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Big Idea Entertainment
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1993 (Big Idea Entertainment)
|Franklin, Tennessee, United States
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|VeggieTales and other faith-based products
|DreamWorks Classics
|DreamWorks Animation
Big Idea Entertainment, LLC (formerly known as Big Idea Productions and Big Idea, Inc.) is an American Christian animation production company best known for its computer-animated VeggieTales series of Christian-themed family home videos.
It is a subsidiary of DreamWorks Classics, which in turn is owned by DreamWorks Animation.
Company history[edit]
Big Idea was founded in 1989 under the name GRAFx Studios by Phil Vischer to create graphics in television commercials. That same year Vischer created a 12-second short film called Mr. Cuke's Screen Test. This short inspired him and Mike Nawrocki to create VeggieTales in 1993. The company's first video, Where's God When I'm S-Scared?, was released the same year. Rapidly running out of office space, Big Idea relocated to the Chicago suburbs in 1997 with the purchase of the DuPage Theater in Lombard, Illinois.[1] However, renovation delays, unforeseen building conditions, and lengthy zoning battles resulted. In the interim, the company was guided by City of Lombard officials to rent space at the Yorktown Center, a local mall.
In 2003, after management and financial issues and a lawsuit by Lyrick Studios, Big Idea declared bankruptcy and was auctioned off to Classic Media.[2][3] After purchase by Classic Media, the company relocated to Nashville in 2004.
In March 2009, Entertainment Rights sold its UK- and US-based subsidiaries, including Big Idea and Classic Media, to Boomerang Media.[4] As of 2011 Big Idea, Inc. has been repackaged officially as Big Idea Entertainment, LLC. In July 2012, Big Idea's parent company, Classic Media, was acquired by DreamWorks Animation and renamed DreamWorks Classics.
On April 28, 2016, NBCUniversal announced it would be acquiring DreamWorks Animation (including DreamWorks Classics and Big Idea) for $3.8 billion.[5]
VeggieTales history[edit]
VeggieTales is a series of children's computer animated films featuring anthropomorphic vegetables and conveying moral themes based on Christianity, spliced with joking references to pop culture and current events. VeggieTales was created by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki, who also provide many of the voices. VeggieTales has also been released as books, games, and many other branded items such as toys and clothing. Additionally, the series has been adapted for television broadcast on Qubo where it aired from September 9, 2006, to September 5, 2009.[6]
Video programs[edit]
- VeggieTales: 1993–present
- 3-2-1 Penguins!: 2000–2003, 2006–2008
- Larryboy: The Cartoon Adventures: 2002–2003
- VeggieTales in the House: 2014–present
Feature-length films[edit]
- Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002) (co-production with FHE Pictures)
- The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie (2008) (co-production with Universal Pictures and Starz Animation)
- ^ "Big Idea Productions, Inc. -- Company History". Funding Universe. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
- ^ http://www.philvischer.com/phil-news/what-happened-to-big-idea-part-10
- ^ Hertz, Todd. "Big Idea Loses Suit". Christianity Today. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ "Boomerang buys Big Idea". ChristianCinema.com. April 6, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
- ^ "Comcast's NBCUniversal buys DreamWorks Animation in $3.8-billion deal". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Munoz, Lorenza (September 23, 2006). "NBC Issues New Explanation for VeggieTales Cuts". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
External links[edit]
- Official site
- Big Idea at the Internet Movie Database
- What Happened To Big Idea? article by Phil Vischer


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- The forces charity said it 'does not allow political fundraising'
- EDL leader Tommy Robinson planned a sponsored walk in aid of charity
- His Just Giving page appeared to have been closed down tonight
- Drummer Rigby was wearing a Help for Heroes t-shirt when he was killed
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Mr Robinson had raised more than £3,300 for the charity.
The EDL leader had planned a 17-mile walk across London in aid of the charity and was going to lay a wreath in Woolwich.
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|Application number
|Publication date
|Aug 5, 1986
|Filing date
|Jan 7, 1985
|Priority date
|Jul 31, 1984
|Fee status
|Also published as
|Publication number
|Peter D. Liu
|Original Assignee
|Liu Peter D
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (11), Referenced by (8), Classifications (31), Legal Events (7)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This is a continuation-in-part of my co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 636,369 filed July 31, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4582761 which is hereby incorporated by reference.
This invention relates to compositions and methods for treating a reflective-transmissive surface to reduce reflected glare and to surfaces that have been so treated.
Items of various sorts are viewed through an abutting transmissive surface. For example, glass or plastic surfaces are used to protect the electronic viewing screens. By the term "electronic viewing screens," I mean to include viewing screens of all types including, without limitation, screens for television sets, video display terminals, television monitors, test equipment screens, word processor screens, mini-computer screens, main frame computer monitors, other cathode-ray tube screens, liquid crystal displays (LCD's), light emitting diodes (LED's), watches, oscilloscopes, plasma screens, and electroluminescent displays (EL's). By television sets and television monitors, I mean to include black and white television, color television, red/green/blue monitors, green monitors, and amber monitors; I also mean to include digital as well as raster scanning television sets and vector sets. Artwork or photographs may have intrinsically reflective surfaces, or they may be protected by glass or plastic.
Locations for viewing such surfaces may generate serious glare. For example, the surfaces may reflect room lights or light entering through room windows. In the workplace, various equipment may reflect fluorescent lights or incandescent lights as well as window light. Such glare is annoying. More important, it prevents transmission of information and images, it causes squinting and headaches, and it is generally fatiguing and efficiency reducing. There have been considerable complaints about these problems from those who use such screens regularly--for example, office workers.
The problem to be addressed is allowing light to pass from the viewing surface to the viewer, while at the same time significantly reducing or eliminating reflections from that surface. Specifically, where the viewing surface is a glass or plastic surface, light must be transmitted through the surface from an object immediately therebehind, and light impinging on the surface from the viewer's side must be effectively dispersed to avoid objectionable reflection.
In some cases, glare reduction may be achieved at the expense of the quality of the transmitted image. It is highly desirable to be able to control the amount of glare reduction so that glare reduction and transmitted image quality are maximized for a given application.
Various efforts to reduce glare have been disclosed.
Junge et al. U.S. Pat. No. 3,374,130 discloses an etching process for producing low specular reflecting or low image reflecting surfaces on glass.
Leinen U.S. Pat. No. 4,168,332 discloses a non-glare abrasion resistant coating for glass or plastic that protects and overlies artwork. The coating is made by spraying a polymerizable solution comprising an epoxy prepolymer of an epoxy-terminated silane and an oxirane copolymer onto the glass.
King U.S. Pat. No. 3,697,277 discloses a non-glare reflective photographic print having a matte-surfaced polyester film--for example, poly (ethylene)terephthalate, permanently bonded to the photographic emulsion.
Marks et al. U.S. Pat. No. 3,679,451 discloses coatings for decreasing reflected images from the surface of a transparent sheet used for displays; the coatings are mixtures of organic and inorganic polymers--for example, a mixture of polyvinyl butyral, polyvinyl alcohol acetate copolymer and polysilic acid.
