If it's good enough for the banks, it's good enough for students:Become a citizen co-sponsor of the Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act now

	On July 1st, the interest rate on new, federally subsidized student loans is set to double from 3.4 to 6.8 percent. The government plans to charge students 6.8%, but they lend money out every day for a whole lot less. They just don't do it for everyone. Right now, a big bank can get a loan through the Federal Reserve discount window at a rate of about 0.75%. Those are the same big banks that destroyed millions of jobs and nearly broke our economy. That isn't right. And that's why I introduced legislation to give students the same deal we give to the big banks. This was my very first bill in the U.S. Senate, and I'm going to fight for its passage. And we're already starting to move: Rep. John Tierney just introduced a companion bill in the U.S. House. We're ready to go! Become a citizen co-sponsor of the Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act now. The Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act would allow students who are eligible for federally subsidized Stafford loans to borrow at 0.75% -- the same rate that big banks get. For one year, the Federal Reserve would make funds available to the Department of Education to cover the loans and give students relief from high interest rates while giving Congress time to find a long-term solution. If the government can float huge sums of money to large financial institutions at low interest rates to grow the economy, surely it can float the money necessary to fund our students, keep us competitive, and grow our middle class. I need your help building the public support to get my first bill through the House and Senate. Become a citizen co-sponsor of the Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act now. I met a young man at a campaign event last year. He held his hand out, looked me straight in the eye, and he said to me: I did everything you all told me to do. I worked hard, I got good grades, and I got into college. I borrowed money, I worked hard, and I graduated. Now I have $54,000 in student loans. The best I can find is a part-time job. I've moved back in with my mom and dad… And I'm getting scared about whether there's a future out there for me. The worst part of that young man's story is that he's not alone -- He's part of a whole generation drowning in student loans. Today's students carry more than $1 trillion in debt -- more than all the outstanding credit card debt in the whole country. That young man said to me, "I'm here because I'm looking for a fighter." I'm ready to fight. Thank you for being a part of this, Elizabeth P.S. Students don't have an army of lobbyists, but they do have us. Don't forget to show your support for the Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act now.

Breaking: Two Silicon Valley leaders quit FWD.us over support for Keystone XL

The petition to FWD.us co-founders reads: "Repudiate FWD.us propaganda supporting Keystone XL and drilling in the Arctic Refuge by resigning from the organization immediately." Automatically add your name:

This is big news. Two of Mark Zuckerberg's co-founders have resigned from the Facebook founder's controversial new political lobby FWD.us.1 This is a direct result of a campaign by CREDO and our allies to stop Zuckerberg's group from praising conservative politicians for backing the Keystone XL pipeline and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in a dangerously misguided attempt to win support for immigration reform. It's time for other tech industry luminaries to make it clear where they stand. In addition to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman, eBay’s John Donahoe, Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer and Kleiner Perkins’ John Doerr are co-founders of the group. Tell FWD.us co-founders: Repudiate FWD.us propaganda supporting Keystone XL and drilling in the Arctic Refuge by resigning from the organization. Click here to sign. Elon Musk, the founder of electric carmaker Tesla, explained his departure saying “I agreed to support Fwd.us because there is a genuine need to reform immigration. However, this should not be done at the expense of other important causes."2 The other Silicon Valley star that joined Musk in protesting the group's attack on key environmental priorities was David Sacks, the founder of Yammer. These technology leaders can't have it both ways. They can't be for clean energy and action on climate change and fund conservative propaganda that promotes the Keystone XL pipeline and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Silicon Valley stars like LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman, eBay’s John Donahoe, Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer, Kleiner Perkins’ John Doerr and even Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg are sensitive to public backlash from the people who power their social networks or use their products or services. If enough of us push back and keep this issue in the public eye, they will be under immense pressure, not just from us but from their staff and shareholders, to stop supporting FWD.us. Tell Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman, eBay’s John Donahoe, Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer and Kleiner Perkins’ John Doerr: Follow Elon Musk's example and resign from FWD.us. Click here to sign. The campaign against FWD.us, which includes efforts not just by CREDO but also our allies at Progressives United, 350.org, Sierra Club, League of Conservation Voters and other groups, has been covered extensively in the technology and political press with stories in the Washington Post, New York Times, San Jose Mercury News, Huffington Post and dozens of other outlets. Elon Musk's high profile departure from the group gives us new momentum to escalate our campaign and send a message to Silicon Valley political donors that if they throw Keystone XL under the bus, that we will hold them accountable. Please sign our petition and then share it with friends and family. We will deliver these signatures directly to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman, eBay’s John Donahoe, Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer and Kleiner Perkins’ John Doerr. These tech leaders are not used to hearing directly from the public and in such large numbers. Your signature can make a real difference in this campaign. Tell FWD.us co-founders: Repudiate FWD.us propaganda supporting Keystone XL and drilling in the Arctic Refuge by resigning from the organization. Click here to sign. Thank you for joining CREDO in holding these Silicon Valley leaders accountable. Becky Bond, Political Director CREDO Action from Working Assets Automatically add your name: Learn more about this campaign 1. Mark Zuckerberg's Group Loses High-Profile Backers Elon Musk, David Sacks, Huffington Post, 5/10/2013 2. Elon Musk and David Sacks Depart Fwd.us, Mark Zuckerberg’s Political Action Group, All things D, 5/10/2013

