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package org.conscrypt;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import junit.framework.TestCase;

public class OpenSSLKeyTest extends TestCase {
    static final String RSA_PUBLIC_KEY =
        "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\n" +
        "MFwwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADSwAwSAJBAOHsK2E2FLYfEMWEVH/rJMTqDZLLLysh\n" +
        "AH5odcfhYdF9xvFFU9rqJT7zXUDH4SjdhZGUUAO5IOC1e8ZIyRsbiY0CAwEAAQ==\n" +
        "-----END PUBLIC KEY-----";

    static final String RSA_PRIVATE_KEY =
        "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n" +
        "MIIBOgIBAAJBAOHsK2E2FLYfEMWEVH/rJMTqDZLLLyshAH5odcfhYdF9xvFFU9rq\n" +
        "JT7zXUDH4SjdhZGUUAO5IOC1e8ZIyRsbiY0CAwEAAQJBALcu+oGJC0QcbknpIWbT\n" +
        "L+4mZTkYXLeYu8DDTHT0j47+6eEyYBOoRGcZDdlMWquvFIrV48RSot0GPh1MBE1p\n" +
        "lKECIQD4krM4UshCwUHH9ZVkoxcPsxzPTTW7ukky4RZVN6mgWQIhAOisOAXVVjon\n" +
        "fbGNQ6CezH7oOttEeZmiWCu48AVCyixVAiAaDZ41OA//Vywi3i2jV6iyH47Ud347\n" +
        "R+ImMAtcMTJZOQIgF0+Z1UvIdc8bErzad68xQc22h91WaYQQXWEL+xrz8nkCIDcA\n" +
        "MpCP/H5qTCj/l5rxQg+/NUGCg2pHHNLL+cy5N5RM\n" +
        "-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----";

    static final BigInteger RSA_MODULUS = new BigInteger(
        "e1ec2b613614b61f10c584547feb24c4ea0d92cb2f2b21007e6875c7e161d17d" +
        "c6f14553daea253ef35d40c7e128dd8591945003b920e0b57bc648c91b1b898d", 16);

    static final BigInteger RSA_PUBLIC_EXPONENT = new BigInteger("10001", 16);
    static final BigInteger RSA_PRIVATE_EXPONENT = new BigInteger(
        "b72efa81890b441c6e49e92166d32fee266539185cb798bbc0c34c74f48f8efe" +
        "e9e1326013a84467190dd94c5aabaf148ad5e3c452a2dd063e1d4c044d6994a1", 16);

    public void test_fromPublicKeyPemInputStream() throws Exception {
        ByteArrayInputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(RSA_PUBLIC_KEY.getBytes("UTF-8"));
        OpenSSLKey key = OpenSSLKey.fromPublicKeyPemInputStream(is);
        OpenSSLRSAPublicKey publicKey = (OpenSSLRSAPublicKey)key.getPublicKey();
        assertEquals(RSA_MODULUS, publicKey.getModulus());
        assertEquals(RSA_PUBLIC_EXPONENT, publicKey.getPublicExponent());
    }

    public void test_fromPrivateKeyPemInputStream() throws Exception {
        ByteArrayInputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(RSA_PRIVATE_KEY.getBytes("UTF-8"));
        OpenSSLKey key = OpenSSLKey.fromPrivateKeyPemInputStream(is);
        OpenSSLRSAPrivateKey privateKey = (OpenSSLRSAPrivateKey)key.getPrivateKey();
        assertEquals(RSA_MODULUS, privateKey.getModulus());
        assertEquals(RSA_PRIVATE_EXPONENT, privateKey.getPrivateExponent());
    }
}


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Elita Kļaviņa (Jēkabpils, 3 november 1966) is een Lets actrice. Zij is actief sinds 1991.

Filmografie
 Mērnieku laiki, 1991
 Līduma dūmi (televisieprogramma), 1992
 Tumsas puķe (televisieprogramma), 1998
 Paslēpes, 2001
 Pa ceļam aizejot, 2002
 Tumšie brieži, 2006
 Rīgas sargi, 2007
 Офицеры 2: Все будет хорошо (Ofitsery 2: Vsjo boedet chorosjo) (televisieserie), 2009

Externe link

Lets acteur

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Q: Spring MVC is giving http 404 error what wrong? i am learning spring mvc and i try to build a simple webapp but it don't work.
the error is : HTTP 404-NOT FOUND
i have try many time but it still the same error.
i don't know if the error is coming from my code or from tomcad 10
helps please
i am using eclipse IDE and tomcat 10
this is my folder structure
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spring-mvc-demo-sevlet.xml:
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
xsi:schemaLocation="
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc.xsd">

<!-- Step 3: Add support for component scanning -->
<context:component-scan base-package="com.luv2code.springdemo" />

<!-- Step 4: Add support for conversion, formatting and validation support -->
<mvc:annotation-driven/>

<!-- Step 5: Define Spring MVC view resolver -->
<bean
    class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
    <property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/view/" />
    <property name="suffix" value=".jsp" />
</bean>

</beans>

web.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/web-
app_3_1.xsd"
id="WebApp_ID" version="3.1">

<display-name>spring-mvc-demo</display-name>

<absolute-ordering />

<!-- Spring MVC Configs -->

<!-- Step 1: Configure Spring MVC Dispatcher Servlet -->
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
    <init-param>
        <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
        <param-value>/WEB-INF/spring-mvc-demo-servlet.xml</param-value>
    </init-param>
    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>

    <!-- Step 2: Set up URL mapping for Spring MVC Dispatcher Servlet -->
    <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
 </servlet-mapping>

    </web-app>

controller :
package com.luv2code.springdemo.mvc;

import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;

@Controller
public class HomeController {

@RequestMapping("/")
public String showPage() {
        return "main-menu";
    }

}

the view :
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>

<h2> Spring MVC Demo -Home Page</h2>
</body>
</html>

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.Routing;
using Castle.MicroKernel.Registration;
using Castle.Windsor;

namespace Hotelier
{
    public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
    {
        private static WindsorContainer container = new WindsorContainer();

        public static IEnumerable<object> RetrieveZombieHandlers()
        {
            yield return container.Resolve<IContainRooms>();
        }

        public MvcApplication()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Constructing MvcApplication");
        }

        public static void RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilterCollection filters)
        {
            filters.Add(new HandleErrorAttribute());
        }

        public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
        {
            routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

            routes.MapRoute(
                "Default", // Route name
                "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
                new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
            );

        }

        protected void Application_Start()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Application started");
            AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();

            RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
            RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
            RegisterComponents();
            ControllerBuilder.Current.SetControllerFactory(container.Resolve<IControllerFactory>());
        }

        private void RegisterComponents()
        {
            container.Register(
                Component.For<IControllerFactory>()
                .ImplementedBy<WindsorControllerFactory>());

            container.Register(
                Component.For<IController>()
                .ImplementedBy<HomeController>()
                .Named("homecontroller")
                .LifestyleTransient());

            container.Register(
                Component.For<IController>()
                .ImplementedBy<RoomController>()
                .Named("roomcontroller")
                .LifestyleTransient());

            container.Register(
                Component.For<IContainRooms, IRegisterBookings>()
                .ImplementedBy<InMemoryHotel>()
                );

