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by Kevin D. Crone
Well of course, but you and I have to work at it.
I was reminded of that principle this Monday when I was thinking and concerning over a few important people in my life.
A couple of them are addicted to too much smoking, drinking, bad money habits and/or bad eating. You wonder why they don't listen to their Doctor or take advice from experts. Today there is so much information and help available – anyone could change.
Their stories (or excuses) can keep them stupid and from making the commitments and actions necessary. Well, before we all get a little high and mighty about others, it's important to say, "We're all a little foolish about some things. We all have some bad habits. Some of our thinking, behaviours and habits can rob us from our health and happiness". In our worlds there are always problems. We can habitually choose to dwell and wallow in our problems, complain a lot, or as Dale Carnegie taught me many years ago, we can make happiness a habit by consciously fighting for our happiness every day. We do have control and choices even though our bad habits can be addictive.
It begins by reminding ourselves what Science tells us and that our thoughts make us. We can choose to change our thoughts which will change and improve our attitude and we can choose to work on our behaviours daily.
Having things are a good thing but their impact can wear off quickly. I know it is little consolation realizing that, if you can't seem to get the things you want. But few are extremely wealthy or are movie stars or professional Athletes. Even those few who aren't necessarily happy, they have to work at it as well.
So what principles could we work at to entrench the habit of being happy?
1) Count your blessings daily. Try this with your first sip of coffee saying out loud or in your head something like, "Good morning God (or whatever makes sense to you). Thank you for ____________". Describe a couple blessings and the reasons you feel blessed. If you make a habit of it, you will become more accepting, real, less stressed and happy. You will become more self-directed.
For example:
Make a post coffee declaration as to what kind of things you want to achieve today and what kind of person you will be that will enable you to achieve them. On your drive home or just before bed do a quick review of the good things that happened during the day. Again, remind yourself of your blessings. These are simple, proactive and quick habits that will keep yourself together and will help you create the attitude that breeds hope, belief and motivation for success and happiness daily.
2) How do you feel after being with negative complainers for any length of time? More positive about life? Well don't hang with a negative YOU as well. Interrupt your thinking with questions as:
- Is this situation that bad?
- Is it really going to happen?
- What is another way of seeing this situation?
- What is an opportunity here?
- What is a learning here?
In other words, practice optimistic thinking. You'll be less down and worried.
3) Work on things that provide meaning in your life. I loved helping individuals and businesses grow. I loved Dale Carnegie principles and their methods of helping clients achieve and it was a fuel and passion that kept me going. The relentless chase of money and recognition alone can eventually make you feel shallow or at the very least bored, tired or unenthusiastic. Any job can be boring and seem meaningless over time. Creating or finding a feeling of mission in it can propel you to a sense of happiness. And always set goals or you will be focused on trivial nonsense and appear to be boring. Happiness and boring don't go together.
4) Focus on relationships – especially with your family and friends. Work on your relationships and communication skills. Build people up – don't tear them down. Give appreciation, encouragement and praise. If you look for it, you will find it. In the final analysis, your relationships will keep you supported and that can make you happy.
5) "Just for Today" was the name of a great poem I read over and over. It reminded me to live for today. It caused me to:
- study how to appreciate and see what is actually going on
- quit blaming circumstances
- leave out so many preconceived opinions in my listening and speaking
- not be dragged into regret or the problems from the past and the worries of the future
- realize that you and I have control of our thoughts and behaviours every day
- be present and to live for today
- look for the small pleasures of the day
- focus our energy on the positives and what needs to be done… to live for today.
People that do this seem to be happier; less stressed and more focused on creating the life and happiness they want.
Influence and fight for your happiness and make these five strategies an addictive good habit.
Have a great week!
Kevin D. Crone
Dale Carnegie Business Group
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PUBLISHED: 00:01 02 January 2019 | UPDATED: 09:56 02 January 2019
Jeremy Corbyn is facing further pressure to back a second Brexit referendum after polling showed support among Labour members for another vote.
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The Labour leader has resisted calls from within his party to back a referendum, instead calling for a general election and promising to strike his own "jobs-first" Brexit deal with Brussels retaining all the benefits of staying in while leaving.
But a study of more than 1,000 Labour members found that 72% want Corbyn to throw his weight behind a so-called People's Vote.
Outside the membership, the study also found backing for a second vote among Labour supporters, with some 57% of current Labour voters and 61% of those who backed the party at the 2017 election want Corbyn to "fully support" a fresh referendum.
The work suggests that tens of thousands of Labour members could be prepared to quit the party over the leadership's approach to leaving the EU.
Almost a quarter (23%) of Labour members put Corbyn's refusal to back a second referendum down to a belief that he supports Brexit.
Professor Tim Bale, of Queen Mary University London, said: "Our survey of Labour's grassroots clearly shows that Corbyn's apparent willingness to see the UK leave the EU - a stance he has recently reiterated - is seriously at odds with what the overwhelming majority of Labour's members want, and it doesn't reflect the views of most Labour voters either."
The work was carried out by YouGov for the Economic and Social Research Council-funded Party Members Project.
Some 29% of Labour's rank-and-file members said they oppose the stance that the party has taken on Brexit - and 56% of those told researchers it has caused them to consider quitting.
That proportion would be equivalent to around 88,000 members, according to the project's analysis.
If there is another referendum - and a three-way question - some 88% of Labour members said they would back Remain, 3% said they would leave with Theresa May's deal and 5% would support leaving with no deal.
If the choice was between the prime minister's deal and leaving the EU without an agreement, some 27% of Labour members said they would boycott the vote altogether, although 46% said they would take May's deal.
Some 89% of Labour members - compared with 65% of current Labour voters and only 45% of all voters - are convinced that leaving the EU without a deal would cause economic damage in the medium to long-term.
While just 35% of the electorate as a whole believe that warnings of short-term disruption with potential problems for food and medicine supplies in a no-deal Brexit are realistic, that figure rises to 82% of Labour members and 58% of Labour voters.
Prof Bale said: "Our survey suggests Labour's membership is overwhelmingly in favour of the UK remaining in the EU and badly wants a referendum to achieve that end.
"It also suggests that Labour voters, while not as keen as the party's members on either count, are in the same camp.
"Labour's grassroots clearly hate Brexit and, although many of them still love Corbyn, he might not be able to rely for much longer on their support for him trumping their opposition to leaving the EU.
"As a result, our research is bound to increase the pressure on Labour's leader to get off the fence."
Eloise Todd, boss of the anti-Brexit campaign group Best for Britain, said Labour members were clear about what they wanted.
"Jeremy Corbyn has run on a ticket of party democracy so that party policy will reflect the views of ordinary members more than ever before," she said.
"Brexit is his chance to deliver on that promise, and with a majority of the country now wanting to stay in the EU that leadership is needed more than ever.
"The clock is ticking and Labour must change tack in the New Year by securing a public vote on Brexit and campaigning to reflect what its members, and families and communities around the UK, want: to stay in the EU and rebuild Britain from within."
YouGov surveyed 1,034 Labour Party members between December 17 and 21 2018. The pollster also surveyed a representative sample of 1,675 British adults on December 18-19.
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This book covers three women – Amba, Pritha (Kunti), and Gandhari. Each of their stories are unique in their own way. But what I loved immensely about the book is the humane aspect of it. I don't know if Mahabharata was ever told at such a deeply personal level. The characters feel alive and real, their state of mind authentic to the time period the story is set in. You empathize with their plight, even when you're not really sure how their predicament could be solved. The solution, when arrives in the story, is equally surprising and Sharath does pull off a couple of neat twists right under your feet. Now I'm not a master at Mahabharata or anything, but I know that he tweaked the original story a bit (but of course, who are we kidding, this epic must have seen a million tweaks by now) which actually makes the proceedings more intriguing because you're never really sure what to expect. And the final chapter does tie up all the narratives, nicely setting up the sequel. You can see all of the pieces falling into place for the big events of the Mahabharata to begin.
Sharath also impresses with his prose again, the language and dialogues have that old-world charm to them. Compare that to the modern-ish banter of the Shiva Trilogy and you'll know what I mean. The author also relies on sensory detail to make a point. A lingering sound or smell is effectively used a couple of times, which I thought was pretty neat. The dialogs were clever and sharp, and the narrative breaks into first-person from time-to-time taking us closer to the characters.
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The aim of study presents a graduate employability model that uses Bayesian methods to search the most important factor of graduate employability, and to compare the accuracy of each algorithm under Bayesian methods including Naïve Bayesian Simple, Naïve Bayesian, Averaged One-Dependence Estimators, Averaged One- Dependence Estimators with subsumption resolution, Bayesian networks, and Naïve Bayesian Updateable. The results show that 3 factors with a direct effect on employability are the work province, occupation type, and times find work.
|Bayesian methods, Classification techniques, Data-mining, Graduate employability
|According to the report by the Impact of Economic Crisis on Higher Education in 2012 indicated that The Thai higher education system is facing serious problems of graduate unemployment crisis. There were 320,815 graduates with bachelor's degrees and above in 2006. In 2007, the number of graduates increased to 371,982. About 75.02 per cent of graduates without those from open universities were employed in 2006 and 18 percent of graduates were unemployed. After that, the proportion of employed graduates decreased to 68.65 percent in 2008 and unemployment increased to 28.98 per cent. Effecting to graduates employment, graduates are likely to have more difficulties in finding jobs. This crisis is explicitly affecting to community, social and the nation. For these reason, it is necessary to require in-depth studies that enable identify the factors underlying graduates employability to be accurately identified so that more effective measures and standards can be implemented [1].
|Classification approach is one of the most important data-mining especially in the area of the predicting. The capability of classification approach not only handles with huge volume of data to discover hidden patterns and relationships helpful in decision making, but also reduce their flexibility the data-generation structure, irrespective of complexity, great predictive and in some case, interpretative potential.
|Therefore, the aim of this study is to compare the accuracy of classification model under Bayesian methods for identifying the factors underlying graduate employability. This useful information may provide in-depth data valuable for the ministry of education to monitor and improve various aspects of an administrative system in the institutions of higher education.
