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Education for Employment: What Employers Want
In course of my initial approach to understand India's skills landscape, I have been interviewing a few recruiting managers over the last few days. The issues I came across ranged from wholly predictable to somewhat surprising, underlining not just the drift of the modern workplace but also the unique challenges an Indian recruiting manager are facing.
I am conscious that these conversations are, by no means, representative. I was talking to people from only two specific industries, and it is obviously quite a small sample to draw conclusion about the Indian labour markets. But this was still worth writing about as the starting point of a more complete project I want to embark upon, to understand the interfaces between employment and education.
When I asked my correspondents what their greatest challenges were, the responses were somewhat mixed. Almost everyone talked about, in one way or other, about finding people with right abilities in the numbers they need: A straw poll tells me that only 20% of the people recruited who matched the profile desired by the employers, and there are some compromise being made for the majority of candidates.
However, the definition of 'right abilities' was somewhat surprising: As it turned out, the recruiters may be placing greater emphasis on Communication and Presentation Skills, and 'right attitude', than the technical abilities. The consensus was that while specific technical skills can be taught, communication and behavioural skills are much more difficult to deal with. Indeed, this is where the compromise is being made, people with inadequate communication skills are being recruited because there is no other alternative. There was no consensus, however, on whether this means the technical skills of the recruited candidates are usually adequate: Most of them thought these were inadequate too, but it mattered less, but a few thought they were getting the right level of tech skills.
The recruiting managers cited that the required volume and the urgency of the requirements are far too great for them to be 'perfectionists'. They were also conscious that there is a huge churn - one recruiting manager told me that they have to replace at least 30% of their total workforce every year - which, rather paradoxically, makes them less sensitive to getting the recruitment right. On my suggestion whether they could perhaps reduce the churn by tightening recruitment was mostly met with a rather fatalistic reply: That this is the way of the market and it is unlikely to be changed. Overall, this approach to recruitment might be a reflection of the business model of some industries, which depended on recruitment of lots of people with basic technical skills, but the approach seems to be universal. I talked to one successful business which runs a chain of diagnostic centres, which had quite a similar challenge and a similar approach, though their requirement of technical skills were quite specific and higher compared to an industry like insurance; surprisingly, they also suffer from a high level of churn, perhaps a reflection of the competitive nature of the market.
The idea of churn seemed to be all pervasive - which is not surprising - but this led to surprising conclusions. Most people accepted this as a given, and built recruitment strategies with the assumption that most people they are recruiting will leave the job quite soon. The recruitment focus was therefore based on numbers and not the skills, and communication skills mattered more than technical skills. Piecing all these together, it seemed that someone with a good communication skill can easily secure any job and can command a good salary because of the competitive nature of the market, but high level technical skills mattered much less (which may not be a correct impression, but skewed because of the limited scope of my survey).
The other big issue that came up, surprisingly, is the question of mobility. I perhaps somewhat mistakenly assumed that the issue of mobility has been resolved - post-liberalisation Indians are much more mobile than my own generation - but it still seemed to be an issue. Indeed, there were differences among industries here: The IT recruiters did not think mobility was an issue anymore, but everyone else did. It also seemed that there are some unspoken regional preferences in recruitment, though it was difficult to ascertain whether these were personal preferences of the recruiting managers or a more institutional approach. On the other hand, there was no clear gender preferences: That I even brought up the question offended some of my correspondents.
Indian employers reported spend the least among the BRIC countries in training their staff. Almost everyone, however, seemed to need to prepare the candidates for a significant period of time before they become productive. Despite the complaints about communication skills, the training seemed to be focused on technical skills rather than communication, partly because of the attitude that communication skills can't be improved and partly because of the fear of churn (some respondents, however, perhaps knowing my background and interests, noted that cross-cultural training is much needed). Apparently, the overall data (that Indian companies spent least on training) is not representative of the sectors such as IT and Financial Services, which may spend more than other sectors, though the countervailing concerns about churn remains a factor.
One thing everyone agreed upon is that the educational system is failing to meet the requirements of the employers. In the light of the employers' requirements, primarily framed in terms of good communication skills, willingness to travel and commitment to a career, this was somewhat surprising. The levels of technical skills may disappoint the employers, but this is not what they are complaining about most. However, one could perhaps guess that Indian classrooms are hardly the place to develop these 'desired' skills: The culture of teacher-led education (with students never having to present or do an activity), somewhat mono-cultural classrooms and little thought and exposure to the world of work, the average Indian educational institutions usually fall short even on those rather straightforward requirements. This is perhaps the reason for success of the 'finishing school' business in India (a term that invariably cause surprise and derisive laughter among my British colleagues) but none of my correspondents thought that the 'finishing schools' actually work. Their common observation was, perhaps correctly, that the changes needed are fundamental and not just the cosmetic kind that the 'finishing schools' end up providing.