        }
    }
}

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Recently I departed from my 6dof simulator as I didn't get the right feel while using it with VR.
This despite having a stabilizer on the oculus cam I still had some weird behavior in the goggles..
But the biggest thing is that some motions is not felt..
This could be a problem with the sim itself as not being quick enough, although it moved fast in all directions.. But in the end I missed the tiny details that makes the sim a sim.. now it was more a moving platform ..
So I scratched all and start all over again.. New everything. No reuse.. scratch..
I already had a thread in the Q&A (SCN6 alike actuators) and here, with help of members of the community, I came to a plan..
Before diving in full fledge I decided to start with a single small actuator..
This is build based on a 8nm stepper servo and a 1610 leads..
The idea is to have a raspberry pi 3 communicating over I2C with an Arduino. So Simtools communicates over IP with the raspberry and this will do the calculations and send the results to the Arduino for moving the corresponding motor to the right position.
Why I want the raspberry is because I then have a nice display where I can put on some information and do the configuration in a graphical way.. (with touch).. More gimmick perhaps then actual use, but this keeps me busy while waiting for the parts to arrive.
So why D-Box style? Because I think I can have more smaller movements with a direct driven actuator then I can have with a gearbox/lever solution.. I feel that the smaller details will enhance the VR notion..
I will try and document all the steps I make and provide all the details from drawings to code..
As I am just some guy with no real specialties or mechanical engineering qualifications please don't hasitate if you think I am heading in a wrong direction.. I know this is supposed to be a build thread, but a good bases with hints and tips would make this build probably a better one..
This is becoming a real challenge as I 'moved' from the Netherlands to the south of Spain.. And things work differently then I am used to I have internet but going from a 1000Mbit fiber connection to a connection that ranges from 0.7 up to 5mbit/s is sometimes a pain.. Also addresses are a pain here.. I tried a shipment of a cheap gadget, just to check if I could receive packages failed.. Now it is in a postoffice 10km from here But what the heck.. I will build me a hell of a machine someway or another.
Now start looking for a 'house' with a garage so I can make some noise and dust..
But first I will do the programming of the Raspberry and the Arduino..
So the first parts are slowly coming in.. I have my 8Nm Nema3 motor and some sliders, but waiting for a few essentials parts.. Hefty, heavy little beast.
But I need some Torodial Transformers.. It seems that the specs of the motor are 60 V AC with a Max of 8A.. Looking to attach 2 motors per transformer so a max of 16a would be needed.. Andybody with knowledge of these things can point me to the best available options in Europe?
This is the part that I don't know any thing about!!! So advice is needed in this area.. I see 200/400/1000VA but then I am already lost Thanks in advance !!!
But besides that I have start working on the Raspberry PI side of the Motionsim.. Yep.. I figured that using the PI for the calculations and settings, having them communicating to the Arduino to set the motorpositions would take load of the Arduino. So it only has to do the Pulse Generation needed for driving the motors..
Somehow I wasn't able to run it in my debugging window but it runs fine on the PI itself so I made a short, boring video of it.. But it shows what my idea's are..
Next step is the I2C connection and program the Raspberry to send the data..
Create a Sketch for the Arduino to collect the data and set the motors.
The Pi will send info as of which motor and position, based on the available length of travel and precalculated.
The app on the PI will be prioritized at startup.. so the performance or missing steps shouldn't be a real threat!
Settings as how long the pulse should be is done by sending this from configuration buttons in the raspberry app.. this will be store on the raspberry itself and is then available in next sessions.
Would this transformator (Ringkerntransformator 1000VA 2x30V RK-EC/1000 ) be enough ??
And I think I need some additional wiring with a fuse or something? any idea's are welcome ..
I bought the 1000VA 2x30V so I should have 16.6A to divide over the 2 servo steppers which happen to have max of 8A.. so I should be pretty save running motors on a single transformer..
Just need to figure out on how I can 'hide' and connect the transformer as it is really big and heavy.. But on the other hand .. All is big and heavy in the parts..
Almost all the parts are in .. Just the ball screw 1610 is missing..
On the software side I have ran in a few issues.. Not on the software side but more on the connection side.. I2C connection was a failure as my touchscreen was suddenly a non touch screen so I guess some conflict on the way..
Then SPI.. Couldn't get it to work .. or not able to connect the 2 things.. so I bought me a small level converter and do a RX/TX connection between the .. (I haven't tried it yet, but in theory that is my final option) .. otherwise I will do with a small app in the windows traybar that calculates and submits the serial data.. but still I like the touchscreen of the PI tooo much.. I will try it this week ..
In the meanwhile my new PC arrived.. With the oculus rift and i7 8700/ 1080Ti. So I should have enough power to run all the games I want..
then ordered the base frame for the simulator at rseat.. and settled for the Formula V2 in Blue .. I hope this will be delivered somewhere next week (it is on transport since today) .. It still is a big challenge to have my parts shipped to my temporary location in Spain..
So all in all a big spending but I am nearly there to make me my first actuator .. Still convinced that I will make me cool looking actuators with a way better performance, larger range and way cheaper then D-Box.
As soon as I have all the parts I will rethink my design and see if it still feasible, although I think it is..
I will change the base with the foot to have it on a half sphere, with a rubbery texture.. so that I have less friction while it is operating.. because all 4 corners will be firmly connected to a base frame and that means that the actuators will be able to swivel left and right..
The design of the frame will be based on the base frame I have bought from RSeat.. So I will measure and design as soon as the rig has arrived at my doorstep and is set up ..
Ok.. enough for now, signing off, till the next time..
Being on a Arduino Mega right now I am starting to doubt that the mega would be fast enough to run 4 stepper servo motors..
Based on my idea it should run .. 1 motor = 400spr (steps per rotation.. for 300mm/s I need 30 revolutions/s =30*400=12000 times high and 12000 times low..
so 24000 commands for 1 motor .. and just the motion.. no control on where we are..
For 4 motors it would be 96000 commands a second..
I could daisy chain 4 arduino's on RX/TX but I think a single teensy would be a better options.. would like to have some headroom for control routines.
A stepper always needs a stepper driver. I never saw types with 60 V AC. Normally they are up to 40 V, 80V, 130V, but allways DC. But there are some types which run on a normal AC line (230 V).
The typical stepper has 200 full steps per rev. But you won't drive steppers in full step mode, believe me. Modern drivers can divide this full steps into up to tenthousands micro steps. Drawback: More micro steps need higher step frequency. Higher frequency needs sophisticated hardware (my CNC runs at 200 kHz from an FPGA card from MESA). So choose a good compromise, e.g. 1/8th step.
As a good start to step generation, you can have a look at the grbl project. This is a 3 axe CNC controller with step generation up to 30 kHz with acceleration ramps running on an Arduino Uno. The new version has a jogging interface, which can be used for positioning your actuator. As you are a software engineer, maybe it'a good start for a own spcialized version for stepper driven sim actuators.
Back on the software side of the actuators..
Ordered me the U profile .. but here in Spain it is not all in stock .. so days are passing. The delivery of the RSeat is going wrong in all possible ways, so I need to sort that out too ..
But back to the software..
I am going through with the route of Simtools -> raspberry for config and visual display -> Teensy for driving the servo's based on the calculations of the raspberry.
Another route I am thinking of is as follow.
Here the config is set by the raspberry and the code in the teensy should calculate based on the variable values created by the Raspberry.
this would give me the ability to have a visual output on the raspberry LCD.. But this is not in concrete but an idea if I want to have the display on with a visual representation of the motion..
As all the variable values are also stored in the EEPROM of the Arduino that way I can use the Arduino standalone and only connect the raspberry if I need to retune or recalibrate..
But with a button on the teensy I can also enable the calibration routine..
RX/TX ports.. So between the raspberry and Arduino the communication is plain Serial data..
The reason for the second route is that I can remove the raspberry all and only need it for configuring the variables .. like length of the actuator, speed of rotation, steps, calibration init..
Against this second route is that I can make the motion more variable and have the raspberry calculate the distance and speed.. with this I can play around by having short vibrating moves moving faster while having long hard moves smooth out a bit by reducing speed.. making it a bit more comfortable in large hard moves like moves from 127 to 255 being on a different frequency then moves between 100 -150 which would be on a slightly higher frequency..
But perhaps that is something simtools already has in it's filtering options..
I have a driver rated from 30 to 80v AC.. but I will run it on 60V AC .. I will be using a Closed Loop Servo Stepper.. It can run up to 80V but I've read that undervolting is better then being on the edge.. and the torque charts shows that I am not needed the additional 20V..
I am already on the route of Raspberry PI and Arduino/teensy.. thus far I am pretty satisfied and I can run all 4 actuators on a Teensy.. so thanks for the suggestion but will go by this route first.. if it might fail, which I don't believe, you gave me an option to explore..
What interface do this drivers have? Step/dir or something more sophisticated?
No nothing sophisticated.. just step/dir..
The minimum I can run the motor on is 400 steps per rotation ..
Ah, ok. Do you care about acceleration ramps in your software or do leave that to the closed loop controller of the driver?
I for sure will use acceleration.. but done by the software.. but I have to tune that all in.. the problem is that I don't have all the parts available as of yet..
Spain is a pain if you need something..
I have the 1610 ball screw assembly but what is the best way to rotate the ballscrew on the lead.. I am a bit afraid that the balls will fall out and I am in a big mess..
So I need to take the ballscrew off and rotate 180 degrees.. as it is now I would have all the eight on the screws.. instead of the weight on the vertical part of the ballscrew part..
Perfect for now.. at least no not all the load is on the bolts..
Parts are in .. I will build a trial version next weekend.. Although swamped with work I hope I can test one actuator.. Will update as soon as I have some concrete things to show.. That should probably be Saturday!
Just in time to send my update.
As said I am building one actuator first to test..
And Yes I've ordered the wrong length parts.. I now have a 600mm ballscrew rod.. is should have been 250.. But anyway I build it with what I have.. but eventually the actuators will be half the length of what it is now..
So I started with the controller software.. And here I fail at the moment.. As I need to do 400steps per rotation and 200mm is 20 rotations = 8000 steps to cover the distance..
I cannot do this with the tradition digitalWrite(x,HIGH), delayMicroseconds(x), digitalWrite(x,Low), delayMicroSeconds(x). So I need some library to run it on a interrupt as now it takes to long to move while it receives data..
So if there is anybody that has Arduino code that has this already covered please leave me a message..
I have also tried the teensy but I made a mistake as the PWM output is 3.3v instead of 5V needed for the driver as input.. I have ordered a couple of voltage boosters and try and see it that will help me..
otherwise I will probably need 4 arduino's to run the actuators as I think 1 will not be up to the yob..
I tried to pull on a simple luggage scale that goes up t0 35kg but at 35kg the hooks of the scale bended away an the scale went flying through the room.. so 35kg at least but now I need to figure out how to do proper load testing..
I need at least 50 kg..
Worst case it is 35 kg.. but then I always can go to 1605 which would theoretically give me 70kg already.. *4 = 280kg total..
But as you can see... the aluminium U bar can accommodate all the hardware and fixed with nuts and bolts.. all black parts are printed with PETG and the red ball you see at the end is printed cover of ninjaflex.. Just an outer shell the is placed over the rounded head..
The actual rig it will be attached to. The frame will rest on a H frame (like ||--|| ) with the actuators on the corner with the seating as Center of gravity..
Apologies for the sideways pictures ..


