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A concrete implementation of Delegator, this class provides the means to delegate all supported method calls to the object passed into the constructor and even to change the object being delegated to at a later time with #__setobj__.
Here's a simple example that takes advantage of the fact that SimpleDelegator's delegation object can be changed at any time.
class Stats def initialize @source = SimpleDelegator.new([]) end def stats(records) @source.__setobj__(records) "Elements: #{@source.size}\n" + " Non-Nil: #{@source.compact.size}\n" + " Unique: #{@source.uniq.size}\n" end end s = Stats.new puts s.stats(%w{James Edward Gray II}) puts puts s.stats([1, 2, 3, nil, 4, 5, 1, 2])
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Jane's Addiction is back in action, with a brand-new album on the way and a tour in progress. The '90s icons, with original members Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, and Stephen Perkins (Chris Chaney is original bassist and perennial reunion holdout Eric Avery), brought their act - including a clutch of new tunes and a revue of bondage dancers - to NYC's Terminal 5 last night, where S+V resident photographer Dan Bracaglia caught up with the band.
The show was co-presented by LG and YouTube - which meant that the event was streamed live, with HD clips already available, and an audience-shot 3D documentary (filmed on LG Thrill 3D phones, naturally) is in the works.
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The 2012 Warrior Games presented by Deloitte are hosted by the USOC and supported by the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, USO, Fisher House, Daniels Fund, Anheuser Busch, AT&T, BP, Chobani and DeVry.
Additional guests for today's festivities included the participants' friends and family, team support staffs, community and military leaders, government officials, sponsors, and USOC and National Governing Body staff members. U.S. Paralympian and Army veteran John Register, who also serves as the associate director of community and military programs for U.S. Paralympics, acted as the master of ceremonies. Other event highpoints included a cappella performances of the U.S. and British national anthems by the USO Liberty Bells and an F-16 flyover by the U.S. Air Force.
"Today's Opening Ceremony was a great celebration that both delivered inspiration and evoked reflection," said USOC CEO Scott Blackmun. "As an organization, we're incredibly proud of being fully committed to advancing Paralympic sport and providing additional sport opportunities for individuals with physical disabilities. We're grateful to Deloitte and the rest of our partners for making this significant endeavor such a success. Let the games begin!"
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If Israel is going to placed in the Florida group, then the Germany group may include France, Czech Republic and South Africa. Germany may have better attendance with bordering nations of France and Czech Republic than with Spain in their group.
If Israel is going to placed in the Florida group, then the Germany group may include France, Czech Republic and South Africa. Germany may have better attendance with bordering nations of France and Czech Republic than with Spain in their group.
At any rate, I was thinking it would be fun to have France play in a pool with Canada and Great Britain to play up France's natural rivalry with Great Britain--and to maybe pique the interest of Francophone Canadians. But it probably doesn't make much of a difference.
Also, not trying to make excuses, but this would not be fair to Canada to have play a scraped together Israel squad of MLBers when our program has existed for decades and promoted our own growth ourselves. I know in the past I complained about Italy using Italian-Americans to fill out portions of the roster, but the Israel team will be more ridiculous.
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I was born in Boston; I can play for the USA.
My father was from The Netherlands; I do have dual citizenship. I could play for The Orange.
My grandfather (mother's side) was from The Ukraine; I could represent them
His wife (my mother's mother) was from Russia; I could play for them.
I'm Jewish; I could play for Israel.
Man, do I *HATE* the Yankees!!!!!!
but without no doubt and no matter what you would have good chances to make the team in Ukraine, Russia and Israel (not WBC)
And this is the point I do agree with the others here Israel playing the Qualifier and may kicking other teams out of the WBC is rediculous as they are not able to beat a Great Britain team made of "true" british players to advance out of the B-Pool at the european level
The only thing you know is you never know and that you know for sure!
Listing teams you could play for under WBC shows how it's so dumb.
-I'm Canadian so could play for Canada
-I am Canadian so qualify for Great Britain automatically because of Commonwealth status
-My Grandmother was English anyway so I double qualify.
-My mom is Croatian so I qualify for them.
And players can choose their countries without any prior history of representing that country or being developed by that federation. If Canada with a decades-long history of producing talent loses to an Israel team because a couple of Jewish-Americans decided on a whim,"Why the hell not?", I will rage.
Deep down, I wonder what is more important to MLB and WBC organizers? Canadian television numbers or potential Jewish-American tv numbers with future potential. The Canadian media already blasted the tourney last time for what Italy was. It could be 10x worse depending on what Israel looks like.
Why single out Israel?
Here's the bottom line: Team Germany's organizers are free to pick only native-born Germans for their roster if they want to. They're also free to have their butts humiliated in the tournament. Italy, to their credit, wanted to win some games. And so they included Italian Americans on the team. Would I prefer to have more Alex Liddi-caliber players living in Italy? Sure. But that's not the way it is. If the WBC used strict citizenship rules, there'd be only a handful of teams who'd have a shot of winning it all. (The Dominican Republic, with the American Albert Pujols barred from playing first base, probably wouldn't be one of them.)
Oh, and and a citizens-only rule would be unique, too, among international sport tournaments. Who was the best player on Japan's Rugby World Cup team last year? A New Zealander, who qualified to play for the Brave Blossoms because he plays his club rugby in Japan. Even the FIFA World Cup--which, to be sure, requires that players be naturalized citizens of the countries they represent--still lets players play for countries that aren't their home or birth country so long as they have "clear connection" to the country. (That wasn't always the case. Before 2004, it wasn't uncommon for players to play on several different teams in international play over their careers. Countries would simply naturalize them in order to get them on the team. A lot more corrupt and nonsensical than what the WBC does now.)
So don't pick on Israel. Team New Zealand will no doubt field Americans and Aussies who've never stepped foot in New Zealand. The Phillipines will probably have Filipino-American players. I wouldn't be surprised if a Thai-American or two play for their parents' or grandparents' country. Obviously, this isn't ideal. But until baseball enjoys the kind of deep international popularity that soccer has, it's not really realistic for the WBC to do it any other way. Unless we just want to see five or six teams compete.
Mike Nickeas of the Mets...Canadian born, he grw up in Southern California. He's played for the USA and for Great Britain in the 2007 Euros.. His father was a soccer player from England who came over here to play in the old NASL for Vancouver. Surprised he hasn't played for Canada.
Man, do I *HATE* the Yankees!!!!!!
David Ortiz says that the timing of the "Classic needs to be changed". Paraphrasing Ortiz "Cubans and Asians beat us because they play year round, those guys sleep with their uniforms on". He proposes that Spring Training should be completed and that the Classic be played in April. Cleveland Indians manager, Manny Acta agrees with Ortiz, but says that an April WBC is not going to happen. Acta says that the "Solution is to play in the Winter" or a November time table. Acta says that players would be in better position to play in Winter League to prepare for a Fall/Winter WBC and it would be better than running the risk of injury right before the regular MLB season.
Ummm, I've been pretty consistent in saying I hate the WBC rules for eligiblity no matter what team it is. Go back through my posts if you truly want to. Your also using sports that I agree have lax eligibility rules still. I know it won't happen but I like the IIHF rules.
Gotta play in that country for 2 years before even being allowed to play and then you still gotta prove your connection. A Canadian hockey player cannot represent Great Britain while being allowed to get citizenship until he plays 2 years in the British Hockey League to show how serious he is taking it. The two year limit really stops the IIHF from suffering from this problem even if it means a lot of countries don't have a chance.
I mean, when Italy held the Winter Olympics they were really afraid of their hockey team looking bad so thjey tried hard to recruit in Southern Ontario for Italian-Canadians to play for them. They were not successful though because its two years of your life. I mean, in hockey, you could easily put together awesome Australian/British/French/Dutch hockey teams with Canadians if the rules were that easy in hockey.
