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Student Exchange
Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) welcomes exchange students from international partner universities with whom there is a bilateral exchange agreement.
Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) welcomes exchange students from international partner universities with whom we have a bilateral exchange agreement.
Exchange studies do not lead to a TAMK degree, but will be counted towards the exchange student's degree in his/her home university. Exchange studies may consist of courses, a final thesis and/or project work.
Students applying to TAMK as exchange students must have completed at least one year of study at their home university before the exchange at TAMK starts. Exceptionally, applicants to the Degree Programme in Physiotherapy must have completed at least two years of study, and at least one period of Practical Training in their home university.
Exchange studies take place in Tampere at TAMK's Main Campus, the Mediapolis Campus, the Music Academy Campus or the Finlayson Campus.
Length of the exchange
The length of a study exchange may be one or two semesters, depending on the terms of the bilateral agreement between TAMK and the partner university concerned:
- Autumn semester (August - December)
- Spring semester (January - May)
Exceptionally, in the following Nursing and Health Care programmes, the exchange period may be shorter than one semester, but must be at least 90 days. The exact exchange dates will be given separately.
- Degree Programme in Biomedical Laboratory Science
- Degree Programme in Nursing
- Degree Programme in Physiotherapy
- Degree Programme in Radiography and Radiotherapy
How to apply
All nominations for student exchanges must come from the international office of the applicant's home institution, so students wishing to participate in an exchange with TAMK must contact their own International Office first! The partnership between TAMK and the home university must include a valid exchange agreement.
An applicant must first be nominated for the exchange by the home university. The applicant will then receive instructions from TAMK on how to fill in and download the application documents online. The exchange is confirmed after both the home university and TAMK have officially approved the exchange.
The next application period ends on 10 April 2018 for applicants to the Nursing, Physiotherapy, Biomedical Laboratory Science and Radiography and Radiotherapy Degree Programmes. The deadline for all other programmes for the Autumn Semester 2018 (August - December 2018) is 30 April 2018.
All applicants must fill in the online application form; paper applications are not accepted!
All students applying to TAMK as Exchange Students or Trainees must follow these two steps:
1) Nomination
Exchange students should first get approval from their home university for their planned exchange.
All applicants must be officially nominated by their home university. The nomination must include the following information for each student:
- Erasmus code of the sending university
- Last name
- Given name(s)
- Date of birth (dd.mm.yyyy)
- Gender
- Duration of exchange (mm.yyyy - mm.yyyy)
- EU subject area at the sending university
- EU subject area at TAMK
2) Online application
After TAMK has received the nomination from your home university, you will receive further instructions on how to fill in your application and download the required documents online. TAMK uses the SoleMOVE online mobility programme for receiving the applications.
Please note that TAMK does not accept applications sent by post!
The application deadlines for exchange studies in the Autumn Semester 2018 (Autumn - December) are:
- 10 April 2018 for Nursing, Physiotherapy, Biomedical Laboratory Science, and Radiography and Radiotherapy students
- 30 April 2018 for all other students
The nomination deadline is two weeks before the application deadline.
When filling in your application (after the nomination), you will need to download the following application documents (in English):
- Your photo
- Motivation Letter (background, expectations for exchange etc. NB! Nursing/Physiotherapy students should also tell about their previous placements.)
- CV (free format)
- Transcript of Records (showing your course grades from your home university, in English)
- TAMK English Language Skills Form (pdf) (If education in the home university is not given in English. Other equivalent proof of English language competency is also acceptable.)
- Learning Agreement
- For applicants to the Degree Programme in Music: also AEC Application Form (.doc), AEC Learning Agreement (.doc), and demo recording
- For applicants to the Biomedical Laboratory Science, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Radiography and Radiotherapy and Social Services (training) Programmes the TAMK Vaccination Form (pdf) is mandatory.
NOTE! Exchange students on the following TAMK degree programmes must also send certain health test results after they have been accepted as exchange students at TAMK:
Biomedical Laboratory Science, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Radiography and Radiotherapy and Social Services (training):
Students must send max. 30 days old negative MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) test result at least 1 week before arrival by email, fax or post. The test swabs must be taken from the nose AND throat (and possible other infected areas). The results should be clearly stated in English!
Biomedical Laboratory Science, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Radiography and Radiotherapy and Social Services (training): Student who come from Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Ecuador, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Romania, Russia, South Korea, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda and Vietnam, must also send max. 6 months old doctor's statement on an X-Ray Thorax at least 1 week before arrival. The statement must be clearly expressed in English!
Hospitality Management, Maternity and Neonatal training:
Students taking culinary courses from the Hospitality Management degree programme, or doing practical training in the fields of Maternity and Neonatal care must send max. 30 days old negative Salmonella test result at least 1 week before arrival, by e-mail, fax or post. The results should be clearly stated in English!
Courses for exchange students
Courses for the Autumn 2018 semester are available below. You can choose courses from your field of study and from free-elective courses. The Learning Agreement is preliminary until confirmed with your coordinator at TAMK after your arrival.
Degree Programme in International Business / Business Administration Autumn 2018
Degree Programme in International Business / Business Administration Spring 2019
Degree Programme in Energy and Environmental Engineering
Degree Programme in Bioproduct and Process Engineering
Degree Programme in Construction Engineering
Degree Programme in Construction Architecture
Degree Programme in Electrical Engineering
Degree Programme in Media & Arts
Degree Programme in Hospitality Management
Degree Programme in ICT Engineering
Degree Programme in Mechanical Engineering
Degree Programme in Laboratory Engineering
Degree Programme in Physiotherapy
Degree Programme in Nursing and Health Care, Nursing, Midwifery, Emergency Care and Public Health Nursing
Programme in Social Services
Free-elective courses for exchange students, Autumn 2018
Exchange students enroll to courses after they arrive at TAMK. The detailed timetables (with course days, times, names of teachers, classrooms, etc.) and all instructions will be given during the Exchange Student Orientation Week. The orientation will take place on 20-24 August for the autumn term 2018 and on 3-7 January for the spring term 2019.
Unipoli Tampere network organizes the course ´Finnish Society and Culture´ (3-5 ECTS). You can enroll to the course after your arrival in TAMK. For more information please read the Unipoli studies guide.
Programmes available for exchange students
TAMK offers exchange studies in seven Bachelor level programmes in English on its Tampere Campuses. Also, there are Finnish Bachelor level degree programmes, which offer some courses / projects / possibilities for practical training or final thesis in English.