So, what should the schools do? Apart from providing good technical skills, their job seems to be cut out in terms of changing the culture of the classroom, providing wide ranging career counselling and work exposure and allowing cross-regional exchanges and work experience placements. This seems rather obvious, but most schools don't even get to do this. In fact, the recruiting managers thought they keep their academic calendar so busy and their efforts so focused on purely academic pursuits that they miss out on creating even a basic level of student experience. The Indian colleges may not agree to this, and cite their range of extra-curricular activities, but the relative weight of these activities is clearly out of sync with how the employers look at this.
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Lord Macaulay's Speech on Indian Education: The Hoax & Some Truths
A friend has recently forwarded me a quote from Lord Macaulay's speech in the British Parliament on 2nd February 1835. I reproduce the quote below: "I have traveled across the length and breadth of India and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief. Such wealth I have seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such calibre, that I do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural heritage, and, therefore, I propose that we replace her old and ancient education system, her culture, for if the Indians think that all that is foreign and English is good and greater than their own, they will lose their self-esteem, their native self-culture and they will become what we want them, a truly dominated nation." The email requested me to forward me to every indian I know. I was tempted, but there were two oddities about this quote. First, the language, which
When Does Business Gift Become A Bribe: A Marketing Policy Perspective
Introduction : The Business of Gift Giving Business gift giving has always been common and contentious at the same time. Business gifts are usually seen as an 'advertising, sales promotion and marketing communication medium' (Cooper et al , 1991). Arunthanes et al (1994) points out that such gifting is practised usually for three reasons: (a) in appreciation for past client relationships, placing a new order, referrals to other clients, etc.; (b) in the hopes of creating a positive, first impression which might help to establish an initial business relationship; and (c) giving may be perceived as a quid Pro quo (i.e. returning a favour or expecting a favour in return for something). The practitioners of gift-giving generally argue that doing business is often an aggregation of personal interactions and relationships, and gift-giving should be seen as a natural way of maintaining and enhancing these relationships. 'Business gifts, especially one given in the course of the festive s
The Curious Case of Helen Goddard
Today, Helen Goddard, 26, a highly popular music teacher of a City School for Girls, has been sentenced to 15 months in prison. Her crime was to carry out a year long lesbian affair with one of her pupils, who appeared in the court and admitted that the affair was consensual and it was she who pressured Helen into the affair. For Helen, a bright musician and a devout Chistian, this is an extraordinary lapse of judgement. Also, she was teaching in the £13,000 private girls only school in London. She was surely aware what the consequences of her action will be. The fact that she still could not stop herself tells us that lovers do not always act rationally, something we always knew. There is more in this affair than personal tragedies. For a start, this has all the dramatic elements: a bright, beautiful teacher more in Julia Roberts mould [as in Mona Lisa Smile], a stiff upper lip school [not unlike Wellesley] and a story like Notes On A Scandal with an added twist. Indeed, Helen
The Limits of Experiential Learning
Buzzwords have disadvantages. Right now, experiential learning is one, and that means we put the label on everything and it stops to mean anything. Also, this means reasonable conversation about experiential learning becomes difficult - at times such as this, either you preach experiential learning or you are traditional, antiquarian and hopelessly out of touch. But, overlooking the limitations of experiential learning can cause big problems. Experiential Learning does many things - putting practice at the heart of learning is an important paradigm shift - but not everything, and it is important to be aware what it does not do. Usually, we equate the terms Project-based Learning (the method) with Experiential Learning (the idea) and Learning from Experience (the ideal), treating them as one and the same and using the terms interchangeably. Any talk about distinctive meaning of these terms is usually seen as pedantic, but really represent very different ideas about education.
