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Target: District 5 Supervisor of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, London Breed
Goal: Approve 100 percent paid parental leave for bonding time with newborns.
The U.S. trails far behind other nations in its financial support of new parents, with zero mandatory requirements for paid parental leave. However, a recent ordinance proposed in San Francisco aims to offer better support for all parents, regardless of gender, race, or sexual orientation. The proposed legislation would require that all new parents have access to six weeks of paid bonding time with their new child, and that during this time they be paid 100 percent of their regular wages.
Legislation in California currently allows for parents to take six weeks of bonding time, but the state only pays 55 percent of their salary during this time. Under this new proposal, all employers would be required to pay the remaining 45 percent of new parents' wages during the six week bonding period so that parents don't lose any income by choosing to stay home. While the current 55 percent of paid wages during bonding leave is helpful, it is simply not enough for many parents to actually stay home with their children. The intent of this new legislation is that new parents will not have to choose between spending important time with their babies and making enough money to make ends meet, thus allowing more parents to stay home with their children.
Having a baby is an emotional and vulnerable time of life that many countries around the world support and protect through paid parental leave. It is ridiculous that parents in the U.S. are not amply supported during this time of transition. This new proposal in San Francisco is important and progressive legislation that will hopefully pave the way for similar laws across the country. Please sign the below petition to show your support for improved parental leave laws by demanding that new parents be paid 100 percent of their salary during six weeks of bonding time.
Dear Supervisor Breed,
I am writing to request that you and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors pass a proposed ordinance mandating that all new parents have access to six weeks of bonding time with their newborns while being paid 100 percent of their salary. As I'm sure you're aware, the U.S. is very far behind other nations in its financial support of new parents. This is something that has to change, and this proposed ordinance is an important and progressive step forward.
While it is excellent that the state of California currently offers to pay new parents 55 percent of their salary if they choose to take six weeks of bonding time, there are many parents who are unable to make use of this benefit. Having a new baby is expensive, and only adds to the financial burden of new parents. As a result, many parents cannot afford to only be paid a little more than half their salary for six weeks, and must opt to go back to work rather than bond with their child. It is essential that this ordinance be approved so that parents won't have to worry about lost income, thus allowing more parents to stay home with their children during an important time in their development.
The U.S. is currently failing new parents by not requiring mandatory paid parental leave, but we can still work toward important change at city and state levels. Please make every effort to ensure that all parents have the opportunity to be paid 100 percent of their salary during essential bonding time with their newborns.
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MAY Blood Drive A Huge Success
Last Tuesday, Mesivta Ateres Yaakov once again hosted an incredibly successful blood drive on the mesivta's premises. The drive, benefiting Bikur Cholim of Maimonides Hospital, was organized by seniors Davi Levene, Auriel Chamoulian, and Dovi Rogoff, whose outstanding efforts to encourage donations really made the event a success. Despite inclement weather, the drive still drew in throngs of people from the community excited to donate and assist in this worthy cause. When all was tallied, the closing count was 96 pints. The mesivta thanks its student organizers, Bikur Cholim, and all those who participated. This blood drive brings the total blood contributed in the past three years to almost 600 pints. Yasher ko'ach!

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Thresh Build Guide by Noah211Gaming
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Thresh Support
Thresh Build
Support Role
Starting Items
Ruby Sightstone (Early Game)
Oracle's Lens (Early Game)
Vision/Pink Ward
Boots of Mobility - Alacrity (Early Game)
Talisman of Ascension (Mid Game)
Frozen Heart (Armor) (Late Game)
Randuin's Omen (Armor & Health) (Mid-Late Game
Banshee's Veil (Magic Resist & Health) (Mid-La
Locket of the Iron Solari (Magic Resist & Heal
Zz'Rot Portal (Armor & Magic Resist) (Mid-Late
Ability Sequence
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Threats to Thresh with this build
|Thresh is the best counter of Blitzcrank because if he rocket grabs an ally you can just throw your lantern and provide an escape reducing Blitzcrank's effectiveness. However, be careful not to get grabbed or your flash may be your only escape.
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I chose exhaust because it is great for slowing enemies so that your team can kill them or escape. I chose flash because its amazing for escaping or to set up a chain to secure a kill.
My Item Set might look awkward to some people. This is because I like to show what builds into certain items so you know what to buy when you don't have enough money for the complete item. As you can tell I mainly focused on tankiness.
Pros / Cons
- High Movement Speed
- Great Harass Early Game
- Amazing At Setting Up Kills
- Provide Vision
- Low Damage
Greater Marks of Armor, Greater Seals of Armor, and Greater Glyphs of Magic Resist are great for a tanky support. For your Quintessences you can go Movement speed, Health Regeneration, or Cooldown Reduction.
Skill Sequence
You can get your (Q) Death Sentence or (E) Flay at level one. I prefer to get my (Q) Death Sentence. No matter what max out your (Q) Death Sentence first. We max out our (E) Flay before our (W) Lantern because it passively increases the damage dealt in Thresh's basic attack.
Team Work
Communication is key when playing League of Legends but especially when playing as Thresh. You need to communicate when you are going to use your lantern so teammates don't waste flashes or run away from u to escape enemies. Your team also needs to know when you are going in for a chain so that they can kill that enemy champion.


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Higher failure rate in Ordinary level Maths cause for concern
Leaving Cert 2016 results will be closely analysed by students, politicians, teachers and industry figures
Mia Colleran (left) and Shona Ní Aodhagáin, Blackrock, celebrate getting their Leaving Certificate results, at Coláiste Íosagáin, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, last year. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
The long wait is over. Today, some 55,708 Leaving Cert students will find out how they have performed in a landmark exam which may well shape their future career.
The results will be closely watched not just by students, but by politicians, teachers and industry figures to see what they have to say about the quality of Irish school- leavers.
Maths is among the most keenly watched of all subjects given the changes made to the subject in recent years in terms of the impact of bonus points and a reformed syllabus.
This year's results show that almost 28 per cent, or more than 15,000 students, opted to take the higher-level paper, a huge jump on the 16 per cent, or 9000 students, who sat the exam five years.
