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ON THIS DAY: October 6, 2018
Posted on October 6, 2018 by wordcloud9
October 6th is
American Libraries Day *
Mad Hatter Day *
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National Noodle Day
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October Revolution Day
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Earthquake Remembrance Day
105 BC – Battle of Arausio: Migratory tribes of Cimbri (possibly a Celtic people but origin uncertain) led by Boiorix and Teutoni win a decisive victory against two Roman armies outside Arausio (now Orange in southeastern France) near the Rhone River. The two inexperienced Roman commanders – proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio, a noble, refuses to serve under the higher-ranked consul Gnaeus Mallius Maximus because he is a 'new man' – are so much at odds that Caepio launches an inept assault on the Cimbrian camp while Maximus is negotiating with Boiorix – causing virtually all the Romans and large numbers of their allied troops, servants and camp followers to be lost, one of the worst defeats in Roman history. Because of this debacle, Gaius Marius takes over as commander-in-chief of the entire Roman Army and radically reforms the organization and recruitment of Roman legions; the Senate sets aside term limits to allow Marius to be elected as senior consul an unprecedented five times in a row
AD 23 – Emperor Wang Mang (9-23), a Han Dynasty court official who seized the throne from the Lui family and founded his own brief Xin dynasty, is hacked to pieces when the capital city Chang'an is overrun by Han forces and the imperial palace is ransacked. Liu Xuan reclaims the throne as the Gengshi Emperor, and the Han dynasty is restored
1539 – Hernando de Soto's conquistadors enter Anhaica, Apalachee capital (present-day Tallahassee FL), by force
1565 – Marie de Gournay born, French protofeminist writer; noted for The Equality of Men and Women (1622) and The Ladies' Grievance (Les femmes et Grief des dames, 1626); she was an advocate for women's education
1591 – Settimia Caccini born, Italian singer and composer, one of the first women known to have a successful career in music, but none of her compositions were published during her lifetime
1600 – The earliest surviving opera, from the beginning of the Baroque period, Jacapo Peri's Euridice, premieres at the Palazzo Pitti in Florence
1683 – German Mennonites, the first group of the major German immigration to the U.S. arrive in America, to found Germantown in the Pennsylvania colony
1723 – Benjamin Franklin, at age 17, arrives in Philadelphia, and begins working in the printing trade
1729 – Sarah Crosby born, considered the first woman to be a Methodist preacher. She and Mary Bosanquet were the most popular women preachers of Methodism of their day, and worked together, co-founding an orphanage, first in Leytonstone, and then moving it to Yorkshire. Crosby continued traveling and preaching, writing that she had traveled 960 miles in the year 1777 alone, until rheumatism curtailed her travels, but she was still teaching and preaching at local meetings the week before her death in 1804
1744 – James McGill born, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University
1767 – Henri Christophe born a slave, one of the leaders of the Haitian Revolution; elected President of Haiti in 1807, but created a Kingdom on the Northern part of the island in 1811 and was proclaimed King Henri I; instituted major building projects, including a fortress, palace, roads and schools by using forced labor, which led to threats against his regime and assassination plots; he committed suicide in 1820
1789 – Louis XVI returns to Paris after the Women's March on Versailles, when hundreds of market women, joined by many sympathizers, came to complain about the scarcity and high price of bread which was brought on by deregulation of the grain market, and they demand the return of the king, his family and the French Assembly
Louis XVI by Antoine-François Callet – 1786
1820 – Jenny Lind born, Swedish opera star, known as the "Swedish Nightingale"
1857 – The American Chess Congress holds its first national tournament in New York
1876 – American Libraries Day * – The American Library Association is founded, the oldest and largest library association in the world
1884 – The U.S. Naval War College is founded in Newport RI
1887 – Charles-Édouard Jeanneret known as Le Corbusier born in Switzerland, French architect, a pioneer of modern architecture
Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France, 1954
1889 – The Moulin Rouge opens its doors to the public in Paris
1895 – Caroline Gordon born, American novelist and literary critic; associated with the Southern Agrarian writers in the 1930s. She was awarded the O. Henry Award second-place prize for her 1934 short story "Old Red," which placed higher than short stories by William Saroyan, Pearl S. Buck, Erskine Caldwell, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, and Thomas Wolfe. Also noted as mentor to novelists Walker Percy and Brainard Cheney
1897 – Florence B. Seibert born, American biochemist who found that the cause of fever in many patients after being given intravenous injections was contamination during the distillation of water being used in the injections, and developed a device to prevent contamination; but Seibert is best known for indentifying the active agent in the antigen tuberculin as a protein, and isolated a purified form which became the basis of the development and use of the first reliable test for TB, which quickly became the international standard tuberculin test. For this breakthrough, she received the Trudeau Medal from the National Tuberculosis Association in 1938, the American Chemical Society's Francis P. Garvan Medal in 1942, and the first Achievement Award given by the American Association of University Women in 1943. She was at the Henry Phipps Institute at the University of Pennsylvania from 1932 to 1959, and was finally made a full professor of biochemistry in 1955, just four years before her retirement. Seibert was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1990
1898 – Ossian Everett Mills founds Phi Mu Alpha Sinphonia, the largest U.S. music fraternity, at the New England Conservatory of Music
1899 – The Long March Home: Just before the outbreak of the South African War (2nd Anglo-Boer War), the mines were closed, and the miners paid off, but the mine owners had not repatriated them, so thousands of miners were forced off mine property and away from the safety of the mine compounds. They and their families were stranded in Johannesburg, fearing they would be arrested for vagrancy, or shot by Boer commandos. Trains were available to transport refugees to Natal, 354 miles (569 km) away, but many Black mineworkers couldn't afford the train fare. Over 7,000 Zulu mineworkers, escorted by Mr. J.J. Marwick, representative of the Natal Native Affairs Department and six Republican policemen, left Johannesburg on their way home to Natal and Zululand, walking some 34 miles (56 km) per day, except for those too ill to continue the march, who boarded trains at Heidelberg station
1900 – Vivion Lenon Brewer born, American activist for desegregation. She was a graduate in 1917 of the high school which later was called Little Rock Central High School, in Little Rock, Arkansas, and went on to get degrees in sociology and the law. In 1957, Governor Orval Faubus called out the Arkansas National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School, and a majority of citizens of Little Rock voted to close the city's public high schools rather than integrate them. In 1958, Brewer was a founding member with Adolphine Fletcher Terry of the Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools (WEC). Brewer became the chair and spokesperson for the WEC, making her the target of threats and offensive phone calls and mail. The schools were re-opened in 1959, and she resigned as chair of the WEC in 1960. She wrote about the WEC in The Embattled Ladies of Little Rock: 1958-1963, The Struggle to Save Public Education at Central High
1901 – Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus born, German-Brazilian zoologist, artist and academic; she and her husband, Ernst Marcus, collaborated in studies of several invertebrate groups between 1924 and 1936, but when he was dismissed from his professorship at Berlin University due to the rise of Nazism, they moved to São Paulo, Brazil, where he taught at the University of São Paulo, where they mainly studied freshwater and land invertebrates. After her husband's death in 1968, she continued their studies, publishing about 30 papers, mostly on opistobranch molluscs. In 1973, she was elected an Honorary Member of the Brazilian Malacological Society and in 1979 of the Malacological Society of London. She was also awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of São Paulo in 1976
1910 – Barbara Castle born, English politician, Member of Parliament for Blackburn (1945-79) the longest-serving female MP in the House of Commons
1914 – Thor Heyerdahl born, Norwegian explorer, adventurer and ethnographer, best known for his 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition across the Pacific Ocean on a hand-built raft, to show that the ancient Polynesians could have made long sea voyages
1914 – Mary Louise Smith born, Republican Party committeewoman and chair (1974-77), supporter of ERA and pro-choice
1914 – Joan Littlewood born, English theatre director, known for work in developing the Theatre Workshop group, called "Mother of Modern Theatre" — notable for 1963 production of "Oh, What a Lovely War!"
1915 – Carolyn D. Goodman born, American clinical psychologist, opponent to McCathyism in the 1950s, and prominent civil rights advocate after her son Andrew and two other civil rights workers were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in Neshoba County, Mississippi in 1964; co-author with Brad Herzog of My Mantelpiece: A Memoir of Survival and Social Justice
1917 – Fannie Lou Hamer born, civil rights leader and voting rights crusader, helped organize the Mississippi Freedom Summer (1964)
1925 – Shana Alexander born, journalist; first female staff writer for LIFE magazine
1927 – The Jazz Singer, first feature-length 'talking' picture, premieres in New York
1931 – Al Capone goes on trial for income tax evasion
1931 – Riccardo Giacconi born, Italian astrophysicist, pioneer in Ex-ray astronomy; 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics
1939 – Sheila A. Greibach born, theoretical computer scientist; currently Emeritus Professor; professor in the UCLA Computer Science Department since 1970; member of the faculty of the Harvard Division of Engineering and Applied Physics (1963-1969); noted for work in formal computing languages, automata, compiler theory, and context-sensitive parsing using the stack automaton model. The Greibach normal form, and Greibach's theorem are named for her
1948 – Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams opens on Broadway, starring Margaret Phillips and Tod Andrews
Playbill for Summer and Smoke, 1948
1949 – Lonnie Johnson born, African American engineer and inventor of the Super Soaker water gun; also holds over 120 other patents; founder and president of Johnson Research and Development in 1991; worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1979-1982)
1952 – Agatha Christie's play The Mousetrap opens in London, beginning the longest-run of a theatrical production in British history
1952 – Ayten Mutlu born, Turkish poet, writer and translator, specializing in translating women poets from antiquity
1956 – Kathleen Webb born, American comic book artist and writer; one of the first women writers for Archie Comics
1961 – JFK advises American families to build bomb shelters for protection from radioactive fallout should there be a nuclear exchange U.S. and the Soviet Union
1965 – Peg O'Connor born, Feminist philosopher; Professor of Philosophy and Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota; noted for work on Wittenstein's approach to ethics, the philosophy of addiction, and gender equity in the field of philosophy; author of Life on the rocks: finding meaning in addiction and recovery, and co-author of Feminist interpretations of Ludwig Wittgenstein
1970 – Maria Kannegaard born in Denmark, Norwegian jazz musician and composer; noted for composing music for the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
1973 – Egypt and Syria's coordinated attack on Israel leads to the Yom Kippur War
1976 – In a debate with Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter, President Gerald R. Ford asserted there is "no Soviet domination of eastern Europe." Ford later concedes that he had "misspoken"
