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Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Dec 01 - 06:41 PM
Well, those are all worthwhile comments. We should probably all be glad that the movie is a pretty good one, and leave it at that.
I don't know who Paul Sirman is, but I think Pippin looks like Donovan...or is it Merry who does? Kind of hard to separate those two in my mind.
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: GUEST,Desdemona
Date: 26 Dec 01 - 06:48 PM
Oh, God, you're right; *I* thought he looked like Donovan as well! half expected him to break into a chorus of "Mellow Yellow" after a few pints at the Prancing Pony!
So, AM I the only one who thought Rivendell looked an awful lot like the Tavern on the Green?!
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: PeteBoom
Date: 26 Dec 01 - 10:02 PM
Just got back from seeing the film. My step-daughter bought my ticket to see it - then the three of us (wife, step-daughter, self) went and had a MARVELOUS time.
Were there some differences - absolutely. And as Crane Driver pointed out, they are 2 different idioms. THings that make INCREDIBLE prose, like world-building, make for bloody dull movies. I thought this handled some of the ticklish bits fairly well. I missed the change in the two main hobbit characters, Sam and Frodo, from their encounter with Tom Bombadil, BUT - all in all it was not bad.
Had a good laugh along with the folks next to us, as the eejit behind us said "Three hours and they don't finish the story?"
As for the number of "books" in Lord of the Rings. Remember, Tolkein was opposed to splitting the book into three volumes. THe publisher insisted because a single volume THAT LONG simply could not be bound and sold affordably. Many libraries in the UK (and the States) at the time the work was orriginally published had fairly low limits on the amount per volume they could spend. This made sure that libraries and the "average" person could afford to but the book.
Little Hawk - Its good to see that Tolkein's efforts were carried into the the film. Pippin and Merry are characterisations of the classic village buddies - always hanging about and ready for a drink or three, but generally considered layabouts. Their growth is part of the story where they develop from "blokes" to hardened men (or hobbits) unafraid of anything - rather like TOlkein's own experiences with the Tommies of WWI.
In the previous thread, Clinton (I think) mentioned that the only FULL character is Samwise. Bingo. Spot on. It is hinted all the way through the book. Sam develops from near village idiot to being the most resolute, steadfast character there is. I've always thought his growth is what moves the story forward from being a tag-along in the Fellowship to being the anti-Hero in Return of the King. I'm hoping the film version will carry that forward as well.
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: DonMeixner
Date: 27 Dec 01 - 12:53 AM
Luckily for me I can suspend disbelief and go see a film and have a great time. I was entertained for three hours. I can't wait to see what heppens next. So what if it wasn't the perfect job on the book. I went with the boys, we had a great time. Its is after all just a filming of a pretty good book.
My one complaint was the volume was low.
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: hesperis
Date: 27 Dec 01 - 02:33 AM
I loved the scene with Galadriel's test... that was so cool. Unfortunately, it's been over seven years since I read the books. (Chalk it down to a _____ mother... who wouldn't lend me the books because she was reading them, and she's a bloody slow reader! I could have had them all back to her in two weeks, but no... *sigh*)
If I get a job soon I'll have to buy them.
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: Kim C
Date: 27 Dec 01 - 12:27 PM
I never read any of Tolkien's books. I tried when I was very young and was bored beyond belief. Perhaps I might like them now.
I loved the movie. Mister has read all the books, and he loved it too. Usually when we see a movie, he'll say, "well, that was pretty good, BUT..." There was no big BUT this time.
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 27 Dec 01 - 01:36 PM
Oh ya... best book to movie adaptation...
hands down...
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: GUEST,G
Date: 02 Jan 02 - 06:36 PM
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: GUEST,Grab
Date: 02 Jan 02 - 06:56 PM
I've only got four real quibbles with the adaptation:-
1) The music - stock mystical tat for any scene involving elves;
2) The elves wired up to the mains and glowing in the dark;
3) The computer-generated scenery - too much (in minutes) and too little (in variety);
4) All the dialogue cut - particularly between Galadriel and Gimli, Legolas and Gimli, and Boromir and Aragorn.
Good additions:-
1) The changed ending did make sense, since Aragorn has a different motivation - he's not interested in kingship, he's scared he'll let the world down by making Isildur's mistake;
2) Aragorn carries a normal sword for fighting with, not just his broken one;
3) Pippin and Merry learning swordsmanship from Boromir and fighting the goblins, so their later exploits are more credible (which they aren't really in the book - you're left wondering where they learnt to use a sword or plan a battle);
4) The ring effects, and bringing Sauron in as an ever-present threat to the ring-bearer, instead of just an empty name as in the book;
5) Removing Tom Bombadil, who serves no purpose beyond making a link between LotR and The Silmarillion;
6) The battle scenes - I'll differ and say I thought they were very well done, as was Boromir's death-scene.
I've no doubt that there will be a director's cut of the film. The worry this time was just whether anyone would watch it - now its quality has been proven, that's no longer an issue. Hang on another 5-10 years. I have to say I'd rather see the director's cut on the big screen than on DVD though!
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 03 Jan 02 - 09:41 AM
GUEST, Grab:
As to your number 5, there is no link by Tom Bombadil to the Silmarillion. He doesn't appear in the Silmarillion, and the whole style of his character and situation is foreign to the Silmarillion.
On the other hand, I'm sorry to see him eliminated. I DO understand why they had to take that whole section out for the movie, though.
I disagree with you on Boromir's death scene. That battle is, to my mind, an unfortunate change. Bringing characters into the fight who weren't there in the book, and having Boromir die in the Aragorn's presence is, I suppose, a cinematically faster way to clarify for Aragorn what's happened, so I suppose it's justified. It has the unfortunate effect of having Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli KNOW that the Uruk-Hai have carried the two hobbits off, which changes motivations some.
As to "the sword that was broken", it had been reforged in Rivendell before the Fellowship left. I don't understand why no mention of this is made in the movie. Wouldn't have taken much time.
Dave Oesterreich
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: Fortunato
Date: 03 Jan 02 - 11:15 AM
PeteBoom. I agree on Sam's importance to the book and the movie. I have long felt that he is in fact the central character of the story. Before alll the rest of you start throwing things at me, let me explain that I say that because he is the true hero, IMHOP, and embodiment of the central theme, bravery and steadfastness out of loyalty and indomitable spirit. Unlike Aragorn or Gandalf he was not born in greatness, but rose to it through love of his master and the Shire. I won't give examples here and spoil the plots of the coming movies for those who haven't read the books. If anyone cares to discuss the later books, then, please PM me. cheers, Fortunato
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: NicoleC
Date: 03 Jan 02 - 03:00 PM
I'm going to disagree with almost everyone here and say that I loved the fight scenes. I get so sick and tired of slick, gore-splattered Hollywood fight scenes with people leaping about with superhuman ability and whatnot that it was utterly refreshing to have the fight scenes depicted as the confusing, frightening experiences that they are. Minus excessive fake blood and entrails.
I haven't read the books in years, so I didn't really miss anything they left out. Overall, I was thoroughly pleased with it as a movie experience. It just doesn't compete with the book experience to me -- both are worthy of their genre. But it was nice that they balanced the economic needs of creating an action movie that pleases the general crowd, but still wove in some of the complexities of the book.
But I have never sat in a theater with so many pissed off people -- hello, it's a TRILOGY, what did you expect the end to be like?!
