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Here's something you may not know about me. I did not grow up in Texas. I didn't even grow up in the United States.
I was born in England and at the age of four my parents immigrated to New Zealand. I didn't really understand why they left and I was always curious to go back and experience England on my own. I returned when I was 25 and that's where I stayed until I moved across the pond — to Texas.
When I lived in England, Cheshire to be exact, I worked at an old English pub. It was called the Church House Inn and was part of an old cotton mill town that was set in a valley. Called Happy Valley for many good reasons, it included 26 pubs and the clean, beautiful water that ran through the mill, and also made quite a bit of beer.
One of the dishes we sold a lot of was a beef stew made with Guinness which gave the beef a rich, dark gravy with deep, bold flavors. With the addition of carrots, onions and a pastry top you have a wonderful and warm winter pie.
We still have some cold days ahead, and this pie will definitely keep you warm.
Steak & Guinness Pie
For the stew:
1 to 2 pound lamb roast or beef stew meat
2 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 large onion, diced
2 carrots, diced
1 bottle Guinness beer
2 cups beef stock
1 cup frozen peas
For the pastry:
2 cups flour
4 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons vegetable shortening
1 teaspoon baking powder
4 tablespoons water (approx)
For assemby:
1 egg beaten, plus 1 tablespoon water
To make the stew: Trim fat from the meat and cut into one inch cubes. Place in a bowl and toss with the flour salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a large stock pot. Add the meat and sauté until all sides are browned. Add the onion and carrots and sauté for one to two minutes. Pour in the beer and allow the pan to deglaze while scraping any brown bits from the bottom of the pan. Add the beef stock and bring to a simmer. Cover with foil, lower the heat and let simmer for 45 minutes or until meat is tender. Check every 15 minutes to make sure the meat is still covered with liquid. Add more stock or water if necessary. During the last 15 minutes add the peas. Refrigerate for at least four hours or overnight before making the pie.
To make the pastry: Sift the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the butter and shortening and rub together with your hands until it reaches a sandy consistency. Make a well in the center. Begin adding the water to make a firm, yet pasty consistency. You may need more water. You may need less. It will actually depend on the humidity and temperature of the day. Handle as little and as lightly as possible. Cool in fridge for 1 hour before use. To assemble the pie, brush the egg mixture around the edges of a 9x13 pan. Spread the chilled stew across the bottom. Roll the pastry out to the size of the pan. Place over the top of the stew. Crimp the edges and press a fork around the sides to create a decorative edge. Egg wash the top of the pastry. Bake at 350 until the pastry is brown and the stew is heated through. About 30 to 45 minutes.
Simon Webster is the Executive Chef of Sabor a Pasion Country House & Bistro a multi-faceted dining destination just outside Palestine. For more information go to www.saborapasion.com or call 903-729-9500.

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A piece of advice David didn't mention because all of his hardware is loaded:
Don't even think about virtualization unless you have at least 3 GB (XP, Linux) or 4 GB (Vista) of RAM. In addition to the RAM eaten by both your host and your guest operating systems, Fusion seems based on my experience to require a total of about 250 MB of overhead. 60-80 MB is used by the Fusion application and the rest appears in the VM process (which correspondingly uses more memory than you've allocated to the guest OS).
With that in mind, I use Fusion 2.0 daily and love it, at least on my 4 GB machine. I have to be very careful when using it on my 2006 CD MBP that can't accommodate more than 2 GB of RAM.
The "no games" part of the article isn't really fair - SOME games work very well.
I've used VMware Fusion 2.0 to virtualize my Boot Camp partition and play such games as Half Life 1 (which didn't work at all under v.1) and World of Goo with hardly a hiccup. Also, many games that require no 3D support at all run flawlessly - games like Pixel's Guxt, for example.
It also plays a mean game of Freecell.
Granted, these are not system-pushers, but what do you expect? If I'm going to play a system-pushing game, I'm not going to want to pay the virtualization penalty even if it were good enough to deliver a playable experience.
Other than that, this is a good review. Nice work!
VMware Fusion 2 has been extremely solid, I'm very happy with the improvements they've made. The review was pretty good overall as well and hit the major high points, but I do have to join in disagreeing strongly with one part at least:
This is bullshit. It is certainly true that I wouldn't expect to run even somewhat high-end FPSs under a VM, but quite frankly that is hardly the entire spectrum of Windows games and it is pretty ridiculous to suggest otherwise. There are many, many very fun older games that either were never ported to the Mac, don't run under OS X anymore, or were ported yet remain stupidly expensive. For a direct example, I've (re)played through the entire Command & Conquer: The First Decade set (so all the games up to C&C3) under VMware. The older ones worked fine under Fusion 1, but Generals would not run at all. Now it's perfectly playable at reasonably high detail 1920x1200 except in a few high effect cases, and even those can be smoothed out by dropping the res or details a bit. Generals was ported to the Mac, but it still costs $50. In contrast, the entire First Decade DVD, new, is $25. And that has C&C: Tiberian Dawn (and Covert Operations pack), Tiberian Sun, Tiberian Sun: Firestorm, Renegade, Red Alert (and 2 expansion packs), Red Alert 2, Red Alert 2 Yuri's Revenge, Generals, and Generals Zero Hour.