1976 – Over 4,000 student protesters at Thammasat University and in Sanam Luang Square in Bangkok, Thailand, are surrounded and attacked by the Red Guars, extreme right-wing militants, government security forces, and the police. Students trying to escape the bloodbath by diving into the Chao Praya River were shot at by naval vessels. Even students who tried to surrender, lying down on the ground, were beaten, many to death. Some were hung from trees, others were set on fire. Women students were raped, alive and dead, by police and Red Guars. This continued for hours, until it was halted by a violent rainstorm at noon. The number of dead and injured reported by the government has been disputed, but over 3,000 demonstrators were arrested. There already had been a week of student demonstrations against the return of Field Marshall Thanom Kittikachorn, military dictator of Thailand (1963-1973), from exile. After the massacre, the Thai military seized power from the elected civilian government which had instituted many democratic reforms, and installed hard-line royalist Thanin Kraivichien as premier. Kittikachron, the main cause of the demonstrations, never tried to return to power
1978 – Liu Yang born, astronaut, first Chinese woman in space
1981 – While reviewing a military parade, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is assassinated by Muslim extremists enraged by the Sinai Treaty with Israel
1986 – Folks in Boulder CO celebrate the first Mad Hatter Day * choosing the date 10-6 because of the '10/6' (10-shillings-and-6-pence) price tag tucked in the band of the Mad Hatter's hat in the original John Tenniel drawing for Alice in Wonderland
1987 – The Senate Judiciary Committee votes 9-5 against the nomination of Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court
1995 – Swiss astronomers announce the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting the star 51 Pegasi, which is 50.9 light-years from Earth in the constellation Pegasus
2004 – Charles Duelfer, the top U.S. arms inspector in Iraq, reports finding no evidence Saddam Hussein's regime had produced weapons of mass destruction after 1991
2006 – Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer is awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature
2015 – The European Court of Justice decided an international agreement, generally known as a Safe Harbor rule, used by thousands of companies for moving people's digital data between the European Union and the United States was invalid, effective immediately, because it allowed American government authorities to gain routine access to Europeans' online information. The court said leaks from Edward J. Snowden, the former contractor for the National Security Agency, made it clear that American intelligence agencies had almost unfettered access to the data, infringing on Europeans' rights to privacy. The decision threw into doubt how global technology giants like Facebook, Amazon and Google could collect, manage, and analyze online information from their millions of users in the 28-member bloc. Decisions by this court, the highest legal authority in the EU, cannot be appealed
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shortfinals says:
National Libraries Day? *shudder* Six days ago, my Library Director (38 years service) and myself (18 years service) were told by the hospital management that they were closing the Medical Library, and would we please have everything finshed up by Wednesday? Our livelihoods, and the services we offered to students, clinicians and more – gone. My advice to anyone contemplating a career in Libraries? Don't!
wordcloud9 says:
That is awful – and sadly, a sign of the devaluing of literacy and libraries in these barbaric times. So sorry this happened to you both.
Chuck Stanley says:
With any luck, you might finally get a gig curating an aviation museum again. That is what would probably be most rewarding to you.
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PCBUs (Persons Conducting a Business or Undertaking) are responsible for health and safety risk management on their work premises, and this applies to church-based environments as much as it does for commercial businesses.
Workplace risk management involves a four-step process of identifying hazards, risk assessment, risk control, and reviewing control measures, with the purpose of improving health and safety and reducing the likelihood of work-based accidents and injuries for workers and volunteers. It also helps in ensuring a safe environment for contractors and visitors to the premises. (See our article here for more information on the basics of risk management if required).
To provide a safe working environment that assists in promoting the health, well-being and safety of all workers and volunteers.
To comply with all legal obligations and requirements.
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Periodically consulting with employees for their input regarding health and safety issues.
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Taking the precautions required for working at heights. (See our article on ladder safety here for more information if required).
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How Mayday Is Changing Tech Support and Customer Service
In the Fall of 2013, Amazon launched a groundbreaking customer service feature available on their HD products. "Mayday" enables users to visually connect with a remote customer service agent with a single click. A small video feed pops up and allows for a natural, personalized interaction. Furthermore, the user's device screen is visible to the support agent, allowing them to see the problem at hand, annotate the screen and explain procedures in the interface. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos touts it as being "very similar to having someone stand next to you" and with the goal of "revolutionizing tech support", director of Customer Service, Scott Brown, says "we're happy to report it's working!" The service is available all year round, 24 hours a day and manages an impressive average response time of 9.75 seconds.
At the moment only available on the Amazon Fire phone and Kindle Fire HDX, Mayday has set a new standard for customer service and tech support by seamlessly incorporating the human element into our digital experience. It is not surprising that video is the direction customer service and tech support is heading and that Amazon is the first to implement it on its tablet devices. Apple, a dominant figure in the tablet market since the inception of the iPad in 2010, has seen huge success in the implementation of its "Genius Bar" at its retail locations. In 2012, Apple retail stores saw 300 million visitors and up to 50,000 Genius Bar appointments a day. According to leading market research company The NPD Group's Tech Services Study in 2012, nearly 60% of Apple product owners said they were more likely to make another Apple purchase following their tech support experience. Nearly 90% of customers who made use of Apple's Genius Bar reported that they were extremely or very satisfied.
Unfortunately, Amazon does not provide the brick-and-mortar retail stores to which they can send their customers. So with the introduction of Mayday, Amazon has sought to compete with Apple's stellar tech support by bringing it to the comfort of your own home. Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis at NPD, said that "people tend to associate any type of tech support as a negative experience, but Apple has demonstrated that those 'negatives' can be turned into positive brand experiences and result in a trip back to the store." Not only is high quality tech support a great feature for the customer, if done properly it can also be a brand-building element for the manufacturer.
Live video-chat is the natural successor to the outdated tech support services currently available on many platforms, such as live chat. We have previously written on why Live Chat is simply not enough for sales (http://44.192.11.124/10-reasons-live-chat-is-not-enough-for-sales/), but it is also not enough for tech support either. Consumers want to be able to have a human interaction, whether in person or through video feed, to both explain the issue at hand and to learn more about their product, as shown by the success of the Genius Bar. The 'revolutionary' in Amazon's Mayday is the ability to remotely share your screen with a support agent, enabling them to annotate and guide you through the device. The support team can immediately detect the issue and educate you on how to use new features on your Kindle HDX or Fire phone, all whilst you sit on the couch. No more appointments at the Genius Bar needed and most importantly, no longer will you have to sit with your mother explaining how to download an audiobook.
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2000 Volkswagen Beetle GLS
By Carter January 2, 2021 January 3, 2021 Volkswagen
Okay, so although the New Beetle definitely isn't the most exciting car we've written up on these pages, there were some bright points. Since the architecture was essentially just a Golf underneath, you had some pretty fun performance options, like the Turbo S:
2002 Volkswagen Beetle Turbo S
Then, of course, to kick it up a few notches there was the Volkswagen Motorsport Beetle RSi – a 3.2-liter powered, all-wheel drive monster. It was basically an R32, but it was somehow way, way better – but only 250 were made, and we're unfortunately not here to look at one. There were plenty of other special editions of the New Beetle produced, but this isn't one of them, either. No, this is a fairly basic 2000 GLS – replete with a 2.0-liter inline-4 rated at 115 horsepower and a 4-speed auto. So why are we here? Well, it's 2021, and things are about to get interesting!
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2004 Volkswagen Golf R32
By Carter September 13, 2020 September 13, 2020 Volkswagen
For a few generations, Volkswagen fans were denied the cream of the crop for Volkswagen products. It took several years to finally get the original GTi to these shores, and then it wasn't quite as hot as the European version. The second edition might have sported twin cams and 16 valves, but Euro customers got the addtional option of a supercharged, all-wheel drive version. There were plenty of cool options missing from the U.S. lineup in the 3rd generation, too – including the 2.9 liter VR6 Variant Syncro. So there was a bit of rejoicing finally when the all-wheel drive hot hatch was finally added to the U.S. lineup after the initial launch in 2003. Sporting the same 3.2 VR6 found in the TT, unlike the Mk.1 TT it was 6-speed manual only. It was also only available as a 2-door model, with special body kit unique to the R32 and dual exhaust to help announce its sporting intentions. With the best part of 240 horsepower on tap, it certainly seemed like the ultimate Golf and the sound generated from the narrow-angle 6 was mesmerizing. While heavy weight meant it wasn't considerably quicker than the 1.8T models, it nonetheless has secured a spot in U.S. fans hearts as the top trump from the Mk.4 generation:
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1998 Volkswagen Jetta GLX VR6
By Carter July 6, 2020 July 6, 2020 Volkswagen
Purists decried the arrival of the "grown up" A3 chassis Golf and Vento, sold as the Jetta in North America. It was expensive, it was heavy (relative to the A1 and A2 chassis, anyway) and the performance was dulled – that was, until the introduction of the GLX model that replaced the earlier GLI models. Now sporting the VR6 that had debuted in the Corrado and Passat a few years earlier, the GLX was all around a screamer. It might have been heavier than the GLI it replaced, but it was quicker to 60, quieter on the highway, more comfortable and better in crashes (if things went south), and returned close to the same fuel economy as the thirsty, buzzy and boxy 16V had. The Volkswagen Jetta III, as it was known in the US, was introduced at a time when US sales were at their lowest and it appeared as if VW was considering pulling out of the US market, but this generation Jetta became the best-selling Volkswagen by the time the production run ceased in 1999. It was insanely popular and seemed to be the defacto college car of choice for both men and women. Because of that, many of these Jettas fell into disrepair or were totaled, so it's rare to find a lower mile and clean GLX these days:
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2004 Volkswagen Passat GLX TDi 4Motion Variant 6-speed
By Carter November 7, 2019 November 7, 2019 Volkswagen
