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Out of the Dark
Author: Kirathaune
LJ: http://kirathaune.livejournal.com/
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Sanzo/Goku
Rating/Warning: PG-13, mild spoilers for Reload 10
Summary: Goku did some growing up while Sanzo wasn't looking... or maybe Sanzo hadn't wanted to look.
Disclaimers: This is just for fun, no profit made.
Notes: This is a very belated birthday gift for rroselavy. As 3/9 approached, I thought, "Ooh! It can be both Happy Birthday and Happy 39/93 Day!" Rrose, I hope you enjoy it. 2,400 words.
Sanzo threw another log on the fire, poked it a bit and lit a cigarette. They were at least a day away from the nearest town and he had first watch, which Hakkai had insisted on so that he would get the most uninterrupted sleep. It was a little over a week since their encounter with Ukoku on the mountaintop, and they were getting used to being an intact group again.
Mostly intact, anyway. The kappa was still only speaking to him when necessary, and when it was necessary his words were laced with sarcasm and resentment. Hakkai's smiles were of the polite, oh-I-am-not-pleased-with-you-at-all variety, although his hands had stayed gentle when they healed Sanzo's myriad cuts, breaks and bruises. The monkey, however, bounced and laughed and yammered away as if Sanzo had never been apart from them for several weeks.
Of the three, Sanzo had expected Goku to be the one angry with him for leaving them to travel with Hazel. But it hadn't quite played out that way. Gojyo had been the angry, unforgiving one, which Sanzo found interesting since the kappa had left them to try and rescue those kids from Kami-sama. Hakkai had the air of a teacher that was disappointed with your test results – although Sanzo suspected that the healer had a good idea of why he had left. Hakkai didn't miss much.
But Goku seemed genuinely happy to have him back with them, and Sanzo took it at face value.
Almost as if his thoughts had summoned Goku, the teen stumbled out of their tent and headed off to take care of nature's call. Sanzo heard splashing as Goku washed up, then the monkey returned to their small campsite. Instead of crawling back into the tent, however, Goku shuffled over and plopped down on the large log where Sanzo was sitting.
"Hi, Sanzo." Goku yawned, a face-cracking affair that afforded Sanzo a view of nearly every tooth in the monkey's mouth. He then stretched, which caused his t-shirt to ride up and display an expanse of taut golden stomach.
Sanzo quickly looked away and concentrated on his cigarette. "You're up too soon. Your turn at watch isn't for another half hour."
Goku rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. "Ugh. I woke up an' had ta pee, an' I figured there wasn't any point in goin' back ta sleep. You can go ta bed now if you want."
"Tch. You're useless right now. I'll finish my watch while you finish waking up."
"Okay." Another toothy yawn, and then Goku moved on to cracking his knuckles while he watched the dancing flames of the fire. Sanzo lit another cigarette and a few minutes passed in a companionable silence, a silence Sanzo knew would not last for long. In fact, any second now…
"Hey, Sanzo… I betcha I know why Gojyo's still pissed at you."
Like clockwork. "And you think I give a flying fuck about the kappa?"
Goku grinned. "I betcha he's pissed cuz we didn't kick the shit out of you like we did ta him after we found him at Kami-sama's castle."
Sanzo's lip curled in a sneer. "Idiot kappa. He doesn't understand anything." Suddenly Sanzo's contempt turned inward. "And besides, we all know Ukoku took care of that job for you three."
Goku's grin faded. "I understand, Sanzo. I understood from the day you left. Well, the day I woke up, anyways."
Sanzo stared at the glowing tip of his cigarette, his chest tight. The last few weeks had been a complete cluster-fuck.
"I got hurt real bad right in front of you an' you thought I was dyin'," Goku said as he stared at the fire. He hung his head. "I was weak and let myself get attacked." He looked up then, swiveling his head to face Sanzo. "But I'll get stronger, I promise."
Sanzo snorted. "Stronger? Monkey, if you were any stronger you would be fucking titanium. Neither one of us sensed that bastard." He took a long drag off his cigarette and stared into the fire. "And if you think that way, then I 'let' him beat the fucking shit out of me, and 'let' him almost erase my existence." He blew out a puff of smoke. "I'm the weak one."
Now it was Goku's turn to snort. "Nah, you're pretty strong for a human. You fought him like crazy, an' Hakkai said Ukoku broke almost all your bones." He took Sanzo's free hand in his, turning the wrist so that Sanzo's hand was palm-up.
It was the hand that Goku had grabbed to yank him out of the coils of Ukoku's Muten scripture, and under the black glove his wrist still bore the almost-faded imprint of the monkey's fingers. Sanzo had found himself reluctant to have those bruises healed, choosing not to mention them to Hakkai. When Goku turned his hand over Sanzo winced at a twinge of discomfort, but didn't remove his hand.
"M' glad that I was the one that pulled you out of that dark," Goku said softly, running his fingers along the black silk that bisected Sanzo's palm. "This is the same hand, y'know. The same hand you held out to me, all those years ago. I still remember."
The feel of Goku's fingers moving on his palm made heat curl low and tight in Sanzo's groin. He started to tell the monkey to knock it off, but his mouth was suddenly dry.
Goku's fingers continued their lazy stroking. "An' this time I got ta reach out ta you. Isn't that cool?" Sanzo saw a flash of white as Goku grinned in the semi-darkness. "I mean, it wasn't cool that I threw you too far – an' Gojyo shoulda caught you – but, y'know? It's super cool." A finger dipped under the silk and brushed against his bare skin.
Sanzo's breath hitched. He needed to stop this. His body was reacting to the monkey's innocent touch in a very NOT innocent way.
He was about to pull his hand away when the Goku spoke again. "Sanzo?"
Sanzo looked away from Goku's stroking fingers and glanced at the teen's face, finding himself fascinated by how the fire lit Goku's profile with fiery reds and golds. "Hmmm?"
"You went ta go kill him, didn't you?"
Sanzo remembered that blinding, violent, murderous rage that had surged through him that night. "I… wanted to tear him apart with my bare hands."
"Cuz he hurt me?"
"…Yeah. Mostly." His cigarette was down to the filter, so Sanzo threw the butt into the fire. He really needed to get his hand out of the monkey's grasp. Now. The feel of Goku's fingers against his palm had not only gotten him hard, but he was beginning to imagine those fingers moving on to other places. He started to pull his hand away, but Goku tightened his hold on Sanzo's wrist, and Sanzo grimaced as the monkey's grip pressed against bruised flesh. But the stroking stopped, so Sanzo left his hand where it was... again.
Goku raised his head and looked at Sanzo then, and his eyes were luminous and intense. "That's just how I felt when that Rikudo guy hurt you. I wanted to rip him to pieces. I feel that way about anybody who tries ta hurt you."
Sanzo frowned. "I don't need you to protect me."
Goku shook his head. "S'not the same thing. I know you don't want that, though I gotta tell you m'always gonna look out for you. Just like m'always gonna look out for Gojyo an' Hakkai. S'what friends do. It's like the way you shot Gat when he was gonna shoot me." His mouth set in a stubborn line. "But nobody's gonna hurt you an' get away with it."
There was more than a hint of possessiveness in Goku's tone, and Sanzo wasn't sure how he felt about that. For awhile now, he had accepted the fact that Goku was "his monkey", but the thought that Goku was similarly possessive about him was both unsettling and …arousing.
Goku went back to watching the fire, but he kept his grip on Sanzo's hand. "Anyways, maybe it was a good thing we all were apart. We saw stuff stayin' in that youkai village that we never woulda seen if you'd been there.' He added another log to the fire. "Not that I wasn't worried about how you were doin' with Hazel. He was weird."
"That's an understatement."
