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Sinon Bernard "Sine" Boland (12 July 1875 – 1954), born Toowoomba, Queensland, was an Australian soldier, rower and rugby union player and one of the founders of Queensland Rugby League.  In rugby union, he played for the Queensland and Australian team as a flanker and appeared in the inaugural series of Tests matches played by Australia in 1899. A Boer War and Gallipoli veteran, he once stood for the Queensland Parliament.

Personal life and career

Boland was born in Toowoomba, near Brisbane in Queensland. He was the son of Edmund and Catherine (née Stapleton) Boland. His father, a butcher, had been born in Ireland, and was Mayor of Toowoomba in 1889 and 1897. Sinon was a member of the Brisbane Rowing Club and rowed for Queensland in intercolonial competition. He married Mary Kathleen Phillips in Brisbane in 1904, with whom he had three children: Bernard, Dudley and Paula. He worked as a clerk and fettler for Queensland Railways, starting as a 15-year-old apprentice clerk in 1891 and working his way up to be employed at Railway Commissioner's Office in Brisbane. After serving in the Boer War and in World War One, Boland ran as an independent nationalist candidate for the seat of Inner Brisbane in 1919, but was not elected.  Boland died on 3 August 1954.

Rugby Union

Boland played for the Past Grammar Schools Football Club in Brisbane, and went on to claim a total of 3 international rugby caps for Australia, playing in the first ever home Tests against the British Lions and the first ever Test Match against New Zealand. In 1899 he had his international debut in the 3rd Test of 1899 British Lions tour to Australia against Matthew Mullineux's British side in Sydney, on 5 August 1899. A week later he would play again in the 4th test. He had earlier made an appearance for Queensland against those same tourists. In Queensland Rugby Union's 1932 Jubilee, Boland was named in the "Gallery of Great Players" for representing QLD on more than 10 occasions. He had played 15 matches for the state: 13 against NSW, one against Great Britain and one against New Zealand.

Foundation of Rugby League

Boland was among the group of Brisbane rugby union players credited with starting Rugby League in Queensland. The group used to meet at the old 'Courier Corner' (the northern corner of Brisbane's Queen and Edward Streets) to talk about football, and decided that the (English) 'Northern Rules' version of rugby should be started up in Queensland. According to the Queensland Rugby League history: "Upon returning to work one afternoon in February 1908, one of the group Sinan [sic] 'Siney' Boland, borrowed five pence from a workmate, so he could mail letters to six football colleagues – E.L. 'Buck' Buchanan, 'Mickey' J. Dore, John 'Jack' A. O'Connor, George W. Watson, Alf Faulkner, and Jack A. Fihelly. He invited them to attend a meeting to form a new football body, the Queensland Rugby Association (later to become the Qld Amateur Rugby League on 8 March 1909), on 28 February 1908, at the Railway Hotel in Roma Street, Brisbane." Boland was appointed as the first Secretary of the Executive Committee, with Alf Faulkner as Chairman/Treasurer.

Military Service

Boland was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, 'Mentioned in Despatches' Award, and the Queen's South Africa Medal for his Boer War Service. In 1915, Boland enlisted in the Australian Army in the 2nd Light Horse and was appointed as a Captain. His regiment landed at Gallipoli in October, fighting a largely defensive campaign around Sari Bair and Sulva, and withdrawing with the evacuation of the Peninsular on 18 December, whereafter Boland returned to Egypt and was hospitalised before being returned to Australia as medically unfit.

References

Australian rugby union players
Australia international rugby union players
1875 births
1954 deaths
Australian Army soldiers
Gallipoli campaign
Rugby union flankers
Rugby union players from Brisbane

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For the first time, students at Queen Charlotte Secondary will be reading 'In Flanders Fields' in Haida during the Remembrance Day ceremony.	Vice Principal, Deavlan Bradley says all students will be attending the assembly (held Thursday at 10:30 am), with two students reading the poem in Haida, followed by the standard English version. He says the ceremony will honour local and Haida veterans.	The translation has been a work in progress over the last year with the help of Kathleen Hans, known to many as Golie, who has been working with students on the project. Mr. Bradley says the translation is not as straight-forward as one might think. He says while some words may translate to Haida, quite often the concepts don't translate in each language. While the Remembrance Day assembly is required by the province, Mr. Bradley says the school would hold the ceremony regardless. He says the message and purpose is to teach students about lessons learned in history. Also, with more than half the school's population being first nations, the incorporation of the Haida language keeps the ceremony relevant.	The school will be closed for the holiday Friday November 11th.


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venus magnetic field compared to earth
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Jupiter and Venus are such strong influences because of their size and proximity. For some time, astronomers have struggled to answer why Earth has a magnetic field (which allows it to retain a thick atmosphere) and Venus do not. Further studies of the magnetic field data from Venus Express revealed the signatures of many similar observations of energy exchange between the magnetic field and the plasma in the tail. A) It is the only one that has both a partially molten metallic core and reasonably rapid rotation. Why does Earth have the strongest magnetic field among the terrestrial worlds? Earth's magnetic field wouldn't go away if it was in Venus's orbit. International Society for Astrological Research; 0. Even though Venus is similar in size to the Earth and has a similarly-sized iron core, Venus' magnetic field is much weaker than the Earth's due to Venus' slow rotation. Limits on magnetic field strength from Magellan magnetometer data are 0.000015 times Earth's field. Venus has no rings. This might have been the fate of Venus. Such a stratified core would lack the wholesale circulation necessary for a dynamo, so there'd be no magnetic field.
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Recently I went on a ridiculously amazing overseas holiday and I'm proud to say I didn't come back with bill shock!
You might think that sounds weird especially from someone who works for a telco, but the reason I'm proud is that last time I went on an overseas trip I wasn't so lucky … or smart.
A couple of years ago, and not long after I joined amaysim, I went to Europe for a few weeks. The trip was awesome. I took my phone (as you do) and used it a couple of times to find things online, ignoring the warnings to get a local SIM. I figured I'd only used it for a few minutes each time so it wouldn't hurt.
When I got my next bill it sure did hurt.
So, when I went overseas recently – even though the week leading up to it was manic finalising a five week journey to a wedding in Central America as well as cramming work in – turning off data roaming on my iPhone was one of the top things on my 'to-do' list. It was easy as 1, 2, 3.
That way I could use my phone in an emergency (I'd turned roaming on in My amaysim) but I wouldn't risk another whopping bill like last time. The best part was I could still surf the net whilst I was overseas. Most places offered WiFi so I just used that instead to check the odd email, make my mates jealous with really cool Facebook pics and still do a bit of on-the-fly research.
So, I thought my tale of woe and redemption was worth sharing even if it means one person who reads it ends up spared an ugly bill shock holiday souvenir.
ACCAN (the telco consumer group) has some pretty cool tips on how to avoid bill shock overseas as well, so check them out before you head off. Also, if you have any overseas bill shock avoidance tips to share let us know.