There have been concerns over rising failure rates in the higher level subject over recent years, which has not been a major surprise give the more mixed ability among a larger group of students.
This year's results show that grades have stabilised, with failure rates falling slightly from 5 per cent to 4.6 per cent.
The proportion securing honours has remained broadly the same with 71 per cent of higher students securing an A, B or a C grade.
But there are alarm bells over failing rates in ordinary maths.
The numbers failing to secure a minimum of a grade D in the ordinary level maths paper is up from 5.8 to 9.2 per cent, or 3,000 students.
This means they are locked out of many third-level courses which require a pass in maths as a basic entry requirement.
In fact, the overall numbers failing the subject across all three maths levels – higher, ordinary and foundation levels – rose to 4,037 students, up from 6 to 9 per cent.
At higher level, about 700 students failed to pass their maths paper. They have the option of deferring and getting upgraded next year. That's because a new grading system is due to come into force in the coming academic year.
Under these reforms, an E grade would no longer be regarded as a fail and would attract points equivalent to a C grade at ordinary level. This is important because a pass in maths is crucial for access to many third-level courses.
The results are likely to pose fresh questions about the the Project Maths reforms and the quality of maths tuition.
It is an issue which has been bubbling away in recent year in universities, who are increasingly offering catch-up maths classes for students who are struggling to cope.
Star performer
Other results show Irish was a star performer with some 86 per cent of students securing an honours grade in the higher paper (though this is, in fact, a drop of 3 per cent on 2015).
These high grades are likely to reflect the 40 per cent oral component in the subject.
By far the most disappointed higher-level students in 2016 will be among the 25,000 who took biology.
The honours rate dropped to 69 per cent – down 6 per cent on last year – and the failure rate increased to 9 per cent, up from 5 per cent.
The rates for securing an A, B or C at higher level also dropped significantly in Spanish (76 per cent, down 8 per cent) and German (71 per cent, down 4 per cent)
It is worth noting, however, that the numbers taking Spanish at higher level increased substantially from about 3,600 to 4,400.
The high results for many hands-on subjects is particularly striking – particularly those which have a form of practical assessment.
Home economics, art, engineering, construction studies, and technology all secured high honours grades at higher level of between 79 and 83 per cent.
Students sitting the exam in future years will doubtless eye these subjects up as ones where they can gain points.


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At the time, I jotted enough of the lyrics I heard to be able to track it down when I got home and still listen to it to this day. (Honestly, I can't believe I've never posted it as a Music Monday post before – such a great song!)
I'm posting the official music video which won a Latin Grammy for Best Short Form Video as well as a live performance because who doesn't want to see a guy in a Metal Gear t-shirt rocking an accordion? 😉
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Change server-specific configuration
Once you've deployed the core component kits and any blade kits to the server machines that host your Caplin Platform, you'll probably need to change the server-specific configuration from the default settings. We explain how to do this here.
dfw command of the Deployment Framework. Before entering any
dfw command as
./dfw <command-name>, make sure your current (working) directory is set to the Deployment Framework's topmost directory.
For a list of
dfw commands, click here.
dump before restarting, you'll have to stop the running system to get the configuration needed to diagnose a fault, or copy the configuration manually from the various directories where it's located.
- Specify on which servers the core components run
- Change configuration macros
- Override other component configuration
Specify on which servers the core components run
The Deployment Framework requires that every server in your deployment has a full and identical installation of components. Where a core component runs is not decided by where it is installed, but by where it is configured to run. The configuration settings are held in the global/hosts-defn.conf file, but the safest way to change the configuration is by using the command ./dfw hosts
To check what hostnames are configured just run the command
./dfw hosts with no parameters.
You must configure a primary host, and an optional secondary (failover) host, for every core component in your deployment.
- Liberator
- Transformer
- All integration adapters, including permissioning adapters
localhost (which is the default setting), but it's good practice to always set it to the actual hostname of the server. You can also specify the hostname as the IP address of the server.
Here are some examples of how to change the hostname configuration:
- Single server
- Multiple servers with no failover
- Multiple servers with failover
- More complex failover setup
Single server
To specify that Liberator and Transformer should run on myhostname, run the commands below:
$ ./dfw hosts Liberator myhostname $ ./dfw hosts Transformer myhostname
To specify that adapters should run on myhostname, run the command below for each adapter in your deployment:
$ ./dfw hosts <adapter_blade_name> myhostname
A short cut available to single-server deployments is the blade name 'all'. To specify that all core components run on myhostname, run the single command:
$ ./dfw hosts all myhostname
Multiple servers with no failover
Assume this time that Liberator is on a server machine with hostname
myhosta, Transformer is on a different server called
myhostb, and there's a Pricing Adapter blade called
myPricingAdapter also on
myhosta, you would configure the host names by entering:
$ ./dfw hosts Liberator myhosta $ ./dfw hosts Transformer myhostb $ ./dfw hosts myPricingAdapter myhostb
You can then enter the same commands on
myhostb. Alternatively, you could copy the updated file global_config/hosts-defns.conf from
myhosta to
myhostb, overwriting the version on
myhostb (this is quicker and less error prone, especially if you need to update the hostname configuration on several servers).
Multiple servers with failover
Now assume that your Caplin Platform is deployed to two server machines for failover purposes; the primary instances of Liberator, Transformer and the Pricing Adapter run on a machine with hostname
myprimaryhost, and the failover (and/or load balancing) instances run on
myprimaryhost, you would configure the host names by entering:
$ ./dfw hosts Liberator myprimaryhost mysecondaryhost $ ./dfw hosts Transformer myprimaryhost mysecondaryhost $ ./dfw hosts myPricingAdapter myprimaryhost mysecondaryhost
You can then enter the same commands on
mysecondaryhost. Alternatively, you could copy the updated file global_config/hosts-defns.conf from
myprimaryhost to
mysecondaryhost, overwriting the version on
More complex failover setup
Here's a more complex failover configuration: Liberator is deployed to
primaryhosta and
secondaryhostb, and Transformer and the Pricing Adapter are deployed to
primaryhostb and
primaryhosta, you would configure the host names by entering:
$ ./dfw hosts Liberator primaryhosta secondaryhostb $ ./dfw hosts Transformer primaryhostb secondaryhostb $ ./dfw hosts myPricingAdapter primaryhostb secondaryhostb
You can then copy the updated file global_config/hosts-defns.conf from
primaryhosta to
primaryhostb and
secondaryhostb, overwriting the version on each destination machine.
