Inspiring Movie: Waterboys (ウォーターボーイズ Wōtā Bōizu) (2001)

Give your funny bones a chance to play.

My Favourite Scene 
First showcase or performance of the group in front of their teachers.

Personal Reflection
What if you wanted to do something different...Will you be willing to go against the odds to achieve your dreams...I invite you to watch Waterboys and give yourself a chance to be inspired by this sweet and funny Japanese movie. 
 

Movie Details
Name and year: Waterboys (ウォーターボーイズ Wōtā Bōizu) and 2001
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi
Writers/Screenplay: Yasushi Fukuda and  Shinobu Yaguchi  
Producers: Yoshino Sasaki, Daisuke Sekiguchi and Akifumi Takuma
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
 

Movie Plot
This heartwarming, hilarious film is about a synchronized swimming team in a boys’ school, who have been left in the lurch by their teacher, whose idea it was to start the team. It also doesn’t help that the team is made up of awkward, not-very-popular boys who everyone mocks, till they decide to go ahead and put up a performance on their own. A beautiful coming-of-age film guaranteed to make you smile.

Post Sources 
Movie Poster: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299213/mediaviewer/rm2844400128
Movie Details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterboys_(film)
Movie Plot: Japan Foundation (New Delhi,India) Newsletter.

I hope the above movie will remind you about your strange childhood dreams and friends. Never stop believing in your dreams !!!

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ITTO Fellowship Programme 2016/17

A very good opportunity for students interested in tropical forestry.

Deadline: August 15, 2016

ITTO (International Tropical Timber Organization) offers fellowships through the Freezailah Fellowship Fund to promote human resource development and to strengthen professional expertise in member countries in tropical forestry, tropical timber industries and related disciplines. The goal is to promote the sustainable management of tropical forests, the efficient use and processing of tropical timber, and better economic information about the international trade in tropical timber.

Eligibility

• Only nationals of ITTO Member countries (http://www.itto.int/itto_members/) are eligible to apply.
• Awards are to be made to individuals not to institutions.
• Previous ITTO Fellowship awardees are not eligible to apply for another ITTO Fellowship within two years of receiving the first award and submitting to the Secretariat a final report on the activity for which the award was made.

Eligible Activities

• Participation in international/regional conferences, short-term training courses, training internships at industries, research and educational institutions, study tours, and lecture/demonstration tours;
• Technical document preparation, publication and dissemination, such as manuals and monographs;
• Small grants for post-graduate studies.

ITTO gives preference to short-term activities.

Award

The maximum amount for a fellowship is US$10,000. ITTO Fellowships provides tuition/training/conference fees, transportation fees, daily subsistence allowance, book allowance and other allowances. For post-gradate studies, only a partial tuition fee or a small research grant can be provided. Approved Fellowships are non-transferable to other programmes or institutions.

Selection Criteria 

Fellowship applications will be assessed against the following selection criteria (in no priority order):

• Consistency of the proposed activity with the Programme's objective and priority areas;
• Qualifications of the applicant to undertake the proposed Fellowship activity;
• The potential of the skills and knowledge acquired or advanced under the Fellowship activity to lead to wider applications and benefits nationally and internationally;
• Reasonableness of costs in relation to the proposed Fellowship activity.

Additional consideration will be given to:

• Geographic and gender balance;
• Balance among the ITTO priority areas;
• Competency in the language in which the training will be given, where applicable (eg courses, conferences, study tours).

The ITTO Fellowships are awarded mainly to nationals of developing countries. However, ITTO may award Fellowships to nationals of consumer developed countries when: (a) the activities for which the awards are made are carried out in Producer Member countries and the activities tend to benefit Producer Member countries; and/or (b) there is evidence of technology transfer for activities to be carried out in developed countries.
 

Appraisal
Applications are appraised by a Fellowship Selection Panel twice a year. The Panel comprises six individuals, three from producer member countries and three from consumer member countries, and is chaired by the Vice Chairman of the ITTC.

How to Apply 

To read the general instructions and to submit your application online, please click here.

Post Sources:  
Official website and post source: http://www.itto.int/feature20/  
Image Source: ITTO Annual Report (PDF)

 
Don't let financial problems stop you from going after your dreams !!!

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