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Freedom Ride: Janneth
October 6, 2003, 7:00 PM GMT
Janneth is on the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride. She sits across from me on the bus. We laugh about the Britney Spears sticker shes been trying to rip off her compact mirror. She lets me borrow her CD player to listen to salsa music. We tease Jose, who sits in front of me. In those moments, we arent so different. Its when I interview her that I learn our lives are only similar now because were both on the Freedom Ride.
Your life and my life are very, very different. Im not angry. Its just, Im a woman, like you. I have the same rights, like you. I want to do something, like you. But its very different because youre an American and Im an immigrant.
Janneth is a woman, a singer, a dancer, a poet, a sister, a daughter, an employee, a friend, an activist and a union member.
But shes also illegal, undocumented, alien, and foreign. Her English gets better, but her accent, her dark hair and eyes, are her ID. Whereas I went to college, Janneth cannot. Whereas I can get a drivers license, Janneth cannot. Whereas I can travel by plane, Janneth cannot.
Whereas I had enough to eat growing up, Janneth did not. She remembers very clearly asking her neighbor for tortillas, saying it was for their dog. Begging for food would have been too much, so when little cockroaches scurried from the tortilla bag onto the table, Janneth didnt tell her mother. They were delicious, she tells me.
Whereas I can visit my family on holidays, Janneth can never go home. She crossed the river between Mexico and Texas four years ago, a yellow brick road of raging water. It was nighttime. She took off her clothes and put them in a plastic bag, swimming across in her underwear. It would be over if the police caught her wet. She remembers the other people in her group screaming when her hand slipped out of the grip of the coyote, as the water took her down. She remembers, before she swam to shore, thinking about going back to her mother in a coffin.
Whereas I can choose my profession, Janneth has to settle for who will risk hiring her. Shes a janitor, cleaning offices and bathrooms while I sleep.
I came to Chicago on January 26. I started working three days later. In the beginning, I worked a night shift until 1 am. I would sleep until 4 am because I would work the morning shift. It took me an hour to walk to work, and sometimes the snow came up to my knees.
Now, she works only one shift and makes $8.45 an hour. She has an apartment with her sister and brother. She drives illegally, works illegally and lives illegally. Under current immigration laws, this could be as far as Janneth will get in the United States.
But Janneth has other ambitions; she wants to be a lawyer.
Ill do whatever it takes to reach my goals. If I have to work two jobs, I will do it. I dont care if I have to walk, or if its raining. I came here to obtain something, and I will do it.
Whereas I can shop in a store without being targeted, Janneth cannot.
When I go to a store in downtown Chicago, the American people working dont want to help me. They prefer to attend to other people, rather than me. If I say something wrong, they just laugh and say, I cant speak Spanish.
Janneth doesnt get angry easily. In fact, sometimes on the bus, she can be too accommodating. But I see her hand gestures become more forceful, her words become harsher, when she talks not about the difference between her and me, but the difference between her and President Bushs daughters.
I think a lot about President Bush. He has two daughters almost my age. They have so many opportunities -- they can get a college degree. And what are they doing now? They make fake IDs. They are not worried about doing better for their country. They are American girls. Im not American, but I want to do something for this country. Ive had to work since I was 12 years old. I learned how to get my food. If I wanted new shoes, I had to work. They have everything in their hands, and they dont take the opportunities.
Whereas there are days its difficult to stay hopeful, Janneth remains determined.
I know that I can do something. I will keep trying until I reach my goals. I think that I have a good future if I work very hard. I will do it with honesty, and I want to be treated with dignity and respect. We are not animals. We are people. We have lungs. We have hearts... After 9/11, when they were asking for blood donations, nobody asked, Are you undocumented? Its because we have the same color of blood.
Janneth and I are women. We are both sisters, daughters, dancers, laughers, writers, singers, activists, lovers and dreamers.
Megan Tady is riding the bus from Chicago to Washington DC.


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Jessica Biel: 'Tonight Show with Jay Leno' Appearance!
Jessica Biel is all smiles while making an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Wednesday night (July 25) in Burbank, Calif.
The 30-year-old actress chatted about vacationing with fiance Justin Timberlake and promoted her latest film Total Recall, which hits theaters on August 3.
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"Had so much fun with @jayleno and the #tonightshow," Jessica wrote on her Twitter account. "I think I'll bake him a zucchini/ banana/ glass loaf as a thank you!"
FYI: Jessica is wearing a two-tone Roland Mouret dress.
Also pictured inside: Jessica running some errands on Thursday (July 26) in West Hollywood, Calif.
Jessica Biel – The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Part 1
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Jessica Biel – The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Part 2

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In this article, I have set out to explore three terms. They are named in the title. 'Freedom' (or 'Liberty'), 'Justice' and 'Revolution'. These are very attractive terms, to be sure. There is no doubt about that. They are, in fact, so attractive that those who understand them least use them the most. Despite being left ill-defined, these terms, when used in political discourse, have a strong impression upon us. What definitions and conceptions of them which we do have are — quite simply — false, misleading and harmful.
Usually, what makes the use of these terms counter-productive is not their original meaning. Rather, it is the dishonest deviation from this meaning. They are de-historicized and neutered. Rights which were interpersonal, social, legal, contractual become merely (and dangerously) metaphysical. Where origins are forgotten, there the flower of ignorance — monstrous and erroneous — blooms. Specifically, wherever one forgets how and when rights have come to develop (and lacks even a mythical description of this development), there the exploding bud is the 'Rights of Man'.
What was once understood as historical and contingent, is supplanted by a twisted facsimile — an ahistorical, universal and static parody, suspended awkwardly over history.
Nevertheless, there may yet be something which can be salvaged from them.
The Ancient Greeks were preoccupied with man's place in the community and his prosperity as an individual. It must be noted right away that the Ancients saw the two as being inextricably linked. Mutatis mutandis, the same applies to the ancient Roman, the ancient Norsemen and so on. It is only today that the individual in conflict with the body politic.
In the ancient world, the most honourable men associated out of selfishness. This made perfect sense to an ancient Greek, Roman, Nordic or Brahmin. To us, being Westerners in the world of today — with our paltry conceptions of liberty, rights, selfishness and so on — this is rather more difficult to understand. When it comes to liberty, our 'modern ideas' obfuscate matters, rather than illuminate them.
Where we have normalized relations with certain parties, we have expectations. These expectations are contingent upon these relations. So long as these relations continue, they will be formalized. Once formalized, they are represented by 'rights'. So, why is it harmful to forget this origin — or even, to forcefully break with this origin? First, because rights are contractual and conventional. Only with provenance can one prove rights. Secondly, because this opens the door to the error of making rights metaphysical. Since rights are conditioned by the power to provide for them, if rights are assumed everywhere, we cease to take account of reality. Our flight of fantasy sacrifices the 'is' for the 'ought'. Moreover, the justification garnered from making it a moral issue adds impetus to the most horrifying conclusions.
It is from the nobility that we have the men who create, inherit and guarantee rights. It is only proper, therefore, that they hold the first and highest rights of all, and grant these to their sons. More fundamentally, these liberties are based on their valuations and are most at home in the same kind of soil they were born in. The differences which informally (yet invariably) lead to men falling into roughly two distinction groups — (1) the best, and (2) the rest — also lead the first of these groups to form an entire worldview based on their own extraordinary nature. In the class distinctions which follow from this, we find the formalization of qualitative differences. What is made formal is the inequality which is the precondition of rights. What does this mean? Simply, the class-system provides the basis for all rights, as well as the guarantee of liberties. Beyond this, authentic freedom (in a more fundamental sense) is only possible for those with the aristocratic spirit.
Nietzsche's master-morality (Herrenmoral) neatly and essentially encapsulates this. Also, he tells us that there are no rights without an inequality thereof. Moreover, equal rights only exist between equals — i.e. between those who can requite themselves. Those who can equal one another, in deeds. ("Equality for Equals, Inequality for Unequals" he suggests as a mocking slogan.) Drawing on another use of the word 'equal', we might say that one only has equal rights where one is equal to these rights.