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import uuid
from functools import wraps
from datetime import datetime

from flask import Flask, request, render_template, abort
from geopy import distance, Point
from bson import ObjectId
from pymongo import Connection, GEO2D

from utils import assert_if, sha1_string, force_utf8, InvalidUsage, jsonify

app = Flask(__name__)
db = Connection()["fueltoforest"]

@app.route('/')
def index():
    return render_template('index.html')

@app.route('/app')
def app_index():
    return render_template('app.html')

@app.route('/register', methods=['POST'])
def register():
    data = request.json
    name = data.get('name')
    password = data.get('password')
    email = data.get('email')
    assert_if(password and len(password) >= 5 and len(password) < 20, "password len > 5 and < 20 ")
    assert_if(email and len(email) >= 3 and len(email) < 50 and '@' in email, "email needed ")

    # check unique
    assert_if(not db.users.find_one(dict(email=email)), "email not unique")

    hashed_password = sha1_string(force_utf8(password) + "users")

    token = sha1_string(str(uuid.uuid4()))

    bundle = {
        'name': name,
        'email': email,
        'password': hashed_password,
        'token': token
    }

    db.users.insert(bundle)
    return jsonify(bundle)

@app.route('/login', methods=['POST'])
def login():
    data = request.json
    password = data.get('password')
    email = data.get('email')
    assert_if(email, 'email needed')
    assert_if(password, 'password needed')

    hashed_password = sha1_string(force_utf8(password) + "users")

    user = db.users.find_one(dict(
        email=email,
        password=hashed_password
    ))

    assert_if(user, "email or password wrong")

    return jsonify(user)

@app.route('/authenticate', methods=['POST'])
def authenticate():
    token = request.json.get("token")

    user = db.users.find_one({"token": token})

    if not user:
        abort(401)

    return jsonify(user)

def require_user(fn):
    @wraps(fn)
    def inner(*args, **kwargs):
        try:
            token = request.json['token']
        except:
            token = request.args.get('token')

        if not token:
            token = request.headers.get("token")
        user = db.users.find_one({"token": token})
        if not user:
            abort(401)
        return fn(user, *args, **kwargs)
    return inner

@app.route("/rides", methods=['GET'])
@require_user
def get_rides(user):
    result = db.rides.find()
    return jsonify(result)

@app.route("/rides", methods=['POST'])
@require_user
def post_rides(user):
    data = request.json
    user_id = user['_id']
    location = data.get("location")
    inserted_id = db.rides.insert({
        "date_created": datetime.utcnow(),
        "user_id": user_id,
        "start_location": location,
        'status': 'started'
    })
    db.rides.ensure_index([("start_location", GEO2D)])
    response = jsonify({
        "ride_id": str(inserted_id)
    })
    response.status_code = 201
    return response

@app.route("/rides/<id>/heartbeat", methods=['POST'])
@require_user
def heartbeat(user, id):
    """
    Handles users current location
    """
    data = request.json
    user_id = user['_id']
    location = data.get("location")
    db.rides.ensure_index([("current_location", GEO2D)])
    db.ride_routes.ensure_index([("current_location", GEO2D)])

    ride = db.rides.find_one({'_id': ObjectId(id)})
    assert ride
    assert ride['user_id'] == user_id

    d = calc_ride_distance(ride_id=id)

    db.rides.update({'_id': ObjectId(id)},
                    {'$set':{'current_location': location,
                                 "distance": d['dis'],
                                'elapsed_seconds': d['t'],
                                "donate": calc_donate(kms=d['dis']),
                             'last_update': datetime.utcnow()}})

    db.ride_routes.insert({'current_location': location,
                            "distance": d['dis'],
                            'elapsed_seconds': d['t'],
                            "donate": calc_donate(kms=d['dis']),
                           'created_at': datetime.utcnow(),
                           'ride_id': id})

    response = jsonify({
        "ride_id": str(id),
        "distance": d['dis'],
        'elapsed_seconds': d['t'],
        "donate": calc_donate(kms=d['dis'])
    })

    response.status_code = 200
    return response

def calc_ride_distance(ride_id):
    locs = db.ride_routes.find({'ride_id': ride_id}).sort('created_at', -1)
    last_loc = None
    dis = 0
    t = 0
    for loc in locs:
        print "loc::::", loc
        lon, lat = loc['current_location']
        p = Point(latitude=lat, longitude=lon)
        loc['p'] = p
        if last_loc:
            print ">>>>", dis
            dis += distance.distance(last_loc['p'], p).km
            seconds = abs((loc['created_at'] - last_loc['created_at']).total_seconds())
            if seconds < 3600: # prolly he just forgot clicking stop
                t += seconds
        last_loc = loc
    return {'dis': dis, 't': t}

def calc_donate(kms):
    """
    TODO: tamamen scientific user behaviour driven calculation yapiyoruz,

    km basina 10 kurus, sonra TL ye ceviriyoruz,
    30 km ~ 3 lira yapiyor
    60 km ~ 7 lira yapiyor (exponantial olarak artiyor,
                            km arttikca bagis oranin fazlalasiyor ki araci daha az kullanmak isteyesin)
    >>> calc_donate(30)
    3.0
    >>> calc_donate(60)
    7.0
    >>> calc_donate(90)
    10.0

    """
    kms = (kms * 1.1)
    r =  (kms * 10) / 100
    if r < 1:
        return 1
    return round(r)

@app.route("/rides/<id>/finish", methods=['POST'])
@require_user
def finish_ride(user, id):
    """
    Finishes the ride
    """
    data = request.json
    user_id = user['_id']
    location = data.get("location")
    db.rides.ensure_index([("current_location", GEO2D)])
    db.ride_routes.ensure_index([("current_location", GEO2D)])

    ride = db.rides.find_one({'_id': ObjectId(id)})
    assert ride
    assert ride['user_id'] == user_id

    db.ride_routes.insert({'current_location': location, 'created_at': datetime.utcnow(),
                           'ride_id': id})
    db.rides.update({'_id': ObjectId(id)}, {'$set':{'end_location': location, 'status': 'finished'}})

    d = calc_ride_distance(ride_id=id)

    response = jsonify({
        "ride_id": str(id),
        "distance": d['dis'],
        'elapsed_seconds': d['t'],
        "donate": calc_donate(kms=d['dis'])
    })
    response.status_code = 200
    return response