Abdicating to Taliban
Nations are ideas. We try to fashion them as territories. But how can a river, a mountain ridge or sometimes an imaginary line in the middle of a field can explain the wide division in the lives, thoughts and futures of the people who live on different sides? Nations are not the people too. Indeed, people build nations and become its body. But the soul of the nation is an idea: People come together on an idea to build a nation. While that's what a modern nation is - an idea - and that way exceptionalism is not an American exception, very few nations are as completely defined by an idea as Pakistan. There was hardly any political, geographic or military rationale of Pakistan other than the idea of an Islamic homeland in South Asia. [In that way, the ideological brother of Pakistan in the family of nations is Israel] This, abated by the short term political calculations of some backroom colonialists, created a modern state which must be solely sustained on that singular idea. Reli
The Morality of Profit
In most societies today, making profits are accepted as moral, if not especially praiseworthy. This was not as obvious as it appears today – people used to be embarrassed about making a profit not so long ago. Crazy as it seems today, it is worth thinking why it was so. Profits, as economists will put it, is the reward for risk-taking, for putting a business enterprise together in the pursuit of an objective. In this definition, remember, profits are not what it is commonly understood to be – the gross middle-line towards the bottom – but a figure net of entrepreneur's earning [wages for his labour], dividends and interests on borrowed capital, and provisions for building and other physical assets [a sort of rent, offsetting what these assets could have earned if leased out]. This pure profit – surplus – accrues to a business as a reward to its organisation, for the act of entrepreneurship itself. Economists were divided on how this surplus comes about. The conventional wisdom was,
The Road to Macaulay: Warren Hastings and Education in India
Introduction: Hastings in the history of Indian Education Whether or not one includes Warren Hastings in the history of Education in India is a matter of perspective. If writing the history of education means writing the history of schools, the impact of Hastings' administration would be quite limited. If anything, the rapid implosion of local rulers in Eastern, Southern and Northern India during Hastings' tenure had meant a bleak period for the indigenous education system, as patronage and funds would have dwindled away for many of them. The Company administration really concerned itself with the schooling of the natives only after 1813, as Nurullah and Naik rightly pointed out ( see my earlier post ) and one can legitimately start the story at this point. However, if history of Education in India is to encompass the transformation of Indian Scholarship, on which foundation the new, colonial, system of Education would be built, the story must start with Warren Hast
A Future for Kolkata
There is no other city like Kolkata for me: It is Home. The only city where I don't have to find a reason to go to, or to love. It is one city hardwired into my identity, and despite being away for a decade, that refuses to go away. People stay away from their homeland for a variety of reasons. But, as I have come to feel, no one can be completely happy to be away. One may find fame or fortune, love and learning, in another land, but they always live an incomplete life. They bring home broken bits of their homeland into their awkward daily existence, a cushion somewhere, a broken conversation in mother tongue some other time, always rediscovering the land they left behind for that brief moment of wanting to be themselves. The cruelest punishment, therefore, for a man who lives abroad is when his love for his land is denied. It is indeed often denied, because the pursuit of work, knowledge or love seemed to have gotten priority over the attraction of the land. This is particularly
Rabindranath Tagore and India's Education
As India's democracy reaches a critical juncture, with a very real danger of a authoritarian take-over, Rabindranath Tagore's birth anniversary is a perfect occasion to revisit the founding idea of India once again. There are many things in his politics that we may need to dust up and reconsider: Tagore's political ideas, because of his inherent aversion of popular nationalism and enthusiasm about Pan-Asianism and universalism, were outside the mainstream of the Indian National Movement, seen as impractical and effectively shunned. He was seen mostly as the Poet and the mystic, someone whose politics remains in the domain of the ideas rather than action. Tagore himself, after a brief passionate involvement in politics during the division of Bengal by Lord Curzon in 1905, withdrew from political action: He never belonged to the political class, despite his iconic status and itinerant interventions, such as returning the Knighthood after the massacre of Amritsar in 1919.
The Road of Macaulay: The Development of Indian Education under British Rule
The story of British influence on Indian Education, to which Macaulay's Minutes of 1835 belong, has been told in six distinct phases. Syed Nurullah and J P Naik's very popular and influential History of Indian Education calls these 'six acts' of the drama: From the beginning of Eighteenth Century to 1813 The British East India Company received its charter in 1600 but its activities did not include any Educational engagement till the Charter Act of 1698, which required the Company to maintain priests and schools, for its own staff and their children. And, so it was until the renewal of its charter in 1813, when the evangelical influence led to insistence of expansion of educational activities and allowing priests back into company territory. From 1813 to Wood's Education Despatch of 1854 The renewal of Charter in 1813 re-opened the debate, which seemed to have been settled in the early years of the company administration, between the Orientalis


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Senators pitch Trump on expanded gun background check bill
by: ANDREW TAYLOR and JILL COLVIN, Associated Press
President Donald Trump listens as Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar talks about a plan to ban most flavored e-cigarettes, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators pushing to require background checks for private gun sales made a fresh pitch to President Donald Trump on Wednesday as part of an effort to break the gridlock over legislation to curb gun violence following a summer of more mass shootings .
GOP Sen. Patrick Toomey of Pennsylvania and Democrats Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Chris Murphy of Connecticut cautioned that they did not win Trump's endorsement of their background check bill during their 40-minute telephone conversation. But they nonetheless depicted the president as engaged and encouraging, with Toomey saying Trump has a strong "interest in doing something meaningful" to prevent gun violence, even though he has not endorsed any specific approach.
The outreach is the latest effort to try to traverse yet another impasse on gun control legislation. With Congress back in session this week, Republicans and Democrats have been pointing fingers, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell accusing Democrats of engaging in "theatrics," and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warning that "people are dying" while Senate Republicans refuse to act. Meanwhile, all sides are waiting on the White House and clear guidance from Trump on what he might support.