Just because Fusion 2 won't play Crysis doesn't make it worthless for gaming. Sheesh.
Um, no. Overall a good article but I would have hoped someone reviewing the product would have understood the fundamental nature of what a snapshot is (it isn't a backup copy in the traditional sense).
It depends on where you place the expectations. And frankly, saying that the VM supports DirectX 9 with shader actually sets the bar a tad high. People expect some modern games to run adequately with such claims. Many of the far less demanding, 'oldies but goodies' games were playable on Fusion VMs before this release or on Parallels anyway.
This is just wrong - I use a Windows XP VM for business apps (Outlook, Powerpoint, Word etc.) constantly on a mid-2006 MBP 17" with 2GB RAM. Runs fine. Two VMs, there's some slowdown. One VM, Windows speed feels like native and the Mac apps still work fine when I switch to them.
Most of VMware Fusion's 3D performance issues are directly tied to bugs and performance issues in the OpenGL drivers shipped with Mac OS X.
On the Mac Pro, give the NVIDIA 8800 GT, the ATI HD 3870, or the ATI HD 2600 a try. Their drivers are miles better than the NVIDIA 7300 GT drivers used in the review.
Unfortunately, you also used Mac OS X 10.5.5 in this review. There were several performance regressions in the NVIDIA 7300 GT driver in this release that caused VMware Fusion's 3D support to suffer.
We're really at the whim of Apple, NVIDIA, and ATI here. :/
VMware Workstation 6.5 for Linux uses the exact same OpenGL code for Direct3D support that VMware Fusion 2.0 uses -- but because the OpenGL drivers NVIDIA and ATI ship for Linux are so much better, the 3D performance of Workstation is much better.
How can I turn off that Windows applications from VMs turn up in the Finder's "Open With" menu? It's driving me bonkers.
Also, World of Goo runs fine in Fusion 2.0. \o/
Fusion 2.0 needs two steps to do this:
1) In the Settings for the virtual machine, go to Sharing and turn off "Allow your Mac to open applications in the virtual machine"
2) In Finder, browse to the VM (usually in your Documents/Virtual Machines folder), and Control-click or right-click on it, select "Show Package Contents", and drag the Applications folder inside to the Trash.
(We've internally fixed things so Step 2 shouldn't be needed any more.)
I'm currently running Parallels w/ 2GB and have no problems running my VMs. I can play Half-Life 1, Half-Life: Opposing Force, and American McGee's Alice just fine (except for having to use a lower resolution than I would like).
However, Parallels doesn't seem to like USB thumb drives very much; my Linux VM can't see them.
Unless Parallels 4 is better w/ the low-level support, I'm going to switch to Fusion.
A word of warning on the "30$ rebate", read the small print first.
"# Rebate valid to consumers in the United States and Canada only. Offer void where prohibited by law. Rebate is made by check in U.S. dollars. "
Which i found out AFTER i bought fusion2, thinking i would be getting 30$ back. The rest of the world is getting screwed over like normal..
i don't know about 10.5.x but on 10.4 i think v1.x of vmware was starting much faster (something with memory allocation)
do you live in Japan ? if yes how much is $30 in yens ... 1, 2
I work on the original MacBook Pro (32-bit Core Duo) and I found that trying to virtualize Leopard Server was a real pain. It seems VMWare didn't give much thought to 32-bit OS X and concentrated on 64-bit. Fair enough but I found virtual Leopard server to border on unusable.
In other news: Windows in Unity™-mode is the new Classic... and it needs to go ;-)
Yeah that one definitely made me laugh. 77 percent reduction data compression, huh? Not so much.
Okay, since neither of you geniuses bothered to be useful: With VMware, the only data stored in a snapshot is the data that's changed from the parent (be it the base VM or snapshot, I think), along with a few other ancillary files. I think a copy of the backing store for the VM's RAM is made as well. One could probably store only the deltas for those as well, but it'd probably hurt performance pretty badly.
Does Fusion 2.0 allow for the "snapshot trees" like Workstation 6.5 does in Windows and Linux?
Can anyone tell me if it's possible to run OSX in a VM? I assume it's not, but seems like it wouldn't be that hard to implement if VMWare chose.
If you just want a couple of virtual windows boxes around for testing browsers in, Sun's free VirtualBox will do just fine.
At least it works for me and saves me the hassle of paying for another license.
AFAIK. Apple limits this unfortunately. Like thousands of other mac users I would like to run OS X cheaply on other machines but then apple wouldn't be able to sell me overpriced hardware (yeah yeah i know whatever). This pain could be ameliorated with a decent mac mini but who knows if that'll happen.
Why no comparison to the free Virtual Box? For a great, free program, I don't see it getting much attention.