Dune: The original movie was fine, but a few years later I saw a 6-hour directors cut version which ROCKED. I haven't seen it for sale since, but it's worth a watch if you find it, especially if the 3-hour version disappointed you. (The recent TV miniseries remake of Dune just didn't measure up, IMHO.)
Peter Jackson seems to be exhausted by the project, so I doubt we'll see a longer Director's Cut version of LOTR. One can hope, though...
Harry Potter, the movie: Snore! If I hadn't been with someone else, I would have left. (Turns out that person was thinking the same thing.)
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: lamarca
Date: 03 Jan 02 - 04:49 PM
I saw both Harry Potter and LOTR at DC's super big screen theater, the Uptown, and noticed the same thing about both of them - too many super-quick camera cuts! Maybe it's just that I'm getting older, but it seems that big screen films used to have more leisurely panning scenes to let you experience the depth of the view you were seeing. I remember seeing Dr. Zhivago on a big screen in July, and shivering in my seat when they were showing the Siberia scenes (maybe it was just the theater's AC...)
Both Harry Potter and LOTR seemed to rely on high speed swooping, disorienting scenes and quick cutaways at various times. Perhaps some of these were to mask flaws in the digital magic (if you can't focus on a shot too closely, maybe you won't notice discontinuities in the digitally created parts), but I think it has more to do with the style created by the time-limited music video format, where bouncing camera angles, quick cuts and flashing lights substitute for masterful photography to create a mood or scene.
In talking to friends after seeing LOTR, several of us women agreed that it was more of a "guy" flick. The movie pasted the action scenes in the novel together as vignettes of fights and chases; while I understand that Tolkien's leisurely expositions and discussions might not translate well to the screen, to depict the Fellowship of the Ring as one long series of chase scenes diminished the richness of the books, but certainly plays to the all-commercially important male 18-28 year old market. (My friend's 19 year old son has been to see LOTR 3 times already...)
Also, by leaving out discussions and dialogue, much of the plot just doesn't make sense to someone who's never read the books. One of my co-workers asked me who that Boromir guy was - the council at Rivendell scene never made obvious who the various paticipants were. The first we ever heard of Balin was upon finding his tomb in Moria- no reminiscences about Balin and Dwalin and Thorin's company and their links with Bilbo. Etc, etc, etc.
I enjoyed LOTR, but will probably not go back for a second viewing - I'll try to find my old hardcover copies of the books in the Dreaded Basement Book Boxes and re-read it for the first time in 20+ years...
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: GUEST,Uncle_DaveO
Date: 03 Jan 02 - 06:16 PM
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: GUEST,Nerd
Date: 03 Jan 02 - 06:34 PM
I agree with what Lamarca says--except, perhaps, that LOTR is a "guy movie." My wife liked it much more than I did. It's certainly an 18-29 year old movie, though, to the point of making the middle aged characters look younger--Aragorn has got to be at least 50 in the books, and Frodo is just 50.
I agree that we got a little ripped off with Balin. The weirdest thing is that when they decide to go to Moria Gimli simply says "my uncle Balin will look after us," as though Balin just lives in Moria! In fact, Balin went there with an expedition years ago and was never heard from again, which made the dwarves suppose he MIGHT be living there, or he might be dead.
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 03 Jan 02 - 07:01 PM
As to the apparent age of Bilbo, Frodo et al., and Aragorn, remember that these peoples age very slowly. That's why 50 is just coming of age among the Hobbits. Aragorn is the scion of the Kings of the West, leader of the Dunedain (men of the West), and although they don't have the surpassing longevity of their great forerunners who came over the sea, they live much longer than ordinary men, and presumably would age more slowly.
It is still true that Aragorn has a lot of miles on him, and a lot of living with hardships in the wild, so he would look older than he might have had he lived a courtly life consistent with his royal ancestry.
Dave Oesterreich
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: robomatic
Date: 03 Jan 02 - 08:31 PM
I read the LOTR in college because all my friends had. It didn't grab me. I don't think it was not a great series, I think the subject matter just didn't draw me in. It struck me as fantasy when I was a sci-fi sort of guy. Which brings me to Star Wars. What an over-rated, un-imaginative series it has proved to be. The only reason I can conceive people like it is number one, the hype, and number two, if people can think of The Ring Cycle as high art when it is 90% making big things go loudly about the stage, I guess the same applies to movies.
I'm not planning to see LOTR which is a shame, I know it's got to be better than SWARS and I did see those losers.
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: PeteBoom
Date: 03 Jan 02 - 09:28 PM
Ummm... not to be picky, but 33 years is when a hobbit came of age - that is - one is recognized as an adult. Thus, at Bilbo's eleventyone birthday, combined with Frodo's 33rd birthday, their ages totaled 144, or one gross - the same number of people under the pavillion under the "party tree" at Bag End. Fifty was more reaching their prime.
I thought the lack of gore in the combat sequences refreshing. Everyone knows you bleed like a stuck orc when a limb gets hacked off - so hint at it and move on.
So much of Tolkein's work is centered on creating the atmosphere and describing the environment the Fellowship moves through, it is almost impossible to capture that in a film. That's life, I guess.
Remember, when Bilbo first speaks, he looks identical to how he looked when he found the Ring. He was 50 at the time he found it and is 111 at the time of the party. The power of the Ring extends mortal life - it gets talked about quite a bit in the book. So - when Frodo sets out 17 years after getting Ring, he looks very much the same as he did in his early 30's.
Aragorn's age is not openly discussed in the books. However - he makes mention of knowing a certain Rider of Rohan's father, and grandfather if I remember right. THis makes him probably 100 years of age - allowing for a man of pure blood taking up arms by 20 or so. He does mention in the book that it would take the hobbits many years of living in the wild to look as he does. So, who knows...
Ah well...
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: Nerd
Date: 03 Jan 02 - 10:00 PM
Pete's right about Frodo's aging more slowly...but even Merry and Pippin should be older, and certainly Samwise. They all look like teenagers in the movie, which corresponds to the twenties for Hobbits (tweens). But in reality, they were that age at Bilbo's party, not seventeen years later. What the movie did was to eliminate the seventeen years between Frodo's getting the ring and setting out on the quest. There is no suggestion at all that such a long time has passed. So Merry and Pippin and Sam are all still kids. I think they did this partly so they could cast with twentysomethings to appeal to that audience. Also, remember, if Bilbo was fifty when he stopped aging, and Frodo 33, then Bilbo should look roughly 17 years older. But they've picked actors who are about 60 and 20 for these roles, accentuating Frodo's youth once again.
As for Aragorn, as you say, it is often suggested how grizzled he looks. In fact, everyone who doesn't know what the rangers really are, including Butterburr, thinks Aragorn's essentially a bum..."Strider" is old Barleyman's word for "tramp," and Aragorn expresses anger at Elrond's council that such a soft fat man should call him such a disrespectful name. In the movie you never get the sense of Aragorn as a grizzled old fart, which is the way many others perceive him in the books. Again, the target audience respects athletic-looking, young-looking men, and that is what they're given. It's not a big deal, and it's a bit picky as Pete suggests to make a fuss, but I definitely think it's a case of going after that young crowd.
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: GUEST,Desdemona
Date: 03 Jan 02 - 10:41 PM
I tend to think of my own 20-something acquaintances as being in their "tweens"...perhaps that's a function of being a "30-something"!