Sure, the IIHF has maybe 3-4 countries that can ever compete for a Gold Medal but atleast I know each team truly represents the efforts of their national hockey federations to grow the sport.
Just wondering if you like the WBC rules personally?
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That's fair, cutchemist. Personally, I like the IIHF model as you described it. Assuming that real leagues can gain traction in Europe and across Asia, I think it's one the WBC can adopt down the road. But only, I think, once it's clear that it won't undermine the competitiveness of the tournament. In the meantime, some variation of the current liberal eligibility rules will have to be used--unless, again, we're happy with seeing the same five teams dominate the WBC year after year.
I actually agree with this. As long as MLB runs the WBC in spring training, it'll seem like exhibition games. And, as Ortiz says, countries whose players play and train through the winter will dominate. I don't think the solution is to move it to April. (MLB won't sacrifice regular season games for this.) Or to November. (It's hard for me to think of American audiences tuning in much to fall baseball after the World Series--and when football season is hitting its stride.)
No, the answer, I think is to play the tournament during the All-Star Break. An opening round in March or November makes sense: A field of 32 teams playing in 8 pools spread around the globe. Sort of like now. But then after that initial qualifying round, the top 8 or 16 teams can then cool their jets for a few months, and then play the remaining games in a single-elimination, NCAA basketball-style tournament held over four or five days the second week of July. The All-Star game would be canceled for that year, of course (or played with players who aren't in the WBC), but most of the top players we look forward to seeing that time of year will be playing for their countries instead. It'd take moving up the season to accomodate the extra day or two of the break. But the excitement of single-elimination--to say nothing of the fact that players are in peak form this time of year--would make it worth it.
My biggest fear is a WBC team having only 10% of the team represent a country's true baseball strength. To be fair, I should save my comments for when rosters are actually announced and then I can criticize the make-up of any WBC team.
If we just go by european teams Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, Great Britain (all EC A Pool team) can fall and miss the WBC founding because Israel (never made it out of EC B Pool) fields a team made of players with no relationship (just because of their religion heritage) to the country.
I hope Germany will use the eligibilty rule as much as possible although I don´t like it but what I more like is to get the WBC money to keep the programm running for years. Doing this will cut longtime national team players who helped the team to be here where we are right now and believe me they hardly derserve to play at the WBC level. One player quoted at a WC: "I am an old player! You young players may get the chance to reach the MLB or even the World Series but this is my kind of World Series, I will never play at any higher stage like this. So let´s do as good as we can!"
I do know a lot of eligible players allready asked to play for Germany and trying to set everthing up to be eligible.
All teams are bolstering to stay/get in the money which is ok but the romantic part on international Baseball is lost.
I like that idea!Originally Posted by cutchemist42
The only thing you know is you never know and that you know for sure!
Hey Guys,
As a Brit I'd like to mention that if you live in a commonwealth country that does not qualify you for a British passport. Granted a lot of people who live in commonwealth or ex commonwealth will have British ancestors and therefore qualify for a passport, but just being born in Canada doesn't make you eligible for the GB team.
I'm with Paula and hope we also take the strongest team possible, not just because of the money but because of the exposure that the sports needs in this country, especially after baseball was taken out of the Olympics. In my eyes he WBC at the moment is all about spreading the sport.
Here is the latest news...An Interview with Brian Essery, Recruitment Director of Great Britain Baseball
Canadian news on the WBC and Canadian NT on sportnset.ca. (They are the bigger of Canada's two sports networks for baseball since they own the Blue Jays)
So organizers wanted Vancouver to host a quali tourney but it did not make financial sense and no other cities work real well. September is mentioned again here so I think that's definite. I still think Winnipeg or Edmonton could have worked in September. So that means no major leaguers on quali teams, right.
Other then that, it sounds like Toronto is waiting on Canada's success in the quali before committing to bidding for actual WBC hosting and Canada is worried about other countries pushing to naturalize players before quali rosters have to be set.
Lastly, Germany is mentioned again as a host event.
Also, I read the article to suggest that the Germany and a possible Florida pool could be pushed back to November. And, perhaps most interesting of all, no members of an MLB 40-man roster will be eligible for the qualifiers. And that means, it seems, that--irrespective of when the qualifiers take place--the teams won't have any major leaguers on them.
"That is the danger both for Canada, and World Baseball Classic organizers, who risk missing out on stars such as Joey Votto, Justin Morneau, Jason Bay, Russell Martin, John Axford and Brett Lawrie should an upset occur."
I still wish the quali length was longer. I rarely get to watch international baseball and I want something more then 3 games!


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EdgeStar Smallest Footprint 10,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner - Onyx
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The AP10002BL is equipped with 10,000 BTUs of cooling power and can effectively cool a room up to 350 square feet in size. This compact, yet powerful portable air conditioner is perfect for cooling bedrooms. The AP10002BL doubles as a 60 pint dehumidifier, which removes excess humidity from the air, helping the space to feel even cooler and improving air quality.
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- Step 4: Attach exhaust hose to the unit.
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Save space, cut costs, and keep cool with the slim design of the EdgeStar Smallest Footprint 10,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner (AP10002BL). With a compact 13" x 15" footprint, this unit takes up very little floor space. Energy saving features offer you an opportunity to cut energy costs, and 10,000 BTUs of cooling power give you the capability to cool up to 350 sq. ft. of space.
Confident in the quality of their products, EdgeStar sets itself apart from other manufacturers by backing their portable air conditioners with an industry-leading three (3) year limited warranty.
Self-Evaporative System:Equipped with an auto-drain system that exhausts all condensate, the need to manually drain water from the unit is eliminated**.
Energy Saving Programmable Features:Cut costs by setting the unit to run only when you need it, and have it cool your space before you even get home using the 24 hour programmable timer-- The timer allows you to set the unit to cycle on automatically, or once it is on, you can set it to automatically turn off.
Intelligent Auto Restart:The Auto Restart Function stores your settings, so that in case of a power outtage, it will pick right back up where it left off when power is regained.
Dehumidify Mode:Humidity can be just as much of a hassle as heat, so let the Dehumidify Only function with a 60 pints per day capacity make quick work of humid spaces.
Three (3) Speed Fan:Find your perfect setting and control the unit's noise and air output by choosing a high, medium, or low fan setting.
Easy-to-Use Window Kit:Venting your portable air conditioner is a simple three step process, and your purchase includes all the necessary materials-- Simply connect the vent hose to the back of the unit, remove the cap from the window vent kit and connect it to the exhaust hose.
Eco-Friendly:Designed to be an environmentally friendly product, this portable air conditioner uses non ozone-depleting R410A refrigerant.
Three Year Limited Warranty:This portable air conditioner is backed by an industry-leading three (3) year limited warranty.
- Model: AP10002BL24-hour programmable timer
- Brand: EdgeStarAuto restart function
- Coverage Area: 350 sq. ft.Washable pre filter
- Three (3) speed fanDirect drain option
- Directional air louversCFC-free refrigerant
- Fully functional remote controlNoise Level: 49 dB (low), 51 dB (med), 53 dB (high)
- Adjustable digital thermostat controlCFM: 118 (low), 147 (med), 177 (high)
- Auto drain systemTemperatures: 61-86°F
- Exhausts condensate automaticallyCord Length: 7.9 ft.
- Carbon filter includedInput Voltage: 115 V/60 Hz
- Dehumidifier Function: 61 pints/ dayPower: 9.0 A/1120 W
- Window Kit: 20.5" min 58.7" maxWeight: 52.9 lbs
- 48" maximum extendable exhaust hose includedDimensions: 30.68" H x 13.37" W x 15.5" D
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Portable Tankless Water Heater - High Capacity
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Eccotemp Portable Tankless Water Heater - High Capacity
This Eccotemp tankless water heater (L10) can be used as portable unit but is ideally made for semi-permanent installation. It uses a common garden hose adapter and fits right into a standard 10 pound grill tank making it great for hunting camps, lodges, RVs, summer homes, lake cabins, barns, etc.