Change configuration macros
The configuration of a server component's environment is defined by macros in the file global_config/environment-defaults.conf. These macros determine such things as Liberator's HTTP and HTTPS port numbers; Liberator and Transformer's DataSource IDs; DataSource port numbers; JMX port numbers; and Java environment settings. You should review the macro definitions in this file and decide which, if any, of these definitions need to be changed for your deployment. For a list of the configuration macros that can be used in environment-defaults.conf, and the configuration items that they set, see Configuration macros and items.
To override a default configuration setting, copy the corresponding macro from global_config/environment-defaults.conf to global_config/environment.conf and update its value there. The environment.conf file includes the environment-defaults.conf file, so add your overriding macros after the line where environment-defaults.conf is included.
In a multi-server deployment, you can edit and save global_config/environment.conf on one server machine and then copy it to the Deployment Framework on each of the other server machines.
See Configuration macros and items for a full list of configuration macros you can change. As an example, here are two of the macros you may need to change:
- Java Virtual Machine location
- Liberator's HTTP and HTTPS port numbers
Java Virtual Machine location
If Java-based features are activated (for example, the LiberatorJMX blade), Liberator attempts to load a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) when it starts up. Liberator looks for a JVM relative to the path in the JAVA_HOME environment variable. For help in setting the JAVA_HOME environment variable on Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Linux, and Mac OS, see Installing Java.
If the JVM is in a non-standard location in relation to the path defined in JAVA_HOME, you will need to supply the Deployment Framework with the full path to a JVM. To specify the full path to the JVM, use the ./dfw java command from the command line.
The ./dfw java command sets the value of the JVM_LOCATION value in global_config/environment.conf . If you copy global_config/environment.conf to other servers in a multi-server deployment, check that the value of JVM_LOCATION is correct for these servers too.
Liberator's HTTP and HTTPS port numbers
Search environment-defaults.conf for all configuration macros that have names containing the text
PORT. These macros specify port numbers that must be available on the server machine where the Platform component runs. Here's an example of the port number definitions for Liberator's HTTP and HTTPS connections.
... # # http/https definitions # define LIBERATOR${THIS_LEG}_HTTPPORT ${THIS_LEG}8080 define LIBERATOR${THIS_LEG}_HTTPSPORT ${THIS_LEG}8081 ...
THIS_LEG is defined as
1, the macro
LIBERATOR1_HTTPPORT is set to
18080, and the macro
LIBERATOR1_HTTPSPORT is set to
If ports
18080 and
18081 are not available on the server machine on which the Liberator runs, you would define these macros in environment.conf to set port numbers that are available on that server, such as
${THIS_LEG}8090 and
For more about this, see How can I... Change Liberator and Transformer port numbers.
Override other component configuration
In addition to the Liberator and Transformer environment settings in global_config/environment.conf, the directory global_config/overrides contains writeable configuration files that override other configuration settings for core components and blades. For example, the Liberator and Transformer kits come with override files in
- global_config/overrides/servers/Liberator/etc/
- global_config/overrides/servers/Transformer/etc/
You can edit these files as required. For example, say you want increase the Liberator's logging level from the default of
INFO to
DEBUG. You would change the
log-level configuration item in global_config/overrides/servers/Liberator/etc/rttpd.conf to
log-level DEBUG
Another example is the Liberator's license file location, which you can override by setting the
license-file configuration item in the rttp.conf overrides file.
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Telling time in Mandarin Chinese is a bit different than doing so in English. The AM/PM (上午 shàng wǔ / 下午 xià wǔ) concepts still translate over, but in spoken chinese more specific time words are often preferred when referring to certain times of the day.
For example, very few people will say 3AM (上午三點 shàng wǔ sān diǎn) and instead prefer to say something like 3 o' clock very late at night (深夜三點 shēn yè sān diǎn) or 3 o' clock very early in the morning (凌晨三點 líng chén sān diǎn).
This may sound a bit confusing, but it becomes a lot clearer when represented visually. So, I decided to put together my first-ever infographic* to do just that!
* I'm not sure this actually counts as an infographic because it's a lot more interactive than most
Please have a look, click around and share if you like it! And of course, feel free to leave me a comment below to let me know what you think!
P.S. If this is well received, I plan to take on building similar infographics to visual represent other potentially-confusing or hard-to-describe Mandarin Chinese concepts 🙂


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Halle Berry: Wookin Pa Nub in all the Wrong Places
- By Bossip Staff
Posted by Bossip Staff
We recently posted that a potential proposal might occur between Halle Berry and beau Gabriel Aubry. Sorry for Aubry if he does decide to propose.
Berry states in the April issue of InStyle magazine, "I will never, never get married again. Actually it's just that now I've come to a place where I think two people can share their lives without the ring, without the piece of paper."
Wonder why, Halle…maybe it's just you, or maybe it's that star-studded track record of men you ran through that has you "scared" to wed again.


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Special Olympics Athlete and Author Learns ABCs by Traveling the World
NEW YORK, NY – 2 Jun, 2017 – Julian English was born in 2004 at Hutzel Women's Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, fifteen weeks before his due date, weighing 1 pound 15 ounces. Without even knowing it, Baby Julian was a star. He became the face of an advertising campaign for high-risk care at Hutzel.
Julian suffered from mild to severe bleeding on both sides of his brain. He was diagnosed with Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL), a type of brain damage that usually affects infants and can cause long-term affects. Julian wore hearing aids for the first two years of his life, and while his hearing has improved, he still struggles with every day tasks, such as math, counting, reading, and fine and gross motor skills. He has multiple medical and learning challenges.
