Pro-Line Racing & 5150 Media Productions are proud to present to you the story of the 2017 SiKCross.
Triple-A Nitro Mains. Gate starts. Heads up racing. A Giant Sandbox….
These are just a few things that Levi Jackson has brought to the Pro-Line Test Track in the form of the race known simply as "SiKCross".
While the attendance was low, two of the best R/C Drivers in the world showed up to put on a show for us. They were joined by Joe Bornhorst, Adam Drake, Tanner Denny, Cody King and for the first time to the "Come Drive With Us"…the charismatic Ronda Drake!
But what will these top racers think of the unique track features, the starts and the format of the race? You'll have to checkout out this film to find out!
Once again, Mike Garrison is behind our all new Mic to help tell the story of this unique race. We hope you enjoy it!
We have released a trailer for our yet to be named Documentary on the 2017 Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo!
5150 teamed up with Howie Miller, stand-up comic & actor, to tell the story of the Calgary Expo. With the help of Garrett Wang, Raphael Sbarge, Jim Shooter, Mark Meer, Trevor Goupil and many more we have captured a very unique take on the Calgary Expo.
We hope you enjoy this short teaser trailer for the Documentary that will be coming out later on this year.
Pro-Line Racing & 5150 Media Productions are proud to present to you the story of the 2017 Psycho Nitro Blast.
This season started out with so many changes; Maifield switching to Mugen; Tessmann to XRAY; so we decided to theme this season accordingly. Change is everywhere in this industry; even at the event level. In years past, DNC has been considered the largest Nitro Race in the world. That just might not be the case any longer.
The talented Mike Garrison Narrates this episode of "Come Drive WIth Us" and we hope you enjoy it!
Special thanks to Mike Garrison, Adam Drake, Tanner Denney, Joe Bornhorst, Mark Santa Maria, Jerome Treignier, Eggroll, Rob Theissen & the Noise Therapy band, the Tessmann family, everyone at Pro-Line Racing and last but far from least, Dave Leikam.
Unless you live under a rock, you probably know that David Ronnefalk won the 2016 IFMAR Worlds held in Vegas last October. But that's only the end of the story…and to be honest, the final wasn't all that exciting. What was exciting is seeing how we got to that point.
There is simply so much that goes into just competing at the top level at an IFMAR Worlds event, that if we just told the story of the winner…we would be out of a job. Events like Silver State, the Worlds Warmup, the Pro-Line Gas Champs, the Neo Race and simply just pracice at Revelation with "The Drake" all contribute to telling the amazing story of the 2016 Worlds.
This is the final episode of the 2016 Season is once again Narrated by Mike Garrison and he truly hope you enjoy this episode of "Come Drive WIth Us".
While we don't typically do Live Social Media Broadcasting, we do have the ability to do so. We partnered with WCICS Live; the media branch of the Western Canadian Indoor Carpet Series organization to broadcast their Edmonton Race Live to the Internet!
In addition to the actual live feed; we created the custom interfaces to the timing and scoring software to enhance the broadcast with real-time scoring.


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Q: Retrieving Data From Associated Toxi Table I'm retrieving my data for part of my site with a typical MySQL query and echoing out the results from various fields etc etc from my main table whose structure is not important but which has a unique id which is 'job_id'
In order to have multiple catagories associated with that 'job_id' i have employed a toxi solution which associates catgories to each 'job_id'.
TABLE `tags` (
`tag_id` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`tag_name` VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`tag_id`)
)

CREATE TABLE `tag_relational` (
`job_id` INT NOT NULL,
`tag_id` INT NOT NULL
)

What i want to do is, when i echo out the info from the main table (using 'job_id') i also want to echo all the catagories which that job_id is matched against.
The query below only returns the first catagory(tag_name) that the job_id is listed against, when it should be up to six (at the moment):
$query = "SELECT * FROM tags t
JOIN tag_relational r
ON t.tag_id=r.tag_id
WHERE r.job_id = $job_id";

$result=mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
$cats=mysql_fetch_assoc($result);

In my code i'm using this to echo out the matched catagories:
<?php echo $cats['tag_name'];?>

Can someone explain how i can get ALL the catagory names to echo out rather than just the first?
Thanks
Dan
BTW, apologies to mu is too short who kindly answered my question when i had dummy/less complete information above.

A: If you just want to list the category names, then you could use group_concat sort of like this:
select b.*,
       group_concat(c.category_name order by c.category_name separator ' ,') as cats
from business b
join tbl_works_categories w on b.id = w.bus_id
join categories c on w.category_id = c.category_name
where ...
group by b.id

You'd need a proper WHERE clause of course. That will give you the usual stuff from business and the category names as a comma delimited list in cats.
If you need the category IDs as well, then two queries might be better: one to get the business information and a second to collect the categories:
select w.bus_id, c.category_id, c.category_name
from tbl_works_categories w
join categories c
where w.bus_id IN (X)

where X is a comma delimited list of business ID values. Then you'd patch things up on the client side.

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Univision Mobile will launch on May 19 in Walmart stores and dealer locations in the US and Puerto Rico.
Spanish-language entertainment giant Univision is getting into the wireless business -- courtesy of T-Mobile.
Univision and T-Mobile on Thursday announced Univision Mobile, a wireless service targeting the Hispanic market with specific plans and Univision content. Univision is hoping to extend its entertainment brand into the mobile world, while the move could potentially net T-Mobile a larger share of the market for Hispanic consumers even as the competition for new customers heats up.
Financial terms weren't disclosed. The service launches May 19.
Entertainment brands have attempted to get into the wireless business before -- ESPN and Disney famously tried to become wireless service providers before they both crashed and burned. But those brands struck a reseller, or mobile virtual network operator, agreement in which they would handle all of the work related to being a wireless provider.
Univision and T-Mobile are instead partnering together, which would allow Univision to focus on the promotion and brand while T-Mobile handles customer support, billing, and other logistical needs. Customers would get Univision ringtones and wallpapers, a sneak peak at Univision shows, as well as a Univision Mobile portal for access to news, sports, and entertainment, and access to its apps.
Univision's "exclusive" content will include quick access to Rodner Figueroa's "fashionómetro," showcasing the best and worst of Hispanic celebrities on the red carpet by one of Univision's fashion experts; or even deliver personalized horoscopes by Univision's clairvoyant Victor Florencio, also known as El niño prodigio.
Univision Mobile's plans aren't just a clone of T-Mobile's offerings. They specifically target Hispanic customers with families overseas, and all include 100 minutes to call a mobile or landline number from the US to Mexico, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. As with the typical T-Mobile plan, the Univision Mobile plans all include unlimited text messages from the US to select Latin American countries and more than 200 countries around the world.
There is also the option to pay an additional $10 a month for unlimited calls to landlines and 1,000 mobile-to-mobile minutes to Mexico.
The plans start at $30 a month for just voice calls and text messages. A plan that includes 2.5 gigabytes of 3G data costs $45 a month, while one that includes 2.5GB of 4G data costs $55 a month.
T-Mobile isn't the only carrier that has attempted to cater to the Hispanic market. Verizon Wireless partnered with Jennifer Lopez to open Viva Mobil, a Hispanic-focused retail store that sold Verizon phones and services. Verizon had previously called the market a key strategic growth platform.
But T-Mobile believes it can do better with Univision.
"We've looked at all the offerings in the marketplace and we think others are getting it wrong," said Mike Sievert, chief marketing officer of T-Mobile.
Univision Mobile will launch in 1,000 Walmart stores and 3,000 dealer stores, with distribution expected to double by the end of June. Sievert said there might be an option to have Univision Mobile show up in T-Mobile's stores too.
"(Univision Mobile) will be on every platform available to us," said Rick Alessandri, executive vice president of Univision.
The Hispanic market represents the fastest growing demographic in the US, and tends to skew younger and more tech-savvy, Alessandri said.
"Obviously, building a product with them first in mind is what this has been about," he said.
Sievert said T-Mobile has a higher mix of Hispanic customers than the other national carriers.
While any T-Mobile phone would work on the service, the Univision Mobile packages will come with more affordable phones such as the Samsung Galaxy Light, Galaxy S III, and, as well the Alcatel Island and Evolve.