Bachelor level programmes in English:
- Degree Programme in Business Information Systems (Game Design) (Spring Term only)
- Degree Programme in Construction Engineering (Autumn Term only)
- Degree Programme in Bioproduct and Process Engineering
- Degree Programme in Energy and Environmental Engineering
- Degree Programme in International Business
- Degree Programme in Media and Arts
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Finnish Bachelor level degree programmes, which offer some courses / projects / possibilities for practical training or final thesis in English:
- Degree Programme in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences (Spring Term only)
- Degree Programme in Business Information Systems
- Degree Programme in Electrical Engineering
- Degree Programme in Film and Television
- Degree Programme in Fine Art
- Degree Programme in Hospitality Management
- Degree Programme in ICT Engineering
- Degree Programme in Laboratory Sciences
- Degree Programme in Mechanical and Production Engineering
- Degree Programme in Music
- Degree Programme in Physiotherapy
- Degree Programme in Radiography and Radiotherapy (Spring Term only)
Other possibilities
The following Finnish Bachelor level degree programmes do not offer courses in English but it may be possible to do project work or write a final thesis, or participate in some parts of the courses. If exchange students are interested in these programmes, they should contact TAMK International Services for more information.
- Degree Programme in Vehicle Engineering
- Degree Programme in Forestry (Autumn Term only)
Additionally, these courses and modules are open for all students:
- TAMK free-elective studies (courses open for all students, usually without prerequisites)
- Cross-Institutional studies through Unipoli Tampere
If you hope to do exchange studies at TAMK in the form of an independent project or final thesis, TAMK will first need to find a supervising teacher and a topic for you before your exchange application can be confirmed. You should then plan your studies directly with your supervising teacher. Please note - independent project and thesis work for exchange students is not possible on all programmes.
TAMK's academic year is divided into two semesters and four periods.
Autumn Semester 2018
- Period 1: 1 August - 21 October 2018
- Autumn holiday: week 42
- Period 2: 22 October - 31 December 2018
Exchange students have different semester dates from the above:
- Nursing/Physiotherapy Training: 20 August - 20 November 2018
- All other programmes: 20 August - 20 December 2018
Spring Semester 2019
- Period 3: 1 January - 3 March 2019
- Spring holiday: week 9
- Period 4: 4 March - 31 July 2018
Exchange students have different semester dates from the above:
- Nursing/Physiotherapy/Radiography and Radiotherapy Training:
3 January - 2 April 2018will be updated soon
- All other programmes: 3 January - 31 May 2019
Although the Spring Semester officially ends on 31 July, the classroom teaching and exams will be finished around mid-May. The exact ending dates will be determined by teachers.
TAMK Orientation in the Autumn Semester 2018
The main Exchange Student Orientation Week will take place on 20-24 August 2018 on Main Campus (address: Teiskontie 33/Kuntokatu 3). Orientation sessions will also be held for students starting after the official days.
Exchange Student Orientation Programme, Autumn term 2018
Check List for New Exchange Students Autumn 2018
Health Insurance Information for Incoming International Students
Notice to Exchange Students 2018-2019
Student Housing in Tampere Autumn 2018
TAMK Health Form for Incoming Students
Students to Physiotherapy, Biomedical Laboratory Science, Radiography
and Radiotherapy, Nursing and Social Services (if Social Services Practical
TAMK organizes Finnish language and culture studies. During the semester, incoming exchange students and trainees have a possibility to study Finnish. They can also participate in language courses organized in cooperation with the other higher education institutions in Tampere, through the Unipoli Tampere network. Finnish language studies are highly recommended for all incoming participants in mobility programmes, to ensure their smooth integration into Finnish society.


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First, many thanks to everyone that attended the seminar. You made our first seminar a smashing success.
We had over 30 people attend. A dozen were from the U.S. Yoshukai Karate dojo here in town including their Sensei and Honbucho David Koda. Calhoun Sensei brought along a like number of Aikidoka from Pensacola, FL. Other attendees were from Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Auburn and Atlanta.
The mat was very crowded. I'd never planned on having the kind of turn out we had. This seminar started as a friendship gathering between Calhoun Sensei's dojo and our own. Then it took on a life of its own. Somewhere along the line we realized that we'll be out of town (for my shodan exam) for our two year anniversary in our current location, so this seminar also served as a celebration of that event.
Fortunately, other than occasional mild bumping into each other, the crowding wasn't a problem and only served to create a feeling of good energy. We mostly worked in groups of three to alleviate the crowding and also so that we could always pair the Karateka with an Aikidoka. This worked out very well.
After some words from Calhoun Sensei, Myers Sensei took the first class. It was vintage Myers Sensei: detailed, point by point, examination of several different techniques from a single attack. The attack that he chose was katatedori. We did ikkyo omote, shihonage and a tenkan kokyunage.
Calhoun Sensei's class followed a brief refreshment break. Calhoun Sensei is a very open, expressive person who deeply loves Aikido. His technique and his teaching methodology radiate those qualities. Calhoun Sensei worked up from the katatedori technique of tsugiashi-ing forward and taking uke down by pointing to the place where uke's "third leg" would be and then sinking. From there it built up to a complicated series of hand motions that tied uke's arms up in knots and made him vulnerable to both koshinage and something like a jujinage done projecting forward rathering than circularly.
After the seminar class, we convoyed to the local Barnhill's Buffet for lunch which turned out to be a good choice. Everyone looked pretty beat at lunch, BTW.
During his opening remarks, Calhoun expressed the feelings that many of us hold. That Aikido is too large, too broad, too deep for any one tradition to contain it. Our job is to respect and *value* each other's Aikido and to take joy in our diversity. In that way and only that way can we have a real form of unity.
Calhoun Sensei went on to give life to an idea that I talked to him about during my last trip to Pensacola; that we in this area should have a friendship gathering at a different dojo with a different set of instructors each quarter.
We're in the initial stages of setting up the first of these. I'll post the details at they firm up. I hope to see some of you there!
Hi Greg,
Sounds like you had a great seminar. I congratulate you, your teacher, and everyone else who made the seminar a success. May you have many more seminars like this at your dojo.
-- Jun
Greg Jennings
akiy wrote:
Hi Greg,
Sounds like you had a great seminar. I congratulate you, your teacher, and everyone else who made the seminar a success.