Excavating terms (and therefore, concepts) embedded in our language, Nietzsche set out — with great success — to prove this. The etymological ancestry which he thus traces vindicates his theory of a twofold history of morality. What he more or less demonstrates is that we begin with the primary distinction: good-bad. This distinction starting from the declaration: this benefits me, therefore it is good; or, more simply, 'if it's good for me, it's good'). It is, however, to be distinguished from the evil-good distinction (which begins with evil — in short, with what is Other, what is hated, what is to be reacted against). The reader may notice I called the good-bad distinction the primary one. This is what I would call the primal phenomenology of human existence. It is self-consciousness.
On this point, it would be irresponsible not to mention Hegel. Why? Is this due to a fear of influence not being acknowledged? No. Rather, I wish to show the chief, irreconcilable difference between this conception and Hegel's conception of 'Herrschaft und Knechtschaft' (or 'Lordship and Servitude') from The Phenomenology of Spirit. Put simply, Hegel incorrectly ascribes the impulse of self-consciousness as residing with the servant, not the master. The Master is the creator-conqueror — he is the originator and arbiter of value. He spontaneously develops the good-bad distinction.
The Master — that is, the superior — has primacy of self-awareness. In his consciousness we have the origination of self-consciousness. The 'I' is his contribution to ontology. This is fundamental, in his value-system. The good-bad distinction is underived from anything other than the Master's own experiences of the world — and his innermost, ownmost feelings. In short, the good-bad distinction originates in a sort of 'ipsissimosity'. One might call this 'own-most-ness', for want of a better form of expression.
Moreover, the Master treasures different things. He reveres that which carries the marks of age; and he reveres tradition. Nietzsche emphasized that "all law rests on this twofold reverence". Conservatism is indelibly ingrained in the value-system of the nobility, even if they are born and bred risk-takers. Nietzsche argues, furthermore, that faith in one's ancestors and partiality towards them are noble traits, surely indicative of "the morality of the powerful." Legal relationships are based upon their profound conservatism.
Naturally, then, it is among such value-creating men, among the nobility, that law is first taken seriously — as in Rome. ("Jus est ars boni et æqui" — that is, "Law is the art of the good and the right". The Roman would naturally assume — and correctly — that this referred to the nobility.) It is among men of approximate power, who see the advantages in avoiding open contest, that legal relationships — and thereby civil association — first arise. Similarly, it is only among peers that one can have justice proper.
Justice is not based upon everyone being equal, but on the opposite — upon our radical inequality.
In revolutionary leftist politics, there is a tendency to condemn what is considered reactionary.
However, the proletarian condemnation of 'everything' reactionary is insincere. The accurate identification of the bourgeoisie as reactionary is beside the point. That middle-class commoners are reactionary does not make lower-class commoners any less reactionary. They have more in common with each other than either would like to admit. Indeed, more than either has with the nobility. It is this, and not purely economic 'forces of production', which makes the capitalist system a hot-bed for revolutionaries. Moreover, it is also precisely this which plots the coordinates for the middle-class Angst so characteristic of the modern age.
One of the few things which is in any way unique about the middle-class is that exists between two classes. The virtually extinct class above it has been everywhere betrayed by the money-grubbers. They feel inadequate next to this, which accounts for all their show. All middle-class 'selfishness' is not based on self at all, but based on pursuing what everyone else pursues. They are long on vanity and short on self-esteem. Their 'self-interest' consists wholly of the extent to which they are suckers. Knowing that they are unable to match those they have betrayed perpetuates an inherited guilt. Put bluntly, they feel, even if only unconsciously, they have robbed the world of something they know to be beautiful and matchless. Something which, for all the 'forces of reproduction' at their fingertips, is irreproducible.
Perhaps that's why they must deify capitalism and reinterpret history in a whiggish fashion, to marginalize the part of the nobility in securing ancient freedoms. In fact, the nobility did not make a mere contribution to the concept of liberty. Liberty itself is the aristocratic contribution to European life! This is somewhat like Freud's interpretation of monotheistic religion as being founded upon feelings of guilt (and perhaps remorse) over killing the father-founder. Given their utter inadequacy as a ruling class, they must feel, given their inability to live up to the responsibilities of a genuinely ruling class — by the ruling class.
Such guilt is compounded by their fear. There is a kind of collective neurosis in the middle-class. That is to say, there is a vague fear of something, and that trembling expectation is, in fact, a dim recollection of their treachery. Note that it is ever the adulterer who is quickest to accuse their spouse — and it is ever in the adulterer's mind to suspect adultery, just as surely and as soon as the adulterer's heart is capable of adultery. Adultery is only wrong when and insofar as it is treachery. This explains the discomfort and the otherwise inexplicable outbursts of the middle-class ideologues — fascists, libertarians and generic right-wingers — against the aristocracy, whenever this sore point is even lightly brushed.
Adducing Nietzsche's counterpoint to the aristocracy's abovementioned respect for what is old and traditional might clarify. He says that this respect is indicative of "the morality of the powerful"; so, it is just as sure a sign that "when, conversely, men of 'modern ideas' believe almost instinctively in 'progress' and 'the future' and show an increasing lack of respect for age, this reveals clearly enough the ignoble origin of these 'ideas'." How seriously are bourgeois belief-systems committed to tradition and veneration of the old over the new? The answer is: Not nearly enough.
The vulgar temperament is secondary and reacts against what is old, inherited, traditional and so on — often, it even does so when it tries to do otherwise. On the other hand, a retention and reiteration of origins is aristocratic and primary — and, therefore, not reactionary.
So, what is really reactionary?
Reaction is weakness. That is, one reacts in the political sense out of weakness. When a person or group react politically their conditions of life, with some kind of demands, they are reactionary. Reaction is the closest that commoners, the weak (formerly known as the bad also), can come to requital. (The repayment of acts — good or ill — is the crucial precondition upon which one is regarded 'good' in the sense of master-morality. The 'bad' are identified as those unable to return either generosity or wrongdoing.) They cannot repay the debt, so they would rather wipe it out altogether. Revolution is a form of acting out so as to erase one's origins — even if only temporarily.
What is revolutionary, therefore, is invariably and necessarily reactionary.
To be genuinely and fundamentally reactionary is to feel the weight of another's existence more heavily than one's own. Complaint is the act of signalizing one's permeability. It is virtually consent. Complaining, as we usually think of it or act it out, is the acceptance of victimhood. Implicitly, one admits that another is the victor and oneself the vanquished; or 'worse', that another is lord and oneself the vassal. Revolutionary violence in the name of freedom, social justice or some other such nonsense is going too far. It is an over-compensation for the inescapable knowledge that one is and always will be a slave.
Revolution is always slave-revolt; and the slave-revolt is the acknowledgement of one's status as such. In politics, the slave doth protest too much. For example, gay-rights activists invoke the latter-day iteration of Judeo-Christian metaphysics as their own basis when they champion their cause as homosexuals — a category invented by nineteenth-century physicians. They, as a once-frowned-upon minority, are revolting against the societies which "oppressed" them by its own terms and on its own playing-field. This is just a particular case of a general phenomenon.
The slave admits and internalizes his irremediable status as a slave by the very act of revolution. Revolution does not abolish or disprove the master's view of the low-born (that is, the view of them as wretched and predisposed against virtue). Rather, it vindicates this view.
The slave is always profoundly unfree, even when he is unchained.
The question of what freedom is, what it means to be 'free' (if one can indeed be free), is of crucial importance.
Liberties, like rights, have a basis only insofar as they have a provenance. Not only is this manifestly and demonstrably true, it has to be accepted by conservatives. Similarly, Liberty itself — or Freedom — can only be regarded as authentic if we can find out where she belongs. Supposing She is our totem, we will find a place for Her among ourselves and our own origins.
So, how is the term 'liberty' used politically? We could digress indefinitely in answering this, so let us look at one particular answer.
