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Anna Paquin: Keep Child Actors Young

X-MEN actress ANNA PAQUIN worries about young actors who aren't treated like children - because they're missing out on so much.

THE PIANO star, who won an OSCAR when she was just nine years old, was never in danger of growing up too fast - because acting was always a hobby for her. She says, "One of the things that makes me sad and worried is when I see these little kids who are actors who don't seem to be little kids anymore - they seem to be adults."

And Paquin, who is now a student at New York's Columbia University, doesn't remember letting her Oscar win affect her life at all. She says, "I was definitely a kid for as long as it was appropriate for me to be one. "I think if I had been any more conscious of my career and having some plan and that kind of thing, it would take away something."

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April 28, 2012

Movie Review: The Evil (1978)/Twice Dead (1988)

The Roger Corman Cult Classics Double Feature DVDs are little slices of gold. For those of us who either 1) Remember these films from when they came out or 2) Remember these films from the VHS and Mom & Pop video store boom of the 80s and 90s these discs are a treat. For this particular outing, we shall examine the New Horizon films The Evil (1978) and Twice Dead (1988)… a couple of effective (and semi-effective, respectively) haunted house chillers from the broad era we like to call vintage.
 The Evil (1978) stars Richard Crenna (of First Blood fame) and Joanna Pettet and was directed by Gus Trikonis. Sometimes unfairly compared to Matheson’s far superior The Legend of Hell House, The Evil is an effective thriller. Crenna, a haunted psychologist, moves into a home with a little ‘spirit’ activity of its own. The film builds slowly, like any effective ghost story, and our payoff for that build is a deliciously evil portrayal of Satan himself by Victor Buono. The DVD features a commentary track from Trikonis and co-writer Donald Thompson.

Twice Dead (1988) is a decade younger than its double feature counterpart and, as we’ve seen, the quality of filmmaking slipped from the seventies to the eighties (and then to the nineties and then the 21st century and we’re now left with things like the Nightmare on Elm Street remake). The Cates family (led by Tom Bresnahan) inherits a home from a deceased theatre performer, and psycho, of distant relation. The thespian’s ghost is still around to make a little mayhem. This film isn’t nearly as effective as The Evil and, like the post Amityville Horror-world, was very derivative and predictable. DVD features a commentary with director Bert Dragin and Bresnahan.

For my money, the gold in this set is The Evil but there are still a few enjoyable moments from Twice Dead. Like some of the other Corman doubles, it is a true drive-in feel where we’re treated to a first run film and then we just sit through the ‘bonus’ feature to get our money’s worth.

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Friday, 11 September 2015

“Think-Build-Run” - and Insource or Outsource?

For some people the concept of splitting an IT function into logical components of “Think” (or “Plan”), “Build” and “Run” will be nothing more than a fashion statement. There will also be those who are, for personal or philosophical reasons, totally opposed to the concept. For many, especially where the IT function is small, achieving such a delineation may be impossible given an absence of critical mass in one or all areas.
Yet for others, “Think - Build - Run” will be a logical move, allowing a sharper degree of focus for them, their people, and their business; giving them the chance to drive up quality and drive down cost. It will be, more or less, the IT equivalent of an efficient production line paralleled with some kind of interpretation of ‘Lean’. For these people, likely to be in larger organisations with larger IT functions, it might simply be ‘the right thing to do’.
For those that adopt T-B-R, there is often a follow-on question when looking at the organisational shift to the new model: Insource or Outsource? Whilst this question is, for CEOs and CIOs always there in the background anyway, T-B-R can throw it further into the spotlight, especially if there is a working assumption that the “Run” part is more or less akin to commoditised computing services. And make no mistake, much of it is. But there is a danger in falling for a too simplistic view of the world. Many people might draw an equation between T-B-R and Insource/Outsource in the following way:

But not only is this a lazy interpretation, it is also flawed. The true line of transformation we should be looking at is something like this:

