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Learn how to contact each ARDA department.
Click here to view ARDA's staff by name.
By Jenny Davlin
One of the best parts about being a
member of ARDA is our community. Whether you focus on the regulatory and
advocacy aspect or find value through AIF research and education, the ARDA community
belongs to all members. And there was no better sense of this community spirit
than at this year's ARDA World 2017.
Everywhere you looked, there was
greatness being shown by our members.
They tirelessly volunteered,
attended meetings, and contributed to the core work of task forces, committees,
and councils. The Awards Gala recognized and celebrated many of the exceptional
people, products, and passion in the industry. And the remarkable speakers and
top-notch parties created an environment where every ARDA member in attendance
benefited, learned, and laughed.
There is a common belief among our
members that change brings positive opportunities for our timeshare owners and
our businesses, and there were some significant changes during this ARDA World.
We said good-bye to the outstanding leadership of past Chairman Weisz and
welcomed Chairman Wang who will guide us for the next two years. Our
foundations are strong and growth continues—all positive signs for our members.
We want to thank you for your
membership and continued support! Our team continues to value your feedback and
appreciates your contributions. We look forward to seeing many of you at our
regional meetings, Fall Conference and other events.
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Top Awards
By: Kathryn Mullan
At this year's ARDA Awards Gala, three different resorts won
the ACE Project of Excellence Award, which recognize some of the front-runners
in today's vacation ownership resorts. Broken into three distinct categories—Domestic,
International Large Developer and International Small Developer—each winning
resort is truly one of a kind.
Let's take a closer look at each of these three winners:
Domestic Project
Winner: RiverWalk Resort on Loon Mountain (InnSeason Resorts)
RiverWalk Resort on Loon Mountain sits at the edge of a
mountain river, settled around an old New Hampshire paper mill. The land it was
developed on encompasses a rich part of the Loon Mountain community history. What has emerged on this land is a luxuriant resort with
fractional suites, a penthouse level, a full-service spa, state-of-the-art game
room, luxury owners' club, a shuttle to Loon Mountain, and a short drive to
many of White Mountain's natural wonders and attractions. Every unit features
spectacular mountain views. The resort also features several amenities that are
firsts in the area: a commercial winery called "7 Birches" on premises, and an indoor/outdoor
swimming pool that is engineered to convert to an ice skating rink during the
winter. RiverWalk Resort on Loon Mountain is an award-winning lodge
that blends history, natural beauty and a vacation experience into one.
International Large
Developer Winner: Marriott Vacation Club at Surfer's Paradise—Marriott
Vacations Worldwide Corp.
Located in Queensland, on the Gold Coast of Australia,
Marriott Vacation Club at Surfer's Paradise has quite the story to tell. To
start, the developer acquired a hotel that was not having much success and turned
the top eight floors into exquisite timeshare villas—all in only nine months (from
conception to opening day). The game plan was simple: to retain eight floors of this
beautiful, yet somewhat tired property and convert to 88 Vacation Ownership
Villas with top-notch amenities. They re-landscaped the exterior and installed
a saltwater lagoon pool that has friendly fish that hang around with the
swimmers. They put in floor-to-ceiling glass so the guests may fully
view the mountains, the Nerang River, and the Pacific Ocean. The décor throughout reflects
the history of the region, while still being simple, crisp, light and playful. They
even redesigned the lounge and made it open air. Overall, this Surfer's Paradise is a true project home-run
and has been successful among owners, guests, and shareholders alike.
International Small
Developer Winner: Palafitos Overwater Bungalows at El Dorado Maroma, A
Beachfront Resort by Karisma
Located on one of the world's top 10 beaches, Riviera Maya's
Maroma Beach, Palafitos Overwater Bungalows at El Dorado Maroma offers both
beautiful accommodations and innovative touches. These bungalows are Mexico's first
over-the-ocean suites, featuring glass floors over the bright turquoise water. With these 30 bungalows, guests create memories that feel
more like dreams. Inside each of these huts is their own private infinity pool,
indoor Jacuzzi, glass bottom floors, and a personal ladder right into the
Pacific Ocean for when they want to go for a dip. Each guest is also pampered
with an on-site spa, world class restaurant, and customized beach picnics
creating what feels like a utopia. Personalized services run the gamut from 24-hour
room service, exclusive beach beds, customized beach picnics, and full butler
service on-demand. The core beauty of this resort is also in its sustainability
and eco-friendliness. During development, they used all native materials to
construct the units, and the base of each bungalow serves also as an artificial
reef to encourage activity and growth of marine life. Overall, it is truly a
remarkably beautiful and eco-friendly resort that is well deserving of this ACE
Award. Each of these winners have truly remarkable resorts that are
bringing new innovations and ideas into the timeshare industry. May they
inspire many more great works that we will celebrate at next year's awards
By: Howard C. Nusbaum, President
A favorite quote of mine comes from famed management
consultant, educator and author Peter Drucker, who said "management is doing
things right; leadership is doing the right things." And ARDA has been blessed
with a continuing line of leaders who are all about "doing the right thing."
