura and I send our best wishes for a joyous Eid and for health, happiness, and prosperity in the year ahead. Eid Mubarak.
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Puerto Vallarta was a small Mexican fishing village until it became a Hollywood backdrop. When John Huston filmed The Night of the Iguana here in the sixties, big name stars such as Ava Gardner, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor came to stay, and the little village became a major tourist destination. Even now, despite the growth and the proliferation of holiday condos, PV retains the romance of the village it once was. In the heart of the old town, in the Zona Romantica, a visitor can find cobblestone streets, outdoor taco stands and busy local markets. And now there's a new hotel that is an homage to passion and glamour: Casa Kimberly, an intimate nine-suite hotel built on the ruins of the house that Richard Burton bought as a birthday gift for Elizabeth Taylor.
Casa Kimberly is snugged into the side of the mountain in the Zona Romantica, overlooking Our Lady of Guadeloupe Church and steps away from its sister property, the Hacienda San Angel. Guests can nip over to the San Angel for breakfast or a swim if they like. The hotel is a short walk from the beaches and the Malecon, where locals and visitors do their evening paseo. Nearby markets offer good shopping for local artisanal products, such as silver and turquoise jewellery and Mata Ortiz pottery.
Behind an anonymous exterior, the hotel is visually stunning, combining traditional Mexican design with antique oriental carpets and crystal chandeliers, a cross between old Hollywood glamour and sturdy Mexican comfort. There are marble staircases, blue-and-white tiles, and white carved statues of saints and putti in niches, and everywhere, echoes of Liz and Dick. I woke one morning to find a Hollywood star on the floor of my bedroom: Not the tipsy ghost of Richard Burton, but a sunny outline cast by the star-shaped window above the shower. An appropriate wake-up symbol as I was staying in the Velvet Suite, named after Liz's role in National Velvet, where French doors open to a sun-washed terrace with views of the Sierre Madres, the terracotta roofs of the city and the blue water of Banderas Bay.
The largest and most opulent room is the Liz Taylor suite, occupying approximately the same space where Liz's bedroom would have been. There's a large sitting room/dressing room, with a heart-shaped tub like the one that Liz ordered – there was a breakdown in her communication and the tub is an anatomically correct heart shape, kind of Frida Khalo-like.
In all the suites, white plaster walls, honey-coloured marble floors and gauzy drapes means there is little need to use the air conditioning. And the bridge that Burton built to discretely connect Liz's casa to his – they were both married to other people at the time – is still there. It connects the main part of the hotel to the Richard Burton suite, two smaller suites, and the hotel pool.
There's a staggering choice of excellent places to eat in Puerto Vallarta, but it would be a shame to miss the hotel's Iguana Restaurant. (Hint: Book a sunset table for 6:30 p.m.) I had a lobster taco that may have been one of the best things I have ever eaten in Mexico, a beet-and-tomato gazpacho with green-apple julienne, slow-simmered pork shank and, to finish, a silky chocolate mousse zinged with chilli. The wine list leans toward Mexican wines, which can be a gamble, but there are some good Chilean and Californian choices. There is also a tequila bar where guests can explore the intricacies of the country's most famous tipple.
A selection of locally made chocolates by the bedside was both delicious and culturally appropriate, as chocolate has been popular in Mexico since the Aztecs.
I would have loved an espresso maker in the room. I'm an early riser, and ended up on the terrace at sunrise watching the light hit the roofs of the city. A good coffee would have been perfect.
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This list contains substances that have been assigned hazard property (HP) waste codes 1-15, as defined in terms of the hazard class and category, hazard (H) statement, and/or concentration limits provided in Annex III of the Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC. The classifications of the substances listed in the list are based on their harmonised classifications per Table 3 of Annex VI to the CLP Regulation 1272/2008/EC.