My experience with games under VMWare 2.0 have not been positive. I tried playing Sid Meier's Pirates, and it was a disaster.
I guess I could try playing Railroad Tycoon 3 and Pharoh, two other older games that I really like, but I'm not optimistic. If anyone has had good experience with either of those games, though, I'd love to hear it!
Ben - I used the 8600m for gaming benchmarks, not the 7300.
One thing that Parallels does that VMWare doesn't is allow the user to select which physical network the VM will use.
I have my Airport set up as my primary network and the Ethernet port is connected to my company's LAN. Using VMWare, the VM uses the Airport and I cannot connect to my company's LAN. However, in Parallels I have the option of telling the VM to use the Ethernet port.
I bought a copy of the latest VMWare with the intention of migrating over to it, but the lack of choosing which network to connect to was a deal breaker for me.
I have used both Parallels and VMware Fusion versions 1 and 2. Parallels destroyed my Vista Boot Camp partition. VMware never did that. I will stick with VMware thank you.
Underneath, it's all implemented in terms of trees as you describe (so disks are stored in terms of deltas to their parent), but Fusion 2.0 presents everything in a video game-style saved game grid format.
Yes, Apple loosened the licensing restrictions in Leopard Server to allow it to be virtualized, and Fusion 2.0 supports that.
Good to know. I haven't retested the 8600M yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if it had problems in 10.5.5 as well.
We did most of our testing with the 8800 GT and ATI HD 2600, for what it's worth, since those were the only ones with decent drivers.
Here's something for you to Google, Dave: "copy on write". Good luck.
Because it isn't great. Ever tried setting up network bridging? Also check out their changelog at virtualbox.org and be appalled at how many major bugs (including crashers when using hardware virtualization) that they introduce into their major releases to be followed up by large quantities of bugfixes.
There is a way to do this in VMware -- just edit the file:
"/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/boot.sh"
Take a look at the lines:
then change it to:
This will change the vmnet0 bridged networking device to bridge only to en0 (your Ethernet device).
To reload the network settings, reboot, or open Terminal and run:
"/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/boot.sh" --stop"
A clever VMware Fusion forum poster has written a utility called Tokamak to make these kinds of network changes and lots more. Grab it here: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-8013
There are some discussions on running Mac OS X in VMWare for Windows on the insanelymac.com board, and it appears to be perfectly doable even on PC hardware. Then there's the question of the EULA (which, AFAIK, only allows virtualization of Leopard Server, and only on Apple hardware), and whether or not it's legally enforceable (and in which countries)...
So, short answer :
- technically, yes;
- legally, it's only certain for Leopard server on Apple hardware.
Guys, I edited this, and when I read the "compression" passage in question it was my assumption that VMware was doing the above, i.e. saving only the changes to the master image, instead of resaving the entire master image.
I considered this a form of "compression" from a CS perspective, and I never actually imagined that Dave thought that VMware was actually running LZW or something on the data. (I still don't know what he meant by "compression," but I'm sure it's something like saving pointers or changes to state.) So I didn't look into it further or alter the text because I was giving him the benefit of the doubt, but I should've known that many readers wouldn't do the same. So my bad here.
Indeed - storing only deltas is a form of compression.
The brigade of snarky 'look how clever I am' posters might want to go back and think again about what geniuses they are if they think "compression" only means zip files...
I running Fusion 2 with 4 GB of ram, with Vista as a client. Overall I find it much better then having to deal with reboots ala Bootcamp. I have had Vista give me some blue screens every now and then. As for gaming I tried playing Sins of a Solar Empire in Vista with everything turned down, the gaming is still a joke. I am going to try installing Mafia next.
I use it on my mini with 1GB, not a super pleasant experience of course, but it works well enough when I need it. I only allocate something like 192-256MB to the VM.
Civ4 BTS Swords Plays fine. To me that's worth the price of admission.
Doesn't the VMware license prohibit posting benchmarks?
Edit: unless you get "approval:"
I'm sure Ars got approval so this is not an accusation or anything; I just thought I remembered VMware being sort of thuggish on this point.
Thanks for the hint. I'll test this out tomorrow.
It's just a matter of uncommenting one line, apparently. It's good to know it's possible, I'd like to see this added to the VM setup in the UI.
Thanks again for the post!
I love VMWare Fusion! I decided to buy it instead of Parallels on a whim based on reported slightly better performance and have never looked back. This summer I encountered Parallels on a colleague's machine and was *shocked* to find out that it crashed regularly! The stability of VMWare alone makes it the product I will recommend.
Linux support could be a bit better, but it's sufficient. My main nag is that the auto-adjust resolution feature doesn't work on my Kubuntu 8.04 w/KDE4.
One nice feature that VMWare will always have over Parallels is the interoperability/shareability of VMWare images with VMWare Workstation on Windows and Linux. Not a biggie, but kinda nice.
