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Keira Knightley slips into a beige bodysuit and mounts a vintage motorcycle for a Chanel commercial on Sunday afternoon (September 5) at Place de la Concorde in Paris, France.
The 25-year-old British actress shot the ad under the direction of Joe Wright – she shot her debut ad for Coco Mademoiselle back in 2007!
Keira has a new movie, Never Let Me Go, out in limited release on Sept. 15. The flick co-stars Carey Mulligan and Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield.
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In discussing irrigation, drainage is a good place to start. Producers must be able to not only apply water to a field, but get it off quickly as well.
"If you can't do that, what's the point of spending money to put out more water?" asks Earl Vories, USDA-ARS agricultural engineer stationed at the Delta Center in Portageville, Mo. "We irrigate most of our cotton in the Bootheel — probably close to 60 percent. We have a great water supply… But, the truth is, irrigation by itself won't do much for you — you must look at your whole production system.
"You've got to pick the correct variety and manage the crop properly. You can irrigate properly, but if you don't take care of weeds, your cotton won't be any good."
Vories, who spent the last 16 years at the research station in Keiser, Ark., is newly arrived in the Bootheel. One thing that's the same between the two regions: a lot of furrow irrigation.
"One thing to pay attention to is the amount of time it takes to water using furrow," Vories told those attending the Missouri Cotton Production and Outlook Conference in Kennett, Mo. "We've always recommended being on and off the field between six and 12 hours. If you're watering quicker than 6 hours, the water likely isn't soaking in well. If it takes more than 12 hours, you may be over-watering and hurting the crop."
To operate in that kind of timeframe, producers probably need to water in sets.
"One thing I always point out is the sequence of the sets. Starting out, you'll probably start punching holes at the end and then move back towards the well. Once you get to the well, the easiest thing to do is reverse course and re-water the section closest to the well. It's already set up and all you have to do is kick the well back on."
But that's like running a pivot in a half circle — you're watering the wettest part of the field and leaving the driest to suffer. It is more trouble, Vories admitted, "but you should go ahead and go back to the end where it's driest. To make it easier, a lot of growers are now running two lines of tubing parallel. It does cost more money for the tubing, but the labor is lot simpler and offsets the cost of the extra tubing."
Many of the problems associated with center pivots have to do with infiltration.
"We just can't get the water into the soil fast enough. It's not uncommon for water to soak in only 6 inches to 8 inches deep after irrigation. From what I've seen, Missouri is better than Arkansas about putting out lower rates so that you don't get so much runoff."
The temptation in Arkansas, said Vories, was to turn the pivot on and leave the water to fill row-ends and ditches. That approach can waste a lot of diesel and hurt the crop simultaneously.
Many pivots don't have enough capacity at the most "dreadfully hot" part of the summer. To combat this, Vories recommended keeping some of the deep moisture in the bank.
"Don't use that all up early. That way, if you have a pivot break down mid-summer, the crop won't stress so badly before you get the pivot running again."
One thing tried in Mississippi — "I haven't had a chance to try it yet" — is using a fertilizer knife to plow slits between rows. That breaks the crust, lets the water fill in the slit and allows better infiltration.
Vories also fields many questions about pivot use during bloom. More study is needed, he said, because "there's some contradictory data. Another question asked in conjunction with bloom is 'should I only be watering at night?' That isn't an option, really. Most of our pivots don't have the capacity to run only part-time."
In Arkansas, the recommended irrigation capacity for a pivot is 5 gallons per acre per minute. With that capacity, it takes about the same amount of time to make a circle as it does for the crop to use the water.
"So if you shut down during the day for 8 hours or more, you'll get behind.
"Something also being recommended in Mississippi is staggering your start point. Rather than make a continuous circle all season, switch up. In such situations in dry years, there's a noticeable difference between the crop watered during the day and that watered at night. So you can move your starting point around to make sure an equal number of day and night irrigations are reaching everything under the pivot."
With rolled tubing, it's important to place the proper size. "I've worked in areas where 15 inches was standard — farmers put that on little wells and big wells too. They would run into problems on either side. If you're pumping a well allowing less than 1,000 gallons per minute, you should be using 12-inch pipe. If you've got a 3,000-gallon well, move up to 18-inch pipe."
Producers should know their wells. Every couple of years, producers need to test wells and keep a log of the findings.
"We're blessed with good water in this area. But problems can show up even without aquifer troubles. For example, your well can start plugging up. If you're keeping logs, you can see that last check showed you were pumping 1,200 gallons per minute and now it's pumping 800. In such a case, it's time to find out what's going on."
Although still a minor player, drip irrigation is gaining more play in the Delta. Drip was developed in arid areas — like west Texas — where water savings are very important.
"The nice thing about drip is, when a cotton crop isn't using much water, the system allows you to easily manipulate the amount put out. You can do the same with pivot, but not in such a specific range. With drip, you can keep soil moisture at the optimum level."
With a good water supply in the Bootheel, there will have to be another selling point if drip is to be adopted.
"It has high front-end costs. Another consideration: water treatments. We have a lot of iron in our water and that requires a lot more monitoring than systems we're already used to working with. A drip system, like a pivot, has a long lifetime if maintained properly. Without water treatments, though, a drip system can die quickly."
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Student-Targeting Data Harvester inBloom Closes Shop, CEO Blames Parents For Their 'Misdirected Criticism'
from the if-you-can't-beat-'em,-blame-'em dept
It is with no great sadness that I bring you the news that schoolkid data harvester inBloom will be shutting down. Many schools were looking for a better way to quantify their student body, and this solution seemed to be just as much of a judgment error as any.
People may like Twitter, Facebook and other social media outlets, but they still value privacy, especially when it comes to their kids. It may seem counterintuitive, but that's the way it is. It's one thing if your kids give this information up voluntarily. It's quite another when it's extracted by their educators and handed off to a third party.
People are a little touchy about data collection nowadays.inBloom went further than just collecting data sets on grades, attendance, etc. It dug deep (as deep as school administrators would allow it to), looking for info on household members, as well as (in one case) hoovering up students' social security numbers despite its own policies against the collection of this personal data.
They were most certainly touchy about inBloom, a non-profit that was offering to house and manage student data for public school districts across the US by extracting a dizzying array of information - we're talking 400 data fields - from disparate school databases as well as from new, optional, sometimes intrusive categories that inBloom also offered.
It started out big, hauling in contracts with nine states in early 2013. By November, parental backlash against the data mining of their kids resulted in that number shrinking to only three. Less than six months later, inBloom appears to be completely dead.
The CEO of inBloom (Iwan Streichenberger) made the announcement in a longish, mostly self-serving post at inBloom's website, taking care to lay the blame of a bad idea at a bad time (and, apparently, badly implemented) at the feet of the public, which simply "misunderstood" how marvelous inBloom's data slurping was.
Over the last year, the incredibly talented team at inBloom has developed and launched a technical solution that addresses the complex challenges that teachers, educators and parents face when trying to best utilize the student data available to them. That solution can provide a high impact and cost-effective service to every school district across the country, enabling teachers to more easily tailor education to students' individual learning needs. It is a shame that the progress of this important innovation has been stalled because of generalized public concerns about data misuse, even though inBloom has world-class security and privacy protections that have raised the bar for school districts and the industry as a whole.Shame about that pesky "public," eh? Likes Facebook, hates the idea that their kids being mined for data via compulsory education. But rather than admit the public might have a point, inBloom's CEO thinks people just don't get it.