Goku's expression turned serious. "But all the stuff that happened in those two villages in the desert made me think a lot about why we're goin' West. An' I learned somethin', Sanzo. I learned that even though I came with you on this journey cuz I always come with you, now I wanna go West and get rid of the Minus Wave cuz it's real important. It's super important, an' I wanna be a part of getting' rid of it. Cuz I feel that way, an' not just cuz you're goin' there." He looked squarely at Sanzo, almost defiantly.
Sanzo matched that level gaze, and he felt a fierce pride swell inside him. Goku had gone and grown up on him while he was away. No, that wasn't right. Goku had been growing up all this time and Sanzo hadn't been paying attention.
No… to be honest, he hadn't wanted to pay attention, because as Goku's attitude was maturing, his body was too. Gone were the chubby cheeks, replaced by a sharp, angled jawline. The babyfat was gone too – leaving lean, whipcord muscles that made Goku look every inch the young demi-god he was. And that new body was wreaking havoc with Sanzo's senses. He wanted to lick and nip along that jaw and run his hands over those taut muscles. Lose himself in that tight, sculpted ass and make the monkey be noisy in a whole new way. He'd been trying to overlook Goku's physical changes, but this new maturity added an appeal that was getting impossible to ignore. Just like the erection that was making his jeans uncomfortably tight.
He managed to find his voice. "That's the way it's supposed to be, monkey. You should have your own path, and not just be following mine."
Goku's fingers started stroking again, this time fingering the silver band at the top of the black silk glove. "But it's okay if our paths cross, right? If our paths go to the same place?"
This time Sanzo withdrew his hand, only to rest it on top of the monkey's head and thread his fingers through spiky chestnut hair. "Yeah, if you can manage to not be a pain in my ass."
Goku's bucked his head under Sanzo's hand like an attention-starved cat. Then, to Sanzo's surprise, Goku pulled the monk's hand off his head and cradled it against his cheek. "Hunh. Sometimes you're the pain, y'know?" Goku nuzzled his cheek against Sanzo's hand. "I think my path is to walk alongside yours. Keep you outta trouble." His voice became muffled as he pressed his mouth against a silk-covered palm. "I always wanna walk along with you."
The monkey's stroking fingers had been bad enough. But the feel of Goku's warm, moist breath on his skin unraveled what was left of Sanzo's self-control. He freed his thumb and dragged it across Goku's lower lip in a rough caress.
Goku went very quiet, and Sanzo cursed himself for that impulsive touch. But then Goku's eyes met his, and they were so dark that Sanzo could only see the barest rim of gold. His hand was still clasped to the teen's cheek, and Sanzo felt Goku's pulse hammering beneath his fingers.
"Sanzo?" The barest whisper.
Sanzo slid his hand from Goku's cheek to cradle the nape of his neck, giving a gentle tug to bring the teen's face closer, and then he pressed his mouth against Goku's. Goku's lips parted under his, and the teen let out a small, strangled sound somewhere between a moan and a whimper. That little needy noise nearly undid Sanzo, and he deepened the kiss, teasing his tongue between Goku's lips. This time the noise was definitely a moan. Sanzo pulled his mouth away and laid a finger on the teen's glistening lips. "Shhhh. Wake up those idiots and I'll kill you."
"O-okay! I'll be real quiet. Do it again?" Goku shifted closer and brushed his lips against Sanzo's. Sanzo slid his tongue into Goku's mouth and started a slow, sensuous exploration. Goku shuddered and managed to keep mostly quiet, although a few soft "Mmmmms" of pleasure escaped his throat. One of the monkey's hands reached up to slide through soft blond hair, and the other hand slipped beneath the opening of Sanzo's robe and splayed against the monk's chest, above his pounding heart.
Sanzo felt Goku's tongue tentatively touch his, and he decided to let the monkey take over the kiss. He just barely suppressed a groan as Goku lapped along his teeth and then began to eagerly push his tongue against Sanzo's. But when Goku drew Sanzo's tongue into his mouth and began to gently suck it, Sanzo knew he had to call a halt before his self-control totally left him. He hadn't counted on the monkey being so responsive, but he should have known better. Goku never did anything by half measures, why should this be any different?
Sanzo lifted his mouth from Goku's and pulled the monkey's hands from his hair and robes. "We need to stop," he murmured. "This isn't the time or the place to take this any further." He stood, putting several inches of much-needed space between them. "And you need to start your turn at watch."
"But we will, right? I liked it a lot." Goku looked up at him with a dazed smile on his face. His parted lips were wet and swollen from their kisses and it was all Sanzo could do not to drag the teen into their tent and fuck him senseless.
They were going to make it to a fucking inn tomorrow if it killed him.
He leaned down and took those tantalizing lips in a quick, rough kiss. Goku responded hungrily, and their tongues sparred briefly before Sanzo pulled his mouth away. "Goodnight, monkey."
"Goodnight," Goku whispered back. He caught Sanzo's sleeve as the monk started to move toward their tent. "Sanzo? I'm super glad you're back with us. With me."
"Me too, monkey." And perhaps for the first time, Sanzo meant it.


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For me, a poor man and an enthusiast, let's say novelties, in Central Europe the computer ages after five years. Then the computer for free throws into the bucket and begins the path of cost-effective recycling to Asia. For me, an inconceivable fact.
I remember the times when Intel's new processors debuted on the market every two weeks. It was a market. The world is changing and for sure it isn't an era of Intel.
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Granted, AV1 is much better in this regard than VP9, but this issue is still there.
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Well, "B-frame pumping" already existed in MPEG-2 times. Very noticeable in the "Animatrix" DVD. May just be a matter of tuning?
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And as said before Skylake or whatever lake Intel has, has little to do with AVX support. All the Pentium / Celeron CPU don't support AVX, even thought they are Skylake +.
We only have to wait a few more years. We finally have a decent alternative to Intel x86.
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In conclusion, I believe what industry possibly need in the future is AV1 decoder implementation on Vulkan compute, that will work on ARM and Intel-based devices too (in contrary to HSA implementation). However, I think that GPU hybrid implementations will quickly sunset such efforts (attempts to implement AV1 decoder on OpenCL, Vulkan, CUDA, etc.) and make them obsolete. Eventually hybrid implementations will be replaced by more complete hardware solutions, while legacy devices will continue to decode either AV1 on CPU or recieve VP9 or H264 stream for decoding on GPU, exactly as they do now. We seen how this play out with H264->VP9 transition and I don't think this time may be different.
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Xeon Phi has its diehards, but the SPARC route of lots of intermediate-powered chips hasn't set the world on fire. Intel appears to be abandoning the Knights platform, and moving toward doing things with superfast flash (Optane) mixed into a mesh of micro-CPUs. We'll see if that pans out any better.
And then, of course, there's GPU. There are people out there who want to ditch the CPU entirely for the GPU, or at least give it an even larger role than it already grabs in today's computing. There's a metric buttload of research on this, everything from new languages to on-the-fly recompiling x86 code into shaders that can run massively parallel, but the current hybrid solution is the current solution for a reason. It works, it's cheap, and it's accessible. Vulcan, OpenCL, and CUDA have proven to be powerful glue languages that specialize in what they can do very well, and fall over when asked to compute loops with side effects. Toss in a chip to do that processing faster, and hey, you have an underpowered CPU in the middle of your GPU! Like fixed-function video decoders, though, the case may be that such a thing could evolve and slowly push out the overkill system CPU, absorbing the CPU into the GPU instead of vice versa (or most likely, both in parallel). It doesn't take a genius to understand that if SIMD width keeps doubling, you're basically starting to process textures. As long as gamers and coin miners keep buying wildly overpowered GPUs for overspecced monitors, though, the state of the art will keep being advanced.