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Section 3: Rights afforded victims, witnesses or family members
Section 3. To provide victims a meaningful role in the criminal justice system, victims and witnesses of crime, or in the event the victim is deceased, the family members of the victim, shall be afforded the following basic and fundamental rights, to the greatest extent possible and subject to appropriation and to available resources, with priority for services to be provided to victims of crimes against the person and crimes where physical injury to a person results:
(a) for victims, to be informed by the prosecutor about the victim's rights in the criminal process, including but not limited to the rights provided under this chapter. At the beginning of the criminal justice process, the prosecutor shall provide an explanation to the victim of how a case progresses through the criminal justice system, what the victim's role is in the process, what the system may expect from the victim, why the system requires this, and, if the victim requests, the prosecutor shall periodically apprise the victim of significant developments in the case;
(b) for victims and family members, to be present at all court proceedings related to the offense committed against the victim, unless the victim or family member is to testify and the court determines that the person's testimony would be materially affected by hearing other testimony at trial and orders the person to be excluded from the courtroom during certain other testimony;
(c) for victims and witnesses, to be notified by the prosecutor, in a timely manner, when a court proceeding to which they have been summoned will not go on as scheduled, provided that such changes are known in advance. In order to notify victims and witnesses, a form shall be provided to them by the prosecutor for the purpose of maintaining a current telephone number and address. The victim or witness shall thereafter maintain with the prosecutor a current telephone number and address;
(d) for victims and witnesses, to be provided with information by the prosecutor as to the level of protection available and to receive protection from the local law enforcement agencies from harm and threats of harm arising out of their cooperation with law enforcement and prosecution efforts;
(e) for victims, to be informed by the prosecutor of financial assistance and other social services available to victims, including information relative to applying for such assistance or services;
(f) for victims and witnesses, to a prompt disposition of the case in which they are involved as a victim or a witness;
(g) for victims, to confer with the prosecutor before the commencement of the trial, before any hearing on motions by the defense to obtain psychiatric or other confidential records, and before the filing of a nolle prosequi or other act by the commonwealth terminating the prosecution or before the submission of the commonwealth's proposed sentence recommendation to the court. The prosecutor shall inform the court of the victim's position, if known, regarding the prosecutor's sentence recommendation. The right of the victim to confer with the prosecutor does not include the authority to direct the prosecution of the case;
(h) for victims and witnesses, to be informed of the right to request confidentiality in the criminal justice system. Upon the court's approval of such request, no law enforcement agency, prosecutor, defense counsel, or parole, probation or corrections official may disclose or state in open court, except among themselves, the residential address, telephone number, or place of employment or school of the victim, a victim's family member, or a witness, except as otherwise ordered by the court. The court may enter such other orders or conditions to maintain limited disclosure of the information as it deems appropriate to protect the privacy and safety of victims, victims' family members and witnesses;
(i) for victims, family members and witnesses to be provided, by the court as provided in section 17 of chapter 211B, with a secure waiting area or room which is separate from the waiting area of the defendant or the defendant's family, friends, attorneys or witnesses and separate from the district attorney's office; provided, however, that the court shall designate a waiting area at each courthouse; and provided further, that designation of those areas shall be made in accordance with the implementation plan developed by the task force.
(j) for victims and witnesses, to be informed by the court and the prosecutor of procedures to be followed in order to apply for and receive any witness fee to which they are entitled;
(k) for victims and witnesses, to be provided, where appropriate, with employer and creditor intercession services by the prosecutor to seek employer cooperation in minimizing employees' loss of pay and other benefits resulting from their participation in the criminal justice process, and to seek consideration from creditors if the victim is unable, temporarily, to continue payments;
(l) for victims or witnesses who have received a subpoena to testify, to be free from discharge or penalty or threat of discharge or penalty by his employer by reason of his attendance as a witness at a criminal proceeding. A victim or witness who notifies his employer of his subpoena to appear as a witness prior to his attendance, shall not on account of his absence from employment by reason of such witness service be subject to discharge or penalty by his employer. Any employer or agent of said employer who discharges or disciplines or continues to threaten to discharge or discipline a victim or witness because that victim or witness is subpoenaed to attend court for the purpose of giving testimony may be subject to the sanctions stated in section fourteen A of chapter two hundred and sixty-eight;
(m) for victims and witnesses, to be informed of the right to submit to or decline an interview by defense counsel or anyone acting on the defendant's behalf, except when responding to lawful process, and, if the victim or witness decides to submit to an interview, the right to impose reasonable conditions on the conduct of the interview;
(n) for victims, to confer with the probation officer prior to the filing of the full presentence report. If the victim is not available or declines to confer, the probation officer shall record that information in the report. If the probation officer is not able to confer with the victim or the victim declines to confer, the probation officer shall note in the full presentence report the reason why the probation officer did not make contact with the victim;
(o) for victims, to request that restitution be an element of the final disposition of a case and to obtain assistance from the prosecutor in the documentation of the victim's losses. If restitution is ordered as part of a case disposition, the victim has the right to receive from the probation department a copy of the schedule of restitution payments and the name and telephone number of the probation officer or other official who is responsible for supervising the defendant's payments. If the offender seeks to modify the restitution order, the offender's supervising probation officer shall provide notice to the victim and the victim shall have the right to be heard at any hearing relative to the proposed modification.
(p) for victims, to be heard through an oral and written victim impact statement at sentencing or the disposition of the case against the defendant about the effects of the crime on the victim and as to a recommended sentence, pursuant to section four B of chapter two hundred and seventy-nine, and to be heard at any other time deemed appropriate by the court. The victim also has a right to submit the victim impact statement to the parole board for inclusion in its records regarding the perpetrator of the crime;
(q) for victims, to be informed by the prosecutor of the final disposition of the case, including, where applicable, an explanation of the type of sentence imposed by the court and a copy of the court order setting forth the conditions of probation or other supervised or unsupervised release within thirty days of establishing the conditions, with the name and telephone number of the probation officer, if any, assigned to the defendant;
(r) for victims, to have any personal property that was stolen or taken for evidentiary purposes, except contraband, property subject to evidentiary analysis, and property the ownership of which is disputed, returned by the court, the prosecutor or law enforcement agencies within ten days of its taking or recovery if it is not needed for law enforcement or prosecution purposes or as expeditiously as possible when said property is no longer needed for law enforcement or prosecution purposes;
(s) for victims, to be informed by the parole board of information regarding the defendant's parole eligibility and status in the criminal justice system;
(t) for victims, to be informed in advance by the appropriate custodial authority whenever the defendant receives a temporary, provisional or final release from custody, whenever a defendant is moved from a secure facility to a less-secure facility, and whenever the defendant escapes from custody. The victim shall be informed by the prosecutor about notification rights and the certification process required to access the criminal offender record information files. Persons requesting such notice must provide the appropriate authority with current information as to their address and telephone number;
(u) for victims, to be informed that the victim may have a right to pursue a civil action for damages relating to the crime, regardless of whether the court has ordered the defendant to make restitution to the victim.