The use of technology to tailor instruction for individual students is still an emerging concept and inBloom provides a technical solution that has never been seen before. As a result, it has been the subject of mischaracterizations and a lightning rod for misdirected criticism.Streichenberger will be "winding" the company down over the next several months, presumably from his current position on the cross. Once this is shuttered, he may be able to move on to lucrative positions with other unfairly maligned data harvesters like the NSA. Or maybe he can seek solace within the educational system itself, where he can find colleagues in administrative positions who also suffer greatly from "mischaracterizations" and "misdirected criticism" in their student-related endeavors.
Look, I realize it's tough to see your dream business being forced out of existence, but as irrational as it sounds in this era of oversharing (and over-collection), people still want to believe their kids aren't being used as data conduits by their schools or any other entities beyond. inBloom's CEO believes parents were just misled somehow and have fallen victim to their baseless paranoia. But to be a parent is to be paranoid, even needlessly. Telling them they're wrong won't change it, and telling them they're wrong when your company isn't 100% in the right is only going make those paying attention even more resistant to the next company and their "for the children" data harvesting schemes.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - After helping lead MIT to the 2009 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Field Hockey Championship, Kameron Klauber picked up NEWMAC Player of the Week honors on Monday. Klauber was instrumental in helping MIT capture its first ever NEWMAC title as well as the program's first berth into the Division III NCAA Championship. The Engineers defeated Mount Holyoke, 2-0, in the semifinals before upending defending champion, Springfield, in Sunday's title game.
In Saturday's semifinal against Mount Holyoke, she set up MIT's second score with a beautiful pass on a breakaway. The sophomore then scored what would prove to be the deciding goal in a 4-2 win over Springfield to secure the conference crown.
The Cardinal and Grey will now travel to Nichols College for a First Round NCAA Tournament game on Wednesday, November 11 for a 4:00 p.m. contest. The winner will move on to face Tufts on Saturday at 11:00 a.m.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Mariah Hoover and Serena Lin were named NEWMAC Doubles Team of the Week after failing to drop a single set at No. 1 doubles for MIT. They swept the team of Jackson and McDermott, 8-0, in a 9-0 win over Wheaton College last Tuesday. Hoover and Lin stayed perfect for the week after defeating the team of Slack and Sneddan, 8-0, in Saturday's 9-0 win over Clark.
As the No. 2 seed in next week's NEWMAC Championships, the Engineers (6-2, 6-1 NEWMAC) earned a first-round bye and will face either No. 3 Babson College or No. 6 Springfield College in the semifinals.


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Join a community of George Fox students who are finding that a private education is more affordable than they think. Here are the facts:
Types of Aid We Offer
- Merit Scholarships: Automatically awarded to qualified admitted students based on academic performance in college transfer work. Awards listed below are effective for the incoming class of Fall 2019:
- $11,000 annually
Awarded to students who have a 3.60 cumulative transfer GPA.
- $9,000 annually
Awarded to students who have a 3.10 cumulative transfer GPA.
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- Competitive Scholarships: Students are invited to campus to compete for scholarships in their chosen major.
- Oregon Community College Scholarship: Students transferring from an Oregon community college with a 3.0 cumulative transfer GPA will receive an additional $5,000 per year.
- Need-Based Grants: After filing the FAFSA, a student's eligibility is evaluated for grants from both George Fox University and the federal government.
- Work-Study: Students are able to earn money toward their educational expenses through work at an on-campus job.
- Student Loans: Students and parents can borrow money to make a George Fox education possible.
Annual costs before financial aid, 2018-19
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Transfer students are eligible to compete for awards in their chosen major as a part of our annual Scholarship Competition. To be eligible for Scholarship Competition, you must complete both your application to the University and your Scholarship Competition application by November 1. Find out more here.
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To determine the amount of financial aid we can offer you, George Fox will take into account your Expected Family Contribution as determined by your FAFSA. Because tuition costs differ from college to college, often students who don't qualify for aid at one school may qualify for aid at another. You are strongly encouraged to file a FAFSA and go through the financial aid process.
Additional institutional financial aid is available through Scholarship Competition and Artistic Achievement Awards.
In most cases, need based aid is not affected by the date you submit your FAFSA. You may have missed competitive scholarship opportunities, but need based aid will still be available to you.
Federal Stafford Loans are available to students that are enrolled at least half-time (6+ credits). Also, the Federal Pell Grant is available to students with a qualifying Expected Family Contribution from FAFSA even if enrolled only part time. George Fox does not offer institutional aid for students attending less than full time (12+ credits)
No. Although you can attend George Fox and another institution at the same time, you may only receive financial aid from one institution at a time.
Although competitive scholarships may no longer be available, merit awards and need-based aid still apply no matter when you submit an application. However, the earlier you apply the better.
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Zupponn wrote:You did a good job. Sorry it had to end this way. You just happened to be in a poor location at the time.
I'm okay with it. Took a lot of work to take me down, I did a lot of damage (always a plus), and reanimated some skeletons. Really, the only thing that annoys me is I didn't get to have the sorcerous duel with Kadia before I died.


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In our global, technology-charged world, it's possible to work from virtually anywhere, anytime. And experts predict that within the next few years, 1.3 billion people will work virtually. So why, then, are we still debating the value of flex work options versus face time? With so many myths fueling the conversation—and affecting the way we all work—it's time to bust these myths, once and for all. Catalyst's new study, The Great Debate: Flexibility vs. Face Time, does just that, proving that high-potential women and men want flexible work options.
MYTH: Flexible work arrangements are still the exception, not the rule.
FACT: 81% of respondents said that their current employer offers opportunities to work flexibly. For every company that does not offer flexible work options (which can include telecommuting, flexible arrival and departure times, flex time, compressed work weeks, part-time options and job sharing), there are four others that do.
MYTH: Flex work options only matter to millennials and parents.
FACT: High-potential employees of all ages—with and without children—perceive flexible work options as important.
MYTH: Women use flexible work options more than men.
FACT: Women and men are equally likely to use some flex options throughout their careers.
MYTH: Access to flexible work arrangements has no impact on aspirations.
FACT: 90% of employees in organizations with flexible work options aspire to a C-suite job; but when such programs are absent, women downsize their aspirations more than men.
The bottom line? Availability of flexible work options impacts an organization's ability to maximize its talent pool. High-potential men and women want flex options, and organizations need to provide them if they want to attract and retain the best and the brightest and become an employer of choice for top talent throughout the pipeline.
Read the study here.
The topic is also covered in our new blog: Flexibility At Work—What's Really Going On?
Our Flex Works tool makes the business case for flexibility.
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Founded in 1962, Catalyst is the leading nonprofit membership organization expanding opportunities for women and business. With offices in the United States, Canada, Europe, and India, and more than 600 members, Catalyst is the trusted resource for research, information, and advice about women at work. Catalyst annually honors exemplary organizational initiatives that promote women's advancement with the Catalyst Award.


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Eat Dark Chocolate!
New studies show that it's healthy — especially for women. Here are recipes galore!
Who doesn't love chocolate?
It's long been revered as a great tonic for a sweet tooth. And now scientists are discovering that it also may be good for your health. New studies show that dark chocolate produces antioxidants, which protects the body against cardiovascular disease, lowers blood pressure and reduces bad cholesterol. Besides its heart-healthy benefits, dark chocolate also acts as a mild antidepressant.
Chocolate lovers beware: Only chocolate with a 65 percent or higher cocoa content confer these health benefits. And even then, don't go overboard. Chocolate is still a high-calorie food and eating too much will outweigh the beneficial effects. A well-balanced diet includes whole grains, fruits, vegetables and lean protein. And an occasional sweet treat is fine. So given the choice, why not try one of these dark chocolate dessert recipes for your next special occasion!