This 10 liter unit delivers up to 2.65 gallons per minute of hot water ranging from 80 - 165 degrees Fahrenheit, plenty for multiple hot water applications running at the same time. The 2 "D" cell battery ignition starts the flame only when water is running, so there's no chance of overheating and makes it perfect for off grid or areas where you have limited electricity. Designed for a more permanent installation, the L10 comes with standard 1/2" NPT fittings, making it easily plumbed in with standard fixtures.
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- Model: L10Eccotemp Portable Tankless Water Heater - High Capacity
- Brand: Eccotemp2.65 gallons of hot water per minute
- High capacity heaterIdeal for a more permanent installation
- Attaches to standard harden hose nozzleRemovable drain valve to avoid water pipe and regulator damage
- Can attach to standard LP tank2 "D" cell battery ignition
- Adjustable water temp: 80 - 150 degrees Fahrenheit20 minute safety shut-off timer
- Needs 30 - 80 PSI of water pressure9 foot CSA approved regulator included
- Energy savings: EF of 85%Weight: 18 lbs.
- Anti-dry combustion protection: shuts off gas if water stopsDimensions: 28" H x 17" W x 6.5" D
- Warranty: 1 year
- Height: 28"
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Salem State awarded additional funding through Performance Incentive Fund grant
At a press conference yesterday in Framingham, Governor Deval Patrick announced Salem State University as one of the 18 Massachusetts state universities selected to receive additional state funding this year. The subsidy, which comes out of the Performance Incentive Fund, will support activities that improve the overall success of the chosen institutions' undergraduate populations, and will supplement their base budgets. Salem State's award, in the amount of $218,149, is second only to that awarded Worcester State University.
The Performance Incentive Fund is a cornerstone of Commissioner of Higher Education Richard Freeland's Vision Project, the state's master plan to establish Massachusetts public higher education as a national leader in educating students who are well prepared for the work force of the future.
One of the initiatives outlined in Salem State's proposal is the development of campus living-learning communities, something that is being implemented this semester. At present, two "neighborhood communities," one each for students majoring in education and psychology, have been established in Marsh Hall on the university's Central Campus. Each will have its own lounge and study room, along with faculty mentors from each academic department who will participate in social and academic programs. A student mentor will live on each floor.
Research on the living-learning community concept has shown improvement in students' overall academic performance, as well as enhanced social and community-based experiences. Salem State will monitor and track the progress of these participants throughout their studies at the university.
"This funding is affirmation that Salem State's overarching goals to advance the quality of our programming and ensure the success of all our students while meeting regional work force needs are in alignment with the educational aspirations of the Commonwealth," noted Dr. Kristin G. Esterberg, provost and academic vice president.
Institutions selected to receive monies from the Performance Incentive Fund are expected to enact programming that follows five clearly defined initiatives, including student development counseling aimed at first-generation and low-income students and the establishment of living-learning communities focused on specific student cohorts that need to improve their retention rates. Salem State's successful proposal includes a plan to address student success vis à vis the number of students graduating from the institution. It also eliminates disparities for students of color, those from low-income families and those who are the first in their families to attend college. Salem State is committed to provide continuous funding for these initiatives at the end of the grant period.


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Elpida, a struggling maker of dynamic random access memory, has granted Rexchip Semiconductor, a joint-venture between itself and Powerchip Semiconductor, right to sell memory it produces to third-parties. According to DRAMeXchange analysts, the destiny of Rexchip will determine the short-term future of the whole dynamic random access memory industry.
Due to Elpida's high debt, it was decided at Rexchip's board meeting last week that when Elpida and Powerchip are no longer able to pay for Rexchip's products, Rexchip will be allowed to ship to some module makers on its own - a clear indication Elpida cannot decide what to do next. As it seems that Elpida will be unable to avoid liquidating current assets, the possible sale of subsidiary Rexchip has become the greatest variable affecting future DRAM industry capacity.
TrendForce indicates, if Rexchip switches hands, 65K starts per month will be gradually migrated to the process of the maker's new parent company, which will take six months at minimum. Not only will capacity utilization rate see a huge drop, yield rate will need time to improve as well. Such a situation would greatly benefit the current DRAM oversupply situation – commodity DRAM would have a chance to see balanced supply and demand in second half of 2012, and the possibility of DRAM price recovery would increase considerably.
According to DRAMeXchange research, major PC OEMs have shown increased demand towards suppliers, a move to guard against a supply chain break in the wake of Elpida's bankruptcy protection filing. It is reported that Elpida is currently drafting several corporate restructuring proposals they must present to the government within six weeks of filing. Meanwhile, the Japanese government is evaluating whether or not Elpida holds additional value for other industries or the nation as a whole.
As Elpida has finished development on the 25nm process, the maker is not far behind the Korean manufacturers. Furthermore, with 17% of the global mobile DRAM market, Elpida's impact is greater in the mobile DRAM sector than in the commodity DRAM sector. While Toshiba has indicated an Elpida merger or acquisition is unlikely, they have not ruled out the possibility of a technological partnership. By working together to develop MCP (multi-chip packaging) and target the mobile device market, the makers would stand a chance going up against the Korean manufacturers.
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Nominations Sought For Jackson Center Award
The Robert H. Jackson Center is accepting nominations for the second annual Robert H. Jackson Center Award for Teaching Justice.
Nominations should be submitted by June 1 to be considered for this year's award.
Open to secondary-level educators in sixth through 12th grades with a minimum of three years' teaching experience who intend to continue in their field, the award is designed to acknowledge an educator who has made a significant effort to teach the concept of justice in creative, inspiring ways. Subjects may include, but are not limited to, civil liberties, human rights, international humanitarian law, the Holocaust, genocide studies and local issues of justice.
For example, nominees may design a special lesson, course of study, create a school or district project, or lead their students in some way to follow in the footsteps of Robert H. Jackson. Close attention will be focused on applicants who follow the spirit of Justice Jackson in their classroom; namely, those who possess the ability to expose injustice while at the same time inspiring their students to repair the world through the rule of law, service or advocacy.
Nominees must be employed in good standing by a school district located in Western New York, defined as the following counties: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Orleans, Niagara, Wyoming, Monroe, Wayne, Livingston and Ontario. Self-nominations will also be considered; they must be submitted with an accompanying letter of recommendation. The winner will be selected and notified in June. He or she will be officially recognized as a Jackson Center Outstanding Educator at the center's annual Robert H. Jackson Society Dinner, and receive a $2,000 cash award.
For more information on how to nominate a worthy educator or the criteria for consideration, contact the Jackson Center at 483-6646 or email email@example.com. An application and rules are available on the website: www.roberthjackson.org.


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York Plays
York Plays
A series of fifty or so plays eminently designed to be seen in performance, the York cycle was in every dimension a communal effort when it was presented annually from around 1375 to 1569. Originally the plays were staged as part of the city's day-long celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi. The content of the cycle reflects its religious purpose: each play dramatizes a moment from the Bible, such as Adam and Eve's fall or the crucifixion of Jesus. Taken overall, they present the history of humanity's fall and ultimate salvation. Over the years, the pageants grew so popular and attracted so many spectators that in 1476 authorities decided it was no longer possible to combine the liturgical observance with play performances; from that time on, the ecclesiastical celebration took place the day after the theatrical pageant.
In the opinion of most modern scholars, the York cycle is a "true processional": the plays, staged on pageant wagons at street level, were presented in narrative sequence at a series of stations along a route laid out through the city. Each play was assigned to one or two of York's many craft guilds—from tailors to shipwrights, from plasterers to goldsmiths—who were responsible for mounting the production each year and for maintaining the pageant wagon, the stage properties, and costumes. Performances began at dawn, and scholars conjecture that it is unlikely that the full staging of the cycle at a dozen or more stations could have been completed before midnight. The wealthiest trade guilds produced lavish spectacles, and the annual performance provided an opportunity for groups of craftsmen to enhance their prestige—and for the City of York to celebrate its stature as one of England's most prosperous cities.
