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Kim Jong-un expresses 'bitter sorrow' over Chinese bus deaths
North Korean leader visits survivors of bus crash in which 32 Chinese tourists died
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaking to an injured Chinese tourist at a hospital during a visit with Chinese ambassador to North Korea Li Jinjun (left), at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Photograph: AFP Photo/ KCNA via KNS
Kim Jong-un expressed his "bitter sorrow" over the deaths of dozens of Chinese tourists after their bus plunged off a bridge in North Korea.
The state-run KCNA news agency reported on Tuesday that the North Korean leader had visited two Chinese survivors of the crash on Sunday in which 32 Chinese and four North Koreans died.
In his first reported visit to the Chinese embassy on Monday, Mr Kim was quoted as saying he felt "uncontrollable grief" over the accident in North Hwanghae province.
The display is another sign that Mr Kim is attempting to portray himself as a conventional leader – equally at ease offering sympathy to victims of tragedies as making fiery pronouncements – ahead of Friday's summit with the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, and another planned meeting with Donald Trump in late May or early June.
The agency quoted Mr Kim as saying the North Korean people "take the tragic accident as their own misfortune". North Korean authorities would do all they could "to alleviate the pain of the bereaved families".
Li Jinjun, China's ambassador to North Korea, thanked Mr Kim and said his visit to the embassy demonstrated the two countries "unbreakable and great friendship", according to an account of the meeting by Yonhap news agency.
Having spent the first six years of his leadership appearing at North Korean factories and military units, as well as making occasional forays to concerts, amusement parks and sports facilities, Mr Kim made a surprise trip to China in March, amid a thaw in relations between Pyongyang and Beijing.
While the former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il was a regular visitor to the Chinese embassy, his son reportedly avoided direct contact with Beijing's officials in Pyongyang as bilateral ties were tested by the North's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes and China's support for UN security council sanctions.
First lady
Last week Mr Kim took another step towards normalising his country's image ahead of the summits when he gave his wife, Ri Sol-ju, the title of first lady, putting her on a par with Mr Moon's wife, Kim Jung-sook, and Melania Trump.
North Korean media had previously referred to Ms Ri as "comrade". It is reportedly the first time the title of first lady has been given to the wife of a North Korean leader since 1974, when it was used to refer to Kim Song-ae, the second wife of the regime's founding leader, Kim Il-sung.
The Chinese tour group was travelling from Kaesong, near the border with South Korea, to Pyongyang when the accident occurred, according to NK News.
China's health ministry said it was sending a team of medical experts, equipment and drugs to the hospital, where two Chinese were said to be in a critical condition.
While many North Korean roads are poorly maintained, the stretch between Kaesong and Pyongyang is among the best in the country and sees little traffic.
Chinese tourists make up about 80 per cent of all foreign visitors to North Korea, according to the Korea Maritime Institute think tank. Tourism generates revenues estimated at $44 million a year for the country's economy. – Guardian


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Then I started pumping one breast while feeding off the other.
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The Mission has Begun
May 23, 2016
What started out as an intriguing idea has bloomed into a full-scale, shared mission. A mission to build an indispensable co-operative community within Nelson.
To achieve this the Nelson Organic Co-op was set up to allow locals to contribute their time, knowledge and money to collectively purchase the Organic Green Grocer; Nelson's original organic store.
With the store now purchased we celebrated the opening on Saturday 7th May. Now there are a lot of plans to complete.
We would love to hear your thoughts, ideas and comments about the next stage of our journey so come on in for a chat!
Also, watch this space - some exciting things are about to happen. Anyone heard of Pledgeme? Well word on the street is that the Nelson Organic Co-operative has had a crowdfunding application approved!


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Cannes: Image Entertainment Acquires Nicolas Cage Thriller 'Tokarev'
Related: Berlin: Nicolas Cage Joins Thriller 'Tokarev'
CANNES, France, May 15, 2013 – Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, has acquired all US and Canadian rights to Hannibal Classics' new action-thriller Tokarev, starring Nicolas Cage. Tokarev (working title) is scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2014. The deal was announced today by Image Entertainment's Chief Acquisitions Officer, Bill Bromiley.
"We are excited to add this action-thriller to our slate next year," said Bromiley. "Nicolas Cage elevates the film to new heights, reaching a wider audience not only domestically but internationally as well."
Tokarev begins physical production in Alabama in June. Hannibal Classics' sales division will handle worldwide sales and will be selling the film in Cannes. (more…)


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Whoever invented the concept of 'fieldtrips' should be maimed, skinned, and burned to ashes, preferably in that order.
Or so Sasuke thought.
The entire Senior class had been packed into cramped tour buses earlier and shuttled off to the coast on a 'learning excursion' to the seaside amusement park. The three homeroom teachers, Hatake Kakashi, Sarutobi Asuma, and Yuhi Kurenai, had plotted together and had paired off their students with students from other classes for the assignment. They were supposed to note five things about their partner, things that could only be found out through careful observation and actual bonding.
Sasuke shuddered at the thought. He didn't even want to know the people in his own class, let alone someone in a different homeroom. The only fortunate thing was being assigned a partner; at least he wouldn't have to be with the idiot, or God forbid one of his admirers. So, he counted himself lucky that he was at least paired with one of the sane few in his school that didn't swoon at the mere mention of his name.
They stood just inside the gates of the park, waiting for the rest of the Seniors to dissipate before exploring. Sasuke's reasoning was simple; he wanted to be sure all of his admirers were gone and not stalking his every move, waiting for the perfect opportunity to whisk him off to some dark corner. Although he prided himself on his tenacity, even Sasuke wasn't above glancing over his shoulder at every little sound after receiving innumerable threats of being forced into the Tunnel of Love with some disillusioned fan girl.
Once the last of them disappeared (Sakura had loitered behind, but was eventually dragged off by her partner, Choji, to the food pavilion while Ino had been distracted by some dress and set off to the shopping district with Shino in tow), Sasuke finally found it easier to breathe, and allowed himself a small smile. That was until his partner cleared her throat softly, forcing an immediate scowl.
The girl seemed to shrink under his scrutinizing gaze. She was already small to begin with, and the baggy jacket and jeans with stitched butterflies decorating them gave her the appearance of an over-grown child. She stared at his chest, which was at her eye-level, wringing her hands nervously as a small blush started creeping over her face.
"I-I just w-wanted to s-s-say that I-I h-hope we l-learn n-new things ab-bout each other, U-U-Uchiha-san." she bowed her head quickly, her face reddened. Sasuke rolled his eyes and shoved his hands into his jeans pockets. His partner was some wallflower named Hyuuga Hinata who couldn't even form a sentence without stumbling over her words. He knew it was in part of her being in close proximity with him, Uchiha Sasuke, resident heart-throb and subsequent heart-breaker of Konoha Academy. It was common knowledge that every girl in school harbored a crush of varying degrees on him, so he couldn't exactly blame her for being nervous. Although her stuttering was already getting on his nerves.
Well, it could have been worse. She could have latched onto him and commenced inappropriate actions that involved a lot of rubbing and moaning. Or she could have begged him to father her children. Or she could have shoved him down a dark alley and done unspeakable things to him. Or she could have done all three, most likely all at the same time.
But she did not. The Hyuuga just stared down at her tennis shoes, waiting either to be made fun of or reprimanded for even daring to address him.
Sasuke simply arched an eyebrow at her. "Whatever, Hyuuga."