Black Chocolate Espresso Cake With Bittersweet Glaze
This cake is almost jet black with a deep chocolate flavor.
Flourless Chocolate Brownies
Delicious alone. Positively decadent with a side of ice cream and dark chocolate sauce.
Chocolate Dessert Sauce
Serve this sauce warm or cold over cake, ice cream or other deserts.
Dark Chocolate Ice Cream
Add almonds, cherries, pistachios, coconut or other favorite additives if desired.
Chocolate-Cherry Cupcakes
Join the cupcake craze with this easy recipe.
Chocolate Mousse
Dark chocolate is the standard for this classic recipe.
Cherry-Almond-Chocolate Clusters
Crispy toasted almonds and sweet-tart cherries are deliciously paired in this heavenly confection.
Chocolate Cakes With Matcha Truffle Centers
The combination of tea and chocolate — yin and yang — is very common in Asia.
Chocolate Almond Cake
A versatile, all-purpose chocolate cake that stays moist and flavorful.
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
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University of Hawaii Cancer Center Announces Recipient of Weinman Innovator Award
Recognition provides $50,000 to fund promising cancer research
HONOLULU – The University of Hawaii Cancer Center announced that the recipient of this year's Weinman Innovator Award is Dr. Andrea Fleig, a faculty member of the center's cancer biology program, and director of research and development at The Queen's Medical Center.
The Weinman Award, an annual grant of $50,000, is directed to support innovative translational research with the potential to develop new diagnostic or therapeutic approaches to cancer. This year, ten proposals were submitted and the quality of the applications was extremely high making the selection difficult for reviewers.
Dr. Fleig's proposal was based on her laboratory's discovery of the critical role of a unique magnesium-transporting protein in the regulation of cell growth and proliferation. The proposal was submitted with collaborators Drs. Reinhold Penner and Toshihiko Kawamori of the UH Cancer Center, and Dr. David Horgen of Hawaii Pacific University.
From Left to Right: Dr. David Horgen, Dr. Toshihiko Kawamori, Dr. Andrea Fleig,
Dr. Reinhold Penner, and Mr. Barry Weinman
Dr. Fleig and colleagues first discovered the molecular nature and the physiological function of the ion channel named "TRPM7" and demonstrated its central role for cell growth and proliferation. Ion channels act like tiny gates and pores in the cell's membrane, allowing entry or exit of vital molecules, in this case the divalent ion magnesium. Magnesium is essential for cells to divide and proliferate, and this is particularly so for cancer cells. While screening marine-derived natural products to interfere with the normal function of the TRPM7 channel, Dr. Fleig and colleagues identified a natural compound isolated from a Hawaiian soft coral, which acts to stop multiplication of cancer cells by interfering with the magnesium status of these cells.
"If we can confirm our hypothesis that the natural compound reduces or even prevents tumor development in our animal models of colon cancer, then we can expand this approach further and pave the way for clinical use in cancer patients," said Dr. Fleig.
The award is funded through the $1.7 million Weinman Foundation Fund for Innovation endowment to the UH Cancer Center, provided by Virginia and Barry Weinman of Honolulu to support the development of cutting-edge cancer research.


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MOD Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service:
Secure communications for a safer world
The Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service (DFTS) Agreement between BT and the Ministry of Defence (MOD) created a single multi-service platform. It replaced nineteen separate legacy networks serving the Royal Navy, the British Army, The Royal Air Force, and the MOD itself. Signed in 1997, the Agreement has been extended twice and currently runs to 2015. The value of the Agreement to the MOD includes savings of around £700 million over its lifetime.
As one of the largest PFI telecommunications undertakings in the world, DFTS now reaches some 2,000 sites. Interconnecting more than 225,000 users across the UK, Germany, and Cyprus, it carries 750,000 calls every single day.
Impressive though the above may be, beyond its numerical dimensions the DFTS story is even more compelling. BT not only had to introduce service innovations that would make Britain's Armed Forces more agile and efficient, but also had to do so in a way that would meet the most stringent security requirements anywhere in the world.
JSP 440, the UK Defence Manual of Security, stipulates security provisions covering for example physical measures, personnel vetting, and encryption. Major Dave Whitaker, Head of Voice Services at DE&S ISS, explains: "As well as working at formal security levels ranging from Unclassified to Top Secret, MOD people naturally operate on a need to know basis. Those strictures apply not only to people within the department, but also to staff in its accredited partner organisations."
Sound risk management principles dictate that the strength of the measures adopted should be commensurate with the value of the asset being protected. It would be feasible to build a system such that every single MOD interaction was treated as Top Secret (the highest security classification). However, the limited need for such an extreme level of security would not justify the high cost involved. Furthermore, the strict disciplines necessary would adversely affect such a system's user friendliness.
The technologies, processes, and people that BT uses therefore have to be graded to meet the security classification of the transmissions being handled. That means, for instance, that BT people working on equipment that handles Top Secret material have to be security vetted to the same level of stringency as their MOD colleagues.
BT staff on the DFTS project live and breathe security," says Ken Hilton, DFTS Contract and Business Manager in BT. "Not only that but the BT premises that house DFTS assets must accede to MOD DefCons and JSP stipulations in terms of their physical and procedural security. We even have a highly-secure email system for MOD communications, totally separate from all other BT systems."
A detailed discussion of the exact architecture and technology deployed by BT is not appropriate. However, voice transmission illuminates the topic. Unclassified conversations can be carried over a normal converged MPLS infrastructure. On the other hand, Top Secret conversations require encryption and other advanced security measures. Astonishingly, BT achieves these varied requirements within a single numbering scheme.
The network topology is designed such that certain services can survive the most extreme events. For example, some critical DFTS network domains are designed to stand the loss of, say, entire cities without prejudicing the overall ability of particular MOD communities to communicate. On the other hand, Unclassified traffic enjoys normal high enterprise network resilience levels.
BT also works closely with DSAS (Defence Security and Assurance Service) and CESG (Communications-Electronics Security Group) to evaluate and accredit DFTS services to ensure they are fit for MOD security requirements. The accreditation process is complex and cyclical. It covers not only new products but also every single change to existing services.
A DFTS service package has been established that makes use of the secure network to enable the MOD to use enterprise-style business functionality such as video conferencing and remote access.
"BT unquestionably has a pivotal role in the security sphere," says Major Dave Whitaker. "However, the expertise and experience of its people is equally valuable in helping us apply technology for business advantage."
The entire range of MOD services is supported by the BT Customer Assured Service Centre (CASC) in Dumbarton, which employs more than 40 people, all of whom are security accredited. The CASC provides a single point of contact for over 2,000 MOD sites and 225,000 end users. It operates 24*7*365, dealing with new orders, enquiries and faults.
Ordering is simple, via an online catalogue of over 3,500 items, and the CASC handles in excess of 500 orders every month. It also sets up more than 1,500 new user accounts and handles over 2,000 password resets each month. The applications have already helped the MOD introduce flexible working practices. This has helped drive up productivity and reduce the effect upon the environment.
Major Dave Whitaker concludes: "DFTS offers transformational capabilities, proven here in MOD, which could help the UK significantly improve government processes. The partnership that we have built with BT – focused on helping us to do what we do more efficiently and more securely – is poised to bring wider benefits to UK plc."
Core Services
A selection of DFTS services – which are designed with appropriate security levels front of mind – are described here.
- Enhanced Video TeleConferencing (eVTC) – Eliminating the need for wasteful travel, eVTC offers all the benefits of face-to-face meetings in a virtual environment. Secure up to Top Secret level, participants in eVTC sessions can share images like CCTV footage and PowerPoint slides. Booking is simple; while the experience is so lifelike that participants quickly forget they're not actually sitting in the same room.
