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BolshieBastard
The British Constitution has clearly laid down over the last 100 years that the upper house does not interfere with Finance Bills, end of. While the Constitution isnt written down, that doesnt mean geriatric politicians can re write it for short term political gains.
The Lib Dems, Labour and the minor parties are playing a very dangerous game if they push the Lords intto challenging any Government's Finance Bills (and Im no lover of Cameron and co).
DaveB
There is no such thing. There are conventions, legal precedents and assorted other arrangements. Non-of these preclude the Lords from voting against something they believe is wrong, and there is a long history of this happening. Less so since the abolition of Life Peers, but it still happens. And it should. It this case it so happens that it is a finance bill. No-one is forcing the Lords to do anything, they will debate the bill and vote on it. That's democracy.
You're utterly and totally wrong. There is a British Constition, it just not a written one.
You show an abject lack of understanding as well. The convention precludes the Lords voting against any Government's Finance Act. That goes back to around 1911 when the Lords continually stiffled the elected Government's attempt to get its budget through Parliament.
And the last bit is the biggest laugh of all. You consider a totally unelected chamber voting against a Finance Bill to be democratic. You couldnt make that tosh up.
Sorry, if its not written down there there isn't one. Do you start a contract without a bit of paper?
I wonder how many people bang on about the EU not being democratically elected but respect a vote passed by the House of Lords?
The British Constitution has clearly laid down over the last 100 years that the upper house does not interfere with Finance Bills, end of. While the Constitution isnt written down
If it's not written down then it's a matter of opinion.
There is a British Constition, it just not a written one.
No, there isn't!
jamesbrown
Point of order. Do you actually understand the different types of legislation and how they operate? This was brought in as a statutory instrument, which is secondary legislation (a regulation), not primary legislation (a bill). The reason this has become a total joke is that the Leader of the House (of Commons) tried to push this through as secondary legislation, rather than a bill, and so there is no mechanism for the HoL to amend and to negotiate a compromise. None of this would've happened had it been put through as primary legislation. This was a total misjudgement on the part of the Gov't to think they could force something through quickly without usual process and it has backfired (regardless of where you may stand on the merits, and I stand on the side of thinking that tax credits do need to be completely reformed).
Point of order. Do you actually understand the different types of legislation and how they operate?
BolshieBastard knows more about laws (espcially tax) than The Lords, High Court Judges and various legal professionals including QCs - how dare you to question him? :rolleyes:
:laugh Had to chuckle at the OP. It's precisely because this wasn't in the Finance Bill that it went tits up. The HoC were at third reading of the FB while this was going on FFS. The HoL don't go anywhere near FBs. This is nothing more than George being caught with his pants down, trying to be far too clever. You don't push through major legislation as a statutory instrument. The Gov't are doing their best to cloud this as a constitutional matter, but it's nothing of the sort. It's about George being too cute and getting found out.
Gideon got spanked by the Lords, very nice.
All material changes in budgets should have 3-5 years transitional periods - same as he did for BTL crowd, but totally failed to do with new taxes and removal of tax credits.
If only their Lordships did the same for the divvie tax :eyes
But this wasn't a finance bill, in the sense of being primary legislation, which is what the convention applies to. Gideon and Dave thought they were being very clever by pushing it through as a statutory instrument instead; but that means the Lords damn well can block it.
The reason they used - or rather, tried to use - a statutory instrument is that it reduces the amount of scrutiny and debate it's subject to in the Commons. A statutory instrument is supposed to be used for minor matters that don't require a lot of discussion, not major legislation like this. But they thought they could get away with it, and they've been caught out, because it turns out they're not as clever as they think they are, the arrogant pair of twats.
Sneaky little barstewards are the Tories, but then we knew that all along:
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Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong! And again shows an abject misunderstanding of the British Constitution.
Yes, it wasnt a Finance Bill. But, the convention is well established. The unelected chamber does not usurp the elected Government of the day on Finance Bills or matters as this was.
Anyway, one good thing to come out of it is we may very well see the unelected lordships powers severely watered down or, hopefully, abolished altogether.
Utter rubbish! Why not try studying The British Constitution and Politics as I have?
And good attempt trying to link the constitution to a contract but no cigar Im afraid.
As for the EU, Im voting to come out.
Zero Liability
Can't have the great unwashed getting too well off, now can we?
In work tax credits need to go and fast.
The very fact that employed people are screaming about it like heroin addicted babies rather than hit on their employers to make up the shortfall shows how distorted Brown made the Labour market in this country, deliberately of course.
Clearly this is not democratic, I long came to the view that we should abolish the House of Lords and not replace it with another chamber. The revising task can be done by committees made up of MP's and co-opted experts to help and guide good legislation.
Which means that they would have to repeal part of the unwritten UK constitution as part of it comprises of the European Communities Act of 1972, which is written down :smile
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DodgyAgent
And how many members of the Lords exactly were voted in?
We need fracking.
MicrosoftBob
Quite, leftie tree huggers can frack off
NotAllThere
The Lords' rejection isn't definitive. The government retains the power to push the bill through. Anything that slows any government down and forces a rethink is a good thing, which is why I'm in favour of a second chamber. The fact that they're unelected is, in my view, immaterial, since the Lords cannot enforce its will. Ideally, the second chamber should be filled with experienced statesmen and women - that's easier to achieve by appointment than election.
Abolition of the second chamber, and replacing their function with committees may work equally as well, but so far as I can see, the system isn't broke, so doesn't need fixing. Any government that abolished the second chamber would be doing so for their own (short term) political advantage. I can't see it benefiting the country as a whole.
So you want unfettered one party statedom, so you?
No that's what the current Labour party want
MrMarkyMark
Underhand and sloppy, hence they were caught out :smile.
The Lords' rejection isn't definitive. The government retains the power to push the bill through. Anything that slows any government down and forces a rethink is a good thing, which is why I'm in favour of a second chamber. The fact that they're unelected is, in my view, immaterial, since the Lords cannot enforce its will.
Exactly. It is in this type of situation why the Lords should be there in the first place. I don't think this issue with tax credits has been thought through.
I do agree there should be reform, but this should be carefully considered not just sledge hammered in.
. Anything that slows any government down and forces a rethink is a good thing,.
So if a bill needs to be passed to declare war on Russia after invading Scotland and a bunch of unelected bureaucrats in fancy dress decide "to slow it down" then that would be a good thing?
Glad you raised that. Was worried about that happening but didn't want to hijack such a frivolous thread with serious points :tongue
So if a bill needs to be passed to declare war on Russia after invading Scotland and a bunch of unelected bureaucrats in fancy dress decide "to slow it down" then that would be a good thing?Red herring. This is not a matter of urgency; it is about preventing hasty, ill-thought out, government action. Declaration of war does not need Lords approval. I seem to recall that power resides in the hands of the PM alone (acting on behalf of the monarch).
No, because that would be absurd.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum
AKA The what's next brigade.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBBXKYWEIZM
No bill is needed to declare war, as that is a royal prerogative so the cabinet or "executive" can advise the Sovereign to go ahead without the consent of Parliament.
A parliamentary bill would then be needed to pay for the war; but that would be a finance bill, which the Lords could not block (or at least not for long, even in the unlikely event they tried).
AIUI :nerd
If the Ruskies want Scotland they can have it.
No reason to object. :smokin
Good point It would however require a quickie "Bill through Parliament"
Surely if we're going to give Scotland to anyone it should be Venezuela, then Scotland can have the socialism it deserves
Surely anyone that can afford to pay for them.
Especially now the price of oil has tanked :eyes
And Venezuela has a shitload of oil (and more than their fair share of extremely attractive women it has to be said)
and more than their fair share of extremely attractive women it has to be said)
Guess we might have to think of somewhere else then.
I wouldn't want to pollute that blood line :smokin.
And Venezuela has a tulipload of oil (and more than their fair share of extremely attractive women it has to be said)
You might not be able to look at them for much longer
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Damn, have to get that satellite link up and running, again!
So, Gideon got slapped in the face and now will have to "lessen the impact", this means that he will also need to raise more money from somewhere to cover the shortfall.
Expect to see this "archaic" situation of dividends tax band being different from income tax band to be reviewed with great prejudice.


