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Part II: EVALITA 2016: Task overviews and participants reports
Sentiment Analysis using Convolutional Neural Networks with Multi-Task Training and Distant Supervision on Italian Tweets
In this paper, we propose a classifier for predicting sentiments of Italian Twitter messages. This work builds upon a deep learning approach where we leverage large amounts of weakly labelled data to train a 2-layer convolutional neural network. To train our network we apply a form of multi-task training. Our system participated in the EvalItalia-2016 competition and outperformed all other approaches on the sentiment analysis task.
In questo articolo, presentiamo un sistema per la classificazione di soggettività e polarita` di tweet in lingua italiana. L'approccio descritto si basa su reti neurali. In particolare, utilizziamo un dataset di 300M di tweet per addestrare una convolutional neural network. Il sistema è stato addestrato e valutato sui dati forniti dagli organizzatori di Sentipolc, task di sentiment analysis su Twitter organizzato nell'ambito di Evalita 2016.
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1 Introduction
1Sentiment analysis is a fundamental problem aiming to give a machine the ability to understand the emotions and opinions expressed in a written text. This is an extremely challenging task due to the complexity and variety of human language.
2The sentiment polarity classification task of EvalItalia-20161 (sentipolc) consists of three subtasks which cover different aspects of sentiment detection: T1 : Subjectivity detection: is the tweet subjective or objective? T2 : Polarity detection: is the sentiment of the tweet neutral, positive, negative or mixed? T3 : Irony detection: is the tweet ironic?
3The classic approaches to sentiment analysis usually consist of manual feature engineering and applying some sort of classifier on these features (Liu, 2015). Deep neural networks have shown great promises at capturing salient features for these complex tasks (Mikolov et al., 2013b; Severyn and Moschitti, 2015a). Particularly successful for sentiment classification were Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) (Kim, 2014; Kalchbrenner et al., 2014; Severyn and Moschitti, 2015b; Johnson and Zhang, 2015), on which our work builds upon. These networks typically have a large number of parameters and are especially effective when trained on large amounts of data.
- 2 We here refer to a layer as one convolutional and one pooling layer.
4In this work, we use a distant supervision approach to leverage large amounts of data in order to train a 2-layer CNN2. More specifically, we train a neural network using the following threephase procedure: P1 : creation of word embeddings for the initialization of the first layer based on an unsupervised corpus of 300M Italian tweets; P2 : distant supervised phase, where the network is pre-trained on a weakly labelled dataset of 40M tweets where the network weights and word embeddings are trained to capture aspects related to sentiment; and P3 : supervised phase, where the network is trained on the provided supervised training data consisting of 7410 manually labelled tweets.
5As the three tasks of EvalItalia-2016 are closely related we apply a form of multitask training as proposed by (Collobert et al., 2011), i.e. we train one CNN for all the tasks simultaneously. This has two advantages: i) we need to train only one model instead of three models, and ii) the CNN has access to more information which benefits the score. The experiments indicate that the multi-task CNN performs better than the single-task CNN. After a small bugfix regarding the data-preprocessing our system outperforms all the other systems in the sentiment polarity task.
2 Convolutional Neural Networks
6We train a 2-layer CNN using 9-fold cross-validation and combine the outputs of the 9 resulting classifiers to increase robustness. The 9 classifiers differ in the data used for the supervised phase since cross-validation creates 9 different training and validation sets.
7The architecture of the CNN is shown in Figure 1 and described in detail below.
Sentence model. Each word in the input data is associated to a vector representation, which consists in a d-dimensional vector. A sentence (or tweet) is represented by the concatenation of the representations of its n constituent words. This yields a matrix S ∈ , which is used as input yto the convolutional neural network.
The first layer of the network consists of a lookup table where the word embeddings are represented as a matrix X ∈ , where V is the vocabulary. Thus the i-th column of X represents the i-th word in the vocabulary V .
8Convolutional layer. In this layer, a set of m filters is applied to a sliding window of length h over each sentence. Let S[i:i+h] denote the concatenation of word vectors si to si+h. A feature ci is generated for a given filter F by:
A concatenation of all vectors in a sentence produces a feature vector c ∈ . The vectors c are then aggregated over all m filters into a feature map matrix C ∈ . The filters are learned during the training phase of the neural network using a procedure detailed in the next section.
Max pooling. The output of the convolutional layer is passed through a non-linear activation function, before entering a pooling layer. The latter aggregates vector elements by taking the maximum over a fixed set of non-overlapping intervals. The resulting pooled feature map matrix has the form: Cpooled , where s is the length of each interval. In the case of overlapping intervals with a stride value st, the pooled feature map matrix has the form Cpooled ∈ . Depending on whether the borders are included or not, the result of the fraction is rounded up or down respectively.
Hidden layer. A fully connected hidden layer computes the transformation α(W ∗ x+b), where W ∈ is the weight matrix, b ∈ the bias, and α the rectified linear (relu) activation function (Nair and Hinton, 2010). The output vector of this layer, x ∈ , corresponds to the sentence embeddings for each tweet.
Softmax. Finally, the outputs of the hidden layer x ∈ are fully connected to a soft-max regression layer, which returns the class yˆ [1, K] with largest probability,
where wj denotes the weights vector of class j and aj the bias of class j.
9Network parameters. Training the neural network consists in learning the set of parameters Θ = X, F1, b1, F2, b2, W, a , where X is the embedding matrix, with each row containing the d-dimensional embedding vector for a specific word; Fi, bi(i = 1, 2 ) the filter weights and biases of the first and second convolutional layers; W the concatenation of the weights wj for every output class in the soft-max layer; and a the bias of the soft-max layer.
10Hyperparameters For both convolutional layers we set the length of the sliding window h to 5, the size of the pooling interval s is set to 3 in both layers, where we use a striding of 2 in the first layer, and the number of filters m is set to 200 in both convolutional layers.
11Dropout Dropout is an alternative technique used to reduce overfitting (Srivastava et al., 2014). In each training stage individual nodes are dropped with probability p, the reduced neural net is updated and then the dropped nodes are reinserted. We apply Dropout to the hidden layer and to the input layer using p = 0.2 in both cases.
12Optimization The network parameters are learned using AdaDelta (Zeiler, 2012), which adapts the learning rate for each dimension using only first order information. We used the default hyper-parameters.
3 Training
13We train the parameters of the CNN using the three-phase procedure as described in the introduction. Figure 2 depicts the general flow of this procedure.
Figure 2: The overall architecture of our 3-phase approach.
3.1 Three-Phase Training
14Preprocessing We apply standard preprocessing procedures of normalizing URLs, hashtags and usernames, and lowercasing the tweets. The tweets are converted into a list of indices where each index corresponds to the word position in the vocabulary V . This representation is used as input for the lookup table to assemble the sentence matrix S.
- 3 According to the gensim implementation of word2vec using d divisible by 4 speeds up the process.