|The Economist Intelligence Unit (2012) reveals that Thai universities are lacking of manufacturing graduates that possess good language skills, technical and information technology skills. Moreover, both of employer and employees reveals that the gaps in generic behavior skills consisting communication, leadership, social skills, time management, teamwork, and adaptability [2].
|Yilmaz (2010) reveals six major considerations for hiring firms in Thailand, which are interpersonal skills, technical skills, Educational level, ethnic quotas, loyalty, and experience, whereas more than one fifth of all survey participants Thai firms noted technical skills as a major consideration in their hiring decisions [3]. Komintarachat (2012) reveals four criteria in term of BE concerned by BE graduates of Assumption University batch thirty-eight, graduate users of BE graduates in Thai employment market, and the Commission of Higher Education's five domains of learning form the Thailand Qualifications Framework for Thailand's higher education, these are degree of learning, usefulness of skills, continuance and relevance respectively [4].
|The research by the Council for Industry and Higher Education of United Kingdom reveals that employers observe six competencies in people who can change the organization and add value to their careers [5]. These six competencies are personal capabilities, cognitive skills or brainpower, personal capabilities, generic competencies, technical ability, business or organization awareness, and practical elements. These competencies cover a set of achievements that include the skills, understandings, and personal attributes that make graduates more likely to gain employment and become successful in their selected occupations. This advantages the graduates, the community, and also the economy.
|Moreover, data mining techniques have been used in the education domain for predicting and classifying. Research by Minaei-Bidgoli et al have classified students to predict their final grade using six common classifiers: 1-nearest neighbor (1-NN), the Quadratic Bayesian classifier, the Quadratic Bayesian classifier, k-nearest neighbor (k-NN), Multilayer Perceptron, Parzen-window, and Decision tree methods [6].
|Guruler et al [7] identified that individual student characteristics are associated with their success according to the Grade Point Average (GPA) by using a Microsoft Decision Tree classification technique [8]. These studies have revealed some applications of classification in data mining technique of educational domain that extracts useful information from huge data sets. Data mining and analytical tools can help users' access current information for the decision-making process.
|This study we are therefore applied classification techniques to construct graduate employability for identifying the factors underlying graduate employability from historical database and compare the accuracy of each models under Bayesian methods, in order to search the real factor and relationship are accrued.
|This study developed the research methodology based on three phases of the data-mining techniques including data preprocessing, classification task, and interpretation and evaluation.
A. Data Preprocessing
|We collected raw data from the database of graduate historical in Khon Kaen University, Thailand for the academic year of 2009. The data set consists of 3,090 instances and 17 attributes. We created the classifiers by using the Waikato Environment for Knowledge Analysis (WEKA) program. This software was developed at the University of Waikato, New Zealand, and it can be easily applied to the data set. The default file type for data analysis in WEKA is the Attribute-Relation File Format file type, moreover, the data can also be imported in various formats such as CSV: Comma-Separated Values (text file), CSV file, and so on.
|The data preprocessing phase includes two steps to prepare the data set for the classification task. The first step cleans and eliminates data with missing values in significant attributes, removes duplicate data, and identifies outliers. Then, we discrete the values of attributes into intervals with categorical or nominal attributes to prepare the data set for the classification task. These discretized values can be described as follows:
| GENDER is transformed into a nominal value from its previous value as a code (1 or 2).
| GPA is transformed into a grade range from its previous value as a continuous number.
| MATCH_EDU is transformed into a nominal value from a previous value as a code (1 or 2).
| ADDPROGRAM 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 values are transformed into nominal values from their previous values as a code (1 or 2).
| WORK STATUS is transformed into a nominal value from its previous value as a code (1, 2, and 3).
|B. Classification Task
|In this part, we used classification technique which called Classification task. The classification task in this paper is to construct graduate employability model and predict the employment status (working, not working, or other) for graduate profiles. There are two stages in classification task consisting training and testing. The testing data set is used to estimate the predictive accuracy. The classify phase in WEKA includes four test modes as testing options: the training set, supplied test set, cross-validation, and percentage split [9].
| Training set: If we use this option as test, the test data will be sourced from training data, therefore, this option will decrease reliable measuring of the true error rate.
| Supplied test set: this option, we can use test data which been prepared separately from the training data.
| Cross-validation: this option is appropriate for limited dataset wherewith the number of fold can be determined by user. 10-fold class validation is widely used to get the best for measuring error. It has been widely assay on numerous datasets with different learning techniques.
| Percentage split: this option is evaluated on how well it predicts a certain percentage of the data that are held for testing. The amount of data held depends on the value entered in the % field.
|We selected hold-out validation method with 70-30 percentage split in order to avoid over fitting of data, whereby 70% out of the 2,327 instances is used for training while the remaining instances are prepared for testing.
|1) Bayesian Methods
|The classification task in these methods comprises classifying a class variable based on a set of attribute variables. This is a type of statistical analysis in which the prior distribution is estimated from the data before any new data are observed; thus, every parameter is assigned a prior probability distribution [10]. The Naïve Bayesian algorithm works as follows: Let D be a training set of tuples and their associated class labels. As usual, each tuple is represented by an n-dimensional attribute vector, X = (x1, x2, …, xn), depicting n measurements made on the tuple from n attributes, respectively, A1, A2, … , An. Suppose that there are m classes, C1, C2, …, Cm. Given a tuple, X, the classifier predicts that X belongs to the class with the highest posterior probability, conditioned on X; that is, the Naïve Bayesian algorithm predicts that tuple X belongs to the class Ci if and only if P(Ci|X) > P(Cj|X) for 1 ≤ j ≤ m; j ≠ I . Thus, we maximize P(Ci|X). The class Ci for which P(Ci|X) is maximized is called the maximum posteriori hypothesis.
|We performed this experiment with six algorithms under the Bayesian methods in WEKA: the Averaged One- Dependence Estimators (AODE), Averaged One-Dependence Estimators with subsumption resolution (AODEsr), Bayesian Network, Naïve Bayesian, Naïve Bayesian Simple, and Naïve Bayesian Updateable algorithms.
|The AODE and Naïve Bayesian algorithms were also used by Affendey et al. [11], and the remaining algorithms were selected to compare the results of the Bayesian algorithm experiment using the same data set. The AODE algorithm achieved the highest accuracy percentage in averaging all smaller searching-space in alternative Naïve Bayes-like models, which have weaker, and hence, less detrimental independence assumptions than the Naïve Bayesian algorithm. The resulting algorithm is computationally efficient and achieves highly accurate classification in many learning tasks. The AODEsr algorithm complements the AODE algorithm with Subsumption Resolution, which is capable of detecting specializations between two attribute values at classification time, and deletes the generalization attribute value. Bayesian Network learning uses various search algorithms and quality measures. In the Naïve Bayesian algorithm, numeric estimator precision values are chosen based on an analysis of the training data. The Naïve Bayesian Updateable algorithm uses a default precision of 0.10 for numeric attributes when build classifier is called with zero training instances. The Naïve Bayesian Simple modeled numeric attributes by a normal distribution.
C. Interpretation and Evaluation
|In this part, we compared the performance under Bayesian methods. The AODEsr algorithm achieved the highest accuracy of 98.3% using the graduate data set. The second highest accuracy was achieved using AODE algorithm with an accuracy of 96.1%.
|Table 1 shows the classification accuracies for various algorithms under the Bayesian method. This table provides comparative results for the kappa statistics mean absolute error, root mean squared error, relative absolute error, and root relative squared error of the 699 testing instances. The OADEer algorithm achieved a higher accuracy percentage than other algorithms.
|In Fig. 1, it shows a comparison of the accuracy and root relative squared error from each algorithm under Bayesian methods. This knowledge can be used to gain insights into the employment trend of graduates from local institutions of higher learning. A chart display of the accuracy and root relative squared error all algorithms under Bayesian methods reveal the accuracy of these approaches. The highest accuracy mean that the results in a better forecast.
|In this study, we compare six algorithms under Bayesian methods on graduate dataset with some parameter. In graduate dataset have a simple and class attribute. The results show that the AODEsr algorithm, achieved the highest accuracy of 98.3%. The second highest accuracy was achieved using AODE algorithm with an accuracy of 96.1%. In addition, the experiment show that 3 factors with a direct effect on employability are the work province, occupation type, and times find work.
|B. Jantawan would like to express thanks Dr. Cheng-Fa Tsai, professor in the Management Information Systems Department, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan for supporting the outstanding scholarship, and highly appreciates to the Khon Kaen University, Thailand for giving the information of this study.
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A couple have been jailed after forcing their 11-year-old son to have sex with them to prove he wasn't gay.
The sick couple, who have not been named for legal reasons, made the young lad – who is now in his 30s – carry out sexual acts to keep him 'on the straight and narrow', the court heard.
His father, who coerced him to have sex with his stepmother, has been jailed for six years and she had been handed a nine year jail sentence.
During the trial, Judge Maria Lamb heard that the victim told the police what was happening but his father lied to detectives and he wasn't believed to which the judge described as a "betrayal of your son".
In 1998, the victim complained again to the police and his father and stepmother were both arrested and charged with a number of sex offences.
Prosecutor Ruby Silva told the Reading Crown Court how the couple had begun a routine of humiliating sexual assaults from when the boy was aged 11 years, the Mirror Online reported.
Silva also read the father's initial interview with police and cited the abuse was "to keep him on the straight and narrow path" following their fear of their son being gay.
The father – who was convicted of charges of child cruelty and indecent acts with a child – had allowed his then girlfriend to involve his son in regular sexual acts as a part of an "ill-founded sex education".
She was charged with child cruelty, indecent assault and indecent acts with a child.
Judge Lamb said: "This was a child who had been neglected by his mother and was particularly vulnerable.
"You have both argued that this whole trial process has weighed heavily on the both of you. This will provide you absolutely no mitigation.
"This was your own warped sense of right and wrong. The damage that you two have done is unacceptable.
"For you own personal sexual gratification, you performed sexual acts on a boy who considered you his mother.
"This was your warped sense of right and wrong."
After the hearing, the victim said: "It's been a long process, and I tried before. I tried when I was 16 and obviously I was made out to be a liar.
"A lot of people will ask, 'Why now?'. But it took me that long to convince myself that I had the courage to go through it all again.
"If my story can reach just one other person, I will be perfectly happy with that."
As the Indenpendent Inquiry into Childhood Sex Abuse (IICSA) continues, the Truth Project is offering survivors a safe space in which to tell their stories and one gay survivor of child abuse told Attitude his harrowing story.


