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Children of God here gathered, I welcome you all to this meeting and wish you a very successfully year 2003 in Jesus name. It is no longer new that Celestial Church of Christ worldwide enters the New Year with a new administration. I earnestly pray that a new spirit of selfless service with the fear of God takes full control of our activities.
I want to give glory to God Almighty for his mercies on Celestial Church of Christ and the enabling grace I received in finding myself in this position today to say in the words of Zechariah, "It is not by power, nor might, but by the Spirit of God." Let God Almighty take all the praise and glory in Jesus name.
With humility, I give honor and respect to the unequalled outstanding Christian ministry of Papa Oshoffa, the Founder of this great Church, who in his time bestowed the Christendom in black Africa like a colossus; his successor, Reverend Alexander Abiodun Bada, Pastor and Supreme Head of Celestial Church of Christ worldwide who left an indelible footprint on the sand of Christian ministry not only in black Africa but also in all the continents of the world where Celestial Church of Christ is established within the first fifty years of its existence; and Reverend Phillip Hunsu Ajose, the immediate past Pastor who during his very brief tenure broke new grounds and charted new course for greater achievement for the Church. I also recall with thanks to God Almighty, the selfless service and devotion of other Celestial Saints – Superior Evangelist Ajanlekoko, Most Senior Evangelist Salako, Most Senior Evangelist Sobowale, and Mama Yamah etc. In all sincererity, I give respect and heart felt thanks to the members of the Board of Trustees and Pastor-in-Council for their relentless effort and ever increasing sacrifice to uphold the tenet and dotrine of Celestial Church of Christ enshrined in the holy Bible and handed down to us by our revered founder, Papa Oshoffa of blessed memory. The journey hitterto had been sonstantly punctuated by seemingly insurmountable obstacles; however, with Christ, we are today more than conquerors.
I have no doubt in my mind that I move my appointment as Pastor and Head of Celestial Church of Christ Worldwide not only to an act of God, but also to the unflinching loyalty and tenacious adherence of all God fearing people to the unadulerated tenets and doctrine of Celestial Church of Christ fully documented in the 1980 Constitution which was recently amended.
I have to thank the entire workforce of this great Church: the Shepherds, the Prophets and Prophetesses, Parish administration and the supporting Church workers who had been steadfast and God-fearing in the performance of their duties without whom Celestial Church of Christ today would have been a mere shadow of its past. God bless you all as you strive and continue earnestly to do the will of God who called you to service in His vineyard.
The staff at the Interantional Headquarters Secretariat deserve sincere thanks for the meritorious service rendered with the changing scenes of life and of condition of service. A big thank you to all.
In this short address, I wish to acknowledge the sincere and concerted effort of the many peace moves made by individuals and groups to broker peace in order to foster both the spiritual and physical growth of the Celestial Church of Christ in the world and ensure the fulfillment of its mission on earth. Without the desired peace, progress whether spiritual or physical will continue to be elusive. It is in the light of this that I call for peace in all spheres of the Church's operation. I am fully aware of the challenges posed bythe search for peace. I believe all God fearing and peace-loving members of Celestial Church of Christ will not find any sacrifice too great to make to achieve peace.
I consider it a duty to call on true members of Celestial Church of Christ throughtout the world to have respect for the laws of God, the laws and the government of every country where the Church is established and the Celestial Church of Christ Constitution signed and bequathed to us by Papa Oshoffa. Our relationship with God is contractual, so, it is regulated by laws. "If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commandment, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth…." Deute 28: 1-14. "Blessed are all who fear the Lord, and walk in his ways" Psalm 128:1. And Paul in his writing to the Romans admonished people as follows: "Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities for there is no authority except that which God has established" Romans 13: 1-2; just like the divinely constituted authority of Celestial Church of Christ which postulates ONE Church indivisible, worshipping ONE God under ONE LEADERSHIP, PASTOR and HEAD of this Church.
As the new administration settles down, other burning issues relating to the Church will be addressed from time to time. As t now, it becomes necessary to revisit some aspects of Celestial Church of Christ life, which deserve the attention of all well-meaning children of God.
An organization whether religious, political or commercial lives and grows or disintegrates and dies, depending on:
a)-The Act of God, and
b)-The education, discipline, loyalty and the devotion of its work force.
i-STAFF EDUCATION
It is gratifying there is a noticeable change effected by one of our past Fathers, Reverend Pastor Alexander A. Bada in staff orientation. There has been a gradual shift from the well-trodden path of ordinary discipleship to formal education and training on-the-job. However, the danger of an uncontrolled mass production of workforce to the neglect of quality needs to be constantly checked. It becomes necessary therefore to revisit the course contents of our training establishment in order to streamline areas of specialty and relevance of each institution. Meanwhile, it will be enough to emphasize that Makoko Seminary (to be expanded and moved soon to its permanent location in Imeko) remains recognized and approved for workers who are called fresh into the vineyard while Celestial Bible Institute at Idumu and its campuses are approved for workers who are already in the field with letters of credence from the Pastor but need on-the-job training to improve themselves and update their knowledge in the Christian ministry. "He who stops learning stops living," is an appropriate adage. This aspect of Celestial Church of Christ's life demands an Education and Training Board, which would be given early attention.
ii-STAFF PROMOTION/ELEVATION TO POST
It is desirable now, if not overdue, that staff promotion or elevation to duty post is not based ONLY on number of years of service but also on some other criteria, among which are:
---Productivity – Regular and oral reports
---Education and Training (on-the-job)
---Character of Discipline (both moral and fiscal)
---Loyalty to the authority and the institution (not only in words but also in DEEDS)
iii-STAFF WELFARE
The fiscal arrangement in Celestial Church of Christ is such that if people are honest, every staff at the any level will be comfortable and well catered for. As relationships become dominated by self-serving instincts, the well-laid out fiscal arrangement is of no effect any more. With God's assistance and staff cooperation the situation is bound to improve. There must be a staff welfare committee to look into and effect a Health care scheme, an insurance old age relief scheme, and if need be, retirement benefit arrangement to which a staff would be encouraged to contribute a percentage of his/her monthly stipend and the employer would add a complementary percentage to ensure comfortable old age/retirement life, also make provision for the welfare and comfort of workers' dependants.
Any organization big or small, any family large or small, community or congregation who lacks discipline is doomed to face conflicts and confusion that may lead to disintegration in the end. Celestial Church of Christ seemed not to have addressed seriously the issue of DISCIPLINE all along expecting stakeholders to engender the fear of God to regulate personal actions. The time has come to make a frantic and definite effort to reset a high moral tone for the Church Workers as well as the other Church functionaries such as Chairmen, Secretaries, and Treasurers of Parochial Committees and Ad HOC Church Committees. As soon as a code of conduct is put in place, a Disciplinary Committee will be inaugurated to administer it with justice and fairness. Celestial Church of Christ is rich in human resources in all spheres of human endeavours, particularly to enhance the integrity of the present crisis in the Church has INDISCIPLINE as its bedrock. "Discipline your soon, and he will give you peace; he will bring delight to your soul". Proverbs 29:7.
Accountability both in morality and financial operations would receive adequate attention from this administration. The Holy Bible is unequivocal on this issue. "A faithful man will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished" Prov. 28:20. There would be an arrangement to give adequate commendation and reward for the faithful and commensurate sanction for the unfaithful or deviant.
Celestial Church of Christ will keep oath with all Christian brothers and sisters of all denominations and continue to see them as integral parts of the body of Christ. We will continue to see them as integral parts of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Organization of African Instituted Churches (OAIC) and World Council of Churches (WCC), following the footsteps of our forebears in participating fully in all ecumenical programmes that would not erode our religious ethical values as an independent Christian body. We will not allow religious fanaticism to blindfold us see the good in our fellow human beings of sister religion, Islam. For peaceful co-existence, it should be our determination to abhor religious intolerance and bigotry both in our utterances and our actions. The Holy Bible enjoins us, "Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil, cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love." Romans 12:9-10.
