the mountain top called “Going-To-The-Sun.”

[Illustration]

THE COMET OF GOING-TO-THE-SUN

    On the mountain peak, called “Going-To-The-Sun,”
    A comet stopped to drink from a cool spring
    And like a spirit-harp began to sing
    To us, then hurried on to reach the sun.
    We called him “Homer’s soul,” and “Milton’s wing.”
    The harp-sound stayed, though he went up and on.
    It turned to thunder, when he had quite gone--
    And yet was like a soft voice of the sea,
    And every whispering root and every blade of grass
    And every tree
    In the whole world, and brought thoughts of old songs
    That blind men sang ten thousand years ago,
    And all the springtime hearts of every nation know.

[Illustration]

THE BOAT WITH THE KITE STRING AND THE CELESTIAL EYES

    On the mountain peak, called “Going-To-The-Sun,”
    I sat alone; while Stephen explored higher,
    I dragged in sticks and logs and kept our fire.

    On soft-winged sails of meditation
    My<|endoftext|> to speak with tickling-video participants. Bolstered by key background briefings from a couple of American journalists, they delve into evidence of an O’Brien predecessor, Terri DiSisto, similarly prominent in the, um, tickling realm, yet just as much a shadow figure.

Tales of privacy violation and character assassination multiply. A onetime casting agent for DiSisto, who dealt with her only through digital and written communication and became one of the many people she eventually targeted for retaliation, characterizes her as an “extreme dominatrix” and “a strange, rich brat.” The tickling-video impresario’s seemingly limitless funds are a crucial aspect of the increasingly troubling story; it’s a story of economic exploitation as much as anything else, even as the videos themselves don’t generate income.

By instructive comparison, the directors journey to Orlando, where an avowed tickling fetishist, Richard Ivey (who has an associate producer credit on the doc), runs a lucrative business producing tickle-porn videos. Ivey, a study in normcore, speaks of the low-level sadism of tickling, and the deadpan Farrier witnesses a video shoot featuring a studly, partially unclothed young man. Next to the sadistic offscreen tactics of O’Brien and DiSisto, Ivey’s enterprise shines with purity.

The documentary’s first big reveal arrives a little more than halfway through, and more twists will follow, with a mysterious zip file and a treasure trove of online documents tracking the digital-age saga to Long Island high schools, a Wall Street law firm and federal crimes.

As he and Reeve deal with threats, warnings and nervous producers, Farrier’s dry Kiwi humor infuses the proceedings with a relaxed energy that somehow makes the underlying tension all the more effective. The use of quietly eerie music tracks by filmmaker Shane Carruth (Primer) suits the material to a T, and Dominic Fryer’s intimate camerawork puts the viewer right next to the directing duo on their tireless stakeouts. Their determination pays off. They identify not just a devious and destructive manipulator but egregious failures of the legal system. By the time Tickled fades out, no one is laughing.

Production company: Ticklish Tale Ltd.
Directors: David Farrier, Dylan Reeve
Producer: Carthew Neal
Executive producer: Justin Pemberton
Director of photography: Dominic Fryer
Editor: Simon Coldrick
Sales: Submarine Entertainment

No rating, 92 minutes

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Hans Rosling: 200 300 years of global change

Posted on 31 October 2013 by Andy Skuce

We think we have done more than we have done and we haven't understood how much we have to do. Hans Rosling

Hans Rosling is a Swedish medical doctor and statistician who is determined (in his own words) "to fight devastating ignorance with a fact-based worldview that everyone can understand".

Here are the main points that stood out for me:

  • He commends the IPCC AR5 report as being "as good as science can do". He says the difficulties of communicating the uncertainties in climate science are far greater than for other science communication problems that he has been involved in professionally, such as smoking and cancer. He goes as far to say that, in this regard, climate science will be a model for other sciences. That's high praise indeed from one of the world's expert science communicators.
  • He places human development and population in historical perspective. He shows how rising prosperity, driven in large part by coal, has reduced the appalling levels of child mortality that existed prior to industrialization. He says: "There is a myth that humans used to live in ecological balance ... they died in ecological balance".  (7:15)
  • Extreme poverty today results in the deaths of seven million children per year. According to Rosling, this is, for now, a much bigger problem than climate change. "If you burn coal, you save children". (16:10)

We, all of us, have areas of "devastating ignorance" that need to be filled in with facts and new perspectives. Listening to a Hans Rosling is always entertaining, but it can also be rather unsettling.

As for the two quiz questions:

1) According to Rosling, we have already reached "Peak Child" with about 2 billion people 15 years old or younger. Although the population will continue to grow to 10 or 11 billion, the absolute number of children is likely to stay steady. Only about 10% of the public in Sweden and the UK know that, Most people in those countries assume that the number of children will greatly increase.(8:15)

2) Less than 1% of the world's energy is currently generated by wind and solar power. In a survey of the UK public, 70% of people believe that the amount is five times or more that. (18:00)

Thomas Stocker's talk on the IPCC AR5 WGI Summary for Policymakers report followed Rosling's talk and is also well worth watching.

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  1. "We think we have done more than we have done and we haven't understood how much we have to do. "

    That's the take away. I am glad that he is at least acknowledging now that there is a price to be paid for raising the affluence of countries to the point where they undergo a demographic transition and stop growing in population. I would hope that he would include the point that coal is not necessary for lifting people out of poverty any more. In many cases, solar and especially wind are better values.

    Infant mortality before industrialization had as much to do with ignorance about sanitation as about the rise in incomes of families. We can still keep babies alive (and provide the parents with contraceptives) without relying heavily on coal.

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  2. Thanks for posting this, I hadn't seen this yet, and any video by Hans Rosling is worth watching.

    My Favourite definitely has to be the Magic Washing Machine.

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    I'm not suprised by that at all. Here's another fact - In 2012 non-hydro renewables supplied about 8.3% of Germany's energy (BP 2013 Statistical Review of World Energy). Take away the various bio technologies and solar+wind supplied perhaps  5% of Germany's energy. So what has been achieved in the nation that has probably spent the most money on solar and wind is right at the bottom of UK public perception of what has been achieved globally.

    Which should lead to the obvious question of what are the sources of this vast disconnect between public perception and reality.

    You really don't have to look too far for a couple of major contributors - various "green" organizations and the PR machine of the renewables industry. The public is bombarded with stories about PV in Germany generating as much power as "N" nuclear power plants (yes for an hour or two, but what about the rest of the time?) or PV supplying 50% of electricity (same story). If you want to find out how much energy was produced by PV in the middle of winter, you have to ferret out the information yourself - it won't be headlined in the Guardian.

    There has been a sustained campaign to overstate the achievement of

 to speak with tickling-video participants. Bolstered by key background briefings from a couple of American journalists, they delve into evidence of an O’Brien predecessor, Terri DiSisto, similarly prominent in the, um, tickling realm, yet just as much a shadow figure.

Tales of privacy violation and character assassination multiply. A onetime casting agent for DiSisto, who dealt with her only through digital and written communication and became one of the many people she eventually targeted for retaliation, characterizes her as an “extreme dominatrix” and “a strange, rich brat.” The tickling-video impresario’s seemingly limitless funds are a crucial aspect of the increasingly troubling story; it’s a story of economic exploitation as much as anything else, even as the videos themselves don’t generate income.

By instructive comparison, the directors journey to Orlando, where an avowed tickling fetishist, Richard Ivey (who has an associate producer credit on the doc), runs a lucrative business producing tickle-porn videos. Ivey, a study in normcore, speaks of the low-level sadism of tickling, and the deadpan Farrier witnesses a video shoot featuring a studly, partially unclothed young man. Next to the sadistic offscreen tactics of O’Brien and DiSisto, Ivey’s enterprise shines with purity.

The documentary’s first big reveal arrives a little more than halfway through, and more twists will follow, with a mysterious zip file and a treasure trove of online documents tracking the digital-age saga to Long Island high schools, a Wall Street law firm and federal crimes.

As he and Reeve deal with threats, warnings and nervous producers, Farrier’s dry Kiwi humor infuses the proceedings with a relaxed energy that somehow makes the underlying tension all the more effective. The use of quietly eerie music tracks by filmmaker Shane Carruth (Primer) suits the material to a T, and Dominic Fryer’s intimate camerawork puts the viewer right next to the directing duo on their tireless stakeouts. Their determination pays off. They identify not just a devious and destructive manipulator but egregious failures of the legal system. By the time Tickled fades out, no one is laughing.