I just wanted to say that I like Fortunato's comments about Sam Gamgee; one of the prime reasons he's the most important character per se in the books is the very quality 21st century political correctness excises from the film: the inherent class difference between he & Frodo! It's clear from the outset that Sam "does for Mr. Frodo", and his gradual transformation fron servant to hero is deeply associated with his own conception of HIMSELF as a "good & faithful servant".
Not a popular approach in 2002, but nonetheless the one that was intended in the novel(s).
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: Nerd
Date: 03 Jan 02 - 11:52 PM
I think that's very perceptive, Desdemona. I agree that the class difference is very palpable in the book, and not at all so in the movie. Also, at the moment that Sam sees the mirror of Galadriel and knows the Shire is being attacked and his father is in jeopardy, he has to make the choice: go back for the Gaffer, or go on for Frodo. So it's a very personal heroic sacrifice that he makes for the sake of his master...all of which ls left out of the movie.
BTW, the previous post I made in response to PeteBoom made something occur to me that hadn't before. They really do play with the Hobbits' ages in the film...the 17 years DO seem to have passed for Bilbo: he looks years older, not a few months older, when they arrive at Rivendell. But Merry and Pippin and Sam look just the same. This hadn't occurred to me before, as I said, but again I think it's just an attempt to have the hobbits be "tweens" for that audience.
BTW, and Hetty Wainthrop fans out there? One of the Hobbits (whichever of the Merry/Pippin duo DOESN'T look just like Donovan) was her sidekick on the show...I've been trying to place the face...
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: GUEST,sophocleese
Date: 04 Jan 02 - 09:22 AM
Well I went back to see it again since I had an idea of what to expect. I liked it better the second time when I wasn't hoping for a particularly faithful adaptation of the book.
Still can't understand why they made some of the changes though. Why leave out the words that brought Boromir to Rivendell? Why put the fight with the cave troll in the mines? If you want a dramatic fight why not use the one in the book with the wargs? Why have the characters wobbling around forever on a piece of crumbling masonry? Why bring the palantir in so soon and destroy any mystery or uncertainty about where exactly Saruman stands? He may be controlled by Sauron but he believes that he is still working for his own interests.
I think dentists all over the world should hail this as a major breakthrough though. A persistent message in the film is that moral decay and dental decay are linked. So keep brushing mudcatters!
On this second viewing I started to wonder if the actor who played Pippin shouldn't have been Frodo and Frodo shouldn't have been Pippin. It seems the actor playing Pippin has the ability to shift expressions three times in the time it takes Frodo to alter once.
A lot of the people I hear being enthusiastic about this retelling are people who haven't actually re-read the book in many years. I still think Peter Jackson Conanized the story. It seems strange to me to create a movie of a book but not trust the book that has kept many readers enthralled for years to tell the story. Compression is necessary and understandable but substituting extra fight scenes and banal dialogue for what the book writes is silly and in no way lives up to the vaunted and advertised desire to be faithful to the book itself.
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 04 Jan 02 - 10:44 AM
Sophocleese said:
Why have the characters wobbling around forever on a piece of crumbling masonry?
"Forever", indeed! I thought they'd never get on with the story, and for an incident that didn't even advance the plot. I'd have to look at the book again, but I don't recall anything at that point that could even give an initial basis for the crumbling-masonry scene. And not very believably done, either. A case of a screen writer wanting to leave a personally desired Disneyish mark instead of picturing Tolkien's story. Bah!
Dave Oesterreich
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: NicoleC
Date: 04 Jan 02 - 11:54 AM
I thought Bilbo looked so much older at Rivendale because he's no longer being kept young by the ring, not because a lot of time has passed. "A lot" being relative, of course -- they don't tell you how much time in the movie, but I get the impression Mr. Jackson wasn't trying to make 17 years pass.
A lot of people are complaining about bits and pieces, but did anyone really not like it at all?
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: The Shambles
Date: 04 Jan 02 - 02:26 PM
I feel for the director really. He has done his very best, made an excellent film and has to put up with what are all really just minor quibbles.
It could all have been so much worse..............
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: 8_Pints
Date: 04 Jan 02 - 11:20 PM
I took the family to see the movie last night and everyone was thoroughly entertained by it.
It certainly took me many months to read the trilogy over 25 years ago, and I can remember struggling to read it. (I'm still a slow reader even now!) The book was very slow in parts: not like the Hobbit that I had read earlier.
In contrast the movie was pacy, though I agree with Desdemona that at times the incidental music was intrusive and redundant.
The menace that was observed by the wraith-riders was exactly right. Bilbo Baggins transformation into the grasping monster seeking the return of the ring from Frodo was brilliant.
Gandalf was of course credible, but I was a little dissappointed that we did not see much of Golum (I think his role develops more in the next sequel).
Couldn't help noticing that Gimli seemed to possess a broad South Wales accent early in the film, which later became broad Scots!
The whistle playing sounded vaguely Celtic I thought, but did not at any time detract from story.
As DtG advised in the first post, I think its an excellent film but go see it and judge for yourself!
Bob vG
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: DonMeixner
Date: 04 Jan 02 - 11:27 PM
I read these books 30 years ago. I remember the age differences quite clearly. But as it applys to this movie , so what. This is an area of alteration I'm more than willing to forgive. It doesn't hurt the story as presented.
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: Nerd
Date: 05 Jan 02 - 12:15 AM
hmmm...it could be that Bilbo has simply had his years fall on him all at once because he no longer holds the ring, but that's not how it's supposed to work. The ring's prolonging power is supposed to linger with the bearer to some extent, and aging proceeds at a slightly slower than normal pace--the slowness depending on how long you held the ring. Gandalf explains this in the book; Gollum was originally a hobbit, he says, and held the ring for hundreds of years. If it worked as you suggest, and he suddenly aged when he gave up the ring, he would have dropped dead! In the book, Bilbo is older and rather tired when the hobbits reach Rivendell because he is seventeen years older, or 128. He is the oldest living hobbit (barring Gollum), according to one passage which claims that no living hobbit except Bilbo was old enough to remember a given event (I can't remember what it was, though!)
This is all getting very esoteric, though. My main point was just that the filmmakers clearly wanted to have youthful actors playing the hobbits because they were going after the 18-29 male audience, and that some of their manipulations of the plot were clearly designed to allow that. It's not a big sin, but there it is.
Shambles, it could have been worse but it also could have been better. David Lynch did his best when he made Dune, but that didn't stop it from sucking. I'm not saying LOTR sucked (it didn't), but it was as many have said on this thread, a sped-up, dumbed-down, action-flick version of the story. To some extent this is inevitable, and as I've said before they made a good movie. But it hasn't got the greatness factor of really classic movies, and I think in time this will be recognized. We'll have to wait and see, though!
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: The Shambles
Date: 05 Jan 02 - 03:01 AM
Shambles, it could have been worse but it also could have been better. David Lynch did his best when he made Dune, but that didn't stop it from sucking. I'm not saying LOTR sucked (it didn't), but it was as many have said on this thread, a sped-up, dumbed-down, action-flick version of the story. To some extent this is inevitable, and as I've said before they made a good movie. But it hasn't got the greatness factor of really classic movies, and I think in time this will be recognized. We'll have to wait and see, though.
That is about right but I feel the general impresion that would be gained from reading the quibbles in these threads by someone who had not seen the film (or the director), would most probably be that it did suck.
