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- 5 Rocket Stocks for Gluttonous Turkey Day Gains
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BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- Put down the 10-K filings and the stock screeners. It's time to take a break from the traditional methods of generating investment ideas. Instead, let the crowd do it for you.
>>5 Bargain Stocks to Buy Before 2013
From hedge funds to individual investors, scores of market participants are turning to social media to figure out which stocks are worth watching. It's a concept that's known as "crowdsourcing," and it uses the masses to identify emerging trends in the market.
Crowdsourcing has long been a popular tool for the advertising industry, but it also makes a lot of sense as an investment tool. After all, the market is completely driven by the supply and demand, so it can be valuable to see what names are trending among the crowd.
While some fund managers are already trying to leverage social media resources like Twitter to find algorithmic trading opportunities, for most investors, crowdsourcing works best as a starting point for investors who want a starting point in their analysis. Today, we'll leverage the power of the crowd to take a look at some of the most active stocks on the market today.
These "most active" names are the most heavily-traded names on the market -- and often, uber-active names have some sort of a technical or fundamental catalyst driving investors' attention on shares. That's especially true now that earnings season is officially underway. And when there's a big catalyst, there's often a trading opportunity.
Without further ado, here's a look at today's stocks.
Nearest Resistance: $25
Nearest Support: $24
Catalyst: Mediocre Earnings
Pfizer (PFE)
is trading slightly lower today after announcing mediocre third quarter earnings last night. Revenues for the quarter dropped more than 16% vs. the same quarter a year ago, and earnings dropped in kind. While the so-so results were largely expected by Wall Street (which is why shares are only off by a couple of points today), the news is prompting hefty volume in the big pharma firm. And from a technical standpoint, the small drop is having a big impact today.
That's because Pfizer formed a short-term head and shoulders top in shares that triggered on today's open. The head and shoulders indicates exhaustion among buyers, so it's a bearish sign for this stock's price – and a signal that Pfizer's uptrend had ended. The fact that the technical setup is short-term helps to mitigate the downside in this stock. Bargain-hunting buyers would be well advised to avoid this stock until it can find meaningful support; even through Pfizer's dividend yield is tipping 3.6% now, the stock's price has given back much more than that in the last few sessions.
Western Union
Nearest Resistance: $17.80
Nearest Support: N/A
Catalyst: Earnings Drop Digestion
Things are looking worse at Western Union (WU).
I'm not talking just in relation to Pfizer – things don't get much worse in the market than what we're seeing at Western Union today. The big selling came yesterday, when poor earnings and a series of downgrades sent shares tumbling 29% by the closing bell. Today, shares attempted to bounce a bit, but are failing, dropping another 3% and change as I write. From a technical standpoint, the setup in WU should be sending a big caveat emptor signal to bargain-hunters in this stock. Western Union may look a whole lot cheaper today than it did last week – but it's headed even cheaper still.
Shares are making new 52-week lows today, a scenario that has big psychological implications for investors. The simplest way to think about 52-week lows is this: everyone who's bought the stock in the last year is sitting on losses right now. That means that "back to even" mentality is going to rule WU for a while. I'd recommend staying as far away from this stock as possible until that gets resolved.
Barrick Gold
Nearest Resistance: $39
Nearest Support: $32
Catalyst: Q3 Earnings Miss
The same can't be said about Barrick Gold (ABX) today. The Toronto-based gold miner is off more than 8% this afternoon following an earnings miss of more than a dime per share short of analysts expectations. More significantly, it's shoving Barrick's price down below the stock's most recent swing low, a move that indicates weakening technicals. On a technical basis, Barrick has been the ugliest of the gold miners, trending lower even as peers showed signs of a bottom. For now, investors looking for exposure to the yellow metal should avoid this name.
Cirrus Logic
Nearest Resistance: $37
Nearest Support: $30
Catalyst: Q2 Numbers, Downgrade
Finally, Cirrus Logic (CRUS) is another name that's down big today – the semiconductor firm is down around 9% as I write following earnings numbers. But the big difference is that CRUS' quarter was actually stellar. The selloff is more the result of investors' anxiety of a slowing growth trajectory (highlighted by an analyst downgrade today) than of any sort of earnings miss. While the decline is pretty large in CRUS, buyers aren't throwing in the towel just yet.
That's because CRUS has managed to catch a bid above its trendline support level, a move that means that the uptrend is still intact for this stock. After all, in spite of the pullback today, share are still up more than 133% year-to-date. With that in mind, it may be tempting to jump into shares here -- but I'd recommend waiting. Instead, hold out for a bounce off of support this week. That's an indication that enough buyers exist here at support to keep the rally afloat.
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Jonas Elmerraji, CMT, is a senior market analyst at Agora Financial in Baltimore and a contributor to TheStreet. Before that, he managed a portfolio of stocks for an investment advisory returned 15% in 2008. He has been featured in Forbes , Investor's Business Daily, and on CNBC.com. Jonas holds a degree in financial economics from UMBC and the Chartered Market Technician designation.

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Guess Who (Finally) Got an iPhone…Me!!
Let me just start by saying this… I AM NOT technologically savvy…not at all! I know, most of my generation is, but not me! I've never been one to care about what kind of phone I had, as long as I could call and text, I was good! Well, that's all changed now! Mater wanted me to get a new iphone so that when he's at the fire department he and Carsyn could talk using face time. (Which we did last night and it was really neat! She Loved it!)
I hate to admit this, but… I'm lovin this new phone!! It has so many things that Carsyn can play with and I have officially been introduced to itunes! (What?!?! Yeah, I heard you say that!) Sure, you would think that someone who is so into music would know something about itunes…nope! But, I'm learning!