Earlier this week I just about broke my neck to catch a second glimpse at a car which probably went unnoticed by nearly every other driver out there. It was a new what appeared to be a B8 Passat Variant, and you don't have to know a lot about Volkswagens to know you haven't seen one recently – or, probably ever – on these shores since VW dropped the large wagon from its lineup after 2010. Is this an indication they're coming here? Unlikely, at least according to VW. With the Atlas and Tiguan relatively fresh and still selling like proverbial hotcakes, along with the many iterations of the Golf Sportwagon available, there just is no need. More likely than not, the car I saw was part of a VW testing program which makes sense since I live very close to one of the importation ports.
So that leaves fans of the larger VW wagon to clamor over older examples. So back we go fifteen years to a B5.5 again! This one, like the last, is a silver example from 2004. Also just like the last, it's a manual and all-wheel drive. But unlike that rare factory 1.8T 4Motion manual, this one is a home brew, mating a 1.9 TDi out of a Jetta, a 6-speed manual from Europe, and a GLX 4Motion chassis into a neat and thrifty all-wheel drive combo that was never offered here:
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2.Slow Double Take: 1996 Volkswagen Jetta and 1998 Volkswagen GTI
By Carter November 9, 2017 November 25, 2017 Double Take, Volkswagen
I was thinking about how to relate my feelings about the first few generations of water-cooled small VWs, and I came up with the analogy of the BBC Doctor Who! reboot in the 2000s. The first generation was Christopher Eccleston; edgy, completely different from the prior generations with a fresh face, impossible not to view with a smile but also something you didn't completely trust. The second generation? David Tennant took 'The Doctor' to new levels of popularity; more refined, more fun and with an infectious smile, he was quirky but somehow much easier to live with than Eccleston had been. He also developed a rabid fan base that consider him the best (this author included) even if he had some faults.
Then came Matt Smith. There's certainly a fanbase who appreciates Smith's rounder, softer and…well, weird portrayal of the Doctor. I'm not a fan personally, and often find myself pleading with other Who watchers to go back farther because the earlier variations were much, much better. Yet floppy and oddly proportioned, Smith was nonetheless very popular and took the show to a wider audience. See the Mk.3 VW.
Not really the best at anything aside from being pretty expensive relative to its contemporaries, the 2.0 inline-4 ABA-equipped VW's nonetheless outsold the prior versions. The were poorly built and even more poorly owned; this was clearly a move towards disposable automobiles for the company, and it worked. I never really got the appeal of the third generation until I somewhat reluctantly owned one. And you know what? It wasn't as good-looking as my '86 Golf was to me, but in every aspect it was better. It was more reliable (amazingly), got better mileage, had a nicer interior, was faster and had both heated seats AND air con. And both worked! Plus it had fog lights and more stuff fit inside. In short, it was just better at being a car.
While I still don't lust after Mk.3 VWs, I can appreciate them much more when I see them today. They're affordable and fun transport that's quite efficient. In 1993 they felt huge compared to their predecessors. But today? They're downright tiny. And though this duo has high mileage, they don't often come to market looking anything like these two anymore:
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Feature Listing: 2002 Volkswagen GTI 337 Edition
By Carter July 10, 2017 September 21, 2017 Volkswagen
As I talked about in the recent post about the 20th Anniversary Edition GTI, the 2002 '337' was the GTI to get when they launched. The moniker derived from the original project code – EA337 – for the first generation GTI, and effectively the 2002 337 was a carbon copy of the 25th Anniversary model that was a Europe-only special from 2001. Hunkered down with the 1BE sport suspension, the 337 wore 18″ specially painted BBS RC wheels with low profile 225-section tires. Red calipers grabbed 12.4″ front vented discs and 10″ in the rear, also with veining. Powering the 337 was a 1.8 liter, 20V turbocharged motor, good for 180 horsepower, mounted to a new MQ350 6-speed manual gearbox. Underneath was a stainless steel exhaust system tuned to emit a bit more noise than a standard model. Inside the GTI got Recaro "Le Mans" red and black cloth seats, a special golf ball shift knob, aluminum interior accents and Monsoon radio system. Finally, a unique Votex body kit and retro badging helped to distinguish this model as the one to get for 1,500 lucky U.S. customers:
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2003 Volkswagen Passat W8 4Motion Variant 6-speed
By Carter October 3, 2016 October 3, 2016 Volkswagen
I always get a bit of a chuckle at the keyboard warriors who love to denigrate manufacturers for not offering the full European catalog to U.S. customers. Really, you'd buy a RS6 Avant if it was offered here? You and what bank account, Mr. Sittinginhisrentedapartmentstealinginternetfromtheneighbors? Manufacturers need to live in the real world, and in the real world of the United States, while there is in fact a market who would purchase top-tier cars like the RS6 Avant, the reality is that the vocal majority of enthusiasts barking about how they'd snap them up like hotcakes would – at best – be hoping to buy a lightly used one downstream. At worst, these super wagons would only become affordable after ten years, at which point their complicated systems would render ownership prohibitively expensive for most. So, they kick tires, simultaneously ruing that such options aren't available to them while secret thankful that they don't have to put their money where their mouths are. We don't have to look back far to find why this market departed the U.S., because when we were afforded the option to buy these cars, we found them unaffordable. Witness the very expensive W8 4Motion Variant 6-speed:
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2008 Volkswagen Passat 3.6 4Motion Variant
By Carter March 2, 2016 March 2, 2016 Volkswagen
When it comes to sporty wagons in the mid 2000s, your only options were really Audis and BMWs, right? Well, wrong – because Volkswagen dropped one pretty hot sleeper on our shores before elimination of the Passat wagon from the lineup. Granted, Volkswagen's hottest entrant into the sport wagon market – the R36 – wouldn't come here, but the normal 3.6 4Motion was darn close. With 280 horsepower on tap from the enlarged narrow-angle VR6 channeled through all four wheels, the unassuming Passat was the second most powerful wagon offered on these shores from VAG. Unless you spent another 50% to opt for the Audi S4 V8, this was as quick as U.S. bound German wagons got. Unlike the B5/5.5, the B6 chassis returned to the Golf-based platform, which was both a blessing and a curse. From a performance standpoint the change was a good one, as many of the items intended for the R32 model worked on the Passat now. However, the change to transverse engine placement from the inline Audi setup in the B5/5.5 meant that the "true" quattro drivetrain in the earlier 4Motions was replaced by the Haldex setup found in the R32 and Audi TT. Is this the end of the world? No, not really, and in fact because of this change you can opt to alter the power distribution with aftermarket control units. These 3.6 models were expensive and fully loaded, so they're somewhat infrequently seen and generally unknown and unappreciated even in the German-specific realm:
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2003 Volkswagen Passat W8 4Motion Variant 6-speed – REVISIT
By Carter December 3, 2015 December 3, 2015 Revisit, Volkswagen
The rare to find 6-speed Variant version of the B5.5 chassis Passat W8 that we looked at last month is back up for sale. The seller has dropped the "Buy It Now" price by $1,000 to $8,995 – more in line with top-of-the-market B5.5 Passats like the TDi Variants and low mile examples. While it's possible to get more performance out of the Audi 6-speed Avants of either B5 or B6 generation for around the same money, this is one pretty neat sleeper if you're willing to put up with the maintenance factor of the unique engine.
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10K Friday: 2008 Volkswagen GTi
By Carter November 6, 2015 November 6, 2015 10K Friday, Volkswagen
Normally, the 10K Friday posts that I've done have been comparos of multiple different cars that are usually a stretch of the budget. Each one has highlights such as being more desirable, better looking, more functional or luxurious, or faster. But today I'm going to do something a little different – a comparo of only one car. That's because the GTi is one of the best all-arounders ever made and I think we do our readership a disservice by not looking at the newer models more often. By the time that Volkswagen got to the Mk.4 chassis, many automotive journalists and enthusiasts alike began to dismiss the GTi as fat, tired and played out. Quality was poor, pricing was really high, and performance relative to some other models wasn't as impressive as it once had been. The GTi was, in many ways, a victim of its own success. Every subsequent generation was compared to the original, a car which had such a mystique that it was effectively impossible to match. Mk.2 models had the stellar 2.0 16V and great looks; Mk.3 models sprouted the wonderful VR6. The Mk.4 models introduced turbocharging, more luxury and much improved interior quality, all-wheel drive, 6-speed transmissions and more technology than was probably recommendable. And while the Mk.4 was a success from a sales standpoint, the GTi was still a fringe car that was arguably too expensive for what you got.
Volkswagen took a huge step forward, though, when it progressed to the new Mk.5 chassis. Unlike the previous generations that had mostly been enjoyed strictly by the Volkswagen faithful, suddenly journalists were talking about how great the new GTi was. Interior quality was leagues better than it ever had been, with a slick design and high quality materials. The new 2.0T motor was great too – with more power than even some versions of the VR6 had previously offered. Weight was up by dynamically the new GTi was a better driver than it had been. It was a return to greatness, and instantly the new GTi was a popular choice for the performance minded practical enthusiast. Because of the success, there are many available in the market today that are coming down to a quite reasonable level:
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Donald Trump downplays threat of white nationalism after New Zealand shootings
David Jackson John Fritze
WASHINGTON – While expressing support for New Zealand as it copes with mass killings at two mosques, President Donald Trump said Friday he doesn't see a rising threat from the kinds of white nationalists who are suspected of involvement in the shootings.
"I don't really, I think it's a small group of people," Trump told reporters at the White House as he vetoed a congressional resolution that had rescinded his declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Authorities in New Zealand have charged Brenton Tarrant, a 28-year-old white male with white supremacist views, with murder in Friday's terrorist attacks at two mosques in New Zealand that killed 49 people. Police have detained at least two other people.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, criticized Trump's comments in a tweet that included a link to a "list of white nationalist hate groups" now operating in the United States.
"Contrary to your misguided belief, @POTUS, white nationalism is very much a growing threat," Thompson said.
Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind., told CNN he was disappointed with the president's comments: "That kind of dismissal, especially from the president... I think is hurtful."
Before the signing the veto, Trump said he spoke by phone with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern "to express the sorrow of our entire nation" over the "horrible, horrible" shooting.
Earlier in the day, Ardern said the shooter targeted Muslims because of their religion, and she issued "the strongest possible condemnation of the ideology of the people who did this."
"You may have chosen us," she said, "but we are utterly reject and condemn you."
More:Black Caucus head says Gov. Phil Bryant disrespected Rep. Bennie Thompson over Medgar Evers' home
More:Northam photo scandal reveals how far the country has to go on race relations, experts say