Celestial City, Imeko in Ogun State of Nigeria remains and will continue to be referred to as Celestial Church of Christ World Headquarters where the world Annual Christian Convocation will be held every December in keeping with the testament and injunctions of the Founder, Prophet, Pastor S.B.J. Oshoffa, of blessed memory. This does not mean the New International Headquarters Secretariat situated at Km 35 Lagos – Shagamu Expressway will be abandoned or neglected. Rather, its development, to provide an easily accessible and with quiet administrative environment conducive to our future programmes, will be simultaneous with the Celestial City, Imeko, with each location serving a distinct purpose. Celestial City, Imeko, with its strategic position will continue to host the Workers Retreat/Workshop held in February each year culminating in the anointment of full-time Church Workers and remain the permanent seat of the Pastor and Church administration.
Evangelism remains the primary mission of Celestial Church of Christ. This is well explained in paragraph 2 of the Constitution of the Church, page 2 under "DIVINE ORDER". This new administration will be found very supportive in promoting Evangelism. It is admitted money is the vehicle of evangelism but we wish to caution that love of money is the root of all evils. 1 Timothy 6:6-10. Also, it will be helpful to direct your attention to the flood of innovations in modern evangelism, which can be captivating as well as dangerously enslaving. We urge you to be circumspect and commend the words of Peter to you as follows: "Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms…. 1 Peter 4:10-11, and ensure adherence to the standard set by our founding father.
Finally, children of God, I have a clear perception of your expectation to hear me comment on the well-planned and glamorously orchestrated conflicting information on the pastorship of Celestial Church of Christ worldwide. The registered Board of Trustees, the Pastor-in-Council of Celestial Church of Christ and I, by the special grace of God, the Pastor and constitutional spiritual Head of Celestial Church of Christ worldwide, are fully aware of the so-called print media and television declaration and proclamation of other self-appointed Pastors. Almighty God and the Celestial Church of Christ, Nigeria Diocese Constitution will take adequate care of that. As far as I am concerned, I take solace in the words of the Bible and I quote, "Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labour in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stand guard in vain", Psalm 127:1. I hereby invoke the spirit of God, the Almighty, His Son, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and the spirit of our forebears, the Founder, the past and immediate past Pastors to fortify us physically, morally and spiritually in moving Celestial Church of Christ Worldwide forward and to greater heights for the glory of God here on earth and hereafter in heaven above.
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Q: I'd like to read financial statements issued by companies more closely, but find the SEC's website difficult to navigate. Are there any other ways to access company reports?
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A: Annual reports. Quarterly reports. Proxy statements. These are just a few of the financial documents companies provide to investors that reveal their internal workings.
Sadly, few investors take the time to even glance at these documents, which are some of the most critical. Companies must disclose essential data about their operations, financial standing, risks and even executive compensation in these reports.
Financial reports previously were required to be mailed to shareholders. When that was the case, even the least-interested investors would have trouble ignoring these massive documents when they landed in the mailbox.
But in the era of investment documents being distributed electronically, it's easy for investors to overlook financial reports. Yet the Securities and Exchange Commission makes nearly all company financial reports available, for free. The SEC's Edgar system is an online database that allows investors to view or download the financial statements issued by thousands of companies.
The SEC's website, while powerful and comprehensive, isn't designed for casual investors. Some users might get confused with some of the navigation of the site and have trouble finding the financial documents they're interested in.
There are some alternatives for investors who want to read financial reports, but might be confused by the SEC's site, including:
• The company's investors relations website. Most large companies maintain a stand-alone area on their website that houses all the key financial statements. You'll find earnings press releases and the key financial documents, including the annual report. Some companies will also provide transcripts from conference calls and investor presentations. General Electric, for instance, lists all stock information and financial data on its website.
Be careful, though. When investing in companies, especially smaller firms that don't have the same oversight from regulators and auditors, make sure the documents are available on the SEC's website also. You want to make sure you're reading actual documents that were filed with the SEC, not fabricated documents that were simply posted to a website.
• Third-party sites that access Edgar. There are websites that link into the SEC's Edgar database. These websites typically feature a more user-friendly or powerful website that then taps into the Edgar database. There are a number of services that are aimed at professionals and charge a fee, including Morningstar Document Research.
One free option for individual investors is last10k.com. The site is designed to be more familiar to individual investors and use a more standard method of navigation. Just go to the site and enter the symbol or name of a company. You can then select the type of report, 10-K (annual report) or 10-Q (quarterly report) you're interested in and the time frame.
• Aggregation services. Sometimes investors don't need to actually access the original document. There are websites and services that pull all the key numbers out of financial statements and present them all in one place. Many sites do this, including USATODAY.com's Money section at money.usatoday.com.
Start at money.usatoday.com. Scroll down and enter the symbol of the stock you're interested to learn about in the "Get A Quote" box, and click go. The Quote tab will give you dividend information, operating margin, total debt and other summary information. Click on the analysis tab, and you can see a breakdown of the company's earnings.
Matt Krantz is a financial markets reporter at USA TODAY and author of Investing Online for Dummies and Fundamental Analysis for Dummies. He answers a different reader question every weekday in his Ask Matt column at money.usatoday.com. To submit a question, e-mail Matt at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow Matt on Twitter at: twitter.com/mattkrantz
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OaklandClubhouse: I'll start at the top with Grant Green. Should people be worried about the struggles that he had at the beginning of the year with USC that likely caused him to drop from the top five picks, or is he a value pick at pick 13?
Kevin Goldstein: I think it is a great pick at 13. I think Grant Green went from being a bit overrated to more than a bit underrated, actually. It was a weird situation. He was playing through some injuries early in the season and he also had some unfair expectations. A lot of people coming into the year were comparing Green to guys like Troy Tulowitzki and Evan Longoria. I think that is a lazy comparison. There is not a lot of thought put into that. I think the comparisons come because he is a big, athletic, college, white shortstop from Southern California. That's what people were basing it on. It's a pretty different skill-set actually. Those are horrible comps.
That's what people went with, though, and so when he didn't become that this season, people starting saying, 'what's wrong with him?' Well, nothing is wrong. He's Grant Green.
OC: What would you characterize Green's skill-set as being? Is he more of a slash-hitter than those other two guys?
KG: Probably compared to those guys, but he is hardly a no power guy. I think he is going to have a decent amount of power. Not in that group and not even in the Bobby Crosby range, but I think he is going to have double-digit homeruns. He's athletic and he is a slick fielder with good actions. People were concerned with the error total this year, but I think overall when you look at his tools and his actions, he is going to be a perfectly good shortstop. He is going to hit for average with gap power and he is going to steal some bases for you. He is going to be a very good overall player. I frankly was surprised that he was taken this low.
OC: Do you think that he will be tough to sign with Scott Boras as his agent, or are the bigger fishes going to be the tougher signs of Boras' clients?
KG: Sure. There is no such thing as a bigger fish when you are talking about Scott Boras' clients. They are all going to be tough signs. Oakland knows that and that's the thing. You look at these guys and you say 'oh, I hope he is not going to be a tough sign.' Oakland certainly had conversations with the Boras people about Grant Green before they were willing to take him at 13. At least to get some ballpark or a feel for where this is going to go. Yeah, I think he is going to cost some extra money. No doubt about it. I don't think it is going to be crazy, but it will be more than the slot for 13. I'm guessing it will be north of $3 million.
OC: Another guy that they are obviously going to have to go over-slot to sign is Max Stassi [the A's fourth round pick]. Were you surprised he fell as far as he did even with the rumblings that he was asking for a lot of money?