From 1375 until the cycle was suppressed nearly two hundred years later, individual plays were constantly revised. The composition of the cycle varied as pageants were added, withdrawn, or joined together. The texts of the plays, originally the work of several playwrights, were reworked by many authors. The Reformation movement led to the suspension of the cycle from time to time during the 1560s; in 1561 the plays devoted to Jesus' mother, Mary, were forbidden altogether on doctrinal grounds. When ecclesiastical authorities took control of the text of the cycle in the 1570s—and refused to return it despite pleas from civic leaders—the York plays vanished from public view.
Plot and Major Characters
The narrative range of the York cycle begins with the Creation of the universe and the Fall of Lucifer and ends with a Judgment Day pageant. It features Old Testament episodes from the books of Genesis and Exodus, New Testament accounts from the Annunication to the Resurrection, and material from biblical legends and apocrypha. Figures and events from the Old Testament include Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and their expulsion, the story of Cain and Abel, one play on the building of Noah's Ark and another on the Flood, a pageant of Abraham and Isaac, and a dramatization of the Israelites in Egypt. New Testament plays—which comprise the majority of the cycle—principally focus on Christ's Nativity and Passion, although there are also some that enact his teachings and miracles. Apocryphal books and legends provided the basis for plays treating the Harrowing of Hell, the doubt of St. Thomas, and the post-Crucifixion life and death of the Virgin Mary.
Many scholars have pointed out that Old Testament characters in the cycle—Lucifer, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah and his wife, Abraham and Isaac—are conscious "types" or foreshadowings of characters in the New Testament plays. For example, Abraham's resolve to take the life of his son Isaac prefigures God's willingness to sacrifice His son to redeem mankind. New Testament personages prominently featured in the York plays include Joseph, Judas, Herod, and Pilate; Caiaphas, Annas, and Pilate's wife Procula also have noteworthy roles in the drama. Some of the most vivid characters in the York cycle are the nameless ones representing Common Man. Most remarkable in this regard are the four men who carry out the Crucifixion; they are carefully individualized, and their struggles to stretch and nail Christ's body onto the cross and then move it to a nearby hill are forcefully—and gruesomely—presented. Although characterization is important to the plays, it is not consistent from one play to another: each pageant treats its central figures in its own particular fashion. For example, Pilate is arrogant and overbearing in the play depicting Jesus's first trial, while during the second trial Pilate seems at times to be a reasonable administrator of justice.
Textual History
The surviving text of the York cycle, known generally as the York Register, was apparently compiled from actors' prompt copies or individual play books maintained by the craft guilds. Modern scholars believe it was assembled between 1463 and 1477 and thus reflects the form of the plays during that period. They point out that the composition of the cycle was fluid over the 200-year period when it was part of the York Corpus Christi celebration. There is evidence that many of the individual plays were reworked or substantially rewritten during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
The York text is the oldest and best preserved of the English mystery cycles. It was compiled under the auspices of the Common Clerk of York as a means of checking the authenticity of the dialogue being spoken by the actors in the pageants. Many of the notes in the Register are in the handwriting of a single individual, John Clerke. These notes include annotations; indications of additions, revisions, and conflations of plays; organizational details about the guilds that presented the pageants; and some remarks about stage business. The text contains dialogue for more than 300 speaking parts. It was kept by city officials until the 1570s, when ecclesiastical authorities acquired it for the ostensible purpose of reviewing it. Sometime during the next century it passed into private hands. Its ownership can be traced from 1695 to 1899, when it was acquired by the British Museum. The text, designated British Library MS Additional 35290, is also known as the Ashburnham manuscript, after the last private owner. Scholars and critics most frequently refer to it as the Register.
In addition to the Register, a wealth of contemporary documents from civic and ecclesiastical records continues to provide scholars with further evidence of the evolution of the York cycle and its actual performance. The Ordo Paginorum (Order of the Pageants), compiled by the town clerk Roger Burton in 1415, comprises a list of the guilds involved in the plays at that time, together with a brief description of the subject matter of their pageants. Burton compiled a second list a few years later, and discrepancies between these two records clearly show changes in the components of the cycle. The Mercers' guild inventory of 1433—describing at length their pageant wagon, properties, and costumes—is among the most notable of evidentiary documents. This inventory has proven to be a rich source of information, and the basis for much speculation about how the plays in the York cycle were staged. Other records include lists of stations, or "stopping places," along the processional route through the streets of York, correspondence betwen civil and church authorities about the pageant, and minutes from city council meetings that demonstrate how significant the annual performance was to the people of medieval York.
Major Themes
The overarching theme of the York cycle is the Fall and Redemption of mankind from the perspective of traditional Christian theology. Because of the sins that originated in the Garden of Eden, humanity must repent to win salvation. The dramatization of events in the York cycle had a didactic purpose: to instruct the audience in the principles of Christian teachings and show them, by example, how to conduct their lives in a way that would lead to salvation. As commentators have noted, the theme of sin and redemption in the York plays directly connects events in the past—the rebellion of Satan, Adam and Eve's fall from grace, the torture and killing of Jesus—to the immediate present of the spectators, who must experience an enactment of these events to fully appreciate their relevance not only to conduct here on earth, but to the future, in terms of eternal life. Consequently, the plays may have made very immediate the Biblical message that each Christian must choose to accept or reject the possibility of redemption represented by Christ's sacrifice. And everyone must recognize the moral implications and spiritual significance of their everyday actions.
Critical Reception
Serious critical evaluation of the York cycle of plays did not begin until the second half of the twentieth century. All the English mystery plays suffered a poor reputation from the late sixteenth century to modern times: commentators patronized the genre as crude folk literature and judged that popular audiences had become tired of them by the Elizabethan era. Lucy Toulmin Smith's edition of the York plays, published in 1885, brought them to the attention of other scholars, but for the next seventy-five years critical attention focused on textual and historial issues rather than aesthetic values. A recreation of the pageants at York in 1951 initated an appreciation of the plays' unusual stagecraft among enthusiastic audiences and scholars. Twelve years later Eleanor Prosser called for a "new approach to the religious drama of medieval England," and from that point the plays began to be regarded as the products of conscious artistry, deserving thoughtful consideration as dramatic literature.
In 1963 J. W. Robinson expanded the notion, first put forth by Charles Mills Gayley around the turn of the century, that a single author composed a core of plays in the York Passion sequence. In Robinson's estimation, the "York Realist"—as Gayley called him—had made a noteworthy contribution to English drama through creative use of detail, interest in the subtleties of characterization, and faithfulness to the essential significance of the Passion narrative. Other commentators began to give serious consideration to the language, versification, and dramatic technique of the cycle. Richard J. Collier identified the effectiveness of different styles throughout the York plays and pointed out the appropriateness of using vernacular language in "a drama which is the most popular and communal we know." For the past twenty years, critical interest in the relation between the York plays and their audience has remained high, with commentators emphasizing the unique way the street pageants involved the spectators in the dramatic action to a degree not possible in a traditional theater. Investigation and explanation of the methods of processional staging in York continue to be a central focus of late-twentieth-century scholars such as Meg Twycross, Richard Beadle, Martin Stevens, and Christine Richardson. A clearer understanding of the plays in performance has been aided by productions of the plays every three years in York, and on occasion at other sites in Britain and North America. Recent scholarship also fosters a deeper appreciation of the plays through study of the many surviving documents that shed light on the social, economic, and political conditions that helped determine the form, content, and fate of the York cycle.