-- Jun
Thank you Jun. It was great. One word that comes to mind is "charmed". It was like the Aikido Fairy Godmother sprinkled the "success" pixie dust on the seminar. Everything went right, or at least recovered well from initially going wrong.
I had several goals for this seminar. Far and away the most important was addressed by Calhoun Sensei in his remarks.
akiy wrote:
May you have many more seminars like this at your dojo.
-- Jun
I have plans, both near and long term, for future seminars.
There are issues to be solved:
o If we fly in a Sensei, say from the SF Bay area, I feel we'll have to put on a five class seminar (two days or two days plus Friday evening) to justify the fee we'll have to charge to cover the Sensei's travel expenses and give them a small honorarium.
o Then, because our dojo being at a Christian church we'll have to rent a facility because Sunday would be nixed.
o Mats would be a concern in any case.
Both might be covered by leasing my daughter's gymnastics facility. We could handle almost 50 people. Anything over 30 would be economically viable.
Etc, etc. I'm sure you're familiar with all this with three Aikido-L seminars under your belt now.
On the plus side, Montgomery is cheaper to fly into than high-demand destinations and lodging is way cheaper than most places. We're only two hours from Atlanta, where there are quite a few Aikido dojo. We have one of the nicest Shakespeare parks in the country. What a great place to have a weapons class! See http://www.asf.net/fordfoundation.htm for a picture, http://www.asf.net/ASF.html for the homepage.
Dang. I'm gushing. I guess you can tell I'm excited.
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I Wish I Weren't Writing This Article- a SimCity Review from a Marketing Viewpoint
I didn't sit down at my PC today planning to write this article, I actually had some pure leisure time in mind. However, I haven't been able to do what I planned to do quite a bit this week as much as I'd hoped- play the latest version of SimCity, released Tuesday, March 5th. I've been able to play the game some, but as I'm going to get into, there've been some technical hiccups to say the least. In between bouts of trying to play and weeping softly at all the wasted time I've had a chance to monitor a lot of different channels of sentiment and also watch EA's response with an involved but sort of dispassionate perspective. See, I buy games like these expecting to get screwed. It's a lot like going to the casino- if you plan to lose you'll probably have a pretty good time.
Before I get into what I've seen other people saying, and then into what EA's response has been (pretty good, actually, considering) I want to explain what my personal experience has been. In a nutshell, the SimCity servers are lying whores:
…but I still love them so, so much.
I preordered after applying to and playing in the second of two one-hour betas; I literally went to the page and ordered the deluxe digital download directly after playing it. D. Then, I played in the 4-hour "stress test" beta and realized the potential the whole game had- and that's when I started getting really excited. I got the game early, Monday night because I live on the West Coast. I started stabbing the button at 9 PM and started downloading the unlocked game at 10:01. It took about 40 minutes to download and unpack, and I managed to get a good 2 hours in with the game before forcing myself to go to bed as I had work in the morning. It was only enough time to set up a region, claim a city, and noodle a little.
I went to work on Tuesday, then watched RAW from Monday night, then sat down at about 9 PM to play SimCity. A ha ha ha. I sat there for the next three hours Alt-tabbing between servers that were melting and several forums that were exploding. I didn't get to play. I did manage to play Wednesday for about 3 hours, and Thursday for the same. I was completely locked out last night and as I write this on Saturday afternoon, I am also currently locked out.
Here's what I know about SimCity in easy to digest bullet points:
1. This is not the SimCity you are used to. It's much more dynamic, there are things to do beyond just "grow your city and make Simoleans until everything is arcologies", as fun as that was:
The disasters can't be turned off (unless you want to disqualify yourself from leaderboards)- but there is a sandbox mode that I haven't tried as it just seems very unsatisfying to consider.
2. YES THE GOD DAMN CITIES ARE GOD DAMN SMALLER,WE KNOW, STOP POSTING IT. It's a very deliberate decision EA made so that your dad's laptop can also run SimCity, and not just your mechagodzilla of a gaming rig.
The thing is, it doesn't matter. Cities are all part of a larger region now- and if you want to, you can set up a 16-city region and run 'em all yourself, go nuts. I think however, that would be missing the point because…
3. SimCity '13 or whatever we end up calling it is essentially a multiplayer game at heart. Amidst the cries of "I can't wait until they hack in offline single player" (impossible, the games are saved server-side) or "I'll play it when someone cracks the DRM" (not going to happen, Diablo III for example is almost a year old and hasn't been cracked and won't be cracked until the server code is leaked, same as SimCity) what's being lost is that people are pissed that it's not the same game. Wanting the game to be single player only, wanting to be able to save games, wreck your city, and go back again and start from before the disaster are things this game simply is not about. It's a reboot, and it's going to leave a bad taste in some people's mouths. The good news is, there are still plenty of alternatives, including the last SimCity game which no one played until modders got their hands on it and made it not suck so bad. I, for one, can't wait to unleash hordes of pollution and villainy on my neighbors in the region, then bulldoze, start again, launch a rocket,build an arcology- and so on, and so forth.
4. They almost assuredly have teams that started working on DLC and/or expansion packs- I really hope it's the latter- in parallel to the team working on the main game release. It's going to be expensive to buy everything that comes with this game, as proven by the first DLC, which already represents an extra $30 to spend to "have everything", if you didn't get it for the discounted $20 by spending $80 on the deluxe version. This is not the whole game.
5. This is a beautiful game. There's no way around that one, I love to watch this game. These pictures don't even do it justice, it is so pretty in motion.
6. The long term "endgame" of SimCity is the leaderboards. The "Simulation" aspect of things isn't something I am interested in particularly, min-maxing traffic through gaming the system by building huge cities with only one road, for example, doesn't interest me. I'm more interested in building up huge regions with other friends and working together to take on the leaderboards.
7. This is a very fun game that's not ready for prime time yet. Hold off a week on buying it. I'm really enjoying it; I'm just tired of having to wait and roll the dice for 45 minutes to see if I get to play it or not. This is in spite of them supposedly doubling server capacity already- I haven't noticed an appreciable difference in my ability to connect and now that it's the weekend things are getting even worse.
So what are people so Angry about?