Using the excitement and high energy from this year's ARDA
World, we are excited to keep the momentum of strong leadership going with the
torch passing to Mark Wang (President and CEO of Hilton Grand Vacation) as our
new Chair. One of the great benefits of this rotation of leaders every two
years is the ability to bring fresh perspectives while maintaining important continuity—keeping
our association and mission lean and relevant for today's world.
Mark is the latest in a line of impressive leaders who have
held this role, and I am looking forward to working with him as we jump into
the various programs and work initiatives.
There will not be one beat missed during this transition
time as Mark has already had a head start on several of these programs. In
fact, he helped lay the groundwork for many of our programs as the Chair of the
ARDA Strategic Taskforce—a group of industry leaders who created our
association's roadmap and plan for the next three years.
Mark was instrumental in shaping the vision for that group
and has a great energy and enthusiasm for the task ahead. I've also personally
had the privilege of working with Mark for nearly two decades, as he was active
in ARDA-Hawaii when I first came to ARDA. His experience at this state
committee level (along with his role in a global company) makes Mark the right
leader for this crucial time at ARDA.
He has already begun to make his imprint in ARDA under his
new role, spending the day with our team in DC in late May. With his drive and
leadership, I'd say we are off to an awesome start!
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About Sinan Unur
If you use WaPo's interface, you are giving them all your searches for analytics, and you are limited by the capabilities of their interface.
I wrote a quick Perl script to download and assemble all the PDFs on the US Trade Representative's page at
You can then use your PDF reader's search function.
You are right that now there is a law allowing hoovered information to be kept for at least five years.
However, note that the law also makes an exception in case captured information is encrypted. In that case, it can be kept indefinitely.
If sites you browse, or your email server, are using TLS with perfect forward secrecy, everything you do is encrypted, and probably not crackable. Therefore, everyone's browsing is pretty much subject to indefinite retention given the recent push towards HTTPS everywhere.
HTTPS everywhere and H.R.4681 - Intelligence Authorization Act
We often talk about secondary liability on the internet, but it's the same basic principal here.
You want something. You don't think it's worth the price the supplier is charging. You have some alternatives: a) don't buy it, don't do anything; b) cry "price gouging", "predatory behavior" and get politicians to steal the fruits of someone else's efforts and give to you at supposedly a lower price.
(b) is not just lazy, but it reduces the incentives for, and usually even legal possibility of competitors entering an industry. When competitors do not enter the industry, you get interest groups fighting over some monopoly's surplus, not market forces. We are still living with the repercussions of the regulatory barriers to entry in the telecom industry.
In a different context, for example, in a country where there is a food shortage, people who actually invested in food production, storage, distribution, actually get to make a windfall profit. If they can keep that profit, it gives others an incentive to invest in things like food production, storage, and distribution.
However, in most instances, such as in the case of gas prices in the wake of Sandy, people start crying about "price gouging" and "predatory" behavior, and enlist politicians to steal other people's property by not allowing prices to rise to reflect the shortfall in supply relative to demand. You get low prices on the signs, but no gas in the tank. You get low prices in the grocery stores, but no food to buy.
In the case of the poor country with a food shortage, rich, Western countries not only do not object to the destruction of the profits of productive people in such countries, they actively sabotage them by immediately dumping whatever surplus food, shoes, blankets etc their producers could not sell. Therefore, no one ends up having the incentive to actually make or distribute these things in times.
So, crying about "predatory behavior" and "price gouging" causes people to go without food, without gas etc.
In the case of telecoms, you must ask why these companies seem to be able charge the prices you do not like. Assuming they are making a boatload of economic profit as you seem to imply, why are other competitors not coming in? Why are people not coming up with providing alternative access methods?
There is a simple answer: Barriers to entry in this industry, as in the case of taxicabs, and many other things, are backed by government power. It is not just FCC regulation. Patents, tax structures, etc also stand in the way potential entrants.