He began walking away, and the soft scuffling behind him informed him that she had only just realized and had lurched into a run to catch up. Hinata came up beside him, her face flushed (whether from embarrassment or exertion, he couldn't tell, nor did he care to) and eyes downcast as she matched his stride.
"W-Where are we g-going first, Uch-chiha-san?" she asked after a few minutes' awkward silence.
"I don't know, Hyuuga. You choose. Preferably something that is neither dark nor something where we are forced into confined carts." He leaned against a nearby food stand, glowering at the overcast sky while the Hyuuga decided what to do. Knowing a girl, she would immediately want to go on the dreaded Tunnel of Love and make a move, but Sasuke's conditions effectively put an end to that. No matter how sane she seemed, he was not going to be trapped next to anyone for an extended period of time. The bus ride over had already tried his boundaries, and he would not have his personal bubble violated again, if he could help it.
He figured she'd head for the carnival games portion and make him win her a stuffed animal, as a form of warped affection. Or perhaps she'd take him into the hall of mirrors and pretend to be frightened of her own reflection and jump into his arms. Or maybe have them loiter around a water ride in hopes of getting them soaked and having the chance of seeing his chest through his shirt. Or--
"Excuse me?" Sasuke's gaze fixed sharply on her, causing the girl to squirm slightly before she put on a brave face and swallowed loudly.
"I said r-rollercoaster." she repeated, her white eyes locked on his own black. He hid his surprise, choosing instead to stare her down until her courage vanished. The Hyuuga girl blinked quickly and returned her gaze to her shoes.
"I-If you're af-fraid of the rollerc-coaster, we can--"
"I'm not scared," he interrupted, his voice sharp enough to make his partner wince. "The rollercoaster's fine." He set off toward the tall structure ahead of them, not even bothering to make sure she was following. He knew she hadn't meant to offend him, but just her thinking the great Uchiha Sasuke was afraid of something was ridiculous and borderline insulting.
The Hyuuga fidgeted beside him as they took their place in the surprisingly short line. Sasuke wagered the lack of riders was due to the coaster's location, and, well, 'questionable' safety measures. For one, it was jutted out over the ocean, the steel structure supported only by a wooden pier that groaned ominously with every step. Then the carts; not your average seats, but one of the modern ones. The kind with a flimsy seat and shoulder guards as your only protection against flying off as the thing took you in corkscrews and giant loops. And finally, the crowning piece, was the unpredictability of the waves. Such as now, for example, they were riled up from the incoming storm, and at times were high enough to completely soak the riders as they zoomed over the water.
Sasuke was not impressed.
"You sure you want to ride this thing?" he asked, giving her a final chance to back out with her dignity somewhat intact. But the girl nodded quickly and stepped up to the front of the line. They were next.
"If Uchiha-san d-doesn't wish to r-ride The M-Monstro…" Sasuke frowned at the affectionate way she said the coaster's name, though his ego was wounded more by the fact that she was giving him the option of walking away.
"I don't back down from anything, Hyuuga." he snapped, and as if to prove his point, brushed past her and took the first seat in their cart. The Hyuuga sat down beside him, grinning wistfully as they buckled themselves in and waited for the technicians to lock the guards in place.
The cart lurched forward, grinding its way up the track to take them to the initial drop. Sasuke clamped his mouth shut and gripped the harness loosely. But he noticed the Hyuuga wasn't even bothering to hold on to anything. Her hands were folded neatly in her lap, her legs swinging freely as she stared at the churning sea beneath them. Her grin took a maniac turn as they reached the peak.
She laughed.
Sasuke paled.
He wouldn't let himself close his eyes, but he didn't focus on anything as they flew around twists and turns. The world was a blur of grey, brown, and black-green, and the only noise coming from the rush of air and Hinata's pealing laughter. Icy sea-water lapped at their feet as the ride dipped a little too close to the ocean. Hinata kicked at the spray, her joy growing as they whipped sharply to the left into a cobra roll. Sasuke took a deep breath and prayed to any deity that would listen for the ride to be over soon.
And it was.
Mere moments later, the train shuddered to a halt inside the station and Sasuke nonchalantly bolted out of his harness the moment he was freed. The Hyuuga was a bit more reluctant to leave, but finally caught up with him when he slowed near the exit. He noticed her face was flushed again, but this time he knew it was for the same reason his own was drained of all color. With this little factoid, he gathered his first observation.
Hyuuga Hinata was a psychotic thrill-seeker.
But she wasn't a psychotic Sasuke-obssesor, which was the only reason he didn't ditch her right then and there. He set off to there left, which would hopefully bring them to a remote and dangerous-ride-less area of the park.
"Where n-now, Uchiha-san?"
"Don't call me that."
"Call you w-what, Uchiha-san?"
"That. Stop calling me 'Uchiha-san', Hyuuga."
"Then stop calling me Hyuuga, Uchiha-san."
Sasuke stopped so suddenly that the girl rammed into his back. He glared at her over his shoulder, ignoring her muttered apologies as she rubbed her injured nose. It wasn't that she had spoken entirely without a stutter (well, it was partially that), but her open defiance that stopped him in his tracks. No one had ever challenged him outright, except for the dead-last, but that was easily ignored. And especially not a girl.
He turned around fully to face her, expecting her to cower yet again. But she stood strong, her pale eyes a little watery, but possessing a firmness that left no room for defeat.
Sasuke smirked. So the Hyuuga had finally found the courage to show some backbone and stand up to him.
He liked that.
"All right… Hinata. Where do you want to go next?" He decided that her little display had earned her the right to choose their next ride. Sasuke figured anything she chose couldn't be any worse than the rollercoaster.
She smiled at him, which for some reason made his heart flutter in his chest, but he dismissed it as an after-effect of the coaster. The Hyuuga girl tapped her lips thoughtfully with a forefinger, eyes roving their surroundings as she pondered what to do.
"D-Drop tower." she said finally and pointed at a tall shaft of metal a few hundred feet to their right. Sasuke scowled but followed behind her as they got into line. This ride was one of the main attractions, and the wait was long enough for Hinata to return to her meek self and for Sasuke to regret ever letting her pick this thing. At least it looked sturdier than the rollercoaster, but that did nothing to make the huge drop seem any less… huge.
No matter if she did something to impress him; he was picking the next activity.
Too soon, they were being shown to their seats and strapped in. Sasuke had been stuck between Hinata and a loud-mouthed brat who kept shrieking because the ride wouldn't start. A clear plastic guard was lowered inches in front of Sasuke's face (he was told it was to keep vomit from splattering all over the place), causing his breath to hitch. He could see his reflection staring back at him, his usually expressionless eyes a little too wide for his liking. His grip on the handles were knuckle-white, though it didn't stand out too much against his light skin. Thankfully.
They shot upward without any warning, and Sasuke felt as though he had left his stomach back on the ground. He tried to focus on the view, but it was hard to see when his breath kept fogging up the shield in front of him. He instead closed his eyes and focused on the rush of wind as they dropped down, imagining he was freefalling.
He felt the tips of his shoes drag against the ground and sighed quietly in relief as the vomit-guard swung up, releasing him. Sasuke stumbled out of his seat, trying to look as casual as possible as he made his way down the ramp and sat down on the edge of a nearby planter. He rested his elbows on his knees and hid his face in his hands, trying to calm his erratic heartbeats.
