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Nondiscrimination/Title IX Policy

Nondiscrimination/Title IX Policy
Gladstone School District recognizes the diversity and worth of all individuals and groups.

It is the policy of Gladstone Schools that there will be no discrimination or harassment of individuals or groups based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, marital status, age, veterans’ status, genetic information or disability in any educational programs, activities or employment.

District meeting locations are accessible to persons with disabilities.  A request for an interpreter for the hearing impaired, or for other accommodations for persons with disabilities, should be made at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.

Complaints and inquires can be made directly to a school administrator or to the District office in the following manner:

Jeremiah Patterson
Assistant Superintendent

If you wish to review the Gladstone School Board Policies, they are available on the district website and in each school’s main office as well as the district office.

Board Policy References: AC – Nondiscrimination, AC-AR Discrimination Complaint/Grievance Procedure and JB Equal Educational Opportunity

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Liberia Princess Fatu Gayflor To Be Featured At I-Help Liberia Project Benefit Concert

The I-HELP Liberia Project consisting of Hunter College High School students and alumni who strive to improve Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) program in Liberia, cordially invites you to its 2015 Benefit Concert to be held on Saturday, September 26 at 6:00pm.

Improving Liberian students’ educational scopes and cultivating the students’ passion for learning will open opportunities for innovation and further the nation’s development as a whole. Our organization is committed to working with schools in Liberia through laboratory technology training sessions as well as workshops centered on science and mathematics. We have sponsored a Math Olympic and Science Bowl tournaments in Liberia.

And we will sponsor another Science Bowl tournament in December, 2015. School supplies, laboratory equipment, and other items continue to be collected and shipped to Liberia. We are asking that you please help us do more in war-affected and post-Ebola crisis Liberia by supporting our Benefit Concert, featuring Liberia Princess Fatu Gayflor.

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Keuper, Janis, and Franz-Josef Pfreundt. “Asynchronous Parallel Stochastic Gradient Descent-A Numeric Core for Scalable Distributed Machine Learning Algorithms.” arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.04956 (2015).

Stoyanov, Dimitar, and Franz-Josef Pfreundt. Hybrid-Parallel Sparse Matrix–Vector Multiplication and Iterative Linear Solvers with the communication library GPI.”.

Oden, Lena. “GPI2 for GPUs: A PGAS framework for efficient communication in hybrid clusters.” Parallel Computing: Accelerating Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) 25 (2014): 461.

Gruenewald, D., Ettrich, N., Rahn, M.,  and Pfreundt, F. J. (2014, September). FRTM-A Productive Framework for Reverse Time Migration. In EAGE Workshop on High Performance Computing for Upstream.

Breitbart, Jens, Mareike Schmidtobreick, and Vincent Heuveline. “Evaluation of the Global Address Space Programming Interface (GASPI).” Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops (IPDPSW), 2014 IEEE International. IEEE, 2014.

Simmendinger, Christian, Mirko Rahn, and Daniel Gruenewald. “The GASPI API: A failure tolerant PGAS API for asynchronous dataflow on heterogeneous architectures.” Sustained Simulation Performance 2014. Springer International Publishing, 2015. 17-32.

Shahzad, Faisal, et al. “PGAS implementation of SpMVM and LBM using GPI.” 7th International Conference on PGAS Programming Models.

Grünewald, Daniel, and Christian Simmendinger. “The GASPI API specification and its implementation GPI 2.0.” 7th International Conference on PGAS Programming Models. Vol. 243. 2013.

Machado, Rui, Salvador Abreu, and Daniel Diaz. “Parallel Local Search: Experiments with a PGAS-based programming model.” arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.7699 (2013).

Machado, Rui, Salvador Abreu, and Daniel Diaz. “Parallel Performance of Declarative Programming Using a PGAS Model.” Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. 244-260.

Simmendinger, Christian, et al. “A PGAS-based implementation for the unstructured CFD solver TAU.” Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Partitioned Global Address Space Programming Models, PGAS. Vol. 11. 2011.

Machado, Rui, et al. “Unbalanced tree search on a manycore system using the GPI programming model.” Computer Science-Research and Development 26.3-4 (2011): 229-236.

Machado, Rui, and Carsten Lojewski. “The Fraunhofer virtual machine: a communication library and runtime system based on the RDMA model.” Computer Science-Research and Development 23.3-4 (2009): 125-132.


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The Object Wrapper Rap

What the hell is a wrapper?
We don’t seem to know.[1]
It should not just be “as-is,”
A no change blow by blow.

It should be a way
To screen out the excess,
To present what is needed
And not the whole mess.

Facades resolve tangles
Without inside change.
You see org’nization,
Not the whole range.

You use what you need,
Disregarding the rest,
Replacing by subset
As you “plug-in” the best.

A middleware service
Supports diverse needs;
An interface offered
To apps of all breeds.

An app[2] may provide access
Or do access as well;
And may do so by wrapper
Through an ORB that will tell

Who talks to who
And where talks to where.
“Wrapper” or “service”
ORBs really don’t care.