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Is China Losing the Diplomatic Plot?
SINGAPORE – In 2016, China's share of the global economy will be larger than America's in purchasing-price-parity terms. This is an earth-shaking development; in 1980, when the United States accounted for 25% of world output, China's share of the global economy was only 2.2%. And yet, after 30 years of geopolitical competence, the Chinese seem to be on the verge of losing it just when they need it most.
China's leaders would be naïve and foolish to bank on their country's peaceful and quiet rise to global preeminence. At some point, America will awaken from its geopolitical slumber; there are already signs that it has opened one eye.
But China has begun to make serious mistakes. After Japan acceded to Chinese pressure and released a captured Chinese trawler in September 2010, China went overboard and demanded an apology from Japan, rattling the Japanese establishment.


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Today, Monday 5th December 2016, we have launched a consultation regarding our catchment area, I am writing to invite you to respond and make your views heard if you would like to. The governors have proposed that we change our catchment area for admission to Foundation stage in September 2018/19.
There are three main reasons why this change has been proposed: firstly, at present the catchment area for Greythorn ends at the County/City boundary. Wilford Village is presently excluded from our catchment area by virtue of the county boundary, despite it being adjacent to the Compton Acres estate where a significant number of our children live. The governors feel that this is an arbitrary boundary, which should be extended to the more obvious border provided by the A52 and the River Trent.Secondly, Greythorn would provide for parents in Wilford a non-faith alternative choice of Primary school. Finally, our change of catchment area would bring the catchment area of the combined family of schools in line with our secondary school, The West Bridgford School.
At present around 50% of our children live in the catchment area, we do not see therefore that any parent who wants to send their child to Greythorn and lives in the catchment area will be denied a place. In fact, the governors have expressed a desire that every parent who applies for a Foundation stage place in 2018/19 from the catchment area is given a place.
It is important to the governing board of Greythorn to consider the views of our parents and the wider community. If you would like to contribute to the consultation please visit our web-site, http://www.greythornschool.co.uk/ the online form is located under Key Information, or simply
The consultation will run from Monday 5th December until Friday 27th January. After this date the governing body will meet to consider the evidence gathered and to determine the school's admissions arrangements for 2018/19. We will publish the final admissions arrangements for 2018/19 and the results of our consultation on 15th March 2017.
If you have any concerns that you would like to discuss with me please do not hesitate to get in touch.
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Within a week of hedge fund Harbinger falling out of the race for acquiring Asarco, the two other suitors-- India's Sterlite Industries and Grupo Mexico have intensified their bidding war for the US copper miner. Sterlite which is part of Anil Agarwal's Vedanta Group, has revised its cash offer to purchase the assets of Asarco even as the overall bid value remains around the same level of $1.8 billion.
Sterlite has offered to pay $1.587 billion in cash in view of the increase in global copper prices and $208 million in the form of copper price participation note(which is basically money paid to smelters when prices exceed certain value).
The value of the participation note has been lowered from $770 million to $208 million. But the overall bid value remains at the same level of $1.798 billion((marginally lower as against $1.87 billion earlier) as the firm has upped the cash offer to $1.59 billion from $1.1 billion earlier.
"The consideration was changed to reflect an increase in copper prices and to meet the expectations of creditors," Sterlite said in a disclosure to the stock exchanges on Tuesday.
It has also said, "Sterlite will also be the beneficiary of 50% of the proceeds from General Unsecured Creditors' interest in a judgement against Americas Mining Corporation awarded by US District Court of Texas, Brownsville Division, once the General Unsecured Creditors are paid in full including post petition interest. Terms of the agreement with Asbestos Representatives remain unchanged."
Sterlite had earlier in June revised its offer to $1.87 billion from $1.7 billion and said it is not looking to revise the price upwards. This was after it scaled down the deal value from
Meanwhile, Grupo Mexico has countered this with $1.72 billion in cash, plus a $280 million secured note to a trust for asbestos claimants.
The metal giant which saw profits halve in the second quarter ended June on the back of lower realisations, had earlier offered $1.46 billion cash besides $280 million note.
The Texas court has begun the final hearings on the bids which could decide who will take control of Asarco within the next two weeks. Formed more than 100 years ago by consolidating a number of silver smelting companies, Asarco has over the years evolved into an integrated producer of copper and other metals.