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Rob's Thoughts: Cory Schneider and the goaltending soap opera returns to Vancouver
Dec 19 2017, 8:31 am
Every week, Rob the Hockey Guy drops in to let us know what he is thinking. We like to call it "Rob's Thoughts."
In the most anticipated Tuesday night Devils-Canucks game in history, Cory Schneider will play his first game against his old team and his old friend Roberto Luongo. It's been just over three months since the Canucks traded Schneider for the ninth overall pick (Bo Horvat), which elevated this drama to soap opera status here in Canuckland. Here are my thoughts:
1. My head hurts
What a whirlwind. Cory Schneider was the goaltender of the future when he was drafted in 2004. When GM Dave Nonis acquired Roberto Luongo in 2006, Schneider was never expected to play a game or at least never become a starter in Vancouver until 2012. In April, 2012 Schneider took over the number one job in the playoffs and was supposed to become the team's franchise goalie going forward until June 2013 when Mike Gillis shocked the hockey world and traded him to New Jersey. My head hurts.
2. Nobody is happy
Conventional wisdom 12 months ago was that once a trade was made, both Luongo and Schneider would be happy. Instead, it appears they're both not likely to be very happy. Luongo wanted to move on (but didn't) and Schneider wanted to become a number one goalie. Schneider still has to wrestle the number one job away from a living legend, Martin Brodeur.
3. Who's kidding who in New Jersey
Schneider is New Jersey's best goalie, but may not get played as such. The politics over keeping Martin Brodeur's ego in check will be interesting to monitor. Brodeur is arguably the best goalie in NHL history, but he's also 41 years old and has significantly worse numbers than Cory Schneider in the past three seasons. Yet Cory Schneider has to prove himself, again.
4. Beating their buddy
Luongo and Schneider are good friends, but don't think for a second that there won't be something extra at stake in their first matchup against each other. Schneider is out to prove himself (still) and Luongo will want to prove that he was the top goalie all along. In a way, they're both out to prove Mike Gillis wrong.
5. Days of our lives has got nothing on this
The spotlight will be on. TSN will broadcast the game nationally and the Luongo-Schneider soap opera will take a new twist. By now, nothing should surprise us. If we are to expect anything, we should expect the unexpected. What next? Maybe one of them scores an empty net goal.
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Congratulations are once again in order for Dr. Brian Conway and the VIDC Team!
Dr. Brian Conway MD FRCPC with a huge smile as he accepts the award for Best Poster Presentation 2015. Congratulations, Dr. Cownay!
At the 11th International Workshop on Co-Infection HIV and Hepatits in London last June 11-12, Dr. Conway was presented with the Best Poster Presentation 2015 Award. He presented a total of three (3) posters for the three abstracts submitted for the conference. The winning poster was for Correlates of successful HCV treatment in HIV co-infected vulnerable populations.
Reviews in Antiviral Therapy Infectious Diseases 6 2015 Abstract Book
Two of the abstracts — including the one with the winning poster — relates to VIDC's work with the Downtown East Side community (Correlates of successful HCV treatment in HIV co-infected vulnerable populations and Cascade of Care of HIV/HCV Co-infected Patients on the Downtown East Side of Vancouver). The third is focused on treatments and medications concerning co-infected patients (Changes in antiretroviral therapy while on HCV treatment in HIV/HCV co-infected patients). These abstracts can be accessed through clicking on this link or the photo of the cover of the abstract book.
As a research and medical clinic, VIDC boasts of providing holistic care both directly and indirectly to the community. Through our community engagement initiatives such as VIDC Connect, HCV Treatment Support Group, DTES Pop-Up Clinics, etc., and the high standard of care we provide, VIDC is able to carry out its commitment to holistic care directly. Consequently, through the research work we do, we are impacting the community by creating spaces for dialogue within the academe and policy-making spheres informed by our direct involvement with the community.
The award-winning poster on display in one of our waiting areas.
Community Spotlight: Suzan Krieger
June 17, 2015 Awards and Recognitions, Community SpotlightDr. Brian Conway MD FRCPC, Dr. Patricia Howitt, Gilead, HCV, Hep C Support Group, Hepatitis C, mission, Positive Living, Positive Living Magazine, Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal Honoree, ribavirin, Shawn Sharma RN BSN, sofosbuvir, Sovaldi, staff, Suzan KriegerVIDC Connect
The biggest lesson I learned is that for me to see treatment through, it requires a team that includes doctors, specialists, nurses, receptionists, cohorts, family and friends. And of course, a dog named Charlie. – Suzan Krieger
This month's Community Spotlight features one of VIDC's beloved friends: Suzan Krieger. Specifically, it's about her article on the May-June edition of Positive Living Magazine entitled Hepatitis and Depression: A Personal Take.
Suzan is one of those courageous individuals who successfully overcame the disease and illness and wrote about it. Her article recounts her journey from when she was diagnosed to her full recovery.
Suzan's journey is far from pleasant, her diagnosis came as a shock that led to depression, the treatment she first received felt like it would kill her before it cures her, and the medical community seemed absent in all of this. After enduring all that, she resigned to letting the virus stay and live with it.
Fortunately, that's not where her story ends,
A few years later, I went to a workshop put on by Positive Living BC that featured Dr. Brian Conway, the medical director of the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre (VIDC) and a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal honoree. At the close of the workshop, I spoke with Dr. Conway and explained how I had tried and felt I had lost on my treatment. He gave me his card and with a confident voice said, "I can help."
Suzan met Dr. Conway and got introduced to VIDC and our commitment to holistic care.
We've written about this commitment a couple of times in this blog (here and here), and yet Suzan's description of the help she received at VIDC deserves its own post.
The VIDC uses open discussion about feelings—treating one with respect and dignity and providing stellar medical care in as comfortable a surrounding as possible. The team's approach can be thought of as holistic medicine (a form of healing that considers the whole person)—body, mind, spirit, and emotions—in the quest for optimal health and wellness.
It's one thing for a medical clinic to describe what it aims to do, it's a whole other thing if an individual who receive that care describes it. Suzan outlines in her piece what role Dr. Conway played in her treatment.
Dr. Conway helped me find Dr. Patricia Howitt, who is now my primary physician ... [Dr.Conway] met with me and explained my new treatment and, week by week, he kept my spirits up and encouraged me that this treatment—this time—would work.
Our HCV Clinical Research Nurse, Shawn Sharma RN also got a special mention,
Shawn at STRUT 2015 [Photo Credit: Brad McIntyre]
Shawn Sharma, a registered nurse, set up a conference call with Gilead and my healthcare insurance company, clearing the way for treatment with the new drug, Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) and ribavirin. The cost of the combination treatment is around $93,000 per year. Sharma also started me on a vitamin program and made himself available to me throughout the three-month treatment program.
However, VIDC isn't just a two-man team, and Suzan saw that in action too.
The VIDC did everything from blood testing to ultrasound scans. ... VIDC's waiting room is a wonderful, chaotic haven filled with patients waiting for their turn to be cared for. The staff provides TV, coffee, snacks, information, and support for the waiting room folk.
The reason we keep emphasizing the need and the importance of a holistic approach is precisely because of people like Suzan. Individuals who stuck with us and give us that pat on the shoulder and says "You're doing a great job, keep it up." Awards, acclaims, and recognition from anywhere can never compare to a simple heartfelt thank you from people whose lives you've touched and changed.
Looking at her today, you would never have guessed how harsh her treatment journey has been!
Suzan, thank you for letting VIDC be a part of your journey and for being such a great example to others!
If you want to read Suzan's full article (WHY WOULDN'T YOU?) click here!