Bohum, U.S. Pat. No. 3,736,050, discloses a filter with an anti-reflective coating to be used with a cathode-ray tube.
Hyman et al., U.S. Pat. No. 3,576,356, disclose a multi-layer anti-glare coating for a cathode-ray tube implosion shield. The coating is a semiconductive material sandwiched by dielectric layers so that a voltage pen can make electrical contact through the dielectric layers to the semiconductive layer.
Barnes, U.S. Pat. No. 2,734,142, discloses a reflection reduction coating comprising discrete microgranular transparent solid particles that are deposited by a spinning process on a lens adapted for a cathode-ray tube. A color neutralizing layer is provided at the surface of the lens.
In one aspect, the invention features a method of improvement of image transmission through a transparent viewing surface comprising surface irregularities to control glare. According to the method, an inert fluid coating is applied to the surface to have sufficient thickness to remove some, but not all, of the anti-glare effect of the surface irregularities. By gradually reducing the thickness of the image coating, it is possible to achieve an optimal balance of image quality and glare reduction, while at the same time retaining the ability to alter that balance to accommodate different glare environments and different types of imaging systems. By surface irregularities, I mean to include particulates that have been deposited or coated on a specular surface, irregularities created by etching or other processes for removing material, as well as other types of surface irregularities.
In a second aspect, the invention features a kit for treating a transparent specular surface to provide controlled anti-glare and controlled transmission through the surface. The kit comprises: (1) an anti-glare coating that includes an acrylic resin constituting a matte varnish, an aqueous dispersion of polyvinyl acetate, or both; and (2) an inert fluid coating.
In preferred embodiments, the viewing surface is an electronic screen, and the non-specular surface is the non-glare coating described above. The inert fluid coating is applied and then portions are removed to achieve controlled transmission. Also in preferred embodiments, the surface irregularities comprise surface particulates comprising a range of sizes so that the anti-glare effect of smaller particulates can be obscured without obscurring the anti-glare effect of larger particulates; and the incremental removal of the fluid coating will provide incremental control over the anti-glare effect. Finally, in preferred embodiments, the fluid coating is comprised of a substance that wets the surface particulates.
FIGS. 1, 2, and 3 are highly diagrammatic representations of the anti-reflective surface demonstrating control of surface irregularities.
The preferred embodiment will be described in terms of a fluid coating to be applied to one specific anti-glare coating that is described in my co-pending U.S. application referenced above. It will be understood, however, that the fluid coating could be applied to any of a large variety of anti-glare surfaces formed by a variety of techniques including coatings having different types of particulates and to surfaces which have been etched to create irregularities. In particular, the coating makes it practical to use particulate anti-glare materials that might not otherwise provide optimal image clarity. For example, the fluid coating provides acceptable anti-glare and image transmission properties when applied to an anti-glare coating that includes polyvinyl acetate alone or acrylic resin alone, even though, as described below, the preferred anti-glare coating includes both of these components.
In the preferred embodiments, the surface includes an anti-glare composition having two major components. An aqueous dispersion of polyvinyl acetate (PVA) provides glare reduction. An aqueous dispersion of acrylic resin provides other useful properties and interacts with the PVA to improve the characteristics of the anti-glare coating as described below.
By polyvinyl acetate resin I mean resins such as those commonly used in latex paints, adhesives, surface coatings, and textile finishes, as typified by the following functional unit: ##STR1##
By acrylic resin I mean resins such as those typified by polymers and copolymers of methyl methacrylate, acrylic acid, and acrolein.
The preferred PVA dispersions are water soluble white adhesive. They dry to a generally clear coating with a glare reducing surface that disperses reflected light. These dispersions are relatively easy to work with, being non-toxic and water soluble. A suitable white adhesive dispersion is sold by Borden Chemical Co., Inc. of Columbus, Ohio.
The preferred acrylic resin is an aqueous acrylic emulsion. That emulsion is preferably a matte varnish which includes a flattening agent to preserve the anti-reflective quality of the coating. Cellite or other diatomaceous flattening agents are suitable, as are magnesium carbonate, alumina hydrate, wax, aluminum stearate, or zinc tungate. Roplex AC 234 (Rohm and Haas) is a suitable acrylic resin base to make acrylic paints, varnishes, etc. Utrecht Co., New York, N.Y., makes a suitable matte varnish.
In presently preferred formulations, an anti-foam additive is included to avoid irregularities in the coating caused by bubbles or foam. A surfactant or detergent may also be included to lower the surface tension of the dispersal, aid spreading, and improve the uniformity of the coating. Presently preferred surfactants are non-ionic alkylaryl polyether alcohol types such as the Triton series sold by Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, Pa. Finally, a thickening agent such as sodium polyacrylate may be used to enhance the stability of the formulation. The Acrysol series sold by Rohm and Haas are such suitable agents.
A preferred method for formulating the above-described composition to give improved coating characteristics is described below.
The polyvinyl acetate dispersion is blended with the acrylic dispersion in a volume/volume ratio of between 8:1 and 1:8, and most preferably about 1:2 or 1:3. The resulting mixture has a stiff, gum-like consistency far more viscous than the starting materials. Without being bound to any particular theory, it appears that the PVA and acrylic polymer interact to improve the distortion-free light-transmission properties.
The thick mixture is thinned with isopropyl alcohol while stirring, and then water is added. The alcohol should be added first to avoid agglomeration of the resins.
The resulting mixture is a smoother, more stable dispersion with benefits not provided by the separate components. Specifically, PVA without acrylic resin provides a non-glare surface but is not entirely distortion-free due to its consistency. Acrylic resin by itself provides insufficient viscosity and glare protection but improves the consistency and thus reduces distortion.
The dispersion may be coated on the surface with any suitable applicating device such as a brush or sponge. If carefully applied and allowed to dry, it forms a durable, non-glare coating that does not interrupt transmission of light from the object being viewed.
Specifically, the coating is applied to glasses and plastics used to protect electronic viewing screens as defined above.
Without being bound to any particular theory, it appears that the above-described anti-glare coating functions at least in part as a result of irregular particles at the surface of the coating. The surface particles prevent reflection from what would otherwise be a specular glass-type screen surface, and the transmission of light will be generally acceptable, particularly for viewing relatively large objects such as the figure of a person performing in a television broadcast.
Nevertheless, additional fine detail may be desired, depending on the user and on the application. For example, when a CRT is used as a computer display monitor for alphameric characters or where additional clarity of facial features is sought for close-up viewing of a television broadcast, it may be desirable to enhance the detail and contrast above that provided through the anti-glare coating. Such control of the degree of the anti-glare effect and enhancement of contrast is provided by a second coating applied over the first. The second coating serves to reduce the irregularities in the first surface coating by smoothing it out. Significantly, the second coating is not so thick as to create a perfectly specular surface (i.e., by entirely obliterating the effect of surface particles); rather it only partially obliterates the anti-glare effect of the surface irregularities, e.g. by covering the smaller particulates, but not the larger particulates.
The degree of anti-glare and the amount of contrast and resolution can be controlled by controlling the thickness of the second layer. The thicker the fluid layer, the more of the surface irregularities that are obliterated--i.e., covered--and the fewer the irregularities that are large enough to remain uncovered, and therefore the more reflective the surface is. Control over the thickness of the fluid layer is provided by using a liquid coating substance that can be wiped off incrementally.
