text: Get beachy at these secret beaches in the Overberg region. (Photo: iStock) YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE {{item.title}} The Western Cape is one of the most popular summer holiday destinations for South Africans and international visitors alike. Capetonians who loath crowds know to avoid places like Camps Bay beach and Clifton over this busy time – even if going to the beach is one of their favourite pastimes. If you're a beach-loving, crowd-hater, this is the list for you. While the Overberg is also pretty popular, there are places to go that are still relatively undiscovered. READ: 7 Secret beaches in Cape Town Here are seven secret beaches in the Overberg region: 1. Koppie Alleen – De HoopSituated in the serene De Hoop Nature Reserve, Koppie Alleen shows the Atlantic coastline as it ought to be – unspoilt and brimming with life. The boulders are covered in mussels, and black oystercatchers scouting about for a snack when it's low tide. The white sand and blue, blue waters also make this the perfect quiet swimming spot. View this post on InstagramA post shared by PIETRO ?? OSTANO (@rivermanadventures) on Jan 18, 2018 at 12:33am PST2. Arniston beach and cave - Arniston Arniston – or Waenhuiskrans – is a very small, Greek-like fisherman's village. The village can only host a handful of people, which means the beach is never crowded. The coolest thing in Arniston is hiking to the nearby cave when it's low tide, or running up the dunes overlooking the ocean. Contrary to belief that all the Cape's waters are notoriously cold, Arniston's secluded bay has lovely mild water – perfect for a midnight skinny dip! View this post on InstagramA post shared by thousands of years later (@thousands_of_years_later) on Jan 14, 2019 at 6:44am PSTSEE: Quick Guide: Road trip through the dorpies of Overberg 3. Pringle Bay beach - Pringle BayPringle Bay beach is pristine and spotless and never crowded, even over Christmas! There is a small lagoon with clear warm water where the Buffels River enters the sea. The village is surrounded by mountains on three sides and overlooks the Atlantic ocean - breathtaking. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Julia Visser (@just_an_oeuvre) on Jan 20, 2019 at 12:02pm PST4. Rooi Els beach - Rooi Els This puny town is situated on the very tip of the Kogelberg Biosphere. The beach's unique layout not only includes safe seaside swimming, and access to shellfish diving and fishing, but it also flanks a lagoon in which you can often spot the Cape clawless otter. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Tiago Correia (@tiagodcorreia) on May 10, 2015 at 12:59pm PDT5. Onrus beach and lagoon - Hermanus This is the best spot for families with children. The Onrus River runs into the ocean on the beach and when the tide comes in, the small river becomes the coolest playground. The best part of this secret beach is the lovely little café – The Milkwood Restaurant - that overlooks the beach. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Anje Franken (@die_annieeee) on Jan 22, 2019 at 7:30am PSTCHECK OUT: 7 Secret Beaches along the West Coast6. Kleinbaai Tidal Pool - KleinbaaiKleinbaai Tidal Pool is to the right of Kleinbaai Harbour on Kabeljou Street. The tidal pool is safe and a great place to take the kids or just relax. The large lawn has ample space for the little ones to run plus the jungle gym is an added bonus. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Margo (@margokling83) on Jan 6, 2019 at 10:51am PST7. Bot River Lagoon estuary - Fisherhaven Technically not a beach per se, but Fisherhaven is still one of the most beautiful, secluded spots on this magnificent piece of coastline. The Bot River lagoon is a massive outflow of the ocean, and is alive with an abundance of birdlife and fish. It's also a great spot for watersports like skiing and kitesurfing. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Kirsty MacLennan (@kirstymacinc) on Jan 10, 2019 at 9:03am PSTFind Your Escape by searching and comparing flight prices here. You can also sign-up for the Traveller24 Weekly Newsletter – Subscribe here. Or download the News24 App here, to receive expertly curated travel ideas and deals directly to your mobile. share: Trending on Traveller24 {{item.title}}


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When it comes to car shopping, the options can seem endless. Even if you're just walking the lot at our N Charlotte Toyota dealership it can seem near impossible to choose just one. It has to be the right one, after all – cars are expensive and you want to ensure you find the perfect fit for all of your drive time needs. Have you considered a Toyota SUV? Some people shy away from this particular type of car because they assume that SUVs are expensive, oversized, and terrible when it comes to fuel efficiency.
What's so great about Toyota SUVs?
Toyota of N Charlotte is here to prove those people wrong! A new Toyota SUV can be a great investment if you have a family, want something ready for off-roading, or just want something a bit more spacious. We're here to tell you more about our selection and why an SUV can be a great drive time solution for you!
What makes them great drive time solutions? Check out some of the cool features you'll find when you get behind the wheel of one of our N Charlotte Toyotas!
Fuel efficiency: You can drive an SUV and still get great fuel efficiency, believe it or not. The Toyota RAV4 gets an impressive 23/30 mpg, and you can take home both the Toyota RAV4 (34/30 mpg) AND Toyota Highlander (30/28 mpg) in hybrid models to push fuel efficiency even further. You don't have to break the bank to put an SUV in the driveway!
Towing power: Feel like you need something versatile enough to tow behind you? Whether it's a small trailer or a boat, Toyota SUVs have got you covered. The Toyota RAV4 can pull up to 1,500 lbs without batting an eye, while the powerful Toyota Land Cruiser can easily pull up to 8,100 lbs. Talk about versatility!
What features do you need in your next N Charlotte Toyota?
Off-roading: Think you might like something that can handle getting off the pavement from time to time? Toyota SUVs have what you need – check out the Toyota 4Runner or Toyota Land Cruiser, both of which offer options like four-wheel drive, active traction control, multi-terrain select, CRAWL Control, limited-slip differential, all-terrain tires, and special suspension to tackle any terrain.
Family-friendliness: If you want a new N Charlotte SUV because you're in need of something for the family, you're in the right place. Our SUVs offers features like seating for up to eight, Toyota Safety Sense, rear-seat entertainment systems, power rear liftgates, Bluetooth wireless streaming, large cargo areas for your gear, and the LATCH system for car seats. If safety and convenience are what you want, safety and convenience are what you'll get!
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Blackberry Smoothie with basil
Green Thickie recipe
This fresh, sweet and aromatic blackberry smoothie has a twist. It contains basil which works amazingly well with blackberries in this Green Smoothie. The two are a match made in heaven. If you don't believe me you really have to give it a try . It's such a treat for your taste buds and really gets your senses working (in a good way).
Blackberries in season
Blackberries are just coming into season here in the UK but I know this varies across the world and if you can't get hold of fresh blackberries you might be able to get hold of frozen blackberries. I actually used frozen blackberries in this recipe as they are cheaper than fresh ones here and they've got the added benefit of making the smoothie lovely and cool without having to go to the trouble of freezing them myself.
We refer to blackberries as brambles here, and I've heard that they get called black caps in the US.
Benefits of Blackberries
- Blackberries are low in calories. One cup of Blackberries only contains around 62 calories, but don't let that fool you, this is a recipe for a complete meal smoothie (Green Thickie) so it will fill you up if you replace your normal meal.
- Blackberries are extremely high in antioxidants and can fight off free radicals which cause cancer.