And why is that?
1 - Because you should never outsource very much of your “Think” activity. This is the area where you are closer to the business, where the relationships between IT and its Customers are most critical, and where in-house expertise can add the most value. If you can truly add differentiating competitive advantage to your organisation as an IT function, then in “Think” is where you will do so.
2 - Because, whether we like it or not, a large proportion of the ‘systems’ IT functions “Build” is likely to be unique to that organisation. Either they are bespoke, one-off solutions, or they are customised versions of commercial software offerings - and sometimes very customised! (And don’t forget all the Excel Warriors..!) It is only when you start to get to homogenous, non-differentiating, more ‘vanilla’ kinds of solution that a greater degree of outsourcing begins to make more sense (and Software as a Service [SaaS] can play a role here).
3 - Because you should never outsource all of “Run”. Even if it is only the management layer that you retain, responsibility for the service still resides in-house, and CIOs need people on their teams who hold that passion and accountability. Again the question of the service being truly commoditised comes to the fore, as do things like scale, practicality etc. There are some elements of “Run” that you simply will not be able to do as well as a third party provider (or at all, come to that: think of networks…), but there may be others where there is enough local differentiation to suggest that keeping it in-house just makes sense.
Of course, other factors come into the equation such as cost differentials and arbitrage, the overall size and philosophy of the company as a whole, appetite, previous experience, in-house expertise and talent, and so on. And the feast is a moving one too, with ‘Cloud’ becoming ever more mature, and the whole notion of Bimodal ’Mode 1’ / ‘Mode 2’ projects adding another new dimension to the mix.

Inevitably the equation is a very complex one, and to which the solution is rarely simple.

Sunday, 6 September 2015

Being Agile...

Fashion is everywhere. Fashion introduces new things to us - and recycles the old! Fashion creates product and demand; it generates sales and profit; it breeds need. Even in Information Technology, we love fashion. It gives us the opportunity to create new notions and processes; it is a natural bedfellow with the rapid changes in technology that we are now seeing, inventing new ways to use those technologies and creating new ‘products’ from them.
Yet what we actually do in IT is the same as ever: we teach machines (computers, now of various favours including mobile phones) to take the data we give them and then manipulate and store that data for future processing (more manipulation) or reporting. Occasionally the data is used to control other things, like traffic lights or machinery - or even spaceships and cars!
Ensuring that we do a good job in building the systems that make those manipulations effective, IT professionals have always invented rules and processes around the development cycle in order to try and make the end product as good as it can be. As technology moves on and the pace with which development can be carried out quickens, the volume of changes and the speed with which results are needed both increase, and hence new models of development are needed.
And so we have seen a progression of methodologies like ‘waterfall’ through ‘rapid application development (RAD)’ and on to ‘Agile’, the current IT panacea for this decade it seems.
Agile software development is a group of software development methods in which solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams. It promotes adaptive planning, evolutionary development, early delivery, continuous improvement, and encourages rapid and flexible response to change. (Wikipedia)
Like many ‘next great things’, Agile will only be as good as the people and organisations that adopt it However, we might be missing a trick here. Should ‘Agile’ not be a state of mind, a philosophy, rather than a methodology or series of formal IT processes? For one thing, if a development team is working in ‘an agile way’ but the rest of IT is not, or the culture of the business as a whole is slow and ponderous, will ‘Agile’ not inevitably fail to deliver as much as it might promise to?
Take the Wikipedia definition above. The “collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams” requires everyone involved to be able to work in the same way. “Rapid and flexible response to change” needs to be in the DNA or culture of the whole organisation; what’s the point in producing IT systems quickly if their prospective users do not readily embrace change?
If we think of being ‘Agile’ as being “the answer” and that it relates just to IT software development, then we are deluding ourselves. ‘Agile’ needs to be part of the corporate culture.
Agile is a cultural philosophy as a result of which decisionsactions and business solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams. It promotes adaptive planning, evolutionary and incremental progress, early delivery, continuous improvement and the elimination of waste (in all its forms), effective and prompt decision-making, and encourages a rapid and flexible response to change.
OK, I know this version isn’t perfect - but doesn’t it sound much more like the kind of business we would all like to work in?! Isn’t it more inclusive and relevant to all our staff, rather than that minor percentage employed in the rarified world of IT application development? Yes, it might increase risk a little; and yes, it will demand better delegation, more accountability and so forth. But in the end, those are probably good things - and any negatives should be outweighed by overall commercial benefits.
And I expect each of us can think of real, every-day examples of where being ‘Agile’ can bring true improvement - in bottom-line, morale, responsiveness etc.
Why not change the format and content of that monthly departmental meeting so that we can focus on just the critical points and get through it in an hour instead of the four hours it currently takes?
Why not reduce the number of people needed to take a decision to those who are really affected by it so that the decision is made more quickly? And why not make decisions when a) you have 80% of the data needed rather than search for the 100%, or b) when everyone knows what the ‘right’ answer is anyway?!
Why not redesign our organisations to facilitate teams whose sole purpose is rapid response or firefighting?
Why not cull the hundreds of documents and reports we produce and focus on the very few we actually need?
Why not, why not…
Agile as a software development methodology is all well and good, but until we broaden our thinking to embrace more than just IT, we will never get the full potential benefit of taking such a pragmatic approach.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

COLOMBIA: Girl dies of FGC

Colombia Reports
April 30, 2012

Colombian baby girl dies after circumcision

By Miriam Wells
A 15-day-old baby from an indigenous tribe in western Colombia has died after her clitoris was removed in a banned ancestral practice, reported Radio Caracol Monday.