FIG. 1 depicts in a highly diagrammatic way a specular surface 10 of a transparent screen 12. Particulates 14 of varying sizes have been deposited on surface 10 to reduce the reflection of light incident on that surface. Finally, a fluid layer 16 has been applied to the surface to improve light transmission through screen 12. In FIG. 1, the fluid layer is so thick that it completely obscures the surface particulates 14 to provide specular surface. FIGS. 2 and 3 depict the same screen after increasing amounts of the fluid layer have been removed to increase the anti-glare properties of the screen of FIG. 1. In FIG. 2, the largest particulates extend through fluid layer 16, making the surface more irregular than in FIG. 1 and thus reducing reflection. In FIG. 3 more of the particulates extend through layer 16, and the surface irregularity is increased over that of FIG. 2.
Surprisingly, the thickness range control thus provided is such that it is possible to retain very substantial glare reduction which is adequate for most environments and applications, while at the same time improving the transmission quality to a degree that is particularly noticeable for images of smaller objects, e.g. characters on a computer display monitor.
The fluid coating should be a clear to semi-clear liquid or cream that does not itself introduce significant irregularity to the anti-glare surface. The fluid coating preferably remains in a fluid or liquid phase at the anti-glare surface. The coating should not be degraded by heat experienced at the screen surface, and it should be inert to atmospheric components as well as to the components of the anti-glare coating and other electronic screen components.
Specific coating materials that can be used are:
hydrocarbon waxes and oils, clear acrylic coatings, polyethylene glycol, dibutylpthalates, polyvinyl alcohol, tributoxyethyl phosphates, dioctylpthalates, fatty acids, polyethylene, esters, squalane, polysynlane, hydraulic oil, sperm oil, automotive engine oil, technical oils, mineral oil, and vegetable oils (e.g. almond, cotton seed, olive, or rosewood oil).
The second coating may be applied manually using an absorbant pad, soft cloth, or low-lint paper as an applicator. A second pad or cloth may be used for controlled removal of part of the second coating until the desired properties are achieved.
The degree of anti-glare achieved can be determined visually or it can be measured by measuring the solid angle defined by a reflected laser beam. Using the solid angle reflected from glass as an index of 1, the anti-glare coating described above can be applied to increase the diffusion of the reflection by a factor of 10,000-40,000. A fluid coating can then be applied to enhance the clarity of transmission without unacceptably reducing the anti-glare effect.
Other embodiments are within the following claims. For example, other dispersion vehicles can be used such as an alcohol/water vehicle for the acrylic resin. The coating may be applied by other methods such as by suitable spray apparatus, in which case a vehicle system with a more volatile organic component may be used. The method may be used for other surfaces such as for windows where privacy is desired without blocking out all light, or where it is desirable to filter out heat while still allowing some light to be transmitted.
The inert fluid coating may be used to control the transmission quality through and glare from non-specular surfaces other than those coated with the non-glare coating. For example, acid etched surfaces or frosted surfaces may be treated with the inert fluid coating to provide controlled transmission improvement and non-glare. The inert fluid coating may be a substance that subsequently hardens, e.g. polyvinyl alcohol or acrylic.
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|Single layer anti refelctive fillm for optical-substrates
|Dec 22, 1995
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Federal and state wildlife officials working in conjunction with academic researchers announced six water samples taken from Sandusky and north Maumee bays in Lake Erie tested positive for the presence of Asian carp environmental DNA in Michigan and Ohio waters.
If the carp find their way into Lake Erie, it could affect the fishing and boating industries and the local economy, said Sandy Bihn, executive director for Lake Erie Waterkeeper, Inc.
A special board meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 25th at 7:00 PM in the Clay High School Library/Media Center to discuss the district's finances and look at the long term financial needs of the district.
The current Five Year Forecast shows the district will begin deficit spending at the end of the 2012-2013 school year.
Board President P.J. Kapfhammer is urging the public to attend the meeting and provide input on the future of the schools.
A long stretch of dry weather is exasperating an already deteriorating condition for groundwater levels in the Village of Elmore/Harris Township area, say some residents who rely on well systems.
A public meeting to discuss a study by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources of groundwater in the area is scheduled for July 25 at the Harris-Elmore Fire Station.
Their story started in 1967 – a time long before CNN and other 24-hour news channels brought world events into our livings rooms on demand. Way before email, Facebook and Skype too.
As the numbers of U.S. troops in Vietnam approached 500,000, Americans were reading the paper and watching news to get the latest war updates.
In Oak Harbor, 16-year-old Peggy Bennett didn't know too much about the war, but she was worried about her brother who was fighting in Vietnam. She wanted to do something to support him and the other troops, but what could a teenager do?
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I love this dress!
By The Kuze
from Minneapolis, MN
Comments about Roamans Women's Plus Size Crinkle Short Sleeve Maxi Dress:
I can hardly wait to see the 4 new colors listed for this dress!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Love it!!!
By T the walker
from Atlanta
About Me Casual Dresser
I was looking for a maxi in a conservative color that was not sleeveless... its perfect.
(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
Love the Crinkles --and it grows!
By LOM SchoolforSaints
from Raleigh, NC
I LOVE this dress! My request to Roaman's: please offer this dress in a calf-length version so that we short ladies can wear this more gracefully. Crinkle cotton has a way of GROWING as you wear it, that is, it gets longer as the day goes on. By the end of the day for me, it's dragging on the floor. Also, please offer this same dress in a variety of pretty spring or summer prints!I also must say how pleased I am with all my Roaman's purchases! The necklines are what I appreciate so much! Unlike plus sizes from the big name department stores whose necklines get cut deeper as the size of the shirt/dress increases,sometimes to ridiculous depths-- you all manage to keep the neckline so beautifully decent. Thank you!!!!
nice dress for summer lounging
By Classic Tan
from Leesburg, VA
I will wear this for summer lounging, or maybe a graduation party. I will have to hem as it is too long for my 5'2" height.
By Crinkle dress
from Michigan
About Me Classic Dresser
It would fit if I were 7 foot tall.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
love this dress
By wash
from spring lake, NC
liked the dress so much, bought on for my daughter
I would buy this dress again
By Beth the traveler
from Ames, IA
Get many compliments It is a little long for my frame, but a loose belt helps. Very comfortable to wear & has a nice length sleeve.
The amazing growing dress!
By Mum Sally
from Indiana
I bought this dress for a trip to Africa during the hot season. I need to wear long dresses for my work there, and this is definitely long! I had to order a L, because my usual M (in Full Beauty sizes; usually I am an XL) was not available, so that's partly why it was too big. But then the crinkles started coming out, and the waist got bigger and bigger. Fortunately I had a belt along, so I just belted it, but then that sort of defeated the purpose of coolness. I love the colors, the flowing skirt, the flutter sleeves, and once I had the belt on, everyone said I looked "smart." But I think I'm going to take in the waist now that I'm home.