So, if you want the telecom market to improve, think about how to bring in more competitors, not another granting another power to government bodies.
I stop listening when I hear people say "price gouging". When I also hear the word "predatory" in conjunction, I realize, the person has no good argument to make, and is not worth wasting time on.
People who use these terms cause perfectly capable poor people in the world to starve. Then, they get shiny desks at some non-profit, directing the dumping of dirt-cheap goods on said countries' markets to further undermine their productive capacity while maximizing tax write-offs for their clients.
I used to think TechDirt was better than this.
Trade always happens between individuals, not nations. As for national security, isn't it better for our adversaries to waste their precious resources by selling us artificially cheap coat hangers and TV sets? That means, thanks to their "cheating", we end up having more stuff than would otherwise have been possible.
Do you think if the DRAM tariffs of the early 80s had been successful, there would have been an Internet revolution?
Cheap components is one of the most important things that made Linux possible (which, in turn, made cheap servers possible). The other main factors that made the Internet revolution possible are 1) IBM's PC design; and 2) Windows. Without these three pillars, there would not have been so much cheap, commodity hardware to run Linux on.
If you do not like Friedman talking about free trade, here is me talking about it:
I grew up in a rather protectionist, centrally-planned country. Not fun.
Sure, trade agreements fail to realize all possible gains from trade. But this article and all the arguments about persistent trade deficits are just as misguided as the concern about your trade deficit with Amazon.
After all, your friendly grocery store never buys anything you make.
Are you assuming that only the FDA is capable of figuring out that something that is being marketed as an EKG device doesn't work as advertised?
And, no, snake oil should not be regulated either.
FDA bureaucrats care only about not accidentally approving something that might be harmful. That means too many things that are useful don't get approved. The loss from the second category of error is usually not visible. The media don't try to find each and every individual because the FDA did not allow something. Dallas Buyers' Club tells the story of one group who were harmed.
This is simple statistical reasoning.
Consumers who care will be served by people who provide that information. Nothing will result in drugs that never have any adverse effects. But, I put more value on people being able to access potentially life-saving treatments than a bureaucrat does. The potential beneficiaries of something he doesn't approve are not visible to him.
This strikes me as an example of the FDA earnestly doing its job.
Again, I am pointing out that licensing, certification etc act as barriers to entry, and therefore reduce competition. Just like I am recommending the removal of the FDA from the medical treatment and diagnosis market.
In any industry dominated by a cartel, quantity supplied is less than the quantity that would be supplied in a competitive market. Professional licenses are a way of enforcing cartel power.
The fact that malpractice lawsuits can be very lucrative indicates that doctors probably do make super-normal profits due to their cartel enforcing entry restrictions effectively. If they made zero economic profit as would be the case in a competitive market, they wouldn't be such a lucrative target for another cartel, the bar association.
Competition increases quantity supplied.
doctors are required to go through a fairly extensive certification process.
Many years ago, Peltzman (1973) wrote about the FDA:
This leaves a paradox: The amendments seem to have harmed their intended consumer beneficiaries. Unlike other regulation which restricts output, there is no partly offsetting transfer to producers. If their effect is then essentially a deadweight loss, one is tempted to question the amendments' political viability. However, there appears to be no imminent reduction in the political demand for either the amendments or for similarly structured consumer legislation. Clearly, the sources of this political demand require examination.
Relative risk is very misleading with observational data (rather than controlled, randomized trials). All the cautions are listed succinctly at numberwatch.co.uk/RR.htm. Most importantly, IMHO,
X and Y, while inherently unrelated, might be correlated through a third factor, or indeed many others
A national happiness index would be subject to the typical pressures and would soon become just another tool of limited usefulness, although it would provide fodder for comedians.
I started writing and it got too long for just a comment. So, I expanded on it on my blog.
But, basically, it is one thing to talk about the difficulties of reducing the value of all goods and services produced in the economy to a single number. I agree, GDP is an imperfect measure.
It is a whole other thing to convert the individual states of well-being of three hundred million or a billion people to a single number and base decisions on whether that single number goes up or down.
Such a quantification is the ultimate certification of the desire accept the destruction of the individual in service of the state.
It is a diabolical scheme.
Obviously, nothing could go wrong with that.
Having taught Intro Stats for a good many years, let me assure you that being good at algebra, or being able to solve a line integral are not sufficient to make heads or tails out of statistics. However, not having the capacity for some abstract reasoning required by algebra is an extreme impediment to actually understanding statistics.
