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Ty Cobb Biography
Ty Cobb was a famous American Major League Baseball outfielder. This biography profiles his childhood, life, baseball career, achievements and timeline.
Birthday: December 18, 1886
Famous: Baseball Players American Men
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Also Known As: Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Born in: Narrows
Famous as: American Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder
Spouse/Ex-: Frances Cass - Charlotte Lombard
father: William Herschel Cobb
mother: Amanda Chitwood Cobb
children: Tyrus Cobb Jr - Herschel Cobb - Beverly Cobb - Shirley Marion Cobb - Jimmy Cobb - Howell Cobb
place of death: Atlanta
U.S. State: Georgia
awards: 1911 - American League Chalmers Award for most valuable player
Sports history's first baseball 'millionaire', Ty Cobb is remembered as one of the most notorious sportsmen in the history of American baseball. His freakish behavior on field combined with his erratic, ambitious personality, made him 'the one to beat' in the game. Many believe his reputation as one of the toughest yet admirable baseball players is unmerited - however, his statistics and records speak volumes about his personality and determination, otherwise. To date, his career for batting average, which was .366, remains uninterrupted and is still the highest in the history of the game. He was the leader in runs scored with 2,245, and was the all-time hit leader until Pete Rose obscured him on the field. Fondly called 'The Georgia Peach', Cobb the fearsome American League Baseball outfielder, is remembered for slipping into bases, feet first, with his points high. He played over 3,035 major league games and also committed 271 errors, the greatest by any American League player. His legacy, although tarnished to a certain extent, still manages to retain a strong foothold in the world of sports. His violent temperament and aggressive playing style remain testament to his steady records on field. Even though he was disliked by many during his lifetime, he still left an indelible impression with his playing style, leaving much to be fulfilled at the time of his untimely death.
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Tyrus Raymond Cobb was born December 18, 1886 to William Herschel Cobb and Amanda Chitwood Cobb in Narrows, Georgia.
From very early on, his father had a great influence on his life and encouraged him to join organized baseball teams like the Royston Rumpers, Royston Reds, Augusta Tourists and the Anniston Steelers.
After joining the Steelers for a monthly salary of $50, he started getting noticed for his incredible baseball talent. He was eventually sold to the American League team, the 'Detroit Tigers' for a salary of $750, in August 1905.
An incident on August 8, 1905, changed Cobb's outlook towards life and his personality forever. He sometimes attributed his violent on-field behavior to this particular incident which shook him. His father was shot dead by his mother in a freak incident, when his father suspected Cobb's mother of infidelity and decided to sneak up on her in the bedroom to catch her in the 'act'.
Believing her husband to be someone else after seeing his outline, she picked up the revolver and killed him in an act of self-defense. She was later charged with murder and acquitted the following year.
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Three weeks after his father was killed, he debuted with the 'Detroit Tigers' on August 30, 1905, at the age of 18—the youngest player in the league ever. His success with his debut match gained him a money-spinning deal with the Tigers for $1,500 for the next year.
His volatile temperament alienated his teammates from him and he was being targeted by expert players. In 1906, he became the team's permanent center fielder and hit an average of .316 in 98 games, the second-highest batting average for a 19 year old.
With his talent and sheer hard work, he led the Tigers' to three consecutive wins from 1907 to 1909. At the age of 20, he became the youngest player to have won a 'batting championship'.
From 1908 to 1909, he agreed to coach the baseball team of the Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina for a fee of $250 per month. However, this did not materialize.
In 1908 season, the 'Detroit Tigers', finished ahead of the Chicago White Sox and he once again, won the batting title, with a batting average of .324.
In 1909, the Tigers won the American League banner and during this series, Cobb stole home in the second game, igniting a three-run rally. He finished with a batting average low of .231 in the last World Series and the Tigers lost to Honus Wagner and the Pirates.
The year 1911 proved to be a landmark one for Cobb. He had a 40-game hitting splash. He also led the American League with 248 hits, 147 runs, 83 stolen bases, 47 doubles, 24 triples and a .621 slugging percentage.
When Cobb played against the New York Highlanders in 1911, he tied the game with a two-run double. The following year, he was deferred from the American League after he struck a troublemaker, Claude Lueker.
In 1915, he set the single-season record for stolen bases with 96, which stood until Maury Wills broke it much later. His record of five batting titles was broken the next year, when he placed second with .371 compared to Tris Speaker's .386.
In 1917, he hit in 35 consecutive games and the same year, he was also cast in the film, 'Somewhere in Georgia' as himself. He was paid a handsome sum of $25,000 plus for the film.
In 1918, he was recruited in the Chemical Corps branch of the United States Army and was sent to the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Chaumont, France. He stayed for approximately 67 days overseas, before receiving a worthy release and being sent back to the United States. During his tenure there, he was given the rank of Captain.
He earned his 3000th hit against the Boston Red Sox on August 19, 1921. Babe Ruth, the newest player of the New York Yankees, began to hog some of Cobb's limelight, which angered Cobb. The same year, he became the manager of the 'Detroit Tigers on his 34th birthday and signed a deal worth $32, 500.
In 1922, he tied a batting record set by Wee Willie Keeler, with four five-hit games in a season.
On May 5, 1925, he set a new American League record when he went in for three home runs, a double, two singles and 16 bases, which set a whole new record, beating Ruth. At the end of the series, the 38-year-old player had gone 12 for 19 with 29 total centers and then went back to hitting-and-running.
In 1926, he announced his retirement from professional baseball. The next year, he became the first member of the '4000 hit club'. He retired a very rich man and toured Europe with his family, before returning to his home in Georgia.
Post-retirement, his competitive spirit still burned inside him. He played against Babe Ruth in a number of charity golf matches in Detroit, Boston and New York and won all of them.
Towards the end of his life, he began to work on his autobiography, 'My Life in Baseball: The True Record', along with writer, Al Stump.
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In 1911, he was selected the American League MVP.
He was bestowed a Chalmers car, for being voted the American League MVP by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, in 1936.
He married Charlotte 'Charlie' Marion Lombard, in August 1908. The couple lived on her father's estate and then moved to their own house, five years later.
In 1930, he moved with his family into a Spanish ranch estate in a millionaires' municipality. Around the same time, his wife filed for divorce and the couple split in 1947, after 39 years of marriage. They had three sons and two daughters. It is believed that he was very difficult as a father and as a husband.
Towards the end of his life, he indulged in other pursuits including fishing, golfing and polo. He also became a heavy smoker and an alcoholic.
He married Frances Fairbairn Cass, a divorcee, in 1949, at the age of 62. After a few years, the couple divorced in 1956.
After two of his sons passed away, he began bequeathing large sums of his money and built a Cobb Memorial Hospital, the Cobb Educational Fund and also the Ty Cobb Healthcare System.
Throughout his life, he was known for his physical confrontations and fights with people, particularly African-Americans. However, in his final years, his views changed and he began to support the African-Americans joining baseball leagues and playing with the rest of the team.
He was diagnosed with cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure and an enlarged cancerous prostate towards the end of his life. He spent most of his final years shunting between his house and the hospital and finally passed away at Emory University Hospital, amidst family and friends.
Approximately 150 people attended his funeral service and he was interred at the Cobb family mausoleum, next to his loved ones, in Royston. At the time of his death, he was believed to have been worth $11. 780 million.
After his death, the Ty Cobb Educational Foundation circulated nearly $11 million in allowances to Georgians.
After 37 years of his death, the Ty Cobb Museum and the Franklin County Sports Hall of Fame were established in his honor.
In 2005, his hometown hosted a baseball game to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Cobb's first major league game.
A new baseball stadium at Hampden-Sydney College is known as the Ty Cobb Ballpark.
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One of this famous American League baseball player's favorite hobbies was dealing in stocks and bonds, thus playing with his personal wealth. He was a major stockholder in The Coca-Cola Corporation and General Motors, associations that he held throughout his life, which also contributed to his immense wealth in the end.
See the events in life of Ty Cobb in Chronological Order
Ty Cobb Bio As PDF
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- https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/tyrus-raymond-cobb-3097.php
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Dr. Day received his BS in Chemistry at the University of Georgia. After completing dental school at Emory University School of Dentistry, he completed a general practice residency at The John Hopkins Hospital and post graduate endodontic training at the University Of Maryland School Of Dentistry. Dr. Day is a Diplomate of the Board of Endodontics, a member of the American Dental Association, American Association of Endodontics, Georgia Academy of Dental Practice, and a past president of the Augusta Dental Society. Dr. Day is also on the faculty at the Medical College of Georgia Dental School.
Dr. Day and his wife Shirley have made their home in Augusta since 1976. They have two children, Anna and Thomas. Dr. Day is an avid outdoorsman enjoying hunting, fishing and farming.