- Restricted LAN Interconnect (RLI) and Restricted LAN Interconnect Remote Access (RLI RA) – Allowing people to access, share, and update Restricted information from virtually any fixed or mobile location in the UK or overseas, these services offer a wide range of access options. RLI enables wide area networking between all fixed MOD sites, while RLI RA affords MOD people at home or on the move full remote use of their office facilities. This significantly enhances productivity.
- Secret LAN Interconnect (SLI) – Available as a permanent connection or dial-up service from a fixed location, SLI is a fully managed network that allows the secure exchange of data protectively marked as SECRET.
- Enterprise Gateway Service (EGS) – The only MOD approved means of accessing the internet while connected to the RLI service, EGS enables users to browse the internet and exchange Unclassified email with any other user from a Restricted desktop. It handles 43,000,000 emails each year, and means that RLI users have the benefit of a Restricted system but the flexibility to safely access information from untrusted sources.
Other applications in the service package – a total of sixteen in all – include, Smartnumbers, Restricted BlackBerry, and Directory Services.
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Clayton Kershaw was all smiles and nods sitting next to Juan Uribe.
The two saved the Dodgers postseason.
Kershaw was pitching on three days rest for Game 4 of the NLDS, and it looked as though the Dodgers were about to squander his gem and head to Atlanta for an elimination Game 5.
He left the game with the Braves and Dodgers tied at 2 and Ronald Belisario blew the lead the following inning.
Uribe got it back. Uribe hit a game-winning two-run home run in the eighth inning of Game 4 in the NLDS.
After a baseball official thanked Uribe for his time with the media, Kershaw bent over his microphone and said "thank you."
Kershaw was indebted to Uribe for ensuring his special efforts in a tricky situation — pitching out of his regular routine for the first time in his career — meant something special.
But really, you can thank Kershaw for putting the Dodgers in position to win that game.
His six innings of three-hit ball and no earned runs were just what the Dodgers needed. It was a risky move to pitch him on short rest, but Dodgers manager Don Mattingly can rest easy now that the Dodgers are in the NLCS.
"The thing I want to re-iterate is that this is the postseason," Kershaw said. "I don't want to take it for granted. If Donny wanted me to pitch (again) tomorrow, I would."
He just wanted the damn ball.
Kershaw got it and delivered.
There was much speculation over how the Cy Young Award winner would handle the situation, but he did so with the excellence he pitched with all year.
"Three days rest or 30 days rest, he's the same guy he's been entire season," said catcher A.J. Ellis. "He's a warrior. He's the best pitcher on the planet."
And afterward, he was celebrating with a former best pitcher on the planet — Sandy Koufax. They shared a hug in the clubhouse.
"He's happy for us," Kershaw said. "He's such a great guy. He generally cares about us, not just about the team but about our well-being. He cares about us. To get a hug and a 'good job' from a guy like that … that's pretty special."
So was Kershaw's entrance. When the Dodgers sent an email at 12:25 p.m. announcing Kershaw would start that day, the sports world was abuzz over the dangerous move. The game was all abuzz about Kershaw.
Kershaw ran out to left field to warm up on his own before Monday's Game 4 of the NLDS, and received a standing ovation for his trout out there at Dodger Stadium. Before even throwing a single pitch.
Kershaw wanted to pitch Game 4 for the Dodgers on short days rest, and fans showed their appreciation.
What's not to love about a player who wants the ball for that last-second shot?
And in the end, Kershaw was on the field with arms raised, and giant hugs for Mattingly, pitching coach Rick Honeycutt and especially Uribe.
Kershaw didn't want to get into specifics about when he decided to pitch Game 4, but it all turned out all right.
This wasn't a desperate situation for the Dodgers since it wasn't an elimination game for them. I didn't think it was prudent of Mattingly to use Kershaw in this unpredictable situation.
Kershaw had never pitched on three days rest, and the Dodgers had him scheduled for Game 5 — if necessary — in Atlanta.
But Kershaw pitched just as the Dodgers had hoped. He allowed two unearned runs on three hits through six innings. Those runs were on first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, whose error in the two-run fourth didn't help Kershaw's cause.
"After (Kershaw won) Game 1, he was barking right after the game that he was ready for Game 4," Mattingly said before the game.
The Dodgers didn't have to listen, but they did. Kershaw didn't make them regret it.
Jason Heyward, Atlanta's leadoff batter, got on base to start the game via Gonzalez booting the ball. Kershaw then went to work. He caught a popup bunt by Justin Upton for the out, then struck out Freddie Freeman and got Evan Gattis to ground out.
And in the third inning, Kershaw was brilliant. He got in and out of the inning in seven pitches. He got Atlanta pitcher Freddy Garcia to fly out to left field, then struck out Heyward and got Upton to line out to right field.
Kershaw didn't face much trouble of his own doing — he walked just one and struck out six. The most dangerous situation was the one Gonzalez created via his throwing error trying to start a double play at second base in the fourth inning.
Kershaw struck out Brian McCann three times, two on called strikes.
He'd thrown 124 pitches on Thursday and was on short rest, so his night was done after 91 pitches. Ronald Belisario came in for relief and promptly allowed a run to break the tie. A
Any way you slice it, the Braves were going to face Kershaw a second time. But that was going to be sooner rather than later.
"As we talked to him (after Game 3) and we basically say, `hey, Clay, you've got to be a hundred percent sure,'" Mattingly said. "We're not going to take any chances with your career. That is the last thing we'd do". And he says, "All the work I do, everything I go through every start, it's for this kind of game.' So he was the one basically saying, `This is why I work so hard. This is the game I want.'"
It was a risky move to be sure, but Kershaw held up his end of the bargain. He didn't figure into the decision, but he did more than his part.
He put the Dodgers in position to win another postseason game, and Uribe closed the deal.
Kershaw to the rescue once again.


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According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), working on or around electricity leads to some 4,700 non-fatal injuries each year in the United States alone. Electrical accidents or unintended contact with energized systems is also blamed for an average of one death per day, every day, in the workplace.
Electrical workplace hazards, in fact, occupy three of the top 10 spots in OSHA's list of top workplace violations (rated by number of violations cited) in 2010. Lockout/tagout violations led the electrical pack with more than 3,000 violations cited, but electrical wiring methods and general electrical violations were cited nearly as often. Also on the list were safety violations that relate to electrical construction, such as lack of fall protection and scaffolding violations (see OSHA's Top 10 Violations for 2010). In an effort to address urgent safety and health problems faced by Americans in the workplace, OSHA recently implemented a new program in June 2010 that increases civil penalty amounts for violators (see Severe Violator Program Ups Safety Stakes).
Take, for instance, an OSHA citation following an incident at the Iberdrola Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm near Odell, Ill., in October of 2010. According to OSHA, a wind farm technician suffered second- and third-degree burns and was hospitalized due to the unexpected energization of transformers in three wind turbine towers. OSHA says energy management company Outland Renewable Services failed to ensure that technicians working on the towers affixed personal lock and tag devices on the turbine tower at ground and switch level, resulting in the possibility — and tragic eventuality — that the turbines were energized from ground level while the technicians were 350 ft in the air.
In a news release about the incident, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis said Outland's management was "aware of the potentially hazardous conditions to which its workers could have been exposed" and showed "intentional disregard for employee safety by ignoring OSHA's requirements for isolating energy sources during servicing operations." The agency proposed fines of $378,000 for the violations, a number and citation that Outland has contested.