KG: No, I think that is why. I was surprised when the first day ended that he was still on the board. I was actually really surprised and then after I poked around a little bit that night, I found out that he had a price tag on him that was pretty high. It was somewhere between $1.5 and $2 million. I think it was probably on the higher side of that range. When that happens, teams can shy away from him. I still thought that some teams who were looking for signability guys would take him. And I even wrote going into Day Two of the draft that a) I'm shocked that Max Stassi is still on the board and b) I think he is most well-suited for Boston or Oakland. So I ended up looking pretty smart there.
Stassi is a guy who was honestly and truly a good pick at 13, so they got the two guys that they wanted and if they can get them both for somewhere around $5 million, that is a pretty nice thing to do, to turn a first and a fourth into two guys that you wanted in the first.
OC: That's kind of unusual to put Boston and Oakland in the same group considering where they stand on the spectrum of things. Do you see things changing for Oakland, where they are now one of those teams willing to make a few splashy, over-slot draft picks every year?
KG: I actually think that the perception of what Oakland does is pretty far from the reality of what Oakland does. I think a lot of people are still caught-up in the whole Moneyball world and I think that frankly Oakland has been away from that for awhile. Yet when they take a high school pick, people are shocked. They took Trevor Cahill, a high school pick, with their first pick a few years back. It's not like suddenly they had some sort of transformation.
But I do think that we are seeing more and more teams willing to go over slot and more and more teams willing to be aggressive in the draft. Three or four years ago when there were only a few teams doing it, and you looked and what teams did with [over-slot signings], they got some pretty good players out of it. So teams were like, 'why aren't we doing that?' In the whole grand scheme of things, when we talk about the baseball economy as a whole, it still isn't a lot of money. That's the thing. Five million dollars for two guys in Grant and Stassi seems like a lot of money compared to what Oakland has done in the past, but in the grand scheme of things? Not a lot of money at all. I think a lot of teams are coming around to that viewpoint, which is why you see more strange signability stuff every year when the draft comes by.
OC: Since you live in Illinois, I thought you might have some insight on Ian Kroll [the A's seventh round pick]. I know that he was suspended for the entire year. Did he get enough playing time to be a viable prospect?
KG: Well, you do certainly have to go on a track record with him. I'd love to say that I saw him a lot this year, but he was pitching in Wisconsin because he got kicked off of his high school team. But you are talking about a guy who came into the year as the best prospect in the state. Then the crap he got involved with happened and he got caught and so he was off of the team. He was pitching for a scout team up in Wisconsin and his stuff was a bit off, which is not surprising considering what it took for him to pitch in Wisconsin and ostensibly be away from the every day run of baseball. It's an interesting thing.
The question is whether he wants to go [pro] now. I don't think he is going to get a lot of extra money over a seventh round slot. But he kind of came into the year as a third or fourth round pick. Does he want to do that or does he want to take the risk and go to school? He is going to pitch at Arizona if he does go to school. Come 2012, will he be a much better prospect? He's not the kind of guy who can really blow-up. He's not a really projectable kid. It's an interesting decision for him.
OC: Do you think that when there are high school players who are entering the draft with 'character questions' that it is better for them to go to college and try to work through that before turning pro, or is it more of a case-by-case thing?
KG: I think it is a case-by-case basis. I think generally – and this is just my personal bias – that high school kids are generally better off playing three years in the minors than three years in college. They are focused solely on baseball and they are playing a ton more games. They are also getting better instruction. If you think about Trevor Cahill, had he gone to college when they first drafted him, he would have been in this draft as a junior out of Dartmouth. He would have been just getting drafted. Instead, he is big league ready. That's the advantage of three years of pro baseball over three years of college baseball. I guarantee you that even if Trevor Cahill spent three years at some giant program, say he went to North Carolina or Texas or something, he still wouldn't be major league ready. With three years of pro baseball, yeah, he is ready.
OC: Another guy who sort of fell to the A's was Sam Dyson [A's 10th round pick]. I know that he is going to be more difficult to sign, but is he going to get the Brett Hunter treatment by the A's where they follow his progress this summer to determine how aggressive they are going to be with an offer to him?
KG: It's a perfect comparison. Absolutely, I think that is what they are going to do. He is a really interesting guy. He has, on a pure arm strength level, he's right there. He's up there with a lot of people. He's a pretty raw guy and he has a checkered health history. He's had a lot of shoulder problems in his career, but he is also big with really good now stuff. He's going to want, and I imagine he is going to get if he signs, seven figures. So it is going to come down to you take him now and it is a reservation, if you will. You are going to spend the summer watching him and deciding if you want to pay the coin it is going to take to get him. But it was a pretty aggressive pick.
OC: Were there any sleeper picks? Guys that you saw the A's pick who may have been over-looked?
KG: I'm biased, but I am a big Myrio Richard [A's ninth round pick] fan, a) because I am a big fan of his brother, and b) because I am a big fan of that college program at Prairie View where they play a pretty fascinating brand of baseball. But he is a very different player than his brother. He is a bigger, slower, more powerful hitter. He is a damn good athlete. He was the player of the year in the SWAC last year and he is an interesting guy, just like his brother was an interesting guy.
I think later on, you look at a guy like Josh Leyland. He is a very interesting guy. A very tough sign. Very, very tough sign. I think it is a flier at best in terms of whether they will be able to get him. He will probably be going to school [Washington State], but he is just a huge, huge kid with just a truckload of power.
OC: Given that the A's didn't have a second round pick or any supplemental picks, how would rate this draft for them? Do they have to sign Stassi or Dyson to make it worthwhile?
KG: I think it is a strong draft. I think they did a good job. I do think that it all revolves around Green and Stassi. That's like having two first round picks if they sign them. That's turning your deficiency of not having a second round pick or any supplemental picks because of free agency stuff and taking advantage of the situation and try to turn that into two first rounders. If they sign Dyson, that would make up for their lack of a second round pick. If they sign these guys, it is a fantastic draft for them. I'm quite sure that Stassi will sign. I don't think they take him in the fourth round if they didn't think they could sign him. Dyson is a whole other story.
OC: Who did you think had the most surprising draft in baseball? Was it Kansas City when they took some of those more high profile guys, or was there another team that caught your eye?
KG: It's funny, but Kansas City did that last year, too. They went out and paid a million dollars for a lot of their lower picks. As far as the American League, the drafts that I really like are the Chicago White Sox, Oakland and Texas, as far as teams getting the most bang for their buck.
Then Detroit did what Detroit always does. I think that it is amazing that nobody learns from what Detroit does every year. So many years, they never pick at the top and yet year-after-year, they get the best pitcher on the board. Rick Porcello was the guy two years ago. Jacob Turner [the Tigers' first pick this season] was the best high school arm on the board, and they got him at nine. A few years ago – and the guy didn't work out, but the trend is still there – they got Andrew Miller, who was the best pitcher on the board way later than he should have been. If you want to be more liberal with your definition, they got Justin Verlander with a lower pick than they should have. If you are going to let some great pitcher fall, Detroit is going to be happy to take him. They keep doing it. So I thought they had a good draft, too, to be able to get Turner at nine and maybe Andrew Oliver in the second round is a good value pick. He certainly fits into the Detroit world of 'big guy who throws hard' even though he is a little inconsistent.