I was forced to get one of those little cute covers for it…of course, I went with pink accents! I mean, it's not like I've dropped a past phone in a crockpot full of beenie weenies…oh wait, yep, I did! Ha! Ok, good call with the cover!
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"Is this it? Is this how the world ends? It cant be. It wont be, we have to work together. Don't you see? If we don't it will be the end of everything." Russia is evacuated and orphan Annushka Volkov is moved to the UK after Robots have invaded earth and taken the form of human bodies. The only safe place is the UK. She can trust no one. Not even the ones she loves. Little does she know that some of the people moving from Russia aren't all she expected them to be. A fight for survival and refuge. Love and sacrifice. The human race in its true colours.
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7 U.S. Code § 7613 - Relevance and merit of agricultural research, extension, and education funded by the Department
The Secretary shall establish procedures that provide for scientific peer review of each agricultural research grant administered, on a competitive basis, by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the Department.
The Secretary shall establish procedures that provide for relevance and merit review of each agricultural research, extension, or education grant administered, on a competitive basis, by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
As soon as practicable after the review is conducted under subsection (b) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall consider the results of the review when formulating each request for proposals, and evaluating proposals, involving an agricultural research, extension, or education activity funded, on a competitive basis, by the Department.
The Secretary shall establish procedures that ensure scientific peer review of all research activities conducted by the Department.
As part of the procedures established under paragraph (1), a review panel shall verify, at least once every 5 years, that each research activity of the Department and research conducted under each research program of the Department has scientific merit and relevance.
A review panel shall be composed of individuals with scientific expertise, a majority of whom are not employees of the agency whose research is being reviewed.
Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.
Section is comprised of section 103 of Pub. L. 105–185. Subsec. (f) of section 103 of Pub. L. 105–185 amended sections 361g, 3221, and 3222 of this title and repealed sections 346 and 3314 of this title.
2014—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7301(1), substituted "Relevance and merit review of research, extension," for "Merit review of extension" in heading.
Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7301(2), inserted "relevance and" before "merit" and substituted "research, extension, or education" for "extension or education".
Subsec. (a)(2)(B). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7301(3), inserted "on a continuous basis" after "procedures".
2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7511(c)(30), substituted "National Institute of Food and Agriculture" for "Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service" in heading and "the National Institute of Food and Agriculture" for "the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service" in text of pars. (1) and (2)(A).
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7301, added par. (3).
Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7129(c)(3), added par. (3).
Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title.
Amendment by section 7511(c)(30) of Pub. L. 110–246 effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 7511(c) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 1522 of this title.
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Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Policy
Regulations and Guidance
Download Printable version of entire Policy Statement (Including Preamble)
Section 31001 (d)(2) of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA), codified at 31 U.S.C. 3716 (c), requires federal disbursing officials to offset an eligible payment to a payee to satisfy a delinquent non-tax debt owed by the payee to the Government, a process known as offset. Under regulations implementing this statute, a federal disbursing official should conduct such an offset when the name and Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) of a payee match the name and TIN of a delinquent debtor. Section 31001(y) of the DCIA, codified at 31 U.S.C. 3325(d), requires agencies to include the TIN of each payee on certified payment vouchers that are submitted to a disbursing official. Providing TINs on payment vouchers is necessary to carry out offset and vendor income reporting.
The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, enacted subsequent to the DCIA, included a provision that provides for the continuous levy of federal non-tax payments to collect delinquent tax debts. Continuous levy will be implemented by the Financial Management Service (FMS) through a process similar to that of offset, and, accordingly, TINs on payment certifications are also required to implement this program.
Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3325(a), FMS is responsible for determining that payment vouchers certified to Treasury are in correct form. To ensure that agencies submit payment vouchers in a proper form that includes TINs, FMS issued a Policy Statement in the Federal Register on October 9, 1998, requiring agencies to prepare and submit implementation reports to FMS documenting compliance with the TIN requirement and identifying barriers to providing TINs.
FMS required these reports to determine compliance, evaluate the effectiveness of proposed agency compliance strategies, identify barriers to TIN collection, determine if any circumstances prohibited use of TINs on payment vouchers, and formulate guidance to assist agencies in overcoming barriers impeding the collection and provision of TINs.
A summary of these reports indicates a number of barriers that prevent agencies from collecting or providing TINs and also identifies strategies, methods, and practices being used to improve the collection of this information.
Barriers to Collecting TINs
The implementation reports indicate that several legal or statutory barriers remain that prevent agencies from collecting TINs. For example, the U.S. Marshals Service reported that there were circumstances when court-ordered payments must be made, regardless of whether it had received a TIN. The implementation reports also revealed circumstances where agencies lack the legal or statutory authority to require certain payment recipients to submit a TIN.
Several agencies noted that certain payment recipients, such as foreign vendors, illegal aliens and other Government agencies, are unable to obtain a TIN. Agencies also reported that collecting TINs for one-time payments, such as payments associated with the taking of the census, was economically prohibitive. Agencies also reported incidents when payment recipients submitted an invalid or improper TIN.
Law enforcement agencies wrote that collecting TINs from payment recipients may have a detrimental effect on federal, state, or local law enforcement operations. There were also circumstances when it was necessary for these agencies to pay an indigent fact witness, without the submission of a TIN, in order to facilitate law enforcement.
Several agencies reported that certain vendors refused to submit their TINs, despite repeated requests. Many vendors were unaware that they had TINs and therefore refused to submit this information.