Oh, and quantum computing. Google's Bristlecone set a fire in the breasts of many a nerd, but we're probably almost a decade off from getting any derivative in an average joe's hand, even by cloud computing. Researchers are going to be grappling with what the hell to do with these for decades. Some brilliant folks are going to have their name immortalized in the coming years, but quantum has only just graduated from "nuclear fusion" territory.
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The encoder will be immediately interesting for its speed. The quality will (hopefully) come later. And by quality, I mean subjective quality.
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I'm trill by this new video codec (AV1), but also with the image (av1-avif) brought by the same Alliance.
This AVIF image codec it's better that WebP.
You can compare the image AV1-AVIF with other formats here. (Select the AV1-2018 version)
You can also compare the video AV1 with other formats here.
It's very good that it begins new implementation of AV1, but how an encoder (rav1e) can make this statement?
About the AV1 roadmap
We just complete phase 1.
In 1 year we complete phase 2.
In 2 to 3 years we complete phase 3.
In 4 to 5 years we complete phase 4.
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Its safe because its written in Rust, which has fundamental type and memory safety built-in.
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And of course, most of the lower core-count Ryzen parts (4c/8t and less) also have a relatively powerful iGPU as well (there's only a few 4core Ryzen parts that lack an iGPU, and they're all on desktop anyway).
Also, technically this isn't a "finally" as AMD was very competitive with Intel in the first half of the 2000s (Athlon XP to Athlon 64 x2) as well as with the late 2000's Phenom II parts (particularly the Phenom II x6). It's only been since 2011 with Intel's release of Sandy Bridge and AMD's "Faildozer" that Intel became so absolutely dominant in the CPU space.
...unless you were talking about the ISA of x86, in which case you can largely ignore everything I just said. :P It is worth pointing out though that 64bit x86 (that is, "x86-64") is actually an AMD creation and therefore both Intel and AMD cross-license with each-other.
But in other non-x86 related news, both AMD and Nvidia not only make ARM CPUs but are also part of the RISC-V Foundation.
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and her mother was
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. Her paternal grandparents were
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Petronila I Heiress of Aragon
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Richilde of Poland
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Ramon Berenguer IV Marquis of Barcelona
- b.~ 1113 in Barcelona, Spain d.06 Aug 1162 in Borgo San Dalmazzo, Piedmont, Italy
Alfonso II King of Aragon
- b.04 Apr 1152 in Villa Mayor del Valle, Barcelona, Spain d.25 Apr 1196 in Perpignan, Roussillon, France
Petronila I Heiress of Aragon
- b.~ 1135 in Huesca, Spain d.13 Oct 1173
Constance Princess of Aragon
- b.18 JAN 1174/75 in Pamplona, Aragon, Spain d.23 Jun 1222
Alfonso VII "The Emperor" King of Leon & Castile
- b.1 MAR 1104/05 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.21 Aug 1157 in La Fresneda, Teruel, Castile, Spain
Sancha of Castile
- b.21 Sep 1154 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.09 Nov 1208 in Monasterio de Jaen, Jaen, Spain
Richilde of Poland
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The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 19, July 1915 - April, 1916 Page: 306
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side you might not have remarked before. Let me then, Dear
Sir, give you a report of what General Duff Grcen was kind
enough to communicate to me this morning.
General Green began by praising the enterprize of Colonization
which brought me to this country, and even called it a laudable
one. This was the first thing that made me in fer that the noble
General is as true a Yankee as any one living. becae1se I am fully
convinced that he wishes me and my good German Emigrants
any where else than in this country. He then proceeded with
some flattering remarks about my own humble person, which
were shot off to make me sure of his good intentions towards me
and my native country. The next thing lie tried was to get out
of me my opinion about "Annexation."-My answer was that I
had heard a great deal about Annexation, and that I really could
not tell what might be the result; but that I remembered having
heard, before I left Europe, that this could be a case of war be-
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at Revolution, but that, whichever party proved victorious, Mex-
ico was pledged to invade Texas,--to make it a desert, and to
exterminate the inhabitants, men, women, and children; not
even sparing the child in the mother's womb !-As the noble Gen-
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days-it being what the French call,-"hors de saison."-The
General, however, assured me that his statements were exactly
true, and declared his intention to proceed himself, this day, to
Washington on the Brazos, to communicate the same to the gen-
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the Russian Consul at Matamoros, for the purpose of being al-
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A chap down in Oklahoma
Had a cock that could sing La Paloma,
But the sweetness of pitch
Couldn't put off the hitch
Of impotence, size and aroma.
i'm sick
i've got a virus
i'm sickety-sick
i feel like a used tissue
my head is congested
mucous overload
if i blow my nose once more,
i will explode!
i'm whiny,i'm cranky ,
i'm stuck in my bed
my face is puke green
and my nose is bright red!
my eyes are all bloodshot
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i cough and i sneeze
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being sick is no fun
in fact,it's a pain
i'm told i'll get better soon!
untill then...i'll complain
There was a young rascal named James,
Who liked to play terrible games,
He lit up the front
Of his Grandmother's cunt
And laughed as she pissed through the flames!
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A king sadly said to his queen,
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I went through my previous blog and I found one post that I can't emphasise enough and I've decided to repost it on here. So, enjoy :).
"I am flipping tired of social climbers. The struggle keeps getting worse and … honestly, I don't know anymore. Over the years, our society has developed a system I like to call A.B.C.D.
"A"class are the trendsetters. Well every society needs this. these are the popular group from our high school days who just happen to be on top and you can't really explain this. They set the pace for most, they can't be in the crowd because they are leading the crowd. They stand out, always.
B class are the wanna be's , followers and the yes men. there's a huge difference between the followers and the social climbers. The followers are like puppies who follow their master (the trendsetter) around and hang on to their every word. They're the yes men. At the end of the day, they blend in with the clique. They are still on their journey of self-discovery and therefore, look up to the almighty trendsetter. But the difference between the A and B class is that the trendsetter doesn't try too hard. They are the alphas without breaking a nail.
C class are the social climbers.they are the most piteous group. They build their entire life on lies. They see these trendsetters as the omega and envy them. They despise them but why do they try so hard to please them?. They claim they have the same resources but are downright broke. They go with the wind and are two-faced idiots who are insecure and unsatisfied with what they have. They do not look beyond the surface, quite shallow and illogical beings. For instance, K's against M, to the outside world, they are against M too in order to please K but secretly, they're licking M's ass. they're fake, pathological liars. they attract the most drama. They hustle to get into v.i.p and then look out of place. they borrow to fit in and then they get swallowed in their own debt all because they're trying to impress people they don't like. if not, they lie or buy a downgraded version of the item. They feel they have to be with a specific someone to get recognized… bitch please, no one cares about you hoe. If its socially acceptable to do drugs, they engage in it. Little do they know that these 'big' guys have more to them than we realize. You don't stop to think and you've thrown your life away with a sniff. You don't have to lie. No one's going to kill you because you haven't been to London or own a designer hand bag. Please tend to your brain before it dies of neglect.
We all know a social climber. You can sniff them from a mile away. and can someone please tell them no one believes their lies, so they can cut it out now. They're more concerned about their status than school, family or a career. They don't care who they have to push aside and how many lines they have to cross as long as they make the Alpha class. Dearie, everyone knows you are the complete opposite. How to know a social climber?
– They're stupid, irrational,paranoid and edgy.
– Usually tacky
– you can tell from when they speak how unintelligent they are. A girl is trying to form fashion guru and pronounces Gucci as Gussi, Chanel as Channel or the worst, Dolce and Gabbana as Dols and gabbana. Yup, I think its time for you to run at that point.