Gary A. Ham – 1998

[1] The poem was written during a group meeting (Summer 1998) discussing the appropriate architecture for handling interfaces between heterogeneous systems (both legacy and to-be) in a distributed object environment. The basic point: Properly defined “wrappers” improve the functionality of legacy systems by acting as facade for the purpose of encapsulation, selection, and projection of appropriate subsets of a legacy system. Middleware services then deal with the system only through the facade, without having to deal with all the internal intricacies of the complete legacy system.

[2] Legacy, COTS, or new development all apply.

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Costs to Consider when calculating your real estate net

A good article on the costs involved in a real estate transaction that many people tend to overlook found in the Globe and Mail on March 14th 2012.

Original Article found here http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/home-cents/costs-to-consider-when-calculating-your-real-estate-net/article2367996/

The following is a list of costs to consider when analyzing your real estate budget:

1. Selling costs (realtor fees or marketing fees or combo of both if listing on MLS for self. (Yes, you do still have to pay a realtor their commissions if they bring you a buyer, even if you use the $100 listing services, etc.)

2. Land transfer tax on new purchase

3. Mortgage penalties for early cancellation (if any)

4. Insurance (paid up front on new purchase before title transfer)

5. Transfer of utilities

6. Moving costs

7. Renovation of new house before move-in (light or heavy)

8. Carrying of two mortgages during transition

9. Appraisal of new property for financing

10. Real Property Report (or survey) to confirm property conforms to city regulations or title insurance

11. New window coverings (often current won't work at new house and this is forgotten).

12. Legal costs for sale and purchase

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Since first opening our doors in 2010, Grow Land, LLC has grown to become one of the most well respected landscape management companies throughout the Phoenix valley. Servicing a multitude of high profile customers including property management firms, commercial and industrial properties, retirement communities, assisted living facilities, churches, and residential homes, we know what it takes to make properties stand out.

From our landscape management division to our landscape enhancements, new construction and bocce court divisions, we are proud to offer our clients all the services required to keep their outdoor spaces looking immaculate, no matter the season. We take the time to understand the unique needs and vision of each of our clients and work hard to provide landscapes that exceed their expectations.  Our service is as impressive as the properties we serve.

We are a K-21 licensed contractor in the State of Arizona (AZ ROC 268417) and are bonded and insured for your protection. We provide our team members with ongoing safety programs & and access to industry training and certification programs.

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With 37 years working in the Arizona Landscape Industry, you can rest assured the Grow Land Leadership Team has the experience you are looking for to manage all of your landscaping needs. Following is a list of our key individuals:

Greg Rowland – Working in the Phoenix landscape industry for over 30 years, Greg brings a unique blend of hands-on experience and business acumen to the market.

Born and raised in the farmlands of Missouri, Greg developed his Midwestern values of hard work, respect, and treating others the way he would want to be treated at an early age. These values are the foundation of the business and reflect the individuals who work here. After moving to Phoenix, Greg attended and graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Economics and an emphasis in Accounting.

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Born and raised right here in Arizona, he has dealt with the desert climate his entire life. After graduating from Brophy Prep in 1983, he was employed in the irrigation industry and learned to design irrigation systems ranging from small residential to championship golf courses. He later attended the University of Arizona where he studied Landscape Architecture and Business Administration. He is certified as an Irrigation Designer by the Irrigation Association and has served on the board for the Arizona Landscape Contractors Association (ALCA). Glynn has worked on, and managed, many award-winning projects in Arizona, California, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, and throughout Mexico. His ‘I’ll take care of it’ philosophy toward projects is a huge plus for Grow Land and its clientele.


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When things don’t work, there are some very simple bugs you should check for before losing hope.

Short segment lengths cause dropped frames

Setting the length of the segments of a task to “0 second” can result in lots of dropped frames. This happens because mgl adjusts automatically for the difference between the expected (“0 second”) and the actual length of a segment (“always > 0 seconds”). Thus, if the lengths are set to “0 seconds” mgl is forced to make continual adjustments, what affects the speed of the frames display and causes dropped frames.

Return variables

Many of the routines return multiple values–it is really important that you receive these properly. For example, initTask returns both the task and myscreen. Make sure that you call it as follows:

[task{1} myscreen] = initTask(task{1},myscreen,@startSegmentCallback,@screenUpdateCallback,@responseCallback);

If you did not have the myscreen in the left hand side, then initTask will not set fields (primarly myscreen.stimtrace) correctly in your myscreen–which can make saving out traces incorrect. Look out for this not only in initTask but in any function like updateTask to make sure you are always setting the appropriate return variables correctly (check the help on the function–or model your calls after the ones in the templates).

Screen flashes

Sometimes the screen might appear to flash momentarily with your stimulus in a way you don't expect. Often this is due to not calling mglClearScreen at the appropriate place (like at the beginning of a segment or at the beginning of the screenUpdateCallback). The reason for this occurring is often because you are drawing to the back buffer of the double buffered screen and it already has something from before when it was being displayed. Clearing the screen as you start drawing will insure that you don't have any junk from the last screen draw that will show up.

You may also notice screen flashes if you use mglSetGammaTable to reset the gamma table at certain points in your experiment. mglSetGammaTable relies on Mac OS X functions that are not part of the Open GL library, and therefore will not necessarily have the correct timing. Sometimes the gamma table will get set too soon and sometimes too late. If you notice this problem you should add a brief dummy segment in your trial to set the gamma table before the segment that contains your stimuli. Minimizing the command window during the experiment has also been found to substantially reduce these timing issues.