In addition to these barriers, several agencies felt that it was unnecessary to collect TINs from recipients who were exempt from the Treasury Offset Program (TOP). Although some payments are exempt from the TOP, these payments may not be exempt from tax debts. As a result, agencies should collect TINs for all payments.
Barriers to Providing TINs to FMS
Law enforcement agencies identified circumstances when, although there is not necessarily any difficulty collecting TINs, providing TINs to FMS would substantially harm their programs, such as providing them when paying undercover agents or informants.
No Exceptions for Vendor Payments
In general, agencies were more successful in collecting TINs from individual payment recipients than from Government vendors. FMS received several comments from agencies citing a need for an exception in those circumstances when a vendor refused to submit a TIN. A few agencies indicated that there are geographic regions so small and limited that an agency had to do business with the vendor, even if the vendor refused to submit a TIN, to purchase a product or service necessary to carry out an agency program or function.
While exemptions are available in some circumstances for vendor payments, this Policy Directive contains no specific exceptions for the collection of TINs from vendors as a class of payments. It is important that federal Government vendors be subject to TOP since payments made to vendors represent the largest individual payments subject to offset and therefore the potential for a large-dollar collection by fully offsetting these payments is greater.
Strategies for Collecting TINs
The implementation reports identified several strategies, practices, and methods that may be useful in the collection of TINs from vendors and individual recipients.
Agencies reported that the greatest success in collecting TINs from vendors was achieved during contract proceedings. Most agencies have developed internal policies and procedures that require vendors to submit TINs as a condition of awarding the contract. By establishing these policies and procedures, agencies can refuse to do business with vendors who fail to submit a TIN. Such refusal will ensure that agencies comply with 31 U.S.C. 7701(c), which requires agencies to collect TINs from each person doing business with that agency. It will also assist agencies in complying with 31 U.S.C. 3325 (d). The Federal Acquisition Rule; Taxpayer Identification Numbers (FAR TIN) interim rule at 48 CFR Parts 1, 4, 13, 14, 15, and 52 provides agencies with contract clauses that require vendors to submit TINs as part of the application process and impose monetary penalties if such information is not supplied. These clauses are used by a small number of agencies and have been effective in the collection of TINs for these agencies.
Several agencies have developed contract clauses in agency supplemental acquisition rules, which specify that a proper invoice must include a valid TIN and EFT information. These clauses are used in support of the Prompt Payment rule at 5 CFR Part 1315, which requires electronic funds transfer (EFT) information and a TIN as part of a proper invoice. In such cases, an invoice is rejected and returned to a vendor if the vendor fails to submit this information and it was required to do so in the contract.
Agencies are also taking measures to inform vendors and individuals of the federal government's efforts and requirements to collect TINs from payment recipients. Agencies are making this information available by submitting letters to recipients, posting information on the Internet, and establishing points of contact with vendors. There were a number of agencies that planned to meet personally with vendors to convey the Government's TIN and EFT requirements.
Certifying officials may forward TINs to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in order to validate the TIN with the IRS taxpayer record information. IRS currently has software available that allows it to identify an invalid TIN by matching a payee TIN with its taxpayer records. The implementation reports revealed that agencies were, in certain circumstances, receiving invalid TINs from payment recipients. In many cases, agencies were unaware that a TIN was invalid until it was submitted to FMS and sent through the TOP.
The Policy Directive explains that FMS will require payment vouchers to have TINs, except in specific limited circumstances described below.
To ensure that agencies submit payment vouchers in a proper form, FMS is requiring that federal payment vouchers submitted to Treasury include a valid TIN. FMS will not require a TIN on payment vouchers under the following circumstances:
The Financial Management Service (FMS), as the disbursing arm of the Department of the Treasury (Treasury), is responsible for determining that federal payment vouchers certified to Treasury are in a correct form. As directed by 31 U.S.C. 3325(d) and Treasury instructions for payment certification, FMS requires that all federal payment vouchers submitted to Treasury include a valid Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), except as described below.
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Friday, August 3, 2007 : Some 50 people, including four Berkeley city councilmembers, rallied Tuesday at the Maudelle Shirek Building, demanding that federal drug enforcement agents and the Los Angeles Police Department stay out of Berkeley and that the city become a sanctuary for medical marijuana distribution. On July 30, the Los Angeles Police Department ordered the Bank of America to freeze the account of the Berkeley Patients Group, BPG Community Liaison Becky DeKeuster told the Daily Planet on Thursday.
"And on Aug. 1, the U.S. Marshall seized the assets" as indicated by cashier's checks, DeKeuster said.
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On a pound-per-pound basis, carbon nanotube-based fibers invented at Rice University have greater capacity to carry electrical current than copper cables of the same mass, according to new research. While individual nanotubes are capable of transmitting nearly 1,000 times more current than copper, the same tubes coalesced into a fiber using other technologies fail long before reaching that capacity.
But a series of tests at Rice showed the wet-spun carbon nanotube fiber still handily beat copper, carrying up to four times as much current as a copper wire of the same mass.
That, said the researchers, makes nanotube-based cables an ideal platform for lightweight power transmission in systems where weight is a significant factor, like aerospace applications.
The analysis led by Rice professors Junichiro Kono and Matteo Pasquali appeared online this week in the journal Advanced Functional Materials. Just a year ago the journal Science reported that Pasquali's lab, in collaboration with scientists at the Dutch firm Teijin Aramid, created a very strong conductive fiber out of carbon nanotubes.
Present-day transmission cables made of copper or aluminum are heavy because their low tensile strength requires steel-core reinforcement.
