In this vigorous, straightforward letter, American statesman and scientist Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) encourages a friend to marry. Failing that, Franklin says, his friend should favor "old women to young ones."
I know of no medicine fit to diminish the violent natural inclinations you mention; and if I did, I think I should not communicate it to you. Marriage is the proper remedy. It is the most natural state of man, and therefore the state in which you are most likely to find solid happiness. Your reasons against entering into it at present, appear to me not well founded. The circumstantial advantages you have in View by postponing it, are not only uncertain, but they are small in comparison with that of the thing itself, the being married and settled. It is the man and woman united that make the complete human being. Separate, she wants his force of body and strength of reason; he, her fitness, sensibility, and acute discernment. Together they are more likely to succeed in the world. A single man has not nearly the Value he would have in the state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors. If you get a prudent healthy wife, your industry in your profession, with her good economy, will be a fortune sufficient.
Because as they have more knowledge of the world and their minds are better stored with observations, their conversation is more improving and more lastingly agreeable.
Because when women cease to be handsome they study to be good. To maintain their influence over men, they supply the diminution of beauty by an augmentation of utility. They learn to do a thousand services small and great, and are the most tender and useful of all friends when you are sick. Thus they continue amiable. And hence there is hardly such a thing to be found as an old woman who is not a good woman.
Because there is no hazard of children, which irregularly produc'd may be attended with much inconvenience.
Because through more experience they are more prudent and discreet in conducting an intrigue to prevent suspicion. The commerce with them is therefore safer with regard to your reputation. And with regard to theirs, if the affair should happen to be known, considerate people might be rather inclin'd to excuse an old woman, who would kindly take care of a young man, form his manners by her good counsels, and prevent his ruining his health and fortune among mercenary prostitutes.
Because in every animal that walks upright, the deficiency of the Fluids that fill the Muscles appears first in the highest Part: The Face first grows lank and wrinkled; then the neck; then the breast and arms; the lower parts continuing to the last as plump as ever; so that covering all above with a basket, and regarding only what is below the girdle, it is impossible of two women to know an old from a young one. And as in the dark all cats are gray, the pleasure of corporal enjoyment with an old woman is at least equal, and frequently superior, every knack being by practice capable of improvement.
Because the compunction is less. The having made a young girl miserable may give you frequent bitter reflection; none of which can attend the making an old woman happy.
8thly and lastly. They are so grateful!!


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The Queen Has Never Worn a Face Mask—and This Weekend Is Her Chance to Fix That
Robert Lacey writes for Vanity Fair – The monarch's job is to set a good example, but so far in the pandemic she has seemingly operated by different rules. At the Cenotaph on Sunday, she should finally abide by them.
It could be the perfect present for our Covid Christmas—a tasteful Buckingham Palace face mask bearing a design from the Royal Collection, plus an equally elegant storage bag, all for under a tenner. The Royal Collection has sold out almost all their stock. But what a strange thing that throughout Britain's COVID-19 emergency the Queen herself has never been photographed wearing a face mask.
When the Queen last appeared in public, at Porton Down on October 15, Buckingham Palace had prepared an explanation for her lack of a mask. The 48 people who were due to come into contact with the Queen and Prince William that day had been specially tested for COVID-19 beforehand, said the Palace, and the site had been fenced off to keep it secure.
But that is not quite the point, is it? The message of this official explanation was that there is one rule for Her Majesty and another rule for the rest of us, who cannot deploy teams of testers whenever we go out to ensure that all those we meet are COVID-free. That's why it is government policy that we should all wear face masks. No wonder the mask-less-for-the-day Prince William looked embarrassed. Like his father and the rest of the royal family, the Prince has stalwartly worn a mask in public since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis in order to set a public example.
Isn't that the job of our representative monarch—to reflect national policy on important national issues? And what could be more important than the issue of battling COVID-19? The Queen's thinking on this matter remains a mystery. The closest that anyone has come to explaining why Elizabeth II should not just ignore but apparently flout government guidelines is because she wants to show Britain a picture of the magnificent and mask-less times that lie ahead. Her Majesty is holding out for hope.
If this is her thinking—and this explanation has not been confirmed by Buckingham Place—her aims are laudable. But to achieve those hoped-for good times, there is still a battle to be fought, and the frequently-repeated government strategy for winning that nation-wide battle is quite clear—that we all should wear face masks, if possible, from high to low.
