As a freelance web designer, I like to work at coffee shops during the day instead doing all my work in my home office. My IKEA desk set is a nice work space, but there's something about being outside of my home that spurs me to work. Getting started is always the hardest part of the day for me. I put off checking my email and digging into the day's problems as long as possible, but once I get started I build momentum which carries through the rest of the day. Getting out of the house gets me started. I typically spend 2-3 hours at a coffee shop and then come back home to finish the work day there.
My monthly coffee bill is cheaper than renting a co-working space, and I actually have a coffee budget for the month which I keep track of. Honestly, I feel like I'm paying the coffee shop for their electricity, wi-fi, and desk space and they provide me with a free drink as a bonus. I've thought about writing off my coffee expense on my taxes, but I haven't, mostly because when I have that conversation in my head with an IRS auditor he laughs at me and charges me back taxes.
After years of experience, I've perfected the necessary survival gear required when I work outside of the home. Here are the bare necessities you'll need if you decide to make a coffee shop your second office.
A backpack or messenger bag with several pockets to store stuff is a must-have. Get something sturdy and fairly waterproof in case you get stuck in the rain. I'm not sure how much I paid for this backpack, but it was worth every penny because I've had it for 12 years and it's still in one piece. It's survived college, three corporate jobs, and three years of freelancing. They're not kidding when they say it's "Everlast." I prefer a backpack because it leaves my hands free to carry coffee back to my seat.
It pretty much goes without saying that you'll need to bring a laptop or tablet computer. Don't forget your power cord in case your battery runs low. I recommend fully charging your computer before leaving the house in case the other coffee shop patrons are hogging all the electric outlets. It will give you time to sit and stalk until someone unplugs, giving you the chance to pounce on their vacated seat.
I do a lot of design work, so I prefer to use a mouse. It's easier and more precise to use than a touch pad. A mouse only costs about $10, so it's easier to buy one just for your coffee shop kit instead of using the same one at home and on the go.
Protect the aural sanctity of your workspace. Bring headphones! They will prevent you from being forced to listen to inane conversations or whatever CD Starbucks is selling this month. They also ward off small-talkers who would distract you when you have work to get done. I have a little bag to store my ear buds in so they don't get tangled up with anything else.
The temperature inside a coffee shop varies widely. Sometimes they've been steaming enough milk to make the place a sauna. Sometimes the air conditioning is cranked up to frozen mocha levels. Bring a sweater or hoodie so you can stay warm. I prefer a hoodie because it offers additional protection if you have to run through the rain to your car. Be warned though, any garments you keep in your coffee shop survival kit will reek of coffee so strongly that people will think you work at a roast house.
For similar reasons, it's good to keep a pair of wrist warmers fingerless gloves with you. If you're working on a computer your hands are away from your body so they'll get colder quicker than the rest of you. These wrist warmers fingerless gloves were knitted by the fabulous Debbi at Knit. Run. Reap. Eat.
Just in case the hoodie is not enough, I keep a small umbrella in my backpack for when there are torrential rains.
Keep this handy to wipe that dust off your computer that you only see when the light hits it in a particular way at that one coffee shop.
I keep a USB cord handy in case I need to copy photos from my phone to my computer. It also lets me tether my phone to my laptop to use it as an internet connection if the wi-fi goes down. There's something intensely satisfying about staying online when everyone else in the coffee shop is refreshing their browsers to no avail. I tie a ribbon around the cord so it's easier to find when I'm searching through my backpack. If you keep more than one cord with you, tie different colored ribbons around them and they'll be easier to differentiate.
There you go! Those are the essential items I bring with me whenever I work at a coffee shop. One item your might also consider bringing is a power strip. It allows you to plug in if all the electric outlets are otherwise full, but might lead to awkwardness when you need to leave and other people are plugged into your strip. Be sure to put your name on it so no one thinks you're stealing.
Oh, and also bring cash so you can buy some actual coffee.
Later: And they just give us candy?
Good point about "renting" space by buying coffee. And smart to have everything packed up in a kit so it's grab and go. I have a similar strategy for my gym and swim bags. It cuts down on procrastination.
That ribbon trick is simple genius. And now I'm off to look at Knit. Run. Reap. Eat.
Good advice! And wrist warmers are exactly what I need (in my actual office).
Love this! I'm a real estate agent & work from home most days because of the cubicle life at the office. I've debated my local Starbucks for a change of pace, but haven't due to fear of forgetting something or being the "newbie" there.
I've always wanted to do this (I'm a freelance fiction editor) but I am quite short and tables at coffee shops are always too high for me to comfortably type at. Maybe I need to have a booster cushion as part of my pack? Hmm, a backpack that doubles as a booster cushion?
Really, really great advice, Jennette! I think I need to do this for the days I can't get rolling. Not that I'm in coffee house mecca or anything (the closest coffee house is a good 16 miles), but there are days that being home just seems to stymie my motivation.
Great post! I am working from home now and some days are hard. Also, right as it's getting cold in the midwest, I'm concerned about my increased heating costs, my own coffee costs (Kuerig coffee), and how sometimes I'm distracted by the dog or neighborhood.
Panera is a good place to! Except for lunch time.
Thanks for the shout-out, Jennette. Looks like those have held up nicely. I'm headed your way, hope we can have that cup of coffee Saturday.
@Shirley @ gfe – Oh, you're right! They are fingerless gloves. I'm not sure why I called them wrist warmers. PS – Will respond to your work email soon.
This may be the nth time you are asked this, but what model is that computer you use? I am debating to get a Thinkpad Edge to be more mobile (my 6year old laptop wants to be retired badly).
And of course, what are you happy/unhappy with about the computer?
@Chris – I have a Lenovo IdeaPad Y560p with an Intel Core i7 2GZ chip, 6GB memory, and 750mb hard drive. I've had it for one and a half years and I'd give it a B grade overall. It's fast and has several USB ports and a memory card slot that makes it easy to copy camera photos. And I love the big hard drive which allows me to store my entire music collection on the computer instead of on an external drive.
On the down side, it gets REALLY hot on the left side and if you have NUM LOCK on nine letter keys become a number pad (UIO,JKL,M<>) which annoys me to no end. It was also missing a screw on delivery, so the hard drive slid out of the connector slot and made it seem like the computer had had a major failure after I'd moved all my stuff onto it, which nearly gave me a heart attack.
@JenFul – hey thanks for the info.
I love reading your blog, though this was the first time I commented. I discovered Your PastaQueen-Blog last year, a week before my master-thesis-deadline. Oh well, lets just say, PastaQueen kept my stress at bay, haha.
If I can be the curmomngon in the room I would like to add my 2 cents. Please, on behalf of those of us who go to coffee shops for a nice hot cuppa to relax for an hour or have a chat with a friend, if you are working with a laptop or other computer please use a table and not the good lounging chairs? Please, pretty please?
There is a Starbucks I go to that have three people who camp out in the lounge chairs with their laptops for 3-4 hours a day. And it is not as if they are working together. And there are two big tables for the use by groups. I don't even see how that would be comfortable. Most of the tables even have plugs next to them.
So please, be considerate of those of us who are just there for a coffee break and would like a comfy chair. Thanks, rant over now.
With all the talk of protection from the rain, am I right in thinking you got an arm of Sandy over you? Like at the time you were writing this?
This list is so true. I once was working at a coffee place with my laptop and my earphones were pretty obviously in my ears. A man came up to me and started trying to talk, and I made it a point to take off one of the buds, smile and very nicely told him that I was busy and had a lot of work to do. I put the ear bud back on, and the guy just stood there, then started talking again. I kept trying to be nice and firm, then resorted to ignoring him.
His reaction? He took his finger and started to slowly close my laptop. I bitched him out so bad that he finally got scared and left.