Outland is hardly an outlier. In June of 2010, OSHA levied $430,000 in fines against the U.S. Postal Service for electrical hazards at a mail processing facility in Scarborough, Maine. In this case, the inspection was prompted by a complaint from workers at the facility rather than by a workplace injury or death. Inspectors said they found employees working with or near live equipment without adequate training, qualifications, or proper personal protective equipment (PPE). The violation also cited lack of safety-related work practices and appropriate electrical hazard warning signs. Such conditions, OSHA contends, exposed the facility's workers to the potential hazards of electric shock, arc flash, and arc blast, necessitating significant fines in order to get management's attention. "These citations and sizable fines reflect the Postal Service's failure to equip its workers with the necessary knowledge and skills to safely work with live electrical parts," said Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Dr. David Michaels about the citation.
Or consider the case of steel manufacturer Republic Engineered Products and the results of an inspection at its Lorain, Ohio, facility late last year. In May, OSHA cited Republic for repeatedly exposing workers to energy control hazards, among other violations, after a worker was hospitalized with a broken pelvis when he fell 9 ft from a coil transfer car in the bar mill. OSHA proposed penalties of $480,500 for exposing employees to falls from the car and an unguarded platform — and for failing to affix lockout/tagout devices to control the unexpected energizing of equipment.
The central role electrical safety plays in OSHA inspections, as well as the gravity with which the agency views these violations, can be seen in two other OSHA lists. One is the agency's top 10 most frequently cited standards. OSHA 29 CRF 1910.47 — control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) is the sixth most-cited standard. Number seven is OSHA 29 CFR 1910.305 — electrical wiring methods, components, and equipment. The ninth most frequently cited standard is OSHA 29 CFR 1910.303 — electrical systems design. Electrical violations can also be costly. In 2010, for example, the dollar amount OSHA levied for violations of general electrical standards was second only to total fines for lack of adequate fall protection. Fines for failing to properly control hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) were the fourth most hefty.
Analyze, assess, and document
A crib sheet for how to comply with OSHA workplace electrical standards might read something like this: First, analyze and identify all workplace electrical hazards — then document everything. OSHA inspectors can and likely will ask for detailed documentation about electrical systems during an inspection. Before doing any work on an electrical system, make sure you have a detailed job description of the planned work. Inspectors will probably ask for written approval records. By all means, have documented lockout/tagout plans and procedures. Make sure all employees who might work on or come in contact with electrical systems have been properly trained. Document that too. Who took the classes, where were they offered, and what was covered? Pay special attention to who is qualified to work on electrical systems as well to how OSHA (as well as NFPA, the National Fire Prevention Association) defines "qualified persons" for electrical systems work.
Both OSHA and NFPA standards commit several paragraphs to the definition of a "qualified person" for electrical work, noting that it is possible for someone to be considered qualified for work on certain systems and equipment, but that this qualification hardly means the same person is qualified for all systems or work, even within the same building or system. The installation of new equipment, OSHA adds, may require additional training in order to expand or even retain a previously qualified worker's electrical qualifications.
Dennis K. Neitzel, CPE, director emeritus of the AVO Training Institute, Inc., in Dallas, and a principal committee member of the NFPA 70E, says qualifications are important, but so is training and experience in the field. "Too many are receiving what I would call 'quick and dirty' training, which is very minimal, and appears to be only enough for the company to have some documentation," says Neitzel. "Unfortunately, because of this insufficient training, people are still taking shortcuts by not performing lockout/tagout, working on exposed energized conductors or circuit parts, not using proper PPE, and using un-insulated tools."
The industry overall, Neitzel contends, is also losing seasoned electrical workers due to retirement. Those workers are being replaced by younger workers who he says may not have the field experience, knowledge, and/or training to be safe and efficient.
John Kolak, president of electrical safety consultancy Praxis Corp. of Granbury, Texas, concurs. "We have gotten away from structured training and apprenticeship," he notes. "An electrician can be anyone from a fully qualified journeyman to someone who has hardly had a basic electricity class and calls himself an electrician."
Insufficient or ineffective training, along with lack of field experience, can lead to poor decision making and fateful consequences on the job, experts say.
NIOSH statistics, Neitzel notes, show that several hundred deaths occur each year as a result of electric shock, with a large number attributable to work being done on 120V systems. At least part of the problem, he suggests, is that both qualified and non-qualified workers tend to overlook 120V systems, underestimating the danger. He calculates that under average working conditions (working on a standard 120V system where the person is perspiring and has a resistance of only 1,000-ohms from hand-to-hand), current can flow through that person's body at 0.12A (or 120mA) — more than enough current to cause heart fibrillations and possible death (click here to see Table).
"We are still having to acclimate workers to the fact that 120V will kill them," warns Kolak. "When it gets down to 120V, almost everyone barehands it. They are also doing more energized work than they will admit. They say they are doing more lockout/tagout work, but they don't see the need to do it. They don't think 120V systems are dangerous."
Kolak sees a real killer in a common workplace electrical chore done on 120V systems — the re-ballasting of fluorescent lights. "Electrical workers could shut off the circuit breaker and use temporary lighting, but they might not take the time to do that," he says. "They leave the rest of the lights energized, change the ballast, and re-wire them again."
Then there's the reality of both qualified and non-qualified workers re-setting circuit breakers. "A breaker should never be re-set until you find out why it tripped," says Neitzel. "When you close the breaker against a short circuit and hit it again, with that fault it can self-destruct. That is why 'Joe the Office Worker' is not supposed to do it. They may have seen the electrical worker do it, so they'll go over there and try to re-set it themselves."
Kolak points out that many circuit breakers are designed to only be reset a single time when it had been closed into a faulted circuit. "Repeatedly resetting circuit breakers without first finding and repairing the faulted circuit is one of the leading causes of arc-flash accidents," he says. "Anyone who resets a circuit breaker into a faulted circuit should record and report what he's done to qualified electrical workers and building engineers."
Failure to provide or produce such documentation can also trip a company up during an OSHA investigation. In December 2010, the agency cited Next Step Burwell, a biofuel company in Nebraska, for lack of documentation, among other things, in an inspection prompted by the electrocution of a subcontracted employee asked to check a cable tray.
An arc you really don't want to see
As most of you are well aware, arc flash and arc blast safety are areas of emphasis for OSHA and NFPA. In NFPA 70E, the NFPA not only lists steps to take to address and assess arc flash hazards, but also provides information on how to do an arc flash study, calculate incident energy in order to determine flash boundaries, and determine what level of PPE must be worn around hazardous system components. NFPA also offers a list of electrical safety consultants who can perform complete arc flash analyses in the workplace.
The dangers behind arc flash, Neitzel warns, are not to be underestimated. For starters, arc flashes can reach temperatures of 36,000°F in an instant. That means a one-tenth-of-a-second (six cycles) exposure to this level of heat renders human skin incurable, resulting in third-degree burns. To complicate matters, arc flash can produce an explosion of the air around the arc, which can ignite or vaporize metal, ignite wood and other flammable materials, and kill or severely injure anyone nearby. Walls can also be blown out by the blast or explosion that occurs with an arc flash; Neitzel says pressure differentials from a 100kA, 10kV arc flash could readily destroy a conventional wall at a distance of about 33 ft. An added danger is that arc flashes can ignite natural gas leaked from a ruptured line (e.g., after storm damage) or other hazardous materials close to the source of the explosion. They can also create very high noise levels that can damage hearing. (This information is derived from Ralph H. Lee's papers titled, "The Other Electrical Hazard; Electric Arc Blast Burns," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 1A-18, No. 3, May/June 1982 and "Pressures Developed by Arcs," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 1A-23, No. 4, page 760, July/Aug. 1987.)