- They have inflammatory properties which is good for reducing the risk of heart disease.
- Two cups of Blackberries contains more than the amount of recommended daily vitamin C. So you can get your daily quota in just one serving (contains 2 cups) of this recipe. Vitamin C is great for the immune system.
Picking Blackberries
The best thing about blackberries is that you can actually freely pick them, costing you nothing. If you can't find anywhere in the wild to pick them, you can always visit a pick your own farm.
** Please note that this post may contain affiliate links which means that I can receive a small payment if you make a purchase through my links.
As I've recently moved to the north of Scotland (Inverness) and also have a baby I've not got round to finding anywhere that I could pick blackberries yet, but it's on my to do list for the future.
Some people say that thorny blackberries taste sweeter, so just be careful to only touch the blackberry, not the thorns while you are picking it.
Blackberries don't ripen once they're picked so make sure they are ripe when you pick them.
How to tell if blackberries are ripe
You can tell if a blackberry is ripe before you pick it as:
- It will come away freely from the branch
- It is a deep black colour, not purple or red
- It is plump and firm to the touch
Blackberry Smoothie with Basil
To be honest, I'm not actually a massive fan of raw blackberries. I find them a bit too tart for my liking. That could be because they are picked unripe, who knows! Anyway, throw them into a smoothie or a crumble and they take on a whole new dimension.
This blackberry smoothie just has the freshest taste ever. It might sound a bit too unusual for you, but I really think it's worth pushing yourself out of your comfort zone for this one. This is another smoothie that would be on my 'regular smoothies' list if blackberries were a bit cheaper here or if I could find a place locally to easily pick them.
This smoothie was originally found on Choosing Raw, and I loved it so much I actually featured it on my Top 10 Green Smoothies list. I have now decided I had to turn it into a Green Thickie (as I need my smoothies to fill me up!) so I've added in some oats, a few almonds and some raisins to sweeten it up. I think it's just perfect!
[tweetherder]You might enjoy picking some free blackberries for this Blackberry smoothie with basil. [/tweetherder]
I can't wait to take my baby blackberry picking when she's a bit older. Do you ever go blackberry picking?Print
Blackberry Smoothie with basil (Green Smoothie/Green Thickie)
This fresh, sweet and aromatic blackberry smoothie has a twist. Basil works amazingly well with blackberries in this Green Smoothie.
- Prep Time: 2 minutes
- Total Time: 2 minutes
- Yield: 2 Servings 1x
- Category: Green Thickie
- Method: Blender
- Cuisine: Drink
- 2 Cups Water (If you are drinking this straight away substitute one cup of water for ice)
- 1 Cup Basil, loosely packed (Or any other mild green if you really can't face basil but it really is delicious with the basil)
- ¼ Cup Almonds (or any plain seeds if you don't eat nuts, or leave out for less calories).
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract (Pure or ground vanilla has a better flavour)
- ½ Cup Raisins (or any other dried fruit which can also be pre-soaked for a smoother blend)
- 4 Cups Blackberries (I used one punnet of frozen blackberries)
- 1 Banana
- 1 drop of basil therapeutic grade essential oil.(Click here to find out where I buy my favourite therapeutic essential oils at wholesale prices)
- 1 Filler (Click here to choose a filler)
- Blend the ingredients in the order listed.
- Blend the greens and liquid first and then blend the rest of the ingredients.
- This creates more space in your blender.
- Add more water if required to thin it out.
- Substitute any of the ingredients for whatever you already have.
- If your smoothie is too warm, you can cool it down in the fridge or freeze some of your ingredients before blending.
The calories shown are for half of the ingredients listed as this smoothie serves 2. If you want less calories add less oats.
- Serving Size: 550 ml/20 oz /1 pint
- Calories: 549
- Sugar: 44g
- Sodium: 20mg
- Fat: 13g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Carbohydrates: 102g
- Fiber: 25g
- Protein: 15g
This has been shared with Wellness Weekends, Healthy Vegan Fridays and Fight Back Friday.
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In the latest bit of UBS Puerto Rico news, Business Insider highlights the competing interests fighting over Puerto Rico's future in an article entitled "Billionaire hedge fund managers to Puerto Rico: Close schools to pay us back". The injection of hedge fund money into Puerto Rico was initially helpful to provide a cushion and time to develop a plan to resolve the bigger debt problem as well as to provide a bigger voice for bondholders in the debt debacle.
Frighteningly Self Centered Hedge Funds Exacerbate Issue
However, as pointed out by Business Insider, we are now seeing the downside of hedge fund involvement in that hedge funds are frighteningly focused on their own best interest at the expense of what is in the best interests of Puerto Rico. After realizing that experts are advising Puerto Ricans that a solution to the debt problem will require hedge funds to accept debt restructuring, several hedge funds – including Fir Tree Partners, Davidson Kempner Capital Management and Aurelius Capital— commissioned a study which now alternatively recommends education cuts, tax increases, and sale of government-owned property, all of which will have long-term negative impacts.
Seems to be No Way Out
This debate over how to fix the problem – by cheating bondholders or cheating Puerto Rico's future – reveals that there is no way out of Puerto Rico's debt crisis without leaving a trail of victims caused by the banks, investment companies, and government officials responsible for creating the debt problem in the first place.


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Operational Risk is the risk of direct or indirect loss from inadequate or failed internal procedures, people and systems.
The Foreign Exchange "Healthcheck" has been designed to uncover areas of Operational Risk within your business. You may think that you will notice these issues yourself, but in our experience it takes fresh eyes to look at the business objectively and thereby identify the problems. We can then help you to implement the solutions.
At a very high level, these should be your areas of concern ?
Before the trade
- Know your customer
- Documentation
- Netting agreements
- Collateral/Margin
- Trading practices
- Liquidity availability
- System optimisation / TCA
During the trade
- Trade capture
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- Credit limits
- Settlement instruction
- Amendments
- Dealt-rate check
After the trade (confirmations)
- Timeliness
- Security of messaging
- Non-vanilla products
- Confirmation matching
- Exceptions & Escalation
Settling the trade
- Settlement process
- Nostro balance projections
- Choice of nostro bank
- Cancellation & Amendment
- Payment failures
- Settlement netting
- Deadlines
Reconciling the cashflows
- Timeliness
- Identify non-receipts
Accounting for the trade
- General Ledger issues
- Daily position & P/L reconciliation
- Daily position valuation
- Review traded prices
- Market data
Non-vanilla products
- Option exercises
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- Long term
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- Crisis team
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As you can see, there is a LOT of potential for failure, which can result in significant financial and reputational loss.
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Chelsea's recent troubles may have handed Manchester United the advantage in the Premiership title race but have also given Paul Ince hope that his Macclesfield side can pull off the unthinkable in the FA Cup third-round clash at Stamford Bridge today.
They may sit 91st in the Football League but the Silkmen are on a 10-match unbeaten run, having won four on the bounce, while the Premiership champions are stuttering.
Although he remains realistic about the scale of the task, Ince is buoyed by the Blues' successive draws with Reading, Fulham and Aston Villa.