The Plays
i. The Creation, Fall of Lucifer
ii. The Creation to the Fifth Day
iii. God Creates Adam and Eve
iv. Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
v. Man's Disobedience and Fall
vi. Adam and Eve Driven from Eden
vii. Sacrificium Cayme et Abell
viii. Building of the Ark
ix. Noah and the Flood
x. Abraham's Sacrifice
xi. The Israelites in Egypt, the ten Plagues, and Passage of the Red Sea
xii. Annunciation, and Visit of Elizabeth to Mary
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Principal Editions
The York Plays (edited by Lucy Toulmin Smith) 1885
Records of Early English Drama: York (edited by A. F. Johnston and Margaret Rogerson) 1979
York Plays (edited by R. A. Beadle) 1982
A Facsimile of British Library MS Additional 35290 together with a Facsimile of the "Ordo Paginorum" Section of the A/Y Memorandum Book (edited by Richard Beadle and Peter Meredith) 1983
York Mystery Plays: A Selection in Modern Spelling (edited by Richard Beadle and Pamela M. King) 1984
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Lucy Toulmin Smith (essay date 1885)
SOURCE: An introduction to York Plays, 1885. Reprint by Russell & Russell, 1963, pp. xlv-lx.
[An authority on medieval English literature, Smith was the first modern editor of the York plays (1885). In the following excerpt from her introduction to that edition, she remarks on the skillfulness of the unknown author of the york plays and alludes to the influence of these and other religious cycles on later English dramatic literature. Smith calls attention to the deft use of alliterative verse, keen understanding of human nature, and thorough knowledge of the Bible and the legends associated with it.]
Although the date of composition of the York Plays is not known,...
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Charles Mills Gayley (essay date 1904)
SOURCE: "The York Schools of Humour and Realism," in Plays of Our Forefathers, 1904. Reprint by Duffield and Company, 1907, pp. 153-60.
[In the following excerpt, Gayley identifies a core of six plays that, he suggests, are probably the work of a single author—to whom he refers as "the York real ist." Gayley discusses the versification, style, and dramatic techniques of these plays, and postulates three distinct composition periods for the cycle.]
The York cycle affords very few situations ministering to the humour of the incidental. Such as are of that character must be assigned to more than one period of composition; none, however, is to be found in the...
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E. Hamilton Moore (essay date 1907)
SOURCE: "The Great Cycle," in English Miracle Plays and Moralities, 1907. Reprint by AMS Press, 1969, pp. 31-48.
[In the excerpt below, Moore discusses the connection between the York pageant plays and the celebration of the annual Feast of Corpus Christi. By 1426, Moore notes, the festival was characterized by crowds and boisterous revelry—inappropriate for the observance of a sacramental feast—and in that year the religious procession itself was formally separated from the staged production of pageants.]
The latter half of the fourteenth century saw the translation of the Bible into the English tongue, for those who were fortunate enough to have learned to read;...
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Hardin Craig (essay date 1955)
SOURCE: "York-Wakefield Plays," in English Religious Drama of the Middle Ages, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1955, pp. 199-238.
[In the excerpt below, Craig contends that the York and Wakefield cycles were once identical. In his estimation, the York plays were earlier and provided the initial molds for Wakefield.
There is only one theory that accounts completely for the likenesses and differences of the two cycles. Many alterations and developments had occurred during the fourteenth century and, as Burton's list of 1415 shows, the York plays had become a great and extensive cycle. At some time, probably before the year 1390, the York cycle was borrowed outright and...
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Eleanor Prosser (essay date 1961)
SOURCE: "Joseph," in Drama and Religion in the English Mystery Plays, Stanford University Press, 1961, pp. 89-92.
[In the excerpt below, Prosser examines York XIII, Joseph's Trouble about Mary, finding in it an innovative and vigorous portrayal of Joseph's doubts about his wife's virtue. Whereas the Chester treatment of this episode is sketchy, Prosser points out, the York play includes extended dialogues between the couple in which Joseph passionately scorns Mary and expresses his personal shame.]
The best Joseph plays [in the English mysteries]… are those which most effectively fuse dramatic structure and doctrine…. [The] doctrine of repentance became the...
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Rosemary Woolf (essay date 1972)
SOURCE: "The Passion," in The English Mystery Plays, University of California Press, 1972, pp. 238-68.
[In the excerpt below, Woolf remarks on the characterization of Judas and Pilate in the York plays. Judas's dialogue with the porter is a rare and effective dramatic device, she notes, while the role of Pilate is unusually elaborate and—by modern standards—inconsistent.]
The characterisation of Judas in the [English mystery] plays is exceptional: though so pre-eminently a collaborator with the devil in his betrayal of Christ, and placed by Dante in the mouth of Satan himself in the deepest circle of hell, yet in the plays he is not modelled upon the devil, and is...
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Richard J. Collier (essay date 1977)
SOURCE: "The Poetry of the Play," in Poetry and Drama in the York Corpus Christi Play, Archon Books, 1978, pp. 38-61.
[In the following excerpt, first published in 1977, Collier analyzes the language and versification of the York plays, emphasizing the flexibility, effectiveness, and appropriateness of both. More than twenty different stanzaic forms appear in the York cycle, he points out, with different forms used for different kinds of episodes, characters, and dramatic action. Collier discerns three levels of style or language in these plays—ornate, formulaic, and colloquial. The use of vernacular language and the prevalence of the formulaic style are wholly in keeping, he remarks,...
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Meg Twycross (essay date 1981)
SOURCE: "Playing the Resurrection," in Medieval Studies for J. A. W. Bennett, edited by P. L. Heyworth, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1981, pp. 273-96.
[In the following excerpt, Twycross describes the reconstruction of the production of the Resurrection of Christ, focusing on "what happens to the play in performance." Emphasizing the active involvement of the audience in the performance and the physical closeness of audience and actors, Twycross maintains that the Resurrection playwright made his audience aware of the part they played in the drama, engaging them directly in the emotional dynamics of the pageant.]
This essay is about the performance of a...
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Clifford Davidson (essay date 1984)
SOURCE: "After the Fall," in From Creation to Doom: The York Cycle of Mystery Plays, AMS Press, 1984, pp. 39-59.
[In the following essay, Davidson calls attention to the traditional dialectical pattern of hope and despair in the York plays that are based on episodes from the Old Testament. He also traces this pattern in medieval English pictorial art, including windows in York Minster and other churches, ecclesiastical sculpture, and illuminated manuscripts.]
A comparative method involving study of the York plays and analogous representations of subjects in the visual arts may suggest some new ways of approaching the vexed question of the selection of episodes in the...
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Richard Beadle (essay date 1984)
SOURCE: An introduction to York Mystery Plays: A Selection in Modern Spelling, edited by Richard Beadle and Pamela M. King, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1984, pp. ix-xxx.
[In the excerpt that follows, Beadle provides an outline of the narrative scope of the plays and an overview of several issues connected with the York plays: the historical context of the Corpus Christi festival; the evidence of the manuscript, the Register, and other relevant documents; the role of the York craft guilds; the processional presentation of the plays; and stagecraft and dramatic technique in the cycle.]
The York cycle of Mystery Plays is one of the great literary and theatrical...
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Martin Stevens (essay date 1987)
SOURCE: "The York Cycle: City as Stage," in Four Middle English Mystery Cycles, Princeton University Press, 1987, pp. 17-87.
[In the excerpt below, Stevens contends that the unity of the York cycle is based on the medieval view of the plays as a mirror image of the city of York and its inhabitants. He argues that the processional staging of the cycles—especially in the pageant depicting Jesus' entry into Jerusalem—reflects York's use of the Corpus Christi festival as an opportunity for self-celebration that particularly emphasizes the tradition of royal entries into the city.]
The York plays present a special problem for those who find thematic...