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Melbourne have grinded out a 14-12 victory over the defending premiers the Sydney Roosters to make it six wins in a row and secure a vital win at Adelaide Oval tonight.
After going into the break at 12 all with two tries each in the first half, it was only a crucial Cameron Smith penalty goal with 15 minutes remaining which proved the difference. Storm skipper Smith playing in his 398th NRL game pulled off a classic move, when he was able to push the referees' hand by expertly managing to catch his opposite Victor Radley offside in front of the posts to give his side the chance to break the deadlock. The Storm skipper quickly pointed to the posts and took the two points on offer, which ultimately proved the difference between last years Grand Finalists.
The Storm traditionally crave a grinding affair and they were able to entice the Roosters into their grip in the second half, with both Smith and former Storm half Cooper Cronk directing both sides around the park.
All eyes were on Roosters superstar Latrell Mitchell in the build up and the NSW hopeful put in a solid performance in the unfamiliar five-eighth position, pulling off a try saving tackle on Storm winger Suliasi Vunivalu and very nearly provided the match winner, with a offload while holding up three defenders which found his centre Brett Morris who could not quite convert to a try late in the match.
While it was a game that could have gone either way, the Roosters will be very disappointed with a highly uncharacteristic 53% completion rate, with some crucial errors in their own red zone costing the Tricolours dearly.
As predicted, it was an arm wrestle early on and it was a penalty against Storm five-eighth Cameron Munster for a leg pull in front of the posts that opened the scoring. Latrell Mitchell making no mistake and the Roosters lead 2-0 after 9 minutes.
The Storm scored the first try however, when Storm backrower Kenny Bromwich put his wingman Josh Addo-Carr away down the sideline. The NSW winger then found Munster, who found a flying Ryan Papahuyzen in support, who scored an electric try to open the Storm's account. Smith then converted and the Storm led 6-2.
The defending premiers hit back however, when halfback Cooper Cronk spotted the numbers down the blindside. Centre Brett Morris then unselfishly put his winger Daniel Tupou over to score in the corner. Latrell Mitchell then converted from the sideline to give the Roosters back the lead.
The Roosters then marched downfield, and off the back of a strong run from fullback James Tedesco, Mitchell then stepped out of dummy half close to the line and found a steaming Joey Manu who just managed to get the ball on the chalk to extend his sides lead by 12-6 nearing halftime.
Melbourne then struck a crucial blow, when half Brodie Croft put in a grubber behind the line, which was spilled by Tedesco. Croft managed to re-gather and scored next to the posts. Smith levelled the scores and it was 12 all at the break.
In the second half, it was the trademark style of football that the Storm are known for which prevailed, with Smith's crucial penalty goal putting his side in front, which allowed both Smith and half Brodie Croft to promptly take the high percentage plays and do enough to get their side over the line to send the Storm a massive six points clear of the second placed Rabbitohs and Roosters.
Melbourne now face the Dragons without their Origin stars in Round 16 next Thursday night in Wollongong, while the Roosters also minus their representative players will face the Wests Tigers at Bankwest Stadium next Friday night.