I have the utmost respect for Parallels since it created this market, and since I doubt VMWare would have come up with such a great (and inexpensive) product otherwise. However it seems to be behind VMWare at the moment, particularly in the stability department. We'll see what their next release brings...
I think it was more about how the author of article came off as 'head-scratchingly untrusting' of the small snapshot.


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Touting the new Tier VI for the state's employee pension systems as saving municipalities from bankruptcy, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the overhaul into law on Friday afternoon.
Cuomo (D-New Castle) said in a broadcasted statement that such reform should have been passed years ago.
The governor argued that pension reform was necessary to avoid layoffs of public employees, to help taxpayers and to help businesses.
"It was that clear and that obvious," Cuomo said in his broadcast. The legislation was passed this week by the state legislature.
The new tier includes major changes, although they only affect new employees. In the broadcast, Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy described measures such as the introduction of a voluntary defined contribution plan similar to a 401(k) for non-union employees, salary calculations to reduce "padding" the costs of pensions, and employee contribution in proportion to how much they make.
Other notable measures include raising the retirement age, reducing the percantage of salary that can be collected under the pensions, and requiring that the state fund any enhancements to pension plans. The later measure restricts measures dubbed "pension sweeteners."
Officials in municipalities and school districts from throughout the region have complained that the pension system as it states is a costly unfunded mandate and one that contributes signifcantly to rises in property taxes. The call for changing the system has also come less than a year after Cuomo signed a property tax levy increase cap into law, which local and school officials argued unfairly restricts their ability to pay for state mandates.
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A North Texas police officer responding to a robbery call at a fast-food restaurant has been shot and another person wounded.
Matt Zavadsky with MedStar Emergency Medical Services says the officer was in stable condition when transported to a Fort Worth hospital. Zavadsky says the other person who was shot is in critical condition and also has been transported to a hospital.
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I very much agree that SaaS is yet another strategic approach to controlling information and the software used to gather it. But it's hard to completely throw away such a useful abstraction. From a pragmatic view, SaaS is a convenient separation of concerns applied to both infrastructure and software.
Perhaps I missed it, but does RMS actually supply a solution to problems solved by SaaS? I noticed a few already in the threads here, but this basically characterizes most choices:
1. A completely decentralized approach, where everyone shares the software and information equally.
2. Every SaaS must run and share opensource code, as well as somehow opening sourcing the content (safely) as well.
3. Assume the worst about all endpoints, eventually empirically and/or contractually trust certain ones in a white list.
Calibre Version 1.0 Released After 7 Years of Development 193
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Comment: caffeine preferences, order by intensity (Score 1) 283
Green Ice Tea
Black Ice Tea
Iced Yerba Mate
Iced Coffee (cold brewed, to reduce toxicity)
Iced Red Eye (coffee with 1 shot of espresso) **** my personal favorite.
Iced Black Eye (coffee with 2 shots of espresso)
Iced Black Eye's puts me in a jittery state but sometimes I order them for the flavor. I once ordered this drink with a black eye before...it was awkward.
Adventures In Rooting: Running Jelly Bean On Last Year's Kindle Fire 41
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Ask Slashdot: Am I Too Old To Retrain? 418
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Comment: TCP Fast Open (Score 4, Interesting) 143
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Salesforce CEO Benioff: Future Software Will Look Like Facebook 156
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Romney's Business Experience Is No Reason to Elect Him President
History shows presidents without direct business experience are better stewards of the economy.
Lew Goldfarb is a CPA, business lawyer, law professor, and co-author of the new book, Bulls, Bears, and the Ballot Box. He is director of the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
Mitt Romney touts his success in business as a reason why you and I should vote for him in November. If history is a good indicator, this is a poor reason indeed. Romney asserts: "Americans need a conservative businessman to get this economy moving again, not career politicians. That is why I am running." A recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll shows that six in 10 Americans buy this argument, believing Romney's business experience gives him an edge over Barack Obama in improving the economy. While Romney's argument may sound logical, there is reason to believe that it is wrong.
As co-authors of the new book, Bulls, Bears, and the Ballot Box, Bob Deitrick and I have compiled an immense amount of economic data from trusted sources, analyzing it in many ways. No matter how you slice and dice this data, it is clear that a negative correlation exists between presidents with prior success in running a business and success in stewarding our nation's economy.
[See a collection of political cartoons on Mitt Romney.]
In the past eight decades, four of our nation's leaders had success in business before moving into the White House. Herbert Hoover was an engineer and consultant who, by all accounts, did a fine job managing mining operations; Jimmy Carter experienced success in agribusiness, turning significant profits while operating his family's peanut farm; George H.W. Bush gained considerable wealth owning and operating an oil company; and his son, George W. Bush, although he struggled to match his father's success in the oil business, was successful as a managing partner of the Texas Rangers.
None of these successful businessmen succeeded as chief stewards of our nation's economy. In fact, in the opinions of most historians and economists, all failed miserably as economic leaders.