@app.errorhandler(InvalidUsage)
def handle_invalid_usage(error):
    response = jsonify(error.to_dict())
    response.status_code = error.status_code
    return response

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=9910, debug=True)

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Xavier Basketball Burned Calendar to Turn Page
Jeff Borzello, ESPN (http://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/118840/how-an-ash-filled-jar-saved-xaviers-season)
But it's not as morose as it sounds. The ashes in Xavier's locker room represent the Musketeers' month of February.
On Feb. 28, Xavier was in the midst of a five-game losing streak. The Musketeers had just lost a tough game at home to Butler in which they turned it over four times in a two-minute span late in the second half. After starting point guard Edmond Sumner was lost for the season because of a torn ACL, Xavier was just 3-5 for the month.
The Musketeers needed a spark, something to change the momentum.
"We sat in one of those infamous staff meetings and tried to figure out how to turn the page," coach Chris Mack said.
And so assistant coach Mike Pegues threw out the idea of burning a calendar. Putting the entire month of February in the past.
Mack wanted to take it a step further.
"Let's not just burn it. Let's keep the ashes, buy an urn," Mack told his staff.
The coaches went onto Walmart's website looking for urns, something none of them had ever done. They sent graduate assistant Allen Payne out to the store to pick one up, but the one they wanted wasn't available anymore. So they settled on a jar that wasn't technically an urn, but it was glass, and you can see inside of it. It would suffice.
Mack called the players in for a meeting before practice that day, emphasizing the difficult schedule they just navigated through during the losing streak. He told them they were still an NCAA tournament team, with most bracketologists having them in the No. 8- or 9-seed range. Then he showed the players a video set to "One Shining Moment," a collection of all of the best Xavier moments in the NCAA tournament over the years.
"That's why you guys came here," he told his players.
Mario Mercurio, the team's director of basketball administration, made a calendar of the month of February for every player. It was a stock card with the games, the scores — and showed how three of the losses came back-to-back-to-back to bubble teams (Providence, Marquette and Seton Hall) on the road.
Mack then asked each of the players to write one thing on the back of the calendar: something each player was willing to sacrifice over the next couple of weeks for the betterment of the team. It was private; no player had to share.
"We had a big aluminum trash can in the middle of the locker room," Mack said. "We made sure all the smoke detectors and alarms were off. Everybody burned it."
Anticlimactically, Marquette came to town the next day and shot 57 percent from 3-point range to send Xavier to its sixth straight defeat. But the message was already sent. The team was moving forward and not dwelling on what happened over the previous three weeks.
Since that Marquette loss, Xavier is 5-1, with the lone loss coming on a last-second shot from Creighton's Marcus Foster in the Big East semifinals. The Musketeers received an 11-seed in the NCAA tournament, then beat Maryland in the first round and routed 3-seed Florida State in the second round by 25.
And they have carried the ash-filled jar with them each step of the way. It will be with them in San Jose on Thursday, when they face Arizona in the Sweet 16 (10:09 p.m. ET, TBS).
"We just wanted our guys to constantly have a reminder, no matter where we went," Mack said. "During practice, managers put it out on the scorers table. We wanted our urn to go with us. So our players were forward-thinking and not worried about what happened.
"We wanted our players to understand that February was over. It's played out well for us."
And the six-game losing streak has been forgotten. The memories are gone.
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Monalisa Ghose Junior staffwriter
Class of 2011 mghose@thetartan.org
Carnegie Mellon goes 'greener' in practices
Whether Carnegie Mellon students find themselves buying cage-free eggs from Entropy+, throwing their glass bottles into the recycling bin in the University Center's Green Room, or falling asleep every night under the roof of New House, the first green dormitory in the country, it's clear that Carnegie Mellon's green practices are deeply integrated into campus life.
News | November 12, 2007
Lecture Preview
Title: Journeys Lecture Series — "Science, Exploration, and Emotion"
Title: Journeys Lecture Series — "Technology and Society"
News | October 8, 2007
University hosts conference to honor Rachel Carson
On Saturday, Carnegie Mellon hosted a tribute to American marine biologist Rachel Carson that honored Carson and educated the public about her agenda. The Rachel Carson Legacy Conference, "Sustaining the Web of Life in Modern Society," was held in the University Center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The conference was the third in a series of four events celebrating the centennial anniversary of the birth ...
In accordance with the Clery Act of 1998, which requires all colleges and universities to publish crime statistics annually, Carnegie Mellon has released its 2007 Annual Security Report. Now you can decide for yourself how wise it is to leave your laptop unattended while you go for that quick bathroom break.
Number of reported larceny-theft cases at Carnegie Mellon in 2006: 194