Bear Chief, Arthur. My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell. Athabasca UP, 2017.
Blondin-Perrin, Alice. My Heart Shook Like a Drum: What I Learned at the Indian Mission Schools, Northwest Territories. Ottawa: Borealis Press, 2009.
Brass, Eleanor. I Walk in Two Worlds. Calgary: Glenbow Museum 1987.
Campbell, Maria. Half-Breed. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1973. Paperback imprint: Goodread Biographies/Formac Publishing Company Limited, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1983.
Canadien, Albert. From Lishamie. Penticton, B.C.: Theytus Books, 2010.
Fontaine, Theodore. Broken Circle: The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools. Heritage House, 2010.
Fortier, Mary. Behind Closed Doors: A Survivor's Story of the Boarding School Syndrome. Belleville, Ontario: Epic Press, 2002.
French, Alice. My Name is Masak. Winnipeg: Portage and Main Press, 1977.
Gladstone, James. "Indian School Days." Alberta Historical Review 15(1): 18-24, 1967.
Glavin, Terry, and Former Students of St. Mary's. Amongst God's Own: The Enduring Legacy of St. Mary's Mission. Mission, BC: Mission Indian Friendship Centre Society, 2002.
Harper, Maddie. "Mush-hole": Memories of a Residential School. Illustrations by Carlos Freire. Toronto: Sister Vision, 1993.
Jaine, Linda. ed. Residential Schools: The Stolen Years. Saskatoon: University Extension Press/University of Saskatchewan, 1993.
Joe, Rita. Song of Rita Joe: Autobiography of a Mi'kmaq Poet. Charlottetown: Ragweed Press, 1996.
Knockwood, Isabelle. Out of the Depths: The Experiences of Mi'kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. Lockeport, Nova Scotia: Roseway Publishing, 1992.
Lawrence, Mary. My People, Myself. Prince George, British Columbia: Caitlin Press, 1996.
Merasty, Joseph Auguste, with David Carpenter. The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir. Regina: University of Regina Press, 2015.
Moran, Bridget. Stoney Creek Woman: The Story of Mary John. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press: 1988, 1997 (tenth edition).
Pierre, Sophie. "Nee Eustace: The Little Girl Who Would Be Chief." In Younging et al, 41-45.
Secwepemc Cultural Education Society and Agnes Jack. Behind Closed Doors: Stories from the Kamloops Indian Residential School. Kamloops, B.C.: Secwepemc Cultural Education Society, 2006 (rev. ed.).
Sellars, Bev. They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2012.
Speare, Jean E., ed. The Days of Augusta. Photography by Robert Keziere. Vancouver: J.J. Douglas Ltd., 1971.
Sterling, Shirley. My Name is Seepeetza. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1992.
Thrasher, Anthony Apakark. Skid Row Eskimo. In collaboration with Gerard Deagle and Alan Mettrick. Toronto: Griffin House, 1976.
Willis, Jane. Geniesh. Toronto: New Press, 1973.
Alexie, Robert Arthur. Porcupines and China Dolls. Toronto: Stoddart, 2002.
Bartleman, James. As Long as the Rivers Flow. Toronto: Alfred A.Knopf Canada, 2011.
The former Ontario Lieutenant-Governor's first novel depicts a northern Ontario Anishinabek woman's experiences. The novel opens with Martha's thirteen year old daughter, Raven, contemplating her suicide pact with three friends; it culminates in a healing circle. Coincidences crop up several times in the novel, most notably when Martha, who has been living in Toronto for many years, locates her long-lost son Spider, taken from her custody when he was just a baby, only a few days before she is planning to leave the city to return home. Their reunion is a crucial plot point and also underlines Bartleman's central message of healing and reconciliation.
Boyden, Joseph. Three Day Road. Toronto: Viking Canada/Penguin, 2005.
Three Day Road is a gritty First World War war novel partly inspired by the renowned Ojibwa sniper Francis Pegahmagabow, whose exploits were celebrated in Europe but largely forgotten when he returned to Canada and the familiar pain of racial discrimination and mistreatment. Xavier, one of the two central characters, keeps himself apart from the non-Aboriginal men in the company, preferring to isolate himself, and drawing strength from his recollections of the aunt who raised him, Niska, while his friend Elijah becomes increasingly boastful, basking in the praise of his superiors and his fellow soldiers. Comparing the two men, Boyden attributes Xavier's ability to survive, "not unscathed, by any means" to the fact that "he has a grounding in who he is and where he comes from, whereas Elijah is raised in the residential school and that in part feeds into what end up happening to him . . . . He isn't grounded in his place or culture, and this ends up being very damaging to him" (230). The novel moves back and forth in time as Niska attempts to nurse her nephew back to health. Both Xavier and Niska recall events from their childhoods and youth; each was affected by a brief but painful exposure to residential school life.
Burns, Sarah Felix. Song over Quiet Lake. Toronto: Second Story Press, 2009.
This novel by non-Indigenous Ontario writer Sarah Felix Burns is based in part on a residential school survivor that Burns met at the University of British Columbia. Lydie Jim, the character inspired by this friendship, is a Tlingit elder born near Quiet Lake in the Yukon on her parents' trapline. Lydie's family history includes multiple tragedies and traumas. The young woman who becomes her tutor, and then her friend, Sylvia Hardy, has had her own share of family difficulties, centering around her small brother's disappearance years earlier when she was supposed to be supervising him, and her mother's subsequent rejection of her after her brother was found murdered. As reviews suggested about Melanie J. Murray's drama, A Very Polite Genocide, which also draws on multiple personal and historical traumas to recount a residential schools story, there seems to be a surfeit here of devastating experiences of loss and trauma. The cumulative effect risks overwhelming the narrative. Several episodic chapters dealing with an elderly Anglican priest, Father MacAvoy, who is struggling with his fraught memories of the residential school era and with an episode dating back to his own childhood, his complicity in the drowning of a young disabled boy. Burns works to draw parallels between these three characters, comparing their struggles to come to terms with a painful past, and gradually revealing the crucial historical connection between Father MacAvoy and Lydie Jim.
Crate, Joan. Black Apple. Toronto: Simoin & Schuster Canada, 2016.
Hayden Taylor, Drew. Motorcycles & Sweet Grass. Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada/Random House, 2010.
In Drew Hayden Taylor's first novel for adults, residential school history, debates over how to use reclaimed reserve land, and efforts to regain cultural practices and language are treated with the author's characteristic ironic and playful critique of colonial power. Hayden Taylor's accomplished contemporary trickster tale provides a means of incorporating residential school history into a community's complicated contemporary social and family relationships. He acknowledges losses–notably one school survivor's lifelong battle with traumatic nightmares and painful self-medication through alcohol–without suggesting that they have fatally undermined the community's ability to move forward. At the same time, he is pragmatic about the kinds of political and bureaucratic quagmires facing reserve administrators as they struggle to assist their Nations' in achieving greater autonomy and self-determination within a web of still-colonial relationships. Losses of language and culture are mourned; the younger speakers of Anishinabe have limited fluency, while some parents are choosing to raise their children–like the conscientious Dakota, Virgil's cousin–with limited contact to First Nations' stories and languages. The efforts to reclaim language and culture and to indigenize forms of expression are treated with both sympathy and, in the depiction of Wayne's isolation and idiosyncratic training program, some humour.
Highway, Tomson. Kiss of the Fur Queen. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1998.
Highway's semi-autobiographical novel deals with two northern Manitoba boys snatched away to a residential school where they experience religious indoctrination and sexual abuse that marks them with shame. Through their pursuit of their respective artistic talents–in music and dance–they attempt to overcome the complicated legacies of their childhoods. Highway's wry and ironic novel invokes figures from Cree religious traditions, including the cannibalistic Weetigo, in a powerful depiction of cultural survivance. Violence against Indigenous women is a crucial theme, with the recurring images of women taken from Winnipeg and found murdered.
McGregor, Stephen. Two Trails Narrow. Penticton, BC: Theytus Books, 2008.
The novel deals largely with wartime, but the opening chapters are set in a residential school, and McGregor portrays scenes of graphic violence featuring horrifically abusive priests and nuns. The most sadistic of the abusive staff members, Father Speidel, goes as far as to concoct an offense by an innocent young girl as a way to justify beating her; the pleasure he takes in the children's humiliation and pain is noted several times. A revenge fantasy is enacted when several of the older children assault him, dislocating his shoulder, as they prepare to run away from the school.
Wagamese, Richard. Indian Horse. Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 2012.
Downie, Gord, and Jeff Lemire. Secret Path. Toronto: Simon & Schuster Canada, 2017.
Downie's song lyrics for his Secret Path project (which included a CD and live performances) accompany Lemire's drawings. Based on the life of residential school student Chanie Wenjack, this is now a widely-adopted curriculum resource. It has significant limitations, but it does highlight student resistance to residential schools, including the substantial number of runaways, some of whom, like Chanie Wenjack, died while attempting to return home.
Robertson, David Alexander, and Scott B. Henderson. Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story. Highwater Press, 2012.
Deerchild, Rosanna. Calling Down the Sky. Markham, ON: Bookland Press, 2015.
Halfe, Louise Bernice. Burning in this Midnight Dream. SK: Coteau, 2016.
Adams, LaVerne. Medicine. Abbotsford, B.C.: University College of the Fraser Valley Press, UCFV Press Playscript Series #1, 1991.
Cheechoo, Shirley. Path with no Moccasins. Talent Group, 1993.
Dennis, Darrell. Two Plays: Tales of an Urban Indian and The Trickster of Third Avenue East. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2005.
Hayden Taylor, Drew. God and the Indian. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2014.
Lakevold, Dale and Darrell Racine. Misty Lake. Lake Audy, Manitoba: Adler & Ringe Publishers, 2000.
Lill, Wendy. Sisters. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1991.
Loring, Kevin. Where the Blood Mixes. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2009.
Manuel, Vera. Strength of Indian Women. In Two Plays about Residential School (Ora Pro Nobis (Pray for Us) and Strength of Indian Women). Okiniko Larry Loyie and Vera Manuel. Vancouver, British Columbia: Living Traditions Writers Group/Benwell-Atkins, 1998.
Moses, Daniel David, et al, eds. Indian Act: Residential School Plays. Toronto: Playwrights Canada, 2018. [forthcoming in June). Includes Bunk #7 by Larry Guno, God and the Indian by Drew Hayden Taylor, They Know Not What They Do by Tara Began, A Very Polite Genocide or The Girl Who Fell to Earth by Melanie J. Murray, Kihew by Curtis Peeteetuce, Dear Mr. Buchwald by Yvette Nolan, and Nokhum by Michael Greyeyes.
Campbell, Nicola I. Shin-chi's Canoe. Pictures by Kim LaFave. Toronto: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2008.
—. Shi-shi-etko. Toronto: A Groundwook Book/House of Anansi Press, 2005.
Kusugak, Michael Arvaarluk (text) and Vladyana Langer Krykorka. (art). Arctic Stories. Toronto: Annick Press Ltd., 1998.
Lingman, Mary. Sammy Goes to Residential School. Illustrations by Susan Ross. Waterloo, ON: Penumbra Press, 1991.
Robertson, David Alexander, with illustrations by Julie Flett. When We Were Alone. HighWater Press, 2016.
Dupuis, Jenny Kay, and Kathy Kacer. Illustrated by Gillian Newland. I Am Not a Number. Toronto: Second Story Press, 2016.
Jordan-Fenton, Christy and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton. A Stranger at Home: A True Story. Artwork by Liz Amini-Holmes. Toronto: Annick Press, 2011.
—. Fatty Legs: A True Story. Artwork by Liz Amini-Holmes. Toronto: Annick Press, 2010.
Loyie, Larry, with Constance Brissenden. Ill. Heather D. Holmlund. As Long as the Rivers Flow. Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 2002. No pagination.
Slipperjack, Ruby. Dear Canada: These Are My Words: The Residential School Diary of Violet Peshens. Scholastic Canada, 2016.
Florence, Melanie. Righting Canada's Wrongs: Native Residential Schools. Toronto: Lorimer, 2015.
Gray Smith, Monique. Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation. Victoria: Orca, 2017.
Bays, Eric. Indian Residential Schools: Another Picture. Ottawa: Baico Publishing, 2009.
Bryant, Mary Harrington. 4 years—and then some. Ottawa: M.& J. Bryant, 2007.
Purvis, Ron. T'shama. Surrey, B.C.: Heritage House, 1994.