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Transgender hurdler who just won NCAA women's national championship: 'Me competing against cisgender females is a disadvantage' (VIDEO)
You might recall CeCe Telfer of Franklin Pierce University — a college hurdler born male but now competing as a female — who last month won an NCAA women's national championship, taking the 400-meter hurdles by more than a second.
Telfer — formerly known as Craig — as recently as January 2018 ran with the Division II school's men's track & field team. Telfer started going by the name CeCe while competing with the men before transitioning to women's competition. Telfer is the New Hampshire school's first women's track & field champion.
"If anything, me competing against cisgender females is a disadvantage.."@FPUathletics track star CeCe Telfer talks about the physical challenges she faces while competing as a transgender woman. pic.twitter.com/9VhlOVA70V
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Padman Movie Cast Crew Story Release date Budget Screen count: Padman is an upcoming Indian comedy movie based on the biography of Arunachalam Muruganantham. The movie is directed by R. Balki and Produced by Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna. Padman features Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte in lead roles. The movie is set to release on 26, January 2018.
The movie is based on the life of Arunachalam Muruganantham, who is well known for producing low cost sanitary pad making machine and for creating awareness about the Menstrual cycle. He is a school dropout and at that time menstrual cycle was embedded in many kinds of superstitions. Rejecting all the Superstitions he made it a subject of experiment to please his newly wedded wife as she had to use filthy rags, newspapers during her menstrual cycle. Napkins made by multinational companies were very expensive. He realized that raw material used to make sanitary pads cost no more than 2 rupees, but napkins are sold over the cost of Rs. 50.
Padman had to face lot of criticism and he had to wear sanitary pads to prove his point. He wanted some female volunteers to test his innovation and most of them were too shy to discuss their menstrual cycle. He then had to use animal blood using a bladder to test his invention. It took him two years to discover that commercial Sanitary Pads use cellulose fibers derived from pine bark wood pulp that increases its absorbance and allows no distortion of the shape of the pad. Machine to produce pads cost around 3.5 crore rupees but he ended up designing a machine to produce low cost pads for Rs. 65000. While he was in the process of inventing machine and pads from waste, he was ridiculed, called names and had to face to face lot of music.
Akshay: Kumar He is playing Lakshmikant Chauhan which is a role corresponding to Arunachalam Muruganantham. Akshay is an Indian film actor who will be playing main lead character in this movie. He has appeared in over 100 movies.
Sonam Kapoor She is an actress who acts in Bollywood movies. Sonam will appear in this movie as Rhea. She is also recipient of the National Film Award for her movie Neerja. She is known for movies Prem Ratan Dhan payo, Neerja, Black, Delhi-6, Mausam, Khoobsurat etc.
Radhika Apte: Radhika is an Indian film actress who made his debut with the movie Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi! (2005). She is playing the role of the wife of Akshay Kumar in this movie. She is known for movies like Dhoni, Shor in the City, Lai Bhaari, Badlapur, Hunterr, Lion, Parched etc.
Sudhir Pandey: He is a film and television artist who is known for the movies like Toilet, Issaq, Dekh Tamaasha Dekh, Bombay Talkies, Bombay to Goa, Anwar, Haasil etc.
Amitabh Bachchan (cameo): He is a veteran Bollywood actor. He is active in the industry since 1969. He will be seen playing cameo in this movie. Amitabh Bachchan is also a singer, producer and TV host.
Balki is a filmmaker, screenwriter and businessman. He is known for directing movies like Cheeni Kum and Paa. He is also the producer of the movie Dear Zindagi and English Vinglish.
He is playing Lakshmikant Chauhan which is a role corresponding to Arunachalam Muruganantham. Akshay is an Indian film actor who will be playing main lead character in this movie. He has appeared in over 100 movies.
Amit Trivedi is film composer, musician, singer and Lyricist. He can be associated to the movies like Aamir, Dev D, Wake up Sid, Striker, Udaan, Chillar Party, Kai Po Che, Queen, Shaandar etc.
The movie is expected to release on 26th of January 2018.


New Theatres' 1941 film Doctor is a social drama touches some of the serious issues that troubled the pre-independent India like poverty, diseases, superstition and caste distinction. Directed by Subodh Mitra the story revolves around the protagonist who (as mentioned in the title) is a doctor who ventures to work in a village in Bengal, much to the disagreement of his parents.
The narrative, which deals with several progressive ideas, is bedecked with some excellent songs. Composer and singing star Pankaj Mullack did the lead role as well as the music of the film. Almost all the songs of the film became evergreen melodies.
The other cast includes Ahindra Choudhury, Jyoti Prakash, Master Meenu, Nemo, Amar Mullick, Buddhadeb, Indu Mukherjee, Panna Rani, and Bharati Devi.