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How to get back into gaming?
So I used to play RPGs a lot back in the day, but then life, work and the usual dull stuff got in the way and it all fizzled out. Now I've seen this site my interest and memories have returned and I think I should try to start playing again.
I think the problem is twofold: firstly I have to remember how to play, and find out what kind of games are played today. Second, find people to play with. I used to use some websites attached to games shops and cards in the window-type stuff, but there doesn't seem to be nearly as much gaming going on as there was.
So, what tips do you have for getting back into it after so much time, and what are the best ways of finding gamers to play with
new-players finding-other-players
\$\begingroup\$ See related: Where can I find other RPG players? \$\endgroup\$ – yhw42 Nov 29 '10 at 19:46
\$\begingroup\$ What games did you use to play? What kind are you interested in playing? If you gamed before you know whether you want D&D or Traveller or Call of Cthulhu or Hero System (a whole lot of the old games have new revs). \$\endgroup\$ – mxyzplk - Justice for Monica Nov 29 '10 at 22:47
\$\begingroup\$ the best game I played was a cyberpunk scenario - in the local pub. (we forgot the dice you see, so .. well, long story). Otherwise, I've played a lot - CoC, RQ, classic Traveller, D&D, and a heap more. \$\endgroup\$ – gbjbaanb Dec 1 '10 at 23:10
\$\begingroup\$ I'm in the same situation as the person who asked this question - I'm in my late 30's, going to a gaming group at a local college feels a bit odd and I haven't (yet) had luck finding a group to play with via Meetup or a local game store - do you have any other suggestions? I'd probably like to find a group to play 4th ed with here in SF but am flexible - though I've only tried 3rd ed (or 3.5 not sure) once before and didn't really like it). I didn't play much in college (early 90's) then got into MtG and some live action games (mostly World of Darkness) in the mid-90's and early 2000's b \$\endgroup\$ – Shannon John Clark Feb 1 '11 at 22:57
\$\begingroup\$ @ShannonJohnClark - I migrated this to a comment because it's not an answer to his question. It's not quite a comment either but maybe you can edit it into one? \$\endgroup\$ – mxyzplk - Justice for Monica Feb 1 '11 at 22:58
Your local games store is usually your best bet. Since a certain company encouraged game stores to provide in-store gaming space back in the early 90s they've become the center of the gaming hobby in many places.
Also, the social networking "Meetup" sites seem to be populated with gaming groups inviting people in.
If you are in the Long Island, NY area you are welcome to join in any of the games I run (Currently Call of Cthulhu, Delta Green and Dresden Files).
RoxysteveRoxysteve
It Will Come Back
Gaming isn't a skill as much as it is a process. The skills are acting, mathematics, language, and carousing... the game itself is just a process, and that will come back readily. Every "ex-gamer" I've met who decided to try again was back into the flow within the first few minutes. Ex-Game-Master isn't so easy... but Ex-GM's who come in as players often are back in the swing even faster.
Option 1: Find a group
Using either a local meetup board, or a local gamer board, or your local game store, put up a notice you're looking for a group. Be prepared to learn a new game engine... and in some cases, a whole new way to approach the gaming.
Option 2: Make a group
Find some brave friends, a set of rules you can run, and pick a time and date, and, with no obligations to continue, give it a go.
Option 3: Find a Con or Demo
Find a convention. Sit and watch a few sessions, and then see what's open. Local cons are actually better than big ones - most of the people will be fairly close, and if you are fun to game with, you'll get invites.
Demos at local stores may not be common, but ask the store to let you know when there is going to be a demo. Show up, play, and see if the others there are fun to play with.
What's Changed in gaming???
Very little, and yet, everything.
There are a lot of free games on the net, download, print and play.
A number of games still follow the dungeon crawl, "Kill them all and take their stuff" (KTAATTS) mentality. Many now have a focus more on story-support.
Mechanics now have a much wider range of both complexity and styles of resolution. Some you resolve the action; others whether or not the intent is accomplished, others still who gets to pick the outcome.
Likewise, there are more kinds of dice now.
The Standard Die is still the six-sided cube, either numbered or pipped.
The standard polyhedral set is still 1d4, (1 to 4)d6, 1d8, 1d10, 1d12, 1d20, and may have a 1d10x10.
Fate and Fudge based games use "Fudge Dice": d6 marked "–" on two sides, "+" on two sides, and with two blanks
Funky polyhedrals are available in 1d3, 1d7, 1d14, 1d16, 1d24, 1d30, 1d50, and the infamous Zocchihedron 1d100 "golf-ball" Fantasy Flight's Warhammer and Star Wars use standard shapes, but with unusual markings. The dice tend to be a group asset.
A few have no dice. Some use cards in place of dice, others use pools of points, several use variations on Rock-Paper-Scissors (or Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock) others still use no randomization at all.
Lots of people use computing devices now - spreadsheets for character generation are common, many games are sold in PDF in addition to or in place of physical books, and dice-rolling programs are readily available.
Further Thoughts
Pretty much any system you used to play is likely to still be out there. The best advice on getting back to gaming is "to do it, just do it."
The variety of systems available now may suggest that you should see if you can try some one-shots. Another good reason to go to a local convention.
Don't be afraid to fail - if you find a group, but the group isn't fun, try a different one.
And, as Dave Hallet notes:
The upshot is: if you want to find games that feel just like the ones you used to play, it won't be hard: nothing has really gone away. On the other hand, there are a lot of choices that didn't exist even a few years, and many of them are worth checking out.
aramisaramis
\$\begingroup\$ +1. The upshot is: if you want to find games that feel just like the ones you used to play, it won't be hard: nothing has really gone away. On the other hand, there are a lot of choices that didn't exist even a few years, and many of them are worth checking out. \$\endgroup\$ – Dave Hallett Nov 30 '10 at 0:00
Remembering shouldn't be too much of a problem. Once a Role-player always a role-player. The core game mechanic today is much the same as was whenever. Some minor changes in things but overall it hasn't changed much. Identify a conflict, figure out what you want to do about it, and see if you did it using the most logical options/skills/weapons/powers available to your character. As noted below the method of resolution will differ from system to to system.
As for what is 'played today', I have never gamed on that basis. I play what I find to be fun. If I'm playing what is fun for me then everyone else seems to have fun too. Or at least they are more likely to. Never go just by what is 'popular', but by what you want when it comes to RPGs.
