Syria: Suicide car bomb hits military compound in eastern city near Iraqi border

May 20th, 2012

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Double The Amount of Raspberry Ketones in Top Secret Nutrition …

May 20th, 2012



Top Secret Nutrition is excited to announce the reformulation of its popular and effective Diet Accelerator supplement. The change, doubling the amount Raspberry Ketones from 100mg to 200mg per serving, while appearing minor promises to have a very positive impact on the effectiveness of the product.
The very popular Dr. Oz, in a show that aired February 6th, referred to Raspberry Ketones as the ?miracle fat burner in a bottle to stimulate fat burning and weight loss.? Dr. Oz? comments brought to light how effective Raspberry Ketones as an ingredient to lose weight. His comments were made one day after the official launch of our new product, L-Carnitine Plus Raspberry Ketones. ? We sold out of inventory in less than one day? said Tom Richardson, Top Secret Nutrition?s CEO. ?We were in the process of increasing the amount of Raspberry Ketones in the Diet Accelerator when Dr. Oz spoke. The first thing we did was triple the size of the upcoming production run!? added Tom.
?The key to success in any diet is the ability to execute the plan. The Diet Accelerator is an amazing stand-alone product, but is at its best as a supplement to support, accelerate, and ease the pain of any diet plan a person chooses,? states Kristal Richardson, SVP of brands and Professional IFBB figure competitor.
The Diet Accelerator also contains a novel combination of fish oils plus conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). A recent study conducted at the University of Texas showed this combination to be more effective in boosting weight loss.
The Diet Accelerator includes one packet per day with seven pills. The ingredients combine to: accelerate fat burning, protect lean muscle mass, replace the vitamins and minerals often diminished by diet regimes, improve the mood, and much more. The product is one of the main components of Top Secret Nutrition?s growing list of effective weight management supplements. The line includes products to affect appetite, the rate of fat burning, the digestive process, to clean and detox the digestive system and more, all with an emphasis on utilizing only high quality and healthy ingredients.
The Diet Accelerator product is currently available at some of the largest online supplement retailers, including bodybuilding.com and nutrasource.com, as well as in some of the major ?brick and mortar? retailers such as The Vitamin Shoppe. The Diet Accelerator is distributed by Europa Sports Products and Select Nutrition Distributors to numerous sports nutrition stores both online and ?brick and mortar.?


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Stocks fall on Europe, worrisome economic reports

May 19th, 2012

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May 19th, 2012

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Review: sheer adrenaline keeps “Battleship” afloat

May 19th, 2012

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Fire near Arizona town nearly triples in size

May 18th, 2012

CROWN KING, Ariz. (AP) ? Fueled by high winds, a wildfire that has prompted the evacuation of a historic mining town in northern Arizona nearly tripled in size.

The fire in the Prescott National Forest grew to an estimated 5,400 acres, or nearly 8 1/2 square miles, Wednesday night ? up from about 2,000 acres a day earlier.

High winds have helped fan the flames, and fire officials were expecting much of the same conditions for the next couple of days.

Most of Crown King’s 350 residents had already evacuated their homes before Taryn Denyce finally left earlier Wednesday, feeling she had no other choice.

She didn’t fear for her life, nor for the bed and breakfast she took over from her parents a few years ago that was being powered by a generator.

Instead, authorities mistakenly told her she could be arrested if she didn’t leave, even if she was on her own property, Yavapai County sheriff’s spokesman Dwight D’Evelyn said. When a sheriff’s official showed up at her door in downtown Crown King and offered to help pack her truck, she reluctantly left.

“I felt I had no choice. I was raised a Catholic girl,” said the 48-year-old retired nurse. “I follow the rules, and if he’s telling me ‘it’s time to go Taryn,’ it’s time to go.”

The winds were pushing the blaze away from the community of mostly summer homes about 85 miles north of Phoenix. But fire incident spokeswoman Michelle Fidler said winds could shift and push the fire back into the community where it started and possibly threaten some communications towers in the area.

Road access also is a concern. Fewer than 10 residents remain in their homes, D’Evelyn said, and they could become trapped if the flames cross or block access roads.

Firefighters also would be pulled out if that happens, Fidler said.

Most of the 350 residents initially chose to stay in the town that’s popular for all-terrain vehicles because of its numerous hills and gorges. But D’Evelyn said sheriff’s officials persuaded about 20 of the 30 residents still left early Wednesday morning to go ? including Denyce.

“Most people have come down from the hill,” he said. “We want them all down. We don’t want to have to worry about anyone who doesn’t need to be up there.”

The fire has destroyed two homes and a trailer, and prompted an evacuation order on Sunday. The fire started at an occupied home, but fire investigators have yet to determine the cause. It remained 5 percent contained Wednesday.