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The Aden-Owen-Carlsberg Triple Junction (AOC), also known as the Arabia–India–Somalia Triple Junction, is a triple junction that connects the Aden Ridge, Owen Fracture Zone, and Carlsberg Ridge in the northwest Indian  Ocean.
It has been described as one of only three RRF (ridge-ridge-fault) triple junctions on Earth, besides the Azores Triple Junction and Chile Triple Junction.  However, because the fault arm of such unstable triple junctions tend to evolve into a spreading centre, all three cases have quickly evolved into stable RRR triple junctions.

Since a reorganisation of the involved tectonic plates   the AOC moves in discrete steps westward along the Aden Ridge.  West of the southern termination of the Owen fracture Zone, the Beautemps-Beaupré Basin, a new plate boundary develops and the basin will be transferred from the Arabian Plate to the Indian Plate in a near future.

The Carlsberg Ridge was opened between the Seychelles and India in the Early Tertiary and has since undergone three stages of spreading.  A first, fast stage  with a  half-rate spreading; a second  ultra-slow () stage during the India-Eurasia collision; followed by the present slow () spreading which reaches  in its northern end.  This latest stage was initiated by the opening of the Gulf of Aden during which the Aden Ridge began to quickly propagate westward at a rate of /Ma.

The Owen Fracture Zone, together with the Dalrymple Trough in its northern end, is a transform fault along which spreading between the Arabian and Indian Plates at the Carlsberg Ridge becomes the subduction of the Himalayan orogeny.  The Owen Fracture Zone passes east of the Owen Ridge which was uplifted during the opening of the eastern Gulf of Aden in the Early Miocene.  North of the Aden-Owen-Carlsberg Triple Junction the Owen Fracture Zone is quiet for  but right-lateral slip along its active segments indicates that Arabia is moving northward faster than India.

The relative motion between the Nubian and Somalian plates before 3.2 Ma is difficult to determine since the movement in the Southwest Indian Ridge is extremely slow.  Analysing the Aden-Owen-Carlsberg Triple Junction, however, geologists have been able to determine that before 11 Ma the Nubia-Somalia relative motion was faster than today and contained a significant strike-slip component.

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A documentary masterpiece. Contenders for the Donkey Kong video game world championship face off at a video arcade. This contest is transformed into a memorable drama by the presence of a villain. It is rare for documentaries to have villains, but this one does, and he wears black. The bad guy, a slimy conniving world-record holder and his corrupt minions, is matched up against a likable, genuine good guy nerdy hero. A righteous battle ensues over many months. I haven't found anyone who didn't thoroughly enjoy this visible confrontation between the forces of light and dark. One of my favorite documentaries of all time.


We often do this recipe as potato wedges with larger spuds but when you can get them – halved baby chat potatoes is a great call. You can serve these next to your meal or just with some king of garlicy-creamy dipping sauce as a big snack (huge).
Cut your potatoes as you like them. Don't peel them – the skin is the best bit. Pop some coarse salt and olive oil in a microwave proof dish (use one you can transfer to the oven for the quickest easiest version of this) – rub the salty oil all over your cut potatoes before you add cayenne pepper, paprika and cracked black pepper – then rub this all over the spuds too with a little extra oil.
NOW – for the super quick version you half cook these babies in the microwave for 5 minutes and then you transfer them to the oven for the final 15 minutes so they get that lovely fluffy on the inside crispy on the outside deal happening. Magic.