He didn't acknowledge his partner as he felt her sit down beside him. She wasn't pressed up against him, and for that he was grateful. Had it been any other girl, he would have been glomped already and forced to listen to how scary the ride was. But she did reach out and place a delicate hand on his arm. "Sasuke-san, a-are you okay?" she asked softly.
He glanced sharply up at her, eyes narrowed in suspicion as he shrugged out of her grip. "Don't touch me." he hissed, causing a startled squeak to escape from Hinata. She recovered quickly, content to sit quietly on the cement edge while Sasuke regained his composure. He stood silently and glanced down at her, as if he was wondering why she was just sitting there.
"I'm hungry. Got a little dizzy. That's all." he stated coldly.
Her expression was soft, as if she understood what was truly going on, but didn't call him out on it. Hinata got to her feet slowly and fidgeted with her jacket's zipper. She made to reach out to him, to comfort him, then hesitated, thinking better of the action. "Th-There's a food-stand r-right there." she murmured and nodded toward a hotdog stand next to a nearby arcade.
Sasuke immediately felt guilty for being so short with her, though he had never felt that way whenever snapping at anyone else. They walked over to the stand, an amiable silence between them as they ordered their food. It was while he was drowning his hotdog in ketchup that he decided he owed the girl some sort of explanation.
He didn't like being rude to the Hyuuga. Though he had started the day with the mindset of blowing her off and finding someplace quiet to sulk, she had managed to change his plan after a few short hours. "Hinata--"
"I-It's okay, Sasuke-san," She cut him off, but stared disapprovingly at a glob of mustard dripping from her meal instead of looking at him. "You d-don't have to tell me an-anything you don't w-want to." she looked up at him with a smile that made him pause his chewing. All he could do was nod dumbly and wait for her to turn away again before swallowing the sticky lump.
Any other person would have pestered him, demanding he tell them what was wrong. The fact that Hinata cared enough not to care… well, it only made him like her that much more. Observation number two: Hyuuga Hinata was very easy to be with.
She was not clingy. She respected his right to privacy, something Sasuke held in very high regard. And she wasn't a mindless drone who was only interested in him because he was handsome and a 'bad boy'.
She probably didn't even have a crush on him.
Sasuke immediately scowled at the thought. Of course she liked him. He was Uchiha Sasuke. Although, he couldn't shake that feeling. That somehow, the one girl he was mildly interested in was the only one who didn't show any interest in him. He watched her in his peripheral, his mood worsening when he didn't see her sneaking any glances at him, or even a sign she knew he was there.
It was just his luck too.
"Are you f-feeling better now, Sasuke-san?" she asked when he had discarded the ketchup-stained take-out box in the trash. He shrugged and turned to her, waiting for her to finish up. She seemed to take the hint and hurriedly shoved the rest into her mouth.
Now that Sasuke realized he might, perhaps, like her somewhat, he began to feel… nervous. He had only felt that way before a test he hadn't studied for, or when his father called him in to his office to teach him something about the business he would one day inherit. But feeling this way around a girl was just plain ridiculous.
Hinata stared up at him, her white eyes showing her confusion when the Uchiha suddenly tensed. Did she have to look at him like that? Staring up through her bangs, and her lips pursed into a cute pout as she wondered exactly what the heck was up with her partner. "I-Is something wrong?"
"You have relish, right there." he said smoothly and wiped his thumb across and imaginary smudge on his own cheek. Hinata quickly copied the action, an embarrassed blush dominating her face as she threw her trash away. Sasuke chuckled to himself, the noise drawing Hinata's attention to him yet again. Against all odds, he felt a smile, not a smirk or a scowl, but a true smile pulling at his lips. And Hinata's deepening blush only caused it to grow…
He heard the shout and immediately froze, like a deer caught in the headlights of an oncoming vehicle. He knew that high-pitched shriek. It haunted him in his sleep almost every night. Without a second thought, he latched on to the Hyuuga girl's arm and pulled her into the nearest building.
"S-Sasuke-san, w-what--"
Sasuke clamped his hand over her mouth, effectively silencing his partner as he backed them further into the darkness. Hinata fought against his grip, her protests muffled as she tried prying his hand off with her slim fingers.
"Hinata, please stop squirming." he whispered, mere centimeters from her ear, and wrapped his other arm around her waist to keep her from struggling. Sasuke felt her shiver but she quieted down, settling for glaring up at him. She was blushing again, he noted with satisfaction, and after ensuring she wouldn't give away their position, he grudgingly let her free of his grasp.
"Oh Sasuke-kun! Where are you?" Sasuke shuddered as the pink blob bobbed into his vision. She was still looking for him, though she thankfully hadn't seen where they went.
"Sakura-chan, I don't think Sasuke-kun's over here. Maybe you're just seeing things." he heard Choji call from in-between mouthfuls of… something. His tone also suggested that this wasn't the first time Sakura had been seeing things that day.
"I know I saw him this time Choji. Him and that hussy."
Sasuke saw Hinata's eye twitch and had to bite down on his lip to keep from chuckling again. He wasn't trying to laugh at her expense, but her outraged expression was priceless. She shot him a scathing look and crossed her arms, which only made it that more difficult to keep from giving them away.
"Hinata-chan's not a 'hussy', Sakura-chan. And you probably just saw another palm tree or maybe there're some more ducks hanging around here." Now it was Hinata's muffled giggles and his eye that was twitching at the comparison. His hair did not look like that. At least, not since he grew it out.
While trying to avoid Sakura, Sasuke and Hinata had fallen into a line and had been shuffled along, until they inevitably reached the front. "Excuse me. Sir?" Sasuke glared at the man that had addressed him, causing the attendant to flinch.
"I'm sorry, but you're holding up the line. Please get on the ride or leave." Sasuke turned his glare on the small two-seater, then outside, to where his classmate could still be seen calling out his name. So it was either a cramped, claustrophobic ride or go outside and chance meeting Sakura.
"Hinata, get in the boat."
"B-But…" her protests died off quickly when she looked over his shoulder. Sasuke followed her gaze and felt his eyes widen in panic when he met the pinkette's gaze.
"Sasuke-kun, wait! Let me ride with you!" she yelled, attempting to fight her way to the front of the line. Sasuke jerked back around, only to find Hinata already in the boat and holding out her hand to help him. He dropped down into the available seat and clutched the rail-bars. At least they didn't have to be strapped in.
The boat set off down its man-made river, floating at a lazy pace as it passed beneath a curtain and into the actual ride. Sasuke leaned back in his seat, relief flooding through him at having escaped Sakura.
That was, until, everything went black.
"What ride is this?" Sasuke demanded, his voice a fierce growl. Though the question was meant as rhetorical, he heard Hinata fidgeting beside him as she tried to think up an answer.
"S-Sorry. I-I don't kno--ahh!" Hinata gasped as a spotlight blared onto a mangled corpse hanging in front of them.
Sasuke stared up at it, scowling at the sign hanging around the wax figure's neck. "'Those who enter are cursed'. I'm guessing this is the… Tunnel." he mumbled, unable to bring himself to say the name. No wonder Sakura had been even more crazed than usual. He had chosen the one ride he wanted to avoid.
Grumbling under his breath, he slumped back in his seat and frowned as a pair of doors opened, immersing them in complete darkness. Poorly recorded cackles and screams echoed around them and lights would flash on and off, illuminating grotesque mannequins and the occasional costumed worker.
