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One of the main displays in the current exhibition at Chatsworth House is about the Devonshire House Ball of 1897. The Great Chamber contains displays pertaining to the ball together with life sized images of some of the famous guests at the ball such as the Duke and Duchess of York (the future King George V and Queen Mary), Victor Cavendish (the future 9th Duke of Devonshire) and Mrs Arthur Paget, while next door in the State Drawing Room was a display of some costumes worn during that evening.
The ball was held at Devonshire House in Piccadilly, London on the 2nd of July, during the height of the London Season. What made this ball special was that it was held in honour of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and as Deborah, the 11th Duchess observed, at a time when there were balls almost every night during the height of the Season, for a ball or event to stand out and generate interest, it had to be special. And indeed it was special – invitations were sent out and the dress code was "allegorical or historical costumes before 1815". This was an encouragement to the guests to give their imaginations full rein for the costume that they planned to wear that evening.
The hosts of the ball were Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire and his German born wife Louise. The 8th Duke was a politician: as Marquess of Hartington he served as a Member of Parliament and a cabinet minister as a member of the Liberal Party. He also turned down the opportunity three times to become Prime Minister. By 1897 and now Duke of Devonshire, he was sitting in the House of Lords and had split with the Liberal Party over the issue of Irish Home Rule. With his personal life, the 8th Duke would have made a prime example of the saying "appearances can be deceiving" for his intellect and sense of duty was masked by a languid appearance and indifference towards the social side demanded of his position. He was known to be forgetful, shabbily dressed and had the habit of sleeping anywhere and everywhere. Once, finding the ministerial bench at the House of Lords fully occupied, he found another bench and promptly fell asleep. When he woke up and saw what time it was, he exclaimed, "Good heavens, what a bore, I shan't be in bed for another seven hours."
His appearance and bearing also masked a complicated personal life. A bachelor of many years standing, he carried on a long term affair with Louise Duchess of Manchester but during the 1860s was also involved with the noted courtesan Catherine ("Skittles") Walters who was known for her prowess as an equestrienne and on the hunting field. The then Marquess of Hartington was smitten with her, provided her with a home in Mayfair and together was openly seen out and about in events such as the Derby. As Sophia Murphy observed that, Lord Hartington "made no secret of his love for her" but in the end their affair was mentioned in the papers (albeit in the form of coy blind items) and coupled with the weight of disapproval from the highest echelons of society, the affair ended, but he made sure that she was well provided for. Catherine for her part, left for France, only returning to Britain once memories of the affair had faded, and her discretion was rewarded by the Cavendish family who carried on forwarding the annual sum promised to her until her own death in 1920.
The main driving force behind the ball was Louise Duchess of Devonshire. Known as the "Double Duchess" because until only a few years before, she had been Duchess of Manchester. Born Louise von Alten, she was the daughter of a German count and in 1852 had married William Drogo Montagu Viscount Mandeville, heir to the Duke of Manchester. Three years later they became Duke and Duchess of Manchester. Beginning in the 1860s, she began an affair with Lord Hartington with the full connivance of her husband; their affair followed the usual pattern, it began long after she had provided her husband with the requisite sons to carry on the family line and was conducted discreetly among the whirl of dinners, balls, teas and shooting parties. Louise also maintained her dignity even when Hartington had other women and she never allowed her affair to threaten her own relationship with her husband. Such behaviour today would be seen as hypocritical but they scrupulously observed the rules governing their class and so long as those rules were observed there was no scandal and everything went smoothly.
Louise quickly assimilated into her adopted country and through her entertaining advanced the political careers of both husbands. Although all her life she identified with her first husband's political party, the Conservatives, her circle of friends and acquaintances was politically diverse. She didn't hesitate to ensure that her dinners and balls were filled with leading politicians, regardless of their political affiliations and persuasion; her objective was that her home should be a meeting place for politicians of all stripes where they could talk in a more relaxed atmosphere away from the pressures of Westminster. Above all, she wanted to be surrounded by people who were interesting and who she liked and to ensure that they had a good time.
She also gained a reputation for being a skilled political hostess who became a sounding board for leading politicians and statesmen, and although she was dismayed that the 8th Duke of Devonshire three times turned down the opportunity to become Prime Minister, his status and wealth as well as his ability meant that Louise could entertain in style and befitting their position in the social and political life of the country. Louise's marriage to the 8th duke which finally happened in 1891 meant that her position was more secure. As Duchess of Devonshire, she was chatelaine of seven houses (Chatsworth, Devonshire House, Bolton Abbey, Lismore Castle, Hardwick Hall, Chiswick House, Compton Place) and had large funds at her disposal which meant that she had a wider scope for her social talents. Esther Simon Shkolink in her study of late Victorian and Edwardian political wives noted that contemporary accounts were more or less unanimous in their praise of Louise's entertaining with her "charm and attentiveness as a hostess but also her careful attention to detail." Her guest list was always eclectic and came from different political parties and social classes as the Devonshire House Ball would later demonstrate.
The Devonshire House Ball in honour of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee was part and parcel of Louise's pattern of entertaining. She and the Duke were fond of horse racing and annually held a dinner and a ball during and after Derby Day, regularly entertained the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) and gave lavish parties for special occasions, but the Diamond Jubilee gave Louise the idea to push the boat out – throw a ball but with a twist in the form of a fancy dress party.
Fancy dress balls had been a fixture at least since the sixteenth century; costumed masked balls were popular in Italy, particularly Venice, from where they spread to the rest of Europe. During the eighteenth century, they became popular at the various royal courts, especially in France, while in Britain costume masked balls were ticketed events held in pleasure gardens and assembly halls in major cities such as London and Bath. In these balls, attendees would usually be cloaked and masked (either with one covering half their face or one trimmed with silk or lace to cover the whole face) or dressed as characters from the past or from popular entertainment such as the commedia dell'arte. In the nineteenth century, theme balls became popular – Queen Victoria and Prince Albert threw three lavish themed costume balls during the 1840s and 1850s. The first was a medieval ball where the hosts and their guests were dressed in the style of the court of King Edward III; the second featured a Georgian theme while the last, held in 1851 had the court of Charles II as the subject. As Queen Victoria withdrew from social life following the death of Prince Albert, the mantle of royal entertaining passed onto her oldest son the Prince of Wales and his wife Alexandra, and during the 1870s they hosted a lavish costume ball at their London home Marlborough House which was heralded as a success and ensured the continued popularity of such events.
For her own ball, Louise decided that the theme would be "court or allegorical costumes before 1815" and as a later Duchess of Devonshire, Deborah mused in an article she wrote:
"It was not difficult for Louise Duchess to mobilise her female guests – they can have had little else to do but arrange themselves for such an occasion and one can easily picture the excitement and pleasure it gave. But even clever old Louise must have been surprised at managing to persuade a lot of middle-aged men to order their costumes and suffer the tedium of trying them on."
Fortunately help was at hand. Due to the popularity of fancy dress balls, there was a plethora of books and specialist hire shops on hand to offer advice. One such book was entitled Fancy Dress Described or What to Wear at Fancy Balls by Ardern Holt and it went through several editions. It gave descriptions of the most popular costumes which ranged from historical personalities to characters from fiction, myth and legend down to allegorical and national costumes from various parts of the world. In addition, the book also gave recommendations of what costumes would suit a particular hair colour, skin complexion and age.
The ball was eagerly anticipated and as Sophia Murphy observed that "[a]n invitation to the fancy dress ball confirmed membership of the 'smart set', and was therefore much sought after. Apart from this, everyone was eager to witness what promised to be one of the most lavish spectacles of the century; since it was the main subject of interest that season, everyone wanted to have the fun of trying to keep their outfits a secret while at the same time trying to discover what the others were wearing." Many of the guests came together as a group and organise a procession and in the end five main groups or courts were organised: Elizabeth I of England which was led by Lady Tweedmouth; Maria Theresa of Austria under the Marchioness of Londonderry; Queen Guinevere & the Knights of the Round Table led by Lady Ormonde (she ended up being unable to attend due to bereavement so Lord and Lady Rodney went as King Arthur and Queen Guinevere); Louis XV & Louis XVI of France under Lady Warwick (as Marie Antoinette) and the court of Catherine the Great of Russia led by Lady Raincliffe.