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Philippines Update
Widespread community opposition to mining continues throughout the Philippines, be it in the Compostella Valley, Negros Oriental or Dumingag. Local officials in South Cotabato have censured the government, and Crew Gold's local partner, for bypassing them, despite legal requirements.. Both the Governor and Bishop of Mindoro Oriental have written to the Minister of the Environment, once again stressing their opposition to Crew's proposed nickel project there. The Bishop in Zamboanga del Norte has accused TVI Pacific of lying, as controversy swirls around TVI's expansion into Bayog. The arguments over the "post-tremor problems" at Marcopper's old tailings dam serve to confirm communities beliefs that their opposition is founded upon real fears.
Compostela village opposes inclusion in mining zone - Suspended mayor sees mining firms behind removal
By Jeffrey M. Tupas, Inquirer
DAVAO CITY -- Residents and officials of a village in Maragusan town, Compostela Valley province have banded together to block the inclusion of their area in a mining zone.
Recently, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) proposed that Barangay Coronobe be included in the mineral reservation zone in Southern Mindanao.
A foreign mining company has applied for a Mineral Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA) with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The application covers 5,551 hectares of land that straddles the villages of Coronobe, Langawisan and Bahi in Maragusan and Araibo in Pantukan town.
But early this month, the barangay council of Coronobe and the residents signed a manifesto opposing the application for an MPSA
"We are against the large-scale mining operations here because we know its effects on the environment. We are also concerned about its effect on our livelihood and the possible displacement of the indigenous people," Dafroso Nalual Sr., Coronobe village chair, said.
Nalual said other villages have also signified their intention to join the campaign against the approval of the MPSA.
Panalipdan-Southern Mindanao, an environmental group, said Jake Mining's application for exploration came at a time when the MGB was conducting public hearings on the proposal declaring Mount Ayag, which includes Maragusan, a mineral reservation area.
"The people cannot be fooled anymore. They know the implications of the reservation zone being proposed by the government. We could only expect to see and witness the wanton destruction of the environment should this happen," Paolo Dumayac, secretary general of Panalipdan-Southern Mindanao said.
Meanwhile, the town mayor of Governor Generoso in Davao Oriental is blaming big mining operators for his suspension.
The preventive suspension order against Mayor Jerry dela Cerna stemmed from the case filed by one Shirley Ceniza, a municipal social worker, for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corruption Practices Act (RA 3019).
Ceniza accused the mayor of paying a ghost employee a salary of P1,500 a month. The mayor denied the accusation saying the person being referred to as a ghost employee is Darvin Taghoy, who had actually worked as an encoder for the municipal government.
He explained Taghoy's services were also required for the drafting of the town's development plan. His services were terminated when the draft was finished. Dela Cerna, a former Catholic priest who had actively opposed large-scale mining in his town, said mining companies had been determined to remove him from office. The municipal council had passed a resolution banning all large and medium-scale mining operations in the town, a policy that angered mining firms, according to dela Cerna.
"These miners are very happy because I was suspended and they are actually expecting that I would be convicted of graft and corruption. They are supportive of the complaint because should I be convicted, they can start with their operations in my town again," dela Cerna said.
Only small-scale miners are allowed in the town but their operations are strictly monitored.
Dela Cerna said at least 26 mining corporations immediately applied for mining permits to operate in the town when his suspension was handed down.
Catholic-backed lobby says Philippines mine "will turn mountain upside down"
Three Philippines Catholic diocesan centres are backing opposition to an Australian funded open cut copper and gold mine in the country's south that has been described by community leaders as an "environmental catastrophe looming over heads".
The Philippines Sun-Star reports groups backed by the local Church, opposed to the project, have repeatedly warned that the proposed open cut mine will cause irreparable damage to the environment.
Eliezer Billanes, chairman of Soccsksargends Agenda, said open pit mining method will turn the mountains upside down.
Soccsksargends Agenda stands for South Cotabato, North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, General Santos City, Davao del Sur Alliance for Genuine Development. Among the members of the Alliance are the Social Action Centres of the dioceses of Marbel, Kidapawan and Digos.
"An environmental catastrophe looms over our head and the future generation if such (open pit) method will be employed by the firm," Billanes said.
Billanes was responding to studies done on the Tampakan project of Sagittarius Mines Inc. suggested that open pit mining is the best method to extract copper and gold deposits in the area, company officials said.
Tony Robbins, managing director of Indophil Resources, said that based on the pre-feasibility study work program completed in September, open pit mining was the recommended scheme in extracting gold and copper deposits in the area.
According to the same study, the Tampakan project is a world class, two billion-tonne resource, containing 11.6 million tonnes of copper and 14.6 million ounces of gold at a 0.3 per cent copper cut-off grade.
"However, with a total resource estimate of almost two billion tonnes, it is not unreasonable to anticipate a considerably longer mine life. A block cave (underground) option has been investigated and has not been completely ruled out," clarified Robbins.
Indophil owns 95 percent of the Tampakan project and the rest by Filipino firm Alsons Corp.
Once full blast mining operations start possibly by 2009, Robbins said 3,500 people will be hired.
Presently, Sagittarius is gearing towards a definitive feasibility study stage, which would be funded by global mining giant Xstrata Queensland Limited (Xstrata Copper) at a tune of $30 million.
Xstrata Copper has an option to acquire 62.5 per cent of the Tampakan project, the Sun-Star says.
Meanwhile, Bishop Warlito Cajandig of the Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan in Oriental Mindoro and Provincial Governor Arnan C. Panaligan have sent a joint letter to the National Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Angelo T. Reyes, to protest against another environmentally sensitive project to develop a nickel mine.
Joint letter of the Governor and the Bishop of Oriental Mindoro, to the Department of Environment and the Natural Resources, appealing the permanent cancellation of the MPSA granted to Aglubang Mining Corporation (local partner of Crew Gold Corporation)
HON. ANGELO T. REYES
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Visayas Avenue, Quezon City
Dear Sec. Reyes,
During your visit to Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro last 18 August 2006 to launch the Green Philippines Highway Project, we conveyed to you the strong and categorical opposition of the people of Oriental Mindoro to the proposed Mindoro Nickel Project being spearheaded by the Aglubang Mining Corporation. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources, in an Order dated 10 November 2005 signed by then Secretary Michael Defensor, reinstated the Mineral Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA) granted to Aglubang Mining Corporation to explore for nickel in a 2,290.6714 hectare contract area located in the Municipality of Victoria, Oriental Mindoro. This MPSA was earlier revoked by the DENR in a Notice of Termination/Cancellation of the Mineral Production Sharing Agreement of Crew/Aglubang Mining Corporation dated 16 July 2001 signed by former Secretary Heherson T. Alvarez.
You advised us to put in writing our opposition to the said MPSA reinstatement. Hence, we are submitting to you this letter on behalf of the people of Oriental Mindoro and we are appealing to you to effect the permanent cancellation of the MPSA granted to Aglubang Mining Corporation and the removal of the province in the list of the priority mining areas in the country for the reasons set forth herein:
1. At the outset, we stress the undisputed fact that Mindoro Nickel Project does not have any iota of social acceptability on the part of the people of Oriental Mindoro. The entire political leadership of this province represented by the Governor, the Representatives of the two congressional districts of the province, all the 15 city/municipalities of Oriental Mindoro, have categorically and unconditionally opposed the Mindoro Nickel Project. Thus, these local Sanggunians have not issued any endorsement for the Mindoro Nickel Project.
Likewise, the Mindoro Nickel Project is overwhelmingly opposed by the local diocese of the Roman Catholic Church led by Bishop Warlito Cajandig. It is likewise opposed by all the other religious denominations in the province. The different civic organizations and non-government organizations in Oriental Mindoro have also manifested their vigorous opposition to the Mindoro Nickel Project. This strong social opposition on the part of the leaders and people of Oriental Mindoro should not be ignored.
2. It is likewise undisputed that the contract area covered by the MPSA of AGlubang and Mining Corporation is within the watershed area. In fact, this was the finding and the ground cited by Sec. Alvarez in his Notice of Termination/Cancellation of MPSA dated 16 July 2001 where he asserted that "the area it covers falls within an important watershed area requiring the protection of the DENR." Significantly, this vital pronouncement was not disputed or contradicted by Sec. Defensor in his Order reinstating the MPSA dated 10 November 2005. The very law invoked by mining proponents, Republic Act 7942, otherwise known as the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 expressly provides in Section 19 thereof that among the areas closed to mining agreements are watershed areas. The proposed mining area of the Mindoro Nickel Project being within a watershed area justifies the permanent cancellation of the subject MPSA.
3. You are aware of the devastating floods that submerged the entire Calapan City and large parts of Naujan and Victoria in Oriental Mindoro last December 7, 17 and 27, 2005. We experienced these three successive floodings when Aglubang River was flooded due to heavy monsoon rains in that area. Vast agricultural, residential and commercial areas were flooded that almost devastated our local economy.
In a all these disastrous floodings, the common denominator was the overflowing of the Aglubang River. The source of the headwaters of Aglubang River is precisely the mining site of the Mindoro Nickel Project. No other justification or explanation on the part of mining proponent can alter or hide this fact. The strong rains that fell in the Aglubang watershed area, the proposed mining site of the Mindoro Nickel Project, caused the overflowing of Aglubang River which in turn submerged Calapan City and the towns of Naujan and Victoria. This fact alone proves the fragility of the environment of the Aglubang watershed area where the mining contract area is located.
If today, heavy monsoon rains in the Aglubang area already cause disastrous floodings in our floodings in our province, how much more when this watershed area is disturbed and the trees therein removed so that is can be mined.
If the area above Aglubang River, which is the contract area covered by the MPSA will be mined, it would not be difficult to foresee the catastrophic consequences to the people of Oriental Mindoro and their communities. Calapan City, and the towns of Naujan and Victoria will not only be flooded but would be practically erased from the map as they would be inundated not merely by waters but by muddy soil from mining excavations.
We therefore appeal to you to protect the lives and safety of the people of Oriental Mindoro and not to allow the alleged monetary benefits of the proposed Mindoro Nickel Project to take precedence over the survival and welfare of our people. In the words of Sec. Reyes, "no amount of mitigating measures can take away the risks faced by these areas . . . what does it gain a nation to be short sighted and merely think of money when an irreparable damage to the environment will cost human lives, health and livelihood capacity of our farmers and fisherfolks endangering the food security of our people?"
Indeed, what will be the gain to the nation of the Mindoro Nickel Project when it will lead to the destruction of an entire city and towns that are producing and supplying food to Metro Manila and to the Southern Tagalog area.
4. In his Order dated 10 November 2006 reinstating the MPSA, Sec. Defensor relied on the alleged favorable endorsements of the Mindoro Nickel Project given by the concerned local government units, such as the towns of Socorro, Victoria, Pola. This is totally false and misleading. No municipality in Oriental Mindoro has given any endorsement to the proposed mining project. Attached are the resolutions of the Sngguniang Bayan of the municipalities of Socorro, Victoria, Pola vigorously opposing the Mindoro Nickel Project that were passed after the issuance of the 10 November 2005 Order precisely to dispute the claim of Sec. Defensor in said Order.
With the repudiation by the concerned Sangguniang Bayan of their alleged favorable endorsements that were relied upon as one of the grounds for the reinstatement of the MPSA, the 10 November 2005 Order has suffered from a serious blow.
Considering the foregoing premises, we earnestly appeal to you to permanently cancel the Mineral Production Sharing Agreement between the Philippine Government and the Aglubang Mining Corporation and the removal of the province of Oriental Mindoro in the list of the priority mining areas in order to protect the fragile environment of the province, particularly the Aglubang watershed area and to save the lives and properties of thousands of residents of the province.
Thank you and best regards.