Added to that, the fact that Ricardo Carvalho is Chelsea's only true centre-back set to be involved gives former Middlesbrough skipper Ince, twice a winner of the competition with Manchester United, further encouragement.
Ince said: "In a two-horse race you've always got a chance and you look at the way Chelsea have performed in the last three weeks, we've hit a bit of form and you don't know.
"We're going down there looking to stamp our mark on the game, not to think `this is Chelsea, look at Frankie Lampard'.
"We're going there to perform like we have in the last two months.
"We know about Chelsea, we know what they're capable of, we know they've only got one centre-half. We know their problems and that's what gives us a chance. If they've only got one central defender it gives us a chance at set-pieces and you never know.
"Giant-killing happens because the minnows raise their game by 50% and the giants lower themselves 50%. That's why you get shocks in football.
"There is an element of pressure on Chelsea to come out and put us to sleep early."
Ince should receive credit for reviving the Silkmen, who looked like they were already preparing for life in the Conference when he arrived back in October.
Without a win all season, they were seven points adrift of second-bottom then, but 20 points from the last 24 have moved them to within three points of 17th in the table. And Ince is adamant a glamour tie with the Premiership's elite will not take his players' eyes off the real goal and added: "This is a weekend off for us.
"Financially we might earn a few quid, but the quicker we can get this out of the way, the quicker we can concentrate on the Barnet game and the games coming ahead that could stand us in good stead to keep us in this league.
"Beating Chelsea would be a major shock but keeping this team in the league would be the bigger achievement."
Ince has enjoyed Jose Mourinho's impact on the English game.
"I like him," he said. "He speaks his mind and I like people who say what they want to say, rather than keep it inside them."


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Ok, so nobody has asked that question. I should explain.
I was reading an old blog post from Paul Graham last week. The topic was, "How Not to Die." Graham delivered the message as a speech at a Y-Combinator summer dinner back in 2007. Two sentences jumped out at me:
"For us the main indication of impending doom is when we don't hear from you.
When we haven't heard from, or about, a startup for a couple months, that's a bad sign."
– Paul Graham
Wow! It made me realize that we have been way too quiet. We have been communicating through our #lovetravel campaign on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Google+. Otherwise, we haven't been saying much at all. This will change.
Does this mean we haven't been busy? Not at all. We have been very busy.
As a quick recap, we came up with the idea in October of last year, incorporated in November, and have since gone through the two startup programs in Ottawa. We have been through the grant side of funding. We have refined our pitch dozens of times and have engaged with some great advisors in the process. We have designed what we believe to be a complete travel planning solution. We have created a development backlog. We have also created a fair amount of software and have some early validation on our recommendation experience and algorithm. This has been fun, but also a tonne of work.
Is this a good excuse to "not hear from us?" No. Will we get heard from more often? Yes, starting right now.
We will be doing a minor rebranding in the coming weeks. We will mix up our social postings and we will finally start to attract new lovers of travel and not just stockpile user content.
We are also ready to raise equity-based funding. This will get our message out there.
Where does this leave us? When we came up with the original idea, I was hoping for a January 2015 market release. Was this based on data? No. Now that 10 of 15 months have passed, do I feel like we are going to make that date? The only metrics that will help answer that question will be those associated with customer usage, but we are definitely trending in the right direction.
Again, although no one asked, Travelabulous is not dead. In fact, we are very much alive!
'til next time … Kirk, out.


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32nd Street between 5th and Broadway goes by a different name; Korea Way. It's the only Koreatown in the States and this little strip of road compacts an entire country into every crevice. Many teenagers and twenty-somethings might know this area for its BYOB Karaoke rooms.
We were led past tables with grills sizzling, as waitresses and patrons cooked arrays of meats and vegetables. Young Korean men maneuvered past us, hot wood chips in hand. The scene could only be described as artful, organized chaos.
Our table was towards the back, near the entrance to the closed off kitchen area. Immediately, I smiled at the place setting in front of us; chopsticks and a spoon. My dad and I are the anti-fork ethnic eaters, and always judge the authenticity of a place by their utensils. So far, New Wangjo was passing every test with flying colors.
We glanced over the menu knowing that we wanted some variety of meat to grill. The kimchi pancake also stood out to my dad as an appetizer, and despite the warning little chile next to the name, I agreed to the dish. We then also opted for meat combo #1, which consisted of Gam Bi (Marinated Short Ribs), Ox Tongue, Pork Belly and Vegetables. The waitress then adjusted the cover to the grill, signifying our intent to BBQ.
Within moments of placing out order, an array of little, white ramekins appeared before us, containing a wide variety of vegetables.
We each had scallions marinated in a sesame-type sauce, which I devoured with ease. In addition, kimchi cabbage, marinated mushrooms, broccolini, raw garlic/jalapeño, bean paste and other unrecognizable sauces and vegetables were sampled. No explanation was given when these dishes arrived. It's not that kind of a place. Word to the wise, if you have an allergy, this isn't the place for you.
As we waited for the rest of the dishes to arrive, my dad began to tell stories of his two months living in Korea while in the Marines. I love hearing his stories, which seem endless and fascinating of a different time during his youthful exploration. My dad arranged trips for all of the younger soldiers to stay at a gorgeous hotel in Seoul, followed by a trip to the North Korean border. It's pretty amazing. He asked the waitress, who hardly spoke any English, where she was from. As it turns out my dad had spent a few days in her hometown, she was very impressed. As was I.
Shortly after, more unusual dishes were placed on the table, including some kind of a cooked egg dish. It reminded me of a poorly made souffle, sinking with each passing moment. A tofu soup also came in this mixture of dishes, which was full of flavor and a little kick of heat.
All at once, our platter of raw meat and the kimchi pancake arrived. I guess there's no such thing as appetizers arriving before the main course. One waiter opened up our grill, inserting two trays of hot coals/wood chips, before putting the grate on top. While the grill began to heat up, my dad and I tried the kimchi pancake.
Light and crisp, this reminded me of an elevated version of a scallion pancake. Despite the menu warning, the spice was really subtle. The cabbage inside added a nice added crunch and bite of flavor. It was a little hard to eat the big slices without making a mess, but I didn't mind. This was a great starter.
As we finished our slice of pancake (we only finished half), we turned to the platter of raw meat sitting on the table, just waiting to be grilled.
The waitress started to add pieces of raw meat onto the grill. She started with ten large piece of fatty pork belly and Ox tongue.
I tried the Ox Tongue first, which was awesome. Tongue is one of my favorite cuts of meat, with a unique texture and light, subtle flavor. These pieces were super crisp and easy to devour. Next, I ate some of the pork belly, removing the fatty part of each piece. It's was a great cut of pork, but not my favorite meat, generally speaking.
Next we moved onto the marinated short ribs, which they waitress started to place on top of pieces of lettuce, creating a form of a lettuce wrap. My dad and I especially loved adding the bean paste to the meat, adding an almost peanut-like element of flavor you would associate with Thai cuisine.
In between pieces of rich meat, I would opt for a grilled mushroom, squash, onion or broccoli, trying to bring some fresh element to the full on meat action.
At the end of the fun meal, were totally full. The waitress brought a tray of sliced honeydew to end the heavy meal on a sweet note, which was definitely needed.