Incidentally, another triad of terms containing the term 'liberty' was the rallying cry of the French Revolution ("Liberté, égalité, fraternité"). This at first sounds appealing, until one realises that it completely misunderstands the nature of the very first term: liberté. Did the Revolution bring liberty? Do revolutions in general allow greater liberty? Is equality the same as justice? Is revolutionary 'brotherhood' better than civil association? The reader is now in a better position to answer these questions. Indeed, I can answer them right now.
The French Revolution opens the door to an interesting 'cast study' of sorts: France in the modern period.
My position on the inheritance of guaranteed rights can be largely summed up in the thèse nobiliaire. The reason why is quite simple. One need only look to the environment in which this thèse was passionately expressed. There is a perverse continuity between the projects of the centralized, absolute monarchy and the motivations behind that series of events making up the French Revolution, the 'Reign of Terror' and the progressive décadence of France thereafter. Moreover, both of these involved rationalistic State-building projects (explicitly, in the case of the Revolution; implicitly, in the case of the Bourbon monarchy).
So, the thèse nobiliaire is the only one which conservatives can accept. Anything less and one is no conservative at all. Metaphysical rights, without history, without precedent and without limit, have ever been the justification of usurpation; and liberties will ever be the justification of unchecked state expansion — and of tyranny. This is what genuine conservatives have ever railed against. Montesquieu can be correctly called a conservative in his efforts to prove the case for this thèse.
Incidentally, the Constitution of the United States is based — albeit imperfectly — upon the framework observed by Montesquieu. It includes a separation of powers — the trias politica — albeit in a form quite different from what Montesquieu actually envisaged; but it does not contain the corps intermédiaires or pouvoirs intermédiaires — that is intermediary 'bodies' or 'powers' — which are, in fact, crucial for the proper operation of government. The flourish of the baron's pen is in that founding document of supreme law. In fact, Montesquieu's influence upon the Founding Fathers — both Federalists and Anti-Federalists alike — was various yet vast. Even these democratic dreamers were swayed by his pluralism. It is little emphasized today, but this is an important influence in early American (constitutional) history. The intermediary powers — or "little platoons", if we want to use Burke's turn of phrase — in securing the separation of powers and the privileged place of liberties is an important part of the history of the Founding of the new political order. Debates about the role of the Senate brought this to the fore. It was, in fact, the Anti-Federalists who were anxious for the Senate to hold the "natural aristocracy". The Founding Fathers were swayed by the pragmatic pluralism of this. Such a well-ordered diffusion — favoured by Montesquieu, Hume and Burke — promotes the general welfare within the States, the integrity of the Republic, and the soundness of the laws. It is a conservative position.
Of course, Montesquieu is supportive of something even further down the road than this: a separate and self-protecting upper house with a suite of unique powers. Needless to say, this is also something which would be forbidden by the contemporary understanding of the Constitution. Clearly, the separation of powers was more nuanced in the mind of its most famous formulator. A powerful and self-concerned "upper house" of the legislature would represent the nobility. More importantly for modern political theory, it would serve a functional purpose: a body counterbalancing the fads, errors and careerism of unrestricted democracy. This house would also exercise judicial powers in cases involving peers of the realm — just as such bodies had done in Europe. The nobility was allowed the privilege of protecting itself; they could not be subjected to popular magistrates. Montesquieu is no democrat. It is only when taken out of context, can Montesquieu be said to support either pure monarchy or democracy. Montesquieu is a pluralist, yes — but he is a conservative also. On this latter point, Boulainvilliers before him can likewise and a fortiori be called a conservative.
Both of these men — Boulainvilliers and Montesquieu — may be tentatively placed into a particular tradition of thought. Both men take the position of the thèse nobiliaire, although their arguments take slightly different forms — Montesquieu gives almost utilitarian reasons, because it makes for a workable mixed government and yields the best results, but Boulainvilliers establishes that it is customary and it enshrines the prerogatives of the founding stock of France's political and legal order. In any case, both men adduce proof in a fundamentally conservative way — by showing evidence that there are inherited rights, liberties and so on belonging to the aristocracy as such, and independent from the Crown. At least in this — that is, in "considering their most sacred rights and franchises as an inheritance" — they are as one with Edmund Burke. Even if it were only in that, this is still sufficient to prove their conservative temperaments.
The Bourbons seriously invoked the 'divine' right of kings, while failing to consider the actual nature of this right and its legal origins. Nietzsche wrote, incidentally, that there is no right that is not granted from some other source (in other words, were there are rights there are relationships); we only regard a right as inherent once we have forgotten who granted it and even that it was granted. (Again, regarding rights as inherent necessitates a misunderstanding of the very nature of rights.) In the case of the Bourbon kings, they forgot that it was the nobility who granted their ancestors and predecessors rights as extraordinary arbiters in settling disputes between noblemen. The monarch is an instrument of an aristocratic form of social organization. Once this is forgotten, he becomes a tyrant — and an enemy of aristocracy. Such a tyrant must rely on popular support, or at the very least, the contentment of the masses. He must provide them with bread and circuses, offices and (unjustified) titles.
Tyranny reliant upon popular support has a name: despotism. Note that this is the distinction which Montesquieu makes in his L'esprit des lois. Additionally, it is the only definition of despotism which really meaningfully distinguishes it. (This is a distinction so obvious that even a Marxist — namely Althusser — can admit it!) The House of Bourbon, especially from Louis the XIV onward, was engaged in a continuous campaign to circumscribe and enervate the nobility. This was a concerted effort between the monarch and the commoners to dispossess the nobility of that which was righ2tfully theirs. Absolute monarchy, therefore, is just another name for despotism — and democracy is a hair's breadth from despotism. Montesquieu is at pains to show that both are harmful — and to show something else which they have in common. This factor is the nobility. There is no ability to protect the mixed government without a class system. Nor, for that matter, is it possible to hold the state and civil society apart — without an aristocratic component in each.
Of course, this is what has been learned throughout the twentieth century. Popular government is accountable to itself — i.e. to no-one. (One sees the same problem in libertarianism. In this respect, the doctrine is identical to liberalism. Libertarians, like liberals, are so busy looking for ways to secure civil society against interference from the State, that they forget to do vice versa and secure the State against such interference from the masses. Libertarianism provides a despotic model for government. This is invariably the case for libertarianism — unless taking an outright anarchistic form, in which case the divorce from reality is complete.) This unmoderated government derives from the French — or, as Nietzsche insisted, English — error. The Bourbon absolutism was dynastic, but it paved the way for dictatorship. To put this in Carl Schmitt's terms, the framework for political decisions is completely accessible to the fickle masses, and therefore inefficient, beleaguered and compromised. In such a situation, there is a kind of "short-circuit" so to speak, in civil society. Unprotected, the circuit dies — and with it, the realm of liberty. When dealing with the public and private spheres, there is a distinction and a distance between them which must be respected in both directions.
The nexus of these two spheres is the class-system which maintains both. It is the aristocracy which alone can hold these spheres apart and maintain their mutual integrity, like Atlas holding the sky and the earth apart from one another. So long as this distance is maintained, there shall be no tyranny — popular or otherwise. Liberty thrives within a genuine class-system. This brings us to our problem. The absolute monarchy of France destroyed liberty only and precisely insofar as it destroyed the class-system. This point cannot be emphasized enough, given its importance.
In modern liberalism, we see the same divorce from origins as in the latter-day ancien régime. The French Revolution was the turning point, as we have seen, at which the emboldened commoners (the same bureaucratic bourgeoisie which the absolutist monarchs of France had artificially and illegally empowered) took the remainder of the power which the Kings had not already granted them. Maistre wrote that the French Revolution happened as if it could not be stopped. Indeed, the Revolution occurred like a force of nature — precisely because the heedless Bourbon dynasty had injudiciously prepared the way for it. The existence of the Parti de l'Ordre in the Second French Republic is an echo of the spirit which led to France's bloody and ignorant democracy in the first place. In actuality, it enabled the same bourgeois bureaucracy which had been enabled by Kings since Louis the XIV. What we see throughout is the steady disenfranchisement of the nobility, with much more continuity than would at first appear.