Realizing traditional school wasn't enough for Julian, his mother, Natasha Moulton-Levy, wasn't sure if he'd ever be able to learn. But a visit to Julian's pediatrician changed their lives forever. The doctor routinely asked a variety of probing questions, like naming numbers, shapes and colors. Julian could not name any. On this particular visit, the doctor did something different. He used a board that had a picture of the Taj Mahal and asked Julian to point to the country where he could find the Taj Mahal
Julian pointed to India, not only remembering a vacation he and his family had taken, but recalling that the "Taj Mahal was cool to the touch."
A light went off in his mother's brain…and the rest, as they say, is history. Now his mother scours the internet for cheap flights around the globe and always takes advantage of coupons, groupons, and deals to places of interest and experiences near home.
Natasha discovered that choosing letter of the alphabet ('A' for Australia, 'B' for Baltimore, 'C" for Colorado, 'D' for Dublin) for a country, city or place of interest has aided Julian in using associations to learn experientially. She wanted Julian's experiences to have continuity and interaction. She follows the philosophy that with continuity, the experience comes from and leads to other experiences, allowing Julian to learn and retain more.
Their intention in writing the No Limits: No Boundaries! My Journey Through the ABC's book together was to demonstrate that everyone can learn in their own way and at their own pace. Most of all, Julian and his Mother wanted to give others hope and encouragement.
No Limits: No Boundaries! My Journey Through the ABC's is an Award-Winning Finalist in the "Children's Educational" category of the 2017 International Book Awards. The book was written by Julian English & Natasha Moulton-Levy, edited by Patrice Samara and illustrated by Mickie Quinn.
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Henson poster 'laughable'
Wales players past and present have criticised the choice of absent star Gavin Henson as poster boy for the new national team kit.
Henson's image appeared on a 100-foot banner unveiled at the Millennium Stadium on Wednesday. He was not there in person, remaining out of rugby in a self-imposed exile that began 18 months ago when he suffered his latest injury setback.
He is on unpaid leave from his regional side the Ospreys, has not played for Wales since March last year and will shortly be part of the BBC's new Strictly Come Dancing series.
Henson's fellow Wales centre Jamie Roberts was among those seemingly baffled by the Welsh Rugby Union's choice of Henson to promote the kit, telling the Western Mail: "Without saying anything too controversial, it's an interesting choice to say the least.
"Obviously, his profile is sky-high at the moment with his dancing thing, and the Union have decided to use that. Whether Gavin Henson returns to rugby remains to be seen.
"Whatever he decides, Welsh rugby is not just about him. It's about the team and individuals working hard within that team."
Former Wales captains Gareth Edwards and Mervyn Davies rounded on the WRU's decision.
Edwards said: "I would say it was a misjudgement. I could understand why the players might be upset because they are working hard every day and Gavin hasn't played for 18 months.
"I can understand why companies want to use their biggest marketing tool, and Henson might still be the biggest name in Welsh rugby, but he is not part of the squad so I cannot understand why they would want to promote him."
And Davies added: "This is absolutely totally laughable. It is a bizarre choice - it really is a comedy show."


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Today I am going to tell you How to Dual Boot your PC
I am focusing on Windows 7 and Windows 8 along side... but this works for every version so give it a try....
What is Dual Booting ?
Yes it's perfectly same what you get from its name ... Dual Booting is to Boot your PC with Multiple OS (No not simultaneously but separately) by this you can install Windows 7 along side with Windows 8 in your Personal Computer (PC)
Why should you Dual Boot ?
It's really a great thing ,by this you can fight many compatibility problems like You want to play GTA 4 or anything that is not going to support your OS (Windows 7 or 8) but it's compatible with another OS . So be ready if you have Windows 7 and Windows 8 installed ,you can play your game on an OS and at any instance you can use the other one....... Because it's sure for a game your are not going to change your OS..
So, Here is the Solution Try it !!!
It will affect the Performance of my PC , Will it ?
No.. Not a single bit at all..... Because you are going to use one OS at a Time ,and the performance depends upon the Processor and RAM .
Ya your OS can affect the performance it's like you are installing Windows 8 on a Dual Core PC and with 1 GB RAM , it may work slow but it's not by Dual Booting , if you use only one OS (Windows 8) you will get the Same performance....
I am a newbie and it's going to be tough for me to Dual boot , Is it?
I don't think so .. What I think is if you can start a computer you can do anything with it .You may get errors if you are doing for the first time but we learn from the errors ..
It's Really easy ,what you have to do is you have to install an OS in a different partition and that's it..
So you should give it a try .. :)
I am sure that after reading all written above you are going to Give Dual Booting a Try
So now I will tell you How to do so ????
Hmm for an other OS you will need a Partition so firstly create a Partition ..Or let me start from the beginning
You have Windows 7 installed on Your PC .. You want to Install Windows 8 alongside.. Ok
Now create a partition for example name it Windows 8 with any Drive letter
(You can create partition using any partition manager ..but I refer EaseUs partition manager)
After this mount your Windows 8 ISO . Run Setup.exe
move toward the partitions selection menu
and here select Windows 8 partition that we have created in the start
Now after that, begin the installation progress...
That's all .. you have dual booted
Isn't it easy.. :)
Now how to Shift between different OS?
click on use another operating system
Option 2
In command prompt type
Shutdown.exe /r /o
Option 3
Open the Charms Bar and click on restart button under power option with shift button pressed ....
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Ibrox manager delivers tribute to the longevity of Brown and Knox
Having played under Craig Brown for Scotland, and been a player under an often ferocious Archie Knox when he was Walter Smith's assistant at Ibrox, Ally McCoist is better placed than most to describe the Aberdeen managerial team.
Brown, 71, and Knox, 64, are often lampooned as the Chelsea Pensioners of Scottish football. McCoist, however, offers a different slant.
"They are fantastic," the Rangers manager said. "Younger managers or coaches today can only dream about being involved at the level that Craig and Archie still are. They obviously enjoy the job, but they are also there because they are good at it. If they weren't good, they wouldn't still be in the game, it's as simple as that.