Most people do not and cannot understand statistics. That includes almost everyone in academia as well, and I am pretty sure political scientists who can actually understand what a significance test means can be counted on the toes on a cat's paw. They cannot and will not come to grips with Stats because understanding it would lead to an honest evaluation of the importance of their work.
I am sorry, I just don't get the notion that one can somehow understand understand anything that requires quantitative and abstract reasoning without not being intimidated by simple mechanics. That doesn't mean never ever using a calculator. That means being able to do simple things like solving a single equation with a single unknown.
I recently wrote:
A primer on polls for those comfortable with a little algebra
I used to begin my lectures on probability in Intro Stats with the following slide:
Probability is a normalized denumerably additive measure defined over a sigma algebra of subsets of an abstract space.
If I remember correctly, that's a direct quotation from Kolmogorov, but I can't find the chapter and verse right now.
Following it was a flurry of note-taking activity despite the fact that my slides were available on the course web site (and apparently widely disseminated through a bunch of sites in complete violation of my copyrights). Why do people start writing stuff down if they don't understand it? Every time I put that slide up, I hoped someone would yell "Well, what on earth does that mean?" instead of writing it down, but I was regularly disappointed.
I had meant
We the people must recognize that market monopolies are temporary.
The real lesson here is that there's never an incumbent that isn't at risk of being unseated, no matter how widespread the adoption of their product or service


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Paul Joseph Watson
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
The much feared Obama Internet 'kill switch' has been dropped from the latest incarnation of the cybersecurity bill which was introduced yesterday, but the White House still claims that it can intervene in the world wide web under the 1934 law that created the Federal Communications Commission.
"Public apprehension about the possibility of handing the White House a "kill switch" for the Internet has dogged the cybersecurity debate, fueled by a proposal that would have codified emergency powers for the president in the event of a catastrophic attack," reports the Hill.
Indeed, cybersecurity advocate Joe Lieberman ominously pushed for the 'kill switch' provision to be included in the bill by citing the Chinese system of Internet policing as a model to which the United States should aspire.As we have documented, China routinely censors the Internet and cuts off access in order to hide evidence of government corruption and to cover up atrocities committed by the state.
Although language allowing the President to flip a figurative kill switch to shut down parts of the Internet is gone, the White House still claims that it already retains such powers under the law that created the Federal Communications Commission in 1934. This law states that if a "state of public peril or disaster or other national emergency" exists, the president may "authorize the use or control of any…station or device."
Despite the more controversial aspects having disappeared from the bill, it still contains plenty of provisions that represent a sweeping power grab on behalf of the federal government.
One such provision would empower the Department of Homeland Security to conduct "risk assessments" of private companies in certain sectors and force them to comply with expensive mandates to secure their systems.
Despite the Internet kill switch provision being dropped from the bill, the web as a whole still faces innumerable threats to the anonymity, privacy and freedom of speech of those who use it.
Despite the recent defeat of SOPA and PIPA, protests over governments signing up for ACTA, a global treaty that grants copyright holders sweeping direct powers to demand ISPs remove material from the Internet on a whim, have swept Europe.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show and Infowars Nightly News.
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This sure isn't something I'd ever need, but flight sim nerds are sure to be jazzed about the new Saitek Aviator Flight Sticks for their console of choice.
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Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- An international sports icon is behind bars. His girlfriend is dead. And South Africa is grappling with one of its most notorious killings in recent memory.
Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius, known as Blade Runner for his lightning-fast prosthetic legs, shook and sobbed Friday when a judge officially charged him with killing his girlfriend on Valentine's Day.
Wearing a dark suit, he buried his head in his hands at a packed courtroom in Pretoria. Prosecutors said they plan to charge the 26-year-old with premeditated murder.
Pistorius rejects the murder allegation "in the strongest terms," his agent, Peet Vanzuyl, told CNN.
His girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, was found in a pool of blood at Pistorius' home Thursday in an upscale neighborhood in the capital.
READ: Pistorius' girlfriend killed on Valentine's Day she was looking forward to
Neighbors alerted authorities to the early morning shooting, saying they had "heard things earlier," according to police spokeswoman Denise Beukes. She did not clarify what the neighbors reported they heard.
The track star was arrested the same day.
Steenkamp's killing rattled South Africa, not only for the fame factor, but also because the country is grappling with a disturbing problem -- 71% of women report that they've been the victim of sexual abuse. Just in the past few weeks, 17-year-old Anene Booyson died after being gang-raped and mutilated in the tiny tourist town of Bredasdorp, two hours southeast of Cape Town.