White House officials, lawmakers and Hill staff have held frequent meetings to discuss options aimed at curbing gun violence following a pair of shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, that left more than 30 people dead over a single August weekend. The president is expected to be presented with a list of options of various initiatives as soon as Thursday, according to a senior administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office shortly after the call, Trump said he and lawmakers were "working very, very hard together" and "seeing if we can come up with something that's acceptable to everybody."
But he offered few clues about what he is willing to put his weight behind, even as he insisted that "progress is being made."
"We're looking at background checks and we're looking at putting everything together in a unified way so that we can have something that's meaningful," he said. "At the same time, all of us want to protect our great Second Amendment. It's very important to all of us."
Asked specifically about the bill in question, which would require background checks for firearm purchases at gun shows and over the internet, Trump said there are "a lot of things under discussion," including some things that will never happen and other things that might.
"It's really 'Gun Sense,' if you think about it," Trump said, adding: "We're having great dialogue. We'll see what happens."
The bipartisan Toomey-Manchin legislation failed to pass the Senate in 2013, and many Republicans continue to oppose the idea as an infringement on gun rights. McConnell, meanwhile, has refused to allow a vote on the bill because he says it's not clear the Senate would be able to pass it or that Trump would sign it into law.
Trump said conversations would continue Wednesday night and into Thursday, and the senators said they hoped to hear back from the White House then.
The White House's legislative director met privately with Republican senators Tuesday to discuss ideas the administration is considering, including so-called red flag legislation to allow officials to take away guns from people believed to be dangers to themselves or others and quicker imposition of the death penalty for the perpetrators of mass shootings.
Over in the House, No. 2 Democrat Steny Hoyer of Maryland said the chamber would vote in October on a red flag bill aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of mentally ill people or those convicted of hate crimes, along with legislation to ban high capacity gun magazines.
Hoyer, though, was noncommittal about action on an assault weapons ban that is backed by many liberals in his party.
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The Dragon and the Wolf
Before I see any break downs of the episode, or anyone's comments or anything at all, I wanted to write my reactions to this season finale through my own lens. Season 7 episode 7...it was meh.
No way, are you kidding, it was friggin' amazing! Spectacular! Wholly Moly, it was good and oh so satisfying. First of all, I called it! I said that if Arya and Sansa were really at odds and not playing Littlefinger, that I was going to be angry. Well, they gave him a little of his own medicine alright!
I knew that even though they were not the best of friends when they were children, that they were first and foremost family and more than that sisters. The only girls in the Stark household. Sansa, wouldn't be afraid of her sister, or fear for her life. She told Jon, Bran and Arya that Littlefinger was not to be trusted, so why would she so quickly forget. Arya wouldn't come all the way to Winterfell, just to bicker and kill Sansa. She wanted Cersei dead. Sansa was never on her list and she knew that Littlefinger was a liar and manipulator. So the only way I was going to be happy was if the sisters hatched a plan to catch Littlefinger off guard and pull out all of the receipts, and I was not disappointed.
I could watch him fall to his knees, grovel and cry a million times. Each Stark child pulled out evidence, left it for the Lady of Winterfell to pass judgement and assassin no one, Arya to execute the sentence. It was truly a thing of beauty for them to reclaim a win for the house. The lone wolf dies but the pack survives. Catlyn would have been proud of her she cubs.
Bran was a little less cryptic and creepy this episode. Dropping the knowledge out loud that we needed him to say! Sam! Sam was paying attention. All this time we thought he was too wrapped up in his feelings to have heard Gilly, though he didn't give her credit for bringing the info to his attention.
There were so many little moments that were amazing! I think it's safe to assume that there will be a Clegane Bowl next season. Brienne and Sandor were cute even after she tried to kill him. It was great to see them mutually understand why they fought. Him finding out that Arya was alive, well and at home was very touching. Though the looks between Brienne, Jaime and Cersei were crazy uncomfortable.
So, my second favorite moment was Danny riding into the meeting, late and on her dragon. Talk about drama! Only to be topped by Dany and Jon, having relations, while Tyrion watches and Bran explains their familial connection and Jon's legitimacy. Or should I say Aegon Targaryen. That was beautiful and yuck all at once with lots of butt.
Speaking of butt, Cersei and this plan to lie...she makes me tired. I guess she made Jaime tired too, because he left. He left the city! My guess is he's going to Winterfell? I suppose he can have really great conversations with Brienne, who I hope will be seeing Tormund again soon. I want him to be alright, but the wall! The WALL IS DOWN! I suppose all of the conjecture regarding what Viserion would breathe, whether fire or ice is moot, because its both. Nuclear blue flames just took the wall down allowing the dead to just walk right over the wildlings holding Eastwatch. I was not prepared for that. He rode in on Viserion and took the wall down with nuclear flames.