The infant, who died of a haemorrage, belonged to the Embera-Chami tribe in the Valle de Cauca department, which pledged in 2010 to end the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM).

The mayor of Ansermanuevo, Jose Luis Herrera, said the baby had left the hospital in good health. "The case [has been referred] to the governor of the community, because they had promised to stop these activities," he said.

The death of a young Embera-Chami girl in 2007 brought attention to the practice of FGM among the tribe, which has a population of about 5,000.

The United Nations Population Fund approached Embera-Chami leaders to ask if it could start a community project exploring the origins of FGM in the tribe and teaching about the physical and psychological harm it causes.

It was discovered it probably dated from the time of colonial rule, when there had been a lot of contact with African communities brought to Colombia as slaves.

After one year of work, the community decided it would stop the practice for a trial period of two years. At the end of the two years, it was decided to end the practice permanently and enforce severe punishments for anyone who carried it out.

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  • Can be sent to other cities to gather information or sabotage facilities

Spy is a type of person present in Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom.

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A spy is one of the unique citizens that exists within the game in that they are used on espionage or sabotage missions to other cities. When a spy is sent from your city to another city, it will either be sent to gather information about the other city or to sabotage facilities in order to harm the other cities growth. Spies are not infalliable and they will eventually be caught and reversed by the opposing city.

A spy sent to gather information will allow you to see the goods that the city purchases from you and will sell to you. As long as the spy does not get caught, they will give you very advance warning when the city is building up its military or is planning to invade. Spies can also report on a wealth of other information, but this is usually restricted to military information during the single player campaign.

A spy sent to sabotage the opposing city can do a number of things. The most common use of a sabotage mission is to sabotage the cities military might, as this knocks down all the shields to just one, allowing the player easy passage in conquering the city. This is very useful in missions in which vassals are required in order to complete the mission, but care must be taken when using spies to sabotage some aspect of a city.

However, while you are able to send spies to other cities, the converse is also true: other cities are able to send spies to do damage in your city. When this happens, it can be difficult to find the spy, as they will be in disguise as some other citizen of the city: in a busy city, this can prove fatal. Spies are almost guaranteed to appear in your city if the sending city has gone "Hostile": it is very rare to find a city sending spies when not in a hostile state.

Usually, it can be easy to spot a spy, as they will usually be disguised as a citizen who is wandering in areas they should not be able to reach (for example, an Inspector wandering into a farming area which a normal inspector should not be able to get into). Spies, in this manner, can wreak havok on the city, as they will either steal the entire building's resources or set the building on fire.

To get rid of spies requires a Guard from a Watchtower to catch the spy and reverse him, though it is only a random chance and most of the time, spies will not be reversed by a guard. The Confucianism hero Sun Tzu is able to capture all spies regardless, so if a city has a major issue with spies, it may be appropriate to summon Sun Tzu to the city to capture them all.

A spy that has been caught and reversed can do one of two things: they can be convinced to work for you or be bribed to leave the city alone. The latter generally happens when you've already sent a spy to the city for which the reversed spy hails from and the former happens most of the time.

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  • When a spy has been convinced to work for you, you gain a free spy. When the notice appears, quickly remember the city for which the spy worked for and head to the Empire Map. Select the city in question and send a spy. You will notice that it will cost no money.

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If you need something then do not hesitate to ask for it, we are there for you!

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Saturday, November 10, 2012

Albert Mohler's transparent theocratic leanings, and why he should stay off all our porches.

Election results have Albert Mohler quite concerned.

We are rightly and deeply concerned. We must pray that God will change President Obama’s heart on a host of issues, ranging from the sanctity of unborn life to the integrity of marriage. We must push back against his contraception mandate that tramples upon religious liberty. Given the trajectory of his first term in office, we are urgently concerned about a second term, knowing that the President will never again face the electorate.

Because Mohler is president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, we're unfortunately compelled to be smitten by his voluminous wind far more often than those residing in civilized portions of the country. However, he still is considered a quoteworthy ayatollah of sorts among the nation's evangelicals in need of "leadership", sacred or profane. Not coincidentally, some of you will recall the time in December, 2006, when Mohler was engaged as the keynote speaker at a breakfast session of the organization ironically known as Leadership Southern Indiana, and I observed the rampant incongruities therein.