1. Always on DRM– you have to connect to EA's servers to play the game. You can't boot it up on a laptop on a Navy submarine, and you can't use it to relax on a plane without paying for wifi. Does this suck? I'm not really bothered by it, I have a fast and consistent connection to play on, but that's ignoring a lot of other people that don't have one. It seems greedy and stupid but a retailer wouldn't let thieves walk out the door without paying for merchandise, EA is not going to willingly let people pirate their games if they can help it by any means. I know it's a controversial opinion but DRM is something gamers brought upon themselves.
2. The servers are melting– the game is pretty much unplayable for a large portion of the people that bought it. This is clearly the biggest issue, people paid anywhere from $45 to $80 for the game and can't play it. The most common conclusion being drawn is that if the game simply had a one player offline mode- which is what a lot of people identify SimCity with, none of this nonsense would have happened. I've been around for some pretty big launches and it is getting irritating that companies are all "We didn't know so many people wanted our product" when they know damn well how many people are going to play based on preorders. It's hard not to think they aren't just being greedy or stupid by not scaling up at first to meet demand.
3. EA has flatly stated, "no refunds for Origin downloads". This really pisses people off too because no one, anywhere, anytime said WE NEED ANOTHER DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICE and the service has frankly sucked like a Hoover since it was launched. It's seen as another money grab by EA, an inefficient, buggy system when they easily could have adopted Steam, a system that has had time to mature and already does work.
4. There's no single player, offline mode– this is less a reasonable consumer complaint, and more a "waah, my game changed" complaint. I'm not saying it's not legit. I'm saying I have no sympathy for you if you bought a game unresearched and didn't know what it was going to be in advance. There are 105 million results in Google's index for "simcity review"- there's something in there about the game, probably, somewere. Just a hunch.
The SimCity launch has been the perfect poop blizzard of poorly estimating consumer demand, a beloved franchise that changed a lot, and a seemingly soulless corporation greedily and clumsily implementing DRM ostensibly to help gamers, but ultimately perceived as "to fatten those margins".
The other side of this coin is that as a marketer, it's interesting for me to study a trainwreck like this from a PR/marketing/crisis management perspective. EA has done a lot of things right but I don't know if A) there's going to be any lasting damage or B) what the scale of said damage might be. At the time of this writing EA's stock has not moved since the game's release on Tuesday. I think what we're seeing is digital Funzo trampling
I don't think it bothers EA at all that there is so much demand for their game that it's breaking their infrastructure- to your average stockholder, who doesn't play games or give a crap about a server queue, that looks like you have a product that the consumer really really really wants to buy. And they're right to think so, in spite of this fiasco the game remains the top selling PC game on Amazon. However, they have to respond. Here's a brief summary of their response so far.
The company and its reps have been active on Twitter, as has Ocean Quigley, the Creative and Art Director for the title. Senior Producer Kip Katsarelis also posted on the official blog:
" You, the fans, are important to us. It's why we got into games and it's because of you that we here at Maxis were able to complete our dream of making another SimCity. This has been an exciting week for us, but as you know there have been some bumps along the way. We want to shed light on one of the most significant issues that we are facing right now, as well as the steps we're taking to resolve them so that we can provide you with an enjoyable experience.
Server capacity is our biggest obstacle. We launched in North America on Tuesday and our servers filled up within a matter of hours. What we saw was that players were having such a good time they didn't want to leave the game, which kept our servers packed and made it difficult for new players to join. We added more servers to accommodate the launch in Australia and Japan, and then more yesterday to accommodate the launch in Europe. As of right now, we are adding even more servers which will be going live over the next three days. And, our plan is to continue to bring more servers online until we have enough to meet the demand, increase player capacity and let more people through the gates and into the game.
Earlier today, we released a patch that temporarily cut off some features including leaderboards, achievements and Cheetah Speed to reduce data stress on the servers and effectively free up space so that we can let more people into the game. These are great features that we're proud of and we'll turn them back on soon, but our number one priority is to bring stability to our servers. This update also resolved some of the bugs and issues that have been frustrating players. You can read all about it at http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/9341807.page
We will be posting regularly to keep you up to speed on developments, so please check back for updates. We are committed to doing everything we can to deliver a stable and enjoyable experience and we thank you for your continued patience and support."
EA has also added 8 additional servers and patched the game- but they aslo removed the fastest gameplay speed, cheetah, which messes with the way a lot of people play, and they removed features such as sorting on the Join Game screen as well.
In addition to getting on a sort of filtered Reddit-style AMA on Twitter today, Maxis SVP Lucy Bradshaw has also posted the following on the SimCity blog:
"Here's a quick update on the problems we were experiencing with SimCity – and a little something extra for people who bought the game. The server issues which began at launch have improved significantly as we added more capacity. But some people are still experiencing response and stability problems that we're working fast to address.
So what went wrong? The short answer is: a lot more people logged on than we expected. More people played and played in ways we never saw in the beta. OK, we agree, that was dumb, but we are committed to fixing it. In the last 48 hours we increased server capacity by 120 percent. It's working – the number of people who have gotten in and built cities has improved dramatically. The number of disrupted experiences has dropped by roughly 80 percent. So we're close to fixed, but not quite there. I'm hoping to post another update this weekend to let everyone know that the launch issues are behind us.
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The good news is that SimCity is a solid hit in all major markets. The consensus among critics and players is that this is fundamentally a great game. But this SimCity is made to be played online, and if you can't get a stable connection, you're NOT having a good experience. So we're not going to rest until we've fixed the remaining server issues. And to get us back in your good graces, we're going to offer you a free PC download game from the EA portfolio. On March 18, SimCity players who have activated their game will receive an email telling them how to redeem their free game.
I know that's a little contrived – kind of like buying a present for a friend after you did something crummy. But we feel bad about what happened. We're hoping you won't stay mad and that we'll be friends again when SimCity is running at 100 percent. SimCity is a GREAT game and the people who made it are incredibly proud. Hang in there – we'll be providing more updates throughout the weekend."
So in summary, they have apologized, made changes to the product that will instantly help with sentiment towards the game and brand, are being responsive on social media, letting customers vent on their Facebook page, and ultimately will be offering a free product in the future.
EA is doing many things right, but they should have avoided this disaster in the first place. Companies have to start anticipating this demand, and leasing servers for overflow, or they will have complex PR issues such as these to deal with when similar titles are launched. EA was already voted the worst company in America, and SimCity is a game that everyone, not just gamers, knows and loves. This was a bad miscalculation but ultimately, I don't think it will hurt EA at all. Until people stop buying these games en masse- and the marketing is just so good that it's not going to happen- we're all at their mercy.