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Oak trees - did you know?
Here are some amazing facts and figures about the Great British oak!
Oak is the third most common broadleaf tree in woodland (after Birch and Hazel) and the most common tree species amongst open grown trees in Great Britain.
There are around 121 million oak trees in UK woodland and almost 1 million in London alone.
The UK has the largest area of ecologically important Atlantic oak woodlands covering 70,000 hectares.
Over 5,000 oaks were used in building HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
Being one of the hardest and most durable timbers, modern uses include flooring, wine barrels and building construction.
It can take over 40 years for oaks to produce acorns.
Over 2000 species of bird, mammal, fungi, invertebrate, bryophyte and lichens use oak trees. There are over 300 species restricted to oak trees and over 200 highly associated species.
The UK has over 49,000 ancient, veteran and notable oak trees, half of which are found in non-woodland ecosystems. These support a greater diversity of associated species than younger trees.
The social and environmental value of oak is estimated at £250m per year and is likely to be higher as this excludes aspects such as physical, mental, cultural, symbolic and educational benefits.
There are around 121 million oak trees in UK woodland and almost 1 million in London alone!
Decline diseases of oak have been documented for over 100 years in the UK and Europe but there is limited evidence of their cause and effects. Oak declines are complex diseases involving both abiotic predisposing factors and biotic elements acting in a temporal sequence with cumulative effects.Extreme weather such as strong winds, drought, waterlogging, winter frosts and local conditions such as soil type, nutrient levels (N, P, S and K) and compaction – can cause mortality or have long-term impacts on oak health.
Acute Oak Decline (AOD) is strongly correlated with environmental factors associated with predisposition to forest decline, i.e. elevated nitrogen and sulphur; lower rainfall, higher air temperatures, and lower elevations. It is more prevalent in warmer and drier sites and is estimated to affect 1/3 of woodland in England and Wales.
Before the 1970s oak woodland management practices followed those developed for conifers; hence, many broadleaved woods underwent a long period where between-tree competition was very high – this may be a predisposing factor for decline. Problems with between-tree competition can be exacerbated by a lack of management; 42% of forests in England are subject to low levels of or no management.
In Europe, oak has over 130 species of associated insect pests. Oak is typically highly tolerant to defoliation, however repeated events can act as 'inciting factors', contributing to their decline.
Different monitoring programs have collected varying data on oak populations: NFI (2009-present), Forest Condition Survey (1987-2006) and the Countryside Survey (1987-present).
In 2014, the crown condition of 104,994 sample trees on 5,611 Level I plots across 24 countries was assessed. Of the main tree species, Quercus petraea and Q. robur had the highest mean defoliation (25.2%) and highest proportion of severely damaged and dead trees.
Oaks have long generation times, infrequent masting years and poor natural regeneration in the UK. The majority of new oak woodland in Britain is established via planting but shortage of locally produced seed is an enduring problem.
Oak is an important timber tree and breeding and selection programmes have been established in the UK and Europe to improve traits of economic importance such as growth rate, form and timber quality. These show medium to high heritability but may be less important for fitness or adaption to different climates.
The UK is on the north-western edge of the distribution range for oak and therefore may contain valuable and uniquely adapted individuals and/or genes. Wind dispersal of pollen and bird and small mammal dispersal of seeds mean that genes are moved freely between populations of oak (high levels of gene flow) so geographically isolated oak stands are not genetically isolated. Open grown solitary trees experiencing a higher proportion of long distance gene flow than woodland trees.
The Action Oak initiative is a partnership working together to protect our native oak trees for future generations.
Discover more about Action Oak and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Discover answers to some of your frequently asked questions about Action Oak and the UK's oak trees.

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Facial palsy is a facial trauma related disorder which can be seen in the patients who are brought to the dental clinics to get treated and their condition cured. Facial palsy occurs on one side of the face and then the signs and symptoms of this disease can be clearly seen on the patients face after using some of the commonly done tests by the dentist himself. Facial palsy makes the patient look absolutely different on one side with the face drooping on one side. The causes of the facial palsy has not been clear till now but it is considered that the herpes virus has a major role in causing the facial palsy condition. Therefore, the treatment is quite advanced to ensure that the condition of the patient can be brought to control and improved within an estimated period of time.
The signs and symptoms of the facial palsy includes sudden weakness on one side of the face, drooling of the face, pain in ear, eyes vision problems like excessive dryness or excessive tearing of the eyes as well as numbness of the ears and ceased functioning of the taste buds in the tongue of the affected side. Facial palsy is treated with proper planning and schedules treatment to ensure that the patients can reap all the benefits provided by the treatments. Also, several tests like MRI scan, CT scan as well as blood tests are done so that the patients can get the right treatment for themselves in case the cause of the condition is getting difficult to be diagnosed by the team of dentists and surgeons. Nowadays, many new types of diagnostic methods and treatment options have been introduced so that the treatments can be done in a much easier way and the team of doctors can save a lot of time with the help of faster treatment options. Many of the cases of facial palsy get cured on its own within 1-2 months. But, in case the condition severe or does not get healed on its own then proper treatment is provided to the patients. Corticosteroid medicines as well as antiviral medicines can be used successfully in the cases of facial palsy. Patients have shown effective improvements with the help of these medications in the long term. The dental treatments are done in case the teeth are affected during the time period of the facial palsy. Patients are taught various types of exercises related to the facial sensory organs so that they can revive the functioning of these organs back into the normal state.
In this way, the facial palsy condition can treated successfully by taking care of some important things pertaining to the functioning of the facial parts so that the patients can start using the side affected earlier in the same way as the normal side. This also ensures that the patients will be able to boost their confidence after the completion of the treatment schedules. Also, the aesthetic features of the patients can be restored successful after the treatments are completed.


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Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong's pro-democracy media tycoon and a thorn in Beijing's side
by AFP 14:59, 10 August 2020 15:32, 10 August 2020
By Jerome Taylor
A rags-to-riches millionaire, media tycoon Jimmy Lai is a self-styled "troublemaker" who has been a thorn in Beijing's side for decades thanks to his caustic tabloids and unapologetic support for democracy.
Lai's arrest on Monday under a new national security law Beijing imposed on Hong Kong will come as little surprise to observers, including the publisher himself, who said he knew he would be a prime target.
Jimmy Lai (centre). Photo: Apple Daily.
"I'm prepared for prison," the 71-year-old told AFP from the offices of Next Digital, Hong Kong's largest and most rambunctiously pro-democracy media group, in an interview two weeks before the security law was enacted on 30 June.
"If it comes, I will have the opportunity to read books I haven't read. The only thing I can do is to be positive."
Few Hong Kongers generate the level of vitriol from Beijing that Lai does.
For many residents of the semi-autonomous city, he is an unlikely hero — a pugnacious, self-made tabloid owner and the only tycoon willing to criticise Beijing.
But in China's state media he is a "traitor", the biggest "black hand" behind last year's huge pro-democracy protests and the head of a new "Gang of Four" conspiring with foreign nations to undermine the motherland.
'It feels right'
Like many of Hong Kong's tycoons, Lai rose from poverty.
He was born in mainland China's Guangdong province into a wealthy family but they lost it all when the communists took power in 1949.
Photo: Wikicommons.
Smuggled into Hong Kong aged 12, Lai toiled in sweatshops, taught himself English and eventually founded the hugely successful Giordano clothing empire.
But his path diverged from those of his contemporaries in 1989, when China sent tanks to crush pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
He founded his first publication shortly after and penned columns regularly criticising senior Chinese leaders.
Authorities began closing his mainland clothing stores, so Lai sold up and ploughed the money into a tabloid empire.
Asked why he didn't just keep quiet and enjoy his wealth like Hong Kong's other tycoons, Lai replied: "Maybe I'm a born rebel, maybe I'm someone who needs a lot of meaning to live my life besides money."
Prosecutions and payback
Lai is no stranger to arrest.
Along with dozens of prominent pro-democracy activists, he is facing separate prosecutions both for taking part in last year's protests and for defying police to attend a banned Tiananmen vigil on June 4.
Media tycoon Jimmy Lai and democrat Martin Lee at the Tiananmen vigil. Photo: Holmes Chan/HKFP.
Before the new security law was passed, Chinese state media often accused him of colluding with foreigners, especially after he had a meeting last year with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Vice-President Mike Pence.
During AFP's interview Lai described the proposed security law as "a death knell for Hong Kong".
"It will supersede or destroy our rule of law and destroy our international financial status," he said.
He also feared for his journalists.
"Whatever we write, whatever we say can be subversion, can be sedition," he predicted.
Next Digital building. Photo: Stand News.
His two primary titles — the Apple Daily newspaper and the digital-only Next magazine — openly back democracy protests in a city where competitors either support Beijing or tread a far more cautious line.
The two publications have been largely devoid of advertisements for years as brands steer clear of incurring Beijing's wrath, Lai plugging the losses with his own cash.
But they are popular, offering a heady mix of celebrity news, sex scandals and genuine investigations such as a recent series looking at how the houses of some senior police officers violated building codes.
Lai said he was determined to stay in Hong Kong even once the security law came in.
"The only thing we can do is persist, not to lose spirit or hope," he said. "And to think that what is right will eventually prevail."
Asked why he risked both his wealth and freedom by criticising Beijing and publicly supporting Hong Kong's democracy movement, he replied: "I'm a troublemaker.
"I came here with nothing, the freedom of this place has given me everything. Maybe it's time I paid back for that freedom by fighting for it."
Tagged: Apple Daily, Giordano, Jimmy Lai, June 4, Mike Pompeo, National Security, Next Media, Press Freedom
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Posted by Dwane Crews on Monday, September 11th, 2017 at 10:47am.
The real estate boom in Nashville is showing no signs of stopping. August was another impressive month with sales increasing from this time last year. Music City condominiums even set their own record in August.
According to theTennessean, more than 3,500 houses swapped owners in August in Nashville. That's nearly a four percent increase from the previous year and that's the best August on record in over a decade. Condos also set a record last month, recording the highest average price ever at $207,061.
"As a whole, the first-time buyer price range, which includes many condominiums, is particularly sparse in terms of inventory, so the rise in median price is understandable," Scott Troxel, the president of Greater Nashville Realtors, explains to the Tennessean.
The Nashville market's inventory of single-family homes is still tight and, according to the article, in August they spent an average of less than 30 days on the market. They're going fast! Troxel hopes new buildings can help the city meet this high demand.
Whether you're in the market for a single-family unit or something else, Synergy Realty Network agents are prepared to help you.