Bulls, Bears, and the Ballot Box corroborated these opinions using our Presidential Rankings of Economic Stewardship, or PRES, Rankings. The book evaluates and ranks the economic performance of the past 13 presidents using this customized ranking system, consisting of a diverse and objective cross section of 12 different economic indicators (stock market returns, GDP growth, debt accumulation, percentage of months in recession, income disparity, growth in average disposable income, average unemployment rate, average change in unemployment rate, percentage of years of acceptable inflation, growth in industrial production, average trade balance, and growth in corporate profits).
[See a collection of political cartoons on the economy.]
Consistent with other historical rankings, the four presidents who brought business success to the Oval Office finish at the bottom of our PRES Rankings. On 11 of 12 economic measures, the nine presidents without prior business success (Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton) outperform the four presidents with such business success (Hoover, Carter, H.W. Bush, and W. Bush). Even more relevant to the election in November, Barack Obama outperforms those presidents who had previous success in running a business on nine of 12 economic measures.
Why do these results hold? The skills needed to be a successful businessman diverge widely from the skills needed to be a successful steward of our nation's economy. A successful business leader charts a course based on profit projections, and measures progress based upon profits or losses and rate of return to shareholders and investors, as measured in dollars and cents. Alternatively, success as the country's chief economic steward is measured by whether the president is able to advance policies that create an economic climate in which both private businesses and state and local governments can thrive; in which people can find work at a living wage; in which fair opportunities are created for all socioeconomic classes; in which consumers, workers, and the environment are protected from abuse; and in which the neediest have a safety net.


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Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin speaks at a Tea Party rally on Boston Common on April 14, 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Tea Party Express is on a current tour through the United States ending tomorrow in Washington, D.C., on tax day.
Sarah Palin waded into California senate race last month when she endorsed Carly Fiorina. Now, she's jumped into the gubernatorial race, too.
Palin took aim at Democratic candidate Jerry Brown during a segment on the Fox Business Network. She said that she didn't believe Jerry Brown's campaign promise that he'd only raise taxes by ballot initiative.
"I guess I don't have enough grace to apply to Jerry Brown," Palin said. "Look what he did when he was governor."
Brown's camp quickly turned it into a fundraising opportunity, creating a 90-second web video juxtaposing Palin's claims with his actual accomplishments from his two terms as California governor in the late 70s/early 80s -- 1.9 million jobs created, $4 billion in tax cuts and a $5 billion rainy-day fund.
Palin's support helped Fiorina will the Republican primary -- which helped cement Palin's role as GOP kingmaker. She hasn't endorsed Meg Whitman, Brown's opponent, but this her early Brown-bashing suggests that might come down the line. The question remains, though, if her influence hold in the broader-based general election.


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The Mountain King II is now in its second reign, strengthening its rule over the trail bike scene. The shoulder lugs have been beefed up, creating more space between the center and side lugs to shed mud for better grip, especially when flying into a turn. The Mountain King II provides plenty of traction for various terrains from muddy to loose over hard packed, and can be run on the front, rear, or both. This version of the Mountain King II features Continental's ProTection-RTR casing which increases sidewall protection while also providing a UST compatible Revolution Tubeless Ready bead. The Mountain King II has once again claimed its throne as a serious all-condition tire!
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very good product so far.. I have small block before this.. in the first ride I noticed the diference. very nice, a little heavier than SB ... but grip is better. A little dificult to setup , but once installed no problems so far...
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Very easy to set up tubeless on Haven rims and have not burped even once. Very tough tire, sidewalls are bulletproof. Lots of sharp granite here in RI and even though the sidewalls are worn heavily they have not torn or leaked a bit. The tread is not as durable though and knobs tend to disintegrate rather than slowly wear down.
The price for the tough sidewall is a fairly heavy tire at 780 for the 2.4" and 760 for the 2.2'. On Haven rims the 2.2" measured 2.1" and the 2.4" measured 2.3" so not too far off and the 2.4" has a lot of volume. I use these for most of my riding when I would rather have durability over weight and throw on a set of lighter tires when speed is a concern.
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Like other poster, I was completely disappointed in the size of this tire. My Specialized "The Captain" 2.2's are significantly larger than the Mountain King 2.4. Plus The Captain's have a bigger and better ground footprint to-boot.
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The 29inch 2.4" actually measures 2.2" wide. My Niner RIP 9 came with RacingRalphs and I bought the MountainKings because I prefer to run fatter tires with lower pressures. The Kings are no wider than the Ralphs. Now I have 2 sets of 'skinny' tires. If you want to go fat on your 29'er, these tires won't do it.
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May 13, 2004
Michael Arad, WTC Memorial Architect, Joins Firm of FHL Board Member Gary Handel
Michael Arad, whose "Reflecting Absence" proposal won the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition, has joined the firm of FHL board member Gary Edward Handel. In the New York Times Arad said of Handel, "It's almost like a shared DNA. I felt that I could confide in him and that we would be able to work together very well." Handel Architects will now hold the memorial design contract with the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. In the New York Times Handel said, "The opportunity to use your skills to contribute to such an important project is something you just can't walk away from.… It will have first call on all of our time."
