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Quick Look at the Economy
With clients in agriculture, financial services, and construction on the agenda for the first half of the year I'm asked to weigh in. Generally, I'm optimistic.
There are problem areas. Commodity prices in the low range means crop farmers see the end of their 6-7 year run of record returns. Not a lot of new pickups in the shed these days. It's a return to eking out profit from slim margins. Livestock producers benefit from lower feed prices. A lot of eyes are on the presidential election where a Republican win could affect biofuel policy that's been buoying up grain prices – with corn as the leader. Plus the El Nino introduces even more weather and moisture uncertainty than usual. The dollar is expected to remain strong, working against exports. Huge amounts of US grains are sold overseas and the competition is stiff.
Financial service companies – banks, insurance, credit unions – depend on a stable to rising economy to produce loan demand. A GDP performance for the US economy usually points to a reasonably good year but it's not quite that simple. The Fed is raising interest rates, albeit tentatively. The rest of the world is not. It makes for difficult decision-making. I'll be in the room for about a dozen strategic planning meetings in this sector this year and the discussions will be "interesting."
No sector deserves a better environment than construction and the outlook is fairly good this year after nearly a decade of abysmal to bad news. Commercial construction for 2016 should be up. One of the key indicators, billings at architectural firms, were up significantly for all of 2015 which should translate to buildings coming out of the ground in '16. The home building sector is also looking positive. The National Association of Home Builders is projecting about a 25% increase in 2016 year on year despite some nagging worries about labor availability and costs. Job creation is a big driver in this sector.
But the question about whether the US economy can stand up to a world slowdown still stands. There are several factors that work in the country's favor:
- The US is so much better an investment destination than other global regions that it stands to attract more capital.
- US consumers, as long as the job outlook remains strong and fuel prices remain low, will spend.
- China is a totalitarian state. Don't overlook the possibility that it can do almost anything it wants to get growth back up to a 5% GDP range. Plus it still possesses huge cash reserves.
- The EU and Japan don't have a great recent track record for growth but neither do they stand to take a deep dive into recession.
The Analytics Payoffs
Back when we used to have more time during training or planning or decision-making settings I used to administer a short quiz fashioned after the preliminary entrance exams for membership in Mensa, the society of genius-level IQ holders. I would do it as an intellectual warm-up. In order to determine if you could gain entry to Mensa you would need to score at least 7 out of 10 correct answers.
Every group, whether made up of corporate executives or hospital maintenance workers, to which I gave the test scored 7 or higher. Around half would score perfectly.
Today, the use of analytic techniques is proving my point. At the Wharton People Analytics Conference an interview published on Knowledge@Wharton cited Google's head of HR Laszlo Bock who is an evangelist for the use of analytics in the field. Teams, when put together correctly, are at least geniuses.
The Wharton interview is full of useful bits of information. Make sure an employee being "on-boarded" meets their management on the first day. A person's success at a company depends heavily on who they work for. A team IQ is often greater than the sum of the parts. A mix of introverts and extroverts along with norms of behavior make the most productive teams. Moneyball got it right and is at least partly responsible for the upsurge in the people analytics.
Surprisingly, the best firm on hiring, according to Wharton experts, is Teach for America. A not-for-profit that has embraced analytics in order to get better teachers in front of kids. But the organization also knows that they don't know enough yet. That's a good lesson for those of us who are futurists. Go with the best information you have but always doubt it and find even better ways of making good decisions.
The biggest question about the use of analytics overall? Why more top leaders are not embracing it. Whether it's a lack of hubris or a fear that it might replace jobs it's a baffling question but the condition exists. I hope for a change.
While there's more buzz about marketing analytics than anything else in the media my bet is on human resources as the place where the first major inroads will be for analytics in organizations.
April, 2014 - Long Overdue Update to Our Scanning
Forecasters look into the future and express their views with a reading on relative certainty and change those forecasts with time and new information.
Right now the US economy, the topic I've been addressing this month looks generally favorable with a 75% to greater chance of working through 2014 with slow growth in GDP. Probably (over 50%) in the 2% range. In other words, without "escape velocity" that would allow robust growth, a rise in interest rates, a spike in consumer confidence, and a greater demand for credit.
In short, for my clients in banking and construction, it's OK news but we're probably not too excited about it.
2015 looks better fundamentally. I'd move my forecast up to a 2.5 to 3% GDP growth rate in the year with a 75% probability and I think I'll be elevating probability by year-end.
Agriculture is one of my key client segments. I've been privileged to work with North America's smartest agriculture leaders, commodity associations, agribusiness companies, and farmers. I love them. And the business in this sector has been extremely good for a run of about 6 years. Unfortunately that may be ending.
Due to a combination of factors crop prices will almost certainly be falling and the bloom is off the rose for a number of players in the field. The counter-cyclical beneficiaries may be the animal protein sector where lower commodity prices translate to lower feed prices. Cattle might benefit particularly if its prices haven't gone so high in the supermarket that consumers will further reduce their consumption.
Nobody deserved a good run more than the farmer. In my opinion they're the most misunderstood business executives in North America today. While some critics of "production agriculture" whinge about "millionaire corn farmers" and "corporate farms" they completely ignore the statistics that over 90% of US farms are family-owned. And what family that runs a business doesn't have that business incorporated? Only the naive.
I'll have more to say on the agriculture outlook in later posts. Thanks to those of you who reminded me to stay at the blog. The workload has been a bit heavy but I'm about to take some time away from the road to get an overhaul of a bum ankle soon and I'll have more time to share what I've learned from my smart clients in the months ahead.