Three other groups more loosely defined were categorised by the costumes they were wearing such as the Italian, Oriental and Allegorical. Many other guests however decided not to join any group or procession as they went in an assortment of costumes ranging from their ancestors to those modelled from famous paintings or historical figures that did not fit into any of the groups or courts organised. With her customary attention to detail and zeal, Louise planned everything down to the last detail and even the servants on duty were in costume – the men were dressed in in Devonshire livery from the 18th century while the female staff were dressed in costumes from the Elizabethan period. Due to the large number of guests, it was necessary to hire outside staff for the night and Louise had them dressed in either Egyptian or Elizabethan dress.
On the night of the ball, the guests were greeted by Louise herself and her costume was described by The Times in great detail:
"The Duchess of Devonshire, as Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, wore a magnificent costume. The skirt of gold tissue was embroidered all over in a star-like design in emeralds, sapphires, diamonds, and other jewels outlined with gold, the corners where it opened in front being elaborately wrought in the same jewels and gold to represent peacocks outspread tails. This opened to show an underdress of cream crepe de chine, delicately embroidered in silver, gold, and pearls and sprinkled all over with diamonds. The train, which was attached to the shoulders by two slender points and was fastened at the waist with a large diamond ornament, was a green velvet of a lovely shade, and was superbly embroidered in Oriental designs introducing the lotus flower in rubies, sapphires, amethysts, emeralds, and diamonds, with four borderings on contrasting grounds, separated with gold cord. The train was lined with turquoise satin. The bodice was composed of gold tissue to match the skirt, and the front was of crepe de chine hidden with a stomacher of real diamonds, rubies and emeralds and jewelled belt. A gold crown incrusted (sic) with emeralds, diamonds, and rubies, with a diamond drop at each curved end and two upstanding white ostrich feathers in the middle, and round the front festoons of pearls with a large pear shaped pearl in the centre falling on the forehead."
One of the guests Margot Asquith (wife of the future Prime Minister Herbert Asquith) expressed surprise at her host's choice of costume. For her, Zenobia evoked beauty and romance but Louise in her view was neither. In her youth, Louise was known and praised for her beauty but as she grew older, her looks faded while her features became coarse and her figure grew rounder. As Duchess Deborah wrote: "The 'Double Duchess' was considered a great beauty, though with her frizzed up hair and short, thick neck it is hard to recognise her beauty in most of the likenesses we have of her. The people I have talked to who saw her only remember the crazily cracked make-up plastered thickly over her face, which made a bizarre effect on this grande dame receiving at the top of the staircase at Devonshire House." Her costume was designed by the House of Worth and such was the skills of that venerable fashion house that they managed to make Louise a stately and imposing Queen of Palmyra rather than fat and coarse.
The Duke of Devonshire was dressed as the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V based on his portrait by Titian and keeping up with his modest tastes, the Duke's costume was simple and the only adornment was the badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece which had been lent to him by the Prince of Wales for the evening and which the duke wore around his neck.
Among the guests were Lady Randolph Churchill (nee Jennie Jerome) as the Empress Theodora, Mrs Arthur (Minnie) Paget went as Cleopatra, the Duchess of Sutherland was costumed as Jane Seymour, the former Prime Minister the 6th Earl of Rosebery who was dressed as a gentleman from the 18th century (he wasn't amused when some of the papers said that he was costumed as Horace Walpole), Lord Rownton who went as an archbishop and Arthur Balfour (future Prime Minister) as a Dutch gentleman. The Cavendish family meanwhile was represented by the Duke's nephew and heir Victor who was costumed as Jean de Dinteville from Hans Holbein's The Ambassadors while his wife Evelyn went as a lady from the court of Maria Theresa. Consuelo Duchess of Manchester, Louise's daughter-in-law from her first marriage went as Anne of Austria "in a very striking gown of white and silver satin, decorated with swags of gold satin. On her head she wore a diamond crown with a large single pearl ornament in the centre of her forehead."
As the ball was in honour of Queen Victoria (who did not attend), she was amply represented by members of her family. The Prince and Princess of Wales (who were costumed as a Grand Prior of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and Marguerite de Valois respectively) together with their children and in-laws attended as well as the Duke and Duchess of Teck and Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Foreign diplomats such as the Portuguese ambassador the Marquis de Soveral (a close friend of the Prince of Wales) and the Austrian ambassador Count Albert Mensdorff were also present and it's no wonder that with such a guest list, the Devonshire House Ball was seen as the event of the 1897 London Season.
Many guests did take much time and effort with their costumes. It was said that one guest who wore an Oriental dress wanted to make an entrance via an elephant and enquired London Zoo about the possibility of borrowing one. The zoo authorities however refused on the grounds that the elephant would be unable to cope with the crowds and traffic of London. One can simply conclude that she made her entrance via the usual horse and carriage. Others in their desire for accuracy and to stand out suffered through the evening with uncomfortable headdresses and props – such as the Hon Mrs Reginald Talbot who went as a Valkyrie and who developed a headache due to the metal winged helmet she was wearing but refused to take it off as it might ruin her hairdo. There was the Countess of Westmoreland costumed as Hebe cupbearer of the gods who was restricted with her movements the entire evening due to the huge stuffed eagle on her shoulder: while Lady Wolverton who attended as Britannia would have had to contend with not only a feathered helmet but also a triton and shield.
While some male guests such as Herbert Asquith went to the ball grudgingly and made little effort with their costumes, others threw themselves wholeheartedly into the spirit of wearing fancy dress sometimes with even more enthusiasm than their wives. One of the most expensive costumes was worn by the 9th duke of Marlborough who went as the French Ambassador in one of the courts. It was made by House of Worth, a confection of velvet embroidered in silver, pearls and diamonds with a waistcoat made out of white and gold damask. The whole costume was mostly embroidered by hand as well as the pearls and diamonds and cost 5,000 francs. As Jean Philippe Worth later recalled, even he was shocked by the bill as he presented it to the duke.
Outwardly the ball can be seen as the pinnacle of aristocratic dominance both in the political and social scene but in reality, the ball reflected the gradual changes happening in society. It was observed that society was "less clearly defined than it had been twenty years before" and the guest list reflected Louise's wide circle of friends and acquaintances that crossed the political divide. More crucial however was the presence of men and women whose origins and occupation would have barred them from other aristocratic homes but who were invited to the Devonshire House ball while most of the aristocratic old guard were not. Examples of these were Ernest Cassel and Alfred Beit both of whom were Jewish and were in banking; the Earl of Iveagh and Lord Rothschild both of whom made their fortunes in commerce and finance; the actor Sir Henry Irving and the American born singer Mrs Ronalds who appropriately came as Euterpe, "the Spirit of Music" in a costume decorated with the musical score from Verdi's opera Un Ballo in Maschera.
The ball in 1897 was the last major event held in Devonshire House and with the 8th Duke's death in 1908 followed by Louise three years later marked the end of an era for the Devonshires. The 9th duke was faced with crippling death duties from his predecessor's estate as well as debts from the 7th duke's failed investments. In order to economise, the 9th duke accepted the position of Governor-General of Canada where he served from 1916 to 1922. While in Canada, negotiations for the sale of Devonshire House had begun and it was finally sold in 1920. Not long after the house was demolished and an office block now stands in its place.
The sale of Devonshire House showed that following the end of the First World War not even the grandest and wealthiest of the aristocracy were immune from the changes sweeping through the aristocracy as well as feeling the financial pinch. In the years following the sale and demolition of Devonshire House, other aristocratic townhouses were sold to be demolished, converted into office spaces or museums. At the same time, aristocratic entertaining also changed – many in the aristocracy could no longer afford to entertain on the same scale as their predecessors and balls and dinners were ceasing to become extensions of cabinet meetings and parliamentary sessions. The Devonshire House Ball of 1897 would certainly be the last of its kind and one that would never be repeated.
Photos from the House Style exhibition at Chatsworth House taken by blogger
Further Reading:
Deborah (Cavendish) Duchess of Devonshire. Home to Roost and Other Peckings (London, 2009)
Deborah (Cavendish) Duchess of Devonshire. Chatsworth: The House (London, 2002)
Ardern Holt. Fancy Dress Described or What to Wear at Fancy Balls (London, 1881)
Sophia Murphy. The Duchess of Devonshire's Ball (London, 1984)
Sophia Topley. 'The Devonshire House Ball' in Laura Burlington and Hamish Bowles (eds) House Style: Five Centuries of Fashion at Chatsworth (New York, 2017) pp. 123-139
Esther Simon Shkolink. Leading Ladies: A Study of Eight Late Victorian and Edwardian Political Wives (New York and London, 1987)
David Cannadine. The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy (London, 1990)


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Netwrix sums up auditors' most common questions to help companies minimize the burden of compliance audits
Irvine, CA, September 1, 2015
According to the 2015 Verizon PCI Compliance Report, around 80% of companies failed to comply with all the requirements of the PCI standard. While some popular frameworks can help companies pass compliance audits more smoothly, many organizations still fail to answer fairly simple questions asked by external auditors. Treating validation tests as a check-box exercise, companies often focus their efforts on creating an illusion of compliance rather than trying to actually fulfil the requirements. Such an approach does more harm than good, as it provides organizations with a false sense of security and leaves them extremely vulnerable to data breaches.