Gary Edward Handel is a founding board member of Friends of the High Line. His work advocating on behalf of the High Line's preservation and reuse has been crucial to FHL's success, and his vision and expert guidance played a major role in the success of the "Designing the High Line" ideas competition. Since 1999, Handel's firm has donated thousands of hours of pro-bono assistance to the High Line project. Ed Tachibana, an architect at Handel Architects, designed FHL's new Meat Packing District office and designed and produced FHL's 2002 "Reclaiming the High Line" exhibition at the Municipal Art Society.
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May 13, 2004
July 14 Summer Benefit - Cocktail Tickets Selling Out
Tickets at some price-levels for FHL's July 14 Summer Benefit have sold out.
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to assure your place at this exciting summer event.
Pre-benefit cocktail party, fashion show, and exhibition preview at Diane von Furstenberg Studio:
Tickets at the $150 level have sold out. A limited number of tickets at the $250 level are still available.
Benefit dinner overlooking the High Line at Phillips, de Pury & Company (including pre-benefit cocktail, fashion show, and exhibition preview at Diane von Furstenberg Studio)
A limited number of tickets at the $500 level are still available. After the $500 tickets sell out, the lowest ticket-price will be $1,000.
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May 13, 2004
Other High Lines: A National and International Movement to Reuse Elevated Rail Structures
The High Line's conversion to public open space will transform 1.5 miles of Manhattan, but it also will serve as a model for cities across the country – and around the world. In recent months, FHL has consulted with two new groups working to create public open spaces on elevated rail structures like the High Line: the Reading Viaduct, in Philadelphia, and the Hofpleinlijn, in Rotterdam.
Below, you will find information about the Reading Viaduct and the Hofpleinlijn, and other elevated rail structures, including viaducts and bridges, in various stages of conversion to public open space. As you can see, cities around the world contain underused, underappreciated structures like the High Line. It's part of our mission at FHL to make the High Line a model for the innovative reuse of these structures to create open space, sustainable transportation options, and social and economic benefits.
We would love to make this list more comprehensive. If you know of a project we should add, please e-mail
Reading Viaduct, Philadelphia
Reading Railroad commuter trains used this 4.7-acre, mile-long viaduct, near the center of downtown Philadelphia, to enter Reading Terminal, at 12th and Market Street (currently the Grand Hall of the Pennsylvania Convention Center). Built in 1890, the viaduct is a combination of embankment sections bridged by steel structures and arched masonry bridges. Service stopped on the viaduct in 1984, when an underground commuter tunnel replaced the viaduct. Today the viaduct's four elevated tracks have been overtaken by grasses and trees. It offers spectacular views of the Callowhill neighborhood and the downtown Philadelphia skyline. In 2003, residents of the Reading Viaduct neighborhood formed the Reading Viaduct Project, with the goal of transforming the viaduct to an elevated walkway in conjunction with the redevelopment of their neighborhood.
The Hofpleinlijn, Rotterdam
The Hofpleinlijn is a 1.2-mile-long concrete rail viaduct built in 1908. CityCorp, a partnership of housing associations based in Rotterdam, envisions reuse of the Hofpleinlijn viaduct – a national landmark – as a catalyst for development of the adjacent communities. In 2003, CityCorp commissioned New Amsterdam Development Consultants, a New York City-based company, to study New York's High Line and the work of Friends of the High Line as models for reuse strategies for the Hofpleinlijn.
(Web site information is limited. For more information, contact Frank Uffen,
, (212) 371-9860)
Bloomingdale Trail, Chicago
This elevated embankment with 37 bridges on the North Side of Chicago is owned by Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail). The mission of Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail is to transform the embankment into a mixed-use trail. The plan has the support of all the local aldermen along its route, and the City of Chicago has begun developing concept plans for the Trail as a component of its Logan Square Open Space Plan. In addition, the City funded an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the project.
Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail
In development since 2000, the Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail will, when completed, stretch from Mile Marker 106 in Key Largo to Mile Marker 0 in Key West. In many sections, it will adaptively reuse overseas bridges of Henry Flagler's railroad route as bike/pedestrian trails. There are 23 historic bridges in total, and three of them have already been listed on the National Register. 17 can feasibly be retrofitted for trail use. Five of them have already been opened to trail use in the Saddlebunch Keys, with a combined length of four miles. Another historic bridge is open to bike and pedestrian traffic at Pigeon Key. Over the course of the next four years, the State Division of Parks will concentrate on retrofitting bridges between Key West and Islamorada.