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Closing date:
Start date: September 2017
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September 2017
Wheatley Park School is at an exciting stage in its development. We have made strides, enjoyed recent successes and we are ambitious to build on them. We are a busy, friendly and supportive community. We are proud of our students and keen to keep helping them to achieve high standards.
We are pleased to invite applications for a cover supervisor post which involves supervising classes of students aged between 11-16 years. You will receive training and support and have good opportunities to be involved in the life of our busy and friendly school.
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Those cute packages of soap contain poison. Soap companies are selling pods of laundry and dishwasher products. They package them to make them attractive to customers. They are also attractive to children.
Critics say the brightly-colored packets look like candy or a teething toy. They said the packets might become a public health problem.
A new report says that thousands of children end up in emergency rooms after trying to eat them.
The products came to the market in 2012. In one year, more than 17,000 children under six years of age became sick and were taken to hospitals. The soap packages went into their mouths, were inhaled or squirted into their eyes.
Most of the cases were children one or two years old. Most toddlers ate the contents of the pod. Many became lethargic. Many children choked or vomited. Also, the eyes of many were irritated.
The soap packets tend to burst inside a child's mouth. The contents can be swallowed at once.
About ten brands of such products are on the market. Top sellers include Tide Pods and All Mighty Pacs.
Poison centers are warning parents. They say to keep the products out of sight and out of reach of children.
The soaps have been sold in attractive and easy-to-open bags. That is changing. Most companies will be putting the pods in hard-to-open bags. They will show warning labels.
Experts are calling for new standards for packaging. They also want the soaps to be less toxic.
Public education programs are underway.
Source: The New York Times November 10, 2014


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How Come Capybaras Get Along So Well With Other Species?Posted in: animals, nature, pictures
Haha, couldn't believe the one with the croc…
These peaceful little guys (who are the largest rodents in the world) are called capybaras, and they get along extremely well with literally every other animal species. How come? We
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Silver Bella Swap Book
7 comments:
- Katie - My Paisley Apron said...
I have a list of my lists too! In fact, just the other day, I combined it all into one "master list" with "sub lists." And I LOVE it. It has projects to craft, posts to blog, and all kinds of fun and relaxing things I want to do. I love when other people are as crazy about lists as I am! :)
- Tuesday, August 18, 2009 7:16:00 AM
- Jodie LeJeune said...
Like you, I have the disorder of not wanting to open pretty packages, not writing in pretty journals, not wanting to use beautiful lace/fabric, etc. I'd rather admire them all instead!!!!
However in your case of your beautiful journal...you HAD to have a Silver Bella journal, especially since you are in FIVE swaps!!!! tee hee!
I don't know how you do it, but you do it beautifully!!!!! :)
everything vintage
- Tuesday, August 18, 2009 1:02:00 PM
- Cindy said...
i HATE when i get something and don't want to use it! lol this happens all the time with me...
- Tuesday, August 18, 2009 3:15:00 PM
- Elise said...
Hi, just wanted to leave a comment to say how much I've enjoyed reading your posts today. You have a really interesting blog & great pictures too. Best wishes
- Wednesday, August 19, 2009 4:09:00 AM
- parasols and maryjanes said...
Oh, yes. There is a barrier to using these untouched beauties. But, as you said, one feels better when they are used. The items begin to achieve character. Besides, if something is used up, we can buy more STUFF!
- Wednesday, August 19, 2009 4:27:00 AM
- Draffin Bears said...
Hi Sharon,
Yes, I have that obsession with Journal and notebooks and make the lists.
I do think it helps me remember what I need to do and you do feel much happier.
- Wednesday, August 19, 2009 3:15:00 PM
- Holly said...
how fun is that?! lustin for that cupcake...ummm red velvet...be still my tum tum. =)
- Monday, November 09, 2009 5:25:00 AM


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OptionTools v2.8.5
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OptionTools v2.8.5 | 1.54 MB
Option Tools 2 is a security option modeling application. Offers 3 techniques to generate theoretical Call and Put option values for stocks, indices, currencies and futures complete with their sensitivity values. Calculates and charts historical volatility. Painlessly retrieves delayed stock and index option prices and EoD prices for the Underlying via the Internet for free. Check what the market price implies about risk sentiment before you take a position.
Model Call and Put values for stocks, indices and futures.
Select American or European style exercise.
Offers Black-Scholes, Whaley and Binomial Models.
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Figures volatilities implied by recent Bid/Ask prices.
Define and apply implied volatility skews.
Save, retrieve and print your option series price grids.
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One of the original off-price retailers, Tuesday Morning is a leading destination for unique home and lifestyle goods. We specialize in name-brand, better/best products for the home. We are known for irresistible finds at an incredible value and search the world for amazing deals to bring to our customers.
We are a true closeout retailer, selling high-quality products at prices below those found in boutique, specialty and department stores. Our customers come to us for an exceptional assortment of brand names at great prices. Our primary merchandise mix includes luxury home textiles, home furnishings, housewares and seasonal décor.
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"How Culhwch won Olwen"
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1st century BC depiction of a boar (Celtic Museum, Hallein) - Credit: Wolfgang Sauber
Culhwch ('pigsty') is so named because he was born where a swineherd was tending pigs.
Olwen ('white track') is so named because four white clovers would spring up wherever she walked.
Culhwch may also be translated as 'lean pig/boar'. It has been suggested that Culhwch may have associations with the Celtic god Moccus (the Gaulish word for 'boar' or 'pig') who is equated with the Roman god Mercury.