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A string of barges goes through Lock and Dam No. 12 at Bellevue, Iowa, on the Mississippi River.
Cruising and Tugging the Mississippi
By Julianne Couch
Third generation river-boat captain Mike Blitgen knows his way around the Mississippi River in Iowa. He can identify boats by their shape, navigate a tugboat into a lock, and knows how to find the best watering hole for a summer day. He takes writer Julianne Couch for a ride.
Living as I do a block off the Mississippi River, specifically Lock & Dam 12 at Bellevue, Iowa, I see a lot of barges locking through. In fact, had I never gone to sleep in 2011, I could have witnessed 14,326,574 tons of cargo pushed by towboats through the lock gates carrying agricultural products, coal, fracking sand and scrap metal.
Many a summer evening has found me watching the lock-through process, peering through the chain link fence built for security after 9/11 . The 600-foot lock is too short to allow the tows to push their full complement of barges through at once. That means I can spend a couple hours watching deckhands unlink the barges and float them through one section at a time. That gives me time to think.
I've entertained fantasies of stowing away, or volunteering, or embedding myself as a journalist aboard one of these towboats. I haven't given up on that plan, but almost by accident I made a connection with a fellow who lives in Bellevue but spends most of his time piloting commercial boats, including towboats like these.
Mike Blitgen has been a pilot of tugboats pushing barges, a casino boat captain, a water taxi captain and a steam powered paddle-wheel boat captain, sometimes concurrently, for more than 25 years. He now works for Magnolia Marine, based in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was in the wheelhouse piloting one of these towboats, pushing barges full of asphalt up the Illinois River, when I reached him by phone. We decided it would be better to talk in person once he returned home from this hitch on the river.
One day he called and proposed we take a ride on his 20-foot pleasure boat to a downhill ski resort across the river in Illinois. In the summer after the artificial snow melts off the 450-foot high hill, one can simply boat up to a dock, tie up, ride the lift chairs to the top of the "hill" and relax over food and beverages on the patio of Chestnut Mountain Resort. That sounded like a remarkably fine plan.
I located Captain Mike at the Spruce Harbor marina a few miles north of Bellevue. He was tidying up the interior of the 4 Winns closed-bow boat when I arrived. In his best professional captain manner, he helped me aboard, showed me where the life preserver was nestled near my feet, handed me an ice-cold bottle of water and jabbed an American flag in the flag holder in the stern. Then we were off.
The Andrea Leigh takes barges through the Bellevue lock.
We cruised for a few minutes among the islands and backwaters of Pool 12. We could see in the distance the form of a towboat pushing 12 barges down the main channel. Captain Mike said, "I bet that's the Andrea Leigh. I can tell every commercial boat out here by its shape." So we whipped around a sandbar and came back to intercept the tow, passing on the correct side so as not to get too close to her wheel wash, what we amateurs refer to as a "wake." Sure enough, it was the Andrea Leigh.
Captain Mike told me he started as a deckhand on towboat that pushed barges carrying gasoline and crude oil. He recounted conditions endured by his father, Richard, who also worked on the river. Even though workers then didn't need a license to be a boat pilot, Captain Mike says their job was more difficult than today, in many ways.
"We have so many more technological advances to take load off that weren't there in those days. The channel is well marked, the river is tamed, it doesn't change like it used to. It used to be that islands would literally disappear over the course of one 30-day hitch on a rising river. Now they have AIS (automatic identification system) receivers and transmitters. Your boat gets dialed in, linked to an electronic charting system that shows the river, you, and your barges in the 9-foot channel line. There are indicators for bow and stern to see if your tow is sliding."
We made a turn past a sandbar known locally as Bellevue beach, and waved to boaters spending their Friday afternoon picnicking and playing beach volleyball there. Captain Mike mentioned a "tradition" involving female beach revelers flashing tow captains. I pretended I couldn't quite make out what he said over the wind and boat motor.
Leaving the beach behind, Captain Mike continued schooling me in the ways of the river mariner. "The charting system also shows other traffic and has a circle where you'll meet the boats at your present course and speed. You can communicate to check the traffic and avoid meeting each other in tight spots. It used to be they'd mislead about their location in order to get ahead of you in line to lock through. Now they can't do that because everyone knows where they are."
My water bottle was close to empty, and I was starting to hear the siren call of Chestnut Mountain. Just when I thought we were headed in, Captain Mike pointed at a small vessel along our stern. "Kayak!" he shouted. "Let' check it out!"
That wouldn't have been my first impulse, content as I usually am to give a casual wave to passing boaters. We pulled around and headed straight for the one-person kayak, paddled by a woman who looked very comfortable in a small craft on the barge-infested Mississippi.
"Where you going? Where'd you put in? Where you from?" Captain Mike asked. The woman said she'd started out from the same dock as we had, paddled across to Bellevue beach, and was headed back. Noticing the kayaker wasn't especially curious about our doings, we said farewell and commenced our approach to Chestnut Mountain. We had to navigate very shallow waters as we neared its small dock. A path of white buoys painted with red or green stripes marked the route through the deepest part of the waters. Standing to peer over the windshield, we both looked for obstructions ahead, especially hidden logs. Captain Mike explained the way to remember the markers' meaning. Returning from sea, the red markers are on your right (Red, Right, Returning) and the green are on your left. He called out readings from his depth finder. "Three feet, two feet." At one foot the depth finder quit displaying readings and simply flashed. We were at that stage for only a few seconds before we were back up to a luxurious two feet of water.
Photo by Julianne Couch
The Chestnut Mountain Resort's chairlift takes visitors to snow in the winter and drinks in the summer.
We tied off the boat and hiked 40 yards or so to the chairlift. To get there we had to be sure to stop, look and listen before crossing the railroad tracks that carry freight trains traveling around 50 miles per hour. Safely across, we settled into an upward-bound chair and gripped our flip-flops tightly with our toes. As the lift stopped momentarily to let people ahead of us get off at the top of the hill, Captain Mike took the opportunity to talk to the people headed down. "Where you from? How was lunch? What brings you to Iowa?"
We found seats on the crowded outdoor patio with views overlooking the Mississippi and the limestone bluff scenery of the "Driftless Area." The area is so-named because it was not flattened by drifting glaciers. Captain Mike ordered a pina colada, thinking it evoked the Caribbean. He seemed a bit disappointed it did not come with an umbrella, but after all, this is the Midwest. Comfortably situated, he was ready to answer my questions with the garrulousness of someone who spends most days and nights in the wheelhouse of a towboat in the company of a small crew of men.
Blitgen was born on a farm about 10 miles from Bellevue. He recalls walking across field to neighbors' places a few times a month for barn dances and other get-togethers. "It was a real Mayberry RFD feeling. We swam in the creeks, fished in the ponds, made forts in the corn fields. It was pure wholesome country living."
Mike Blitgen, left, has been a river boat captain, just like his father and son.
Blitgen was in fifth grade when his dad started working on the river and the family moved into town. He spent many summers taking his dad's flat bottom boat and exploring the islands just south of Bellevue. He'd pack a lunch, leave early in the morning and return at dark. He and a close childhood friend pledged they weren't going to get jobs working the river, the way their fathers did. "It is no life for a family man," they asserted. Yet the minute they finished high school, that friend took a job on the river. Meantime, Blitgen simultaneously worked part time jobs in Bellevue, like delivering newspapers, unloading grocery store trucks and working on the grease rack at local garage.
For three years Blitgen worked for the Ingram Barge company, on the river 30 days, then 30 days off. He took some time away from the river and did factory work and other jobs that didn't pay what he needed to support a growing family. Eventually he went back to the river and got his license to pilot boats. Since then he's worked for a variety of companies and been on rivers from the Mississippi to the Alleghany, the Illinois, the Intracoastal Canal and more. He's always called Bellevue home. People have asked him why he doesn't move somewhere south, where winters are warmer, since the company arranges to get him to the boat from wherever he is.
"I do think about places to live, but Bellevue has everything I need. There are lots of great places, and I can visit them any time I want to. All of my roots are here, my family has been here for generations and I know everybody."
Blitgen says he doesn't mind a slow steady increase in outsiders like myself moving in to Bellevue because he realizes the same people and families don't last forever. But over the years he's heard some talk that what Bellevue needs is industry. We tried to picture how smokestacks would affect our view of those limestone bluffs across from our position on the hill. We both agreed Bellevue's growth would be better connected to tourism and agriculture, as has traditionally been the case.
We were directly across the Mississippi from the boat dock where we started our trip. Had it been dark, we could have seen the lights of Bellevue twinkling modestly across the water. But the chair lift stops running before dark, so we had to get moving. As we rode back down the lift we greeted other travelers, learning a remarkable amount about them in the few seconds we spent chatting. Once back on the boat and underway, Captain Mike asked me to help spot the red and green striped Clorox bottles-cum-buoys as we headed out through two feet of water to the main channel. He was going to temporarily "borrow" someone else's boat slip at the marina when he dropped me off and drive back into town. He wanted to see if any of his family would head back out on the river with him, while the daylight lasted.
Julianne Couch is the author of Traveling the Power Line: From the Mojave Desert to the Bay of Fundy. She lives in Bellevue, Iowa.
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Oh, the joy of barbecue! Whether you like to cook out when you are camping, or grill a hamburger inside the comfort of your kitchen, almost every family has their own recipe. This week, our travels bring us to South Carolina which claims to be the birthplace of barbecue! We have taken an old-fashioned favorite and made it dog friendly. But don't forget, you can share! You may just want to add salt to your portion.
For this recipe, we have left off the bun as dogs don't need all those extra carbs and sugar. You could serve this alongside some sweet potato fries or collard greens!
Mix the ground beef, red pepper and oregano. Form into patties. Place tomato slices on top and cheese. Spray a nonstick pan with olive oil. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and bake the patties for 30 minutes. Let sit in the oven for an additional 15 minutes, then remove and let cool to room temperature.
MIx all ingredients. Refrigerate overnight or for at least 8 hours. Spoon on top of burger. Serve!
Disclaimer: This is meant as a treat and not a regular meal replacement. Always consult a vet before making any changes to your dog's diet!