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|Re: High latencies writing to a memory mapped file
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|Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:02:04 +0200
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On 27.07.2010 13:59, Kinzel, David wrote: > >> Matthias Schniedermeyer put forth on 7/27/2010 4:24 AM: > >> > >> > We have a linux-computer with samba to act as a fileserver > >for a few > >> > Windows-Clients and ever since kernel 2.6.26 (Never > >happend with 2.6.25) > >> > the server randomly "hangs" for a few seconds (Which is more of a > >> > problem that drives people crazy). > >> > > The server hangs, or the connections to samba do? I've found that samba That's a question i actually hadn't though about. This certainly extends the circle of possible culprits a little. From the top of my mind thats the the NIC (Intel e100) and it's e100-driver and the (As Cheap as possible) 24-port 100MBit-Switch used to connect all computers. And last but not least the whole TCP/IP network-stack in the kernel. This also differentiates "our" server to the mentioned "copy" which uses whichever GBit-NIC that was onboard (Something from Realtek AFAIR) to the a tree of even cheaper 5 and 8 port switches, not to mention on-the-fly-wiring. > is given a ridiculously low IO priority so that any IO on the server > will pretty much cause it to stall -- be it updating locate, a backup > job, etc. Whatever the culprit is, in our case it's something that changed between 2.6.25 and 2.6.26, before 2.6.26 we were happy with whatever was current for years. (System is running a reguarly updated Debian SID for at least 6-7 years) And the most irritating things is the "a reboot fixes it". When the problem reared it's head, you can restart samba, drop all caches, umount/decompose the RAID and whatnot, the problem immediatly reappears after you get back to working conditions. Bis denn -- Real Programmers consider "what you see is what you get" to be just as bad a concept in Text Editors as it is in women. No, the Real Programmer wants a "you asked for it, you got it" text editor -- complicated, cryptic, powerful, unforgiving, dangerous.
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"My 16-year-old daughter and I are best friends," boasts a single mom, divorced for three years. "When I'm having a bad day, she's always there for me. When she's down, I like that she comes to me first for help. I'm really lucky." This sounds good on the surface, but is it really healthy? No, say most parenting experts. The danger in fostering this kind of relationship with a child may not be evident in the younger years, but as kids enter their late teen years, parental friendships can cause teens undue emancipation issues.


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|BAK, basis voor actuele kunst is pleased to draw your attention to Július Koller, U.F.O.-naut?, the first international conference on the artist's work, organized by the Július Koller Society and the Slovak National Gallery. The conference takes place 23 to 26 April 2009 at the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava.
BAK artistic director Maria Hlavajova is a founding member of the Július Koller Society, whose aim is to preserve, research, enrich, and relate to the public the artistic legacy of Július Koller (1939-2007). A key artist and important point of reference for BAK's practice, Koller contributed to a number of exhibitions and projects over the years including: Allegoric Postcard Union (2005), Cordially Invited, episode 3, Who if not we...? 7 episodes on (ex)changing Europe (2004), and Now What? Dreaming a better world in six parts (2003).
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The tourists secured their first Test series victory in the Caribbean since 1968 with Saturday's eight-wicket win in Barbados.
"What is happening is difficult to understand," said Sobers.
"Coming back from South Africa, where they did so well with the bat, and not seeing the England bowlers they probably underestimated them."
In contrast, West Indies were bowled out for a record low 47 by England in the first Test and tumbled to a Barbados record 94 all out in the third.
"They have a lot of ability, they are a very good team," Sobers stressed.
"Any team that can score over 300 every time is not bad."
Sobers believes Lara should not be replaced as captain even though his team could concede their first ever series whitewash at home.
"Who do you have to replace him? There are some players in the team but they have not reached the standard yet that they can replace Brian Lara," he said.
"If Brian Lara is in the team I don't see how you can replace him."
"England have been on the right track for four or five years and they will continue to improve," he said.
"They have gone from bringing back the older players when things go wrong to sticking with younger players.
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Poor 1st-half shooting dooms Serra girls in PIAA playoffs
INDIANA — Bill Cleary has nothing against the media.
In fact, the veteran Serra Catholic girls basketball coach has been quite cooperative during his 26 years.
His perception might be altered a little after what transpired during the first half of a PIAA Class A second-round game against Bishop Guilfoyle.
A PIAA-exclusive rule of a media timeout midway through each quarter came at the worst point for Serra, which was standing toe-to-toe with the 2012 state runner-up at the time.
The 60-second pause in the action is all Bishop Guilfoyle needed to change that.
Bishop Guilfoyle rattled off 21 consecutive points in a span of nine minutes after the media break to give the Marauders all they needed to advance to the PIAA quarterfinals after a 62-50 win over Serra at Indiana High School.
Bishop Guilfoyle (26-2) advanced to take on Clarion, a 61-59 winner over Conemaugh Township, Saturday at a time and location to be determined.
"We were playing decent at the time, and we had them back on their heels," said Cleary before pausing. "You know what, it had nothing to do with it."
Halee Adams, Bishop Guilfoyle's help defense and poor Serra shooting had plenty do to with it.
Adams scored 11 of her game-high 20 points during the 21-0 run while BG was intent on collapsing the lane on Serra's dribble-drive guards — Katie and Megan Sieg — forcing the Eagles into outside shots that just weren't falling.
"We really didn't hit any shots during their run," Cleary said. "We like to get to a hoop, and they wouldn't allow us. We were stuck on six for an awful long time. We just need to start hitting jump shots."
During the stretch, Serra (24-4) missed 19 shots as Bishop Guilfoyle opened up a 25-6 lead.
"I am glad that we got that lead because Serra is a tough team to defend," Bishop Guilfoyle coach Mark Moschella said. "They see seams and do a good job of hitting those seams with the dribble. Our help defense was really good."
Bishop Guilfoyle got 18 points from Kayla Bates and 13 from Devin Stessney. Danielle Dindak scored 14 points off the bench, and Katie Sieg chipped in with 12 for Serra.
"They are a very good team," Cleary said.
How poorly Serra played in the first half offensively is how well they played over the final two quarters.
Serra went on a 14-6 run to open the third quarter, and when Katie Sieg hit a layup with 3:05 left, the Eagles' deficit was down to 35-29.
"You could tell their experience," said Cleary, who starts only one senior compared to BG's five. "We made a run at them and got it under 10 and they didn't even take a timeout. That is how confident they were."
Adams was a big reason why Serra couldn't get any closer. She scored four points in a span of 26 seconds to quickly get BG's lead back to double figures.
"We made two nice runs at them in the second half, but Adams always made a shot," Cleary said. "She made a big shot that would stop our runs. But they are a senior team. They have been here and it has been a long time since we've been to this level."
Serra had one last run and got it to 41-34 when Dindak hit a 3-pointer late in the third, but BG outscored Serra, 21-16, the rest of the way to seal the victory.
Serra shot 20 percent from the floor in the first half and 50 percent in the second.
"I don't like losing, but we could've folded it up and we didn't," Cleary said. "I am really proud of my kids. I can't tell you how proud I am. We played as flat-footed as you can during that period of time, then we played as well as we could in the second half."
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* Mexico bond yields post biggest jump higher in 9 months * Mexico peso slips 0.31 pct, Brazil real off 0.57 pct MEXICO CITY, May 14 (Reuters) - Mexico's peso slipped to its weakest since the start of the month on Tuesday on concerns that a stronger U.S. economy could lead to a pull-back of monetary stimulus that has supported demand for riskier emerging market currencies. Brazil's real also weakened after a recent series of solid U.S. data backed recent speculation about when the U.S. Federal Reserve could slow or even stop its $85 billion per month buying of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities. Asset purchase programs by central banks in advanced economies have dampened yields in their markets, pumping up global flows to higher-yielding emerging markets. "We are seeing signs of economic recovery in the United States, this is lifting stock markets, and it makes you think that the Fed could be discussing the reduction of its non-conventional monetary policy," said Salvador Orozco, a strategist at Santander in Mexico City. The cost of dollars in Mexican pesos rose to hit resistance around 12.2155 per dollar, the peso's weakest since May 1, before bouncing back to 12.1975, 0.31 percent weaker on the day. Brazil's real slid 0.57 percent to bid at 2.0202 per dollar. Interest rates on U.S. Treasuries have spiked higher since last week amid concerns the Fed could taper off its bond purchases. That has driven up yields in Mexico in tandem. The yield on Mexico's benchmark 10-year peso bond bid up 5 basis points to 4.65 percent, its highest since mid-April. The yield has shot up 23 basis points from a record low close of 4.42 percent last Thursday in its biggest three-day spike since August 2012, according to Reuters data. Ultra-low interest rates in developed economies have fueled record investments in peso-denominated debt since 2010, driving Mexican yields down to successive record lows. Orozco said his bank had not seen signs of outflows from foreigners yet, but that there was a pause in new flows. "But just the lack of new flows is enough to hit the peso," he said. Latin American FX prices at 2050 GMT: Currencies daily % YTD % change change Latest Brazil real 2.0202 -0.57 0.98 Mexico peso 12.1975 -0.31 5.47 Chile peso 477.2000 -0.17 0.31 Colombia peso 1839.4500 -0.30 -3.99 Peru sol 2.6020 -0.12 -1.96 Argentina peso 5.2325 0.00 -6.12 Argentina peso 9.1500 9.62 -25.90


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The always-interesting and ever-pastoral Bishop Christopher Coyne of Indianapolis drops a particularly juicy and instructive codicil on the whole "Black Mass" Brouhaha of the past week and, as they say in Brooklyn, it's a doozy:. . .here is the "kicker," as a friend of mine shared with me this little historical tidbit. The spokesperson for the Satanic Temple said that the presentation of the Black Mass was to be based upon the description found in the book Lá-bas ("The Damned") published in … [Read more...]
