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proposals from qualified vendors to design, furnish and install
exterior stone or brick façade along with stucco or fiber
cement siding (hardieplank™) or a combination thereof on
an existing pre-engineered metal building. The Contractor shall
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inMcDonough, Georgia. This meeting is not mandatory; however,
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of the proposal. Also, individual meetings with the County staff
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or cashier's check made payable to the Henry County Board
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Contract and provide Performance and Payment Bonds within fifteen
(15) days after being notified that he has been awarded the Contract.
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work performed the previous month, less ten percent (10%) retained
by the Owner. Invoices shall be paid within 30 days after approval
of the Engineer/Project Manager The Proposal documents and specifications
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5. In DDLE1 folder, you'll get these files: Nandroid.rsf.tar, System.rfs.tar, Cache.rfs.tar etc.
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Youth photographers document Nashua's problems & promiseBy BARBARA TAORMINA
Union Leader Correspondent
November 18. 2013 10:30PM
NASHUA -- A new picture of life in the city's neighborhoods is taking shape thanks to the time and talent of a special focus group.
A crew of kid photographers from the Police Athletic League's Youth Safe Haven community center and the Boys and Girls Club has been on assignment since last spring documenting some of the city's problems and promise as part of PhotoVoice Nashua, a visual arts project launched to spark conversation — and maybe inspire some change. Their work will be on display at PAL's Youth Safe Haven open house on Nov. 26, from 5 to 7 p.m.
"Looking through the camera opened my eyes," said Michael Frith, 11, who added that he knows the city like the back of his hand. "I was taking pictures of the bad stuff in Nashua, but not necessarily just the bad stuff," he said. "I would take pictures of something like littering, things that should stop."
PhotoVoice is an international PAL project that helps adults and advocates understand their community from the perspective of young people. Frith and his fellow photographers shot pictures of spots in their neighborhood marked by trash, graffiti and random types of vandalism.
Shaun Nelson, executive director of Safe Haven, said the project started with a donation from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation to buy the cameras. In addition to some basic photography training, the kids had some help from the Manchester-based Media Power Youth group, which helps young people understand how to use media and imagery to promote a positive message.
"One of the best parts was the conversations we had," said Frith, who added that the group talked a lot about alcohol and tobacco use.
Although adults continually pound home the message that smoking and drinking are destructive, kids are surrounded by advertising and imagery that tout cheap cigarettes and beer. Some of the PhotoVoice photographers captured those conflicting messages with pictures of displays and signs from local stores.
"The intention is to give a voice to folks that don't have one," said Nelson, adding that the project is just one of many opportunities kids have at the Safe Haven center, an old school building on Ash Street that's been converted into a busy neighborhood youth hub.
The center offers tutoring and homework help, sports, games, arts and other activities to kids, most of whom live downtown in what's become known as the "Tree Streets" neighborhood, an area that includes Ash, Palm, Pine and Vine streets.
"PAL does everything and anything to keep kids hooked in a positive direction," said Nelson. "Anytime kids want to do positive things, we are here to encourage it."
Founded more than 70 years ago, PAL is a national juvenile crime-prevention program with local chapters in more than 400 cities and towns. PAL's central goals are to provide positive youth activities and build relationships between kids and police.
PAL is best known for its sports teams; hundreds of Nashua kids participate in PAL's Force Spirit and Football program, which has racked up 32 state, regional and national championship titles.
Affiliated with the local Gate City Striders running club, PAL's running program for kids ages 7 to 18 has more than 60 members involved in cross-country, road racing and track and field. The top floor of the Safe Haven center, meanwhile, is a boxing gym with a ring for champs in the making.
About 50 kids stop in at the center each day for the activities, all of which are free, but Nelson said there's plenty of room and the door is always open.
One of the problems Safe Haven faces is mustering the community support for more programs and outreach.
"People hear 'PAL,' and they think we're all set," Nelson said. But Safe Haven depends on grants and donations to keep the lights on and the programs running, and the staff is almost exclusively made up of volunteers, he said.
"What we really want to do is get people who are invested in the community to join us," he said.
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Welcome to Mile Map Hostel, newly open in September 2012. We are family owned, friendly, comfort, and economy hostel. My name is "Tam", Mile Map Hostel's manager, I love to travel and finally it becomes part of my life. I understand what do travelers need while staying in the different country.
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Dr. Sylvia Brown has been named dean of the College of Nursing at East Carolina University on a permanent basis after serving more than two years in an interim role.
ECU's Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences Phyllis Horns appointed Brown as dean effective Oct. 1.
"Dr. Brown is extraordinarily well qualified to assume this role on a permanent basis," Horns said. "Her professionalism and commitment to the College of Nursing are visible and genuine. She brings a renewed energy to sustaining excellence in the college during the challenging realities of growing enrollments and shrinking resources."
Brown assumed the role of acting dean of the College of Nursing in November 2006 and she has served as the associate dean for graduate programs since December 2003. She succeeds Horns as dean of nursing.
"I am honored to serve as the dean in the College of Nursing," Brown said. "Our college has a rich history of educating nurses who are prepared to meet societal health needs and assume leadership roles. We are recognized as a Center of Excellence because of the dedication and commitment that our faculty and staff have in maintaining high quality programs. As we prepare for our 50th anniversary in 2010, I am excited about the future as we venture ahead to the next chapter of our history."
Brown has been a faculty member at ECU since 1976. During her tenure as associate dean, enrollment of graduate nursing students grew more than 250 percent.
A widely published scholar, Brown's research interests include the development of contemporary instructional strategies for nursing education, pain management, and the impact of ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment on patients and their families. She has written or co-written more than 75 peer-reviewed articles and proceedings, and 27 funded research grants. She is an active member of various professional and service associations on the local and national level.
An eastern North Carolina native, Brown is an alumna of ECU, earning a bachelor's degree in nursing in 1975 and a master's degree in nursing in 1978. She received a doctorate in education from North Carolina State University in 1982. Before beginning her academic career, she was a staff nurse at Pitt County Memorial Hospital.
Brown and her husband, Dr. William Brown, a Greenville obstetrician and gynecologist who graduated in the first medical school class at ECU, have two daughters, Laura and Jessica.