Matlab control

Don't let the window from which you are calling your code be on the screen that is taken over by MGL, or you will lose the ability to stop the code from running or exit if your code is interupted by an error. If you do this, you can always type option-command-ESC (brings up Force-quit applications) to close the window. You may have to hit <ENTER> twice to quit Matlab. This will cause Matlab to close and shutdown the mgl screen.

Clear all

Mgl keeps the status of the display in the global variable called MGL. You can look at the values set in MGL by doing:

global MGL

Be aware that if you clear the MGL variable then mgl will no longer know the status of the screen. The current version handles this by closing the display if you clear the MGL variable. If for some reason, you get stuck with an open display that you cannot close, you can try to call mglOpen again and then close. If you have reset the gamma table, you can go into your System Preferences/Displays/Color and reset the gamma table back to normal there. On Linux, you can use xgamma to set the gamma table, or easier, use NVIDIA's settings manager or the ATI settings manager to restore gamma tables. If you still cannot close the display, you can always do option-open apple-escape and quit out of matlab (on Mac). On Linux, Ctrl-C may work, or you may have to kill the matlab process from a terminal. If you only have one screen and it is locked, you can type Ctrl+Alt+F5 to drop out of the X server temporarily; this will allow you to login and kill the Matlab process without restarting X (Ctrl+Alt+F7 to return to X).

Spelling, capitalization, and periods

If an important variable (e.g. stimulus) is misspelled (e.g. sitmulus), or a variable or function name mis-capitalized (e.g. inittask instead of initTask), or you forget to put the period between a variable name and a field name (e.g. stimuluscontrast instead of stimulus.contrast) things won’t work and it’ll be very confusing! MGL will check for some things that it knows about, but it can’t know how you’ve named your variables…

Your task doesn't exit when it's over

First, make sure you've specified a certain number of trials, otherwise it'll go on forever.

Then, make sure you have a while loop around the updateTask call checking the phase number. Even if you only have one phase, you still need to give updateTask a phaseNum variable as input, because the code will only end when the phaseNum gets too big for the while loop (and updateTask increases the phaseNum after all the trials have been run)

Set the data directory

So as to always know where your data will be saved, it's good to set the data directory by doing:

myscreen.datadir = datadirname;

where datadirname is the full path of the directory to which you'd like the data to be saved.

Make sure your displays aren’t mirrored.

Sometimes nothing at all will happen. This can be because your screens are mirrored.

Some common error messages that have to do with cell arrays and how to fix them

Error message saying you haven't specified task.segmin and task.segmax

Make sure you've called initTask with the exact task and phase. For example:

task{1}.seglen = 1;
task{1} = initTask(task{1},myscreen,@startSegmentCallback,@screenUpdateCallback,@responseCallback);

task{1}{1}.seglen = 1;
task{1}{1} = initTask(task{1}{1},myscreen,@startSegmentCallback,@screenUpdateCallback,@responseCallback);

Error message saying 'Cell contents reference from a non-cell array object,'

Make sure you are calling updateTask with a cell array. This can be confusing, because even if you only have one task and only one phase, you still need to define task{1} (rather than just 'task') and then call updateTask with 'task' - e.g.:

task{1}.seglen = 1;
task{1} = initTask(task{1},myscreen,@startSegmentCallback,@screenUpdateCallback,@responseCallback);
phaseNum = 1;
while (phaseNum <= length(task)) && ~myscreen.userHitEsc
 [task myscreen phaseNum] = updateTask(task,myscreen,phaseNum);

If you're running two tasks, and need to differentiate them, then even if they each only have one phase, you must define task{1}{1} and task{2}{1} and then call updateTask with task{1} and task{2}. For example:

task{1}{1}.seglen = 1;
task{1}{1} = initTask(task{1}{1},myscreen,@startSegmentCallback,@screenUpdateCallback,@responseCallback);
task{2} = setSecondTask(myscreen); % as long as setSecondTask returns a cell array
phaseNum = 1;
while (phaseNum <= length(task{1})) && ~myscreen.userHitEsc
 [task{1} myscreen phaseNum] = updateTask(task{1},myscreen,phaseNum);
 [task{2} myscreen] = updateTask(task{2},myscreen,1);

Error message saying 'Attempt to reference field of non-structure array,'

Make sure that you call updateTask and also return from updateTask with the same cell array (see above).

Error message 'Input argument "tnum" is undefined,'

Make sure you are passing in a phaseNum argument in your updateTask function call.

Problem starting/stopping the eye tracker

To control the ASL eye tracker through digital I/O you must have the file

mex'd. You can do

cd mgl/task/utils/readDigPort
mex writeDigPort.c

This compiles the program to send the digital pulse to the eye tracker. Also, if your task crashes at the beginning after it prints out

or something similar to that, you probably just need to recompile writeDigPort.c. If you continue to have problems and want to give up, you can delete the mexfile writeDigPort.mexmac and then mgl won't try and set the digital port (This is the default condition that the mgl library is in, because most computers don't have the NI card installed).