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Gotta love the South West of Australia for its long sandy beaches.
Forget beach chairs lined up in sardine rows, or multitudes of cars snaking their way down to crowded coves because the South West is still relatively untouched and barring the very peak season of Christmas school holidays, you're unlikely to have to worry about parking or claiming your spot on the beach.
Think endless stretches of sand. Imagine being alone, often.
Some of the Best Beaches in South West Australia
My favourite beaches of the moment are:-
Meelup Beach – near Dunsborough
Smiths Beach – near Yallingup
Hamelin Bay – near Augusta
Little Beach – near Albany
Elephant Rocks – near Denmark
Lights Beach – near Denmark
Meelup is about 15 minutes drive from Dunsborough and yesterday we'd booked a 'treat' lunch at Wise Wine's Restaurant (on top of the very beautiful Eagle Bay – an aptly named beauty spot) and after driving south had a couple of hours to kill before lunch. So we decided to stop off at the beach.
It was one of those beautiful spring days without a breath of a breeze, not a single fly and barely a cloud in the sky. Meelup was looking gorgeous, the protected bay a tropical blue and several families were out and about some were actually swimming (it was still a little too bracing for me). Others were barbecuing and playing games on the grassy spots under the shady trees.
That's what I love about Meelup – the diversity is awesome.
The bay is protected and an ideal swimming spot, but having said that, you're not guaranteed a no-shark experience and we are all a little bit jumpy about sharks in this neck of the woods.
Meelup's also a poplar spot for yachts and sailing boats to drop anchor with yachties swimming to shore or just relaxing around the boat. And of course there are numerous barbecues and picnic tables under the tall gum trees, as well as some lovely coastal walks that wind through natural bushland and Meelup Park towards Eagle Bay and further on (10kms) to Cape Naturaliste.
Definitely on the bucket list of walks for us before the spring flowers are over. So we need to get cracking before November because wild flower season in the South West if from about mid September to November. If you walk the trails in winter though you might see whales on their migration along the coast and that's very special too.
One of the things that locals in the know like to do is kayak or picnic on Meelup beach on summer evenings when the full moon rises over the Indian Ocean horizon and although I haven't done this yet I'm looking forward to taking a picnic or having a barbie and watching this very special phenomena.
Sometimes I think it would be nice to live somewhere else in Australia, but then I think of our beaches and forests and vineyards, and think "Nah. Whatever for?"
What's your best beach in south west Australia or what's your favourite in Western Australia?


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Totoro (Mk 1) - My Neighbour Totoro
I'll be looking out for this. I was just re-watching 'My Neighbour Totoro' yesterday
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh I so can't wait for this!! I've thought about doing a Totoro costume before but never got around to it! Looking amazing so far too! :)
OMG i sooo wanna see you at the expo, must keep eyes peeled. It looks amazing so far
OH MY! This will be amazing!!! If you're free and going please consider joining our Ghibli group in October (Friday), good luck at May anyway!!
Thank you all. Afireinsidegirl, I would love to join you in the group in October. I'll definitely be there.
OMG dude this is amazing!
This looks so impressive already! Can't wait to see it all complete :)
cannibalistic_cow I'm adding you to 'the list' ;)
This is really great! Using webcams is a nice idea! will keep any eye on you!!
This is looking amazing. Great work :)
This looks epic so far :D Hope the weather aint like last may for ya, trust me it aint nice walking round in super hot cosplays >.<
I can't wait to see this finished, it looks amazing so far!
This is just looking exciting!!! :D
Oh hope you're doing this on the Saturday- I'm really excited to see it! Is it ok if I add you to my sons photo scavenger hunt??
Thank you all for your kind comments so far. It's helping me through the long nights. @Shyezri; I will indeed be wearing this on Saturday, and of course not. I would be honored.
oh. my. god. This is the greatest thing i've ever seen.
This is coming together nicely. Looks amazing.
This was so amazing!!!! :)
This was so cute!!! I fangirled so hard over it XDD
This is awesome :D
Such a good Totoro, I'm glad I got to see it in person. I was really impressed with the structure you went for, good proportions and it kept it's shape even when you weren't wearing it. Can't wait to see version 2 :)
Such an amazing Totoro cosplay! I can't believe this was one of your first costumes too! Congratulations on the showcase, it's very well deserved!
Absolutely superb! Massive congratulations on the showcase - extremely well deserved! Also, I was really interested to see the pictures of how it's constructed. :)
Totally amazeballs, was fun seeing how it all went together and getting you around Aya!
Grats on the showcase :)
Oh crud! This cosplay! XD
congrats on the showcase my friend! ;)
This cosplay was brilliant! I love that you have an umbrella as a prop, too ^^
Amazing work on this!!
Gwahh!!! soo soo good!!
This deserves the showcase!
Congrats on the showcase! Well deserved, adorable Totoro <3
This is amazing. Congrats on the showcase.
Genius!!! Congrats on the showcase!
I know this is a late reply. But thank you all for the kind words.
Progress Journal
Completed, sort of. (Posted 24th August 2013)
So I got Totoro completed for Aya (kind of), and got to walk him to the masquerade and wear him in it.
Staying with the eyes. For a camera I used one that is normally installed into a car for help with reversing. They're cheap and not bad quality, however, bad idea. Turns out the lens used in these camera are convex shaped, rather than flat. This means that I had a wider field of view, but it was distorted, completely screwing up depth perception and other things. I kept stopping because I thought I was going to walk in to people, but then be no where near them. Other than that, it worked well.
Hands... I need to find a better way of doing them. They couldn't grip anything, so had to install two clips in to the hand. I think this may be the best way to do it even on Mark 2, but we'll see. I found another way of doing them, so I'll try that first before ruling anything out.
Damn, there are a lot of things I wasn't overall happy with on this one. I'll blast threw two more and then move on.
I changed the stomach from foam, to teddy bear wadding. This worked awesome for huggers as it was all nice and soft, but the fur kept wrinkling, making it look loose. This may have also been caused by the soft papier-mâché support though.
last thing, the fur connection to the head and legs. Well there was none. Which really spoils it for me. I wanted him to look like a plush, but those two things just make it look like a cheap costume (Which he was not!). I got to speak to some awesome fur suiters though, which game me some awesome pointers on how to sort that next time.
So over all, I enjoyed wearing him, My friends seemed to be impressed and excited by it, and from what they've told me (I couldn't see a lot) other people around liked him a lot.
Whats next?
Thank you for reading all of this, if you have. More photos will be uploaded soon.