Production company: Ticklish Tale Ltd.
Directors: David Farrier, Dylan Reeve
Producer: Carthew Neal
Executive producer: Justin Pemberton
Director of photography: Dominic Fryer
Editor: Simon Coldrick
Sales: Submarine Entertainment

No rating, 92 minutes

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Hans Rosling: 200 300 years of global change

Posted on 31 October 2013 by Andy Skuce

We think we have done more than we have done and we haven't understood how much we have to do. Hans Rosling

Hans Rosling is a Swedish medical doctor and statistician who is determined (in his own words) "to fight devastating ignorance with a fact-based worldview that everyone can understand".

Here are the main points that stood out for me:

  • He commends the IPCC AR5 report as being "as good as science can do". He says the difficulties of communicating the uncertainties in climate science are far greater than for other science communication problems that he has been involved in professionally, such as smoking and cancer. He goes as far to say that, in this regard, climate science will be a model for other sciences. That's high praise indeed from one of the world's expert science communicators.
  • He places human development and population in historical perspective. He shows how rising prosperity, driven in large part by coal, has reduced the appalling levels of child mortality that existed prior to industrialization. He says: "There is a myth that humans used to live in ecological balance ... they died in ecological balance".  (7:15)
  • Extreme poverty today results in the deaths of seven million children per year. According to Rosling, this is, for now, a much bigger problem than climate change. "If you burn coal, you save children". (16:10)

We, all of us, have areas of "devastating ignorance" that need to be filled in with facts and new perspectives. Listening to a Hans Rosling is always entertaining, but it can also be rather unsettling.

As for the two quiz questions:

1) According to Rosling, we have already reached "Peak Child" with about 2 billion people 15 years old or younger. Although the population will continue to grow to 10 or 11 billion, the absolute number of children is likely to stay steady. Only about 10% of the public in Sweden and the UK know that, Most people in those countries assume that the number of children will greatly increase.(8:15)

2) Less than 1% of the world's energy is currently generated by wind and solar power. In a survey of the UK public, 70% of people believe that the amount is five times or more that. (18:00)

Thomas Stocker's talk on the IPCC AR5 WGI Summary for Policymakers report followed Rosling's talk and is also well worth watching.

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  1. "We think we have done more than we have done and we haven't understood how much we have to do. "

    That's the take away. I am glad that he is at least acknowledging now that there is a price to be paid for raising the affluence of countries to the point where they undergo a demographic transition and stop growing in population. I would hope that he would include the point that coal is not necessary for lifting people out of poverty any more. In many cases, solar and especially wind are better values.

    Infant mortality before industrialization had as much to do with ignorance about sanitation as about the rise in incomes of families. We can still keep babies alive (and provide the parents with contraceptives) without relying heavily on coal.

    0 0
  2. Thanks for posting this, I hadn't seen this yet, and any video by Hans Rosling is worth watching.

    My Favourite definitely has to be the Magic Washing Machine.

    0 0

    I'm not suprised by that at all. Here's another fact - In 2012 non-hydro renewables supplied about 8.3% of Germany's energy (BP 2013 Statistical Review of World Energy). Take away the various bio technologies and solar+wind supplied perhaps  5% of Germany's energy. So what has been achieved in the nation that has probably spent the most money on solar and wind is right at the bottom of UK public perception of what has been achieved globally.

    Which should lead to the obvious question of what are the sources of this vast disconnect between public perception and reality.

    You really don't have to look too far for a couple of major contributors - various "green" organizations and the PR machine of the renewables industry. The public is bombarded with stories about PV in Germany generating as much power as "N" nuclear power plants (yes for an hour or two, but what about the rest of the time?) or PV supplying 50% of electricity (same story). If you want to find out how much energy was produced by PV in the middle of winter, you have to ferret out the information yourself - it won't be headlined in the Guardian.

    There has been a sustained campaign to overstate the achievement of solar and PV. Making the situation worse is the terrible energy reporting in the media. Frequently mixing up MW and MWh, pretending that there is no such thing as capacity factor, and singing the praises of some project or other on the basis that it will power "X" homes. Since when is a "home" a unit of energy or power? The "X" homes stuff is especially deceptive because it carries that implication that powering all homes by adding "n" more such projects will deal with the problem. No it won't - not even close.

    You don't have to wonder too much about the motivations of the renewables industry in this ongoing charade, but how about the "green" organizations? Why have they deliberately done their best to create such a disconnect between reality and public perception? The answer is pretty easy - they fear that perception of the achievements of solar/wind that matches the reality will open the door to nuclear power. And they do not want that - not at any price including the price of fundamentally obsfuscating the climate/energy problem.

    This is a very bad situation.

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  4. Wind power accounted for about  4% of US electrical supply (Table ES1.B) in 2012, and accounted for 25% of electrical power in the state of Iowa. Miles to go, certainly,


been at all inconsistent with his
character, the extreme pleasure she experienced in the former case, and
the excessive fondness with which this child had naturally wound itself
around its nursing mother's heart. Whether from these, or still more
unworthy notices, this time Mr. Trevor, on some capricious arbitrary
plea, objected to his wife indulging in the same natural enjoyment,
himself selecting the individual, who was to supplant her in this
office. The wife of a tenant on his estate, about to emigrate to
Australia, but who preferred remaining behind for some years in service.

Mabel Marryott fulfilled her hired duties well by her patron's infant;
so well, that according to her master's orders, she was afterwards
retained, as general superintendant of the nursery establishment, though
her influence did not long continue limited to that office; and it was
Mabel Marryott, whose daily business it soon became, to attend upon the
little Eugene in his morning visits to his father's<|endoftext|>'Grady talking about Spiderman #1, The Wathcmen and the Dark Knight.

The kids are into superheroes now. Each new $4 book we get them has to be read at least 10 times in a row during the first sitting. LittleBrother likes the action and pictures, but BigBrother is asking questions. Is Hulk a bad guy? Why does he get so angry? How did Bruce Banner turn into the Hulk if he was hit by a brick?

Almost every week, I take the kids to Target while DearWife is at BodyPump. This has turned into a dangerous time for me. Having complained about the sheer volume of toys the boys have, and the insane amount of small parts, I feel I have to resist from buying them new toys.

The boys will ask to go through the toy section at Target....we'll go through the trucks. "I don't have that one at home. Can we borrow it?" (BigBrother is still getting the buy/borrow distinction down) I have no problem saying no to new giant construction trucks, particularly since they all require batteries and make lots and lots of noise.

But then we come to the Superman\Spiderman section. "Oooh Daddy, look it's Doc Oc! Can we have him?" I negotiate with myself. "No batteries. Doesn't make noise. It's only $4." Ok, sure. And let's get Rhino too.

The kids have every stupid Spiderman action figure known to man. Some are kinda freaky looking. So I feel a little guilty buying stuff for them.

Yesterday, before I left work, I got a gift from DearWife in the form of an Email. "We went to the Disney store, and .... uh.... I ended up spending $65 on Zurg, Buzz and Cars stuff."

So I figure I have a $50 allowance to waste on toys that the boys will quickly forget....and I can then take to work to sit on my desk.

Muskyboy said...

Ha, just wait..the toys get a lot more expensive. We just picked up a Xbox 360 and a Wii.

edP said...

Those trips to the comic book store were great - then we'd come back, crack open some mad dog and read 5 for $1 mags until something interesting happened.<|endoftext|>you're reading...
business, culture, deming, improvement, leadership, lean, lean thinking, management, tps, transformation, Uncategorized

Lean: What Most People Miss

The first step is transformation of the individual . . . The individual, transformed, will perceive new meaning to his life, to events, to numbers, to interactions between people.

W. Edwards Deming

I reflect on a regular basis about why companies struggle with the application of lean within their businesses. Countless organizations have tried or are trying to deploy lean in some form but, after achieving some early gains, most become frustrated and disappointed with the effort.

With countless books, blogs, and seminars available on the subject, along with the openness of Toyota to show how TPS works for them, it is difficult to understand why organizations continue to have trouble achieving sustained levels of improvement that are possible with a successful deployment.

The more I reflect on the problem, the more I come back to one word: transformation. Lean doesn’t happen without significant change, and failing to understand that fundamental transformation is required – both personal and organizational – will lead to frustration and mediocrity over the long term.