It was an amazing episode. I'm going to re-watch to add more points and further discuss the episode. I'm so sad that we have a year to wait but really pleased with the story and the special effects. A+
Sweet Sister! Defenders of the Weakest Link
So. Defenders dropped on Friday. I've seen the entire season already because there were only eight episodes. Note, the individual defenders had 13 episode seasons. I think they should switch that. Though I love Luke Cage and Jessica Jones and Daredevil, I could stand an eight episode season and would have loved more episodes of the full crew. You will note, that I omitted one of the heroes in my list of love and you know why.
I'm not going to spoil the series for anyone that hasn't watched yet. What I will say is, Danny Rand is the weakest link. We all know how bad the first season was. Colleen Wing was its saving grace. I will say that the fighting was better. Finn Jones had to step it up in order to play with the others and I thought he was much better. Along with the fighting, there were genuinely great moments on screen with other characters. I really like the dynamic between him and Jessica as well as Luke, which, is absolutely necessary because he and Luke will have a lot of scenes together if they follow the comics at all, and I think they have to.
Maybe the writers know that they've hit a wall with his character and were letting us know because more than a couple characters called him an idiot. He's not horrible, he's just not as strong as the other headlining actors. I saw a meme that had pictures of the four Defenders, Jessica, Matt, Luke and Claire, which I thought was brilliant. Claire is a seminal part of all four series but is still supposed to be a secondary character. But I'd rather see her in 13 episodes than to imagine seeing another 13 episodes of Iron Fist.
As the Defenders have to go and save Danny, I felt bad for thinking, ah, just leave him. How is he captured anyway? He is supposed to be the best martial artist in the world. He's the Immortal Iron Fist! he defeated a dragon! But he's winded fighting a few bad guys? We know there will be a season two for Iron Fist, and I hope they take their time and do it right this time. Hopefully, that can still be done with the actor they have.
My Dearest Viserion
I remember when he was born. Just a little dragon not able to take care of himself and barely able to breathe fire. He had a rough time. He was smaller than his brother Drogon, chained up and unable to roam free and grow larger, but always there when his mother needed him.
Episode 6 of Season 7 Beyond the Wall was a roller-coaster ride immense proportions. First, Araya...please stop fighting with your sister. Littlefinger wanted to drive a wedge between them and I had hoped that between the two of them they would both see it. Unfortunately, only Sansa gets it and Arya is losing the point. I'm still hoping that this is just a rouse for Littlefinger's benefit to make him feel comfortable to fall into a trap and then suffer the consequences of pitting sisters against each other. But I'm worried. Curious though. Littlefinger plants the idea in Sansa's head that Brienne can be used to protect her from Arya, should the time come when she needed it. But then Cersei invites Sansa to Winterfell and she instead sends Brienne. So, can I still dream of a party where the pinata is Littlefinger and all the Stark kids get a turn at whacking him?
Drogo, Jorah, Dario and Jon Snow. Dany lists these men who run off into danger head first. I like this dynamic between Dany and Jon. Yes, I know that's her nephew but they are good people, the only two characters that are truly good and good for each other. Besides, we've waited years for them to meet, I'm going to enjoy the small moments we get. She certainly saves the day when the magnificent 7 go beyond the wall and get stuck.
The little moments with Jon and his crew were awesome. Many of these characters have never shared the same space before this moment and they all have their reasons for mistrusting and hating the others. The standout in this group has to be Tormund. He wants to make babies with Brienne! OMG, I can't wait for him to see her again and feared for his life like none of the others, besides Jon. But this plan of grabbing a walker and bringing it to Kings Landing was stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid. to put me through the torture of watching them fight off hundreds of whites in the army of the dead. But to see Dany ride in and save the day made it worth it. Even though, I can't even say it. Poor Viserion. I'm so nervous. What is he going to breathe? Fire? Ice? OMG!
Problems? Well, Arya. I so hope that there's something planned with Sansa and Arya and if it's not, I won't be happy. Where was Bran? I guess ravening. I was a little surprised that there was only one major character lost besides Viserion. I expected there to be more loss since we are at the end of season seven. Where did they get the chains??? And as Nicole's husband pointed out, who went down there and chained him up in the icy waters?
Next week is the finale of season seven. It feels like it just started and it's already almost over, and Cersei and Littlefinger are still alive. This finale better be amazing. It will have to last us for another year.
The Spoils of War & Dragon Fire
So, the thing that I had always wanted in life and didn't even know I was missing it, was to see a dragon leading an army of scythe wielding warriors on horses into a battle. Out of 64 episodes, season 7 episode 4, The Spoils of War, has become my new favorite. Before I get too ahead of myself, let us go back.