Denyce gathered what she could from her home in 20 minutes and is now staying with a friend in Glendale. She said she would rather be protecting her property and trying to keep her business viable but now is prohibited from returning, as are other residents who have left.

“I have my daughter and my animals and I’m just happy we’re out, but I don’t think I was in imminent danger,” she said.

Smoke from a larger fire that began Saturday south of Payson drifted into Phoenix over the weekend. U.S. Forest Service officials said the 12,500-acre blaze was burning in the high wilderness area of the Tonto National Forest and was 10 percent contained. No structures were threatened.

Another wildfire in the Tonto National Forest northeast of Young was at about 1,900 acres Wednesday but 15 percent contained. That fire was believed to be lightning-caused and wasn’t threatening any structures.

The fires follow a warning from Arizona land managers that hot temperatures and dry vegetation have created a very high fire risk in some parts of the state.

In northern Colorado, 200 firefighters were battling a 1,000-acre blaze that is 5 percent contained. Two groups of residents have been told to prepare for evacuations, but no one has had to leave. The fire was within a quarter-mile of some homes.

The U.S. Forest Service says the fire was caused by humans. The investigation into how it started is continuing.

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Housing and GDP ? Modeled Behavior

May 18th, 2012

Charted below is the relationship between housing permits and the contribution of Residential Investment to GDP up through the end of last year.

FRED Graph

The relationship is perfect, in part because there are more things than new construction in Residential Investment ? the Realty industry, home improvements, renovations, etc ? but the relationship is nonetheless pronounced.

If permits continue on their current trajectory of roughly 30% Y-o-Y growth it would not be unrealistic to expect a direct contribution to GDP growth of in excess of 1 percentage point. We?ve just spent a little over a year or so with residential construction making no contribution so as a baseline you could think of it as the GDP over the last 18 months plus 1 point.

Presumably, however, there is some multiplier here so you could imagine adding perhaps 1.5 points to GDP. If you also imagine removing the reduction from the drag of state and local government we could get up to 2 additional points. This would take year-over-year real GDP growth from something like 2% to something like 4%.

Now, all of this is subject to the Sumner Critique. That is, we are assuming that the Fed does not have a firm implicit Nominal GDP target. If the Fed does have such a target then it will slow the growth of the economy and prevent this from happening.

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LePage signs state budget ? Politics ? Bangor Daily News ? BDN …

May 17th, 2012

AUGUSTA, Maine ? Gov. Paul LePage has signed into law a state budget rewrite that makes up for an $80 million shortfall largely through cuts in social services.

The governor signed the bill early Wednesday, hours after the House and Senate gave their final approval to the bill.

Republicans favored passage of the budget, which they said makes structural changes in Department of Health and Human Services programs.

House Speaker Robert Nutting says the budget represents an enormous step toward the goal of getting Maine?s fiscal house in order. The Oakland Republican says it will still protect the state?s safety net for those who truly need it.

Democrats say the budget will harm seniors and working families by eliminating home visitation services, early childhood education, MaineCare for 19- and 20-year-olds and seniors? drugs.

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Woman pleads guilty in insurance scheme | Target 12 | WPRI.com

May 17th, 2012

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – A Warwick woman at the center of an arson and mail fraud case has pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of mail fraud.

Investigators said Louisa Knight, 43, set fire to her own home to cash in on an insurance claim.

According to the criminal complaint and a plea agreement, Knight contracted with McCauley & L’Europa Public Insurance Adjusters in Providence on July 11, 2011, the same day as the fire damaged her home. In the plea agreement, prosecutors say Knight “caused said firm to file a fraudulent claim on her behalf with Allstate Insurance.”

McCauley & L’Europa is owned and operated by state Rep. John J. McCauley Jr., D-Providence, and William L’Europa. Neither man has been charged in the case. McCauley, 54, is deputy speaker of the R.I. House of Representatives.

Each of the charges against Knight carries a maximum sentence of 20 years behind bars and a $250,000 fine, but prosecutors have agreed to recommend a lesser sentence as part of the deal. Prison time is a near-certainty for Knight, according to her attorney Paul DiMaio, who said the arson charge comes with a mandatory 10 years in prison.

The criminal complaint against Knight says her actions in the hours leading up to the fire raised a red flag for investigators.

“Louisa M. Knight enlisted the assistance of her minor daughter, and an unrelated minor female to arrange to have her domestic pets taken from the house prior to her lighting a fire,” Assistant U.S. Attorney William Ferland wrote.

“Louisa M. Knight enlisted the assistance of an unindicted male coconspirator to remove certain personal property from the residence … to prevent such property from sustaining damage from the fire she intended to light,” he continued.

According to an inspector’s report provided by the Warwick Fire Department, Knight told investigators she was preparing to paint her home on the day of the fire and left at 11:30 a.m. to buy more brushes. A short time later, an alert neighbor spotted smoke pouring from the chimney and called 911.