A schoolteacher from England joins a foreign exchange program and is sent to a school in a small Texas town. How easy is this going to be? Not easy at all.
She has trouble motivating the students to do anything. Then the game of soccer enters the discussions. This teacher loves soccer and soon she has the students wanting to achieve the same goals as she does.
The Murphy Library is showing, The Big Green, a 1995 family comedy with a kick this Thursday at 6 p.m. as part of youth services librarian Bridget Wilson's summer reading program, "On your mark, get set, read!" Running time for the film is 100 minutes and it is rated PG.
The students and their teacher realize they have a lot to learn, especially when they lose. Following the rules, playing as a team, and working hard, are the goals they must achieve, just like in life.
Call the library at 837-2417. Everyone is welcome and there is no charge.
If you sometimes find yourself rolling your eyes at what life throws your way, come to the next movie at the Murphy Library. You can watch a young girl in Saudi Arabia to see what makes her roll her eyes and even that far away, you will relate.
The library is showing Wadjda, an award-winning comedy/drama from Saudi Arabia by a woman director this Thursday at 6 p.m. Running time is 98 minutes. The film is rated PG and the language is Arabic with subtitles in English.
The ten-year-old plays in her neighborhood, competing with a boy who lives nearby. He has a bicycle and she does not. It is frowned on for girls. But one day she spies a green bicycle at a store and cannot get it out of her mind. The only way to buy it is to earn the money herself. When her school announces a competition with a prize for memorizing the Koran, she joins in.
Going out to the movies is a fun pastime, especially when your local theater has all the technical upgrades. The next movie at the Murphy Library takes place when technical improvements meant "sound" and it is the perfect movie for anyone, any age, who loves to dance!
The library is showing Singin' in the Rain, a 1952 musical comedy about the time in the 1920's when silent films turned into "talkies," starring Gene Kelly, and the very young Debbie Reynolds, Rita Moreno and Cyd Charisse. Running time is 103 minutes and the film is not rated but would be appropriate for any age.
After the success of the first talking picture, The Jazz Singer, Hollywood producers knew they had to add sound. But how would that work when some actors had terrible voices? Maybe singing dancers would move the movie along.
Call the library at 837-2417.
Monster mayhem at the Murphy Library!
Here's an idea for retirement years: do voice overs for animated movies. Mel Brooks has been doing this for years and you can only imagine how much fun he is having.
In Hotel Transylvania 2, the next movie at the Murphy Library, Brooks plays Vlad, a very, very old vampire. Adam Sandler is his son, Dracula, and Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez , Steve Buscemi and David Spade offer their voices to the mix.
The Library is showing this PG-rated animated monster comedy Thursday at 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Running time is 89 minutes.
It took a few years but Dracula's hotel that only catered to monsters has relaxed its policy and now allows humans to stay. However, Drac is still a traditionalist in one way and worries that his grandson, Dennis, is not showing any vampire qualities. Then Drac's dad Vlad shows up and he gets mad!
Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips, this Thursday at 4 pm. and 6 p.m.
This Thursday the Murphy Public Library is showing Captain Phillips, the 2013 film about the hijacking of a U.S. container ship by Somali pirates. Tom Hanks portrays its American captain who struggles to keep his crew safe. Rated PG-13. Running time is 134 minutes. Call 837-2417 for details.
Forty years ago Cicely Tyson received an Oscar nomination for her role in Sounder, a movie about a Depression-era sharecropper's family in Louisiana. The Murphy Library is showing Tyson's 1972 film Thursday at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. The library adds 4 p.m. screenings during winter months. Running time is 105 minutes and it is rated G.
The story begins as David Lee Morgan (Kevin Hooks), his father (Paul Winfield) and their special dog, Sounder, hunt raccoons in the dark to help feed their family. One night they return empty-handed and the desperate father steals a ham to feed his children. Soon he is arrested and sent to prison.
His wife, Rebecca (Cicely Tyson) and the three children sharecrop the fields to make enough to eat. Then, one day Rebecca sends David Lee to find his father and along the way he discovers a special school. Directed by Martin Ritt who also made Hud, Norma Rae, and Cross Creek.
Guitar, piano and love songs in Once, the perfect Irish movie, this Thursday, Oct. 10 at 6 p.m.
He is a "busker," singing songs on a Dublin street for change. She is a Czech immigrant who throws him a coin one night. He wrote the love song he is singing and she likes it. That, as they say, is the start of a beautiful friendship.
The Murphy Library is showing Once, the perfect Irish movie Thursday at 6 p.m. Running time is 85 minutes and the film is rated R for language, although the bad language is said with an Irish lilt, which seems to make everything sound better.
Actor and composer Glen Hansard notes in an interview that his three favorite songwriters are Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and Van Morrison. That should prepare viewers for the music. Once won an Oscar for Best Song, Falling Slowly, written by Hansard and his co-star, Czech actress Markéta Irglová.
Both writer/director John Carney and Hansard played together in a band. They understand the magic it can create, especially in the demo session when Irglová accompanies Hansard's guitar with her soul-searching piano and the rest of the band jumps in.


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A novel way to stop itch with light in mice has been identified by EMBL researchers. Nature Biomedical Engineering publishes their results on December 2018.
Itch is easily one of the most annoying sensations. For chronic skin diseases like eczema, it's a major symptom. Although it gives temporary relief, scratching only makes things worse because it can cause skin damage, additional inflammation and even more itch.
The specialized nerve cells that sense itch are located in the upper surface of the skin. Linda Nocchi, Paul Heppenstall and colleagues at EMBL Rome developed a light-sensitive chemical that binds only to those cells. The effect of the treatment can last several months. Other types of nerve cells in your skin - which make you feel specific sensations like pain, vibration, cold or heat - are not affected by the light treatment: the skin only stops itching.
The method works well in mice with eczema (AD: atopic dermatitis), and a rare genetic skin disease called amyloidosis (FPLCA: familial primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis), for which there's currently no cure. "For me, the most exciting part of this project was seeing the improvements in the animals' health", says Linda Nocchi, first author of the paper and postdoctoral researcher in the Heppenstall group. "Their skin looked much better after treatment and they scratched less."
"We hope that one day, our method will be able to help humans suffering from a disease like eczema, which causes chronic itching", says Paul Heppenstall, who led the study. It is already known that mice and humans have the same target molecule for itch therapy: a small protein called Interleukin 31 (IL-31). One of the team's next steps will be to test the light therapy in human tissues.
Previously, the Heppenstall group published a method to manage chronic pain with light. "We think that the mechanism we've discovered might be a general method for controlling sensation through the skin", says Heppenstall. "Our goal now is to take these therapies further. We want to collaborate with industry partners to develop therapies for humans, but also for veterinary medicine, as itch is a major problem in dogs as well."
The switch between such extreme behaviours in mice is determined by a mixture of pheromones and multisensory cues emanating from newborn pups, demonstrates research published today in Cell.