Those of us who build or refurbish guitar amps and speaker cabinets often have a hard time finding speaker grill cloth. What we do find is rather expensive and usually has to be mail ordered. For example, the cheapest grill cloth Antique Electronics Supply sells is $19.95 a yard for 34 inch wide pieces.
I found this shade cloth at Home Depot and Lowe's that seems to work well as grill cloth. It is made by Easy Gardener Products. It is intended for using outdoors as a shade cloth on porches, patios, kids swing sets, etc. But it looks like grill cloth and appears to be as porous. It comes in four colors, Smoke Blue, Saddle Tan, Heavy Green, and Heavy Black, though not all stores will carry all colors.
I bought some that is Saddle Tan originally to use as covers for some bass traps I built. I ran some listening tests placing this cloth in front of speakers and noticed no more high frequency loss than I would expect for grill cloth. So I tried some I had left over after building the bass traps as grill cloth for a guitar amp I built. The amp, shown below, is made from an old late 1970's Fender PA135, dramatically rewired. The cabinet, which I built out of some scrap plywood, has a 15 inch speaker from a Fender Bassman 20 and two 8 inch speakers from a Shure Vocalmaster PA column. I painted the speaker baffle board that is behind the grill cloth black.
The picture below shows another cabinet I built to house some Ampeg VT22 electronics I had. It makes the VT22 essentially into an Ampeg V4. I painted the board that the cloth is mounted on white, which was not a good idea. Black would have been better as the open area is the center would be less likely to show up.
This cloth can be easily purchased locally, assuming you have a Home Depot or Lowe's near you. This shade cloth comes in six foot widths. The cloth I bought from Home Depot was 20 feet long and cost a little under $30. This is equivalent to costing about $2.25 a yard for 36 inch widths, costing about one ninth as much as the cheapest grill cloth Antique Electronics Supply sells. It can be bought in smaller packaged lengths, though it will cost a little more per yard than the 20 foot length packages. A Lowe's near me also sells it by the foot for $1.72 per foot, six foot wide.