Although some of the issues are inevitable in making a big budget blockbuster in the 2000s, to his great credit the director has has avoided many of these problems and temptations.
Only time will tell if it is to be considered a great movie it is true, but I would say with some relief it is certainly a fine and creditable effort.
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: The Shambles
Date: 05 Jan 02 - 03:07 AM
The problem is going to see the movie with preconceptions. If you have read the book, this is inevitable and leads to most of the opinions expressed here.
The only real reservations on the film I have heard from those who had not read the book, is that it was too short and had a funny ending.
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: Nerd
Date: 05 Jan 02 - 03:12 AM
Yeah, Shambles, you're probably right that this thread gives a bad impression. But I often find I like a movie more if I go with low expectations, so maybe we'll create true fans this way :-)
On another note, sometimes if I've read a book, I'll go see the movie and be disappointed because my expectations are unreasonably high. Then if anyone convinces me to see it again, I'll enjoy it much more because this time I have low expectations due to my first viewing. That happened to me with the Harry Potter movies!
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: The Shambles
Date: 06 Jan 02 - 02:41 AM
I'm sure that seeing the movie will bring more people to read the book.
I just want to see the version that Peter Jackson would have liked to have put out and don't want to put him off doing that. After he has done this, we can all then qibble with that as much as we like.
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: Penny S.
Date: 13 Jan 02 - 09:37 AM
BBC Radio 4 is rebroadcasting LOTR. I was astonished at how upper middle class Merry sounded. It really emphasised the class point above.
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: The Shambles
Date: 13 Jan 02 - 10:38 AM
Is this not more to do with Radio 4, which was even more middle class then than it is now!
Middle earth = middle class?
We went to see the film for the second time last night. It was even better......
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From: Little Hawk
Date: 13 Jan 02 - 02:41 PM
The most fortunate thing of all is that they nixed the idea of having William Shatner play Saruman...or serve as the offscreen narrator. In either case, it could have made for a significantly different film...
Subject: RE: I want to start a new LOTR discussion!
From: GUEST,Desdemona
Date: 13 Jan 02 - 06:20 PM
Hell---with today's technology, they could have had William Shatner play EVERY role, which would have made for a VERY significantly different film!
Sigh....I'm sure that's exactly the way Tolkien would have wanted it, too....!
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The Marry Me star announced the arrival of baby Lennon in a post on Instagram on Tuesday, sharing pictures of the tot, as well as a gorgeous snap of her sisters Ada, two, and four-year-old Willa, who was adopted in 2017, meeting her for the first time.
"Lennon Love Akins was born at 8:30 AM on February 10th! It was such a joy to watch this little angel be brought into the world. My wife is just incredible and was a champion through the whole birth," he wrote. "Watching our kids meet Lennon for the first time was probably the sweetest thing I've ever seen haha. Ada James and Willa Gray are gonna be the best big sisters to Lennon! The Lord is so good and I'm so grateful for my beautiful growing family. Y'all pray for us as we switch from man to man defense to zone."
Lauren shared similar snaps of the hospital photoshoot on her Instagram page, and captioned them: "Our early Valentine baby was born yesterday, February 10th and her sisters couldn't be happier to finally get to kiss her little face. Lennon Love Akins. 9lbs 2oz of lovveeee with lots of dark hair and blue eyes. We could not be more in love."
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September 20, 2018
We were relieved to climb from the tollway out of Galveston back to I-10 and putter due east towards New Orleans, where our oldest daughter Laura lives. Laura is our visionary/techno-wizard, who's using her blogging skills to post these little travelogues.
This stretch of Texas-Louisiana is among the most heavily industrialized parts of the country, with refineries and other oil and natural gas-related facilities extending from Galveston to Baton Rouge. The bridge over the San Jacinto River, if I've got that right, reminds you of the highest roller coaster you've ever taken. Sandy held her breath and closed her eyes.
The heavy truck traffic thins as you move into and through this western sliver of Louisiana, through Lake Charles and Lafayette, and the French heritage names show up: Breaux Bridge, Broussard, Butte La Rose. Suddenly you notice you're on a bridge, or a causeway, spanning miles of bayou or bog, and you enter the Atchafalaya River Basin, a National Heritage Area devoted to preserving one of the country's most fragile ecosystems. Atchafalaya truly is huge—it occupies parts of 14 Louisiana parishes—one-third of the state.
Atchafalaya is a river, but — as we learned from a gent at the visitor's center — it's also a series of backwater lakes, bayous, and marshes, that form America's largest swamp, some 150 miles long. It's home to 270 bird species, 85 fish species, as well as bald eagles, egrets, alligators, raccoons, and black bears. They inhabit a wilderness filled with upland pines, cypress, and hardwood forests. The vast area extends to the Mississippi to the east, the Natchez Trace Parkway in the north, and reaches the Gulf to the south.
Being a Yankee, even one married to a Southerner I plead guilty to not knowing much (actually, knowing nothing) about this complicated stretch of nature. Sandy, anyway, hails from southeastern Tennessee, a world very different from this one. But after all, we visited the Grand Canyon, on the extreme opposite pole of environmental wonders. So there we were at the visitor's center, learning. The bridge/causeway we were crossing stretches 14 miles. The brochure describes Atchafalaya as "America's Foreign Country."
We sensed, as new visitors to the region must, that we were entering a very different place. The hundreds of square miles of Atchafalaya swamps seem intimidating and inhospitable, but people do live there, of complicated European, African-American, and Native American ancestry, who created the mysterious (to us) Cajun culture of carefree music and tangy, spicy cuisine. Others come to camp, hike, observe the abundant wildlife, bike. Bug spray would be important.
We left Atchafalaya knowing something about it, without the time to change our itinerary to understand its hold on visitors. But we began to appreciate the vastness of this complicated green, hot, living place on the underside of the American continent, a strange, wild place—that like many others, drives us to keep moving, keep traveling, and then stopping, when we can, to learn more about the natural mysteries that surround us.


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Caerphilly County Borough Council has partnered up with Food Standards Agency to promote the easy to ASK allergy campaign.
This campaign aims to urge food businesses across the Caerphilly borough to ask customers if they have any allergies or intolerances to increase their understanding of the importance of complying with allergen regulations.
Many young people often feel embarrassed to talk publicly about having a food intolerance or allergy when in social groups with friends; risking allergic reactions or, even, endangering their lives.
Focusing on 16 to 24 year olds, this campaign aims to encourage young people to speak out in front of friends and businesses.
New research by the FSA in partnership with Allergy UK and the Anaphylaxis Campaign reveals that 41 per cent of young people aged 16 to 24 years old with food allergies or intolerances don't feel confident or only feel partly confident to ask serving staff for allergen information. Research has also shown that 60 per cent of those surveyed avoid dining out due to their condition. This campaign aims to fight these figures and help bring to light the insecurities that need to be challenged in the Caerphilly borough and beyond.
There are 14 allergens that businesses must be aware of and are required to have information to assist people with allergies to peanuts, tree nuts, milk, cereals containing gluten, eggs, crustaceans, molluscs, fish, soya, sesame, sulphur dioxide/sulphites, celery, mustard and lupin.
Cllr. Eluned Stenner, Caerphilly County Borough Council's Cabinet Member for the Environment and Public Protection said, "Caerphilly County Borough Council are actively supporting the easy to ASK allergy campaign to make sure businesses and young people across the borough speak out loud about food allergies and intolerances. We want to ensure businesses are equipped to provide relevant allergy information to make people feel comfortable and at ease to disclose this information to keep those at risk protected."