ARNAN C. PANALIGAN
Province of Oriental Mindoro
MOST REV. WARLITO CAJANDIG
Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan
SouthCot to DOE and mining firms: Don't bypass us
Written by Allen V. Estabillo/MindaNews
GENERAL SANTOS CITY - Local officials in South Cotabato have censured the Department of Energy (DOE) and the three mining companies exploring the coal deposits in the mountains of Lake Sebu town for bypassing the authority of the provincial government over the proposed large-scale coal mining development project in the area. South Cotabato Gov. Daisy Avance-Fuentes said the failure of the DOE and the mining firms Daguma Agro-Minerals Inc., Bonanza Energy Resources Inc. and MG Mining and Energy Corporation to even inform them about their operations in the coal-rich Barangay Ned, Lake Sebu is a clear violation of the Local Government Code. "The law provides local government and stakeholders to be properly consulted and informed about these kind of activities based on the principles of local autonomy," said the governor.
Aside from the provincial government, the departments of Agrarian Reform and even the the Environment and Natural Resources were not aware about the coal explorations.
Fuentes said Daguma and its sister firm Bonanza did not exert any effort to notify the provincial government about their activities in Barangay Ned, Lake Sebu since they obtained their coal operating contract (COC) for exploration from DOE in November 2002 and May 2005, respectively.
She said her office first received reports about the coal mining explorations in the Barangay Ned, which is part of the mineral-rich Daguma Mountain Range, when a road leading to the area was partially opened last year.
Fuentes said she sent letters to the DOE seeking clarifications about the project. It took several months for the department to respond to them.
The Provincial Development Council (PDC) and the Provincial Board launched a joint inquiry last week on the coal explorations, which are meeting strong opposition from local residents, the Catholic Church and several non-government organizations.
The inquiry was attended by a representative of the DOE, executives of the three mining companies and stakeholders of the proposed mining area. Levi Toquero, Daguma's project development consultant, admitted during the inquiry that the company deliberately withheld information to the area's local governments about their operations in Barangay Ned when they began in 2002 as they were not certain about the viability of the project then.
He said it was not their intention to ignore the authority of the local governments in the area.
"We would like to apologize for not reporting to you in the past. We were silent because only one mine can come out in our 300 prospects and we don't want to give you any false hopes," he said.
Daguma, headed by former Vice President Teofisto Guingona's brother Benjamin, is now winding up its explorations and has been preparing for a "multimillion coal development and production project" covering a 300-hectare mining area. Toquero said the company's explorations revealed a potential mine resource of 100 million metric tons that is reportedly good for a 50-year mining operation. He said the company, which is financed by United Kingdom-based firm Crew Gold Corporation, plans to pour in at least US$70 million worth of investments in the area during the next decade.
The DOE's representative Ruel Malapitan said the agency may not have properly consulted and informed the local governments in the area about the proposed coal mining projects since they are considered as national government initiatives.
He stressed that coal mining projects are covered by the Presidential Decree (PD) 972 as amended by PD 1174 or the Coal Development Act of 1976. Malapitan said such law "promotes the accelerated exploration, development, exploitation, production and utilization of coal."
It also introduced the coal service contract system and established the appropriate guidelines for coal operations in the Philippines, he said.
But lawyer Elpidio Feria, legal counsel of the Social Action Center-Justice and Peace Desk of the Diocese of Marbel, said the DOE should have considered the provisions of the Local Government Code when they approved the coal mining projects.
"They are using a law that is approved during the time of (former President Ferdinand) Marcos and the Local Government Code already superseded it when it comes to the principle of local autonomy," said Feria, who represents the Justice and Peace Desk in the PDC.
Fuentes, also a lawyer, said she will personally study various laws regarding the matter and determine if the DOE and the coal mining companies violated some laws.
She said the PDC will also seek opinions from legal and technical experts knowledgeable about coal mining operations before making a decision on whether they would endorse or oppose the proposed mining ventures. (Allen V. Estabillo/MindaNews)
DOE: No coal mining yet at Brgy. Ned, Lake Sebu
PIA Press Release
Koronadal, South Cotabato -- The Department of Energy (DOE) has revealed that there is still no coal mining activity yet at Brgy. Ned, Lake Sebu.
This was confirmed by Engr. Ruel Malapitan, DOE representative from Manila during the first joint Provincial Development Council - Sangguniang Panlalawigan - Sangguniang Bayan (PDC-SP-SB) Meeting on Coal Mining Projects at Brgy. Ned, Lake Sebu held at the PROTECH Center last November 8, 2006 (1 am).
Governor Daisy Avance-Fuentes, PDC Chair presided over the meeting attended by Vice-Governor Eliordo U. Ogena, members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, municipal and brgy officials, business and religious sectors, the academe, non-government organizations and people's organizations.
In his presentation, Engr. Malapitan divulged that DOE has only issued "exploration" permits, contrary to the reports received that coal development and production activities are being conducted in the said barangay.
The sitios affected by the said coal mining activities are Polo Subong, El Dulog, Kibang, Tafal and Bandala at Brgy Ned Lake Sebu, covering more or less 10,000 hectares of agricultural land and ancestral domain of the IPs in the area.
The DOE report also revealed that South Cotabato has a potential of 100 million metric tons of lignite coal. The Philippines on an annual basis locally produces more than 3 million metric tons of coal, while more than 7 million metric tons of coal is imported.
Daguma Agro-Minerals, Inc. and MG Mining & Energy Corp., two (2) of the mining companies conducting exploration in the area confirmed also during their presentation that their permit for coal development and production, will extract annually.
Coal development and production they said, will generate a thousand jobs and more than P70 million in investments annually.
But opposition groups led by the Justice and Peace Desk voiced out their concern on the dislocation of the farmers and IPs, mostly T'bolis, in their respective sitios.
They fear that the agreement signed by the concerned groups and the mining firms especially on the royalty payment, cannot compensate them on a long-term basis.
The representative of the National Economic & Development Authority (NEDA) in region XII who also attended the meeting, likewise expressed concern over the mining activities in the area.
She relayed to the body that during the regional consultative committee meeting, of which NEDA is the secretariat, have discovered that bgry. Ned, Lake Sebu under the regional land use plan is classified as a "watershed" area.
With this controversy, she added that NEDA will conduct another consultative meeting with the different concerned agencies such as the Department of Environment & Natural Resources, Department of Agrarian Reform, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples and the Department of Energy on November 14 (Tuesday) to harmonize the existing laws of the respective agencies concerning mining. (FCS-PGO/PIA 12)
Paying Pro-TVI Canadian Mining Rally
By Tito Natividad Fiel, DCMI
Dipolog City - Contrary to the press report released by the Canadian mining company TVI Pacific in Zamboanga and Dipolog City a week ago that they have been welcomed by the people in Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur, the regional Church based group here alleges that TVI had paid people to rally in support of their local mining operations.
The community organizer from the Prelature of Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay reported that on November 8, "contrary to the company's public relation work, TVI's pro-mining rally on October 30 and 31 was not genuinely supported by the people of Bayog."
According to the organizer, TVI promised to pay 150 pesos to each motor and pedicab [rickshaw] driver for them to join a pro-mining rally, which aimed to show the public that the local people welcomed the company.
The report claims that those people went to the rally in support of TVI mining operation not from their own conviction that mining brings them in a better life, but due to the financial consideration offered to them.
However, some of the drivers and pro-mining rally participants were dismayed after the rally, because TVI allegedly broke its promise and failed to pay the amount being offered.
The report quotes interviews with some of the jeepney [bus], pedicab and motorcycle drivers, where it notes that all of them were chartered by the company to be used by TVI to exclusively transport their supporters, and they were disallowed by the company to pick up passengers except those identified by company.
The report criticizes an alleged TVI funded local radio program for claiming that all the people of Bayog supported the pro-mining rally, while a counter anti-mining rally relied on people outside Bayog. The truth is that TVI gathered a pocket of people in Bayog not because of their own desire but due to the financial and job promises.
TVI transported about 100 people from José Dalman, Zamboanga del Norte, 100 from Siocon and 100 from R.T. Lim to join the pro-mining rally in Bayog in exchange for job hiring.
The government's Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 9, headed by its Director attended the pro-mining rally, the report added.
A few months ago, the church group organising the anti-mining rally received information from the local government of Bayog and from the company itself, that they would conduct a pro-mining rally at the same time and date as counter of the anti-mining rally.
Rev. Fr. Nador Hisulga, an administrator of Prelature of Ipil, wasdismayed by how the Mayor of Bayog, Mary Ann Cartalla, disallowed the approximately 500 Subanon of Bayog the right to march in public places to air their positions against mining.
Church and Government Leader Calls TVI Pacific a 'liar'
Dipolog City - The Canadian mining company TVI Pacific has been portraying itself as a responsible miner, not just in the Philippines, but all over the world. However this image has been ruined when the highest church leader in the province of Zamboanga Del Norte has accused it recently of being a 'liar company.'
Most Rev. Jose R. Manguiran, the Bishop of the Diocese of Dipolog and the Bishop In-charge of the DIOPIM Committee on Mining Issues (DCMI) in a recent press conference hosted by DCMI, strongly condemned the lies employed by TVI against the church and its people.
Bishop Manguiran quoted the report of TVI, which was distributed during the mining forum initiated by the Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau (MGB) and sponsored by the TVI mining, to prove the extent and the intensity of TVI's lies.
The Bishop noted that the TVI report said that "TVI hosted over 300 visitors on February 20-21, this year led by Bishop Jose R. Manguiran and Mayor Ceasar Soriano of Siocon. The Bishop led an interfaith rally in Canatuan",
The Bishop said that he was there in Canatuan not to bless the mining operation of TVI, but to denounce TVI's mining operation, because they destroyed the sacred ground of the Subanon people, which is the place that they practice their own prayers led by their traditional chieftain Timuay Jose "Boy" Anoy.
In the same manner, TVI continually claims that they are operating legally in Mount Canatuan, but it has been revealed by the Provincial Government a week ago that they are operating without the government approved Environmental Protection Enhancement Program (EPEP).
Earlier this month, the Provincial Attorney of Zamboanga del Norte, Jess Gal Sarmiento revealed that, based on the record discovered by Romelo Damuag - who is also member of the Tri-Partite Monitoring Team on the Mining Gold Project in Canatuan - in the Provincial Environment Development Office (PEDO), it appears that TVI submitted its EPEP in 1997, but it was not approved.
The Provincial Government has asked TVI about their EPEP. TVI have replied that they have it, but when asked for a copy they have failed to produce a copy of the said document.
Likewise, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) say that TVI submitted its EPEP in 1997, but failed to get approval due to its failure to comply the certain requirements.
The MGB Regional Director also confirmed that TVI failed to submit another EPEP, and its operation in Canatuan is using the old and disapproved EPEP.
Since the beginning, TVI is operating without getting all the necessary requirements, but through intimidation of local people to give in their constitutional rights as citizens of the Philippines.
The MGB is continuing to defend the deeds of TVI Canadian mining firm despite the irregularities that they are operating despite lacking several necessary requirements.
A Failed Promise - The Dumingag Case
By Ellen Red Inside Mindanao, Published in Mindanao Monitor
Dumingag, Zamboanga Del Sur - Reforestation was promised by logging companies to the people in this town. This never happened.
This time, with the promise of responsible mining of TVI Minerals Processing, Inc., the people in this town are wary; while others are downright saying not to the planned entry of the mining company.
"Based on our experience, the areas that were destroyed by logging never again regained its former appearance and state. What more with mining where the mountain itself will be destroyed?"
Written in the dialect, this is the common sentiment contained in the many letters sent by the people of this town to Constancio Paye Jr., region IX director of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The letters signed by both the Subanon. The ethnic group in this town, and settlers from neighboring provinces, added.