Fifty Class 58 locomotives were built by BREL for British Rail from 1982 to 1987.
The locomotives were primarily used for hauling merry-go-round coal trains in the midlands of England.
The class occasionally worked as far north as Carlisle on freight trains, but there have been only unconfirmed reports of cross-border workings.
Locomotive 58016 was the first of its class to visit Scotland, being displayed at the Haymarket Depot Open Day on 24th and 25th August 1985. It was hauled from Carlisle Kingmoor to Haymarket by 40122 on 23rd and back to Carlisle on the 27th.
Subsequent visits were made by locomotives on railtours organised by the Worksop Depot Charity Train Committee.
From 1996 the locomotives became part of the DB Schenker fleet, however the introduction of class 66 locos meant the 58s were surplus to requirements and all were withdrawn from traffic by September 2002.
Some of the locos have seen further use on Mainland Europe.
Ayr - Carlisle - Worksop Trainload Coal livery.
10.Jul.1999 58048 & 58016 The Worksop Midlothian link Worksop - Edinburgh (ECML) Both locos DB Schenker red. EWS red and gold surely?
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Courage: Profundity on a half shell.
What is courage? Recently I've been reading and studying courage… almost to my chagrin. I know that courage is a virtue I admire. It's noble. It's a great ideal for one to aspire. But, man, it is hard to describe and dissect. I hadn't really attempted to diagnose the real meaning and meanings. Now that I do it's hard for me to wrap my mind completely around it. It's an enormous wrap.
I find that there are variations on the heart of the meaning. For instance, to be courageous in battle or in times of physical conflict or disaster defines the most common form of courage we think of. They give medals for it. The recipient is a called "hero".
But, courage is more than the charging-in-despite-the-odds actions of an individual or group. Though those can be great and admirable actions. The idea of courage, the totality of courage, the essence of courage, is distinct and much deeper.
Sometimes courage is physical. Sometimes it is mental. Sometimes it is spiritual; the keeping-on, keeping-on that many around us silently face each day. Not taking a drink, not shooting up, not eating just-one-more helping can require courage. It is also a man comforting a friend in trouble or a mother holding the hand of a child wrapped in bandages, surrounded by monitors, invaded with feeding tubes and probes and needles in tiny veins. Or sometimes it is the act of taking a chance in business or in life or in love knowing the odds say that you will fail, but you continuing on because you know it is the honest and correct thing to do.
Winston Churchill was an advocate and evangelist of courage. His grasp of the power of will, determination and steadfast continuance helped him lead Britain through the perils of his time. America lead the battle to defeat fascism in the 20th century but Winston Churchill lead the way by doggedly expounding his call for courage.
One quote attributed to him states, "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." I don't know if he really said it, but he should have because it holds to his message. The perseverance to keep on keeping on. Sloshing through the trudgery and drudgery, to fight on for a righteous cause without giving in.
However, the key word above is "righteous". Righteousness can simply be the will – the courage – to not give up hope, to hold a grain of, a faint flicker of faith in that which is correct and true. Often that is the hardest. And, often one must have courage in order to hold on to that faith or even to grasp its tiny fringes that persistently whip and twist in your mind's gripping fingers.
Then again, it seems to me that one must have faith and hope in order to have courage. I suppose they are the totality and quintessence of the subject; the same frame of mind, of spirit, of determination. But the real power of those three is in the possession and implementation of all, the letting of one germinate, nurture and grow the others.
Courage – positive courage, the courage that is victorious – is a bundle of all; hope, faith, and courage. See, to have hope without faith is hollow. To have faith without hope is impossible. To have courage without hope or faith is a needless sacrifice.
Conversely, standing to fight the indomitable beast knowing that you have no possibility of winning but knowing that you may slow the beast and assure the salvation of others… that revelation is the presence of hope and faith, not in one's self, but for a greater good.
That is awe-inspiring, skin-tingling courage.
Then again, with all aside, would it not take courage to run and fight another day? Would that be called wisdom? Because in order to exercise wisdom one must usually have courage. So now we have another variable.
And finally, love… love is a progenitor of the first three and sometimes all four. If implemented alone it can create any and all of the others. But to have love without wisdom… that opens another can of twisting mental-thought worms.
The final decision to delve into the ramifications of what we may find and how it affects us and how we will deal with the acquired knowledge and IF we will implement those findings… that takes… courage.
See? It's an enormous wrap.
I think I'm going to lie on the couch for a while and vedge.
Oh… for all of my city friends or the Easterners that might read this, the word "brimmer" is a Western-American term for a Brahman bull. A brimmer is a mean, vicious animal that is best eaten with A-1 sauce, but otherwise should be avoided at all cost.
Also to explain – as is so around Ceres and Turlock, California where I grew up – in the West you can drive out across open country with miles of nothing then find empty, seemingly orphaned rodeo arenas. However, on certain days of the week or month the site becomes a crowded place for the gathering of the testosterone-numbed minds of young men who engage in actions that result in the procurement of broken bones, twisted limbs and dirt-injected orifices, all to the ooohs and awwws of young women of a similar age. I know. I've been there… on the male side.
But, thankfully simple logic dictated, in my way of thinking, that the cause and effect of such actions is to predictively hurt like hell or perhaps die looking like a rag doll being ripped apart by a pit-bull terrier. I learned to suppress the hormone-induced stupor of my youth and am quite proud of that decision. As a result, I am still here as of this writing.