Still standing in my conservitory. (Posted 29th May 2013)
So unfortunately I wasn't able to get Totoro completed to the standard that I wanted for May Expo.


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''I have been telling people for years that I am not a sweet person, although I am not particularly savoury either,'' concedes Katherine Cummings, of Tascott (The taste of traits, Column 8, Wednesday). ''I think it is one of those mysteries that appear to eliminate all possibilities, like George W. B's eagerness to inveigh against evil-doers and do-gooders with equal ferocity. Who was left? Only those who do nothing. Similarly, those who are neither sweet nor savoury must be those who completely lack taste.''
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''My four-year-old granddaughter, after listening to a recording of Peter and the Wolf, asked if the wolf had caught the duck,'' writes Sue Dowd, of Kellyville. ''Her response when I said yes? 'Well, that's bad news for the duck then, isn't it?'''
The knot situation (Column 8, since Wednesday) is becoming positively Gordian. ''Nice try, Michael Robinson, but no cigar,'' harrumphs John Christie, of Oatley. ''Anything using minutes of arc is based on the sesquidecimal system - metric measurements are decimal. The connection with the dimensions of the Earth is irrelevant.'' Er, should that be sexagesimal? Help!
Roger Lenehan, of Eagle Heights, Queensland, agrees, and then adds further tangles: ''A nautical mile is one minute of latitude, or 1/60th of a degree. However, it gets a little more complicated as the world is not a perfect sphere. It is flatter at the poles so the nautical mile varies in length depending on where you are on the Earth's surface. Just to add to the confusion, American ships have their own nautical mile, which is shorter than the British standard.'' Lionel Cohen, of North Bondi, reminds us of the cable, or 600 feet, or 100 fathoms, or a 10th of a nautical mile, but a 10th of which one? The subject is bottomless …
''On the subject of 'timely deaths' and 'sensible killings','' writes Nick Reimer, of Ballina (Column 8, for some days), ''I point to another strange verbal custom. All my life (spent in the Law) I have heard that 'so and so' will 'vigorously defend' the charge he or she faces. I find it an annoying but a constantly utilised announcement falling from the lips of all lawyers from the lowliest clerk to the most eminent QC, often not only in court but on the steps of the court to a throng of reporters. Presumably it is to differentiate the defence from one to be conducted 'half-heartedly', 'lackadaisically' or with no real conviction.''


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Christianity is at a turning point. A moment of transformation that many are predicting will be more monumental than that of the Great Reformation of the 16th Century. This reformation has been slowly bubbling over the past two decades and is finally coming to a boiling point where a new kind of Christian faith, and indeed, religious faith in general are beginning to reshape into something brand new. Some have called this new think "Emergence Christianity", others "Convergence", and many of us ar … [Read more...]
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President Obama told journalist Bob Woodward that when he gave a speech last year ripping into Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan, he didn't know the Republican congressman was going to be in the audience.
"I did feel, in retrospect, had I known – we literally didn't know he was going to be there until – or I didn't know, until I arrived. I might have modified some of it so that we would leave more negotiations open, because I do think that they felt like we were trying to embarrass him," Obama said, according to audio given to ABC News. "We made a mistake."
The White House said in February that Ryan's appearance was a surprise. Ryan's office disputes that account. "Chairman Ryan was invited by the White House. Ryan RSVP'd in the affirmative to the White House, and he was given his seating assignment by the White House," spokesman Conor Sweeney told The Hill.
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Spanish political satire magazine El Jueves has published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad on its cover, soon after violent protests rocked the Muslim world over a U.S. film and French caricatures deemed insulting to Islam.
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Yet again, the local historic preservation community is involved in a last-ditch effort to save a bit of Athens-Clarke County's lath-and-plaster past.
Certainly, preservation of that past ought to be a driving force in this community. Athens-Clarke's historic built environment - from the stately fraternity and sorority houses along Milledge Avenue that are the current source of local preservationists' hand-wringing, to the downtown area where adaptive re-use has resulted in an enticing live-work-play environment, to the lovingly cared-for older homes in Cobbham, on Boulevard and elsewhere - is a central element in its wide-ranging appeal. Protecting those places is, undeniably, an important aspect of retaining that appeal and directing this community toward a future of sustainable development.
While it's clear that historic preservation is a worthy goal in Athens-Clarke County, it's also true that progress toward that goal, at least in recent years, has been more about assigning blame for what is or could be lost than about accepting responsibility for saving or protecting what is left to be saved or protected.
The latest case in point, as mentioned, is Milledge Avenue. In recent days, after discovering that a historic home at 1127 S. Milledge Ave. was purchased by the local chapter of Delta Delta Delta sorority and sold to be moved, and that the Gamma Phi Beta sorority had plans to construct an addition to the front of the circa 1905 structure it occupies at 397 S. Milledge Ave., the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation got to work.
What the foundation did, in part with a Sept. 25 opinion piece published in this newspaper, was to start pressuring the county government, the University of Georgia, the fraternities and sororities along Milledge Avenue, and the community at large, to get involved in an effort to protect the corridor because, in the words of the opinion piece, "we must have a plan for the future of Milledge ... ."
Athens-Clarke County commissioners buckled to this pressure earlier this week, voting Tuesday - pursuant to an item placed on their agenda late Monday - to establish a six-month moratorium on tearing down or moving any building facing Milledge Avenue between West Broad and South Lumpkin streets.
The foundation's last-minute approach toward working to preserve historic structures along Milledge Avenue is markedly similar to the approach it took in 2005 when a developer purchased the early 20th century College Avenue School building in the northern edge of downtown Athens. In that instance, in an opinion piece published in this newspaper, the foundation urged the developer to save the building, suggesting that "Athens should not settle for anything less."
Of course, the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation shouldn't necessarily be faulted if it tries to rally the community when historic structures are threatened. But neither should the community necessarily be faulted if it chooses to view the foundation's last-minute histrionics as an ineffective preservation strategy.
With less talk, and more concrete action, the foundation might find itself at the forefront of a workable preservation initiative.
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As set down by the Board of Procurators General on July 11, 2000
An employee of the Public Prosecutions Service carries out his/her duties:
1 within the limits of the law;
2 with special attention to the fundamental human rights;
3 with respect for the inherent human dignity, irrespective of person or status, and without discriminating as to religion, sex, sexuality, national origin, ethnicity, color, age or on any other ground;
4 Fairly, impartially, objectively and without fear;
5 in a way that can be monitored, also in retrospect, and so that an accounting can always be given of the choices made in the process of carrying out duties;
6 with due observance of the rules of proportionality and subsidiary;
7 in a way that is both conscientious and dynamic.
Whether on or off duty, he/she conducts himself/herself:
8 with due observance of the instructions in relation to the provision of information to third parties and observance of secrecy in respect of confidential information;
9 in accordance with the public character of the responsibility of the Public Prosecutions Service, where the work involves enforcing standards, which may mean that the employee's acts and omissions become the subject of public debate and thus can affect the prestige of the Public Prosecutions Service as a whole;
10 with the necessary integrity, which in any case shall be construed to mean that an employee does not perform any acts or hold any secondary jobs or carry out other activities that might influence his/her professional attitude of open-mindedness, or that might arouse such an impression.
1 Colleagues
A Employees of the Public Prosecutions Service treat one another with respect.
B Employees of the Public Prosecutions Service are result-oriented in the way they work together, and they communicate in openness.
C Employees of the Public Prosecutions Service have mutual and reciprocal consideration for each other's duties and responsibilities, and do not ask one another to perform services that would complicate these duties and responsibilities.
2 Employees
A Employees of the Public Prosecutions Service account for their work and the way in which they have done it to their superior.
B Employees inform their superior in a timely fashion, without necessarily being asked to do so, in respect of matters which, in reasonableness, are important for their superior to know.