Prediction, Betting, & Forecasting
One of these people will be right. One will be wrong. One will win. One will lose. And that's exactly how NOT to look at the future. Too often I've seen organization leadership "make bets." They roll the dice on what they believe will happen. When they're wrong organizations collapse, people lose jobs, and assuredly investors lose money.
Prediction and betting are folly. No individual is prescient. It is the wrong example to set. Frankly, it smacks of the same arrogance that we saw in the last presidential campaign primaries when one candidate offered a $10,000 bet on a point of policy, labeling him as elitist and out of touch with mainstream America. It's posturing, pointless, and doesn't help the audiences they were in front of accomplish anything about understanding their future.
Over the last 5 years I've encountered one of the presenters, a "futurist." After all, the only qualification to become a "futurist" in the US is to say you are one. That goes for me too. I've not been impressed with that fellow's work. My respected colleagues in the futures field don't predict. We forecast. We engage in useful foresight that changes with time and new information to help clients prepare and take action.
I can't accurately predict commodity prices as to specific time and amounts. Neither can the two fellows who are making the bet. But what I can do is point up the key factors to observe, outline robust strategies to take, recommend a highly probably range in which a commodity might trade. Those pieces of information are much more useful to a listener than arguing over who's going to win a bet.
The Drought and Farmer Viewpoints
This year I returned to the same gathering for a fresh class of state association leaders. I didn't know quite what to expect in a severe, brutal drought. I talked with some producers who were not going to harvest much of a crop. A very few lucky farmers located further north in the country or in the relatively moist East are going to do extremely well. But even the unlucky were optimistic as one can only be when you put almost everything in your business on the line every year and throw yourself on the mercy of nature.
If you want to see an example of resilience listen to these men and women as they talk about their ground, the crops, and their plans for the future. Certainly crop insurance plays into the situation. But they firm their jaws, speak frankly about the risks, and when asked about another drought "event" (that's the term they use) they become gravely contemplative.
"That would take us back to zero," one farmer told me. Another said, "We could deal with that but we're probably going to sit back and see how the winter reestablishes our moisture before we even decide to plant next year." The implications are serious for food supplies, energy prices, global trade.
If the breadbasket of America was to see anything similar to the conditions that have ravaged Texas for almost a decade we might look at food security suddenly becoming a strategic concern. The executive branch might need to step into the farm situation instead of allowing Congress to continue to argue over food stamps for the poor instead of providing a safety net for the people who feed the country.
Technology Trends from the Trenches of Enterprise IT
This is an unusual conference. A task force guided the producers to stage a three day global meeting that departs from the typical talking heads and death by PowerPoint. Incisive interviews, extremely well-moderated panels, and audience interaction are the norm. This year there was an especially intriguing hands-on session co-led by IDEO and Deloitte on how to provide the right space for innovation within organizations.
In 2011 the huge buzzword was "Cloud." It was so pronounced that by the third day we were joking about avoiding the "c-word." This year the cloud was taken as a matter of fact, a reality that all executives (CIO's, CISO's, VP-level info security types, and consultants) take in stride and provide for in information security tactics. Here are some other salient tech trends from the conference:
- SAAS – using the cloud, "software as a service" is now reality in many organizations. Google's penetration with Google Docs into large enterprises or sales departments' non-IT-aided implementation of SalesForce are both examples.
- BYOD – lots of acronyms, right? "Bring your own device." Workers want to use their personal technology-du-jour on the job. That means organizations can't mandate Berries but have to adjust to iPhones, Droids, and the various tablets as accessing sensitive company information.
- Big Data – this has been around in various forms, most often in the term "data-mining" for well over a decade. But now there are accessible, pragmatic tools to allow organizations to probe their mountains of data for patterns, opportunities, and profit generation.
Six years ago, on the eve of the Great Recession, a financial services CEO criticized me bitterly for engaging her board in scenarios that forecasted the possibility of individual customer experiences or products. Today large financial institutions can use Hadoop to gather information and do exactly what I posed as a possibility. That exec, incidentally, no longer heads that organization.
Energy Prices: Why Have They Moderated?
Everyone wants to know the future price of a barrel of oil or of a kilowatt of electricity. Like most forecasts the calculation is complex and the range is wide depending on the timeline. OPEC policy, supply, demand, new discoveries, emerging technology, consumption behaviors, geopolitical events can all have a bearing or effect on energy price.
For several years I've been tying the price forecasts to global economic performance. This has been especially true as the globe goes through the most dramatic economic cycles since early in the last century. In fact, I've been forecasting a semi-permanent rise above a $100/barrel price floor sometime between 2011 and 2015. I still hold to it.
Many will ask what's driving down short term spot prices in oil. Good question. Typically these short term fluctuations are driven by buildup in supply and the hidden effect of economic downturn and consumer behavior. That's what's been going on lately. I believe it also has to do with the discoveries of fairly large but very expensive sources of oil in the Western Hemisphere. Bakken oil (or "tight oil"), Alberta tarsands, and offshore Brazilian potential are all examples.
These "tight" and "dirty" sources have put off the depletion of other sources in the recent past. Eventually, however, the inexpensive oil sources are going to wane further and the price is going up. I believe to a fluctuating, often volatile range from $100 to $150/barrel.