The keys to avoiding arc flash, Neitzel notes, are to identify the hazard-bearing components, analyze the hazard, and then observe and respect NFPA recommendations regarding flash boundaries and personal protective gear. One bright spot in terms of electrical worker safety, he contends, is that the NFPA, in particular, has done a good job of promoting the need for greater awareness about arc flash and arc blast.
"Not that many years ago, in a group of safety professionals, I would ask about NFPA 70E, and I would get maybe one or two hands raised," he says. "Today, I would expect to see 80% or more of the people raise their hands." Coming in 2012, Neitzel says information in NFPA 70E will focus on the dangers of DC arc flash as well.
Room for improvement
Of course one of the simplest and most effective ways to reduce or eliminate electrical hazards in the workplace is to de-energize systems before working on them (see Creating an Electrically Safe Work Condition). Tom McCauley, a consultant with Solutions for Electrical Power Problems in suburban Chicago, says this concept sounds simple but isn't always so.
"Companies complain that they can't afford it," McCauley says. "Or they say we've looked at our processes, and we don't want to interrupt that."
A good case in point was an OSHA inspection that resulted in citations and fines against The Hart-
ford Financial Services Group and its maintenance contractor, Grubb & Ellis, in early June. According to OSHA, The Hartford's data center policy required electricians employed by Grubb & Ellis to perform work in live electrical panels for computer equipment without first de-energizing the panels, in violation of OSHA standards. Grubb & Ellis was cited and fined for its workers' failure to de-energize the panels. In addition, OSHA said Grubb & Ellis employees were not properly trained on electrical safe work practices, and protective equipment needed to guard against electrical hazards. The company was also cited for not having specific hazardous energy control procedures to prevent the activation or release of hazardous energy, and for failing to train all authorized employees on hazardous energy controls and procedures for safely applying, using, and removing energy control devices.
Dr. Michael Morse, an electrical engineering professor at the University of San Diego, says electrical safety is, unfortunately, a lesson that can be lost — at times — by anyone.
"I see people trying to observe the wires under energized switchgear, using no PPE, and violating the proximity rules — all on the basic premise that 'I have been doing this a long time, and I know what I'm doing,'" Morse says. "Then, when something unforeseen happens, it's too late."
Morse contends more could be done to increase awareness of the real dangers of electric shock. Recent studies, for example, have shown that people who have been exposed to electric shock suffer not only at the point at which the shock is experienced, but also debilitating after-effects later in life. This situation is similar to the way recent studies have found concussions to have lasting effects on the brains of athletes or those involved in physically punishing occupations. "I am always preaching that you should think of the next shock as being potentially fatal," warns Morse, who wants to teach future electricians and electrical workers more about safety.
"One of the weakest points in engineering education is safety issues," Morse continues. "My students do senior design projects. Every year, I will wander in and look at the projects, and I am amazed at the breaches of safety. They may have been assigned to wire a house for their senior project, yet there are wires exposed everywhere — and no recognition that they are in violation of the codes."
The key to improvement, says Neitzel, is better training, education, and increased awareness for all employees, not just electrical workers. "There is not enough focus on safety training for non-electrical workers," he says. "You show me the person who is not involved with cord- and plug-connected electrical equipment and extension cords. This is 120V equipment that is used every day by most non-electrical people. They need electrical safety training."
Such training, Neitzel adds, does not have to be all about amps and volts either. "If there are signs and barricades up, teach people why they shouldn't bypass them," he says. "Too many times they don't explain why, they just put them up. Electrical safety is for more than just electricians."
Dukart is a freelance writer based in Eden Prairie, Minn. He can be reached at [email protected].
SIDEBAR: Severe Violator Program Ups Safety Stakes
According to OSHA, about 14 Americans fail to come home from work to their families every day. Tens of thousands die from workplace disease, and more than 4.6 million workers are seriously injured on the job annually. That's one reason why the agency has implemented the new Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP), which took effect on June 18, 2010, and increases civil penalty amounts for violators.
"SVEP will help OSHA concentrate its efforts on those repeatedly recalcitrant employers who fail to meet their obligations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act," says Dr. David Michaels, assistant secretary of labor for OSHA, who maintains that OSHA inspections and penalties must be large enough to discourage employers from cutting corners or underfunding safety programs to save a few dollars. "It will include a more intense examination of an employer's practices for systemic problems that would trigger additional mandatory inspections."
The current maximum penalty for a serious violation — one capable of causing death or serious physical harm — is only $7,000, and the maximum penalty for a willful violation is $70,000. The average penalty for a serious violation will increase from about $1,000 to an average $3,000 to $4,000. Monetary penalties for violations of the OSH Act have been increased only once in 40 years, despite inflation. The Protecting America's Workers Act would raise these penalties for the first time since 1990 to $12,000 and $250,000, respectively. Future penalty increases would also be tied to inflation.
An overview of the criteria for a severe violator enforcement case, based on OSHA literature, is outlined below:
Any inspection that meets one or more of criteria (A) through (D) at the time the citations are issued will be considered a severe violator enforcement case.
- Fatality/Catastrophe Criterion. A fatality/catastrophe inspection in which OSHA finds one or more willful or repeated violations or failure-to-abate notices based on a serious violation related to a death of an employee or three or more hospitalizations.
- Non-Fatality/Catastrophe Criterion Related to High-Emphasis Hazards. An inspection in which OSHA finds two or more willful or repeated violations or failure-to-abate notices (or any combination of these violations/notices), based on high gravity serious violations related to a high-emphasis hazard.
- Non-Fatality/Catastrophe Criterion for Hazards Due to the Potential Release of a Highly Hazardous Chemical (Process Safety Management). An inspection in which OSHA finds three or more willful or repeated violations or failure-to-abate notices (or any combination of these violations/notices), based on high gravity serious violations related to hazards due to the potential release of a highly hazardous chemical, as defined in the PSM standard.
- Egregious Criterion. All egregious (e.g., per-instance citations) enforcement actions will be considered SVEP cases.
For more information on the penalty policy, visit http://www.osha.gov/dep/administrative-penalty.html.
SIDEBAR: Creating an Electrically Safe Work Condition
The primary focus of NFPA 70E is the establishment of an electrically safe work condition, meaning that equipment is fully de-energized and cannot be re-energized while work is being performed. The following steps should be followed to create an electrically safe work condition:
- Determine all possible sources of electrical energy to the equipment.
- Interrupt load current and open disconnecting devices for all sources.
- Where possible, visually confirm that disconnecting devices are open.
- Follow appropriate lockout/tagout procedures.
- Verify that equipment is de-energized using a voltmeter. Until equipment is tested, assume that it is still energized.
- Use grounding devices where the possibility of stored energy or induction exists.
Creating an electrically safe work condition is the first line of defense against arc flash and other electrical hazards. This procedure should be used in every situation, with the following exceptions:
- When de-energizing equipment would create a greater hazard, such as when life-support equipment, ventilation equipment in a hazardous environment, or similar safety equipment would be de-energized.
- When de-energizing is not possible due to equipment design, such as when the equipment is part of a larger continuously-operating system.
- When the nature of the work to be performed requires that equipment be energized—for instance, when checking voltage.