Netwrix Corporation, a provider of IT auditing software that maximizes visibility of IT infrastructure changes and data access, summarizes its clients' audit experiences and frames five questions that auditors usually ask to determine whether a company is able to safeguard its most valuable assets:
"Although passing compliance audits is vital for maintaining the security of the IT environment, it doesn't give you 100% protection against cyber threats," said Michael Fimin, CEO and co-founder of Netwrix. "Any compliance audit shows the state of the IT infrastructure at a certain point; however data must be secured during the entire period between validation assessments. Therefore companies need to have complete visibility into what is happening across their most critical systems and establish absolute control over each security component. Only then will regulatory compliance be considered not as a burden, but as an opportunity to improve business processes and strengthen cyber security."
"As the focus of most compliance standards on logging and monitoring is the detection of incidents and after-the-event fact finding, it's important to have a clear incident response process," states the 2015 Verizon PCI Compliance Report. "If your logging and monitoring provides the visibility compliance standard requires, it is much easier to demonstrate to an auditor that you have a thorough understanding of your environment and answer their questions."
Want to know more about compliance? Please check out Netwrix white paper Compliance Demystified: https://start.netwrix.com/white_paper_compliance_demystified.html
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team Libretro have released a new port of the multi system emulator for the Nintendo Wii:
General changelog
CAMERA: Fix Video4Linux2 driver that broke years ago.
CONFIG: Add Reset To Defaults setting in Configurations. This will reset your config file to defaults.
CHEATS: Add support for Rumble when increase or decrease by the rumble value.
CHEATS: Add cheat variables to allow for updating large portions of memory.
CHEEVOS: Prevent loading states before achievements are fully loaded.
CRT: New porches and interlaced bug fix.
CRT: New functionality, ability to switch between 15KHz and 31KHz, etc.
COMMON: Support for OEM-102 key (usually \ on Euro keyboards).
DISCORD: Add Ask To Join Feature.
EMSCRIPTEN: Add stb_font support.
INPUT: Add new menu toggle combos L3 + R and L + R (useful for Switch).
IOS: Use safe area to account for notch for iPhone X and adjust main view.
LOCALIZATION: Update Portuguese / Brazilian translation.
LOCALIZATION: Update Japanese translation.
LOCALIZATION: Update Polish translation.
LOCALIZATION: Update Spanish translation.
MENU: Add dropdown lists for many settings.
MENU: Fix crash that could happen when changing cores options on Android.
MENU/QT/WIMP: Add option to rename playlists.
MENU/QT/WIMP: Add option to filter extensions inside archives when adding to a playlist.
MENU/QT/WIMP: Rename playlist entries with 2 single clicks.
MENU/QT/WIMP: Fix shader parameter checkboxes not working
METAL: Add screenshot support.
NETPLAY: Save lobby details received back from server after first announcement.
OPENGL/GLX: Implement Adaptive VSync GLX_EXT_swap_control_tear.
OPENGL/WGL: Implement Adaptive VSync WGL_EXT_swap_control_tear.
RUNAHEAD: Fix performance degradation that could happen over time (after approx. 30 mins). Fixed input IDs outside of range 0-35 causing slow performance in runahead.
SWITCH: Add stb_font support.
SWITCH: Add Retro Achievements support.
SWITCH: Add networking support.
SWITCH: Add touchscreen support.
SWITCH: Add OpenGL support.
SWITCH: Merging of RetroNX Nintendo Switch port, based on libnx SDK.
VULKAN: Fix race condition in threaded mailbox emulation.
VULKAN: Maintenance fixes.
WIIU: Fix menu lag when built with DevKitPro r32.
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My in-laws and sister-in-law met us in NC and we stayed in a beautiful cabin in the mountains of Maggie Valley. We had a fun activity-packed trip and I took tons of pictures for us to remember all of it! In fact, I have a little over 200 pictures so I will be breaking them down into 2 separate posts. It will be neat to look back on all of this someday and read/see all of the memories we shared together.
Day 1: Arrive at our rental cabin and hangout with family in the evening.
All smiles after a long trip in the car. So worth it though!!
Day 2: Head to the Great Smoky Mountains to watch the eclipse, relax by the creek, and sight-see.
Walk 0.5 miles to see a waterfall- Juney Whank Falls.
Checking out the roosters...who were having a good 'ol time just strutting around the place.
The kids got a lesson in animal skin/fur from one of the park rangers. Our oldest, Tessa, even got quizzed from the ranger on all of the different kinds of animal skins. She was able to identify each one correctly! That's our girl!!
Looking at a large apple tree.
More roosters!!
Striking a pose down by the creek.
Our girl trying on her solar eclipse glasses while our son plays in the dirt. :)
Cuddle time with Poppie.
Group photo! You can tell by the lack of sunlight in these next couple of photos that we were getting closer to the total eclipse. We were all pretty amazed at how bright it was even when the sun was blocked more than halfway. It was pretty crazy, but also pretty amazing!
More views of the Smoky Mountains during the eclipse.
This was taken during the total eclipse when we were able to take off our glasses and look up. From this photo, it doesn't really look all that spectacular because of the type of camera that I use, but you'll have to trust me when I say it was. You can even see one of the planets (which I believe is Venus) to the lower right. How cool is that?!
God's handiwork was clearly present all around us- from the running waters of the creek, the majestic mountains of the Smokies, the animals and people nearby, and of course the sun and the moon lining up for us to witness. Definitely a time to remember!
God's handiwork was clearly present all around us- from the running waters of the creek, the majestic mountains of the Smokies, the animals and people nearby, and of course the sun and the moon lining up for us to witness. Definitely a time to remember!
Crescent suns in the shadows of the trees...NEAT!!
Walking to see Juney Whank Falls.
Our oldest loved all of the hiking/walking we did on this trip. Our other daughter...not so much. She passed on most of these scenic routes and stayed back with family. ;)
We stopped for some yummy sweets at a local shop after our hike.
Being silly!
Day 3: Santa's Land in Cherokee, N.C. At first, I have to admit the place sounded a bit cheesy. However, to my surprise, this place was actually pretty awesome! There were rides (even a large Ferris wheel and rollercoaster), food, multiple playgrounds, animals (including baby bears), a magic show, train ride around the park, and a blacksmith where the kids got their own rings made out of a steel nail. I think we spent about 4.5 hours there. The kids LOVED it and we did too!
Play time on one of the playgrounds!
So many little kiddie rides.
Feeding some of the animals.
We even did a little paddle boating- apparently, we had a race (unbeknownst to my husband and I) to see who could peddle the fastest from one end of the pond to the other. My oldest told us that she and Poppie won this race. :)
I blame losing on the fact that my partner (cute little face pictured below) couldn't reach the peddles and kept trying to jump in after the fish that were swimming around us. Ha!!
BUT, it was still fun.
Our kids still talk about Santa's Land. If you ever have the chance to visit Cherokee, NC, and you have younger kids, definitely check this place out. It's one for the books for sure!
I will have another post up soon of the second half of our trip once I have time to look through those photos and write. Stay tuned!


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Chase Elliott holds off Martin Truex Jr. for first-career Cup Series win
Finally. Chase Elliott has a Cup Series win.
Elliott held off defending Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr. over the race's final 15 laps to score his first-career Cup Series victory Sunday at Watkins Glen. It comes in his third full-time season of Cup competition and in his 99th career Cup Series start.
Elliott sprinted away from Truex after Truex bobbled in the bus stop on the penultimate lap. But Elliott made a mistake of his own in turn 1 on the final lap and went way wide. That allowed Truex to get to his bumper but Truex ran out of fuel with two turns to go at the seven-turn road course and Ellitt was able to cruise to the win.
Elliott said after the race that his car had started to wheel hop entering turn 1 on the final lap. Wheel hop is when the rear tires lock up on braking and lose traction. The back end of the car vibrates and a driver can easily lose control. Elliott had the presence of mind to prevent that from happening and went wide enough to keep the lead over Truex.
"I started to wheel hop and I knocked it out of gear to not spin out," Elliott said. "And luckily had a big enough gap to where he couldn't get me."