What is sure is that from Louis the XIV, the "Sun King" with his unprecedented, unrestricted political power and his massive State bureaucracy, down through his dynastic successors, to the French Revolution and beyond, the ancient privileges, rights, liberties and prerogatives of the French have been under continuous assault.
So, there are lessons to be learned from France, in the lead-up to the Revolution. One's answer must not exclude other such events, however.
Our modern understanding of 'rights' is flawed. Human rights (civil rights, individual rights, social rights and so on) are an obstacle to, not a foundation for, liberty. The bias behind this is slave envy. It goes without saying that appeals to 'social justice' arise from the same motivation. There is a whole slant which runs through all of these misunderstandings, whether wilful or not. The slave-revolt accounts for this perversion — or, more accurately, inversion — of our deepest values.
Clearly, the Judeo-Christian (also the Jacobin, liberal, democratic, socialist, social-democratic, libertarian and so on, ad nauseam) understanding of legal/political concepts, like rights and liberties — not to mention, of actual freedom — is both limited and flawed.
Nothing cut off from its roots lives long afterwards. It is not assuming too much to extend this, by way of metaphor, to our liberties. The species of ancient rights and liberties to which I refer may grow in other climes — as in the Vedic class-system which prevailed in the Indo-European civilization in the Indus Valley — but it must ever be in the same kind of soil. There must be a value-system, a class-system and a background amiable to their growth. Moreover, they must have an aristocratic provenance, just like the men who were for so long their guarantors and protectors.
In short, our rights and liberties must have nourishing roots.
Our treatment so far has clarified where these terms 'stand' in their contexts.
To clarify, we may separate the three terms into two groups. We misunderstand the meanings of 'freedom' and 'justice', but reasonably think them good; on the other hand, we understand largely what is required for revolution, but should accordingly think it bad. Yet it is thought good — and that is most probably because we mis-recognize the first two terms.
So, there is a profound méconnaissance here — it is singular, but has a twofold significance. It affects how we view the words 'freedom' and 'justice' on the one hand; and, on the other, the word 'revolution'. This is, of course, the inversion of values mentioned above. In our depraved efforts to abolish aristocratic prerogatives — the only political approximation of freedom — we, as Westerners, have not brought ourselves any closer to achieving freedom for ourselves. Rather, as revolutionaries — that is, as reactionary killjoys — we are the enemies of liberty and justice. Our Revolution is an Inversion.
This leaves us Westerners, then, with a sobering thought. We are not only unfree; we are unjust.


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As posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at Che Det on September 22, 2014
1. Suddenly, out of the blue almost there appeared in the Middle East a powerful force seemingly moved by a desire to set up an Islamic state, a Caliphate no less.
2. And this force has been amazingly successful. They have literally conquered swathes of Iraq and have set up a Government. They are set to advance further and the Iraqi forces have not really been able to stop them.
3. Where did they come from? Just like the Taliban they were created by the United States of America.
4. The Americans fear the rise of the Shiites, the Islamic sect that is most against the West.
5. After more than 10 years of the occupation of Iraq the Americans realised they could not stay there any longer. When they left they persuaded the majority Iraqi Shiites to form a bipartisan Government with the minority Sunni.
6. But the Shiites decided to deprive the Sunni of a role in the Government. The Sunni Vice-President was accused of plotting against the Government and he had to escape to Turkey to avoid arrest and possible execution or assassination by the Iraqi Government. And so Iraq which was once ruled by Saddam Hussein, a Sunni became a Shiite State.
7. Then came the uprisings in Syria to overthrow Bashar Assad, a Shiite. America had always wanted to replace Bashar's Shiite Government with a Sunni Government. With Iraq and Iran under Shiite rule, a Shiite Government in Syria would tilt the balance in the Middle East in favour of the Shiite – the most violent enemy of the American.
8. And so when the attempt was made to overthrow Bashar's Government, the Americans saw an opportunity to replace Bashar with a Sunni Government.
9. To ensure this would be the result of the civil war in Syria, America provided military aid and money to the Sunni rebels in Syria to ensure their overthrow of Bashar.
10. Many of the Sunni fighters were fanatically against the Shiite. They readily accept United States aid and then decided to cross from Syria into Iraq to overthrow the Shiite Government there. They envision a new Sunni Caliphate to rule over Sham, the territory which was divided by the British and the French into Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine.
11. If the Sunnis succeed in their Islamic state it would endanger Israel and American interest in the region. Suddenly the United States find that overthrowing Bashar is not such a good idea.
12. Instead the United States should ally with Syria to fight against the jihadists from Europe now flocking to join the Sunni Islamic State forces to overthrow the Governments of Iraq and Syria. Should a fanatical Islamic state in Sham materialise, the Americans may find a more implacable enemy.
13. The United States seems unable to learn from the failures of their past strategies. They created the Taliban to fight Russia in Afghanistan. That turned awry.
14. They went to war against Afghanistan and Iraq, believing with shock and awe they would finish victorious in three months. After ten years of costly wars in these countries they have succeeded only in putting in place extremist Muslim Governments. They are now unable to extricate themselves from these two countries.
15. They tried to promote regime change in Arab countries and only succeeded in destabilizing these countries. Democracy ends with anti-Americans extreme Islamic Governments being elected. The United States now finds itself having to support undemocratic overthrows of democratically elected Governments.
16. And now the jihadists of the Islamic Caliphate. Without United States involvement in Middle Eastern affairs the American journalist would not have been beheaded.
17. The American people are hopelessly ignorant of the world outside America. They believe whatever their Governments is doing is good for America. They will never learn simply because their print and electronic media are not under their control.
18. The United States belief that change from authoritarian rule to democracy would result in friendlier Governments is naive. Decades of United States support for Israel and anti-Islamic policies have made anti-American Islamic parties popular. Once elections are held following demoralization, the Islamists would win. And anti-Americanism will be even more violent.
19. America has much to learn about foreign relations.


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Taxi mogul Jesse Gaddis will dispatch all cabs at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport for up to two more years even though officials had promised to bid out the work by now.
The contract was set to end today with no alternative in place on how travelers would be directed to Gaddis' Yellow Cab fleet and independent drivers. The airport director backed away from seeking bids and choosing a new manager and instead told Broward County commissioners he wants a complete overhaul of ground transportation.
Faced with the impending deadline, commissioners had no option Tuesday but to stick with Gaddis. Terming the decision an injustice, independent drivers charged that officials were giving only lip service to reform and instead were extending Gaddis' longtime dominance at the airport.
"Maybe they are trying to be more fair, but it is still unfair," said Patrick Jabouin, a Sunrise resident and activist helping the independent drivers. "We are saying enough already. The system is broken, and you cannot fix the system with the same players in place."
Aviation Director Kent George, who was hired last fall, apologized to commissioners for the last-minute move and a lack of communication. But he said the best and fairest system would be a computerized one that identifies taxis and other passenger-pickup vehicles and charges them the same cost per trip.
He said he would need at least a year to switch over, and the airport could not manage dispatch itself in the interim. He said the contract with Gaddis' B&L Service Inc. can be canceled with 90 days' notice once the new system is in place.
"The system needs to be overhauled, but we need time to do it," George said.
Gaddis' Yellow Cab had been the sole taxi service for the airport for 25 years. Under pressure from smaller companies and activists backing minority cab drivers, county commissioners opened the airport to competing cabs in 2001.


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Zenimax's attempt at a massively multiplayer role-playing game, The Elder Scrolls Online, is now live for players in North America and Europe. It promises to bring the franchise's memorable world and open gameplay into a multiplayer format, but it sells for full retail and has a subscription fee. Is it worth your hard-earned cash?