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|Synemin may function to directly link muscle cell intermediate filaments to both myofibrillar Z-lines and costameres.
|Bellin, RM
Huiatt, TW
Critchley, DR
Robson, RM
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|J BIOL CHEM, 2001, 276 (34), pp. 32330-32337
|Synemin is a large intermediate filament (IF) protein that has been identified in all types of muscle cells in association with desmin- and/or vimentin-containing IFs. Our previous studies (Bellin, R. M., Sernett, S. W., Becker, B., Ip, W., Huiatt, T. W., and Robson, R. M. (1999) J. Biol. Chem. 274, 29493-29499) demonstrated that synemin forms heteropolymeric IFs with major IF proteins and contains a binding site for the myofibrillar Z-line protein alpha-actinin. By utilizing blot overlay assays, we show herein that synemin also interacts with the costameric protein vinculin. Furthermore, extensive assays utilizing the Gal4 yeast two-hybrid system demonstrate interactions of synemin with desmin and vimentin and additionally define more precisely the protein subdomains involved in the synemin/alpha-actinin and synemin/vinculin interactions. The C-terminal approximately 300-amino acid region of synemin binds to the N-terminal head and central rod domains of alpha-actinin and the approximately 150-amino acid C-terminal tail of vinculin. Overall, these interactions indicate that synemin may anchor IFs to myofibrillar Z-lines via interactions with alpha-actinin and to costameres at the sarcolemma via interactions with vinculin and/or alpha-actinin. These linkages would enable the IFs to directly link all cellular myofibrils and to anchor the peripheral layer of myofibrils to the costameres.
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So a few weeks ago, my MIL and her husband came down for the afternoon to see the twins.
Chicken had gone to the office for the morning and wasn't back yet when they arrived.
When they came in and she reached for a baby, I asked them both (as I ask ALL visitors), to please wash their hands first (as well as leaving their shoes at the door which they always comply).
MIL freaked. Claimed her hands were clean and I was being ridiculous. Balked. Rolled her eyes and complained all the way to the sink. As she complained I said our ped had advised it because the boys were born early and it was the safe thing to do and then she called our ped ridiculous.
I was so pissed, but held my tongue.
Folks, this is New York City. It's fucking dirty. By the time you get to my apartment, no matter how clean your hands MIGHT have been in the car (which is probably not that clean because the last I was aware they don't have sinks in autos) you have touched your car handle, two security door handles of my building, a security box button, an elevator button and my front door knob. There are about 1,000 people who come in and out of this building on a daily basis with all of the residents, delivery people, staff, day help, etc.
Your hands are no longer clean and you WILL wash them before you touch my babies. My babies, my house, my rules.
But remember, this is the same woman I asked to please not watch TV when she had the babies for the evening (in Argentina) and they watched TV all night long and then told us how much the babies just LOVED the TV.
What do you do about a situation like this?? Then, to top it all off, we learned from a cousin this weekend that she has been bitching about this incident! That she couldn't believe that "Puffer asked me to WASH MY HANDS!" and that her feelings were so hurt. That she felt we'd gotten closer in Argentina and that now she was marginalized.
For the record, we asked her to wash her hands, or to use antibacterial gel every single time we baby handled in Argentina and she would most of the time–REFUSE. Especially the antibacterial gel.


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To give the village a chance to meet two of our potential Village Champions, we're holding another Open Meeting at 7.30 in The George. Please come along to meet Tim and Chris and to have another opportunity to sample some of the excellent local produce we have already.
Our other Champion (actually two of them because they come as a pair – Jules and Ant) will be in The George on Saturday evening for a less formal do. But if you'd like to meet them too, do come along and have a natter.


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Low Use of Bitcoin concerning Its Supporters
Joe Dincer-Ubl / 3 years ago
Despite the large number of online stores and services accepting bitcoins being over 100,000 worldwide, the volatile cryptocurrency usage remains low. Unfortunately for these supports, bitcoins decreasing value is not helping and possibly scaring away more potential investors and customers. However, supporters are urging owners to show patience through this rough time, as potential uses for bitcoins go beyond just finance. David Termac, a professor of finance at New York University Stern Schoold of Business said:
"There are some breakthroughs in technology that are going to endure whether bitcoin survives or not."
Only more troubling during this time is the recent shutdown of bitcoin exchanges and other companies, which resulted in another case of missing bitcoins. In the end, if the cryptocurrency is to begin a recovery process, and bitcoin wallets start seeing more uses, there may be hope for its survival.
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Search Costs and Medicare Plan Choice
There is increasing evidence suggesting that Medicare beneficiaries do not make fully informed decisions when choosing among alternative Medicare health plans. To the extent that deciphering the intricacies of alternative plans consumes time and money, the Medicare health plan market is one in which search costs may play an important role. To account for this, we split beneficiaries into two groups--those who are informed and those who are uninformed. If uninformed, beneficiaries only use a subset of covariates to compute their maximum utilities, and if informed, they use the full set of variables considered. In a Bayesian framework with Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods, we estimate search cost coefficients based on the minimum and maximum statistics of the search cost distribution, incorporating both horizontal differentiation and information heterogeneities across eligibles. Our results suggest that, conditional on being uninformed, older, higher income beneficiaries with lower self-reported health status are more likely to utilize easier access to information.
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- Ali Hortacsu & Chad Syverson, 2003. "Product Differentiation, Search Costs, and Competition in the Mutual Fund Industry: A Case Study of the S&P 500 Index Funds," NBER Working Papers 9728, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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RAND Corporation, vol. 42(4), pages 729-757, December.
- Matthijs R Wildenbeest, 2009. "An Empirical Model of Search with Vertically Differentiated Products," Working Papers 2009-01, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy.
- Susan Athey & Guido W. Imbens, 2007.
"Discrete Choice Models With Multiple Unobserved Choice Characteristics,"
International Economic Review,
Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 48(4), pages 1159-1192, November.
- Susan Athey & Guido Imbens, 2006. "Discrete Choice Models with Multiple Unobserved Choice Characteristics," Levine's Bibliography 122247000000001040, UCLA Department of Economics.
- Matthew S. Lewis, 2011.
"Asymmetric Price Adjustment and Consumer Search: An Examination of the Retail Gasoline Market,"
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy,
Wiley Blackwell, vol. 20(2), pages 409-449, June.
- Lewis, Matt, 2004. "Asymmetric Price Adjustment and Consumer Search: An Examination of the Retail Gasoline Market," Competition Policy Center, Working Paper Series qt9pv2d9fn, Competition Policy Center, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley.