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ABC Project Named Among NFBA 'Building of the Year' Recipients
Each year, the National Frame Building Association (NFBA) selects outstanding post-frame projects from the previous year that exceed customer expectations for their annual 'Building of the Year' awards. Our customer, Preferred Builders, chose to use our metal building products when constructing their post-frame wedding venue, Rosewood Manor, which won first place in the commercial building (5,000 – 10,000 sq. ft.) Experts Division category. Award winners were announced during the Awards Luncheon held on February 15th, 2018 during the 51st Annual National Frame Building Association (NFBA) Conference and Expo in Columbus.
First Place | Commercial Buildings (5,000 – 10,000 sq. ft.) – Expert's Division
Rosewood Manor is a southerm plantation-style, controlled-climate, indoor-outdoor wedding venue in Miamisburg, Ohio with the capability of being open year-round. Post frame construction using ABC's metal roofing panels was selected for this building project as it lowered overall costs and kept the schedule on time for already-scheduled events as work could be done at times when other construction methods would have not been viable. Click here for more details on this project.
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The NFBA Building of the Year contest consists of 24 award categories plus a Judges' Award. To qualify for consideration, the building must have been designed and erected in a safe manner and utilize post-frame construction in a minimum of 50 percent of the building structure. Buildings must have been completed between December 1, 2016 – December 1st, 2016 and have an erector/contractor who is a current NFBA member builder. For more on the NFBA Building of the Year program, visit their website.
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Bankruptcy Advice - Is Going Bankrupt The Best Option For You?
If you are struggling to pay the money you owe to creditors, there are various options available to you, therefore getting decent bankruptcy advice is important. These options vary depending on details such as the type of debt you have, how much you owe and what your personal assets are. If you believe you can't repay the money you owe to creditors, one of the options you have is declaring bankruptcy. To ensure you fully understand what this means we have compiled a small list of FAQs below. If you have any further questions, we are of course on-hand to provide any bankruptcy advice you may need.
Is Bankruptcy the Only Option for me?
The answer of course depends on your own specific situation. However, in general, bankruptcy should always be considered as a last resort. There are many debt repayment options available to you and we will of course help you to see the pros and cons of each, including Debt Consolidation Loans, Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs), as well as providing free bankruptcy advice.
Yes. Either you can apply for bankruptcy yourself or you can have it forced upon you by one of your creditors. Whilst it is of course better for you to enter bankruptcy voluntarily, it does not make any real difference to the overall process or the restrictions placed upon you.
How Long Will I be Declared Bankrupt for?
In general, and if everything goes smoothly, you will receive an automatic discharge after 12 months. However, this can be extended if you fail to cooperate with the Trustee in charge of your bankruptcy or you have been judged to have gotten into debt recklessly, dishonestly or found to have given false information.
What Restrictions will be Placed Upon me?
You will be unable to serve as a company director for the duration of your bankruptcy. Furthermore, if you are self-employed you will only be allowed to trade in your name. In addition, you will not be able to apply for credit of over £500 without declaring your bankrupt status; which may of course make it more difficult for such credit applications to be approved. Depending on your career, you may also be subject to other restrictions.
How Much Money do I have to Repay Back?
The amount you will be required to repay depends on your income. If you are deemed to have enough money after your living costs have been deducted, you will be required to contribute towards your bankruptcy for a period of up to three years. To give you a better idea as to how much this may be, we can help you quickly calculate what you will be required to pay each month after all deductions have been taken into account.
Will I Have to Sell my Home and car?
Possessions that are considered essential, such as your home, will not be included in your bankruptcy. Cars are also protected as long as you can prove that they are essential to your working life. However, the Trustee is entitled to ask you to downgrade assets if they are considered as being too extravagant. Furthermore, the situation is made more complicated if you rent where you lived. In addition, non-essential assets worth over £1,000, including equity in property, will have to be turned over to your creditors. We will of course work closely with you to ensure that you know exactly what is and what is not included in your bankruptcy.
Can I Include all my Debts in the Bankruptcy?
No. Whilst bankruptcy does cover most of your debts, including credit cards, utilities charges, council tax, and VAT, other debts will remain to be your responsibility after you have been declared bankrupt. Such debts include matrimonial, criminal and student debts.
What will Happen to my Credit Rating After Bankruptcy?
Once you have been declared bankrupt, it will remain on your credit record for up to six years. During the period you are classified as being bankrupt, certain restrictions will be placed on you. One of these being the need to declare your bankruptcy if you require credit of more than £500; which will of course make it more difficult for you to obtain such credit. As with every other aspect of your personal debt, our financial experts can provide you with professional bankruptcy advice to allow you to make a more informed decision.


A case came up where qemu-kvm should use double logging on (multiple) sclpconsole which is currently not supported on s390x.
Any idea or alternatively virtio console or something else possible?
qemu-system-s390x: -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/62d6ec4a-355d-4bbe-8ac8-52778b8a2107,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,serial=62d6ec4a-355d-4bbe-8ac8-52778b8a2107: 'serial' is deprecated, please use the corresponding option of '-device' instead 2019-01-15T13:32:53.547903Z qemu-system-s390x: -device sclpconsole,chardev=charconsole1,id=console1: Multiple VT220 operator consoles are not supported 2019-01-15T13:32:53.547913Z qemu-system-s390x: -device sclpconsole,chardev=charconsole1,id=console1: SCLP event initialization failed.
@Frank - As discussed this comes from MAAS, you might want to ask them for their XML template.
And on s390x 2 x sclp was picked due to that which obviously can't work.
I would wonder if an extra virto-serial could do the trick.
Furthermore I just realized that Openstack does the same like in https://pastebin.canonical.com/190844/ ; so maybe they already have the right s390x combination to get this running somehow - you might ask them as well.
A 2nd console could be the sclplmconsole.
I'd think the use case was mostly for logging to a file.
x86 serial in the past needed some tweaks to be able to log but at the same time be interactive - maybe that was the reason for the double entries.
I tried the latter suggestion with just sclp + log file and it was interactive and logging for me.
@Frank - would you hand that over to the MAAS team so that they can evaluate which would work for them? From the "ask the z experts POV" this is solved unless we find a deficiency in the suggested configuration.
Yes, since this looks like a valid alternate way I've already shared this with newell (subscribed him) who is working on LP 1811986 / LP 1811992.
Just shared it with andreserl, too.
[ 13.628426] Loading iSCSI transport class v2.0-870.
Might be something with systemd-journal obviously?
As of what I am seeing, this is a still a broken solution but maybe you guys can find out what is going on that is crippling the log file output.
the first xml snippet will only long console output as sclplm is an additional console and any login will still happen at the first console (sclp).
Please pick what you need.
@Canonical, any update available ?
Thanks for that - I think we are done and have to thank @IBM.
We have pinged MAAS to consider the insight in their next updates.
Sorry for the delay in responding to this. As Chrisitian correctly assumed in his first paragraph, yes to get this to work for x86 we needed two serial consoles and I assume this was was the case without testing out the second xml snippet. Just tried it and it worked so will be pushing this to MAAS. Cheers.