Overall, this is such a fun meal to do with friends. Korean BBQ allows you the opportunity to help cook your own food, which always makes dining more fun. Plus, the prices are totally reasonable and you also end up with significantly more food then anticipated. The next time you want some authentic Korean food, or just having a craving for the tough-guy act of grilling meat, you know what street to walk down in NYC. Now you know which doorway to enter.
New Wonjo – 23 East 32nd Street – New York, NY
New Wonjo
Price: $$
Location: Midtown East/Koreantown, NY
Type: Korean
Perfect For: Casual Meal, Impressing Foodies, Authentic Dining
Open: Everyday
Reservations: Not Accepted
Favorite Dishes: Kimchi Pancake, Korean BBQ (Ox Tongue, Gam Bi)
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American Workforce Shifts to More Part-time Jobs
In this economy, a job isn't just a job: It's a pastiche of part-time gigs, project contracts and fill-in freelance work. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment was up in December across all fifty states from the previous month and the prior year. Some 2.5 million full-time jobs have evaporated in the last 13 months, contributing to what's being called the "gig economy." But there is a convergence of other, more developed trends at play as well. Tight-budgeted company managers long ago embraced outsourcing to only pay for what they can use. A new generation of workers has 24/7 connectivity, lacks corporate loyalty, and thinks like (if the McCain/Palin contingent will give us back the word) mavericks. Put them together and you get gigonomics.
Hustling isn't new to the writers, photographers, Web designers, musicians and other creative types who've been gigging for decades. "Now that everyone has a project-to-project freelance career, everyone is a hustler," Tina Brown wrote recently, drawing attention to the trend at her Web site, The Daily Beast. What's making Brown and others take notice now is the spread of independent work to higher-income workers, and to professions not known for their creativity, such as finance, law and human resources. And while an earlier generation of giggers may have embraced the hustle because it afforded them time with the kids or the chance to pursue their art, the newest entrants may be getting pushed into it by employers who no longer want to be saddled with their health-insurance bills.
Contingent workers--including part-timers, freelancers and contractors--consistently made up about 30 percent of the workforce between 1996 and 2005, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. That number might be higher the next time they measure: In the last year alone, the number of people working part-time because they couldn't find full-time work almost doubled from 4.5 million to nearly 8 million. "The future is one in which tying your identity to the companies you work for is getting more and more tenuous," says employment consultant John Challenger of Challenger Gray & Christmas. "Once they come to the conclusion that there's no stable place to work, people are saying, 'OK, I'm going to build my own workstyle.' It's almost like we're going back to the days of the guild."
That has policy implications and can create new winners and losers. Winners may include companies like elance.com, a job-auction Web site that saw 239,000 project postings in 2008, a 63 percent increase over 2007, or snagajob.com, where increasing numbers of middle-aged and main family breadwinners are picking up part-time fill-in work. There's new industry space for everything from benefits consultants to office-supply firms in the place where project-offering employers meet hungry job shoppers.
Gigonomics Central is probably New York City, where two thirds of the opportunities created last year were either part-time, temporary or contract based, according to Sara Horowitz of the Freelancers Union, a group which does advocacy work and provides benefits for independent workers. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed giving tax relief to the thousands who actually pay more in taxes because they are self-employed. Typical are young, hip, Brooklynites like Ebenezer Bond and his girlfriend, Angelica Kushi. The couple make rent and keep themselves challenged with an endless series of diverse projects and assignments. She's a yoga teacher, nutritionist and shoe model. He designs window displays and showrooms for Ralph Lauren, manages World Up, a hip-hop/social-action nonprofit, ran a month-long road trip for Rock the Vote and mines for marketing work that will pay before the next month's rent is due. It's not dull. "I have a lot of different plans for my future," he says. "They mostly involve me being self employed."
In a freelance-based job market, talented, skilled and energetic people can still do great work and make good money. But those highly qualified workers who aren't good at the business side of selling themselves, over and over, can suffer. Even connected, ambitious, talented giggers can hit slow periods, and that's where the gigonomics start to pinch. "You have to bring in a project and then the project ends, and then you have to bring in another project," says Challenger. "That can be a difficult time. It can make you doubt yourself when you might be good."
And it isn't just about feelings. The complete lack of a safety net for independent workers is the key policy challenge of the gigonomic era, says Horowitz, who received a prestigious MacArthur fellowship for her advocacy work in this area. Her organization is pressing President Obama to include relief for self-employed workers in his stimulus plan. She is lobbying for a savings system in which contingent workers could get some government-matching funds when they put rainy-day money away during fat times.
She would also like to see other policy initiatives aimed at the independent workforce, including more non-employer mechanisms for affordable group health insurance, flexible retirement plans, and tax breaks to address the additional Social Security and Medicare taxes paid by the self-employed.
When the economy improves, there will be a core group of giggers who won't return to full-time jobs, according to analysts like Challenger and Horowitz. Their incomes will rise as labor markets improve, corporate budgets grow, and companies pay up for solid skills and talents. They'll be happy to have the better-paying projects, but people like Bond and Kushi are likely to eschew the company ID and its regular paycheck. After all, the next gig might be the best one yet.


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We are able to hire 14-18 year olds to work at Edgewood Garden, the Coan Middle School Garden, and in the installation of edible landscapes in the neighborhood, for $8/hr for 30 hours a week.
Please, if you know any interested teens, have them fill out the form at this website:
Applications are due this Friday, April 16th.
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Cordant Engineering is proud to work behalf international company which opens new station in Europe
We are looking for B1 Licensed Aircraft Engineer with type rating on Cessna Citation aircraft.
B1 Licensed Aircraft Engineer will be working on our mobile support line station in Paris de Gaulle Airport.
Details are as follows –
- Rotation shift pattern
- Competitive salary for the area
- Investment in your career
- Career progression
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Friends of Norfolk Youth Cricket have charitable aims to raise funds to finance opportunities for young people to participate in the game of cricket, irrespective of background, gender, race, ability or physical status.
FoNYC currently support Norfolk Cricket in the following areas:
Norfolk Cricket Board, via the Chance to Shine programme, actively promotes the game of cricket in both primary and high schools across Norfolk. FoNYC offers further support to schools, where necessary, to ensure school competitions are fully supported. FoNYC will consider applications from schools in Norfolk to assist with the purchase of equipment and kit, or to cover relevant expenses, such as travel.
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Small grants are available to clubs to promote youth festivals, sustainable coaching qualifications and genuine hardship applications for kits and equipment. Building on the success of girls County Age Group cricket, FoNYC are supporting girls' cricket at club level and are keen to assist clubs with the introduction of girls' teams.
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Local Cricket Charity receives significant funding boost
The Norfolk based cricket charity 'The Friends of Norfolk Youth Cricket' are pleased to announce the receipt of a significant sum from a bequest to assist their work.
Rocklands Benefit From FONYC Youth Grant During 2015 Season
Rocklands Cricket Club successfully applied for a Friends of Norfolk Youth Cricket grant to host a Primary School competition this summer. Read the full report now and also find out more about the FONYC today.