– they have no 'friends'. friends in the sense they'll actually knock some sense into you. They jump into conclusions and push everyone aside.
-Empty barrels make the loudest noise? they are at the forefront of every drama.
– it's all about status but they are determined. They have to fit in even if they have to lie, steal or kill for it.
The last but not the least, the D class are the observers. I actually love this class honestly because all they do is sit back, watch and laugh.They gauge it all and LOL. They know everything and could be in the limelight; Heck! who has time for that when you can sit back and enjoy the show.
Honestly, my point is you don't have to talk shit to try and impress people. what is impressive is being yourself and doing something you love rather than chase the glitz and glam. I'm sorry if i came off a bit vulgar but sometimes I think I'm the only one who has sense in this shallow world."


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We in Melkote over the last 30 years have seen the forest around us disappear at a dreadful speed. Many native species were lost before we understood our precarious situation. Most of the trees disappeared because of the demand for firewood and for timber. To meet the increasing demand the government began introducing exotic species like Eucalyptus and Acacia to the area. Although the new species helped to meet the demand to some extent, over the last three decades they have taken over the entire area and led to monoculture with little space or scope for native varieties to survive. The exotic varieties do not fit into the local situation and local flora and fauna have failed to survive.
The dynamics of the environment have been distorted leading to the depletion of the water table, reduced soil fertility, migration of native birds and wild animals. This situation is not just happening in Melkote, it is prevalent in the whole country. The problems are compounded by Global Warming, which is being experienced across the world. Every government is under pressure to act and control the global environmental crisis. However we believe it is not just for the government, but also for each and every responsible individual to act save our mother earth.
One of the most important measures we can take is to bring back the green cover. But green cover using exotic species is not the solution; it should be made up of local species. However, as previously described, many of the local species have almost disappeared, so the challenge is to recover the native varieties, conserve them and propagate them.
As a humble action to save the planet in its own limited capacity the Trust has thought of a project called 'Nene Bana' (A forest of reminiscence). Under the project, Ten acres of dry land which belongs to Trust has been set aside to plant all the native verities of the area and also start a nursery to supply the native varieties of plants to interested people and farmers in and around Melkote with the intention of reviving them in the area. Well known environmentalists Sri. Sundarlal Bahuguna and Smt. Vimala Bahuguna have blessed the project and initiated it by planting a Pipal Tree on 19th Dec 2009.


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Bottom Line: If you plan to book all airfare prior to your departure, we highly recommend pricing out a set of one-way tickets on your own and working with a travel consultant at AirTreks to obtain an estimate. If the prices are relatively close, go with AirTreks. If you can save a lot of precious dough by doing it on your own, become your own personal travel agent!
Depending on your travel itinerary and timeline, you may decide to either book plane tickets ahead of time or on the road. We knew we needed to be back Stateside for a very important wedding (my brother's!) 9 months after our departure, so we decided to book our flights ahead of time. We did this in two segments, and two completely different ways. We booked flights in two rounds because it is best to do so 4-6 months from departure. You also can't book any flights more than 11 months in the future. We booked the first round in August (for January-May) and would not have been able to purchase any flights past July. We solidified the rest of the tickets (for June-October) in November. Our methods of choice are as follows.
We reserved the first segment of our trip through a company called Airtreks. We highly recommend this company for RTDub airfare. You can go online to their trip planner and try out different routes throughout the world. The trip planner provides a cost estimate range so you can see how adding and subtracting different destinations will affect your overall cost. Of course, the final cost of your trip will depend on the dates of travel (high or low season). We worked with a really helpful representative who booked our first 5 flights for us (Denver-Nadi-Christchurch-Overland-Auckland-Phuket-Overland-Bangkok-New Delhi). We even each received $75 off for liking Airtreks on Facebook! These are the pros and cons of going with Airtreks.
1. Trip Planner Tool
They have a wonderful trip planner tool on their website to help you get started!
2. Travel Insurance Included
Basic Travel Insurance comes with your purchase. This includes:
a. $1500 Trip Interruption
b. $25,000 Medical Expenses
c. $500 Dental
d. $50,000 Evacuation/Repatriation
e. $1,500 Baggage Theft/Loss/Damage
f. $150/ day Trip Delay (5 day max)
g. $500 Missed Connection
h. $100 Baggage Delay
You can also purchase AirTreks Full Package, for an additional 8% of your trip cost. This includes trip cancellation, $50,000 for medical expenses, trip interruption coverage for 125% of the trip cost, and $250,000 for evacuation/repatriation.
3. Helpful Representatives
These people do this for a living, so ask them as many questions as you want. We learned that if we traveled on a Sunday from Fiji to Christchurch, we could get a non-stop 4 hour flight. If we booked on our own a day or two in either direction, we would have stopovers and could be traveling for 24 hours. Way to go AirTreks!
4. Coupons!
Since we booked a trip with AirTreks, they told us we would automatically receive $100 off of our next trip if we booked with them.
5. WorldWide Travel Assistance
AirTreks customer service is available throughout the trip. They are there to help if your flight gets cancelled, changed, etc. We actually have firsthand experience with this because our flight from Auckland to Phuket was cancelled for the day of the week we originally booked. AirTreks immediately rebooked us for the next day and sent us an email requesting that we confirm we are OK with this change. It was wonderful to not have to deal directly with the airline!
1. Limited to No Access to Budget Airfare
AirTreks doesn't have access to fares from many budget airlines. For example, they can't book a flight with Southwest Airlines in the United States. In some cases, this doesn't really matter because AirTreks is able to quote a comparable fare without using a budget airline; however, sometimes budget airlines can really save you a lot of money!
2. Slow Initial Response Time
After we submitted our trip request, we waited for a day or two to hear from a representative. I ended up having to call AirTreks to get the ball rolling. Apparently that is out of the ordinary, though. They apologized and told me they were down a staff member that week.
3. Your flights are linked together
If you miss one of your flights for some reason, the rest of your flights may be cancelled. You must be sure to notify the airline and AirTreks if you are going to skip or miss a flight so that the rest of your itinerary remains as is. You don't have this problem with a set of one-way tickets!
4. Expensive to Make Changes
AirTreks charges a fee on top of the airline fee if you choose to change your flight. You will also have to pay any difference in fare and tax. You should be very confident in your flight choices before finalizing your tickets!
Buy Separate One-Way Flights
We're always trying to find the best deal out there before we make a purchase. Of course, we did some internet research prior to working with AirTreks for the first half of the trip to make sure we were getting a good deal. It turned out that the one-way flights we saw for the dates we wanted were not much cheaper than going with AirTreks. I think we even saved a few bucks after the $75 coupon. If you aren't buying separate travel insurance, considering the fact that this is included in your cost estimate is crucial as well. Since we found AirTreks to be quite reasonable with the first set of tickets, we automatically assumed we would book the second round of flights the same way. We were very wrong.
We went through the cost comparison, just as we did the first time. We researched budget airlines such as AirAsia and Jetstar for domestic Australian flights. We found that by using these cost saving airlines in combination with a simple Priceline.com search, we could save over $1000 per person by booking on our own! I called AirTreks and gave them the exact flights and asked if there was any way they could book the flights we found for us. The representative was extremely honest with us and told us that he couldn't book the flights we found but if we were finding the deals we did, we should book them as fast as possible! He was super understanding and helpful, even though we didn't end up booking with AirTreks that time.
1. Money Saver!
As I mentioned, we saved over $1000 per person by booking one-ways on our own.
2. Fees are Limited to Airlines
If you have to change your flight, you won't have to deal with additional fees on top of what the Airline charges.