15Word Embeddings We create the word embeddings in phase P 1 using word2vec (Mikolov et al., 2013a) and train a skip-gram model on a corpus of 300M unlabelled Italian tweets. The window size for the skip-gram model is 5, the threshold for the minimal word frequency is set to 20 and the number of dimensions is d = 523. The resulting vocabulary contains 890K unique words. The word embeddings account for the majority of network parameters (42.2M out of 46.6M parameters) and are updated during the next two phases to introduce sentiment specific information into the word embeddings and create a good initialization for the CNN.
16Distant Supervised Phase We pre-train the CNN for 1 epoch on an weakly labelled dataset of 40M Italian tweets where each tweet contains an emoticon. The label is inferred by the emoticons inside the tweet, where we ignore tweets with opposite emoticons. This results in 30M positive tweets and 10M negative tweets. Thus, the classifier is trained on a binary classification task. Supervised Phase During the supervised phase we train the pre-trained CNN with the provided annotated data. The CNN is trained jointly on all tasks of EvalItalia. There are four different binary labels as well as some restrictions which result in 9 possible joint labels (for more details, see Section 3.2). The multi-task classifier is trained to predict the most likely joint-label.
17We apply 9-fold cross-validation on the dataset generating 9 equally sized buckets. In each round we train the CNN using early stopping on the heldout set, i.e. we train it as long as the score improves on the held-out set. For the multi-task training we monitor the scores for all 4 subtasks simultaneously and store the best model for each subtask. The training stops if there is no improvement of any of the 4 monitored scores. Meta Classifier We train the CNN using 9-fold cross-validation, which results in 9 different models. Each model outputs nine real-value numbers ŷ corresponding to the probabilities for each of the nine classes. To increase the robustness of the system we train a random forest which takes the outputs of the 9 models as its input. The hyperparameters were found via grid-search to obtain the best overall performance over a development set: Number of trees (100), maximum depth of the forest (3) and the number of features used per random selection (5).
3.2 Data
18The supervised training and test data is provided by the EvalItalia-2016 competition. Each tweet contains four labels: L1 : is the tweet subjective or objective? L2 : is the tweet positive? L3 : is the tweet negative? L4 : is the tweet ironic? Furthermore an objective tweet implies that it is neither positive nor negative as well as not ironic. There are 9 possible combination of labels.
19To jointly train the CNN for all three tasks T1, T2 and T3 we join the labels of each tweet into a single label. In contrast, the single task training trains a single model for each of the four labels separately.
20Table 1 shows an overview of the data available.
Table 1: Overview of datasets provided in EvalItalia-2016.
Training Set
Test Set
Overall Positive
Overall Negative
3.3 Experiments & Results
21We compare the performance of the multi-task CNN with the performance of the single-task CNNs. All the experiments start at the third-phase, i.e. the supervised phase. Since there was no predefined split in training and development set, we generated a development set by sampling 10% uniformly at random from the provided training set. The development set is needed when assessing the generalization power of the CNNs and the meta-classifier. For each task we compute the averaged F1-score (Barbieri et al., 2016). We present the results achieved on the dev-set and the test-set used for the competition. We refer to the set which was held out during a cross validation iteration as fold-set.
22In Table 2 we show the average results obtained by the 9 CNNs after the cross validation. The scores show that the CNN is tuned too much towards the held-out folds since the scores of the held-out folds are significantly higher. For example, the average score of the positivity task is 0.733 on the held-out sets but only 0.6694 on the dev-set and 0.6601 on the test-set. Similar differences in sores can be observed for the other tasks as well. To mitigate this problem we apply a random forest on the outputs of the 9 classifiers obtained by cross-validation. The results are shown in Table 3. The meta-classifier outperforms the average scores obtained by the CNNs by up to 2 points on the dev-set. The scores on the test-set show a slightly lower increase in score. Especially the single-task classifier did not benefit from the metaclassifier as the scores on the test set decreased in some cases.
23The results show that the multi-task classifier out-performs the single-task classifier in most cases. There is some variation in the magnitude of the difference: the multi-task classifier outperforms the single-task classifier by 0.06 points in the negativity task in the test-set but only by 0.005 points in the subjectivity task.
Table 2: Average F1-score obtained after applying cross validation.
Single Task
Multi Task
Single Task
Multi Task
Single Task
Multi Task
Table 3: F1-Score obtained by the meta classifier.
Single Task
Single Task
Multi Task
4 Conclusion
24In this work we presented a deep-learning approach for sentiment analysis. We described the three-phase training approach to guarantee a high quality initialization of the CNN and showed the effects of using a multi-task training approach. To increase the robustness of our system we applied a meta-classifier on top of the CNN. The system was evaluated in the EvalItalia-2016 competition where it achieved 1st place in the polarity task and high positions on the other two subtasks.
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3 According to the gensim implementation of word2vec using d divisible by 4 speeds up the process.
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ELLIS ANDERSON PLAINTIFFv.B & G BACKHOE, INC., and OTIS PARNELL DEFENDANTS
cause is before the Court sua sponte to address the
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entered an Order (docket entry 13) finding that the total
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the Court, in an Order of May 5, 2018 (docket entry 15),
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exclusive of interest and costs; and that he will not amend
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affidavit or proof establishing whether or not the amount in
controversy exceeds $75, 000.00.
order for the defendants to keep this case in federal court,
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Court Complaint (docket entry 1-1, pp.3-4). Nevertheless, the
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COMMITTEE ON THE CAD/CAM INTERFACE . ARTHUR R. THOMSON, Chairman, Professor of Industrial Engineering, Fenn College of Engineering, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio HARVEY E. BUFFED, Retired Director of Operations Technology, Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, Seattle, Washington SHAUN S. DEVLIN, Electronic Systems Department Research Staff, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan W. PAUL FRECH, President, Lockheed Corporation, Marietta, Georgia JAMES M. HARDY, Director, New Business Projects, TRW, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio JOSEPH HARRINGTON, JR., Consulting Engineer, Wenham, Massachusetts GEORGE K. HUTCHINSON, Professor of Management Information Systems, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee CHRISTOPH W. KLOMP, Director, Engineering Computing Systems, Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, Seattle, Washington MARTIN J. McHALE, Vice President, Systems Operations, Control Data Corporation, Bloomington, Minnesota MICHEL A. MELKANOFF, Director, Manufacturing Engineering Program, University of California at Los Angeles M. EUGENE MERCHANT, Director, Advanced Manufacturing Research, fletcut Research Associates, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio R. W. VAN SANT, President, Cessna Aircraft Company, Wichita, Kansas . . .