Harsimus Stem Embankment, Jersey City
Built in 1902, the Pennsylvania Railroad Harsimus Stem Embankment is a former rail viaduct that runs for six blocks along Sixth Street in downtown Jersey City. It was entered into the State Register of Historic Places in 1999, is eligible for the National Register, and was named a Municipal Landmark in January 2003. The Embankment once served as the eastern freight terminus for the Pennsylvania Railroad, the most powerful railroad in the nation, and contributed to the growth of the Port of New York and the greater metropolitan area. Seven tracks ran on top of the structure, which descended almost to grade level at its eastern end, where it entered the Harsimus Yards on the Hudson River waterfront. Goods shipped via the Embankment were loaded onto a flotilla of boats for transport across the Hudson River, New York Harbor, and the East River. To the south, at the Pennsylvania Railroad passenger terminal—once the largest passenger terminal in the world—travelers ended their cross-country rail trips and boarded ferries for New York or destinations beyond. That terminal is long gone, but the freightway remains. In 1998, the Embankment Preservation Coalition formed with the mission of preserving the historic structure and developing its top as passive open space, integrating the site into a network of local and regional pedestrian and biking trails. In 2003, the East Coast Greenway Alliance, which is joining local trails in a 2600-mile pedestrian and bicycling path from Florida to Maine, endorsed a route through New Jersey that includes the Embankment. In 2004, Jersey City Mayor Glenn D. Cunningham announced he would take the Embankment by eminent domain from Conrail, and the Municipal Council unanimously passed a resolution in support of Green Acres funding for acquisition.
The Promenade Plantée, Paris
From the late 1980s through the mid-1990s, the city of Paris successfully converted the 19th-century elevated Viaduc Daumesnil, in the 12th Arrondissement, near the Bastille, into a pedestrian walkway called the Promenade Plantée. Rail traffic had stopped on the viaduct in 1969. The 3-mile linear park, designed by Philippe Mathieu and Jacques Vergely, is lavishly planted and offers stairs and elevators for access. Retail spaces, designed by Patrick Berger, were created in the spaces under the masonry arches supporting the structure. The project as a whole helped revitalize the surrounding neighborhood, inspiring new residents and businesses to come to the area. The Promenade Plantée also goes by two other names: le Viaduc des Arts, and la Coulée Verte.
Stone Arch Bridge, Minneapolis
This 2,100-foot-long granite and limestone bridge, crossing the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis, was built in 1882-3 to move freight and passengers across the river. It is the only stone arch bridge to cross the Mississippi, and it incorporates an unusual 6-degree curve on the west bank of the river to provide smooth access to the Union Railway Depot (now demolished). It was a working rail bridge until 1978. Rehabilitation of this National Historic Engineering Landmark began in 1993. It now accommodates pedestrians and cyclists, and it is part of the two-mile St. Anthony Falls Heritage Trail. The bridge offers excellent views of adjacent St. Anthony Falls, the only true waterfall on the Mississippi River. It also connects to Mill Ruins Park, a historical park containing the ruins of the 19th century flour mills that were major engines of the Minneapolis economy. Nearby, a former Northern Pacific rail bridge (known locally as "Bridge 9") spanning the Mississippi River just downstream of St. Anthony Falls was reopened as the Dinkytown Bikeway Connection in June 2000. The 1400-foot-long bridge was purchased by the city of Minneapolis for $1 in 1986 after years of disuse and was refurbished in 2000-2001 using federal TEA-21 funding. The rail-to-trail conversion is part of the city's extensive bikeway network and connects the East and West Bank campuses of the University of Minnesota.
The High Line, New York City
The High Line, a 1.5-mile-long elevated rail structure on Manhattan's West Side, was constructed in the 1930s as part of one of New York City's largest investments in transportation infrastructure, called the West Side Improvement Project. No trains have run on it in over 20 years. A lush urban wilderness has seeded itself on the High Line's tracks. In 1999, neighborhood residents founded Friends of the High Line, a non-profit organization, with the mission of converting the structure to an elevated public space – a greenway or promenade. In December 2002, the City of New York took the first step in converting the High Line to a walkway through federal rails-to-trails legislation. In March, 2004, Friends of the High Line, in conjunction with the City of New York, officially started the process that will lead to the selection of the design team that will create the master plan for the new public open space. A design team selection is expected by September 2004.
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April 05, 2004
High Line Film: View it Online
"The High Line", the beautiful, 12-minute documentary film produced and directed by John Zieman, can now be viewed online, free of charge.
View the Film
The film was originally made as part of the
"Designing the High Line"
exhibition at Grand Central Terminal in summer 2003. It features lush footage of the High Line's elevated rail deck and interviews with actor Edward Norton, designer Diane von Furstenberg, photographer Joel Sternfeld, architect Steven Holl, New York City Council Speaker Gifford Miller, students from the High School of Environmental Science, and FHL co-founders Robert Hammond and Joshua David.
This film is always available for viewing at the
Friends of the High Line Web site
. The film can also be purchased in DVD or VHS format from Friends of the High Line for $15, including shipping. To purchase film, e-mail Rick Little:
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April 05, 2004
Saturday April 17: First-Ever High Line Clean-Up Day Volunteers Needed
CSX, the railroad that currently owns the High Line, is permitting FHL to bring a limited number of volunteers up on to the Line's elevated rail bed to remove trash that has accumulated over the years. By volunteering to help, you'll have a rare opportunity to care for and beautify this unique urban treasure.