Setting Foot On Tamriel
The Elder Scrolls Online takes place on the continent of Tamriel. While the last three games in the series have focused on only a chunk of this landmass, ESO covers swaths of it. Cyrodiil, the interior landmass explored in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, serves as the PvP map, while other zones touch upon, but don't cover the same ground as, Morrowind and Skyrim 3 Reasons All Gamers Need To Play The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 3 Reasons All Gamers Need To Play The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim One of the most anticipated games of this holiday season was The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Call of Duty and Battlefield are terrific games, but it's delightful to see something a little different become a... Read More .
In fact, there are many areas that ESO fleshes out for the first time, most notably the homelands of the Elven races and the far northwestern reaches. This will be a treat for fans of the Elder Scrolls lore, and like previous games in the franchise, ESO is filled with ruins to explore, history books to find, and secrets to uncover.
Suggesting that lore is a selling point may be excessively nerdy, but the rich history of the Elder Scrolls fiction has become a franchise feature. And unlike many competitors, ESO ties exploration to tangible rewards via Skyshards. You receive one skill point for every three you find, and most are off the beaten path.
The Writers Earn Their Pay
The Elder Scrolls, like most fantasy worlds, has a fair share of gobbly-gook. There's a long list of cults, factions, gods and demons, all with strange names that can be hard to keep straight. Lore fans will love the detail, but other players may be left scratching their heads.
Look underneath the high-fantasy lore, however, and you'll find some solid writing. You'll talk to recurring quest characters who are genuinely likable and become involved in political intrigue that is genuinely interesting. There's even subtle humor; in a village belonging to the Khajit, a race of humanoid cats, I came across a caged dog surrounded by curious and horrified onlooker who seemed scarcely able to believe such a creature exists.
The depth of the story is helped along by the optional first-person perspective and the deep character creation system. While everyone has access to the same quests, not every character looks the same, and that helps create a sense of ownership. You'll find it easier to believe what you do matters than in most recent MMOs, though ESO doesn't quite match Star Wars: The Old Republic in that regard.
MMO, Elder Scrolls Style
ESO's franchise flavor is impossible to miss. You'll find it in crafting, character customization, questing and even player-versus-player combat. This game is more willing to let you mess up than some other recent titles, and it also feels completely uninterested in helping players reach max level. Quest chains don't link up seamlessly, quest hubs are rare, and you'll occasionally find yourself lost.
With that said, this is still an MMO. Though well written, most quests boil down to the tried-and-tired "go here, do X, come back" formula. Skills are activated via a hotbar, gear upgrades are extremely important, and AI enemies aren't very intelligent.
The game's PvP is also familiar. There are keeps that must be stormed and defended, small outposts that support them, and a wide variety of PvE quests that can be accomplished in the PvP area. All of this is fine, but also hardly unique; many games have tried the same, and most have failed. Whether ESO will be different is impossible to know so early in the game's life.
The Elder Bugs
Bugs have always been a part of the Elder Scrolls franchise. Even Skyrim had its share of glitches, but the problems were tolerable because the game was a single-player experience. A physics bug that sent an enemy flying into the sky, for example, was more hilarious than disappointing.
ESO is different. The game is online, so bugged quests are harder to ignore and glitches can impact many players at once. Unfortunately, this hasn't made Zenimax double-down on quality assurance. I ran across several bugged quests that had to be reset, and most friends and guildmates report the same. I also fell through the world twice and encountered a few opponents who clipped through the ground or a wall. One of these monsters managed to attack me while inside a cliff face!
The servers have had issues, too. Unexpected maintenance has occurred and features like mail and guilds had to be turned off temporarily because of duping bugs discovered by players. While disconnects are rare, lag is not uncommon, and I've occasionally struggled with login attempts that inexplicably failed.
So, Should You Buy The Elder Scrolls Online?
ESO is a bit vexing because its gameplay doesn't entirely mimic modern MMOs, yet it also differs from a traditional Elder Scrolls title. The game feels more akin to console sandboxes like Dragons Dogma and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, both of which have large worlds filled with areas too dangerous for a low-level character to explore. This perhaps makes sense, as ESO is slated for release on both next-gen consoles.
If you're an MMO veteran looking for a new game for raiding and end-game PVP, or you're a die-hard Elder Scrolls fan looking to explore an open world, you should leave your money in your wallet. ESO is not going to satisfy either taste. This game is best for RPG loyalists and casual Elder Scrolls players who want a story-driven experience with room for some (but not too much) exploration.
You'll also need to bring a healthy tolerance for bugs. While the launch of ESO is far from the worst on record (The Secret World, for example, was in shambles by comparison), there are some quest-killing bugs and unexplainable glitches. More polish is needed, and players with little tolerance for buggy games should wait a few months for the kinks to be ironed out.
What do you think of The Elder Scrolls Online? Is it worth $60 with a $15 subscription fee, or should it have launched as a free-to-play game? Let us know in the comments.
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The article sounds quite exact to my mind, but I have to correct something :
> The game's price is around 60$, correct
But you may find keys for a lower price using online key resellers (goclecd, acheteclecd...yea I'm french x)....)
> The monthly subscription is just an OPTION ! You DO NOT HAVE TO PAY monthly to play TESO
For anyone wishing to contact me IG, my nick is @g33ky
Wishing all good game :)
If they make it so you have to pay monthly or even annually, there is no way I'm getting it for ps4. If you play skyrim you would see so many glitches that went unfixed. Why should I pay an arm and a leg to play a game that Bethesda is going to give up on when they get their next big idea?
I think people should gibe this game patience. Every MMORPG starts like this. This is not a game that last one week which is the time you complete it. It is a game in which you can last over 8 years playing it. Eventually bugs and problems will be fixed. Your choicw if you want to get this game now or later...
I went here to see arguments for and against this game in case I want to buy it. I played a lot of Age Of Conan, despite what everyone else thinks i really liked it (i still do, but do not play anymore because of the low active players count). I recently tried out world of warcraft, gave it a fair go as i reached lvl 63 before getting tired of it. I think wow does not suit me because i appreciate the more realistic nature views that aoc offer and the different combat system etc.
Now, as a person who likes Age of Conan more than World of Warcraft, do you think i would be pleased with Elder Scrolls Online? I have played Skyrim and Oblivion, what I loved about Skyrim was exploring and finding/reading interesting story books (much like in the horror game amnesia/penumbra).
Thanks !
I was lucky enough to have gotten one of the closed beta tester invites so I was able to get a feel for ESO. I was really looking forward to ESO when it was first announced back when I was playing Skyrim which was one of my top favorite games. I am glad I had the opportunity to play the game during the Beta test because I quickly discovered that ESO and MMO's are not for me and was really disappointed because I knew that this new MMO would spell the death for ever having anything like Skyrim being developed in the future . It was my first MMO experience and I have to admit that I hate this style of gaming and after playing in 3 different Betas I did not play the remaining ones that I was sent invites to because I knew that I would never pay $60 + $15 dollars a month for this game, I would not even by the game even if there were no monthly subscription fee. I really feel that ESO would have been much better to have been developed not as an MMO which for me is far too chaotic but to have been modeled after Gearboxes Borderlands and Borderlands 2. I wish that they had taken Skyrim and made it into this type of co-op multi player game. Both Borderlands versions for me were a blast to play with a group of 3 other guys and I feel that Skyrim would have been an ideal game to have been like this instead of some lame AI follower you had a group of other guys to run around and do quests. They could have still had a rich and ever expansive environment in the form of additional DLC and other more extensive areas like Borderlands did with their season pass content. I would be willing to keep buying this type of add ons for a game like Skyrim for ever if they made it available for a co-op version of Skyrim. Instead of calling it Skyrim they could have just called it Elder Scrolls.
I have played Morrowwind , Oblivion , and Skyrim ( if you wish to step back farther Baulders Gate) I have never played any of them online, New games these days are not worth the $60.oo price tag ( anyone else tried the new THIEF ) let alone a subscription just to play the D@^% thing.
I will NEVER buy a subscription just to play a game.
in the late 90s i used to play a game called Delta Force 2 for PC, there they had a online website that you could access from inside the game. IT DID NOT COST ANYTHING TO PLAY IT ! so how come others charge to play SORRY why do people PAY these companies to play a game they already paid for.