A body believed to be that of a boater reported missing on Saturday, March 16 was recovered on Saturday afternoon after another boater reported seeing a body in the water not far from Occoneechee State Park. The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries reported that the remains were recovered shortly thereafter.
The body is believed to be that of Edwin Barnes of Midlothian, Virginia, who was reported missing on March 16, at around 3:45 p.m., by his wife. According to reports, Barnes was checking a problem with the boat's motor when he fell from the back of the boat. Barnes's wife reportedly searched for her husband and notified the Mecklenburg 911 Center.
A spokesperson for the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries said that Barnes's wife was unsure of exactly where her husband had fallen from the boat because he had told her to keep driving when he tried to find the problem with the engine.
The Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office, along with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, the Clarksville Volunteer Fire Department and the Mecklenburg Rescue Squad joined in a search near the Bluestone Creek Boat Ramp. The various agencies continued to search for Barnes until around 10 p.m. when the search was suspended until the following morning.
A total of eight boats and two dozen first responders joined in the search on Sunday.


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Q: Error in extracting json content from an API request: Error: parse error: premature EOF? I'm trying to retrive data from an API, the request I get back is of type "application/json", however when I try to extract the content as text I get an empty string and, therefore, also the fromJSON command fails. The following code worked until yesterday, but now there must have been some changes in the API and I can't work my way around it.
Here's a snippet of how the raw req$content looks like:
[1] fe ff 00 7b 00 0d 00 0a 00 20 00 20 00 22 00 40 00 6f 00 64 00 61 00 74 00 61 00 2e 00 63 00 6f 00 6e 00 74 00 65 00 78
  [41] 00 74 00 22 00 3a 00 22 00 68 00 74 00 74 00 70 00 73 00 3a 00 2f 00 2f 00 73 00 65 00 72 00 76 00 69 00 63 00 65 00 73
  [81] 00 2d 00 61 00 70 00 69 00 2e 00 6c 00 65 00 78 00 69 00 73 00 6e 00 65 00 78 00 69 00 73 00 2e 00 63 00 6f 00 6d 00 2f
 [121] 00 76 00 31 00 2f 00 24 00 6d 00 65 00 74 00 61 00 64 00 61 00 74 00 61 00 23 00 4e 00 65 00 77 00 73 00 22 00 2c 00 22

This is the code that worked until yesterday and that I'm trying to use:
content = jsonlite::fromJSON(content(req, "text"),
       simplifyVector = FALSE)

Error: parse error: premature EOF
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I've also tried the following with no success:
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1. Execute декомпрессию fuel system (subsection 6.10 see).
2. Remove the battery, having accepted safety measures.
4. Disconnect from the distributor and the ignition coil high-voltage wires.
5. Disconnect a wire from the gauge of temperature of a liquid.
6. Disconnect fuel hoses from the distributor of fuel (carburettor).
8. Designate and disconnect hoses from the throttle branch pipe, a soaking up collector, the carburettor and a head of cylinders.
9. Disconnect a drive cable заслонки on a throttle branch pipe (carburettor).
10. Remove from a head of cylinders a final collector. On a part of cars there is no necessity to disconnect an exhaust pipe. It is necessary to mean that on cars the intermediate shaft of a steering column disturbs with the right wheel to full removal of a collector from hairpins of a head of cylinders.
11. Disconnect from a soaking up collector hoses of a vacuum regulator of ignition and cooling system.
12. On early models disconnect wires from the generator and a starter.
13. Remove soaking up collector.
14. Remove a belt of the fan and the fan.
15. Uncover heads of cylinders and a lining, and also semicircular заглушки (if are provided).
16. Establish the piston of 1st cylinder in ВМТ a compression step.
17. Remove a chain (a gear belt). It is possible to be limited to removal of an asterisk of a cam-shaft together with a belt (chain) which should be taken aside and it is reliable to fix, without weakening a belt (chain). In this case it is necessary to expose the ignition moment again subsequently.
18. In sequence of return specified release bolts of a head of cylinders, doing 1/4 turns for reception. At the given stage газораспределения it is forbidden to assort the mechanism (on engines M10 and М20).
19. Remove a head, if necessary displace its mount inserted into an aperture of a collector.
20. On engine M40 get from a flute in the case of the oil pump a sealing ring.
1. Clear demountable planes of a head and the block of cylinders. At appreciable damages прошлифуйте planes (small damages leave надфилем).
2. Banish carving apertures a tap and blow compressed air.
3. Replace bolts of a head of cylinders. It is supposed to establish the removed bolts in the absence of damages of carvings after prorace by a die.
4. Establish on a head the removed details, on engine M40 replace a ring.
5. Lay a new lining on the block of cylinders so that an inscription (UP or OBEN) have been turned upwards, сориентируйте a lining on pins.
6. Establish a head on the block of cylinders, сориентировав on pins. On engine M40 for correct installation of a head it is recommended to screw old bolts with the cut heads and the cut groove under a screw-driver.
8. Tighten bolts in the specified sequence (the Order of a tightening of bolts of a head of cylinders fig. see engine M10, fig. the Order of a tightening of bolts of a head of cylinders on engine M20 (6-cylinder), fig. the Order of a tightening of bolts of a head of cylinders on engine M40 (4-cylinder). The inhaling order is specified in section Specifications (subsection 3.1.2 see).
9. Further assemblage is carried out upside-down. On engines M10 and М20 adjust valves, check up backlashes after engine warming up.
10. Tighten bolts of a head of cylinders (М40).


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A freestanding workspace pavilion in Evelina Children's Hospital.
A lightweight canopy structure provides shading, lighting and privacy for medical staff working within the main atrium space.
The structure is a hybrid of laser-cut spruce plywood and light grey machined steel components. The canopy is created from a series of seven folding scissor trusses, draped with weighted strips of raw canvas which diffuse the bright light from the sky during the day, and provide a surface for uplighting in lower light conditions. A folded screen of interlocking plywood strips creates a subtle spatial division between the workspace and the public Café area.
The structural design was developed with Structure Workshop, and incorporates longitudinal cable-braced beams running perpendicular to the timber scissor trusses within the same depth, to create a form of hybrid space frame, supported on pin joints to four free-standing steel columns. The components were fabricated off-site and installed over a weekend to minimise disruption to users.


JSC "SPLAV SPA" is the leading Russian enterprise in development and organization of production of the Multiple Launcher Rocket Systems (MRLS) for the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Over its history from the time of its foundation in 1945, such outstanding systems as GRAD, URAGAN, SMERCH for the Army, GRAD-M, UDAV-1M, OGON', DAMBA, RPK-8 for the Navy have been developed at JSC "SPLAV SPA", dozens of unique techniques for the rocket projectiles, the artillery shell cases of calibers from 24 to 152 mm made of various materials have been elaborated. Nowadays our engineering developments and production techniques in the field of the rocket artillery and shell cases production are known worldwide.
JSC "SPLAV SPA", being the world leader in delivery of ammunition for the Russian-produced MRLSs, conducts active operations in the field of military and technical cooperation through JSC "Rosoboronexport", the Russian State Intermediary.
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The club was formed over fifty years ago. At present we have 25 members and play regularly in the Dereham and District League and the Elmham and District League. We also have club competitions. After the Annual General Meeting in January a fixtures list will be decided. The membership subscription is £10 per season. We play on the Bowling Green behind the village hall.
We had a very nice pavilion for the bowls club adjacent to that for the football and tennis building on the playing field. Sadly both of these were burned down in 2008. All that remained were the concrete foundations until the new pavilion was completed in July 2009.
Meetings at Scarning Village Hall on the first monday of the month, 7.30-10pm.
Non-members are welcome to attend any our meetings to find out more about the club.
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Meets in the Village Hall at 7.30-10pm on the last Wednesday of the month. Please contact Rosemary Hutson on 687538 as meetings are held elsewhere occasionally.
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Balogunyom () község Vas vármegyében, a Szombathelyi járásban.

Fekvése
A falu Szombathelytől 8 kilométerre délre, a Gyöngyös-sík déli részén, a Sorok-patak mellett fekszik, a 86-os főút mentén. Határos települések: Szombathely, Ják, Kisunyom, Sorkikápolna, Vasszécseny, Táplánszentkereszt.

A községet érintő legfontosabb útvonal a 86-os főút, amelyből a központjában (pontosabban Balogfa településrész belterületének keleti szélén) ágazik ki nyugat felé a Jákra vezető 8712-es út, illetve ugyanott, keleti irányban a Nagyunyom központjáig húzódó 87 116-os út.

Vonattal megközelíthető a Szombathely–Szentgotthárd-vasútvonalon, amelynek egy megállási pontja van itt: Ják-Balogunyom vasútállomás.

Története
Balogfát egykori Balog nevű birtokosáról nevezték el. Nagyunyom neve a szláv Unin személynévből való.

Nagyunyomot az ismert okleveles forrásokban 1318-ban említik először, Vnon alakban, Balogfát pedig 1356-ban, Bolkfalua néven. A későbbiekben Balogfa 1456-ban, 1476-ban és 1485-ben Balogfalva néven szerepel. Nagyunyomot 1340-ben Hunyan, 1346-ban Eghazas Vnyan, 1356-ban és 1410-ben Vnyan, 1430-ban Wnyan, 1434-ben Posavnyan, 1468-ban Posa Wnyan és Posa Wnym, 1480-ban Naghwnyan néven említik az írott források. Ősi birtokosa az Unyani család volt.