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Friends of Norfolk Youth Cricket Annual Newsletter 2014
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BELIZE CITY–The People's United Party (PUP), yesterday afternoon at a National Executive meeting at their headquarters on Queen Street, removed Arthur Saldivar as the Party's Belize Rural North standard-bearer.
Party Leader Francis Fonseca made the announcement to the media, party supporters and other interested persons after the party had made the decision.
On August 27, the PUP suspended Saldivar from the National Executive and also from his position as the candidate for the Belize Rural North constituency, and announced that an investigative committee had been set up to look into "very serious allegations made against him."
The report of that investigative committee was delivered to Party Leader Fonseca on September 12, and the PUP national executive met today to consider Saldivar's fate.
The Party kicked him out of the National Executive and removed him as Belize Rural North standard-bearer
Shortly after 4:00 p.m., when Saldivar walked down the steps of the PUP headquarters, his Belize Rural North Committee's public relations officer, Oswin Blease, told reporters, "The chairman [of the Belize Rural North Committee] whispered to me that she was told that Arthur Saldivar's candidacy should be removed with immediate effect."
Minutes later, when reporters were finally allowed inside Independence Hall, Party Leader Fonseca announced: "After 2 hours of deliberation, 2 hours of discussion, the national executive of the Party reached a decision on this matter. And that decision, ladies and gentlemen, is that with immediate effect, Mr. Arthur Saldivar is removed as the standard-bearer for Belize Rural North for the People's United Party and is removed as a member of the national executive of the Party."
While Fonseca would only say that the national executive of the party acted to remove Saldivar, he did not disclose any information from the party's investigating committee. When asked by reporters, Fonseca said that the work of the investigating committee is for the party and is not for sharing with the public.
Amandala also asked the PUP legal advisor, Senator Anthony Sylvestre, Jr., about the work of the investigating committee, but Sylvestre also told us that he could not comment on the work of the committee.
Two weeks ago, the party set up an investigative committee to investigate certain allegations made against Saldivar that emerged in the media and had to do with his conduct as an attorney.
On Wednesday, August 6, 2014, the story broke that Melonie Coye, a former client of Saldivar, whom he had defended for years in the country's biggest money laundering case, made the allegation that Saldivar had taken almost one million dollars of her money, and had not returned it.
Coye hired the law firm of Courtenay and Coye to recover the money from Saldivar.
Eamon Courtenay, S.C., who is a former PUP minister, told Amandala on Thursday, August 7, the following day after the story broke that by the following day, Friday, "I will be filing court papers in a civil action against Arthur Saldivar to recover my client's money."
Exactly one month after the story broke, on September 6, 2014, the PUP chairman, Henry Charles Usher, wrote Saldivar a letter captioned, "Re: Suspension and Investigation."
Usher's letter opened with the statement: "This is further to our correspondence of 27 August, 2014 regarding the decision of the National Executive of the People's United Party (NE) suspending you as a Party Official and from all Party activities and appointing a Committee to conduct an internal investigation into the public allegations made against you."
"We had promised to provide to you all materials gathered by the Committee in its investigation and we now do so."
The letter then listed the members of the committee — Henry Usher, PUP chairman; Anthony Sylvestre Jr., the party's legal advisor; Cassian Nunez, ODS member, Dangriga; and Armando Valdez, ODS member, Orange Walk.
The letter went on to list the specific allegations of misconduct on the part of Saldivar that they would be investigating. These were outlined as followed:
"(1) That you have in your possession over $900,000.00 plus of your client's money (Melonie Coye), unauthorized. That your client, through her new attorney, Mr. Eamon Courtenay S.C., is demanding the return of the money or in default a civil claim to recover said sums. The information in possession of the Committee in this regard emerges from a copy of a letter from the law firm of Courtenay Coye LLP to you requesting the return of the said monies. This letter was accessed from news reports of Channel 5 and Channel 7.
"(2) That you illegally entered home of Don Blunt and occupied the said premises. The information in this regard emerges from news reporting of this matter by Channel 5 and Channel 7.
"(3) That you physically assaulted one Boris Mansfield."
It was then stated in the letter that copies of the news reports of the alleged misconduct were attached. Usher then noted in the letter that "the scope of the Committee's remit is to not find a conclusion of the guilt or innocence in relation to any of these allegations, but to make a determination as to whether the alleged conducts are detrimental or prejudicial to the interest of the Party, your candidacy and as a member of the NE, or is in violation of the Code of Conduct of the Party."
After mentioning that the committee had met with the executive of the Belize Rural North (BRN) constituency and inviting Saldivar (with or without a representative) to a meeting with the Committee on Thursday, September 11, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. at Independence Hall, Usher specified to Saldivar in the letter that the committee would be making a "determination of the following issues":
"1. Whether the alleged conducts (singularly or cumulatively) and your responses to them so far have or will tarnish your candidacy.
" 2. Whether the alleged conducts (singularly or cumulatively) and your response to them so far give the appearance that you have allowed your integrity to be called into question. If yes, what steps (if any) can be taken to mitigate the public appearance/impression.
"3. Whether the alleged conducts (singularly or cumulatively) and your responses to them so far give the appearance that you have allowed your position as Standard Bearer for the BRN constituency and a member of the NE to be demeaned. If yes, what steps (if any) can be taken to mitigate the public appearance/impression.
"4. Whether the alleged conducts (singularly or cumulatively) and your responses to them so far give the appearance that you have compromised the fair exercise of your function as a Standard Bearer and member of the NE. If yes, what steps (if any) can be taken to mitigate the public appearance/impression.
"5. Whether any potential legal claims will impact your ability as Standard Bearer and member of the NE.
"6. Whether your responses to the alleged conducts so far gives the appearance that you cannot operate well under stress. If yes, what steps (if any) can be taken to mitigate the public appearance/impression."
The letter further acknowledged that the committee was aware that at that point the allegations were just that – allegations, and that no actual civil or criminal action had been lodged. "The Committee is also cognizant that you are on the ground in the BRN constituency working; you have a good team and machinery in place and the BRN constituency in terms of logistics is prepared for the next general elections, whenever it is called," it conceded.
The Chairman's letter concludes: "But the NE under Article 13(3) Constitution, referred to in our prior correspondence, is charged with the organization and administration of the Party and shall have the power in an emergency to formulate a position. And this arises where matters that have the potential to be detrimental or prejudicial to the interest of the Party come to the attention of the National Executive. This the NE did on 27th August, 2014 and thus the appointment and convening of this Committee.
"We await your response as outlined in our prior correspondence."
Fonseca today told reporters that: "We believe he needs to deal with these allegations which are very serious and other matters which have come to light. And we believe he needs to have the opportunity to deal with them, and it is certainly, we believe, not in the best interest of the People's United Party to have Mr. Saldivar as a candidate for our party at this time."
The blame for Saldivar's political fall has been put by Blease squarely at the feet of the party's new national campaign manager, Godfrey Smith.
Saldivar, however, when asked about Smith's role in his political misfortunes, would only say, "Again, I will be like Bob Marley. I deal with the sheriff, not the deputies."
While Saldivar appeared to shy away from blaming Smith directly, that was not the case with his public relations man, Blease, who was unsparing of Smith.