I'm gonna go try to play again…*crosses fingers*…damn.
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UPDATED: A Ray of Hope as Rescued Newborn Elephant Calf Recovers
From IFAW-WTI field communications officer in Northeast India, Sashanka Barbaruah:
As the precocious baby grows up into a healthy elephant, makes friendships with some likely animal counterparts and embarks on a journey to become one of the Center's most loved animals, it feels good to see him grow and learn the basics of survival.
The little calf "Dev" munched his first blade of grass today while walking with his keeper. He had a long walk within the centre premises while the herd of three other calves came near to him. He followed the same behavior as the rest three while they were grazing.
The diet of a new born baby elephant calf is entirely its mother's milk. They do not start eating grass and other vegetation at least until they are a few months old. Dev is no exception as he needs to be bottle–fed milk every two hours. But for us it was good to see him imitating the herd.
The keeper describes Dev as bubbly and quick to learn. "I hope it learns its lessons fast and wish that the he grow into a huge, multi-ton, adult giant and return to the wild".
Thanks to the keeper, Bhadreshwar and the centre veterinarian Dr. Abhijit who brought the calf back to health and filled its life with hope.
Going one step ahead to its recovery little "Dev" was allowed to mingle with the rest of the calves at the center. Dev seems to be enjoying the company of Junmoni, Tora and Dihing who have already welcomed Dev as the new member of the herd.
Bhadsreshwar Das, the animal keeper who is looking after the elephant calf presently said "At the onset we didn't expect, it would come so far and recover. But now Dev is recovering and we are taking him for daily walks within the center. It feels good to see him join with the group."
Though the wounds of the calf are healing fast, still it will take some time to get fully recovered. The calf is fed with milk with an interval of 2 hours.
UPDATE: June 14, 2011
For the first time, little Dev looks good. His wounds are healing fast. Dev was allowed to walk around today with the keeper. He has been in the quarantine area more than a month. The little guy was emotionally devastated and was slow to heal from his deep grief and depression from being orphaned.
But now that Dev has started walking with his keeper Bhadreshwar (who began fostering his trust) he is already displaying some typical ' baby tantrums ' to his keeper. Earlier, he looked so lost. Now finally, the calf is developing that bond when interacting with his keeper. He is just beginning to recover from his trauma.
The elephant was given a hot water bath today, after which the keeper applied turmeric powder to its wounds. The warm water helps in scrubbing the dead cells which further helps in generating new cells.
"Turmeric speeds up wound healing and assists in remodeling of damaged skin. It is a natural antiseptic and antibacterial agent, useful in disinfecting cuts and wounds", said Dr. Abhijit Bhawal, an IFAW- WTI veterinarian who is looking after the calf.
For the first time I felt good spending time with the calf this afternoon. It was such a treat to say good night to him as he was settling into his small enclosure. -- SB
UPDATE: May 5, 2011
After all the sad news of elephant deaths in Assam over the last week, we see a ray of hope.
This is thanks to the concern and care of the International Fund for Animal Welfare Wildlife Rescue Center vets and keepers who are trying hard to save this little guys' life.
The elephant was given a hot salt water bath today. It seems the warm salty water helps to heal his wounds. Now he can stand up own his own without the help of any keeper and he's walking inside the quarantine room freely. However the stress and trauma he suffered through is still apparent as he continues to be very scared of loud noises.
Like human newborns, our patient needs to be bottle-fed milk every two hours. To help with his recovery, antibiotics and vitamins are also being provided regularly.
This calf was nearly dead when he was admitted to the Center, he was shaky and shivering. Now, it feels so good to see him walking and having milk without any complications, seeing him recover this way brings us all so much hope.
Read the original post about the rescue of this elephant and his mother here.
For more information on the International Fund for Animal Welfare effort to save animals in crisis around the world, visit https://www.ifaw.org
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So wonderful to see & hear little Dev is progressing more with each update....happy news that he has bonded with other calves & more importantly his caregiver!! Keep strong & get better with each passing day Dev!!:)))))))))
This is such wonderful news that baby dev is making slow progress,I am willing him on emotionally,mentally and physically with lots of LOVE. A BIG THANK YOU for the dedication of the keepers and IFAW.
You would not buy ivory because it's too expensive? Is that your reason? Not because an elephant has to die so someone can adorn themselves? Wow...blown away that this attitude is still out there.
Thanks for the continued updates, I am following this story, it is nice to hear how Dev is doing and to see the improvement. I am grateful for IFAW and all the caring staff! I would love to be working with animals in some fashion such as this! I live vicariously through all of the staff since this was not the career I chose long ago and am somewhat tied to it at the moment. Getting older one learns that one cannot just start over most things in life, that careers and relationships all take a lifetime to build.
I am an IFAW supporter; champion for animals and have been for some years now, I donate as much as I can but sadly there are always going to be disasters to cope with and sadly cruelty to animals due to mans greed, but it is heartwarming to hear stories such as little Devs recovery due to the love, care, devotion and compassion shown by his carers.
I have been a supporter of IFAW for many years, even though I am a persioner, I do try to donate as much as I can, though it never seems to be enough..It breaks my heart when I read about animals being killed for their tusks, it is downright cruelty..I do so hope that the baby elephant continues to thrive with the help of all his carers.. Carry on with the good work that you do all over the world.
Thank God for IFAW. These beautiful animals suffer needlessly and it makes me so upset. These animals are beautiful, intelligent, sensitive and caring and they do not deserve the mistreatment that people have shown them. The poaching must be stopped. I pray every day for these and other animals who suffer. We must all take a stand in support of agencies such as IFAW who are so important. I only hope I am able to give more and help more than I am now. Keep up the great work IFAW! The keepers at the rescue are wonderful. They work very hard to rehabiliate these animals and help build their trust. They are remarkable people. Thank you. God Bless you all.
the story of this beautiful babies survival and loving treatment show that there are good people in this world. that some people think more of money and possessions than these magnificant creatures (and many more like them) is a sad inditment of the human race. you give me hope that maybe, maybe the human race will see what it is doing to the planet we live in before its too late. i thank you from the bottom of my heart for the work that you do. there is a place in heaven for you all!