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Brent Sykes, Academic Dean, is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Mencer as Director of the Business Administration Program at Randall University. Under the previous direction of Frances Wade, the program has grown to four specializations and is one of the largest degree programs at Randall.
"Mr. Mencer's varied experiences in business will allow him to serve the needs of our educational and vocational needs of our students, as well as lead business faculty members. More importantly, his lifelong to commitment to ministry in the church and workplace will equip our students to serve in the local church and their communities. I am excited for continued growth in our business program and for Richard to develop his vision." - Dr. Brent Sykes, Academic Dean
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Richard Mencer comes to Randall University with over 30 years of business and ministry experience, including owning and/or operating specialty retail stores across the United States. Rich is an ordained Baptist Minister and Deacon, having served on church staffs in five states in different capacities, including Pastor, Interim Pastor, and Minister to College Students, Single Adults and Youth. He is a graduate of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, AR, and received his MBA from Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, OK.
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Agilis Consulting Group, LLC
July 10, 2017 Issue
Human Factors Firm helping Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Companies Ensure Usability, Safety, Instructions and Training for their Products to Clear the FDA and Other Regulatory Agencies
Pat Patterson, CPT
President and Founder
Agilis Consulting Group, LLC
Pat Patterson
Interview conducted by:
Lynn Fosse, Senior Editor, CEOCFO Magazine, Published – July 10, 2017
CEOCFO: Ms. Patterson, what is the vision and focus for Agilis Consulting Group, LLC today?
Ms. Patterson: The vision for Agilis is to help medical device and pharmaceutical clients get good devices into the hands of users as quickly and trouble free as possible. We're here to help our clients clear FDA or other regulatory agencies, so that they can put good medical devices and drug-delivery products into the hands of their users.
CEOCFO: You used the word good a couple of times. Do you evaluate before you take on a client? What is your definition of good?
Ms. Patterson: As a human factors firm, good means that the device or drug delivery product has met the criteria for safe and accurate use in the hands of users. FDA's fundamental question is "Show us the body of evidence that your device or drug delivery product can support safe and accurate user performance." We know human factors and we know what FDA expects to see. Our role is to guide clients through this process as efficiently as possible. I usually refer to it as clearing the regulatory hurdles with minimal drama!
CEOCFO: Do most companies recognize the need for help or do companies often turn to you when they have started and now see it as a problem?
Ms. Patterson:
We see both. Some
companies, especially the larger companies, may already have internal human
factors expertise and they simply don't have the capacity to do the work.
However, even these companies will often prefer to have an outside expert
conduct the final validation work to ensure there's no appearance of bias.
Other clients don't have internal expertise and may attempt to do this work
themselves, or they ask for help from vendors they've worked with before who
are not experienced in human factors for medical devices. This usually
doesn't end well. Human factors is still relatively new to this industry and
some clients don't understand the differences between clinical research,
market research and human factors research. All three are very important;
but not understanding the differences can seriously derail a successful
submission not to mention what it does to the launch timeline.
CEOCFO: Would you please define human factors engineering?
Ms. Patterson: Human factors engineering is the scientific discipline of applying our understanding of human behavior, characteristics, abilities, and limitations to the design of a system and then evaluating the effectiveness of that design. As applied to medical devices and drug delivery products, human factors focuses on eliminating or reducing risk involved with using a product – risk to the user and risk to the patient. For example, what safety mechanisms can be incorporated into the design of a pen injector to prevent unintentional needle sticks? What does the user need to know in the instructions for use to help them avoid a needle stick? Human factors has been applied with great success in military, aviation and other industries, but is still relatively new to the medical industry. Not until FDA published its draft human factors guidance in 2011 and its final guidance in 2016 were many companies prepared to incorporate human factors into their regulatory strategy. In describing FDA's human factors guidance, one client said to me "FDA has unleashed a human factors tsunami on the medical device industry that will change everything!"
CEOCFO: How do you design the study and what might you find?
Ms. Patterson: Study design is driven by three components - users, the environments of use, and how users are expected to interact with the device components. The latter is a rather detailed description of how users interact with the medical devices including their perceptual, cognitive and manual action requirements for safe and accurate use. A very important aspect in this analysis is identifying what can happen if a 'mistake' occurs. In medical human factors, we don't use the term 'user' error but instead say 'use' error because FDA considers it the manufacturers' responsibility to design its device for specific users and specific environments. Blaming the user for not reading the instructions or failing to pay attention is not acceptable! This doesn't mean the device must be perfect, but it goes back to the basic regulatory question of seeking evidence of safe and accurate use. We know how to help clients build that body of evidence.
For example, a fundamental question FDA or any regulatory agency will ask of a drug delivery device such as an auto-injector or inhaler is "How does the user know if they've received their full dose?" Or, with the proliferation of home use mobile devices that enable lay users to conduct certain body assessments for remote diagnosis by their healthcare provider, there's an assumption that if someone has a smart phone they know how to use all of its functions. A well-designed human factors study will test these assertions and produce data that lay users can (or cannot) tell if they've received a full dose or if they know how to download the app from the internet. Healthcare professionals present their own unique challenges as users of medical devices. They may have experience with a number of similar but different devices, and this can cause confusion. For example healthcare professionals may be very familiar with several devices prescribed in their clinics to treat patients with Type II diabetes. We often see in human factors testing how they assume they know how to use a similar-looking device because they expect it to operate the same as the devices used in their clinics; they won't bother to look at the instructions! I remember one nurse who proudly asserted his medical expertise during a study without realizing he'd just severely injured his patient (under simulated use of course!).
Some people think human factors is about user preferences – what does the user like, would the user recommend this device to others? These people are confusing industrial design or market research with human factors. For others, they may take false comfort in knowing there is a very, very small chance that anything bad could happen when using its device. Both of these assumptions are wrong when human factors is applied to medical. It's not about user preference – it's about risk. While manufacturers do and should be concerned if users like their device, that has nothing to do with regulatory clearance. We can help clients optimize their device design so users will prefer it, but that is in addition to evaluating safety and accuracy. As far as presenting a very small, minimal risk of harm, human factors is quite the opposite. FDA doesn't care if there's a one-in-a-million chance something can happen. They want to know what is the risk to the user if that one-in-a-million chance does happen and what has the manufacturer done to mitigate it.
Another important component for successful studies is to put the user in the right simulated environment and as closely as possible, in the right mindset. We've seen studies fail simply because the study participants were made to feel that they were being tested on their ability to complete tasks, rather than completing tasks to help us evaluate the device. No one wants to be put on the spot or made to feel uncomfortable. How you actually conduct the study plays is a major factor for success.
CEOCFO: How often is it bad instructions?
Ms. Patterson: A lot! More than most people would ever imagine!
CEOCFO: I am just the opposite. I tend to pay quite a bit of attention to the instructions and wish there was proper guidance more often.
Ms. Patterson: I look at them too! In fact, that is one of our areas of expertise! I am a Special Government Employee (i.e., expert consultant) to FDA because of my expertise in this area and members of Agilis teach an industry-wide course for AAMI (Association for the Advancement Medical Instrumentation) on how to design and evaluate instructional materials. How to test instructions for use is probably the hottest topic in the industry right now. Manufacturers have gotten quite good at the engineering aspects of product development, but too often the instructions get away from them. As one client recently told us, 'I had no idea how difficult it was to write instructions that people can understand and follow!"