Blease told reporters: "You know what we believe? We believe that only one or two persons could have been responsible for that decision made today. It has to be a decision by no other than Godfrey Smith, and probably a few others that might have been in support of him. But there is nothing there. We are upset, annoyed and we are saddened to be PUP supporters for a decision that is made like this. We were made privy of this by some insiders already…that they brought in Godfrey Smith. Godfrey Smith was on the outside, but Godfrey Smith is a powerhouse in the PUP, that if he says that Arthur Saldivar should go…then either Arthur Saldivar goes or he walks. That is the position."
Today, Thursday, Saldivar told Amandala that he thinks that Smith and Senator Lisa Shoman plotted against him for his anti-LGBT stance.
In the UNIBAM challenge to Section 53 of the Criminal Code, Godfrey Smith, along with Shoman and the British attorney Lord Peter Goldsmith, defended Caleb Orozco, UNIBAM president.
As he emerged from Independence Hall, Saldivar had very little to say, but around 5:15 p.m., he apparently had a change of heart and he called an impromptu press briefing at the Radisson Fort George Hotel, at which he said that the PUP's decision "doesn't faze me."
"My first reaction to it was simply to rise and leave. If that is the decision, then the party has abandoned me," Saldivar declared.
"From my understanding of things, the report of the committee was not contemplated; it was not even considered. Because in retrospect, in actuality, the report did not yield anything; there is nothing there," he said.
Saldivar added: "The allegations were baseless and certainly, once it was examined by those who were charged with responsibility, they recognized it was not a situation that would have warranted the outcome that came about today. So I'm as shocked as anybody else, but again, my constitution being what it is, it doesn't really faze me."
Although the proverbial political deck of cards appeared to be stacked against him, Saldivar optimistically said: "I'm prepared to run independent of the PUP. I will be a candidate in the upcoming general elections. I will go firstly to the people of the Belize Rural North to seek a ratification of that decision, and I do believe that at the end of the day, with their support, I will win."
The woman whose name has been at the center of the controversy involving Saldivar, his former client Melonie Coye, has not made any public statement on the matter of the money Saldivar allegedly took from her.
Saldivar also confirmed to Amandala that Coye did not speak to the PUP investigating committee, although they made attempts to speak to her.


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"If our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things." — I John iii. 20.
LORD, many times I am a-weary quite
Weary of me.
And hate againft myself I often bear,
And enter with myself in fierce debate; — Take Thou my part againft myself, nor fhare
In that juft hate.
Beft friends might loathe us, if what things perverse We know of our own selves they also knew; — Lord, Holy One! if Thou, who knoweft worse,
Shouldft loathe us too!
R. C. Trench.
OFOR a closer walk with God,
What peaceful hours I once enjoyed!
How sweet their memory ftill! But now I find an aching void
The world can never fill.
Return, O holy Dove, return,
Sweet meflenger of reft;
And drove thee from my breaft.
The deareft idol I have known,
Whate'er that idol be,
And worfhip only thee.
So fhall my walk be close with God,
Calm and serene my frame;
That leads me to the Lamb.
Wm. Cowper. 1779. GROWING IN GRACE.
"But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Chrift." — a Peter iii. 18.
THIS did not once so trouble me,
While we had little care to call
On Thee, and scarcely prayed at all,
We seemed enough to pray;
Our lips their offerings pay.
And when we gave yet flighter heed
Our hearts reproached us then
The woes and wants of men.
In doing is this knowledge won,
With this our pride repress;
And may efteem it less.
R. C. Trench.
"And when he is come, he will reprove the world of fin, and of righteousness, and of judgment." — J0HN xvi. 8.
THE world is wise, for the world is old;
The world is kind if we afk not too much;
The world is ftrong, with an awful ftrength,
And full of life in its breadth and length;
Yet the world is not happy, as the world might be, —
Why is it? why is it? O, answer me!
The world is so beautiful one may fear
Its borrowed beauty might make it too dear;
Yet the world is not happy, as the world might be, —
Why is it? why is it? O, answer me!
The world is good in its own poor way,
There is reft by night and high spirits by day;
Yet the world is not happy, as the world might be, —
Why is it? why is it? O, answer me!
The Cross fhines fair, and the church-bell rings,
What lackeft thou, world? for God made thee of old;
It is blood that thou lackeft, thou poor old world!
Poor world! if thou craveft a better day,
Frederick Faber.


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CIOs need to pay more attention to 'rise' of smart machines: Gartner
Analyst firm highlights threat-benefit debate on machines' increasing control over key business decisions
CIOs need to pay closer attention to the issues surrounding smart machines, which could be usurping control from line of business over key strategic decisions, analyst firm Gartner warned today.
Many of the world's nations, including the UAE, have made strides in smart government and smart city initiatives, using machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions that combine sensor data with advanced algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI). According to Gartner, these systems are making "increasingly significant business decisions over which humans have decreasing control".
Advancements made in M2M, both in capability and affordability, have accelerated the adoption of solutions, but now, among business leaders, such systems are seen as a threat rather than a benefit to the enterprise.
"As smart machines become increasingly capable, they will become viable alternatives to human workers under certain circumstances, which will lead to significant repercussions for the business and thus for CIOs," said Stephen Prentice, vice president and Gartner Fellow. "In the 2015 Gartner CEO and business leader survey, opinions were equally divided on this issue and indicate that business leaders are starting to take notice of the advances being made and more readily acknowledge that the threat to knowledge work is real."
Prentice urged organisations to take a broader view of the changes, alluding to economist Joseph Schumpeter's theory of creative destruction.
"As smart machines become more capable, and more affordable, they will be more widely deployed in multiple roles across many industries, replacing some human workers," said Prentice. "This is nothing new. The deployment of new technology has eliminated millions of jobs over the course of history. At the same time, entirely new industries have been developed by those technologies, almost always creating millions of new jobs. Organisations must balance the necessity to exploit the significant advances being made in the capabilities of various smart machines with the perceived negative impact of resulting job losses."
Gartner has predicted more growth in smart machines over the next five years, and as those systems make more and more "decisions that are of growing significance to the business", fear of their dominance of human workers will ultimately arise.
"The fear among many individuals is that the machines will take over, start making decisions on their own and run out of control, posing a threat to individuals, society and even humanity itself," Prentice said. "However, within the confines of currently known technology, the idea of machines attaining some level of self-awareness, consciousness or sentience is still the stuff of science fiction. Even with the coming generation of smart machines, which actively learn and will be able to adapt their actions to optimise their progress toward a goal, humans can choose to remain in control."


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Minor in Secondary Education
The minor in Secondary Education allows students in a content area such as social science, mathematics, or science to take courses that will lead to licensure in a teaching field.
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Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the program, graduates will be able to:
- Understand theoretical foundations behind teaching and learning.
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- Describe characteristics of an effective learning environment attending to intellectual, social, and personal development and supportive of individual and group engagement in the learning processes.
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- Develop standards-based curricular objectives, modes of teaching, and authentic assessments.
- Integrate a variety of authentic tools of inquiry, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making performance skills that empower young learners to take responsibility for their own learning.
- Value cultural diversity and ensure cultural competency.