Will gays, Catholics, the childless, Muslims and artists if all marred stripes actually be allowed to attend this questionable exercise in the enhancement of their "quality of life" by means of the theocratic version of “leadership?”

Just curious.

From that moment forward, LSI's relevance has disappeared from view faster than a midwinter's smudgy sun, but this isn't my point today. On Wednesday, Mohler's "holy father, now what?" web column contained these actionable thoughts:

Clearly, we face a new moral landscape in America, and huge challenge to those of us who care passionately about these issues. We face a worldview challenge that is far greater than any political challenge, as we must learn how to winsomely convince Americans to share our moral convictions about marriage, sex, the sanctity of life, and a range of moral issues. This will not be easy. It is, however, an urgent call to action ...

 ... Christians must never see political action as an end, but only as a means. We can never seek salvation through the voting booth, and we must never look for a political messiah. Nevertheless, Christians do bear a political responsibility, established in love of God and love of neighbor. We are rightly concerned about this world, but only to a limited extent. Our main concern is the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Which is it to be? Is the "call to action" political, or not? If this moral action bears fruit at the voting booth, how is it not political? And if it is inescapably political (surely it is, or Mohler would not be expending this many words to obfuscate the issue), then how is this NOT advocacy of a theocracy, defined as:

A form of government in which God is the Civil Ruler and the official policy is governed by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided, or is pursuant to the doctrine of a particular religion or religious group.

I certainly hope Mohler's various organizations are on the tax rolls.

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Albert Mohler is as credible a voice for Christianity as Chef Boyardee is a model for fine Italian cuisine.


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Friday, March 6, 2009

Afternoon Tea Author: J. R. LaGreca

Jody Rive La Greca's inspiration for writing Afternoon Tea is her passion for the Victorian Age. She says, "Human nature is timeless, and reveals the same dimension of emotion and intrigue in any era."

Her novel is about love, struggle and differences of the haves and have-nots in society taking place in the year 1895.

The setting is beautifully detailed in and around New England's picturesque towns. Lawrence Gray, 83, visits the grave of his beloved wife, Emily, where he places red roses every Sunday even though she had died 40 years before. A neighbor, Meg Bailey, continuously watches him from her kitchen window and is intrigued by his devotion.

Fanny Brund, the town historian, invites Meg to her home for tea and goes back to 1895 where she seeks the truth about Emily Gray's untimely death. She looks to uncover a secret that may change Meg's life.

Descriptions of a debutante ball, a devious "red lady," and an old-fashioned wedding are all beautifully depicted. This was an interesting historical time when medicine was quite primitive and "tinctures" were mysterious potions which magically healed.

La Greca brilliantly develops her characters to be graceful and elegant when manners were boundless, dress was significantly important, and the adventures of all classes were intriguing. The struggles of the poor are tremendous, and the lives of the rich are full of imagery.

This could be a modern day portrayal relating to challenges of success and the rewards of unwavering devotional love. Even though this is a bygone era, the book enchants you from beginning to end. The author laces a romantic triangle that will tug at your heart with a surprise ending.

LaGreca has captured the Victorian Era exquisitely, like a fine painting or a glass of aged wine.

La Greca also is an award-winning poet and ends her book with "A Grain of Sand," a poem dedicated to her sister.

A must-read for the amorous romantic.

Update on what we are doing March 6, 2009

The review is one which is being circulated far and wide. I was informed by the author today that she is going to be having 4 books published this year. Quite nice indeed.

Things are getting busy with the headhunting and have only had a little time to do other things which I would rather be doing like reading and writing. However, money is important.

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New Clark IT Director’s Drive to Help Businesses Survive Oil and Gas Slump

Helping to ensure that clients can make efficiencies and strengthen their productivity in the North-east’s challenging business climate is a key focus of the new technical director of Clark Integrated Technologies.

Amar Mirashi has stepped into post at a time when oil and gas sector slump continues to impact on businesses with many scrutinising how they operate – and looking at potential ways of making savings.

North-east firms are placing a stronger focus on cutting costs and deploying efficient solutions. By collaborating with managed service providers like Clark IT who have tech expertise at their fingertips, businesses can access a range of innovative ICT products and solutions to help achieve efficiency, reduce risk and improve reliability.

Clark IT offers packages that help businesses to become more effective without compromising on safety or security.