Looks and feels great
By Barb
from Rockford, Illinois
Dressed professionally with a blazer or a cool sundress for outdoor party, this dress fits the bill.
loved loved the dress
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the dress is long ,but very flatter to the body and it can be dressed uo or down


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Incident Location: Lone Camp, TX (U.S. National Grid: 14S NB 6853 1595)
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text: 719 FXUS63 KLOT 280815 AFDLOT Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville, IL 315 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016 .SHORT TERM... 300 AM CDT Through Friday... A mid level shortwave is dropping southeast across the area this morning leading to scattered showers, with some additional forcing for upstream activity being provided by an W-E oriented cold front across southern Wisconsin then extending back into Central Iowa, where the front is more N-S oriented. Better coverage from upper level divergence/jet dynamics is found both north and south of the area. Stabilization has also limited coverage in NE IL/NW IN. This leading shortwave will continue its eastward movement though will down and dampen today, but broad upper troughing will at least support some weak lift with additional shortwave energy in northwest flow arriving late this afternoon. Meanwhile, The cold front will approach far northeast Illinois (and adjacent Lake Michigan) by daybreak, and then continue inland with onshore flow today. Meanwhile, the western portion of the frontal boundary, then get a bit better push southward tonight. This front will likely be the focus for any redevelopment of showers and thunderstorms today, with appears to largely be south and west of Chicago. Decent heating should occur ahead of the stabilizing influence of the front and incoming shortwave to contribute to scattered showers and thunderstorms, with the favored area closer to the arriving shortwave to our west, but with the broad lift in place will need to maintain some chance pops elsewhere, especially in the morning and the afternoon. Weak mid level lapse rates and weak shear suggest that these will be more garden variety showers and storms, though with the slow storm motion, and seasonally high PWATs moderate to brief heavy rainfall can always be a concern.. And while not a perfect pattern for this, strong low level lapse rates and moist low level conditions (Td`s in the low to mid 70s near PNT) with a slow moving upper wave moving overhead could support a few funnel clouds in the coming days. This pattern again favors a diurnal weakening in shower activity in the late evening and overnight, though cannot go dry given the multitude of small scale waves embedded in the flow. The next more notable shortwave in the broad upper trough is currently over Montana will again approach our area on Friday. Expect another go- around with an increase in slow moving afternoon showers and thunderstorms. KMD && .LONG TERM... 300 AM CDT Saturday through Wednesday... Broad upper troughing continues Saturday across the northern tier of states east of the Rockies with some suggestion that heights increase, shortwaves appear weaker, and surface high pressure will build across the area which suggest maybe lower coverage Saturday but still enough features to support a chance of showers and storms again Saturday. Upper level heights get a bit more of a boost on Sunday, which at this point appears largely dry and a touch warmer than the previous few days. The mid to upper level ridge axis across the center of the country will amplify some on Monday. Our region is on the northeastern fringe of the hot dome associated with this ridge, and so we can expect some increase in heat and humidity, but being in that position we will be subject to occasional periods of convection. There are hints that the upper ridge will attempt to expand farther east as the week goes on. KMD && .AVIATION... For the 06Z TAFs... A cold front over southern WI will continue south into northern IL this morning. MVFR fog is possible away from the city early this morning. Winds will remain northeast to east through the day. Expecting scattered showers and storms to form along the front early this afternoon and then dissipate quickly by mid evening. Have medium-high confidence in timing and occurrence of convection. However, have low confidence in if and when the scattered convection will impact the terminals. As such, kept the VCSH and PROB30 for thunder in the TAFs. JEE && .MARINE... 314 AM CDT The cold front over central Lake Michigan will continue south and clear the southern end of the lake this afternoon. Showers and storms will form along the front. A weak low over IL will shift east through tonight. Northeast winds increase to 15-25 kt late this afternoon, and waves build to 3 to 5 ft north of Wilmette Harbor. Waves should remain below small craft criteria so will not be issuing a small craft advisory. 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Guilin Central Hostel
Guilin Central Hostel brings a whole new meaning to hostels in China. We are the newest hostel in town and we've got a refreshing new look that is sure to appeal to all of you. We have factored in every small detail when it comes to having the truly best experience.
Firstly, we put your absolute comfort in mind with our spacious and heavenly body forming mattresses. Gone are the days of notoriously bad wifi with our dedicated internet lines supplied in every room. Also, you will be guaranteed with the very best customer service with our exceptionally trained, well-spoken English, driven staff who's passion lies in making the people around them happy.
All dorm beds have been custom built for one single purpose: To fit our magic mattress. They are made for kings and queens. A bed so large it begs for a companion and a bed so comfortable it deserves 2 nights in a day. Say no to bad sleep ever again. These are the largest and most comfortable beds you will sleep in China.
For our location, it's the most amazing spot in the city.There's no other place in town where you are literally beside everything! We are just steps away from the famous Li River, Pedestrian Street, Food Street, Guilin City Square, Two Pagodas, and Elephant Trunk Hill. Just take a step outside and everything is within arms reach.
Book now for the absolute best experience in China!
See you soon! =)
Cancellation Policy: Bookings will need to be canceled via email or phone by 2pm of the previous day the guest is supposed to arrive. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
【Special conditions: During the holidays in 2016 (Feb.6th-14th, Apr. 1st-3rd, Apr. 30th to May 2nd, June 9th-11th, Sept. 15th-17th, Sept. 30th to Oct. 7th), all the room fees are non-refundable and to be paid in full (via credit card) once the reservation is made.】
Disponibilità e tariffePer visualizzare la disponibilità e i prezzi, seleziona le date e fai clic su "Aggiorna date"
Ostello Servizi & Politiche
- Reception 24 ore su 24
- Sicurezza 24 ore su 24
- Adattatori
- Aria condizionata
- Trasferimenti aeroporto
- Bar
- Noleggio biciclette
- Giochi di società
- Scambio di libri
- Prima colazione non inclusa
- TV via cavo
- Caffé
- Si accettano bambini
- Sala comune
- Carte di credito accettate
- Mappe della città gratuite
- Accesso a Internet gratuito
- Parcheggio gratuito
- Wi-Fi gratuito
- Sala giochi
- Asciugacapelli
- Asciugacapelli a noleggio
- Docce calde
- Pulizia
- Accesso a Internet
- Accesso con chiave elettronica
- Cucina
- Lavanderia
- Biancheria inclusa
- Armadietti
- Deposito bagagli
- Pasti disponibili
- Mini supermarket
- Nessun coprifuoco
- Vietato fumare
- Terrazza
- Servizio postale
- Luce per lettura
- Ristorante
- Cassetta di sicurezza
- IVA inclusa
- Travel Desk per i tour
- Asciugamani inclusi
- Lavatrice
Politica di cancellazioneQuesta proprietà ha una politica di cancellazione di 1. La mancata cancellazione entro questo intervallo di tempo si tradurrà in una penale pari alla prima notte di pernottamento.
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From Guilin South Train & Bus Station to us:
Walk out of the train station to the main street, Zhong Shan Rd, there you will see the public bus stop on the other side of the street where you can catch bus No. 10 (running between 7:00-22:00). Get off at Shi Zi Jie (十字街). Walk ahead 30 meters until you reach Zheng Yang Walking Street(正阳步行街) which will be on your right hand side. Follow down the walking street, pass the clock tower, and at the second cross (note the Irish pub on the left hand side), turn left. You will see us on your right hand side after a minute. By bus it costs 2yuan per person.