Whether I'm right or wrong about the forecast is less important than preparation. I'm fond of the statement denial is not a strategy. That's why I'm bemused, surprised, or sometimes frustrated by organizations that find reasons to deny any possibility of what would be painful developments. Those that believe the relatively inexpensive energy we enjoy today is going to be with us for the foreseeable future are in that denial.
The Oil Forecast
My logic: the recession reduces demand but only temporarily. Recovery from recessions is uneven globally. Some regions recover months, perhaps even years before others. A robust economy in Asia and to a lesser extent in Latin America will create demand that will drive prices up despite a slight fall in use in the U.S. and the EU.
Speculation or unexpected geopolitical events – "triggers" – will create volatility. Speculators will enter the market on supply shortages. No regulating body can keep them away from the opportunity to make money.
My forecast from mid-2008 forward: 75 to 85% confidence that an oil price spike and permanent plateau above $100/barrel will come sometime in the 2011-2014 time frame.
It's been of interest to clients in, well, almost every field. Because as one CEO said to me on being asked what energy prices affect, "Everything!"
As the economic recovery has forged ahead strongly almost everywhere except the North Atlantic the price of a barrel of oil has risen back through the $50, $70, then $90 levels. Now the unprecedented events in the Middle East have taken Brent futures over $111. West Texas will follow.
Will it stay there? Of course it depends on a complex array of factors. Economic effects, how high the price spikes, volatility, whether the Saudi's can really make up most of the shortfalls, refining bottlenecks, and more. In the weeks ahead I'll place more information here on the implications of this important trend.
In the meantime I'm getting a lot of queries from clients who quickly remember my forecasts and are running through their Plan B strategies to react to the development or are confident because they planned for the high probability of this years ago.
Tracking, January 2011
Food Prices - for well over two years we've tracked a steady uptick in worldwide food prices. One visual element in our briefings and conference presentations is the UN's index of world prices which shows a steady climb that now has exceeded the "trigger point" of 2007-08.
What do we mean by "trigger point?" When riots occur in less developed nations over food. Large portions of the population in these countries spend 50% or more of their incomes on food. This is a ticking time bomb that has been known to overthrow governments and even cause wars.
The "North Atlantic Recession" - come on, it is no longer a global recession or even the "Great Recession" when you view it from Brazil, India, or China. It's the recession that still either cripples or impedes the US and the EU. Even Canada is out and expanding.
The "Employment Follies" - how badly can a government manipulate statistics? Just look at the jobless in America. OK, every governing administration wants to make the news better but creating 65,000 jobs in a month when it's going to take over a quarter million new jobs every 30 days to get back to something like 5% unemployment is not good news. Especially when most of the jobs are in hotels, restaurant kitchens, or temporary services. Employment is a key trend for America's return to economic health. We should be realistic about it.


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May 5, 2018. Holliston in Bloom ushers in Spring with a freshening up of the flower beds around town.
Members of HIB (Holliston In Bloom) and non-memebers, gave of their Saturday and Sunday to make the beds ready for the planting of flowers that everyone admires as Spring turns to summer and eventually Fall.
Cherry Fenton added: There was a total of 14 contractor bags and pick-up truck load of plant debris, 6 contractor bags of trash, and 3 brush piles collected at the Cleanup Weekend as part of Keep Massachusetts Beautiful campaign! Holliston DPW helped dispose of trash and brush piles.
Approximately 32 people over 2 days and 100+ volunteer hours were worked this past weekend*. (*Additional hours of trash removal and light pruning were done in advance at the Big Border by a Placentino/Miller School group of students and parents organized by parent Catie Ehret just 2 weeks earlier.)
All of the beds at Town Hall (foundation, patio, sidewalk, front beds, and war memorial), Big Border at Church Green on Washington Street, Rossini Corner, Police Station, Fire Station and hosta garden, Stoddard Park pavilion, the garden at the corner of High and Concord Streets, and the Blair Square gazebo were weeded. (Many garden beds were also prepped for planting later this month.) Trash was also removed from Holliston High, Stoddard Park, Patoma Park, Pleasure Point, Rossini Corner, Police Station, Church Green, Town Hall, and Blair Square.
Many thanks to the Holliston Lions and Leos, the HIB committee, old and new friends, and the DPW who supported our efforts to keep our town beautiful!
Cleanup coordinator and cochair of HIB, Cherry Fenton, above, worked with David Bastille to prepare the planting beds along Washington Street in front of the Congregational Church.
Meanwhile, Jill Malcolm of the Garden Club and HIB took care of the beds around Town Hall.
The beds in front of the Police Station were made ready by Bea Hait (GOA).
The corner of High Street and Concord Street has been under the care of the Kelly Family ever since Cassandra, below right, took it on as a high school project. With her were, left to right, HIB member Ann Huntington, Tom and Cathy Kelly.
Cassandra's Corner is ready for plants.
Yours Truly was assigned to the planting beds in front of the Central Burial Ground. I think I did a pretty good job; at least the residents didn't complain.
Lions cleaned up Stoddard, Pleasure Point and Patoma Park with 4 Lions and 4 Leos.
I'm sure there were more volunteers pitching in to make Holliston beautiful. Please comment on this article so everyone knows that you care.
Cochair Kathy Shore, above left, thanks resident Kathleen Kiley for her very generous $1000 donation to Holliston In Bloom. Kathleen said she usually helps with the weeding but this year is recovering from an injury and still wanted to help out.
Kathy also accepted a generous donation of $300 from Kate LaMontagne, owner of Kamala Boutique.