Across Britain people are understandably bristling at the welter of restrictions that the current crisis is placing upon our lives. There has been a neo-Trumpian behavioral revolt at the "tyranny" of government measures, with all age groups—not just students—reveling in pre-lockdown parties. So surely now, more than ever, is the time for our Head of State to demonstrate that the sensible medical precaution of wearing a face mask is no tyranny – and that she is no Trump.
Fortunately, there is an occasion coming up for Her Majesty to do precisely that—on Remembrance Sunday, November 8, when we recall and honor those who have given their lives in battle for the defense of our country. In 2020 the fiercest battle we are fighting is against this dreadful pandemic—over 45,000 Britons have already lost their lives. And then there are the hundreds or even thousands of nurses, doctors and health and social care workers who have died on the front line battling the disease on behalf of the National Health Service. The vast majority of these casualties are people of color, with a huge number of them coming from Commonwealth countries.
So surely on Sunday we will see Her Majesty honor their sacrifice by wearing the mask that has become the symbol of our national determination to defeat this cruel and insidious enemy? She will also be flanked at the COVID-modified ceremony by several other members of the royal family, and on this national occasion, we can presumably expect that they will all be wearing their masks as well?
They will find it hard, for the moment, to buy new masks from the Buckingham Palace Shop. As of the end of October most of the royal face-coverings were sold out, with the website inviting you to register if you wanted news of when they will be back in stock. Her Majesty's loyal subjects have certainly taken the government's mask message to heart, even if Her Majesty herself does not seem totally convinced. Queen Elizabeth II's finest moments have come when she has stooped to be ordinary beside us, as a volunteering princess in World War II or as a grieving monarch following the death of Princess Diana in 1997. Now is surely another such moment.
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Robert Lacey is the author of Battle of Brothers: William, Harry and the Inside Story of a Family in Tumult.
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The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States, along with the U.S. Republican Party. Since 1966, it has elected Jimmy Carter president in 1976, Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996 and Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. It lost the other presidential contests. The Democratic Party lost control of both houses of Congress in the mid-term elections of 1994, and regained them in the mid-term elections of 2006.
In 2007 the new Democratic majority named Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House, the first women to hold that position. Nevada Senator Harry Reid became Senate Majority Leader. The Democrats were unable to impede the Iraq war, and passed little significant legislation in 2007, apart from an increase in the minimum wage. Their most important bill, SCHIP to provide health insurance for children, was vetoed.
The race for the 2008 presidential nomination began much earlier than usual. New York Senator Hillary Clinton held a commanding lead in polls until early 2008, but is even in fundraising with her chief competitor Senator Barack Obama; both raised over $100 million in 2007, easily breaking the old record. Obama won the Iowa caucus (on Jan. 3, 2008) and Clinton won the New Hampshire primary (on Jan 8. 2008); they will take momentum into "Tsunami Tuesday", Feb. 5, when half the delegates will be chosen for the national convention, which meets in Denver, Aug. 25-28, 2008. The Democratic nominee will face the Republican nominee; it is also possible that billionaire New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will be a third party candidate.
Clinton is the first woman to lead a presidential race; Obama is the first prominent black contender since Jesse Jackson in 1988, but the African American community is split on his candidacy. Many blacks prefer Clinton because of their admiration for her husband Bill Clinton, or because of fears Obama will be assassinated.
With the GOP in disarray and President George W. Bush unpopular outside his party, the Democrats have been leading in the polls and have outperformed the GOP in fundraising by a 2-1 ratio in 2007. Democrats expect to regain the White House and make gains in Congress. However the party remains split on foreign policy issues, especially regarding the nation's long-term role in Iraq.
The New Deal Coalition forged by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s dominated national politics until the mid-1960s. One key reason was the close alliance of the party with labor unions. Since the 1960s, however, union membership has fallen by 2/3. In the 1980s unions came under assault from business and the party was unable to help them. Unions in recent years have increased their activism in the election cycle, especially in terms of funding and get-out-the-vote campaigns.
In 2004 and 2006, unions spent a combined $561 million to help elect their preferred candidates (most of them Democrats). That is nearly a 50% increase over the $381 million spent on the previous two campaigns. However they are still outspent by business; in 2000, companies were responsible for three times as much spending as unions. By the 2006 election, companies and their employees spent $491 million on elections, compared with $264 million for labor unions. Labor spent $32 million on its own mailings and television and radio commercials for the 2004 and 2006 elections, a nearly fivefold jump over the previous four years. Polls show 74% of voters who belong to an AFL-CIO-affiliated union voted for the congressional candidate endorsed by their union in 2006, up from 70% in 2004 and 68% in 2002.[1]
The AFL-CIO, the biggest federation of U.S. unions, in August 2007 freed its 55 member unions to make their own recommendations in the presidential race.