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PREFACE The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), as a purchaser or a variety of manufactured products, including complex space vehicles and systems, clearly has a stake in the advantages of computer-integrated manufacturing. Two major NASA objectives are to launch a Manned Space Station by 1992 with a budget of $8 billion, and to be a leader in the development and application of productivity- enhancing technology. NASA's major effort in integration has been the Integrated Program for Aerospace Vehicle Design (IPAD), directed at computer-aided design. To extend its work into the broader arena of computer- integrated manufacturing, NASA asked the National Research Council (NRC) to conduct an investigation using case studies as the basis for recommendations designed to: · clarify the data management requirements in computer- integrated manufacturing, and · correct deficiencies in current efforts that address the interaction between the engineering design of a product and its production. The NRC, through its Manufacturing Studies Board, formed the Committee on the CAD/CAM Interface in September 1983 to respond to NASA's request. The Committee comprises 12 members from industry and academia with experience in research, design, production, computers, and management. The Committee met four times during a one-year period. In addition, it conducted five site visits to industry and met with the program staffs of the three major federal programs involved in computer-integrated manufacturing. For case studies, the Committee selected five companies that have made significant progress toward integration. These leading companies hosted two-day site visits by three to five Committee members. The Committee developed a questionnaire (Appendix A) to solicit from the companies their definitions of integration and information on the planning process, execution of the integration plan, contents of the data base, effects of integration on the organization, and measures of progress. These case studies: v
· identified the data flows and data management required for effective integration of computer-aided engineering design with computer-aided production, and · evaluated significant problem areas or trends in integrating CAD and CAM. The insights gained from the five companies, combined with the Committee members' own experience and information on federal programs, are the basis for the site visit report in Chapter 2 and the analysis of issues in Chapter 3. These, in turn, lead to the recommendations in Chapter 4 for specific actions by NASA, other federal agencies, and U.S. manufacturing companies. The Committee on the CAD/CAM Interface is solely responsible for this report. A number of others, though, have made invaluable contributions. First of all, the report would not have been possible without the help of Deere and Company, General Motors Corporation, Ingersoll Milling Machine Company, McDonnell Aircraft Company, Westinghouse Defense and Electronics Center, the IPAD program staff at the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, the Air Force Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing program, and the National Bureau of Standards Automated Manufacturing Research Facility. At all these places, Committee members were welcomed by many people who gave generously of their time, insights, and knowledge. In addition, Samuel Venneri and Harry Sonnemann of NASA gave important guidance to the Comm~ttee's work. Staff Officer Janice Greene was primarily responsible for the management of the study and participated in the analysis and writing. George Kuper, Executive Director of the Manufacturing Studies Board, contributed much to the substance and process of the Committee's discussions. Jozsef Hatvany of the Computer and Automation Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, contributed Appendix C, on CAD/CAM outside the United States. Consultant Harold Davidson provided information on federal programs. Kenneth Reese edited this report. George Krumbhaar, Gerald Susman, and Margaret Dewar reviewed the draft and suggested improvements. Georgene Menk was responsible for the administrative work of the Committee, and Lucy Fusco and Donna Reifsnider provided administrative support and typed this report. V1
TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.... 1. MANUFACTURING, COMPUTERS, AND INTEGRATION 8 Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 8 The Consequences of Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 9 A Glimpse at the Integrated Factory of the Future, 10 Getting to CIM, 12 2. SUMMARY OF SITE VISITS. e e e ~ e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e · e e · e e e e e e e e e e e e Definition of Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 14 Incentives for Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 15 Planning for Integration, 15 What Level of CAD/CAM Integration Will Be Achieved?, 18 Starting a CAD/CAM Integration Effort, 19 Federally Funded CAD/CAM Programs, 20 ...14 3. ISSUES THAT INFLUENCE COMPUTER INTEGRATION 26 Technical Issues, 26 Organizational Issues, 30 Financial and Accounting Issues, 35 Government Issues, 37 4. RECOMMENDATIONS...... Table 1, Guidelines for CIM, 45 APPENDIXES.............. A. Interview Questionnaire, 47 B. CIM Today, 49 C. Integration in Manufacturing Systems Abroad, 55 GLOSSARY.......... TABLE OF ACRONYMS ~ .40 -.47 @ . V11


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While these events unfolded, I and another Earth Team member and some supporters joined the celebrations of Amma's birthday at the ashram in Halton Hills. As we chanted Amma's 108 Names and sang bhajans, I felt Her presence so strongly, and also very strongly connected to the three of you up North. It was most beautiful. There is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that your work was ordained, governed and blessed by the Divine Mother. I knew it full well that morning. I also knew that it was far more important to do my dharma and listen to what I know Amma is calling me to do, than to be concerned with approval from the outside world. I feel most blessed and privileged to have been a part of this work and count it as one of the highest opportunities for seva – if not the very highest – I have been graced to receive in my time as an Amma devotee.
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Oh! Your description of the mountains; the frozen oceans and the ice and sky are so beautiful. One of the most unifying and harmonious elements supporting Gaiia is water. So incredible in its properties! I have long wondered about what intrinsic communication properties water has.
It seems to me your most difficulty entry is yet to come. How to describe the experience in words? I will send some creativity prayers your way, and know that you have deep and powerful narrative skills!
As always, thank you.
There is one phrase that caught my attention: "a new character has emerged, transformed during the journey." Isn't that the same for all of us? Sometimes it feels for me that I have to go through something painful and difficult, only to feel transformed and reborn when I come out at the other end. This journey is not easy and is not for the faint of heart. It takes tremendous courage to face the shadow side of our character and to keep going. Yet, we are infinitely and completely supported by the Universe, Cosmic Intelligence, Angels or God or whatever name you want to put on it. May we all feel this support every moment of every day.
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Corollary discharge circuits in the primate brain.
(Curr Opin Neurobiol, 2008-12)
Movements are necessary to engage the world, but every movement results in sensorimotor ambiguity. Self-movements cause changes to sensory inflow as well as changes in the positions of objects relative to motor effectors ...
Frontal eye field neurons assess visual stability across saccades.
(J Neurosci, 2012-02-22)
The image on the retina may move because the eyes move, or because something in the visual scene moves. The brain is not fooled by this ambiguity. Even as we make saccades, we are able to detect whether visual objects remain ...
Corollary Discharge
(Encyclopedia of Perception, 2009)
Visuomotor Integration
(Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 2009)
Frontal eye field neurons with spatial representations predicted by their subcortical input.
(J Neurosci, 2009-04-22)
The frontal eye field (FEF) is a cortical structure involved in cognitive aspects of eye movement control. Neurons in the FEF, as in most of cerebral cortex, primarily represent contralateral space. They fire for visual ...
The frontal eye field as a prediction map.
(Prog Brain Res, 2008)
Predictive processes are widespread in the motor and sensory areas of the primate brain. They enable rapid computations despite processing delays and assist in resolving noisy, ambiguous input. Here we propose that the frontal ...
Corollary discharge across the animal kingdom.
(Nat Rev Neurosci, 2008-08)
Our movements can hinder our ability to sense the world. Movements can induce sensory input (for example, when you hit something) that is indistinguishable from the input that is caused by external agents (for example, when ...