From Guilin North Train Station to us:
Catch bus No. 100 and get off at Shi Zi Jie(十字街)which is just right beside KFC on Zhongshan Rd. Cross the street and head south to Yiren Rd(伊仁路) then turn left. Walk until Zheng Yang Walking Street, then turn right. Turn left at the next path (note the Irish pub on the left hand side). You will see us on your right hand side after a minute.
From the airport:
The airport is roughly 30km away from the city. We provide pick-up service from the airport whenever your plane arrives. The pick-up service is 120RMB before 23:30, 140RMB between 23:30 and 01:00, and 160RMB after 1am. If you need this service, please Email or give us a call about your flight number and arrival time.


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NEW YORK -- The New York Knicks wanted to win this one. Really, they did.
Well, kinda sorta really.
It looked like they wanted to win it when coach Mike D'Antoni made the decision to reinsert Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups into the game with 6:33 remaining and a 21-point deficit had been (thanks to a 26-2 run by the Chicago Bulls to begin the second half) whittled down to 12.
But just two minutes and one second later, the smarter half of D'Antoni's brain took over and he took both players out, resigned to the fact that this game truly was meaningless in the big scheme of things, and it was time to shut down those two players.
The real thing happens this weekend, and this was no time to take a chance on having a freak injury (like the one that happened to Chicago's Ronnie Brewer in the second quarter when he sprained his thumb diving for a loose ball) impact the most important game the franchise will play in seven years.
"We wanted to win. We wanted to play well, and I thought the first half we played real well," D'Antoni said after the Knicks dropped a 103-90 decision to the Eastern Conference-leading Bulls. "I was going to leave Carmelo and Chauncey out, but then you kind of want to be competitive, and it got the best of me. They were a little stiff, so I should have left them out, but Chicago's a good team and they keep coming at you in waves."
But Chicago will not be a concern of the Knicks unless both teams make it to the Eastern Conference finals, and no team other than the Boston Celtics will matter for the next two weeks as New York prepares for its first playoff appearance since 2004.
New York will wrap up the regular season in Boston on Wednesday night, perhaps getting Amare Stoudemire some run after he missed the past three games with a sprained ankle, but the finale will be even more of a doesn't-matter game than Tuesday night's affair was.
What can the Knicks take from this loss, which snapped their seven-game winning streak?
For one thing, Bill Walker made three 3-pointers and scored 18 points in 22 minutes for the best game he has had in what has amounted to a nine-game tryout to try to crack D'Antoni's playoff rotation.
"We'll test him a little in the playoffs, and if he plays well we'll keep playing him, and if not we'll move on," D'Antoni said.
Walker, who came to the Knicks from the Celtics in last season's Nate Robinson trade, has made 58 3-pointers in 60 games, only 26 fewer than the total accumulated by Landry Fields in 1,750 more minutes. Walker is shooting .387 from behind the arc, while Fields is at .393.
"I'm playing with more energy, I've been trying to work on changing my game, learning how to be a guard. It's been a long process for me but I feel I'm getting better," Walker said. "It's stuff like handling the ball more. I played small forward and power forward my whole life, and to make an adjustment to playing guard when you're in the league is a big jump."
Most of the rest of what the Knicks could take from this game was negative.
They were outrebounded 51-33 (Carlos Boozer accounted for 22 of them) and allowed the Bulls to score 19 second-chance points; they were 0-for-10 on 3-pointers in the third quarter before Walker made one on their final possession of the period; and they looked about as bad as they have in a month during the 26-2 run to open the third quarter that put the Bulls in control.
Again, not that it really matters all that much.
"I'm not a real big believer in shutting it down too early," D'Antoni said beforehand. "We'll see what we do tomorrow, but today is a big game for us. We want to play well and use this to keep going. And also, today's Tuesday, and you have to get to Sunday, and you don't want too much time to go by without playing the right way."
They played the right way for about 24 minutes Tuesday, and there were even some boos at the end that made you wonder what kind of fans could be that flighty -- until you discovered that the boos were directed toward Scottie Pippen, who was sitting in the stands.
The time to boo the Knicks has already passed (it came during the six-game losing streak that preceded the seven-game winning streak), and if catcalls are called for it'll only be at the end of Game 4 if the Knicks are about to get swept. That's what happened to them the last time they played in the postseason, but that was ages ago, when Stephon Marbury was the fresh new face of the team.
In 10 days or so, the Knicks will finally be back at Madison Square Garden, and it'll be no time to kinda sorta want to win.
But the Knicks earned the right to kinda sorta mail this one in, so they get a pass on the final result.


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On our new album Paradox of Choice this quote is narrated by Nick Awde.
It's a tradition that we publish all lyrics on our site. In this new redesigned site you'll find all lyrics on the Lyrics page, or visit our Discograpgy pages. On each page a link is added to a pdf file for easy reading. So, while seated in your best couch, accompanied by a good glass of Belgian beer, read along ;-).


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This hotel is perfectly placed...walking distance to everything. The staff were so helpful that if you didn't want to walk, they could tell you all about the public transit. We had rented a car but took it back. the train to SeaTac is 2 blocks away . no need for a cab ride to the airport. the room was beautiful, clean and comfortable. the price was amazing for the quality !!!! would highly recommend this hotel.
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Grand Canyon University chooses Mesa for new campus
PHOENIX — Grand Canyon University on Tuesday announced the site for
its planned new facility in Mesa.
The Christian private university located in west Phoenix,will open a staellite campus at Ray and Ellsworth roads, near Gateway Airport. The school had also asked
Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Queen Creek and Tempe to submit proposals for a 75- to 100-acre site.
Grand Canyon said construction of the facility is slated for 2014 with
plans to open in the fall of 2015.
At least one site in Tucson had been considered for a satellite campus,
but Grand Canyon put consideration of a Tucson campus on hold.
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The Midlothian Panthers baseball team won Friday's neutral non-conference game against Birdville by a score of 10-2.
(March 4, 2011: North Richland Hills, TX 76180) In Friday's non-league game, the visiting Midlothian Panthers baseball team scored a nice 10-2 victory over the Birdville Hawks.
The Panthers (4-3) will now prepare for their game against Waxahachie (Waxahachie, TX). The Indians go into the non-league game with a 2-1 record. In their last game, Waxahachie ran past Richland (North Richland Hills, TX), 5-4, in a non-league game.
The Hawks (3-3) will now prepare for their game against Seguin (Arlington, TX). The Cougars go into the non-league game with a 1-2 record.


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Hey animefreak17a? How are those people you've got chained up in your basement?
You WOULD "Love" this guy, Animefreak17a! That's because you have blackness in your soul!
Extremely well written psychopathic character. He had no discernable patterns. Also used psychology very strongly on Dr. Kenzo Tenma and left him to wallow in the wake of his emotional crisis.