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Picturing Patti
Photographer Steven Sebring is winning prizes and praise for his directorial debut of an intimate film about rocker Patti Smith.
By Miki Johnson | Published Dec 19, 2008 1:17 PM
For more than a decade, fashion photographer Steven Sebring has been quietly filming punk's godmother Patti Smith. The film that eventually emerged from that footage, Patti Smith: Dream of Life, garnered the award for best cinematography at this year's Sundance Film Festival documentary competition, due in part to the unorthodox visual approach Sebring transferred from his still photography to film. The wandering, impressionistic film – which Sebring hesitates to even call a "documentary" – just had its run at the Film Forum in New York extended through September 11, and it's scheduled to open around the country over the coming months (see DreamOfLifeTheMovie.com for details). After a recent Film Forum screening where Smith and Sebring fielded questions from a packed house, Sebring talked with American Photo about his friendship with Smith, his big ideas for the project, and the ever-fruitful relationship between music, film, and photography.
AP: Tell me a little about how you first met Patti and how the idea for the documentary came about.
SS: I photographed her for Spin magazine in '95 and it was . . . I went out there to Detroit to photograph her. That's how we met. And then we immediately connected. It was one of those situations where I picked up the camera very last of the day and then we started taking pictures. And I didn't even take hardly any film either. And then she invited me in '96 to a concert at Irving Plaza. And that's when I saw her perform for the first time. And I was so blown away by her, and just over weeks of sort of bothering her a little bit she let me start filming her. But I had no intention for it to be any kind of documentary. I was just looking for an outlet, a film outlet. And she's just somebody I thought was fun and inspiring. There was no documentary idea. I don't want to make documentaries; that's not my thing. And that's why this movie isn't your standard documentary style, which most people expect when they go see it. People have in their head they expect to see old footage and people talking about the person. That's so boring. And I just wasn't interested in doing anything like that. And that's how it started. I just kept filming her when I could.
AP: When did it turn from that into actually becoming a feature film?
SS: Well in '99, I took three months and edited the film to create some kind of structure. Because I was like, wow, I have so much footage, wouldn't it be cool just to see if we can do something with it? And then after that I shelved it in 2000 because the funds were gone and I needed to go back to work, because I'm a fashion photographer and I shoot celebrities and that's how I make money. So I did that but I kept filming her over the years and we got closer and closer; we got really close as friends. Most of the time, as I say, I never had a camera, we were just hanging out. And then I think it got to a point some people were showing interest in the film and I had money again so I took a year off and hired Angelo Corrao, who is a great old-school editor. We sat there and we cut the film and Patti got involved. And now we have it. It's one of those things that just happened organically. I kept filming her in her bedroom while I was editing because I needed something to ground the film; there was so much footage from all over the place that a lot of it didn't have sound, some did. I was like, what would make this film make sense, give it a thread, you know. We always spent so much time hanging out in her bedroom, that's sort of where she works and stuff. It was like, let's do something here. And that was it. And spending everyday working on it, creating these interesting scenes through a collage of the footage, I wanted her to tell her story in her voice. It's a totally experimental film, is the way I look at it. I never went to film school. I just bought a movie camera and started filming her.
AP: What attracted you to film, and this project specifically.
SS: Her. I never grew up with her. I didn't know a lot about her. Just some pictures of her in Mapplethorpe books. And her song "Because the Night." But she knew that immediately in me too, that I didn't know a lot about her. That's why I think the film's interesting, because it just comes through my point of view. Through my eye. And she is just such an incredible woman. Everybody thinks of her as this rock star; well she is. But she's the Arthur Rimbaud of our time. She's taken Allen Ginsburg's helm; [William S.] Burroughs is her children's godfather. It just keeps going on and on and on. It's just really extraordinary.
AP: So how often were you filming her?
SS: On and off. There would be times when I would go with her to Charleville, France, and I would just spend like a week with her and film. Very casually — sometimes I didn't even take my camera. Go off on another trip here or there, when she's going to meet her mom and dad. She'd say, do you want to come to meet my mom and dad? Sometimes we wouldn't do anything for a month or two. 'Cause she's really busy, I'm busy. And I was in no hurry to do anything. I just wanted to do the document on the right occasions. If she was doing something artistic, I would go because I was doing some artistic things, too, with her through the camera. Experimenting or shooting film differently. That's why the film looks the way it does. It's all shot on 16mm, one camera, and what film I had.
AP: I was going to say, obviously Patti is a photographer herself and has a very photographic sensibility. I wondered if that factored into her understanding of how you were thinking about the film or how the film came about.
SS: Maybe. She started shooting Polaroids a lot . . . I didn't know of her doing that before. She's dabbled in film lately, for the Cartier Foundation. And she has a total new respect for what I did now. Because it's not easy. Especially on the fly. It's like, you never know what you're getting into. Sometimes she would be doing some really great things but it was so dark in the room. And I'm not turning on lights; I'm just sort of like, no, it's too dark, oh well. So I would happen to have my sound recorder and then I'd get great sound and no visual. Or a lot of times I'd get great visual and I just didn't have any sound. So that's how the movie became so different. Because I had to work with what I had. But I'm sure we influenced each other. And that's why I kept doing it, because she inspired me. She says I inspire her. So I think we work really well together.
AP: It's obviously a really collaborative film, and I wondered if you guys consciously talked about what the film would be like.
SS: No she had total trust in me and what I did. Because in a way we think a lot alike. She knows it's my movie, and she was there supporting me in the venture. But when it came to bringing her in on some voice-overs and stuff. There were some ideas I had, and then she would do some improvising from that and adding her thing, which was the best. That's when it becomes the most humanistic.
AP: I thought there were a couple of really interesting moments when Patti sort of addresses her discomfort with being filmed. I wonder if that was something you were really aware of or renegotiating constantly.
SS: I was always very careful about what footage I used. And when I was filming it I was always making sure it was the best light in a situation. And I think that comes across with me being a photographer. I shoot stills, so I'm always conscious about the light. Once in a while she would be like, oh, I don't want you to use that. But then I would say, I think it's beautiful, I don't know what you're talking about. But overall she was really pleased with the movie. She's actually really proud of the movie, which makes me really happy. You know, when I won the award at Sundance for best cinematography, it was so cool because that's what I do, I'm a photographer and now people are awarding me for making my stills come alive in a way. And that's why I made the book of the film. When you look at the book, it's me; it's the same as if I was shooting stills.
AP: Tell me a little about the book.
SS: Through technology now, my 16mm went through a D.I. scan; they scan every frame of my film. So I have every frame of my film on hard drives. We up-resed them and we made them look really special and we made a book. And nobody's done that; Rizzoli's never done anything like this. And we've actually blown up a couple of these images, and they're gorgeous. And you're like, wow; there's an exhibition now. But with the book I added the installation Objects of Life, which is another thing I did with her objects; I photographed them with this large-format camera, and they're these incredibly large photographs. And we framed them as objects, and that's on its way to the Centre for Contemporary Photography in Melbourne. It's going to be there for a month and a half. And then I also put Patti's painting that she did in the movie, "Strange Messengers," she gave that to me. It's the largest painting she's ever done. That's in the show too. So you can actually experience these things in person and see large photographs, and then you can see them in the movie, and then you can walk away with a book that is kind of like and index of the film itself. For me, I like all media, I just never was just a fashion photographer. It was more like, I like everything. I don't like pigeonholing myself in one thing. I think now with websites and stuff like that you can do all kinds of stuff with technology. It's sort of limitless. When we did the premier in New York at the MoMA, [Patti] sang in the garden. After the movie you can talk about it with your friends and then all of a sudden there she is singing. So it's a nice thing that a lot of people don't really do, sadly.
AP: Tell me a little bit about your photography.
SS: I do everything. I'm still shooting fashion. I love experimenting with doing my own personal work, whether it's nudes or landscapes. I'm thinking about doing a couple other art books. And then looking forward to doing fiction films, which sounds exciting to me. And then bringing more fashion into film, like I did with DKNY. You know it's sort of like to mix the two. I like to shoot fashion and I shoot a lot of ad campaigns, because some of it might be really commercial but it's a way for me to push the envelope sometimes with somebody like Coach or something like that. But the reward for photographers is you get paid well. It's kind of crazy how much money you can make. But what I do is I put it right back into projects I love. And that was Patti and other installations and things like that.
AP: So more films on the horizon?
SS: Oh yeah, definitely. I want to do some fiction films. I don't consider Patti as a documentary. Because I really believe that sometimes you don't know if things are scripted in her film, and I love that idea of that play. But I'm interested in doing a modern-day silent film. Or create a whole soundtrack before I put any kind of visual story to it. Like sort of do things wrong, that's what I kind of love. There's a New York Times story that says we are reinventing the wheel. I thought that was kind of funny. I don't think we're trying to reinvent, I think I was just doing what I thought was interesting art. I don't refer that film to any movie I've ever seen. Somebody came up to me and said, do you know Bruce Webber, Chet Baker, did you ever see that? Your film's a lot like that. I said, no I haven't seen it. Nor have I ever seen Don't Look Back. But Angelo Corrao actually edited the Chet Baker film. And he worked on Reds. He's really cool and he really kept me from getting too abstract. But he was good at going there, too. He would show me something and I would be like, damn Angelo, what's going on? Because he'd find something that was a mistake but he'd make it cool.
AP: How did other people feel about being in the film, the band mates and Patti's kids?
SS: They love it. Lenny Kaye and Tony [Shanahan], they were at the MoMa, it was their second time because they saw it at Sundance the first time. They saw it again and brought their wives and they were like, it's better the second time. And that really made me happy. They were really, really into it. And Jackson, Patti's son, really loves the movie. He really, really loves the movie. I did an extra for DVD that's called "Jackson" and he's talking about his dad. They're so into it because it's so different; they just think it's so cool. And that means a lot to me. Because I was always worried; they never saw it. The first time they saw it was at Sundance.
AP: I was thinking, it's kind of like this really cool home video.
SS: Exactly, that's what it is. It's a humanistic film. There's no ugliness. It's just positive. And I just wanted to do something inspiring for people. Sort of inspire people so they can leave the theater thinking, oh, I gotta know more about Blake or Whitman, or I want to go research Patti. I didn't want to spell it out for people; I want people to think. I think these films now, they're just so flat-out with everything that at the end of it you know it all. That's so boring to me. Whereas this one has a life after. At Paris they're playing it at the Pantheon, which is the oldest theater in Paris. And Patti, back in the '70s, would go there and watch Godard films and stuff. Above the theater, connected to the theate
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Freeform Water Portraits, 2014-2015; 437 individual pieces. Photographic wall-mounted sculptures made of resin. Seen here are a variety of forms.
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Q: C# .NET Core 5 with Entity Framework Core 5 project is not returning objects from table after successfully adding them I am creating a .NET Core app using EF Core Code First. In my seeder code, I first delete any existing test database with await Context.Database.EnsureDeletedAsync(); and then create a new database with the await Context.Database.EnsureCreatedAsync(); command, using my localDB database.
My problem is that one of my tables, after being properly seeded, is not properly returning data. I have verified that it is correctly saving the data by visually inspecting the table data in SQL server explorer which showed the data records. I also logged the result of Context.ChangeTracker.HasChanges() which returned true after adding each object. I also logged await Context.SaveChangesAsync() which returns the number of changes made to the database which printed 305 when I ran the command after seeding that particular table/Dbset with data.
When hovering any reference to the Context Dbset in question while in debug mode (nullpointerexception after I attempted to access the data from that table through the Context object), the Results View property shows that it is indeed empty, with the message: "Enumeration yielded no results". This is not the case for any of the other Dbsets I created and seeded, which properly enumerate all of the objects contained on their respective tables under the Results View property.
I can't discern any meaningful difference between the way I set up these tables, so I am at a loss here as to why I can't access this one particular table when the rest of them I can access just fine without error.
I have been racking my brain on this for a few days now. If you have any ideas for me to try or if I need to provide any more information please leave a comment and let me know.

A: I was undoing recent changes to see if I could get it to work again, and when I removed a nullable int property in my object's model public int? ExpirationDays { get; set; } and made it a regular integer, it started working normally again. Maybe EF core doesn't like nullable types?

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Q: Initial value problem $x'=e^{-|x|}$, $x(0)=0$ Consider $x=x(t)$ and $\frac{dx}{dt}=e^{-|x|}$, $x(0)=0$. Now I want to find the solution of this initial value problem. I want to solve it for $t\geq0$ and $t\leq0$. If $t\geq0$:
$\int_0^xe^{-s}ds=\int_0^t1dv$. Thus $e^{-x}=t+1$ and $x=-\ln(1+t)$.
For t<0:
$\int_x^0e^sds=\int_t^01dv$. Thus $x=\ln(1-t)$. But I know that the answer must be $x(t)=\ln(1+t)$ if $t\geq0$ and $x(t)=-\ln(1-t)$ if $t<0$. Who does see my mistake?

A: Take a look at how you are separating variables. From $\frac{dx}{dt}= e^{-|x|}$ you multiply both sides by $e^{|x|}$ and $dt$ yielding $dx e^{-|x|}e^{|x|} = dt e^{-|x|} e^{|x|}$ or $dx e^{|x|} = dt$. This explains your error in both parts.

A: We have $\dot{x}(t) = e^{-|x(t)|}$, then if $x \ge 0$, we have $\dot{x}(t) = e^{-x(t)}$ and so $e^{x(t)} \dot{x}(t) = 1$. Then $\int_0^t e^{x(\tau)} \dot{x}(\tau) d \tau = e^{x(t)}-1 = t$, which gives $x(t) = \ln(1+t)$.