Truex ran out of gas a year after he won at Watkins Glen because of fuel mileage. He stretched his fuel just short of the limit in 2017 and crossed the threshold in 2018.
"I got sideways in the inner loop and got in the grass and lost five car lengths," Truex said of the next-to-last lap. "That's how far back I was there. If I hadn't have slipped there I would have been able to take advantage for sure — got by him. But I still would have run out of gas so he would have won regardless."
The win means Elliott is locked into NASCAR's playoffs. He probably would have been there anyway, but he doesn't have to worry about getting in on points now. It's also the first win for Hendrick Motorsports since Kasey Kahne won at Indianapolis over a year ago and the 250th win for the team. It's also the first time a Chevy driver has won a race since Austin Dillon won the season-opening Daytona 500.
And the win probably solidifies his status as NASCAR's newest most popular driver. Even though he didn't need much help in that category. Elliott, the son of NASCAR Hall of Famer and 16-time most popular driver Bill Elliott, was set to take over that mantle from the retired Dale Earnhardt Jr. And now he's probably got a few more fans after that win.
Bill Elliott was born in Dawsonville, Georgia. And the Dawsonville Pool Room would sound a siren every time he won. The tradition continued on Sunday with Chase's first Cup win.
Sorry for the poor quality but here it is!!! Call the fire department we may burn the whole place down!!! #NASCAR 🏁📢 pic.twitter.com/G3yS4f3sKd
— Dawsonville Pool Room (@DawsonPoolRoom) August 5, 2018
Kyle Busch probably had the best car throughout the race but a problem on his final schedule pit stop of the day ruined his chances for the win. The fuel cans didn't engage properly and Busch's fuel tank didn't get full. So he had to stop again and lose all his track position. He was leading at the time of those pit stops.
Busch somehow drove through the field and finished third.
Here are the full results from Watkins Glen.
1. Chase Elliott
2. Martin Truex Jr.
3. Kyle Busch
4. Daniel Suarez
5. Erik Jones
6. Kyle Larson
7. Jamie McMurray
8. William Byron
9. Kurt Busch
10. Kevin Harvick
11. Clint Bowyer
12. Ryan Blaney
13. Denny Hamlin
14. Alex Bowman
15. AJ Allmendinger
16. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
17. Brad Keselowski
18. Michael McDowell
19. Ryan Newman
20. Chris Buescher
21. Kasey Kahne
22. Aric Almirola
23. Ty Dillon
24. Parker Kligerman
25. Bubba Wallace
26. David Ragan
27. Austin Dillon
28. Paul Menard
29. Matt Kenseth
30. Jimmie Johnson
31. Landon Cassill
32. Ross Chastain
33. Matt DiBenedetto
34. Cole Whitt
35. Spencer Gallagher
36. Josh Bilicki
37. Joey Logano
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A good number of innovations have been made in the past few years to improve the cars' safety.
In a recent article we represented these inventions that have brought more positive impacts to the security of vehicles on the road.
Today's engineers seem to focus mostly on the safety of the car, rather than its features, they pay more attention to the means by which humans can be protected. Below are a few driving innovations that have made cars safer while on the road.
Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg from the Mercedes team have now joined forces with Allianz and have come up with a cutting edge Drag Reduction System (DRS) demonstration. It is the same system used F1 drivers use to reduce drag and slingshot into pole position. With an explanation of this technology this video is a good watch makes the video a good watch.
Bringing the controls closer to the drivers' hands, Formula 1 cars' cockpits have been dwindled and in fact most of the controls gradually moved to the steering wheel. The gear-changing peddlers of these cars now find their space in the back of the steering wheels. A typical Formula 1 steering wheel currently incorporates over 20 control buttons. It has also been designed to turn to a maximum of up to three quarters. This usually allows the drivers to keep hold of their stable grip all the times. While one may argue that this multiple functionality may make the steering wheel seem too complicated, it in fact increases the driver's chance of winning the race.


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In today's constantly changing business environment, the need for organizational resilience has never been greater. Resilient companies are those that can confidently face challenges, solve problems, navigate change and recover quickly from setbacks and adversity. To do this, they rely on a resilient workforce—and managers play a key role in fostering resilience within their teams.
Resilient employees are confident, adaptable and flexible. They demonstrate energy and stamina in meeting challenging goals, engage challenges and setbacks with a learning mind-set, and can draw on all areas of life to maintain a healthy, balanced perspective and emotional well-being.
Resilient organizations simultaneously sustain competitive advantage over time through their capacity to deliver excellent performance against current goals and effectively innovate and adapt to rapid, turbulent changes in markets and technologies.
However, while undeniably desirable, achieving both personal and organizational resilience, is easier said than done—and a lot of that comes back to stress.
There is a powerful connection between stress, overwhelm and low resilience. According to the 2010 General Social Survey, one in four Canadian workers describe their day-to-day lives as highly stressful and 60% of these individuals identified work as their main source of stress. As the most impactful relationship in the lives of most workers is with their manager, it makes sense that this relationship contributes to or mitigates this stress on a daily basis.
According to Alexandra Bisson Desrochers of the Centre for Studies on Human Stress in Montreal, "Since protective factors can modify our ability to overcome difficult life events, we should try to improve the ones we have control over, like altruism or a good sense of humour. Everyone has his/her toolbox and it is up to you to pick the right tools during adversity."
By doing something that is within our control, we can increase our ability to be more resilient. If we are stressed at both work and home and work stress goes down, this gives us the space to grow our resilience. This is also where a manager's mindset and methods have huge ramifications for team and organizational success.
By coming face-to-face with employees more often and being involved in their growth, development and job satisfaction on a continuous basis, managers can connect in powerful ways that really matter to their employees. When team members feel known, cared about and supported by their managers, stress goes down and satisfaction goes up.
Here are some strategies for managers to reduce stress and build resilience by moving from a "managing" to "coaching" approach:
Build individual and team trust: When trust is present, employees feel able to admit mistakes, ask for help, take risks, be gracious with one another, focus on objectives, offer and receive constructive criticism, share ideas and work collaboratively. A manager who builds trust creates an environment that naturally reduces stress and gives employees a place to be at their best every day. This involves creating an open space for trust to be fostered and not tolerating toxic, negative behaviour that undermines trust on the team.
This kind of trust-building does not happen without a coaching approach. Being "on the ground" with the team, seeing what they are seeing, sensing what they are not saying, and noticing what is happening day-to-day, allows the manager to reinforce good behaviour and step in quickly to manage the bad.
Increase awareness: Managers who are aware of what their teams experience are ahead of the curve in creating space for resilience. In a coaching role, the manager meets one-on-one with his/her team regularly to ensure team performance is being discussed and issues are addressed. The following areas can have the biggest impact:
Offer flexibility: One constant dynamic identified in the research on employee resilience is flexibility in the workplace. Supporting the Desrochers quote earlier, it appears that being able to control some elements of their jobs provides employees with the much-needed space to grow resilience. Letting the team manage their own schedules with flexible start and finish times and the freedom to duck out for an appointment can have an incredible impact on engagement and job satisfaction.
Kathleen Christensen, who launched the Sloan Foundation's National Workplace Flexibility Initiative, sponsored major research on the business outcomes of workplace flexibility. In one study of multiple large US corporations, she found that flexible work arrangements had positive outcomes on financial performance, as well as operational and business outcomes. The research shows that employees who had even a small degree of flexibility in when and where work got done had significantly greater job satisfaction, stronger commitment to the job, and higher levels of engagement with the company, as well as significantly lower levels of stress.
The level of flexibility that can be provided will vary based on industry and business needs—but a manager in touch with their team will find creative ways to provide employees with flexibility, freedom and control at some level of their jobs.
Be real (lead by example): As managers become more coaching-oriented, employees' expectations of them rise. Team members long for authenticity in their leadership. They want to see actions aligned with words and that what is being asked of them is being lived out by the one doing the asking.
Coaching managers are not afraid to be real—nor to admit their own mistakes and share their experiences of dealing with setbacks and disappointments. This inspires their teams to do the same. Team members then see their managers as allies, feel less alone in their struggles and are more open about their experiences. When it's safe not to be perfect, resilience grows.
As Above, So Throughout
As per Rich Fernandez' words in the June 2017 edition of Harvard Business Review, "Building resilience skills in the contemporary work context doesn't happen in a vacuum. It's important to understand and manage some of the factors that cause us to feel so overwhelmed and stressed at work."