3. Flexibility with Airlines
You can choose any airlines you would like. We could even redeem some of the cost with points we earned with our Capital One Venture Card!
1. You're on your own!
You have to do the research on your own and make the bookings. If something changes, you have to work directly with the airline and do not have customer service support.
2. More Room for Error
You have to book everything and keep track of separate flight schedules with different airlines. AirTreks sends a consolidated list of flights and keeps everything together for you. When you book a set of one-ways, you must make sure your organizational skills can handle the challenge!
Other Methods
Booking with AirTreks and with a set of one-ways are not your only options. Other companies such as Star Alliance and One World offer RTDub tickets. These companies generally limit the airlines you can use to a handful of specified carriers. They also have special rules like you have to go in one continuous direction around the globe and you can't do any backtracking, etc. I looked into this briefly and the restrictions were too severe for my liking. I also found them to be much more expensive than working with AirTreks and booking on our own.
Obviously you don't have to book your tickets before you leave. We know several people who have set out for trips like this and only have a one-way ticket and plan on seeing where the road takes them. I do like the spontaneity of that method and who knows; maybe we would have decided to go that route if we did not have a time restriction. With that said, I am really glad we decided to book our trip the way we did. Now we know how long we will be in each location and have been able to take care of details such as time consuming Visas and other plans, prior to leaving. We will have weeks to months in each location, so we will still be able to fly by the seat of our pants, as they say.
One last thing – John and I booked our major flights ahead of time. Keep in mind that you can book the major, longer duration flights now, and you can book smaller, domestic flights when you are on the road if the mood strikes you!
Good luck with planning your trip!


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An agricultural ammonia (NH3) emission inventory in the North China Plain (NCP) on a prefecture level for the year 2004, and a 5 × 5 km resolution spatial distribution map, have been calculated for the first time. The census database from China's statistics datasets, and emission factors re-calculated by the RAINS model supported total emissions of 3071 kt NH3-N yr-1 for the NCP, accounting for 27% of the total emissions in China. NH3 emission from mineral fertilizer application contributed 1620 kt NH3-N yr-1, 54% of the total emission, while livestock emissions accounted for the remaining 46% of the total emissions, including 7%, 27%, 7% and 5% from cattle, pigs, sheep and goats, and poultry, respectively. A high-resolution spatial NH3 emissions map was developed based on 1 × 1 km land use database and aggregated to a 5 × 5 km grid resolution. The highest emission density value was up to 198 kg N ha-1 yr-1
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The Stage at Island Park is located at the heart of Island Park at 333 4th Street South, in Fargo- across from Prairie Saint John's and next to the YMCA.
Parking is provided directly across from the Stage at Island Park facility at Dike West.
The entire Stage at Island Park facility is a smoke-free campus.
NPPA's Activities are made possible in part through the generous support of the following agencies: The North Dakota Council on the Arts through appropriations from the North Dakota State Legislature; the National Endowment for the Arts and the cities of Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo through the Arts Partnership. NPPA is a member of The Arts Partnership, the American Association of Community Theatre, Red River Attractions, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, the Downtown Community Partnership and North Dakota Arts Alliance. NPPA is also listed with Dun & Bradstreet.
The activities of NPPA are supported in part with proceeds from charitable gaming. In accordance with the North Dakota Game of Chance Administrative Rules, all financial information and tax returns are made available for inspection at The Stage by appointment. This information is updated quarterly. NPPA gaming sites include: the Ramada Inn, Space Aliens, and the Windbreak Saloon, located in Fargo, North Dakota; Parrot's Cay and The Loft in Grand Forks; and Happy Trails in Argusville.
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Day 1: Start with answering the question of why you want to journal, and beyond that, why you decided to embark on this 31-day experience. Write out what you'd like to get from journaling.
Day 2: Continuing to work within that idea of constraints, try to write a 6-word memoirof your life so far. This idea is rumored to have originated from Papa Hemingway. The benefit is that with only six words, you really have to filter your life to what you deem most important. It may take you many iterations, but you'll end up with something that speaks largely to who you are, if not in toto, then at least in this moment in time.
Day 3: Decide on one positive habit you'd like to implement in your life. Whether seemingly mundane (like flossing) or perhaps life-altering (exercising every day), think of something you'd like to add to your life that will be beneficial. Then, think about the steps you'll take to get there, and how you'll keep yourself accountable.
Day 4: Via negativia; today, pick a habit that you'd like to eliminate from your life. Bad habits are like armpits, we all have 'em and they all stink. Whether cutting soda out of your life, or putting a stop to your porn addiction; either way, as with yesterday, think about the steps you'll take in order to put the kibosh on that negative habit. And again, also think about how you'll keep yourself accountable to that goal.
Day 5: Write a letter to a loved one. Chances are high that there is someone in your life that you'd like to say something important to. Maybe it's a wife, a parent, a grandparent you never really got to say goodbye to…take the time today to write that out. It can be positive, negative, or anywhere in between. The beauty of this letter is that you aren't sending it in the mail, you're simply "voicing" something that needs to be said. Should you choose to share it later, that's okay, but you don't have to. Doing this can be a great way to heal anger that's been pent up inside, or to release a pressure valve of sadness we may have been harboring over something lost.
Day 6: Pick a quote from our 80-ish quotes on manhood and reflect on why it stands out to you. Does it reflect a man that you aren't yet, but hope to be? Does one of them remind you of a great man in your life who you've tried to model? If you can't seem to reflect on a single quote, just take the time to write out a few of them that you like. Doing so will keep them top-of-mind and perhaps lead to some thoughts later down the road.
Day 7: You've made it one week! Reflect on what this newfound practice has been like. Getting through the first seven consecutive days is truly the hardest part. Have you enjoyed it? Has it been difficult? Has it been what you expected?
Day 8: Take some time today to reflect on your career. Jot down a timeline of it, including all the ups and downs. What was your best experience? And the worst? What would you like your future to look like, in terms of your career? If you're a young man and haven't started in yet, focus on that future part. What do you want your work to look like?
Day 9: On this day, simply write about your day. This may seem especially boring, but write out the events of your day. What time you woke up, what you had for breakfast, what your commute was like, what you did during at work, how you spent your evening. If you're journaling in the mornings, write about the previous day. The beauty of this exercise is that you may discover something that you hadn't realized. Maybe you weren't very productive at work, and reflecting on it can allow you to analyze why. Perhaps you finished a big project on the house when you got home; you can think about what motivated you, how it made you feel to finish something big, etc. Don't discount the seemingly simple task of writing about your day.
Day 10: Take a look at the hero's journey, and identify where you are in that journey. Doing so can help you better understand where you are in life, and help you figure out where to go next. You can take it in the context of your entire life, or you can take it in the context of a certain phase of your life. Either way, you can be sure that you're part of a greater journey, and knowing what comes next can help guide you along.
Day 11: Memento mori. "Remember that you will die." Admittedly, this isn't the most pleasant topic. There is, however, great benefit in meditating on the reality that at some point, you will in fact die. It motivates you to live the life right now that you want to be living. Meditate on this, and write out your thoughts. Does death scare you? Does it motivate you? It's okay to be honest.
Day 12: Give stream-of-consciousness writing a try. This is where you basically just write out whatever comes into your head at the moment it comes into your head. It can feel bizarre, and it's certainly not structured, but it can lead to some valuable insights into what's going on in your mind. I'll give you a 10-second example from right now, while looking out my window: "Boy, I have a nice-looking grill outside and the weather is beautiful…just what we need after all this cold and snow. That cloud looks like a ship from Star Wars… it makes me want to be outside.. maybe I need to spend more time outside and appreciate the fresh air. Perhaps I'll open a window!" Random? Absolutely. Offering some helpful insight about my desire/need for fresh air? Affirmative. Try this out for 10-15 minutes. You may uncover something — no matter how small — you hadn't previously realized.