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The Natural Gas Boom Is In Full Upswing

By Frank Curzio, editor, Small Stock Specialist Friday, May 3, 2013

The majority of the nation's 18-wheeler truck fleets will be fueled by natural gas in seven years. This is what billionaire energy investor T. Boone Pickens told the New York Times last week. Pickens has been pushing for natural gas as a transportation fuel for decades. Over the past few years, his arguments have started to make more sense. New technologies have helped the U.S. uncover a massive supply of natural gas. That pushed prices down and made it economical for transportation companies to switch from diesel to natural gas. I've been writing about this trend for years. Subscribers to my Small Stock Specialist newsletter have made as much as 116% from buying natural gas transportation stocks early. But if Pickens' forecast comes to fruition – and I expect it will – these stocks still have massive upside potential. Companies like UPS, Wal-Mart, and Waste Management are already switching their fleets to run on the clean fuel. Recently, apparel giant Nike and consumer staple Procter & Gamble announced they will use natural gas to power their fleets. But there are millions of 18-wheeler trucks on the road in America. And only a few thousand have made the switch. Even if Pickens' forecast is half-right, that's great news for Westport Innovations (WPRT).  Westport makes the technology that allows engines to run on natural gas. And my subscribers have made big money trading in and out of the volatile name. In April, I visited the company's headquarters. I rode in one of Westport's own tractor trailers fueled on natural gas. The truck had as much power as one running on diesel (and the ride was pretty smooth, too). CEO David Demers told me about the huge demand Westport is seeing in America… But the bigger story is the massive opportunity for natural-gas-fueled trucks in China and Europe – where the company has partnerships with the biggest engine manufactures. China's trucking market is 10 times the size of ours. And trucking industry experts project 5% of the millions of heavy-duty trucks in Europe will run on the clean fuel by 2015. In my last essay, I said to hold off buying Westport. The company is seeing short-term margin pressure as it spends extra money to launch its new natural gas engine. And its stock has suffered, falling well off its highs. But the demand the company will see for its natural gas engines in the years ahead is too large to ignore. I suggest scaling in to Westport today. That means take a small position now… and build up a full position over time.  Another major winner of the natural gas boom is Chart Industries (GTLS). Regular readers should be familiar with this name, too… The company is one of the top suppliers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling tanks in the world. My subscribers are up over 40% since I recommended Chart Industries in early 2012. And the stock just broke out to an all-time high. But there is much more upside ahead. As I explained above, more and more fleets in the U.S. are switching to natural gas. That means more fueling stations will be built using tanks supplied by the company. Over the past few weeks, two major research firms upgraded Chart Industries. They see huge demand ahead for its LNG storage tanks not just in the U.S., but in China and Europe as well. I suggest buying Chart Industries on any weakness – and holding for the long run. – Frank Curzio