The first time I toured a Toyota factory, I noticed several people in the group from a competing automaker. At one point during the day, I asked one of the people running the program why they allow a competitor to see their operation. He told me that, because of the help Toyota received from Ford many years ago as they were trying to rebuild and compete on a global basis, they still feel indebted and want to give back by helping others. As we continued to talk, though, he also mentioned that most people who take the tour focus on the “things” they see rather than comprehending what it is that makes these things work. They rarely ask about the culture, leadership focus, and thinking that makes Toyota successful. What he was basically saying is that they don’t recognize the need for transformation.

BusinessDictionary.Com defines transformation as, “a process of profound and radical change that orients an organization in a new direction and takes it to an entirely new level of effectiveness.”

Far too often, companies attempt to deploy lean on top of existing leadership, development, hiring, and promotion systems that causes conflict and friction between lean and the traditional approach to business. This conflict results in either no long-term improvement or actually making things worse.

This is what I believe is the problem with six sigma. It is a problem-solving methodology that does not demand transformation. It remains popular because leaders can delegate problem-solving without changing the way they lead, hire, promote, and develop people. While some problems are attacked and resolved, the lack of a change in culture means that many other problems are never even seen as problems, and these are the ones that keep a company locked in mediocrity.

There are a number of reasons why organizations miss transformation as a key element of a lean deployment. Although understanding and addressing the causes is critical, it won’t be easy. In true Catch 22 fashion, one needs to undergo transformation to understand the importance of transformation.

Some thoughts on the reasons for, and potential countermeasures to, helping people appreciate the need for transformation include:

  • A Lack of Understanding: Someone who has never experienced (or even seen) success with lean is likely going to have difficulty understanding the differences from a traditional way of doing business. This type of person will probably not recognize how significant the subtle differences are between a successful lean deployment and his or her own situation.An experienced lean coach who is not afraid to challenge people at all levels is one way to help others develop an understanding and appreciation for transformation. A coach or advisor without heavy experience in lean, leadership and business, or is afraid to challenge executives is likely to focus on where he or she feels the most comfortable: the tools. Unfortunately, focusing only on the tools of lean is never going to result in long-term change;
  • Unwillingness to Change: It is extremely difficult to help someone learn something new when they do not believe in the need to change. A leader who is somewhat satisfied with current performance and believes that the current strategy is acceptable will mostly like not be open to learning about transformation.

    It is difficult to convince someone who feels they have been successful that they need to change. Leaders get to their position by doing things a certain way and many do see no reason to do anything differently. This is the most difficult situation to handle because without an openness to learning, it is unlikely a person will give any time to talk about lean or transformation. The only chance to get through to this type of person is to spend a significant amount of time with him or her to develop a relationship of mutual respect where the coach can begin to understand and demonstrate where change is needed.

Changing culture requires changing systems like leadership development, promotion, hiring, and setting goals and objectives. The transformation needs to happen from the systems down to the relationships and conversations to drive change in the way people think and approach work. Without this, lean will not succeed in driving sustained improvement in performance that most people expect.

About Gregg Stocker

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  1. Thanks Gregg,

    Its always a pleasure seing how you manage to pinpoint the challenges we see and live every day. Wish you all the best, and give me a ring if you find yourself back in Norway.

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They come from different backgrounds: some have experience as technologists, while others made a name for themselves on the business side; they are former risk officers and auditors, and hold degrees in economics or art. Some have even spent time in the military or law enforcement. They are chief information security officers (CISOs).

While on paper this group might seem a random bunch without any thread

'Grady talking about Spiderman #1, The Wathcmen and the Dark Knight.

The kids are into superheroes now. Each new $4 book we get them has to be read at least 10 times in a row during the first sitting. LittleBrother likes the action and pictures, but BigBrother is asking questions. Is Hulk a bad guy? Why does he get so angry? How did Bruce Banner turn into the Hulk if he was hit by a brick?

Almost every week, I take the kids to Target while DearWife is at BodyPump. This has turned into a dangerous time for me. Having complained about the sheer volume of toys the boys have, and the insane amount of small parts, I feel I have to resist from buying them new toys.

The boys will ask to go through the toy section at Target....we'll go through the trucks. "I don't have that one at home. Can we borrow it?" (BigBrother is still getting the buy/borrow distinction down) I have no problem saying no to new giant construction trucks, particularly since they all require batteries and make lots and lots of noise.

But then we come to the Superman\Spiderman section. "Oooh Daddy, look it's Doc Oc! Can we have him?" I negotiate with myself. "No batteries. Doesn't make noise. It's only $4." Ok, sure. And let's get Rhino too.

The kids have every stupid Spiderman action figure known to man. Some are kinda freaky looking. So I feel a little guilty buying stuff for them.

Yesterday, before I left work, I got a gift from DearWife in the form of an Email. "We went to the Disney store, and .... uh.... I ended up spending $65 on Zurg, Buzz and Cars stuff."

So I figure I have a $50 allowance to waste on toys that the boys will quickly forget....and I can then take to work to sit on my desk.

Muskyboy said...

Ha, just wait..the toys get a lot more expensive. We just picked up a Xbox 360 and a Wii.

edP said...

Those trips to the comic book store were great - then we'd come back, crack open some mad dog and read 5 for $1 mags until something interesting happened.<|endoftext|>you're reading...
business, culture, deming, improvement, leadership, lean, lean thinking, management, tps, transformation, Uncategorized

Lean: What Most People Miss

The first step is transformation of the individual . . . The individual, transformed, will perceive new meaning to his life, to events, to numbers, to interactions between people.

W. Edwards Deming

I reflect on a regular basis about why companies struggle with the application of lean within their businesses. Countless organizations have tried or are trying to deploy lean in some form but, after achieving some early gains, most become frustrated and disappointed with the effort.

With countless books, blogs, and seminars available on the subject, along with the openness of Toyota to show how TPS works for them, it is difficult to understand why organizations continue to have trouble achieving sustained levels of improvement that are possible with a successful deployment.

The more I reflect on the problem, the more I come back to one word: transformation. Lean doesn’t happen without significant change, and failing to understand that fundamental transformation is required – both personal and organizational – will lead to frustration and mediocrity over the long term.

The first time I toured a Toyota factory, I noticed several people in the group from a competing automaker. At one point during the day, I asked one of the people running the program why they allow a competitor to see their operation. He told me that, because of the help Toyota received from Ford many years ago as they were trying to rebuild and compete on a global basis, they still feel indebted and want to give back by helping others. As we continued to talk, though, he also mentioned that most people who take the tour focus on the “things” they see rather than comprehending what it is that makes these things work. They rarely ask about the culture, leadership focus, and thinking that makes Toyota successful. What he was basically saying is that they don’t recognize the need for transformation.

BusinessDictionary.Com defines transformation as, “a process of profound and radical change that orients an organization in a new direction and takes it to an entirely new level of effectiveness.”

Far too often, companies attempt to deploy lean on top of existing leadership, development, hiring, and promotion systems that causes conflict and friction between lean and the traditional approach to business. This conflict results in either no long-term improvement or actually making things worse.

This is what I believe is the problem with six sigma. It is a problem-solving methodology that does not demand transformation. It remains popular because leaders can delegate problem-solving without changing the way they lead, hire, promote, and develop people. While some problems are attacked and resolved, the lack of a change in culture means that many other problems are never even seen as problems, and these are the ones that keep a company locked in mediocrity.

There are a number of reasons why organizations miss transformation as a key element of a lean deployment. Although understanding and addressing the causes is critical, it won’t be easy. In true Catch 22 fashion, one needs to undergo transformation to understand the importance of transformation.

Some thoughts on the reasons for, and potential countermeasures to, helping people appreciate the need for transformation include:

  • A Lack of Understanding: Someone who has never experienced (or even seen) success with lean is likely going to have difficulty understanding the differences from a traditional way of doing business. This type of person will probably not recognize how significant the subtle differences are between a successful lean deployment and his or her own situation.An experienced lean coach who is not afraid to challenge people at all levels is one way to help others develop an understanding and appreciation for transformation. A coach or advisor without heavy experience in lean, leadership and business, or is afraid to challenge executives is likely to focus on where he or she feels the most comfortable: the tools. Unfortunately, focusing only on the tools of lean is never going to result in long-term change;
  • Unwillingness to Change: It is extremely difficult to help someone learn something new when they do not believe in the need to change. A leader who is somewhat satisfied with current performance and believes that the current strategy is acceptable will mostly like not be open to learning about transformation.

    It is difficult to convince someone who feels they have been successful that they need to change. Leaders get to their position by doing things a certain way and many do see no reason to do anything differently. This is the most difficult situation to handle because without an openness to learning, it is unlikely a person will give any time to talk about lean or transformation. The only chance to get through to this type of person is to spend a significant amount of time with him or her to develop a relationship of mutual respect where the coach can begin to understand and demonstrate where change is needed.