So much appreciated!!! Thank you all for all you do and are doing, everything looks so nice around town!
- Kate | 5/9/18 8:47 AM
Huge thanks to Kathy Kiley!
Clean up was also done at Pinecrest Golf Course along the fence/border & walkway.
- Deb Moore | 5/7/18 8:36 AM
Thank you to all the volunteers who helped beautify our town and especially to the HIB committee for leading this effort!
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Josh.ai's First Voice Control for Multisource, Multizone A/V Finally Arrives
Two-way integration of Atlona switchers allows Josh.ai users to control A/V experience via voice, without having to specify room or source: OK Josh, Watch 'Ozark.'
Josh.ai is making it easier to control the TV experience with voice control, allowing consumers to walk into a room, request a show, and leave the rest to the home-automation system.
For example, step into the living room and say, "OK Josh, watch Ozark," and the TV will turn on in that room, and start playing the requested show. Users don't need to dictate which room they're in, or which service streams "Ozark" (Netflix).
Josh does the work on the back end, thanks to new integrations with Atlona video matrix switchers (announced last November), and existing drivers for Roku and select TVs, projectors receivers.
Josh recognizes the location of the user because a Josh Micro voice assistant sits in every room to be controlled.
Atlona Switchers Supported
Josh.ai curently supports Atlona HDR-H2H and PRO3 Series HDMI-toHDBaseT matrix switchers listed below. A/V-over-IP systems currently aren't supported:
With Josh Micro, users could already command the system to turn on a local TV (or control lights, thermostat and other local devices), without having to specify the room. It could also deep-link into Roku streamers for accessing specific shows or other content attributes. Now users can do the same thing in a multi-source, multi-room environment.
Previously, for this type of feature, integrators would have to create macros through third-party home-control systems, and then map those macros to commands that could be implemented through Josh (or other voice-control platform).
Even a simple command like, "Watch Dish," would have to be created in a third-party home-automation system as a macro that would include selecting the source, distributing it to the appropriate zone, and controlling the TV to display the media.
With the Atlona integration, the process happens organically through Josh, the switcher, and native control of displays (via IP or IR through Global Cache).
"The main thing people have been asking for is around making A/V better," says Nader Dajani, Josh.ai head of business development, in an interview with CE Pro. "Twelve months ago, we started taking that direction."
New Josh.ai Architecture to Support A/V
Josh.ai was developed initially to operate lights, thermostats, shades and other environmental controls – "the low-hanging fruit," as Dajani says.
Various point solutions like Wemo, Ecobee, Nest Cam and Philips Hue could be controlled through Josh.ai with natural language processing (NLP) – a process Josh claims is more elegant and intuitive than existing voice processors.
Then Josh moved to custom-oriented home-control systems, allowing "native" control of devices like shades and lighting that were connected to third-party systems such as Savant, Control4 and Crestron – "native" meaning the end devices could be controlled via voice through Josh, without having to create scenes in the home-automation system that could be triggered by Josh.
Now Josh has moved into the more complicated audio/video category, with Atlona being the first partner for zone/source switching. The Atlona integration was announced at CEDIA Expo 2018, as was integration with Crestron DigitalMedia, which is still to come.
"We totally rearchitected Josh to support this," Dajani says.
It took a grueling year of development to create the new architecture, and the initial implementation is fairly limited -- Atlona is the only switcher supported today, and Roku is the only streaming service provider. You could tell Josh to turn on Dish or Play a DVD, but control of those sources stops there, save for basic IR transport controls.
With the new architecture, however, development from now on will be much simpler for additional A/V sources.
"Roku is the current way to deep-link into content like YouTube, Netflix, Hulu and more," Josh founder Alex Capecelatro tells CE Pro. "The nice thing is Roku is very inexpensive, so we see dealers including them in most projects now."
That said, Capecelatro tells us Josh is "close to releasing native cable integration with one of the major players, and expect to have the other top ones this year."
The integration will allow users to say, "Watch CNN" or "Go to channel 22," for example. Presumably, when the integration arrives, users won't have to tell Josh to go to the cable source and then watch CNN. It would happen seamlessly with a "Watch CNN" command.
As part of the new A/V-friendly architecture, Josh redesigned the integrator set-up flow for A/V systems (above), introducing a new browser-based configuration platform that allows dealers to "set up complicated distributed A/V workflows quickly and without error," the company claims.
Read the complete press release below.
Josh.ai Launches First Natural Language Solution for Distributed AV
DENVER, Colorado, January 31, 2019 – Josh.ai continues to expand the impact of artificial intelligence in the home by introducing non-scene based voice media switching. This means that integrators no longer need to pre-program specific media sources and content to specific destinations for voice commands. Josh.ai now natively understands different sources and destinations, which introduces flexibility to enable users to go from room to room and simply ask to turn on a favorite song or show.
For example, clients can walk into their theater and say, "OK Josh, watch Breaking Bad." Josh.ai understands the request is coming from the theater, powers on the projector, utilizes a knowledge graph to determine Breaking Bad is on Netflix, routes the matrix switcher to select the appropriate media server as an input and sends to the proper output, switches to the appropriate audio source, and almost instantly Breaking Bad is on!
Keeping true to its commitment to intuitive user experiences, Josh.ai has completely redesigned the integrator setup flow for setting up AV systems. Josh.ai introduces a browser-based configuration workflow that auto-discovers audio and video devices on the network. The new interface has been designed with dealers in mind, allowing them to set up complicated distributed AV workflows quickly and without error.