This is wonderful news! Hoping he makes a full recovery from this trauma so that he can return to the wild some day. Keep up the good work!!!
Such wonderful news that this dear little elephant is recovering and growing and mixing , all praise to the ones that are caring for it ,keep up the fantastic work please .


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MSN & RN to MSN Programs in Georgia
Master's prepared nurses comprise no more than 4% of Georgia's nursing workforce. This number is anticipated to go up but both the nursing population as well as the state know that nurses with graduate level education are vital when it comes to health care. Just like other states, Georgia is also short of physicians and this is expected to get worse as the demands continue to climb each year.
Nurse Practitioners or NPs are already providing vital primary care services to Georgian citizens. They are, in fact, considered as the backbone of Georgia's non-physician primary care labor force.
Much more is needed, though, as the average age for Georgia nurse practitioners is at 52. In the next decade or so, these nurse practitioners will then retire and new NPs are expected to replace these retirees. The state is in need of more MSN-prepared nurses to be the teaching force for undergraduate nursing classes. While a doctorate is often required from those who teach the BSN program, MSN nurses are also considered as qualified teachers of LPN and ADN students. MSN nurses are even qualified as leaders in clinical rotations for students of BSN.
Georgia's leading universities that offer master's in nursing programs are –
Emory University
A nurse who is interested in public health care can choose to enroll a dual MSN-MPH degree in this university. It is located near the American Cancer Society headquarters as well as the Centers for Disease Control. The school has a lot to offer in terms of Master's level nurse practitioner programs. They also have graduate programs for Nurse Midwifery and Health Systems Leadership.
Georgia Baptist College of Nursing
Established in 1902, this school is reliable in terms of producing superior nursing leaders. The college offers Master of Science in Nursing and two doctoral nursing degrees. The Clinical Nurse Specialist program prepares nurses in providing quality health care and leadership for a multitude of medical settings. The Nurse Educator program focuses on educating nurses to become academic career-focused. The Family Nurse Practitioner program centers on family care and clinical experiences in adult, child and women's health areas.
Clayton University
Clayton has an MSN online degree for both Nurse Education and Nurse Leadership. This web-based coursework includes virtual, real-time meetings with fellow students and nursing instructors. Students may participate full-time or part-time depending on their availability. It is required that the student should accomplish the program within nine years, though.


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The study's researchers and other doctors say the news is reassuring for women who have had hysterectomies and take the pills to relieve hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause.
The study focused on women who had a hysterectomy and took estrogen-only pills for about six years. According to the results, these women were 20 percent less likely to develop breast cancer than those who didn't take the hormone, and the benefits lasted at least five years.
Doctors have long prescribed hormones for women after menopause to lessen symptoms like hot flashes and night sweats. The pills were also believed to be helpful for bones, the heart and carry other health benefits.
In the 1990s, researchers launched a large U.S.-funded study to look at the effects of estrogen-progestin combination pills and estrogen-only therapies.
The estrogen-progestin part of the study was stopped in 2002 when the combo pill was linked to higher risks for heart attacks and breast cancer. In 2004, the estrogen study was halted after researchers detected stroke and blood clot risks in that group.
The study led to women stopping hormone replacement therapies in droves. Now the advice is to take the hormones to relieve symptoms at the lowest dose possible for the shortest amount of time because of the potential risks.
Estrogen-only pills are recommended for the approximately 25 percent of women in menopause who have had hysterectomies. Other women are prescribed the combo pill, since estrogen alone can raise their risk of cancer of the uterus.
Although the results of the study highlights the benefits of estrogen, doctors say women should not take the hormone just to lower their breast cancer risk since it comes with slightly higher chances of stroke and blood clots.
Researchers were not sure why the estrogen appeared to lower breast cancer risk, but medical experts say altering the amount of estrogen in the body might help stop tumor growth, since fluctuating levels could interfere with tumor development.
Other experts weren't convinced. "It's inconsistent with the totality of evidence that finds estrogen increases breast cancer risk," said Valerie Beral, director of the cancer epidemiology unit at Oxford University. She said the analysis was a subset of a larger trial that wasn't designed to specifically look at breast cancer.
"If you want to take hormone replacement therapy, estrogen-only has a much lesser effect on breast cancer than with progestin," she said. "But to say it protects against breast cancer is wrong."
On the other hand, other professionals say the study was still reassuring news for women who had hysterectomies seeking relief from menopausal symptoms.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Keywords. Anti-self-dual connection, stable bundle, product ruled surface
AMS subject classification. Primary: 53C07. Secondary: 14J60, 57R58, 14J80.
DOI: 10.2140/gt.2001.5.761
E-print: arXiv:math.DG/0010106
Submitted to GT on 23 February 2001. (Revised 25 October 2001.) Paper accepted 5 October 2001. Paper published 25 October 2001.
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By Tara Bal, Head of Communications, NetApp APAC
Singapore prides itself as a nation of great efficiency where technology plays a large role in supporting that. In light of the country's strong mandate towards becoming a Smart Nation, technological innovation has never been more crucial. At NetApp, we see data as the foundation for innovation; as part of our Data Fabric vision, we provide solutions for smart data management that enable organizations to succeed.
From this, NetApp called together leaders from Singapore's technology industry to share their views on data-driven solutions that are fast emerging in Singapore, and how an open data ecosystem can better the lives of Singaporeans. On 21 July 2015, invited guests and media gathered for a time of fierce debate and in-depth discussion on the immense role of data in society today.
Here's a run-down of the day's happenings! With me are our resident experts for the day, from left: Manik Bhandari (Accenture) Zafar Anjum (Kitaab), Eddie Toh (Intel), Rick Scurfield (NetApp), Jason Hunter (MarkLogic), Krish Arani (NetApp), and Hugh Mason (Joyful Frog Digital Incubator).
In his welcome address, Rick challenged the audience to imagine a day without data. He said, "Singapore's pace of progress in the past 50 years is inspiring and with its Smart Nation vision, Singapore continues to lead the world. Data analytics provide the insights to create breakthrough solutions that improve people's everyday lives, from optimizing the transport network, to ensuring the healthcare system meets the needs of rapidly changing demographic. This dialogue highlights the huge value for the public and private sectors to co-innovate, and the fundamental role that smart data management plays in the Smart Nation vision."