Changing culture requires changing systems like leadership development, promotion, hiring, and setting goals and objectives. The transformation needs to happen from the systems down to the relationships and conversations to drive change in the way people think and approach work. Without this, lean will not succeed in driving sustained improvement in performance that most people expect.

About Gregg Stocker

2 thoughts on “Lean: What Most People Miss

  1. Thanks Gregg,

    Its always a pleasure seing how you manage to pinpoint the challenges we see and live every day. Wish you all the best, and give me a ring if you find yourself back in Norway.

    Posted by Lars | May 18, 2018, 6:57 am

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CISOs from across the industry talk about how their role has grown in prominence in the capital markets industry.

They come from different backgrounds: some have experience as technologists, while others made a name for themselves on the business side; they are former risk officers and auditors, and hold degrees in economics or art. Some have even spent time in the military or law enforcement. They are chief information security officers (CISOs).

While on paper this group might seem a random bunch without any thread to link them together, there is one thing they all share: across the industry, these men

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Beezy Tarts - Berry Splash

Scent Description: Plump Blueberries, Juicy Raspberries, Sweet Clementine, with notes of Loganberry, Cassis, Violet

Date Received: May 17, 2016

Weight Melted: 0.9 oz

Location of Warmer: Kitchen, in tealight warmer

Cold Sniff: 3/5 A berry medley with a very tart backdrop and a hint of something artificial, bringing to mind years of wearing children's makeup and playing dress up with my sister.

Warm Sniff: 3.5/5 That artificial note dies down considerably, but that really tart backdrop is still there.

Scent Strength: 2/


 games. One classmate proved particularly adept at programming, creating "Guess the Number" and "FASTKEY," where you had six seconds to press a key over and over (the record holder maxed out at 82, which remains impressive). Pre-wifi, you could link your TI-82 to another via a cable, allowing for easy swapping of programs. People came back from band competitions with new games, such as Blackjack and Archery. I created a few programs of my own, mostly involving profanities.

Remarkably my calculator and the programs remained intact for more than ten years. It wasn't until this past weekend when a memory failure wiped out my archive. As it was the same weekend that I moved from the city into the suburbs, it was hard not to feel that a larger break from the past was occurring. Having long since lost the linking cable, I have no way of getting those programs back or to download new ones off the Internet.

So I bid adieu to the TI-82 and its bulky, low-tech technology. Because of you, I never really learned pre-calc or understood trigonometry. And for this, I thank you.<|endoftext|>articles which were supposed not to be
in conformity with its tenets. Both Argyll and Mivart represented an
attitude towards the doctrine of evolution which may be regarded as now
practically extinct.

       *       *       *       *       *

Two lectures have been recently delivered by Prof. James Dewar at the
Royal Institution on the subject of liquid and solid hydrogen. These
lectures have been illustrated by experiments and have attracted the
attention of the most distinguished chemists and physicists of England.
It is easy to understand such interest in the subject when we consider
that even Clerk Maxwell thought it improbable that hydrogen would
ever be liquified, and yet Dewar was able to exhibit not only liquid,
but solid, hydrogen to his audience. Briefly recapitulated, the steps
in the condensation of what were formerly called the permanent gases
are these: in 1878 Cailletet, in Paris, and Pictet, at Geneva, by
suddenly expanding gases which had been compressed to a high<|endoftext|>

Is low digital literacy in Myanmar a result of no government programs?

i4a1277_web-1Despite a few errors such as the claim that Ericsson had “subscribers” (said to be 35 million), Buzzfeed had an interesting story on Myanmar’s experiences in fast takeup of Internet.

Myanmar has a “low media and information literacy rate,” according to an interview given by an unnamed official in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to the Myanmar Times. Often called “digital literacy,” the term measures how well people using the internet understand what they are doing, and how to stay safe online. Countries like Myanmar, which come online quickly and without many government-backed programs to teach safe internet habits — like secure passwords and not revealing personal details online — rank among the lowest in digital literacy. They are the most likely to fall for scams, hacks, and fake news.

Facebook says it’s constantly thinking about ways to improve digital literacy, and that it will soon release a security awareness campaign designed specifically for Myanmar, and that it’s worked with local civil liberty groups to publish a pamphlet that includes a translated and illustrated version of its community standards.

Our observations support the claim that people in Myanmar have a lot to learn about the Internet, passwords, email, etc. However, I would question the claim that the cause is the lack of “government-backed programs to teach safe internet habits.” I do not know of any country, perhaps other than Korea and Singapore, where such programs were offered, and had an impact. The sheer speed of take up is a better explanation.

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H-Power is doing good now, but they need to expand because if they expand then they can increase their intake of trash. Saving a lot of money from shipping it to somewhere else. While burning the trash more efficiently, while leading less waste to the landfill and at the same time creating energy for our homes. I also think that Hawaii should get rid of the recycling program because it is costing the state too much money, and it is not finding places to buy the recyclables at a cheaper rate to make a profit.

Chapter 5

“U.S. produces 7.6 billion tons a year according to U.S. Environment Protection Agency”. I didn’t realize that U.S. is producing the most amount of waste and even though we don’t have as many industries as china or other countries. It is just sad to see how wasteful we are. We should conserve and reuse materials; we could save money and decrease our waste output.

Environmental Racism

In Hawaii, there is environmental racism because plants like electricity and wateer are located in places where poor communities live in Wahiawa and Pearl City. A lot of nicer places that are located in white communities. Such as Hawaii Kai, majority of the people that live in these communities are white and rich.

Who’s to Blame

Production companies and the government are to blame because they are using cheaper alternatives to make a better turnover (profit) without considering the effects on the consumer’s health. Their are better alternatives that have no or less chemicals and effects that the products can have on the consumers. Majority of the consumer’s are willing to spend a little bit more money on products that will have less side effects and better health for them.

Industrial effects

In the reading, their are a lot of disturbing facts like how industries affect the environment, communities, workers and people everywhere, no matter if a person lives far or near the factory. They are being affected; the workers are being intoxicated from just breathing or touching the products, and the community that lives near from the factories are breathing the air being released from production. There are millions of pounds of chemicals that are being burned into the air and affecting people’s health near and carried all over from the wind.

Water Is A Right

It is everyone’s right to have access to water. It shouldn’t be a good because everyone needs water, it is a necessity. Without water nobody can survive, it is not right for water to be sold and especially, when companies are getting the water for free. Being able to make a profit off of it, while people around the world don’t have access to potable water.

Divert Water

I still think that the water from the Waiahole shouldn’t be diverted to Ewa. Ewa has sufficient amount of water as of now and if they need water, they should manage their water efficiently and effectively use the water. Waiahole needs the water more, for crops and taro farms to thrive, to keep the Hawaiian tradition alive and well. If the water is to be diverted then there is multiple environment effects that are going to come like draughts, stream beds drying up, and insufficient water flow.

Favorite Product

My favorite product that I own is my 1963 VW Bug because it was the first car that I have driven and it is something that me and my dad love to work on. It is made in Germany and made from a composite of metal, wood, cotton, plastic, rubber and fiberglass. Also, it is something that I will cherish and keep in the family; hopefully, one day passing it down to my kids and pass it down to their kids.

Home and Identity

I was born in Honolulu, and raised in Mililani and Wahiawa. Right now, I live in Pearl City with my grandparents and it has been  a drastic change in moving from one community to the next. In Mililani it is known as a young community, and Pearl City is majority made up of the elders. Living in Pearl City has shaped me because it had showed me maturity and taught me how to grow up.<|endoftext|>Protecting Rights Amidst a Series of Wrongs

I recently attended a lecture about the ironies apparent in the history of Palestine and Palestinians. As I sat and absorbed the content, a discussion about Palestine and Palestinians seemed to grow dangerously synonymous with a discussion of Israel and its oppressive policies. Several minutes later, Israel was referred to as an “apartheid state.” I could not help but wonder whether those two topics were necessarily inextricably linked. Are Palestinians and Palestinian refugees victims only of Israeli-induced apartheid?

Israel is not blameless. Yes, Jewish immigrants displaced Palestinians as they moved to occupy the land. Yes, a number of Palestinians were forced out of the country in the chaos of Israeli independence and the ensuing 1948 Arab-Israeli War. And yes, a number of Palestinians also fled Israel under the belief that they would be able to return after Arab countries emerged victorious. The miscalculation cost them their homes. At the same time, Jewish emigration to Israel rapidly increased. Jewish communities that had existed peacefully in Arab countries for centuries were forced out or obliterated. History reveals countless wrongs committed by numerous parties.