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Now Fall River used to be a great cotton town, second only to Manchester in England, so it has its fair share of old mill buildings. One of these - some of us think it inspired William Blake, but others are sure that by "dark Satanic Mills" he must have meant the original Lucas factory - is our home. It was built in 1881 for the Laurel Lake Mills, a textile business founded by a couple of guys called Slade, which lasted until 1931. (The City of Fall River commemorates them with a nearby street, but we go one better with a jacket in our "Metropolitain" line). After textiles, luggage was made here, and now we use a couple of floors. No worries about overexposure to nature, the lake has long since been drained and paved over, and the stream that flowed out of it is now a storm sewer in a culvert under the basement.
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How Do You Judge Innovation: Guilty or Innocent?
by Robyn Bolton | Sep 18, 2022 | Innovation, Leadership
Several months ago, a colleague sent me a link to Roger Martin's latest article, "The Presumption of Guilt: The Hidden Logical Barrier to Innovation." Even though the article was authored by one of the preeminent thinkers in the field of innovation and strategy (in 2017, Thinkers50 voted him the #1 most influential management thinker in the world), I didn't have too much hope that I would read something new or interesting. After all, I read A LOT of articles, and 99 times out of 100, I'm disappointed (80 times out of 100, I roll my eyes so hard I give myself a headache).
This one blew my mind.
With just a few sentences and applying a well-known analogy, Martin explained a phenomenon that plagues every organization and kills most innovation.
Presumed Innocence is a fundamental human right
Martin begins by pointing out that in the legal systems of modern democracies, all citizens are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. In 1948, the United Nations extended this concept to all nations (not just democracies) in Article 11.1 of their Declaration of Human Rights.
The presumption of innocence is so important because "the presumption of guilt (or even neutrality) puts an almost impossible burden on the defendant. The State is strong and has resources far beyond that of the individual."
Presumed Innocence is not a fundamental innovation right
Now let's apply this analogy and the lens of presumption of innocence or guilt to business, arguably a field where we spend much more time and make far more judgments.
You, and your fellow decision-makers, are judges and jury.
It is up to you to determine whether the projects in front of you are innocent (worthy of additional investment) or guilty (not worthy).
If you presume all defendants are guilty, you place the burden of proof on them. They must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they will succeed and are, therefore, worthy of investment.
If you presume all defendants are innocent, you place the burden of proof on yourself (or the business as a whole). You must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they will fail.
What type of judge are you? What kind of decision-making system do you preside over? Do you presume guilt or innocence?
In most boardrooms, projects are presumed guilty.
Presumptions in practice
Let's consider the two "defendants" (types of projects) that appear before you – core business projects and innovation projects.
Each defendant has a team of advocates. The core business typically has a large team with ample resources and a history of success. Innovation has a much smaller team with far fewer resources and few, if any, "in-market" successes.
To be fair, you ask the same questions of both defendants – questions about market growth, performance versus competitors, and what the P&L looks like.
The team advocating for the core business produces data-filled slides, reports from reputable third parties, and financials blessed by Finance. In the deluge of facts, you forget that all the data is about the past, and you're making decisions about the future. You find the evidence compelling (or at least reassuring), determine that the team met their burden of proof, declare the Core Business innocent, and allocate additional funds and people.
Innovation's team also comes with slides, reports, and financials, but it's not nearly as compelling as what you just saw from the current business team. But you are a fair judge, so you ask most questions like
We believe we can get X% of a Total Addressable Market estimated to be Y
There are no direct competitors, but consumers rated this better than current solutions
We don't have a 5-year NPV or P&L for this business at scale because we're not asking for permission to launch. We're asking for $100,000 to continue testing.
Believe? We need to know!
No direct competitors? Perhaps there's a reason for that!
No P&L? I'm not going to throw scarce money away!
"Guilty!" you declare, "no more resources for you! Try again!"
This example illustrates what Roger Martin considers corporate innovation's fatal flaw. In his article, he argues,
"the status quo must play the role of the prosecutor and prove that the innovation is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The innovation asserts its case, laying out the future that it imagines is plausible and explains the logic that buttresses the plausibility. The onus is on the status quo to demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that the innovation's logic is flawed — e.g., the proposed economics are unrealistic, customers haven't shown a hint of caring about the unique selling features of the innovation, competitors already have a lead on us in the proposed area, etc.
If the status quo can do so, then the innovation is guilty. If it can't, then the innovation is not guilty, and the organization should invest."
As much as I love the idea of requiring the status quo (managers? Executives? Stockholders?) to prove that investments should not be made (i.e., the default answer is "Yes" to all requests), it's just not a practical solution.
Burden of proof as barrier
There's another fundamental principle in our legal system that Martin doesn't touch on: the burden of proof shifts as the stakes increase.
Specifically, the State's burden of proof increases from warrant to arraignment to grand jury to trial. For example, the State must provide probable cause based on direct or other reliable information to get a warrant. But the State must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt when the defendant goes to trial and risks losing their freedom or even their life.
But in the example above, the questions (proof required) remained the same.
The questions were appropriate for the Current Business because it's already in the market, consuming massive resources, and its failure would have a catastrophic impact on the company.
But the questions aren't appropriate for innovation in its early days. In fact, they were the business equivalent of demanding proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt to get a search warrant. Instead, a judge evaluating a project in the early Design phase should ask for probable cause based on direct or other reliable information – observed consumer behavior, small-scale research findings, or simple prototypes.
The Verdict is In
I love the concept of Presumed Guilty vs. Presumed Innocent. I see it all the time in my work, and it is painfully prevalent in Innovation Council meetings and other boardrooms where managers sit as judge and jury over a project's (ad a team's) fate.
I want to flip the paradigm – To make "yes" the default instead of "No" and to require managers, the keepers of the status quo, to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a project will fail.
But I don't think it's possible (if I'm wrong, PLEASE tell me!).
Instead, our best bet for true innovation justice is not to shift who bears the burden of proof but rather how heavy that burden is at various points. From probable cause when the stakes are low to beyond a reasonable doubt when they're high. And certainly more than a ham sandwich at any point
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The U.S. Energy Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded two University of Maryland (UMD) research teams over $5 million in funding to improve power plant cooling technologies.
The UMD projects are two of 14 funded as part of a $30 million investment by ARPA-E's Advanced Research in Dry Cooling (ARID) program to spur transformative new power plant cooling technologies such as innovative, ultra-high-performance air-cooled heat exchangers and supplemental cooling systems and/or cool-storage systems that can cost-effectively and efficiently reject waste heat.
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Led by Department of Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Bao Yang, the project's UMD co-principal investigators include Professor Michael Ohadi and Minta Martin Professor Reinhard Radermacher, who is also the director of Maryland's Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE). The team will also work with partners at Stony Brook University, the Electric Power Research Institute, WorleyParsons Group and Rocky Research.
"It is a team effort," Yang said. "Each partner has unique technical expertise to bring to this project."
Yang's team and its partners will utilize a novel microemulsion liquid absorbent, recently invented by the researchers at UMD for use in absorption cooling systems for power plants. These microemulsion absorbents can absorb water vapor (refrigerant), and release the water as liquid during desorption, thus achieving a high coefficient of performance. Waste heat from the power plant flue gas will drive the microemulsion cooling system to provide supplemental cooling below the ambient temperature.
The second project, led by Professor Michael Ohadi, "Novel Polymer Composite Heat Exchanger for Dry Cooling of Power Plants," also targets improving power plant cooling technologies through the development and application of new composite heat exchangers that use a low-cost, high conductivity medium encapsulated in a polymeric material that is highly durable, low cost and has a high resistance to corrosion.