No one understands or has more direct impact on those elements for an employee than their manager. Ensuring the wisdoms of professional coaches and HR professionals connect with not only the executive but every employee via their manager is mandatory to building resilience which remunerates.
The manager's active involvement with employees in a coaching role is a critical element in reducing overwhelm and stress, and giving breathing room to allow resilience to grow. Trust, awareness, flexibility and authenticity are the touchstones by which resilience can be achieved.
As principal of SMART HR, Ingrid Vaughan's focus is building systems and processes that keep their HR running smoothly, and providing tools to help manage teams in a powerful and effective way.
Previously published: PeopleTalk Fall 2017
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When it comes to earning a college degree, the greatest obstacle can be funding.
For this reason, The University of Akron is pleased for the opportunity each year to assist talented, deserving students achieve their dreams, thanks to more than 1,300 named scholarships established through the kindness and generosity of thousands of UA alumni and friends, corporations, and foundations.
Scholarships truly are the best way to ensure that today's students persist to graduation. Scholarships allow students to enroll full time and remain focused on their studies; they also reduce drop-out rates, decrease the stress of student loans, and shorten the road to graduation.
The need for scholarships grows each year, however, as students continue to face an increased financial burden in pursuit of a college degree. In fact, 94 percent of today's baccalaureate students borrow to pay for college – versus just 45 percent in 1993. Across the country, the average college-related debt for borrowers in the class of 2016 was $37,172; for Ohio students, that figure was $30,239.
If you are interested in making a significant contribution to student success, please consider a gift to the MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND MOVING FORWARD scholarship campaign, which is the University's most important initiative. You may also establish a named scholarship at The University of Akron, which can be created to honor a living person, in memory of a loved one, or to contribute to the growth of an area of study.
To learn more, please contact the Department of Development at 330-972-7238.
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Seiberling, John F. Scholarship for Conflict Resolution Studies
The friends and admirers of Congressman John F. Seiberling, a member of Congress from 1971-1986 and a well-known advocate of world law, established The John F. Seiberling Scholarship for Conflict Resolution Studies.
A native of Akron and grandson of the founder of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Seiberling Rubber Company, John Seiberling had deep roots in his community. After three years of distinguished military service overseas in World War II, he decided to become a lawyer and practiced law for five years in New York City, followed by 17 years with Goodyear in Akron.
In 1970, John Seiberling was elected to Congress in Ohio's 14th Congressional District. He quickly established himself as one of the leaders in the fight to end U.S. involvement in Vietnam. In his second term he was elected Chairman of Members of Congress for Peace through Law, now known as the Arms Control and Foreign Policy Caucus. An active member of the House Judiciary Committee, he also became one of the environmental leaders in Congress.
In recognition of John F. Seiberling and his many contributions, including his devotion to world peace through law, this scholarship has been created to attract and encourage students to study peaceful ways of resolving conflicts.
Applications for this scholarship shall be made through the normal University process. Final selection of the recipient(s) shall be made by the director of the Center for Conflict Management. In order to be eligible for this scholarship, an applicant shall have completed at least the first year of his/her undergraduate education. While priority is given to undergraduate students, graduate students and law students also are eligible. The principal requirement for receiving the scholarship is a substantial commitment to the study of the principals and techniques of conflict management and conflict resolution through the academic programs at The University of Akron. Factors that the committee will consider in judging whether the applicant is the person with the strongest record in this area include: 1. Any prior or current study or experience with conflict resolution (e.g., service as a peer counselor, service in a conflict resolution program, work as a mediator, arbitrator or conciliator, papers written, conferences attended, etc.); 2. Demonstrated commitment to the field of conflict management in one of the following ways: (a) As an undergraduate, one of the core courses and one of the basic background courses offered through the Center for Conflict Management; (b) Being a law student who, having completed the basic conflict management units that are integrated into the first-year curriculum, also has completed at least one advanced course in conflict resolution (e.g., mediation, negotiation, labor arbitration, etc.) or (c) For graduate students submitting an individual dossier documenting study substantially equal or more advanced than those for undergraduate students and law students.


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A digital certificate is like a signature used by a website to show who created the site and how to contact the creator. It lets you know that the site is more secure than one created anonymously. When users browse to your company website, or if you browse to a site, Internet Explorer uses your certificate as one of its security measures, which helps protect your computer and network. If you accidentally delete a certificate, you can restore it using Internet Explorer's Certificate Import wizard.
Open Internet Explorer, click the "Gear" icon and select "Internet Options."
Click the "Content" tab, and then click "Certificates."
Click the "Import" button to open the Certificate Import wizard. Click "Next" to start the wizard.
Type or browse to a certificate. You might find multiple certificates in some file types, including PFX, P12, P7B and SST. Click "Next" when you've selected a certificate file.
Select if you want IE to place the certificate in a store. Stores are where your computer keeps certificates. You can also select if you want to pick the store. If you choose this option, browse to the store you want to hold the certificate. Click "Next" when finished.
Verify that you have the correct certificate and settings. If not, click the "Back" button until you reach the point you can make the desired changes. Click "Finish" if the settings are correct. Your certificate will be restored.
- Be sure you only restore a certificate from a source you trust. You may expose your computer to potential security vulnerabilities if you import a certificate from an untrusted source.
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I dream of the day that people suffering from spinal cord injuries (SCIs) will be restored to full function. The good news is there are researchers and dedicated centers that form the back-bone of SCI repair research.
I am excited and honored to be featuring Dr. Matthew Ramer for this month's backstory. Matt is a member of ICORD (International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries) at the University of British Columbia. ICORD is an interdisciplinary research centre for the development of effective strategies to promote functional recovery after spinal cord injury. This includes the discovery and implementation of relevant solutions to improve functional recovery, mobility, community integration and quality of life for people with spinal cord injury.
Matt's research focus is on the molecular biology of primary sensory nerve cells (neurons). These neurons are responible for sensation. These include touch, pain, temperature, etc. These neurons transmit sensation to the brain via the spinal cord. It is this transmission that enables us to process the sensation. Similar transmissions happen in the case of locomotion.
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A recent Pew Research Center survey of 1,408 technology and education professionals suggested that the most valuable skills in the future will be those that machines can't yet easily replicate, like creativity, critical thinking, emotional intelligence, adaptability and collaboration. In short, people need to learn how to learn, because the only hedge against a fast-changing world is the ability to think, adapt and collaborate well.
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But perhaps instead of reinventing higher education, we can give students what they need for the future by returning to the roots of liberal arts. Consider St. John's College, America's third-oldest institution of higher education, founded in 1696. With fewer than 700 students between two campuses in Annapolis and Santa Fe, St. John's is a bit under the radar. But it's emerged as one of the most distinctive colleges in the country by maintaining a strict focus on the classics of the Western canon...
The Program's philosophy and practice
You will not find 100-person lectures, teaching assistants or multiple-choice tests at St. John's. Instead classes are led by "Tutors" who guide students through Socratic inquiry (and yes, students do read about the Socratic practice during freshman year in Plato's Theaetetus). Despite its reputation as a sadistic exercise in student humiliation, the Socratic method is actually an interactive form of intellectual sandpapering that smooths out hypotheses and eliminates weak ideas through group discourse. Tutors lead St. John's discussions but rarely dominate; they are more like conversation facilitators, believing that everyone in class is a teacher, everyone a learner. And you won't find Johnnies texting or surfing social media while in class; there is no place to hide in classrooms that range from small (seminars, 20 students led by two tutors) to smaller (tutorials, 10 to 15 students, one tutor) to smallest (preceptorials, 3 to 8 students, one tutor).
There is a formality in a St. John's classroom—an un-ironic seriousness—that feels out of another era. Students and Tutors address each other by "Mr." or "Ms." (or the gender-inclusive honorific of choice). Classrooms have a retro feel, with rectangular seminar tables and blackboards on surrounding walls, and science labs filled with analog instruments, wood and glass cabinets, old school beakers and test tubes.
You have to observe a few St. John's classes to get a sense of what's happening between and among the students and Tutors. Discussions are often free-flowing, with students thinking out loud and talking to the ceiling; you can almost hear the gears turning in their brains. There are many "a-ha" moments in a St. John's classroom, sometimes coaxed out by Tutors in Socratic fashion. But often they are triggered by students theorizing and responding among themselves.