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Giving Thanks for the Small Things
I'm not a huge fan of the whole Thanksgiving extravaganza. Part of that is the introvert thing – too many people in one place for too long, and it gets claustrophobic even when they're my family or friends. Also, I grew up in Canada, and although stuffed turkeys and pecan pie made their way across the border (to be improved by a collision with maple syrup) we didn't have all the mythological "first feast" traditions to go with it. Canadian Thanksgiving happens early in October (when the harvest might plausibly have just finished up there.) And it's a quiet family day, for the most part.
But I've lived in the US for almost 30 years, so I can enjoy marshmallows on my sweet potatoes, and even accept that a portion of any group will suddenly go off to watch football. (One year, those of us more interested in the guys' asses than the yardage gained went and watched recordings of Eddie Izzard instead. Gradually the football folks wandered in to see what we were laughing so hard about… and sat and watched too. For once, cross-dressing beat out football.)
The thing that I do like about Thanksgiving is the timely, if heavy-handed, reminder to count our blessings.This year, which has been tough, I'm trying to remember to count imperfect blessings.
I live in a family of flaming perfectionists. (And yes, I can claim some of that too.) One thing perfectionism does is to rob the enjoyment out of otherwise-good things, for very small reasons. I once had a child declare a wonderful 3-hour party a total meltdown-failure, because we didn't have time for one of the eight planned games and crafts. Imperfect=failure. With much wailing and gnashing of teeth (or grumbling and tossing things about for adults.)
That's an exhausting and depressing mindset. So this year, I'm trying to remember to be grateful for the good-enough stuff. Not just the one perfect time my younger kid and I went to a concert together and had a great time for hours, but all the times she's had a positive word for me or a hug unexpectedly, even if it wasn't the long chat I wanted. The meals my husband cooks for me, even if timing them isn't always easy. The fact that they even MAKE tofurkey. (Because it doesn't taste like real turkey but it's ecological, humane, and not too damned bad with stuffing and gravy.)
This year could have been worse. We're all still alive, despite some health and other issues, and that's a blessing I wasn't sure we'd manage. My arthritis may be flaring up, but all hail to the guys who invented ibuprofen, because it actually works for me. The dog is eleven, and getting a little whiny, but he still jumps like a crazy maniac if food is involved, and warms my days. If I wait for things to be perfect, my list of thanks would be short. But in fact, my life is full of imperfect moments of grace, and small, partial miracles.
My writing brings me some of those. I am very, very grateful for the warmth and generosity of so many people in the M/M community, who write wonderful books for me to read, share comments and discussion, read my stories, and encourage my writing. This community sometimes feels like the one sane place in a crazy world. A haven for me to come to, when I need it.
So Happy Thanksgiving to you all. May you have comfort and warmth, surrounded by good friends, good family, or good books. May your list of thanks be long, and humanly imperfect.


text: This may not be fresh from the udder but it's certainly not stale. Ninja Tune's Lorn released a new track on his Soundcloud, and it's pretty much awesome, which is what I'd expect from Lorn (who is one of my absolute favorite artists and puts on a great live show). Compared to the tracks from his 2010 Nothing Else LP, I'd describe this as a bit more minimal, focusing on bass without adding as many additional layers, but it's still got that creepy, urgent feel that I love. Something about Lorn manages to be light and heavy at the same time (there is definitely weight to this music but it's never overbearing). He has been tossed into a number of categories, sorted both with the glitch hop of Flying Lotus and Brainfeeder and with the dubstep of Mary Anne Hobbs (who he toured with this spring). How about we stop thinking about genre and description for a couple minutes and slurp up some tasty, dark beats instead?


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Upon discussing his prolific career in business, infrastructure and media, a recurring theme emerged: Sam Vale enjoys a challenge for the same reason people love climbing mountains — because they're there.
Though holding no previous TV experience, Vale at one time founded a television network because there was a license available. He also purchased a railroad because it was up for sale.
"It was there and they wanted to sell it," he said.
But these ventures appear more like side projects compared to his day job as the president of the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company.
The company owns the bridge between Rio Grande City and Camargo and is one of the few privately-owned bridges along the Texas border.
His father was among the founders of the bridge built in 1964. When he graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, Vale returned to the Rio Grande Valley and became president of the company in 1980.
Prior to his takeover, he said the bridge didn't have a lot of commercial traffic. This is now his central focus.
"I focus, almost 100 percent now, on commercial traffic because local traffic, the lighter traffic, is basically a factor of the local population," he said. "When I figured that out, I started saying, 'Then the only thing that I can really influence is commercial traffic.'"
That traffic varies on any given day, he said. One day they can see anywhere between two and 300 trucks a day and then they can have 100 on other days.
"We have had a steady growth since 2012 even though most bridges are suffering because of the lack of cars and pickups," he said.
An international bridge between the United States and Mexico has likely enjoyed the benefits of the North American Free Trade Agreement over the years.
As President Donald Trump seeks to renegotiate the deal, Vale, along with others in the business community, have given their input to officials involved in the negotiations.
"I think NAFTA has been good; it's not a perfect document," Vale said, rejecting the idea that NAFTA has caused job losses. "Those jobs were going somewhere, and the primary reason they went somewhere else, from where they were at, was technology."
He likened the change to Henry Ford's development of the production line.
"All of that industry was put out of business because, all of a sudden, they could build 50 or 100 cars, or whatever the number was, in one day and people could drive it whenever they wanted," he said.
He also explained that one of the biggest changes throughout American history was that people were more mobile and moved to where the jobs were.
"They didn't expect the jobs to be brought to them, so people sometimes say, 'Well, we've been five generations working at this factory and now the factory's going to Mexico,'" he said. "Well, when the factory went to Mexico, they put in more modern technology too. They didn't do it the same way they did it back in the original factory and there were savings there but it created other jobs in the United States supplying that business."
He said that while NAFTA may have caused the loss of about 2 million jobs, it created between 15 and 20 million jobs.
"From the beginning to the end of NAFTA there has been a huge growth of jobs in the United States; there's not been less," he said. "Sectors have been affected; it's a sectorial damage."
And that damage, he said, is being utilized by Trump for his political agenda, adding that he found it surprising both Democrats and Republicans had ignored "the low-income white guys."
"Some of his arguments are very good when it comes to certain economic activities," he said of Trump, "but he's using (NAFTA) more as a political weapon and less as an economic development weapon."
In speaking with the U.S. negotiators, he warned that Mexico would be resilient negotiators.
"Mexicans are used to suffering and we're not, so guess who's going to scream first?" he said. "And if you characterize this as a national issue in Mexico, they will … follow the government even though they don't like their own government."
"They will follow it because all of a sudden, you've insulted the culture," Vale said. "The president doesn't understand that. He's doing it like a white guy from New York deals with another white guy from New York. It's just not the way you deal in international arenas."
Vale is no stranger to international affairs considering his hectic business travels. On one mid-December morning, Vale was planning to depart to Shanghai just a few days after returning from Mexico City. Though intended for leisure, he also planned to learn more about China.
While he has few vacations and hobbies, Vale said he takes pleasure in his work.
"I like it; I enjoy it," he said. "What I do is spend my time doing things that I like to do."


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Summer is over. Sure, there is still some warm weather left, but the wild weekends at beach bars and summer hotspots are basically over, as college is back in session and your bosses are actually back in the office expecting you to do things. Of course fall is a great season of its own, with football (and tailgates) and great drinking holidays like halloween. There's also cruises, which hit up the Caribbean all year round. Of course, it's important that you don't end up on an old person's cruise or something out of the movie Boat Trip, so a list of the best cruises for twentysomethings is key. Luckily, an avid NSD reader decided to write in with a guest post, and we thank him for that. -Don'tTazeMeBro
So you want to go on a cruise. You crave the open sea, the gentle rocking of the ship as it traverses the oceans to satisfy your wanderlust. The majesty of a gargantuan floating city and the mystery of faraway lands combine to form this, the vacation of your dreams. The only problem is that you're about half a century younger than everybody else on that wavelength.
Yep, it's true what they say about cruises. They are filled with old people. They're relatively expensive so they suit the wealthy retired sorts, and they provide a practical and effective way of seeing the world without too much physical movement. In fact they're ideally set up for the elderly because the bars and restaurants are linked by elevators and long, wide, perfectly flat corridors. The sedate pace probably reminds them of growing up in New England, too.
But cruising more than just a practical way to holiday with a zimmer frame. It's about exploring the world in comfort, socialising with like-minded people and being pampered by a crew of hundreds, often more. It's also about the staggering engineering feat that is the cruise ship. Take the MS Independence of the Seas, for example, operated by Royal Caribbean. Continue reading