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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is denying a report that he sexually harassed two women while he was the head of a restaurant lobbying group.
Politico reported on Sunday that the women claimed Cain made inappropriate comments and gestures towards them while he was the head of the National Restaurant Association in the late 1990s.
The report said the women were given five-figure settlements to keep quiet.
Cain admitted on Monday that there was indeed an investigation into the women's claims and that they were proven to be untrue.
"Yes, I was falsely accused while I was at the National Restaurant Association. I say falsely because it turned out after the investigation to be baseless," Cain told Fox News, according to a report in the New York Daily News.
"I have never sexually harassed anyone, let's say that," adding for some reason, "Secondly, I've never sexually harassed anyone."
When asked about the reported settlement, he said, "If the restaurant association did a settlement I wasn't even aware of it and I hope it wasn't for much because nothing happened."
Cain has shocked political observers by his climb in the GOP race, going from also-ran status to actually topping several recent polls.


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Q: bash && zsh: referencing / repeating a previous command line *argument* while still crafting the same line Let's say I am entering some complex command that repeats one of the command line arguments, or some variation of one of the arguments, and let's say I'm dealing with very long and complex command line arguments.
It would be one of the below patterns, where "foo" is the very long and cumbersome argument and "foo2" is a variation of it where the "2" character is appended.
$ ./binary "foo" "foo"
[...]
# OR
$ ./binary "foo" "foo2"
[...]
# OR
$ ./binary -x "foo" -y "foo"
[...]
# OR
$ ./binary -x "foo" -y "foo2"
[...]

