Monday, December 31, 2012

Cracker Jack's New Surprise: Caffeine | Essentials

Cracker Jack's New Surprise: Caffeine

Smell the coffee..??
Smell the coffee..?? by "The Wanderer's Eye"
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The jacked-up munchies will come in two flavors -- vanilla mocha and cocoa java -- and "will contain approximately 70 mg of caffeine in each 2 oz. package" by adding coffee to the list of ingredients alongside sugar and molasses, the company said. That's a caffeine kick equivalent to a 1-ounce serving of espresso or two 12-ounce servings of cola. The added java jolt has prompted concern from the consumer advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest. In a letter to the Federal Drug Administration, the center charges that the planned snack violates federal food rules. "Caffeine is generally recognized as safe only in cola-type beverages and only at concentrations of 0. 02% or less (about 72 mg per 12 oz. )," the organization's letter reads.

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Jeff Cronin

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-0.246179"It is wholly inappropriate to add caffeine to a kid-friendly product, regardless of whether the caffeine comes from coffee or another source," Cronin said. ...
0.0328938Cronin said, "Even if the company intends to market the product to adults, the Cracker Jack brand is one that children have a long attraction to."
-0.0260757"Most parents don't let their young children consume coffee," Cronin said. ...
-0.0775987"Most parents don't let their young children consume coffee," Cronin said. "Parents shouldn't expect to find caffeine in jelly beans, potato chips, or other foods, especially given the recent deaths."
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Drug: Caffeine

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Drug: caffeine

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Sandy: Most NYC schools to open Monday | Synopsis

Sandy: Most NYC schools to open Monday

N.Y. school - Chinese pupils (LOC)
N.Y. school - Chinese pupils (LOC) by The Library of Congress
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Yellow caution tape warns not to enter Public School 15 in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, where families of many students who attend the school are still without power, Friday Nov. 2, 2012.  / AP Photo/Beth Harpaz NEW YORK Life is far from normal for 13-year-old Eliran Cohen a week after Superstorm Sandy flooded his family's Staten Island condo. The teen, his mother and his older brother were ready to use a door as a flotation device when the storm hit last Monday, filling their ground floor with water. Even as he helps clean up from the destruction, Eliran craves his old routine. "I'd like to get back to school to see how all my friends are doing," he said.

People:

Dennis Walcott

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.254453

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0"It's a very complex process," he said. ...
-0.311644"It's a very complex process," he said. "This is a major turnaround in a very short time."
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  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.311644
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Sandy

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Eliran

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0.151466"I'd like to get back to school to see how all my friends are doing," he said. ...
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  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.151466
  • Mean: 0.151466
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Eliran Cohen

Overall Sentiment: 0.0536821

Relevance: 0.223444

Sam Pirozzolo

Overall Sentiment: 0.0437794

Relevance: 0.219567

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0"Children have missed a week of school," he said. ...
0"Children have missed a week of school," he said. "What most people are looking for is going back to their normal, everyday routine."
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  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0
  • Mean: 0
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Patricia Lockhart

Overall Sentiment: 0.265749

Relevance: 0.200929

Marilyn Mieles

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.182587

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0"They haven't told us what is happening," said Marilyn Mieles, ...
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  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0
  • Mean: 0
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Julie Cavanagh

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.182443

Stephanie

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.165836

Greg Patruno

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.153838

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Overall Sentiment: 0.0670894

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City: New York City

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Relevance: 0.355727

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Watch: 'Cadillac Ranch' Artist Accused of Molesting Children | Essentials

Watch: 'Cadillac Ranch' Artist Accused of Molesting Children

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Stanley Marsh 3, 74, is free on bail after he was charged with 11 counts of molesting children.

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Research In Motion shares climb | Reduction

Research In Motion shares climb

Nebula iPhone Background
Nebula iPhone Background by Patrick Hoesly
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RIM will release the latest version of its smartphone "not too long" after a Jan. 30 launch event, the company's chief operating officer said earlier this month. The Waterloo, Ontario, company seems to be preparing for a February global launch, a month earlier than many analysts were expecting, according to an analyst with National Bank Financial, a Canadian bank. Kris Thompson raised his shipments forecast for RIM for fiscal 2014 in a research note from Wednesday. Thompson also increased his price target for the BlackBerry maker to $15 from $12. RIM shares on the Nasdaq, which reopened Friday after markets were closed Thursday for Thanksgiving, were up $1. 55, or 15 percent, to $11. 81 shortly before noon. The spike in the BlackBerry maker's shares came after a week of steady gains amid more positive sentiment.

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Kris Thompson

Overall Sentiment: 0.0168577

Relevance: 0.346476

Peter Misek

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Relevance: 0.245475

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5 homes set on fire after gas line explodes in West Virginia | Reduction

5 homes set on fire after gas line explodes in West Virginia

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SISSONVILLE, W.Va. –  At least five homes went up in flames Tuesday afternoon and a badly burned section of Interstate 77 in West Virginia was closed after a natural gas line exploded in an hour-long inferno. No injuries were immediately reported, but firefighters had just begun to reach damaged structures late in the afternoon after the intense flames kept them at bay for several hours. Several people were treated for smoke inhalation, and a shelter was set up at Sissonville High School, where Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin planned a late-afternoon press conference State Police spokesman Sgt. Michael Baylous said a slight risk of a secondary explosion remained as long as the gas continued to leak, but people were told to stay inside their homes rather than evacuate.