According to the report, firefighters arrived on scene within two minutes and managed to extinguish the flames in the basement before they spread to the rest of the home.

A neighbor who asked not to be identified told Target 12 Knight appeared to be disappointed at the fire department’s quick response.

“She said, ‘AllI needed was 10 more minutes and the house would’ve been a goner,’” the neighbor told Target 12. “How sad is that?”

The report says several discarded cigarettes were found near the “area of origin” of the fire and there were “several chemical agents” found in the basement, but the exact cause of the fire was not determined.

A little more than a month after the fire, Allstate Insurance issued two checks totaling $44,607.46 in the names of Knight and McCauley & L’Europa, according to the criminal complaint.

DiMaio tells Target 12 there is no indication McCauley’s firm had anything to do with the arson and he believes federal agents learned of his client after sifting through files obtained in the FBI raid.

Federal agents executed a search warrant on McCauley & L’Europa’s office at 247 Hawkins St. last November. At the time L’Europa told reporters he was aware the firm was under federal investigation.

McCauley, who did not return a call for comment, announced last week that he is not planning to run for reelection. He first won the House District 1 seat in November 1990, more than two decades ago.

Meanwhile, Louisa Knight is due back in court for sentencing on August 1.

Tim White ( twhite@wpri.com ) is the Target 12 investigative reporter for WPRI 12 and Fox Providence. Follow him on Twitter: @white_tim

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CIBC and Rogers Unveil the Future of Mobile Payments in Canada …

May 17th, 2012

CIBC and Rogers Unveil the Future of Mobile Payments in Canada CIBC and Rogers Unveil the Future of Mobile Payments in Canada

CIBC Rogers Mobile Payment

CIBC and Rogers Communications today ?announced an agreement to launch Canada?s first joint mobile payment solution, allowing Canadians to pay with their CIBC credit card at the checkout counter using their Rogers ?Near Field communications? (NFC) enabled smartphone. Beginning later this year, customers will be able to use this payment capability at merchants acrossCanadawhere contactless credit card payments are accepted.

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This announcement represents the first time a bank and a wireless carrier have joined forces to offer a commercially available mobile payments solution to Canadians that leverages the secure SIM card inside an NFC-enabledRogerssmartphone. This new solution aligns to guidelines announced yesterday by the Canadian Bankers Association for mobile payments in Canada, as well as those developed by respected international associations such as the GSM Association (GSMA), the association of mobile operators and related companies dedicated to standardizing and supporting GSM technology.

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Some of the key features of the new mobile payments solution include:

  • Full access to a client?s existing CIBC credit cards on their smartphone at no extra cost ? whether Visa or MasterCard ? this gives clients the opportunity to earn loyalty points on purchases as they do today.
  • Multiple layers of security ? Paying with your NFC-enabled smartphone will be as secure as using your credit card today. Clients will receive the same fraud protection they do with their contactless credit card, and secure encryption technology will add to the layers of security already in place on credit card purchases. Clients will also have the option to set additional password protection.
  • No ?stickers? on your phone ? this new payment capability will leverage the secure SIM card inside a mobile device for payments, meaning clients can manage their credit card credentials on a secure platform, and won?t need to worry about stickers attached to their phone.

This new CIBC mobile payments capability will be available on select BlackBerry smartphones on theRogerswireless network when the solution launches later this year, with additional device choices for clients available following launch.

MasterCard?s Mobile Payments Readiness Index ranksCanadaahead of theUnited Statesand second out of 34 countries.? A key finding emphasizes that partnerships among the key players in the mobile payments ecosystem ? financial institutions, payment networks, telcos, governments, technology providers ? are essential to accelerate the commercialization of mobile payments.

Today?s announcement builds on CIBC?s leadership position in delivering mobile innovations to clients. CIBC was the first bank in Canada to launch a mobile banking App in 2010, and more recently became the first bank in Canada to deliver an App that allows clients to trade stocks on their mobile device through the CIBC Mobile Brokerage App. The bank ?also offers the CIBC Home Advisor App, free to all Canadian homebuyers, giving them access to information about housing prices and other key neighbourhood data in an area they may be considering. CIBC was named ?Best in Mobile Banking? globally by Global Finance magazine in 2011.

In 2002,Rogerslaunched its GSM wireless network, and last year was the first carrier inCanadato launch LTE, bringing the largest and fastest network and a global wireless standard toCanada. Today?s announcement builds on this foundation of world-class networks,Rogershistory of innovation and mobile commerce expertise, specifically in the area of

?mobile proximity payments. Over the past six years,Rogershas worked with the GSM Association, including the ?Pay-buy-Mobile? initiative to get industry standard payment cards ? like MasterCard or Visa ? on industry standard GSM devices. In the past year, the GSM Association further namedRogersas one of many operators worldwide committed to SIM-based NFC solutions and services.

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