As for finding players. Is there a Friendly Local Game Shops (FLGS) near you? If so go there and hang out. Try some evenings and some weekends. It won't take long for you to find a few kindred spirits. You can even set in on a session or 2 as a refresher and maybe find a new gaming system you enjoy.
From there it is just a matter setting up what you want to play and times to play it. Good Luck - P.S. I am in the Western PA area north of Pittsburgh.
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\$\begingroup\$ Dude, you need to look at what's out there... many games have moved VERY far away from the dungeon crawl mode of play, and mechanics to match. D&D hasn't, but D&D isn't the only thing going. \$\endgroup\$ – aramis Nov 29 '10 at 23:03
\$\begingroup\$ I was thinking that things have moved on from D&D, Runequest and Cyberpunk games I used to play. Eg. are they orientated towards the younger gamer or is there still a good mix. \$\endgroup\$ – gbjbaanb Dec 1 '10 at 23:07
\$\begingroup\$ Sort of. Aramis is right in a way, there many more mechanical choices today in the various systems, but the core of all RPGs is still: identify a problem, come up with a solution then execute the solution and see what happens. Whether you roll dice, bid, debate, role-play or whatever it is still a problem-solving genre. That is why we like it so much. We get to fix things. As for moving on, always play what you enjoy. \$\endgroup\$ – Acedrummer_CLB Dec 2 '10 at 15:45
\$\begingroup\$ @Ace The core of traditional games still work that way, yeah. Almost definitionally so. There is way more under the sun these days than traditional task-based systems. \$\endgroup\$ – SevenSidedDie Jul 29 '11 at 2:11
\$\begingroup\$ Yep, great point, but every game I've encountered has the conflict - solution - execution model embedded in it somewhere. The enviornment and method of execution differs from system to system, but the base mechanic is always the same. \$\endgroup\$ – Acedrummer_CLB Jul 29 '11 at 12:54
D&D is very dominant these days. If you wanted to buy books and read them before joining people, D&D would be a safe place to start. I think 4th ed is more popular than 3.5, but my sample size is limited to people who prefer 4th.
Check out if any of the game stores near you run D&D Encounters or Living Forgotten Realms campaigns. Those are officially sanctioned games. I suggest them because the adventure modules are about 4 hours long, so it's pretty easy to join up with a group for a session or two at a time. If you meet players you like, ask if they're doing any other games outside of LFR or Encounters.
Another option is to try a local college. Many of them have gaming clubs. From what I've seen, it's not uncommon for non-students to show up at these clubs. They may prefer board games at club meetings, but you'll at least be meeting gamers and can eventually join their tabletop games.
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\$\begingroup\$ Pathfinder, which is derived closely from D&D3.5, is apparently doing as well as, if not slightly better than, D&D 4E in sales. But hard numbers are hard to come by. \$\endgroup\$ – aramis Feb 2 '11 at 0:00
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Astigmatism is a refractive error caused by irregular curvature of cornea. It is not an eye disease or eye health problem; it's simply a problem with how the eye focuses light.
An irregularly shaped cornea or lens prevents light from focusing properly on the retina. Most people probably are born with some degree of astigmatism. It frequently occurs with other vision conditions like nearsightedness (myopia) or farsightedness (hyperopia). Slight astigmatism usually doesn't affect vision or require treatment.
The specific cause of astigmatism is unknown. It can be hereditary and is usually present from birth. It can decrease or increase over a period of time.
Most common signs and symptoms of Astigmatism are:
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Objects both near and far appear blurred
What Causes Astigmatism?
Astigmatism is one type of refractive error, with blurred or distorted vision at near and far distances. Astigmatism is very common, in most cases, is usually present from birth. The reason for the irregular shape of cornea is unknown, but the likelihood of developing astigmatism is inherited.
The cornea of a normal eye is curved like a basketball, with the same degree of roundness in all areas. An eye with astigmatism has a cornea that is curved more like an American football, with some areas that are steeper or more rounded than others. This causes image to appear blurry and stretched out.
In some cases, astigmatism is caused by the shape of the lens inside the eye. This is called lenticular astigmatism, to differentiate it from the common corneal astigmatism. Sometimes astigmatism may also develop following an eye injury or eye surgery.
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Eyeglasses are the simplest and safest way to correct astigmatism. Your eye care professional will prescribe appropriate lenses to help you see as clearly as possible.
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SEAN Clohessy will set a new club record when he lines up for Southend United against Morecambe at Roots Hall on Saturday.
The reliable right-back will be making his 59th appearance of the season.
And that will be more than any other Shrimpers player has ever managed before in the same campaign.
"It's always pleasing to get a club record, whatever it is, so hopefully I'll be able to play at the weekend and beat the current best," said Clohessy, 26.
Clohessy's latest appearance will see him break a club record shared by Leon Cort, Damon Searle and Carl Pettefer, who all played 58 times in a season.
Searle played his impressive amount of matches during the 2000/01 campaign, Cort in 2003/04 and Pettefer in 2004/05.
But Clohessy is now firmly established in the current Shrimpers side and has missed just one match in the space of two seasons.
That came against AFC Wimbledon last season when he served a one-match suspension after being sent off at Bradford City.
And that statistic still frustrates the former Arsenal trainee.
"It was disappointing because I was on something like 96 consecutive appearances and wanted to try and get to 100," said the defender.
Clohessy has had no such problems this time around and his record-breaking appearance will come just four days after being voted Blues' player of the year by the Shrimpers Trust.
The right-back is also a leading contender to win the supporters' player of the year award, which will be announced before kick off on Saturday.
But he is taking nothing for granted.
"It was very nice to win the Shrimpers Trust's award, but I won that last year and then didn't win the fans' one, so it might be the same again this year," said Clohessy.
Despite his fine form and record number of appearances though, Clohessy is still not fully satisfied as he feels Southend should be far higher than 11th in the League Two table.
"We haven't been good enough this season," said the defender.
"We knew the three games we had at home against the bottom teams were going to be important and we didn't do well enough in them.
"We got one point from nine and if we had managed even four then we would still be in with a chance of the play-offs.