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Friday, October 27, 2006

India: The competitive advantage

The competitive advantage of India in the Demand Economy

By Harish Bijoor

At the end of a rather long working millennium, one has the luxury of putting up one’s legs on a soft stool, sinking into a soft beanbag and thinking soft thoughts of a soft millennium gone by.

I call it soft, particularly from the Indian perspective of things. The hundred marketing years behind us were distinctly soft years. Soft issues faced and soft options exercised. Soft covenants arrived at softly.

The years ahead look different indeed. Hard years indeed! Troublesome marketing times. Troublesome times for the marketing of the country that is India. Tough years that will call for tough ways.

Let’s then explore what is ahead of us. Visit and re-visit the strengths that exist. Strengths that will re-define the competitive advantage of India in the world market. The India ahead as the new consumer super-power of the world. The new intellectual capital of the world and of course the new seat of buying, selling, marketing and facilitating super-power of the world. The new role of India the buyer, India the seller and India the broker.

Let’s do this scenario painting exercise of the key competitive advantage of India in the markets of the future by visiting briefly the key issues we see as distinct points of strengths.

The British left India as a nation of shopkeepers. Our retail universe that covers a nano-fraction of super-markets, large numbers of small and medium sized shops and cubby holes of retail commerce in remote inaccessible corners of the country, is the biggest you can find in any of the 182 countries that comprise the world and its consuming markets. A population of 12 million retail outlets to service the needs and requirements of the world’s second biggest consuming mass of people!

The one big strength that less than one other nation in the world can stake its claim to, is the size of the population that rests within the boundaries of our country. A huge weakness of gigantic proportions when viewed from the many development-oriented periscopes of the past. Not so when you view it with the future in mind. A future that is energized by these very large masses of people who have been the biggest liability for the nation of a billion plus!

The past viewed people as a liability. Not enough physical work to go round, not enough food to eat and of course not enough education to ventilate around. Every bit of progress that development achieved was sacrificed very, very quickly (possibly even before the economist was able to record and publish the feat), at the altar of population and its rather robust pace of growth.

While every sector of the economy did reasonably well in bits and patches over the last hundred years, so did the sector of population growth. Stretched food resources, stressed out finances, a pathetic situation on the physical infrastructure front and a complete lack of positive momentum represented the development of the last hundred years in India. People were therefore the biggest liability.

Not so anymore. Not in the hundred years ahead of us. One of the biggest assets of marketing-based India is its numbers in the very many homes that dot the countryside of ‘sunny-side-up’ India! Lots of existing people and a robust yen to propagate more of the kind, only means a lot more stomachs to feed and a lot more bladders to fill. Lots more bodies to clothe and a lot more minds to educate.

Think of a product. Think of a service. Think of a want. Think of a need. The biggest and the best of them will linger in the land that is India! The marketing future of India is therefore made. Ready at the take-off stage which will have many a Schumpeter stumped!

But then, people are not the only need of a consumer market. Consumption is certainly not the only key to unlock the riches of a marketing man’s Pandora’s box. Money somehow seems to be the real key. More money in these many hands, more the consumption. But then, is the money around?

While the pessimists answer to the question will say that men without money or men without the means to make the money, are of no use to marketing and its future, the fact remains that there is a value in the market that has a huge potential. A potential that can well nigh break open huge values in the times to come.

Let’s just remember one thing. India has been a poor country for a long, long while now. People below the poverty line have numbered a strong platoon of people. And despite it all, the population has grown, survived and continues to thrive in its sheer numbers. People have found a way to survive. The fittest have survived on high value brands, the less fit than that have thrived on brands of a lesser caliber in the country. Those even lower in the hierarchy have survived on the fringe of the commodity in every category of want and need. Consumption needs have always found answers. Consumption solutions for all!

There is therefore a pyramid of consumption that lies all over the slopes of Maslowe’s hierarchy of needs. But then, everybody, rich or poor, has fallen within the confines of this pyramid. And just as long as they do, there is indeed potential for a robust market for commodities, quasi-brands, brands, super-brands and of course at the ultimate level of the self-actualizing folk, no brands at all!

Every one of these segments has a value though. And in value rests the potential for the marketer. The one big true-blue competitive advantage for India of the present and India of the future, is indeed its large population base articulating every basic need in consumption of products, services and utilities.

Time to change the paradigm of India’s population then! Every marketer of whatever origin, be it from within India or outside, will queue up in the consumer markets of the country, trying to woo the wallet of the willing. As traditional source markets reach a plateau in their consumption, nascent markets like the one in India will hold a great deal of allure to the marketing man in his Western strait-jacket.

The competitive advantage of India will rest in both its own shores and in the foreign lands of its source markets. As the WTO regime opens up markets that do not discriminate and markets that don’t raise the usual high tariff walls that have been the distinct characteristics of the past that has gone by, the Indian product and the Indian brand has a challenge to seize and exploit to its advantage.

The India brand is the center-point of this entire exercise that waits to unfold. The country and its many unique propositions show an excellent potential packed into the future.