"For a few years now, we have seen an increasing desire from our clients to interact with their technology, especially audio and video, in the most simplistic and personal way possible. Nothing is more intuitive than voice, and nobody is approaching voice the way that Alex and his team are with Josh.ai. I am so excited to be able to extend the possibility of voice control to our clientele and deliver beyond their expectations," said Ben Lentz from Cyber Technology Group in Scottsdale, Arizona.
New device integrations and capabilities significantly improve the depth of the user experience. Josh is doubling the amount of supported audio and video devices, bringing together industry-leading brands into one elegant ecosystem. With this release, Josh is announcing support for Sony and Barco Projectors, Atlona matrix switchers, and Sony and LG televisions. Below is a full list of Integrated Brands and Devices for AV:
- Projectors: Sony, Barco
- Televisions: Sony, LG, and IR for most other brands
- Receivers: Sony, Integra, Onkyo, Pioneer, IR for most other brands
- Audio: Sonos, Heos
- Matrix Switchers: Atlona
- IR Control: Global Cache
- Audio Services: Tidal, Spotify, Apple Music, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Pandora
- Video Services: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube
Prior to offering distributed AV, Josh served direct endpoint AV systems in single rooms, and could also be programmed with macros from other control systems to channel audio or video throughout various zones. "This new update is a big step forward in allowing us to deliver the most natural voice experience with an amazingly simple setup flow," says Josh.ai CEO Alex Capecelatro. "It is one of the biggest features that our integrators have requested, and is something that further separates Josh from the mass market solutions. We're happy to be able to deliver on this vision."
The new set up process not only enables Josh.ai to handle complex content distribution, but also sets the groundwork for deeper integration with control system partners, including direct AV compatibility with Crestron, Control4, and Savant.
"We're excited to partner with some of the most prominent brands and partners to offer advanced voice control over distributed content," said Capecelatro. "This is an incredibly important feature for our luxury clients who want the power of distributed systems, with the simplicity of being able to ask for any music or video content in a room and have it play instantly. Our goal with Josh.ai is to deliver a magical experience to the user, and the hard work from our engineering team gets us closer to that vision."
"The integrated Josh and Atlona solution delivers the magical experience of voice control for luxury AV systems that to this point has been a challenge to attain," said Joshua Castro, product manager, Atlona. "While this integration clearly addresses the trends we see today in distributed whole-home AV, we also see plenty of value for restaurants, hotels and offices, among other businesses, that want seamless voice-controlled switching and distribution to channel the right AV sources to the right destinations."
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Good evening everyone,
I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend and were able to honor our military veterans.
Many thanks to all of the families who attended the playoff football game last Thursday night. The team advanced to the next round of the playoffs, which means that the band will be performing this Friday night (more on that below - click here for the football playoff brackets).
Now, for announcements:
In fundraising news:
*The annual pancake breakfast and Christmas Bazaar are on Saturday, December 2nd at Inderkum. WE COULD REALLY USE HELP WITH THESE EVENTS. Please mark your calendars: The fundraising coordinator would like to meet with you on Wednesday, November 15th, at 6:30 p.m. at Panera in North Natomas (Del Paso Rd). We hope to see you there! Click here to sign up for the Pancake Breakfast.
*Paint night is Saturday, December 16th. Information and sign-ups are available on the website. Click here for more details.
Our thanks to all that supported the popcorn fundraiser. Popcorn will be delivered soon. Please look for an email later this month with delivery details.
In volunteer news, I will be sending out a separate email tomorrow, which will contain important details related to events and volunteer needs. Please look for that email and read it carefully. If you have questions about volunteering, please reach out to our volunteer coordinators. They are happy to speak with you and give you information about how to get involved.
Marching band will practice on Monday and Thursday from 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., and color guard will practice from 4:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. on the same days. The section leaders and band directors will likely request extra practice sessions, in preparation for our final band review this weekend. Please look for communications about modified practice schedules. The next two marching band practices will be very important; please make every effort to support your student by emphasizing attendance and punctuality.
In an attempt to keep the students hydrated during practice and rehearsals, the band is in need of bottles of water. Any donations of water would be greatly appreciated!
There is another SAT opportunity scheduled for December 2nd. The band does not have an event scheduled, so please have your student take the test on this date if possible.
Please regularly check Inderkum's website for important dates, events, etc. so that you may plan accordingly with your student and avoid scheduling conflicts.
Looking forward, our winter concert is scheduled for Thursday, December 7th. Please mark your calendars and plan to spend the evening listening to fantastic music!
If you are joining us on the trip to Florida in April, and if you are using your student's account to help fund the trip, please refer to the email message from our president sent out on November 6th for instructions. As a reminder, the next payment to World Projects is due on December 15th, in the amount of $500.00.
On the subject of the Florida trip, we are in need of chaperones. Individuals considered must be cleared through the district and meet all requirements (fingerprinted, TB immunized, etc). If you are interested in chaperoning the trip, please reach out to the directors and inform them of your status. Please keep in mind that all fees required of the students will also apply to chaperones.
The second playoff football game is on Friday, November 17th. The band will be performing at this game. Call times and apparel requirements will be announced later in the week.
Our final band review of the season, the championships, will be on Saturday, November 18th in Fairfield. I have attached all of the informational flyers to this email. Keep this email in your inbox so that you may refer to it during your travels and throughout the day on Saturday. Please consider joining us in cheering and watching our students march down the street with pride! They have worked very hard this season, and we are extremely proud of them. Please bring your voices, encouragement, coats and umbrellas (please keep an eye on the weather forecast - there is currently a 40% chance of rain in Fairfield on that day). I will be sending communication specific to the band review later in the week.