"As the logging companies did not fulfill the reforestation agreement as stated on the Timber License Agreement (TLA), the same thing would happen with the mining company. They could never bring back the soil of the mountains that they would destroy, flatten, and dig."
A TLA is a privilege granted by the State to a company to utilize forest resources within forestlands with the obligation to develop, protect, and rehabilitate those resources.
In the year 2002, the municipal government of Dumingag released a document saying that as a "consequence of illegal logging and widely practiced kaingin (slash and burn) system of farming, the forest classified as timberlands have been reduced to mere forest patches".
TVI Mineral processing, Inc., an affiliate of a Canadian Mining Company TVI Pacific Inc., filed before the regional office of Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) -Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) two exploration permits for exploration of gold, copper, silver, and other associated metallic mineral resources in three barangays in this town: namely Dapiwak, Dilud, and Lipawan; covering a total of 13,446 hectares.
Republic Act 7942 otherwise known as the Philippine Mining Act of 1995, defines exploration as the searching or prospecting for minerals resources by geological, geochemical or geophysical surveys, remote sensing, test pitting, trending, drilling, shaft sinking, tunneling, or any other means for the purpose of determining of determining the existence, extent, quantity and quality thereof and the feasibility of mining them for profit."
Teofila Tumalis, a Subanon residing in barangay Dilud, Dumingag, told Inside Mindanao in her dialect. "The tribe here agreed that we would not allow the entry (of TVI Minerals Processing, Inc.). Because our crops will be destroyed. We will not able to till our land."
Marinduque exec wary of DENR dam report
BOAC, MARINDUQUE -- A provincial board member here has expressed apprehension over a report of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources that the mine structures and waste facilities of Marcopper Mining Corp. in Sta. Cruz town had no cracks or seepages.
Alan Nepomuceno, board committee on public order and safety chair, said provincial leaders and environmental authorities should not feel complacent after the press statement made by DENR Secretary Angelo Reyes that the mining company's inactive dams were safe after the province was hit by an earthquake.
"It is true that Secretary Reyes had sent experts from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau to inspect the dams after the quake and they said that there was nothing to worry about," said Nepomuceno.
"However, we cannot ignore the findings of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to which we paid P20 million to conduct a 2-year study on the dams, identifying the Makulapnit Dam of Marcopper to be in imminent danger of collapsing," he added.
Engineers from the mining company also admitted in a special provincial board session last March that they had monitored leaks at the structures of the Makulapnit Dam, he said.
Prior to Reyes' press statement, the entire provincial board and the vice governor of this province met with Reyes and other DENR officials on Nov. 7 to discuss the integrity of the Marcopper dams and their immediate repair to prevent a repeat of the mine spill tragedy of 1996 in Boac River. Nepomuceno said they agreed that the repair of the dams would be funded by the $12 million escrow deposited by the mining company in a bank in Hong Kong known only to select government and Marcopper officials.
The escrow was initially intended for the cleanup of the Boac River. Nepomuceno said Reyes told them that the amount was still intact as assured by a former Placer Dome executive who is now working for an international non-government organization that is willing to undertake repairs of the Legacy Mines in the Philippines, including the Marcopper dams.
He failed to identify the former executive and the international NGO. Placer Dome used to own and operate Marcopper.
Government authorities, meanwhile, have to work double time because DENR engineer Mike Cabalda said during the meeting that the escrow fund is about to expire next year.
"We have to find ways to have it released as soon as possible," Nepomuceno added.
Reyes then instructed DENR Undersecretary Horacio Ramos that if the escrow fund is released for the repairs of the dams, the DENR will ban Canadian mining operations in the country until the Marcopper dams are repaired.
In a related development, Nepomuceno said the provincial government of Marinduque was planning to file a separate case against Placer Dome in Canada, in behalf of the victims of the Marcopper tragedy.
He said the jurisdictional issue of the case that they filed against Placer Dome in Nevada, USA had not yet been decided by the court.
"We are planning to file a separate case against them in Canada because if Marinduque loses the jurisdictional issue in Nevada, we will have a fallback," he said.
It will be recalled that the provincial government of Marinduque filed a $200-million lawsuit earlier this year against Placer Dome Inc. at the US Federal Court in Nevada to hold the mining company accountable for the damages made in the province and obtain just compensation for the Marinduqueños. Gerald Gene Querubin, Inquirer Southern Luzon
Quarrying seen to cause dam collapse
PILA, LAGUNA -- More than 2,300 farmers in five Laguna towns stand to lose their livelihood after unhampered quarrying on a river and after Typhoon "Milenyo" (international name: Xangsane) caused irreparable damage to an irrigation dam in Liliw town, officials said recently.
Mayors of the affected towns and officials of the National Irrigation Authority (NIA) said more than the effects of the typhoon, the continuous quarrying along the Sta. Cruz River was behind the destruction of the Calumpang Diversion Dam.
The dam, built in the 1970s, is a source of irrigation water for 2,185 hectares of ricefields in Pila, Sta. Cruz, Liliw, Victoria and Nagcarlan towns. Its walls and other parts were destroyed during the height of "Milenyo" on Sept. 28.
During a dialogue at the NIA office here, local officials led by Sta. Cruz Mayor Dennis Panganiban said the typhoon damage could have been minimal if not for the destructive effects of quarrying on the dam structures in the last 20 years.
The dialogue was also attended by farmers' groups in Laguna.
Although the mayors were against the quarrying in the area, Panganiban said, they could do nothing to stop it because it had permits from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
He lamented that even the provincial government maintained a quarry site in the area.
Efren Roqueza, NIA-Calabarzon director, said that as early as 1994, they had notified the DENR about the damaging effects of quarrying in the riverbed of Sta. Cruz River, the only source of water of the dam.
He said while the quarry operations were located beyond the dam's 1-km radius, the continuous collection of rocks in the lower portion of the area caused erosion in the riverbed.
Roqueza noted that a survey they recently conducted showed that the riverbed had dropped by 12 meters because of erosion.
He said that aside from commercial quarrying, there were also several small quarrying activities in the river.
"The dam is really beyond repair. All the structures were destroyed. We have to build a new dam now," Roqueza said.
Virgilio Yorro, NIA assistant provincial engineer, said it would take 11 months to two years to build a new dam. "[It] depends on the availability of funds.
This means that our farmers may not be able to plant rice for two years," Yorro said.
The new dam, he said, could cost between P100-P160 million.
Panganiban and all the other mayors present during the meeting sought the help of President Macapagal-Arroyo to immediately release the funds.
Roqueza said the National Disaster Coordinating Council had pledged P10 million to help them construct a new dam.
Marlon Ramos, Inquirer Southern
Once-idyllic island center of debate on mining
By Cyrain Cabueñas, Inquirer
GUIUAN, Eastern Samar -- On a clear day, Manicani Island looks imposing, dwarfing the other island villages of this town facing the Pacific Ocean.
In the heart of the island lies its secret: two huge gaping craters carved by heavy machinery.
About an hourlong boat ride from the town proper, Manicani is home to Hinatuan Mining Corp.
For many years, Manicani has served as a haven for people who wanted to commune with nature or check out World War II artifacts.
The island used to be endowed with various species of tropical fish, coral reefs and lush vegetation. These images of serenity and bounty led some people to stay in Manicani for good.
Mauricio Siman, 60, a native of Bohol province, was a third-year mechanical engineering student when he decided to settle in Manicani with his Samareña wife in the late 1960s.
"It was like the promised land," he said. "There was abundant produce in the mountains, the sea was teeming with fish, and the islanders lived like one big happy family."
These days, Siman has no glowing account of Manicani. "The island's balding mountains and depleted marine resources no longer hold any promise," he said. Hinatuan Mining acquired its mining rights over Manicani Island from Palawan Syndicated Ventures Inc. in January 1991. But due to low metal prices and limited demand of nickel in the world market, it suspended its operations from December 1993 to 1996.
It resumed operations in 1997 and 2001 but was met with protests by some sectors, including the Catholic clergy of the Diocese of Borongan.
In 2002, then-secretary of environment and natural resources Heherson Alvarez created a special team of representatives of the Office of the Undersecretary for Environment and Natural Resources, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau and the Environmental Management Bureau to investigate the impact of the mining operations on the island and to validate complaints of the diocese.
After a week of research, the team reported that the craters posed to threat because they occupied only 5.27 percent of the smallest village and contained no toxic elements.
Manicani Island is part of the Guiuan Protected Seascapes and Landscapes, as declared on Sept. 26, 1994 in Presidential Proclamation No. 469.
From interviews with the inhabitants, the team reported that marine life was greatly damaged by dynamite and cyanide fishing.
They said their samplings showed that siltation and destruction of fish habitats were not caused by mining operations but by other factors, such as natural geological changes.
Carlo Caliwan, 39, president of the Concerned Citizens for Peace and Progress of Manicani Island, said the minerals on the island were God's gifts to the people of Manicani, which they use.
"The Roman Catholic Church of Borongan should give a chance to the mining company to rehabilitate the area before making any judgments," Caliwan said. "We want to get employed by Hinatuan Mining because we can no longer compete with the illegal and big-time fishermen."
Hinatuan Mining president Salvador Zamora II, in a Nov. 10, 2004 letter to then-secretary of environment and natural resources Michael Defensor, said the minerals should be extracted and exported so they would generate jobs and tax revenue.
Zamora had said the company was committed under the mining laws to rehabilitate mined-out areas.
After getting an ore transport permit from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and approval of Guiuan Mayor Annaliza Gonzales-Kwan, Hinatuan Mining shipped 150,000 tons of nickel ore to Japan staring in January last year. Bishop Leonardo Medroso, the former bishop of Borongan, and the rest of the local clergy had repeatedly expressed their collective stand against mining in Manicani through circulars to the faithful and letters to government officials.
Medroso had said that only the operators and a few government officials stood to benefit from the mineral deposits.
Hinatuan Mining vice president for operations Federico Ganigan said the mining operations would do more good than harm to the people of Manicani.
"Those who are against us worry only about the environmental hazards, which they claim our company would bring," he said. "But they should know that we have a covenant that we always religiously follow -- to protect the environment and to rehabilitate mined-out areas."
Colet exploration in Sipalay to be assessed
By Erwin Ambo S. Delilan, Sun Star
THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), together with the Provincial Board (PB) of Negros Occidental and other community stakeholders in Sipalay City, will conduct an environmental impact assessment in the ongoing exploration of Colet Mining Corporation in Barangay Manlocahoc, Sipalay City.
"The assessment aims to learn more of the complaint of the residents in Manlocahoc on the alleged environmental destruction caused by the exploration," said Board Member Reynaldo Depasucat, PB chair of the committee on environment.
This as he revealed that his office recently received a letter of complaint from 19 families in Manlocahoc addressed to the Bishop's Palace in Kabankalan and Bacolod cities alleging about the massive destruction of environmental and displacement of farmers in the area due to Colet exploration.
"That's why this environmental impact assessment will appraise us of the real situation in Manlocahoc considering that based on its permit, it will cover hundreds of hectares for copper mining later," Depasucat said.
Depasucat said that after the assessment, they will make a recommendation on whether or not to allow Colet's operation.
He also said that he will echo the result to the PB for them to decide on needed measures that will address the problems if the complaints are true. Sipalay City, dubbed as the "Jewel of Sugarlandia" because of its undiscovered fine beaches, which is likened to Boracay island, has been host to two mining operations in the past.
These were the Maricalum Mining for copper in Barangay San Jose and Gil Montilla and Philix Gold Mining for gold in Barangay Asia.
Both, however, caused environmental damages after their operation ended. Until now, the Maricalum Mining's tailing ponds are said to be still posing danger to nearby residents.
In the past years, these tailings ponds have been subjects of complaints of Sipalay residents as it reportedly brought illnesses hitting mostly children in the city.
"I hope that if Colet continues with these exploration, it will adhere to responsible mining rather than cause damage to environment and hazard to people's health."