Hinata appeared interested in their surroundings. Now that she realized this was all part of the ride, she was having a good time of trying to find something that would scare her. Sasuke, meanwhile, was leaning as far away from her as possible and closed his eyes. While he was more at ease with the Hyuuga girl, his instinctive distrust of closed spaces with other people put him on edge.
"Hmm… a Frankenstein monster… ooh, the vampire looks kind of intimidating… there's a wolf-man…" Sasuke smirked idly. At least one of them was having a good time. "Oh! Marionettes!"
Sasuke's eyes snapped open just as one of the puppets dropped down in front of them. It's lifeless eyes rolled in their wooden sockets, seeming to rove the darkened room before focusing on Sasuke. Sasuke's entire body tensed as adrenaline began coursing through his veins.
The puppet's mouth dropped open, emitting an evil chuckle.
Sasuke promptly freaked out.
The boat rocked violently as the Uchiha attempted to jump backwards, but the concave roof of their vehicle prevented him from bailing. He crouched, prepared to jump out to the right when he felt a hand grab his shirt and pull him back into his seat. "S-Sasuke-san! P-Please! You'll tip us o-over!"
Another puppet dropped down, its lifeless body dangling from invisible threads. The spastic lighting caused its glass eyes to glow an evil red. Sasuke's body reacted before he could think, and he dove for the closest thing to him.
He was aware of how ridiculous he looked, clutching the Hyuuga girl with his face hidden in the folds of her jacket. She had frozen the moment he wrapped his arms around her, more out of shock than anything.
Despite Sasuke's dislike of being touched, his hatred for puppets won out. Memories from his youth came flooding back to him whenever he saw on of them. Itachi and his Chucky-esque dummy, Sasori-kun. Said dummy being hidden in his closet, under his bed, in his bed while he was sleeping. And how could he forget the French circus he had been taken to as a five year old and had the life scared out of him when people made to look like puppets dropped down from the ceiling and flailed above him?
Hinata attempted to make him feel better. She placed a hand on his back and patted him, reminiscent of how a mother would comfort her child after a nightmare. The Hyuuga girl then began murmuring nonsensical phrases, which oddly helped calm him. He felt his body relax, though he still refused to move away; he could still hear the clack of wood-hitting-wood as the puppets continue dropping from above.
Sasuke could hear gasps and outraged cries from the people in line when they returned to the entrance. Hinata locked up again, her whole body heating from the force of her blush. Growling, Sasuke lifted his head, wondering just what had caused such an uproar…
Observation number three: Hyuuga Hinata had a soft chest.
He grimaced and jerked away from her as if he had been burned. The boat came to a stop and the two quickly exited. The attendant had asked Hinata if she wanted him to call security, which she politely declined. They left the building to scandalous mutters and the occasional cry of 'kids will be kids.'
Another silence followed them as they made their way to the front of the park. The sun, which had broken through the thick cloud cover, was setting, signifying the end of the trip. Sasuke could already see some of their classmates hanging around the gates, waiting for everyone to return. But the pair was in no hurry, even though the tension between them was incredibly thick.
"S-Sasuke-san? What…" Sasuke could see a light red coloring his partner's face as she spoke. He was surprised she hadn't punched him or kneed him or worse already, but he chalked it up to her gentle demeanor. And she was probably just as embarrassed as he was.
"I hate puppets," he shrugged, as if that explained everything. "A lot."
"O-Okay." And she seemed to accept it. He had shoved his face into her chest, and she was acting like the guilty one. Sasuke scowled and watched his partner closely. He was going to find some way to make it up to her. Preferably before they had to leave the park.
Redemption came in the form of pink, puffy clouds. He saw Hinata pause as they were passing a sweets stand, her pale eyes focused on the cotton candy machine. Sasuke halted, a small smirk on his lips as he came to stand beside her.
"You want some?" He didn't hide his amusement when the girl jumped at the sound of his voice. She blinked rapidly, as if she had just woken from a dream and shook her head.
"N-No. I'm fine." she said gingerly and continued toward the park exit. Sasuke rolled his eyes, obviously unconvinced. He draped an arm around her shoulders, redirecting her to stand in front of the cashier.
"One please." Sasuke exchanged a few of his ones for a cone with a large wad of the pink fluff on it. He handed it over to Hinata, a light smile drawing his lips when her eyes lit up.
"T-Thank you." she breathed, unaware that Sasuke still had his arm around her shoulders as they set off toward the front. Sasuke looked at her from the corner of his eye, curiosity striking him when he realized Hinata was just staring at her treat.
"Well? You going to eat it?" he couldn't help but sound a bit hurt. She looked up at him and shook her head quickly.
"N-No--I mean, y-yes! It's… I've n-never…" she sputtered hurriedly, trying to find a suitable excuse. Sasuke smirked. Observation number four: Hyuuga Hinata had never eaten cotton candy before.
Feeling emboldened, Sasuke plucked a wisp from the treat and plopped it into her open mouth. Hinata squeaked in surprise, turning a bright red when his fingers accidentally brushed her lips. Sasuke strained to keep his face blank and tore off a small tuft for himself. "Good, hmm?" he felt incredibly smug when the girl nodded absentmindedly and grabbed a piece for herself, a lingering blush still tinting her face.
They were nearly to the gates when Sasuke suddenly stopped. Hinata stumbled to a halt, a crease forming between her eyes as she frowned at him "I-Is something wrong, S-Sasuke-san?" she asked, concerned for her partner. Sasuke ran a hand through his messy black hair and scowled.
"I need one more note on you. And it looks like everyone's ready to leave." he sighed and gestured to the growing crowd of students ahead of them. Hinata stared at the ground, looking ashamed of herself as she poked her index fingers together.
"M-Me too," she admitted and looked up sharply. "W-What should we do?" Hinata looked visibly distraught; Sasuke bet that she had probably never left an assignment incomplete. It was then that he noticed the small bit of cotton candy stuck at the corner of her mouth.
"You have cotton candy, right there." he murmured, getting a brief case of déjà vu at the situation. Hinata immediately raised her hand to wipe the sticky substance away. But Sasuke was faster.
He grabbed her wrist with his one hand and cradled her chin with the other. He turned her head slightly to the side and bent forward, licking at the sugar until it dissolved. He then pulled away, smirking at the deep red Hinata had turned. She looked up at him, shocked, but Sasuke smugly noted she didn't try to get away. Then she moved, her hands hooking timidly behind his neck as they pressed their lips together.
Sasuke had never kissed a girl. He knew relatives and mothers didn't count, and keeping in mind that he loathed even the slightest bit of contact with another human, it wasn't that surprising. And he assumed the shy Hyuuga girl would be just as inexperienced as he was.
So he was pleasantly surprised when his assumptions turned out wrong.
She nipped gently at his lower lip, encouraging him to respond. But his reflexes were too slow, not yet honed, and his reaction was sloppy. He could feel her giggling in his arms, and after a few more moments she broke contact.
Observation number five: Hyuuga Hinata tasted wonderful.
"Well? Did that help at all?" he asked, breathless, and with yet another smirk. Hinata closed her eyes and let her hands fall to her sides. Sasuke arched an eyebrow, bemused at the serious expression on her face.
"Uchiha Sasuke is a v-very poor kisser." She opened her eyes, a tiny grin pulling at her lips as she took in Sasuke's expression. The Uchiha was both embarrassed and insulted, but tried to muster up his remaining dignity and gave her a cocky smirk.