Is there some way to have bash / zsh auto complete the second instance of "foo" without having to manually copy & paste it?
Basically, I'm looking for something like the below, but in the same command line instead of referencing a previous command line.
$ echo one two three > /dev/null && echo !:2 !{:2}2
two two2

A: Possible (suboptimal) solution:
# not ideal because it requires me to realize in advance
# that I will have to repeat "foo" on the same line
$ (FOO="foo"; ./binary "${FOO}" "${FOO}2")

A: "auto complete" is probably not the way to go, but you can use the readline functions in bash (zsh must have something similar). For example,
_myinsert() {
    local TOADD=${READLINE_LINE:0:$READLINE_POINT}
    TOADD=${TOADD% }
    TOADD=${TOADD##* }
    TOADD=" ${TOADD}2"
    READLINE_LINE="${READLINE_LINE:0:$READLINE_POINT}${TOADD}${READLINE_LINE:$READLINE_POINT}"
    READLINE_POINT=$(($READLINE_POINT + ${#TOADD}))
}
# cannot put this in ~/.inputrc
bind -x '"\C-xx":_myinsert'

This calls the function _myinsert when you type Control-X X (arbitrary binding) at some point in the input line. The index of that point is placed by bash in $READLINE_POINT, and the entire input line is in $READLINE_LINE. You can then extract the last word before point from the string, manipulate it as you wish, and create a new entire input line in the same variable before returning. Remember to also update the index point to take into account the change too.

One little-known default bash binding I use a lot is yank-last-arg, bound to Meta-. (in emacs mode at least). It copies the last word from the previous command. When I realise I need to duplicate the last (long) word, I add a # to the start of the line, press return, press up-arrow to get the command again, remove the hash, go to the end with control-E, and use yank-last-arg.

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Amid talk of hope and stability came a little dose of reality yesterday.
Official figures showing the number of people in arrears on their mortgage and repossessions are apparently dropping.
But housing experts reminded MPs on the Treasury Select Committee that the figures are still at their highest level since 1991.
Dominic Lindley of Which actually said arrears were rising right now and that official figures were misleading.
Meanwhile Kay Boycott of Shelter warned there was a second wave of repossessions coming in 2010.
The first factor was that interest rates are low and are keeping arrears down – when they inevitably rise they will send mortgage payments beyond people's means.
Market conditions and rising unemployment count – for every 10% in sustained unemployment, she said, you get 30% in increase in arrears.
Finally – the mortgage rescue schemes that are in place are time limited, they start to run out at the end of next year.
Without the extra support, she said, the people who would have had their houses repossessed or gone into arrears may do anyway – leading to the second wave.
Which begs the question – if we were only prolonging the inevitable was it worth it?
Watch the implosion of capitalism? I am a spectator torn between concern for my innocent fellow subjects and overwhelming schadenfreude as politicians, bankers, economists and journalists increasingly bear more than a passing resemblance to headless chickens.
@polaris, it's not capitalism that has caused all of the mess since the start of last centuray, it's politicians meddling in business matters often benefiting people that have financial ties to them.
That is called corperatism, capitalism is you using your wealth and skills to earn more wealth within the market. Corperatism is where bussines and goverments get together to change the market via regulation change to suit themselves over competition.
The housing bubble was created by goverment intervention within the market, why? because of the tax income the treasury was recieving from it.
Big goverments are the problem, if they keep their noses out, only stepping in when peoples rights/freedom/safety is being abused them we will have a far better system.
Unemplyment has not peaked yet. As the rate of unemployed increases this could effect repossessions. Also the speed of recovery will still have an impact on repossessions. If people remain out of work for long periods of time after interest rates rise they will not be able to keep up with mortgage payments.