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Christine Richardson (essay date 1991)
SOURCE: "York Crucifixion Play," in Medieval Drama, edited by Christine Richardson and Jackie Johnston, St. Martin's Press, 1991, pp. 61-78.
[In the following excerpt, Richardson examines the staging of the York Crucifixion play—in her judgment, "the central climactic point of the Mystery Cycle"—and demonstrates how it draws the spectators into the responsibility for Christ's suffering and death. She maintains that the vivid portrayal of Christ's sacrifice leads the audience, first, to understand its personal relevance and, second, to acknowledge it as the route to redemption for humanity.]
A wealth of details in civic documents, guild...
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Richard Beadle (essay date 1994)
SOURCE: "The York Cycle," in The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre, edited by Richard Beadle, Cambridge University Press, 1994, pp. 100-08.
[In the excerpt below, Beadle evaluates the variety of alliterative verse in the York cycle. Focusing in particular on the Crucifixion pageant and the second Christ Before Pilate play, he remarks on the verbal subtleties and structural details that are carefully woven into the twelve-line stanza throughout the play.]
Most of the York cycle still awaits detailed study along lines that move towards an integration of the textual, documentary and theatrical evidence, complex and resistant to consensual...
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Further Rerading
Beadle, Richard. Introduction to The York Plays, edited by Richard Beadle, pp. 10-45. London: Edward Arnold, 1982.
A survey of important textual, historical, and performance issues. Beadle provides a thorough evaluation of the Ashburnam manuscript; the origins, early history, and mode of performing the York cycle; and a bibliographic guide to principal developments in the critical history of these plays.
——. "Poetry, Theology and Drama in the York Creation and Fall of Lucifer." In Religion in the Poetry and Drama of the Late Middle Ages in England, edited by Piero Boitani and Anna Torti, pp. 213-27. Cambridge: D. S....
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Twenty years ago – 1993
Chautauqua County has one of the lowest rates of tax increase among the 57 upstate New York counties over the past decade according to The Public Policy Institute, a research arm of the state Business Council. A recent report says that the county ranks 40th out of 57 upstate counties in terms of having the lowest tax rate increase of the decade. County Executive Andrew Goodell gave credit to previous executives John A. Glenzer and Joseph Gerace for keeping county taxes as low as possible.
Twenty years ago – 1993
The Lake Shore Board of Education has authorized the Angola Park and Gazebo Committee to use the high school auditorium on Feb. 28 for a homecoming concert featuring noted singer Clint Holmes. A Lake Shore Central graduate from Farnham, Mr. Holmes sold 2.5 million records with his recording of "Playground In My Mind."
Twenty years ago – 1993
In addition to being manager of the football, basketball and baseball teams, and a state Regents scholarship winner, Robert Howard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Howard of Forestville has been named Forestville Central's 1973 Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow. He is now qualified to compete for the state title, for which the recipient receives a $1,500 college scholarship.
Fifty years ago – 1963
William B. Aular of Shore Acres, Dunkirk was hired as the new attorney for the Dunkirk Board of Education. He succeeds Robert N. Palmer, who resigned to devote his time to being the new Chautauqua County family court judge.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (18 votes).
In short: loved it despite it being a personal disasterIn full: Trained hard for this. Flew out on the Saturday from Birmingham and stayed in ST Hellier. Went to the pasta party(small plates) and had two dinners. The marathon was interesting. I new I was injured but my left calf tore at 0.8 miles. It was strapped up but I wanted the medal.The climb up past the fishing lakes is lovely. The course heads left and off to the airport. A few twists and turns then a nice run in the shade to StAubins then 4 miles of, er , hell. I actually loved the course although its a bit wonky in places. Went to Aquasplash and did all the chutes, wave pool etc. McDonalds and flew back that afternoon. Had a brilliant time and would recommend it to anyone. Best thing is I think the course is a tad short.Date of review: October 8, 2011
In short: Well organised race, friendly atmosphere but circumstances outside the organiser's control i.e. the high temperatures meant a slower race for quite a few.Date of review: October 6, 2011
In short: I got a course record!!!!!In full: .....sadly not for the fastest running time, but for the slowest time that the course has been run in. But still chuffed that I got a record; and that I finished!!!Great support from both locals and the marshals: especially the two sweepers on the bike who were very patient whilst having to continually stop and wait for me; the 2 marshals who filled up my bladder bag; the marshal who had brought along bananas as emergency food, as no food was supplied, and the police man who followed me on a scooter for the last 5 miles when all the other marshals were pulled from the race and was very encouraging even when I kept stopping to walk along the promenade - and all the people at the finish who encouraged me over the finishing line - including one of the finishers who came over to shake my hand - much appreciated.I loved the relay teams starting 30 mins after the main race: it was great having all those encouraging comments as they went past, and then the hoots from their cars as after they had finished and were making their way back, were still encouraging me on. It all helped!!!!Finally a big thank you to my husband, who despite finishing the marathon way before me, came back along the course, to encourage me along the last mile to the finish.Date of review: October 4, 2011
In short: Short course and not a road marathonIn full: Advertised everywhere as a road marathon and it's not, probably a quarter of the course is off road and I've since discovered that the UKA permit is indeed for a Multi terrain event. Very disappointed, I wasted a weekend and a lot of money going to Jersey to do this race. The course was also short so not as many folk did PB's as they thought. The first half of the course is lovely. Good support and kind marshalls but not one marshall did anything about the idiots wearing headphones, which were supposed to be banned from this race.I did speak to the race director and he didn't seem to be aware that the race was advertised as road! But he did apologise (he was a very nice chap) but I doubt they'll do anything to put this right so I will have to take the matter further.Date of review: October 4, 2011
In short: A superbly organised eventDate of review: October 3, 2011
In short: A great race to runIn full: It was so hot but managed to complete my first marathon. Liked having the relay running alongside the main event as all runners encouraged each other as they passed.Regular water stations, marshals superb as were the people of Jersey who turned out to encourage us through the heat.Shame it was too hot for many who DNF.Finishing First Marathon 10/10Running through the cheering crowd of runners at the first few crossovers 10/10Shouts of come on Serpie on the way round 10/10Cameraderie of other runners pacing and encouraging each other across the line 10/10Everyone on the beach cheering us along the final 2 miles 10/10Police motorbike that stayed with Lizzie all the way to the finish 10/10Organiser and marshals chering in Lizzie, last finisher 10/10Lizzie for carrying on through the heat while others stopped 10/10Date of review: October 2, 2011
In short: Well organised scenic marathonIn full: Growing marathon which is not flat. This year it was hot but plenty of water and Powerade available. Some nice scenery but also road traffic as roads are not closed but well marshalled. Encouraging locals and marshall help you along. Enthusiatic crowd at finish . Good quality medal and tech. T-shirt. There is also popular team 5 stage relay race run at the same time - if like me you have to drop out, drop out at a relay point and get a quick transfer back to the start/finish area. I was DNF but my wife got a PB - c'est la vie!!Date of review: October 2, 2011
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Forestry presentations highlight APA agenda
RAY BROOK – State Adirondack Park Agency commissioners will hear a pair of forestry-related presentations during their monthly meeting this week.
The presentations come a month after APA Chairwoman Lani Ulrich indefinitely postponed action on a controversial general permit that would ease the agency's permitting guidelines for clear-cutting on private lands in the Park. It was the second time action on the proposal had been postponed, which APA spokesman Keith McKeever said would give the board more time to deliberate and hear from forestry experts.
At 9:30 a.m. Thursday, agency staff will deliver a presentation to the Enforcement and Park Ecology committees on APA jurisdiction and review of forestry activities inside the Park. At 10:45 a.m., professor Ren H. Germain from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry will brief the Park Policy and Planning Committee on sustained yield management and forest certification on forest industry lands in the Park.
Among other business Thursday, the Park Policy Committee will reconvene at 1 p.m. for an overview by Department of Environmental Conservation State Forester Robert Davies titled "The State of the Forest."