With back-to-back performances on Friday night and Saturday morning, please encourage your students to make choices that will set them up for success (good food choices, rest, hydration, respectful attitudes, organization, and preparation). They will be in school all day Friday, performing in the cool weather Friday night, and reporting to their5:30 a.m. call time Saturday morning. The good news: they will have a solid 8 days to rest and relax after returning to Inderkum Saturday night; Thanksgiving break is November 20 - November 24!
Please support your students in keeping them focused and engaged during this very important week of preparation. Let's finish marching season strong and begin concert season with focus and enthusiasm.
Thank you, everyone, for supporting this amazing ensemble of students and for providing them with memorable and important educational opportunity. You are appreciated!
5 more school days until Thanksgiving break - we can do it!
Have a great week!
Best Regards,
Chris Dahilig
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An infidel horde flying 80 banners meets a Muslim army at the Syrian town of Dabiq in an apocalyptic battle. The Muslims are decimated but ultimately prevail, ushering in the end of days.
This ancient Sunni Muslim prophecy — mentioned in canonical accounts of the Prophet Mohammed's sayings — has become a rallying cry for Islamic State jihadists in Iraq and Syria, especially since they seized Dabiq in August.
The town itself has negligible military value compared with the strategic IS-controlled cities of Raqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq.
But as IS jihadists come under a US-led aerial onslaught to stop their advance, its importance as a symbol has become clear.
Among IS supporters on social media, Dabiq has become a byword for a struggle against the West, with Washington and its allies bombing jihadists portrayed as modern-day Crusaders.
IS has even named its official magazine simply "Dabiq".
The prophecy has been passed down in different versions, but in all cases it features a great battle between a Muslim army and the forces of non-believers.
Recent weeks have seen IS supporters interpreting a wide range of events as further evidence of its truth.
Some keep a close count of the US-led coalition's members — now at more than 60 countries — in anticipation of when the prophecy's "80 banners" are reached.
Others have interpreted comments by top US General Martin Dempsey on the possible need for ground forces as a signal of the foretold battle, writing on Twitter using the hashtag: "It is Dabiq, by God."
– The foretold 'caliphate' –
One IS supporter wrote on Twitter: "When you despair of your air power, you will find us waiting in Dabiq."
Some versions of the prophecy mention the Muslim army moving on after the great battle to take Constantinople, the former capital of the Christian Byzantines and present-day Istanbul.
When Turkey decided last week to join the fight against the jihadists, that too was greeted as an omen by some IS supporters.
Prophecy has played a role in the movement's ideology since its early days as Al-Qaeda in Iraq under Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Before Zarqawi was killed in Iraq in a US airstrike in 2006 — and long before his movement evolved into IS — he was already referring to the epic battle in Dabiq.
When IS earlier this year seized large parts of Iraq and proclaimed its current leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as "caliph", it again turned to prophecy to rally supporters to its cause.
One of Mohammed's prophecies is of the rise of a "caliphate on the path of the Prophet" and shortly before the proclamation IS spokesman Abu Mohamed al-Adnani pledged that "God's promise" was imminent.
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Commercial real estate refuses to cool in New York
The Cathedral of Commerce once again is living up to its nickname. The Woolworth Building, a 1913 Gothic masterpiece in downtown Manhattan, was set for conversion to luxury condominiums, but the price of commercial office space has risen so much that the owners changed course.
Instead of becoming one of the coolest places to live in New York City, the building will house luxury office space. In a city where people pay $500,000 for a studio apartment, the owners – led by the developers Steven Witkoff and Ruben Schron – scrapped a seven-year-old residential plan in May in favour of the commercial project.
While the residential real estate market is flat, New York's commercial property market has been galloping ahead at least since 2003 or 2004.
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Like just about everywhere else in Manhattan, vacancies are down and rents are up at the Empire State Building. Rents rose 18% in the past year and 11% in the second quarter alone, Eynon said.
In the pricier Midtown district, eight blocks further north, monthly rents for Class A space are up 34% in the past year and up 74% from a September 2003 low point, according to brokerage Colliers ABR.
In all of Manhattan, office buildings valued above $5mn are selling for $730 per square foot in 2007, up 18% from last year and up 143% from 2004, according to Real Capital Analytics. Meanwhile apartment prices fell 2.4% in 2006 and are down 18% this year.
In the Financial District, which includes Wall Street and the Woolworth Building, rents are up 25% in the past year and up 62% from a low point in November 2004.
Some 10mn more square feet of office space will open there as four towers are built on the World Trade Center site over the next five years. In addition, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase are building headquarters totaling another 3.4mn sq ft of space.
A few blocks away is the Woolworth Building, which at 792ft (241m) was the tallest building in the world when completed in 1913 with Gothic spires, a terra cotta exterior and elaborate lobby. Built with the fortune raised by the Woolworth retail chain, the building was called the Cathedral of Commerce.