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An Unforgettable Life in Stories
Book review: In the Unlikeliest of Places, by Annette Liebeskind (Amazon / Book Depository)
There have been many extraordinary stories to come from those who survived the Holocaust. Each is a little bit different, a little surprising in its own way. There's so much to be learned about human nature, both the good and the bad of it, from personal histories like these. Nachman Libeskind's story is unique for his strong belief in the goodness of people, and the ways he demonstrates that goodness in himself.
This memoir traces his family's life in prewar Poland, his military service, time in a Soviet gulag and as a refugee in Central Asia, up to rebuilding his postwar life with his own family and immigration to Israel and the United States. In New York City, at close to fifty years old he learns English and throws himself into integration in American life. His daughter, Annette Libeskind Berkovits, who made a name for herself as head of science education programs at the Wildlife Conservation Society, lovingly and carefully tells his life story based largely on a collection of tapes her father recorded of himself telling these tales.
This oral history was coupled with her own research to give historical and cultural context and insight, as well as her lifetime of memories with her family. It's a lot of information, but it works beautifully and the story evokes a range of emotions – her father is a genuinely charming, warm person whose observations are adorable and sweetly humorous, but there are passages that bring you to tears too. (And then an entertaining Hillary Clinton anecdote to make you happy again! It's kind of a roller coaster.)
It helps that Berkovits is a gifted storyteller, and her writing makes for smooth reading. That wasn't an easy task, because as she points out in the book's introduction, she chose to jump between the past and the present in the narrative of her father's life, loosely connecting events or recollections or ideas, mimicking the flighty way memory itself functions. It turns out to be an affecting choice, and it's very well done as I didn't find myself getting lost in the jumps at all. In fact, she really achieved her goal of writing a book that captures the fleeting nature and changing abilities of memory.
So how did he survive some of the most horrific events of the 20th century, as the subtitle says? Through kindness. Treating others well. Understanding instead of anger. Patience. Trying again, always while staying positive. But the main theme here, and what Berkovits said in an interview that she most wanted to be remembered about her father's legacy, is that "…one must never forget history, but at the same time one absolutely cannot harbor bitterness that keeps one from moving forward in a positive way. My father always looked for the best in people he met. He felt strongly that everyone has something valuable to offer the world." What an incredible gift he left when he made those tapes, and how amazing that she shared something so valuable with the rest of the world.
As an added point of interest, even if you're not an architecture aficionado, the name Libeskind surely rings a bell. Daniel Libeskind is the architect responsible for such well-known and much-discussed structures as the Jewish Museum Berlin and the World Trade Center Master Plan, among many others. He's Nachman's second child; his heartfelt foreword to his sister's book is fitting and a beautiful read too. It's easy to see how a father who worked so hard, rebuilding his life almost completely anew multiple times over the course of living it, and who had such a passion for the arts, humanities, and contributing to the world in a kind, meaningful way, left as his legacy two children who've done just that – given a lot of rich, thoughtful art and meaningful work to the world.
In the Unlikeliest of Places:
How Nachman Libeskind Survived the Nazis, Gulags, and Soviet Communism
by Annette Libeskind Berkovits
originally published 2014 by Wilfred Laurier University Press,
this edition published September 5, 2016
I received an advance copy courtesy of the publisher for review.
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In my last post I talked about how software has both a primary and secondary value, and how this idea relates to complexity within the framework of Scrum. I want to take a deeper dive into the ideas of complexity and simplicity in order to establish a common vocabulary that I can use in future posts (and hopefully to spur on a discussion with you, from which we will all gain a better understanding).
My favorite way to think about complexity is through the idea of emergence.
"Emergence is a process whereby larger entities, patterns, and regularities arise through interactions among smaller or simpler entities that themselves do not exhibit such properties"
As software systems grow in interconnectedness and size they will become harder to reason about. This inability to reason about the software system is a reflection of that systems complexity.
It is the interconnectedness of the software that makes it complex. This is not a novel idea as interconnectedness can be thought of as coupling and cohesion, and we all know that in order to write readable, scalable, maintainable code we need to minimize coupling while maximizing cohesion.
Our ability to reason about our code both internally and externally is impacted by the complexity of the code. Complex code is hard to test and complex hard is hard to understand, this is why complex code is the root cause of the vast majority of problems with our software. Complex code breeds unreliability, late delivery, and poor performance.
As I am defining the complexity of my code by its interconnectedness, i.e. highly coupled and loosely cohesive code is complex, I can say that simple code is loosely coupled and highly cohesive. This definition makes sense because it is reasonable to expect that code that is loosely coupled and highly cohesive will be easier to reason about. Simple code will be easier to test and simple code will be easier to inspect and understand.
It is important to note that simple and easy are not necessarily the same thing. Simple is objective while easy is subjective. Simple software is loosely coupled and highly cohesive, these are objective metrics that we can measure. Software that is easy for me to write may not be easy for someone else read, because easy is subjective. As an example outside the context of software; it is easy for my mechanic to work on my cars engine, however this does not mean that working on car engines is simple. The reason I go to a mechanic is because I don't know how to work on my cars engine, to me the engine is complicated.
Complicated is not necessarily complex. Just because I can't currently reason about the engine in my car does not mean that it is impossible to reason about. If I spent time studying how it worked I would have a good chance of understanding it, meaning that it would become easier for me to work on. Complicated is subjective, while complex is objective.
To summarize, software is complex if we are unable to reason about it through either testing or inspection. A large contributor to complexity in our software is its interconnectedness, which can be measured as its coupling and cohesion. From this understanding of complexity, we can define simple software as having loose coupling and high cohesion. Writing simple software is not easy, and software that is easy to write is not necessarily simple. Furthermore, writing simple software may be complicated but this does not make it complex. Simple and complex are objective, easy and complicated are subjective.
While writing software our goal is to maximize our software's primary value while still delivering the secondary value required by our customer. Taking the easy route delivering on secondary value can increase our code's complexity over time, which by definition decreases our code's primary value. The path to maximizing our software's primary value is simplicity.
Agreed! I've been meaning to post my CLA Summit presentation which gives him a proper shout out.
Thanks for the link, I hadn't seen that one before. You prompted me to add a "Resources" page to the site where I can accumulate links like those, so keep them coming!


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Q: Do followers use ammo for a new gun? If I gave Cass a 12-gauge shotgun to replace the one she currently uses, which is a 20gauge, would I need to give her 12-gauge ammo for her to use it? Would she use up that ammo?

A: Followers have Magical Companion Ammo for their default guns, but if you want them to use any other weapons, you'll need to supply them with ammo.
They will also stop using a weapon if it breaks, according to the wiki. However other sources online report that companion's weapons won't break and that you should use surplus ammo for them to save caps. I never game my companions other weapons so I can't confirm or refute this.

A: They need to be given ammo for the new weapon and they do degrade over time. Unless you are getting the 50% companion damage bonus from 10 charisma though their default weapons are generally the best choice.

A: I believe that you can you a weapon that uses the same ammunition and the ammunition perk still applies hope it helps


ALG and UPC members carried out a dynamic brainstorming in UPC premises in Castelldefels (Barcelona). The idea was to propose new key performance indicators (KPIs) for different key performance areas (KPAs) in air traffic management (ATM). The outcomes of this workshop will be used to produce deliverable D3.1, which will be publicly available in our Publications section. See some photos of the workshop here.


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Entering Sunday in 12th place at the Cardinal Classic, Lourdes has a solid final day of competition, and rose four positions into eighth place at Munsee Lanes in Muncie, Ind.
The Gray Wolves finished with a pin fall of 6,965 for the 40 Baker games, averaging 174.1 for the weekend. Lourdes posted an average of 175.9 over the final 20 games, and finished 32 pins ahead of ninth place Thomas Moore and just 104 pins behind seventh place Bethel (Tenn.) in the final standings.
Wright State won the event with a pin fall of 7,689, 207 pins ahead of runner-up Northwestern Ohio.
Lourdes will return to action next Saturday, competing in their first Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference jamboree of the season. Lawrence Tech will serve as the host at 5 Star Lanes in Sterling Heights, Mich., with action beginning at 8 a.m.