First, Arya comes home and doesn't kill anyone. I really thought she was going to kill the guards barring her entrance into her Winterfell home. I really did. But, she was cool about it. I do want to see them grovel as she passes not realizing how close they came to death. She and Sansa acted just as they should have. They are sisters, but weren't that loving towards each other in their youth. They've grown up without each other and they both have stories to tell. I cannot wait for Sansa to tell Arya all she's been through and I wonder if more names will get added to Arya's list, namely Littlefinger. Bran is still being Professor Xavier cool but I might have to agree with Leslie Jones, he is on drugs. Can we say he's drunk with knowledge?
Cersei is being Cersei though I do wonder what devious, devilish plans she has. I also wonder what her liver looks like. I mean, she doesn't drink any water and she's always got a glass of wine in her hand. Not little glasses either and not an appropriate amount of wine! It would be terrible if her liver gives out before someone can wrap their hands around her neck.
Jon is getting his dragon glass and closer to Dany. She's leaning on his advise and learning to trust him. It would be so fabulously romantic if she weren't his AUNT!
I am concerned about Missandai though. Thinking back to the prophecy Dany heard in the house of the Undying, and knowing that someone will betray her for love, When Davos and Jon ask her about her life in slavery and she says that Dany would willingly let her return home, that plants a seed of doubt. Dany cares for Missandai a great deal, and it's been mentioned more than a few times this season that Missandai is her most trusted advisor...but is she? I mean, she's her translator and right hand, but does she advise her? That's really what Tyrion's role is. Greyworm is the head of the Unsullied forces and now she has Jon and Davos advising, so what does Missandai do exactly and could her faith in Dany be shaken this season?
Finally, Drogo! When Bronn says listen, and you hear the thunderous hooves of the Dothraki horde in an open grass field! OMG! And then you see that dragon! I mean...shear perfection! The look on Jaime's face and the soldiers quaking in their boots was perfect. When the Dothraki crouch on their horses backs simultaneously, I'll just say my throat was sore from screaming and my hands hurt from clapping so hard. The only thing that could have topped it would have been Cersie coming out on the field to see what was going on.
Jaime is a fool. I don't know if he was aiming for Dany or the Dragon or both but foolish he was.


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Caledonian Railway, 1886
This steam engine was built by Neilson and Company for the Edinburgh Exhibition in 1886. Originally bought by the Caledonian Railway, the engine was later L.M.S.R. No. 14010. In the 1880s it was pulling a long-distance express train at an average (over 100 miles) of almost 60 miles per hour.
Hornby has a model of this locomotive in its LMS livery, and the original is on display in the Glasgow transport museum.
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Picking a leash that works for you and your dog can be the difference between a good walk and a great walk. In fact, it can actually make all the difference between you walking your dog and your dog walking you!
Here are some tips on different lengths, materials, and types of leashes to help you choose the best leash option for your (and your dog's) outdoor adventures.
You can find leashes available in many different lengths. From the standard 4 and 6ft leashes to 8ft, 12ft, and 33ft, there are a lot of options. For the average daily dog walk(s), a 6ft leash is the best and most manageable length. Six feet is long enough to give your dog the freedom to do some some sniffing and exploring independently and still short enough to maintain and quickly regain control of your dog if you need to. Extra long leashes between 12ft and 33ft provide a great opportunity for a dog that has poor hearing or a dog that hasn't mastered their recall to experience some independence and freedom while still being anchored to you. Shorter leashes that are less than 6ft in length are usually quite small and portable. They are great to carry or keep in your car as an extra "just in case" leash. For off leash walks, a 4ft lead is the perfect length to snap around your waist like a belt and easy enough to access if you need to quickly leash your dog.
Width also matters. Some common leash widths are ½", ¾" and 5/8". Choose a width that is both comfortable for your hand and can handle your dog's strength base on size and weight. A leash that is too thin may snap if used on a larger dog and a leash that is too thick may not be comfortable in your hand, not to mention too heavy for a smaller dog.
The most popular leash material is nylon. Nylon is durable, hard to break, and maintains its shape very well. While nylon is a safe and inexpensive choice, if you have a strong dog that likes to pull or an excitable dog that likes to dart or weave back and forth, nylon can easily slide out of your hand and cause a gnarly rope burn on your hands and fingers. To avoid hurting your hands, consider a leather leash. Leather is a soft but very strong material. With some leather care and maintenance, a good leather leash could last a lifetime and help you avoid painful injuries. If you prefer to skip animal based products, a biothane leash is a great alternative to leather.