Booyson's death inspired this week's nationwide rape awareness day dubbed Black Friday. The day before she was killed, Steenkamp retweeted a message on Twitter in support of Black Friday.
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While police have not discussed a possible motive for the model's killing, local media reported that Pistorius had mistaken his girlfriend for an intruder.
South Africa has a high crime rate, and many homeowners keep weapons to protect themselves from intruders.
But Beukes, the police spokeswoman, stressed that this scenario did not come from authorities.
There was no evidence of forced entry at the home, she said.
Police said there had been previous "allegations of a domestic nature" at his house, but they did not elaborate.
Investigators found a pistol at the scene.
South Africa's gun debate
On a larger stage, Steenkamp's killing has given gun control advocates a spotlight to push for stricter laws.
Gunpolicy.org says there are just under 6 million licensed firearms in South Africa, a country of 50 million people.
"There are 1.5 million gun owners -- about 3.5 million guns in civilians hands," said Alan Storey, chairman of Gun Free South Africa.
Most of the victims of gun homicides are between the ages 20 and 30, he said.
READ: Time "How tough are South Africa's gun laws?"
South Africa has passed tough legislation that includes a requirement for a thorough background check for prospective gun owners. The check includes spouses and partners, and is repeated every few years, he said.
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"People acquire guns believing they are more safe ... but they place themselves at great risk," Storey said. "We've made airplanes a gun-free zone. We need to bring that logic down to earth."
But the South African Gunowners' Association, a popular gun lobby group, has said citizens have the right to protect themselves from increasingly violent crimes.
"There are already more than enough laws and regulations to control the possession of firearms by private citizens," it says on its website. "Fewer and less complex laws reasonably, yet properly, applied could achieve the required objective."
One issue in South Africa is stolen guns. Guns are often stolen from home, reports show, but also from the police.
Statistics suggest that 18,196 police firearms have been lost or stolen during the five-year period beginning April 1 2005 to March 31 2011.
From hero to murder suspect
Beyond the violence, South Africans struggled with the idea that they've lost a hero, an athlete who embodied what it meant to overcome incredible physical odds.
When Pistorius was a toddler, his legs were amputated below the knees because of a bone defect.
Earning the nickname "Blade Runner," Pistorius runs on special carbon fiber blades.
He became the first Paralympic sprinter competing against able-bodied athletes at the London Olympics last year.
His face became a fixture on billboards across the nation, and he and Steenkamp were photographed at high-profile celebrity events and around town.
READ: Oscar Pistorius, an inspiration and a question
Hours after the news of his arrest, some of the billboards started coming down.
His sponsors also pulled away.
Nike removed an ad featuring him from its website showing him taking off for a run with the words "I am the bullet in the chamber."
READ: Nike's bullet ad with Pistorius backfires
Other Pistorius sponsors -- including prosthetics manufacturer Ossur, British Telecom, and Oakley, which makes sunglasses and other products -- expressed condolences and said they had no further comment.
The sports icon appeared in headlines across the nation, overshadowing the State of the Union address by President Jacob Zuma.
"Golden Boy Loses Shine," read a headline on the front page of the Sowetan.
The Pretoria court postponed Pistorius' bail hearing to Tuesday and ordered him to remain in custody until then. Prosecutors said they will argue that he committed premeditated murder.
Authorities said they will oppose bail, but did not provide their reasons for the decision.
He shattered barriers
The double amputee's London Olympics appearance brought controversy, as some said the prosthetic limbs gave him an advantage.
Pistorius was initially refused permission to enter the Olympics, but he hired a legal team to prove that his artificial limbs did not give him an unfair advantage, and he was allowed to compete.
While he did not win a medal, his presence on the track was lauded as an example of victory over adversity and dedication to a goal.
READ: 'Barbaric' whipping of horse in Pistorius race
In the 2012 Paralympics, held a few weeks after the Olympics, he smashed a record to win the men's 400-meter in the final athletics event of the Games.
In October, he discussed the "massive blessing" of inspiring people around the world.
"Being an international sportsman, there's a lot of responsibility that comes with that," he told CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight."
PHOTOS: The career of Oscar Pistorius
CNN's Robyn Curnow reported from Pretoria, and Ashley Fantz and Faith Karim from Atlanta. CNN's Josh Levs, Marilia Brocchetto and Emily Smith contributed to this report.