"Oh I am, am I?" he mused and captured her lips again, this time with a bit more confidence. Hinata's surprised squeak was muffled, and he backed away before she could respond. Now she was a nice tomato-hue, her body flushing on reflex. "I suppose I'll just have to practice then." Hinata smiled hesitantly but nodded all the same, her skin taking on a light rose color. Sasuke held her hand loosely, resuming their ambling pace as they continued toward their class.
Perhaps field trips weren't all that bad.
Or so Sasuke thought.
I hope everyone was at least somewhat in-character. And I had planned on getting a bit more in-depth with Sasuke's haphephobia, but that would have made it too long (I set a goal for no more than eight pages and literally just barely made it. The last sentence was right at the end of the eighth page XD). Just keep in mind that his past was similar to Takano Kyouhei's in The Wallflower, and you'll get the idea of why he doesn't like to be touched. This was for the SasuHina club's Summer Contest on DeviantArt, and is likewise posted on my Deviantart, so don't freak and think I plagiarised XD. This was written roughly in two days and is unbeta'ed, so please excuse any grmmatical errors.


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Mr. Speaker, today I rise to present e-petition 2135, which was created by my constituent Jaris Swidrovich, who is the first self-identified first nations doctor of pharmacy in Canada. His petition is regarding first nations and Inuit people's coverage for medically necessary health-related goods and services from the non-insured health benefits program. In most provinces, medication assessment and medication counselling services by a registered pharmacist are not eligible as a reimbursement benefit under this program.
The petitioners are calling on the Minister of Indigenous Services to ensure that publicly funded pharmaceutical services will become a reimbursable benefit under the non-insured health benefits programs in province and territories, where this service is publicly funded to all other citizens. The petition was signed by more than 900 Canadians, and I am proud today to table it.


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Words I wrote in 2019
I wrote just over one hundred blog posts in 2019. That's even more than I wrote in 2018, which I'm very happy with.
Here are eight posts from during the year that I think are a good representative sample. I like how these turned out.
- Timelines of the web. The World Wide Web is a mashup.
- Dev perception. The perceived state of front-end development tools and technologies might be quite different from the reality.
- Split. Materials and tools; client and server; declarative and imperative; inclusion and privilege.
- A song of AIs and fire. Game of Thrones spoilers ahoy.
- Trad time. From the west coast of Clare to the World Wide Web.
- Passenger's log, Queen Mary 2, August 2019. The inaugural Dance The Atlantic crossing from Southampton to New York.
- Mental models. Back-end development isn't the same as front-end development.
- Rams. A most unusual encounter in Frankfurt.
I hope that I'll write as many blog posts in 2020.
I'm pretty sure that I will also continue to refer to them as blog posts, not blogs. I may be the last holdout of this nomenclature in 2020. I never planned to die on this hill, but here we are.
Actually, seeing as this is technically my journal rather than my blog, I'll just call them journal entries.
Here's to another year of journal entries.
Thursday, November 14th, 2019
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Tuesday, September 24th, 2019
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Tuesday, August 27th, 2019
Making Research Count by Cyd Harrell
The brilliant Cyd Harrell is opening up day two of An Event Apart in Chicago. I'm going to attempt to liveblog her talk on making research count…
Research gets done …and then sits in a report, gathering dust.
Research matters. But how do we make it count? We need allies. Maybe we need more money. Perhaps we need more participation from people not on the product team.
If you're doing real research on a schedule, sharing it on a regular basis, making people's eyes light up …then you've won!
Research counts when it answers questions that people care about. But you probably don't want to directly ask "Hey, what questions do you want answered?"
Research can explain oddities in analytics weird feedback from customers, unexpected uses of products, and strange hunches (not just your own).
Curious people with power are the most useful ones to influence. Not just hierarchical power. Engineers often have a lot of power. So ask, "Who is the most curious engineer, and how can I drag them out on a research session with me?"
At 18F, Cyd found that a lot of the nodes of power were in the mid level of the organisation who had been there a while—they know a lot of people up and down the chain. If you can get one of those people excited about research, they can spread it.
Open up your practice. Demystify it. Put as much effort into communicating as into practicing. Create opportunities for people to ask questions and learn.
You can think about communities of practice in the obvious way: people who do similar things to us, and other people who make design decisions. But really, everyone in the organisation is affected by design decisions.
Cyd likes to do office hours. People can come by and ask questions. You could open a Slack channel. You can run brown bag lunches to train people in basic user research techniques. In more conventional organisations, a newsletter is a surprisingly effective tool for sharing the latest findings from research. And use your walls to show work in progress.
Research counts when people can see it for themselves—not just when it's reported from afar. Ask yourself: who in your organisation is disconnected from their user? It's difficult for people to maintain their motivation in that position.
When someone has been in the field with you, the data doesn't have to be explained.
Whoever's curious. Whoever's disconnected. Invite them along. Show them what you're doing.
Think about the qualities of a good invitation (for a party, say). Make the rules clear. Make sure they want to come back. Design the experience of observing research. Make sure everyone has tools. Give everyone a responsibility. Be like Willy Wonka—he gave clear rules to the invitied guests. And sure, things didn't go great when people broke the rules, but at the end, everyone still went home with the truckload of chocolate they were promised.
People who get to ask a question buy in to the results. Those people feel a sense of ownership for the research.
Research counts when methods fit the question. Think about what the right question is and how you might go about answering it.
You can mix your methods. Interviews. Diary studies. Card sorting. Shadowing. You can ground the user research in competitor analysis.
Back in 2008, Cyd was contacted by a company who wanted to know: how do people really use phones in their cars? Cyd's team would ride along with people, interviewing them, observing them, taking pictures and video.
Later at the federal government, Cyd was asked: what are the best practices for government digital transformation? How to answer that? It's so broad! Interviews? Who knows what?
They refined the question: what makes modern digital practices stick within a government entity? They looked at what worked when companies were going online, so see if there was anything that government could learn from. Then they created a set of really focused interview questions. What does digital transformation mean? How do you know when you're done? What are the biggest obstacles to this work? How do you make changes last?
They used atechnique called cluster recruiting to figure out who else to talk to (by asking participants who else they should be talking to).
There is no one research method that will always work for you. Cutting the right corners at the right time lets you be fast and cheap. Cyd's bare-bones research kit costs about $20: a notebook, a pen, a consent form, and the price of a cup of coffee. She also created a quick score sheet for when she's not in a position to have research transcribed.
Always label your assumptions before beginning your research. Maybe you're assuming that something is a frustrating experience that needs fixing, but it might emerge that it doesn't need fixing—great! You've just saved a whole lotta money.
Research counts when researchers tell the story well. Synthesis works best as a conversational practice. It's hard to do by yourself. You start telling stories when you come back from the field (sometimes it starts when you're still out in the field, talking about the most interesting observations).
Miller's Law is a great conceptual framework:
To understand what another person is saying, you must assume that it is true and try to imagine what it could be true of.
You're probably familiar with the "five whys". What about the "five ways"? If people talk about something five different ways, it's virtually certain that one of them will be an apt metaphor. So ask "Can you say that in a different way?" five time.
Spend as much time on communicating outcomes as you did on executing the work.
After research, play back how many people you spoke to, the most valuable insight you gained, the themes that are emerging. Describe the question you wanted to answer, what answers you got, and what you're going to do next. If you're in an organisation that values memos, write a memo. Or you could make a video. Or you could write directly into backlog tickets. And don't forget the wall work! GDS have wonderfully full walls in their research department.