Make sure you know which drakes you want beforehand. We had 2 amber, 2 emerald, and a ruby. It doesn't really matter which you pick, but having 2 amber drakes makes it really easy switching back and forth on the channeled spell and high damage spells. Of course you want the ruby to keep aggro and the emeralds to heal.
Once you know what drakes you want, immediately go up to the center platform. Previously, I had always been in groups that want to clear the outer platforms first. But no! Go to the middle. By clearing the middle, it gives you an easy way to go from outer platform to outer platform.
Once you have the center platform clear, go back and then fly straight out to a platform with constructs. By flying straight out to it, you can then fly straight back after you have cleared the platform. Kill as few drakes as necessary to get to the edge of the platform, clear it by pulling the mobs to the edge, and then go back to the middle.
Repeat for the second platform. Once you're back in the middle, fly around to the second boss and fly straight out to him. Clear most of the drakes above his platform so he doesn't call on them to help during the fight. Quickly kill him and then immediately fly up to the next section.
Once you are on the next section, land directly on top of the image. He won't aggro until you hit him, so make sure everyone gets there, hit him, and clear the adds. Rince and repeat all around.
Once you're ready for the third boss, again, land right on top of him and when you're ready, hit him and start DPS. When he lays down his first frost bomb, kite him behind the pillar closest to you. Now, if he lays more frost bombs, ignore them. Heal through them. When he teleports, you're already behind the pillar - wait for him to return and kill him.
With the boss down, start killing the whelps. You need to get most of them down before engaging the boss as they can do stacking damage. Get ready to engage the boss and then go! You should have about 4-6 minutes left at this point. I think we had 5 minutes left and it took us 2.5 minutes to kill him. So down he went with 2.5 minutes to spare.
When you're working your way up to the boss, don't worry about loot. Just have someone need it all and then distribute at the end. Every second counts (kind of - you have some leeway, but not much).
So after we quickly rolled through the Oculus, we headed over to the Trial to try and get Eleazarjr a new trinket. Of course, it didn't drop, but we steamrolled that instance as well and then went outside to try it on heroic. One quick run later, I ended up getting both Needy and I've Had Worse. Needy was a long time coming as since the patch, I've been "needing" everything. Since we can now trade soulbound items for 2 hours, I just need everything and trade it or disenchant it. A couple hundred items later, Needy was mine.
As for "I've Had Worse", here's a couple hints - during phase 1, kill the add right away. He only has like 50 or 60k health - so he goes down quickly. Phase 2 is where you'll most likely lose this achievement. It was pretty easy with two mages and two pallies, but this strategy should work for most - right away, start AOE. That's the only way to take all the ghouls down before he can have one explode. Both pallies immediately had consecrate down and both of us mages popped mirror image, dropped a flamestrike on the Black Knight and then used a Blizzard. Once the tank had to move to get out of a death and decay, I switched to arcane explosion to give greater mobile AOE. So all the ghouls went down and it was ours!
To get The Faceroller, take Eadric down to about 30k health. Make sure there's no DOTs on him and then stop DPS when you get under 20k. The tank shouldn't even be hitting him. Now wait for him to target someone to throw the hammer at. Dispel/trinket out of/spell reflect/grounding totem when Eadric starts to channel and the player targeted will be able to catch the hammer. Your action bar will change and you just need to hit "1" to throw the hammer back at him. This should finish him off and "The Faceroller" is yours!
Hehe yeah that was a pretty nice unexpected day of achievements for you. Glad it happened you achievement junkie.


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St Thérèse's parents coped with '21st century problems'
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Blessed Louis and Marie Zélie Guerin Martin, the parents of St Thérèse of Lisieux (CNS photo/courtesy of Sanctuary of Lisieux)
Blessed Louis and Zélie Martin, the parents of St Thérèse of Lisieux, faced 21st century problems and are an "inspiration to families of today", according to Bishop Mark O'Toole of Plymouth.
He was speaking ahead of a tour of the Blesseds' relics next month. The couple, beatified in 2008, are expected to be declared saints at the family synod in October.
Bishop O'Toole said: "In the 19th century this 'two-career' couple faced the challenges we face in the 21st: finding good child care, achieving professional excellence, caring for ageing parents, educating a special-needs child" and "finding time to pray and to be active in their parish".
St Thérèse's parents, who married in 1858, had nine children. The five who survived infancy entered religious life. Zélie Martin died of breast cancer in 1877 at the age of 45, leaving her husband to raise their daughters. "Like us, Louis and Zélie could not control their circumstances. Life came at them unexpectedly, just as it comes at us," said Bishop O'Toole. "Their genius lay in how they accepted what happened to them."
Louis and Zélie Martin were the first parents of a saint to be beatified, and the first spouses in the history of the Church to be proposed for canonisation together. It is thought that their joint canonisation may take place during the world synod of bishops on the family in October, following Francis's recognition of a miracle last month.
The relics – the forearms of the Blesseds – will tour Plymouth and Portsmouth dioceses from May 15 to 22.
Bishop Mark O'Toole
Blessed Louis Martin
Blessed Zélie Martin
Pope Francis to canonise St Thérèse's parents during family synod
Relics of Blessed Louis and Blessed Zélie Martin are to tour Portsmouth and Plymouth in May
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Pope recognises miracle needed to declare parents of St Thérèse saints
The canonisation ceremony for Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin is expected to take place during October's synod
The inspirational parents of St Thérèse of Lisieux
Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin were a shining example to their renowned daughter and still inspire Catholics today


Due to their low specific weight, cost-effective production and simple processing, plastic films are used in many branches of industry. In order to adapt the films in their properties even better to the respective applications, modifications of the volume properties or surface coatings occur. For example, packaging films are provided with transparent barrier layers, or printing inks and lacquers are cured with low-energy electrons.
Different technologies (vacuum coatings, wet chemical deposition methods) and partially combinations of these are applied. Current technology combinations for the production of functional films, for example with permeation barrier properties, are based on these individual technologies, whereby they are applied only additive.
Up to now, the coordination of the individual technologies has only been rudimentary in terms of their interaction in technology and application. This results in today's standard multi-layer systems on film substrates which, although they have a moderate permeation barrier, do not adequately meet the application requirements in their optical and other properties and are very cost-intensive.
Within the OptiPerm project, the interaction of the individual technologies is already being investigated on machine level and beyond. For this purpose, the production of optimized permeation barrier layer systems for functional films made from electron beam crosslinked lacquer layers in combination with PVD layers is investigated.
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By this, the Fraunhofer FEP's performance is increased for future R&D tasks in the fields of polymer sciences and optimized coating technologies e.g. for the encapsulation of organic electronics and photovoltaics. Furthermore our technological basis within the institute is expanded.
The project also extends the experimental base for future projects by qualifying selected research lines for vacuum deposition (coFlex® 600, novoFlex® 600) and wet chemical coating (atmoFlex 1250). It also enhances our analytical competences for the evaluation of layers and their functionality.
In addition, we would like to support industries in their R&D activities in the fields of production technology by the availability of coating systems on a large scale at our institute.