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2016 Fishing Reports
Jan 2016
Booking now for 2016 season book early and save on charters.
Jan 15 2016
Been doing some Commercial fishing for snapper. Look like going to be a good year for fishing
Feb 10 2016
Done with the Commercial Fishing,its time for Charter Fishing. Got some 1/2 day trips coming up this week. Looks like the weather going to turn back Spring like.
Feb 19 2016
On 1/2 day trips we catching some nice sea bass and spiny dog sharks now.
Feb 20 2016
More pics from 1/2 day trips last week
Feb 25 2016
Fishing was good last week with catches of Big Black Bass and Spiny sharks on 1/2 day trips.
March 11 2016
Good fishing on 1/2 day trips a lot of Sea Bass and Spiny Dog Sharks
March 13 2016
More big catches of Spinney Dogs on 1/2 day trips
March 14 2016
Beautiful weather this week water getting warmer and fish are biting better. Today good catches of Keeper black Sea Bass and some Spinney Dog Sharks.
March 16 2016
Morning trip today a lot of Sea Bass and a big Smooth Dog Shark.
March 19 2016
Nice fishing coming up this week
March 20 2016
Alot Bass on 1/2 day trips
March 25 2016
Wide open now with 1/2 day trips for easter good fishing with a lot of action.
April 04 2016
Limit off big Sea Bass and Atlantic Sharp noise today on * hr trip. Grouper biting too.
April 16 2016
limit of big sea bass today on trip
April 23 2016
Last couple days catching little tuna on 1/2 day trip about time they show up good.
April 25 2016
Capt Rob of the Fish Hook II with a big catch today on Gulf Stream trip
April 26 2016
Little tuna and nice Blue Fish on 1/2 day trips
April 26 2016
Capt Rob of the Fish Hook II with some keeper Sea Bass and Little Tuna and Some Blue fish on 1/2 day trip this morning.
April 26 2016
Nice 1/2 day trip on the Fish Hook II with Capt Rob
August 29 2016
Little tiuna and Blue fish on 1/2 day trips.And a few Spanish Mackerel.
May 2 2016
Big catch of Spanish Mackerel today on 1/2 day trips group and private trips on the fishhook II with Capt Rob
May 06 2016
Spanish Mackerel doing real good on 1/2 day trips makes for a nice fish fry
May 09 2016
About time Atlantic Sharp noise sharks on 1/2 day trips now .Capt Rob on the fish hook II had good Spanish today and limit of Sharks.
May 10 2016
1st big shark on 1/2 day trips on the fishhook one.
May 15 2016
Capt Rob on the Fish Hook II with a good catch from the Gulf Stream
May 19 2016
!/2 day trips this afternoon with Spanish Mackerel and Sharks for the kids
June 02 2016
Capt Rob on the fishhook II been doing good in the Gulf Stream
June 05 2016
big sharks are here on the beach now on 1/2 day trips been doing good with the Spanish Mackerel to.
June 10 2016
Nice big Spinner Shark on afternoon trip today on the Fish Hook with mate Brandon and Capt Ronnie.
June 14 2016
More big Sharks on 1/2 day trips good catch of Spanish Mackerel today on the Fish Hook 1
June 16 2016
Big Sharks today close to the beach
June 16 2016
More sharks on 1/2 day trip today
June 25 2016
alot of good fishing last week in the Gulf Stream catches of Grouper Snapper Big Sea Bass with Capt Ronnie on the Fish Hook 1
June 26 2016
Capt Greg on the Fishhook 3 with some big black tips this week
July 01 2016
Shark and more big sharks on 1/2 day trips with Capt Grieg and mate Jessie.
luly 03 2016
more pics from gulf stream trip
July 10 2016
More big sharks on 1/2 day trip
July 13 2016
Sharks and Spanish for the kids on 1/2 day trips Mate Jessie with nice Spanish Mackerel the Fish Hook 3 with Capt Graig.
July 15 2016
Capt Tj on the Fish Hook II with a big leamon shark today on 1/2 day trip
July 16 2016
Nice catch of King Mackerel and mahi mahi today with Capt TJ on the Fish Hook II
July 17 2016
Alot Of fish In Gulf Stream today with Capt Ronnie on the Fish Hook I .Nice Grouper to.
July 18 2016
What a day on 12 hr Gulf Stream good catches of Big Jacks and Grouper and other bottom fish on the Fish Hook 1
Aug 3 2016
Capt TJ on the Fish Hook II good catch on 8 hr trip mahi, king mackerel,some little tuna and bottom fish.
Aug 08 2016
Some Big Red Fish showing up, on 1/2 day trips
Aug 2008
some more Big red fish 2 at a time today with Mate Brandon of the Fish Hook one.
Aug 10 2016
Spanish Mackerel showed back up good on beach now on 1/2 day trips
Aug 12 2016
Capt Grieg on the Fish Hook 3 with some big Black Tips
Aug 11 2016
Capt Grieg with nice Black Tip caught on the Fish Hook 3.
Aug 13 2016
Mate Mike on the Fish Hook 2 with some Atlantic Sharp noise sharks on 1/2 day trips .
Aug 14 2016
More pics of Sharks from the Fish Hook 3 .They are biting like crazy on 1/2 day trips now a lot of fun.
Aug 15 2016
looks like the Red fish have left the inlet to cool off with the water so hot in the inlet not much going on water 90 deges in creeks.
Aug 17 2016
More Red Fish on 1/2 day fishing trips, nice one
Aug 29 2016
Spanish Mackerel and Sharks doing good on 1/2 day trips.
Aug 30 2016
More Big Red Fish on 1/2 day trips on the Fish Hook 1 with Capt Ronnie and Mate Brandon.
Sep 05 2016
Weather been nice, time for the water to cool down. On offshore trips snapper and grouper biting.
Sep 10 2016
Bibg Black Tip Sharks are doing there fall eating time to go catch them.
Sep 14 2016
Capt Ronnie and Mate Brandon with nice Spinner Shark today on 1/2 day trip
Sep 20 2016
1/2 day trips this week been excellent with catches of Spanish Mackerel little tuna and some big sharks right on the beach.
Sep 21 2016
Another good day with big sharks on 1/2 day trips on the Fish Hook 1.
Oct 01 2016
Capt TJ of the Fish Hook II with a good catch from the Gulf Stream trip
Nov 08 2016
Fishing been good on 1/2 day trips for Sharks and King Mackerel and Bass. Some pics from Commercial fishing trips.
Nov 15 2016
Commercial Fishing with King Mackerel big one with Mate Brandon and Chris
Dec 05 2016
Running Christmas week discounts on 1/2 day trips from 20th - 29 th. call for more info.
Specialty Mixed Charters
Mixed trips from $85.00 a person
Never no more than 6 people means more fish !!!