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Slovenia has world-class chefs, getting awards left and right and pleasing guests from home and abroad. These are the seven at the top of their game right now.
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What do you expect, when seeking out new culinary delights? The same as the rest of us foodies – only the best! And that's exactly what Slovenia has to offer.
The title of world's best female chef was presented to Slovenian chef Ana Roš in 2017 by the World's 50 best Restaurants' guide. These are the chefs in Slovenia that you simply have to know about.
Ana Roš was crowned World's Best Female Chef in 2017, a title that put Slovenia on the gastronomic map. Before being awarded such respectable title, she appeared on Netflix Chef's Table. Ana Roš runs a family restaurant with her husband Valter, the famous Hiša Franko in Kobarid. She unleashes her gastronomic genius there and gets creative with locally grown produce.
Igor Jagodic was crowned as the best chef in Slovenia 2019 by Gault Millau. Jagodic successfully combines the past with modern techniques, as can be experienced in Strelec Restaurant in Ljubljana. No wonder it's one of the best-rated restaurants in the city.
Janez Bratovž has received multiple awards such as S. Pellegrino, Falstaff and Gault Millau during his career. His JB Restaurant is one of Ljubljana's finest and Janez Bratovž strives to be bold and original with his culinary creating. He is known for picking fresh ingredients from Ljubljana's farmers market every morning, before opening his restaurant.
Tomaž Kavčič was proclaimed the most innovative European chef of 2017. He's known to use "poor man's ingredients" in his culinary. He's also the only Slovenian chef to have won the prestigious Italian award Cuoco d'Oro. Kavčič proudly continues a 120-year family tradition in Gostilna Pri Lojzetu, found in a charming Zemono mansion.
Andrej Kuhar is the only Slovenian chef with a famous Michelin star seven years in a row while pursuing a career abroad. Currently residing in Vila Herberstein in Velenje, Kuhar is dedicated to educating younger generations. Even his surname is poignant. Translated it means "a cook".
Bine Volčič is an aspiring chef and a Slovenian cooking reality show star. He's known for his "zero waste cuisine", trying to preserve nature for other generations to come. He loves to create with edible parts of plants or meat, that others would discard. Educated at the prestigious Cordon Bleu in Paris, Volčič now runs his popular Monstera Bistro in the heart of Ljubljana.
Jorg Zupan is a young chef, schooled with the world's biggest culinary names, now impresses foodies with his creativity in Atelje Restaurant. Trying to bring high-end cuisine to all the people, he swears by a simple and unpretentious presentation.
These are some of the most exciting Slovenian chefs at the moment, some already established veterans, others ambitiously on the rise. Each with its own vision and working up magic in the kitchen.
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Retoromanski jezici (retijski jezici), jezici kojima se danas služe potomci romaniziranih Retijaca, poznatih sada kao Retoromani. Retoromanski jezici pripadaju široj galoretijskoj skupini, a govore se poglavito u Švicarskoj i Italiji. Tri današnja jezika su:
a) furlanski, kojim govore Furlani u sjeveroistočnoj Italiji (Friuli-Venezia-Giulia), ima 794,000 govornika (2000);
b) ladinski (30,000, 2001; 38,000 etničkih) u autonomnim provincijama Bolzano (ladinski: Bulsan) i Trento, provinciji Belluno i oko poznate doline Cortina d'Ampezzo;
c) romanš 40,000 (1990), s 4 dijalekta, gornjoengadinski i donjoengadinski kojime govore Engadinci, i sutselvanski i surselvanski kojima govore Retoromani u švicarskom kantonu Graubünden.

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Q: PyMC3 sample function I am using a CAR model as in https://docs.pymc.io/notebooks/PyMC3_tips_and_heuristic.html. I am using the same problem and model described in the link: Oi∼exp(Poisson(exp(β0+β1∗aff+ϕi+log(Ei))), in which I want to obtain the values of β0 and β1.
Here, model2 operates the parameters:
with pm.Model() as model2:
    # Vague prior on intercept
    beta0 = pm.Normal('beta0', mu=0.0, tau=1.0e-5)
    # Vague prior on covariate effect
    beta1 = pm.Normal('beta1', mu=0.0, tau=1.0e-5)

    # Random effects (hierarchial) prior
    tau_h = pm.Gamma('tau_h', alpha=3.2761, beta=1.81)
    # Spatial clustering prior
    tau_c = pm.Gamma('tau_c', alpha=1.0, beta=1.0)

     # Regional random effects
    theta = pm.Normal('theta', mu=0.0, tau=tau_h, shape=N)
    mu_phi = CAR2('mu_phi', w=wmat2, a=amat2, tau=tau_c, shape=N)

    # Zero-centre phi
    phi = pm.Deterministic('phi', mu_phi-tt.mean(mu_phi))

    # Mean model
    mu = pm.Deterministic('mu', tt.exp(logE + beta0 + beta1*quil + theta + phi))

    # Likelihood
    Yi = pm.Poisson('Yi', mu=mu, observed=O)

    # Marginal SD of heterogeniety effects
    sd_h = pm.Deterministic('sd_h', tt.std(theta))
    # Marginal SD of clustering (spatial) effects
    sd_c = pm.Deterministic('sd_c', tt.std(phi))
    # Proportion sptial variance
    alpha = pm.Deterministic('alpha', sd_c/(sd_h+sd_c))

    trace2 = pm.sample(1000, tune=500, cores=4,
                   init='advi',
                   nuts_kwargs={"target_accept":0.9,
                                "max_treedepth": 15})

My question is: when using the sample function, with 4000 iterations (1000 per core), I obtain a vector of 4000 positions for each parameter in the model. What is the best value for the parameter: the last value (result of the final iteration) or the average value, since they are calculated via a Markov chain?