In one class I attended, students were covering Ptolemy, the second century mathematician. Ptolemy believed the all the celestial bodies and sun revolved around the earth in a circle, and based all his mathematical calculations on this perspective. Students were buzzing at the blackboard, working with a geometry sphere around the table, talking about diameters, meridians and equators, tilts, and horizons. Keep in mind this is all prep for what will be studied in a few months, when these Johnnies will learn that it would be another 1400 years before Copernicus proved Ptolemy's calculations correct but his conclusion wrong: the earth and planets actually revolve around the sun. These same students will eventually feel the excitement learning of Kepler's conclusion 150 years later, that Copernicus was also right and wrong: yes, the earth and planets revolved around the sun—but in an elliptical, not circular, orbit. This curricular layering is central to the St. John's Program. Later texts respond to and build upon previous texts. In essence, students intellectually follow modern thought as it has been built over the last 2000+ years instead of just memorizing the end results.
The cognitive rigor, immersion, and passion so present at St. John's are rare on American campuses these days. Johnnies read roughly 100-150 books during their four years and write 25 to 30 papers that are more than 10 pages long. Seniors choose a writer or single text and do a deep dive thesis that typically runs 40-50 pages. Here are a few of the senior capstone topics for the class of 2017: 19th century English scientist Michael Faraday's heuristic description of electromagnetic phenomena; 17th-century mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's treatment of curvature in what's called the "chain line" problem; the use of Aristotelian terminology by 20th century physicist Werner Heisenberg in describing quantum mechanics; and the possible revision of "space" from Immanuel Kant's The Critique of Pure Reason into a plurality of "spaces." Few college-educated outsiders may have a clue what any of these papers are about, but they are not atypical of what's being studied, discussed, and written about at St. John's.
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"Blue" marketing – is it a good idea?
You may be familiar with "blue comedy," which is best defined as comedy that's edgy and offensive. Eddie Murphy (before he spent every waking moment in a rubber fat suit), Chris Rock, and Artie Lange are all great examples of comedians using this type of humor. That said, I've noticed there are several current TV commercials using what I'd refer to as "blue marketing." From a blue comedian's perspective, they're pretty tame, but they are fairly edgy by TV standards. Here are two examples:
Hilarious? Absolutely. Creepy? Yes, but in a good way. "Herding cows the size of schnauzers"… pure gold.
The question is: does blue marketing sell? Personally, I love the idea of moving outside the safe zone and creating content that is both memorable and controversial. How many times have we seen a nice, safe commercial with a company's CEO acting wooden and speaking monotonously? Maybe it makes the CEO look respectable, but does it help accomplish the #1 goal of advertising and promotion: selling a company's products and services?
If you're looking to shake things up in your company, maybe you want to consider using blue in your marketing efforts. It's fun, interesting, and stands a better chance of being the subject at the next water cooler gathering. If you're not ready to move in that direction yet, that's ok. But do us all a favor and stay away from another shade of gray. We could all use a little color right about now.


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Ebola survivors are among the lucky few who beat the odds in the ongoing struggle against this deadly plague, but returning home to face the stigma of fear from friends and neighbors adds the pain of loneliness to the challenging road that lies ahead of them. Fear and misconception about any lingering contagion keeps many at a distance, leaving recovered patients feeling that their cure is a mixed blessing. While grateful for their restored health, their stories lend weight to the medical community's reassurances that the returning victims pose no health risk to the people around them and pleas for friendship and compassion as they celebrate their recovery.
After being convinced that the disease is a certain death sentence that will take them away from their loved ones forever, sufferers celebrate their recovery, thankful to be alive. Nonetheless, Gloria Tumwijuke, a midwife from Uganda found that, like many others, her 2012 bout with Ebola left consequences in its wake. She lost her hair and is more forgetful now.
When Dr. Melvin Korkor of Phebe Hospital returned to campus at Cuttington University in Liberia, students expressed fear of being near him or even shaking his hand. Others have been shunned and find themselves spending tearful hours in isolation as family, friends and neighbors withdraw from personal contact and employers are hesitant to allow them to return to work.
A Guinea medical student, Kadiatou Fanta found her life irrevocably altered upon her return, as her boyfriend refused her calls and she was denied access to her classes, on top of social isolation, even from her own family. She laments the fear of contamination that has taken root in her life and those of other overcomers, making survival as much a miracle as a curse.
CBS reports that medical experts attest to Ebola plague survivors' ability to return home to their families, communities and accustomed activities without risking public health and safety or incurring stigma. However, the loneliness of fear-based shunning is only part of the challenge the patients face after recovery. NYU Langone Medical Center's Dr. Amar Safdar explains that chronic inflammation of the joints and eyes can result from an Ebola survivor's immune system response. They have a greater risk of arthralgia, a painful joint and bone condition similar to arthritis.
In addition, many of the recovered victims experience irritation and inflammation in the eyes, causing increased tearing and sensitivity and sometimes, blindness. The lingering symptoms give pause to people close to the survivors, who fear for their own health.
Nonetheless, the World Health Organization (WHO) contends that it is safe for returning survivors of the Ebola plague to interact normally in their home community, denying the necessity of stigmatizing isolation. While recommending precautions in regards to bodily fluids of the former patients, they affirm that the cured are not contagious. Contrary to fears of catching the virus through simple touch or airborne transmission, Ebola spreads through contact with bodily fluids, much the same as HIV.
Poor understanding of how infectious viruses spread and the peculiar appearance of the protective gear that healthcare workers must wear when treating patients may add to misguided perceptions of danger even when the infection has passed. Patience Clarke, a nurse at Phebe Hospital encourages medical personnel to set the example by making frequent physical contact by publicly shaking hands with survivors as they leave isolation in order to demonstrate that they have no need to fear from proximity to the patients at that point.
The journey to full physical and mental normalcy for survivors returning to the familiarity of home after a grueling bout with the stigmatizing plague is long and trying . However, a large dose of compassion and celebration of the miracle of recovery is more in order than fear to help them re-establish community bonds as their bodies heal from the aftermath of the devastating Ebola disease.
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Yes - I have successfully used the code on GitHub from sparkfun. I also have the code you posted on Dangerous Prototypes, adding the two methods you posted to get SAME message and clear SAME message. This is what I am currently using. With your source, I do get 0x80 after power up. I did have to change the address define (#define ADDRESS_IC B0010001) to what I was using for the sparkfun source (#define ADDRESS_IC B1100011). I set up a menu in the loop() function where I can call chkStatus() - this is where it returns Status Bit: FF, 11111111.
Hardware-wise, I do not have anything connected to GP01, GP02, or SEN on the Sparkfun breakout board.
I have things in place for the weekly test today - should know more after 11:00 AM.
Update: During the weekly test today, I got a message length of 152, but no message was displayed.
Could you post an example sketch using the SAME read and SAME clear functions on your site? All I'm getting for the status byte is 0xFF - I thought a logic HI indicated data was present. I have this break out board connected to the Arduino Uno R3.
I'm also working on a project that needs an integrated weather band receiver. A breakout board with this WX band chip would really help things along!
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Yellowfin 6.2 to tackle historically low Business Intelligence user adoption
International Business Intelligence (BI) software vendor, Yellowfin, is set to launch the latest release of its BI solution, Yellowfin 6.2, in a series of Webinars throughout Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 December 2012.
Register for the official Webinar launch HERE >
Yellowfin CEO, Glen Rabie, said that the release included many significant enhancements and additions to the vendor's Collaborative BI capabilities, aimed at addressing notoriously low BI user adoption rates.
"The consumerization of BI only got it half right – we needed to make BI easier; and we have," said Rabie. "But most people don't want to write reports or do self-service analysis. They just want answers. And, they want to share those answers with the people they trust, enabling them to collaborate and then make better decisions. That's what Yellowfin 6.2 is all about."
Recent studies by TDWI and BIScorecard suggest that most BI deployments only experience a 24 or 25 percent adoption rate. International analyst and advisory firm, Gartner, has previously stated that 80 percent of BI projects fail, citing poor communication and collaboration as the primary reasons.
"The failure rates of BI implementations, and persistently low user adoption rates, are indeed reflective of our inability to reimagine the way in which we communicate the key messages represented by data," said Rabie. "According to Information Masters, 75 percent of BI success is determined by factors other than data and core analytical technology – so thinking about how data is presented, shared and discussed in order to enable effective decision–making is paramount."
Rabie said that when developing new content sharing and presentation functionality for 6.2, to enable a wider breadth of users and user types to benefit from BI content, Yellowfin turned to common models and patterns of content creation and consumption found in prominent social media platforms.
"Bradley Horowitz, VP of Product for Google+, said Google applied the 1:9:90 rule to Google+, stating that social software sites don't require 100 percent active participation to generate great value," said Rabie. "What he meant by this, is that only around one percent of users have to create content for that platform to provide a rich and valuable experience for its total usership. Nine percent of the user base then synthesizes and shares that information, while the other 90 percent simply consumes it – and that's all they want to do.