The ECU College of Nursing was established in 1959, the oldest in the health sciences division, and has an enrollment of more than 1,100 students in baccalaureate, master's and doctoral nursing programs. It is the largest producer of new nursing graduates in the state and offers the only nurse midwifery plan of study and alternate entry MSN option for non-nursing bachelor degree holders in the state. The college is a designated Center of Excellence by the National League for Nursing. Earlier this year, the college was recognized by U.S. News & World Report for having one of the largest programs for distance education in the magazine?s annual best graduate schools edition.


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Organizers say the festival will celebrate the diversity of the Muslim community and create a greater awareness of its cultural heritage.
Festival director Mohammad Shadid says the culture and image of New England Muslims has been "distorted by politicians and the terrorists who do not represent the faith."
Malden Mayor Gary Christenson says he's looking forward to the family event and sharing in rich cultural traditions.
The event features music, performances, poetry, a comedy show and a martial arts display, as well as children's activities and a traditional marketplace selling art, clothing and food.
Muslim Fest is free and open to the public.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Talk of more mergers and acquisitions is sending stock prices higher in early trading, setting the market up to continue a seven-week rally.
Reports that retailers Office Depot and OfficeMax are discussing a combination come after several big corporate deals were announced in recent weeks. Investors are becoming optimistic that more deals could be on the way as buyers pay premium prices for publicly traded companies.
The Dow Jones industrial average was up 54 points at 14,035 at midday Tuesday.
All 10 of the industry groups tracked by the Standard & Poor's 500 index rose, led by consumer staples.
The S&P 500 was up eight points at 1,527. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index was up 12 points at 3,203. Google traded above $800 a share for the first time.


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Data for MICA are extracted and summarized for the highest level of detail from files maintained by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The data are summarized and the frequencies are pre-computed for each combination of the variables. This provides two major advantages: the response time to create and return a table is usually less than five seconds and no individual record can be accessed. Confidentiality rules have been developed to protect the privacy of individuals.
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On April 29, 2011, Prince William of Wales will marry his long-time girlfriend Kate Middleton. Although the excitement doesn't quite match the all-out frenzy that accompanied the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana 30 years ago, there's a palpable buzz among fans of the royals as the big day draws near.
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2010: She made 15 appearances, starting in nine, and pitched four complete games. She posted a 3-6 record with a 4.72 ERA over 61 innings. She also struck out 42 hitters.
2009: Dillon made three starts and nine total appearances. She posted an 0-4 record with a 4.15 ERA over 28.2 innings. She also struck out six hitters and pitched two complete games. At the plate, she hit .217 (13-for-60) with one home run, and eight runs driven in.
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Nickolas Allison of El Dorado Springs was chosen to attend the distinguished Missouri Scholars Academy at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2011.
Last summer, the Missouri Scholars Academy (MSA), hosted by the University of Missouri-Columbia, invited approximately 330 high school students across Missouri to participate in the opportunity of a lifetime.
"MSA provides a place for bright and talented students to realize there are others out there like themselves," said Ted Tarkow, director of the program and associate dean of the University of Missouri College of Arts and Science. "Sometimes high school students feel like it's a liability to be bright and talented. The MSA validates that it's OK to be bright and talented."
MSA began in 1985, and more than 9,000 Missouri students have participated in the annual program, which provides students unique opportunities to expand their educational and social skills. Students spend the bulk of each day in an intensive classroom setting, studying one of four individually selected subjects, including mathematics, science, social studies and humanities. Each Missouri high school is allowed to nominate one junior-to-be for the academy; larger schools may nominate more. Nearly every county in the state is represented.
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David Beckham gets his morning java fix at his local Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf before joining his Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team for their first practice.
It only took a few seconds before David was noticed by fans. Look how inconspicuous this stranger is taking a picture of David. Classic!
Mr. Golden Balls will make his debut game as an official member of the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday, July 21st, against London Club Chelsea.
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(CNN) — When it comes to aging, I know I am lucky, at least so far, because usually when I tell people how old I am (47!), they're surprised.
On the one hand they're saying they don't think I look my age, which could be considered a compliment. But on the other hand, they are clearly thinking, "Wow, I didn't realize she's so old."
"Hey, 47 isn't ancient!" I want to say, but never do.
But who am I to criticize? I had the same preconceptions around age when I was younger.
Will our attitudes about aging — especially the differences in how aging men and women are viewed — ever change?
A new research project about, of all things, the "selfie," shows we women may have a long way to go.
The project called Selfiecity, backed by the City University of New York, California Institute of Telecommunication and Information, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is exploring the impact of the selfie on our society. Researchers looked at selfies shared on Instagram in five major international cities, Bangkok, Berlin, Moscow, New York and Sao Paulo, over six months.
While they found that women, on average, take more selfies than men, the situation reverses itself after age 40.
Men are more likely than women after hitting the big 4-0 to take and post selfies on Instagram than women.
Ladies, why is this? I am only half-seriously asking the question because I think I know the answer. It's the reason I don't love taking selfies myself. Who wants to see my laugh lines — that's what I call them! — up close and personal, or the big bags under my eyes? I know I'm aging and I'm generally OK with it, but why do I need a reminder of it on my iPhone?
"Women over 40 are probably more insecure about how they look (over 40) than men are," said Jenny Dean Schmidt, host of "The Channelmom Show" in Denver, on Facebook. "I'm over 40, so I know. I'd probably be snapping away if I was 22."
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"Obviously guys are looking better over 40. Or at least that's what they think," said Lela Davidson, award-winning author of "Blacklisted from the PTA" and "Who Peed on My Yoga Mat?"
But Amanda Rodriguez, who hasn't reached the 40 milestone just yet, had another take. She believes selfies might be more about getting external reassurance, and that men over 40 might need it more than women.
"(Selfies) are something people do to garner attention of others, so people who desire or require that maybe post them more?" suggested Rogriguez, host of the blog Dude Mom.
"Maybe guys over 40 are having a mid life crisis and use the selfie to see if women are still interested in them?" said Kelly Glover of the plus size blog Big Curvy Love.
"As for women dropping back in the selfie stakes after 40, maybe they've just grown out of it and the men haven't," said Glover.
I have to admit I never thought about it that way.