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text: by Tran Longmoore 06/22/2017 - 11:22 in Police & Fire 0 Comment A 59-year-old Ypsilanti woman is accused of stealing from a Saline woman who hired her to prepare her home while she recovered. In April, the 57-year-old Saline woman returned to her house on Maplewood Drive. She had let the Ypsilanti woman move in to her home while she was away. When she returned to her home, she noticed her 55-inch television was gone. The Ypsilanti woman said she accidentally bumped into when cleaning, knocked it over and then put it in the trash. In May, she received a call from Capital One asking about $500 in charges made the previous week at Smoker's Shop, CVS and Wal-Mart. The charges were made while she was in Florida and she'd left the credit card at home. Video at CVS and Speedway showed the suspect and an unknown male purchasing a $50 Lowes gift card. After this incident, the Saline woman told the Ypsilanti woman that she was no longer allowed in her home. The Saline woman then began taking inventory of her belongings. She was also missing an antique silver amethyst necklace with matching earrings. A 24-karat gold men's ring, two Emporia Armani men's watches (purple and blue), a gold, woman's wedding ring with a half-karat diamond, an autographed University of Michigan football from the 1998 Rose Bowl game, a professional Denver Broncos football helmet belonging to her son, an Xbox gaming console and 10 games, a set of Rothschild fine China, and more. When police called the suspect, she denied having any of the Saline woman's possessions. On May 9, the Saline woman called police to let them know the suspect had arrived at her home to remove her property from her basement. Police arrested her for two bench warrants. Police interviewed her about the thefts from the Saline woman. She continued to deny she took anything. Asked about the purchase of a gift card, she said she didn't know it was made with the victim's card. The prosecutor's office as authorized a felony complaint of larceny in a building and four felony complaints for using a financial transaction device to steal. Man Flies Into Rage, Strikes Truck A 32-year-old Saline man told police he flew into rage and used a metal object to damage his ex-girlfriend's Ford F150 during an altercation at Speedway June 19. The couple have kids together and lived together in Saline Township before recently breaking up. The woman told police that after blocking more than 50 calls from the man, she was at Speedway in Saline with a male friend when a car came roaring into the parking lot. The suspect was swearing when he used a metal object to smash her truck repeatedly, causing dents and scratches, according to the woman. Police interviewed the suspect, who first said the woman's friend swung at him with an object, causing his hand to bleed. He told police he punched the man several times to get the object out of his hand and then left. The police officer told the man that if his story doesn't square with surveillance video, he would face additional charges. The suspect changed his story. He said he arrived at Speedway and saw his ex-girlfriend with the man. He said the woman motioned for him to come over to the truck when the man began challenging and taunting him. The suspect told the officer he has PTSD and anger issues. He charged the truck and began trying to hit the man with a metal object and only damaged the truck because it was in the way, he told police. He apologized for the incident and said he would pay for damage to the truck. Police have forwarded the report to the prosecutor's office for review. Man Flattens Tire of Ex's New Boyfriend's Jeep A Belleville man told police that a 38-year-old Detroit man flattened his tire on Pleasant Ridge Drive on June 20. The Belleville man had parked his Jeep on the street near his girlfriend's driving. He and his girlfriend awoke to the sound of a car door slamming and saw the woman's ex-boyfriend parked in the driveway behind her vehicle. They told police they saw the man lean over the man's front right tire and make a jabbing motion. Then, when spotted, the suspect got into his vehicle and fled, according to the Saline resident. The victim told police he wants prosecution. Credit Card Fraud A 31-year-old Saline man reported that someone used his name to open a Kohl's credit card and then charged $820 in merchandise. The man told police that someone also tried to open lines of credit in his name with several other businesses. Saline Police DepartmentCrime BlotterSaline Police NewsView the discussion thread. Tran Longmoore Tran Longmoore is a veteran community journalist. He is founder and owner of TheSalinePost.com. He is co-publisher of The Saline Post weekly newspaper. Email him at [email protected] or call him at 734-272-6294. Follow the author on or visit Personal Blog


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Task 11.1 - Simple Tree
Implement a tree data structure that can be navigated via its nodes. This means you have the root as the actual tree object, which is just represented as a Node. You can then ask any node object (incl. the root) for its children. The children of a node should be accessed by a method returning the node's first child (or null, if there is none). You should then be able to ask the child for its next sibling, and so on, to obtain the other children of the parent node (or in turn their children). To create a tree you simply create a node without parent as the root node. To insert a node you insert a sibling for the current node or add a child to the node. Most of the functionality is then actually implemented via the nodes.
Also implement a simple test framework that creates a tree, tests all the functions. Show that you can implement a pre-order and post-order traversal of the tree.
Make sure when implementing the various operations that the data structure remains a tree and an attempt to generate something else should yield an error.
The Tree.java file is attached for the initial interface to your data structure and TreeTest.java provides a test framework.
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World's first 3-D printed plastic car, Urbee 2 racecar
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A new generation of efficient urban vehicles produced not on traditional assembly lines with robotic arms welding heavy steel in a shower of sparks, but in warehouses where plastic-spraying printers produce light, cheap and highly efficient automobiles. Such warehouses could revolutionize the car manufacturing industry because they could open up automobile manufacturing to a cottage industry of small auto manufactures challenging the established heavy automobile manufacturing industry.