Day 13: Perform a mind dump of everything you're worried about. From the leaky dishwasher to your family member's poor health — get it all out. Dwight D. Eisenhower did it, and it significantly helped him manage his stress. Just as your body needs to…cleanse itself of waste, so does your mind every once in a while. Getting all your stressors on paper may alleviate some of that pressure. Use David Allen's GTD trigger list to help you out.
Day 14: Write a review of some form of entertainment you recently took in. Whether book or movie or TV show or Broadway play, write out what you liked and didn't like about it. Was the acting/writing good? Could you follow the story? Is there anything you can take from it about life, or was it purely entertainment? This is often one of the most enjoyable entries to write, as it's especially fun (and quite nostalgic) to go back and read these in the future. I can imagine that 10 years from now I will thoroughly appreciate my thoughts from this week on Roy Baumeister's Is There Anything Good About Men?.
The source for this is http://www.artofmanliness.com
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Vietnam's top leaders on October 15 sent condolences to Cambodian leaders over the death of Cambodian King Father Norodom Sihanouk. The message was cabled by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, President Truong Tan Sang, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung to Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, President of the Cambodian Senate Chea Sim, Chairman of the Cambodian National Assembly Heng Samrin, and Prime Minister Hun Sen. Vietnam has lost a great friend who had maintained a close ties and given valuable support, fraternal sentiment to the Vietnamese people in the struggle for national independence in the past as well as in the current development of each nation, the message reads. The Vietnamese Party, State, National Assembly, Government and people will forever be grateful to the valuable support and determined to exert every effort to continue building the fine neighbourliness, long-lasting traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation which have long been nurtured by generations of the two countries' leaders and people, it further says. The same day, Vietnamese Minister of National Defense Phung Quang Thanh and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh also conveyed condolences to Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Tea Banh and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong. Source: VNA
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This exciting ministry provides emergency care packs for babies born at False Bay Hospital. Every day, one of our volunteers visits the maternity ward to pray with moms and babies and to gather essential information. This information is passed on to community care workers who then follow up with the moms and babies in their homes to offer help, counselling and mentoring where needed. You can support this ministry by becoming a volunteer or by donating some necessary items for the packs. For more information about getting involved, chat to Eve Holloway, 084 626 6998.
Items Needed for Baby Packs
(All items for newborn babies or babies aged 0 – 3 months)
- Baby soap (Sunlight Baby, small bars)
- Vaseline (small tub)
- 3 x Disposable nappies (Newborn or Size 1)
- 2 x Sanitary towels (Eva)
- Face cloth
- Beanie
- Booties
- Vest
- Baby grow or Top and bottom (with or without feet) – preferably NOT white
- Blanket (90 x 100cm / big enough to wrap baby well especially in winter)
- To be able to supply more packs monthly.
- To make the packs more comprehensive, to cover the babies needs for the first three months.
- To supply to other hospitals in need.
- To acquire a storeroom / prefab building on the hospital premises which will include babies needs from potties to prams to toys – which can be purchased at a very reasonable price just to cover costs (or to be given to a destitute mom at the discretion of the social worker). On a Thursday, preggy moms come to the pre-natal clinic and new mothers bring their babies to the ante-natal clinic. It would be nice to have this "shop" operate on this day for their convenience.
The ultimate goal of all of this is to form a bridge to ministry and prayer and bring Christ into their hurting and sometimes impossible situations. No one has ever refused prayer and some have come to salvation in the wards. This is in itself a miracle!


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The Scientific World Journal
Volume 2013, Article ID 202085, 8 pages
A Method to Dynamic Stochastic Multicriteria Decision Making with Log-Normally Distributed Random Variables
1School of Science, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou 412007, China
2School of Business, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Received 4 August 2013; Accepted 22 August 2013
Academic Editors: A. Amirteimoori and S. W. Chiu
Copyright © 2013 Xin-Fan Wang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
We investigate the dynamic stochastic multicriteria decision making (SMCDM) problems, in which the criterion values take the form of log-normally distributed random variables, and the argument information is collected from different periods. We propose two new geometric aggregation operators, such as the log-normal distribution weighted geometric (LNDWG) operator and the dynamic log-normal distribution weighted geometric (DLNDWG) operator, and develop a method for dynamic SMCDM with log-normally distributed random variables. This method uses the DLNDWG operator and the LNDWG operator to aggregate the log-normally distributed criterion values, utilizes the entropy model of Shannon to generate the time weight vector, and utilizes the expectation values and variances of log-normal distributions to rank the alternatives and select the best one. Finally, an example is given to illustrate the feasibility and effectiveness of this developed method.


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24th G-View: Yoku Wakaru Gendai Maho
Hello and welcome to G-Views, where SoL reigns supreme, moe is respected and Dokuro-chan sucks poopie. Have you ever wondered what witches would be like in the present day? They'd be badasses who combine black magic with the internet! or computer codes to be exact. Also known as Magitechnology in my lingo. This show is, in a way a conflict between classic black magic, magitechnology and washbasins.
Alternative title:
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Genres: action, magic
Number of episodes: 12+1 bonus episode; episode 0.
G-Rating: 7/10
Plot Summary: The story revolves around Koyomi Morishita, a clumsy high school freshman girl who is often mistaken for a grade-schooler because of her shortness. Koyomi becomes a disciple of Misa Anehara, a 25-year-old graduate student who happens to be one of the most powerful modern-day magicians.
Koyomi Morishita (森下 こよみ, Morishita Koyomi)
Voiced by: Ai Nonaka
A bumbling first year high school student who has the body of a child. Since she is only 146 cm (4 ft 9 1/2 in) tall, she is often mistaken for an elementary school student when she is wearing her own clothes. She gets lousy grades, is not very athletic, and doesn't really have anything about herself to brag about, so she decides to go a magic school that she saw in a flyer in order to change herself. She has the unusual ability of being able to take any code (spell) and changing it into a washbasin summoning code.
Misa Anehara (姉原 美鎖, Anehara Misa)
Voiced by: Nabatame Hitomi
She is one of the most powerful modern-magic users. She is a 25-year-old college student who is majoring in programming. She is been able to make practical use of her abilities as a leading modern magic user. She has no qualms about using magic to manipulate the will of normal people and uses it to help people sell products. The flyer which Koyomi read was distributed by the magic school run by Misa's grandfather, and Misa becomes Koyomi's magic teacher because of this. She has a sweet and laid-back personality but lacks common sense. As a hobby, she likes to buy useless things such as banana hangers and curry roux meant for large establishments from the internet. Her mother died when she was young, so she raised her younger brother Soshiro.
Yumiko Cristina Ichinose (一ノ瀬・弓子・クリスティーナ, Ichinose Yumiko Kurisuteina)
Voiced by: Haruka Tomatsu
A natural-born mage, she has purple eyes and silver hair. She is quick-learned at magic, seeing a complex spell and repeating it perfectly, without practicing. She has a staff and a spell book left to her by her great-grandfather, and usually wears white. She was often teased at elementary school and stared at in public because of her doll-like appearance.
Kaho Sakazaki (坂崎 嘉穂, Sakazaki Kaho)
Voiced by: Minako Kotobuki
The class representative of Koyomi's school, she is quiet and a model student. She is a quick learner, compared to Koyomi, of modern-magic. Although she is fairly skilled, she cannot see daemons, ghostscripts, and jinis because she cannot detect magic.