CGR was engaged by the United Way of Greater Rochester to research successful approaches to reducing poverty and their potential applicability to the 9-county Rochester region. Nearly 156,000 people live in poverty throughout the Greater Rochester region, with about two-thirds residing in Monroe County and over 40% in the City of Rochester. The report is aimed at informing a broader community effort to address poverty in the region, and to equip key community leaders with information about what interventions and approaches have been most successful in the United States and abroad. CGR scanned the relevant literature, reviewing more than two dozen studies from a variety of sources, reviewed additional summaries of the literature, interviewed several local and national experts, and analyzed data on regional poverty with a focus on subgroups within the low-income population. Based on this review, we recommended that the Rochester community explore several broad strategies, including increasing tax credits and other supports for families, investing more in child care subsidies and home visiting programs for mothers and young children, providing cash supplements to targeted population, refining job training programs, and increasing access to affordable housing outside the City of Rochester.


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Q: Why use Python's asyncio with coroutines to implement a server I use Python's asyncio library to create a server that can handle telnet requests. Because asyncio's server loop is single threaded, I thought it would make more sense that when asyncio tells me that I got data (asyncio.Protocol.data_received) to simply schedule a task, rather than block receiving further data until I finish handling this bit of data and transmitting my reply.
But because the only I/O operation that I do with this data is transmitting a reply or sending things to other clients, I am not sure there is a reason to not just block the single thread until done.
If it is in any way possible for the asyncio loop to to use more than one thread, then if I schedule tasks, they will actually be able to be performed in parallel, but I don't think this is the case.
I considered that maybe for locking purposes I would prefer using coroutines, but if I am single threaded locking shouldn't be needed.

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Смикавець купчастий, смикавець скупчений (Cyperus glomeratus) — вид трав'янистих рослин з родини осокові (Cyperaceae), поширений у південній частині Європи й на схід до Японії.

Опис
Однорічна рослина 15–80 см. Листки 2–10 мм шириною. Суцвіття з 5–10 променями, несе зверху кулясті або частіше подовжені головки. Колоски 7–8 мм довжиною, вузькі. Покривні луски тупі, плоско усічені, з 7–9 неясними жилками, червонувато або світло-бурі. Тичинок 3. Горішок довгасто-лінійний, 1–1.4 мм завдовжки.

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Поширений у південній частині Європи й на схід до Японії.

Як правило, росте на краях озер і річок, в сезонно затоплених луках і на рисових полях.

C. glomeratus мізерний у західній частині ареалу і має статус CR у Швейцарії та VU в Хорватії.

В Україні вид зростає на піщаних і мулистих берегах річок — у Степу в долинах Дністра, Дніпра і Сів. Дінця, спорадично.

Використання
Лікарська рослина.