I'm still thinking one of the bigger reasons more men than women take selfies is because women are less welcoming of the aging process. Just consider the impact it could have on all of us if we aging women made ourselves much more visible in this world — and yes, took more selfies.
The "TODAY" show gathered a group of women in their 40s and above this week as part of a series called "Love Your Selfie." The women talked about the body parts they despised, how they feel invisible in this world and how they don't love the way they look in selfies.
But then, as part of the shoot, they took selfies and unbeknownst to them, "TODAY" showcased their selfies on a large billboard in midtown Manhattan directly across from where the interview was taking place. Their reactions were priceless. They were first freaked, but then they laughed and cheered each other on.
Women over 40 are probably more insecure about how they look (over 40) than men are. I'm over 40, so I know. I'd probably be snapping away if I was 22.
–Jenny Dean Schmidt, host of "The Channelmom Show"
They looked beautiful. Each and every one of them.
Diane Smith, an Emmy Award winning television journalist, radio talk show host, author and speaker, told me via e-mail that after age 50 and a career on television, she rarely takes selfies.
"I need good lighting, hair and makeup to see myself the way I imagine," said Smith, who co-authored the New York Times bestseller "Obsessed-America's Food Addiction and My Own" with Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC.
Asked what it will take for women in their 40s, 50s and beyond to love the way they look, she said that'll happen when society "stops holding up women in their 20s and 30s as the only ones with sex appeal and beauty."
"I think we need to accept that women are beautiful at all ages, and that the wrinkles, laugh lines etc. that are on my face are telling the story of a life well lived ... not a life with no value left."
I couldn't agree more.
So how about us 40 and above women start a movement of sorts? Let's take more selfies than our male contemporaries and post them, embracing the laugh lines, bags and age spots, knowing we really do get more beautiful with age.
Kelly Wallace is CNN's digital correspondent and editor-at-large covering family, career and life. She is a mom of two. Read her other columns and follow her reports at CNN Parents and on Twitter.
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Gov. Scott signs workforce bill
Gov. Rick Scott greets JobVantage employees after signing the workforce accountability bill during a ceremony in Orlando, Friday, March 30, 2012. The bill, HB 7023, empowers the governor to better regulate top executives of the state's regional jobs boards. The law came in the wake of a series of Orlando Sentinel stories that uncovered questionable spending and management practices during the past year at the boards, including Orlando's Workforce Central Florida. The workforce bill was part of the governor's ¿Job Creation and Economic Growth Agenda,¿ a package of four pro-business bills that he signed this week.
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As a self-confessed outdoor obsessive, over the past 30 odd years I've been lucky enough to have climbed, mountain biked and trekked over large swathes of the wilder bits of the UK, Europe and beyond.
Since I spend as much time as possible getting muddy and sweaty outdoors, it's always seemed perfectly logical to me to try and help protect the very thing that I feel so passionate about: namely the environment.
So it's been with a growing sense of surprise and disappointment that in the course of the compiling of this buyers' guide I've discovered that very few of my fellow outdoor obsessives share my environmental concerns. A recent reader survey by Trail magazine – one of the UK's leading outdoor magazines - revealed that the environment barely registers on the radar when people buy new outdoor gear.
It's a sad fact that few if any of the vast numbers of walkers who regularly head to the hills every weekend and who clearly love the outdoors make the connection between their walking jackets, boots and other clobber and the whacking big environmental impact that results from their production.
In trying to explain this lack of environmental awareness, some suggest that since the outdoor industry regularly uses the sweeping backdrop of dramatic mountains to help market and advertise their gear, the public assumes that the industry is by default environmentally responsible.
Sadly as this buyers' guide shows, this is far from the truth. Plus let's not forget that it's outdoor companies who are now increasingly acting like the fashion industry in being hell bent on flogging us ever increasing amounts of outdoor gear.
Whilst some in the outdoor industry are at long last starting to talk about sustainability, few understand the basic contradiction between aiming to produce more sustainable gear and a profit-driven business model that relies on selling more and more.
So what's to be done? Some believe that it's up to customers to wise-up and start piling the pressure on the outdoor industry to clean up its act. Well I don't buy this as I'm getting increasingly fed up with the current trend of dumping the responsibility for raising the environmental bar onto consumers.
From where I'm standing it's the outdoor industry that needs to start taking its environmental responsibilities more seriously. If a company is happy enough to use a mountain in its latest catalogue to help boost its profits, then it's about time that the same company started to help protect it – and the rest of the environment too.
There's a great irony that those who love the outdoors can have such a negative environmental impact through the clothes and kit they buy to enjoy it. And with policies on workers' rights in the outdoor market lagging behind other clothing sectors it's people, as well as the planet, that pay the price. While scandals about conditions in clothing supply chains have hit the big fashion labels and retailers, prompting change, the outdoor brands have failed to keep up. Few companies have environmental policies, with only two across all the products reviewed getting anything but a 'Worst' rating for our 'Environmental Reporting' category. And even fewer have policies on toxic chemicals or the controversial issue of nanotechnology.
As well as asking companies about their environmental and supply chain policies we asked companies questions about the following areas key to this market:
We asked companies if they have a policy that covers
• the use of genetically modified cotton,
• pesticides and herbicides,
• and sourcing from Uzbekistan, a country with an appalling human rights record and massive use of forced child labour in its cotton industry.
We asked companies if they have a policy that
• quantifies the chemicals used in manufacture and sets targets for the phasing out of the most dangerous,
• covers the use of nano technology, which is often used in the manufacture of waterproof and breathable fabrics.
Animal rights
We asked
• Do companies use goose down in sleeping bags, leather in boots or merino wool from Australia.
Unsustainable resources
We asked whether companies manufacture synthetic products derived from oil. Those companies that have a majority of products derived from oil receive a half mark in the Habitats & Resources column.
Some outdoor gear may be ethical but how does it perform, asks Simon Birch.
Ethics are all very well, but the crucial question for any hill-walker or mountaineer is whether a piece of gear is up to the job. OK some companies, such as Páramo, produce top-notch quality gear that's ethical to boot. The gear made by other ethical companies though isn't as reliable.