"Eighty to ninety percent of potential BI users simply want to use the insight generated by their BI tool to make better decisions. They don't want to create content. If you can facilitate that need, you can unlock the usefulness and power of BI and instill an analytic culture throughout an organization – that's what we've achieved with Yellowfin 6.2."
Register for the official Webinar launch of Yellowfin 6.2 HERE >
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Yellowfin is a global Business Intelligence (BI) software vendor passionate about making BI easy. Yellowfin is headquartered and developed in Melbourne, Australia, offering a highly intuitive 100 percent Web-based reporting and analytics solution. Founded in 2003 in response to the complexity and costs associated with implementing and using traditional BI tools, Yellowfin is a leader in mobile, collaborative and embeddable BI as well as Location Intelligence and data visualization. For more information, visit www.yellowfinbi.com
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Here is the church/And here is the steeple/Open the door/And see all the…projectors.
There are plenty of people still in the pews, to finish the nursery rhyme as intended. Statistics which indicate that more Americans regularly attend services than the citizens of other developed countries, a presidential election that is said to have hinged on "moral values," and a building boom in Christian churches, particularly in the south and southwestern United States, are all signs that parishes will continue to bustling in the coming years. And more than ever before, theology is walking hand-in-hand with technology; the word of God is being conveyed through up-to-date delivery systems. You've read about it in these pages and in other entertainment technology books over the years: at "mega-churches," which draw upwards of 15,000 congregants scattered among different communities or even different states, Sunday services are now as sophisticated as a U2 show or a Broadway musical — HDTV screens and fiber-optic uplinks can bring a pastor, preaching to an audience of thousands at home, to thousands more at satellite facilities hundreds of miles away, in seamless simulcasts. It continues to retain its status as the true "recession"-proof market that has been, pardon the pun, a blessing to installers, dealers, and manufacturers.
Houses of Worship first started adding the tools of the contemporary theatrical experience to their services about a decade ago. Improvements in microphones, PA systems, and speakers came first; these have also been heard at Catholic churches, synagogues, and other houses of worship. Since then, Christian churches, more eager to engage newcomers than religions with a "born and bred" populace, have added projection and lighting to their facilities. At these contemporary churches, a service is just the main event within a collection of activities that can include singles nights, special programs for children to seniors, visits from Christian bands, and parish-produced theatre shows. Most of these are designed by church volunteers, who with proper guidance can create lighting looks and sound effects on the stage to replicate those of the cinema's Passion of the Christ, which is expected to have a profound impact on this Easter season's productions.
Performance engineering firm Clark ProMedia of Alpharetta, GA, does almost all of its business with churches. One of its first projects, in 1995, was for the formidable Northpoint Community Church in Alpharetta, a 16,000-18,000 member church that was building a 3,000-seat room. "That's about the size of an airplane hangar, and initially, it had the acoustics of one," says Matt Card, the firm's vice president of client development. "The first challenge was how to create an intimate space from this very large, potentially impersonal room. Other churches followed. Then, about seven years ago, what we started hearing was, 'It's not good enough for us to be the best-sounding church. Where people are spending the other six-and-a-half days of the week is really what's setting the dialogue, and to get their attention with our message we have to communicate in the same way.' What we've been seeing in the last four years is a complete shift in the way construction of churches is handled, with more and earlier involvement from us. It's not steeples and stained glass, which many architects and general contractors still regard as church design, but about multi-functional, highly utilitarian, almost conference center-like facilities that minimize building costs and maximize the communication medium."
"Communication between the church and the architect is improving," says Alan Knapp, who heads the audiovisual media department at City Bible Church in Portland, OR, and put in a new lighting rig in time for the past holiday season. "You can have a million dollar sound system, but if you put it in a can it still sounds like a can, so the church has to be built right." City Bible is one of the 100 or so churches configured like an airline's "hub and spoke" system, with a West and an East campus and another satellite being built in another city, to be launched in the spring. It has a full complement of SGM moving lights, supplied by Orlando, FL-based Techni-Lux, plus LED and scenic equipment that would not be out of place on the New York stage. "Worship and Broadway technology are the same, but today's churches aren't on shoestring budgets. And they have to keep on top of what's out there, as younger parishioners in particular know what good lighting and good sound is and they want to see and hear it."
For Clark ProMedia, the relatively unsung church market has proven a David, slaying the Goliath of a recession that has hit other sectors hard. In economically troubled times, people continue to go to church, and pass the hat, while cutting back in other areas. Clark ProMedia has grown from 250 to 300 percent since 2000, and has projects in 23 states, ranging from below 700-seat rooms (which Card defines as a small church), 700- to 1,500-seat rooms (mid-sized), and the 4,500-5,000 arena rooms at mega-churches. But, while "a boatload" of 1,000-seat and above churches are willing to spend in the "multi-hundred thousands of dollars" to give their parishioners the perceptual punch of a concert extravaganza, the company takes an almost paternal interest in how they use their money.
"At a Britney Spears or a U2 show, the equipment, and the people running it, are top of the line," Card says. "However, even the biggest mega-church is fortunate if it has four people on staff who by the loosest standards could be considered professionals. In our roles as a partner and an educator, we fight tooth-and-nail about digital boards, for example, with churches; sure, they're great, but they absolutely need someone who can own that board. We are very judicious about where we introduce that technology." Meyer Sound loudspeakers, Yamaha's new PD5D console, Christie projectors, and ETC and Martin Professional lights are examples of "wow" technology that, in Card's opinion, don't lead to the "ugh" factor of inattentive use or breakdowns. He adds that "service is a huge factor, as there's no way to cancel a Sunday service if something goes down and can't be fixed in time." As churches talk amongst themselves about what is and isn't working, manufacturers who can't provide adequate service don't have a prayer.
"That we do self-powered systems takes away a lot of the complexity," explains Larry The O, communications manager at Meyer Sound Laboratories in Berkeley, CA. "They don't have to deal with limiters and setting crossover points; whatever's coming out of that mixer, they just slam a cable from that end into the speaker and they're good to go, which has a lot of appeal. And that opened up a need for education, something the company is now extremely involved in at this more basic level of user. The worship market has had a really good attitude about this; they don't want to become audio engineers, and instead just want to get good results out of their systems, and to be able to talk intelligently to whatever consultants they bring in. In turn, we want our dealers, consultants, and installers to provide as much education as they can."
"Churches have had such bad sound and bad lighting for decades that they've finally woken up and smelled the coffee," says Kevin Myers, who runs a technical program at the Manassas Assembly of God church in Bristow, VA. "So now they spend more, but they only have to spend it once, not over and over again, as was the case when they were buying gear that failed every two years."
To get the most from their equipment purchases, some churches hire designers with production experience "to take what's best from that world and put their religious message on top of it, which is revolutionary," Card says. One of these is Myers, who for 12 years toured with the Christian vocal band Glad before coming off the road. "Our Easter shows redefined the word 'average,'" Myers laughs, "but with improved lighting and sound we're making the environment look more like the Kennedy Center and less like a church. There's nothing chumpy about it: Everything we do now gets the full banana, with signature lighting looks from our youth groups to our women's prayer breakfasts. I work with five people who really know what they're doing, and two who are advanced, a 27-year-old and his mom, of all people, who has an incredible knack for programming and color choice."
"I'll come to the first show that a church client designs, and the second and third. I will not leave a facility that has two or three looks and no idea how we got them. It's disappointing to go into a church that has just two looks that it goes through all the time or where the lights are just bagged up somewhere," says Tony Hansen, a systems consultant and resident lighting designer at Techni-Lux, who has worked with Myers and Knapp on their churches. Hansen, who formerly worked at Vari-Lite, has done projects for Disney and Universal Studios, and says some of his church clients "look to me for a theme park-type design." This would have been heresy in the past. "Lighting, for example, tended to scare churches, due to its rock-and-roll feel. But we tell them that it's all up to the way the operator uses it. The light itself can be used both for churches and concerts and it doesn't have to move, it can be used to create a mood or atmosphere or simply to fit more illumination into a tight space, and we add that a modernized lighting system can save them money. Plus, the clarity of the light is as important as the clarity of the sound; some contemporary churches have a white, Wal-Mart look, all under fluorescents, which doesn't have the illumination quality of a traditional church."