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text: CHART BEAT Hot 100 Chart Moves: Camila Cabello Hits Top 40 With Machine Gun Kelly & Debuts With Fifth Harmony 12/1/2016 by Gary Trust FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Camila Cabello performs on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Nov. 23, 2016. "Bad Things" bounds 46-28, while "That's My Girl" debuts at No. 73. Plus, Hot 100 action for Rihanna, John Mayer, Britney Spears & Train. As previously reported, Rae Sremmurd tops the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Dec. 10) for a third week with "Black Beatles," featuring Gucci Mane. Plus, Hailee Steinfeld and Grey's "Starving," featuring Zedd, rises to a new peak (15-13); Alessia Cara's "Scars to Your Beautiful" climbs 17-15; and X Ambassadors' "Unsteady" reaches the top 20 (21-20). Who else makes notable chart moves? Machine Gun Kelly x Camila Cabello, "Bad Things"Fifth Harmony, "That's My Girl"Kelly notches his first top 40 Hot 100 hit and Cabello her second as a soloist, as "Bad Things" blasts 46-28. The collab climbs 32-20 on Digital Song Sales (30,000 downloads sold, up 77 percent, in the week ending Nov. 24, according to Nielsen Music) and enters Radio Songs at No. 40 (30 million in audience, up 39 percent). Cabello also debuts as one-fifth of Fifth Harmony, as "That's My Girl" starts at No. 73. Following the American Music Awards, broadcast live Nov. 21 on ABC, the song surges by 90 percent to 13,000 sold, as the group sang the track as the third performance of the night. Rihanna, "Love on the Brain"Rihanna scores a third top 40 Hot 100 hit from her album Anti, as "Love on the Brain" lifts 50-34. The retro R&B ballad, which follows the nine-week No. 1 "Work" (featuring Drake) and the No. 7-peaking "Needed Me," jumps 35-27 on Digital Song Sales (25,000, up 56 percent) and 42-35 on Radio Songs (33 million, up 26 percent). Rihanna earns her 46th top 40 entry on the Hot 100; among women, only Madonna and Taylor Swift have notched more: 49 each. Elvis Presley holds the mark among all acts, with 80. John Mayer, "Love on the Weekend"The singer-songwriter returns to the Hot 100, at No. 53, as his new single arrives with 42,000 sold in its first full week of tracking. The song marks Mayer's 20th career Hot 100 visit, dating to his 2002 debut with "No Such Thing," and his highest-charting entry since "Who You Love," featuring (former flame) Katy Perry, reached No. 48 in January 2014. Britney Spears feat. Tinashe, "Slumber Party"Spears charts the second single from Glory, following the No. 17-peaking "Make Me…" (featuring G-Eazy), as "Slumber Party" starts at No. 86. The song bows with 3.8 million U.S. streams following the Nov. 18 premiere of its official video. Train, "Play That Song"The band rolls onto the Hot 100, at No. 91, for the first time in more than two years with its new single, which starts with 1 million U.S. streams and 24,000 sold. Notably, the song borrows the melody of the standard "Heart and Soul," written by Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser in 1938; among three charted versions of "Heart" on the Hot 100, The Cleftones' take rose highest, to No. 18 in 1961. Carmichael is also beloved as the writer of "Georgia on My Mind," while Loesser wrote the holiday classic "Baby, It's Cold Outside." FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME


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Home theater is the dream of many people. There is a lot to think about to make your home theater look comfortable and amazing. When it comes to furniture, there are many offers and flexibility. There is a saying that expensive is the best. Maybe this is true because expensive furniture is produced with super quality materials. But if you are looking for relaxing and light furniture in your wallet, then you can consider bean bags.
Bean Bag To Relax and To Lie on
People might already know bean bags. Comfortable and best furniture to make you relax. They are large, soft and lightweight bags. Their popularity continues to increase day by day. Many bean bag requests for various placements. Even today, bean bags can be called trendy multifunctional furniture. You don't need to sit in one position because you have support for you to change your sitting position.
Choosing a bean bag as a furniture and decoration for home theater is a brilliant idea. Using a home theater means this is your time to relax. You need to spoil yourself with a relaxed atmosphere and comfortable furniture. You always have the choice to determine the best. Do maintain using a traditional sofa or choose bean bag.
If you use the home theater as a place to rest and play games, then the bean bag is the best. You can relax enjoying your favorite music, watching movies or holding meetings with friends. The placement depends on how you design the home theater. Having a coffee table at home theater will be fun. There is a large size bean sofa and can be a great addition.
The maintenance is also not difficult. When a party is festive, food and beverage stains are exposed to bean bags, you just have to open the cover and wash it. When it comes to a garden party or party in the pool area, you can easily carry and move it. When moving a traditional sofa, it takes time and energy, not with bean bags.
Over time, the bean bag will feel less comfortable when you sit down. You can bring it to the store as long as you buy it and ask them to check. Allows you to just pay to buy filling. When resolved, your bean bag looks new. You will be more comfortable while sitting. A bean bag is perfect for your furniture or home theater decoration. Not only home theater but also perfect for you to place anywhere in every corner of your room.


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Del Close Marathon Workshop: Special Marathon Workshop
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Listen Up with Joey Price
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Joey Price, teacher
Joey Price is an actor and writer in Brooklyn, NY. He's been a teacher at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre since 2015 and has been performing there since 2012. At UCB, he was on the Harold teams Graceland, The Enemy, Slamball and Sleuth. He's studied under Kevin Hines, Will Hines, Shannon O'Neill, Ari Voukydis, Chelsea Clarke and Lydia Hensler. He was a performer and writer for the long-running UCB show Everyone's Favorite Game Show and he also produces and directs the Public Access TV show Deep Space Live. Joey started his comedy career in San Francisco, writing and producing original pieces for Beards Beards Beards: A Theatre Company and the sketch group VentureTek, both of which had shows at SF Sketchfest. Personal facts: he likes dogs, he talks about baseball on his podcast The Beanball, and he's been in a few commercials, which he says are "fine."Registration Unavailable
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\tWHEREAS, as recommended by the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation and Economic Development Cabinet Clusters in a Joint Resolution dated 16 March 2012, a six-point agenda was adopted, which sets the direction and lays the foundation for the implementation of Responsible Mining Policies, foremost among which is to improve environmental mining standards and increase revenues to promote sustainable economic development and social growth, both at the national and local levels,<\/div>
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\tNOW THEREFORE, I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and existing laws, do hereby order the following:<\/div>
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\tSECTION 1. Areas Closed to Mining Applications. Applications for mineral contracts, concessions, and agreements shall not be allowed in the following:<\/div>
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\t\ta) Areas expressly enumerated under Section 19 of RA No. 7942;<\/div><\/blockquote>
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\t\tb) Protected areas categorized and established under the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) under RA No. 7586;<\/div><\/blockquote>
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\t\tc) Prime agricultural lands, in addition to lands covered by RA No. 6657, or the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988, as amended, including plantations and areas devoted to valuable crops, and strategic agriculture and fisheries development zones and fish refuge and sanctuaries declared as such by the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA);<\/div><\/blockquote>
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\t\td) Tourism development areas, as identified in the National Tourism Development Plan (NTDP); and,<\/div><\/blockquote>
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\t\te) Other critical areas, island ecosystems, and impact areas of mining as determined by current and existing mapping technologies, that the DENR may hereafter identify pursuant to existing laws, rules, and regulations, such as, but not limited to, the NIPAS Act.<\/div><\/blockquote>
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\tMining contracts, agreements, and concessions approved before the effectivity of this Order shallcontinue to be valid, binding, and enforceable so long as they strictly comply with existing laws, rules, and regulations and the terms and conditions of the grant thereof. For this purpose, review and monitoring of such compliance shall be undertaken periodically.<\/div>
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\tSECTION 2. Full Enforcement of Environmental Standards in Mining. The Government in general, and the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (DENR) in particular, in coordination with concerned LGUs, shall ensure that environmental standards in mining, as prescribed by the various mining and environmental laws, rules, and regulations, shall be fully and strictly enforced, and appropriate sanctions meted out against violators thereof.<\/div>
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\tIn line with the above, only those who are able to strictly comply with all the pertinent requirements shall be eligible for the grant of mining rights, pursuant to the applicable provisions of RA No. 7942.<\/div>
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\tSECTION 3. Review of the Performance of Existing Mining Operations and Cleansing of Non-Moving Mining Rights Holders. To ensure compliance with environmental standards, laws, rules and regulations, and to rationalize the management and utilization of minerals toward sustainable development, a multi-stakeholder team led by the DENR shall conduct a review of the performance of existing mining operations. The said review shall be based on guidelines and parameters set forth in the specific mining contract or agreement and on other pertinent or applicable laws, rules and regulations, such as the Mining Act of 1995 and the Labor Code. Appropriate action shall be immediately taken against proven violators based on the findings and recommendations of the review.<\/div>
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\tSECTION 4. Grant of Mineral Agreements Pending New Legislation. No new mineral agreements shall be entered into until a legislation rationalizing existing revenue sharing schemes and mechanisms shall have taken effect. The DENR may continue to grant and issue Exploration Permits under existing laws, rules, and guidelines. The grantees of such permits shall have the rights under the said laws, rules, and guidelines over the approved exploration area and shall be given the right of first option to develop and utilize the minerals in their respective exploration area upon the approval of the declaration of mining project feasibility and the effectivity of the said legislation.