Further Reading: Early last year, Frank published an in-depth, four-part series on the revolution in natural gas. It's becoming an everyday transportation fuel… much faster than you think. Get the full story here: A Unique Way to Triple Your Money on Low Natural Gas Prices How to Cash in on America's Natural Gas Highway The U.S. Energy Story No One's Telling A New Energy "Megatrend" Is Starting… Get in Now

The 5 best foods to eat before bed (for a flat belly) by Mike Geary from TruthAboutAbs.blogspot

You may have heard some trainers or gurus telling you that eating before bed is a big-time "no no" if you're looking to lose weight. In fact, you've probably even heard that eating late at night will undoubtedly cause you to GAIN weight...even worse!

Well, there's good news... not every food that you eat past 7PM will be automatically deposited to your belly fat, thighs, and love handles.

In fact, there are certain foods that you can eat as a late-night snack that can actually INCREASE your fat loss results through hormonal improvements! The key is knowing which foods to eat, and which to avoid, as the evening progresses.

Here's a good rule of thumb: Avoid carbs before bed in favor of slow-digesting high-quality protein and healthy fats. Fiber is ok too as long as it's low in starch or sugars.

Carbohydrate consumption causes significant rise in the storage hormone insulin, which also puts the breaks on fat-burning. That's a recipe for disaster in the late evening hours as your metabolism is winding down, but fortunately, slow-digesting protein isn't.

Instead, slow digesting proteins provide your body with a steady flow of amino acids throughout the night to help you recover from exercise and maintain your calorie-burning lean muscle as you lose fat.

Here are some of my top pre-bedtime food choices:

1. White Meat Protein  - White meat animal protein sources such as chicken and turkey are great pre-bed meal choices because they digest slowly and have a very low insulin release. These sources also promote the release of another hormone, glucagon, that assists the body with breaking down stored carbs and fat within your body to be burned for energy...a double win! 

Having some cooked ground turkey or chicken handy in tupperware in your fridge makes for a quick late night snack whenever you need it... my favorite way is to warm it up and add to a quick lettuce wrap with a little avocado and hot sauce whenever I need a night time snack.  A delicious way to aid your metabolism and fat loss efforts!

2. Cottage Cheese - Cottage cheese is very slow digesting and coats the stomach to be assimilated by the body over many hours. As a protein, it also stimulates glucagon release, which as I just mentioned is great for fat loss, making this a good pre-bedtime choice. Just make sure you're using plain cottage cheese, not the flavored varieties with added sugars.  Add some stevia and cinnamon if you need to flavor it up a little!

3. Green Vegetables - While these aren't considered a protein, they contain virtually no calories (insignificant), are high in fiber, and they're very filling. Often times when I get a late night craving I eat a big bowl of green veggies and it completely kills my craving...a diet savior to prevent you from giving in to junk foods late night!

4. Almonds, pecans, walnuts, or pistachios - These nuts are not only great sources of minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants, but provide the fiber and healthy fats necessary to control your cravings late at night and make sure you don't give in to junk.

5. A Slow-digesting, Low-carb Protein Shake - I use a slow-digesting protein shake before bed a lot of times. It's a great dessert alternative that's much lower in sugar and better for your body. The vast majority of my clients have grown to love the habit as well...who doesn't love dessert before bed? :) I normally blend the shake with almond butter to get some healthy fats in there, and oh man, it tastes good with the right protein powder.

WARNING: Avoid taking a simple whey protein powder before bed...research has shown that it causes more of an insulin release than white bread! Instead, try this time-released blend that includes a blend of slow-digesting, high-quality proteins.

Want more nutrition tips for a flatter belly?  