The epitome of the unseen horror. Even without being on screen or any-where near the characters, this Nameless Monster had a presence. I cannot really think of any other character who managed that.
Incredible character. Johan is one of the most complex characters that has graced the anime medium. He is unpredictable, a smart manipulator and easily the embodiment of ''Evil'' Everytime he showed up in the screen, you know something special is gonna happen.


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Running the F.B.I.
Published: November 2, 1997
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Freeh's supporters within the bureau like to point out that when he arrived, morale couldn't have been much worse. His predecessor, William Sessions, had been under investigation for months for alleged abuses of the perquisites of his office. ''A lot of us view Louie as a godsend,'' says George Clow, former head of the Unabom investigation. ''When he showed up, the F.B.I. was in absolute disarray, and this not only resulted in a paralysis at headquarters but permeated the whole organization. There was not a lot getting done, and you had heads of field offices who were afraid to make a decision because no one knew who was really running the F.B.I.''
Support for Freeh has also come from law-enforcement officials in other parts of the country because of his new emphasis on providing help and sharing information with local police departments. ''The bureau always had tremendous institutional pride, but this great strength also became their great weakness, because they thought they were better than anybody else,'' says Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, Freeh's boss for five years in the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan. ''My commissioners tell me the bureau's so much more of a partner these days, it's been almost a revolution.''
Of course, the new director made some highly visible mistakes. He mistreated Frederic Whitehurst, the F.B.I. whistle-blower who was suspended after trying to get the bureau to deal with unprofessional practices in the forensics lab. And Freeh promoted Larry Potts, a friend from his prosecutor days, to the bureau's No. 2 position, despite Potts's poor showing as chief of the criminal division during the Ruby Ridge fiasco -- a move he rescinded after the predictable furor.
''No director can avoid criticism or making mistakes,'' says Ron Noble, a former Undersecretary of the Treasury in charge of that department's law-enforcement agencies and now a New York University law professor. ''The question was what kind of a Director he would be when they occurred. And, watching him before Congress, one of the things I was struck by was his saying he wanted and welcomed more scrutiny, more oversight of the F.B.I. by Congress, which is an extraordinary thing for an F.B.I. Director to say.''
Despite his deft handling of Congress, Freeh has handled other political aspects of his job rather poorly. As a Clinton appointee, he has to be careful not to be seen as the President's man, but early in his tenure he left himself open to charges that he was a Clinton ''patsy.'' There was the revelation that the F.B.I. had turned over Republican security files to the White House, and the suspicious fact that the bureau had given the President's staff an advanced copy of a tell-all memoir written by an agent formerly assigned to the White House. Freeh was also accused of being too willing to keep the President apprised of investigations into possible Chinese attempts to influence the 1996 election -- investigations that might have implicated White House officials.
In the last year, however, Freeh has resolved many of his political problems by distancing himself from the White House, most noticeably in his handling of the latest round of Clinton-Gore campaign finance investigations, to which he has assigned dozens of agents. He refuses to appear at ceremonial bill signings at the White House, and last spring he privately recommended to Attorney General Janet Reno that she appoint an independent counsel to look into the Clinton campaign's fund-raising. Although Freeh refuses to discuss the matter, his aides say that he has repeated the recommendation to Reno several times.
His stature with his Congressional overseers has improved considerably. ''Has Louie done everything perfectly?'' asks Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee and a friend of the director's. ''No. But he did give a much greater sense of confidence to Congress and the American people that the F.B.I. could not only learn from its mistakes but do things to keep from making more of them, and that feeling just wasn't there before.''
For her part, Attorney General Reno seems to have sensed Freeh's increasing status among Republicans, and she has invoked his name in order to appease critics. Last month she assured the House Judiciary Committee that she had promised Freeh she wouldn't abandon any avenue of her campaign finance inquiry without first getting his consent. It was as if she was trying to suggest that an independent counsel wouldn't be necessary because, in effect, there already was one: F.B.I. Director Louie Freeh.
There are no critics of Freeh's performance among the new recruits at the F.B.I. Academy in Quantico, Va., a place the director repairs to every chance he gets. At 7:30 one Friday morning, as the sun slices through the oak and poplar trees, he comes jogging around a bend in the road in a T-shirt and running shorts, followed by three dozen F.B.I. recruits in gray sweats, red-faced and puffing like steam engines. At 47, Freeh has 20 years on most of them, but he's the only one not breathing hard, and when the group comes to a panting halt at a set of stairs outside the modern complex of buildings, he checks his watch and says: ''Not bad. Compared to other classes you're in very good shape. Keep up the good work.''
''Thank you, sir!'' the recruits shout, and Freeh launches into a post-run pep talk.


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No time for a full review, alas, but a few quick points about the newest Bond movie.
No time for a full review, alas, but a few quick points about the newest Bond movie.
Today's the day that Star Trek 13 starts shooting here in Vancouver.
A lot of developments on the Star Trek front these last few days. In a nutshell, the people who made the last two movies aren't involved in the new film in any serious way, but the studio is determined to get the film out in time for the franchise's 50th anniversary — which is now only a year and a half away — and so they've hired a director who has experience making big-budget multi-ethnic action-oriented box-office hits and reviving troubled properties. Details below.
The apostle Peter is not the first biblical character that Darwin Shaw has played in his decade or so as an actor. You can see him briefly as Adam, in a new prologue to the Campus Crusade film Jesus (1979) that was shot a few years ago, and you can also see him as the "Semitic Jesus" in Gospel of Thomas (2009), an interactive adaptation of the Gnostic text that allows you to toggle between different actors. (Another actor plays the "Western Jesus".)
But Peter is easily the biggest role of this sort that Shaw has tackled so far. He appears in all five of the New Testament-themed episodes in last year's mini-series The Bible, and he will appear again this week in Son of God, the big-screen movie that consists mostly of footage from that mini-series but also includes a few new scenes.
I spoke to Shaw — whose credits also include Casino Royale (2006), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), John Carter (2012) and a deleted scene from Prometheus (2012) — by phone last week while he was in Los Angeles to promote Son of God.
This post has taken a lot longer to write than I expected. I saw Star Trek into Darkness on Wednesday night (the studio, in its wisdom, decided to hold this film back from most critics until the last possible second) and began writing this post on Thursday morning, but life got in the way and I couldn't finish it all in one sitting — and then, whenever I came back to this post, I found that I had more things to say, or different ways of saying what I had already said, and so on, and so on. But here we are now, on Monday, and the film has finished its first weekend in North America (where it slightly underperformed at the box office), and I am finally going to force myself to finish this thing.
So. Here's the thing about the J.J. Abrams Star Trek movies: He throws so many things at you, so quickly, that you cannot help but miss some details that are actually fairly important, at least on first viewing.