Ohadi's UMD team includes Professor Hugh Bruck, Associate Research Scientist Dr. Serguei Dessiatoun and Assistant Research Scientist Dr. Amir Shooshtari, who will serve as co-PIs, along with Professor Joshua Pearce at Michigan Technological University, Dr. Arun Muley at Boeing Research and Technology, Huntington Beach, Calif. Dr. Justin Zachary at ExperTech Engineering Corp. will serve as consultant on the power plant feasibility studies and serve as the link between the project and the power plant community.
The team's novel polymer composite heat exchangers for indirect air cooling of power plants are superior to current state-of-the-art metallic heat exchangers in terms of cost, performance, lifespan and corrosion resistance. In addition, the team can keep production and assembly costs low by using onsite additive manufacturing (3-D printing) technologies.
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Both Yang and Radermacher are also part of two additional ARPA-E funded projects awarded in December 2014 as part of a new federally-funded research initiative to design and create personal technologies for keeping individuals comfortably cool or warm, while shrinking the energy needs of the buildings they occupy.
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Phoenix, AZ, June 11, 2017 – Teri M. Rowe has been made the newest partner at Miller Kory Rowe LLP, a Phoenix-based law firm with catastrophic injury practice areas that include nursing home abuse, medical malpractice, auto and trucking accidents, and wrongful death. Teri joins the experienced litigation partnership, which includes attorneys Jeffrey B. Miller, T. Rowe, and Gabriel V. Kory.
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AN IMAGINARY COMPILATION ALBUM : #93 : THE PIPETTES
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Gwenno. RiotBecki. Rosay. They are The Pipettes. Or they were The Pipettes. Well, one of them, I think, still is The Pipettes. Or maybe not.
It's all rather complicated.
So during this Imaginary Compilation Album I'm going to concentrate on the incarnation above – best described as that terrible pop cliché the classic lineup. But I'll also throw in a couple of respectful curveballs.
Like a lot of the 60s Girl Groups without whom…The Pipettes were, it seems, authentically, a creation. They were the joint design of one Monster Bobby – a sort of indiepop Victor Frankenstein from what I can gather – and singer Julia Clarke-Lowes. In 2003, in Brighton, they put together the band, recruiting Rose 'Rosay' Elinor Dougall and Rebecca 'RiotBecki' Stephens. Providing the brilliant Spector-inspired tunes: The Cassettes – Monster Bobby and pals – who, with respect, were essentially the three singers' backing band.
As regards the definable We Are The Pipettes era that dominates this ICA, it didn't last long: 2005/06, really. Perhaps the whole pouting, shape-pulling, polka-dotedeness of it all became too much. Maybe it locked-up rather than liberated. Whatever, with ill-advised confidence I predicted a 2016 reunion tour that would mark the ten years since the LP's release. It was inevitable. And, inevitably, it didn't happen.
So, no more Pipettes as we knew them. That first LP, though, and the b-sides that buzzed around its singles, are fantastic pop. And in the end, that's all that really matters.
The Pipettes: The Joy of The Pipettes – an Imaginary Compilation Album.
For this ICA I've allowed myself four LP/singles tracks, four b-sides and those two curveballs: one from the beginning of the story, one from what appears to be the end.
1. We Are The Pipettes (We Are The Pipettes LP track, 2006)
The first song in this ICA was the last to be chosen for inclusion. I actually tried hard not to pick it. I thought it too obvious. But in the end I had to concede that it really is the perfect way to kick things off. The band themselves agreed: this is track 1 of the debut LP. Prior to formal introductions, a kind of spooky, spacey, voodoo-ish effect implies the group are not of this earth. And who's to say they are?
2. I like A Boy In Uniform (School Uniform) (single, 2005)
Curveball #1. The peep of a playground whistle and off we go. This is the last word in bawdy, rocketing, gender-mangling, impertinent indiepop. The Pipettes did a Sugababes some years ago – by 2008 no original members remained – and this, the band's first single, features founding Pip Julia Clarke-Lowes. Julia would swiftly leave to concentrate on her own band, The Indelicates, and at that point Gwenno Saunders stepped in. This first-born song is a hoot, and a real lost indiepop gem. A hundred lines if you disagree.
3. Simon Says (b-side of Judy CD single, 2006)
An S&M nursery rhyme that sounds incredibly like Sarah Records' heroes, Heavenly. And it shares that band's talent for concealing the serious or provocative (have a listen to Heavenly's disturbing Hearts & Crosses) within a froth of chiming pop. Need more evidence? Track down The Pipettes' 'X'-rated, high-school rock 'n' rollish Feminist Complaints.
4. Pull Shapes (single/We Are The Pipettes LP track, 2006)
"Effortlessly hits the often-attempted but rarely visited sweet spot where commerciality and credibility collide." Who wrote that? Me. Just there. And I'm being deliberately pompous. But I think it probably does summarise Pull Shapes quite well. Surely one of those songs that, once it's safely recorded, someone dials the record company's Guaranteed Hits Department to report in. On that score, the single peaked at number 26. Should have topped the chart. Features a misheard lyric "There's a hot floppy forest… " of minor repute.
5. Judy (single/We Are The Pipettes LP track, 2006)
Just what did Judy do when she was older and no one wanted to know her? This is a terrific single and its worth having a look at its fun comic book-style video too. If you've ever invited the collective wraths of the God of Pop and the God of, well, God by wearing an upturned LP sleeve on your head and pretending you're a bishop, you could do worse than track down a copy of a limited 7″ of Judy. Its sleeve, brilliantly, can be unfolded and worn as a skirt.
6. The Burning Ambition Of Early Diuretics (b-side of Judy single, 2006)
It's difficult to wrench yourself from the idea of Grease-era Olivia Newton-John striding towards you when you hear this one begin. To me, this is all switchblades, pocket-dwelling metal combs and sassy gum-chomping girls. The kind that kick your head in with the lift of an eyebrow.
7. I Always Planned 2 Stay (Earth vs. The Pipettes LP track, 2010)
Curveball #2. "A great song in a crappy album" posted one YouTube user. Certainly it's the best song on an LP whose sound is several hundred polka dots from what had gone before.
Such is the disparity that it would have been easier to admit entry to this ICA only to the first LP and the material around it. But I thought it'd be interesting to contrast the likes of School Uniform with this number.
Produced by Martin Rushent, and sung by Gwenno and the then-latest Pipette, her sister Ani, this song is so clean you could eat your dinner off it. I do like it – but then I'm a sucker for bright, poppy intros, teeth-melting choruses and sha-la-las. The finest song Lily Allen never wrote? Could be.
8. Guess Who Ran Off With The Milkman? (b-side of Pull Shapes single, 2006)
The opening shots and credits of an imaginary film always play when I hear this song beginning. Join the Pips on a desperate sprint from the gossip, gardens and garages of settled-down suburbia. Fleeing for their lives from mortgages, dogs and babies, there's just something in the milk bottle-clutching, wide-eyed way that this is sung that indicates a terrible, doomed inevitability. This song was matched with Pull Shapes, resulting in a corker of a 7″ single.
9. Tell Me What You Want (We Are The Pipettes LP track, 2006)
Dramatic tempo shifts. Luscious strings. A timeless you and me – on or not? pop theme. This is the band at its most theatrical and grown-up.
10. A Winter's Sky (We Are The Pipettes LP track, 2006)
This is just such a lovely, delicate and unusual song. It shimmers and shivers. The way it falters, stutters and rises before ending – with a comforting parp of brass and a gently ominous, Smithsy sound effect – is delightful. Probably my favourite Pipettes song – and a fine way also to close this collection.
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Spread softened cream cheese on the bottom of the pan followed by the can of refried beans. Add the packet of taco seasoning to the sour cream and layer this on top of the refried beans. Finish off by layering salsa, cheese, lettuce and sliced black olives.
Enjoy right away or let the dip settle for a bit so the taco seasoning isn't so potent.
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Charges for mediation vary according to individual services. Some mediation practices charge by the hour, some per session. Some may apply 'sliding scales' or offer a fixed fee package.
If you go on to mediation, some mediators make no charge, or may refund part or all of the first meeting or Mediation Information & Assessment Meeting (MIAM). This does vary between mediators and mediation services, so ask about charges before going to your first meeting or MIAM. At your first meeting, the mediator will be able to explain the likely costs of any mediation, and how you can pay.
How do I find out how much it will cost?
Find a mediator and ring or email them to ask what their charges are for the first meeting and the mediation sessions. This will give you an idea of costs so you can compare them with other services. Contacting a number of mediators can help you compare costs and find the service that suits you best.
When you go to the first meeting or MIAM, the mediator will be able to give you an estimate of how much mediation is likely to cost based on their understanding of what it is you hope to deal with.
They will also help you check if you can get legal aid to help pay for it.
Legal aid may be available to one or both of you and each person will be assessed separately. Even if only one person can get legal aid both will have the fee for the MIAM and the cost of the first full mediation session covered.