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Knit Temperature Blanket: Fun Project Ideas, Patterns, Tips
A knit temperature blanket is a fun project that is perfect for anyone. From beginner knitters, to advanced, here are some ideas for how to make the perfect scarf, wrap, or blanket.
What is a Knit Temperature Blanket
How to Start a Temperature Blanket
Types of Temperature Projects to Knit or Crochet
Best Yarn For Temperature Blanket or Scarf
Knit Temperature Blanket Pattern
Alternative Pattern Ideas for Temperature Blanket
How to Adjust Patterns for Your Project
Knit a Mood Blanket
Journaling Through Knitting
Knit Temperature Blanket Summary
A knit temperature blanket is a multi-color blanket that is based on the daily high temperatures in your area. Essentially it is a snapshot of the weather over a specific period of time. Many people tend to kick-off the new year by picking up their knitting needles, or crochet hook, to start a project that tracks the temperatures in their area over the whole year. They start on January 1st and continue the project all the way to the end of the year. But a temperature blanket can actually be knit anytime, so you could start the temperature project any day of the year.
You could also knit or crochet a historical temperature blanket. For example, a blanket based on the range of temperatures during your child's birth year. Or, any special year like when a child graduates or gets married. What a special gift to track an entire year of that person's life and give them a keepsake that will be with them for the rest of their life.
Another type of temperature blanket is one that track's climate change. Your first temperature blanket could be a historical blanket based on daily temperatures from years ago. And, then a current blanket showing how the average temperature has changed so much over the years due to global warming.
For historical weather data you can go to Wunderground to get the daily temps for a particular city, state, or region.
The concept of a temperature blanket is to use a number of colors throughout the project. You establish a temperature range and assign a color for that range. The image below is an example of degree increments and color palette for a knit temperature scarf. For many people they choose a rainbow scheme. For example, blues for the cold winter temperatures, greens and yellows as you move through the brighter spring months. And finally, red or warmer tones for the heat of the summer months.
The fun thing about a temperature based project is that you can use any colors you'd like. For some areas of the country you may experience temperature ranges from 0 to 100. This lets you use a wide variety of colors as you may have 12 different temperature ranges. However, other areas don't have these variations so you may only need 5-6 colors. Use a color wheel to help select complementary colors that work well together.
If you aren't a fan of projects with lots of colors. Or, you think that the rainbow effect isn't your style, you can choose colors that offer more of an ombre, or gradient effect. For instance, let's say you want to a knit temperature blanket in shades of blue. You could start with navy blue for the coldest temperature and go with lighter shades as it gets warmer. Or, branch out and use different variants of blue. Like turquoise, teal, etc.
While a knit temperature blanket may be one of the most popular types of projects, there are other options. This can mean varying the size of the blanket to fit your knitting style. You can opt for a full-size blanket with hundreds of stitches per row. Or, stick with a smaller project like a lap blanket or baby blanket. This gives you a more manageable project that won't take as much time.
Another option is to make a knit temperature scarf, or wrap. Here's an example of one using the same colors outlined in the picture above.
Knit Temperature Scarf
One of the nice things about knitting a blanket is that it's a very forgiving project. You really don't have to worry about getting an exact gauge, unless you're trying for a very specific blanket size. But if you're more flexible, you can easily use any yarn weight and just adjust the needle sizes if needed.
Some things to consider when you choose a yarn for a knit temperature blanket:
Do you want it to be machine washable?
Is it for a baby where you may want organic, or super soft yarn?
How heavy would you like the blanket to be?
I personally prefer a machine washable yarn when knitting something like a blanket. This way if it's getting lots of use, you can throw it in the wash and give it a gentle wash. I hate to hand wash my knits, and trying to hand wash a big blanket would be a big pain.
When choosing a yarn, think about how heavy you would like it to be. If you live in a cold climate and want something to keep you nice and warm, you may want to choose wool. But, if you just want something that's more like a lightweight throw blanket, then choose a lighter weight yarn.
When you knit a temperature blanket, it can end-up being a big project. With 200+ stitches and over 700 rows of knitting, knitting a blanket of this size requires a lot of yarn. So think about your budget when choosing the yarn. You may want to opt for a less expensive acrylic yarn so that you can knit a beautiful blanket without breaking the bank.
This acrylic yarn bundle on Amazon is one idea. It comes in several color schemes and with 10 skeins of yarn for under $20, you can't beat the price.
Yarn Idea for Knit Temperature Blanket
The premise behind a knit temperature blanket is that you knit one or two rows per day. Some people like to do one row in the low temperature of the day, with a second row in the color representing the high temp for the day. This gives you an excuse to knit every day. As a soothing and therapeutic hobby, a knit temperature scarf or blanket is a fun way to get your knitting in every day.
Most of the knitting patterns that you'll come across for a temperature blanket are very basic. Since the idea is to get you knitting every day, and to show off a range of colors, doing a basic garter stitch pattern is what many do. And garter stitch is easy because you're just knitting every row. It also looks great because unlike stockinette stitch, the ends won't curl up on you.
The Craft Warehouse has a free printable resource sheet that helps you track the temperatures and they have a color chart too. This temperature chart is a great starting point for your crochet or knit temperature blanket.
As I mentioned above, the point of this type of project is to get yourself knitting every day. But be realistic, will you actually knit every day? When you are deciding what type of project to start, think about your knitting style and how much time you can allocate each week. Do you only have 10 minutes a day to knit? Or, are you able to set aside a full hour each day? Also think about what makes you happy when you knit. Will knitting every row get boring? Maybe a simple adjustment like using a moss stitch instead will help.
Although a knit temperature blanket is often a daily task for many knitters, you can structure the project differently. So if you only get a chance to knit on the weekends, you'll want to figure that you'll have a full week's worth of knitting to finish each week. You would still track the daily temperature, but instead of knitting each day you would just knit a bunch of days in one sitting. Looking at it this way can help you choose the perfect project. Going with a knit temperature scarf may be a better choice if you don't have as much time to knit, or if you need the flexibility of knitting in bunches.
When you think about your project, think about what type of knitting you'd like to do. Do you want to knit a garter stitch pattern that allows you to knit while you're watching TV? A project that you can knit anytime and anywhere without having to keep track of a pattern with multiple rows in it? Or, do you want to use this as an opportunity to try something new?
The knit temperature blanket patterns that I've seen are all vary basic. Some throw in a slight variation to establish a break between two months. But, other than that it's usually mostly knitting (or purling if you prefer a Portuguese knitting technique like I use). But what if you used this project as an opportunity to try something new?
One idea I have is to use a chevron pattern, or ripple stitch. I have the 200 Ripple Stitch Patterns Book and it has so many easy patterns that are perfect for colorful blankets. I think that especially for making a lap blanket, or scarf, it would be fun to create your own design using one of the patterns in the book. After all, there's no shaping involved. Simply choose how many stitches you want and start knitting. You can change colors based on the corresponding yarn colors for the temperature range you choose.
Another alternative pattern idea for a knit temperature blanket is the FREE pattern for the palette blanket shown below. This pattern is available from Knit Picks to either knit or crochet. And while this may not be a typical temperature blanket pattern, I think it's a great way to get creative.
Free Knit Palette Blanket Pattern to Knit or Crochet
When looking at the palette blanket above, or the hue shift pattern below, there are a couple of ways that you could make these patterns work for your crochet or knit temperature blanket.
Hue Shift Afghan
The Hue Shift Afghan Kit is available from Knit Picks through their website, or sold by Knit Picks on Amazon. There are 4 different color palettes available and at around $40 this kit is a great price.
For the palette blanket pattern and the hue shift pattern, you could do the squares based on the temperature for the day, week, or month. That way you don't have to worry about a color for each day, but you could average out the temperature for a week and choose the color based on that average. I think that the palette pattern really lends itself to this technique. I think that this is also helpful if you want to make a crochet blanket using granny squares.
I think that these alternative knit temperature blanket ideas are helpful for people who live in areas where there is not as much temperature variation. I live in Boston so I can see temperatures from below zero to above 100 throughout the course of a year. However, that doesn't mean that we don't get stretches where the temperatures are pretty consistent. By going with squares instead of rows, I could knit a blanket based on temperature trends over days (or weeks).
Here's another tip if you live in an area where there isn't as much temperature variation. Simply adjust the degree increments that you use for your color chart. For example, instead of changing colors every 10 degrees, make it shorter increments like 4-5. The beauty of this type of project is that you can truly make it your own. So if you want your own temperature blanket to only have 5 colors in it, then simply figure out the typical temperature range per year, divide by 5 and this will tell you how many degrees to use for each color.
When setting up your color chart, you also don't have to use the same increments throughout. Maybe you want to use 9 degree increments during the winter because you live in an area that sees a lot of temperature variation from day to day and you know that you'll get some good color changes. But, maybe once summer hits your temps are always in the same 10 degree range. This would give you a large section of the blanket with just one color. So for those months you could adjust your chart and change colors every 2-3 degrees instead.
When thinking about ideas for different types of a knit temperature blanket, it got me thinking about a mood blanket. Rather than changing colors based on the temperature per day, you could knit a color based on your mood. Or, maybe you focus on weather conditions and add in some special slip stitches for a pattern to reflect whether it's sunny, rainy, or snowy. Maybe there aren't as many colors and variations involved, but this may be more enjoyable for some.
Knitting is a relaxing and therapeutic activity for so many of us. I often hear doctors recommend journaling as a tool to help with depression, anxiety, sleeping issues, and more. For some people writing in a journal every day is part of their normal routine. While for others, like me, journaling has never really been something that I've been able to do on a regular basis. So how about using your knitting as a way to journal instead?
I think that there are two different ways that knitting can help with journaling. First, you have to keep a log of the day's temperature for this project, so why not add a brief section where you include your thoughts for the day. Maybe it's as simple as describing your mood. Start small just to get in the habit of keeping a daily journal, and as the project progresses you may find that you want to write more.
A second type of journaling that you could do with this project is to note how you feel after knitting. Maybe write down what your mood is when you start to work on your knit temperature blanket for the day, and then write how your mood changed. Again, it's a simple way to jot down your thoughts and tap into your feelings without having to sit and write a big journal entry.
A crochet temperature blanket, or knit temperature blanket, is a fun project that gives you a lot of flexibility to turn it into a project that fits your needs. And, your knitting style. Whether you opt for a portable scarf that you can knit while you're on the go. Or, choose a large, full-size blanket. There are so many options for how you can customize this project and make it your own. You can get creative with the yarns and pattern you choose. Or, keep it simple, be like Nemo and just keep knitting, just keep knitting…
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A New York man was arrested Wednesday over charges that he planned to blow himself up with a homemade bomb around Election Day in Washington, D.C.
According to NBC New York, police and FBI agents showed up at the home of Paul Rosenfeld in Orangetown, New York Wednesday morning with a search warrant. According to the news station, Rosenfeld had earlier told a reporter in Pennsylvania about his plans — which were rooted in his negative feelings about where the country is headed.
Police said Rosenfeld planned to kill himself but did not intend to hurt anyone else.
The divisive political atmosphere hanging over the nation's capital has led to threats against politicians and members of their families in recent months. Several Democrats have called for the general public to confront and harass Republicans in public settings, which has resulted in shouting matches across the nation.
In June 2017, a gunman fired at several Republican lawmakers on an Alexandria, Virginia baseball field. Police shot and killed the gunman. Four people were wounded, including Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., who nearly died.