For example, it wasn't until the second time that I saw his 2009 "reboot" of Star Trek that I realized virtually all of Kirk's fellow Starfleet cadets had been killed by Nero, except for the ones who were on Kirk's ship. As you may recall, Starfleet gets a distress call from Vulcan while Kirk is in the middle of being reprimanded by Starfleet authorities — and the disciplinary hearing is put on hold so that all of the recent graduates can board their ships and fly to Vulcan. When all of the ships go to warp speed, the Enterprise accidentally stays behind, because of an error on Sulu's part — and when the Enterprise finally gets to Vulcan, it finds nothing but a debris field orbiting the planet. Which, when you think about it, means that everyone on all those other ships — including the green alien roommate of Uhura's that Kirk slept with — is dead, dead, dead. But by that point, the film has forgotten them and moved on to other things; and then, at the film's conclusion, everyone at Starfleet Academy cheers when Kirk is promoted to captain. Do they make at least a token nod to the fact that they just lost dozens, if not hundreds, of their classmates? Nope.
So, take anything I say in this post with a grain of salt. I have only seen the new film once, and I may have missed all sorts of stuff that won't register until a second viewing. (One e-pal has already informed me that the movie refers to an incident from the comic-book prequel Countdown to Darkness, but I completely missed that reference as I was watching the film. And I've actually read that comic!)
The Academy has spoken, and it looks like Steven Spielberg's Lincoln will be the big winner when the final envelopes are opened on February 24.
All the usual indicators point in that direction, at any rate. It has the most nominations. It is one of only two Best Picture nominees whose directors were also nominated for the Directors Guild Award (the other such film being Ang Lee's Life of Pi). It was nominated for Best Film Editing. And, perhaps just as importantly, it is a box-office hit in a year when the Oscar will probably go to a box-office hit. (More on that in a later post.)
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As we get older our bodies seem to sprout all sorts of bumps and other age related blemishes. Skin tags are benign tumors that normally develop where the skin is abraded, such as the neck, or where it creases. This is a guide about remedies for skin tags.
How can I get rid of skin tags?
By Retha D from Anchorage, AK
I had some bothersome skin tags. I forget where I heard about getting rid of them yourself, but it sure did work. I took some sewing thread and tied it around each tag. This cut the circulation to them off. They shriveled up and basically fell off. They never came back, either. You have to leave the thread on until they fall off, but that doesn't take long - seems like is was a few days, but it might have taken a week. I had one that could be seen, and I didn't want the thread around it to be seen, so I covered it with a bandaid. It was easy, it never hurt at all, and it was free.
Some skin tags can indicate a serious illness, so it is probably a good idea to see a doctor if you have insurance. He or she can freeze the area and then snip off the tag, it's much safer than trying to do it at home.
What I have always done for my skin tags is use Melaluca (Tea Tree Oil). You can find it in your local Walmart or Cvs, etc. Nail clippers hurt, so I take the longer alternative route. Tea Tree Oil has a bad odor (to me, anyway) so I only use it at night. Take a clean cotton swab & dip it once. Swab the area good every night & let it dry.
It takes between 5 days to 2 weeks for it to completely dry up & fall off. I know this takes longer, but it kills it from the root and it never returns. Also, there is no pain involved. I hope this helps!
On YouTube there is a video that says to pull on the skin tag, and tightly tie dental floss around the base. It should fall off in a couple days. Much easier than the method I used to remove mine- cuticle scissors, it bled quite a bit, and was painful. This method is supposed to be painless.
How can I remove skin tags at home?
By Darci from Chicago, IL
Dr. Oz says one of two ways.
First, make a loose knot in dental floss, then tie around the skin tag as tight as you can, then do another knot. Trim the ends and leave it there. They will drop off, but as you wear clothes, keep a bandaid over them. Sometimes they bleed.
The other is to use wart remover. He likes the kind that freezes them off, so I hope these help.
Other doc's say to always have them removed by a doctor but of course, they want your money.
How about using cuticle cutters instead? They have a straight edge. I think I would try the dental floss first though.
I have removed several from myself and others. You can place an ice cube on it for about three minutes to kind of numb the area but it doesn't hurt very much if you don't numb it. I have used cuticle scissors and a fillet knife and regular scissors. I have not tried the floss, but it will definitely work but you must get the knot against the skin at the base of the tag. I apply antibiotic salve and a Bandaid for a day or two. The thought is worse than the removal!
Duct tape. Smother them.
I have been reading all the remedies for skin tags and I have to say, I am also a big baby when it comes to pain in some areas. I had a skin tag appear in a private area a few years ago and yesterday I woke up and it was swollen and clear liquid would come from it when I tried to mash it.
I read some of the remedies you all had posted and I tried the thread thing and when I woke up this morning, it was a reddish-purple and super sore. So I removed the thread. I have also tried to cut it off as some of you have suggested, but it was too painful and I can't get it numb enough. I have also been trying the oregano oil and I haven't seen a change. Any more ideas?
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I found an item on how to remove moles, using coriander. Please tell me how I can find this information. I have moles and skin tags that I wish to remove.
I do not like taking prescription drugs. I want to find alternatives to drugs.
Best regards.
I tied thread around the base of my skin tags, they actually died and fell off! I wouldn't try this with moles though.
Just Google it like I did
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Does anyone know of a home remedy for skin tags?
George from Roanoke, VA
Great news. You can buy alcohol swabs w/pain killer (designed for insulin users) at your local department store. I rub them on my tags and remove with cuticle nippers or out curved nail clippers. Works like a charm. (09/21/2009)
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Does anyone know of a home remedy for skin tags?


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Free music in London
Forget shelling out for pricey festivals and arena tours, some of the capital's best gigs and concerts don't cost a penny
From jazz to pop to metal, the capital offers free music to cater for all tastes. Check out our guide below and find great free gigs and music in London.
The best free music in London
Still: Lionel Richie
If you can't get enough of the Big L, this Lionel Richie photography exhibition is a must. Alan Silfen's previously unseen photographs of Richie will be on display in the bar at the 45 Park Lane hotel, to tie in with the star's big gigs at The O2. Silfen has been snapping the soul smoothie since the Commodores days (he describes himself as a 'friendly voyeur'), so you'll see Richie hanging with Princess Di and Frank Sinatra, singing along to a huge crowd at Glastonbury and grabbing some much-needed downtime – because nothing says 'easy like Sunday morning' like Lionel Richie in a dressing gown.Read more
David Cronenberg's Wife
Tom Mayne's Monks- and Fall-inspired, two-chord wonders headline with their stompy rockers.Read more
Live on the Lines
Blitz-era tube-themed bar Cahoots hosts live music every Friday, with electro-swing and 'chap rap' acts performing alongside more traditional gypsy jazz and lindyhop bands.Read more
Jackson & Morgan
The pairing of the guitarist and pianist performs blues, folk and boogie-woogie.Read more
Gypsy Dynamite
Guitarists Giulio Romano Malaisi and Filippo Dall'Asta perform a wide repertoire of gypsy jazz and Italian music.Read more
Canary Wharf Jazz Festival
Do you like free jazz? No, not that kind of free jazz – we mean the opportunity to catch some of the best and most envelope-pushing jazz acts from London and beyond, gratis. Canary Wharf Jazz Festival offers that opportunity, bringing top performers including Red Snapper, Julia Biel and Nérija (Saturday) and Beats & Pieces, J-Sonics and Binker & Moses (Sunday) to Canada Square Park. Should bring a bit of life for once to all those shiny towers full of money.Read more
Dom Pipkin
Bluesy, beefed-up New Orleans-style pianist Pipkin plays the early session at this jazz den.Read more
It's great to enjoy music performed live. When our fan base gets larger we will start to do festivals and public performances. http://www.steelbandhire.com/hospitality-events.html
Brick Lane is always a good shout for free music events in London.. I know of one taking place at Cafe 1001 on Saturday 24th May- look up Alfalfa, it's an underground electronica show.