In the end, the best tool for research is an illuminating story.
Cyd was doing research at the Bakersfield courthouse. The hypothesis was that a lot of people weren't engaging with technology in the court system. She approached a man named Manuel who was positively quaking. He was going through a custody battle. He said, "I don't know technology but it doesn't scare me. I'm shaking because this paperwork just gets to me—it's terrifying." He said who would gladly pay for someone to help him with the paperwork. Cyd wrote a report on this story. Months later, they heard people in the organisation asking questions like "How would this help Manuel?"
Sometimes you do have to fight (nicely).
People will push back on the time spent on research—they'll say it doesn't fit the sprint plan. You can have a three day research plan. Day 1: write scripts. Day 2: go to the users and talk to them. Day 3: play it back. People on a project spend more time than that in Slack.
People will say you can't talk to the customers. In that situation, you could talk to people who are in the same sector as your company's customers.
People will question the return on investment for research. Do it cheaply and show the very low costs. Then people stop talking about the money and start talking about the results.
People will claim that qualitative user research is not statistically significant. That's true. But research is something else. It answers different question.
People will question whether a senior person needs to be involved. It is not fair to ask the intern to do all the work involved in research.
People will say you can't always do research. But Cyd firmly believes that there's always room for some research.
- Make allies in customer research.
- Find the most curious engineer on the team, go to lunch with them, and feed them the most interesting research insights.
- Record a pain point and a send a video to executives.
- If there's really no budget, maybe you can get away with not paying incentives, but perhaps you can provide some other swag instead.
One of the best things you can do is be there, non-judgementally, making friends. It takes time, but it works. Research is like a dandelion in flight. Once it's out and about, taking root, the more that research counts.
Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
AccentDesign/Fractal-Atomic: An awesome starter point for your Fractal UI component library
If you want to use Brad's Atomic Design naming convention—atoms, molecules, etc.—and you like using Fractal for making your components, this starter kit is just for you:
Keep what you need, delete what you don't and add whatever you like on top of whats already there.
Friday, August 9th, 2019
Redux: Lazy loading youtube embeds
Remy has an excellent improvement on that article I linked to yesterday on using
srcdoc with iframes. Rather than using
srcdoc instead of
src, you can use
srcdoc as well as
src. That way you can support older browsers too!
Thursday, August 8th, 2019
Lazy load embedded YouTube videos - DEV Community 👩💻👨💻
This is a clever use of the
srcdoc attribute on iframes.
Saturday, August 3rd, 2019
Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover.
Books in the public domain, lovingly designed and typeset, available in multiple formats for free. Great works of fiction from Austen, Conrad, Stevenson, Wells, Hardy, Doyle, and Dickens, along with classics of non-fiction like Darwin's The Origin of Species and Shackleton's South!
Tuesday, July 9th, 2019
Monday, June 3rd, 2019
Self-Host Your Static Assets – CSS Wizardry
Trust no one! Harry enumerates the reason why you should be self-hosting your assets (and busts some myths along the way).
There really is very little reason to leave your static assets on anyone else's infrastructure. The perceived benefits are often a myth, and even if they weren't, the trade-offs simply aren't worth it. Loading assets from multiple origins is demonstrably slower.
Friday, May 31st, 2019
The World-Wide Work
I've been to a lot of events and I've seen a lot of talks. I find that, even after all this time, I always get something out of every presentation I see. Kudos to anyone who's got the guts to get up on stage and share their thoughts.
But there are some talks that are genuinely special. When they come along, it's a real privilege to be in the room. Wilson's talk, When We Build was one of those moments. There are some others that weren't recorded, but will always stay with me.
Earlier this year, I had the great honour of opening the New Adventures conference in Nottingham. I definitely felt a lot of pressure, and I did my utmost to set the scene for the day. The final talk of the day was delivered by my good friend Ethan. He took it to another level.
Look, I could gush over how good Ethan's talk was, or try to summarise it, but there's really no point. I'll just say that I felt the same sense of being present at something genuinely important that I felt when I was in the room for his original responsive web design talk at An Event Apart back in 2010. When the video is released, you really must watch it.
Well, the video has been released and you really must watch it. Don't multitask. Don't fast forward. Set aside some time and space, and then take it all in.
The subject matter, the narrative structure, the delivery, and the message come together in a unique way.
If, having watched the presentation, you want to dive deeper into any of Ethan's references, check out the reading list that accompanies the talk.
I mentioned that I felt under pressure to deliver a good opener for New Adventures. I know that Ethan was really feeling the pressure too. He needn't have worried. He delivered one of the best conference talks I've ever seen.
Thank you, Ethan.
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Professional Open Source Software (POSS) companies exist as an exchange system between two sets of consumers: an open source community (motivated by mutual contribution) and a mainstream market (motivated by economic rewards). Organizations in need of support, services, training etc contribute financially for those services as paying customers. That money is used by the POSS company to pay for full-time resources (engineers, product managers etc.) whose efforts (the majority, if not all of it) end up as open source software, freely available to an open source community. The open source community contributes to the software by helping improve the design, functionality, quality, translations, and documentation of the software. The improved software attracts more customers and the cycle continues, hopefully perpetually. In this model all three parties gain:
My analogy to this is 'The Bee Keeper'.
The Bee Keeper creates an environment that is attractive for bees: accommodation and a natural, food-rich habitat. The bees do what they do naturally and make honeycombs. The Bee Keeper sells the honey and bees-wax to his customers and uses the money to grow his bee farm.
The analogy goes a little deeper.
Customers are corporations, the community are people. They have very different needs that need to be met.
This inherent distinction between customers and community is important when it comes to attempting to turn members of the community into customers. The sales and marketing groups within a POSS company need to be aware that, in most cases, it is not possible to convert a community member into a customer. However is it possible to convert the employer of a community member into a customer. Slamming community members with a marketing pitch is unlikely to achieve this.
Community members have the potential to persuade their employer to become a customer. The members themselves typically have no budget or no control over how the budget is spent. A POSS company needs to educate its members on the services that are available and the long term advantages to everyone if those services are used. The POSS company needs to find a way of presenting this and enabling members to present it to their employer without de-valuing the capabilities of the community member.
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I got various information about Local Employment in Indonesia from person in charge of Temporary Staffing Company who took care of me when I was finding employment at Indonesia Jakarta. People who are considering Overseas Employment / Local Recruitment will be sure to disclose information on the Local Economy, Security, Salary, Benefits Welfare. Even now we have the opportunity to work as Local Recruitment in Indonesia, we receive the latest information every day from the person in charge.
What is Local Recruitment?
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Local recruitment is "Local Adoption" in contrast to expatriates "to sign a direct employment contract with a local company". If you work for a Japanese company that is expanding abroad you know that you know, there are times when you visit overseas in various cases. Most people think that there are many cases of overseas business trips, overseas assignments, and overseas stays while being employed by Japanese companies in Japan.
Benefits of on-site adoption
1. Only in Indonesia can work in a favorite country.
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This time we focus on local recruitment in Indonesia, but as long as Japanese companies are in the countries where Japanese companies are entering, there will be various staffing companies, so we need to get job information etc. to inquire There is.
2. There is no overtime, easy to take world live.
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It should be heard from people who are hiring locally in Indonesia, but there seems to be no overtime · It seems that it is easier to acquire the world live band. Although it can not be said that it is a full-time company for the time being, it is heard from those who work as locally hired in Indonesia like that.