1549-ben Balogfa birtokosa az Ányos, Nagyunyomé az Akacs család volt. 1697-98-ban Balogfának 81, Héraházának 51, Nagyunyomnak 169 lakosa volt. 1787-ben az első népszámláláskor Balogfán 30, Héraházán 13, Nagyunyomban 45 ház állott, birtokosai a Zanathy, a Gindli és Zobothin családok voltak.

Vályi András szerint "BALOGFA. Magyar falu Vas Vármegyében, birtokosai Zanóthi, Győrfi, és Geszti Nemes Urak, lakosai katolikusok, fekszik a' Kőszegi járásban. Határbéli földgye termékeny, legelője elég, szőleje nintsen, mindazáltal más jó tulajdonságaira nézve, első Osztálybéli. Nagy-Únyom földes Urai több Urak, lakosaik katolikusok; Nagy-Únyom Kis-Unyomnak filiája; határbéli földgyeik középszerűek."

1836-ban Balogfán a Győrffi, Zanathy, Geszti családok mellett több birtokos is volt. Héraházán a Gindli, Nagyunyomban a Szegedy, Vajda, Eörsy, Misky családok voltak a főbb birtokosok.

Fényes Elek szerint "Balogfa, magyar falu, Vas vármegyében, Szombathelytől 1 1/2 óra, 148 katholikus lakossal. Róna határ. F. u. Győrffy, Zanathy, Geszty, stb. Nagy-Unyom, magyar falu, Vas vmegyében, közel az elébbeni helységhez: 380 kath., 38 ref. lak. Róna határa igen termékeny. Sok birkát tenyészt. F. u. Szegedy, Sényi, Miskey, Vajda, Örsy, s m. t. Héraháza, magyar falu, Vas vmegyében, a Sorok mellett, 89 kath. lak. F. u. Grueber József. Ut. p. Szombathely."

Vas vármegye 1898-ban kiadott monográfiájában "Balogfa, 33 házzal és 312 r. kath. és ág. ev. magyar lakossal. Postája és távírója Kis-Unyom. Itt van Borsics Béla földbirtokos csinos emeletes kastélya és szép parkja. A kastélyt Gotthard Éva építtette a mult század végén; jelenlegi alakját a 80-as években nyerte. A Győrfy –, Zanathy – és Geszty -családok voltak fölesurai."

"Nagy-Unyom a Perint patak mellett fekvő magyar község, 49 házzal és 469 r. kath., ág. ev. és ev. ref. lakossal. Postája és távírója Kis-Unyom. Kath. temploma állítólag a szombathelyi vár köveiből épült és nagyon régi. Sokan ide teszik a szombathelyi vár helyét és a falu közepén levő fúrt alagut, továbbá az a körülmény, hogy ásás vagy földhányás alkalmával gyakran bukkannak régi, czement keménységű ragasszal összerótt és terméskövekből álló falakra, ez állítást valószinűvé teszi."

Héraházát már a 19. században Balogfához csatolták. 1910-ben Balogfának 404, Nagyunyomnak 372 magyar lakosa volt. A mai település 1949. január 1-jén jött létre, Balogfa és Nagyunyom községek egyesítésével.

Közélete

Polgármesterei
 1990-1994: Leibinger Gyula (független)
 1994-1998: Németh Ottó (független)
 1998-2002: Németh Ottó (független)
 2002-2006: Németh Ottó (független)
 2006-2010: Németh Ottó (független)
 2010-2014: Németh Ottó László (független)
 2014-2019: Márfi Ernőné Kiss Anita Katalin (független)
 2019-től: Tarsoly Alfonz (független)

Népesség
A település népességének változása:

A 2011-es népszámlálás során a lakosok 87,1%-a magyarnak, 1,6% németnek, 0,6% horvátnak mondta magát (12,9% nem nyilatkozott; a kettős identitások miatt a végösszeg nagyobb lehet 100%-nál). A vallási megoszlás a következő volt: római katolikus 68,8%, református 1,1%, evangélikus 1,8%, felekezet nélküli 4,3% (22,5% nem nyilatkozott).

Nevezetességei
 A nagyunyomi római katolikus templom 12. századi eredetű, átalakított, középkori freskókkal. A templomot a Mindenszentek tiszteletére szentelték.
 A Sényi-kastély Nagyunyomban van. A kastélyt 1842 körül Sényi Gábor építtette, aki I. Ferenc József császár-királytól bárói címet kapott, a család innen nyerte előnevét (nagyunyomi) is.
 Az Akacs-kastély Balogfán áll (ld. légifotó). A kastélyt korábbi földszintes kúriaépület felhasználásával özv. Akats (Akacs) Gáborné Nirobosz Terézia építtette 1826-ban klasszicista stílusban, jelenlegi alakját az 1880-as években dr. Borsits (Borsics) Béla tulajdonlása alatt nyerte. Leghíresebb tulajdonosa Akacs Mihály volt (utcát neveztek el róla Balogunyomban, Szombathelyen).
 Borsics-kastély
 Gotthard-kastély

Jegyzetek

További információk
2015. október 22. óta a település díszpolgára Németh Ottó (volt polgármester)
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Vas megye települései
A Gyöngyös-sík települései