In the fast-changing church market, it's not just the look of the lighting that's swinging back toward something that represents a more traditional experience. Says T.C. Furlong, owner of audio specialist T.C. Furlong Inc. in Lake Forest, IL, "One trend I hear about is churches shifting back to more traditional worship, which had been a shrinking market. A church had an identity, either traditional or contemporary; now, we have churches who come to us and say, 'Can you help us find a solution for both the older, traditional congregants, and the younger, contemporary ones?' So it's either two services in the same space, so they can maintain both types of worship, which is a huge challenge — contemporary and traditional are as different as a rock band and a string quartet. Or they want a blended service, with room acoustics and sound systems that fit both. That's difficult to do well, and many consultants are struggling with how best to do it. The trend is trying to do more to expand the breadth of the experience."
The other trend is that entertainment technology manufacturers have had a great awakening regarding the worship market. "Two years ago Techni-Lux was the only lighting company at Inspiration," says Hansen, referring to the annual trade show geared to the HOW market. "Last year there were a ton of them. The competition is coming in." Myers says that besides "helium-inflated equipment that's easier for me to lift," he'd like to see the High End Systems Catalyst™; become more affordable, "because there are a lot of events that take place in our room that do not involve the stage whatsoever, but need projection and lighting capabilities elsewhere in the space to create environments." Given that the congregation of companies exploring this market is rising, his prayers may be answered.
Robert Cashill is a former editor of Lighting Dimensions.


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Update #12, 10:38pm:
You can click here for final vote (later tonight). With 87% of the precincts reporting, Democrat Kathy Hochul now leads by 5000+ votes. She will win the race by 5-6 percentage points. She will not break 50%. She will be vulnerable in 2012. Senator McCain carried the district comfortably in 2008. Good night.
Update #11, 10:30pm:
1. The GOP campaign to crater "Crazy Jack" Dean's Tea Party candidacy was successful. He had been pulling between 15% and 20% of the vote in pre-election polls. He got 8% of the vote (give or take) tonight. So that worked.
2. We don't have exit polling so we don't have the electorate's mind map. But two things stand out: Hochul ran very well in Erie County and Corwin only broke 50% in Wyoming County. That's partially due (obviously) to "Crazy Jack" Dean. But there was a sense (fair or not) that Corwin didn't really connect with the District's voters. "Too richie rich" was something we heard more than once.
3. This election would never have happened without the Medicare issue (which is to say: House passage of Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan which called for the "overhaul" of Medicare). A lot of people, when they heard "overhaul," thought "privatization." Hochul made this her issue -- her only issue. It enabled her win tonight.
4. The adults in the Republican Party have already begun thinking through how the GOP gets out from under the issue of "overhauling" Medicare. The quickest way would be to strike a grand (or large) bargain with President Obama that requires both sides to sign off on Medicare reform. But after tonight, the Democrats won't do a deal that takes the Medicare issue off the table. Tonight, Democrats saw electoral salvation. They're not about to barter it away.
Update #10, 10:06pm:
Hochul wins. Corwin's need/get impossible.
Update #9, 10:04pm:
AP just called for Democrat Hochul. We don't disagree. But we'll wait for another batch of vote just to be sure.
Update #8, 10:02pm:
Two-thirds of the precincts are reporting. Democrat Hochul leads by 4000 votes. She's not free and clear yet. But Republican Corwin is coming into harder math.
Update #7, 9:54pm:
We're not ready to make a call yet but the signs are pointing to Democrat Hochul. We need Orleans and Genesee vote (none has yet reported).
Hochul leads by 3500 votes, roughly, a 5% margin. Here's a better vote link.
Update #6, 9:46pm:
Race tightening a bit. 55% of the precincts reporting. Same spread (Democrat Hochul up by 3000 votes, give or take), but margin shrinking slightly (48%-43%). GOP campaign to collapse Jack Dean (the faux Tea Party candidate) worked. He's getting 8% of the total vote.
Update #5, 9:40pm:
Almost 45% of the precincts reporting and Democrat Hochul is running strong. Now leads by 3000 votes, give or take. She is running ahead of Gillibrand on a two-party basis. Gillibrand won the district in 2010 US Senate election.
Update #4, 9:35pm:
Democrat Hochul running well in Erie County. Opening up a solid lead there. She now leads by 6 percentage points, or roughly 1600 votes. The direct link to the vote is here.
Update #3, 9:29pm:
Early Vote is close. Democrat Hochul has slight lead (roughly 370 votes ahead). No Genesee vote reporting. All signs point to close election.
Update #2, 9:05 p.m.:
Polls are now closed for the special election in New York's 26th congressional district.
National Journal's Hotline has a turnout update: Monroe County, a cluster of Republican-leaning Rochester suburbs, estimated 23% turnout at 8 p.m. The county was a crucial one for Republican candidate Jane Corwin, so its a positive sign for her that turnout was high.
Update #1 5:37 p.m.:
Reports from various sources indicate a fairly strong turnout as of mid-afternoon. Here's a NYT report.
Of course, reports from the field always indicate a fairly strong turnout as of mid-afternoon. Sometimes it's true. And sometimes it's not. The general rule on turnout is: wait until most of the vote is counted before making any definitive statements.
Here's a link to where we think things stand heading into tonight's vote. We'll be back at around 9pm and will be posting until the vote is fully tallied.


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"Icing Down the Beer" vs "Beering Up the Ice"
Here's a fact: Heat travels in one direction only; from warm to cold. So if a temperature difference exists between two items, the warmer item will lose heat to the cooler item; so the warmer item gets colder, the colder item gets warmer.
Simply put, when we put warm beers into a cooler of ice, we don't actually cool down the beer as much as warm up the ice! When heat leaves the beer for the ice, the beer gets colder as a result, and soon the contents are all at a wonderfully refreshing 32F temperature. And thanks to the laws of science and beerology, everything will stay that way until all the ice has melted and the beer has been consumed.
But what about your refrigerated ice box? Isn't it always being kept cold?
If an enclosed space is required to be kept at a lower temperature than the surroundings, i.e. a refrigerated box or cabinet, it must be surrounded with an insulated barrier to try and prevent much of the heat from entering from outside.
Just how much heat enters the box at any moment will depend on two factors: the temperature difference between inside and outside of the box, and the effectiveness of the barrier. The actual contents of the box have no influence on the instantaneous amount of heat entering, so if the box were either completely empty, or well stocked with cold goodies, the same amount of heat will be entering because the temperature difference between inside and outside is the same.
Over a time-span of hours or days, if no items are added or removed, and if the refrigeration unit keeps the air inside the box at a constant temperature, there will be no difference in the amount of heat entering either a full box or an empty box. Subsequently, there will be no difference in the amount of heat to be removed by the refrigeration system, and so no difference in power consumption.
So why do some galley operatives endeavor to keep their fridges and freezers as full as possible in an effort to save power usage?
The confusion may arise when considering the two configurations of insulated boxes typically found on boats: those with a top opening hatch, and those with a front-opening door.
With a top opening hatch, little to no cold air will be lost when the hatch is opened, but when a front-opening door is opened, cold air will rush out from the bottom to cool your feet, and warmer air will be drawn in from the top to replace it.
The more well-stocked a front-opening box is, the less air there is to lose when the door is opened, and so less refrigeration run-time is required to cool down the warmer air now in the box. It's not as bad as it might seem though, because if you dumped all of the 40F air from an empty 10 cu ft refrigerator and replaced it with 80F air, it would take just 2 to 3 minutes of refrigerator run time to cool the new air.
However, if the replacement air contains any significant amount of moisture, it could lead to a heavy build-up of frost on the evaporator plate, and that will significantly affect the efficiency of the refrigeration system.
My advice: Don't analyze things too much, and always keep your fridge well stocked with beer!


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Mary Meeker '81 Among Speakers at This Week's 'Web 2.0 Summit'
November 3, 2008
November 3, 2008, Greencastle, Ind. - Mary Meeker, managing director of Morgan Stanley and 1981 graduate of DePauw University, will be among the speakers at 2008 Web 2.0 Summit, which will take place November 5-7 in San Francisco. Other presenters will include Al Gore, Lance Armstrong and Edgar Bronfman.
The event "brings the intelligence, innovation, and leadership of the Internet industry together in one place at one time," notes its Web site. It will include a "Web Meets World" auction, which will benefit three charity organizations -- the Lance Armstrong Foundation, WITNESS and Green For All.
Learn more by clicking here.
Mary Meeker -- who has been dubbed "Queen of the Internet" -- leads Morgan Stanley's global technology research team. She spoke at the Symposium for DePauw Entrepreneurs on October 6, 2001. A story that includes video and audio clips from her presentation can be accessed here.Back