Take vegan walking boots for example. Sure, they're perfect if you're bumbling along a country lane but when it comes to more demanding terrain then they're just not up it. When I tested them out in the rigours of the Scottish Highlands the upper part of the boots were way too flexible and gave my ankles minimal support. The result was that I had a very long and very careful decent down a particularly steep mountainside to make sure that I didn't go over on my ankles. Not good.
The path to sustainability is indeed a long and tricky trail.
The Bluesign logo is a voluntary scheme for clothing companies. It is a certification and labelling scheme designed to provide environmental and health & safety standards and solutions for textile manufacturers. It is built around five principles: resource productivity, consumer safety, air emission, water emission and occupational health and safety.
It aims to tackle environmental problems at their root. Prior to production all inputs – from raw materials, to chemical components – are analyzed and receive a rating based on the toxic impacts on humans, animals and ecosystems. The hope is that this will eliminate potentially harmful substances from the process before production begins.
Many companies have signed up to the standard but few have the mark on specific products. It appears to be more of an aspiration than a reality. Christine Waeber from Bluesign said "Not all brands are interested in having a bluesign label on their clothes as their main focus is mostly to work in their supply chain and the environmental issues there in."
The brands covered in this report that are working with Bluesign are:
None of these companies carry the Bluesign logo on any of their garments, but are working towards accreditation.
Oeko tex
This was the world's first environmental product label for textiles and existed before uniform safety standards for companies within the textile industry (such as the European legislation on chemicals known as REACH) were introduced.
In this buyer's guide we have taken the decision not to give products with the Oeko Tex label a positive mark for sustainability. This is due to the recent decision of the International Oeko-Tex Association to approve SmartSilver additives, a form of nanotechnology, for inclusion into their standards. Thus products carrying this label may contain nano particles.(11)
Simon Birch finds inspiration in Canada.
With the notable exception of Páramo, virtually all the companies surveyed in this buyers' guide are still struggling to even produce a sustainability strategy, let alone take any concrete action in reducing their environmental impact.
If the senior managers of the UK's outdoor industry were looking for inspiration and guidance as to how to get started on the issue of sustainability, a top tip would be to look west at Canada, the home of the Mountain Equipment Co-operative, arguably the world's most sophisticated outdoor company in all matters environmental.
Launched in the outdoors paradise of Vancouver in 1971 by a bunch of keen camping and climbing students, MEC has grown to become Canada's biggest outdoor manufacturer and retailer with a staff of 1,500 and 13 stores right across the country. In the process it's now widely acknowledged that MEC has firmly established itself as a key global player in driving environmental and sustainable innovation within the outdoor industry.
From product development using the latest sustainable fabrics and materials, to cutting-edge low-energy design for its stores and warehouses, MEC actively works to minimise the environmental impact of its business at every level of its operation.
For example only 100% organic cotton is now used in its own-brand garments and products whilst there are ambitious targets for the use of recycled nylon and polyester.
And in a move that would result in many a slack-jaw in other outdoor companies, MEC actively encourages its customers to swap and rent out their boots, bikes and other equipment as a way to recycle used outdoor gear.
So what makes MEC so different to other outdoor companies?
"A key factor is that the vast majority of our staff are themselves keen outdoor enthusiasts who bike, hike and ski and this connection with the outdoors translates into a big commitment to ensuring that the business is run in a truly sustainable manner," explains MEC spokesperson Tim Southam.
The other main difference between MEC and other outdoor companies is the fact that MEC is run as a co-op.
"We're not beholden to producing quarterly returns and maximising shareholder profits as our members own the business," explains Southam.
"The co-op model provides us with the latitude to pursue goals such as product sustainability, green buildings and wilderness conservation, things that profit-driven businesses just aren't set up to do."
That only leaves just one question: when are MEC going to set up shop over here?
Visit www.mec.ca for more information.
Stories about the exploitation of workers in Bangladesh, China and even Manchester have been regularly popping up in the press over the past few years. But these nearly always relate to familiar high street fashion brands. As a result, there has been a surge in recognition in the West that clothing companies must adopt, implement and monitor a policy which protects the basic rights of all workers throughout their supply chain.
The Play Fair at the Olympics Campaign (PFOC), a coalition of Clean Clothes Campaign, Global Union and Oxfam has been ongoing since 2004 and piggybacks on Olympic events to draw attention to companies' poor practice regarding workers' rights issues. Other sporting events have been targeted by campaigners too, football being one. Labour behind the Label and the TUC teamed up in 2006 to publish 'Sweet FA?'. This report revealed that while Football Associations and sponsors were earning millions from World Cup licensing deals and sponsorships, the workers producing the goods that make this money were paid poverty wages and being persecuted for attempting to form trade unions. Some were even found to have lost their jobs over this.
But somewhere along the line, outdoor gear companies have been overlooked, at least in the UK. The companies and the people who buy from them are undoubtedly aware of (if not always acting up on) their symbiotic relationship with the environment but nothing or very little is even said about the rights of people making the stuff. It is surprising that these companies are able to divorce environmental issues from social ones.
The Swiss are one step ahead here. Clean Clothes Campaign Switzerland have carried out testing on 15 internationally operating outdoor companies which are engaged in the European Outdoor Group. After researching this buyers' guide, Ethical Consumer has to concur with their findings - not only do most outdoor companies have no supply chain policy in place, but the majority of them don't appear to have even thought about setting the wheels in motion.
Who's best?
There are clear leaders in the field. Páramo, for instance, has 80% of its products manufactured in Bogotá, Colombia, by the charitable Miquelina foundation. The foundation takes 'at risk' women from Bogotá's streets and provides them with training and employment. 90% of Miquelina's production is Páramo garments. Profits are re-invested in the factory as well as in a kindergarten, housing, a canteen for local children, and a virtual library. Ethical Consumer recognises that it's impractical for smaller companies to implement the kind of complex supply chain monitoring the best multinationals have developed. So for smaller companies we look for a company to demonstrate an effective policy addressing workers' rights in its supply chain. Based on these criteria, Páramo gets our best rating for its supply chain policy.
Lowe Alpine, Mammut and Pentland Group are the only companies we've rated in this sector to have formal supply chain policies which meet all of Ethical Consumer's criteria, including minimum standards for workers and independent monitoring.
While these companies are an example to the others in this buyers' guide, we are talking about very basic standards here. Companies doing nothing to safeguard them need to catch up, and quickly.