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Jim Ramstad
Reflections of Life
His Life in Pictures
Shortly after his death, trributes flowed in surrounding Jim
It was an honor for me to serve with Jim in the United States Congress, but much more importantly, I was blessed to call him a friend and see his faith in action that fueled his life.
He was a wonderful Minnesotan and American… partisanship was never a problem with him. He was a great champion of decency in our country.
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Jim touched each of us in so many ways. For those of us fortunate enough to work for him, he showed us how to do things the right way... He was a dedicated public servant who impacted numerous lives through his policy accomplishments and personal service. He leaves a legacy of love, service, dignity and respect…
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"Ramstad was a colleague, mentor and friend. ... Few members of Congress commanded the respect and admiration of their peers and constituents that Jim Ramstad did. ""
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He was a faithful public servant who worked across party lines to improve the lives of all Americans. He was a true mentor to me on how to get things done by working with Republicans and Democrats."
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He served with principle and grace for almost two decades, and left a remarkable legacy in our community, our state, and our country.
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Opinion: Black flight theory doesn't stand up to facts, figures about Chattanooga population
January 10, 2022 | by Clint Cooper | Copyright © 2022
Staff File Photo / Representing the African country of Burundi, Visesiya Uwifashije dances during the 20th Annual CultureFest, displaying the area's diversity, at the Chattanooga Market at the First Tennessee Pavilion in 2019.
The discussion an associate professor of public administration at Tennessee State University had Sunday as part of a week of virtual events sponsored by the Unity Group to mark Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Week lacked context, we believe.
According to census figures, the Black population in Chattanooga dropped 3.5% in the 2010s, but it has fallen since 2000, when it was 35.8%.
A little history of population trends in the Scenic City might be helpful. Over the last 60 years, the Black population of Chattanooga has risen and fallen like a mild roller-coaster.
It has climbed as much as 2.6% (1960s) and fallen as much as 4.1% (the 1970s). Since the 1980 census, when the city's Black population was 31.7% of the population, it has fallen 0.3%, and in the 2020 census was 31.4% of the population.
Chilton allowed as to how there could be errors and undercounts, as there are in each decennial census, and he also said this: "We do know that African-Americans are choosing to vote with their feet and move elsewhere for better opportunities, lower costs of living or whatever."
In fact, those are time-honored reasons people of all races choose to move from one city to another. And the fact more Blacks are able to do that more frequently indicates an upward mobility in their population, a definite plus from days when a lack of income might have kept them in the same place.
But an even better explanation about the figures of the city's racial makeup lies in the city's increasing diversity.
The city's white population, for example, has fallen since the 1990s when it was 65%. Today, according to the 2020 census, it is 56%. Meanwhile, the city's Hispanic population grew from 2.1% of the population in 2000 to 3.9%% in 2010 to 9.1% in 2020. The number of Asians also increased from 1.6% to 2.7% of the population since 2000.
To have maintained the 34.9% of the population it had in 2010, the Black population of Chattanooga would need to have grown about 6,000 residents in the 2010s, and the city itself only grew by 13,455. Current birth and growth rate trends would have made it all but impossible.
And the census offers yet another statistic Chilton might not have grasped.
Starting in 2000, the census listed the population of individuals with two or more races. For most of the 1900s, intermarriage between two races was frowned upon, and in many places for most of that century, illegal.
Today, it is not, and many people of mixed races are more willing to identify with their heritage.
In Chattanooga, the number of people with two or more races increased from 1.3% in 2000 to 1.9% in 2010 to 2.4% in 2020. That could explain part of the drop in the Black-only population of the city.
Chilton spent a good part of his explanation discussing the exit of Blacks from the city's central core. He said this exit is "the result of choices made by politicians and civic elites in the area."
Such choices were made, he said, by a city intentionally attempting to "reverse white flight, to bring back higher-paying jobs, higher-paying earners back to our downtowns, back to our inner-urban neighborhoods."
We think he's largely right about the first statement, only about half right with the second.
The first statement refers to gentrification. There's no getting around the fact many of the Black residents who lived in what is now called the Southside and the Main Street corridor wound up moving because they no longer fit the neighborhood around them, their rental homes were going to be used for something else or their rent increased so much they had no choice to move. Some had lived quietly and peacefully in the same place for many years.
"Why it's happening, we don't necessarily know," Chilton said. "Where the people are going, we're not 100% sure."
Some of those lost to gentrification probably left town, but most just moved elsewhere in the area. We don't believe that group contributed greatly to the percentage loss of Blacks in Chattanooga proper over the last decade.
As to his second statement, over the past decade, largely under two-term Mayor Andy Berke, the city certainly sought more higher-paying jobs and certainly wanted to bring more people to live downtown.
But for Chilton to imply that all of that was a whites-only strategy flies in the face of most of the things Berke, Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger, the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce and recent Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Dr. Bryan Johnson have sought to do.
In fact, for most of the last decade, their focus has been on education and workforce training for all sectors of the population, with the desire that those leaving local high schools would get some post-secondary school training, that such training would lead toward the family wage jobs that are increasingly being offered in the area, and that by filling those jobs with local candidates the employers wouldn't have to seek employees from elsewhere.
Thus, "Black flight" may be a good catchphrase or conversation starter, but the subject needs to be examined in context to make better sense.
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Republicans Are Waging War on Women—and Two Women Can Stop Them
Senators Collins and Murkowski, we need you now. Your party doesn't seem to care about us. Do you?
By Alyssa Milano
Sep 20 2018, 5:28 pm EDT
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There is an epidemic of violence against women in this country. Yet there is not one single GOP co-sponsor of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018.
In the past 18 months alone, Republicans have pursued or enacted proposal after proposal to take away healthcare for women, make healthcare more expensive for women, make it harder for poor and uninsured women to access reproductive healthcare, all while rolling back regulations for tackling sexual assault on college campuses. And right now, at this second, there's a battle being waged in Washington, where on one side there are people who think it's worth knowing the full sexual assault history of a potential lifetime appointee to the United States Supreme Court. And on the other side, there is the Republican Party.
The Republican response to the alarming sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, made by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, has been more of the same. Republican Senate Judiciary Spokesman Taylor Foy issued a statement lauding Kavanaugh's integrity. Senator Lindsey Graham voiced concern over the "substance and process" of Ford's allegations. Only one Republican member of the Judiciary Committee has given any signal that the confirmation should be delayed—and he's retiring from the Senate following the elections.
"This war has victims, and they are piling up at an alarming rate."
Where are the Republican women of the Senate on Kavanaugh? Where is Senator Susan Collins of Maine? Where is Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska? In the past, they have been two voices of reason in an increasingly unreasonable party—each favor abortion rights and affordable healthcare access. Their failure to immediately call for a postponement of the Kavanaugh vote is striking. Are they capitulating to their party's escalation of the war on women? This war has victims, and they are piling up at an alarming rate.
When Mollie Tibbetts was killed, Republican leaders in the House were quick to share posts using the tragedy to promote anti-immigration policies. Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Majority Whip Steve Scalise both sent tweets using her murder to focus on immigration. The official White House Twitter account posted about Mollie's death to promote anti-immigrant policy and even made a glib comparison to its despicable family separation policy. Of course, none of them cared that Mollie herself had an evolved view of immigration, was critical of the President's hypocrisy on the issue, and expressed progressive views on her own Twitter account.
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Mollie Tibbetts was killed by a man—a man who saw her and preyed upon her. In the past several weeks, we've seen this story over and over: women stalked, attacked, and too often killed by men. Shannan Watts and her children in Colorado. Gabrielle Bessix in Baton Rouge—who had been granted a restraining order against her killer in the days before she was killed. Petra Maribel Bolaños De Casarez was gunned down by her ex-husband in Bakersfield. Nia Wilson was stabbed to death. Belinda Kramer was shot in Oregon, and thankfully, ultimately survived. Women are dramatically more likely to be victims of sexual violence and stalking than men.
It's no secret that this President is the enemy of women. And it is women who will bear the brunt of his Supreme Court nomination.
"We've seen this story over and over: women stalked, attacked, and too often killed by men."
Not only did Trump state the he would apply a litmus test and nominate only those who would overturn Roe v. Wade to the Supreme Court, he sourced his list of potential judges from the Federalist Society, and the Heritage Foundation. These right-wing extremist organizations both have a long history of anti-women policies and proposals.
This has taken place in a Congress where Democrats rightfully face consequences for abusive behaviors toward women. Senator Al Franken resigned his seat when allegations were brought forward. So did Representative John Conyers, following loud and public calls from both parties for them to resign. Republicans have been substantially quieter when it comes to their own party. Blake Farenthold brazenly stayed in Congress for months following allegations of sexual misconduct and the revelation that he had used tens of thousands of dollars in public funds used to settle claims against him—and his party was tepid at best in their rejection of him. He's now a lobbyist. Of course, a party that gets behind a President with multiple accusers seems to have no problem at all with this behavior.
To Republican leaders, this anti-women agenda is a feature, not a bug. It is part of their larger strategy to expand its war on women in the Trump era.
The thing is, it is women who can stop it. Senators Collins and Murkowski, we need you. We need you now. Your party doesn't seem to care about us. Do you?
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"Go ahead, you have got to do a blog post tonight." the brain said.
"Because you post almost every Tuesday night. You know. It helps keep you motivated to maybe do some more serious writing in the future."
"But that's in the future," my body responded. "I'm tired. It's not that I don't want to do it, but tonight I am just plain lazy. Well, not lazy, I just haven't done anything or want to dredge up something from the past concerning any of my travels."
"Well, haven't you done any traveling lately?"
"Not really. That is unless you can call going down to the beach a travel event. Yea, that's what I'll do. I''ll call my beach excursion a travel event. Well, I did take a few pictures. I'll put them on this post and with that I have finished out my weekly requirement.
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Officials who allowed illegal capture of orcas and belugas got away with it
People called me Kirill…
Beluga monitoring news
Not a single official has yet been prosecuted for illegal actions that have led to the capture of hundred of whales and damage to the aquatic bioresources of our country. And it is unlikely that they will…
Only a legal ban on captures will save our whales and dolphins…
Sakhalin Environmental Watch asked the Investigator and the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation to bring to justice those who had illegally captured 11 orcas and 90 beluga whales. Reasons for such appeal are decisions of Sakhalin and Primorsky courts, which established:
-The Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources illegally approved the positive decision of the state environmental expertise of the TAC (total allowable catch) for killer whales;
Federal Agency for Fishery and its deputy head P.S. Savchuk issued quotas for orcas and white whales illegally;
The Amur department of Federal Agency for Fishery issued permits for orca captures with violations;
Nikolaev District Animal Disease Control Station issued veterinary certificates for orcas with violations.
The responses from the Khabarovsk Investigative Committee and the Amur Nature Protection Prosecutor's Office inform the following:
❌criminal case initiated on 16.11.2018 under Part 3 of Article 256 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the fact of illegal capture of orcas and beluga whales is STILL at the stage of preliminary investigation;
❌There are no grounds for bringing Federal Agency for Fishery officials to justice, as the "procedural" violations and the Prosecutor General's Office has already made proposals to eliminate violations;
❌the initiation of a criminal case against the deputy head of the Federal Agency for Fishery was denied – there is no evidence of a crime under Part 1 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Negligence", but the decision to not initiate criminal case has been canceled and the investigation is carried out again;
❌initiated by the Criminal Code under Part 1 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Excess of official authority" on officials of the Amur Territorial Administration of the Federal Fisheries Agency for illegally issuing permits to captors for the capture of killer whales and beluga whales was canceled by the Khabarovsk prosecutor's office and deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation.
❌The Amur Prosecutor's Office made a submission to the Veterinary Administration of the Khabarovsk Government for irregularities in processing veterinary documents for orcas.


