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Maules Creek mine area inside the Leard State Forest: Whitehaven expects to move its first coal in January. Photo: Dean Sewell

Whitehaven Coal will be restricted to clearing land during just 10 weeks a year at its $767 million Maules Creek open-cut coal mine to limit the impact on wildlife.

The Department of Planning and Environment on Thursday approved a revised biodiversity management plan for clearing in the Leard State Forest, north of Gunnedah, that will also require the miner to cease clearance operations when temperatures exceed 35 degrees so animals aren't forced to relocate "in extreme conditions".

The miner suspended forest work in June ahead of a judgment by the Land and Environment Court about whether its winter clearing breached the original consent terms of the mine.

Limits on land clearing: Forest at Maules Creek.

The Maules Creek Community Council sought an injunction against clearance during winter and spring when wildlife was hibernating or breeding and less able to dodge the bulldozers.

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"We feel vindicated," said Phil Leard, national coordinator for Lock the Gate, noting Whitehaven will now be restricted to clearing between February 15 and April 30.

Sue Higginson, principal solicitor for the NSW Environmental Defenders Office, said the new biodiversity management plan "achieves what our client had sought to enforce", although it will still permit clearing of "old-growth habitat that's full of threatened species".

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I have really moved on.

Ito ang pahayag ni Guji Lorenzana nang kamustahin ang lagay ng kanyang puso pagkatapos ng breakup nila ni Kaye Abad early this year.

Aminadong nasaktan nang husto si Guji at umasang magkakabalikan sila ni Kaye noon.

I was sad kasi nag-work hard ako, waiting and waiting, courting and courting her.

'Tapos all of a sudden, naging kami, biglang wala na. It just ended abruptly.

For me, it was very heartbreaking.

"I havent been that heartbroken for a long time," pagbabalik-tanaw ni Guji.

Ngunit kahit na matagal na silang hiwalay, hindi maiwasang tanungin si Guji tungkol kay Kaye, lalo pat naging bukas na ang aktres tungkol sa pakikipagrelasyon nito sa ex-Pinoy Big Brother housemate na si Paul Jake Castillo.

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OTTAWAHow do you stop someone with a weapon and a mission?

That has been the fear among security and intelligence officials in recent weeks as the so-called Islamic State called for attacks at home.

It is the easiest form of terrorism no need for sophisticated plots, or training, or financing but as Wednesdays killing of Cpl. Nathan Frank Cirillo in the heart of Canadas capital showed, even simple attacks can elicit the widespread panic and attention these groups crave.

Many details about Cirillos killing and the motives of the shooter, identified as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, are still unknown. Was there any connection to Martin Couture-Rouleau, 25, who killed 53-year-old Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent Monday in a hit-and-run in Quebec? Did Zehaf-Bibeau have any ties abroad?

But no matter the connections, followers of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS and ISIL) benefited from the worldwide attention as they gloated on social media soon after Cirillos death. Canada getting a taste of their own medicine? wrote one. Another prolific ISIS supporter wrote: Canada starting to pay the price of intervention.

Along with spreading panic, terrorism is intended to deliver a message, and the message seems clear: Canadas military involvement in the campaign against ISIS will be punished.

Military institutions and personnel have always also been seen as targets since Canadas involvement in the war in Afghanistan. CFB Borden, a base north of Toronto, was one of the targets of the so-called Toronto 18 terrorism plot that was thwarted in 2006.

Following the killing of a British soldier in Woolwich last year, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service issued a threat assessment focusing on vulnerabilities of Canadian forces.

Simple, straightforward attacks using readily available weapons and minimal preparations on undefended targets are a better match with the actual capabilities of most extremists, reads the threat assessment that seemed to foreshadow the events this week. Zehaf-Bibeau killed with a rifle; Couture-Rouleau with a car.

The threat level only increased with Canadas high-profile role in fighting ISIS and the contribution of air support and small force of military advisers.

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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) The markets for personal ads and small -business reviews are taking a hit as tech-savvy Internet users find alternative means of scouting out recommendations for everything from restaurants to handyman services.

Yelp Inc. YELP, -18.60% and Angies List Inc. ANGI, +2.10% on Wednesday both forecast weaker-than-expected revenue growth for the current quarter due in part to stalling growth among their paying members.

While macroeconomic factors have had some effect, social media have raised the stakes for the legacy review sites. Consumers are increasingly opting for free reviews and word-of-mouth recommendations from their trusted friends and relatives on social networks like Facebook Inc. FB, +2.13% and Foursquare over more traditional review sites.

Consumers especially tech-savvier ones raised in the Facebook era want an experience that is fun and personalized. Something they can share or even brag about.

The simultaneous growth of social media and online review sites has caused a shift among consumers were no longer apt to believe everything at first glance and [instead] demand validation, said Valerie Davis, vice president of search media at PM Digital. We no longer blindly trust Yelp reviews.

A recent study from Lithium Technologies found that more than two-thirds of consumers in Western markets were more receptive to recommendations about what to buy from family and friends online over digital ads. This was especially true of the younger adults the so-called millennials surveyed.

Foursquare, which recently turned 5, saw its user base rise to 55 million users, up from 50 million before it unveiled a website redesign in May and a new app called Swarm, meant to further distance its business model from Yelps and those of other local review and search apps. The new version of Foursquare was released in early August.

Foursquare has never disclosed active-user figures, a subcategory that is coveted by advertisers. However, it does boast 6 billion total check-ins a number that it says grows in the millions every day. That loosely compares with Yelps 5.3 million daily reviews last quarter.

Foursquare takes a more customized approach considering users likes, interests and location before offering suggestions, Davis said. Personalization may be the new key to review success.

This is true of Facebooks local awareness ads, which use location-based data and mobile couponing to help businesses target and push ads to people currently within, say, walking distance.

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