(v) for one family member of a victim of a homicide, which the matter before the court is related, to possess in the courtroom a photograph, that is not of itself of an inflammatory nature, of the deceased victim that is not larger than eight by ten inches; provided, however, that at no time may the photograph be exposed or in anyway displayed in the presence of any member of the jury, or the jury pool from which a jury is to be selected in a particular matter; provided, further, that nothing in this section shall preclude the admission into evidence of a photograph that the court deems relevant and material.
(w) Where the victim or witness is an employee of the department of youth services, no law enforcement agency, prosecutor, defense counsel or parole, probation or corrections official shall disclose or state the residential address, telephone number or place of employment or school of the victim, a victim's family member or a witness, except as otherwise ordered by the court. The court may enter such other orders or conditions to maintain limited disclosure of the information as it deems appropriate to protect the privacy and safety of victims, victims' family members and witnesses.
There shall be conspicuously posted in all courthouses and police stations a summary of the rights afforded under this section. The victim and witness assistance board, pursuant to section 4, shall devise and provide posters to satisfy this requirement to court officials and police station personnel, and, upon request and at the discretion of the office and board, to any other institution or organization to post and maintain in space accessible to the general public. The board shall develop such posters in a variety of languages as determined by the Massachusetts office for victim assistance. Upon request, the board will respond, to the extent possible, to any requests for additional language translations of such posters.


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The mark of a vandal remained Saturday night at the Lincoln Memorial after two days of cleaning.
U.S. Park Police have surveillance video of the vandal who defaced the Lincoln Memorial Friday, and are now seeking a person of interest, sources tell News4.
The memorial was closed early Friday morning after green paint was found splattered on the base and lap of the statue of Lincoln. U.S. Park Police investigated the act of vandalism and National Park Service maintenance crews are cleaning the mess.
About 12 hours later, the memorial was reopened to visitors. Some paint remains and crews plan to continue cleaning this weekend and Monday. Power washers successfully removed much of the paint, but it's been a struggle to remove it from the marble portion of the monument.
The memorial closed Saturday while President Obama delivered a speech at the Korean War Veterans Memorial nearby.
A visitor saw the paint on the statue and on the floor around it just before 1:30 a.m. Friday. No words or symbols were written on the statue, News4's Megan McGrath reported.
Morning joggers, who frequently run up and down the memorial's stairs as part of their workouts, found their path blocked off with yellow tape Friday morning.
"I have no idea who would want to do something like that," said Scott Arndt, who was out on his morning run shortly before 6 a.m. "To me, it's defacing America. It's not just defacing the Lincoln Memorial, but it's something against all of America."
"People come from all over the world, and to show that they can't get into one of our national landmarks because somebody vandalized it is kind of a black mark on our country," said jogger Keith Gillespie.
Visitors flocked to the memorial, hoping to get a close look at one of Washington's most famous attractions.
"Everyone got up so early, and we were trying to take photos and go inside and take a look, but we were told we cannot go in. It was quite disappointing," one tourist told McGrath.
Another tourist said, "They just desecrated one of our most memorable monuments, our president, you know...I'm just so surprised. I'm surprised. Why would they want to do that?"
Investigators spent the morning snapping photos while a police dog sniffed around, looking for the suspect's trail.
The cleaning, meanwhile, is being performed by a special historic preservation team. Fortunately, there is no permanent damage.
"I can tell you it is on the base of the statue. It is also on the lap of the statue. It is not solid, let's put it that way. It is a splatter," said NPS spokeswoman Carol Johnson.
This is not the first time vandalism has been reported at the site of one of the National Mall's memorials.
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Back in 2007, an oily substance was found on the memorial wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Police determined the case to be an act of vandalism and not an accident, The Washington Post reported. The removal process took weeks to complete.
Two additional incidents of vandalism have been reported at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in the past. In 1993, the directory stands at the entrance of the memorial were burned, and a swastika and scratches were found etched in two of the memorials panels in 1988. Both panels were replaced.
Other than those incidents, Johnson said she cannot recall any other cases of vandalism at the National Mall.
The Lincoln Memorial, which was dedicated in 1922, is open to the public 24 hours a day.
U.S. Park Police Union President Ian Glick released the following statement:
"This type of reprehensible act is unfortunate but it did not permanently damage the memorial and this incident further underscores the need for the National Park Service to provide more funding and more personnel so as to provide a higher level of deterrence through officer presence. We are fortunate that this deplorable act can be remedied but caution that we are lucky that this wasn't an act of terrorism."
UPDATE: This story has been corrected from a previous version.
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