CEOCFO: Are you able to recognize that if things are written in small print they might not be as easy to follow? How do you overcome that issue as well as and manuals have five different languages and fold in every direction? No matter what the product it makes it hard, let alone something medical?
Ms. Patterson: In some cases there are industry guidelines concerning font size. HE75 is an industry standard that provides human factors design guidelines. Contrast tends to be a very important component with printed instructions and electronic displays. Here's where it becomes important to know your users – and not just their demographics. Over the age of 50 many people begin to have diminished eyesight. In one study, we found that nurses over the age of 50 had difficulty reading the display on a hand-held device. The client didn't want to change the display because of cost. After several tests it became evident that the device would never clear FDA without a design change – which they eventually made. Because we specialize in regulatory style human factors testing, clients mistake that to mean you only test when the device or the instructions are done or nearly done. That may be too late and will always be more expensive. Some problems can only be discovered by running properly designed and conducted human factors evaluations and the earlier the better.
CEOCFO: How do you encourage doctors, who are busy, to take part in these studies and come into a simulated lab?
Ms. Patterson: Many professional people as well as the lay people such as those with diabetes or pulmonary or cardiovascular difficulties, want to help make devices better. They want to contribute. Of course, they're also compensated for their participation, but it's usually not a huge amount of money – just enough to make it worth their time. This is standard practice.
CEOCFO: Are there many companies that do human factor testing in your arena? What is the competitive landscape?
Ms. Patterson: Many companies do human factors. Because medical is a regulated industry and requires in-depth knowledge and experience, far fewer companies work in medical and of those, very few work exclusively in medical as we do. We only work with medical devices and drug delivery products. I recently purchased a new wall oven and it took the instructions and two calls to customer support to understand how to use some of the functions. This was frustrating, but certainly not risky. With a medical device, risk is almost always involved, from a delay in achieving medical benefits to much worse. Remember that research that was published by the US Institute of Medicine in the late 90's that caught everyone's attention – To Err is Human'? Medical 'mistakes' or use errors can too easily translate into harm to the user or patient. This is serious business within a regulated industry and it's why we focus on medical and only on medical. For example, in the past pharmaceutical companies would buy a device to deliver its drug from third party manufacturers based on cost and timeline. Now they understand that that device delivering their drug is a new 'system' and will require human factors testing. We have several large pharmaceutical clients that now include human factor data in these purchasing decisions.
CEOCFO: Once you do the study and you give them the results would you then continue working with a company on interfacing with the FDA? What is the whole range of services at Agilis?
Ms. Patterson:
Companies will
generally come to us at one of two process points: they're in early product
development and know human factors will be a major factor downstream and
want to design out problems early, when it's less expensive, or they're in
the later stages of product development and are preparing to submit to FDA.
While earlier is better, we can help clients wherever they are in the
process. Sometimes, they have a legacy device already on the market that
they want to make changes to and find out now they have to do human factors.
A few clients have had serious problems with devices on the market and
either pulled if off market or were ordered to by FDA. We tailor our
services to wherever the client is in the process. We design and conduct the
studies, analyze the data and write the report. Human factors in medical
uses qualitative data more so than quantitative data. A successful report is
more than crunching the numbers. In fact, statistics holds very little
weight in a human factors report for a medical device – another major
difference between human factors research and clinical or market research.
We work with our clients to make sure the report tells the regulators a
compelling story in support of clearance (of course assuming the data
support this!). FDA has told us that approximately 60% of the human factors
submissions it reviews are initially rejected because of deficient study
design, risk analysis, or data analysis. For almost 20 years, Agilis has
successfully helped medical device clients clear FDA with our human factors
expertise. In that time, FDA has never rejected the human factors
work from an Agilis client.
CEOCFO: Is Agilis Consulting well-known in the industry?
Ms. Patterson: Yes, we are and expect this will continue!
CEOCFO: Do you have to do much outreach or are people coming to you?
Ms. Patterson: Most of our clients who come to us are either repeat clients or they have been referred to us by other clients. However, we still do reach out including marketing and presenting at conferences and industry meetings. As an expert consultant to FDA, I've presented at a number of FDA sponsored events. When I ask a new client how they found us, I'm always amazed to hear "I saw your name on an FDA agenda, so I figured you must know what you're doing!"
CEOCFO: What has surprised you as Agilis has grown, evolved and prospered?
Ms. Patterson: Just how much I love this industry! I have worked in other industries over my long career. I love medical and I love our clients. It is one of the few places where you can really make a tangible difference in people's lives! I just get a thrill out of that and it's as tangible today as it was 20 years ago.
CEOCFO: What is next for Agilis Consulting Group, LLC?
Ms. Patterson: We're growing. We're growing and I want to make sure that we grow intelligently and maintain our quality and client service. It's not easy for a client to get a medical device or drug delivery product on the market. We want to help them – at least as far as the human factors requirements. There are some really interesting things that are happing in the medical industry and it's rewarding to be part of that.
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Two Olney Friends School students won first place in Oglebay Institute's Stifel Fine Art's Center's 30th Regional Student Art Show. Rowan Everet, senior, won first place in the photography category for her piece titled, "Girl Behind the Fig Tree". Sara Hirayama, senior, won first place in the painting category for her [...]
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CORNWALL, Ontario – Train travellers can expect no changes to the Cornwall VIA Rail station or number of stops in the city as the company did not include Cornwall in their High Frequency Rail (HFR) proposal.
Mariam Diaby, Media Relations Senior Advisor with VIA Rail, explained that the HFR project would build on the existing corridor to provide more frequent services, adding dedicated rail lines between Toronto to Ottawa via Peterborough and Montreal to Quebec City via Trois-Rivières.
"VIA Rail will continue to offer the current number of stops at Cornwall," said Diaby.
The proposed HFR networks would not reach as far South as Cornwall. Cornwall appears to be one of four stations in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec that would not be included in the HFR alongside Dorval, Alexandria and Le Coteaux.
Diaby said the HFR project has been introduced to the Government of Canada and Transport Canada is currently analyzing the proposal.
"No decision has been made yet," said Diaby. "Should the project be approved, it could be deployed in four years."
Diaby expects the HFR to create a more reliable service for passengers with reduced trip times and improved accessibilities, expanding to Peterborough and Trois-Rivières. The HFR is also projected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of 10.3 million tonnes of CO2 over 30 years.


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The disciplinary rules of any constitutional discourse would require every student of law to comment on or criticize government action on the basis of reason and detachment from personally held political views. Use of words such as "legally inept mind" and "grotesque" by a person to attack government action indicates a deep-rooted animus towards the government per se rather than its policies.
The recently published article, 'The Jammu & Kashmir Reservation Ordinance: Lock, stock and barrel unconstitutional' in Bar and Bench reflects just this approach by asserting that the Constitution (Application to Jammu & Kashmir) Amendment Order, 2019 amending the Constitution (Application to Jammu & Kashmir) Order, 1954 and the consequent amendment of the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act is ex-facie unconstitutional. Being a responsible citizen and reader of constitutional law, it did not seem appropriate to me to remain a fence sitter by not responding to the issues pointed out in the article.