But what wrongs are being committed today? I vaguely remembered a comment by a family friend, a Jordanian professor, who once told me sadly that the Jordanians probably cared less for Palestinians than do Israelis. I tried to recall what I knew of 1970’s Black September, a period perhaps overlooked by our generation. During this period, King Hussein of Jordan, perceiving a threat in

 Sprite with cut up kiwi and strawberry. Our conversation on the train ride back consisted of re-living each joy-filled bite. I enjoyed the leftover porridge immensely, that night I believe.

If you can’t travel, at least broaden your mind by exploring foods. The rewards far exceed any potential risks.

Awkwardly use chop sticks. Slurp your tea. Fit a whole dim sum dumpling in your mouth. Enjoy<|endoftext|>Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Things Remembered: The TI-82

Before Blackberries, iPods, or smatphones, my generation's in-school electronic entertainment came from the TI-82 graphing calculator. Its killer app was the Programs menu, where you could setup mini-applications to handle, for example, converting Fahrenheit to Celsius or solving the quadratic equation.

Mainly, though, we used it for games. One classmate proved particularly adept at programming, creating "Guess the Number" and "FASTKEY," where you had six seconds to press a key over and over (the record holder maxed out at 82, which remains impressive). Pre-wifi, you could link your TI-82 to another via a cable, allowing for easy swapping of programs. People came back from band competitions with new games, such as Blackjack and Archery. I created a few programs of my own, mostly involving profanities.

Remarkably my calculator and the programs remained intact for more than ten years. It wasn't until this past weekend when a memory failure wiped out my archive. As it was the same weekend that I moved from the city into the suburbs, it was hard not to feel that a larger break from the past was occurring. Having long since lost the linking cable, I have no way of getting those programs back or to download new ones off the Internet.

So I bid adieu to the TI-82 and its bulky, low-tech technology. Because of you, I never really learned pre-calc or understood trigonometry. And for this, I thank you.<|endoftext|>

Is low digital literacy in Myanmar a result of no government programs?

i4a1277_web-1Despite a few errors such as the claim that Ericsson had “subscribers” (said to be 35 million), Buzzfeed had an interesting story on Myanmar’s experiences in fast takeup of Internet.

Myanmar has a “low media and information literacy rate,” according to an interview given by an unnamed official in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to the Myanmar Times. Often called “digital literacy,” the term measures how well people using the internet understand what they are doing, and how to stay safe online. Countries like Myanmar, which come online quickly and without many government-backed programs to teach safe internet habits — like secure passwords and not revealing personal details online — rank among the lowest in digital literacy. They are the most likely to fall for scams, hacks, and fake news.

Facebook says it’s constantly thinking about ways to improve digital literacy, and that it will soon release a security awareness campaign designed specifically for Myanmar, and that it’s worked with local civil liberty groups to publish a pamphlet that includes a translated and illustrated version of its community standards.

Our observations support the claim that people in Myanmar have a lot to learn about the Internet, passwords, email, etc. However, I would question the claim that the cause is the lack of “government-backed programs to teach safe internet habits.” I do not know of any country, perhaps other than Korea and Singapore, where such programs were offered, and had an impact. The sheer speed of take up is a better explanation.

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H-Power is doing good now, but they need to expand because if they expand then they can increase their intake of trash. Saving a lot of money from shipping it to somewhere else. While burning the trash more efficiently, while leading less waste to the landfill and at the same time creating energy for our homes. I also think that Hawaii should get rid of the recycling program because it is costing the state too much money, and it is not finding places to buy the recyclables at a cheaper rate to make a profit.

Chapter 5

“U.S. produces 7.6 billion tons a year according to U.S. Environment Protection Agency”. I didn’t realize that U.S. is producing the most amount of waste and even though we don’t have as many industries as china or other countries. It is just sad to see how wasteful we are. We should conserve and reuse materials; we could save money and decrease our waste output.

Environmental Racism

In Hawaii, there is environmental racism because plants like electricity and wateer are located in places where poor communities live in Wahiawa and Pearl City. A lot of nicer places that are located in white communities. Such as Hawaii Kai, majority of the people that live in these communities are white and rich.

Who’s to Blame

Production companies and the government are to blame because they are using cheaper alternatives to make a better turnover (profit) without considering the effects on the consumer’s health. Their are better alternatives that have no or less chemicals and effects that the products can have on the consumers. Majority of the consumer’s are willing to spend a little bit more money on products that will have less side effects and better health for them.

Industrial effects

In the reading, their are a lot of disturbing facts like how industries affect the environment, communities, workers and people everywhere, no matter if a person lives far or near the factory. They are being affected; the workers are being intoxicated from just breathing or touching the products, and the community that lives near from the factories are breathing the air being released from production. There are millions of pounds of chemicals that are being burned into the air and affecting people’s health near and carried all over from the wind.

Water Is A Right

It is everyone’s right to have access to water. It shouldn’t be a good because everyone needs water, it is a necessity. Without water nobody can survive, it is not right for water to be sold and especially, when companies are getting the water for free. Being able to make a profit off of it, while people around the world don’t have access to potable water.

Divert Water

I still think that the water from the Waiahole shouldn’t be diverted to Ewa. Ewa has sufficient amount of water as of now and if they need water, they should manage their water efficiently and effectively use the water. Waiahole needs the water more, for crops and taro farms to thrive, to keep the Hawaiian tradition alive and well. If the water is to be diverted then there is multiple environment effects that are going to come like draughts, stream beds drying up, and insufficient water flow.

Favorite Product

My favorite product that I own is my 1963 VW Bug because it was the first car that I have driven and it is something that me and my dad love to work on. It is made in Germany and made from a composite of metal, wood, cotton, plastic, rubber and fiberglass. Also, it is something that I will cherish and keep in the family; hopefully, one day passing it down to my kids and pass it down to their kids.

Home and Identity

I was born in Honolulu, and raised in Mililani and Wahiawa. Right now, I live in Pearl City with my grandparents and it has been  a drastic change in moving from one community to the next. In Mililani it is known as a young community, and Pearl City is majority made up of the elders. Living in Pearl City has shaped me because it had showed me maturity and taught me how to grow up.<|endoftext|>Protecting Rights Amidst a Series of Wrongs

I recently attended a lecture about the ironies apparent in the history of Palestine and Palestinians. As I sat and absorbed the content, a discussion about Palestine and Palestinians seemed to grow dangerously synonymous with a discussion of Israel and its oppressive policies. Several minutes later, Israel was referred to as an “apartheid state.” I could not help but wonder whether those two topics were necessarily inextricably linked. Are Palestinians and Palestinian refugees victims only of Israeli-induced apartheid?

Israel is not blameless. Yes, Jewish immigrants displaced Palestinians as they moved to occupy the land. Yes, a number of Palestinians were forced out of the country in the chaos of Israeli independence and the ensuing 1948 Arab-Israeli War. And yes, a number of Palestinians also fled Israel under the belief that they would be able to return after Arab countries emerged victorious. The miscalculation cost them their homes. At the same time, Jewish emigration to Israel rapidly increased. Jewish communities that had existed peacefully in Arab countries for centuries were forced out or obliterated. History reveals countless wrongs committed by numerous parties.

But what wrongs are being committed today? I vaguely remembered a comment by a family friend, a Jordanian professor, who once told me sadly that the Jordanians probably cared less for Palestinians than do Israelis. I tried to recall what I knew of 1970’s Black September, a period perhaps overlooked by our generation. During this period, King Hussein of Jordan, perceiving a threat in the autonomy of the West Bank Palestinians, drove the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) into Lebanon. In the months of fighting that ensued


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with an air of the utmost deference:--

“Pardon me for laughing, and do me the justice to believe that I 'm
in no sort of danger of misunderstanding you. I hooked too many melons
myself as a boy not to sympathize perfectly. But you must really let me
carry the melon home for you. What would the girls say, if you returned
empty-handed?”

“Well, I will take the melon,” she said, half defiantly; “but I should
prefer not to have your company.”

He did not reply till he had let down the bars, and then said:--

“The streets are not safe at this hour, and you 've had frights enough
for one night.”