- Matt Lewis, 2004. "Asymmetric Price Adjustment and Consumer Search: An Examination of the Retail Gasoline Market," Industrial Organization 0407010, EconWPA.
- Alan T. Sorensen, 2001. "An Empirical Model of Heterogeneous Consumer Search for Retail Prescription Drugs," NBER Working Papers 8548, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Heiss, Florian & McFadden, Daniel L. & Winter, Joachim, 2006. "Who failed to enroll in Medicare Part D, and why? Early results," Munich Reprints in Economics 19427, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
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Joseph Moore (email@example.com)
Tue, 9 Jan 2001 11:46:48 -0800
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From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:email@example.com]
In a message dated 1/9/01 8:03:36 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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Such is JC - the vast bulk of disputes are, objectively, not as serious
as a traffic violation. >>
When a very young child goes into JC, it can be a VERY big deal.
I agree that it is very good in theory. In practice, it works great if all
parties strive for objectivity and more importantly, telling the truth.
Some people, unfortunately, have difficulty with the truth.
--- Didn't mean to downplay the significance of JC to the people involved at all - I only meant to point out that the *structure* of JC doesn't need to reflect the structure of criminal court to do its job - rather, given the nature of the kinds or 'offenses' and 'punishments', that traffic court would be a better model. What I meant by "objectively not as serious" was that few incidents adjudicated by JC involve serious damage to life and property or possible prison terms. But, sure, the issues may be of great importance to the people involved, and resolving them peacefully and fairly to the satisfaction of the people involved is critically important to the functioning of the school.
I think it's important to recognize that any procedures you set up will be less than perfect in the hands of fallible human beings. Any procedure you choose will have its good and bad points. For example, isn't it true that juries, defense attorneys and witnesses all involve their own set of potential abuses?
The key is that the kids can (and do) change the system to better reflect their senses of justice and fairness. That is a *very* good thing, the polar opposite of what is done elsewhere in society. It seems very likely to result in good decisions. But to expect any system not to sometimes fail doesn't seem fair or reasonable to me.
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Prior to the VMware vSphere 6.0 , You will be directly getting the vCenter Appliance's OVA file from VMware. Using OVA file, you can directly import as a VM in the vCenter server or ESXi host using vSphere client. It can also be done by using the "Deploy the OVF template" option by right clicking on the Datacenter or the ESXi host from the vSphere web-client. But in vSphere 6.0 onwards, you will be getting full VCSA 6.0 ISO which contains all the necessary files to deploy the vCenter appliance from the Laptop or Desktop. Let's see that how we can deploy the vCenter Server 6.0 on ESXi from the Laptop.
The actual OVA file is present without the extension of .ova. (Refer Article 402).
1. Download the VMware vCenter Appliance 6.0 .
2. Use the power ISO to mount the ISO file on the virtual CD drive or extract the file.
3. Open the vcsa-setup.html file. Click on "Install"
If you want to upgrade the existing the appliance, click on "upgrade". The upgrade is possible only for vCenter Serveer appliance 5.1 U3 & vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 versions.
5.Let me proceed with new VCSA 6.0 deployment.
6.Enter the target ESXi server IP address where you would like to deploy this appliance. You need to provide the ESXi's root credentials.
7.Enter the Appliance Name and set the root user credentials.
8.Select the deployment type.
9. create the new SSO domain if you do not have existing one.
10.Select the appliance size based on your requirement.
11.Select the database type.
12. Enter the Appliance IP address and other network settings .
13. Here is the summary of the deployment. Click finish to kick of the deployment.
It shows the deployment progress like below .
14. Once the deployment is completed , click "close"
You can access the vSphere web-client using the appliance URL (https://192.168.2.19/vsphere-client)
Home page of the vSphere web-client
If you connect to the ESXi using vSphere client , you can see the VCSA 6.0 VM like below.
Hope this article is informative to you .


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It was recently announced by Square Enix Inc and Square Enix Ltd. that Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn broke 1.5 MILLION registered players within only 2 months of its launch. This is a combined total of North America and Japan on both PC and PS3.
And just so all you Final Fantasy fans know Square Enix also announced the Beta program for the PlayStation 4 will begin on Feb. 22nd, 2014. WIth all the beta excitment let's not forget about Patch 2.1, which will be available sometime in December. This patch will focus on PvP Battle arenas (Player vs Player) and add new dungeons etc. And last but not least players can now transfer characters via the "WORLD TRANSFER SERVICE" starting immediately.
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is currently available for purchase $39.99 on the PlayStation 3 and only $29.99 on PC. Monthly subscriptions are $12.99 but all new accounts will recieve a FREE 30 day trail.
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So, you have OverDrive – now what? Creating a shared language and skill set is important when undertaking any new technology or system. 'Let our trainers and experts help you connect more meaningfully and accurately with your teaching team, administration, parents and students about the benefits of digital content in and outside the classroom.
Join us on Thursday, February 23 at 3:30 PM (EST) for How to Talk to Your School Community About OverDrive. This webcast will review practical ways to:
• Increase marketing efforts to promote understanding of and interest in the collection.
• Include statistical data in discussions with key members of the community.
• Introduce OverDrive to new and returning populations of students.
• Integrate technology into the curriculum and classroom.
Our school experts will share key talking points, meaningful data, and innovative ways to engage your educators, parents, students, and even those digital doubters.
In this session, we will share:
- Strategies to engage your staff with OverDrive.
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The MediaWiki software that runs the Sonic Retro Info Wiki keeps track of every edit that is made to every page. It also tracks who made the edit. Therefore, it is possible to search and discover what edits a specific user has made on Sonic Retro. There are several methods of doing this:
You can also make a link to a specific user's contributions list (either your own or someone else's), by including [[Special:Contributions/USERNAME]] in the wiki text.
The list of edits is presented in reverse chronological order (from newest to oldest). There is one line per edit, showing the time, date, an "M" if the edit was minor, the page name, and the edit summary. (There is no note included if the page was newly created.)