In September 2007, Edwards won the endorsement of the carpenters' union, giving him the support of unions representing more than 1.8 million members and retirees, more than any other candidate. Edwards picked up the backing of the United Steelworkers, which calls itself the largest U.S. private-sector industrial union with 1.2 million members and retirees, and the United Mine Workers of America, which represents 105,000 active and retired coal miners. the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, with about 720,000 active and retired members, made its first-ever dual endorsement when it backed Democrat Clinton and Republican Huckabee. Huckabee also was endorsed by the New Hampshire teachers' union, while Clinton won the backing of the American Federation of Teachers representing 1.4 million teachers and school employees and United Transportation Union, with 125,000 active and retired members. Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, who dropped out after the Iowa caucuses, won the endorsement of the 280,000-member International Association of Fire Fighters, a public-sector union. Obama was endorsed by the Culinary Workers union in Nevada, which organized 60,000 workers in hotels and casinos, but Clinton had the support of several smaller unions in Nevada.
↑ Brody Mullins, "Labor Makes Big Comeback In '08 Races; Ramping Up Spending, Unions Get Voters to Polls; The Battle in Nevada; Wall Street Journal Jan. 18, 2008
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A variety of statistical tables are available on this topic and these can be accessed via the Census Data Explorer.
Information on Transport is derived from questions relating to workplace/study address (Q11) and method of travel (Q12) on the 2011 Census questionnaire.
Some interesting points about Transport in Scotland from the 2011 Census are provided below:
Of the population of 16 to 74 year olds in employment:
62.4 % travelled by car (including passengers car pools and taxis), an increase from 2001
10.0% travelled by bus
9.9 % travelled on foot
3.7 % travelled by train
3.1 % had another method of travel
10.8 % worked mainly at or from home
The City of Edinburgh had the highest proportion of people travelling to work by bus at 29%, followed by Midlothian and Glasgow City at 20%
The City of Edinburgh and Argyll & Bute had the highest proportion of people travelling to work on foot, at 18%
Just under a third (32 %) of people aged 16 to 74 in the National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SeC) category of 'Small employers and own account workers' worked at or mainly from home.
Of the 2.1 million people who did not work at or mainly from home, 36% travelled less than 5km to their workplace (females 43%, males 30%). 43% of people travelled between 5km and 30km , 8% travelled 30km or more.
Car and Van Availability
The proportion of households with at least one car or van available was higher for those who owned their property (85%) than for those in social rented accommodation (37%) or in private rented accommodation (57%).
Of the 473,000 people in households who had a long-term health problem or disability that limited their day-to-day activities, 46% lived in households with no cars or vans available
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Briand/Bille/Stefansson Trio consists of three young musicians who met at Skurup Folkhögskola in Sweden, where they studied jazz.
The trio plays modern arrangements of famous jazz standards. They focus on improvisation and being in the moment with their audience. Bringing the music to new places but without sacrificing tradition.
Over the course of the year, the trio as built a strong musical and interpersonal relationship, which is reflected in their music.


In the months leading up to Saturday's massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue, Robert Bowers used a little-known social network to spew hatred toward Jews, calling them the "Children of Satan" as he showed off his "family" of firearms. "HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. HIAS is the acronym for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.


Power Line Communication Market size is anticipated to grow exponentially over the forecast years led by growing deployment of smart grids. Smart grids have emerged as a major technological advancement after the invention of the internet. Governments across the countries are investing intensively for the development and deployment of the smart grid to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. This enhances the performance of the electricity supply by providing real-time monitoring of the transmission, distribution, and generation of the network. Furthermore, its ability to render the utilization of the base load power plants and electricity transport infrastructure more efficiently drives the PLC market.
The PLC technology enables the transmission of the data over the power line, leveraging on the existing wiring infrastructure. Its cost-effectiveness, reliability, and high performance in multiple domains across different verticals are the primary factors driving its adoption in the market.