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Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy Live! » Volume 19: American Social History (1959)
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(Please, professor. Before you go any further, may I say something to the class? My name is Philip Chamberlin, and I'm a graduate student in the school of education here. But the important matter of identity is not myself, but the one that is underscored by the question that so many of you have been asking. And that is, "Who is our professor?" The question has shocked me into realizing that as yet no one has introduced him, although to be sure, Dr. {Meyer}, Dr. Smith, and Dr. {Winter} have spoken about him at length in their own classes. With your permission, I should like to attempt to correct this omission by saying something about his life, a life of combined action and scholarship which, it seems to me at the very least, is remarkable.
(Our professor was born Eugen Rosenstock in Germany in 1888. And he changed his name to Rosenstock-Huessy when he married the very charming Margrit Huessy--after the Swiss custom, I believe it is. In 1914, he entered the service of his country, eventually commanded the supply lines opposite Verdun at the front. After World War I, he went into industry, edited a factory newspaper, assisted in the founding the Academy of Labor at Frankfurt am Main, and acted as its first director.
(From 1923 until 1933, he was professor of civil, German, commercial, and industrial law, and sociology at the University of Breslau, Germany. At the same -- during the same period, he founded the German labor camp movement, was vice chairman of the World Association of Adult Education in London, and lectured at Oxford University. In 1933, he emigrated to the United States and went to Harvard University, where he was found competent to teach before graduate students in six different departments. In 1935, he was further honored by being asked to deliver the famous Lowell Lectures, of which I'm sure you're familiar, at the Lowell Institute in Boston. And the substance of these lectures forms the basis of one of his books, The Multiformity of Man. I have it here with me. Incidentally, his bibliography covers some 250 items. Unfortunately for us, most of them are in German, but many of them are in English. We have some in the library here. But these two are not in the library as yet, and I should like to make my own copies available to the class. They're The Multiformity of Man and a book on history, Out of Revolution, subtitled, The Autobiography of Western Man.
(In 1935 also, Dr. Rosenstock-Huessy accepted a chair of social philosophy at Dartmouth College, and he is now professor emeritus of that institution. In 1940, President Roosevelt called upon him to train leaders for the Civilian Conservation Corps, and he founded Camp William James in Vermont for that
(In recent years, he's been in increasing demand on the continent and has spent sabbaticals and summer leaves there, particularly in Germany and in Switzerland. And I understand only two years ago he returned to Germany to advise the government on educational reform.
(It was just 12 years ago that I first walked into his class at Dartmouth College on Plato, quite unsuspectingly, I imagine as many of you have come to his class here. Since that time, I have always regarded him as my teacher, I'm very proud to say--not because he gave me a neat system of thought for dealing with the world. That would be rather impossible and -- although fashionable, but because he forced me, rather painfully at times, to learn from my own experience of life.
(So I think now perhaps you understand why it is that for me this course is a special occasion and why I take particular pleasure in introducing to you Dr. Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, a visiting professor at the University of California at Los Angeles for the spring term, 1959.)
However a man blushes, he must never speak of the man who introduced him. That's one of the ritual, I think -- rituals that has to be kept.
We are entering today the historical march through time after we have made sure that we know a little bit about the future. We know that the future must allow us still to change direction. Anything that is some -- would work some magic, some complete system, like Bellamy's Looking Backward, or like Communism, antagonizes the freedom of our decision. They cannot remain goals of the future. If they try to, they must be destroyed. The future is not unknown. The destiny of man is not unknown. The destiny of man is to keep alive under the conditions which his ancestors have handed down to him, which is to keep what we have, and to be able to add. And the things we have received, the most precious gift, is this power to change in peace, or to change with honor, as I like to call it. It's neither escapism, by running, running, running; nor is it stationary by staying, staying, staying. But it's the march through time by which our one leg points backward and the other leg forward. And the same freedom is given to our eyes.
The last thing I tried to tell you last -- in our last meeting was that all history of the Christian era is the rebirth of times forgotten; the immersion of the newborn, the initiation of the newborn in the times that is still alive in the hearts of the older; and at the same time, setting our foot -- feet forward in the march to greater solidarity and greater freedom. It is this, which is usually forgotten in our
history books, that a rebirth in every generation has to take place and that it -- falls into two departments, or two chapters always: the initiation of the natural brat, the baby, which is outside of history as -- long as his elders do not receive it and initiate it. The heresy of the last century, with which you people had to pay with two world wars--at least your -- the generation between you and me, and of -- whose consequences you suffer at this moment by your utter confusion, and your utter atomization--is this incredible lie that human beings become historical beings by themselves, just by being born. Man may be born free and equal, but he's not born into history. You have to add to the famous claims of the -- of the Declaration of Independence, that only the love of others makes us into human beings. We have to learn to speak, and if no mother or father teaches us this, we are lost. We have to learn not only to speak, but we have to -- learn to speak with power, with conviction so that we can be quoted, that is, with that courage which says, "Since I said it, I'll make good."
Any word spoken is not a word about objects, what you call "objectivity." I despise objectivity. What is expected of young people is that what they say can be trusted. That is, if you say today something that you will make it good tomorrow, that's the interesting thing about human speech. Speech is not description of things past or things you look at. Who cares for labels? But it is very important that if you tell a girl that you are going to marry her, that you do that. She would resent it otherwise. And before a human being can say such a thing with conviction, he must have ceased to be a playboy, or a playgirl, or a showgirl. That is, it takes 20 years before you can speak with that power which deserves to be trusted. Everything before that time is nonsense. That is, doesn't count. You can take it back. Nobody can, you see -- has to be taken seriously before he is 20. I think even before he is 30.
I had a Catholic friend who -- a priest, a famous man in the ranks of the Church, who always said to me, "Nobody has to be believed before he's 30. He can always go back on his word, and you can't resent it. He's young, and you mustn't believe what he says. He's just playing with his ideas. He's trying one thing and the other, and he's experimenting; that's therefore -- don't take him too seriously. But after 30, I think a man can demand, and we can demand from a man, that he means what he says, and says what he means." And these are the two things nobody seems to like today. The people don't say what they mean, and they don't mean what they say. And so in order to secure this strange hideout, they usually say to each other, "You know what -- if you know what I mean." And nobody ever knows what the other means. This is the curse of the age, this phrase, "If you know what I mean." It's despicable.
And that's why today history is in a bad way, because you have been told that man grows into history by himself, just by nature. He doesn't. He has to
learn very painfully to distinguish between what it means to play marriage, or to play engagement, or to play with toys, or to play a soldier, and then to know what it is to be a soldier and to be a lover. To play with love, that's what you can do at this moment. But can you love? I doubt it. No man can love before he's 20 -- 22. He cannot love at 19. He can have sex relations; that's not love. You -- complete confusion today about this. Anything that is physical, demonstrable, like sex urge, is mistaken to be -- make a man marriageable and lovable. Not at all. These are quite different stages in human life, because they are connected with speech. When a man says that he's able to support a family, and willing to stave off temptation in the outside world, and that he can earn -- make a living and protect his wife, and invite a guest to his house, and when he can make such great decisions, then he has grown up and has the right to marry. Marriage has nothing to do with sex; it has nothing to do with love. I have to say it so brutally.
It is very necessary to distinguish, because marriage is an historical event in the life of the human race. Sex is a private affair of your senses. Animals have this, too. Only if you go out before the community and say, "I demand that you call this wife my wife," do you put down your foot and say something of importance, of abiding importance. And you know how bad -- and what -- bad way we are now. We have now--in -- in other countries even more than here--we have now people who get just paid because they have children and women -- instead the other way around, that they have women and children, because they have pay. As soon as you have family wages, for example, your own status as a man who can say something to his wife, as well as to his employer, you see, is destroyed, obviously, you see. Because his children get him the payment now, you see, instead -- his -- he go- -- getting the payment for his children.
In France, you know, if -- if you have six children, you have no longer to work. That's the way they settled the social revolution in France. That's very strange. That was -- been their way out. They pay such immense additional sums to anybody who has the pleasure of begetting children that -- of course, this pleasure today is the -- the center of attention, but what has come out of France the last 20 years? Not one fruitful thought. Just destruction.
So -- this I had to tell you -- so that you understand that the fact that this mighty republic is involved, engaged in two re- -- rebirths, tasks, all the time: bring the children who are newly born into line with the still-living tradition of their parents, as far they have one; and enlarging the living tradition of the adults, by digging up forgotten forms of life, which now are specially needed, like--as I told you last time--initiation or 150 years ago, the pillars of Monticello.
What's Monticello, I mean? Well, you know this is Jefferson's home, and if you look at the University of Virginia, or at the building in Monticello, you know
that the renaissance, the finest forms of the Greek and Roman buildings, you see, architecture, were renewed at that time with great -- at great cost, and with great glee, and with enthusiasm. And this -- these shores of these United States, therefore, looked a little like the sh- -- the shores of Europe. And so this country could hold up his head and say that it was the equal in the reconquest of Rome and Greece to the -- its, you see, predecessors on European soil.
And I think the -- the renaissance in America is a very important portion of the way to equality with the European powers, in the heart of the American people. We have an institute in Athens. We have an academy in Rome. That's nothing negligible, because it mean -- meant that the past was common to the Americans, as well as to the Europeans. When we come later to consider the Mormons, you will see the very opposite trend, an attempt to break away from Euro- -- the European past, you see, and you have it all on this soil only. And you can't get a more -- sharper focus of the initial situation of this country in 1800 than if you go to Monticello on pilgrimage and see how Jefferson built his -- the University of Virginia.
