Union accuses OceanaGold of hypocrisy

Updated at 1:35 pm today

The union representing mine workers has accused mining firm OceanaGold of hypocrisy over safety.

OceanaGold told a select committee on Thursday legislation to improve mine safety in the wake of the Pike River disaster should not apply to mines that are above ground and are not coal mines.

Alan Clarence of the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union says Oceana Gold told the committee it was squeaky clean, while knowing its Reefton mine has a prohibition notice in place.

He says waste-tipping trucks were at serious risk of falling down a 50-metre cliff.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has confirmed the prohibition notice but declined to give details.

Copyright ? 2013, Radio New Zealand

Source: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/216005/union-accuses-oceanagold-of-hypocrisy

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Some U.S. embassies overseas to close Sunday over security

WASHINGTON (AP) ? State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf says an unspecified number of U.S. embassies and consulates around the globe will be closed Sunday due to security concerns.

Harf says Thursday that it's a precautionary step, taken out of an "abundance of caution" because of unspecified information indicating a threat to U.S. facilities overseas. She says the diplomatic facilities may stay closed for more than a day, depending on analysis of the threat information.

Harf would not give a geographic location or say whether the information was related to terrorism. But she did point out the administration issued guidelines in February on potential terrorist threats around the world.

The last major warning came last fall when embassies warned American diplomatic facilities across the Muslim world of potential violence around Sept. 11.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/us-embassies-close-sunday-over-security-201152873.html

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San Diego sues its own mayor in sex harassment case

By Marty Graham

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The city of San Diego sued its embattled mayor on Tuesday, seeking to recover from him any damages it might face in a lawsuit filed by his former press secretary, one of seven women to publicly accuse him of unwanted sexual advances.

The legal action against Mayor Bob Filner, approved by a unanimous vote of the city council earlier in the day, marked the latest blow against the 70-year-old Democrat as he faces mounting pressure to step down.

Despite calls from across the city and from powerful members of his own party to resign, Filner, a former congressman elected mayor just last year, has said that he would instead stay in office while undergoing two weeks of behavioral therapy.

Seven women have publicly accused Filner of unwanted sexual advances and one of them, former communications director Irene McCormack Jackson, last week filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against him and the city in San Diego Superior Court.

The city filed its lawsuit as a cross-complaint to Jackson's, seeking to recover from Filner any damages it might be ordered to pay, along with court costs and attorneys fees.

"If Bob Filner engaged in unlawful conduct and the city is held liable, he will have to reimburse us every penny the city pays and its attorney fees," City Attorney Jan Goldsmith, who had clashed with the mayor before the scandal emerged this month, said in a written statement.

Seven of nine members of the City Council, including Council President Todd Gloria who is a Democrat, have called on Filner to resign; two recall campaigns have been launched against him.

A spokeswoman for the mayor could not be reached for comment on Tuesday afternoon.

LEGAL, POLITICAL FIGHT

Hours after the city's lawsuit was filed, council members voted unanimously to deny a request from Filner's private attorney, Harvey Berger, to authorize the city to assume the mayor's legal defense costs in the case. City attorney Goldsmith already has declined to defend the mayor.

"The mayor has no right to expect a blank check from San Diego taxpayers to cover for his bad acts," Gloria said after the vote.

University of California, San Diego, political science professor Steven Erie said that it was rare for a city to refuse to pay for the legal defense of an employer in a sexual harassment lawsuit.

"It tells you just how bad mayor-council relationships have become," Erie said.

In the face of opposition from the City Council, Filner could establish a legal defense fund and raise donations to pay for his own attorney, Erie said, though he added: "The question is how much and how many and whether they want their names to be made public."

On Sunday, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein of California became the latest prominent Democrat to call for Filner's resignation during an interview on CNN. U.S. Representatives Susan Davis and Scott Peters, whose districts include parts of San Diego, previously called for him to step down.

Last week U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Filner should seek private counseling and compared his behavior to the conduct of another ex-congressman engulfed in a sex scandal since he turned to mayoral politics, Democrat Anthony Weiner of New York.

Weiner faces calls to withdraw from the New York City mayor's race after admitting he sent lewd online messages to women since he resigned from Capitol Hill over such behavior two years ago.

(Writing by Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Ken Wills and Philip Barbara)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/san-diego-sues-own-mayor-sex-harassment-case-005535928.html

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Council Questions if Marion Mayor Can Keep City Afloat Financially (VIDEO)

July 30, 2013 Updated Jul 30, 2013 at 5:32 PM EDT

MARION, Ind. (www.incnow.tv) - Council members for the City of Marion are worried about the city's financial future. The budget committee is questioning if the mayor has the cash on hand to pay the city's bills through the end of 2013.

"I do not feel comfortable with it," said Joselyn Whitticker, Councilwoman At Large, (D) Marion.

"It's all political. As soon as I announced I was running for treasurer these meetings started," said Mayor Wayne Seybold, (R) Marion.

Many members of council are concerned with the city borrowing money to keep a balanced budget.

"At some point, we must pay those loans back, and how are we going to do that," said Whitticker.

The city is using a $3 million loan to offset the deficit caused by a high number of claims on the city's self-insurance last year. The city also uses tax anticipation warrants, like many other cities, to get their tax money in advance.

This month they received $5.3 million from Star Bank in tax anticipation warrants. But something that's out of the ordinary is that there's a letter signing over the city's tax revenue to Star Bank.