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HomeStocksShort Interest: Qihoo 360 Technology (QIHU), Emerge Energy (EMES), Boston Scientific (BSX), AutoZone (AZO), Vmware (VMW)
Short Interest: Qihoo 360 Technology (QIHU), Emerge Energy (EMES), Boston Scientific (BSX), AutoZone (AZO), Vmware (VMW)
September 8, 2014 WSP
Recent short interest data for the 8/15/2014 settlement date shows an increase in short interest for shares of Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. (QIHU). As of August 15, the short interest for the Chinese provider of internet and mobile security products totaled 6,906,607 shares, as compared to 5,576,787 shares since July 31, a jump of 23.85%. Average daily volume [AVM] for the same period fell by 345,000 to 2,718,560 shares from 3,063,727 shares. It is worth noting that ticker's short interest has jumped by more than 3.7M shares, or 122.20%, from the 2/28/2014 settlement date.
Based on the latest AVM, the days-to-cover ratio — a metric that includes both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded — is currently 2.54 days. Days-to-cover for QIHU increased to 2.54 for the August 15 settlement date, as compared to 1.82 days at the July 31 report.
Qihoo 360 Technology has a beta of 1.84 and a short float of 8.84%. In the past 52 weeks, shares of the Beijing, China-based company have traded between a low of $73.00 and a high of $124.42 and are now at $86.73. Shares are up 4.391% year-over-year, and 7.05% year-to-date.
Recent short interest data for the 8/15/2014 settlement date shows an increase in short interest for shares of Emerge Energy Services LP (EMES). As of August 15, the short interest for the energy services company totaled 324,471 shares, as compared to 204,074 shares since July 31, a jump of 58.99 %. Average daily volume [AVM] for the same period fell to 395,855 shares from 396,297 shares. It is worth noting that ticker's short interest has surged by more than 255,000 shares, or 371.15%, from the 1/15/2014 settlement date.
Based on the latest AVM, the days-to-cover ratio — a metric that includes both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded — is currently 1.00 day. Days-to-cover for EMES remained unchanged for the July 31 – August 15 settlement date.
Emerge Energy Services LP has a short float of 18.40%. In the past 52 weeks, shares of Southlake, Texas-based company have traded between a low of $29.59 and a high of $145.72 and are now at $127.73. Shares are up 306.01% year-over-year and 188.13% year-to-date.
Recent short interest data for the 8/15/2014 settlement date shows an increase in short interest for shares of Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX). As of August 15, the short interest for the manufacturer of medical devices totaled 38,636,682 shares, as compared to 27,894,774 shares since July 31, a spike of 38.51 %. Average daily volume [AVM] for the same period fell to 9,493,507 shares from 9,767,091 shares. It is worth noting that ticker's short interest has jumped by more than 20M shares, or 108.65%, from the 3/31/2014 settlement date.
Based on the latest AVM, the days-to-cover ratio — a metric that includes both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded — is currently 4.6 days. Days-to-cover for BSX increased to 4.06 for the August 15 settlement date, as compared to 2.85 days at the July 31 report.
Boston Scientific Corporation has a beta of 1.04 and a short float of 1.80%. In the past 52 weeks, shares of Natick, Massachusetts-based company have traded between a low of $11.12 and a high of $14.08 and are now at $12.01. Shares are up 4.43% year-over-year and flat year-to-date.
Recent short interest data for the 8/15/2014 settlement date shows a small increase in short interest for shares of AutoZone, Inc. (AZO). As of August 15, the short interest for the automotive replacement parts company totaled 1,790,913 shares, as compared to 1,760,351 shares since July 31, an increase of 1.73 %. Average daily volume [AVM] for the same period rose by 85,219 to 147,304 shares from 232,523 shares. It is worth noting that ticker's short interest has declined by about 21%, from the 1/15/2014 settlement date.
Based on the latest AVM, the days-to-cover ratio — a metric that includes both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded — is currently 12.15 days. Days-to-cover for AZO increased to 12.15 for the August 15 settlement date, as compared to 7.57 days at the July 31 report.
AutoZone, Inc. has a beta of 0.20 and a short float of 5.30%. In the past 52 weeks, shares of the Memphis, Tennessee-based company have traded between a low of $408.90 and a high of $561.62 and are now at $538.04. Shares are up 28.86% year-over-year and 12.87% year-to-date.
Recent short interest data for the 8/15/2014 settlement date shows a decrease in short interest for shares of VMware, Inc. (VMW). As of August 15, the short interest for the virtualization infrastructure solutions firm totaled 19,736,558 shares, as compared to 20,728,526 shares since July 31, a decline of -4.79 %. Average daily volume [AVM] for the same period fell by 943,000 to 1,350,146 shares from 2,293,334 shares. It is worth noting that ticker's short interest has jumped by more than 6.8M shares, or 53.57%, from the 1/15/2014 settlement date.
Based on the latest AVM, the days-to-cover ratio — a metric that includes both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded — is currently 14.61 days. Days-to-cover for VMW increased to 14.61 for the August 15 settlement date, as compared to 9.03 days at the July 31 report.
VMware has a beta of 1.56 and a short float of 19.20%. In the past 52 weeks, shares of the Palo Alto, California-based company have traded between a low of $76.51 and a high of $112.89 and are now at $95.40. Shares are up 12.49% year-over-year and 6.34% year-to-date.