3 Superiors
A A superior adopts an attitude of openness and receptiveness in respect of his/her employees.
B A superior deals fairly with his/her employees and sets a good example.
C A superior informs the employees in respect of matters which are necessary for them to know if they are to perform their duties properly and well.
4 The public prosecutor's office
The various public prosecutor's offices work together in a manner that is result-oriented and they communicate in openness.
5 Consultation with the head of a public prosecutor's office
In case of doubt as to whether a proposed action is justifiable, an employee of the Public Prosecutions Service shall consult with his/her superiors and/or with the head of the public prosecutor's office in question.
1 The court
A An employee of the Public Prosecutions Service gives a full accounting to the court of all cases that have been put before it.
B With the exception of that which takes place at the court hearing, an employee of the Public Prosecutions Service shall not furnish to the court any information about matters in which this court must judge, or may have to judge in the future, unless it is immediately substantiated by a written document which constitutes part of the case file.
C For purposes of development of law, with the consent of the head of the public prosecutor's office, a public prosecutor may put before the court a standpoint that purposely deviates from existing case law or legal views. He/she shall do so explicitly, stating reasons.
D In his/her dealings with the court, a public prosecutor shall refrain from conduct that might call the impartiality of the court into question.
2 The suspect and his/her counsel
A Except in special circumstances, a public prosecutor shall not decide to prosecute in a criminal case if he/she is not convinced in all conscience that there is sufficient legal evidence available to allow the court to declare that the charges have been proved.
B If evidence has been obtained in a manner that constitutes a gross violation of the fundamental rights of the suspect, a public prosecutor will not make use of that evidence, except to initiate legal proceedings against the persons responsible for this violation.
C In his/her investigation, a public prosecutor addresses his/her actions at finding the objective truth. He/She is open-minded and honest, and includes in his/her considerations all circumstances, both those that are incriminating and those that are disculpatory.
D If a public prosecutor should have factual information that disculpates a suspect or that is to the advantage of the suspect in the case, or that is essential for the court to arrive at its decision, then he/she shall provide this information at his/her own initiative.
E A public prosecutor shall ensure that the defense can take cognizance of the case documents in a timely fashion.
3 The victim
An employee of the Public Prosecutions Service must show special concern in respect of victims of offences and their next-of-kin. He/she shall make efforts to ensure their interests properly. He/she shall actively furnish information about their rights, about the outcome of the case.
4 Witnesses
An employee of the Public Prosecution Service shall make every effort to ensure that witnesses are not burdened by the giving of evidence any more than is necessary in the interests of a good administration of justice. If necessary, he/she shall take measures to protect the physical and mental integrity of witnesses, as well as their property and that of their next-of-kin.
5 The Minister of Justice
A An employee of the Public Prosecutions Service shall act in accordance with instructions given. At the court session, a public prosecutor will loyally defend any instructions he/she has been given. He/she is free, however, to call attention to considerations in respect of the law that the court, from a point of view of objectivity, ought to include in its opinion on the case at hand.
B An employee of the Public Prosecutions Service shall have an eye for the consequences that his/her actions or omissions may have for the political responsibility of the Minister of Justice
6 Public administration
A In his/her dealings with the public administration, an employee of the Public Prosecutions Service always aims to work in purposeful collaboration. In doing so, he/she furthers and promotes maintenance of law and order with a particular view to a well-considered and fair use of the possibilities offered by criminal law.
B As a representative of the Public Prosecutions Service, an employee of the Public Prosecutions Service shows himself/herself to be a reliable discussion partner.
C With a view to the incorruptible operation of public administration, a public prosecutor shall particularly ensure for a due and proper prosecution of offences committed by public servants and other offences which might be disparaging for the integrity of the public administration.
7 The police force *
A A public prosecutor shall adopt an attitude of openness and receptiveness vis-à-vis the police force, shall take unambiguous decisions and shall take his/her responsibility.
B A public prosecutor shall see to it that the police act lawfully and properly.
C A public prosecutor shall ensure that the police submit reports that are truthful and complete.
D A public prosecutor shall ensure that he/she is informed of investigative actions undertaken by the police in a criminal investigation and that he/she can justify these actions to the court during the hearing session.
8 Society
In the exercise of his/her job, an employee of the Public Prosecutions Service shall conduct himself/herself courteously and conscientiously toward all those with whom he/she comes in contact.
9 The media
In individual criminal cases, a public prosecutor only expresses himself about that case in public in the courtroom, during the public hearing. This does not detract from the fact that an employee of the Public Prosecutions Service who is in charge of maintaining contacts with the press shall give to the press as much objective information as is justified at that time -- taking into consideration all circumstances which are at issue.
10 Other countries
In handling requests for mutual legal assistance, an employee of the Public Prosecutions Service shall provide the required help and in doing so, shall exercise the same care and caution as he/she would in his/her own cases.
* The police force is deemed to include all special investigating officers.
1 Compliance
The code of conduct in this guide will have to come alive in everyday practice. The code of conduct aims to promote that a climate is achieved within the constituent parts of the organization in which problems (whether moral or otherwise) are recognized and are open to discussion.
The code of conduct does not give independent disciplinary or public service rules other than those that arise from existing legislation and regulations. Nor was it decided to introduce a specific complaints procedure: internal corrective procedures and incentives are already in place. In this way, it is hoped to do justice to the intended nature of the document: a living instrument that serves as an incentive in further shaping ethical awareness within the Public Prosecutions Service.
The form of the code of conduct (that of a guideline) limits the invocation by third parties of compliance with the code of conduct. Its external influence goes no further than the consequences that arise from existing legislation and regulations comprising obligations of the Public Prosecutions Service or its individual employees.
2 Evaluation and amendment
Because rules in the code of conduct may lose their validity, or other rules may develop that are deserving of a place in the code of conduct, it is in the interests of the organization that the code of conduct remains up to date. The code of conduct will therefore be evaluated periodically for this purpose.
As the Public Prosecutions Service, we are responsible for maintaining law and order. Together with public administrative bodies, the police force, the courts and other organizations, we promote compliance with the law and we take action against people who violate those rules. We feel that society may therefore expect us as a law enforcement agency to act fairly and respectably in doing our work. This guide, as a derivative of that vision, sets down in writing for all employees of the Public Prosecutions Service the standards of conduct that they observe in carrying out their responsibilities. The great majority of these standards have been brought together from international treaties, statute law, case law and other sources that have long served as an inspiration to the Public Prosecutions Service and that are simply taken for granted by many. Some of the behavioral standards will need to be given a more concrete definition in terms of daily practice so that they can also start to function as genuine guidelines in our professional practice.
This guide is expected to grow and expand over the years into a document in which the people in the organization recognize themselves, and about which they will say that it definitely offers grip as they carry out their responsibilities in their daily jobs.
This code of conduct is not so much intended as a legally conclusive system of rules, but more as a set of general principles that are leading for the conduct of employees of the Public Prosecutions Service: the code of conduct serves as a reference point for our own actions, but also as a guideline. It goes without saying that responsibilities arising from other regulations and, ultimately, a person's own responsibility, continue to remain in full force.
The code of conduct applies for all employees of the Public Prosecutions Service, and not merely for public prosecutors and advocates-general. In fact that speaks for itself in an organization in which much of the work is teamwork, in which powers are sometimes given in the form of mandates and in which many members of the team maintain contacts with third parties. This does not detract from the fact that some rules of conduct primarily revolve around powers that are exercised by public prosecutors and advocates-general. Wherever that is the case, for the sake of conciseness, these rules are addressed to public prosecutors. When it is a matter of mandated powers as referred to in article 126 of the Judiciary (Organization) Act, then the rule also applies to the employees of the public prosecutions office who make use of the mandated power.
Most rules, including all general rules in the code of conduct, apply to every single employee of the Public Prosecution Service.