She made no further objections, and with the watermelon poised on his
shoulder he walked by her side, neither speaking a word, till they
reached the gate of the Seminary grounds. There she stopped, and,
turning, extended her hands for the melon. As he gave it to her their
eyes met a moment, and their mutual appreciation of the humor of
the situation expressed itself in an irrepressible<|endoftext|>I've been experimenting with Alchemy Viewer, which is very fast on Opensim but have noticed that it doesn't rezz textures from the Opensim Texture Library. I would, therefore recommend using Firestorm when visiting Bernicia, as I do use some textures from the OS Library for parts of the ground.

Also, Bernicia will be moving to a faster server soon - the new server is in Alpha development and I'll let you know when it's ready to go public.

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Disclosure The Face EP

Brotherly duo Disclosure has been on quite a run over the past two years, offering an output of singles and remixes that seemed to get better with each new edition. Now, the pair of young Londoners has issued the first extended document of its production talents, The Face EP, which, across four tracks, proves that songs like recent a-side "Tenderly" and the duo's super-slick Jesse Ware remix were no flukes. Disclosure has found an almost irresistible middle ground between pop-minded club music and house-indebted bass music, and—with this EP as our most substantial indication yet—the duo's flood of quality material appears to be holding steady.

Initial efforts found Disclosure's stylistic aim morphing and evolving with each release, but more recently Disclosure appears to have settled into a sound. Granted, a few hints of the post-dubstep influence that marked the pair's early productions remain, namely in the form of click-clack, swung percussion, chords touched with a palpable sense of mood, and the occasional pitched vocal snippet. But beyond that, very little of Disclosure's past remains on this EP. The first three tunes float between 119 and 125 bpm and utilize a four-on-the-floor kick drum to anchor the proceedings, while the final cut, "Control," lays down a funky, 2-step drum pattern and pushes the tempo just beyond 130 bpm.

While The Face's drum programming is nothing short of stellar (especially when Disclosure flexes its talent for assembling intricate percussion patterns), it is really the musical aspects that make these tunes so rewarding. Whether it's an effortlessly natural gift or a methodical process that developed over time, Disclosure has an undeniable knack for crafting infectious songs that are simultaneously soulful, jazzy, and remarkably accessible. In particular, the chords and bass on The Face stand out as the pillars of this hybrid sound—opener "Boiling" lets its bassline roll and turn in the open slots as floaty chords circle above, while "What's In Your Head" and "Livid Up" present much more syncopated rhythms between their warm organ chords and rounded basslines. Due to the strength of these progressions (and their occasional melodic accompaniment), Disclosure bears comparison to fellow UK bass/pop-smith SBTRKT, in that both acts have found a way to mix what works in the club with what works for a larger iPod-oriented audience without sacrificing their stylistic integrity. In doing so, Disclosure seems likely to be a group that acts as an intermediary between the two worlds, serving to bring a crowd of people to the UK bass and club-music world that otherwise may not have ended up there.

That said, this EP is not flawless, meaning that there are still a few bones worth picking with The Face. First of all, one can't help but notice how similar these four tracks sound—they share almost identical sonic elements (housey organs, gliding chords, smoothed-over bass) and a similar mood that exists somewhere between soulful liveliness and R&B-style contemplation. In fact, if this EP had gone beyond its 20-minute run with another track along the same vein, it may have been too much of the same. Fortunately though, Disclosure keeps it short and sweet, preventing those similarities from feeling overworked or needlessly redundant before the EP is through. The vocal contributions which bookend the EP are also a bit underwhelming; although Sinead Harnett's appearance on "Boiling" and Ria Ritchie's contribution to "Control" don't take away from the songs, they also are not particularly engaging, leaving one to wonder how effective they'd be over tracks that weren't so strong to begin with.

Regardless of these minor issues, The Face EP is as strong of an official debut EP as any group could ask for. In truth, Disclosure has put together an effort on which every song is likely to receive its share of dancefloor spins for grateful audiences, all while still leaving plenty of room for the duo's talents to keep growing. Oh, and given that the two brothers' collective age still doesn't add up to more than 40, it's safe to say that Disclosure's future continues to look bright.

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Vol. II:
City of God: Chapter 15

Early Church Fathers  Index

Chapter 15.—Of Regulus, in Whom We Have an Example of the Voluntary Endurance of Captivity for the Sake of Religion; Which Yet Did Not Profit Him, Though He Was a Worshipper of the Gods.

But among their own famous men they have p. 11 a very noble example of the voluntary endurance of captivity in obedience to a religious scruple.  Marcus Attilius Regulus, a Roman general, was a prisoner in the hands of the Carthaginians.  But they, being more anxious to exchange their prisoners with the Romans than to keep them, sent Regulus as a special envoy with their own embassadors to negotiate this exchange, but bound him first with an oath, that if he failed to accomplish their wish, he would return to Carthage.  He went and persuaded the senate to the opposite course, because he believed it was not for the advantage of the Roman republic to make an exchange of prisoners.  After he had thus exerted his influence, the Romans did not compel him to return to the enemy; but what he had sworn he voluntarily performed.  But the Carthaginians put him to death with refined, elaborate, and horrible tortures.  They shut him up in a narrow box, in which he was compelled to stand, and in which finely sharpened nails were fixed all round about him, so that he could not lean upon any part of it without intense pain; and so they killed him by depriving him of sleep. 76   With justice, indeed, do they applaud the virtue which rose superior to so frightful a fate.  However, the gods

  3. Boubacar Amadou Sy

    thanks man nice vid and we should keep kagawa for next season cuz kagawa
    and mata are our xavi and iniesta !

  4. Dennis FYC

    Passing forward is always his first option. Could have gotten his 3rd(?)
    assist if AV25 scored.

Comments are closed.<|endoftext|>I've been experimenting with Alchemy Viewer, which is very fast on Opensim but have noticed that it doesn't rezz textures from the Opensim Texture Library. I would, therefore recommend using Firestorm when visiting Bernicia, as I do use some textures from the OS Library for parts of the ground.

Also, Bernicia will be moving to a faster server soon - the new server is in Alpha development and I'll let you know when it's ready to go public.

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Disclosure The Face EP

Brotherly duo Disclosure has been on quite a run over the past two years, offering an output of singles and remixes that seemed to get better with each new edition. Now, the pair of young Londoners has issued the first extended document of its production talents, The Face EP, which, across four tracks, proves that songs like recent a-side "Tenderly" and the duo's super-slick Jesse Ware remix were no flukes. Disclosure has found an almost irresistible middle ground between pop-minded club music and house-indebted bass music, and—with this EP as our most substantial indication yet—the duo's flood of quality material appears to be holding steady.

Initial efforts found Disclosure's stylistic aim morphing and evolving with each release, but more recently Disclosure appears to have settled into a sound. Granted, a few hints of the post-dubstep influence that marked the pair's early productions remain, namely in the form of click-clack, swung percussion, chords touched with a palpable sense of mood, and the occasional pitched vocal snippet. But beyond that, very little of Disclosure's past remains on this EP. The first three tunes float between 119 and 125 bpm and utilize a four-on-the-floor kick drum to anchor the proceedings, while the final cut, "Control," lays down a funky, 2-step drum pattern and pushes the tempo just beyond 130 bpm.

While The Face's drum programming is nothing short of stellar (especially when Disclosure flexes its talent for assembling intricate percussion patterns), it is really the musical aspects that make these tunes so rewarding. Whether it's an effortlessly natural gift or a methodical process that developed over time, Disclosure has an undeniable knack for crafting infectious songs that are simultaneously soulful, jazzy, and remarkably accessible. In particular, the chords and bass on The Face stand out as the pillars of this hybrid sound—opener "Boiling" lets its bassline roll and turn in the open slots as floaty chords circle above, while "What's In Your Head" and "Livid Up" present much more syncopated rhythms between their warm organ chords and rounded basslines. Due to the strength of these progressions (and their occasional melodic accompaniment), Disclosure bears comparison to fellow UK bass/pop-smith SBTRKT, in that both acts have found a way to mix what works in the club with what works for a larger iPod-oriented audience without sacrificing their stylistic integrity. In doing so, Disclosure seems likely to be a group that acts as an intermediary between the two worlds, serving to bring a crowd of people to the UK bass and club-music world that otherwise may not have ended up there.

That said, this EP is not flawless, meaning that there are still a few bones worth picking with The Face. First of all, one can't help but notice how similar these four tracks sound—they share almost identical sonic elements (housey organs, gliding chords, smoothed-over bass) and a similar mood that exists somewhere between soulful liveliness and R&B-style contemplation. In fact, if this EP had gone beyond its 20-minute run with another track along the same vein, it may have been too much of the same. Fortunately though, Disclosure keeps it short and sweet, preventing those similarities from feeling overworked or needlessly redundant before the EP is through. The vocal contributions which bookend the EP are also a bit underwhelming; although Sinead Harnett's appearance on "Boiling" and Ria Ritchie's contribution to "Control" don't take away from the songs, they also are not particularly engaging, leaving one to wonder how effective they'd be over tracks that weren't so strong to begin with.