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Sawgrass Mills Outdoor Rug Divine Green is a free flowing organic leaf pattern can blend naturally with your outdoor area or subtly bring an outdoors feel to your inside spaces.
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How to book cheap Stonecliffe to Fauquier bus tickets?
The best way to get deals on bus tickets from Stonecliffe to Fauquier is by booking earlier. Based on the last 30 days, the cheapest average bus fares from Stonecliffe to Fauquier were US$107.00. By booking 7 days out, tickets are on average US$0.00 cheaper than those that are booked last minute.
What is the busiest time to travel by bus from Stonecliffe to Fauquier?
The busiest time of the week for travel from Stonecliffe to Fauquier by bus is at 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday. When planning to travel around this time, tickets should be booked well in advance as they may sell out. Around 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday is when the fewest number of bus tickets are sold. If you're looking for a little extra space, the bus departing at this time is the least likely to be crowded.
On average there is 1 bus trip per day. Ontario Northland has the most options for departures from Stonecliffe to Fauquier, with an average of 1 trip per day and 6 monthly trips. One bus carrier currently travels from Stonecliffe to Fauquier. Of the 1 trip there are 0 trips that are direct routes with no transfers.
Book Ontario Northland from Stonecliffe to Fauquier from US$106.62. There are 1 Ontario Northland schedules from Stonecliffe to Fauquier and you can expect on average to pay US$107.01 for a Ontario Northland ticket to Fauquier. In Stonecliffe, Ontario Northland departs to Fauquier from 40742 Hwy 17 and no other station. In Fauquier, Ontario Northland arrives at Corner of Highway 11 and Jacques Ave. N. and no other station.
On weekends, Ontario Northland offers 1 trip per day and you could expect to pay US$106.84 for a weekend getaway trip to Fauquier.
Depending on the bus line you travel with, your options include one station that has bus departures from Stonecliffe. Most bus trips to Fauquier will depart from 40742 Hwy 17.
bus trips arrive in Fauquier at 1 stations, depending on which bus line you are travelling with. Corner of Highway 11 and Jacques Ave. N. are the main bus stations in Fauquier for trips arriving from Stonecliffe.
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TEST SPINS: The Weeknd, Kiss Land
By The Cornell Daily Sun | September 12, 2013
By ALICE WANG
When The Weeknd, a.k.a Abel Tesfaye, self-released his trio of gripping mixtapes in 2011, the once anonymous Toronto native was quickly propelled into the PBR&B limelight. Following the exponential trajectory of his stardom, Tesfaye centers his first major studio debut, Kiss Land, on the oft-covered subject matter of touring life. We've heard it all before.
Unfortunately, in Tesfaye's case, we really have — and quite recently. Technically, Kiss Land is The Weeknd's fourth album in two-and-a-half years, and though the Trilogy mixtapes primarily discussed the joylessness of sex and drugs instead of the thrill, his sophomore effort merely expands on more of the same. Maybe this is Tesfaye's crystallization of a thematic concept that's been gestating within him since 2011, or maybe (perhaps more probably), this is just a redundancy in Tesfaye's overly nihilistic, overly familiar worldview.
Nonetheless, if asphyxiation by moodiness is Tesfaye's goal, asphyxiation is what listeners get. Kiss Land's mood is palpably mournful. It's an album of calluses and cold, where the beauty of decay trumps the beauty of creation. His sound is still pretty dark (and darkly pretty, actually), like sex music you'd play after a night of heavy narcotics abuse. And like the narcotics Tesfaye most likely ingests, Kiss Land is full of both molly highs and molly lows. The songs play like an oxymoron: lush chords and vocals over barren lyrics and textures. Sonically and lyrically, Kiss Land accurately portrays the cheap thrills of the touring lifestyle — as he whisper-sings in his title track, "White Russian when the sun hits, white Russians with the tongue tricks."
For Tesfaye, love is vampiric — he squeezes blood out his victims to the very last drop. Lust is rampant but hollow, and he thrives on the ambiguity of his nocturnal clock and the blur of one night bleeding into the next. His lyrics would be overtly misogynistic were it not for the fact that Tesfaye most likely equally distrusts men and women in his state of addled despondency. Some of his more offensive lyrics are nonsensical, as in "Wanderlust": "Good girls go to heaven / Bad girls go everywhere." Others, as in "Kiss Land," are downright appalling: "You can meet me in the room where the kisses ain't free / You gotta pay with your body." Nevertheless, "Wanderlust" proves to be a successful track sonically, pitting chillwave cool against upbeat chord progressions.
Jeff Weiss commented in The Washington Post that Tesfaye attends "The Derek Zoolander School of Songwriting" — every song he produces has the same look. Luckily, one thing hasn't changed for the better: Tesfaye's signature voice has the same high tremor as Michael Jackson's and the same urgency as Prince's, but it is altogether inimitable. Its ethereal strength sounds just as dichotomous as Tesfaye's tracks: He places breathy vocals over metallic synths, analogous to the glitz that covers the desolation of his newly acquired fame. His falsetto trills over depraved subject matter, allowing his dystopian universe of strippers and substance abuse to grow with each high note. He croons in his opening track, "The Professional:" "You're a somebody now / But what's a somebody in a nobody town?"
Though in its entirety, Kiss Land sounds rather homogeneous, the album's songs actually feature a spectrum of new sounds individually. "Belong to the World" may include a sample from Portishead's "Machine Gun." This "borrowed" percussion riff started much publicized Twitter beef between Tesfaye and Portishead's Geoff Barrow, but is altogether used triumphantly in the track. Progressing from Trilogy, "Belong to the World" sounds more honest and direct, like the polish a major label might bring to Tesfaye's raw vocals. Likewise, he adds everything from distorted Asian pornography (as in "Kiss Land") to excerpts of French monologues to his songs without sounding completely schizophrenic (a moderate success).
In the end, Kiss Land is a better-mastered continuation of Echoes of Silence, his final mixtape. Both albums create similarly immersive atmospheres with interesting textures. However, this still remains The Weeknd's fourth album in half as many years, and as such, the final product does not present the same genre-bending seismic shift of Tesfaye's earlier work. His benumbed worldview has been told over and over again until even his core-listeners have been desensitized to its beauty.
Maybe Tesfaye is singing too many of the same tales about drugs, sex, money and the fraudulence of fame on purpose. Just as he grows even more numb, deadened by immoralities that have become so commonplace, the audience does too. Just as Tesfaye futilely chases his career's first virgin high, we are there, chasing with him, benumbed by the same old, now taken in ever increasing dosages.
Alice Wang is a junior in the College of Human Ecology. She can be reached at awang@cornellsun.com.
By The Cornell Daily Sun September 12, 2013
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CARGAS: Bleeding Book Trailers
By GINA CARGAS
Last week, Thomas Pynchon released a baffling trailer for his upcoming novel Bleeding Edge. Like many book trailers, the production quality was low and the trailer seems remarkably amateurish next to the sleek, bombastic film trailers to which we're accustomed.