This potential needs many Godfathers to unlock though. The name India is in itself filled with a mystique of the past. Tigers on the streets, snake charmers at the ‘chowrasthas’ and the great Indian rope-trick are all images that keep coming back ever so recurrently in the life of the Indian in foreign markets. India is still a mystique. And India is ancient. A civilization as ancient as can be. A glorious history, a rich tapestry of tradition and a whole bunch of assorted mystique attached to the Indian brand that is connected to all things natural and of course all things beautiful, is something that needs to be exploited to the hilt.

No point then to negate the mystique and charm of the brand there is in the minds of peoples outside the shores of India. Might as well use it to advantage. Add all those dashes of hi-technology to all the soft touch of the nation in the minds of the consumer in foreign markets, and you just might have a potent broth that will re-position the brand that is India.

The competitive advantage of an image versus that of a functional reality has seen the winning potential in the image and the brand. As the future evolves into one that is besotted more with imagery than with the functional trait, piggybacking on the India brand, a whole host of honest products and services that cling on to the tail of the mystique that is India, is certainly a possibility of significant competitive advantage.

The one big missing element in the marketing of the India brand has been the commitment to brand thinking within the realm of Indian bureaucracy. The policy maker needs to shift the way he thinks and the way he operates in the realm of the image.

Preserving a whole host of things that are distinctly Indian and distinctly ethnic will be the biggest task for those in the game of maintaining the key differentiators, which will bet eh key USPs of the India brand. Indian foods are already a big thing in the West. A United Kingdom without 'Balti' cooking and Butter Chicken Masala would indeed be a poorer nation of gourmet eaters!

Natural health remedies, natural cooking, the Organic nation, the realm of alternate medicine and health are but only some of the areas that will distinguish India in the future. There are a whole host of areas to explore. No one nation in the world can claim to offer the kind of variety that India can. In its food, its clothes, its festivals, its rituals and of course in its many Gods. India as a safe tourist destination of the future is still but a dream. The potential however lives on.

The many, many competitive advantages of India, glorified in recent years in the realm of InfoTech, front-ended scientific research work that is currently on in the outer-periphery of achievement, India’s strides in the realm of PharmaTech and allied areas are possibilities that have been highlighted well and possibly even inflated beyond levels of credible usage in the past.

Avoiding these realms, one can only look at the basics that India offers to the markets that are emerging now and to the markets that will emerge in the future.

The effort that has to be made in order to establish and capitalize on the basics just outlined as key competitive advantage of the country, require an investment in the realms of positive development of the network economy, its infrastructure base, its communication ability and of course the key factor of brand-led thinking.

India has long since lived as a commodity. It is time then to yank itself out of the commodity mindset and establish its presence in the brand-led world. The world today is one that is moved more by the image than by the reality. India needs to seize its place in the limelight of brands.

As everything in the marketing lives of the Indian gets redefined in the near and medium-term future, there is but no other option than to depend heavily on the key strengths we have taken for granted in the past. Even considered a liability in the recent past.

Awakening the Indian economy and its competitiveness lies in the realm of the high quality product that will roll out of our ancient manufacturing facilities. These products need to talk of a quality that will battle the best that will come in from every direction there is. And that too at low cost. Our ‘desi’ chickens will need to compete with American chicken legs that will walk into the kitchens of our country.

As many an industry faces an impending closure, the best will indeed survive. The fittest will survive and the rest will vanish into the limbo of the have-beens. As all this happens and as social turmoil seizes the 'have-beens' by the jugular, there is ahead of us a moment that will truly bet the defining moment when the entire bureaucracy that run the competitive model of Indian industry and enterprise will wake up all of a sudden, with a jolt. A nightmare that is bound to seize the policy-maker, the implementer and indeed the key participant of the economy, the man in industry, all together by the short hair.

And this defining moment is the one that will turn the paradigm of Indian competitiveness we have followed so very vigorously for all these years, upside down. This will be the moment of re-think. A point of time when the truly important will replace the truly insignificant. A pursuit of which, our model of industrialization thrust upon the nation during the Nehruvian era, glorified in the past.

The WTO regime is the catalyst of this process. And the first of the bombshells will be fired in the dominant sector of agriculture in the Indian economy. And its almost here!

We are, I suspect, very close to that defining moment. Let’s witness and let’s participate in that process of turmoil. We have no choice, in any case!

In Conclusion

The competitive advantage of India in world markets is best assessed by taking a quick peek at the models of competition possible in markets of the present and the future.

If I am to look around the nations of the world and correlate models in current use, there are four distinct patterns that emerge. Four clusters that have whole sets of nations congregating in models those seem to work for each of them differently and with different levels of efficacy. Needless to say, the peculiarities of each nation in question dictate the distinct choice they have made for themselves. Let’s visit the clusters. And let’s call them all kinds of animal names.

1.The Earthworm Model:

The passive model of competitive reaction. The invitation theory that is best practiced by the earthworm. A rich worm really. It knows the basics best. It is in constant touch with the earth that it seeks nourishment from and nourishes back simultaneously. A fundamentally strong being.

Several problems in this model though. It is passive for one. Non-reactionary. A model in the self-fulfilling prophecy mode. The best example of the fatalistic theory in practice. When faced with danger, all it can do is continue its humble journey in the earth. Competition kills this model with ease. There is no reaction. The fatalistic model of competition at its best!