Regardless of these minor issues, The Face EP is as strong of an official debut EP as any group could ask for. In truth, Disclosure has put together an effort on which every song is likely to receive its share of dancefloor spins for grateful audiences, all while still leaving plenty of room for the duo's talents to keep growing. Oh, and given that the two brothers' collective age still doesn't add up to more than 40, it's safe to say that Disclosure's future continues to look bright.

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Vol. II:
City of God: Chapter 15

Early Church Fathers  Index

Chapter 15.—Of Regulus, in Whom We Have an Example of the Voluntary Endurance of Captivity for the Sake of Religion; Which Yet Did Not Profit Him, Though He Was a Worshipper of the Gods.

But among their own famous men they have p. 11 a very noble example of the voluntary endurance of captivity in obedience to a religious scruple.  Marcus Attilius Regulus, a Roman general, was a prisoner in the hands of the Carthaginians.  But they, being more anxious to exchange their prisoners with the Romans than to keep them, sent Regulus as a special envoy with their own embassadors to negotiate this exchange, but bound him first with an oath, that if he failed to accomplish their wish, he would return to Carthage.  He went and persuaded the senate to the opposite course, because he believed it was not for the advantage of the Roman republic to make an exchange of prisoners.  After he had thus exerted his influence, the Romans did not compel him to return to the enemy; but what he had sworn he voluntarily performed.  But the Carthaginians put him to death with refined, elaborate, and horrible tortures.  They shut him up in a narrow box, in which he was compelled to stand, and in which finely sharpened nails were fixed all round about him, so that he could not lean upon any part of it without intense pain; and so they killed him by depriving him of sleep. 76   With justice, indeed, do they applaud the virtue which rose superior to so frightful a fate.  However, the gods he swore by were those who are now supposed to avenge the prohibition of their worship, by inflicting these present calamities on the human race.  But if these gods, who were worshipped specially in this behalf, that they might confer happiness in this life, either willed or permitted these punishments to be inflicted on one who kept his oath to them, what more cruel punishment could they in their anger have inflicted on a perjured person?  But why may I not draw from my reasoning a double inference?  Regulus certainly had such reverence for the gods, that for his oath’s sake he would neither remain in his own land nor go elsewhere, but without hesitation returned to his bitterest enemies.  If he thought that this course would be advantageous with respect to this present life, he was certainly much deceived, for it brought his life to a fright


number. The President is much
better. Brother Rockwood is considerably better. Orders were given for
this company to harness up, and during the time till we started onward
at half-past one we had a very refreshing shower. After traveling two
miles we passed another spring of good water at the foot of a high hill
a little to the right of the road. At half-past three we formed our
encampment at the foot of some high red bluffs, having traveled four
and a half miles, and enjoyed two more pleasant showers. Feed here good
and a beautiful spring of good, clear, cold water a little to the left
of the road. The evening fine and pleasant.

Friday, July 16

This morning we have had two pleasant showers accompanied by pretty
loud thunder. At 8:45, we proceeded onward, passing through a narrow
ravine between very high mountains. After traveling one and a quarter
miles passed a deep ravine, where most of the teams had to double to
get up. One-half mile farther, crossed the creek and found the<|endoftext|> disloyalty, subversion, dishonesty, or the like, usually based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence." (Source: Dictionary.com)

    With that in mind, isn't it accurate to conclude that you have launched your own witch hunt against those who you claim to be doing the same against Eric Mangini? Does that make you a hypocrite?

  • Cleveland Frowns

    Ryan, no, because my arguments aren't based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence, like bus rides, water bottles, and bad arguments about Savage's quarterback mess.

    Biki: I don't know if there'd have been a "Train Rex" headline in the NYPost this season if the Jets were playing so well, but if you want to hail such a mediocre performance against such a crappy schedule, that's your right.

    Again, what's the combined record of the opponents of these Jets, 50-80?

  • Ryan

    With all do respect won't you feel like you wasted hours upon hours of time if Mangini ends up getting fired afterall?

  • Biki

    there you go again with the false facts. jets opponents schedule to date is 82-87, that is right in the middle of the pack of the nfl, exactly in the middle to be exact. but you obviously do not have any regards for stats or facts.

    of course there have been negative headlines, you would expect that to happen when you've lost several games in a row, but again, they lost some very close games that coulda gone the other way, but of course, at the end of the day it's the record that counts, but despite all the injuries, he's got the team in position to make the postseasn, and playing shutdown defense. i mean it really is a joy to watch them play defense. you should try watching sometime.

  • Brownie

    Bart Scott signed with the Jets from the Ravens. He's a pro bowler. I don't know who the second would be.

    I guess it's just popular to hate Mangini. If you honestly can't see anything good happening to this team from week 1 though now, then there probably won't be any arguing with you.

  • Biki

    yes, you are correct, bart scott made pro bowl as an alternate after the 2005 season. 4 seasons ago.. that's a long time in LB years..

    have their been improvements? not sure i can say that they are consistent improvements. besides most of the guys are fresh off the practice squad and are hungry to make a team next season.

    i've never said that mangini is the worst coach ever to walk the planet. i just think we can and should do better than him and I'm not confident that he is the guy that can get us to the super bowl.

  • Teddy G’s

    Whoever comes in here, one thing must be changed. The Browns should not be a 3-4 defense. They do not have anything near the type of talent/speed that 3-4 linebackers should have in that scheme. This is one of the biggest flaws of the 'Belichick' guys is that they are trying to instill a 3-4 defense with Cleveland. Again, they need to adapt to the players the browns have, which is the trouble with our defense since Romeo- and now Mangini.

  • Titus Pullo

    Since we're now resorting to cherry-picking unatributed statements from a NY Jets blog to manufacture support for Mangini, maybe a few more recent selections would draw a clearer picture of how Jets fans are pining away for dear departed coach:

    Belichick promoted Mangini to def. coordinator and, when he saw that the ship be sinking, he replaced him. And this is bad how? When people make mistakes they correct them. They don't let them linger. Kind of how when you hire a coach and he's failing you should consider fixing the problem.

    So Mike Lombardi is now the latest person to have an "agenda" with Mangini? How is it that this "family-oriented man" (whatever that means) has so many people conspiring against him? How is it that they are all wrong and he's right?

    Lombardi sticks to one of the basic foundations of journalism by protecting a source and somehow this casts doubt on his argument? No offense, but just because he wouldn't tell you Frownie who his source is doesn't really mean anything. It's not like you're 60 Minutes and you have Mike Wallace outside his door looking for info.

    And, right or wrong, everyone from the Belichick coaching "tree" is going to be evaluated together. You can't dismiss Weiss and Romeo just because they prove that being a coordinator under Belichick is not a predictor of success as a head coach. You have to take the good with the bad.

    McDaniels may turn out to be the Sonny to Belichick's Godfather. Sadly, we went from Clemenza to Fredo here in Cleveland.

  • Cleveland Frowns

    Fact: Anonymous sources are less credible than sources that go on the record.

    Fact: It seems plenty likely that the current Jets would be somewhere around 11-2 if Mangini would have been left to coach this team that he built. I doubt they'd have lost to the Bills, the Jags, or the Raiders, anyway. And probably would have gotten at least one from those Dolphins.

    Really, other than Favre's meltdown at the end of last season, I don't see Mangini teams lose to less talented teams.

    Pullo: Those three posts from the Jets blog don't seem particularly damning. The one about Kokinis seems especially measured, and I do like that one of them simply cuts and pastes from Posnanski's argument that Posnanski himself has recognized my counter to as cogent and respectable.

  • Pittsburgh is for Man Lovers

    I still can't figure out why everybody hates the guy so much. He had 2 winning seasons in 3 years with the Jets. If he came in here and did that, he'd be canonized. There is overwhelming support outside of the media that he isn't a butthead and really, did anyone deep down think we were going to do anything this year? I've seen enough progress to say he definitely deserves one more year. This team put the D in Dysfunction before he arrived and while I don't think we're out of the woods, a philosophy and vision is in place. Michael Lombardi definitely seems like he has an axe to grind with Mangini. If this means I am a Frownie apostle, then so be it. Kool Aid tastes great.