At 2 p.m., the Regulatory Programs Committee consider a proposal to apply the herbicide Renovate to a roughly 15 acre portion of Loon Lake in the town of Chester, Warren County, for control of Eurasian watermilfoil.
The committee will also consider a proposal to construct a boardwalk nature trail on the property of The Arts Guild of Old Forge.
At 4 p.m. Thursday, the Economic Affairs Committee will hear an informational presentation from Sarah Reed of the Wildlife Conservation Society's North America Program. She will compare land use and home sales in conservation and conventional development projects.
On Friday, the full agency will convene at 10 a.m. for a Community Spotlight presentation from town of Day Supervisor Mary Ann Johnson.
At 11 a.m., the State Land Committee will be briefed by APA planning staff on the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan's classification criteria.
The full agency will assemble at 11:45 a.m. to take action as necessary.
The meeting will be webcast live at www.apa.ny.gov. Meeting materials are also available on the agency's website.


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Sheryl D. Nuehring, 64, of Marshalltown died Monday, July 22, at the Iowa Veterans Home. A memorial service will be held at the Iowa Veterans Home Chapel at 2 p.m. Monday, July 30. Interment will be in the Iowa Veterans Home Cemetery. The Main Street Chapel of the Anderson Funeral Homes has been entrusted with the arrangements.


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Kelly, Michael (1998) André Glucksmann. In, Hughes, Alex and Reader, Keith (eds.) Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture. London, UK; New York, USA, Routledge, 272. (Encyclopedias of Contemporary Culture).
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Do you ever wonder what the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) do every day and what it means for you?
In the eight months since I joined the State Department, I've learned firsthand about the important and wide ranging work done by the women and men who work here and around the world to enhance our national and economic security. We help train the Mexican National Police forces who battle violent drug gangs just south of our border, and we serve alongside our military in Iraq and Afghanistan. We negotiate trade agreements and promote U.S. exports by reducing barriers to commerce.
Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates used to say that the Department of Defense has as many people in military bands as the State Department has in the Foreign Service. With just over one percent of the entire federal budget, we have a huge impact on how Americans live and how the rest of the world experiences and engages America.
Here are a few examples of what we do on behalf of the American people:
1. We create American jobs. We directly support 20 million U.S. jobs by advocating on behalf of U.S. firms to open new markets, protect intellectual property, navigate foreign regulations and compete for foreign government and private contracts. State economic officers negotiate Open Skies agreements, which open new routes for air travel from the United States to countries throughout the world, creating thousands of American jobs and billions in U.S. economic activity each year.
2. We support American citizens abroad. In the past eight months, we provided emergency assistance to, or helped coordinate travel to safe locations for, American citizens in Japan, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Bahrain, and Cote d'Ivoire in the wake of natural disasters or civil unrest. Last year, we assisted in 11,000 international adoptions and worked on over 1,100 new child abduction cases -- resulting in the return of 485 American children.
3. We promote democracy and foster stability around the world. Stable democracies and prosperous communities are less likely to pose a threat to their neighbors or to the United States. South Sudan, the world's newest nation, can be a viable ally for the United States in east Africa, but right now, violence and instability threatens its success. U.S. diplomats and development experts are there to help the South Sudanese learn how to govern and develop their economy so that South Sudan can stand on its own. In Libya, we helped create unprecedented international support to help the people shed 42 years of dictatorship and begin the long path to democracy.
4. We help to ensure the world is a safer place. Our nonproliferation programs have destroyed dangerous stockpiles of missiles, munitions and the material that can be used to make a nuclear weapon. The New START Treaty, negotiated by the State Department and signed by President Obama in 2010, reduced the number of deployed nuclear weapons to levels not seen since the 1950s. And, in 2010, the State Department helped more than 40 countries clear millions of square meters of landmines.
5. We save lives. Our programs that fight disease and hunger reduce the risk of instability abroad and, in return, protect our national security. Strong bipartisan support for U.S. global health investments has led to unparalleled successes in the treatment, care and prevention of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, as well as saved millions from diseases like smallpox and polio.
6. We help countries feed themselves. In the United States, we know agriculture. Building upon what we do best -- grow and produce food -- we help other countries plant the right seeds in the right way and get crops to markets to feed the most people. Food shortages can lead to riots and starvation, but strong agricultural sectors can lead to stable economies, helping countries become strong U.S. trading partners.
7. We help in times of crisis. After this year's earthquake and tsunami in Japan, State and USAID sent disaster response experts, nuclear experts and urban search and rescue teams to work assist the government of Japan with meeting immediate needs. Secretary Clinton personally delivered much needed supplies to Chile within hours of a devastating earthquake. From earthquakes in Haiti to famine in the Horn of Africa and devastating fires in Israel, our experienced and talented emergency professionals deliver assistance to those who need it most.
8. We promote the rule of law and protect human dignity. Every day, we help people find freedom and shape their own destinies. In the Central Asian republics, we advocated for the release of prisoners held simply because their beliefs differed from those of the government. In Vietnam, we prevented political activists from suffering physical abuse. We have trained lawyers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to help rape victims, police officers in Peru to combat sex trafficking, and journalists in Malaysia in an effort to make their government more accountable.
9. We help Americans see the world. In 2010, we issued 14 million passports for Americans to travel abroad. We facilitate the lawful travel of students, tourists and business people, including issuing more than 700,000 visas for foreign students to study in the U.S. last year. And, if a storm could disrupt your vacation plans or if you could get sick from drinking the water, we alert you through our travel warnings.
10. We are the face of America overseas. Our diplomats, development experts, and the programs they implement are the source of American leadership around the world. They are the embodiments of our American values abroad. They are a force for good in the world.
The United States is a leader for peace, progress and prosperity, and the State Department and USAID help deliver that. All of this (and more) costs the American taxpayer about one percent of the overall federal budget. That is a small investment that yields a large return by advancing our national security, promoting our economic interests, and reaffirming our country's exceptional role in the world.
To learn more, please visit www.state.gov and www.usaid.gov.
Editor's Note: This entry appeared first on The Huffington Post.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Thomas, you might want to add one more to that list;
11) And occasionally we save the world by "stopping the car in time" to prevent nuclear war, as in 2002 between Pakistan and India.
Best regards,
Zharkov in the U.S.A. writes:
It is reassuring to be told that the US government can govern foreign countries better than foreigners.
For an opposing view, ask a Serbian how a US alliance worked out for them.
James writes:
Secretary Clinton has been trying to persuade President Obama to allow USAID to fall under her Chain of Command. Maybe Obama will allow this to happen in the near future. Would allowing USAID to fall under her chain of command make the USAID more effective, and thus make the State Department more effective?
Palgye in South Korea writes:
I don't know ten things but knows that. We need Brazil and More consider involving his country just like Italia' company to there, Irene killing person living in NY, it's disaster but when beguine recovery, we need coalition. I think we obtain victory but separate, now, we will not get 2012's victory. just my's opinion but I remembered he signed in "no-fly zone" yes, then we persuaded him but he also had burden.
We need, next word selecting yourself. Not country, now just corporation
Maureen V. in Massachusetts writes:
Secretary Nides:
Is the State Department considering a television advertising campaign to inform the public that one percent of the national budget goes such a long way? Department of State going full circle, for you and your country...Citizens may be impressed and really see the need for a State Department/USAID budget increase.
Susan C. in Florida writes:
Very few Americans realize what the State Department does. I only began to understand the scope of what you do after finding the DipNote blog. I was, am, amazed at all the very positive things that you accomplish around the world. All one has to do is read all of the diverse postings on DipNote to get an idea of how much State and USAID are doing. As an "ordinary" American I appreciate your dedication and hard work. Thank you.