Scientists working with nanoscale materials have long thought there's a better way to move electricity from here to there. Certain types of carbon nanotubes can carry far more electricity than copper. The ideal cable would be made of long metallic "armchair" nanotubes that would transmit current over great distances with negligible loss, but such a cable is not feasible because it's not yet possible to manufacture pure armchairs in bulk, Pasquali said.
In the meantime, the Pasquali lab has created a method to spin fiber from a mix of nanotube types that still outperforms copper. The cable developed by Pasquali and Teijin Aramid is strong and flexible even though at 20 microns wide, it's thinner than a human hair.
Pasquali turned to Kono and his colleagues, including lead author Xuan Wang, a postdoctoral researcher at Rice, to quantify the fiber's capabilities.
Pasquali said there has been a disconnect between electrical engineers who study the current carrying capacity of conductors and materials scientists working on carbon nanotubes. "That has generated some confusion in the literature over the right comparisons to make," he said. "Jun and Xuan really got to the bottom of how to do these measurements well and compare apples to apples."
The researchers analyzed the fiber's "current carrying capacity" (CCC), or ampacity, with a custom rig that allowed them to test it alongside metal cables of the same diameter. The cables were tested while they were suspended in the open air, in a vacuum and in nitrogen or argon environments.
Electric cables heat up because of resistance. When the current load exceeds the cable's safe capacity, they get too hot and break. The researchers found nanotube fibers exposed to nitrogen performed best, followed by argon and open air, all of which were able to cool through convection. The same nanotube fibers in a vacuum could only cool by radiation and had the lowest CCC.
"The outcome is that these fibers have the highest CCC ever reported for any carbon-based fibers," Kono said. "Copper still has better resistivity by an order of magnitude, but we have the advantage that carbon fiber is light. So if you divide the CCC by the mass, we win."
Kono plans to further investigate and explore the fiber's multifunctional aspects, including flexible optoelectronic device applications.
Pasquali suggested the thread-like fibers are light enough to deliver power to aerial vehicles. "Suppose you want to power an unmanned aerial vehicle from the ground," he mused. "You could make it like a kite, with power supplied by our fibers. I wish Ben Franklin were here to see that!"
The paper's co-authors are Rice alumnus Natnael Behabtu and graduate students Colin Young and Dmitri Tsentalovich. Kono is a professor of electrical and computer engineering, of physics and astronomy, and of materials science and nanoengineering. Pasquali is a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, chemistry, and materials science and nanoengineering. Tsentalovich, Kono and Pasquali are members of Rice's Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology.
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Natural nail polish does not exist. Nor does chemical-free nail polish. Unless of course you are making your own from fruits and vegetables, in which case it doesn't look anything like nail polish and won't last longer than you can say Three Free. Even if using non-toxic colorants or mineral pigments, something has to make it adhere to your nail and that something isn't natural despite inaccurate claims. As evident in this post and the fact that we haven't written about any other nail polishes in the three plus years we've been writing this 'ol blog, it's an understatement to say I'm leery about brands who claim their nail polish is natural or non-toxic and disappointed in ones who chose to use either term in their brand name (ahem, Scotch Naturals). And don't get me started about organic nail polish claims, because that doesn't exist either (cough, Priti NYC, cough). Likewise, a big eco-conundrum is how a solvent-based nail polish could be eco-friendly (hello, Zoya). If you're like me, when you step foot into a salon that does nails, you instantly start feeling lightheaded and headachy from the (solvent-based) fumes, so we know without anyone having to say so, that it isn't exactly good for us.
I've been writing a post in my mind on this subject for quite some time and had a to-do list task to investigate further and do a real side-by-side comparison of some popular nail polish brands and those who claim theirs are safer. But that got pushed to the back burner and in the meantime, someone wrote the post I have been meaning to write. So why reinvent the wheel, right?
I've been writing a post in my mind on this subject for quite some time and had a to-do list task to investigate further and do a real side-by-side comparison of some popular nail polish brands and those who claim theirs are safer. But that got pushed to the back burner and in the meantime, someone wrote the post I have been meaning to write. So why reinvent the wheel, right?
In May, I had the pleasure of speaking with Melissa Christenson, a respected and knowledgeable cosmetic chemist/formulator, for over two hours. We chatted about many aspects of the natural beauty scene, including controversial preservative systems, progress and deception, and we could have talked for many more hours I'm sure as the time just flew by. She has been in the beauty biz for over 20 years and has worked for some companies I'm sure you've heard of (Aveda, Intelligent Nutrients and more). She has helped create many products you may know and love today and I respect her experience and insight, especially when it comes to the technical or scientific aspect of product formulation, ingredients and the latest green chemistry. After leaving Intelligent Nutrients as President, she decided to do her own thing and launched Zaega.com (named after her great aunt). When others get caught up in the hype or emotion of a hot beauty topic, Melissa keeps a level head, deals with facts and relies on her scientific background. So when I learned of her recent article, I clicked right over to read much of what I have been thinking and what would have been in my own post on the subject, albeit hers is much more thorough and written by a true expert. I strongly encourage you to check out her article: Nail Polish 101: The Truth About Natural, Non-Toxic Nail Polishes.
I'm no different than you, I want cute fingers and toes adorned with lovely paint colors to match my outfit, mood or season, but I also can't - in good conscience - write a post praising a "natural, eco, non-toxic nail polish" because a). it isn't any of those things and/or b). it doesn't perform well; and those aren't the types of things we write about. Perhaps the terms "healthier" or "safer" should be used when appropriate, but that has got to be back by some good proof. And do I want to pay two or three times more for something that has been marketed to me as "eco-friendly, "natural" or "non-toxic" when it may be not that different from say, something at the drugstore or makeup counter at the mall? And would I recommend that you do that? Notsomuch. Not without knowing what you are or aren't paying for and why.