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Prior to the Flashback malware fiasco, Apple's platforms had a reputation for being secure. That reputation might not have been deserved, if a report from the first quarter of 2012 is to be believed. That report, which predated the discovery of the Flashback trojan, took a look at the number of vulnerabilities that major tech vendors reported. The numbers might surprise you.
The report comes from Trend-Micro, a computer security company. A healthy bit of skepticism is probably good when reviewing reports of rampant vulnerabilities from companies that sell products to contain the fallout from those vulnerabilities. Here, though, the numbers are based on vulnerabilities as cataloged by CVE, which describes itself as "a dictionary of publicly known information security vulnerabilities and exposures." The numbers, therefore, are only as good as the data from CVE. According to Wikipedia, CVE is maintained by MITRE Corporation, "with funding from the National Cyber Security Division of the United States Department of Homeland Security."
It's also import to remember that we're not exactly comparing apples to apples. A vendor with one main product or a very simple product, for example, stands a good chance of experiencing a lower number of vulnerabilities than a vendor with many products or complex products.
Apple took top (or worst) billing, with 91 reported vulnerabilities. Oracle, Google, and Microsoft followed, with 78, 73, and 43 vulnerabilities, respectively. Apache got top marks with 24 vulnerabilities.
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Laurence Sterne
Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and clergyman. He is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; but he also published sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics.
- Only the brave know how to forgive...A coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.
- Sermons, Vol. I, No. 12 (1760).
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)Edit
- I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally bound to it, had minded what they were about when they begot me.
- Book I (1760), Ch. 1.
- "Pray, my dear," quoth my mother, "have you not forgot to wind up the clock?" — "Good G—!" cried my father, making an exclamation, but taking care to moderate his voice at the same time, — "Did ever woman, since the creation of the world, interrupt a man with such a silly question?"
- Book I, Ch. 1.
- As we jogg on, either laugh with me, or at me, or in short do any thing—only keep your temper.
- So long as a man rides his hobbyhorse peaceably and quietly along the King's highway, and neither compels you or me to get up behind him — pray, Sir, what have either you or I to do with it?
- Book I, Ch. 7.
- For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies.
- Book I, Ch. 12.
- He was within a few hours of giving his enemies the slip forever.
- Book I, Ch. 12.
- Whistled up to London, upon a Tom Fool's errand.
- Book I, Ch. 16.
- 'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause — and of obstinacy in a bad one.
- Book I, Ch. 17.
- Persuasion hung upon his lips, and the elements of Logick and Rhetorick were so blended up in him, — and, withall, he had so shrewd guess at the weaknesses and passions of his respondent, — that NATURE might have stood up and said, — "This man is eloquent."
- Book I, Ch. 19.
- Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine; —& they are the life, the soul of reading; — take them out of this book for instance, — you might as well take the book along with them.
- Book I, Ch. 22.
- The history of a soldier's wound beguiles the pain of it.
- Book I, Ch. 25.
- The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.
- Book II (1760), Ch. 3.
- Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.
- Book II, Ch. 11.
- Go poor Devil, get thee gone, why should I hurt thee? — This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.
- Book II, Ch. 12 (Uncle Toby to the fly).
- Trust that man in nothing who has not a conscience in everything.
- Book II, Ch. 17.
- Great wits jump.
- Book III (1761-1762), Ch. 9. Compare: "Great wits jump", John Byrom, The Nimmers; Earl of Buckingham, The Chances, act. iv, scene 1; "Good wits jump", Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, part II, ch. 38.
- Our armies swore terribly in Flanders, cried my uncle Toby, — but nothing to this. — For my own part, I could not have a heart to curse my dog so.
- Book III, Ch. 11.
- Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, — though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst, — the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!
- Book III, Ch. 12.
- As for the clergy — No — If I say a word against them, I'll be shot. — I have no desire, — and besides, if I had, — I durst not for my soul touch upon the subject, — with such weak nerves and spirits, and in the condition I am in at present, 'twould be as much as my life was worth, to deject and contrist myself with so bad and melancholy an account, — and therefore, 'tis safer to draw a curtain across, and hasten from it, as fast as I can, to the main and principal point I have undertaken to clear up, — and that is, How it comes to pass, that your men of least wit are reported to be men of most judgment.
- Book III, Ch. 20.
- I have got him fast hung up, quoth Didius to himself, upon one of the two horns of my dilemma — let him get off as he can.
- Book IV (1761-1762), Ch. 26.