My good friend and nutritionist Joel Marion shares some more tips with you at the page below (some of these will REALLY surprise you!)

==> Surprising Foods that Flatten Your Belly

Enjoy!

Cybercriminals exploiting Boston Marathon tragedy

Apr 17 2013   3:04PM GMT

Despicable cyber-slugs exploiting Boston Marathon bombing with Trojan attack

Posted by: Ken Harthun
Cyber-criminal, Cybercrime, Security, spam
Despicable, but it’s always inevitable in the wake of any human tragedy. Cyberslugs (I won’t elevate them to cybercriminal status, though they are certainly criminals) are using the Boston Marathon bombing to spread malware. Spam emails claim to contain a link to video of the bombing. The links vary but take you to a website that attempts to infect your computer with a Trojan horse. The videos are, in fact, real YouTube videos that disguise the malicious activity.
Subject lines of the emails vary, but include:

• 2 Explosions at Boston Marathon
• Aftermath to explosion at Boston Marathon
• Boston Explosion Caught on Video
• Video of Explosion at the Boston Marathon 2013

According to Sophos’s blog, nakedsecurity:

If installed, the malware makes changes to the Registry and installs the following files, allowing hackers to gain remote access to infected computers:
\drivers\npf.sys
\Packet.dll
\wpcap.dll
The file NPF.sys is registered as a new service named “NPF”, with a display name of “WinPcap Packet Driver (NPF)”.

Never accept “news” from other than legitimate news sources, especially not from unsolicited emails.

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Ex-CIA Contractor Reveals Stunning New Pentagon-Sponsored Medical Technology.

Ex-CIA Contractor Reveals Stunning New Pentagon-Sponsored Medical Technology. Now you must answer a terrible new question...

Can You Afford To Live To 110?

Dear Reader,
Hello. My name is Andrew Gordon. And today I have an unusual story to share with you.
It involves a stunning new Pentagon-sponsored technology.
At first, this technology was meant to benefit soldiers.  To help them become stronger and recover from any kind of injury.
But now it’s beginning to spill over into the public sector… right into the hands of a few public companies that no one is paying attention to.
Now here’s where the story gets interesting…
For some, This breakthrough could add another two decades of healthy years to their life, while at the same time multiplying their wealth by a factor of 10.
For others, this technology could wipe out their bank accounts, portfolios and pensions.
Today, I’m going to show you how to make sure you’re one of the people who benefits from it.
Now that’s a bold claim and I realize it’s hard to know who to believe these days… 
But the CIA, the Department of Commerce, and Fortune 500 companies like Lockheed Martin and Dow Chemical have all trusted and profited from my advice.
I also spent two terms as the economic advisor to the Governor of Maryland.
And I can PROVE that you too have a lot to gain from watching this brief presentation.
Now, if you’re like me, you probably have conflicting feelings about the world today… It’s like A Tale of Two Cities.

“It’s the best of times. It’s the worst of times.”

Our freedoms are regularly disregarded. Political corruption is par for the course. And the economic turmoil doesn’t look like it’s going to end anytime soon.
But America is an amazing place. And if you know where to look, you’ll find great signs of hope for the future. 
And what I’m going to show you today is one of them...
Thanks to this Pentagon-funded medical breakthrough, you are going to live much longer than expected.
Not just you, but tens of millions of people in our generation (ahem, I’m approaching 60).
For those of us who prepare, this is going to be a very good thing.   But it’s going to wreak havoc for those who don’t. 
Because as folks start outliving their savings, pensions and retirement benefits, their financial distress will ripple through the economy.
The IMF refers to this as a “longevity shock.”  And they’ve issued grave warnings that we’re at the beginning of one right now.
And even though the powers-that-be know this is happening… for reasons I’ll explain shortly, they don’t want you to know about it until it’s too late. But...

You don’t have to be a victim
of this Longevity Shock!