So campaigners, let's turn our attentions to this division of the clothing sector next – it's long overdue an overhaul.
The Clean Clothes Campaign Switzerland conducted a survey in 2008 which evaluated company policies and strategies for taking responsibility and complying with social standards in the supply chain.
Five key aspects were marked from 1 (very good) to 3 (unsatisfactory) and an average taken. These were:
• transparency
• code of conduct (written policy)
• implementation of the code
• monitoring and verification
• material of the products: organic, fair trade and recycling/disposal
Top score would have been 1 and bottom score 3.
The table below shows how brands in this report scored.
Looking to buy gear with Superman-like strength and other tempting qualities such as resistance to stains, static, sweat, wrinkles and odor? Then get ready buy a product with nano-particles.
Nanotechnology makes it possible to manufacture particles with extremely small dimensions. One nanometer (nm) is roughly 100,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. At this scale, nano-particles can behave differently to bigger particles of the same material. Nanotechnology is found in everything from whitegoods to cosmetics, even food is a new frontier for the controversial technologies. Synthetic fabrics containing nano-particles can mimic the comfort of cotton, be stain or odour resistant, have anti-wrinkle properties, and most importantly in the outdoor market be waterproof whilst breathable.
The appeal of owning reliable gear that will keep you warm (or cool) and dry while out in the wilderness is clear. Yet companies rushing to hype the novel properties of their nano-enabled products have potentially ignored the novel dangers associated with them.
There is huge uncertainty over the adequacy of the provisions to regulate this quickly developing technology under the European Union's REACH regulations, which governs the evaluation and authorisation of chemicals. And corporate lobbying around REACH by some of the multinational companies likely to most effected by its provisions could be cause for concern.
The European Commission plans to review a number of EU policies and regulations covering health and environmental safety issues related to nano-particles. The move comes in response to a call by the European Parliament to examine legislation in this area over the next two years, amid concerns that the pace of technological development has outpaced policymaking and regulation.(21)
There is currently no labelling requirement for the use of nano-particles in clothing and outdoor equipment.
Nano-particles pose the greatest risks to health if they migrate inside the body. Concerns over harmful exposure are therefore focused less on fabrics than on food, cosmetics, work environments where the new materials are produced and build up in the environment generally.
There is concern over the toxicity of certain nano-particles. Nanoscale silver has been shown to be toxic to fish and other organisms in soil and water. This begs the question: What happens when nano-particles are released into the environment and how will they be recycled?
Consumers will be tempted with the promise of futuristic products constructed with nano-technology. "Nano-generators" embedded in clothing could someday power an iPod via body movement alone. Clothing could change colour with the flip of switch.
As wondrous as some of these products can seem, they need to be critically evaluated. The gaps in our understanding concerning the behaviour of nano-particles are huge. And toxic nightmares produced by past "wonder materials" like asbestos should give pause for thought.
Find out more about nanotechnology:
'Is Nano the new GM?' Ethical Consumer, Issue 119
ETC Group's pocket guide
More resources – www.foeeurope.org/activities/nanotechnology/index.htm
We tend to think that natural products are better for the environment, but this isn't always the case.
The table below shows the amount of energy needed to produce one kilogram of the fibre. As you can see nylon uses the most with cotton using the least amount of energy.(6)
Below we outline some of the issues in the cotton industry before looking at the problems associated with man made fibres.
• Bio-degradeable material
• Renewable resource
• Organic certified cotton does not use chemical pesticides
• Organic certified garments do not use toxic dyes or finishes
• In India, home to over one third of the world's cotton farmers, cotton accounts for 54% of all pesticides used annually – despite occupying just 5% of land under crops. Hazardous pesticides associated with global cotton production represent a substantial threat to global freshwater resources and are now known to
contaminate rivers in USA, India, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Brazil, Australia, Greece and West Africa.
• Cotton monoculture is a threat to biodiversity
• In addition to the environmental concerns, genetically modified cotton puts the control of cotton seed supply in the hands of large multinationals
• Cotton fabrics have a shorter life – more prone to staining and stretching
• Requires more washing and takes longer to dry so uses more energy/water/detergent
• Cotton growing requires large amounts of water
• Provides employment for cotton farmers and pickers
• Fairtrade certification protects farmers from the volatile world market
• Organic certified cotton is less harmful to the health of cotton growers and pickers
• Pesticides and dyes are harmful to the health of those who work with cotton at all stages of it's life cycle, especially child workers. A 2004 study conducted by researchers at the Technical University of Lódz, in Poland, has shown that hazardous pesticides applied during cotton production can also be detected in cotton clothing.(17)
• High prices demanded by pesticide companies leads many small-scale cotton farmers into debt, and drives many to commit suicide.
• In Uzbekistan children are forcibly taken
out of school to harvest cotton from state owned plantations.
• Cotton prices often fail to provide farmers with enough to live on.
• Cotton seed is used as an animal feed and, in the form of cotton seed oil, as a common cooking product accounting for approximately 8% of the world's vegetable oil consumption. World Health Organisation data shows the potential for pesticides to contaminate both refined cotton seed oil and cotton seed derivatives fed to animals.(17)
Did you know...?
• Most synthetic fabrics are made from oil based chemicals.
• Toxic sludge containing heavy metals and other poisons such as formaldehyde is a by-product of textile manufacture and is often sent to landfill.(1)
• The production of nylon and polyester creates nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that's 310 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Polyester and nylon are also non- biodegradable.(2)
• Polyester uses 63% more energy to manufacture than cotton, weight for weight.
Perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs), such as PFOA which is used to make fabrics that are both waterproof and breathable, do not break down in the natural world and enter the food chain, ending up in wildlife and humans. PFOA has been shown to be toxic and carcinogenic to animals, as well as being linked in studies to human health risks. The US Environmental Protection Agency guidelines on "Carcinogenic Risk Assessment" says that PFOA is "likely to be carcinogenic to humans" in cases of high exposure.(20)
• All synthetic garments can be recycled and some clothing companies are starting recycling programs.