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Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965) ] is an American actor, producer, and singer. His career has been characterized by critical and popular notoriety in his youth, followed by a period of substance abuse and legal troubles, before a resumption of critical repute and resurgence of commercial success in middle age. In 2008, Downey was named by Time magazine among the 100 most influential people in the world,and from 2013 to 2015, he was listed by Forbes as Hollywood's highest-paid actor His films have grossed over $5.8 billion in North America and over $14.4 billion worldwide making him the second-highest-grossing box-office actor to date both domestically and worldwide.
At the age of five, he made his acting debut in Robert Downey Sr.'s film Pound in 1970. His subsequently worked with the Brat Pack in the teen films Weird Science (1985) and Less Than Zero (1987). In 1992, Downey portrayed the title character in the biopic Chaplin, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won a BAFTA Award. Following a stint at the Corcoran Substance Abuse Treatment Facility on drug charges, he joined the TV series Ally McBeal, for which he won a Golden Globe Award; however in the wake of two drug charges, one in late 2000 and one in early 2001, he was fired and his character terminated. He stayed in a court-ordered drug treatment program shortly after and has maintained his sobriety since 2003.
Initially, bond completion companies would not insure Downey, until Mel Gibson paid the insurance bond for the 2003 film The Singing Detective. He subsequently went on to star in the black comedy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), the thriller Zodiac (2007), and the action comedy Tropic Thunder (2008); for the latter he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Downey gained wider recognition for playing Tony Stark in ten films within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with Iron Man (2008) and concluding with Avengers: Endgame (2019). He has also played the title character in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes (2009), which earned him his second Golden Globe, and its sequel (2011).
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Downey was born in Manhattan, New York City, the younger of two children. His father, Robert Downey Sr., is an actor and filmmaker, while his mother, Elsie Ann (née Ford), was an actress who appeared in Downey Sr.'s films. Downey's father is of half Lithuanian Jewish, one-quarter Hungarian Jewish, and one-quarter Irish descent,while Downey's mother had Scottish, German, and Swiss ancestry.Robert's original family name was Elias which was changed by his father to enlist in the Army. Downey and his older sister Allyson grew up in Greenwich Village.
As a child, Downey was "surrounded by drugs." His father, a drug addict, allowed Downey to use marijuana at age six, an incident which his father later said he regretted. Downey later stated that drug use became an emotional bond between him and his father: "When my dad and I would do drugs together, it was like him trying to express his love for me in the only way he knew how." Eventually, Downey began spending every night abusing alcohol and "making a thousand phone calls in pursuit of drugs."
During his childhood, Downey had minor roles in his father's films. He made his acting debut at the age of five, playing a sick puppy in the absurdist comedy Pound (1970), and then at seven appeared in the surrealist Greaser's Palace (1972).At the age of 10, he was living in England and studied classical ballet as part of a larger curriculum.He attended the Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center in upstate New York as a teenager. When his parents divorced in 1978, Downey moved to California with his father, but in 1982, he dropped out of Santa Monica High School, and moved back to New York to pursue an acting career full-time.
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Intrepid detective Benoit Blanc finds himself at a lavish private estate on a Greek island, but how and why he comes to be there is only the first of many puzzles. Blanc soon meets a distinctly disparate group of friends gathering at the invitation of billionaire Miles Bron for their yearly reunion. As in all the best murder mysteries, each person harbors their own secrets, lies and motivations. And when someone turns up dead, everyone is a suspect.
Stars: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Dave Bautista, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Madelyn Cline, Jessica Henwick, Awsten Knight, Angela Lansbury, Stephen Sondheim, Noah Segan, Natasha Lyonne, Yuri Togkces, Yo-Yo Ma, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jackie Hoffman, Dallas Roberts, Serena Williams, Jacek Czajka
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Soho24 - 13 January 2023
Better watch Knives Out instead.
This is a 2 hours long movie. The events of the first hour could have easily been wrapped up in 10 minutes. I wanted to turn it off numerous times, then again I like the first movie so much I decided to give it a chance.
Got a bit interesting 60 minutes in, I wanted to see how the story would end. And oh my god, what a disappointment! Characters are all over the place, annoyingly silly and not likeable. Edward Norton is a joke. His huge talent is massively waisted in this one.
Some parts where never really explained. So Miles is the killer. Why did he send to Andy the puzzle box inviting her to the island, if he had already killed her? And if he did it to make him look innocent, shouldn't there be some reaction when he saw "Andy" arriving at Glass Onion? No wondering at all why dead Andy wasn't dead after all? Did he think she survived and came to the island? So, just like that she visits him, having survived an attempted murder? No, just no!
When Duke sees the news of Andy's death on his phone, how come he doesn't wonder who the hell Helen is?
And what was this paranoid scene with the burnt napkin? Miles was discovered for having killed Andy, Duke AND having tried to kill Helen. And all he worries about is to destroy the napkin.
No matter how powerful he was, was there absolutely no way to prove that he had killed two people? I didn't buy any of this. It was a terible story.
But the biggest let down for me was the parody element. It was simply NOT GOOD. At least, I enjoyed Daniel Craig a little bit.
Not remotely to be compared with the atmospheric Knives Out, where the cast gave hilarious perfomances.
gerarddignan - 13 January 2023
I enjoyed the film, just for what it is. An piece of entertainment that doesn't make me think too hard, made me smile a few times and I like Kate Hudson. I can understand some of the criticisms but lighten up. It's a film.
What I'm surprised at is that from the reviews I've read, I haven't come across anyone who had an explanation for the random stranger wandering the island. It was my daughter who came up with the answer. He was Corona Virus. He always had a bottle of Corona in his hand when he walked past and said just to ignore him. They were supposedly free of Covid with the 'spray' but it was still around, in the background, and not going away. I think it was a play on the Trump's 'bleach' cure and to carry on and ignore the virus.
Laura_Ratings - 13 January 2023
fun movie
The movie was okay, it's a fun watch and it was interesting to see new characters. In my opion it was not as good as the first movie, with a twist about the bad guy that wasn't really as unexpected as with the first movie. There was one twist though that i didn't see coming which made it very interesting.
Daniel's fake accent is still terrible, so that hasn't changed.
Janele monet was great and i loved her performance. The other actors are fun but in this movie the characters were annoying to the point it was hard to watch.
Maybe the plot at the end was a way of standing up against power, but to me it was just another example of how shallow the characters are and will just go with the person who can save their reputation.
nakrugt - 13 January 2023
37 minutes of flashback! Genius (!) story-telling...
37 minutes of flashback! Genius (!) story-telling... That is where I should begin. The story is convoluted, so nonsensical and so idiotic that the director of the Last Jedi had to explain everything in a thirty-seven-minute flashback. Otherwise, the whole plot would not make sense, and when it does make sense, it ends with the most idiotic, or Daniel Craig's character Benoit says in the movie, the dumbest way possible.
The plot only moves through coincidences by the way. The murderer, for some reason, forgets his murder, and pretend everything is ok. I am not kidding.
This is just another attempt by the director of the Last Jedi to subvert the audience's expectations.
Don't, just don't.
tboneisgaming - 12 January 2023
Glass Onion: a Knives Out Mystery was a disappointing sequel to the first film. Visually it was well shot but the way the film was edited didn't make sense. Without spoiling it a scene in the middle should have been placed near the start or not at all. There was far less mystery and intrigue with a lack of finesse to the Script. The performances from the ensemble cast were well done. It was a shame the material they had to work with.
The premise of a real Murder occurring at a Murder Mystery weekend is a great idea. Unfortunately, it was poorly executed. I wanted the film to have the same level intrigue as the first one but it wasn't quite up to par. Plenty of potential but missed the mark. It needed more time to refine the writing and the script. Above average.
enochckchan - 12 January 2023
Glass Onion is filled with different layers of mysteries, but the onion is a bit rotten itself
I would say...I never expected too much from this movie. The poster seems to be even more ridiculous than the first one, but I do think it has a very suspense plot.