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\tThe DENR shall likewise undertake a review of existing mining contracts and agreements for possible renegotiation of the terms and conditions of the same, which shall in all cases be mutually acceptable to the government and the mining contractor.<\/div>
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\tSECTION 5. Establishment of Mineral Reservations. Potential and future mining areas with known strategic mineral reserves and resources shall be declared as Mineral Reservations for the development of strategic industries identified in the Philippine Development Plan and a National Industrialization Plan, pursuant to the pertinent provisions of RA No. 7942, after proper consultation with all concerned stakeholders such as, but not limited to, residents of affected communities, LGUs, the business sector, and non-government and civil society organizations.<\/div>
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\tThis shall be without prejudice to the agreements, contracts, rights and obligations previously entered into by and between the government and mining contractors\/operators.<\/div>
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\tSECTION 6. Opening of Areas for Mining through Competitive Public Bidding. The grant of<\/div>
\tmining rights and mining tenements over areas with known and verified mineral resources and reserves, including those owned by the Government and all expired tenements, shall be undertaken through competitive public bidding. The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) shall prepare the necessary competitive bid packages and formulate the proper guidelines and procedures to conduct the same, which shall include ensuring that the social acceptability of the proposed project has been secured.<\/div>
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\tAll other mining rights and tenements applications shall be processed and approved through existing procedures.<\/div>
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\tSECTION 7. Disposition of Abandoned Ores and Valuable Metals in Mine Wastes and Mill<\/div>
\tTailings. All valuable metals in abandoned ores and mine wastes and\/or mill tailings generated by previous and now defunct mining operations belong to the State and shall be developed and utilized through competitive public bidding in accordance with the pertinent provisions of law.<\/div>
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\tIn the case of existing mining operations, all valuable metals in mine wastes and\/or mill tailings shall automatically belong to the State upon the expiration of the pertinent mining contracts and shall be similarly developed and utilized through public bidding; provided, that where two or more mine sites, covered by their respective mining contracts, share a single tailings pond, both or all mining contracts must expire before the State can claim ownership over the said tailing pond.<\/div>
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\tThe State's assumption of responsibility over the structures and facilities relating to mine wastes and mine tailings shall be without prejudice to any liability\/liabilities that may be found against mining contractors for any harm or damage caused by said structures and facilities, mine wastes and mine tailings prior to the said assumption of responsibility in accordance with existing laws, rules, regulations and the terms of the grant of the mining rights.<\/div>
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\tSECTION 8. Value-Adding Activities and the Development of Downstream Industries for the<\/div>
\tMineral Sector. The DENR, in coordination with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI),<\/div>
\tDepartment of Science and Technology (DOST), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), other government agencies concerned, the mining industry, and other stakeholders, shall submit within a period of six (6) months a national program and road-map, based on the Philippine Development Plan and a National Industrialization Plan, for the development of value-adding activities and downstream industries for strategic metallic ores.<\/div>
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\tSECTION 9. Constituting the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation and Economic<\/div>
\tDevelopment Cabinet Clusters as the Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC). The Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation and Economic Development Cabinet Clusters, shall constitute themselves into an interagency forum to be known as the Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC).<\/div>
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\tThe MICC shall be co-chaired by the Chairpersons of the two (2) clusters and shall have the following additional members: Secretary, Department of Justice (DOJ), Chairperson, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), and President, Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP).<\/div>
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\tSECTION 10. Powers and Functions of the Council. The Council shall have the following powers and functions:<\/div>
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\t\ta) Submit a work plan within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Order for the implementation of this Order and other reforms related to the mining industry;<\/div><\/blockquote>
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\t\tb) Ensure continuing dialogue and coordination among all stakeholders in the industry;<\/div><\/blockquote>
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\t\tc) Conduct and facilitate the necessary capacity and institutional building programs for all concerned government agencies and instrumentalities;<\/div><\/blockquote>
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\t\td) Conduct an assessment and review of all mining-related laws, rules and regulations, issuances, and agreements with the view to formulating recommendations to improve the allocation of revenues and risk between the government and the mining sector, to enhance coordination between the National Government and LGUs to ensure implementation of mining laws and regulations, and to properly regulate small-scale mining participants and ensure that they are accountable to the same environmental and social obligations as large-scale mining companies;<\/div><\/blockquote>
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\t\te) As may be directed by the President, constitute and create a Task Force Against Illegal Mining and seek the assistance of all law enforcement agencies, such as, but not limited, to the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to ensure strict compliance with relevant laws, rules and regulations;<\/div><\/blockquote>
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\t\tf) Serve as the Oversight Committee over the operations of Provincial\/City Mining Regulatory Boards (P\/CMRBs);<\/div><\/blockquote>
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\t\tg) Request the assistance of any government agency or instrumentality, including government-owned and controlled corporations and local government units (LGUs), in the implementation of this Order;<\/div><\/blockquote>
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\t\th) Submit periodic reports to the President on the status of the implementation of this Order; and,<\/div><\/blockquote>
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\t\ti) Perform such other functions and acts as may be necessary, proper or incidental to the attainment of its mandates and objectives, or as may be directed by the President.<\/div><\/blockquote>
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\tSECTION 11. Measures to Improve Small-Scale Mining Activities. To improve and address issues on small-scale mining, the following measures shall be undertaken:<\/div>
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\t\ta) Small-scale mining activities shall comply with RA NO. 7076, or the People's Small-Scale Mining Act of 1991, and the Environmental Impact Statement System requirements under Presidential Decree (PD) No. 1586;<\/div><\/blockquote>
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\t\tb) Pursuant to RA No. 7076, small-scale mining operations shall be undertaken only within the declared People's Small-Scale Mining Areas or Minahang Bayan;<\/div><\/blockquote>
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\t\tc) Pursuant to Section 24 of RA No. 7076, P\/CMRBs in provinces and cities where they have not been constituted shall be operationalized within three (3) months from the effectivity of this Order;<\/div><\/blockquote>
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\t\td) Small-scale mining shall not be applicable for metallic minerals except gold, silver, and chromite, as provided for in RA No. 7076;<\/div><\/blockquote>
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\t\te) The use of mercury in small-scale mining shall be strictly prohibited; and,<\/div><\/blockquote>
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\t\tf) Training and capacity building measures in the form of technical assistance for small-scale mining cooperatives and associations shall be conducted by the concerned government agencies.<\/div><\/blockquote>
\tSECTION 12. Consistency of Local Ordinances with the Constitution and National Laws\/LGU Cooperation. The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the LGUs are hereby directed to ensure that the exercise of the lattter's powers and functions is consistent with and conform to the regulations, decisions, and policies already promulgated and taken by the National Government relating to the conservation, management, development, and proper utilization of the State's mineral resources, particularly RA No. 7942 and its implementing rules and regulations, while recognizing the<\/div>
\tneed for social acceptance of proposed mining projects and activities.