I bought and am currently playing ESO. I personally find it more than worth the price, I love it and am hooked. My husband who was COMPLETELY addicted to WoW is now planning on buying it too. I have briefly played WoW myself and can say the ESO world is more interactive than WoW was when I played it, which to be honest was about two years ago. I also feel it has more options when it comes to Class builds. My husband agrees with me on this. I don't have anything against WoW it's just not for me. I find it hilarious when I see players in my game, Playing it, all the while complaining about it. The favorite excuse of said players when asked "why are you playing this game if you have so many issue's with it?" is "I'm going to get my money's worth." To that I say "BULL&%$#". I would never play a game I did not enjoy and neither would any of my MANY gaming friends and family, so my advice to anyone who does not like ESO, don't play it, and if you do for gods sake, QUITE COMPLAINING! From what I understand all MMO's have bugs when they first start, soooo expecting them to be perfect is unreasonable and a little harsh. WoW has been out for ten years and had just as many problems when they first started as ESO does. Most of these complainers did not play WoW from launch so don't realize this fact. I liken the comparison to a baby's intellect and a ten year old's........ridiculous. So until ESO has been around for ten years calm down. I would recommend ESO for anyone who wants a new and different gaming experience. I understand however not everyone will enjoy it the way I do so, I think there needs to be a trial period. That way people have a chance to check it out before they purchase, since it is not going to be for everyone. That is something WoW does that is better than ESO. Hopefully that will come, until then it's a hit or miss situation, because everyone is different. When and If ESO does create a trial opportunity I would definitely recommend everyone to check it out for themselves. Until then please understand your dealing with an MMO that launched one month ago, not ten years ago.
im not an avid elder scrolls fan. but i am a big mmo fan and have been for a while. the only mmorpg i am willing to pay for and pay a subscription for is world of warcraft. i know i know hold the snarky remarks. the only reason wow is the only game worth paying a sub for is because of the AMOUNT and QUALITY of content. if eso had 500+ days of contenuously growing complex evolutionary content i would consider. but for now it should at least be free to try. or maybe 60$ with 2-3 free months of play
I agree with most of this article. But I'm still addicted and just reading this is making me want to go play it..Even though I have to work in 10 minutes...
I COMPLETELY disagree with the "not good for diehard Elder Scrolls fans" statement. I'm not, but my boyfriend is, and he has been absolutely hooked on the game since the first time he saw me playing it during beta.
I think everyone is being entirely too harsh about the bugs, as a well. It's a brand new, absolutely beautiful MMO that is using a single server for all NA/Euro players. It's going to have bugs in a game THIS huge and involved. Also, the phasing thing is a simple fix to get you and your party member together; there's a handy little button in the party panel that you can click to travel to them! Simple, see?
I'm not getting paid, and I'm not some kind of hardcore fangirl; I just think that an MMO of this graphic caliber and complexity is getting WAY too much criticism for what it is - a brand new game that still has bugs. The world won't end if you can't complete that quest right now. Relog, and if that doesn't work, do something else. Simple.
DO NOT BUY THIS GAME! It is a generic linear themepark with a very thin coat of Elder Scrolls colored paint. You can't dive underwater, pick up MOST items, open MOST doors, or even shoot an arrow further than a few feet. The arrow will just disappear before it reaches the target. As for aiming, you can target a nearby enemy, turn to face the opposite direction, shoot, and your arrow turns 180 degrees in mid-air to hit the target. There's no collision detection for melee. No physics, characters do the same death animation no matter how they are hit. The quests are boring, typical, "Go kill 10 ghosts." The phasing is useless. You're always standing there waiting for a resource node or enemy to respawn so you can complete a quest. If you try to play with friends, the phasing will stick you in different instances so you can't. People keep losing everything in their bank. There's a cash shop in game, so you know they're planning on going f2p soon. I'm pretty sure they paid a lot of people to go online and flame anyone who badmouths the game. They've got some forums paid off to ban users who criticize the game. Sites that have posted bad reviews were victims of DDoS attacks. They've poured more money into protecting their NDA and the reputation of their game than they did in the development. Sadly, most of the budget was definitely squandered, with employees on glassdoor.com complaining about the low pay, long hours, and crappy management blowing money on huge Christmas parties and such. Avoid this game like the plague!
I will be sticking to rift thank you
Elder Scrolls Online is a good, fun game overall, but it's a better MMO than it is an Elder Scrolls game.
Game seems to keep patching, when you can get that to work. I see they actually give you the first 30 days free so you do not ask for a refund while they try and get the game working properly.
Not worth the $15 a month cost. Would rather get Cable movie channels for that cost, or Netflix AND Amazon prime. A better deal than what Bethesda is offering.
Great game though, but, where is the world class support? Takes to long to get a reply, either by e-mail or phone?
I subscribed and have 60 hours into it so far, think my wife is divorcing me, JK.... I think. Its fun and pay the subscription fee, I don't think moving it to F2P is a good answer because they don't have anything that can converted to a microtransaction system in place so most likely the game would die.
They have patched the game 3 times since launch, which is impressive and I want them to keep hammering out the bugs and adding new content - which is why I have no problem subscribing.
subscription fee is too high for me
I've never played either Elder Scrolls games, or subscription MMOs, but I think that paying for the game and paying for a subscription is the wrong way to go. Surely someone paying $180 / yr shouldn't have to pay another $60 for that privilege.
Yes, that's what the subscription fee is for. But they also charge full price for the game itself, which is rather extortionate in my opinion. I know Elder Scrolls fans and MMO fans who are both put off by this alone.
then why are you commenting?
I commented because this article is titled "Should you buy The Elder Scrolls Online". The price is an important factor in whether a product sells. Just because I haven't played the game, it doesn't mean that I don't have a valid opinion from an economic point of view, or even from a gamer's point of view. Also, I may well play some of the Elder Scrolls games in the future, but I can't ever see myself playing TESO as long as I have to pay $60, or the equivalent to an additional 4 months subscription, before I even install the game.
I got to say after playing it for a few weeks, I really like it, it does have some bugs but they are fixing them and you can notice that, if you are into playing mmo's then go for it, it is the best game I've played since WoW back 8 years ago


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NEW YORK, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Wall Street resumed trading on Wednesday with shares mostly flat after monster storm Sandy forced a two-day closure due to weather for the first time since 1888, but U.S. gasoline futures surged in the face of potentially long-term supply disruptions at the East Coast's second-largest refinery.
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RMS Lusitania leaving New York. Scene from Hearst Selig News Pictorial No. 38, released on May 12, 1915. Copied from Motography, 22 May 1915
The original footage comes from a contemporary American news film and shows passengers arriving at the dock and going aboard the ship. The Lusitania's flag is raised. Passengers, including author Elbert Hubbard, pose at the ship's rail. The film also has an interesting scene showing Captain Turner watching the Lusitania's departure. You can see him on film in a very short flash, looking at the camera, perhaps a little startled, when he suddenly notices that he is being covered by a movie man located on the roof of Pier 54, just slightly above him. The ship then turns toward open water and proceeds toward the North Atlantic. Six days later the Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine on this fatal voyage.
Historical ValueThis unique newsreel film has been preserved because it was edited into a compilation movie by the U.S. Signal Corps in the 1930s as part of a film series on the First World War. Its historical value is undisputed. The film has an intertitle mentioning the approval by the Pennsylvania Board of Censors, so it clearly was released in the United States. But there are no references to a production company. Both Pathé and the Hearst-Selig newsreel organization at the time claimed to have produced original footage showing the Lusitania's last departure. These films may have been used later on, without the original intertitles. But it seems more likely this film was an independent release.