"For the mayor to sign a letter like that, and I've talked with some people, that is unusual," said Whitticker.

The Grant County Auditor agrees this is out of the ordinary. He says, of the 37 municipalities in his county, Marion is the only community doing this. He says it started in January. Mayor Seybold insists this is a normal process.

"They're just saying when the check comes in, deposit it directly into the city's account here at Star, as opposed to us getting a check and walking it from here to over there," said Seybold.

As debate continues about whether the city has enough money to finish out 2013 the budget committee is charged with the task of balancing a new budget for 2014.

"That's one reason why we're so concerned with having a zero balance because we have to know just how much we're going to be in debt, or are we going to be even board or whatever," said Henry Smith, (D) Marion City Council.

Of the 5.3 million the city received in tax anticipation warrants from Star Bank this month less than half is left in the bank. The City Controller says the money went to pay bills from June and July.

Each month the city pays out $1.4 million for bills and payroll. They're expected to bring in some additional funds from other areas over the next five months, but an exact number wasn't given by city officials.

"We've been very frugal and very conservative with this budget. We will continue to do that and at the end of the year we'll be able to show you and everybody else what's going on in there today is all political," said Seybold.

Mayor Seybold admits cuts must be made to keep the city on solid ground. He gave the council's budget committee a detailed list of $1.7 million in planned cutbacks before the end of the year.

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Miso Soup Health Benefits - RichinFoods

Good nutrition is also essential to maintain a strong immune system. This time I want to propose a tasty and easy recipe appropriate for it. This is a miso soup, a food of ancient origin, from Chinese and Japanese cultures, with great benefits to our health.

Health benefits of miso soup

? It provides beneficial bacteria to the intestines to help us digest and assimilate food.

? Contains important nutrients in abundance such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium and magnesium.

? Other minerals such as sulfur and copper are found in lesser but significant amounts.

? is an excellent source of protein.

? is alkalizing the blood and invigorating the nervous system.

? Taking miso usually acquired resistance to disease.

? For cardiovascular diseases since it contains linoleic acid and soya lecithin dissolve cholesterol in the blood and prevent the hardening of the blood vessels.

? Thanks to its isoflavones, favouring women?s hormonal balance, the miso is very suitable in menopause helping to combat common symptoms such as suffocation and loss of calcium (Osteoporosis). In fact Asian women who consume soy in its different presentations have little symptoms during menopause.

Where and how to find the miso

It is a textured pate food we can buy in health food stores. The pure miso find it in different formats: glass jar or plastic packages and also in comfortable envelopes, where the mixture of the soup is now ready, just boil it in water, it is very practical.

3 types of miso most commonly used are:

? Soja, salt and water.
? Soy, rice, salt and water.
? Soybeans, barley, salt and water.

The two latter are the most desirable because they contain essential amino acids that the soy protein itself lacks.

Preparation of the soup:

Ingredients: ( for 4 people)

? 2 onions
? 4 carrots
? ? cabbage
? miso

Chop the 3 vegetables in the form of thin sticks. First Saute the onion 2 minutes and the carrot later. Add hot water in abundance and boil 15 minutes on a slow fire. When they have passed add the cabbage and continue to boil 8 minutes more. In the meantime, dilute a tablespoon of miso in a bowl of warm water of own soup that is being cooked. Turn off the fire and when the water stops boiling, pour the contents of the bowl to stir. If we let miso boil the bacteria die and the miso will lose their properties!

* No need of salt in this recipe because the miso soup is tasty enough.

Source: http://www.richinfoods.com/miso-soup-health-benefits.html

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Where Mark Hudspeth's bench press would've ranked at the NFL Combine

That's some impressive work, coach.

Video surfaced Wednesday of Louisiana-Lafayette head coach Mark Hudspeth doing 25 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press, which is an impressive number by any standard, and probably would rank high among all FBS coaches, were they all required to do this. (Sadly, they are not.)

He also put many players at the NFL Combine -- kids half the 44-year-old's age -- to shame. His 25 reps would have placed him in the top 60 among all participants. He finished with only two fewer reps than No. 1 overall NFL Draft pick Eric Fisher and bested the likes of Tyler Eifert and Ziggy Ansah, both of them first-rounders, both of them large, young gentlemen.

He more than doubled the reps of 30 players, including Corey Fuller (12 reps), Stedman Bailey (11), Tavarres King (11), Da'Rick Rogers (10), Greg Reid (10), Quinton Patton (8) and Ace Sanders (7). Oh, and former Heisman finalist Tyrann Mathieu, who managed just four reps. Hudspeth is stronger than all receivers and defensive backs, basically.

Are there other college coaches who could get to 25 reps at 225? Charlie Strong probably could. He has strong right there in his name. Larry Fedora would hit 40 in a Red Bull-fueled frenzy, his heart exploding in a brilliant flash of sugary confetti at the conclusion. That happens every Wednesday, actually. Recruits love that stuff.

Which other head coaches do you think could match or come close to Hudspeth?

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Source: http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/8/1/4578302/mark-hudspeth-bench-press-louisiana-football-coach

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Learning from a virus: Keeping genes under wraps

[unable to retrieve full-text content]By studying how the human cytomegalovirus, or CMV, packages its genetic material during infection, researchers have identified potential inroads for new therapies that could one day prevent birth defects and save transplant patients from virus-caused complications.

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/top_health/~3/p7qtzUM0fLk/130730163148.htm

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