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M! Countdown is back with their weekly music shows from your favourite artists!
On today's episode, APRIL kisses their fans with Muah! B.A.P make their comeback stage with Young, Wild & Free, Roy Kim returned with The Great Dipper, Produce 101 held a special stage with Pick Me, Lovelyz sang For You, 9MUSES is LOST on a Sleepless Night, LABOUM is back with AALOW AALOW, LUSH asks Why Don't You Lay Off, Road Boyz debuted with Show Me Bang Bang, MADTOWN is back on OMGT, Park Si Hwan is back with Monster, SNUPER debuted with Shall We Dance, M.A.P6 debuted with Storm, WANNA.B came back with My Type, The Legend Nailed their comeback stage, Tahiti Skips on the stage and last but not least K-Much said Tie My Hands!
The nominees for today's episode were PSY and EXO, however it was PSY who took the #1 trophy with Daddy! Congratulations!
Other performers of the night were: ROMEO, SUKI and UP10TION!


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Neighbourhood Assistant
- Recruiter
- Location
- Leatherhead
- Salary
- Up to £21,984 per annum
- Posted
- 09 Jul 2019
- Closing date
- 23 Jul 2019
- Ref
- Contact
- Clarion Housing Group Ltd
- Industry
- Charities, Community development, Housing & homelessness, Social welfare, Housing, Homelessness, Housing services
- Job level
- Experienced (non manager)
- Hours
- Part time
- Contract
- Permanent
- Listing type
- Job vacancy
Are you looking to make a difference with a new and exciting challenge? We are recruiting for a Neighbourhood Assistant to join our Estate Services Team in Dorking.
About the Role
The role focuses on providing administrative support to a team of Neighbourhood Officers, and provide a quality customer-focused response to Neighbourhood customer service enquiries. You will also be required to devise and maintain performance management monitoring and recording systems to enable performance measurement and target monitoring within the team.
About You
We are looking for someone who understands the importance of providing excellent customer service, and who has experience of a busy office environment in an administrative role. Proven experience of being able to manage a varied workload, set priorities and manage time effectively is also essential to this role.
If this sounds like an interesting opportunity, we look forward to hearing from you.
Closing Date: 23rd July at midday
For further details on this vacancy please click 'apply'.
Applicants must be able to travel across regions as required.
This post is subject to a Basic Criminal Record Check Clearance.
Clarion Housing Group
Clarion Housing Group comprises the country's largest housing association; a property development company, a charitable foundation and a repairs and maintenance service.
The Group's housing association, Clarion Housing is the largest social landlord in the country with 360,000 residents.
We have ambitious plans to build 50,000 new homes over 10 years, with a commitment that two thirds of the programme will be affordable housing.
The charitable foundation, Clarion Futures, will invest £150 million over ten years to deliver one of the largest social investment programmes in the country. Priorities are work and training; money management and young people
Clarion Housing Group is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce.


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Key details of the leases and lessees are outlined below:
|Lease type
|Payment frequency
|Indexation Mechanism
|Rent review
|Capital commitments
|Cattle JV Pty Ltd
|Quarterly in advance
|Annual CPI & cattle price adjustment (Eastern Young Cattle Index), with 150bps ceiling
|Five year market review
|Cattle JV Pty Ltd
|Herd lease
|Quarterly in advance
|Annual cattle price adjustment mechanism
|DA and JF Camm Pty Ltd
|Quarterly in advance
|2.5% per annum
|Five year market review
|JBS Australia Pty Ltd
|Monthly in advance
|Stone Axe Pastoral Company
|Quarterly in advance
|2.5% per annum
|Five year market review
Cattle JV Pty Ltd
CJV is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rural Funds Management and is structured to accept investment with suitable joint venture partners (e.g. processors seeking to secure supply).
CJV has employed property managers for each of the three properties with 80 years' combined experience in livestock operations and management. The personnel have worked on the properties being purchased or within the immediate region.
CJV aims to increase the carrying capacity, weight gain and calving rates on the three properties. The herd lease rental indexation includes an Eastern Young Cattle Index (EYCI) adjustment mechanism (up to an additional 150 basis points above a base rate) providing RFF with some exposure to the benefits of higher cattle prices.
DA and JF Camm Pty Ltd (Camm)
DA & JF Camm Pty Ltd (Camm) operate an integrated cattle business, the Camm Agricultural Group (CAG). Operating since 1978, CAG is a cattle breeding, backgrounding and finishing business. The business operates nine properties, including a 9,100 Standard Cattle Unit1 capacity feedlot.
The business runs approximately 35,000 breeding, backgrounding and feedlot cattle, with Natal, the property leased from RFF, the primary breeding location for CAG.
JBS Australia Pty Ltd
JBS Australia is Australia's largest cattle processor domestically and has a daily processing capacity of 8,000 cattle and 21,000 smallstock. It is a subsidiary of JBS S.A., the largest protein processor globally. Listed on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange, JBS S.A has a market capitalisation of approximately AUD$9b and revenue of AUD$62b. It is the world's largest beef producer, leather processor, chicken producer and second largest pork and lamb producer. The company has more than 400 production facilities and 235,000 employees.
Stone Axe Pastoral Company
Stone Axe Pastoral is a Wagyu cattle breeding enterprise which operates four properties in the New England region of New South Wales, as well as a property in the Kojonup region of Western Australia.
The company has operated since 2014, and is majority owned by ROC Partners, a private equity firm formed in 2014.
Katena Pty Ltd
Katena Pty Ltd operates a Queensland-based cattle business.
Elrose Enterprises Pty Ltd
Elrose Enterprises Pty Ltd is a Brahman cattle stud business seeking to expand operations.
Australian Agricultural Company (ASX:AAC)
Established in 1824, Australian Agricultural Company (ASX:AAC) is Australia's largest integrated cattle and beef producer, and the oldest continuously operating company in Australia. AAC operates a balance of properties, feedlots and farms comprising approximately 6.5 million hectares of land in Queensland and the Northern Territory, or 1% of Australia's landmass.
The lease of Rewan Station to AAC is expected to commence 1 October 2019.
1A Standard Cattle Unit is equivalent to an animal with a liveweight of 600kg. Source: National Beef Cattle Feedlot Environmental Code of Practice, Meat and Livestock Australia, 2012.


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"I travelled to the 1898 Waverly Inn for a long weekend to meet my daughter, her husband, and younger children. We stayed in a two-bedroom suite that had plenty of space for the 5 of us. We all had a fabulous time. The Inn is set in great location just a few blocks from the downtown so we were easily able to walk to food, drink and entertainment. It is also only a short ride away from area activities in and around the Asheville area. Mike and Tracey, the owners of the Inn, were very hospitable from providing a delicious home-cooked breakfast every morning to mingling during the nightly happy hours. I look forward to another stay in the future."
"The Inn is beautiful, and the location is perfect! We walked to restaurants every night! Our room was very cute and clean, with plenty of space. Mike and Tracey are amazing hosts, and breakfast was delicious. We can't wait to go back again!"
"We are natives to this area but have never taken the time to be a tourist here. We wanted somewhere that felt like home, learn the history about the Waverly, and just take a night away for ourselves. The Waverly is outstanding on so many levels! From greetings from Mike the owner along with his wife Tracy. The rooms are vintage and very clean. You honestly feel at home when you walk through the doors. It is beautifully decorated and close to main street so you can walk and shop and come back. We want this to be a every December tradition we make. Please take the time to read the history on the Waverly and come by and see it!"