In fact, if you take the right steps, not only will you outlast it, but you’ll end up wealthier than ever.
Because today I’m going to show you how you can turn every $100 of your savings into as much as $2,581 in less than 24 months...  every $10,000 into as much as $258,100…
Simply by latching onto the same technology that will cause this “longevity shock” in the first place.
Plus, I’ll reveal a caché of opportunities that I believe could hand you returns of 341%, 542%... even 1,524%. 
I know that’s hard to believe.  But if I’m right – and I’ll let you judge the evidence for yourself – then these are conservative numbers.  Because every person on the planet will soon be demanding access to this technology.
And I’m not the only one who thinks so. 
Time magazine says, “These biological wonders are transforming the way we treat disease as well as how we think about unhealthy states and even the way we approach aging.”
The Wall Street Journal calls these technological breakthroughs a “paradigm shift.”
And Forbes says, “The economic gains realized from the Internet may be dwarfed by the coming boom in genetics and biotechnology.”
If you play this right – and I’m going to do everything in my power to make sure you do – you could easily earn enough money to fund whatever kind of retirement you wish.
This will finally eliminate those financial worries that have been eating away at your happiness and security and set you up for the relaxing retirement I know you deserve.

What’s more, I’ll show you how you could
get all this without taking a single dollar
out of your pocket.

So lets get started.
Today we’ll be examining a breakthrough in medical science that will, practically by itself, create a brand-new, $500 billion dollar industry.
I’m not talking about a new drug or therapy.  They can be profitable… but they can’t create entire industries.
No, I’m talking about a discovery that has literally changed the way medical researchers at Harvard, MIT, the Cleveland Clinic, and other top-tier facilities think about medicine.
You see, for the past few centuries, doctors have approached medicine the same way. 
They wait until someone gets a disease...  Then they treat that disease. 
It’s logical. And it worked.
It has practically ended infant mortality.  And this method has extended the average life expectancy in America by more than 30 years since the early 1900s.
Collectively, investors have made billions on the pharmaceutical giants that have emerged to serve this system of medicine...

• 919% gains on GlaxoSmithKline.
• 2,475% gains on Abbott Laboratories.
• 3,942% gains on Pfizer.
• 5,258% gains on Merck.
• 6,835% gains on Johnson and Johnson.

The list goes on and on. But now...

Everything doctors thought they knew about medicine is changing...

And the vast majority of the $593 billion dollars spent on pharmaceutical drugs every year is going to shift to a completely new sector. One that is just now taking shape.
Let me explain a little more so you can see why this is happening. (And where your big 2,581% or better profit potential is waiting to be collected.)
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URGENT: Senate votes TODAY on background checks

URGENT: Senate votes TODAY on background checks Remember Newtown Tell your Senator to support background checks now! On December 14, 2012, 20 first graders and six educators were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. And since that tragic day, more than 3,300 additional men, women and children have been killed with guns.1 But after months of GOP obstruction, there has been a breakthrough in negotiations around background checks and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will bring gun reform legislation to the floor TODAY.2 This is a big deal and your urgent action is needed! Contact your Senator now and demand background checks for all sales. According to the FBI Uniform Crime Report, 47,856 people were murdered in the U.S. by firearms between 2006 and 2010. That's more than twice as many as were killed by all other means combined!3 Requiring background checks on all firearms purchases is a common-sense way to cut down on the thousands that are senselessly murdered every year by gun violence. But right now only 6 states require background checks at gun shows!4 Over 90% of Americans support closing the gun show loophole by requiring background checks on every gun sale. With a vote just hours away, contact your Senators right now and urge them to support background checks on all firearm purchases. The time to act is now. Sincerely, Ross Wallen USAction / TrueMajority 1 - "How many people have been killed by guns since Newtown?" Slate, March 28, 2013 2 - "Gun control background checks deal all but done in Senate between Manchin, Toomey," The Huffington Post, April 9, 2013 3 - "Guns in America, a Statistical Look," ABC News, August 25, 2012 4 - "Background checks for guns: What you need to know," April 10, 2013

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