Who compiles this list? A simple click shows that the Escapists on Saturday costs £8.50. Isn't this meant to be a free gig list...?
Exclusive 22nd January 2014 Live performance from the band 'Radfax' New Cross Inn 323 New Cross Road, London, SE14 6AS Free Entry Starts at 7pm Happy hour! 50% off all spirits and selected draughts (7-8pm) Early bird special: 20% off all spirits and selected draughts before 8pm Radfax on stage 10:30pm
pins & needles in my left hand writing this message. so I cant make it very enjoyable to read. however I did find it enjoyable to read your reviews on free gigs . Thank you . .. oh its gone now.
Go music rocks Kev Langdon man!
Hello!!! Dear, I say think you for live this page the news for free music from London. Can you help me again to send the ticket or book one place for me same time to you calendare. Please is for help to live together complety course inportance.
Crowdsource.net has a better list!
i'm poor...:-) but i want to live this city...so everithing will be free,will be mine!:-)


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Tired? Ratty? Snapping at your staff for finishing the staples? You are not alone. A growing number of Canterbury business owners, and staff, are struggling with stress and fatigue. TAMLYN STEWART looks at what lies beneath the brave face of Canterbury's small businesses, and what help is on hand.
Christchurch rehabilitation practice Pelim founder Mary- Anne Hewitt says being a business owner can be a really lonely place to be.
In the first couple of months after the February quake, Pelim's 12 Christchurch staff heard a lot of traumatic stories from the clients they were working with, and while it is an important part of the work they do, it was difficult, Hewitt said.
Nearly 18 months later those stories have changed, but the longevity of the effect of the earthquakes has started to weigh heavily on clients and staff.
"As a sole owner of a business your job is to lead and support everybody else. But it can be a really lonely place, and if you're not careful you don't get looked after yourself."
Hewitt is not alone.
Business support organisation Recover Canterbury reports that of the 520-plus businesses that have contacted the organisation for help since the start of this year, more than 46 per cent cited stress and fatigue as major issues.
A recent survey of 651 businesses by the Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce revealed 60 per cent of respondents reported issues with stress.
State-funded business coaching and stress management programmes for Canterbury businesses were launched in April this year. The counselling and training is provided by EAP Services and Workplace Support.
But so far only about 50 businesses have accessed the service, the majority with fewer than 15 staff.
EAP Services South Island manager John Squire urges firms to ask for help sooner rather than later and says time off to rest and recover is important - mini-breaks, not six months in Fiji.
Squire said the most common causes of stress for business owners and managers were cashflow, staffing, dealing with insurance claims, broken plant or premises and dealing with distressed customers.
On top of those issues, business owners and managers were dealing with personal issues at home and in many cases were not sleeping well and were fatigued.
Squire said employees were suffering too.
Common issues included staff taking considerable sick leave, staff non-performance due to their own quake issues, drug and alcohol issues and fatigue.
Cantabrians are waiting too long before asking for help: "And I think that's a little bit possum in the headlights . . . 'There's so much coming in I just need to knuckle down'."
In many cases EAP Services should have been involved with that business much earlier on, but for some reason people were reticent about asking for help with stress and anxiety, he said.
"Business owners and managers have so many balls in the air, and because they are intrinsically involved in the businesses their anxiety and distress is exacerbated by the fact they are unable to walk away from it."
Business survivor guilt is rife.
"Business owners are saying 'Yes it's tough, but someone else has got it much tougher than me. I've got nothing to complain about . . . help those who need it more'.
"We help them with their ability to focus, their flexibility, their ability to take some time off.
"If you're a weightlifter you don't spend all your time lifting the heaviest weights you can lift . . . You're preparing yourself for the time when you need to compete.
"What we're seeing is folk who are effectively competing all the time because there's so much coming in."
Business owners were dealing with a broken supply chain, staffing problems, relocating, on top of the usual personal issues like personal finance and sick children.
"Which means that folk effectively spend their life competing instead of just training."
People who had previously been performing well as a team were now not performing as they should.
"People who generally manage stress fairly well have that rhythmic oscillation between energy expenditure and recovery but because there's just been so much going on for folk they're not getting that recovery time.
"So now we're seeing folk with an issue that maybe 18 months ago they would have had the capacity to deal with quite well, they're just not able to deal with it.
"If you give a muscle time to rest and recover not only will it heal but it'll grow back stronger."
Hewitt said she had not realised how much pressure she was under until she had to move out of her house for earthquake repairs to be done.
A number of her staff also had damaged homes and those sorts of issues understandably affected people's capacity to focus.
Hewitt's own home needed just superficial repairs, but having to move out of her home tipped her over, and pushed her to ask for help. "And I think that was where I'd got to that place, that I needed some looking after myself."
Recover Canterbury referred Hewitt for free Workplace Support assistance, which had been excellent, she said.
An adviser at Workplace Support told her it was OK for her to be struggling, and it was OK to ask for help.
"If you are leading a team, and you haven't got it together, then how can you lead other people?"
The programme also made her more aware of her staff's needs. "Christchurch people are just expected to get on and do it, and I think that the impact of that is showing up in health."
This year was the first time staff had been off sick for extended periods of time.
"It's related to significant stress, the long-term effects."
She is now more mindful of the balance of staff workloads - not just the amount of work, but the type of work people were doing - and she keeps an eye on staff stress levels.
For herself she is in closer contact with her business mentor, talks to other business owners, socialises more and goes for walks.
"It's all helping."
Automotive repair business owner Steve Welford said his Sydenham-based building had suffered little damage in the earthquakes but surrounding buildings had.
"We were like a shiny pin in all this stuff. But it definitely impacted quite heavily on the workflow and stress levels were pretty high.
"You tend to get into high adrenaline, that's what I found I was running on. You had so much to think about.
"It didn't get me down until later on, probably 12 months, then it hit me, that we were struggling, and what had happened, and losing customers - we lost two people who died in the CTV building that were clients of mine."
A phone call from Recover Canterbury prompted Welford to make use of the free business resilience training.
"I just felt at that time it might be worth talking to somebody about things.
Welford said he had wanted to protect his three staff. His staff had all had their own difficulties, with damaged homes.
"You're so busy thinking about what's going on you're just rolling along on adrenaline, and then one day it just sort of dawns on you what's happened, and you've got to start thinking about looking after yourself."
"If I was a mess it wouldn't help them, would it."
Dealing with his insurance company had been worse than the earthquake, Welford said.
Insurance costs had doubled but insurers' performance levels had halved.
Welford said using the counselling service had definitely helped and Business Network International networking sessions were also useful because it was an opportunity for business owners to compare notes.
"I think everybody has things sitting in the back of their mind that have happened and stress is a killer, if you don't get it out of your system that can cause you problems later on."
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