There are many conventional nail polish brands that don't use the 3 evil offenders that most eco-conscious consumers try to avoid: Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP), Formaldehyde and Toluene; they just aren't marketing them as "3-free" as heavily as other eco brands are. For instance, did you know that Revlon, OPI, MAC and Wet N Wild are 3-free? Me neither. Until recently.
a). While water-based versions seem to be more environmentally-friendly, a safer alternative to solvent-based brands, and don't have that distinct strong paint aroma that makes me feel gross, they don't perform like regular nail polish; meaning they chip, flake & disappear (Scotch Naturals) sometimes within hours of application and/or look watery. Think water-color art versus oil-based art. Watercolors are more translucent and streaky than oil-based. I do like the idea of not using nail polish that has a headache-inducing paint aroma and the water-based ones that I've tried don't have that which is so nice. One thing I notice though, is that most water-based brands I've found don't appear to fully be disclosing their ingredient lists like the solvent-based brands. At least not to INCI standards as Melissa points out in her post. So how are we to really do a fair compare and stare? (see below for ingredient lists)
b). The ones that did perform better for me (lasted longer, more vibrant color) were solvent-based and still smell strongly of paint just like their conventional counterparts, (Priti NYC, Zoya) and don't appear to have vastly different ingredient lists than conventional versions. What appears to be different is mostly their price tag. I still felt faint, light-headed and the onset of a headache when I used "non-toxic" brands that were solvent-based.
So am I paying more for greater perceived value and/or healthiness as opposed to reality? Why would I want to drop 50%+ more money just because it is sold in an eco-emblazened bottle with healthy-hype? I wouldn't. What I would want instead is to put that money towards a high quality organic facial oil or moisturizer, which is money much better spent.
For a good summary of water versus solvent based nail polishes, including pros and cons, check out this article from Pure Body Solutions.
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Let's do a compare and stare, shall we??
Water-Based 3-Free Nail Polishes -
Acquarella Nail Polish Ingredients $16:
Aqua, Styrene Acrylates Copolymer, Acrylates Copolymer, May Contain: CI 77489, CI77492, Mica, CI 77891 and/or CI77499.
Note: I spoke with Acquarella on 9/28/11 and they promised to update their website with their full INCI ingredient list by 9/30/11, said they'd encourage their retailers to do the same and gave their specific approval for me to post the ingredients here. They indicated their packaging has declared the complete ingredient list since July 2011. My conversation with them did not give me a warm & fuzzy feeling. There are still outstanding questions they never answered that were asked on a conference call with myself and Melissa Christenson. It's been 4.5 months and still no answers. I felt as though their side of the conversation was highly unprofessional and mostly consisted of attempting to throw their competitors under the bus to make themselves look better (rarely works, fyi) and/or disclose who was making their competitors products.
Honeybee Gardens Nail Polish Ingredients $9:
Water, water-miscible acrylic, polyurethane formers and thickeners, non-ionic soaps. May contain: ultramarine blue, carmine, mica, iron oxides, and/or titanium dioxide
Scotch Naturals Nail Polish Ingredients $15:
Water, acrylic polymer emulsion, butoxy diglycol and non-toxic colorants.
Note: If you believe these ingredients to be "natural", please explain how they can be considered as such. And if the ingredients aren't natural, why "Naturals" in the brand name? Answer: Naturalwashing.
Suncoat Nail Polish Ingredients $10:
Main ingredients: Aqua (water, ~65% in formula), acrylate copolymer / styrene-acrylate copolymer (~28% in formula) Other ingredients (all under 4%): propylene glycol n-butyl ether, dipropylene glycol dibenzoate
Pigments/colorant: may contain [+/-] mica (CI 77019), titanium dioxide (CI 77891), ferric ferrocyanide, iron oxide (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), chromium oxide (CI 77288), carmine (CI 75470)
Note: The only one out of these four polishes above that appear to be disclosing all of their ingredients is Suncoat.
Solvent-Based 3-Free Nail Polishes -
Priti NYC Nail Polish Ingredients $13:
Butyl Acetate, Ethyl Acetate, Nitrocellulose, Acetyl Tributyl Citrate, Phthalic Anhydride/Trimellitic Anhydride/Glycols Copolymer, Isopropyl Alcohol, Stearalkonium Hectorite, Adipic Acid/Fumaric Acid/Phthalic Acid/Tricyclodecane Dimethanol Copolymer, Citric Acid. May contain:
D&C Red #6 Barium Lake, D&C Red #7 Calcium Lake, D&C Red #34 Calcium Lake, FD&C Yellow #5 Aluminum Lake, D&C Yellow #10 Aluminum Lake, FD&C Blue #1 Aluminum Lake, Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide, Red Iron Oxide, Black Iron Oxide, Bismuth Oxychloride, Mica, D&C Violet #2, D&C Red #17, D&C Red #33, D&C Yellow #11, FD&C Blue #1, FD&C Green #3, D&C Green #6, D&C Yellow #10, Polyethylene Terephthalate, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate (and) Tin Oxides, Silica (and) Aluminum Powder (and) Iron Oxides, Aluminum Powder.
Peacekeeper Nail Paint Ingredients $8:
Butyl acetate, ethyl acetate, nitrocellulose, acetyl tributyl-citrate, adipic acid/neopentyl glycol/trimellitic anhydride copolymer, isopropyl alcohol, stearalkonium bentonite, acrylates copolymer, styrene/acrylates copolymer, benzophenone-1, May contain (+/-): Titanium dioxide, Iron oxides, Ferric ferrocyanide, Mica, Carmine, Argan oil.