- It had ever been the custom of the family, and by length of time was almost become a matter of common right, that the eldest son of it should have free ingress, egress, and regress into foreign parts before marriage, — not only for the sake of bettering his own private parts, by the benefit of exercise and change of so much air — but simply for the mere delectation of his fancy, by the feather put into his cap, of having been abroad.
- Book IV, Ch. 31.
- Now or never was the time.
- Book IV, Ch. 31.
- Shall we be destined to the days of eternity, on holy-days, as well as working-days, to be showing the relics of learning, as monks do the relics of their saints — without working one — one single miracle with them?
- Book V (1761-1762), Ch. 1.
- My father was as proud of his eloquence as MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO could be for his life, and and for aught I am convinced of to the contrary at present, with as much reason: it was indeed his strength — and his weakness, too. — His strength — for he was by nature eloquent — and his weakness — for he was hourly a dupe to it; and provided an occasion in life would but permit him to shew his talents, or say either a wise thing, a witty, or a shrewd one — (bating the case of a systematic misfortune)— he had all he wanted.— A blessing which tied up my father's tongue, and a misfortune which let it loose with a good grace, were pretty equal: sometimes, indeed, the misfortune was the better of the two; for instance, where the pleasure of the harangue was as ten, and the pain of the misfortune was as five — my father gained half in half, and consequently was as well again off, as if it had never befallen him.
- Book V, Ch. 3.
- I am convinced, Yorick, continued my father, half reading and half discoursing, that there is a Northwest Passage to the intellectual world; and that the soul of man has shorter ways of going to work, in furnishing itself with knowledge and instruction, than we generally take with it.
- Book V, Ch. 42.
- The Accusing Spirit which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blush'd as he gave it in; and the Recording Angel as he wrote it down, dropp'd a tear upon the word, and blotted it out forever.
- Book VI (1761-1762), Ch. 8. Compare: "But sad as angels for the good man's sin, Weep to record, and blush to give it in", Thomas Campbell, Pleasures of Hope, part ii, line 357.
- A man should know something of his own country too, before he goes abroad.
- Book VII (1765), Ch. 2.
- I am sick as a horse.
- Book VII, Ch. 11.
- Ho! 'tis the time of salads.
- Book VII, Ch. 17.
- I believe in my conscience I intercept many a thought which heaven intended for another man.
- Book VIII, Ch. 2.
- When issues of events like these my father is waiting for, are hanging in the scales of fate, the mind has the advantage of changing the principle of expectation three times, without which it would not have power to see it out.
Curiosity governs the first moment; and the second moment is all economy to justify the expense of the first — and for the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth moments, and so on to the day of judgment — 'tis a point of HONOUR.
I need not be told, that the ethic writers have assigned this all to Patience; but that VIRTUE, methinks, has extent of domination sufficient of her own, and enough to do in it, without invading the few dismantled castles which HONOUR has left him upon the earth.
- Book IX (1767), Ch. 10.
- L—d! said my mother, what is all this story about? — A Cock and a Bull, said Yorick — And one of the best of its kind I ever heard.
- Book IX, Ch. 33.
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768)Edit
- They order, said I, this matter better in France.
- Line 1.
- I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba and cry, 'Tis all barren!
- In the Street, Calais.
- Tant pis and tant mieux, being two of the great hinges in French conversation, a stranger would do well to set himself right in the use of them before he gets to Paris.
- Montreuil.
- Hail, ye small, sweet courtesies of life! for smooth do ye make the road of it.
- The Pulse, Paris.
- God tempers the wind, said Maria, to the shorn lamb.
- Maria. Compare: "Dieu mésure le froid à la brebis tondue" (translated: "God measures the cold to the shorn lamb"), Henri Estienne (1594), Prémices, etc, p. 47; "To a close-shorn sheep God gives wind by measure", George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum.
- We get forwards in the world not so much by doing services, as receiving them: you take a withering twig, and put it in the ground; and then you water it, because you have planted it.
- Paris.
Quotes about SterneEdit
- Who is this Yorick? you are pleased to ask me. You cannot, I imagine, have looked into his books: execrable I cannot but call them; for I am told that the third and fourth volumes are worse, if possible, than the two first, which, only, I have had the patience to run through. One extenuating circumstance attends his works, that they are too gross to be inflaming.
- Samuel Richardson, Letter to Mark Hildesley, January - February 1761, in Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson, ed. J. Carroll (1964).