  • Malcolm Mathers

    I used to view you as a person with a alternative albeit irrational view. Now I look at you like one would look at a Hamas Jihadist; I`m curious how your going to twist and miscontrue every peice of news and evidence.

    Not saying I don`t agree a tiny bit, but lets just say I started reading this blog for analysis and now read it for entertainment.

  • Cleveland Frowns

    So you used to read because you found the posts irrational, and now you read them because you think I'm a freedom fighter?

    I guess I'm glad you read, anyway.

    I'd love to know what you suppose is misconstrued here.

    Is it my failure to acknowledge that Mangini should have done better with a defense that was so decimated by injury? Or that such a fact wasn't relevant to Lombardi's 'analysis'?

    Or is it my failure to acknowledge what a solid argument it is to suggest that Mangini TRICKED Belichick, the Browns (twice), the Jets, the Raiders, and the Dolphins into giving him high level NFL jobs?

    Hard for me to tell from here.

  • Biki

    so this year doesn't seem dysfunctional to you?? mangini divorces his hand picked GM and best friend halfway through the season, also fires another close confidant. the QB controversy and bumbling, and then all the other issues with players starting the first week he was here with Shaun Rogers and most recently with Jamal Lewis. i'm not saying i think these are all valid issues to have against mangini, but to say that there was no dysfunction in this team this year is the understatement of the year.

  • Bryan

    That statement

 disloyalty, subversion, dishonesty, or the like, usually based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence." (Source: Dictionary.com)

    With that in mind, isn't it accurate to conclude that you have launched your own witch hunt against those who you claim to be doing the same against Eric Mangini? Does that make you a hypocrite?

  • Cleveland Frowns

    Ryan, no, because my arguments aren't based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence, like bus rides, water bottles, and bad arguments about Savage's quarterback mess.

    Biki: I don't know if there'd have been a "Train Rex" headline in the NYPost this season if the Jets were playing so well, but if you want to hail such a mediocre performance against such a crappy schedule, that's your right.

    Again, what's the combined record of the opponents of these Jets, 50-80?

  • Ryan

    With all do respect won't you feel like you wasted hours upon hours of time if Mangini ends up getting fired afterall?

  • Biki

    there you go again with the false facts. jets opponents schedule to date is 82-87, that is right in the middle of the pack of the nfl, exactly in the middle to be exact. but you obviously do not have any regards for stats or facts.

    of course there have been negative headlines, you would expect that to happen when you've lost several games in a row, but again, they lost some very close games that coulda gone the other way, but of course, at the end of the day it's the record that counts, but despite all the injuries, he's got the team in position to make the postseasn, and playing shutdown defense. i mean it really is a joy to watch them play defense. you should try watching sometime.

  • Brownie

    Bart Scott signed with the Jets from the Ravens. He's a pro bowler. I don't know who the second would be.

    I guess it's just popular to hate Mangini. If you honestly can't see anything good happening to this team from week 1 though now, then there probably won't be any arguing with you.

  • Biki

    yes, you are correct, bart scott made pro bowl as an alternate after the 2005 season. 4 seasons ago.. that's a long time in LB years..

    have their been improvements? not sure i can say that they are consistent improvements. besides most of the guys are fresh off the practice squad and are hungry to make a team next season.

    i've never said that mangini is the worst coach ever to walk the planet. i just think we can and should do better than him and I'm not confident that he is the guy that can get us to the super bowl.

  • Teddy G’s

    Whoever comes in here, one thing must be changed. The Browns should not be a 3-4 defense. They do not have anything near the type of talent/speed that 3-4 linebackers should have in that scheme. This is one of the biggest flaws of the 'Belichick' guys is that they are trying to instill a 3-4 defense with Cleveland. Again, they need to adapt to the players the browns have, which is the trouble with our defense since Romeo- and now Mangini.

  • Titus Pullo

    Since we're now resorting to cherry-picking unatributed statements from a NY Jets blog to manufacture support for Mangini, maybe a few more recent selections would draw a clearer picture of how Jets fans are pining away for dear departed coach:

    Belichick promoted Mangini to def. coordinator and, when he saw that the ship be sinking, he replaced him. And this is bad how? When people make mistakes they correct them. They don't let them linger. Kind of how when you hire a coach and he's failing you should consider fixing the problem.

    So Mike Lombardi is now the latest person to have an "agenda" with Mangini? How is it that this "family-oriented man" (whatever that means) has so many people conspiring against him? How is it that they are all wrong and he's right?

    Lombardi sticks to one of the basic foundations of journalism by protecting a source and somehow this casts doubt on his argument? No offense, but just because he wouldn't tell you Frownie who his source is doesn't really mean anything. It's not like you're 60 Minutes and you have Mike Wallace outside his door looking for info.

    And, right or wrong, everyone from the Belichick coaching "tree" is going to be evaluated together. You can't dismiss Weiss and Romeo just because they prove that being a coordinator under Belichick is not a predictor of success as a head coach. You have to take the good with the bad.

    McDaniels may turn out to be the Sonny to Belichick's Godfather. Sadly, we went from Clemenza to Fredo here in Cleveland.

  • Cleveland Frowns

    Fact: Anonymous sources are less credible than sources that go on the record.

    Fact: It seems plenty likely that the current Jets would be somewhere around 11-2 if Mangini would have been left to coach this team that he built. I doubt they'd have lost to the Bills, the Jags, or the Raiders, anyway. And probably would have gotten at least one from those Dolphins.

    Really, other than Favre's meltdown at the end of last season, I don't see Mangini teams lose to less talented teams.

    Pullo: Those three posts from the Jets blog don't seem particularly damning. The one about Kokinis seems especially measured, and I do like that one of them simply cuts and pastes from Posnanski's argument that Posnanski himself has recognized my counter to as cogent and respectable.

  • Pittsburgh is for Man Lovers

    I still can't figure out why everybody hates the guy so much. He had 2 winning seasons in 3 years with the Jets. If he came in here and did that, he'd be canonized. There is overwhelming support outside of the media that he isn't a butthead and really, did anyone deep down think we were going to do anything this year? I've seen enough progress to say he definitely deserves one more year. This team put the D in Dysfunction before he arrived and while I don't think we're out of the woods, a philosophy and vision is in place. Michael Lombardi definitely seems like he has an axe to grind with Mangini. If this means I am a Frownie apostle, then so be it. Kool Aid tastes great.

  • Malcolm Mathers

    I used to view you as a person with a alternative albeit irrational view. Now I look at you like one would look at a Hamas Jihadist; I`m curious how your going to twist and miscontrue every peice of news and evidence.

    Not saying I don`t agree a tiny bit, but lets just say I started reading this blog for analysis and now read it for entertainment.

  • Cleveland Frowns

    So you used to read because you found the posts irrational, and now you read them because you think I'm a freedom fighter?

    I guess I'm glad you read, anyway.

    I'd love to know what you suppose is misconstrued here.

    Is it my failure to acknowledge that Mangini should have done better with a defense that was so decimated by injury? Or that such a fact wasn't relevant to Lombardi's 'analysis'?

    Or is it my failure to acknowledge what a solid argument it is to suggest that Mangini TRICKED Belichick, the Browns (twice), the Jets, the Raiders, and the Dolphins into giving him high level NFL jobs?

    Hard for me to tell from here.

  • Biki

    so this year doesn't seem dysfunctional to you?? mangini divorces his hand picked GM and best friend halfway through the season, also fires another close confidant. the QB controversy and bumbling, and then all the other issues with players starting the first week he was here with Shaun Rogers and most recently with Jamal Lewis. i'm not saying i think these are all valid issues to have against mangini, but to say that there was no dysfunction in this team this year is the understatement of the year.

  • Bryan

    That statement is a lot of things, but it ain't a fact, my friend.

  • Cleveland Frowns

    Really, it is a fact. A fact that Mangini LIKELY would have had this Jets team (his Jets team) at 11-2. Maybe not a very provable fact, but a fact nonetheless.

    Mangini tends no to lose to teams that are worse than his unless he has a gunslinger firing picks at a rate of 3 per game. A fact on which the above fact is based on.

  • Biki

    "mangini tends to not lose to teams that are worse than his"

    2006 – he lost to 3 teams who had a worse record than his.

    2007 – they lost 12 games, enough said

    2008 – out of their 7 losses, 5 of them were to teams with inferior records and in only 1 of those losses did he throw 3 picks. in fact he only threw 3 picks in a game 2 times all season and they went 1-1 in those games.

  • Cleveland Frowns

    I think I might have