The three main types of leashes are standard leashes, harness leashes, and retractable leashes. Standard leashes come in the various lengths and widths as discussed above. A standard leash can also be a great multiuse tool. Clip it to your dog's collar or harness and you're all set to go! It can double as a belt or a rope if you find yourself in a sticky situation during an outdoor adventure. Some standard leashes also offer a double loop feature. A double loop leash has an extra handle placed closer to the leashes attachment point and gives you the option to use the leash at full length or at a shorter length.
A harness leash is a great option to use in lieu of a standard harness. A harness leash can help control a pulling dog and takes the pressure of a standard collar off of your dog's trachea.
While retractable leashes might seem convenient, they not only teach your dog to repeat the undesirable action of pulling, they also pose some serious risk to your dog. The first is breakability. To keep retractable leashes light and compact, they are typically made from a thin nylon string. If your retractable leash is frayed anywhere, a jolt of pressure from a pulling dog could cause the leash to snap. The second dangerous feature is the retraction. While convenient and tidy when in your hand, if you drop your retractable leash while it is not locked in position, it will immediately begin to retract towards your dog and essentially chase your dog away from you. For these reasons, we do not recommend using retractable leashes and instead opt for a standard leash or a harness leash.
Whatever type of leash works best often comes down to personal preference. Don't be afraid to experiment. Try out different lengths, materials and types of leashes until you find one that's comfortable and safe for you and your dog.
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Clean Cities: Bridgeport, West Virginia Episode 3425, Episode 3538
Our success story this week brings us to Bridgeport, West Virginia where a compressed natural gas refueling corridor is now online. The I-79 CNG corridor started taking shape three years ago, and also includes stations in Jane Lew and Charleston with more pit stops planned. Natural gas, sourced from the area's massive Marcellus shale deposits, is a perfect fit… Read More
Clean Cities North Aurora, Illinois Episode 3423
Our success story this week takes us to North Aurora, Illinois for a stop at Alpha Baking Company, parent of S.Rosen's and other popular baked-goods brands. After years of looking for an alternative fuel to fit their daily delivery needs, Alpha recently purchased 22 propane-powered bread trucks for their Chicagoland deliveries. With the assistance of South Shore… Read More
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Our success story this week takes us to Montgomery County, Maryland where the county's new fleet headquarters in Rockville is also a depot for their CNG transit buses. Nearly 75% of their 400+ fleet use the cleaner burning fuel displacing nearly 1 million gallons of diesel a year. A Maryland clean air grant also helped build 16 level II charging stations, and… Read More
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Our success story this week takes us to California's Gilroy Unified School District and a first of its kind "zero emissions squared" school bus project. Using a team of companies including Adomani Electric, they converted a diesel school bus to electric power where solar panels will be used to help charge it up. With a payback of only 6 years, this approach could… Read More
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Our success story this week takes us to Louisville, Kentucky where a family-owned trucking company is making the alternative fuel switch! In 2012, M&M Cartage bought one compressed natural gas truck to see if it could handle over 400 interstate miles of hauling every day. Based on the results, the company decided to expand their CNG fleet with 30 more cummins… Read More
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Our success story this week takes us to Chaska, Minnesota, and the Eastern Carver County School District, where the switch to propane has fired up big savings. Eastern Carver County is replacing more than 100 Diesel buses with ones that run on clean propane. To date, 31 have been delivered. While the new buses cost more, the switch is already paying off with… Read More
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Mahle opens UK's first real driving emissions test center
By Opinion Writers on	 8th August 2018 Testing
Mahle Power has officially inaugurated its state-of-the-art £8.3m (US$10.8m) vehicle development and testing facility at its Northampton site in the UK.
The center, which benefited from a £2.1m (US$2.7m) investment from SEMLEP's Local Growth Fund, will enable manufacturers to develop and test their vehicles on a new 4WD chassis dyno while being subjected to a wide range of altitude and climatic conditions.
The auto industry must ensure that all new vehicles comply with RDE regulations coming into force in September 2019. The new rules dictate that all vehicles certified for sale in the UK must achieve compliance under real-world driving conditions. This means testing the vehicle under a wide range of conditions, including driving at high and low altitudes, varying temperatures, with and without payloads, and on all road types.
Mike Hawes, SMMT chief executive, commented, "SMMT is delighted to see Mahle Powertrain open the UK's first dedicated RDE test facility. Together with the WLTP lab test, RDE is part of the toughest emissions testing regime in the world.
"It provides clear evidence that the automotive industry is delivering on its commitment to cleaning up our air while providing motorists with more realistic emissions and fuel consumption information."
UK Business and Industry Minister Richard Harrington said, "Technology is changing the way people, goods and services move around the country, and through our modern industrial strategy we are ensuring the UK remains the home of the latest innovations in transport.