Sōshirō Anehara (姉原 聡史郎, Anehara Sōshirō)
Voiced by: Shintaro Asanuma
The younger brother of Misa, he is more sensible and serious, compared to his sister. He is usually seen doing chores around the residence. He mostly scolds Misa because of her illogical actions, but he also deeply cares about her.
Time traveling, yup. Magic mixed with computer codes, check. Ancient evil, check. female character with "anime shorty syndrome", check. Inspiration for Chizuru Akaba (With glasses), check. Grumpy younger brother, check, Adorable soft spoken character, check. Fanservice, check (like it or not. Besides, there are only two hot girls on this show, so it's no biggie). Astral projections, check. Badass spells, check.
There you go doods, basically all that means that you can expect some cool stuff and some ecchi fillers. Oh, one important thing, you must be able to tell the difference between past and present, because the show tends to switch back and forth between time, right from the beginning in fact. Keep that in mind. Other than that, it's a fun watch. Oh yeah, check after the end credits finished rolling for some plushie goodness.
Well then, that's it for this review. Good day to you all, fateful readers.
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the idea is pretty badass lol i might watch this one sometime. the art style is pretty neat too
thanks for another good review
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male voice, but in the voice of dominance; they are not understood as men, but
as those with the power to establish the terms and conditions of understanding.
Those terms and conditions are not male in any sense other than that of their
having been established by those they define as men.100 The character of men
97 Id. at 123. Drucilla Cornell, however, maintains that MacKinnon also understands women as
men wish them to be understood, in terms of their oppression. MacKinnon, Cornell alleges,
endorses that reality, although she refuses to value it. See Beyond Accommodation, supra n. 7,
at 124.
98 Feminism Unmodified, supra n. 1, at 61.
See id. at 37 (" . . . men's differences from women are equal to women's differences from
men"); 42 (" . . . men are as different from women as women are from men, but socially the
sexes are not equally powerful"); 51 ("Feminists have noticed that women and men are equally
different but not equally powerful").
100 Cf. id. at 173: "Gender has no basis in anything other than the social reality its hegemony
constructs. Gender is what gender means. The process that gives sexuality its male supremacist
62 equality
as a sex, the male identity as we know it, is no more, therefore, than a reflection
of the dominance enjoyed by men.101
It cannot be true, then, as MacKinnon at times appears to suggest, that the
male identity has formed the social world.102 Rather, the experience of social
dominance has formed male identity.103 Seekers of equality can п¬Ѓnd nothing
male in men, therefore, except the fact of dominance. Consequently, they cannot
end the hegemony of men except by abolishing hegemony itself, or relocating
it in women. It may be for this reason that MacKinnon calls for the ending
of all forms of dominance and hierarchy, rather than for the ending of male
None of this is intended to suggest that in order to be inherent and genuine,
sexual characteristics must be founded in biology. It is simply intended to
clarify and to develop the implications of MacKinnon's claim that sex is entirely
socially constructed. The primary consequence of that claim is that the only
basis for the reconstruction of sex is social decision. It follows that critics of
existing sexual roles cannot appeal to the natural as a basis for their criticism.
It is indeed possible and perhaps necessary to speak of women's subordination
and oppression in order to describe the role that women now play in society. It
is not possible, however, to associate that subordination with the suppression
of genuinely female qualities.104
meaning is the same process through which gender equality becomes socially real." MacKinnon
criticizes the difference approach for endorsing a male referent, but her critique reveals that
what is called a male referent is not male at all, but dominance located in men. What the
difference approach endorses are the criteria of dominance.
101 Or if men have assigned themselves features for reasons other than the dominance of women,
they have subsequently assigned dominant value to those features. In that way, difference is
made dominant. See Sexual Harassment of Working Women, supra n. 1, at 140.
102 See Feminism Unmodified, supra n. 1, at 36. There may indeed be an affirmative action plan
in effect for men, " . . . otherwise known as the structure and values of American society",
but it cannot be a plan that affirmatively compensates men for their differences from women,
apart from those few differences conceded to be biological. MacKinnon asserts that "[m]en's
physiology defines most sports . . . " and in a supporting note cites a ban on breast protection
in boxing. That physiological difference, being part of the reproductive system, is clearly
biological, but MacKinnon is careful elsewhere to challenge the biological basis of physical
capacities such as strength: see id. at 120. On other sexual distinctiveness, see id. at 65.
103 See, for example, MacKinnon's discussion of athletics, id. at 121.
104 As indicated at note 95, this follows from the contention that genuinely female qualities do not
exist in the absence of legitimate social action establishing them. If what is genuinely female
cannot be found either in nature or in the product of illegitimate social actions based upon
dominance, it can be established only through legitimate social action that has yet to take place.
On one view, therefore, what is genuinely female has not been suppressed because it has not
yet been created and defined.
On another view, however, it could be argued that what is genuinely female has been
suppressed in the prospective or imaginative sense. From that perspective, women have been
denied the opportunity to become what legitimate social action would have permitted them to
become. However, MacKinnon defines legitimate social action as that which avoids dominance,
understood broadly and not in terms of sex. While the absence of legitimate social action has
denied women legitimate qualities, therefore, that is, qualities not based upon subordination,
III. Implications 63
Nor, on this thesis, can critics of existing sexual roles maintain that women
are entitled to share the qualities that define men as a sex. Those qualities are
no more than the qualities of dominance produced by the system of sexual
subordination. As such, they could be shared by a minority of women but they
could not coherently be shared by all. MacKinnon herself makes this clear in
rejecting the difference approach to discrimination on the basis that it would do
no more than admit a few women to a share in the spoils of dominance.105
Nor is it possible, on this thesis, to suggest that some selection of the qualities
that at present define women as a sex should be valued in the same way that men's
qualities are valued. What we know as women's qualities are the qualities of sub-
ordination, and hence to value them is to value subordination. What MacKinnon
seeks are the qualities of sexual equality, and those are as yet unknown.
Ultimately, if it is true that sex is merely the product of social decision, it is
necessary to establish the proper basis for social decision. For MacKinnon the
exclusive, or at least the governing, basis for the social reconstruction of sex is
the avoidance of hierarchy.106
B. Ending Hierarchy
If ending hierarchy is the goal that is to animate the reconstruction of sex,
then the differences that are henceforth to define men and women must be
established in such a way that they neither express nor foster dominance, nor
lend themselves to conversion into dominance. This will have to be true not
merely of the differences between men and women, but of the differences that are
to distinguish any one group of people from another, whether on racial, cultural,
physical, intellectual, or other grounds, since MacKinnon's condemnation of
dominance extends to all forms of difference that define one group of people
as subordinate to another, whatever the context.
i. lives and their assessment. In discussing our present understanding
of the different physical abilities possessed by men and women, MacKinnon
It is not that men are trained to be strong and women are just not trained. Men are trained
to be strong and women are trained to be weak. It's not not learned; it's very specifically
it cannot have denied them legitimately female qualities, since MacKinnon's idea of what is
legitimate is not sex-specific. See note 95 and accompanying text.
105 Id. at 4, 31.
106 Presumably, MacKinnon would acknowledge that the reconstruction of sex may be animated
by goals other than the ending of dominance, but she would insist that those goals be compatible
with the ending of dominance, that is, that they not enable one sex to dominate the other in any
way. As indicated in section III above, I intend not to question MacKinnon's assumption that
the only legitimate basis on which sex can be reconstructed is the ending of dominance and
hierarchy but to pursue its implications.
107 Id. at 120.
64 equality
On this analysis, physical ability as we know it is constructed by society in
such a way, п¬Ѓrst, as to make one group of people strong and another weak.