Manik and Jason emphasized the importance of breaking down the walls between the public and private sectors, as partnering together would require an open data ecosystem, where data can be generated, accessed and shared seamlessly across organizations.
Krish added, "Isolated, incompatible data silos prevent the full potential of big data from being realized. Recognizing this, Singapore intends to mesh data from different sources to tackle future megatrends such as urban density and ageing population. Data Fabric, NetApp's vision for the future of data management, enables organizations to seamlessly connect their data across a myriad of environments into a cohesive, integrated whole."
(View from the panel. Photo courtesy of Hugh Mason)
The panelists highlighted how the demand for innovation in the Smart Nation and the explosion in demand for data generation and analytics has also created greater opportunities for start-ups and businesses. With that, they are able to build applications that will deliver smarter solutions, reinforcing relationships between Singapore's home-grown start-up economy and the Smart Nation economy.
Eddie, Hugh and Zafar also shared similar sentiments on the importance of building a stable start-up ecosystem in Singapore. According to them, Singapore will see the country's next wave of innovation through start-ups and smart businesses that will use the wealth of big data available to create breakthrough solutions to benefit society.
Our entire conversation was brought to life by Yee Hui, a graphic illustrator from SketchPost, who drew the key takeaways of our session. It was a real crowd pleaser and served as a meaningful memento for each of them.
A toast to the next 50 years of tech breakthroughs for Singapore!
All in all, this Smart Nation Panel was a wonderful success and we look forward to further conversations with the broader business community! Cheers!
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BERLIN (AP) — Researchers in Germany have started collecting data with a $71 million machine designed to help determine the mass of the universe's lightest particle.
Physicists, engineers and technicians at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology hope the 220-ton device will narrow down or even pinpoint the actual mass of neutrinos. Those are sometimes called "ghost particles" because they're so difficult to detect.
Scientists with the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino experiment, or KATRIN, said Monday they'll be taking measurements "well into the next decade" and hope to produce "high-impact results."
Researchers say determining the mass of neutrinos is one of the most important open questions in particle physics and will help scientists better understand the history of the universe.
Some 200 people from 20 institutions in seven countries are working on the project.
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Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
And male strangers help women burp babies on planes
And go sari-shopping happily with their wives
Into that heaven of liberation, my Father, let my country awake.
(With apologies to Indian Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and his famous poem Where the Mind Is Without Fear.)
Or perhaps India has already awoken into that heaven because according to novelist Lavanya Sankaran these wonders happen all over India. I've never spotted these particular everyday miracles and I must shamefacedly admit I've never attempted to burp some stranger's baby on the airplane either.
But it must be true because it is in an op-ed for the hallowed New York Times.
Ms. Sankaran has been getting a lot of flak all over social media and the blogsphere (like this post by Aman Sethi) for her archetype of the decent Common Indian Man on the budget airline going from Calcutta to Bangalore as distinct from the "feral" Indian man, "untethered from distant villages" and "adrift on powerful tides of alcohol and violent pornography" in the big city.
But why beat up on poor Ms. Sankaran? Let's not get carried away. Her sunnyside up portrayal of the good-hearted Indian man is hardly the most egregious or offensive of characterizations of Indians in western media. And she is not trying to sweep violence and sexism under the carpet. That would be a gross misreading of her piece.
As an Indian man, I have to appreciate her motivation, though I didn't necessarily need anyone to rush to my defense. My position of privilege in India is still fairly secure and undented despite the barrage of gang rape stories. What I am more puzzled about is why the New York Times chose to devote an entire opinion piece to something that is blindingly obvious to all of us of moderate common sense.
Most men in India do not run around the country molesting and raping women. Duh.
As Sankaran points out, the Delhi gang-rape victim's father is a wonderful example of a village-raised man who supported his daughter's dreams ardently. That also does not mean women's safety and blame-the-victim attitudes are just the products of over-fevered feminist imaginations. Both the decent man and the feral man can and do co-exist in India. In fact, one of those kindly men holding the baby on Ms. Sankaran's plane could be a wife-beater at home. We just don't know.
The problem is not a Lavanya Sankaran problem as much as it's a New York Times problem.
On the same day as the Times carried Sankaran's ode to the Indian man, its South Asia correspondent Ellen Barry had a story about the world of rural khap panchayats where blue jeans and mobile phones are forbidden. "As long as the girl lives within moral codes, she can have as much freedom as she wants," khap leader Om Prakash Dhankar tells the Times. "If they are going after love affairs or extra freedom, then they are killed."
There has been an escalating drumbeat of scary stories about rape and women's safety in India. It's not that they are not true. It's just that they all bang on the same drum in unison to create an echo chamber of horrors. So much so we now hear stories about women tourists coming to India hiring bodyguards in advance.
As if to redress this imbalance, the newspaper decided to ask a novelist to write a counter-intuitive piece. That one-off piece does little to counter the avalanche. Instead it inadvertently creates a sweeping-stroke stereotype not unlike the one it seeks to puncture. It gives us the Common Indian Man -- "a category that deserves taxonomic recognition: committed, concerned, cautious; intellectually curious, linguistically witty; socially gregarious, endearingly awkward; quick to laugh, slow to anger."
There are decent men everywhere but there is no Common Indian Man any more than there is a Common American Man. It's a journalistic flourish, not a statistical mean.
Following the rape of an intoxicated teenager by two high school football players in Steubenville, Ohio and another alleged rape of two teenagers in Maryland, Missouri by upperclassmen athletes after getting drunk at a party, there has been a lot of heated discussion in American media about alcohol and young people. It led to Emily Yoffe, who helms the Dear Prudence advice column on Slate.com, writing young women need to learn to say no to getting wasted. "Young women are getting a distorted message that their right to match men drink for drink is a feminist issue," wrote Yoffe. That provoked a slew of angry responses asserting it's the rapists, not the drinking that's a problem. Ann Friedman wrote in a New York magazine column that it's college men who need to stop getting drunk. "(T)he obsessive focus on blaming the victim has made it somehow unacceptable to warn young men that when they get wasted, they are putting young women in potential peril."
But despite all the hullabaloo, neither the New York Times nor any other publication felt compelled to commission a "counter-intuitive" article about the "Good Men of American college campuses" and present us with the "Common American College Student" -- socially gregarious, quick to laugh, chewing gum.