This is this renaissance in the second degree -- this rebirth in the second degree, which has occupied the last 150 years, and which I think at this moment is drawing to a close. You look at the architecture of Mr. Neutra, he doesn't build Greek pillars in Los Angeles, you see. Although you could say that the blue sky and the sunlight is very alluring in this respect, you see. You could have these Greek forms here without much reproach. But it isn't done. We have dis- -- we are discovering now that in architecture, the ancients are not our models. There are other renaissances. And I told you already that I think by 1960--and more and more to come--the forms of tribal initiation, tribal dances will be in the forefront of our thoughts. I think that our -- otherwise our young people shall -- simply cannot be introduced into history, into the historical position of responsibility. You have your slang. Your "You know what I mean" attitude has murdered your power to speak with commitment. You cannot write poetry for this reason. Your short stories are a mumble; and you are muttering, but you are not speaking.
And in order to recover speech, I think the last 500 years on this earth will be -- have a very hard time. We'll dig out all those forces of re-creating powerful and -- speak -- speech, in order to let you not wither on the stem. Because at this moment, gentlemen, according to the standards of our society, you have finished products at 20. You will only, so to speak, repeat what you have { }. Sports, reading books, going to the movies, lying in bed with a girl, traveling to Europe or to other equally uninteresting countries, and -- and being suckers far -- for the television people, and so on and so forth. There is nothing in your life, if you analyze it, which will still come as a tremendous surprise to you. You are all blas'. You can repeat the performance 50 times; but at 50, you will say, "I have
seen all the pictures," and shoot yourself, or go crazy.
And I can only recommend this for a person who at 20 already thinks that he has discovered all the quality of a human being. The quality of a man and of a father is something quite different than -- than that of an adolescent. But you don't expect it. You s- -- you want to have it all at once. And therefore, as -- as I said, the -- the race in this -- is at this moment in the Western world -- has a very poor prognostication. You live forever physically, and you have ceased living spiritually at the ripe age of an undergraduate.
Because the one thing you don't want is to get excited. You {sell} to each other, "Don't get excited." Now gentlemen, I still get excited. And that's has -- what's has keep -- kept me alive. And the only rule for life is "Stay excited. Remain excitable, inflammable." If you can't, shoot yourself.
The man in front of a mirror is highly objective. And that -- he is the man who uses a mirror to shoot himself so that he can direct his revolver at his -- face. Try it. That's objectivity. I'm too busy to be objective. I have to try to join the -- the -- the -- the march of history. And I have to try to get you into this swim -- stream.
In order to delineate the period as a whole, I promised you that our first chapter should be Free Masonry. But before you fully understand the impact of Free Masonry, let me give you two little anecdotes which may show you from the beginning that anything that has come to the United States--whether Monticello, or Free Masonry, or Presbyterianism, or Episcopalianism--immediately changes its form in a strange manner when it reaches these shores. Pardon me, I tried to bring a special -- ja, here it is.
Everything that -- is covered by the same name, like history itself, philosophy, ren- -- Renaissance, is different when it is mentioned by an American from what it is when it is mentioned by an Englishman. And since my native American friends do not think it necessary to express this distinction, I, as a not-native immigrant, think that I -- it helps you if I take the American point of view and defend it against the European. The first -- the one example I only can give you today about this difference of American society, and European society--and after all we are dealing with society here--is the story of the governor of Massachusetts, Win- -- Winthrop, of the 17th century, who wrote down, among other remarks, that the toasting that was going on in England--and of course in -- New England, too, toasting each other--"was in vain, for it holds forth love and wishes of health--which are serious things--by drinking, which neither in the nature nor use it is able to effect." So here is a governor of Massachusetts who still is under English -- English crown, and who probably was a perfect gentleman in his
behavior as best he could, and who says in this truly American analysis, "toasting was vain, for it holds forth love and wishes of health--which are serious things, by drinking--which neither in the nature or use is it able to effect."
I take you now to England, with the same problem of toasts. There was a young American, Lloyd Griscom, the son of the president of the Red Star Line, who had the good fortune at your age, at the ripe age of 20, to be -- be made private secretary to the first American ambassador to the Court of St. James. So he was exactly your contemporary. And his father had promised him a thousand dollars if he wouldn't touch alcohol before he -- before his 21st birthday.
Now he made friends among the officers of the guard in London, as he would at 20. And one of them, one of the famous regiment of the Cold Streams Guards, invited him to the daily dinner, which was furnished to these officers on guard by the queen. It was a very elaborate pa- -- repast. At the end -- or he went, very pleased, of course. At 20 you can imagine how he felt. And at the end of the dinner, which was prepared by one of the foremost chefs of England, the presiding major--and the company rose with him, the major lifted his glass, "Her majesty, the queen," he pronounced solemnly.
"All around me," says Griscom -- I'm afraid I -- "All around the table, champagne goblets were extended. Mine alone was empty," says Griscom, you see, being under orders from his father. It was worth a thousand dollars, you must think.
"I was wondering why the major did not give the signal to drink, when I noticed his eye was on me. And out of the silence, he thundered, `Young man! Her majesty's health must be drunk in champagne.' Everybody remained standing at attention, while a soldier hurriedly filled my glass. I drained it with the rest. I apologized later to the major and tried to explain my arrangement with Father. But he reiterated that under no circumstances would anybody be excused from drinking the queen's health. Luckily, Father agreed with him."
That is to say, he did get his thousand dollars after one more year, you see, despite this breach of his vow, or of his promise.
So here you see the opposition between the breach of etiquette and the breach of a promise, of an individual conviction. And I think that goes right a red thread through all American history, that the forms of Europe--whether it's prayer, or whether it's a toast, or whether it's any other custom--comes under the scrutiny of the individual, and is dismissed as unnecessary, if it so pleases.
If you look at the story of drinking, you know the tragedy of the drinking
mores in this country, that no people -- person knows how to drink. They gulp. You gulp down your whisky or -- . But wine drinking, beer drinking, is of course not given to the individual, gentlemen. All the fermented liquors, all the power which we have attained, to give beyond the ripe growth of grain on this soil--or any other plant, fruit--a higher potency to the fruit by fermenting it, you see, and allowing it to reach a passionate stage, have always been felt through hu- -- humanity to allow man to rise to his real potency, to his real, passionate, and higher state of creativity, of poetry, of friendship, of love, of affection, of union, and of changing the world. The purposive man, the active man, the willful man will not drink. He's sober, he's wakeful, he's industrious, sits at his desk, he files cards, he telephones, he receives visitors, he writes bills--sometimes he pays them. But he is in a state of aggregate which I would compare to water, perhaps to milk--but sterilized milk, pasteurized milk.
But the man who drinks wine with his friends is no longer alone. The idea of the toast--you -- of -- to the queen, you may not know--means that all the ancestors of the royalty are present. The toast is originally -- had originally been devised to bring home to those present that they live under the auspices of some good spirits. The toast is the invocation of the dead. It's a libation. And it's very serious thing, because nobody is in history who doesn't acknowledge his debt to his predecessors. You cannot live on this globe, 2 billion people today, in unity and peace, unless you select the people as your patron saints who have bestowed on us this power to live, 2 billion people, in constant communication with each other without going to war, too. Indian tribes couldn't do this without extirpating one the other.
So it is an immense achievement at this moment that we, in the Christian era, in -- under the invocation of some good spirits, the founding fathers, Christ Himself, St. Francis, and some others, are able to make peace, and hold the peace between each other. That's the toast.
Now Mr. Winthrop considered himself a good, godly man, a good member of the Christian Church, and yet he could not understand that Ho- -- Holy Communion in church was quite an impossibility and meaningless if you abolished the toast at home. Because the toast at home is the small edition of the Communion supper. And lo and behold, the result has been that in this country people have to be -- have to lie to each other that our Lord didn't drink wine, and so they drink cranberry sauce, which is really very scandalous and just shows you that the American way has been to be des- -- dissect, to saw to pieces the group traditions of Europe, from the very beginning.
And Winthrop said, you see, he didn't see how the toast could be serious--because health was serious, and the toast was not--he did not see one
thing which -- on which all customs, all folklore is based, and which is of course utterly in neglect in this country, that -- man is only man inside the traditions of his ancestors and his progeny, that we are only fully human when we are inside ourselves son as well as fathers, daughters as well as mothers. As long as you haven't developed inside yourself this valve, so that you alternatingly can be mother and daughter, or daughter and mother, and--this power is called the power of the bride--and as long as you haven't discovered in -- in the male this power of being alternatingly son and father, you certainly have no access to Christianity, because the -- Christianity believes for this reason that God comes to us in two forms, Father and Son. And a man doesn't know of himself as long as he treats himself or herself as a -- being an animal of one generation. All of you contain within you at least the seeds of two generations. You cover more ground than your consciousness does, because your consciousness as a young man is the opposite from that of an old man. But your character is not. You must play with your consciousness as a young man and with your consciousness as an old man. If you cannot understand me now because I am old, you aren't yet human. If I cannot understand you, or -- because you are young, you see, I'm not -- have lost my humanity.
We all can only live with each other because man can understand the -- the opposite in time, and only thereby becomes fully human. Only a mother who understands her daughter, a daughter who understands her mother--or her father for that matter, and vice versa--is a full- -- fully intelligent person. Before, he's just crazy, mad -- I mean, a schizophrenic, or whatever you call it. Wh- -- what they call "schizophrenic" is just this evasion of this valve situation. We -- a schizophrenic cannot throw the switch, you see, to pass from one of these states into the other. They remain separate inside of him. And -- because all the traditions of this country, since John Winthrop, have been that we are the judges of the forms of life that surround us, of the environment.