Next, strength and weakness are assigned to men and women, respectively,
and presented as a natural consequence of sex. Finally, what is established
and presented by these means as the natural male capacity for strength is en-
dorsed as the social norm against which the physical abilities of both men
and women, and their inequalities, are to be assessed. It is this three-stage
process, which may in fact have taken place either sequentially or simulta-
neously, that MacKinnon describes as the construction of sex in hierarchical
Reconstruction of physical ability in this setting might take a number of
forms. It might take the form, for example, of ensuring that men and women
are, on average, as strong as one another, or as supple, or as fleet of foot.
In that case, neither sex would be able to dominate the other physically, not
because men and women would be different but equal, but because they would
be indistinguishable in that respect. This solution thus abolishes hierarchy by
ensuring that men and women are identical in the face of a common standard,
strength, for example. This is the path of identity, or as it can be called in the
context of the sexes, androgyny. It has nothing to do with sexual difference,
which in this situation would exist only in some dimension other than that of
physical ability.
Alternatively, reconstruction of physical ability might take the form of re-
fusing social recognition to qualities such as strength, on the ground that they
foster dominance, as a result of either their history or their nature.108 This too
would render the sexes indistinguishable in terms of the qualities in question;
in that sense, it would have the same effect as the п¬Ѓrst option. Moreover, it
would still leave men and women open to comparison in terms of some other,
as yet unstated, criterion of physical ability, according to which they could be
found unequal. If we are to prevent hierarchy, then, whatever physical abilities
are to be assigned to men and women must render them equal in the face of
whatever standards are employed to assess those abilities. This, however, is the
path of sexual difference, in its sameness branch. It foresees the comparison
of different people according to the same as yet unstated criterion, whatever it
may be, and seeks to prevent hierarchy by designing people in such a way that
they perform equally according to that standard.
Finally, reconstruction of physical ability might take the form of ensuring
that while the sexes have different physical capacities, such as strength and
weakness, our appreciation of athletic endeavour does not involve comparing
the capacities associated with one sex and those associated with the other.
This might be achieved by conceiving athletics in terms other than those of a
competition in which one quality or characteristic, and by extension the group
108 See id. at 121.
III. Implications 65
of persons that possesses it, is rendered dominant.109 Ending competition in
athletics would permit the sexes to be different without either being dominant.
This solution seeks to abolish hierarchy by establishing separate identities for
men and women and assessing them, if at all, according to different standards.
This is the path of sexual difference in its difference branch.
These illustrations suggest the pervasiveness of the form of analysis that is
embodied in what MacKinnon calls the difference approach to sexual equality.
That analysis, it will be recalled, seeks to establish sexual equality through an
assessment of the different capacities of men and women, according to either
a common standard or different standards. What MacKinnon has attempted, in
her criticism of the approach, is not so much to escape from this form of analysis
as to escape from the discriminatory assumptions under which she contends it
is now carried out, assumptions that are embodied in the social construction of
sex. The elimination of any deliberate sexual biases present in the difference
approach, however, does not necessarily lead to the elimination of dominance
from its results. If MacKinnon achieves her ends, dominance may no longer
govern the comparisons employed to establish the equality of the sexes, but it
may still be present in their effect.
In claiming that sex is entirely socially constructed, MacKinnon has set aside
the idea that what we know as male or female is in any way determined by
nature or biology. In claiming further that sex has been constructed by society
in terms of the dominance of men and the subordination of women, she has
sought to reveal and forestall any reference to the male standard as a norm. In
rewriting in this way the second and third stages of the process of sex formation
described above,110 she has attempted to nullify the power of sexual conventions
and the privileged status that they confer upon men, and consequently has
attempted to give the greatest possible remedial scope to the claims of sexual
But the revelation that the male standard relied upon by the difference
approach is neither natural nor normal does not resolve the tensions that
MacKinnon has accurately identified in the two branches of the difference ap-
proach, those of sameness and of difference. The abolition of dominance does
not remove the difficulties involved in achieving equality through the recogni-
tion of difference. On the contrary, it appears to highlight them.
109 See id. at 121: "From a feminist perspective, athletics to men is a form of combat. It is a
sphere in which one asserts oneself against an object, a person or a standard. It is a form
of coming against and subduing someone who is on the other side, vanquishing enemies. It's
competitive. From women's point of view, some rather major elements of the experience appear
to be left out, both for men and for women. These include . . . kinesthesis, pleasure in motion,
cooperation . . . , physical self-respect, self-possession, and fun." Emphasis added. MacKinnon
appears to see these interpretations of athletics as inherent in the attitude of the participants, not
in the activity itself. She records her own extended participation in "martial arts as a physical,
spiritual, and political activity": id. at 117.
110 See notes 107–8 and accompanying text.
66 equality
To return to the model of sexual construction set out above, if men and women
are reconstructed so that they possess the same capacities, so as to be as strong
or as supple as one another, for example, then clearly the three-stage process
that MacKinnon describes as the social construction of sex in hierarchical form
will be bypassed altogether. But there will be no hierarchy of the sexes only
because and to the extent that there is no difference between them. What is
achieved by this means is not sexual equality but androgyny.
I do not intend to pursue the possibility that men and women could be
reconstructed in this way so as to be the same as one another, either generally
or for all public purposes. Such a remedy is not merely implausible; it is the
course of sexual identity rather than sexual equality. It is certainly not what
MacKinnon has in mind in seeking the well-being of women in the name of
feminism unmodified.
Nor do I intend to pursue the possibility that, however reconstructed, men
and women might avoid the problem of sexual hierarchy by inhabiting entirely
separate worlds. Dominance is a problem born of a world in common and its
resolution lies there. Even if separate worlds were conceivable as a practical
matter, so that it were possible to contemplate a response to sexual and other
forms of social hierarchy through segregation of the dominant and the subordi-
nate, those worlds would at some point have to interact, at which point the issue
of hierarchy would reemerge, albeit in the shape of a conflict between worlds
rather than between sexes.
On the other hand, if men and women are reconstructed so that they possess
different capacities, so that one sex is supple and the other swift, for example,
and if furthermore there is no assumption that this arrangement is natural or
that the capacity possessed by men is the norm, the three-stage process will
have been reconceived in such a way that it does not embody dominance by
design. But whether one sex will dominate the other in this situation will de-
pend upon the approach taken to the lives in question and their assessment. A
genuine realization of sexual difference, and the revised evaluation of women
that that would entail, would ultimately make sexual hierarchy inconceivable.
However, the reconstruction of men and women in such a way as to eliminate
any inferiority of one sex to the other would have the perverse consequence of
making that realization of sexual difference impossible.
ii. standards of assessment. The standards in terms of which human
beings are assessed and compared may be one-dimensional. We may seek to
discover who can cover a given distance in the shortest time, or who can lift the
greatest weight, or who can obtain the most correct answers on a multiple choice
examination. More complex assessments may sometimes be converted into
these terms, as when letter grades are given for a performance, or an interview,
or a piece of written work. Through the use of standards such as these we seek
to quantify the character of human beings. The terms of assessment we use
III. Implications 67
are concrete, specific, univocal, capable of registering the differences between
people in one respect only. In other words, they define the existence of a human
capacity while denying the complexity of its character.
When different people are assessed in terms of such a standard, a hierarchy
is established, whose character is defined by the ground of assessment. Some
people will be found to be swifter, or stronger, or quicker-witted, and hierarchies
of speed, strength, and intellectual capacity will be recognized accordingly. In-
deed, the purpose of assessing and comparing people in these terms is usually
to establish such a hierarchy. This is not to suggest that we tend to value hierar-
chies for their own sake; we are more likely to value them instrumentally, as a
means of allocating opportunities or resources, or because we value a particular
activity and so value the performance of those who are shown to carry it out
most successfully.
Assessments of this one-dimensional kind are capable of defining people as
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