The growing adoption of the smart home and home automation solution across the countries is also propelling the market growth. The incorporation of artificial intelligence in the home automation solutions is the primary factor driving its adoption in the market. The development of the advanced, smaller, and low-cost sensors & actuators that gather information in real-time also promotes the development of home automation solutions.
The PLC market is characterized into narrowband and broadband PLC based on data transfer rates over the powerline. Narrowband PLC is estimated to grow significantly during the forecast period due to the technological advancements and the rapid proliferation of IoT devices across the industry sector. Moreover, the advancements in the technology have paved the way for the use of PLC in the narrowband space.
The technology has been used in a wide variety of applications including industrial, commercial, and residential. The industrial sector accounts for a majority share in the PLC market due to the extensive adoption of the PLC solutions in the consumer electronics, automotive, transportation, and railroad applications. The residential sector is estimated to grow significantly during the forecast period due to the growing application of the technology in home automation, smart grid, and home utility applications.
North America holds a majority share in the PLC market. This market growth is credited to the high adoption of the smart home and home automation solutions in the region. The installed base of the smart home and home automation solutions was estimated to be more than 10 million in the year 2015 and the number is estimated to double by the year 2020. Furthermore, the increasing penetration of smart grid solutions in the region also drives the demand for PLC solutions.
Europe is a lucrative region for the PLC market. The increasing adoption of the smart grid solutions and the increasing investments in the deployment of smart meters across the region will augment the market growth. Furthermore, supportive government initiatives for accelerating the adoption of the smart meters also drive the market. For instance, the European Union is aiming at replacing more than 80% of the energy meters with the smart meters by 2020.
The key players operating in the PLC market are Siemens, NETGEAR, ABB, AMETEK, Schneider Electric, General Electric, Hubbell Power Systems, TP-Link Technologies, D-Link, Devolo, Zyxel Communications, Belkin International, NYX Hemera Technologies, Extollo Communications, and Asustek Computer.


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JJB continues rehab as DSG man takes top job
JJB Sports has poached the highly-regarded Keith Jones from DSG to become its new chief exec.
It's been a turbulent year for JJB Sports, but the beleaguered retailer has just taken another step along the road to recovery: it's appointed Keith Jones, currently the group retail director of DSG International, as its new chief executive. Jones will take the reins (no later than March next year) from Sir David Jones, JJB's executive chairman, who's been running the company since its chief exec Chris Ronnie left under a cloud in March. And all things considered, Sir David has done a pretty good job: he's saved the company from collapse by putting its loss-making parts into administration, negotiating a compromise with landlords and raising £100m from shareholders. Now it's time to stay out of the headlines for a bit...
It's certainly been an interesting year for JJB. In the past twelve months it has lost its CEO amid a share scandal, avoided administration by the skin of its teeth, and found itself at the centre of an OFT probe into price-fixing. Luckily for JJB, Sir David (who joined at the start of the year) is something of an expert when it comes to turnarounds, having rescued Next in the early 90s, and he's managed to keep the wolf from the door – although even he found himself embroiled in an embarrassing row with Mike Ashley, owner of JJB arch-rival Sports Direct (whom he apparently owed a big wad of cash).
Still, Sir David does seem to have a knack of picking good chief execs. Apart from grooming the youthful Simon Wolfson for the top job at Next, he was also responsible for hiring Marc Bolland (who's now moved on to pastures new at M&S) while he was deputy chairman of Morrisons. And his namesake certainly seems to have all the right credentials (as well as saving money on name badges). He impressed bosses at DSG so much that he was recently promoted from MD of PC World to his current role as retail director of the entire group.
The fact that Jones jr (sorry, we know it's hard to keep up with the Joneses) has left a stable job with DSG to come to JJB will reassure investors, since it presumably shows that the future of the company is looking a lot brighter. Its financial problems have been resolved (for now), it's been granted financial immunity by co-operating with the OFT, and rivals Sports Direct and JD Sports are finally off the share register. And with a remuneration package that's apparently largely incentive-based, Jones has a lot to gain by continuing this nascent recovery. Let's just hope he doesn't owe Mike Ashley any money.
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On January 18, 2019, the Xishan Gospel Church in Dalian city, Liaoning Province, finally welcomed the church's inaugural worship service after five years of painstaking effort.
Led by Pastor Zhao Yonggang, chairman of the local China Christian Council, all pastors dressed in clerical robes stepped onto the church podium. Chairman Zhao presided over the dedication service and preached the message. Besides bringing ardent wishes for the congregation, he also spoke about the gospels in Scripture. Pastor Bai Jianzhen, the president of the Dalian Christian Association, gave a sincere prayer for the church as well.