The trade paper Moving Picture World in its issue of May 29, 1915, has two very interesting references to a "special film" on the Lusitania's final departure which was sold on a state-rights basis and that was booked in film theaters across the country. Around May 10, 1915, for instance the film was shown in Detroit and in Kentucky. In addition, the records of the Pennsylvania State Board show there were two independent films that were censored at this time by this State Board: The Lusitania produced by Warner, distributed by Crescent, 1 reel, approved 5/20/15, and The Lusitania, produced by an unknown company, distributed by Electric, 1 reel, approved 5/17/15. "Warner" may refer to the Warner Brothers, who were already in the movie business in Pennsylvania during the 1910s. In short, the film print at the National Archives appears to be a copy of one of these independent releases, which would also explain why there are no references to a regular newsreel company.
There is some debate whether this film actually shows the last voyage of the Lusitania, but Eric Sauder in this weblog on the history of the Lusitania presents a very strong argument in favor of this:
There is some debate whether this film actually shows the last voyage of the Lusitania, but Eric Sauder in this weblog on the history of the Lusitania presents a very strong argument in favor of this:
""Next to be considered is the well-known film footage which shows Lusitania backing away from Pier 54 in New York that purports to be her 'final departure.' Because of changes in the lifeboat arrangement and various structural alterations made to Lusitania after August of 1914, there can be no doubt that the film footage is from her last few months of service. We also know from existing evidence that it could not have been taken between August and November, 1914. The film clearly shows a light-painted superstructure and not the dark 'war grey' that is plainly seen in the Illustrated London News photos.Here is this news film, as shown by C-SPAN3 on American History TV.
Since the film must have been taken after November, 1914, a closer examination reveals clues that narrow down the date even further. For example, noting the water level against the pilings under Pier 56, opposite the cameraman, it is definitely very near high tide. A quick check of the tide charts published in The New York Times each day tells us that for Lusitania's monthly sailings between December, 1914, and May, 1915, it was near high tide only twice -- April and May. The December, January, February, and March sailings were closer to low tide.
Is it the last voyage? Can't say for sure, but there's a 50/50 chance. I'd sure like to think it is, though...."


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MacBook Pro 15 (2016) With AMD Radeon Pro Vs. Dell XPS 15 (2017) Nvidia GTX 1050: Reviewers' Take – Forbes
The latest AMD Radeon Pro GPU is a good fit for the slimmer MacBook Pro. But how does it stack up? I asked two longtime reviewers.
Apple states in the MacBook Pro late 2016 press release that the new MBP 15 "features powerful Radeon Pro discrete graphics delivering up to 2.3 times more performance than the previous [AMD R9 M370X] generation." Is that enough against competition like Dell's XPS 15 (early 2017) with the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050?
(Note that I use both the late 2016 MacBook Pro 15 and early 2017 Dell XPS 15. And note that neither is considered a gaming laptop per se. Both are targeted at professionals. I'll attach my thoughts at the bottom.)
Lisa Gade, founder and editor in chief of MobileTechReview.
XPS 15's Nvidia 10 series is a huge leap: "The graphics story is a sad one if you're a Mac person. The AMD 450 Pro is closer to the old GTX 950M to 960M," Gade told me in an email, referring to the $2,400 MBP 15 model ($2,399) that has a Radeon Pro 450 with 2GB memory. "Given the huge leap in performance for Nvidia 10 series cards, even the tepid GTX 1050 is significantly faster than the AMD 450: 30% to 50% faster," she said.
"In fact, though the AMD 460 Pro offers a significant jump in performance over the 450, it's still a bit slower than the GTX 1050," she said, referring to the custom-order MBP 15 model that's $2,600 ($2,599) with the Radeon Pro 460 with 4GB memory.
MacBook Pro's Radeon Pro suits its design: Gade gave a more in-depth assessment in a review of the MBP 15 and the Radeon 450, 455 and 460 GPUs that are available on the MBP 15. "These are low power dedicated GPUs and they generate less heat and consume less power than higher performance cards like the Nvidia GTX 1060. We suspect that's why Apple chose AMD since thin and light were more important for this redesign than performance improvements."
"Also, these AMD cards support 5K monitors, and Apple sees that as an important marketing point vs. PCs that typically stop at 4K resolution. In fact, the 15 [inch] MacBook Pro can drive two 5K monitors…Our AMD 450 outperformed the AMD R9 M370X in our last generation Mac, though not by a wide margin. It's enough of a bump to net you 5-8 fps more in games like Tomb Raider…The Radeon 450 performs almost as well as the last generation Nvidia GTX 960M used in the Dell XPS 15. The higher end AMD cards will do even better, though the AMD 460 still falls well short of the old GTX 970M and even farther behind Nvidia's current generation 10 Series cards for laptops."
See Gade's review of the of the XPS 15 9560 here.
Gordon Ung, Executive Editor at PC World:
In comparing the Radeon Pro 450 with GTX 1050, Ung invoked an Enter The Dragon analogy. "The Mac Book Pro plays O'Hara and all kinds of 1970s ass kicking happens with the XPS 15 playing Bruce Lee. I'm talking OpenGL, OpenCL and gaming-on-gaming, fist and foot in face action," he said.
He continued. "When the Macbook Pro 15 came out I actually heard a groan in the galaxy…frustration at Apple again not actually addressing the pro users needs. And what do pro users need? Performance above all. That's really what sets the casual users apart from the professional user. And by the way, gamers also need performance too.
"However, battery life on the Macbook Pro 15 is…awesome for a quad-core, 15-inch laptop which is funny because it's the one thing Mac users hate about the Macbook Pro," he said.
Additional thoughts (per my own experience with both the late 2016 MBP 15 and early 2017 XPS 15):
I have a feeling I may be in the minority but I like what Apple has done. Though I don't obsess about GPU performance, I like the horsepower that Apple has squeezed into its 4-pound 15-inch laptop — however slightly performance-comprised (because of thermals) and pricey that horsepower may be. It's incredibly hard to pack a quad-core Intel processor (2.6-GHz Intel Core i7-6700HQ 6th gen "Skylake") and discrete AMD graphics into a high-quality 0.6-inch thick, 4-pound laptop (those pesky heat issues can ruin lesser thin-and-light designs). So, I'm grateful for what Apple has done. I value the portability (a lot) because I'm often on the road.
On the other hand, Dell has also done an amazing job of getting the Core i7-7700HQ 7th gen Kaby Lake processor, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 with 4GB GDDR5, a 512GB SSD, and a massive 97WHr battery into a 4.5 pound, 0.66-inch thick laptop with an 15.6" 4K UHD (3,840-by-2160) InfinityEdge touch display for a relatively low price of about $2,070 versus a starting price of $2,400 for the MacBook Pro 15.
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Welcome to Auxerre Cathedral
In the view above you are looking at the north flank of the Cathedral of St. Etienne in Auxerre, France. The oldest section of the existing building is its crypt, begun in the early eleventh century. In the first half of the thirteenth century a new chevet (the east end, left in the photo above) was erected above the crypt. Then, later in the century the bases of the west facade towers including three portals (far right of the bulding) were added. By 1300 the new west portals and the chevet remained connected to one another by the nave of the eleventh-century cathedral. Early in the fourteenth century the lower walls of the transept (the cross-volume, center in the photo) and nave (section to the right of the transept) were built. Construction continued slowly on the upper sections of the nave and transept through the later fourteenth century and into the fifteenth century. The north transept facade (center, above) is a product of the end of the fifteenth century. Finally, the northwest tower (right) and the upper sections of the west facade were erected between 1500 and the 1540s. The little cupola at the top of the spiral staircase on the summit of the western tower was designed in a classicizing, Renaissance mode.
For an overview of the cathedral's chronology, click here.
For an English language version of my article "L'architecture de la cathédrale d'Auxerre au temps de Jean Baillet," click here.
To see a measured plan made in 1999 by PROGEO, click here.
To see the cathedral's west facade, click here.
To see a view of the cathedral's interior, click here.
To see examples of my ongoing study of the cathedral vaults, click here.
For information about the cathedral's crypt, including a pdf file of an article I wrote about its interpretation in 2001, click here.
In June, 1998, electrostatic and radar surveys were made of the cathedral's nave and transept. For further information, click here.