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UK – The company says the site has now tripled in size and provides "significantly improved technical capabilities", enabling "future low-volume, multi-variant engine production". The expansion is self-contained and can operate independently of the Ricardo Shoreham Technical Centre.
The expansion incudes a second dynamometer capable of simulating real-world load conditions and testing engines across all power outputs. Its independence means it can operate around the clock; a second shift has already commenced and production has doubled. The re-configured, flexible production line will cater to the trend among manufacturers to offer an increasing number of product derivatives.
Mark Barge, managing director, Ricardo Performance Products, described the expansion as "very significant" and said the assembly facility would now be able to produce 5,000 high-performance engines per year.
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Альбрік (Альберік із Труа-Фонтен) — французький канонік 2-ї половини 13 століття, мешкав у цистерціанському абатстві Тріум фонтіум (Трьох джерел) в окрузі Шанон, на Марні.

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У 60-х роках XIII століття завершив написання хроніки, в якій вміщено повідомлення про похід галицько-волинського князя Романа Мстиславича проти краківського князя Лєшка Білого та Конрада Мазовецького в червні 1205. Під 1227 Альбрік знову згадує про загибель князя. Роман, згідно з його згадкою, яка не підтверджується іншими джерелами, прямував «у Саксонію» («in Saxoniam»). Це стало підставою для багатьох дослідників вважати, що метою походу Романа Мстиславича була участь в усобиці між могутніми германськими феодальними династіями Вельфів та Гогенштауфенів.