The Frisk of Masala Chai till Date Remains Unbeaten! Why?
The Frisk of Masala Chai till Date Remains Unbeaten! Why?
While imagining a populous juncture in India, bustling with people and stores, you'll find yourself amidst overwhelming details. India's vibrancy finds its way into every street, corner, and even into one's memories. The same vibrancy is also present in India's most popular drink, the masala chai.
You cannot imagine an Indian juncture without the tea vending shanty. Chaiwallas can be found on every street corner, at times, with a small booth, or just with a pot and a small stove. The small earthen pot they serve contains not only a rejuvenating brew but also a concoction of joy, tradition, and spicy aromas. No wonder, a single cup is enough to bring back your energy along with refreshment.
Tales have it that, Harshavardhana developed chai or tea to remain alert during long court hours.
So, walking down a street, when a whiff of cardamom and ginger hits you, cherish the fact that its rejuvenating effects have been appreciated by the royalties themselves.
No single occasion is complete without a cup of tea in the country. Be it a festival, a meeting, or a gathering, tea will always be a part of it.
Masala chai is undoubtedly the nation's favorite beverage, and the numbers are proof of that. The country consumes 837,000 tons of tea every year. It's one of the oldest drinks in history, yet holds the top rank as the most preferred brew today.
It's sweet, milky, and flavourful. So, what's there to not like about it?! Starting from neighborhood gossip, intense political discussions to literature and movies, everything happens over a cup of tea.
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Loretta O'Donnell, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Posted on Aug 21, 2019 by Callan Quinn
Posted in Pie Chat, under Asia.
Tagged with Belt and Road Initiative, internationalisation, Kazakhstan, Nazarbayev University, Universities.
Kazakhstan, like its Russian neighbour to the north, is currently on a mission to revamp its educational system and plug itself into the landscape of international higher ed. The PIE spoke with Loretta O'Donnell, vice provost of Academic Affairs at Nazarbayev University in the capital Nur-Sultan (formerly known as Astana), about how the industry is being swept up in the Central Asian nation's push for reform and internationalisation.
Photo: Nazarbayev University
About Callan Quinn
Callan first began her media career in China with the expat magazine City Weekend. After travelling around Australia and New Zealand, she went on to launch an NGO-focused magazine in Somaliland and later worked as a freelance editor for China Daily. She has also lectured at Frantz Fanon University and Tianjin Polytechnic on academic English and cross-cultural communication. Get in touch with Callan at callan@thepienews.com
"Nazarbayev University is considered a national flagship university"
The PIE: Let's jump straight in. How would describe the state of higher education in Kazakhstan at the moment?
Loretta O'Donnell: It's very complex. There are well over 100 universities here serving a population of about 18 million people. That's a relatively high number. Typically you would expect one research university for every three million people and one more general university for every one million.
What's happened in the last 20 years is that the Republic of Kazakhstan has invested very heavily in a specific type of schooling system coordinated by intellectual schools. They are very well resourced and have a large number of internationally-trained teachers.
Students in these schools are increasingly of interest to universities around the world who are starting to give those graduates plus other top Kazakh high school graduates full scholarships to study bachelor's degrees.
There's also a very deep and genuine respect for education in this country. There's a national day of knowledge on September 1st when students celebrate teachers and teaching.
"There's also a very deep and genuine respect for education in this country"
When I saw that my first year here and I thought 'wow Australia would really benefit from something like that'.
The PIE: How does Nazarbayev University fit into the landscape?
LO: Nazarbayev University is considered a national flagship university and we are very well resourced to meet the big ambitions that the nation has for its move towards a knowledge economy.
We have approximately 500 international professors from 69 countries who are all remunerated at international levels, have the opportunity to travel to international conferences once a year and have access to a range of research grants.
The PIE: How did you get involved with the university?
LO: I was previously associate dean of the business school at the University of New South Wales. I got a call from a recruiter and they said my name had been mentioned for a job in Kazakhstan. She offered me the chance to visit the country and told me to go with an open mind.
I met a lot of people in those three days and I was very impressed with the vision that the country had to move from a dependence on oil and gas and to really look at higher education as the way of achieving a knowledge economy.
My title today is the vice provost of Academic Affairs. If you're familiar with the British system or Australian system, it's similar to the deputy vice-chancellor of academics.
I oversee the quality of our programs consistent with European standards and guidelines. Even though we're not a European university, we take the best of all systems.
"Even though we're not a European university, we take the best of all systems"
I also make sure that we meet international standards for academic integrity, that we have appropriate professional education for our faculty and that we are creating an overall environment where students can be fulfilled.
The PIE: Academic integrity has been an issue in Kazakhstan. How is Nazarbayev University changing that?
LO: For the last four years we've run an Academic Integrity Conference focusing on the essential elements of integrity. This system is reinforced both within the classroom and beyond the classroom.
We've really come to realise that students are our best allies in this process because good students want to study and they don't want shortcuts.
The interesting thing is that the Academic Integrity Conference has only been one part of this process. There's also an entity called the Integrity League, which is sponsored by the Ministry of Education.
It's a group of about 20 universities that have signed a set of principles to make the process of academic integrity more explicit.
The PIE: Is educational reform a pattern across other post-Soviet nations or is this unique to Kazakhstan?
LO: That's a good question and I don't know that I've got a good answer for that. But I do know that it's very much front and centre here in Kazakhstan.
Our Academic Integrity Conference is attracting quite a large number of participants from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, the Russian Federation and other nations. They are coming to explore these issues with us because we go in saying we don't have all the answers, we're just putting important questions on the table.
The PIE: How else does the university cooperate with universities around the world?
LO: This is my favourite question. The way the university was able to accelerate its development very early when it was just being built is it entered into its first strategic partnership with UCL and they provided a full-service foundation year for our students.
The university preparation program set for the first five years was totally conducted by UCL. Now we run it ourselves.
For our Graduate School of Business, we also worked very closely with the School of Business at Duke University. They gave us a lot of advice on everything from designing classrooms and recruiting faculty to helping to design curriculum and providing faculty research and study abroad opportunities.
The PIE: Are you involved with any of China's Belt and Road Initiative education projects?
LO: In September 2013, when president Xi Jinping of China announced the Belt and Road Initiative, he actually came to Nazarbayev University to make the announcement. He could see even then that Kazakhstan was a key part of the Belt and Road, not just geographically but culturally.
"When president Xi Jinping of China announced the Belt and Road Initiative, he came to Nazarbayev University"
The simple way of seeing it is as an opportunity to build infrastructure to move goods from China to Europe more efficiently and effectively.
Another way of looking at it is an opportunity to re-examine some of the heritage of the Silk Road countries. I'm working with some colleagues here at Nazarbayev University and some colleagues in the US presenting a paper on exactly this topic in China soon.
I come from a business school so my interest in this is looking at how to commercialize that heritage in a way that's culturally sensitive and respectful while also helping preserve and protect old sites and then reimagine them in the modern era.
There's also a university alliance for the Silk Road, which includes 135 countries. Not all of them are connected to the Silk Road because it includes New Zealand, Canada and Finland, but a lot of people are interested in the alliance because there are opportunities to travel and recalibrate what the Silk Road might mean for education.
The PIE: What should industry-watchers expect from Kazakhstan over the next few years?
LO: There are probably two main things. One is that we are developing very talented students. The other one is that we are seeking talented students because we are developing a range of scholarship and benefits packages to make it easy for international students to study here.
We're very strong in areas like robotics, artificial intelligence and solar cell engineering, which I think international students are increasingly finding attractive.
"There's a lot of optimism and it really is tangible"
But it's really a two-way street. We feel we're developing talent for the world but at the same time, we're seeking talent that we can continue to develop.
People will be surprised. In fact, recently I heard some young Chinese students saying they had stereotypes about Kazakhstan. They thought it was just the steppe and there would be lots of horses and yet when they came they couldn't believe how modern it was.
And that's why Kazakhstan is worth visiting. There's a lot of optimism and it really is tangible.


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Rising Injury Rates, Latest Worker Death Renew Safety Concerns on Non-Union NYC Sites
"The reality is non-union developers simply put their bottom line ahead of the safety of their workers" — Labarbera
Just days after a worker fell 30 feet down an elevator shaft to his death in Manhattan, the City Department of Buildings released figures showing that construction injuries jumped 34 percent in the previous fiscal year. The Department of Buildings issued two violations at the non-union construction site after placing a stop work order and conducting an investigation. General contract BRF Construction was found to have failed to safeguard the site and the concrete safety manager was cited for failing to provide a log book.
The tragic event was similar to recent incidents in the city, which is experiencing a construction boom. In response to construction growth, the Department of Buildings is hiring over 100 new inspectors. Their figures show much can be done to create safer workplaces in New York:
Construction-related injuries rose by 34 percent, from 211 in Fiscal Year 2014 to 283 in F.Y. 2015, which ended June 30, according to agency statistics. There had been 187 injuries each year in F.Y. 2012 and 2013, 128 in F.Y. 2011 and 206 in F.Y. 2010, the annual Mayor's Management Report shows.
Fatalities at construction sites nearly doubled in the past year, from six to 11. There were four each year in F.Y. 2010 and 2011, seven in F.Y. 2012 and five the following year.
BRF Construction was fined $12,000 earlier this year when the Department of Buildings spotted a worker who climbed a 20-foot rebarred wall without a harness. In a phone interview with Politico, City Councilman Jumaane Williams, who chairs the housing and buildings committee, said of the incident and the new data:
"I think there was an expectation that there might be an increase with the increase of construction. I don't know that we necessarily accept that philosophy, and we shouldn't. What's frustrating to me is that some of the accidents are similar, and we should be learning from the mistakes and ensuring that companies that do business with New York City are putting safety first. I think people are trying to cut corners."
Touching on BRF Construction's latest violation, Williams stated that he did not believe the city should issue permits to companies with repeat violations.
"It seems to me that we don't have the tools necessary to hold these companies' feet to the fire. We have to get the tools so that we can demand that safety come first — not money."
BRF Construction was previously cited on a hotel being built at 577 Ninth Avenue. That project is also being done non-union. Gary LaBarbera, President of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, said all workplace fatalities must be equally mourned, but added that non-union contractors are known to cut corners and put workers in peril:
"We mourn the death of any construction worker. This accident was preventable and underscores the need for construction safety and proper worker training to be a priority for the city and the real estate and development community. The reality is non-union developers simply put their bottom line ahead of the safety of their workers, and this must end before we see even more senseless accidents and fatalities."
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The native sheep of the Lake District is the Herdwick with its distinctive stoic white face and strong white legs. The sheep have been grazing the fells of the Lake District for hundreds of years. You will encounter these distinctive and hardy on the high fells of the Lake District, as well as in the valley bottoms.
Folklore has it that the Herdwick was brought here by Viking settlers The name Herdwick being and anglicized version of the old Norse word Herdvyck , meaning sheep pasture. This piece of folklore is also supported by the ancient Lakeland way of counting sheep – Yan, Tan, Tethera, etc. which has a great similarity with the Celtic and Danish words .
Despite the prevalence of Herdwick sheep today, their survival as a breed was threatened by low prices. It was Beatrix Potter, with proceeds from the sale of her popular children's books, that bought up many sheep farms and insisted on them rearing Herdwick sheep. She eventually bequeathed these farms to the National Trust.
Herdwick sheep have a reputation for being able to survive and thrive on the most difficult terrain of the Lakeland Fells. They have strong, thick legs and a broad face. The rams are horned, while the ewes are naturally polled (without a horn). The defining characteristics of Herdwick breed are maintained by the Herdwick Sheep Breeders Association.
Herdwick lambs are born with an entirely dark fleece and black legs and face. As the lamb matures, the face and legs become white and the fleece gradually becomes lighter, becoming coarse and grey. Herdwick ewes are put with a ram in late October / early November with the lambs being born in late April and early May. Herdwicks generally only have one lamb, though two lambs are becoming more common as the ewes are better cared for.
Due to the slow maturing of the breed, Herdwick sheep are not slaughtered as lambs but kept for a year as shearlings, when the meat is referred to as mutton. Herdwick lamb and mutton is now recognised as a Protected Designation Of Origin by the European Union. This means it can only be called Lakeland Herdwick if it has been born, raised and slaughtered in Cumbria.
Herdwick flocks are renowned for associating themselves with particular regions of the fellside upon which they are raised. The Herdwick flocks are left to roam the mainly open fells of the Lakes but have a strong tendency to stay in the area, or heaf, in which they were raised. Thus, the flock is regarded as being hefted to a particular region of the fells. This has the implication that when a farm is sold, the Herdwick flock is sold along with it.
As Herdwicks graze the open fell, it is often the case that individual sheep get mixed in with a flock different from their own, especially when the sheep are brought down from the fells at tupping time. Marks, or Smits, are used to identify the owner of a particular sheep. In the past, Shepherd's Meets were used to exchange sheep and return them to their rightful owner. Although ear tags are used to identify sheep today, Smit marks can still be seen on sheep as they graze the fells.
Smit marks are quite different from tup (ram) marks. At tupping time (mating time), rams are raddled with a coloured dye to identify which ewes they have covered (mated with). You will often see a variety of colours on the backs of ewes. These marks are different again from the 'rudding' (a red dye) that is applied to Herdwicks, ahead of shows and sales, in order to enhance their appearance.
The typical weight of a Herdwick fleece is 1.5 – 2 Kg, the wool is coarse, with a fibre length, or staple, of 15 – 20cm. The main use of the wool has been carpets and tweeds. Recent, more innovative uses include felting, loft-insulation and compost.
You will see many representations of the iconic face of the Herdwick on gifts and stationery. But, if you want to purchase a truly authentic Herdwick memento to mark your visit to the Lake District, then visit the Wool Clip in Caldbeck. Here you will find fleeces, yarns and finished scarves, etc. – all sourced from local Herdwick flocks and made locally.