- Ensure an in-depth understanding and appreciation of democratic principles and social justice applicable both inside and outside of schools and classrooms.
Career Possibilities
- Secondary teacher (grades 7-12)
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Was the Irish Civil War a 'natural' conclusion to the events of previous years?
Some historians will say that the Civil War was a 'natural' conclusion to the activities of the previous year others will disagree. This essay will take the line that yes; the civil war was a natural and inevitable conclusion to the Anglo-Irish difficulties. In order to understand why the Civil War came about one must first understand how it came about by studying the actions of the previous years, the War of Independence and the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Then it is necessary to look at the feelings of the opposing sides of the Civil War. Finally one must look at history itself and compare the Irish War of Independence and the Civil War with similar cases. Once all steps have been taken the ultimate aim of this essay is to prove that the Civil War was a 'natural' conclusion to the previous years.
The War of Independence (WOI) was fought between the years 1918 and 1921 and 'was mainly limited to Dublin and the province of Munster, and the IRA victories were few and far between' . Ireland had forgotten about its aspirations for Home Rule and was now looking for a more drastic form of Independence. The war had its origins in the formation of unilaterally created independent Irish parliament, called Dáil Éireann, formed by the majority of MPs elected in Irish constituencies in the Irish (UK) general election, 1918. This parliament, known as the First Dáil, and its ministry, called the Aireacht declared Irish independence. The Dáil knew that 'England's difficulty (was) Ireland's opportunity' and ceized the day. After the failed rebelion of 1916 public sympathies slowly but surely swung to the millitant IRA (and Sinn Fein). By 1921 the WOI was a cause of British anxiety and embarressment and something had to be done. Once the Ulster province had been calmed by the Government of Ireland Act in 1920, the Lloyd George turned to its Nationalist neighbour. A Sinn Fein delegation, including Michael Collins and Arthur Grifith was sent to Westminster to negotiate the Anglo-Irish Treaty. It is important to note that President DeValera was not present. It is very possible that he knew there would have to be some comprimise made and he didn't want to make it. After heated discusions and debates the delegation were given 2 days to sign the treaty or except war. Ireland could not support another war and so the delegation were forced to sign the Treaty and bring it home for ratification.
The Treaty caused heated debate with some agreeing with Michael Collins that the Treaty 'gives us freedon- not the ultimate freedom that all nations desire and develop to, but the freedom to achieve it.' In fact, 'the population at large was strongly in favour of the terms' . However there was a strong minority within the Dail that were strongly apposed to it and agreed with DeValera that...


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Cystoscopy is a type of a procedure performed by a urologist used to examine the inside of your bladder and urethra. It is used to monitor the health of your bladder and the entire urinary tract, as well as establishing a diagnosis based on symptoms you may be having.
This pretty standard procedure is often confusing because people don't understand how it's done or why. It's time to dispel the misinformation using this concise but extensive FAQ article.
To perform a cystoscopy, a urologist needs a cystoscope. A cystoscope is a hollow tube with a lens on the end of it. By connecting the cystoscope to a screen, your provider can see the inside of your urethra and bladder and examine them accordingly. It's one of the most standard procedures in urology, designed to diagnose and treat a variety of urologic conditions.
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Nearly all our information about the first forty-six years of Sterne's life before he became famous as the author of Tristram Shandy is derived from a short memoir jotted down by himself for the use of his daughter. This memoir gives nothing but the barest facts, excepting three anecdotes about his infancy, his school days and his marriage. Conversely, for the last eight years of his life, after the sudden leap out of obscurity caused by his literary success, we have a faithful record of Sterne's feelings and movements in letters to various persons (published in 1775 by his daughter, Lydia Sterne de Medalle) and in the 1766-1767 Letters from Yorick to Eliza (also published in 1775) (1).
Laurence Sterne was the great-grandson of Richard Sterne, Archbishop of York and Master of Jesus College, Cambridge. Laurence's father, Roger Sterne, was a Yorkshire soldier who served as an officer in Flanders under the Duke of Marlborough during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). His mother, Agnes, the widow of another English army officer, married Roger Sterne while he was on campaign in Dunkirk in 1711.
In July 1733, Sterne was admitted at Jesus College, Cambridge, where his great-grandfather (the Archbishop) had been master. He took his B.A. degree in 1736 and proceeded M.A. in 1740. In his last year, a haemorrhage of the lungs was the first sign of the consumption that was to trouble him for the rest of his life.
Meanwhile, young Sterne had took orders, and in 1738, through his uncle's influence (Jaques Sterne was choirmaster and canon of York), obtained the living of Sutton-on-the-Forest, about eight miles north of York.
In 1741 Sterne married Elizabeth Lumley, a cousin to Elizabeth Montagu, the bluestocking, and in 1747 their daughter, Lydia, was born. Living the life of a rural parson, Sterne kept his residence at Sutton for about two generally uneventful decades. During these years he kept up a close friendship which had begun at Cambridge with a distant cousin from Yorkshire, John Hall-Stevenson (1718-1785), a witty and accomplished epicurean, owner of Skelton Hall (also known as "Crazy Castle"), in the Cleveland district of Yorkshire.
Skelton Hall is nearly forty miles from Sutton, but Sterne, in spite of his double duties (he was also vicar of the neighbouring living of Stillington and prebendary, or canon, of York Minster), seems to have been a frequent visitor there, and to have found in his rather eccentric friend a highly congenial companion. Sterne is thought to have never formally become a member of the circle of merry squires and clerics at Skelton known as "The Demoniacks", but certainly he must have shared their revelries on and off (3).
In 1747 Sterne published a sermon preached in York under the title of The Case of Elijah. This was followed in 1750 by The Abuses of Conscience, afterwards inserted in Vol. II of Tristram Shandy. In 1759 he wrote a sketch on a quarrel between his Dean and a York lawyer, a sort of Swiftian satire of dignitaries of the spiritual courts which gave an earnest of Sterne's powers as a humorist. At the demands of embarrassed churchmen, however, the book was burned: thus, if on one hand Sterne lost his chances for clerical advancement, on the other he ended up discovering his real talents (4).
Sterne's marriage, which had never been truly happy, reached a crisis in 1758, when his wife, after learning of an affair with a maid-servant, had a nervous breakdown and was eventually placed under the care of a doctor in a private house in York. As Sterne's own health continued to fail, he progressively fell into a state of melancholy: it was in this atmosphere of gloom and despondency that The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, one of the most light-hearted books in the whole of literature, was begun. Sterne completed fourteen chapters in six weeks and promised to write two volumes a year for the rest of his life. A first, sharply satiric version of the novel was initially rejected by the London printer Robert Dodsley. Sterne continued his comic novel, but every sentence, he said, was "written under the greatest heaviness of heart". In this mood, he decided to soften the satire and describe Tristram's opinions, his eccentric family, and ill-fated childhood with a sympathetic humour, sometimes hilarious, sometimes sweetly melancholic – a comedy skirting tragedy.