Is India here?

2.The Snail model:

The common competitive model in practice by a whole host of nations. This model is reactively proactive. A clear cocoon orientation. When faced with competition and danger, there is a regression into the shell. The withdrawn marketer at play. The philosopher marketer even! The marketer who revels in the safety-static nexus. Waiting for the competition to just go away, so that normal life may resume again!

Is India here?

3.The Porcupine Model:

This model tells the competitor clearly of the array of weapons that are available for retributive action. There is a clear emphasis on the display of the arsenal. It believes in the overt display. A clear détente model of competition. Avoids a lot of speculative action and is ready for the real battle

Is India here?

4.The Everyone Else Model:

This is the model of the real-time player in competitive markets of the present and certainly the future. This is the real-time marketer. Reactive when necessary. Proactive when necessary. Guerilla in tactics when necessary as well!

This is a constant-change oriented model that believes in watching the scenario carefully and reacting accordingly. Making forays into proactive territory on a speculative basis. Never mind if even only one of those sixteen forays actually click! Life in the fast track of competitive marketing is pretty un-predictable and speculative. Change here is absolutely discontinuous. Making a decision on a point of competitive strategy based on happenings of the past and the present could be disastrous. The future never ever happens the way the past decided.

Change here is so discontinuous that it is aptly illustrated by the example of the baby-arrival process in the house. The first child in this baby-boomers house is born out of a Caesarian section, gone in for by an over-zealous gynecologist. The second baby of the house is therefore predictably to be one out of a similar process. Caesarian section! No! It isn’t. Change is discontinuous. The second baby is a natural birth! The third child is due to happen then. This time round, it’s Caesarian section as well! Oops!

The fourth child of this baby-happy home is due. Change is indeed discontinuous. There is no predictability here. Guess what! This time round, the baby is actually conceived, carried and delivered by the father of the baby! Oops! Again! Change is indeed that discontinuous!

Shouldn’t India be here?

Harish Bijoor is a business strategy specialist and CEO, Harish Bijoor Consults Inc.

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Yesterday the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) questioned the "great and good" from a number of well known multinationals about the "Taxation of Multinational Companies".

The guest list was as follows; Matt Brittin, Chief Executive Officer, Google UK, Troy Alstead, Starbucks Global Chief Financial Officer, Andrew Cecil, Director, Public Policy, Amazon.

The video of the hearing can be watched via this link Taxation of Multinational Companies.

"We are not accusing you of being illegal, we are accusing you of being immoral.”

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Who are Stemcor?

Oh that's Hodge's family company, it was founded by Mrs Hodge’s father Hans Oppenheimer over 60 years ago.

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In accounts filed with Companies House, Stemcor revealed that despite generating about one third of its revenues in Britain, its UK tax contribution made up only 2.7pc of the tax the company paid globally."
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Stemcor’s directors and shareholders are proud of the company’s contribution to the UK economy. As well as creating jobs across the UK, Stemcor has also provided financial support to steelworks in the UK, helping to regenerate the British economy. Stemcor has nothing to hide and is happy to provide more detail about its tax affairs to the media if requested.

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  1. Never mind the PAC!

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    1. Angels & Dragons no longer exists, its been put out to pasture by Fresh Thinking!

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If you are looking for a sport that is with nature and quiet, fishing is the choice. It is the activity that is not only about catching fish, but it also requires a lot of patience. You will have to wait for the fish to bite to your bait and then you will try to successfully pull it which at times takes luck. For you to have the bigger chances of success, you should know the proper procedure. From properly tying the hook on the line to having the right bait and of course, to cast a rod which is one of the crucial parts.

What is casting a rod and how is it crucial? It is the motion that you use to launch your lure or bait into the water where you want it to go using your fishing rod. It is crucial because a good technique for casting will at times determine a good catch. A good casting will take your rod far deeper where bigger fishes usually swim.

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  3. Gently lower the rod backwards and look where you want to cast your line.
  4. When you get all the way back, swing the rod forward, trying to maintain some of the momentum. You should feel the rod flexing a bit if you’re doing it right.
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  7. Proper control is also significant, and the key to this is to properly grip the rod. It is said that the strength should be the same as giving a firm handshake.

Types of Fresh Water Fish

Fishing is an activity that is relaxing and clears your mind. If you also want something quiet, this will be it and add to that, you will be with nature. While it does require patience because having a fish to lure and bite your bait will take a while, it is certainly fulfilling especially if you are looking for something to catch for lunch or dinner.

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2. Trout

One of the most common fish to catch and are usually found in cool, clear streams, ponds, or lakes. They are prepared by smoking, filleting, baking or broiling.

3. Salmon

Salmon are anadromous fish meaning they live in both freshwater and saltwater. Because of their rich protein, omega 3 fatty acids, and high Vitamin D, they are consumed by many. But because of its oily nature, it is also rich in cholesterol. Salmon are majorly prepared by canning and smoking but can also be grilled, baked, and even fried.