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Mark Dixon (businessman) Bio, Age, Height, Family, Wife, Kids, Net Worth
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Mark Dixon Biography
This is what you need to know about Mark Dixon, a English businessman, best known as the founder of serviced office business Regus, renamed International Workplace group in 2016.
Mark Dixon Age
Dixon was born in November 1959 in Hornchurch, United Kingdom. He is 61 years old as of 2020.
Mark Dixon Height
Mark Dixon Family
Little is known about his parents, also there are no details about his siblings, therefore this information will be updated as soon as it's available.
Mark Dixon Wife – Partner
Dixon has not shared any information about his current love life. He was previously married to Trudy Groves. The two got married in 1988 and divorced in a £28.7m settlement. He resides in Monaco for tax reasons.
Mark Dixon Net Worth
Dixon has an estimated Net Worth of 1.6 billion USD dollars. Her career as a businessman is her primary source of income.
Mark Dixon Career
Dixon founded a sandwich-making business, Dial-a-Snack, which delivered locally on a butcher's bicycle. After the business failed, he traveled the world, becoming a barman in St Tropez, a miner in Australia, a farmhand in Asia; and selling encyclopedias.
He later invested £600 in a burger van, based on London's North Circular road. From profits, he then bought seven other vans but found difficulty in obtaining good and regular bun supply. Relocating to Brussels, Belgium, he set up an apartment rental business.
While sitting in a cafe, he regularly noticed how local business people were conducting meetings around the small tables of local coffee shops. He started Regus, an office space business, in 1989. By mid-2001 the business was worth £2bn, with Dixon's 60 percent stake making him a billionaire.
He started Regus, an office space business, in 1989. By mid-2001 the business was worth £2bn, with Dixon's 60 percent stake making him a billionaire. However, after the failure of the dot.com boom, Dixon's stake fell and he was valued at less than £80m. In 2002, 58% of the UK arm of the business was sold to UK private equity firm Alchemy Partners. Regus bought the stake back three years later. Dixon has since rebuilt the business and expanded internationally. The company now has a presence in over 100 countries.
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Alter Eco Americas Quinoa - Organic Rainbow Heirloom - Case Of 25 - 1 Lb.
There's only one equinoa real,e or royal quinoa, and it's grown on Bolivia's arid, volcanic Salar De Uyuni salt flat. Revered by ancient Incas as echisaya mamae (chee-sa-waya ma-ma) or emother grain,e this nutrition source is fluffier, nuttier and without the bitterness so common to lesser grades. Just one spoonful, and youell see why it should be the only quinoa that graces your plate.


Cheap china junk…..stay away…the blade steel is nothing else than tempered lead….in short….stay away from Gerber…its not worth buying it.Anything under 8cr…… is rubbish!!
5CR anything is bad. ive gave up on gerbers. just not good.
Buy a Gerber or light $20-$30 on fire. same difference.
Hey who won the knife?
Yeah – they had a bad stretch for sure. I've found the last few years they have started to turn it around.
At LAPG you can get a G-10 with S35VN for $35 and if you put a little knife oil on it it's perfect. Not as heavy as the Gerber either. Just a thought!
Agreed – better to stay ahead of it.