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Can you believe it is the middle of November already! As our retailers know, robust consumer spending throughout 2018 suggests that this holiday season is poised for strong retail sales growth across channels. US retail sales are expected to climb 4.1%, while US retail ecommerce spending will rise 16.2%, marking some of the best growth rates in recent years. Is your website ready to handle the traffic? Do you need a quick consult to make sure your ecommerce is up to speed? The Richfield Chamber of Commerce has great members ready to help you! Just ask us for a recommendation.
Now is the time to visit with your financial planner and accountant to make sure that your portfolio and balance sheet is aligned with the most beneficial tax strategies. Not sure who the experts are? Visit the chamber directory and you will find the best financial professionals in Richfield ready to help you.
We have always know what a great community Richfield is, and now it's no wonder everyone else is starting to take notice too! Richfield is undergoing an incredible transformation. The roadways and infrastructure are being updated and development is at an all time high. What does this mean for you? It means there is tremendous economic opportunity knocking on our door. With this opportunity, Richfield is looking for a new City Manager to help manage the process. Long-time City Manager Steve Devich will retire at the end of the month after 38 years of service, and the Council is asking for your input on the next wave of candidates. There will be a special meet and greet of candidates as the field narrows for our next City Manager. Please join us at City Hall this Friday, starting at 5:30pm, to meet the candidates, ask questions and share your thoughts for the future.
In case you missed the update last week, unauthorized access was identified as the primary type of breach incident, representing 42 percent of the overall number of breaches reported by the Identity Theft Resource Center in October, up 12 percent from September. It's time to revisit the blog post to see how you can protect yourself and your employees.
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Joining your local chamber can positively affect other organizations' perceptions of your business, and also the views of consumers. Statistics show that 63% of consumers are more likely to purchase from a business that is a chamber of commerce member, and 44% are likely to view those businesses more favorably (Source: American Business Magazine). If you're interested in joining the Richfield Chamber of Commerce, you may email Anne at anne@richfieldmnchamber.org.


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Bothell resident Alan Smith loses bid to block evidence in murder trial
A Bothell man lost a bid Thursday to block prosecutors from much of the evidence they hope to use to prove he murdered his wife early last year.
by Scott North
Thursday, August 7, 2014 7:47pm
Alan Smith is accused of killing his estranged wife in their Bothell home.
Alan Smith, 39, is scheduled to go on trial in January, charged with first-degree murder. His public defenders asked Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Linda Krese to rule police used seven flawed search warrants to build the case against him. They urged the judge to suppress evidence gathered from Smith's home, body, bank, vehicles, cellphones, computers and other electronic devices.
The judge for the most part declined.
She ruled that police were overbroad in seeking some evidence.
For example, police sought all diary entries Smith had ever made regarding his personal relationships. But detectives proved they had enough reasons to look for evidence linked to the killing in nearly every place they searched, Krese said.
Snohomish County prosecutors allege that Smith in February 2013 beat, stabbed and drowned his wife after a year-long battle over divorce and child custody. Susann Smith, 37, was found inside her home with nearly two dozen injuries to her face and head.
Alan Smith no longer lived with his wife, but he moved back into the Bothell home with a girlfriend a short time later.
Krese on Thursday noted that when police approached him hours after the killing they noticed bruises, scrapes and other injuries on his hands. Detectives didn't think his explanations stood up to scrutiny, including a claim that one of his children hit him with a hatchet.
The Boeing Co., where Smith was employed, provided police with access to the company-owned computers and cellphones he had used. Web browsing history showed Smith researching the availability of airline tickets to Venezuela for an adult and two children. After the Smiths' kids were placed into protective custody following their mother's death, the defendant researched tickets for an adult traveling alone.
In court papers, public defender Caroline Mann noted there is nothing criminally suspicious about searching for airline tickets.
That's true, Krese said, but investigators also were entitled to make inferences based on context. Detectives considered the airline ticket research important because they believed Smith was preparing to flee to a country where he thought extradition would be unlikely.
Police filed their search warrants in court and that made public their suspicions about Smith's involvement in his wife's killing. He reportedly crumbled under the pressure and allegedly confessed the killing to an acquaintance, who told police, according to court papers.
The defense already made an unsuccessful attempt to bar that man's testimony at trial, arguing Smith's conversation with him was protected because the man is a licensed minister. The man told detectives that he wasn't acting as a clergyman when Smith allegedly made the statements.
Smith remains locked up at the Snohomish County Jail, where he has spent a year.
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If you are a teacher in one of Pembroke's link areas, and are interested in finding out more about Cambridge's application process, how you can support your students, and what we look for in applicants, then you may be interested in attending one of our upcoming Teacher Briefing Sessions.
All teachers are welcome to apply to these, though priority will be given to those from state school and FE colleges.
Applications for these events will open in 2019. Additional information and application information can be found on the University of Cambridge website.
Please contact Pembroke's Schools Liaison Team for any queries you may have regarding this event.
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It has come down to this. We fought about whether or not then-candidate Phil Murphy was progressive enough. Then we canvassed and phone banked to get him elected. He's been in for 6 months and now we will have to fight and pressure our state Legislators in order to pass a budget that relies on long-term revenue to fund the things that he campaigned on. PLEASE help! Tell NJ state legislators to pass Governor Murphy's budget!
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Gillian Anderson was a prominent American actress who fans recognized as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in TV's 'The X-Files' (1993-2018). She also appeared as Lily Bart in 'The House of Mirth'(2000) and as Stella Gibson in gthe TV series 'The Fall' (2013 -2018). Her career was decorated with several accolades including Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
She was voted in her high school as the 'Most Likely to be Arrested' and was later on arrested on graduation night for gluing the locks of her high school.
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