If you reach Bressanone from the North, crossing the Brennero pass, you will easily be able to recognise the town as soon as the Isarco valley opens up into a broad basin. There, you'll also spot S. Andrea and the hotel residence Gasserhof. The hotel is perfect for every biker because of the services it offers. The shady garden, the comfortable bar where you can relax and enjoy drinks, the refreshing swimming pool and the good food are things that every biker enjoys. Another advantage our hotel provides is the garage where you can park your motorbikes. Moreover, our hotel is the perfect place to start from, if you want to make a tour around the Dolomites.
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VIRTUAL HEARINGS: CHECKLIST OF CONSIDERATIONS THE DETERMINE THE MODE OF HEARING
The Action Committee on Court Operations in Response to COVID-19 has developed Orienting Principles and an overview of Operational Considerations to support courts in determining the mode of hearing for different types of matters and situations. To further support those efforts, the following checklist outlines general considerations courts may wish to examine when developing policy or guidelines on the use of virtual hearings, or deciding on the mode of hearing for a given proceeding. These considerations may also prove useful to counsel and self-represented litigants to determine whether they want to request an in-person, hybrid (where some participants are physically present in the same location, such as a courtroom, and one or more participants attends through telephone or videoconferencing platforms) or virtual hearing. These considerations apply to all types of matters, and general terms used throughout, such as "participant", should be interpreted according to context.
Where litigants are represented, their legal counsel has a role to play in determining whether they, and any witnesses they wish to call, would be able to participate effectively in a virtual hearing. The courts – both judiciary and court staff – may need to play a more active role in ensuring that a virtual hearing will not prejudice a self-represented litigant or other participants involved in their case.
OVERARCHING CONSIDERATIONS
Participants Involved
Identify the essential participants that need to be present either in-person or virtually – this may include lawyers, legally represented and self-represented parties, witnesses, interpreters, support persons, and others
Identify any legal requirements or restrictions that may apply to the mode of appearance for all or certain participants (e.g. accused persons in certain criminal matters)
Assess any particular needs of individual participants to be able to participate effectively, including any accommodation requests made
Request of the Parties
Consider whether the parties are seeking an in-person, virtual, or hybrid hearing, and why
If all parties agree upon a mode of proceeding, determine whether there is a compelling reason to proceed otherwise (e.g. public interest, procedural fairness, serious operational or technological impediment, security issue, power imbalance between the parties)
In the case of self-represented litigants, ensure any consent provided is voluntary and informed by a proper understanding of the available options and their potential impacts
Determine if, and how, parties may request a change in the mode of proceeding if needed
ACCESS TO THE COURTS
Access to the Court Facility
Determine whether any participant may have difficulty attending court in person, for example, due to
Geographical distance (i.e. long or costly travel required)
In-custody status
Work or family/caregiver obligations
Transportation issues
Mobility, health or anxiety issues
Adverse weather forecasts
Assess whether it would be disproportionately onerous (e.g. costly, time consuming) for any participant to attend in person. Consider
The type of proceeding (e.g. administrative vs. substantive appearance)
The anticipated duration of the proceeding and of the participant's involvement
In a substantive hearing, the participant's relative importance to the outcome
Determine whether all participants, and particularly any self-represented individuals, have access to a safe space, a dedicated device, and sufficient internet connectivity
If any participants are using a smartphone, or a cellphone (audio only), assess the limitations of this device in the context of the proceeding
Develop a standard list of questions to assess each participant's level of familiarity with/ability to use the relevant technology (device and virtual platform)
If participants have different levels of technological comfort, consider whether this might create a power imbalance and, if so, whether available mitigation options (e.g. support for the use of technology) can adequately eliminate this imbalance
Consider whether there is dedicated court staff to assist with virtual hearings, including to offer technical support to parties who are appearing outside of the courthouse
In the case of in-custody criminal matters, consider whether:
There is adequate staff and infrastructure to assist with virtual hearings if the accused or offender is appearing from a police or correctional facility, paying particular attention to the needs of self-represented individuals
The accused or offender has adequate means to communicate privately with their legal counsel in the course of the hearing
The accused or offender has access to a private location where they can access technology for the purpose of the hearing
Before setting a hearing, ask standard questions, either orally or in writing, to determine whether any participants have specific needs (e.g. disability, interpretation needs) that require access to additional or adapted technology to participate in the hearing on an equal footing with others, and whether that technology is available to them
PUBLIC ACCESS AND PRIVACY, SECURITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY
Determine how the public will gain virtual access, if granted (i.e. through advance registration by contacting the court, or through a publically available link)
Consider the type of proceeding, the overall volume of cases, and relevant privacy, security, and confidentiality considerations arising in a given case or type of proceeding
Establish and communicate rules of access for observers, to address matters such as online identification, publication bans and prohibitions around recording and broadcasting proceedings
Determine what virtual access permissions should be in place, and how to enforce them. For example, if the platform allows, consider whether the chat function or observers' microphones and cameras should be disabled.
Determine whether the proceeding is of public importance or likely to attract significant observer interest and, if so
Consider how public access should be granted (i.e. in person, virtually, or both)
If providing virtual access, assess required safeguards to uphold the integrity of the court process and the privacy and security of any hearing participants
Privacy, Security and Confidentiality
Determine whether any measures are needed to protect the privacy or security of a hearing participant or the confidentiality of sensitive information during a hearing, for example, by way of
A publication ban
A non-disclosure order
A sealing order
An in-camera hearing
Encryption of, or special filing protocols for, documentary evidence
Assess whether the available technology and its conditions of use offer sufficient safeguards to mitigate any risks of privacy, security or confidentiality breaches, for example, whether is it possible to
Clearly notify participants and observers of any applicable protection order
Designate a hearing coordinator to control access and permissions, and to verify the identity, of participants and observers
Enable encryption of information as needed
Require an undertaking from the parties, their counsel or observers to refrain from recording proceedings or otherwise breaching privacy, security, or confidentiality
Consider the level of risk and the adequacy of available mitigation strategies to prevent lay witnesses who would be testifying virtually from being influenced, intimidated or put at physical risk by others off-screen, for example, by
Designating a neutral support person to accompany the witness
Requiring the witness to do a virtual sweep of their room and to use their own, un-blurred background
Establishing a protocol for witnesses to safely and confidentially inform the court immediately if their safety becomes compromised during a hearing
Develop a standard process for validating the identity of hearing participants who are appearing virtually
For further guidance on addressing privacy, security and confidentiality concerns in virtual settings, see the Action Committee's tip sheets on Virtual Access: Privacy, Security Considerations, Options and Implementation Scenarios, and Challenges and Solutions in Trial Courts.
Effects of the mode of Hearing on Participants
Complexity of the Proceeding
Consider the complexity of the proceeding, including
The nature of the hearing (e.g. procedural vs. substantive)
The expected outcomes of the hearing, including their importance and finality
The number and location of parties and other essential participants
The type(s) and quantity of evidence, if applicable – including exhibits, documents and witnesses – and the related advantages and limitations of available technology
The relative need for the parties to guide the court through the evidence, and whether that need is best met through an in-person or virtual appearance
Duration of the Proceeding
Consider the length of the proceeding overall and of each individual's testimony, including associated wait times, with either virtual or in-person attendance. For example, consider whether
A substantive hearing may take longer virtually than in person due to technical requirements or difficulties or the need for more frequent breaks to prevent fatigue
A virtual appearance might reduce wait times for counsel, litigants and witnesses
Virtual waiting rooms are available for witnesses waiting to testify
Assess available options to minimize wait times for essential participants attending in person or virtually
If all or some participants are attending virtually in a substantive hearing, consider
Whether frequent breaks can be taken to prevent screen fatigue (e.g. every 90 minutes)
How breaks should be scheduled to optimize the flow of the proceeding and minimize disruptions
How participants can request a break during the proceeding
Integrity of the Court Process
Decorum and Etiquette
Consider the relative importance of decorum and etiquette on the hearing, based on
The nature of the proceeding (e.g. administrative vs. substantive hearing)
The type of matter, and whether it involves public or mainly private interests
The type(s) of participants involved, and whether formality would be beneficial or detrimental to their participation
The seriousness of the outcome on the parties, the public and other persons affected
The relative impact of the solemnity of proceedings versus a less formal setting in securing a just outcome and upholding the public interest, if applicable
Consider whether the options available virtually are sufficient to achieve an appropriate level of decorum and enforce proper etiquette, for example
Gowning for judicial officers and counsel
Opening virtual court in the same way as the court would be opened in person
Ensuring that the court and counsel are addressed in the same way as in person
Ensuring that rules around matters such as punctuality, eating, or interrupting the process are communicated beforehand and enforced in the virtual context
Providing advance guidance to participants on matters such as dress, the use of virtual backgrounds, and eliminating distractions like notifications on electronic devices
Evidentiary Issues
Assess whether the litigants, represented or otherwise, can argue their legal position efficiently and effectively in the virtual space, using the following considerations:
Witness Evidence
Determine whether the proceeding involves witness testimony and, if so, consider
Its nature, including whether credibility is at stake or hostility is anticipated
Its relative importance to the issues at stake and to the outcome of the hearing
Whether the legal framework places any restrictions on virtual testimony
The relative impact of proceeding either in-person or virtually on the witness's ability and willingness to participate effectively, particularly for vulnerable witnesses
The relative ability of the parties to cross-examine the witness effectively either in-person or virtually, and the relative importance of that cross-examination
Any power imbalances technology may create, exacerbate or, on the other hand, reduce, for example due to
Different levels of technological access or literacy
Pre-existing power imbalances, such as parties in an abusive relationship or a self-represented litigant against counsel
Different parties or witnesses appearing by different modes in a hybrid hearing
Determine whether the proceeding features documentary evidence and, if so, assess how effectively it can be presented either virtually or in-person, taking into account
The quantity of evidence and how it is organized
Whether authentication is required and how it can be achieved
The level of familiarity of the parties with the technology used to present evidence virtually
The availability of adequate and compatible technology for all parties and the court to visualize the evidence concurrently, with particular attention to the situation of litigants who are self-represented or in custody
Whether the legal framework allows for, or restricts, virtual filing of original documents as exhibits
If documents are filed electronically, consider whether the courtroom is set up to facilitate ease of access to, and visibility of, documents during in-person hearings. This may include whether the judges' bench and counsel tables are equipped with
Wireless internet connections
Monitors and connection cables
Electrical plugs for power cords
Determine whether there will be physical evidence (non-documentary exhibits) and, if so
Whether it can be effectively and fairly presented virtually
Whether visual authentication is required and how it can be achieved
Recording of Proceedings
Assess whether available technology for virtual hearings
Can capture an adequate record of court proceedings and, if so, what retention periods and data protection measures are involved
Is compatible with in-house recording devices or software, if applicable
Might affect the work of clerks and stenographers responsible for producing accurate minutes and records of proceedings
Interpretation of Proceedings
Determine whether interpretation services are needed, and if so assess
Whether interpreters are readily available locally and/or remotely
The impact of available technology on the quality of interpretation
Whether available technology enables simultaneous and/or consecutive interpretation, and the impact of the mode of interpretation on the participants and the process
The relative impact on interpretation of seeing the speaker either in person or onscreen (e.g. to ability to assess non-verbal communication)
Whether available technology can capture an adequate record of proceedings