Synthetic Dyes
• In the US each year the textile industry discharges 40,000 – 50,000 tons of dye and more than 200,000 tons of salt into rivers. Synthetic dyestuffs are highly toxic. They often contain heavy metals, such as lead and mercury, and poisons such as formaldehyde.(7)
• The process of dyeing cloth uses a great quantity of water. It takes between 5 – 35 gallons of water for every pound of finished fabric, to dye enough fabric to cover a sofa (25 square yards) takes between 125 – 875 gallons of water.(8)
• Azo dyes were commonly used on clothing in the EU until they were banned in 2003 due to their carcinogenic properties and adverse effect on aquatic life. They are however still widely used outside the EU.
Best Buy Páramo receives a half mark in Habitats & Resources for use of oil-derived materials.
Arc Teyx's website explicitly states that it does not use recycled materials. They suggest recycled fabrics take more energy to produce than virgin materials and also do not perform as well.15 However, none of the other companies that used recycled textiles mentioned these issues.
Berghaus is ultimately owned by Robert Stephen Holdings, which also owns a number of other household brands including Brasher, Ellese, JD Sports, Speedo and Kickers. They are one of only 4 companies in this report with a top mark for supply chain policy. However they also have operations in China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and the USA that are currently on Ethical Consumer's oppressive regimes list, which earns them a black mark under Human Rights.
Columbia Sportswear gets animal rights marks for the sale of hunting and fishing equipment and selling leather. They also own the Mountain Hardwear brand.
Owners of Helly Hansen, Altor Equity Partners, also own Meyn Food Processing, which is a massive manufacturer of equipment for processing intensively-farmed chickens. It also owns Ferrosan, which produces pharmaceuticals and health supplements, but has no policy on animal testing, therefore scoring Ethical Consumer's worst rating in this category.
Ethical Wares sell hemp boots, which may be less sturdy but are a much more environmentally friendly alternative than leather or polyurethane (PU).
Vegetarian Shoes sell PU boots. This is a breathable alternative to PVC and is considered less harmful by Greenpeace. Greenpeace say PVC is one of the largest sources of dioxins. Throughout its lifecycle it requires hazardous chemicals in production, releases harmful additives and creates toxic wastes.
Blacks, Millets, Peter Storm, Eurohike and Karrimor are all part of the Sports Direct empire owned by controversial Geordie entrepreneur Mike Ashley. None of the companies in the group have an environmental report or supply chain policy and the group has come in for criticism that the pile it high sell it cheap policy has damaged once reputable UK brand Karrimor.
Lifemarque Ltd, owner of the Lifeventure brand, sells insect repellents, first aid kits and sun protection, among other things, putting it in a sector where Ethical Consumer expects to see an animal testing policy. No such policy could be found and therefore the company receives a negative mark in this category.
In Haglofs spring/summer 2011 garment collection, 35% of all fabrics will be made from recycled raw materials, and 35% will use bluesign-approved fabrics (see page 13). The company says it aims to gradually increase these proportions. The company is PVC-free and all its backpacks have PFOS/PFOA-free water repellent treatment. PFOA is potentially toxic to users and persistent in the environment.
Bell Tents and SoulPad produce high end cotton only tents. However, neither have a cotton policy so it is possible that they use genetically modified cotton and source from Uzbekistan, where child labour is endemic in the cotton industry.
Decathlon, which owns the Quechua brand, is in turn owned by Groupe Auchan, which is France's second-largest food retailer. The group has stores throughout Europe as well as in China, Dubai, Russia, and Taiwan, which are considered by Ethical Consumer oppressive regimes, earning the company a Human Rights mark.
Marmot and Coleman are both owned by the Jardin Corporation. Both subsidiaries and the Jardin score worst for supply chain and environmental reporting.
The following companies have supplied outdoor equipment to the military within the last four years: Arc Teryx, Berghaus, Brasher, Highlander, Lowe Alpine, Merrell, Meindl, MSR, Patagonia, Royal, Salomon, Snugpak, Terra Nova, Wild Country.
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Malthusian Madness
How come Jonathan Franzen—like many novelists before him—is haunted by Malthus?
Are there too many of us? The fear that we've overpopulated the planet can drive people to distraction or worse. A few weeks ago, a man named James Jay Lee arrived at the Discovery Channel's headquarters in Silver Spring, Md., and took three hostages at gunpoint. He wanted the cable network to make a documentary based on Daniel Quinn's novel My Ishmael, especially a section inviting solutions to our looming ecological crisis. He also wanted "shows that mention the Malthusian sciences about how food production leads to the overpopulation of the Human race."
You wouldn't have pegged My Ishmael as an incitement to violence. Although it has a bold vision—mankind's original sin was, according to Quinn, to have given up hunting and gathering in the agricultural revolution of the Neolithic era—it's basically a neo-Malthusian novel of ideas. In chapter after chapter, a very wise silverback gorilla, Ishmael, converses telepathically with the book's narrator, a 12-year-old girl named Julie. The gorilla says things like: "Population growth is inherently a function of food availability." The girl says things like: "Yes." "I understand." "Yes. That's amazing—an amazing way to look at it."
But then you remember that the most notable meltdown scene in recent fiction also has a Malthusian motor. It's in Jonathan Franzen's Freedom, when the main character flips out at his big press conference and rants, "WE ARE A CANCER ON THE PLANET."
The fact is that Malthusian thought has exerted a disturbing, and sometimes deranging, fascination since Thomas Robert Malthus published his original treatise An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798). With what looked like irresistible logic, Malthus argued that population growth, which people had regarded as a sign of human flourishing, was a harbinger of "misery and vice." That's because humans would, unchecked, breed like blowflies, and their "redundant population" would exhaust whatever subsistence was available. There was ample reason to dread what Malthus, courting another sort of redundancy, called "the future fate of mankind."
It followed, as night followed day, that measures to help the "common people," like the poor laws, would only increase their overall distress, even if they "alleviated a little the intensity of individual misfortune." Suddenly, the moral order was turned upside down: Helping people was really hurting them, and vice versa.
The influence of these arguments was galvanic, and as much cultural as political. The fictional responses to Malthus—which shifted from disdain to horror to clinging embrace, and then to something more complicated—amount to a barometer of humanity's own assessment of where it stands in the natural order. What was scarier, the specter of teeming hordes of humans devouring the planet—"actuarial terror" is how a scholar of romanticism aptly characterized Malthus's peculiar power—or the sort of measures that might be taken to prevent this?