At the very start of the movie, the whole story seems so simple. A billionaire invites his friends to a private island to attend a murder mystery game, and then someone dies, and then Blanc would need to solve the case within the island. I thought it was the same old detective story so... I thought it was really the ending was gonna be lame, since the death of Duke happens so late. I could also find a lot of bugs throughout the film. However, when it comes to the second part of the movie, I was impressed. The Knives Out sequel continues to surprise me with "a story behind a story". It matches with all the wonders previously, and I couldn't find any bugs in it. Although the murderer at the end was predictable and not really surprising, Knives Out was never about the mystery of the murderer, but the twist of the real truth.
Unfortunately, the execution is...rather poor. There were a lot of unnecessary scenes when the second part comes, the part when we find out Blanc was helping Helen all along. They don't have to describe too much about what happened, and they don't have to repeat some of the parts either. The direction starts to become clumsy, and it would starts to get boring when you still drag on long after the truth is discovered. They could have added more twist to the second part. For the ending, it was... I don't even know what happened. They start to throw stuff, hit stuff, then Helen threw the...stone into the fire and the whole glass onion burns on fire...and the rest of the crew miraculously survived. The whole ending doesn't make any sense and it doesn't have any purpose. I was half asleep during that part already.
In conclusion, the plot was well wrapped and the twist was well planned. But the execution of the second part of the movie...it was rather disappointing.
markleroy-16-750085 - 12 January 2023
Painful to watch
Knives Out, the original was an interesting and intriguing movie. This one seems to be a movie version of a Graphic Novel. Very painful to watch. I could not finish the movie. I tried twice. The first go I had a guest who quickly asked me to turn it off as she couldn't watch and quickly became annoyed. Ten minutes was too much. The 2nd go, I tried for another 15 minutes and I had to stop.
The story line is goofy, the dialog is trite, most of the characters are annoying to watch and pitiful caricatures of the super rich and obnoxious influencers.
One BIG issue I have with both movies is Daniel Craig's gawd-awful accent. Sheesh. Why??? I like is performance and character, the ONLY one I liked, but cannot stand the accent.
Definite pass on this piece of trash.
dimitrijemilosevic - 12 January 2023
I honestly don't know what to say about this movie. I feel like i had fun, but i also feel it's mediocre and bad on so many levels.
First of all, Craig is a great actor, but his accent is just dumb. It's inconsistent, obviously forced and doesn't work. His actual performance is suffering because of his constant curving and twisting of his jaw. Johnson still, after second movie, doesn't justify its existence, and it just breaks immersion every single time Craig speaks.
As a mystery, this movie doesn't work at all. First act is intriguing but too slow. Second act is exposition dump and conversation galore that screeches brakes on the movie that basically just started 1 hour + in. Third act is just plain stupid and probably the worst part of the movie. Fun elements and moments can be found in each of the three acts, but i don't know if that ultimately makes a good movie.
Characters, all but one, are undeveloped caricatures. Most of these actors are underused. Some performances are bad. Some characters/actors don't even have a reason to be in the movie. Johnson constantly winking at the audience, making commentary about all ''trendy'' things and people, feels cheap. If he was born 10 years later, this guy would be a youtuber critic whose dream is to become a director. That's how his movies feel to me. Influenced by so many styles and things that he doesn't have a thing of his own. Directing-wise, he has some interesting ideas, but it's debatable how much they work. Writing-wise, his movies really aren't as smart as he thinks they are. This movie is full of plot holes, illogical decisions, and many other stuff that isn't well thought out.
Not sure if it's the location, the tone, the colors, occasional comedy, or something else making this messy experience not boring, but just thinking about all the minor things that don't work really makes me question my actual enjoyment of the movie and why i didn't completely hate it.
feyipuk - 12 January 2023
If I'd seen this in the cinema, I'd have probably missed quite a bit racking my brain for the easter eggs. Between the cameo appearances - I'm sure I recognise that off screen English accent in the scene we first see Benoit - deciding if the strange words Edward Norton uses are real/buzz words/some other underlying ruse, and trying to decipher some of the other obscure references, it was definitely useful to have a second screen handy to fill in some blanks (the first one can either be seen on IMDB or just wait till later in the film). And RIP to a couple of the cameos.
The end credits include the Beatles song Glass Onion (and also includes Blackbird), which must have cost them a lot to get to the rights too.
The acting talent on display is high, though the characters are not especially taxing for them. Bautista as an over confident, gun totting, bike riding, media influencer seems quite on the nose. As one of the co-founders of active wear Fabletics, you hope Kate Hudsons character isn't drawn too closely from herself. And with Kathryn Hahn set to reprise her role in the MCU as Agatha Harkness, here she lacks that devilish twinkle in her eye.
Ed Norton shows suitably hippy behaviour for an extravagant billionaire, though with his short hair cut and dress, there were times I was double taking if it was Tom Cruise up there. And Daniel Craig shows suitably campy brilliance as the highly observant detective in his loud clothing and impeccably tied scarves, though it is Janelle Monáe who possibly has the most changes in character, culminating in rather impressive composure involving a bottle of Jeremy Renners special sauce.
The setting is grand and cleverly contrived to fit the story, reminiscent of detective stories of old, with the Greek blue skies and seas amplifying the nature of the group. There are some flashy props that might get more screen time in a film with less star appeal, and ultimately could be seen too make the plot too contrived.
Not as good as the first film, but entertaining enough to enjoy to the big reveal.
xxxxxdarkmoon - 12 January 2023
I don't get it
I really don't get the negative reviews. I tell you what: I haven't watched the 1st part yet. No, I did not watch it yet. I am without any pre-occupied expectations. In my honest opinion: Glass Onion is one fantastic movie. It is an incredible story, without a single boring scene. Great screenplay and images. The cast is perfect. Ed Norton is perfect. Daniel Craig made me ROFL, my stomach still hurts. ---> He slaps Ed Norton in the face and asks him: "What happens at 10 o'clock ?" That scene made me fall off my chair. I could watch it in a loop for hours and couldn't stop laughing. This is 140 minutes entertainment on a high level.
sophiac_23 - 12 January 2023
Unwatchable
This was so poorly written and poorly acted that I am shocked it was even made, let alone rated favourably. It feels like it was written by a person who has never experienced normal human interaction: someone who was shunned by everyone at school for being an obnoxious, emotionally-stunted bad vibe. However, it seems that in Hollywood, even the person voted "least entertaining" in high school can have their script greenlit to entertain the masses."
Literally ANYTHING ELSE on Netflix is more watchable than this. The only thing positive about this movie is that it looks visually polished and colourful.
stevenmature - 12 January 2023
One of the worst movies. Wasted cast
Believe it or not, I actually created an account just because of this movie. I thought the original Knives Out was pretty interesting and had good plot twists. This was a complete mess. I happen to think Edward Norton is an amazing actor, as is Daniel Craig in his own way. Norton's acting was very bad here and the entre movie was actually silly and never delivered. I remember saying to myself this might be the stupidest movie I have ever seen. It is nothing like Knives Out, a complete waste of talented actors, and simply bad. Do not see this unless you just love the actors for their career accomplishments. Sorry for the bad review.
simonderekpearce - 12 January 2023
Perfect for stupid people
The film is perfect for those people that lack intelligence and is extremely superficial. If I turn my brain off I can enjoy the film, but with my brain switched on I found I just questioned it endlessly. There are so many points the film falls over namely the Benoit and Andi being welcomed at the island when Miles knows he killed Andi and that he never invited Benoit. It loosely moves forward based on a puzzle box being reset and sent to Benoit, but he must have known the only person that would have done that was Andi given he held no power over her and had killed her. He must have also know she had a twin given how close he was to Andi and the technological power he possesses... So the film can only progress with Miles knowing that one guest is clearly not who they say they are and the other is the greatest detective alive... Then you have to factor in the only shred of evidence a napkin was not destroyed by Miles and was kept in the glass onion... Why? Then the other guests all sell Miles out even though they destroy themselves in the process. It's just stupid and pure Rian Johnson!!.
brandbility - 12 January 2023
Complete waste of my time
There were so many times it felt like something exciting was going to happen and nothing did The movie was so slow paced till the middle before you can gather what's really happening. The middle was interesting when things started unraveling and making sense, towards the end the breaking of glass to get them to be against him was very childish. Never have i seen a more stupid movie than this.
Infact at the end of the day i don't know what i learnt from this movie, i heard there is a first maybe i would watch that one. But honestly i really wanted to like this movie, but it just wasn't giving the mystery vibe.


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