As per the author, the Constitution (Application to Jammu & Kashmir) Amendment Order, 2019 is unconstitutional as the Governor applied it to the State without the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers—which at the relevant time had already resigned from office. He concludes that the Governor was legally precluded from giving his concurrence to the consultation under Article 370 (1)(d) to the Constitution (Application to Jammu & Kashmir) Amendment Order, 2019, as there was no Council of Ministers in the State.
The above argument suffers from several infirmities. Under Article 356(1) of the Constitution of India as applicable to Jammu & Kashmir, the President by a proclamation can assume to himself all or any of the functions of the Government of the State and all or any of the powers vested in or exercisable by the Governor or any body or authority in the State other than the Legislature of the State. Put simply, Article 356(1) (a) empowers the President to step into the shoes of the Governor of Jammu & Kashmir and exercise his all his powers once President's Rule has been invoked under Article 356(1).
Now, one of the powers conferred upon the Governor of Jammu & Kashmir under Article 370 is to give his concurrence or consultation for extending the provisions of the Indian Constitution to the State of Jammu & Kashmir. As such, once the President has issued a proclamation under Article 356(1) of the Constitution, he is automatically entitled to assume Governor's power under Article 370(1)(d) and take any further action based on the aid and advice of the Union Council of Ministers.
This assumption of the Governor's power – who acts on the aid and advise of the State Council of Ministers – by the President acting on the aid and advice of the Council of Minister, once a proclamation has been issued under Article 356(1) has been affirmed by the Supreme Court in State Of Rajasthan & Ors. v. Union Of India AIR 1977 SC 1361 where the Court while relying upon the powers under Article 356(1)(a) ruled as follows:
"Article 174(2) (b) of the Constitution expressly vests the power of dissolving the legislative assembly in the Governor even if that had to be on the advice of the Council of Ministers in the State, but the power to give such advice would automatically, be taken over by the Union Government for the purposes of dissolution of the State Assembly when the President assumes governmental powers by a proclamation under Article 356(1) of the Constitution. A dissolution by the President after the proclamation would be as good as a dissolution by the Governor of a State whose powers; are taken over."
The aforesaid observation, although given in a different context, applies with equal force to the powers of the Governor under Article 370(1)(d) as Article 356(1) of the Constitution does not except those powers from assumption by the President. This is also supported by the Presidential Promulgation dated 19.12.2018 imposing President's Rule in Jammu & Kashmir, which provides that any reference in the Constitution of India or the State Constitution, to the Governor, shall be construed as reference to the President, in relation to Jammu & Kashmir.
These modifications through the Presidential Promulgation are permissible as per Article 356(1)(c) for giving effect to the objects of the Promulgation. As such, the author's argument that application of the Constitution (Application to Jammu & Kashmir) Amendment Order, 2019 is unconstitutional goes against the constitutional scheme and defeats the underlying purpose of Article 356. If the author's arguments were anything to go by, it would have a damning effect on the administration of the State, in as much it would bring the wheels of the government to a grinding halt. It would defeat the very purpose of a proclamation under Article 356 i.e. saving the state from absolute breakdown of constitutional machinery.
The "failure to consult the State Council of Ministers", "elected government" and preservation of "democratic realm" is an oversimplification of the issue and undermines constitutionalism, creating space for opportunistic politicians having no or little faith in a constitutional principles. Political parties like the PDP and National Conference, for a long time, have created clamour and clatter by using these expressions, as they ostensibly find favour with the public. Regretful, as it is, the only objective behind this political expression is to drown the actual constitutional issues in rhetorical notions of autonomy and self-determination.
On the promulgation of the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019, the author dubs it as egregious on two grounds: First, Parliament alone and not the President is empowered under Article 356(1) to amend or make/amend laws which the State Government is otherwise competent to make/amend. Second, he argues that the Parliament has not delegated its newly acquired power of making/amending laws with respect to the State Legislature to the President through the machinery provided under Article 357 of the Constitution, which empowers the Parliament to entrust the President with the power of the State Legislature to make laws.
The foregoing argument is, again, made in ignorance of the wide expanse of the powers conferred on the President under Article 356(1). It should be recalled that promulgation of the President's Rule in the State subsumes the powers of the Governor in the hands of the President. Although the combined effect of Article 356 and 357 is to deny legislative powers of the State to the President unless expressly authorized by the Parliament in that behalf, the scope and operation of the two provisions is limited.
Article 356 restricts only the assumption by the President of legislative functions of the State Legislature under Article 245, 246 and 254 of the Constitution. By its express language, it does not seek to limit the assumption of Ordinance making powers conferred on the Governor under Section 91 of the Jammu & Kashmir Constitution as opposed to legislative powers of the State by any stretch of imagination. Had the founding fathers intended to curtail the powers of the President under Article 356(1), it would have been expressly mentioned therein as such eventualities were easily forseeable by the Constitution framers.
Interestingly, the author's view that the power to make laws during President's Rule being entirely different from the power of making laws through an Ordinance, also demonstrates that exclusion of legislative power of the State does not imply exclusion of Ordinance making power of the Governor from the purview of Article 356(1).
Another reason the author's argument does not stand constitutional scrutiny is the language used in Section 91(1) of the Jammu & Kashmir Constitution which deals with the Ordinance making power of the Governor. It reads as follows:
"If at any time, except when both Houses of the Legislature are in session, the Governor is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action, he may promulgate such ordinances as the circumstances appear to him to require."
Use of the expression, "If at any time" under Section 91(1) is wide enough in its scope to enable the President to promulgate an Ordinance during President's Rule in the State. Again, the absence of any specific prohibition under Section 91(1) for using this power when a promulgation under Article 356 (1) is in force shows that the Ordinance making power of the President was not sought to be limited.
Lastly, paragraph (c)(iii) of the Presidential Promulgation dated 19.12.2018 is an incidental provision supported by Article 356(1) (c) which explicitly provides that reference to the Governor under Section 91 shall be construed as reference to the President. As such, the Presidential Promulgation also reiterates, as a matter of abundant caution, the constitutional position reflected in Article 356(1) by empowering the President to promulgate an ordinance under Section 91 of the Jammu & Kashmir Constitution.
Overall, it is apparent that concerns raised by the author are blown out of proportion just as much are the use of words in the article to label the Amendment Order and Ordinance as lock, stock and barrel unconstitutional.
It should be remembered that the objective behind the Amendment Order and Ordinance was to empower Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, economically weaker sections and people living near the conflict-ridden Indian international borders. Attacking the legitimacy of such affirmative measures should be done on sound logic and reasoning.
The author is an advocate at the Supreme Court of India.


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Question about Hitachi 42HDS69 42 in. Plasma Television
I have a 42inch hitachi ultravision hd plasma. Ive been having to reset it to get a blue light but know its stuck in standby mode and know it wont turn on at all.
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Hitachi 42HDS69 stuck on standby.
I have the same problem. For a while about once a week I would have to upnplug the TV from the wall to get it to turn on. The red standby light was on but the blue light didn't come on and the TV didn't either. Some times the RED light was off also but when I unplugged it fixed it. Now I have just the red standby light and even after unplugging the TV it will not turn on.
Hi, two things.. Either your remote needs new batteries, or you need to switch off your tele and allow it to reboot for a few minutes before switching it back on, I hope this helps
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I think you have problems with the digital main PWB.
If the power PWB failed, turn off and change the pilot ligth to red.
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Most likely the TV has a power supply related problem. It's possible that it maybe a bad capacitor or transformer on the power supply board. The most common thing to go out is the circuit board that supply power to the screen. Commonly called a Backlight Inverter Board.