У літературі Альбріка часто іменують Альберіком.

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 Головко О. Б. Альбрік  //
 Chronica Albrici monachi Trium fontium, a monacho Novi monasteris hoiensis interpolato. Ed. P. Scheffer-Boichorst. В кн.: Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Scriptores, vol. XXIII. Hannoverae, 1874.

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Hyeong Jin Kang (26) graduated from SUNY Korea last December and became a new employee of the world no. 1 shipping enterprise called APM-Maersk Group. APM-Maersk Group has actively developed its business in 130 countries to connect customers and supply chains all around the world.
Kang emphasized how he developed the 'thinking strength' during his college years at SUNY Korea through project-oriented courses which helped him to find his current job. Most of the courses he took at SUNY Korea use the learning method of forming a group, selecting a topic, defining a problem, investigating a market, and coming up with a solution. The ratio of faculty to a student is nearly 1:10 which enabled him to closely and openly communicate with professors. Moreover, SUNY Korea students can closely interact with all the members at SUNY Korea through the residential college program.
Kang said, "The class that I remember the most is learning how to analyze a particular market and make suggestions to a virtual customer based on the analysis." He then added, "This kind of training helped me to look at different issues in a multifaceted way and present solutions during my job interview.' As a result, he got the position by showing his ability to observe and catch the situation of the company in various perspectives including market, policy, and products.
Being proactive to find job opportunities in addition to his studies also led Kang to enter the company after graduation. While he was studying in Stony Brook University, the home campus in New York, he found an internship opportunity at a real estate company. Also, while studying in Korea, he worked at several IT companies such as Naver and Fintech Startup as an intern.


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I've almost completed the rough work on the canopy. I still have some touch up to do and of course painting. It will be painted black to match my stand. The design on the canopy matches my stand as well. The doors are not yet finished either.
I just wanted to post some pics because I'm feeling pretty good about what I've got so far.


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Q: MapReduce job not working in HADOOP-2.6.0 I am trying to run wordcount example
Here is the code
   import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.IntWritable;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Job;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Mapper;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Reducer;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.FileInputFormat;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.output.FileOutputFormat;

public class WordCount {

  public static class TokenizerMapper
       extends Mapper<Object, Text, Text, IntWritable>{

    private final static IntWritable one = new IntWritable(1);
    private Text word = new Text();

    public void map(Object key, Text value, Context context
                    ) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
      StringTokenizer itr = new StringTokenizer(value.toString());
      while (itr.hasMoreTokens()) {
        word.set(itr.nextToken());
        context.write(word, one);
      }
    }
  }

  public static class IntSumReducer
       extends Reducer<Text,IntWritable,Text,IntWritable> {
    private IntWritable result = new IntWritable();

    public void reduce(Text key, Iterable<IntWritable> values,
                       Context context
                       ) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
      int sum = 0;
      for (IntWritable val : values) {
        sum += val.get();
      }
      result.set(sum);
      context.write(key, result);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Configuration conf = new Configuration();
    Job job = Job.getInstance(conf, "word count");
    job.setJarByClass(WordCount.class);
    job.setMapperClass(TokenizerMapper.class);
    job.setCombinerClass(IntSumReducer.class);
    job.setReducerClass(IntSumReducer.class);
    job.setOutputKeyClass(Text.class);
    job.setOutputValueClass(IntWritable.class);
    FileInputFormat.addInputPath(job, new Path(args[0]));
    FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, new Path(args[1]));
    System.exit(job.waitForCompletion(true) ? 0 : 1);
  }
}

I see something like
    15/06/05 02:32:04 INFO client.RMProxy: Connecting to ResourceManager at /0.0.0.0:8032
15/06/05 02:32:04 WARN mapreduce.JobSubmitter: Hadoop command-line option parsing not performed. Implement the Tool interface and execute your application with ToolRunner to remedy this.
15/06/05 02:32:04 INFO input.FileInputFormat: Total input paths to process : 2
15/06/05 02:32:05 INFO mapreduce.JobSubmitter: number of splits:2
15/06/05 02:32:05 INFO mapreduce.JobSubmitter: Submitting tokens for job: job_1433448750700_0003
15/06/05 02:32:05 INFO impl.YarnClientImpl: Submitted application application_1433448750700_0003
15/06/05 02:32:05 INFO mapreduce.Job: The url to track the job: http://localhost:8088/proxy/application_1433448750700_0003/
15/06/05 02:32:05 INFO mapreduce.Job: Running job: job_1433448750700_0003

I came across this post Wordcount program is stuck in hadoop-2.3.0
But solution did not work for me

A: You are using Hadoop 2.6 and using mapred package. I think the new package names include mapreduce. Please follow the example here to run correct version. Also you can use link1 and link2 for understanding the differences between the two

A: Finally, I solved this issue. I needed to add the following property in yarn-site.xml
 <property>
        <name>yarn.resourcemanager.hostname</name>
        <value>Hostname-of-your-RM</value>
        <description>The hostname of the RM.</description>
    </property>

This should solve your issue.


Playseat® was at ChinaJoy this year! It's the largest gaming and digital entertainment exhibition held in China and Logitech partnered up with Playseat® to show their new Logitech G29 racing wheel to the public. Of course the visitors of the event could test the Logitech G29 in the best way possible: seated in a Playseat® Sensation Pro!