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IT leaders face many challenging situations that require a team's full support. Consider these tips on transparency, participation, and the importance of data when you have to make hard calls.
How to explain machine learning in plain English
How to explain machine learning in plain English
What is machine learning? What is ML vs. AI? What data problems could ML solve for your organization? Here's how to discuss the key issues in plain terms
What machine learning can do: How to evangelize
Some explanation is likely necessary, but the longer-term task is better described as evangelism: Extolling the benefits of ML rather than getting into the technical nitty-gritty, as Fernandez advises above.
For many companies, a starting point in identifying those benefits – or the problems ML can solve – again comes down to data. This time, though, it's a matter of the massive amounts of data so many organizations are generating. It's getting harder and harder for humans alone to make sense of it on their own, at least in an efficient manner.
"The ability of machine learning models to deal with high-dimensional data is extremely helpful for businesses," Brock says. "AI-enhanced software can do things such as finding patterns in user access data and accurately predicting customer retention, which would otherwise be impossible for a human to do."
McCourt takes a similar tack when it comes to explaining the potential importance and value of data in the business world. It's about making sense of data that might otherwise be indecipherable in a timely manner.
"In a business context, I usually talk about ML as a tool that can provide insights into complicated (or simple) circumstances," McCourt says. "ML gives a mechanism to make smarter decisions by more completely and effectively using the data which is available to your company. It also gives a mechanism by which certain choices can be automated, freeing up resources for teams to make more complex decisions."
Machine learning's superpowers: Learning from practice, detecting patterns
When trying to help non-technical audiences understand the basic concepts of machine learning, McCourt likes to note that machines learn much like humans do: with practice.
"Machines need a structure in which to exist (a set of rules) a goal to achieve (to measure success and provide feedback), and opportunities to fail and learn (iterating over data)," McCourt says.
Finally, when evangelizing ML to a broad audience, McCourt finds success in emphasizing that machines have the potential to identify patterns that humans would not otherwise see. It's not about machines replacing humans per se, but about creating new possibilities that didn't exist previously.
"Machine learning is often applied with the goal of identifying new behavior and taking smarter action. At times, this can mean that tedious tasks on which a human would normally be wasted, such as flagging images or posts with offensive content, can now be delegated to a machine," McCourt says.
In the past, writing rules (i.e., writing code) to teach a computer the parameters of what's offensive and what's OK would have been challenging at best, McCourt notes.
"Now computers can be shown a stream of content from which they learn how to make appropriate distinctions," McCourt says. Longer-term, that's hopefully a relatively mundane use case too. "Ideally," he adds, "this goes even further than this example, allowing humans to leverage ML to solve problems that humans solve poorly or at great cost, such as diagnosing illnesses or predicting equipment failures."
[ What AI can and can't do now: AI in the enterprise: 8 myths, debunked. ]
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This cute banana suit will have your dog turn heads in the street on. Top off the look with the included cap, and this cute banana dog costume will make your dog ready for the perfect Halloween photo shoot.
All you need to know about this item
- it's suitable for every festivity and season
- Easy to cleans and available in different sizes
- Made of high-quality polyester material which guarantees comfort and easy maintenance
- This cute banana dog costume includes a jacket and banana hat.
- Durable clothing, wear-resistant, easy to clean.


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Creative Media Limited (CML), a champion organization in audio visual production, has been assigned by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of Bangladesh (MoHFW) to produce ten (10) audio visuals (AVs) on the specialized hospitals of Bangladesh. Each AV will focus on special features of the specialized hospitals and Honorable Health Minister will deliver a key message for the audiences to receive the services at these specialized hospitals.
CML believes the AVs will play a significant role in raising awareness about the access to health services among the people of Bangladesh.


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Alternatively titled: It's a small world
She lives five minutes from me.
We have the same sunny soft yellow painted on our walls.
We shop at the same Kroger.
We go to the same library.
She knows where I buy my falaffel and turnip sandwich because it's not far from her house.
And the kicker?
Lurker Rachel and I go to the same church.
At a bloggy meetup last fall when I heard that one of the other bloggers also attended my church (it's very large), I asked her, "So, whose Sunday School class are you in?"
She replied, "Yours."
Rachel's and my path have intersected for many years, and we had so much fun asking, "Do you know…" questions and laughing when we realized how much we had in common, except for when it came to our gardens.
Because mine is nothing like hers.
She has no fear of the wavy lines and asymmetry in her garden, and I am so bound by straight and balanced. She had hydrangeas by the boatload, and azaleas and gardenias and these purple things that she told me the name of and I can't remember.
And she had tons of pansies which were still very much alive because she, gasp, waters them, and all mine are dead and I'm not jealous about that one bit, no ma'am.
Pansies are one of my favorite flowers because they're a great way to get color in the yard early in the season when it's still cool. Every time I see a pansy I remember our wedding day.
To get to the church where we were married, one had to drive by a nursery and that morning they had set out their first pansies of the season with a ginormous sign out front that said, "The pansies are in!". While we were standing on the platform during that part of the ceremony where you're supposed to gaze lovingly into each other's eyes while someone sings a song, I started to get a little misty.
Mr. CPQ was highly concerned that I would turn into one of the women on America's Funniest Home Videos that simply collapses from the overwhelming emotion of the day, and so he was trying to distract me and whispered to me, "Guess what? The pansies are in."
The most romantic day of our life together and he's talking about pansies?
I got tickled that he pulled something so random out of thin air that I stopped crying and started laughing and the crisis was averted.
I didn't have time to tell Lurker Rachel that story because we started talking about on-line dating (she wants her sons to sign up for it – this is a woman who is READY for grandchildren) and antique shopping. As I was getting ready to leave, I asked if I could take her picture for the blog and she preferred to not plaster her picture all over the Internet and remain anonymous, but she did let me shoot this picture of her dragonfly necklace which she said was not like Kristin's shoes, but it spoke to her personality.
Did she know I also liked dragonflies?
It is a small world after all.
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"So what is it that you want to do?" That's the biggest question of 2019 for graduating seniors, isn't it?
I started this blog 2 years ago, almost 3? My intention was to write my thoughts, plans, and activities leading up to my big move. It seemed like it was so far away and it has felt like it has taken forever, but now… I'm here.
One of my student's parents asked me about my future plans on his way out of the door. Like many other people, he seems to recognize a high degree of potential within me that I often can not see. Initially, I started to respond with my plans for college and jobs that I'll apply for… but then I stopped myself.
"Honestly, I thought I knew exactly what I wanted to do, but now I don't know." I told him. I gave it a few more seconds of thought, "I don't know exactly what I'm going to do for money, but my plan is to enjoy my life and raise a family. I don't want to work 40+ hours a week and never get to connect with my family on a deeper level."
"Wow", he said. "That's a really good answer."
I hadn't actually admitted it out loud before. I mean, when people ask about your future plans, they mean "what are you going to do to make a living" because that's what society is set up for. You live to make money so that you can continue to live and make money. We're conditioned to live out our lives on a hamster wheel. We make very few decisions for the sake of happiness and bettering our communities. We can't afford to. It's the fact that I continuously make attempts at jumping off the hamster wheel that lands me in trouble. It's my desire to follow my heart that makes it hard for me to connect with people.
As he walked out of the room, I felt a sense of relief. I know what I want to do with my life. How I get there isn't the most important part, since any path I take will likely lead me there. I just have to make sure that I don't lose sight of what it is that I'm working so hard for.