"Mahle Powertrain's real driving emissions test center is the first of its kind in the UK and with its dedicated workforce, will ensure the automotive industry champions clean and sustainable growth."
During the official opening event, visitors received a tour around the facility including the center's climatic and hypobaric test chamber, installed to deliver highly accurate and repeatable emissions results and data.
Visitors were also given the chance to hear from senior Mahle engineers who explained how the center enables the company to carry out all elements of the RDE testing regime with the opportunity to bring further RDE-related work back to its laboratory to save development time and cost.
Simon Reader, engineering director at Mahle Powertrain, stated, "Our new facility puts Mahle Powertrain at the forefront of real driving emissions development and, for UK-based manufacturers, it means that vehicles can be thoroughly tested to the highest standards without leaving the country. This will shorten lead times and costs, helping the UK to retain its reputation for automotive engineering excellence."
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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius Makes History By Qualifying For London 2012 Olympics Semifinals
by UInterviewAugust 4, 2012, 12:00 amAugust 4, 2012, 12:00 amAugust 4, 2012, 12:00 amNews >
Oscar Pistorius, 25, South African double amputee and Paralympics champion, has waged a long and often unpleasant battle to be able to compete against able-bodied runners in the Olympics, but all of the hard work has paid off. 'Blade Runner' Pistorius, so-called because of the carbon fiber blades that serve as his prosthetic limbs, just made history by qualifying for the men's 400 meter semifinals. Pistorius finished second after Dominican Luguelin Santos with a season best time of 45.44 seconds (his personal best is 45.07).
Not everyone is supportive of Pistorius' Olympic participation, however. "Ask him," Britain's Nigel Levine replied when asked if Pistorius had an advantage because of his blades. "I'll keep my opinion to myself on that one. It has nothing to do with me." Although Pistorius' inclusion in the Olympics has been controversial at best — despite evidence that his blades do not give him a lead over able-bodied competitors — it is Pistorius' determination and relentless spirit that gives him an edge. "I thought about my mom today, she was bit of a hard-core person," Pistorius told the Los Angeles Times. "She always said, a loser is not a person who gets involved and comes in last, but it's the person who doesn't get involved at all."
But there are plenty, including both athletes and onlookers, who are sympathetic to his cause. "I just see him as another athlete, another competitor," Grenadian world champion Kirani James said. "I'm glad to see him out here. I'm glad he's getting a chance to finally compete and hopefully something emerges out of everyone else's mind," said American Erison Hurtault, who added that Pistorius is "an incredibly hard worker." Even fans made their support known during the event. "I heard some guy shout, 'Hey you sexy beauty,'" said an overjoyed Pistorius.
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Q: Posting parameters to a url using the POST method without using a form I want to post parameters to a URL using the POST method but I cannot use a form. Even if I do use a form, it would have to be auto-posted with out user interaction. Is this possible? How can I do this?

A: cURL is an option, using Ajax as well eventhough solving back-end problems with the front-end isn't so neat.
A very useful post about doing it without cURL is this one: http://netevil.org/blog/2006/nov/http-post-from-php-without-curl
The code to do this (untested, unimproved, from the blog post):
function do_post_request($url, $data, $optional_headers = null)
{
   $params = array('http' => array(
                'method' => 'POST',
                'content' => $data
             ));
   if ($optional_headers !== null) {
      $params['http']['header'] = $optional_headers;
   }
   $ctx = stream_context_create($params);
   $fp = @fopen($url, 'rb', false, $ctx);
   if (!$fp) {
      throw new Exception("Problem with $url, $php_errormsg");
   }
   $response = @stream_get_contents($fp);
   if ($response === false) {
      throw new Exception("Problem reading data from $url, $php_errormsg");
   }
   return $response;
}

A: How to do it without using cURL with straight-up PHP: http://netevil.org/blog/2006/nov/http-post-from-php-without-curl

A: Using jQuery.post
$.post(
  "http://theurl.com",
  { key1: "value1", key2: "value2" },
  function(data) {
    alert("Response: " + data);
  }
);

A: You could use JavaScript and XMLHTTPRequest (AJAX) to perform a POST without using a form. Check this link out. Keep in mind that you will need JavaScript enabled in your browser though.

A: it can be done with CURL or AJAX. The response is equally cryptic as the answer.

A: If you're trying to link to something, rather than do it from code you can redirect your request through: http://getaspost.appspot.com/

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Q: Keyword suggestion or Auto Correction When searching a keyword like [botframework] on search box, if the spelling of the keyword is not correct like [botframewrok] (which o and r are misplaced in wrok) the search result would be empty:

Now, my suggestion is, if the specified tag is not in the tag space, try to map the tag into the near tag and show the result of the auto-corrected tag. It might be this mapping be using the minimum Levenshtein distance.


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