Now don't believe that the English at a witty moment cannot be critical of the toast to the queen or to the king. But it doesn't interfere with their action. It comes too late in life, this critical attitude. A man at 30, at 40 may say, "Shucks," you see, "It's all nonsense." But he grows up first inside this apparatus. Now in America I think it's the strange, opposite situation, right through. Older people have learned the values of forms. But younger people are denied this na‹ve faith in forms. They begin with the criticism. You begin with the criticism and end up as a -- as a Rotarian. And -- and that makes life so exceedingly funny in this country, because forms here are at the end of life, when man can only chuckle and treat them with a sense of humor. And at the beginning, there is the individual attitude of "not for me." In Am- -- in Europe, it's all the reverse order.
I always tell the story, which opened my eyes to this, when the president
of my college in the East resigned his office to his successor. He began with a funny story, he himself. He was nearly in tears that day. It was, after all, his life's end. He had been president of this college for 26 years. And yet he thought it was his duty to deliver himself of a joke. And so he told the story, that the emperor of Japan had said to the American -- to the interpreter, who had to interpret his speech to an American envoy, to his majesty, just two words. And then the interpreter gave a long talk to the ambassador. And the ambassador rather impatiently afterwards asked the interpreter, "What did his majesty really say? It after all was very brief."
"Oh," he said, "ceremonious hokum." Ceremonious hokum. Give him what he -- his due, you see, as an ambassador.
And I think that's -- this, my president Hopkins, told us, ceremonious hokum. So everybody laughed. We -- although we all were very lacrimose. And then the degree of doctor of law was bestowed on him by the new president, who took his office in this way under his wing; and third, then the chaplain said a prayer. Now in Europe, the chaplain would have said the prayer, the president would have received his doctor's degree, and then somebody would have cracked a joke. And I assure you that you go very far if you understand that everything is alike in Europe and America, only in the opposite order. It helps, because nobody tells you this. It's in no book.
And this is like John Winthrop, you see, who in his young days, comes {through} -- as an emigrant, of course, you are sharp, you see. You argue the point. He says, "No truth for me. It's all nonsense." But I'm sure that when he was governor of Massachusetts, he fulfills the rites, you see, and said, "He -- his majesty, the king," as a royal governor of Massachusetts. How could he help it?
And that's a very strange situation, gentlemen. You all begin as analysts. And therefore, the firm forms of group life, of society, of integrated families to you seem to be synthetic, syntheticized. That is, artificially put together by will at your old age. And you always feel degraded. If you look at my colleagues who go to commencement, they put on these funny huts, these inventions of the '70s of the last century in this country, and -- these doctor huts, you know, and they are all embarrassed. And as soon as possible, they drop them somewhere in the gutter. And they -- and they are funny, these -- these -- these mortars. And if you look -- go to an English or German procession of the same type of man, these people can't wear their gowns long enough, so to speak. There's no end to it. They come -- no, they don't drop them, you see, and aren't ashamed of them, because these gowns are more natural to them than the analytical criticism that perhaps the gowns aren't worth much, you see, but moth-eaten. But in -- in Europe, the gown is first and the moth comes later. And in America, the moth is
first and the gown comes later.
This is important. And I have to send it -- say it before, because there is no institution in this country that is not definitely and distinctively another social institution for this very reason: that it is -- seems to be the same, but in the hearts of the people who support it, it isn't. It comes in the opposite series of -- experiences of your own life. And that's why it is very hard for you to cope with all the institutions that have come this country -- including the universities. That's one big inderstan- -- misunderstanding of European feelings. The whole academic population in this country loves -- lives under assumptions the Europeans just don't make when they go to a school of higher education. That's at this moment not yet ripe to be explained in detail. I don't know if we have time to go into this.
But I thought I owe it to you, by this example of Mr. Lloyd Griscom. And I think his name deserves to be remembered. And in oppo- -- and John Winthrop, that even the story of toasting looks very different from the -- that side of the ocean where people knew that young people had to be introduced into an existing, firm order of society, compared to this country, where grownup people try to give the minimum of form to shape the life of the young after they themselves have lan- -- having landed here, had to drop their old way forms anyway.
So in this country, the old stand naked, so to speak, at the shore, and found this country for the next generation. But in Europe, the younger generation receives, or is introduced, is initiated into existing forms, and then is allowed to shift for itself with personal criticism. But not allowed to alter their ways of life just from this witty analysis.
In any seminar here, in every -- in any discussion, I am always hard-put to sympathize with the -- your criticisms of the most venerable institutions, that you really believe that at the ripe age of 18, you are able to judge love, patriotism, passion, greed, ambition. Especially I get nervous when I hear you speak about selfishness and unselfishness, you see. And -- this is not a question for mature minds. No man at 60 asks these questions, whether this is a selfish act and an unselfish act. That's left to God's judgment, alone. You'll never know whether any act of yours is selfish or unselfish. As long as you dabble with this kind of ethical -- ethical idiotism, you will be the most miserable of creatures. That's not given to men to know whether we -- act out of selfishness or unselfishness or in what proportion. We have to love each other as we love ourselves, so that's undistinguishable. Love is a common quality whether you love yourself or whether you love others.
Don't plague yourself with this. But it's the beginning of all American -- purely American theories on government, on society, that the question is always
asked, "Is it altruistic, or is it egotistic?" Well, it is one of these wonderful, insoluble problems, with which you could play for the rest of your life, and which comes to a man if he tries to think out the universe before he has experienced it. And this is your fate. I mean, you think that at 15, you have to think out the universe, whereas this British officer of the Cold Streams just drank his champagne. That's much simpler, and much healthier.
That doesn't mean that perhaps 20 years later, he didn't bring the Stuart king to the scaffold. But he leaves it to the -- to his more mature experience. I've -- yes?
({ } no American struggle { }.)
Struggle, yes, but I don't call this a struggle, if you have a theory on altruism, you see. That's not a struggle. That's just a theory. That's something very different. In any individual case, obviously -- if you have to help somebody, or not to help somebody, that's a struggle. Don't misunderstand me. But the -- Mr. John Winthrop put down the theory that a toast was no good. Now, I assure you, a toast is a lot of good if you ever had -- did you go to the silver wedding of your parents? No? Hasn't happened yet? Why not toast? It's very important. It's the high point of the festival. If you don't drink wine at that festival, I'm sorry.
It's -- you see, the -- the main point I have tried to make is that life here really is lived in another series of events than it is in Europe. It is all predicated on the experience of a man who's landing here without much equipment, and then tries to establish the good life for his children. And in -- in Europe, of course, that's the other way around. This is here -- you have -- it has been said by Maxim Gorky, the great Russian Communist poet, that this country is still a society of immigrants, and not a nation, and that it doesn't even know what a nation is. Yes?
(By your very words, you enforce a change. If tradition precludes change, simply by the virtue of being tradition, simply by drinking a toast, where --)
But I'm describing a state of affairs, Sir. You misunderstand me. I'm not critical of the two. I think that I, too, in landing in this country, I'm just thrown in exactly the same position as any American. You do not see that I'm dealing with some existing conditions, and I'm not critical. Any American, and any Englishman, any German at one time in life has to be critical. But in this country, the weight of criticism is thrown on shoulders that are very young, let me say, or inexperienced. And the weight of criticism in the countries of Europe is thrown on weightier shoulders, who in this country, by that time have made their peace with society, run for Senator, promised everything to everybody, joined every
idiotic order, toast everybody who wants to kiss Negro babies, and what-not. Don't you see I'm only trying to show that at the age in which a European is most critical and retiring, and hates all this unnecessary folklore, you see, here in this country, the man in politics is just forced to cope with all these rituals, you see, and take them seriously. Whereas, as a young man, he's just like you, saying, "It's nonsense." I'm just describing yourself, Sir, nothing else.
(I'm trying to find my responsibility, ideally.)
Oh, don't use the word "responsibility." You have no -- "response" is the term for a young man, not "responsibility." When I hear the word "responsibility," I go to sleep; "-bilities," drop it. Isn't that response enough? I don't believe in responsibilities. They always -- if I hear a politician speak of responsibilities, he's going to cheat me. I mean it, Sir. I think I'm quite a responsible citizen. But to speak of my responsibilities when I have to declare why I like something, or why I hate something, that's an easy -- too-easy play.
Because the whole problem in politics is the sharing of a response, not that it is your responsibility, or my responsibility. I listen to you if you say, "Ow!" Because that is a creative act in politics which -- of which I am trying to convince you at this moment. I'm giving you a social history of the United States and I say that Mr. John Winthrop destroyed the social fabric from which he came, by saying that a toast had no meaning, that it wasn't the expression of a good company. And as long as you do not even listen to my description, you cannot understand what I'm driving at, that you -- we are born into society, and if we are not enlarged and enhanced by those forms which induce everybody to share the higher spirit of the community, you see, we remain sad critics, bystanders, onlookers, reflective individuals, the whole -- Greenwich Village. Ja?
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Try hard.
(If I maintain -- if I maintain my silence until the age of -ibility -- responsibility, until I'm 30 or 35, by this time, I will have precluded all my possibilities for original change. Mr. Winthrop seems to me such a perfect example of exactly a man who has changed -- changed from a tradition that although to the individual may be important, yet to another individual, it --)
Well, it is your privilege to choose him and -- as your -- as your model. I just say that all Americans do exactly what you do. That's what I tried to say. You see, you recognize in Winthrop your brother, friend, and -- and forefather. That's your privilege. But I would -- wanted to warn you that since Winthrop and you
deal with toasts as your theme, so to speak, or with other social forms, you must not be surprised that if you have people giving parties in this country, and giving parties in Europe, they do not -- they don't do the same thing. It isn't done in the same, you see, group. That's all I tried to say. It is {perfectly yours}. I don't want to change you at this moment. Perhaps later on.