For bibliographical references concerning the cathedral, click here.


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Speaking of the GTI, the Euro-only diesel GTD model—basically a diesel-powered GTI, which we adore—won't be coming here to the U.S. in its current, sixth-gen form. However, we're told that VW is seriously contemplating bringing the seventh-gen Golf-based GTD to the U.S. Of course we're excited by the prospect of a sporty, small diesel hatchback, but the move makes sense on a broader level for VW. Basically, as one of the diesel sales leaders here in the U.S., offering a sportier oil-burner is a safe bet: The company can tap its legion of diesel customers as well as provide a sort of halo model for compression ignition.
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Calgary, Alberta – Under Neil Dimmock's masterful control, a big hitch team of 30 horses pulling 8 wagons are driving towards the Calgary Stampede Parade and Rodeo. The team is a recreation of the 1925 parade when Slim Moorehouse made history driving a hitch of 36 horses and 10 wagons through the parade.
Dimmock wanted to recreate the original drive, but due to a lack of eligible horses and Calgary's street laws, he is only driving 20 horses and 5 wagons. Safety at the parade is the city's foremost concern, but Dimmock dismisses such worries. "In my opinion you're more in danger from being struck by a band going by playing music than one of my horses," he said.
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Is it lineup, line up, or line-up? No-one appears to know, d'oh:
Unveiling one of the most diversified and high powered lineups in company history, Midway Games Inc., a leading interactive entertainment software publisher and developer, announced today its product portfolio to be shown at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), May 10-12 in Los Angeles. This year's lineup showcases proven brands such as Blitz: The League, Unreal Tournament 2007 and Mortal Kombat: Armageddon; exciting new properties such as John Woo Presents Stranglehold; kid's properties like The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy; high-end PC titles such as The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar along with full support for both handheld and next generation game systems.
"Our 2006 E3 lineup truly reflects our product strategy to broaden our portfolio and commit our resources to developing titles in a wide range of genres on all major platforms: handhelds, PC, and next generation consoles, " said David F. Zucker, president and CEO, Midway. "From proven brands like Mortal Kombat and exciting next generation games such as John Woo Presents Stranglehold, to high-profile PC titles such as Unreal Tournament 2007 and games for the younger market and handhelds, this is Midway's most diverse and powerful line up yet."
Midway's exciting E3 product lineup with expected ship dates include:
John Woo Presents Stranglehold: (PLAYSTATION3, Xbox 360, PC; Winter 2006) - Experience exhilarating, next-gen action for the PS3, Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft and PC, as you continue the story of Inspector Tequila from John Woo's influential action film, "Hard Boiled" starring Chow Yun-Fat. Run into danger with both fists full of lead and take down the organized crime bosses who stepped over the line when they took your family. Stop at nothing as you destroy the entire world around you to get them back. You are a desperate man following your own rules; honor thy family; do what's right; fear no man.
Unreal Tournament 2007: (PC, PS3) - The latest entry into the Unreal franchise, Unreal Tournament 2007, is currently in development by Epic Games Inc. Fans will be blown away by the next-generation game play, modifiability and visuals that Epic's Unreal Engine 3 technology will bring to the franchise. This title has not yet been concept approved by Sony Computer Entertainment America.
Blitz: The League: (Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PSP (PlayStationPortable) system; October 2006) - The celebrated arcade-style football franchise is back and better than ever with a new treatment of America's most popular sport. Blitz: The League exposes the harsh and troubling, behind-the-scenes stories of a fictional professional football league.
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon: (PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, Xbox; October 2006) - Introducing Mortal Kombat: Armageddon - the latest chapter in Midway's best-selling, award-winning, videogame fighting franchise. With the most complete Mortal Kombat roster ever, including every character from the Mortal Kombat fighting universe, revolutionary Create-A-Fighter and Create-A Fatality modes, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon promises to be the most complete, intensely lethal, fighting experience ever!
Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run: (PlayStation 2, Xbox; September 2006) - Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run takes the Spy Hunter franchise where it's never gone before - on foot. Featuring action superstar Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as government super-spy extraordinaire Alex Decker, players for the first time ever can step out of the Interceptor and straight into third-person action, utilizing The Rock's physical prowess by taking down enemies with intense melee combat moves.
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar: (PC) - The Lord of the Rings Online is the world's first and only massively multiplayer online (MMO) role playing game based upon the literary works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Gamers of all levels will establish their unique reputations, explore incredibly detailed realms and join familiar Tolkien characters, while adventuring solo or in fellowships within an evolving and persistent re-creation of Middle-earth. The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar is developed by Turbine, Inc. Midway will co-publish (along with Turbine) and distribute The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar in North America.
Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War: (PC; June 2006) - Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War is the first real-time strategy game to place players directly in the heart of combat as a heroic general fighting side-by-side with their troops. Players can completely command one of the four mightiest empires of the ancient world as in a traditional RTS, but can also use Rise & Fall's innovative Hero Mode to enter the battlefield as one of history's eight greatest heroes. Rise & Fall will be exclusively shown on Alienware systems at E3.
Happy Feet: (PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PC; November 2006) - Based on Warner Bros. Pictures' upcoming comedy adventure Happy Feet, Midway's immersive video game puts the player in the "tap shoes" of Mumble, a young penguin born into a nation of singing Emperor Penguins where each needs a Heartsong to attract a soul mate. Unfortunately, Mumble is the worst singer in the world... however, as it happens, he is a brilliant tap dancer! Based on the general storyline of the film, the player will be able to experience life from the point of view of Mumble in music, dance and interaction with the friends and enemies of the penguin's world.
The Ant Bully: (PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PC; July 2006 - Nintendo Wii; November 2006) - Go pick on someone your own size! After bullying an innocent ant colony, a young boy named Lucas is magically shrunk down to ant size and embarks on a remarkable adventure. Play as Lucas, experiencing the dangerous and thrilling life of an ant as you battle, explore and forge new friendships with natives and other species in his new ant world. Based on exciting moments from Warner Bros. Pictures upcoming digitally animated family adventure The Ant Bully, and featuring all -new challenges created especially for the game, help Lucas evolve from recluse to hero in his quest to save the colony from extermination
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: (PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance; November 2006) - The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy video game pits the characters from the popular Cartoon Network television show against each other in a fighting-adventure game, filled with mayhem, chaos and over-the-top graphics. In battle mode, up to four players can use a multitude of weapons in destructible arenas like the "Desert of Doom " and the "Underworld " to battle it out and be the last one standing. Players also have the option to play on their own or with a friend in mission mode. There are a series of 45 story-based missions which will encourage players to unlock new weapons and characters like the Boogey Man and Jack O'Lantern.
MLB SlugFest 2006: (PlayStation 2, Xbox; May 2006) - Midway's newest offering of its over-the-top baseball series, MLB SlugFest 2006 features a new create-a-player mode, updated 2006 team rosters and stadiums, along with a new library of signature animations and extreme collisions that have distinguished the franchise since its debut in 2002.
RUSH: (PSP system; September 2006) - For the first time ever on the PSP system, attempt mad jumps, high-flying stunts and arcade-style racing from the original RUSH franchise. Go head to head with a friend in a street race or cruise mission using wireless functionality, or experience Story Mode which allows you to race through 5 Los Angeles city re-creations while finding treacherous shortcuts and surviving death-defying jumps!
Mortal Kombat: Unchained: (PSP system; September 2006) - Mortal Kombat: Unchained takes the Mortal Kombat franchise to new heights with an innovative fighting system tailored for wireless functionality, unparalleled depth and brutally intense action that will appeal to long-time Mortal Kombat fans, as well as new gamers.
NBA Ballers: Rebound: (PSP system; May 2006) - NBA Ballers: Rebound is the only one-on-one basketball videogame available for the PSP highlighting the rags-to-riches path from an unknown Baller to today's biggest NBA superstar.
For more information about Midway's entire lineup of products being showcased during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles please stop by booth #4001 in Petree Hall.