The Knights of Malta Era: An unforgettable period in the history of Malta!
The Knights of Malta: A story of courage, might and extravagance!
The Knights of Malta (full name: the Knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem) were formed much before their reign on Malta.
Established in 1085 as a community of monks, they were responsible for looking after the sick, at the Hospital of St John in Jerusalem.
The Knights of Saint John later became a military order, defending crusader territory in the Holy Lands.
They came to Malta in 1530, after having been forced out of Rhodes by the Turks in 1522. The Holy Roman Emperor of that time, Charles V, gave them a choice between Malta and Tripoli.
Though the knights were not keen on any of the two, they ended up choosing Malta because they preferred it to Tripoli.
When the islands were ceded to the Knights, King Charles set a condition – the Knights were to send him a Maltese falcon every year. The falcon had to be raised and trained by the grandmaster's falconer.
Little did the king know that the legacy of the Maltese falcon would live on centuries after he had given that order!
The Knights of St John developed and transformed the island into a flourishing one with very powerful defenses, fortresses, watch towers and many churches and palaces. Boasting a capital city that was the envy of the great power of Europe of that time, that city became known as Valletta – "a city built by gentlemen for gentlemen." Still the capital city of Malta to this day, Valletta is now a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The Knights of Malta who were volunteer Christian crusaders came from the crème de la crème of aristocratic Europe. Hailing from wealthy families from Italy, Spain, France, England and Portugal, the knights were sworn to celibacy, poverty and obedience. However, judging by the grand palaces, portraits and the many other artifacts that they left on the Maltese islands, it is very clear that the Knights of Malta led incredibly extravagant lifestyles.
Right at the heart of the Mediterranean, Malta occupied a strategic position between the Christian and Muslim worlds. It therefore became evident that the Knights of Malta and the islands were the most important obstacle that were hindering the Muslims to advance and invade Christian Europe.
Many Ottoman attacks took place between 1551 and 1644. Without any doubt, the most famous one was the Great Siege of Malta that occurred in 1565.
This bloody incident in the history of Malta, saw 30,000 turks get defeated by 600 knights and 6000 soldiers and volunteers.
When the invasion began, the Ottoman empire was expecting victory within a few days. But with the knights' military know-how and the Maltese people's bravery and courage, the seemingly indestructable Ottoman empire, fell short of conquering Malta.
News of the victory of the Knights of Malta over the turks, traveled fast and it is said that this important victory, dates the beginning of the fall of the Ottoman empire and its power in the Mediterranean and Europe.
Valletta: A city were you can breath in the Knights of Malta's legacy with every step that you take.
The expansion and fortification of Valletta, named for Grand Master La Valette, begun in 1566. Malta's impenetrable Baroque capital, is enclosed by a ring of grand fortifications. The city is full of churches, palaces, museums and art galleries.
Valletta is literally choc-a-block with superb Baroque buildings and in order to detail them all, one would have to write a whole book! However, if you're here in Malta for a few days, there are two sites that you must absolutely visit before you leave!
A major legacy of the Knights of Malta's wealth, pomp and vanity, the cathedral was designed by Gilormu Cassar. Mattia Preti supervised the transformation of the interior – a fascinating showcase of Baroque art.
Rich and flamboyant decorations adorn the cathedral but it is the oratory that literally steals the show with perhaps Malta's most treasured masterpiece: Caravaggio's magnificent painting of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist.
The cathedral and museum are located in Republic Street, Valletta. Open from Monday to Friday from: 9.30am to: 4.30pm and Saturday from: 9.30am to: 12.30pm. Entrance fee is Euro 6.00.
Originally the residence of the Grand Master, today it houses the President's office and Maltese parliament. Impressive frescoes depict important events in the history of Malta during the Knights' era.
Rich timber ceilings, massive crystal chandeliers and countless other lavish decorations all indicate the Knights of Saint John lived a very extravagant life while here in Malta.
The Armoury boasts over 5000 pieces. The impressive collection on display consists of various armaments produced between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries.
The palace and armoury are in Misrah San Gorg, Valletta. The palace is open Monday to Wednesday and Friday, from: 10.00am to: 4.00pm and Saturdays and Sundays, from: 9.00am to: 5.00pm. You might want to call (Tel No: 21 249349) before you visit just in case it is closed on the day that you plan to visit, due to a state visit or special event. Entrance fee is Euro 4.66.
The armoury is open daily from: 9.00am to: 5.00pm and entrance fee is Euro 4.70.
If you were always interested in learning more about the famous Knights of Malta, then the Maltese Islands offer you plenty of opportunities to really get to know the story behind these courageous knights!


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