3. You can live in an Apartment / Apartment with Pool · Gym by welfare program.
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It is a lot of welfare benefits for job seekers for Japanese and I think that it is a pleasing welfare benefit for those working as local recruits in Indonesia. If overtime is low, it should be indispensable for maintaining health. I think that such benefits and welfare is not so much in Japan, but I think that Indonesia is unique to local employment.
Disadvantage of Local Employment
1. Income is lower than overseas expatriates Indonesia
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I think that it is the part that I will most carefully compare to those who are acting locally. Actually I see various articles on the Internet, but I think that is unavoidable. It is no use crying complaints because we are aware of this and are hiring locally in Indonesia. I think that there is no other choice but to raise salary by acquiring skills that other people do not have.
2. Welfare benefits are based on local standards
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Since welfare programs are local standards as I mentioned earlier, there is no public pension system or medical insurance system like Japan. But since January 2014 BPJS of Indonesia's social insurance system began. Foreigners who work for more than 6 months are obliged to join, but they seem to have many undeveloped parts.
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(From left) Benzonia Public Library director Amanda McLaren; students Reeve Katt, Melia Lorenz, Finn McLaren and Au Sable Kreiner; and Benzie Central teacher Ferd De Guia are working together on the oral history project this year. (Photo/Robert Myers)
BENZONIA — The legacy of local storytellers like Bruce Catton lives on in Benzie County thanks to the efforts of four Benzie Central students.
These four high school students — Reeve Katt, Au Sable Kreiner, Melia Lorenz and Finn McLaren — are engaging in a yearlong project to record oral histories from community members and showcase them for current and future generations to learn from and enjoy.
"I kind of have a fascination with how this community has come together over the years and how, quite literally, everybody knows everybody in some way, shape, or form," Lorenz said. "I am very proud of my roots. I am proud to say that I am from Benzie. I am a proud Michigander. I am so excited to share that with everybody and share other people's stories that haven't been told."
This oral history project is made possible thanks to a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
According to Amanda McLaren, director of Benzonia Public Library and the individual responsible for applying for the grant, grants like this one typically go toward larger organizations and this is the first time the grant cycle has been opened to small communities. Moreover, of all the small communities in the state to apply for the grant, only Benzie County was chosen.
"The community is awesome. I think that we really appealed to them with that," McLaren said. "We have a rich community here …There has been a lot of struggle, a lot of hard work for the community to be what it is today, and so many people contributed to that. That this is the smallest county in the state and yet we are trying to do big things speaks well."
Through the grant, the library has been given the support and financial means to accomplish what otherwise would not be possible.
Each of the participating students received a MacBook Pro, a camera and tripod with multiple lenses and other accessories to help them record and later edit the oral histories of individuals in the community. Individuals from the University of Michigan traveled to Benzie County in September to provide the students with two days of training and will continue to provide them support throughout the project.
In the spring, Katt, Kreiner, Lorenz and McLaren will pass on what they have learned by teaching the community how to use the recording equipment, which will be available to be checked out for the recording of additional oral histories.
Amanda McLaren and Benzie Central High School teacher Ferd De Guia will guide the students at the local level. For De Guia, a Benzie County native, mentoring the students as their staff advisor was an opportunity he could not turn down.
"I don't want to sound cheesy, but I think it was meant to be," De Guia said. "I grew up here. I've been gone for 15 years. I came back here (this year), and it all fell into place … Coming back here, I knew I wanted to be impactful in the community. What better way is there to be impactful than to help these kids be impactful in their community. I truly believe it was meant to be."
The students have already begun recording oral histories, their first project being to each interview two veterans. In most cases, the students did not know the veteran prior to their interview, which according to Lorenz, provided a unique experience.
"It's a weird experience asking somebody about possibly the most horrific moments of their life when you've just met them. I think it's kind of like a beautiful experience, because there's a lot of people who won't share it," she said. "I feel like it must bring them some personal peace just to say: 'I told my story. It's going to be there forever in Washington D.C.' I feel like that's kind of comforting."
Katt added that she has enjoyed learning from the life experiences of Vietnam veterans with whom she spoke.
"Listening to them talk about when they were my age and the mistakes that they made is helpful for me to think about what I want to do, so I don't repeat their same mistakes but can do again their successes," Katt said.
The veteran interviews will soon be able to be enjoyed by all, as De Guia said they should be online at the Library of Congress by the end of the year.
Following completing their interviews of veterans, the oral history group will turn its attention to Christmas and the holiday traditions of Benzie County residents. They will conduct these interviews from noon to 2 p.m. on Dec. 14 at the Benzonia Public Library Holiday Party during Christmas Magic. The exact set up for these interviews is too be determined, but the students are looking to hear from local families about their traditions and invite them to attend the event.
Interviews of community members, who have unique views and experiences, will continue into the new year as part of the Legacy Phase of the oral history project.
Finn McLaren, for one, is excited to see what kinds of stories he can uncover.
"Living in such a small county, I think I know all of the stories that it has to offer, but I don't. It's just the tip of the iceberg," he said. "I love how we are taking this information and making it so much easier for everyone to have access to."
The project will conclude with a film presentation which will chronicle what the students have done, featuring clips from interviews with a number of different community members. This will take place at the Garden Theater next spring. Following the presentation of the film, the event will feature a question and answer session with the students.
"It's just going to be a really special moment," Lorenz said. "I am excited to see what kind of ripple effect this causes. I know we are going to make a movie, but what are the people who watched the movie going to do about it? What are they going to think about what they see?"
De Guia echoed these thoughts, suggesting that the impact this project has on the community could be tremendous.
"One thing I'm looking forward to is seeing the connections that these kids make with the community and the barriers that are going to be broken," De Guia said. "I think there are a lot of people out there who want the opportunity to talk to one another, but just don't have the access. These guys are going to break down a lot of barriers and give people the opportunity to tell their story. I just can't wait to see the ripple effect. I'm just thrilled to watch these guys do amazing things."


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Outcome: By completing Step 1.3, you will have a map of the likely contextual influences (constraining and enabling) on AHPEQS implementation – including political, stakeholder and logistics considerations. You could use this to inform a risk management plan to show how you will work with or mitigate the constraining factors and harness the enabling factors to ensure success.
Things to consider
This page lists the items that need to be considered in Step 1.3 to assess constraints and enablers in your organisation.
There may be a range of constraints on the routine collection and use of patient experience information in your organisation. These constraints may affect how AHPEQS is implemented, when it is done and who is involved.
It is important that you identify these constraints early in the process so that you can take them into account in planning your AHPEQS implementation.
Potential constraints include:
- Existing patient experience measurement activity – you will need to see what your organisation does now, to see how AHPEQS can complement this activity without 'reinventing the wheel'
- Human and financial resources constraints – it may be necessary to think creatively about how the additional work will be done and who will do it. Can AHPEQS be rolled into an existing process? Will external resources be required? Can resources be shared with other organisations?
- Cultural constraints – there may be resistance in parts of the organisation to the idea of measuring patient experience and/or using this to improve care; these kinds of issues can be addressed with careful consideration of how to gain buy-in and engagement among different stakeholder groups
- Legislative and contractual requirements (for example, Department of Veterans Affairs or jurisdictional requirements) – see how AHPEQS fits in with your existing obligations
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This quote about uncertainty could be a powerful motivator. Why? Because as human beings, we tend to feel comfortable when we are in control. But the reality is, if we are pushing our business, our processes and our people forward, we cannot control everything….and that is OK!