The vice president of the Dalian Christian Love Committee, Senior Pastor of the Xishan Gospel Hall, Mr. Wu Bing presided over the dedication ceremony. On behalf of the church, he gave a donation of 30,000 yuan to the local street community to help the poor.
The ceremony ended with a blessing from 20 pastors standing on the stage. In the afternoon there was a church prayer meeting followed by a revival meeting the next day.


The Navy Fleet Technical Support Center, Atlantic, recently awarded three engineering, technical and logistics services contracts that could total more than $800 million if all options are exercised.
Under the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts, the vendors will perform various functions for Navy, Coast Guard and Military Sealift Command vessels.
Those functions include engineering analysis, integrated logistics, technical support, industrial and installation services, assessment and maintenance of shipboard systems and equipment, and training.
The contracts will run for one base year and include nine one-year option periods.
The three vendors winning contracts are Anteon International Corp. of Fairfax, Va.; Amsec LLC of Virginia Beach, Va.; and, EG&G Technical Services, Inc. of Gaithersburg, Md.
Anteon won a base year contract for $22.9 million with a ceiling amount of $253.7 million. Amsec won a $25.5 million base contract with a potential to collect $298.9 million. EG&G won a $26.4 million base contract potentially worth $286.6 million.


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Sundance Filmmaker Blog: Ry Russo-Young, You Wont Miss Me
By Caroline Stanley
This morning I went to an IFC brunch where there was a panel discussion about their new initiative to release films on VOD while they simultaneously premiere at film festivals. Steven Soderbergh spoke, he is amazing to listen to and such an inspiration having made films like Sex, Lies and Videotape in 1989, Traffic, Erin Brockovich and most recently, Che — the guy is ahead of his time and very smart in terms of his ability to use the system for his own way.
Joe Swanberg was also there because he is releasing his new movie Alexander the Last through IFC in this way. He is an old friend of mine from when I acted in his movie Hannah Takes the Stairs. In the picture below we are pretending to be engrossed by a DVD box.
Later in the day, Stella [Schnabel] and I went for a strange interview with artist Michael Portnoy. He acts as a "Director of Behavior," a therapist of sorts; he saw Stella and I separately in a "session." There was a live audience and the piece was filmed for Ovation TV. He's all about the slippage of language so often his questions didn't make sense and were personal almost to the point of mockery. The whole thing was a performance piece, albeit perhaps a mean spirited one as he intentionally provokes and trips up his guest to make his own performance more interesting. I do wonder what the final piece will look like though; maybe it will be funny as hell, you never know.


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Macbeth: Uncovered Opera Open Rehearsal
Uncovered Opera Company return to the Actors Church with a lunchtime recital featuring music from their forthcoming production of Macbeth.
Accompanied by Panaretos Kyriatzidis this promises to be an exciting open rehearsal of one of Verdi's Shakespearean Operatic masterpieces.
This rehearsal recital will gives audiences a preview of the Opera project coming up.
Please note there are no public toilets on site, the closet are located just outside the church on the Piazza.
Marrianne Town-Smith
Lyric-dramatic soprano Marrianne Town Smith started to sing in 2007 as a hobby and distraction from a fast-paced marketing management role. In 2015 she successfully auditioned for a Postgraduate Vocal Studies Programme at Trinity Laban and graduated with distinction in 2017.
Most recently Marrianne performed the role of Abigaille in Verdi's Nabucco and was soprano soloist in Brahm's Ein Deutsches Requiem and Handel's Messiah in Bart's Great Hall London. Other roles performed and covered include Madeleine Lidoine, Les Dialogues des Carmélites; Maddalena, Andrea Chenier; Donna Anna, Don Giovanni; The Gingerbread Witch and Gertrude Hansel and Gretel, and on the concert stage has performed as soprano soloist in Verdi's Requiem and Handel's Messiah. Marrianne's 2022 season included concert performances as Abigaille Nabucco, her orchestral concert debut with St Paul's Sinfonia singing Chausson's La Poeme de l'amour et de la mer; First Witch in Dido and Aeneas; soprano soloist in Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle and Ariadne Ariadne auf Naxos. She is the founder of Uncovered Opera Company. Please visit marrianne.co.uk for more information.