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The Binding Force of Babel. The Enforcement of EC Law Unpublished in the Languages of the New Member States
Title: The Binding Force of Babel. The Enforcement of EC Law Unpublished in the Languages of the New Member States
Author: BOBEK, Michal
Date: 2007
Publisher: European University Institute
Series/Number: EUI LAW; 2007/06
This paper explores some of the issues raised by the absence of due publication of EC secondary legislation in the languages of the new Member States after the 2004 Accession. It first lays down general principles regarding the publication of legal acts in Community law, pertinent to the current situation. Secondly, it addresses specific derogations from this regime brought about by the Accession. With the help of some general principles governing the publication and a comparative analysis of communication of legal norms in the Member States, it tries to suggest a possible approach to the extraordinary situation following the 2004 enlargement. Finally, it takes into account the consequences of the proposed solution and their potential sequels on the national level, especially before the constitutional courts of the new Member States.
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Rescued from truncation, very interesting post: On 07/10/2010 18:25, Peter Brazaitis wrote:
Very interesting commentaries on ICZN. However, there is a more sinister and perhaps lucrative use of the "code". Around, 1967, when the US put the Yacare caiman, Caiman yacare, of South America on the US endangered species list and banned it from importation into the US, the crocodilian leather industry went bonkers. It was one of the most heavily traded species and the basis for the leather industry. Although over a million skins traded annually, there were no legal sources or exporting countries for skins. Using ICZN guidelines, the industry pulled together skins of unknown and undocumented origins and assigned them new taxons. The material was published first in non-peer reviewed industry publications, then published in scientific journals, co-authored by two well-known European taxonomists (one was dead at the time). Having "legitimized" the nomenclature in scientific publications, several new taxons were created along with "descriptions" and their "distributions". The "type" skins were not deposited in a museum collection for future reference - it was not required. The authors further contributed the crocodilian section to the official UN/CITES identification manual for crocodilians and their derivatives, distributed throughout the world for purposes of enforcing trade regulations on skins. The new names divided Yacare into several new taxons that could now be listed "legally" in export documents , and did not appear as prohibited in the listings of US Endangered species, and thus could technically be permitted for US importation. I headed a team to Brazil to investigate the river systems that defined the "species" distribution and we could find no validity to the stated distributions or sub-specific designations. The taxons have since been refuted by a number of herpetologists but they still stand in the literature. The US Fish and Wildlife Service, relented and came in line with the European community as part of the CITES treaty, and down-listed the original species and all of its minions and opened the skins to US trade as having sufficient numbers and protection in origin countries (Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia). However, caiman species cannot be readily distinguished as to origin or sub-species once manufactured into products which are not required to have species identification labeling. Caiman skins cost $20 - $50 per skin in the raw state before tanning and manufacture, while genuine crocodile and alligator skin costs hundreds of dollars per skin and are closely regulated. Caiman skins mostly come out of Colombia. Both skins are used to make designer handbags costing up to $70,000 or so. No labeling means consumers have no idea which they are buying. Nice deal! Money opens all doors. Peter Brazaitis Forensic Herpetologist 155 Woodchuck Lane Harwinton, CT 06791 Tel.: 860-485-0044 Cell: 860-480-2588 FAX: 860-485-9513 email@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com If you do not receive a timely response to your reply to this message, please re-send.
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Angela Meade—"the most talked about soprano of her generation" (Opera News)—has been making waves in the opera world since her professional debut at the Met just under a decade ago. With a voice of "exceptional dynamic control" (The New Yorker) and "raw vocal intensity" (New York Times), Meade has won over 50 vocal competitions, graced the cover of Opera News, and been invited again and again to sing for the most distinguished opera houses in the world—most recently returning to the Met to star in a production of Bellini's Norma, to much acclaim.
After a brilliant recital during Performance Santa Fe's 2016-17 Festival of Song (where Opera Today stated that "with Meade we begin to know the sound of golden age singing"), the "gleaming soprano" (Washington Post) returns to Santa Fe this January to sing works by Meyerbeer, Bellini, Rossini, Beethoven, and Mahler.
As a part of Performance Santa Fe's education program offerings this season, Ms. Meade will teach a master class for voice majors from the University of New Mexico on Friday, January 12 at the St. Francis Auditorium.
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The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season is forecast to be more active than historical averages with regard to the number of named storms, according to the latest forecasts released by Colorado State University, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and The Weather Company, an IBM Business. NOAA's Climate Prediction Center is forecasting a 75-percent chance that the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season will be near-or above-normal.
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Greetings! Last week, I shared the art card I made for my mom. I also told you that I would share with you the circle art journal that I started with her. But first, I should tell you about circle journals (or my version of them). I heard about this type of journal years ago and I guess it had been tucked away in some corner of my mind waiting for the day it would emerge.
That day was a little over 2 years ago, while I was still in the midst of trying to make some sense out of the unexpected passing of my dad. Not to digress, but I will tell you that he was the kindest, most gentle person you could have met and I miss him every day. Part of my journey through my grief included evaluating the relationships in my life. Those I would take care to work on if needed, to strengthen or just continue to build and those I would let go because as I just learned, life really is too short.
So, I turned to 2 of my favorite people, who happen to also be family members, and proposed this journal. I decorated a composition book (remember when I told you that I was having trouble with my iPhoto, well that's the reason I'm not sharing what it looks like, but trust me, it's pretty darned cool!). Anyhow, the idea is for the 3 of us to get to know each other better, as women, not the mothers we all are, the wives, professionals etc, but what makes us who we are. So, for the first few go rounds, I proposed the question. Sometimes, it's a fun, light question, sometimes it deeper. And then I asked my cousin to take over, and boy, she hit us with a doozy (love ya cuz!) We've all taken to making comments as we read through the others answers, and I have to be honest, sometimes, that's my favorite part! And since we live in 3 different states, we have to mail it out (from me, to my sister-in-law to my cousin and back to me – hence the name, Circle Journal). It keeps us connected and it's fun when you open your mailbox and see that envelope. I've enjoyed it so much, I asked some friends if they would be interested and so far, it's in the middle of it's second go round.