In formulating the code of conduct, it has been attempted to relate it to the oath (article 5 of the Judiciary (Organization) Act) which is taken by all judicial officials upon their acceptance of office. The oath which is taken by members of the judiciary dates from 1827 and reads as follows:
"All the members of the judiciary named in this present act, each of them in the manner of his religious affinity or philosophy of life, before taking office, shall take the oath (make the promise) that they will be loyal to the King, and will maintain and comply with the Constitution; that they have not given or promised anything, nor will they give or promise anything, in order to obtain their appointment, either directly or indirectly, under any designation or pretence, to any person whomsoever; that they will never accept or receive any gifts or donations whatsoever from any person of whom they know or suspect that he is involved in legal proceedings or in a lawsuit, or will become thus involved, in which they might be required to act in an official capacity; that they, furthermore, will fulfil their posts with honesty, accuracy and impartiality, without discrimination of persons, and will conduct themselves in the exercise of their duties as behaves brave and honest judicial officials."
The object was to focus on specific qualities or aspects of the Public Prosecutions Service and on a contemporary interpretation of the more than 170-year-old oath. Other employees of the Public Prosecutions Service take a different oath or make a different promise upon accepting office: because it is briefer, it offers fewer points of departure for elaboration into a code of conduct. For this reason, the judiciary oath with its broader scope was taken as a basis.
Transitional law
This guide applies as from the date of its entry into force.


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I've been reading about top troubles with the XLR? Can anybody confirm/deny? Were there issues with the top on just the first model year XLRs that were resolved?
How's your XLR doing?
Better than the Patriots, I hope.
'13 Jaguar XF, '11 BMW 535xi, '02 Lexus RX300
charlesz Posts: 1I have had my XLR since the spring of 2005 and have never had any problems with it. I was told that the original problems were only with the first run in 2004.
I love the car. I have owned over the past few years Cadillac STS's and several BMW 5 series and 3 series cars, all factory new. None of those automobiles can compare with the experience and comfort of the XLR. The car is a real head turner, you cannot go anywhere without answering questions about it.
My overall description of the car is that it is a luxury Corvette on steroids. You will not be sorry.
Thanks, Charles. I guess that confirms the adage of being wary of a first model year car... I don't think I'd buy a new BMW 3 hardtop convertible right out of the box, their first foray into the hardtop convertible arena. Now GM has some experience, XLR, SSR, G6.
Actually, your description of the XLR is oft-mentioned in XLR reviews, a Corvette that has gone to "finishing school" or something as such.
I continue to window shop, trying to figure out how to work one into my life. Hitting the Mega Millions would be a major first step!
Keep enjoying your XLR and please post any updates you'd like to!
'13 Jaguar XF, '11 BMW 535xi, '02 Lexus RX300
swoop2 Posts: 1I just bought a used 2004 XLR with 10,000 miles (old rich guy owned it, never drove it much). I have to say it is a great vehicle to drive, much better than my Honda S2000 I traded in. And everybody loves it, I receive lots of positive comments on it. While I will miss my S2000, the XLR has quickly become the favorite vehicle in the family!
I have some advise for cadillac, please change the wood in that car! Its so horrible, it looks like it came from an old coffee table!
I mean this only in the XLR-V.
They should have a separate wood trim that is only on V-Series models, save some green and use 1 wood trim, but make it look good. THe STS-V trim is not too bad, that should be in the XLR-V.
Hmmm. I don't mind the wood so much (except I dislike the light Eucalyptus wood...). It's the general design and appearance of the interior that is continuing to give me pause as I debate treating myslef to a mid-life crisis toy.
'13 Jaguar XF, '11 BMW 535xi, '02 Lexus RX300
If you don't mind the wood color on the V, then the V series is problably the best car in its segment. The gauges are BLVGARI (spelling?), the materials are really sweet, and the powerplant is ver nice. The weight is very light (a lession for other GM designs) and the chassis is corvette.
If you can pick one up, I don't see why not
"If you can pick one up, I don't see why not."
No purchase, no matter the item or price, is easy for me! If I'm buying for someone else, much easier for me to process. But buying for myself: a slow and painful process... :sick:
One of the issues (and this is strictly my opinion) is that the XLR started out of the gate well over-priced. Therefore, even the used cars are too pricey (imho). Using EBay Motors & Autotrader, looks like used '05 can be had in the mid $40s, '06 about $10k+ more...? Surely a nice deal for a car that started out life with a sticker in the mid $70s, but still a rather large cash outlay.
At this price point ('05), there are a wide variety of brand-spankin' new cars that might quench my mid-life crisis, hard-top convertible, thirst: MB SLK, Vovlo C70, BMW 3, Miata (no interest in the VW EOS or Pontiac G6).
If I decided I wanted an '06 (or new?) a whole new can of worms opens up: Used MB SL? New 'Vette? Or do I just say the heck with it, you can't take it with you and raid the 401K for a Jag XK??? Porsche 911, Cayman or Boxster? Et al...
I like the concept of the XLR. The exterior, Northstar engine, 'Vette chasis and, of course, the hardtop convertible. The interior? Again, mho, in design and execution not up to the price of admission. Not a show stopper, but a pause button still. The gauges may be BVLGARI, but they do not appear very elegant to me.
So, I'll continue to ponder and fret and deny myself...
But, hopefully y'all are enjoying your well deserved toys and will occasionally post your experiences!
'13 Jaguar XF, '11 BMW 535xi, '02 Lexus RX300
So, back from a week in SoCal: Santa Monica, Westwood, Pacific Pallisades, Malibu and San Diego. I saw 'em all: Bentleys, Aston Martins, Ferraris, Lamborghini, Porsches, Mercedes of all shapes and sizes, BMW-a-gogo, Vipers, Vettes and Prius'! Even a Qvale Mangusta! But not one XLR! Not one!
What's up with that? Where are y'all?
'13 Jaguar XF, '11 BMW 535xi, '02 Lexus RX300
partsman427 Posts: 1Can anyone tell me why the production of 2007 xlrs is listed as 1505
when 2004-5-6 xlrs is near 4000 each year? :confuse:
Is that a production number or sales number? Either way, I'd have to believe that the answer is: demand!
As, I believe, the XLR is produced in Bowling Green alongside the 'Vette, perhaps they bled off production time for the 'Vette. I'll also believe that there is higher demand for the 'vette... Just a theory, though.
'13 Jaguar XF, '11 BMW 535xi, '02 Lexus RX300
ron89 Posts: 2I've been with Benz's fo the last 10 years and now am considering replacing my SL with a good low milage XLR. Has Cadallac REALLY arrived again or is it just press. I left the American car market in 78 wih a vow to never buy another one ever, then I saw the XLR which is just drop dead beautifull. It also has a lager trunk than the SL,is much cheaper TO BUY. Qustion is, is the quality there??? Thanksin adance for any input..Ron
xlr_lover Posts: 1I'm a new contributor, and I'd like to talk a bit about the XLR & XLR-V.
I first purchased an '06 XLR, loved it! I should also mention that my five previous cars were Vettes, starting in '86.
No other car I've owned has gotten so much attention, age, sex of the people didn't matter, everybody had questions, the most common: "What kind of car is that?"
Well, after owning the X for awhile I had to jump to the V, and I can tell you, it's a different car!!! Very different, it handles great and has power to spare! Actually, I can see myself getting another in a couple of years.
So, if any of you are on the fence and wondering if you should take the plunge, do it! Don't hesitate!!! You'll love the V. If money is tight I would still recommend the X, it's great car,
One word of caution, if you buy used stay away from '04s and be sure to get one that is Certified by a Caddy dealership.
Happy motoring!!
jojag Posts: 1We are in the process of buying an 2005 xlr and wondered about the extended warranty. It is not a Gm dealer but an independent one. They are offering a plan by vehicle one. It is a GM company. What does anyone think?