External linksEdit
- Laurence Sterne at Project Gutenberg
- Laurence Sterne in Cyberspace, including links to various e-texts of Tristram Shandy and A Sentimental Journey


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Surf's up! Or it will be on March 5 when the Beach Boys point their boards toward Colorado and (musically speaking) hang 10 at Saturday Night Alive.
The announcement came Wednesday during a kickoff reception hosted by U.S. Bank market president Hassan Salem and his wife, Sheila, and held at Mangia Bevi in Greenwood Village. The Salems are SNA's corporate chairmen; Ernie Blake and Sharon Magness Blake the the general chairs and the Surpise Box sale will be coordinated by Bridget Orton, wife of Denver Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton, and Kathy Hatch.
Saturday Night Alive is the signature fundraiser for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Proceeds, usually in excess of $600,000, go to the DCPA's Arts in Education, an educational outreach that brings the arts to approximately 50,000 schoolchildren statewide each year.
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Tickets are $375 (general admission), $750 (includes an overnight stay at the Hotel Teatro and Sunday brunch at Restaurant Kevin Taylor) and $1,250 (all of the above, plus a meet-and-greet with the Beach Boys) and can be purchased by visiting denvercenter.org/sna or calling 303-446-4815.
Guests at the kickoff were treated to specialty pizzas made one right after the other by Mangia Bevi owner Larry DiPasquale, burrata, lamb chops and other Italian-inspired nibbles. DiPasquale also owns Epicurean Catering, which will do the food for Saturday Night Alive.
The founder of the DCPA, Donald Seawell, arrived at the kickoff with Marvin and Judi Wolf and seemed delighted to see a crowd that included DCPA trustees Joy Burns, Margot Gilbert Frank and Dr. Reginald Washington; Ed and Gayle Novak (she's president of the Denver Center Alliance); Ernst and Jill Behr (she's the Alliance's president-elect); former SNA chairs Cindi Burge, Gail Johnson and Jay and Kristina Davidson; Edna Chang Grant; Kay Burke; Susan Troyan; Eula Adams; Steve Edmonds; Jack and Adrienne Fitzgibbons; Stan and Sara Sena; Dutchess Scheitler; Sandee Walling; Jeanne Saunders; Don and Arlene Johnson; Fred and June Dreibholz; Mort and Edie Marks; Tom Corley and Susan Stiff from the Westin Tabor Center; and Ron and Chris Yaros.
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SUNY Canton Entrepreneur Recognized for Business SuccessWednesday, June 25th, 2008
A twenty-something SUNY Canton alumnus was recently honored by both the New York State Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) as Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Lucas Manning, owner of The Partridge Café in Canton, received with the SBDC award at the organization's annual staff training conference at the Hudson Valley Resort in Kerhonkson. Manning was again recognized at the SBA's Syracuse District Small Business Excellence Awards luncheon in Syracuse.
"In just three years, Lucas has made his business a successful venture and important part of the Canton community," noted Canton SBDC Director Dale Rice. "His 'just do it' attitude and his ability to make wise business decisions will assure that The Partridge Café will continue to thrive."
In 2005, after receiving a Business Administration degree from SUNY Canton, Manning purchased the Partridge Café in downtown Canton. The café features an inexpensive and unique menu of coffees, sandwiches, wraps, and locally-made bagels. Lucas said he is focused on providing an excellent atmosphere with good food, great coffee, and plenty of reading material.
While maintaining the café's original ambiance, Manning has partnered with other businesses to increase services in accordance to his market. He is an agent for Trailways bus service, has partnered with The Birchbark Book Shop, and recently began selling microbrew beer and locally produced wines to compliment a slate of live entertainment on the weekends.
Manning worked with Canton SBDC Business Advisor Michelle Collins when he purchased the business and again later when it was time to expand. Collins, who is also an adjunct business instructor at the college, taught Manning during his college studies.
"From the very beginning, Lucas exuded confidence and determination," Collins noted. "Lucas is the model entrepreneur, doing everything the 'right' way and works hard while keeping a smile on his face."
At age 26, Lucas continues to take college courses while operating the business with his wife, Sarah.
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Police have made eight arrests in connection with the backlog of cases found at Elizabeth City State University, a situation that led to the resignation of the school's chancellor and police chief.
Elizabeth City police called in to help the campus police also reported Friday that 37 cases were closed as unsolved with another 14 closed after victims refused to cooperate. One case was closed because the allegations were unfounded.
Local police were called in after it was discovered that 126 reported campus crimes since 2006 hadn't been investigated.
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