It's no surprise that the enlightened literati during Malthus's lifetime arrayed themselves against him. He seemed to be justifying a callous indifference toward the worst off. "Sophisms like those of Mr. Malthus," Shelley thought, were "calculated to lull the oppressors of mankind into a security of everlasting triumph." Then, too, the standard narrative of the 19th-century novel was the so-called marriage plot—so it was awkward that, by Malthus's logic, it might be better to burn than to marry.
Novelists of a comic temper responded with mockery. Take Thomas Love Peacock's Melincourt (1817), which, like Quinn's, featuredMalthusian themes and a large, furry primate—in this case an amiable, flute-playing orangutan (touted as "a genuine facsimile of the philosophical Adam" and soon awarded a baronetcy). Peacock has a voluble character deplore the "baleful influence of the poor laws," and assure us that overpopulation is the "sole and fruitful cause of penury, disease, and war, plague, pestilence, and famine." Dickens, more pointedly, has Scrooge refer to prospective deaths among the poor as something that might help "decrease the surplus population."
Malthus' shadow grew darker in the 20th century, overlaid as it was by a growing sense of the malign capabilities of industrialized states. In Huxley's Brave New World(1932), where a chief means of contraception is known as the Malthusian Drill, a character offers the motto "Civilization is Sterilization." In one of Anthony Burgess' own dystopian forays, The Wanting Seed (1962), the state vigorously promotes homosexuality ("It's Sapiens to be Homo"), and a physician finds it natural to console a bereaved mother by telling her how much fertilizer her son's remains will yield.
Burgess' satire came out when global fecundity was nearing its height. A few years later—with a newfound public awareness of pollution and resource depletion—novelists came around to Malthus' side of the argument. The actuarial balance of terror had shifted. Harry Harrison's Make Room! Make Room! (1966), a novel of ideas cum police procedural, is set in the year 1999, when New York City has a population of 35 million, and "trembled at the brink of disaster," seething with food riots, water riots, looting. Animals being pretty much extinct, people make do with steaks made of a soybean-and-lentils concoction known as "soylent." (The recipe was changed for the Hollywood version, a few years later. "Soylent Green is … legumes!" presumably didn't test so well.) Naturally, a prickly old-timer is at hand to tell us what went wrong:
I blame the stinking politicians and so-called public leaders who have avoided the issue and covered it up because it was controversial and what the hell, it will be years before it matters….[T]hey just let us overproduce and overconsume, until now the oil is gone, the topsoil depleted and washed away, the trees chopped down, the animals extinct, the earth poisoned, and all we have to show for this is seven billion people fighting over the scraps that are left, living a miserable existence—and still breeding without control.
That theme of political denial runs through John Brunner's odd, Dos Passos-derived novel Stand on Zanzibar (1968), which I recall reading as a worried youngster one summer in Ghana. (Population then: about 7.4 million. Population now: about 24 million.) It's set in 2010 and puts the world population at 7 billion, which is pretty close. A character memorably describes the population explosion as "an event which happened yesterday but which everyone swears won't happen until tomorrow."
Later novels explored ways of forestalling such cataclysm. The most unsettling of these may be Lionel Shriver's vividly imagined, deeply researched Game Control (1994). Set in present-day Kenya, it features a doomsaying demographer, Calvin Piper, who keeps a monkey named Malthus and who, we learn, lost his job running the USAID's population division when he advocated raising infant mortality in the Third World. Like most latter-day Malthusians, he's not interested in defending Malthus' particular calculations (Malthus thought that while population could increase geometrically, food production could increase only arithmetically; everyone now agrees that food production can sometimes leap forward.) But his core belief is Malthus': "[U]nchecked population growth is deadly." Calvin—who secretly plots to shave Earth's population by 2 billion with the help of a virus—would restore the era of "Homo sapiens as pack animals, huddled around fires, cowering in trees and getting shredded by lions to keep the numbers down. No campaigns for multiparty democracy, no crummy tabloids, no Norwegian water projects. Just life, birth and death in the raw." With few exceptions, human beings in particular have little more appeal to him than human beings en masse. As Shriver herself has remarked, "Demography is a lightning rod for literary reservations about humanity itself."
Jonathan Franzen's Freedom certainly gives every appearance of bearing out this observation. It's almost the culmination of a literary lineage, capturing all the fervor and fear that the Malthusian vision inspires. The novel's main character, Walter Berglund, has a main mission, an "overpopulation initiative," which plugs into the character's alternating currents of idealism and misanthropy. Walter is the nicest guy in Minnesota who has turned into the angriest guy in the world. And he perfectly articulates the tensions at the root of his cause: "Kids have always been the meaning of life," he says. "But the problem now is that more life is still beautiful and meaningful on the individual level, but for the world as a whole it only means more death. ... What's still 'normal' at the individual level is heinous and unprecedented at the global level."
Yet even that "normal" has in fact taken a dark turn. Beneath Walter's Malthusian convictions is a simmering hell-is-other-people sense of indignity. The rock musician he tries to enlist for his population-control initiative is Walter's friend but also his sexual rival. As Walter is drawn toward his lovely assistant Lalitha, his wife Patty comes to seem a specimen of "redundant population." When Walter bellows that human beings are "A CANCER ON THE PLANET," he means it. But he also means that Richard and Patty are a cancer on his life.
Another indignity is self-inflicted: Falling in love with Lalitha, he can't help fantasizing about the babies they'll have. An agenda bound up in his sense of amour-propre ("what better way to live could there be than to throw himself into the most critical challenge of his time?") suddenly seems "trumped-up and barren." His faith is real, but fragile. All of which is to say that Walter is a human being, not a silverback sage.
"In reasoning upon this subject," Malthus wrote, "we ought to consider chiefly the mass of mankind and not individual instances." Yet novels are about individual instances; so is human existence. Homo sapiens is the only species that can regret its multiplication, and it often has cause to. Our numbers include scapegraces, scoundrels, and unhinged hostage takers. But also the odd novelist who can tell you something about what it's like to be alive at a particular place and time, how it feels to be riven between closely argued despair and unreasonable happiness. It almost gives you hope for the "future fate of mankind."