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Trevor Goins

Overall Sentiment: -0.0445233

Relevance: 0.815197

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-0.127393"I thought possibly (it was) a plane crash," said Goins, ...
-0.0982246"I thought possibly (it was) a plane crash," said Goins, who immediately went outside with several neighbors. "It was so loud it sounded like a turbine engine. You almost had to put your hands over your ears."
0.144494"The flames were so high, they were so massive," he said. ...
0.144494"The flames were so high, they were so massive," he said. "I could only imagine what had happened"
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  • Number of Quotes: 4
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0633704
  • Mean: 0.0158426
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Kent Carper

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.575846

SentimentQuote
0"It actually cooked the interstate," he said. ...
-0.0278642"It actually cooked the interstate," he said. "It looks like a tar pit."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.0278642
  • Mean: -0.0139321
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin

Overall Sentiment: 0.0966074

Relevance: 0.451341

Chris Zerkle

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.415615

Tim Gooch

Overall Sentiment: -0.118886

Relevance: 0.357312

Mike Banas

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.355093

Sgt. Michael Baylous

Overall Sentiment: -0.568939

Relevance: 0.332889

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Facility: Sissonville High School

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Relevance: 0.600711

StateOrCounty: West Virginia

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Relevance: 0.421453

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Overall Sentiment: -0.156325

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Organization: Kanawha County Commission

Overall Sentiment: -0.534392

Relevance: 0.351601

Company: NiSource Inc.

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.357808

Company: Boeing

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.338287

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Relevance: 0.4198

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Overall Sentiment: 0

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Sunday, December 30, 2012

'Occupy' doctor had bomb-making chemicals in his home, authorities charge | Reduction

'Occupy' doctor had bomb-making chemicals in his home, authorities charge

report (56 von 143)
report (56 von 143) by Report Verlag
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Excerpt:

A New York doctor active in the Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011 was charged with possessing a large quantity of chemicals used for making bombs, Paramus Patch reports. Roberto Rivera, 60, a medical doctor, was charged Saturday hours after authorities conducted a raid on his Ridgewood, N.J., home, the website reports. Rivera was charged with recklessly creating a risk of widespread injury or damage after FBI agents and members of the Bergen County bomb squad found chemicals used in the making of explosives, Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said in a release. Rivera was being held on $1 million bail. It is unknown whether he has retained an attorney. Molinelli says investigators also found several assault rifles and other weapons when they searched Rivera's home Friday night. Ridgewood police had initially responded to the home after receiving a report that potentially hazardous materials might be at the residence.

People:

Roberto Rivera

Overall Sentiment: -0.179598

Relevance: 0.851645

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0.107717“I’m glad that at last the youth of America is able to stand on two feet and take a position that millions of people around the world have taken that they will not be intimidated by the capitalist free market paradigm and they will fight against gross inequality in distribution of income and assets," Rivera told ...
0Rivera also was featured in a Nov. 2011 story in the Tribeca Trib, which described him as a volunteer medic who walked around the 'Occupy' ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.107717
  • Mean: 0.0538585
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689
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John Molinelli

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.210349

Paramus Patch

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.179058

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German economy shows signs of slowing | Redux

German economy shows signs of slowing

50 Euro Notes - European Central Bank
50 Euro Notes - European Central Bank by BlatantWorld.com
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The eurozone economy is expected to stagnate in 2013, after shrinking by 0. 4% this year. And the broader European Union is expected to see a contraction of 0. 3% this year. Rising unemployment, higher taxes and reduced government spending will offset the positive effect of a gradual recovery in net exports from the 17 eurozone nations, the European Commission said in its latest economic forecasts. "Given the weak starting point, GDP in 2013 as a whole is projected to grow by only 0. 5% in the EU and to remain broadly stable in the euro area," it said, projecting eurozone GDP growth of just 0. 1% next year. The International Monetary Fund last month forecast eurozone growth of 0. 2% in 2013. Germany, Europe's biggest economy, no longer appears immune from the crisis engulfing some smaller members of the EU.

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Mario Draghi

Overall Sentiment: -0.0847196

Relevance: 0.673255

SentimentQuote
-0.0516958"Germany has so far been largely insulated from some of the difficulties elsewhere in the euro area. But the latest data suggest that these developments are now starting to affect the German economy," Draghi said ...
-0.190664"Overall economic activity is weak and it is expected to remain weak in the near term. And the growth of money and credit are subdued," Draghi said, ...
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  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.2423598
  • Mean: -0.1211799
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Organization: European Commission

Overall Sentiment: 0.080674

Relevance: 0.889633

Organization: European Union

Overall Sentiment: 0.101356

Relevance: 0.800524

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Country: Germany

Overall Sentiment: -0.026117

Relevance: 0.603494

City: Frankfurt

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.378954

Continent: Europe

Overall Sentiment: 0.0386976

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