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Catfish live in coastal and inland waters in many regions around the globe apart from Antarctica waters. Among the catfish species, the most favorite to catch is the channel catfish for they are the easiest. Catfish can be fried or baked. It is a fish that is bony with a firm texture. People have mixed views about the flavor. Some find it a delicacy while others consider its excellent food.

5. Bass

Bass is one of the sport fish which means if you will catch one, it will be a prize. Many kinds of bass can be found on both saltwater and freshwater. The largemouth is one of the most popular sport fish and is found in shallow water covers and around mass patches of aquatic vegetation. They are tasty especially if they from clear, cold and clean water. They are large and flaky, so they are often filleted but can be still cooked in different ways.

6. Bluegill

A native to North America and lives in streams, ponds, rivers, and lakes. It is said to be the easiest to catch but also tricky because they are fast at changing directions. They would live in either shallow or deep waters and can be found hanging around underwater structures or tree stumps. They also like to reside among aquatic plants and find shelter under the tree shades along river banks. The most popular way to cook them is by pan-frying though they can also be filleted.

Fishing Tips for Beginners

Fishing is a sport that started as a means of providing food. It still does nowadays and in fact, it is part of our economy. But many do this as a sport or leisure. It is one of those outdoor activities that is good for you. Other people would turn away from fishing because they would describe it as boring. But it is a good way to practice patience and to be focused. In addition, when you catch a fish, it would be fulfilling.

If you are thinking of giving this a try, here are some tips for you:

1. Know about the sport

Before you start anything, you should do a quick research about it. The first will be the procedures. You cannot just get a rod then start, there are things you should need to learn like baiting your hook, how to cast your fishing rod, and how to tie important fishing knots. There are also different methods you should learn and it would be helpful to find your own technique.

2. Know the right equipment

Another important thing to learn is knowing and having the right equipment. It consists of rods and reels, lines, tackles, and bait. As a beginner, it is recommended for you to use that are simple. You can ask when you buy at the equipment shops.

3. Know your preferred location

The location is of course important. You can fish on both salt and freshwater. It will definitely depend on where you are. You are either in a mountainous area that is close to freshwater or sea. No matter where it will be also a factor for your equipment. That is because saltwater contains the bigger fish unlike in the freshwater, so the equipment used in saltwater are mostly bigger and heavier.

4. Know the weather

It is not just about being rainy or sunny. It is also about having the best condition, and it is said to be overcast sky is the best. You can still go on other days, but overcast sky often leads to successful fishing trips.

5. Know what to wear

There is suitable attire for every sport, and the reason for this is to avoid injury and also to be more comfortable. That is the same for fishing, you cannot just wear anything you feel, there is proper attire for it. Boots are must for fishing because you are near water and there are unexpected wades into it. Because fishing takes long, the weather at times is unpredictable, so it is advised to wear layers and a waterproof coat.

6. Know what to bring

As said before, fishing will take longer and will take a while to catch one, so it is important to have water to drink for you to stay hydrated. It is also handy to have food in case you get hungry. Insect repellent is also helpful because being water means being close to bugs.

Now that you know some tips that will help you, it is also important to remember to relax. Fishing is one of those activities that is quiet, so take advantage of it and enjoy.

The History of Fishing

Fishing is one of those activities that people do for either a living or leisure. It can be done at any body of water as long as there is life in it.

Fishing, in definition, is the practice of catching fish. It can be done in various ways. At shallow waters, it could be done by hand gathering or spearing. When the water is at a deeper level, catching fish is usually done by net or traps. Angling is another and it is usually done by those who fish as a sport which is catching fish with a rod, line, and hook.

When did fishing started and how? Well, fishing has been a practice many times ago. It is essential because they did it to provide food for survival. It even became a commercial activity in Antiquity and mostly done by hand gathering or any kind of tool they would make. Fishing tools such as spear, net, line, and rod appeared to be started at Egypt and is used until today. It was seen Deep-sea fishing emerged in the 15th century and trading of fish became bigger. But it really took a toll on the 19th century when steam boats was invented and got big.

Fishing as a sport also started long ago. It is said that in the 15th century, fishing is not only a means for getting food but also a recreational activity. In the 18th century, it was a  sport reserved for wealthy classes. As equipments became more advanced and also cheap, it became more accessible to all. In the 19th century though, motor boats appeared and big game fishing started and became popular.

Today, fishing is still popular and part of our economy. Some would have fishing as the means for a living but it is a popular sport. Fishing may be a way for some to experience quiet and to relax but for others, it is not just about that. Fishing can also be competitive and there are competitions held around the world. They would be looking to catch for a specific fish that are called sport fish and there would be a prize involved with it. Many would fly around the world hoping to catch a specific fish. At first, sports fishing would involve not involve eating them bu preserving their catch as trophies. But nowadays, they would either sell it for a high price of release them for preservation. Angling may be the most popular type of recreational fishing but there is also big game fishing which involves catching larger open-water fish with motor boats as their vehicle.

Fishing started out as a means of providing food, and it is still done even now. But because of many changes happening including fishes getting extinct and endangered. Because of that, there are laws and regulations that are to be followed. You cannot even fish without a license and before fishing at a place, you have to get a permit. All of these are done for protection not just for prevention and protection of the sport but also for your children.