BUTTER London Nail Polish Ingredients $14:
Ethyl Acetate Butyl Acetate Isopropyl Alcohol Nitrocellulose Adipic Acid Neopentyl Glycol Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymer Trimethyl Pentanyl Disobutyrate Triphenyl Phosphate Stearalkonium Hectorite Diacetone Alcohol Citric Acid Dimethicone Benzophenone-1.
Zoya Nail Polish Ingredients $8:
Butyl acetate, propyl acetate, ethyl acetate, nitrocellulose, isopropyl alcohol, polyester resin, camphor, steralkonium hectorite, benzo-phenone 1, titanium dioxide. May contain D&C red #6, iron oxide, ferric ammonium, ferrocyanide red #7.
Sheswai Nail Polish Ingredients $16:
Ethyl Acetate, Butyl Acetate, Nitrocellulose, Polyester Resin, Acetyl Tributyl Citrate, Isopropyl Alcohol, Stearalkonium Hectorite, Camphor, Benzoioxide MAY CONTAIN: D&C Red #6 Barium Lake D&C Red #7 Calcium Lake D&C Red #34 Calcium Lake FD&C Yellow #5 Aluminum Lake D&C Yellow #10 Aluminum Lake FD&C Blue #1 Aluminum Lake Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide Red Iron Oxide Black Iron Oxide Guanine Bismuth Oxychloride Mica D&C Violet #2 D&C Red #17 D&C Red #33 D&C Yellow #11 FD&C Blue #1 FD&C Green #3 D&C Green #6 D&C Yellow #10 Polyethylene Terephthalate Calcium Sodium Borosilicate (and) Tin Oxides Silica (and) Aluminum Powder (and) Iron Oxides Aluminum Powder
Revlon Nail Polish $5:
Ethyl Acetate, Butyl Acetate, Nitrocellulose, Tri Benzoin, Isopropyl Alcohol, Propyl Acetate, Acetyl Tributyl Citrate, Stearalkonium Bentonite, Serica (Silk Powder) (Silk Powder), Dimethicone, PPG 2 Dimethicone, Triacetin, Citric Acid, Maleic Acid, Tetrabutyl Phenyl Hydroxybenzoate, Stearalkonium Hectorite, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Silica, Alumina, Polyacrylate 4. May contain: Mica, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, 77492, 77499), Red 6 Lake (CI 15850), Red 7 Lake (CI 15850), Red 34 (CI 15880) (CI 15880), Yellow 5 Aluminum Lake (CI 19140), Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide (CI 77510) (CI 77510), Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide (CI 77510) (CI 77510), Aluminum Powder (CI 77000) (CI 77000), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163) (CI 77163)
I am interested to know: Do ANY of the above ingredient lists look natural, organic or eco-friendly to you??
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All the eco/natural/organic hype surrounding nail polish reminds me of the story The Emperor's New Clothes.
Products that sit on skin for a long period of time and ones we use daily are those that should warrant our attention, first and foremost. Giving nails time without polish so they can "breathe" is a good idea and using polish in moderation is best. If we wanted to be truly au naturale we'd skip the polish altogether and go buy a good quality nail buffer or we'd follow in the footsteps of health pioneer, Patricia Bragg and never let polish touch our nails. Since most of us aren't willing to do that, if we don't mind compromising on performance (durability, wear), then water-based polishes seem to be a healthier option in terms of personal and environmental health; though be aware that many water-based polish brands don't all appear to be fully disclosing their ingredients, so it doesn't look like we are being told what the real deal is, so it's difficult to make decisions based on only part of the story.
If we must have high performing, long-lasting color on our nails, solvent-based polishes outperform but let's not be deceived by brands whose ingredients look mostly the same, yet their pricetag is double or triple the price; because they have marketed to us in such a way that makes us believe it is somehow better for us than conventional brands who are also 3-free. The main point here is after you decide what is best for your health, your personal standards and what compromises you are willing to make, be informed and aware of how and why you are spending your hard-earned dollas, instead of being scared into purchasing something for $15 when it could possibly have the same health and environmental impact as a $5 version.
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NETWORK Rail has been forced to stop chopping down "potentially hazardous" trees at a Wirral train station after residents complained it was causing them sleepless nights.
Workmen had started to saw down trees at Wallasey Village station during the early hours of the morning in a bid to reduce the safety risk they posed.
However local residents soon bombarded Wirral Council and Network rail with complaints as chainsaws and workers' conversations kept them awake all night.
The work has now been suspended until further notice after the council gave them a warning notice.
Melanie Neilson, whose house backs onto the tracks, said she was struggling to sleep through the "racket."
She said: "I have been awake since 2am this morning listening to the God-awful racket that is trees being chain-sawed – I have to be up at six!
"I have been told Network Rail could be breaching noise pollution levels for that hour of the night – not only were the chainsaws a constant bind but the workmen are all shouting to each other too.
"I live a couple of roads back from the actual track so those who live next to it must be demented."
Residents, whose homes overlooked the embankment of trees, initially feared that the scheme to cut down the trees would rob them of their privacy and leave them open to flooding problems.
It was later agreed that extra fencing would be put up while laurel trees and shrubs would also be planted.
The work is being done from 11pm until 5am every night this week but now it is not known when it will be picked up again.
A Network rail spokesman said: "We were told by the council about a number of complaints they had received.