And this brings us to the journal I stared with my mom. My mom moved back to Vegas after my dad passed away. It's hard to live so far apart and a few weeks ago, I realized that what we needed was, you guessed it, a circle journal. But this one would be different. Mom isn't much of a journaler. But she is an artist and painting is her medium. So, I decided that we needed a circle art journal. I got this journal at the Curb Center's Boot Camp back in August, and it's the perfect size (3″ x 5″)to mail.
Here's the inside page:
And here is my first entry:
Of course, I started with a layer of gesso. After that dried, I went with this pink background color. I used part of a gift bag as my patterned paper (on the left). I softened both the patterned paper and the paint with a thin layer of gesso.
I used crinkled plastic wrap lightly dabbed in paint to add some texture to the pages.
Close up of that texture:
I don't have any circle stamps, so I used an old creamer lid. Not bad! The birds were found in my favorite local mag, Nashville Art Magazine.
I added pieces of newspaper (The Contributor – I like to recycle after reading the fantastic articles. Plus, I buy multiples each month so I can share a paper and use a paper). I ran the edges of the newsprint on a chocolate colored ink pad for some added definition and I softened each one with some gesso.
Finally, I hand wrote the following quote (you're going to have to trust me on this, because much to my horror, I discovered that I forgot to take a picture of the final layout!) "Each morning we are born again. What we do today matters most." I found this on pinterest, and it's attributed to Buddha.
I got a very excited phone call from my mom when she received her envelope in the mail. She LOVES this idea. We've chatted since and she told me she's sketching out her layout. I can't wait to get it back. I can't wait to see what she paints. And I'm so glad she's excited about painting again! I already asked, and she has given me permission to share her pages.
So, is there someone in your life you can share a circle journal with? If so, I'd love to hear about it!


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Okay, let's get to the meat of the matter. I only have a couple of general tips. At any dinner party I host these days, there are some number of children. Generally, those children are between the ages of three and eight. Feed them first. Feed them food they will eat: chicken strips, potstickers, pizza, macaroni and cheese, muffin tins, WHATEVER...and have a dessert for them. If the dessert is different from the adults, this can cause havoc. Play it by ear.
I am about to say something controversial...then put them in front of a cartoon or movie. Get them all to agree on something and then put them in front of it. The adults want to talk to other adults and not their children. The dinner party is like the playground for the adults. Unless you have a nanny at your house or some kind of magical wonderland inside an attic wardrobe, the "video" is your best bet. That's my opinion.
I like to then bring everyone back together for dessert.
I used to be one of those fluttery, apologetic, harried hostesses, but now I am a laid back hostess who tries to plan as much ahead of time as possible. Do not put yourself in a position where you are trying to poach fish or saute something while refilling wine glasses. This is a no win situation. For winter parties, make heartier dishes that you put in the oven or your crockpot hours ahead and all you have to do in the presence of your company is toss the salad.
If you entertain with a partner, like I do, agree ahead of time on what everyone's job is. Hubby and I have eased into this pretty seamlessly. He does coats, drinks, early banter, getting the kids' playing, introducing the appy...I plan/shop/cook and we both clean up. He is usually the first one up from the table, staging coffee and dessert, and since I'm still sitting there, it helps keep everyone relaxed. They seem to think if the hostess is giggling and telling stories with an Irish wine tan, then what do I have to fret about?
I am also a HUGE fan of Sunday brunch, particularly in the Spring when it's an asparagus/strawberries kind of affair. I try to do brunch instead of dinner in the Spring and early Summer.
I also like to serve new things and sometimes have a single, special festive cocktail. If I know a particular guest is fond of something like pistachios or a certain dip or dessert, then I will probably have that item every time that person comes over. Katy, I'm not sure what you think I do well. These things now seem so routine to me that it's hard for me to pull them out and articulate them.
Over time, my entertaining has become more elaborate, but I am very particular about which things I am willing to spend time and money on.
Start simple and as you become more skilled and comfortable, expand your repertoire. Try to relax and remember that they are there for the company and not the food.
If any of you has specific dinner party questions, fire away. I'm all ears.
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How to Host a Successful Dinner Party: Conclusion
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What a great idea. I already put the kids at a separate table, but feeding them first sounds even better. That way parents don't have to keep getting up from the table to tend to their tots. Do you warn the parents in advance that you are going to do this? Have parents ever been bothered by not having the family together for dinner?ReplyDelete
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Day 2: Sports Held Hostage
For the second straight day, the Wilton High School athletic schedule has been wiped clean by Mother Nature's latest foray into the Nutmeg State. The boys and girls basketball games against Danbury were once again delayed. While Wilton students were forced to go to school in the bad weather, after a 90-minute or so delay, Danbury students got to stay home as the ice storm rocked that region a little harder.
The boys game will be made up on Saturday at 1:30 p.m., in Danbury while the girls game is still being listed as a TBA.
Also, shortly after 2:30 p.m., the boys hockey game with Joel Barlow was postponed, as well. No make-up date has been listed as of yet. Also, the Wilton boys hockey game against Staples, scheduled for Jan 19, has bumped 48 hours until Jan. 21.
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