How To Go Fishing

With our busy lives, we tend to get easily tired and seem to have no time for leisure. Sure we can take a rest and have gadgets to entertain us, but does it really work for you? It is said that for us to truly relax and clear our mind is to go out and see nature. That is because going out or even just seeing nature reduces our stress. So why not have a hobby or just try something that involves going out. It can be just by yourself or have a companion for you to bond with. One of those is fishing. Fishing is not only is relaxing it is also fulfilling once you do catch one. But it is not that simple. What to do and how to start?

1. Knowing the Rules

First things first. You should know about the rules and regulations about fishing. For the protection of both the sport and environment, you would need to have a license for fishing. If you do have a child under 16 that you would like to accompany you, it is not necessary for them to have one.

2. Choosing a Fishing Spot

Now that you have the license and permit, it is time for you to find a place. It will depend on where you live. There might ponds and lakes near you that you will be comfortable to stay for a long time. If you live near the coast, you could also try fishing at saltwater.

3. Owning a Fishing Gear

Like other sports, fishing requires equipment. For angling, you would need a fishing rod and reel. For a beginner, it is recommended to use those that are simple. Equipment stores will surely know what they would recommend to you about that. Hooks are also important to what kind of fish you would prefer to catch. Another significant thing you need to select is the bait. There are many kinds of them and the most effective would be the ones they would really eat like works and insects. If you are not fond of them though, you could always use a synthetic one that will lure the fish. Another most common alternative is bread. Another thing you would need is something when you already caught one and that is a cage or cooler where you can put and keep your fish.

4. Catching Fish

Now it is time for you to do the main deed and that is catching a fish. First, you would need to know how to set up and use your rod. First would be tying a hook on the line. Then for you to easier spotting fish, you can tie weights and bobbers above the hook. Then, of course, to lure a fish, you will need the bait hooked. After that, cast your line by pulling back and throwing the hook forward. Then you will patiently for the fish to bite which takes long. When a fish bites, set the hook by raising the pole. Pull up the line and firmly lift the pole hoping that you would lift the fish out of the water. And once you caught it, put it on the cage or cooler.


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Houston Landscaping INC. offers a computer aided design (CAD) package for your property. This feature enables you to view you project on paper from an architectural view, 2D view, and 3D view. CAD system gives a detailed representation of your projects layout in both size and color.

In addition to custom CAD design, Houston Landscaping INC. offers a visual imagery service. This is a state of the art program designed to take a picture of your project area (i.e. Home or community) and install the landscape design around the existing structure of the area.

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A trained landscape professional will not only select items that will make your project come together with symmetry and consistency, but more importantly, they will be able to predict what the material will look like in 6 months, 1 year, and even 5 years. Important factors that need to be taken into consideration could ruin the long term appearance if not handled with care.

A few questions you or you’re soon to be landscaper needs to answer before they start the job. Some plants complement each other; which ones are they? While most plants need sunlight, which plants are perfectly happy in the shade? What will need trimming, what wont? How much water does one plant need opposed to another? Are those plants planted close together?

What are my options?

The spirit of your landscape derives itself from a style or concept we start with in the design stage. You might be looking for something: meditation in color, south pacific in nature, lush and tropical, low maintenance, or maybe more of a northern look. If you are considering less plants and more stones, your focus should be directed to a hardscape look. Keep in mind other options like: waterfalls, ponds, pools, walkways, unique collected material, and even exterior lighting. All of the above play its roll in you ambiance. We can execute at any rate.

If you have no ideas or direction yet, let us help design your project.


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The Dogs of War: Apple vs. Google vs. Microsoft

The Dogs of War: Apple vs. Google vs. Microsoft
It's hard to grasp the breathtaking scale of the epic war between Microsoft, Google and Apple. Billions upon billions of dollars. Entire industries at stake. This is the board. These are the pieces.

If you think about it, what's shocking isn't the size of Microsoft or Apple, companies that are decades old, established titans of industry (even if they have stumbled in the past)—it's Google. In just over 10 years, Google's become arguably the most important company on the web, spreading to anything the internet touches with astonishing speed, almost like a virus: From the web and search to books, video, mobile phones, operating systems, and soon, your TV. Friends have become enemies, enemies more paranoid. And you know, it's only a matter of time before Google's remaining gaps on this map are filled out. (BTW, you can click on the picture to make it bigger.)
Back in the 1990s, "hegemony" was another way to spell "Microsoft." It was Microsoft that looked to invade everything. It was Microsoft in the Department of Justice's sights for antitrust issues. Anywhere there was computing, there was Microsoft. But today, it's Apple that conquered music. Apple that revolutionized mobile phones. Apple that might make tablet computing mainstream. Not Microsoft. As the incumbent, Microsoft's not going anywhere. But it plays catch up more often than it leads, at least when it comes to the things people care about now, like the web and mobile.
What's at stake? Nothing less than the future. Microsoft wants computing to continue to be tied to the desktop—three screens and a cloud, as Ballmer is fond of saying. For Apple, it's all about closed information appliances with lots of third-party apps, computers anybody can use. And for Google, all roads lead to the internet, and the internet is synonymous with Google.
This isn't a road map. It's a study guide.
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