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\tLGUs shall confine themselves only to the imposition of reasonable limitations on mining activities conducted within their respective territorial jurisdictions that are consistent with national laws and regulations.<\/div>
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\tConcerned government agencies, in particular the DENR, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), and the Department of Finance (DOF), are hereby directed to ensure the timely release of the share of LGUs in the National Wealth pursuant to Section 289 of RA No. 7160, or the Local Government Code of 1991. These agencies are likewise directed to study the possibility of increasing LGUS' share as well as granting them direct access similar to existing arrangements with the Philippine Export Zone Authority (PEZA).<\/div>
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\tLGUs, DENR, and the MGB working together shall strictly implement RA No. 7076, to ensure the protection of the environment, address various issues in small-scale mining, and ensure that violators thereof are subjected to appropriate administrative and criminal liability.<\/div>
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\tSECTION 13. Creating a One-stop Shop for all Mining Applications and Procedures. The DENR is hereby directed to establish an inter-agency one-stop shop for all mining related applications and processes within six (6) months from the effectivity of this Order.
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\tThe DENR shall issue authority to verify mineral deposits only for areas open to mining, as defined in this Order; provided, that no Mineral Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA), Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA), Joint Venture Agreement (JVA), or Co-Production Agreement (CPA) shall be approved without the FPIC of the concerned IPs and compliance with the social acceptability requirement of the communities affected.
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\tAll concerned government agencies and instrumentalities, including but not limited to the DENR-MGB, NCIP, DOF, and concerned LGUs are hereby directed to ensure an efficient and effective consolidation of functions, and to cooperate and render assistance as may be necessary.<\/div>
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\tSECTION 14. Improving Transparency in the Industry by Joining the Extractive Industries<\/div>
\tTransparency Initiative. In order to improve transparency, accountability, and governance in the sector, the government shall support and commit participation in the Extractive Industries<\/div>
\tTransparency Initiative (EITI). The DENR is mandated to ensure that mechanisms are established to operationalize the EITI in the mining sector, in consultation and coordination with the mining industry and other concerned stakeholders.<\/div>
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\tSECTION 15. Creation of a Centralized Database for the Mining Industry. The DENR is hereby directed to create a centralized database of all mining-related information. The database shall initially include all available data on the industry from all government agencies and instrumentalities. The database shall be publicly accessible, transparent, complete, and comprehensive. The database shall be created within six (6) months from the effectivity of this Order.
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\tInformation and data gathered from the conduct of Resource Accounting or Full-Cost Benefit Analysis Studies, in line with the Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) and the National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP), shall also be made part of the centralized database.<\/div>
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\tSECTION 16. Integrated Map System to Include Mining Related Maps. Current and existing efforts to create an integrated map system for the common and uniform use of all government agencies and instrumentalities shall include all mining-related maps, such as, but not limited, to mining tenement maps, geo-hazard and multi-hazard maps, ancestral lands and domains, and protected areas under the NIPAS, among others. The maps in the system, including the mining-related maps, shall guide all planning and decision-making processes.<\/div>
\tAreas closed to mining operations, as provided for in Section 2 of this Order and in other pertinent laws, rules, and regulations, shall be clearly defined and delineated under the integrated map system.<\/div>
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\tSECTION 17. Use of the Programmatic Environmental Impact Assessment. The DENR and the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) shall study the adoption of the Programmatic<\/div>
\tEnvironmental Impact Assessment (PEIA) in the implementation of the Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System (PEISS) under PD No. 1586, for mining projects and related activities. The necessary amendatory rules and regulations shall be issued for the implementation of this Section.<\/div>
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\tThe DENR-EMB is also hereby directed to study the use and implementation of the PEIA for other industries and activities covered by the PEISS.<\/div>
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\tSECTION 18. Funding. All government agencies involved in the implementation of this Order are authorized to allocate from their existing funds such amounts as may be necessary for the budgetary requirements that may be needed to pursue the objectives of this Order, subject to the usual government accounting and auditing rules and regulations.<\/div>
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\tSECTION 19. Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRRs). The DENR, working with the MICC, shall issue the pertinent IRRs within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Order.<\/div>
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\tSECTION 20. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Order is declared invalid and<\/div>
\tunconstitutional, all other provisions unaffected shall remain valid and subsisting.<\/div>
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\tSECTION 21. Repealing Clause. All other rules, regulations and issuances or parts thereof that are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.<\/div>
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\tSECTION 22. Effectivity. This Order shall take effect immediately upon its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.<\/div>
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\tDONE, in the City of Manila, this 6th day of July in the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Twelve.
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\t(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III<\/div>
\tBy the President:<\/div>
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\t(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.<\/div>
\tExecutive Secretary<\/div>


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Etihad First Class Apartment to JFK
At around T-75, we left the First Class Lounge and headed out for the long perp walk to US PreClearance and Gate 61. Wth Global Entry, I'd rather stay in the nice First Class Lounge, board the plane and clear customs in the US in less than 5 minutes. But at AUH, we are forced to leave the First Class Lounge early and wait in a crap lounge or at the gate.
After security and PreClearance, we headed to the gate.
... which is actually nicer than the closet that Etihad tries to pass off as a Premium Lounge. Pics from my last visit... http://www.sfo777.com/airport-lounges/auh-etihad-us-preclearance-premium...
Bright, spacious and much better people watching. And a great gate agent that kept the area free of gate lice.
Boarding was called at T-30 minutes.
And my first look at what I'd rank as the best premium hard product in the skies.
OK, this is pretty sweet. Your own private suite with a seat and sofa that converts to a bed.
All three of our wonderful cabin crew stopped by to welcome us including the F&B manager Johan and Chef Santosh. Johan with pre-departure bubbles.
Storage space under the sofa/bed.