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No, this is not an April Fool's joke…but it has all the makings of one though. Long-time Sturgis rally veteran Tom Bandy must have woken up one day and thought to himself, "man how cool would it be if Sturgis wasn't held in South Dakota, but instead it was in South Korea!" and boom, Sturgis Asia was born.
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|2013-04-25, 18:05
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Awe of She
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Orlando
Himekawa was the most 'normal' in terms of physical ability. He has tools and a freaking flak plate jacket to help him in fights. Now he managed to beat (barely) Toujo - that proves Hilda's point that the crest grants you a huge boost in physical strength. So now, Himekawa can punch hard enough for the really big players to notice - we'll see what happens now with him.
With Aoi, this doesn't help with her issue with Koma, especially if he's gonna be jumping ship for every girl who has better proportions than Aoi. She might as well keep him around to power up Nene and the others if they need it.
But the last part says that over 90% of the school factions fell under Takamiya. Seems like a huge disparity but Aoi's Red Tails make up the entire female student body so at least the are 20% and at most 50% of all students. So between Oga's normal crew, Kanazki and his two, Tojou and his two, and Aoi with the Red Tails, that's a pretty slim number...
And speaking of, Kanaki's pissing me off...how the hell does he recognize 'sexy airline' and we don't..!?
|2013-04-25, 18:22
|Link #4287
Lover of Purity
Join Date: Feb 2012
I would think Oga's Father-switch should still beat most of the people even with their powerups
And about the 90%, I think it referred to the fact that with Himekawa with them the whole of his faction is there's for the taking since he rules over most of them
|2013-04-25, 19:31
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Emperor of the Expected
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Florida
Like many others, I am not convince that Himekawa simply switch sides like that. Kanzaki even mentioned that he had the feeling that Himekawa felt that Oga is the leader. The powerup when receiving an emblem is pretty high. We know that previously already since a Demon's power is added to the contractor and his "Knights". Baby Beel can turn into Godzilla in the Demon World and he is a baby. I wonder how strong Hilda truly is in the Demon World?
Also, I like how Misaka easily shove Kanzaki's head through the house's door. Oga's must have gotten his signature move from her and maybe Hilda did too.
|2013-04-25, 21:27
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: 幻想郷
Age: 30
I wasn't suprised at all because same things just like betrayal are also happening in other series like Toriko so I expected to other authors of the same magazine do the same thing. Well we are talking about Himekawa here. He likes to be on top as the Takamiya said so he would do anything in order to get power even if it means in a nasty way. He just dissapointed me big time and I am still not sure if he has some plans under his hands or is he just following Takamiya out of curiosity towards demons and to do more through search on them. Hilda said Toujou didn't at least need crest but how the hell Himekawa took him down? Then he wouldn't have any change at the beggining at all againist the tough top upstarts if he is taken by Himekawa? That's sucks a bit and I don't like seeing Toujou to get beaten by the likes of Himekawa. Other than humour side of the this chapter aside this betrayal of Himekawa really got my nerves so as I said at the start of my comment I wonder if any other series like Gintama, Naruto or other shounen series of the same magazine follow the same pattern; to put betrayal of most unexpected character in their series. But I still think that Himekawa will take out Takamiya or at least if he obtains what he wants from demons he will back to Oga's crew like in old days again. I still don't think he would be that dick character.
edit: I hope Saotome-sensei trains Toujou hard or give him some powers likes teaching him to be how to become spell master. I can't imagine Toujou being spell master. He would be one hell of beast of the Oga's group if he gets his hands on demonic powers and spell demonic powers just like Saotome-sensei.
|2013-04-25, 21:38
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Emperor of the Expected
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Florida
You know, what Nasubi said about Oga having using less Demonic power and not even using spells yet Oga easily pawn him, Oga only been trained to use Black Tech and Spells for 3 days each. Black Tech will always improves when Oga uses it so no need for additional training, though what about Spells?
|2013-04-25, 22:03
|Link #4291
Awe of She
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Orlando
Saotome most likely figured that they'd be too complicated from him to learn right then and there so he didn't bother teaching them to him. Besides, it seems that Oga's 'spells' are just ways he thinks of to use Beel's power. Right now, most of the techniques are either strike-based or augment his body but I'm sure that with a bit more imagination, he can create some nasty stuff. Such as sealing an opponent's movement and instead of punching him directly, just manifest a few Zebel Emblems around them and have them all explode or make one huge one at their feet and use it to funnel a Zebel Blast right from under them. At least, that's one way I'd think to use it.
Aoi has it easy since all she has to do is channel the energy, she already knows how to do her own techniques. Although, the thought of her doing her own rendition of Zebel Blast with her bokken is quite teasing.
|2013-04-26, 14:26
|Link #4292
Know who you are
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Resides within the depths of Ned infested Glasgow
Out of Himekawa, Toujou and Kanzaki, I have to say I like Kanzaki the most.
The way he interacts with certain characters and how he acts himself totally amuse me, like for instance with Misaka.
The little line "A little late for warnings" was nothing much but perfect for the moment
Plenty of Aoi awesomeness this chapter, can't get bored of a Aoi reaction when it comes to something related to Oga, her reaction to Lamb Chop's trolling and then having her dreams crushed by Kanzaki seconds later
Himekawa beating Toujou was interesting, whether or not he's turned doesn't really matter to atm, I'm look forward to seeing Himekawa going against his "former comrades" in whatever way, even if only for a little bit.
|2013-04-27, 04:54
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
plus the spell crests even made kanzaki strong himekawa naturally would get a lot stronger without them. Plus of all the characters he's the one i'd expect to betray since he's got the whole deal where he seems to be all into money and doesn't care about the fighting part as much
|2013-04-27, 12:47
|Link #4298
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Base=normal power
Oga base:20k
Toujou base :19k
Aoi base:16k
If we assume the crest increases physical power by factor 2.Lets do some math. Himekawa + crest = 10k x 2 = 20k .His total power just barely exceeds Toujou's normal power and that might explain how he barely won.
|2013-04-27, 12:53
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Awe of She
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Orlando
^I think Oga's base is closer to around 22-23k no going by your system. He tanked the hell out of Toujou's hits during the Christmas GrandPrix battles and because his body is constantly bathe in demon energy, he's natural power is also increasing because of it.
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