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The Lodi Community Band Board of Directors announced a new slate of officers for 2011. They are: Barbara Portal, president; Sue Meyer, vice-president; Carol Marvel, secretary; and Duane Purdey, treasurer. Members at large are: Ron Rader, advertising and publicity; Bobby Miner, band room manager; and Ray Lippert, general assistance.
Board members serve a term of three years and meet on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Meetings are open to all band members, except during rare executive sessions.
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Today's Lady News: Scientists Ban Women From Mock Mission To Mars
- Russian scientists have banned women from a mock mission to Mars. They don't want the women to create "sexual tension" during the 18 months they are locked in a capsule. Because, you know, an all-male group won't have any sexual tension at all. [Daily Mail UK]
- Constance McMillen, the lesbian Mississippi high schooler who sued her school to allow her to bring her girlfriend to prom, is the guest of honor at the Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center's prom next weekend. [WLBT]
- Two so-called "child brides" in Afghanistan, ages 13 and 14, were publicly whipped for running away from their husbands dressed as boys. A bystander videotaped the flogging and leaked it to the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. Apparently, when the girls were caught by police, they were turned over to the local warlord instead of the country's shelters for battered women. [New York Times]
- The unmarked grave of Henrietta Lacks — the woman whose cervical cancer cells have been used by scientists to create the polio vaccine, among other medical advancements — has received a headstone after 59 years. Lacks' life story was recently thrust in the public eye with the publication of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (which both Annika and I loved). [Essence]
- For the first time ever, all five of the meteorologists on Boston's early morning and midday weather reports are women. [Boston Globe]
- Low-income women outside of D.C. are taking skills classes on plumbing, carpentry and electrical work in order to branch out into new careers. [Washington Post]
- Women's colleges across the country are aiming to diversify their enrollments and recruit more women from low-income backgrounds. [New York Times]
- Sculptor Louise Bourgeois passed away this weekend at age 98. One of her most famous works was "Maman," a 30-foot tall spider meant to symbolize her mother. [Wall Street Journal]
- Comedian Erica Watson (and friend of The Frisky!) speaks to Plus Model magazine about being plus-size and getting help from Jillian Michaels of "The Biggest Loser" to lose weight. [PlusModelMag.com]
- An Islamic scholar in Saudi Arabia has filed a lawsuit to block the education ministry from allowing female teachers to educate boys in grades 1 through 3 at private elementary schools. The cleric believes it is a "liberal scheme" whose goal is to ultimately integrate boys and girls in each other's schools. [AFP]
- Three women in Namibia are suing the government after they were allegedly sterilized without their consent after HIV positive diagnoses. [BBC]
- Afghanistan will soon be hosting a "peace conference" in which the Taliban leaders will be encouraged to disarm. Women's rights activists want to make sure that any peace agreement between Afghan leaders and the Taliban takes women's rights into account. [USA Today]
- This is not a surprise: despite the fact that makeup is banned by Iran's morality police, millions of dollars of beauty products are trafficked into the country yearly. [AFP]
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LARAMIE, Wyo. - The Wyoming Cowboys will be featured on five ESPN network telecasts during the 2014 college football season. The Mountain West Conference and its television partners, ESPN and CBS Sports Network, released on Thursday the balance of its national telecasts for the 2014 college football season. As part of that announcement, four more Wyoming football games were added to the ESPN networks telecast schedule for 2014.
All of the MW telecasts announced on Thursday will be Saturday telecasts. The four Wyoming Saturday games selected for television will combine with a previously announced Friday, Nov. 7 home game versus Utah State on ESPN2 to give the Cowboys five ESPN telecasts for the upcoming season.
The first Cowboy game to be carried on an ESPN network during the 2014 season will be the Sept. 6 home game versus Front Range rival Air Force. On Saturday, Oct. 18, Wyoming's home game versus San Jose State will be carried by the ESPN networks. The one Wyoming road game selected was the Saturday, Nov. 1 game at Fresno State, and the final Saturday ESPN network telecast of a Wyoming home game in 2014 will be on Nov. 22 versus Boise State.
With Thursday's announcement, ESPN added 15 Mountain West Saturday games to its 2014 college football schedule. ESPN is expected to provide the network designation and game time for the Sept. 6 Wyoming-Air Force game when it releases its plans for the start of the season.
Game times and specific outlets for the remaining ESPN network games will be determined during the course of the regular season, and will generally be announced 12 days prior to the date of the game.
The one Wyoming game time and network that has been set is ESPN2 will travel to Laramie, Wyo., on Friday, Nov. 7 for a national telecast of the Wyoming Cowboys and Utah State Aggies in a game scheduled to kick off at 6 p.m., Mountain Time from Wyoming's Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium.
"Having five of our games on ESPN telecasts is great for our fans, the young men in our program and for recruiting," said University of Wyoming head coach Craig Bohl. "As we look to bring back the great tradition of Wyoming Football we are excited to receive this level of national exposure for our program and our university."
Wyoming was featured on ESPN networks three times in 2013, including two ESPN2 telecasts -- once at home vs. Fresno State and once on the road at Boise State. The Cowboys road game at Air Force in 2013 was carried on ESPNU.
ROOT SPORTS and the Mountain West Network powered by Campus Insiders will be announcing additional 2014 Mountain West football telecasts in the weeks to come.