Source: Arc Flash Information Resource Center
SIDEBAR: OSHA's Top 10 Violations for 2010
- Scaffolding, General – 9,093 violations
- Fall Protection – 6,771 violations
- Hazard Communication – 6,378 violations
- Respiratory Protection – 3,803 violations
- Lockout/Tagout – 3,321 violations
- Electrical, Wiring – 3,079 violations
- Ladders – 3,072 violations
- Powered Industrial Trucks – 2,993 violations
- Electrical, General – 2,556 violations
- Machine Guarding – 2,364 violations
Source: OSHA, Oct. 5, 2010


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|2012-10-27, 13:19
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Well that was probably the only interesting episode so far for me but considering that we had 4 episodes till now, there are a lot issues.
a) More than a year has passed yet Kirito and Asuna act like if they knew each other only for few days. I understand that they separated their ways but come on. We are not talking about several weeks but months! It's over a year now. There is no way they didn't meet during all this time. Game is not that massive.
b) Asuna didn't even know that you could see the name in a corner but now she is a leader of major guild? She sure grew fast, but what about addict gamers? Shouldn't they be outdoing her?
This might not have been so glaring if there was several episode gap, not just 2. It simply looks rushed.
c) Kirito is a lonely wolf yet here he is playing together with others... why a sudden change?
d) We are also introduced to a new character yet it looks like they've know him for ages... so many gaps!
This freaking time skips are not giving anime any justice.
As I said before it looks like author had no idea how to develop things so he just skipped through so he could get to juicy parts faster.
Well I heard that novel is better and that anime skips from like chapter 1 to 10 in one episode so can't blame author but really?
Well next episode seems to be a continuation of this one so I shouldn't have much problems with it... hopefully.
|2012-10-27, 15:11
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SAO isn't a traditional game, skill and combat prowess has far more to do with mental reflex and fortitude, whatever l33t gam1ng sk1llz others have from normal games doesn't really carry into SAO's combat.
Besides, Asuna is also among the "addicts" group as far as grinding and leveling goes in SAO.
|2012-10-27, 15:47
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a) Asuna is part of massive guild and Kirito travels around all the time. Game world is not that massive either. It's not like he is on level 90 and everyone else are stuck on level 10.
Since she is part of massive guild, she should be well known and must have had a lot of missions by now. Kirito is a loner but he always ends up near big happenings. Chances of them never stumbling onto each other are 0.
Besides by the way they interacted this episode doesn't look like they hadn't seen each other for whole year.
b) You got me wrong.
And please, few threads ago people were telling me that it's a game and that is why they progress fast yet now you are telling me that it is about physical abilities after all. Will you fans make up your mind?
No matter from which side you look at it she shouldn't be better than professional gamers at this stage. One year is a lot but skills wise it's not enough. I'm a sportist and I know how body and skills progress. There can be massive jumps but not from loser to hero in just one year.
Game wise it is still impossible. She might be learning fast but there are gamers who at the time that she was loser have become strong. Catching up to them is not that easy. Right now she should have been a lower ranked officer who gradually over runs gamers and becomes leader. Not a straight away jump.
And please do not mix up emotional and physical development, they progress differently.
Putting your way, they are different types of cake.
c) Then why not show it? Why not show what he thinks and does? Show him struggle or something because till now he was doing perfectly fine alone, there is no reason for him to team considering that he is one of the highest leveled players and barely anyone can touch him.
That makes sense. Anime should have done things same way as novel and have those side stories as OVAs. Because right now it simply looks ridiculous.
That way things would be fine. I would prefer tiny flashbacks instead of this jumping mess.
|2012-10-27, 16:13
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More importantly, Asuna wasn't a loser to begin with, she was actually pretty good (though the anime skipped the part where it showcased her skill), it's just that she wasn't familiar with MMO GUIs.
Fundamentally however, I disagree with your whole argument, even for real-world games. Gaming skill (or any skill really) is not a linear progression, not everyone follows the same curve, some will get better faster than others, and some will start better than others will ever get, especially when your own life is on the line.
Go ahead, get those "professional gamers", see how good they'll be when you hold a gun to their head and tell them you'll blow their head off if they die.
|2012-10-27, 16:30
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a) But they already know each other what means they would interact with each other more than others. I think friend status should already be there after 1 year. She is not someone random, they actually traveled together at one point.
b) Reflexes are not only mental abilities, it is mostly body response. Body tends to react faster then your mind can figure out what happened. If body is not trained, mental reflexes won't do you much good.
It still doesn't change the fact that her promotion is too high at this point of story.
Story wise there isn't much place for her to develop now.
Oh please, no matter how good you are you won't go from loser to hero in just one year. Unless you are a genius and Asuna clearly isn't. Someone who just began doing martial arts will never beat master in just one year. They might catch up faster than usual people but not in one year time, sorry.
That gun logic is out of place. People of this world are way too calm for their situation. It doesn't look like they are bothered. Whole panic from episode 1 was gone in an instant. Right now it looks like they are living their normal daily live in medieval setting.
What is actually another minus of the show. Characters actions don't match up with what should be happening.
c) We are talking about anime here, not novel. Don't mix two together.
You and many others constantly keep saying "Novel this and novel that" and totally ignore anime as a stand alone material.
I'm talking about anime adaption on it's own. If they don't show or explain something, it is a minus what means anime can't have perfect score just because novel showed it.
Novel might be great and maybe even perfect but anime clearly isn't especially if you novel readers yourself keep saying that.
So stop protecting anime every time it messes up.
|2012-10-27, 17:45
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After Asuna and Kirito's initial encounter, you can see that they went their separate ways. He continued on the solo path, and she eventually went on to join a guild. They interacted at key battles where she took the role of battle strategist, but you can see there that their relationship wasn't too great due to a clash of personalities. Even if they had met once before and partied back in the early days, it doesn't necessarily mean that an opportunity came up to break the ice -- an opportunity that came up now.
SAO is a game that combines physical skill/reflexes with RPG levelling mechanics (and system-assisted combos and special moves). As you saw in the previous episode, being of a high level can make you basically invulnerable to lower-level enemies without any skill involved. So her being a high-level player now is a sign of skill, but more of dedication. Given the circumstances, not all players -- even the hardcore gamers -- are going to follow the same path in terms of levelling up and fighting on the front lines, given the ever-present risk of death. (In fact, you don't know how many hardcore gamers may have died due to their over-confidence.)
(And incidentally, people living their lives within the world of SAO is actually one of the themes explored in this episode. To say that they're not acting the way they should be is rather presumptuous.)
Kirito only partnered with Asuna in this episode because she insists on helping him solve the crime. He's shown before that he's not so opposed to partying with people (see both Episodes 3, 4), but he doesn't tend to do it very often except when needed. So there's nothing contradictory about this -- the anime has clearly established both his normal pattern of behaviour and the exceptions. Of course, they're not going to spend a whole lot of time focusing on all the times that Kirito is by himself killing random mobs to level up because that would be pretty darn boring...
The character that was introduced in this episode was in fact present and introduced back in Episode 2, if you'll recall. You can understand from the context shown that he and Kirito are friends who have interacted before. I'm not sure that we really need a whole arc to explain how they got to know each other in the meantime.
None of this has anything to do with the novels or anything. In the end, this is a story that is told in fragments, and each fragment reveals more details about the world and the gameplay mechanics, and progresses both the characters and the plot. There are things that are alluded to but not shown, but everything that is needed to follow the on-going story is there.
That aside, while it's good that you're here to provide your thoughts, the anime is not "on trial", and you don't need to put everyone else on trial for not agreeing with your opinions. You are also free to rate the episode whatever you want, and you don't have to justify it to anyone (or get so upset/insistent about it). Of course, everyone else is free to rate it whatever they want, with or without justifying it. Personally, I understand some of your criticisms, but I don't think the things that are troubling you interfered with my understanding or appreciation of the anime story as presented. Particularly, the time skips didn't really bother me -- it was rather clear what was going on, and each episode plays a role in developing the story and game world. So, in the end, it's just an opinion.
|2012-10-27, 18:38
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To add on top of relentless's points,
Technically, if you want to talk about reflex as in actual medical terms (which you seem to be doing), then you're actually very wrong - reflex by definition does NOT pass through your "mind" - ie. brain. It is an involuntary and automatic response, there's no getting faster - it's an automated process by your nervous system, it happens without, and regardless of your brain, examples includes breathing and your heart beating.