But, I can't say it's 100% the problem because I can't actually look at the tv over the internet.
If by chance the TV is still under warranty, go that route.
If not under warranty and If you have some electronic experience, if you can find and purchase a Service Manual over the internet; It will help you diagnose the source of the problem and fix it by soldering in the new part. The Service Manual will give you circuit diagrams, test points, and part# lists. Usually, cost under $20. And most cases the new part cost less than $15.
I hope I shed some light on the subject for you.
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it is the power board in the tv hase some bad capasators in it but can cost some money to fix if unsher how to do it on your own if you live in central new york i do have my own shop and im cheep but i can not warenty any thing but i can help 315-280-0508 storm electronics ask for corey
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SOURCE: Hitachi Plasma P50S601 no picture sound OK
probably needs new scan drive board along with upper and lower buffer boards. it wont be cheap and its best to have a tv shop do it.
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Conflict was with man since the disagreement between Cain and Abel. The approach to dealing with, managing and resolution of conflicts has been on an evolutionary journey.
In a lecture delivered by Pastor K, as part of a bi-annual couples' counseling session, a program geared towards building a happy and bonded marriages, he explains the main causes of conflicts and what informs it as well as ways to find resolutions.
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Arguments, disagreements, misunderstanding and it could get serious if allowed to grow. When people disagree on opinions, interests and points of view, conflicts build up. But there are fundamental causes that needs to be understood to be able to know what informs them and also how to find resolutions to them.
General Causes of Conflicts
There are different causes of conflict but generally most of them are just add-ons from other ones or just a manifestation or outgrown version of the main causes. Below are a few fundamental causes of conflict that needs to be understood.
Differencein opinion.
We as humans have a worldview, an orientation and build up that determines our thought process on every single thing in life and about living it.
The surprising thing yet overlooked is that our thought process is what kick starts a conflict process. A person's mindset about something is valued by him or her as highly important hence closely guarded. Belittling that mindset is waging war on the personality of that person.
An opinion is like a tied knot, once untied it remains so. The difference in opinion is a known primary cause of conflicts.
Differencein perception
The way we interpret things is another cause of conflicts. One's worldview is important and a determinant of how we accept or reject others'.
Once your perception is interpreting something in a particular way and is with a limitation on how another perceives the same thing, disagreement is bound to set in and could give way to conflict if a middle ground of understanding is not found.
One of the greatest causes of conflict is our behavior towards others. Behavior is a habit formed and once it's not un-formed it becomes a part of one's life.
Our differences in behavior are very vital to the start, causes, management, and resolution of conflicts. So the big question is, which behavior do you possess and it that fostering unity or causing conflicts
What Starts the Conflict in Marriages
- Pretending to be the same – And the two shall be one! There is a fundamental difference between a man and a woman, and when this is clearly understood, there is harmony. But if it seem like a power struggle, there will be cracks eventually. When a misunderstanding arise, which usually do, issues are solved easily by acknowledging and/or establishing the differences. Clearly, men like to give and not sacrifice, the woman, on the other hand, would be comfortable to sacrifice, and these among a lot are the differences in men and women.
- Money -with or without money conflicts surely arise. Disclosure and/or undisclosure of incomes, salary amounts, housekeeping allowances, and anything that involves money can trigger conflict between a couple. Maturity is what is needed! Respect for each other coupled with understanding is what makes the marriage withstand the chances of having monetary conflicts.
- Family Background- Individual orientation and upbringing is another thing that informs conflicts in any marriage. Marriage is between two individuals of different backgrounds that have come together on a journey. There are bound to be differences in opinions due to their separate orientations growing up. For instance, some family standards that may be entrenched with an unwilling heart to let go. A point of non-compromise will definitely escalate minor misunderstanding into conflicts.
- Toughen up and separate yourself from the pains and hurt before trying to resolve the situation. When conflicts arise, it is best to take time off the situation in a first and foremost move. Learn to detach yourself from the pains and the hurt in order to have a clear head and objectively deal with the situation. This when done, provides clarity to find lasting solutions and helps the parties learn to understand and appreciate each other to avoid further misunderstandings.
- Observe silently, watch and learn! Most times, a lack of patience and wrong assessment of a situation can blow things out of proportion to become conflicts. When conflicts do arise, the best and most important technique is to stay calm, observe the happenings in silence and learn a thing or two to be better informed as to how to find a resolution. Who knows your point of view of the situation could be wrong.
- Key in resolving conflicts in marriages has most times been the ability to keep up the faith and prayer times. Many commit to faith and pray when entering into the union but fail to find that same medium when things do not go according to their plans. When praying for all other things remember to pray for understanding to abide in the union as the first and last resort to resolving conflicts.
Always remember that so long as we are humans and not with the same mindsets and makeup, conflicts are bound to be there.
But know that conflicts always get resolved through dialogue and a part of the dialogue is that arguments are normal in marriages. So let's talk about it and be fair with one another.
Share your thoughts on this in the comments section and let us know some causes of conflicts in your space and how you resolve them.


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To help encourage conversations and dialogue about Teacher Appreciation Week, our topic/question for the dinner table is: What do you appreciate most about the teachers in your life? Appreciating Our Teachers (Week of 5/6/18) (This is an anonymous Google Form)
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Blake's Core Values: Respect, Responsibility, Resourcefulness, Reflection
Our Essential Question: How can we cultivate and curate the progression of student learning and growth?
Our Mission: Blake Middle School believes in a living mission statement, based on the concept that our community seeks and respects knowledge, integrity, character, wisdom, and the willingness to adapt to a continually evolving world.
It was a very busy weekend on our end - attending a friend's opening art reception (The Pianista Traveling Museum) before seeing Brandi Carlile in concert on Friday, baseball/softball/soccer games on Saturday, and Sunday was 'Opening Day' for Holliston youth baseball/softball - all good, but quite busy! I am doing my best to 'slow it down' in terms of my own racing thoughts as the actual (and perceived) 'to do lists' in my head feel as though they are growing.
Ending the School Year Well
by Aaron Hogan (@afhogan)
We often start to see 'end-of-year countdowns' in schools and I would be lying if I said I never counted down the days to summer. That said, Hogan offers an important perspective with this post and I particularly commend his outreach for ideas for how to 'end the year well' from colleagues - a direct and indirect way to appreciate one another by seeking input.
We cannot afford to do anything other than continue to pursue our students. Our students and colleagues are worth more than our survival mode efforts. We can make just as great an impact in our last days with students as we did in our first hours together.
Never stop getting to know your students (even at the end of the year). Invest in them. Let them know that they are loved. Much like a successful start to the year, a successful end to the year is an active pursuit.
I find myself sharing similar sentiments at this time of year and I hope everyone finds some time to appreciate each other this week - and, if possible, carve out some time to reflect upon those teachers who had an influence on you. A few come to mind right away for me (Mr. Fischer, Mrs. Goldsmith, Mrs. Mack, Tom Lynch, Professor Grossberg, Professor McKee, John D'Auria - the list could go on) and their presence had a profound impact and I do my best to carry forth their presence into my practice. As I say quite often, Blake Middle School is a special place and I am so proud to be a part of the collective mission to enhance the learning experience for our students. It is a privilege and a joy to come to work every day with such a fine team of educators and this recognition is a reflection of our students, staff, and community.
I look forward to the work that lies ahead for all of us.
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