Zharkov in the U.S.A. writes:
From an efficiency standpoint, the State Department tries to do too much, too soon, resulting in a disasterous outcome.
One example, according to the news, is a USAID subcontractor, Alan Gross, convicted of handing out Satellite phones in Cuba, where it is illegal to use one without a license. That got him 15 years in prison. He's been locked up since 2009 and it looks like he could die in prison unless State can make Cuba a trade to get him out.
What someone at State failed to realize is that much of the Cuban government suffers from social paranoia, so tourists and visitors from the US are always watched by Cuban agents. Anyone who had read anything about Cuba would know that much.
There are reasons why visiting Cuba was illegal for Americans. Yet USAID apparently sent Mr Gross in there anyway. It's probably not the exception. Some should be asking about who at State gave permission for him to enter Cuba. Let's follow our own rules and keep people out of jail.
As for the Cuban government, this must be an embarrassment. Obama relaxed some restrictions against Cuba and this is how Cubans repay the favor? A Russian tourist handing someone a sat phone to use would never have received 15 years in prison. 3 years in prison is too long for handing out sat phones. 3 months would have been plenty of time but 15 years is completely nuts.
For a 62 year old man, 15 years amounts to life in prison. Cuba's government got some new communications equipment out of the incident, so release him. His imprisonment isn't going to help Cuban tourism.
On a list of places to avoid, Cuba is just ahead of Iran. The crazy rules both nations have would boggle the Western mind. Even their own citizens can't keep track from day to day what is legal or illegal in those countries. The Alan Gross case tells the world, "Don't even think of going there".
So Cuba should take a hint and allow Mr. Gross to leave Cuba. Commute his sentence to "time served" and deport him. That would be the reasonable thing to do.


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Two principal groups comprise the College's advisory councils: the Alumni Association Board and the Poet Council.
The Alumni Association Board is the elected representative body for the Alumni Association, and is composed of about 30 Whittier College alumni. The Board has an executive branch of officers who regularly meet during the year to discuss issues and initiatives affecting the welfare of the Association in general; the operating relationship between the Alumni Relations Office, the Board, and the Association; and the Association's integration with and support of College events and business. Current Alumni Board President is Steve Weston '83.
About 20 alumni, ranging in class years from 1962 to 1999, make up the Poet Council. Members are invited to join the Council by President Herzberger, and commit to serve a two-year term.


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Recovering the original Hotel Saranac
SARANAC LAKE – Officials from the New York State Historic Preservation Office toured the Hotel Saranac on Jan. 23 for an initial review of the proposed restoration project.
Braving subzero temperatures in the unheated building, they gathered information and provided guidance regarding the building's listing on the National Register of Historic Places and eligibility for the rehabilitation tax credit. The tax credit subsidizes up to 40 percent of the rehabilitation of National Register-listed commercial buildings.
Fred B. Roedel III, whose company has 45 years of experience developing, constructing, managing and designing hotels, led the tour along with consultant Kim Alvarez of Landmark Consulting LLC. Alvarez is preparing the National Register nomination and tax credit application. James Warren, manager of the historic preservation tax credit program and member of the Technical Assistance Unit, and Bill Krattinger, historic preservation program analyst, also toured the site. Roedel invited the participation of local historian Mary Hotaling and Historic Saranac Lake Executive Director Amy Catania.
Beginning the tour at the main entrance, Roedel explained that in 1977, Paul Smith's College moved the registration desk here and enclosed the arcade corridor. The arcade will be restored, and this floor will include hotel amenities and rented retail and restaurant space. To control air flow, Roedel Companies intends to install revolving doors appropriate to the period.
Bronze and plate-glass storefronts will be restored, as will decorative plaster walls and ceilings.
One challenge is handicap accessibility, as there are several different levels on the ground floor. The design team is working on a plan to ensure full handicap accessibility while allowing for restoration of the marble terrazzo floors.
Continuing to the Academy Street corner, Alvarez explained that layers need to be removed to discover the original fabric of the building. Warren said that such "exploratory demolition" is fine as long as it is only removing recently applied changes such as dropped ceilings, drywall, newer flooring and paint. He explained that for the historic tax credit, "You are not responsible for anything a previous owner did to diminish historic features. You don't have to return it, but if there's anything historic left, it should be left after you are done." He said that even in the case of a dropped ceiling, Roedel Companies would not be required to remove it. However, "feel free to do so!" he laughed. It became clear during the tour that in many ways Roedel plans to go beyond the requirements for preservation.
The entire electrical system needs to be upgraded, as evidenced by a single plate of 18 electrical switches in the former gift shop.
"What are these lights for?" asked one attendee.
"The whole town!" joked Roedel.
A leaded prism glass will again grace the side and rear of the building. Alvarez pointed out that the goal is to restore all three of the hotel's primary facades.
The unsightly metal structure on the back of the building will be removed, and a parking structure will provide needed spaces. Roedel explained the need for parking with an anecdote about his wedding at the hotel 20 years ago in January.
"It was 40 below, and there was only parking for 40 cars. My parents parked in the Newberry's (now Sears) lot and got a ticket! That's not a good thing in the hotel world."
Warren said his office will carefully review his plans for the structure, advising that it must be compatible but distinct.
"Make it look nice," he said, "but don't try to pretend that it is something original."
The tour continued to the second-floor lobby, originally modeled after a Renaissance-era Italian palazzo.
"The key is to retain the historic character, especially in these principal spaces," Krattinger explained.
Roedel Companies will conserve the ornamental beams on scroll brackets, marble staircase, decorative ceiling painting, fireplace and original chandeliers. The registration desk will be restored to its original location here on the second floor. One challenge is to install sprinkler systems without detracting from the historic character.
The adjoining formal dining or ballroom will be fully restored, including the room's oak-paneled walls, decorative plaster ceilings, arched-topped windows and French doors.
The group toured the second-floor terrace, which will be opened as a cafe. The patio has no drainage and slopes toward the building, causing water damage. Drainage will be installed, and the dressed limestone of the decorative balustrade and storefront facades will be restored.
Guest room windows were replaced in recent years with vinyl windows, which have a short lifespan and are already showing their wear. All of the guest windows will be replaced with higher-quality windows of the period.
Touring the third floor of guest rooms, Roedel discussed the need for new electrical and sprinkler systems. The design team is working on a plan that will install the new systems unobtrusively without lowering the hallway ceilings into a flat surface.
Roedel discussed plans for the approximately 80 guest rooms. They will be totally renovated to the highest standards. Although many of the rooms are quite small, most will not be enlarged. High-quality design and furnishings will make the size work. Historic preservation guidelines allow for modern guest-room amenities and furnishings.
The last owner left the building full of trash. Eerily, guest rooms remain untouched since the last guests closed the doors.
"The first few months will just be cleaning," Roedel said.
The final stop on the tour was the massive basement, where a 5-foot-high water line shows the extent of Christmas Eve flooding. Apparently, Roedel said, the sprinkler system was frozen when the building changed hands. When Roedel Companies turned on the heat, the frozen water in the pipes thawed and filled the basement with water. The Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department came to the rescue, and the concrete and steel building came through unscathed.
Roedel Companies is exploring various possible uses of the basement space, including a potential partnership with Clarkson University.
By the end of the tour, the group emerged from the cold building awed by the size of the task at hand, but even more impressed by Roedel's determination to bring the historic hotel back. Webcams showing the progress will soon be up and running on hotelsaranac.com. Historic Saranac Lake is planning a spring preservation workshop that will feature a hardhat tour of the hotel.


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people of the forest!
the time has come to put our beautiful library to use. although it's not exactly 'ready', be patient! it shall soon be so.
although it may seem a bit rushed, i have been pondering on different forms of library procedures. should we ask for some sort of deposit for a membership, to ensure the return of all our books, or should we make it completely free of any charge, but risk losing a few? haha! tis the question.
any suggestions?