Hello. Thank you very much for reading this blog.
I'm Shinsuke Kono. We have posted about "a look-back of our 4 year university life". I post it today.
I was setting my sights on my elder brother from childish time. You may be able to admit from the neighborhood by approaching my elder brother because the elder brother was doing exchange studying abroad in the United States for 1 year by a college student, I think and I have begun to be conscious of studying abroad, too. I went to learn "English" on language study training so far, but the feeling that I'd like to learn by "English" at a university began to grow. Such expectation chose a integrated policy department an English lesson enriches.
I regret that I could not go to exchange studying in my school life, but I had a great experience that I could participate in a "seisaku joho gakusei koryukai" it's discuss with students in 4days. Former I was avoiding presentation in front of people, but it was feeling a superior on 1 judged the form that he's speaking in front of people openly, and in order for me to try. After I participated in this event, I challenged a lot of thing which is I do not like. I think maybe a thing beyond exchange studying abroad could be experienced.
I suggest that you should challenge for many things while you're university. I regret that I had better to do a lot of things. It is difficult to do everything what you want, but you should do. Anyway, you can get many things by doing variety it.
I'm Natsuki Murakami, 3rd year of Konishi seminar.
Today, I would like to write about one of the challenges which was the best for me in my university life.
One thing I have tried the best in my university life was serving as an executive of a volunteer organization. I belong to an international volunteer organization called "KUJIRA". It help women and children living in poverty-stricken areas of the Philippines. Approximately 50 students belong to this group. I have been involved in various activities of this group as executive. There are two reasons I came to the executive. The first reason is because I sympathized strongly with the philosophy that the KUJIRA have held. This group is continuously doing possible activities in Japan for women and children living in poor areas of the Philippines. In addition, we value the attitude of walking toward the same goal together, not one-sided assistance. I like the attitude of walking together and I wanted to work more with this group. The second reason is because I liked the members who belong to the KUJIRA. People belong to this group are able to consider their opponents and very warm people. Even if we manage one project, the members of the KUJIRA are those who can work with a hot feeling, pointing out bad parts and complementing each other. I wanted to work with such members in the future and I wanted to make it a wonderful organization that everyone can think that it was good to join this group.
What I felt the most difficult while I was working as an executive was to express my feelings well. One organization belongs to a lot of people with various values. Since the priorities for organizations and the time to be involved are different, naturally the feelings for each person's activities will differ. Among them, as one of the executives, I needed to show everyone the ideals that this group values and the purpose of the activities. At the beginning only failed, I couldn't convey what I wanted to convey well and I lost confidence. However, through the activities of this group, people have various values, so I realized that there is a new discovery in the relationship with that person and it will be an opportunity to broaden my horizons. It is very difficult to tell my feelings. However, I think that it is important not to give up just because it is difficult but to take a trial and error approach while constantly thinking about how to convey it well. In that case, I'm sure that my feelings will be conveyed to the other person, and I think that it will be able to lead to the other's actions and to hear the real feelings of the opponent. When telling my feelings, I began to try to select words by keeping in mind that the way of capturing and feeling are different for just the number of people.
Experience with the KUJIRA was irreplaceable to me, and I can say that I was really glad to belong to this group. I hope I can make use of this experience in a different place from KUJIRA.
I'm Chisako Kitayama, senior of Kwansei Gakuin University.
We have posted about "a look-back of our 4 year university life". I post it today.
I went to two-year college, and after graduated I transferred into the third year of Kwansei Gakuin University (KG). I set a goal of improving my English level. I guess I achieved my goal because I used English every single day while I took the classes so I always talked to my teachers and friends in English. When I was sophomore student, I really wanted to study deeply so I looked for a new university that suit my opinion. Finally I found Policy Studies at KG and I was able to transfer. I set a goal of studying many things that I studied at college deeply. I guess I achieved my goal again because I took many kinds of classes and I studied deeply through them.
I feel regret for my schools days a little because I didn't get "special full life". My school life was changing rapidly so I couldn't join many events. I wish I would enjoyed many school events.
I really want to cherish my friends more than before. I always feel "every meeting ends in parting". I had many chance to meet many people, there were a lot of pleasure and laughing sometimes crying. They supported me when I had trouble. I strengthened my relationship with them through the days. I'll never forget "return a favor".
My future goal is "I'll do my best, but don't forget my individuality". I'm a lucky person because I can get a job which I really want to do, so I promise I'll not give in to any kind of things.
School life is over all too soon especially campus life. You have a lot of time to do so please put an idea into action and acquire new experience. Please don't regret when you graduate from KG.
Thank you so much for reading this post.
Hello. Thank you for reading our blog. I am Minami Nakanishi, third of Konishi seminar student. In this blog, I am going to talk about my valuable experience in my university life.
My valuable experience in my university life is the trip to England for a month on my own. The purpose of this trip was not for studying English in language school, but for seeing my host family and friends again who were care about me when I was a high school student. England made me remember my memories when I was 17 years old. The landscape of the way of Bournemouth where I used to live made me get back my feelings then and I compared with my real feelings. My host father came to pick me up at the station. When I saw him, I could not hold back the tears. When I got home, host mother and her daughter's family warmly welcomed me too. They treated me as a real member of their family like before. Three years ago, I struggled with new environment of different cultures. I used to have a quarrel with host father many times, but I realized now that we tried to understand each other. Because of this, I reaffirmed that we could be a real family with all our heart.
I talked a lot with my old friend in the place where we used to go. The past time when we spent together was the one of my best memories in my life. I never thought before that I could spend a day in the future like talking about our memories with my friend in England. I am so glad to be their friends as respecting each other and talking about anything. In this moment, I felt that we could get each other beyond nationality even if we had different cultures. This was the most I wanted. When I was 17, I wondered that this experience would be plus or not for me. There were many difficulties and sufferings. I did not know what was the right answer then. However, this trip made me aware the important things. Coming back to England and reaffirming made that experience and feelings to be perfect. I could improve myself little bit in three years and I got new feelings in this trip. This trip was valuable time to make sure what my axis in my life is.
Maybe you would struggle with what the real answer of your life is. In the situation of like this, you should reaffirm your experience carefully and find your axis. I hope that you will overcome the difficulties of your life and make sure what the important thing is.
Hello. Thank you very much for visiting our blog.
This is Kana Fukui, a senior member of Prof. Konishi's seminar class.
Today I'd like to share my 4 years at Kwansei Gakunin University with you.
Since I visited Australia where various people who have different background and culture live together when I was a second year student of high school, I have had one goal which I can speak English and know different culture with mine.
My visiting Australia was just for 2 weeks, but it showed me different world from Japan. My host family were Chinese immigrants, and they spoke English outside the house and Chinese at the house. I was surprised because I had never seen such global family. And also I was surprised with student's active attitude in a class room. With this visiting Australia, I realized that how fun I can know new things and new world through seeing by my eyes and experiencing by myself. Since I realized that, I had thought I want to study various fields with global perspective in the university. Finally I found "School of Policy Studies" and I was sure that I can achieve my goal in "School of Policy Studies" of Kwansei Gakuin University (KGU).
To achieve these goals, I tried many challenging things in my 4 years at the university.
<Studies>I have studies many fields, such as a law, philosophy, history, global politics, city planning, media literacy, and business management. Moreover, I studied in classes for all students, not only for "School of Policy Studies" students and met many new friends who have various major studies. By meeting new fiends and doing group working together, I discovered that how fun I can get new knowledge form people who have many kind of knowledge and values. I'm sure that this curiosity make my life more fun and wonderful.
And also having been gotten the scholarship from the university for 4 years and listed on top 10 students in "School of Policy Studies" give me confidence, because it can be the result of keeping to make efforts on studying. In addition, I tried studying in Thailand as an exchange student for 1 year. Of course, I got shocked with differences of life style between Thailand and Japan and also I had problem which I can't tell my opinion in the class because of luck of my English skill. However experience of studying with friends from all over the world and knowing my self is my treasure.
Joining NPO AIESEC* have widen my world. Through programs of AIESEC, I cooperated with many people who I can't meet in "School of Policy Studies", such as kindergarten teachers, a president of an IT company, students form other universities, and foreign students joining internship in Japan. With meeting many people, I knew that there are various way to make our life.