2014 Wyoming Cowboy Football Schedule
Date - Opponent - Time - Television
Sat., Aug. 30 - MONTANA - TBA - TBA
Sat., Sept. 6 - AIR FORCE* - TBA - ESPN Networks
Sat., Sept. 13 - at Oregon - TBA - TBA
Sat., Sept. 20 - FLORIDA ATLANTIC - TBA - TBA
Sat., Sept. 27 - at Michigan State - TBA - TBA
Sat., Oct. 4 - OPEN
Sat., Oct. 11 - at Hawai'i* - TBA - TBA
Sat., Oct. 18 - SAN JOSE STATE* - TBA - ESPN Networks
Sat., Oct. 25 - at Colorado State* - TBA - TBA
Sat., Nov. 1 - at Fresno State* - TBA - ESPN Networks
Fri., Nov. 7 - UTAH STATE* - 6 p.m., M.T. - ESPN2
Sat., Nov. 15 - OPEN
Sat., Nov. 22 - BOISE STATE* - TBA - ESPN Networks
Sat., Nov. 29 - at New Mexico* - TBA - TBA
Sat., Dec. 6 - Mountain West Championship Game+
*Indicates Mountain West Conference games
+The Mountain West Football Championship Game will be played at the home stadium of the divisional champion with the highest national ranking.
Additional television coverage by ROOT Sports and the Mountain West Network and game times will be announced at future dates.


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Post Industrial?
I never put much thought into the term "post-industrial." In my college and grad years, the phrase seemed to be used like candy – a ubiquitous summary of the current state of cities in the US. The phrase implies a kind of death in our cities, an inability to retain the industries that spurred their very growth.
I never put much thought into the term "post-industrial." In my college and grad years, the phrase seemed to be used like candy – a ubiquitous summary of the current state of cities in the US. The phrase implies a kind of death in our cities, an inability to retain the industries that spurred their very growth.
The term, first promoted by Daniel Bell in the early 1970s, is based on the trends that we have all come to know too well. In the golden years of our industrial age, smokestacks and factories sat cheek by jowl with nearby homes. Over time, industrial geography dispersed. Some moved to suburban or exurban areas, others overseas. Many "new" industrial uses (particularly those occupying space in exurban locations) occupied more space and resulted in bigger and flatter boxes. The large box trend left cities with little bargaining power as larger urban sites for redevelopment are hard to come by. In some cities, urban renewal programs in the 50s and 60s were able to carve out industrial space but today, space in cities is often limited compared to what's available further afield.
As industry dispersed, each city was impacted differently. Detroit's decline was markedly swifter than that in Philadelphia which had a more diverse base of industries. But the end result is the same. The often highly visible, vacant and obsolete industrial land has spurred the use of short-hand monikers like "rust-belt" city for added insult.
But the term "post-industrial" isn't really accurate. True, there have been changes and cities are not the powerhouses of industrial manufacturing in the ways they once were, but many cities also retain a healthy base of industrial use, even quite a few of those "rust-belt" ones. Philadelphia, for instance, still has a diverse industrial base and only about an 11% vacancy rate in its industrial stock. Now, coming into Philadelphia via Amtrak would have you believe that percentage should be a lot higher. But despite these moments, there is a significant amount of production remaining in the city and local employment is very much tied to what's made, packaged, distributed and ultimately sold locally. That's not to say we should cling to formerly industrial land in hopes that "formerly" will be replaced by "new," but industrial uses deserve consideration and discussion.
Some of the issue is inevitably wrapped in the perception of what industry is. Smokestacks, loud machinery, toxins hairnets - these are the words that spring to mind. But a broader view today includes a whole range of production including research, artisanal and, depending on how we define it, green jobs. Combined with the smaller distributers, wholesalers and other old school, but micro-industries, there is a rich economic sector that benefits from the density, activity and available workforce in urban areas. And many of these uses can, and frequently do, sit comfortably next to homes, stores and parks.
"Post industrial" feels like we've just given up. But what is made locally is so important to a city's identity and vibe. A colleague suggested "older industrial." More accurate but in an age of political correctness and tact, maybe we should consider "experienced industrial" or "established industrial." I'm open to suggestions.


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Latrobe plans annual banana split celebration
Now that the plaque recognizing Latrobe as the birthplace of the banana split has been firmly cemented outside the site of Strickler's Drug Store, local organizations are planning to contribute to an annual celebration of the dessert.
The Latrobe Community Revitalization Program has established a standing committee to feature the Great American Banana Split Festival as an annual celebration in the city, set for the same weekend next year, Aug. 22-24.
"We've gotten everyone's attention. People are still coming in and talking about it," said committee member Gabi Nastuck, director of the Latrobe Art Center. "In time people will be marking (the festival) on their calendars."
The committee, headed by the Rev. Wayne Sautter, is hoping to bring back successful events again next year, like the Yellow Tie Gala, Sock Hop and Car Show, in addition to making new ones, said Nick Felice, executive director of the revitalization program.
"Having more time to plan and lay things out and rethink will make it better," he said.
Nastuck said she looks forward to working with Sautter.
"I think he's going to be an excellent leader, one that will keep everyone in line and focused," she said.
The committee is comprised of representatives from each of the organizations that contributed to this year's inaugural event, including the Latrobe Rotary Club, the Latrobe Lions Club, the art center, St. Vincent College, the Latrobe Business & Professional Women's Club and the Hope Center.
Each organization will sponsor and organize a separate event, while the committee is charged with "infrastructure" of the festival, such as tents, permits and other planning aspects, Felice said.
The Latrobe Area Chamber of Commerce also intends to join in planning the festival, he said.
"We're happy to see them step up like that," Felice said.
One consideration the committee will take up: more of those three-scoop treats.
Felice said visitors wanted more banana splits at the festival this year, so the committee may seek out more vendors to provide the namesake specialty.
Stacey Federoff is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 724-836-6660 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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