That kind of over-simplifed Etch-a-Sketch portrayal is usually reserved for the other, the foreigner, and is just as problematic whether it's darkly negative or sunnily positive. It's heartwarming that the New York Times has belatedly acknowledged "The good men of India" whose goodness Sankaran says is captured by that telling Hindi phrase "main hoon na," best explained as "hug of commitment -- 'never fear, I'm here.'"
But for those of us in India, the article's findings are best captured by another telling phrase we often hear in India. Chalo chalo, yahan pe dekhney ke liye kuchh nahin hai. Move along, move along, there's nothing to see here.
Another version of this post originally appeared on the news website Firstpost.com.


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Chi-Raq Trailer: Spike Lee's Chicago-Gang-Violence Movie Looks Real Great
The film is coming out on Amazon.
A modern-day adaptation of the Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, Chi-Raq documents the gang violence of the South Side of Chicago. The cast includes Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Jennifer Hudson, Teyonah Parris, D.B. Sweeney, Steve Harris, Angela Bassett, John Cusack, and Samuel L. Jackson. Spike Lee's latest joint will be released in theaters on December 4.


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Bar Smith
Bar Smith is from Mill Valley, CA and graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz in June of 2014. He graduated with a BSEE in electrical engineering with a concentration in power systems. His hobbies include making things, gardening, and hobby UAVs. Bar does all of the hardware and software development for Makesmith. Bar decided to develop a CNC machine because he had access to a laser cutter and a board mill through his participation in a research lab. Having access to Computer Aided Machining was an incredible experience for him and he wanted to share that experience with more people.
Tom Beckett
Tom Beckett is from Santa Clarita, CA and graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz in June 2013 with a degree in History and a minor in Technology and Information Management. He has a devoted interest in all things start-up, business, and entrepreneurial. Launching a small business was a project he wished to undertake immediately after finishing his studies. He has participated in several group business projects through in-class and extracurricular programs.
Thomas Palmer
Thomas Palmer is from Morgan Hill, CA and graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz in June of 2013 with a degree in psychology. He lived with Bar and Tom during the router's infamous pizza box phase and later collaborated with them to produce the Kickstarter video as well as the photographs for the campaign. Additionally, he was instrumental in the production of the Kickstarter CNC kits, developed our assembly videos, and even created the music for them.
Justin Beirold
Justin Beirold spent the summer of 2014 working on marketing and business development for the Makesmith team. He is passionate about technology, our rapidly evolving economy, and the new landscape of digital products which are changing our world.
Dillon Carson
Dillon is a graphic designer and illustrator that spent the summer of 2014 developing our visual branding work, as well as managing our artist relations.
Why the Makesmith CNC Exists Today
Two years ago, Bar Smith began working in a graduate students' lab that granted him access to a laser cutter and a board router. No time passed before he wanted his own rapid prototyping tool – in his home. After searching online, he came to the conclusion that the most economical CNC machine available could be purchased for about $600. For a student with limited finances, purchasing a CNC machine was simply impossible, so he decided to build his own.
Baffled by this lack of accessibility to CNC hardware, Bar realized that there are groups of fellow engineers, hobbyists, tinkers, and potentially even artists that could benefit enormously from their own desktop CNC machine. With this newly acquired motivation, Bar was determined to share desktop CNC router with others.
The earliest developments of the machine started in the Summer of 2012. Bar arrived home from lab on many occasions with newly developed forms of the CNC router made out of laser-cut pizza boxes. Within months the pizza box prototypes began to resemble our current product as Bar started to employ the actual frame material (MDF). Soon after, parts such as the servos (motors) and encoders began arriving in the mail. Within a few weeks, the faint sounds of small power tools could be heard from his room during every hour of the day.
Two years later, after several interludes in progress to focus on school, the design is finished, and we are trying to share it with the world.
Becoming Makesmith Accessible Technology
Bar and Tom met in Fall 2009 and became close friends starting in Spring 2011 while working together at an on-campus burger joint. In Winter 2013 they decided they wanted to attempt to share the CNC router with the world. Since then, the two have spent their time fine-tuning the CNC machine, researching the CNC industry, and turning the Makesmith CNC into a small business.
In 2012 Bar and Tom worked alongside two other students on an aerial drone imaging applications project called Skyography which won multiple awards.
The name Makesmith is a play on several words and ideas. "Make" comes from the Maker Movement. Makesmith is a tangent on the idea that in the old days blacksmiths were "makers" of that time. Finally, Bar's last name is Smith which conveniently made the name Makesmith the obvious selection.


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Hideki Matsui to start fielding drills before the end of the year?
by Gen on Dec.02, 2009 @ 7:30 am, under MLB
The World Series trophy will be on display at the MLB Cafe Tokyo between the 3rd and the 13th. I've been meaning to drop by there. Maybe this gives me a good excuse to go.
Hideki Matsui had his knees checked out on the 30th and depending on the results, he may be able to start preparing for a season in which he plays some games in the outfield. He'll likely starting things slow but will shoot for some running and fielding practice before the end of the year.
And of course, Jon Heyman (SI.com) is now reporting that the Yanks will decline arbitration on all their free agents.
Koji Uehara returned to Japan on the 1st. When asked how his elbow was feeling, he replied, "I haven't played any catch yet so I don't really know. The club has told me to rest."


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Mon, 14 July 2014
n 2012, the RNLI made the decision to replace and redesign all RNLI crew lifejackets. The old style jackets had given exemplary service but had come to the end of their recommended life and were becoming too expensive to maintain. Two brand new designs of lifejackets were introduced at a cost of more than £1M. Providing this integral item of safety kit costs money, but the RNLI charity provides all of its 4,600 volunteer crew members with vital training and essential life-saving equipment to keep them as safe as possible while they risk their own lives to save others who find themselves in trouble at sea. The RNLI aims to recycle every part of the decommissioned lifejackets, from steel and brass components to the fabric, ensuring the charity can generate funds to offset the cost of the new lifejackets, while disposing of these cared-for items in an environmentally friendly way.
For the first time ever, 235 Made For Life bags – named after the number of RNLI lifeboat stations from which the lifejackets originated – offer the chance to own a little piece of RNLI history, while helping to generate vital funds for the charity. 100% of profits from the sale of 235 Made For Life items, as with all RNLI Shop products, are used to help save lives at sea. As a charitable organisation, the RNLI relies on public support to provide its lifesaving service.
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