(NPO AIESEC: Global Organization which have branches in 126 countries and offer global internship opportunities to students.
In Global Shapers Camp*, I met people who are taking actions to solve social problems with their own way and also young people who are almost same age with me and already chose own life style to achieve their future goals. And in Thailand, I met many seniors who are graduated from KGU and set up a business or join Thai companies. By meeting them, I discover that I have chosen normal life, like studying in Japanese high school and university, graduating from university in 4 years, and starting to work. That is not bad, but it was important for me to know that we have many choices how to make my own life.
So now I try to think of many choices when I have any problem or try new things without being afraid that I choose different choice form others.
I should have talked with Professors more. In "School of Policy Studies", there are many kind of specialists who have experience of working not only in Japan, also abroad. They have so much knowledge and rich experience. But I could not approach to them to talk, because I thought professors might be busy. I know I need have courage to talk to professors. However using opportunity of Crescent Hour*, which be held in Academic Commons, might make it easy to talk to Professors.
I'd like to try to get skill making priority on my actions. In my 4 years, I tried really many things inside and outside university, and abroad too. However I made people around me be in trouble, because I was doing too much things and couldn't do everything perfect. After start working in a company, I need cooperate with other workers more than students. Therefore I need train myself to make priority on my all actions.
Meeting people who have various ideas and experiences always makes our life wonderful.
In my university life, people who I met have given new ideas I never thought.
After graduation from the university, I will try to join many kind of opportunities and meet various people not only inside the company, but also outside the company. And I will try to keep good relationship with them as well.
From next March, I will work in Talent Management position. I will try to get one qualification for first step to be professional of Talent Management and get trust from workers in the company. I will try to do what I should do perfectly and make good relationship with bosses and colleague. And I will keep trying challenging things and improving myself.
Also I would like to spend much time with my family and friends. In Thailand, people think that good relationship with family is treasure to them. By living in Thailand, I realized that how much happy that we have good family and friends, support and believe each other. I will never forget thank my family and friends.
I also can't have reason to my every decision yet. 4 years sounds long, but not. So I think we should have reasons to our each decision as much as we can. By doing that, even we can't get satisfied result or success, we could learn from process.
I learned that there are many choices in our life. In "School of Policy Studies", there are many students who have unique experience, such as setting up a business, doing internship in Africa, and making new club. I think one of strength of "School of Policy Studies" is that we can meet various people who tried unique choices. I also would like to have many choices without a fixed idea.
One good way to meet many people is talking to your friends or acquaintances about your interest or your future goals. I also got a chance to know people who have rich experience in my interested field and join internship because I talked about my interest to my acquaintances. And also it is important to introduce your friends or acquaintances to help other friends and acquaintances.
Lastly I'd like to say thank you to my friends, professors, family and all people who supported my university life.
Don't miss next blog as well.
The central purpose: Letting students broaden their international outlook.
→We introduced various countries, explained about the Philippines and made chance of thinking about poverty.
Introducing Japanese images and realities of various countries.
Explanation of Philippine basic information.
Developing countries from social problems.
Feeling from fieldwork in the Philippines.
The things we can do in Japan.
The things we want to tell.
The results of a questionnaire in Senri high school students.
Do you think you are satisfied about today?
Which topics impressed you most?
Today, we carried out the education of international understanding for high school students' international outlook but it was also a good chance of checking the reason of our activities for us.
I strongly believe that opinions from high school students are useful to develop activities of BFC.
Finally, I'm grad if today's the education of international understanding gives their future a good effect.
I am Mako Ueshima, 3rd year of Konishi seminar student.
This time, I report the education of international understanding in Poole Gakuin High School on 28 November in 2016.
I thought our presentation gave opportunities to understand and to have an interest in poverty issues in the Philippines.
We explained our educational activities and poor children in the Philippines to students about 10 minutes.
We gave them a lecture and show them a short movie about our fieldwork.
Our presentation was very short time, but I think students could learn about the poverty issues in the Philippines because they listened to us seriously.
I deeply appreciate for Mr. Naruoka and the other teachers who helped us with our activities.
Hello, I'm Takahiro Ogino, 3rd year student in Konishi seminar. Today, I'm going to write about "one of the big challenge in my university life". The biggest challenge in my university life is to study about specific topic in English with people from various countries. I'm studying about the Nordic welfare system, politics and Norwegian language at university of Oslo now.
When I was in 2nd year, I started to have interest in a study abroad program. A field trip in Vietnam was a trigger to inspire me to study abroad. I could see realities in a developing country and discussed the issues. However, what the most memorable was not the scenery or the people, but the discussion with Vietnamese students. In the discussion, a Vietnamese student asked us a question, "why gender equality is not promoted in Japan?". Then, I couldn't answer the question, and felt embarrassed because I looked away social issues even though I had lived in Japan so far. After I went back to Japan, I started to study focusing on "gender inequality in the labor market" and "the social welfare system". As I have been studying, I gradually got to have interest in the Nordic welfare system which is notable in the world. At that time, I started to eager to study in a Nordic country to be familiar with the sphere through leaning from new perspectives which are different from Japan.
However, it was really hard for me to pass a test for studying abroad because I had looked away studying English so far. I didn't even have a minimum required score to apply for the program actually. After acknowledging my English level, I began to study to improve my English ability even on a train and during a break in part-time job. After 6 months, I was finally nominated as an exchange student. However, as soon as I had a ticket to study in Norway, I didn't come to study as much as before and of course my English didn't get well any more.
Finally, I moved to Norway last August, but the life in Norway was harder than I had expected. Other international students with high level of English and enormous amount of knowledge made me feel superiority in the first few months. Hence, I'm studying English to catch up them besides classes now. I figured out the way to be better my English, and to be honest, I study it much harder than I was in Japan. I think my attitude toward English before was not enough strict to improve it. I'm just satisfied to make effort I did, not to achieve a goal. Also, I face with problem in discussion with people from other countries. Through this activity, I can acknowledge my narrow interest and poor knowledge. For example, knowledge about politics is essential to learn the Nordic welfare system because each party has different values, and they have strong influence on policies. However, I was not interested in politics so far, so it was difficult for me to understand how the system works. Now I got used to talking about this sphere. Thus, I have much more hardship in Norway than in Japan. I still need to try anything no matter how difficult it is.
I am Misaki Morimoto, a student of Konishi seminar.
Today, I would like to report about "Research Fair" which held in Sanda Campus of Kwansei Gakuin University in 17 November.
We presented based on the tittle which is "What can we do for the children who live in developed countries –through our experience in the Philippine–".
We shared our experience in the Philippine with students.
In Konishi seminar's booth, we did poster session, picture story show, workshop, and show a movie.
In poster session, we talked about dumpsite of Philippine and actual condition of Street Children. In addition, we introduced activities like shoes project of Bridge for Children which is global cooperation that students can do. In picture story show, we talked about poverty index set by World Bank. In workshop, we encouraged visitor to think about "what we can do for children who live in developing countries", and write the ideas in sticky note and hang up it on world map.
We received many ideas and we would like to share some of them.
We had a very large number of visitors come to our booth, not only university students but also high school students and teachers.
I truly realized how important to change easier according to reaction of the person who is speaking to.
We hope we provided the opportunity to knowing the children of Philippine, and think about "what can we do for children who live in developing countries".
We had almost 150 people of visitors in our booth.
Thank you everyone for your attendance.
I am Mako Ueshima, and 3rd year of Konishi seminar student.
This time, I will report the education of international understanding at the chapel hour in Kwansei Gakuin University on 1 November in 2016.
We gave students the chances that they think the supports they can do for developing countries.
The participants in our lecture were about 290 students that were more than expected.
We were surprised that some students stood and listened to us.
It was 15 minuets but the students listened to us seriously to the last.
・The lecture gave me a chance that I think what I can do for poor children.
・I realized importance of seeing poverty with my own eyes and coming in contact with locals.
・I found meaning that I take action for poor children although I cannot solve poverty issue directly.
・I got an impression that the children live desperately in the harsh environments.
We would like the students to have an interest in poverty issue in the world through this education of international understanding.
We want to appreciate Mr. Murase and the students that came to listen to us.


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