We will always be a little uncomfortable as we expand. The sooner we acknowledge and embrace this discomfort, born of uncertainty, the sooner we will learn to adapt and succeed in our ever-changing world. The good news is, no one has to go it alone.
However, finding the right partner to lead the way as your business evolves can be a challenge. Fundamentally, it does not matter what specific technology an expert brings to the table: the technology is just a tool of change, not the change itself. But methodology, and the processes it drives, can make or break a project. In our practice, we have had tremendous success supporting clients on their cloud transformation journeys using an Agile Methodology.
Not being committed to a methodology can ruin your project. This lack of commitment makes it harder to acquire buy-in with business units as you engage on your transformational cloud journey. You can leverage multiple frameworks when applying a methodology, but simply jumping right in, without first defining the methodological approach, will hurt the organization and the project in the long run.
IT undertakings require structured project management to keep everyone focused and aligned on the outcomes. There are plenty of project management styles, but the reason many IT efforts fail is because teams do not commit to a single methodology. We would go one step further and argue that committing to Agile is a MUST in many instances. Opt for Agile, get an Agile coach or, better yet, leverage a partner's experience, and get your team trained in using this approach to its full capacity. Too many companies say they are Agile, but are not actually being agile! Committing to and communicating the approach is an important first step. If you decide to buy a car, would you be comfortable with the dealer being non-commital and non-communicative about the warranty policy and approach for repairs?
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Agile is often advocated because the end result is not clearly defined, just basically aligned to a vision statement around the future end state of the technology landscape. Here is what this means. Project charters in Waterfall are commonly drafted with clearly defined end goals and hierarchical, linear project activities. However, Agile is meant to address the likely lack of uncertainty around the application landscape, which makes the cloud project/buildout/migration much more challenging. Waterfall simply cannot adapt and support this.
With any change management methodology, the key is to engage with a technology partner that "walks the walk," and then trust them to lead. At CTP, our Scrum Framework uses industry best practices to maximize project value and deliver client success. From day one of the engagement through project wrap-up with executive stakeholders, we own and operate the process with our clients. This approach has been proven time and again to not only support the success of your delivery engagement, but to lay the groundwork for your organization's continued future success, as it lets you focus on what you know best: your business.
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You may have seen the meme: a debonair older gentleman (known for drinking a certain Mexican beer) telling us that although he does not always "do agile," when he does, he "does it Waterfall." This is funny, unless you have lived through an organization that did just that!
Too often, companies implement Scrum as "Wagile," a term coined by Mike Kavis in his Doppler article, "11 Common DevOps Bottlenecks…," this is the practice of using Waterfall tendencies with Agile terminology. Below are experiences from projects that highlight the right and wrong approach to project management. In this example, the company used all the right names and tools to "do Agile," but they were not "being agile." Let us discuss some of their issues and how they impacted their success.
The 15-Minute Daily Scrum…as a 60-Minute Meeting
First, the company had a Daily Scrum meeting for 21 (not 6 to 8) people. Next, the team members could not answer the three basic questions. What have you completed? What will you do next? What is getting in your way? Instead, the participants wanted the meeting to operate as a traditional status update, and an opportunity to deep dive and problem solve outstanding engineering questions.
Regarding attendance, of the 21 team members, 16 made regular appearances; several failed to show up on time or at all. Done well, the Scrum is an ideal opportunity to highlight concerns and connect with the group. Attendance shows respect for the project and respect for the process. Disrespect the Scrum, and you disrespect the team.
The client also required all members of the project to be present in the stand-ups. No effort was made to logically divide the work and implement a more efficient "Scrum of Scrums" approach. This meant that a 6 to 8 person 15-minute Scrum became a 16 to 21 person 60-minute "Scrum."
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Why is this one meeting so important? The missed opportunity to leverage the Daily Scrum meeting for its full intended purpose leads to continued deterioration of the methodology and its practice. The Daily Scrum, whether conducted well or poorly, sets the bar for the type of meetings and activities that are being encouraged (or tolerated) on the project. Leading the first meeting of the day, the Scrum Master sets the tone for expectations. A Scrum Master who lets diversions, such as side conversations, continue, is demonstrating that the boundaries and safeguards of Scrum are irrelevant, and the meeting can be just like any other.
Scrum Value for Your Organization
Scrum is not meant to be gospel for all software projects, but, as you are considering change management approaches to manage technical projects, keep the following in mind:
- Let the experts manage the people, process and tools. It may be uncomfortable at first, but do not let your old, internal processes dictate schedule, resources and activities. Chances are, these did not work so well before, and they will not work now. Success comes from a partner managing to the end goal of the client engagement.
- Be OK with not knowing the outcome in detail. All the details of the completed, working software will not be known upfront. Agile is used to execute to a vision, not to a defined plan, and thus it adapts seamlessly, as needed, when inevitable changes occur during the course of the project.
- Support the process. Sharing mutual success requires people from the ground level to executive stakeholders to clearly support the initiative through their words, actions and, yes, even a well-run, timely and appropriately staffed Scrum.
- "Be water, my friend." Bruce Lee eloquently stated a brilliant philosophy applicable to any journey. Move with and through the process. Move along to accomplish the objective. Sticking with strict, antiquated methodologies will not get you to your destination. Rowing against the stream, also, will ultimately prove unsuccessful.
Time is money and success has a deadline. But if neither budgets nor target dates are issues for you, then let us be clear: you can do the cloud journey on your own. You can use whatever methodology you think is best, or even multiple methodologies. However, if you want to be successful within financial and time limits, you need to work with the right partner.
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Saracens and Springboks prop, Vincent Koch believes South Africa can go all the way and claim a third World Cup title in Japan later in the year.
The men in green and gold have been placed in a tough pool which includes three-time world champions and current title holders New Zealand.
Speaking to The Rugby Paper, Koch – who was part of the Boks' 2018 campaign – said his compatriots have what it takes to be a threat in the first World Cup held in Asia.
"At the moment it looks pretty open, and when you look at the Six Nations and Wales winning a Grand Slam, a number of teams could potentially win it.
"South Africa will be at their best. Rassie Erasmus has brought something to us, and we will definitely be right up there."Vincent Koch
Having been sidelined by SA Rugby's rule which only allowed overseas-based Boks with 30 caps and above to be selected for the national team. It was scrapped early in 2018 and the 12-Test veteran said he was delighted to be back in the fold.
"It was amazing to be involved again.
"I didn't think it would happen for me, but there was definitely a different vibe to the squad. Rassie has brought something different, and he's given a lot more freedom to the players than before.
"That's earned a lot of respect, and there's a much better atmosphere in the camp."Vincent Koch
Erasmus' first year in charge was one filled with highs and lows, the most notable of the former being the shock win against the All Blacks in Wellington.
Koch is hoping the Boks can emulate that feat in the biggest stage, and is aiming to be part of the team that will do battle against the world champions.
"We're building, and nothing will be bigger than our first game in Japan against New Zealand, but hopefully we can pull through that group and then fully focus on the rest.
"At the moment I'm just enjoying playing for Saracens, but my goal is to definitely play at the World Cup and be part of the 23 that faces New Zealand. Our guys will be pumped up for it, and I'm convinced we can have a very good World Cup."Vincent Koch
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