Sterne himself published the first two volumes of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman at York late in 1759, but he sent half of the imprint to Dodsley. By March 1760, when he went to London, Tristram Shandy was the rage, and Sterne became instantly famous. The news of his presence there soon spread, visitors thronged to his rooms in St Alban's Street, and invitations to fashionable dinners and receptions abounded. The witty, naughty "Tristram Shandy", or "Parson Yorick", as Sterne was called after characters in his novel, was the most sought-after man in town: London was charmed with his audacity, wit and graphic unconventional power. However, he was also much criticized: while Dr. Johnson, who did not appreciate his use of indecent allusions, mistakenly declared "Nothing odd will do long", readers from York were particularly scandalized at its clergyman's indecency, and indignant at his often scurrilous caricatures of well-known local figures, such as the male midwife Dr. Slop.
When a second edition of the first instalment of Tristram was called for in three months, two volumes of Sermons by Yorick were also announced. Although they had little or none of the eccentricity of the history, they proved almost as popular (in the novel, Sterne had portrayed himself in the character of Parson Yorick). Lord Fauconberg presented the author of Tristram Shandy with the perpetual curacy of Coxwold, and in the summer of 1760 the Sterne family returned to Yorkshire, where they moved into a charming old cottage, renamed "Shandy Hall" after Sterne's literary hero (5).
Sterne wrote two more volumes of Tristram Shandy and, the following Christmas, he returned to London to superintend their publication. These volumes appeared in January 1761, to the same chorus of praise and criticism as the earlier volumes. Fashionable society welcomed him back and for another three months he was immersed in social life. When he returned to "Shandy Hall", he continued to work on Tristram Shandy, and the fifth and sixth volumes were completed by December 1761. While supervising the publication of these volumes in London, he suffered a severe haemorrhage of the lungs, and a journey to the south of France was hastily arranged for his health's sake. Obtaining a year's absence from his post from the Archbishop of York, he left for Paris in January 1762. This and a later trip abroad gave him much material for his later Sentimental Journey.
Sterne's fame had preceded him to Paris and he was welcomed
in much the same way as he had been in London. His health temporarily
improved, and, in May 1762, he sent for his wife, now recovered, and
his daughter, who was suffering from asthma. In July, following a relapse
of his health, they left for Toulouse, where they stayed for a year.
Sterne spent the year writing a seventh volume of Tristram Shandy, incorporating
some of his experiences in France into the story. In July 1763, the
family visited the Pyrenees, Aix-en-Provence and Marseilles, and in
September 1763, they settled in Montpellier for the winter. In March
1764 Sterne resolved to return to England, but his wife did not share
his desire to leave and decided to stay in France with Lydia, while
she completed her education. Having accepted his wife's wish, Sterne
spent most of the summer in London, and then returned to Shandy
Hall in the autumn, where he soon immersed himself in an eighth
volume of Tristram Shandy. The seventh and eighth volumes were published
on 26th January 1765.
In October 1765, Sterne set out for a seven months' tour through France and Italy, which was later immortalised in his second novel, A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, by Mr.Yorick. He passed through Paris and Lyons to Turin, where he began his tour through Italy in the company of Sir James Macdonald, a cultivated young man then resident in Italy. He visited Milan, Parma, Florence, Rome and Naples, and, on his return through France, he visited his wife and daughter. Elizabeth had decided that she could manage better without him, and begged to stay abroad for another year. Thus, in June 1766 Sterne returned alone to Yorkshire for the second time, where his main companion, now that he was separated from his family, was his old friend John Hall-Stevenson. By this time Sterne was seriously short of money, having spent most of his literary earnings on his foreign tours. Having a family abroad to support, he set about repairing his financial position, by means of the sales of the ninth and final volume of Tristram Shandy (completed in the autumn).
In December 1766, Sterne was in London again, where he met Mrs. Eliza Draper, the wife of Daniel Draper, an official of the East India Company, and fell in love with her. They carried on an open, sentimental flirtation, but Eliza was under a promise to return to her husband in Bombay. Sterne never saw her again, but he was not willing to let the relationship go. He sent her his books, and, having had her portrait painted, wore it round his neck. With half an eye on posterity, he kept a"Journal to Eliza", modelled on Swift's Journal to Stella, and also A Sentimental Journey is full of references to Eliza, to the portrait, and his vows of eternal fidelity to her.
On returning to Yorkshire, he was visited by his wife and daughter in August 1767, but, since they continued to find each other's company insupportable, he and his wife finally came to an agreement that she and Lydia should return to the South of France, with an improved financial allowance, and never return to England. Sterne seems to have been content with this arrangement, although he also seems to have been upset at being parted from his daughter, for whom he had a genuine affection. By December 1767, two volumes of A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, by Mr. Yorick, were completed, and Sterne set off with John Hall-Stevenson for London to superintend their publication early in 1768.
In March, he fell ill with influenza, and on the 18th he died.
Legend has it that soon after burial at London, Sterne 's body was stolen by grave robbers and sold for the purpose of dissection to the professor of anatomy at Cambridge. Luckily, his features were recognised by a student at the dissecting table, and the body was quietly returned to the grave (6).
(1) The holograph manuscript of Sterne's memoir – Sterne's Memoirs:
A Hitherto Unrecorded Holograph Now Brought to Light in Facsimile, with introduction and commentary by Kenneth Monkman (Coxwold, privately printed for The Laurence Sterne Trust, 1985) – is now on permanent loan to "Shandy Hall", Coxwold. A detailed biography (TRAILL, H. D., "Sterne", English Men of Letters Series, 1882) is available online: <http://www.authorama.com/sterne-1.html>. A more recent and equally thorough source of reference is: ROSS, Ian Campbell,Laurence Sterne: A Life (Oxford: OUP, 2001). For a selection of Sterne's correspondence: CURTIS, Lewis Perry, ed., Letters of Laurence Sterne (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1935, 1967²).
(2) "When we read over the siege of Troy, which lasted ten years and eight months, -- though with such a train of artillery as we had at Namur, the town might have been carried in a week -- was I not as much concerned for the destruction of the Greeks and Trojans as any boy of the whole school? Had I not three strokes of a ferula given me, two on my right hand and one on my left, for calling Helena a bitch for it? Did any one of you shed more tears for Hector? And when king Priam came to the camp to beg his body, and returned weeping back to Troy without it, -- you know, brother, I could not eat my dinner" (Tristram Shandy, Vol. VI, Ch. XXXII).
(3) John Hall-Stevenson's various occasional sallies in verse and prose - his Fables for Grown Gentlemen (1761 - 1770), Crazy Tales (1762) and Makarony Fables (1767), which were all mainly political sketches against the opponents of John Wilkes, the parliamentary reformer - were collected after his death, and it is impossible to read them without being struck with their close family resemblance in spirit and turn of thought to Sterne's work, inferior as they are in literary genius. Hall-Stevenson was also said to be the original of Eugenius in Tristam Shandy. For a commentary on Hall-Stevenson's Crazy Tales, see <http://www.bartleby.com/221/0820.html>.
(4) The sketch would not be published until 1769, the year after Sterne's death, when it appeared under the title A Political Romance (and later The History of a Good Warm Watch-Coat).
(5) "Shandy Hall" is now a museum.
(6) The story, only whispered at the time, was confirmed in 1969: Sterne 's remains were exhumed and now rest in the churchyard at Coxwold, close to Shandy Hall.


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