Mental reflex is a bit of a misnomer, as it really has nothing to do with the actual physiological response. In SAO's case, it's more about how fast a person's mind can react to what's happening, as the game is controlled purely through a Brain-Machine Interface - the NervGear, your actual body, outside of the brain, does not come into the picture at all.
I also fail to see how Asuna's standing within KoB has anything to do with her character development, I think it's pretty obvious even at this point of the story that SAO isn't about MMO guild loldrama.
TBH, I have no interest in "defending" the anime anyway, the SAO anime is far from perfect, esp. the first half, but I'm merely pointing how the holes in your arguments
|2012-10-28, 09:00
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We are talking about a world where something constantly can go wrong. Where strong monsters/bosses can appear or where dark guilds come into play. I refuses to believe that after almost 2 years this episodes case was the biggest one they had till now. Ok it might be bigger than others but there is no way that nothing else has ever come up that needed some kind of teaming up, investigation and interaction.
Besides Asuna is the one who approached Kirito in this episode what shows that she has no real problems in talking to him. So they must have had this kind of small interactions before during almost those 2 years.
And I once again underline my words.... ALMOST 2 YEARS!
What you and many others are saying would be relevant if it was few months. 2 years is way too much time to ignore each other and never even speak properly.
I mean just look at your own life. Imagine you are doing school/Uni project and you were put in a team with someone you barely know. At first you will be awkward but after spending a while of working on the project you would end up talking.
You might not become friends but during 2 years you are meant to stumble onto each other and talk especially if that person has left a positive impression.
Asuna is a kind of person who would approach him, this episode was a confirmation of that. If she was like Kirito then okay, I agree. But she is not. She is the one who approached him.
So sorry, but no. Not buying this excuse. 2 years is more than enough of time to establish some kind of relation by now.
Also I doubt that she became guild member right away, don't think they accept every noob out there especially since their guild is knows as the best.
But ok whatever, maybe 2 years was enough. But in all honesty I would prefer to see her as lower ranked officer now who gradually comes to a top. Just like 2 episodes of her doing something worthy what gives her higher rank. Just so we could see what exactly did she do to earn the title.
Like this it just looks like typical MC factor. I'm MC so I'm cool. Deal with it.
We have 10 000 people in there. No way are all those kids strong minded, a crazy panic should have broken out by then.
And no, we don't need it for every character but this dude seems to have more importance than all those girls we saw till now.
If connection is important then it should be explored at least a bit especially when Kirito is solo what means he doesn't really interact with anyone.
It is not talkative Asuna but Kirito.
I'm not nitpicking on anyone's posts here. I'm simply stating my opinion yet every time I do, there are bunch of people who are trying to prove me wrong.
It is not me who starts this debates. I'm simply stating what I feel. Not my fault that my opinion differs.
I appreciate that some people try to explain things to me, it does help. But some losers bash and neg rep just because my opinion is different and I didn't even say anything offending.
It is not me who neg reps but you SAO fans.
So sorry but that comment applies more to SAO fan base not me. They are the ones who should learn to respect others opinions.
In episode 2 it was just 1 month yet they already were fine. We never experienced real horror of their situation and just right away skipped to the time of calm.
The initial horror of the situation was ignored and now this whole situation doesn't feel like anything special. Typical shounen where you fight monsters to survive.
SAO is no different from any other shounen out there now since it never delivered horror of this whole mess. It simply skipped it.
Poor writing.
|2012-10-28, 09:59
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You're projecting what you'd do yourself if you were in their shoes, but realize that not everyone will do as you would.
When you watch Saving Private Ryan, did you complain that they didn't show how Tom Hank's character managed to get his captain promotion?
What you're effectively saying is that you can train to control how fast or whether if your heart will beat, it's not possible.
|2012-10-28, 10:16
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Come on, if you don't really want to interact with others than you can keep it to a minimum, hell, I didn't even know much more than the names of my classmates while going to school and that was over years with being in the same room daily.
Kirito only has to put up with others when a Boss is the target.
Also, Kirito doesn't know anymore shortcuts than Asuna with maybe the exception of farmspots he finds himself and also keeps to himself, for anything else there are information brokers and whatnot
And WTF is with Asuna's supposed problem leveling up, she may not be the most efficient and don't know the mmo jargon, but Kirito also mentioned that she is incredibly in ep2.
Maybe, just maybe, all the crazy panic guys did either die or did STAY IN THE STARTING CITY. Those who go out seem, more or less, "contend" with the status.
The message at the end of the episode is where he comes to term with it.
|2012-10-28, 15:08
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That's minus.
I didn't put myself as example, I used Asuna and her character traits. If Kirito met himself, then yeh they would never interact. Yet we are talking about Asuna who clearly wanted to interact with him otherwise she would not approach him.
They are trapped in a world where you can die. They should be freaked out to leave towns. Some should be more crazy and go head on an enemy, most likely fail too because of panic.
Just simple small things like that in first few episodes would do. Even in just episode 2 it would be enough yet everyone acting fine. Unbelievable for beginning.
Author: I want him to be moody today, let's give him a reason. Ok I'm already tired of his moody mood need him to be happy. But he can't recover so fast so let's just skip several months!
Seriously WTF? Author/creators simply have no idea how to logically change moods so they just jump around the timeline.
Cheap writing!
Did you read the comment above. It said that I AM the one who is peaking on people and trying to change their mind when in reality it is other way around.
I don't quote anyone, you people quote me so don't try to make a villain out of me.
My reactions were different while I was intensively training.
And once again it is pacing problem. Author skipped again.
It is just typical shounen where they fight just to fight and live.
|2012-10-28, 15:31
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It has nothing to do with your opinion. It has to do with you. You're the only one who can change the way you come across. You can't and shouldn't change your opinion, but you can change the way you express it, and that's what you'll need to do going forward.
|2012-10-28, 16:37
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This is getting nowhere, relentless pretty much said the most important points.
That said, there are a couple points I do want to address.
A person's reaction comes from their prior experience, and is something processed by the brain - ie. a pitcher trying to dodge a incoming line-drive to their head. A reflex however, is an automatic physiological reaction to a stimuli or autonomous function of your nervous system. Remember those physicals where the doctor hits right below your kneecap to see if your leg jerks? that's a reflex.
What you time is not your heartbeat, but your breathing, as you want to pull the trigger after you finish exhaling, as that's when you have your most natural point of aim. Even then, real operating condition often means you will have to operate under aerobic stress, your target often decides for you when you have to take your shot, not the other way around.
While I'm no scout sniper, I do like to think that my 10 years in the USMC and the corresponding multiple rifle expert badges means I know at least a little something about sharp shooting.
|2012-10-29, 07:56
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^I'm sure that some monks can do it... I know I've read it somewhere, hmmm.
And yes, looks like I have confused reflex with reaction, my bad.
Also I'm not trying to be nasty, I'm just saying what irritates me in the show. Listing things is dumb, it gives no explanation to thoughts.
I'm simply describing what I don't like and what I think about it and so far the main issues is timing of the show. It simply looks like a massive cheat and troll.
Anyway episode 6 seemed to finally have some stability so will see how things go in episode 8 and 9 later.
Was nice talking to you guys, hopefully next time our opinion will match better
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