Amar says: “The downturn in oil and gas has caused businesses to change their strategies, mostly to cut costs, but we are here to react to that and we have products that boost productivity for clients, cut their costs, make them more efficient and reliable.

"It may seem surprising, but the energy downturn has seen Clark IT remain busy as clients review their ICT systems. They want them to run as smoothly as possible while providing value for money. We can keep ICT working properly by offering the right plan, deploying appropriate solutions, and with 24/7 proactive system monitoring preventing problems arising in the first place along with ad-hoc support.

"By keeping Clark IT innovative and technically ahead of the curve through training and finding new products/solutions, this in turn helps clients be more effective."

Amar has been with Clark IT for seven years, previously working for a Glasgow-based scientific instruments firm. A computing post graduate, Amar holds a number of industry accreditations including Cisco CCNP and Microsoft Server and Cloud certifications.

Speaking of his promotion, Amar says: "I am absolutely delighted to take up this position, and will be aiming for Clark IT to be the best in class in the managed services provider market."

Founded 25 years ago, Clark IT is based near Turriff in Aberdeenshire. The firm has become one of Scotland’s leading independent providers of managed ICT solutions and has a broad range of corporate and commercial clients not only in the North-east but across Scotland and beyond.

Clark IT clients benefit from the specialist knowledge of the firm’s 26-strong team to support their systems and through managed IT services, clients also benefit from:

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“Preachers’ Daughters” Disaster

On March 12, 2013, a real life docu-series entitled “Preachers’ Daughters” will begin on the Lifetime network supposedly revealing the intimate details of three pastors and their “rebellious” daughters.  Below is a description from the Lifetime network describing the specifics of each family.

The Colemans of Joliet, Illinois
Eighteen-year-old Taylor is set on pushing boundaries established by her strict father, Ken, a pastor of City of Refuge Pentecostal Church, who, following the mistakes he made with his older children, wants nothing more than to keep Taylor as his little angel. Taylor craves freedom from all of the rules in the house and occasionally rebels by sneaking out, kissing boys and giving into temptation, all the while trying to maintain her relationship with her Lord. While her mother Marie tries to keep the peace between Taylor and Ken, she fears his stern rules will push Taylor to act out even more, especially when she gets to college. Conflicted and frustrated with her father’s demands, Taylor confides in her half-sister Kendra, who Ken kicked out of the house when she was pregnant at 20.

The Koloffs of Kannapolis, North Carolina, and Nashville, Tennessee
Kolby is a fun-loving, curious 16-year-old ready to start dating, but quickly discovers it won’t be as easy as she thinks since she has not one, but two preacher parents. Her father, Nikita, a former professional wrestler-turned traveling evangelist who often gives sermons to thousands of parishioners at a time, has his own struggles with Kolby’s adolescence. Meanwhile, her mother and Nikita’s ex-wife, Victoria, a Christian preacher who hosts a faith-based radio show and is the director of two pregnancy centers, carries a no-nonsense approach to talking to teens, including Kolby and her friends, about sex. With three older sisters—Teryn (30), Tawni (28) and Kendra (20)—Kolby leans on them for support and guidance on her life, particularly when Nikita and Victoria become too overbearing and embarrassing.

The Perrys of Oceano, California
Olivia is an 18-year-old teen mom who, after partying hard, using drugs and drinking in high school, dramatically changed her life after the birth of her daughter. While trying to balance life as a young single mom, Olivia relies heavily on both her family and her faith, especially when she questions the paternity of her baby. Her father Mark, pastor of Everyday Church, and wife Cheryl, lead a hands-on approach to parenting, but often rely on prayer, rather than discipline, for their daughters. Olivia’s sister Emily (20) lives in Los Angeles, where she works as a model and faces temptation as part of her lifestyle and career, while oldest sister Audrey (23) never went through a rebellious phase like her sisters are facing.

If I were a member of one of these churches, I would be running for the hills; quickly.

“If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?” – 1 Timothy 3:5

This show is a complete disaster and society’s stepping stone to further mocking Christianity and its values.  Why not air a show about young faith filled gals who are successfully tackling the demonic forces surrounding them; featuring pastors and fathers who have actually put their families first.  Wow!  What a thought!  I personally know pastors who have done so, and their children are leaders capable of running from any influence that they may encounter because they’ve been raised according to the God-ordained Scripture; not the emasculated, watered-down version we unfortunately know of today.  That’s the kind of pastor and church I want associate with.

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About the author, Mary Gjertsen: Mary is a stay-at-home mother of three beautiful kids and she heads up ClashChurch.com's children's ministry. View all articles by Mary Gjertsen

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