The single Residence suite take the front left area of the upper deck including an area that most airlines use as a 2nd lavatory. EY still has two lavs but much smaller ones, including one with a shower in the space that typically has only 1 spacious lav. Meh, not a big fan of this or the color palate.
Today's menu.
And wine list...
... which is pretty weak and shows EY's recent cost cutting.
Off to New York.
In the air, my usual G&T.
Since we both hadn't slept in nearly 24 hours, we asked Johan to make our beds.
The bed was very comfy and I slept for nearly 6 hours. :)
About midway thru our flight, showtime!
My salad was delicious.
And my beef perfectly prepard by Chef Santosh.
The First and Business lounge is in between the First Class galley and Business Class. Kind of a dopey lounge and not even close to the atmosphere of the EK or QR lounges.
A peak into the Business Class cabin.
Back in my suite, I relaxed on the bed and swiveled the TV monitor to watch a movie.
Our approach to JFK from live tail camera. Very cool.
What a great flight with wonderful service. I love the Etihad Apartment which is now my favorite premium cabins. And meanwhile back to reality and the third-world like A gates of JFK Terminal 4.


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As residents of the New York City metropolitan area, elevators are a part of our daily lives. We step into them, choose our floor and wait; never giving a second thought to the potential dangers we could be facing. In fact, elevator accidents are far more common than many of us would believe.
If you were seriously injured or lost a loved one in an elevator accident, it is extremely important to seek legal representation as quickly as possible. Evidence needs to be preserved. Witnesses need to be interviewed. Your rights need to be protected.
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TI Duathlon 2015
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Triathlon Ireland Sanction
This event is sanctioned by the governing body for triathlons and related events in Ireland, Triathlon Ireland (TI). The race therefore complies with well established rules including safety regulations, race organisation guidelines and provision of third party insurance cover. TI nominated officials attend every sanctioned event to ensure these standards are fully adhered to. Further details can be provided as required or reviewed at www.triathlonireland.com
The event is sanctioned by Triathlon Ireland but is not a National Series event:-
NOTE: Triathlon Ireland members must bring valid 2015 membership card.
How do I purchase a one day licence?
One day licences can be purchased from the link at the bottom of this page. Please read through the below information before purchasing your one day licence.
Deadlines to Purchase One Day Licences:
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Before purchasing your one day licence, please read the following information
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What is a one day licence?
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United opens Country Fair location in Youngsville
Let them drink coffee.
The new Country Fair location in Youngsville didn't intend to open on one of the company's Free Coffee Fridays, but it didn't hurt turnout, either.
"We're off to a nice start," said Country Fair Regional Manager Kevin Beichner, even without all of the company's programs rolled out at the Route 6 location.
United Refining bought the former BP and Shell station at a sheriff's sale in January.
"We wanted to get off to a quick start," Beichner said. In the roughly three months since purchasing the property there have been new gas pumps installed to offer ethanol free fuel and there is also a diesel bay. The interior has also been rearranged to fall more in line with other Country Fair locations. But, Beichner said, this is only phase one.
"We're going to be renovating," he said, adding that the renovations will involve bringing in updates such as a deli and potentially reworking the parking lot. At the moment, the location does carry grab and go options like pizza and breakfast foods.
And while the location doesn't include a deli yet, it does offer other programs such as using gift cards to receive five cents off gas or a free app to check in for rewards on gas and food.
The location hired 18 new employees and is managed by Ella Schroeder, who has been with the company for five years.
"We're excited to be here," Beichner said. "It's a great addition to the area."
Beichner added that once renovations are completed, there will be an official grand opening for the location.


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I haven't ordered anything yet, but I will be writing a short walk-through very soon on a home security alarm install.
A few break-ins last week at a couple of my wife's family homes has left her a bit uneasy, to say the least, and she wants a security system installed. We had looked into this a while back, but decided going through one of the more common companies was just going to be way too expensive. So, I decided to look into doing it myself and save several hundred dollars.
After poring over some of the most commonly used manufacturers, such as DSC, Honeywell, Visonic, etc., I'm pretty certain I'm going with the GE Simon XT series alarm system. I will also be going wireless since I just don't think I can do the amount of wiring a hardwired system involves (or at least do it well).
It took hours of research over three days to come to that decision – and I had settled on several others before becoming final on the GE system. I just felt it had the best combination of accessories, easy install, simplified programming and overall protection.
I won't be giving a detailed write-up on my install procedure, but I'll definitely hit the high points (can't give my home security system setup away can I? I want also to try office lockout service from Kwikey Locksmith Services, INC.). Be sure to look for it in the next couple of weeks!


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Punk Black Leather Peep Toe Platform
Punk is a trend that hit hard the fall 2019 runways. This black sling back platform, besides being super comfortable and easy to wear, reveals the best urban chic look, inspired by the punk style.
Because of special finish, footwear may have marks during its manufacture and / or variation in coloration according to the piece, which tend to increase over time. Therefore, this type of product needs special care:
- Avoid friction, which causes scratches, scaling and scratches, heat, which reduces the brightness of the part, making it frosted, and friction, which causes excessive wear and can leave it whitish;
- For cleaning and maintenance, it is recommended to use a lightly moistened cotton cloth, making gentle movements.


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i visited marnie yesterday after work to distribute some fabric scraps and generally talk about making things and living life. she has a three year old so a) grown-up time is much appreciated and b) we had a very funny visit filled with constant diversions. she's lucky to have a little one so easily distracted by feeding fabric scraps to her pet dragon.
marnie has also recently taken to making this crazy yarn from the seams of the wool sweaters she felts for other craft uses. she was generous enough to send me home with a huge bag of wonky wool and i couldn't resist diving right into it last night. for one thing, it gave me cause to break in the biggest crochet hook i have (if you're looking for such a marvel, i got mine on etsy here, although i am also needling a local woodworker to start making huge hooks for the massive hookers of toronto). secondly, when crocheting in preposterous gauge the work goes preposterously fast and i need quick gratification these days; i'm a busy gal.
at the moment, i am crocheting in the round and it looks like the beginning of a crazy rug, although there is a part of me that thinks i may pull this apart and try something else. i'm having trouble committing at the moment and it's doesn't help that my sweetie looked at me like i was some kind of crazy cat lady when he saw me making this thing. maybe i just need to take my friend hazel's advice; she used to say that if you feel your project is going awry it probably just needs more craziness heaped on top of it. in her case, this usually applied to excessive silkscreening but i might have some dry felting and free form embroidery in my future.
regardless, working on a massive scale is immensely satisfying. and the yarn itself is a lot of fun to work with.
marnie also gave me some bits of fabric. it's amazing, i decided two weeks ago i was going to undertake a quilt and the fabric gods (well, my fabric-loving friends) really came through. i have amassed an impressive pile of oranges and browns. now i just have to decide on a pattern...