If an edit is marked "(top)", that means that that edit is the most recent for the page in question at the time the list was generated. Administrators also have a "rollback" link on these lines. (See Help:Revert a page.)
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Ana-Alecia Ayala is battling cancer and using dancing and laughter as her strongest weapon.
The 32-year-old Dallas woman posted a video on Facebook doing the popular Juju On That Beat dance. Ayala and her chemo buddy, Danielle Andrus put a spin on the song calling it, "Juju On That Chemo."
Who says cancer and chemo have to get get you down? We'll have the last laugh!! Having an awesome chemo buddy like @danilax21 who is ALWAYS down for a dance party helps too!! We want to show the world that dancing and laughter is the BEST medicine. We are #AnaStrong !! #JujuOnThatBeat #ICantDance #JustForFun #ChemoSucks #NoHairDontCare #CancerAwareness #Chemo #JujuOnThatChemo #dancing #DanceTherapy @theellenshow @cody_sattler @thefitnessmarshall @su2c @ihadcancer @americancancersociety @stupidcancer @prettygirlswithcancer
She said,
"Who says cancer and chemo have to get you down? We'll have the last laugh!! Having an awesome chemo buddy like Danielle Andrus who is ALWAYS down for a dance party helps too!! We want to show the world that dancing and laughter is the BEST medicine. We are #AnaStrong !!"
The video currently has over 50,000 shares since October 18th!
According to KHOU, Ayala was diagnosed in 2015 with a rare tumor in her uterus that spread to her ovaries and into the lining of her stomach. Ayala, a mother to a 3-year-old said she and her husband were attempting to have another baby prior to learning about the diagnoses. After having surgery to remove the majority of it, a new tumor popped up in July on her spleen. She was then faced with a more aggressive chemo.
Ayala met her chemo buddy, Danielle in a fitness group in 2015 and she has stuck by her since the first diagnoses.
"She would come sit with me in my chemo session always bringing me entertainment — magazines, arts and crafts. Things to keep me distracted," Ayala said. "But she loves a good dance party. We did a dance to Meghan Trainor's "Me Too" song last time, but never posted it online. This time she encouraged me to post it and everyone has been so sweet to share it and get it out there."
Check out the video below and you can read the rest of her interview at KHOU.


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Molly Connolly is a software developer, trainer, and business coach.
Molly's Bio:
Molly, owner of Thorsen Consulting, is a Chicago-based technology consultant. Her background is in management consulting and over the last 15 years she has focused on delivering customized database. As a former partner at Soliant Consulting, she managed a team of developers working in a variety of industries including advertising, education, and manufacturing.
In addition to her custom development work, she currently provides advisory and training services to students through her JumpStartFm online training progam and is a founder of Elusive Moose, an on-line resource helping consultants and freelancers create and maintain a healthy work life. Elusive Moose is the host of Find Your Moose.
Portfolio Management & Delegation with Molly Connolly
Many small business owners struggle with how to delegate. Sometimes it feels like it will take longer to explain a task than it does to do it ourselves, sometimes we're worried the quality of the work will suffer, or sometimes we just don't know exactly what we need without digging into the problem. Successful delegation takes work and one of the tools we can use to identify opportunities for successful delegation is a portfolio management tool.
In this session, Molly will walk you through a portfolio management tool she used to manage a busy workgroup that varied from 10-15 employees. Seeing how much work there is too do can be intimidating but can also get you "unstuck" and force you to stop being a bottle neck so your team and your business can thrive.
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- How to identify opportunities to delegate
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You don't have to see the first film to see Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. II. But, it's a definite must see if you like sarcastic jokes, action sequences paired with an eighties soundtrack and Baby Groot.
For starters, the movie despite being made in the contemporary age, was so quintessentially eighties from the music to the dialogue and even some of the jokes. Rather than detract from the film it made it even more endearing, with references to classic sitcoms and a cameo from David Hasselhoff. All in all though, the film proves its more than just some sarcastic lines and sexual innuendos, it's emotionally griping and poignantly relatable.
The first time we see the Guardians they're preparing to battle some creature and protect the special batteries of the Sovereign race. As the attack takes place, the camera follows not the Guardians capable of fighting but Baby Groot as he dances to Mr. Blue Sky. His little shuffle will tug at your heartstrings.
The scene, to put it simply, is spectacular. As the music surges and Groot dances, we see for the first time just how flawlessly the Guardians work together, even if there are a few arguments along the way, they simultaneously battle the beast and protect Groot as he wanders around the battle site.
To be honest, Tyler Bates, the composer for the film did an amazing job not just with this first scene, but with the entire score and overall soundtrack. The impactful music turned battle scenes into dance numbers and made up for the occasional less than stellar dialogue.
That's not to say the dialogue was all bad. Like the first movie it was hysterical with jokes bordering on inappropriate with just enough thinly veiled sarcasm to have the entire audience laughing. At times though it struggled to go beyond surface level, though this is in part to the characters themselves.
Unlike other Marvel characters, the Guardians don't try and play nice, they're reckless and brutally honest. Sometimes, with the relationship of Peter and Rocket, they're out right mean to each other. They're also incredibly relatable.
Despite the dialogue, Chris Pratt gave a great performance as Peter Quill aka Star Lord. Amidst his arrogance and sexual innuendos, Pratt proved he can make even comedies emotional with a tear jerk performance as he (Star Lord) contemplates his own humanity and morality.
If Star Lord doesn't bring you to tears, then Michael Rooker as Yondu will as he struggles to cope with his past mistakes and provide for Peter.
Underneath it all there's a message or several messages. One, despite someone's bravado (Rocket, Star Lord, Yondu, Drax and Gamora) they're actually fiercely loyal and loving creatures who would do anything for their family.
Two, family isn't always blood, family is the people who look out for you, protect you and who, despite your rude remarks, love you unconditionally, not because they need you to take over the galaxies.
Three, nothing will ever be as cute as Baby Groot.
Guardians of The Galaxy is officially in theatres May 5, with a promise of a third film to come. And if sarcastic jokes and amazing jokes aren't enough to tempt you, Kurt Russel's glorious locks are a must see.