: Saturday April 17, from 10:00am to 3:00pm
: About 2 blocks of the High Line in the West 20's.(Meeting location to be announced with confirmation to volunteers who sign up)
: To sign-up for Clean-Up Day, e-mail
: Volunteers will be signed up on a first-come first-serve basis for 1-hour time slots. 15 volunteers at a time will be brought up on the Line to help pick up bottles, paper, broken glass, metal, tires, and other refuse. Each group will stay on the Line for approximately 1 hour. FHL will provide all supplies, including bags and heavy-duty work gloves.
The High Line is private property owned by CSX. All participating volunteers will be asked to sign a release form before going onto the Line. There will be no tours on Clean-Up Day. Clean-Up Day activities will be limited to the part of the Line being cleaned. All volunteers MUST be pre-registered for this event. Only those signed up for Clean-Up Day will be allowed on the Line. No one under 18 is allowed on the Line.
Because of the rarity of this opportunity, we expect that all available slots for Clean-Up Day will fill up quickly. So please sign up now if you want to participate.
Special thanks to CSX, Doug Oliver, and Jack Fuchs for making this event possible.
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April 05, 2004
FHL Seeks Donations for Two Auctions: July 14 and Mid-October
FHL is holding two different auctions to support efforts to create a public open space on the High Line.
July 14 Silent Auction
: As part of our July 14 Summer Benefit, FHL is seeking donations for a silent auction featuring fashion, design products, and other items from businesses in the High Line district. The silent auction will complement a fashion show by Diane von Furstenberg and will celebrate the creative energy of businesses of the Meat Packing District, Chelsea, and Hell's Kitchen.
Mid-October Art Auction
: Originally planned as a spring event at Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg, FHL's art auction has been rescheduled for mid-October 2004, when it will open Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg's fall schedule. Our thanks go to the artists, collectors, and gallerists who have already donated pieces. We are still soliciting donations for this high-profile event.
To donate a fashion, design, or other item for the July 14 silent auction, or to donate an artwork for the mid-October art auction, please contact Olivia Stinson, (212) 206-9922, x108, or
FHL regrets that mailed solicitations for these two auctions did not adequately differentiate between them. If you have any remaining questions about which auction would be more appropriate for you to donate to, please contact Olivia Stinson, (212) 206-9922, x108, or
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April 05, 2004
Buy Tickets Now: FHL'S July 14 Summer Benefit
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for FHL's July 14 Summer Benefit – it promises to be our best event ever. Co-chaired by Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Diane von Furstenberg, and Edward Norton, with Alexandre von Furstenberg and Bronson van Wyck heading up the steering committee, the two-part evening begins with a cocktail party and fashion show at Diane von Furstenberg's studio and continues with a gala dinner overlooking the High Line in the galleries of the Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg auction house.
Cocktail party tickets are $150 and up. Benefit tickets (including cocktails and dinner) are $500 and up.
Tickets in some price categories will sell out quickly
Buy tickets now
to assure your place at this great summer event. Positions are also still available on host committees if you'd like to help us sell tickets.
For further information about the event, sponsorship opportunities, or joining a host committee, please contact:
Juliet Page, Development Director at (212) 206-9922, ext. 360, or
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April 05, 2004
Congressman Jerrold Nadler Brings $5 Million in Federal Funds to the High Line
As part of a larger effort to bring $43 million in federal transportation funds to New York City, Congressman Jerrold Nadler has included $5 million for the High Line in the House version of the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (TEA-LU), the six-year federal transportation bill.
We hope all FHL supporters will join us in thanking the Congressman for his instrumental role in making the High Line vision become a reality. FHL would also like to thank the hundreds of supporters who wrote to Congressman Nadler encouraging him to bring federal funding to the High Line. By taking a few minutes to write to your elected representative, you've made a real difference in the future of New York City.
There are still a number of hurdles ahead of us before the funding becomes a reality. The funding must be approved by the Senate in the House/Senate conference, which is the next step in the process. In addition, the overall bill must be signed by the President. FHL will keep you posted on the bill's progress as it moves forward.
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March 13, 2004
FHL Seeks Community Engagement Manager
Friends of the High Line (FHL) seeks to build on its foundation as a grass-roots, community-based organization through the planning, implementation, and management of an innovatively designed, creatively run community engagement program. A Community Engagement Manager is sought to manage the development and implementation of this program.
Primary responsibilities of the Community Engagement Manager
Oversee creation of a community engagement program that sets new standards for the field and is as innovative and creative as the High Line project as a whole, including:
Create and manage programs and events that engage community members in development of a design master plan for the High Line (now to Winter 2004/5, in coordination with design team and project manager)
Create and manage programs and events that build community engagement with the High Line project as a whole prior the start of construction
Attend all meetings of relevant community groups (often evenings)
Develop strategy for engaging active participation of lower income, minority, and senior community residents in design, programming, and operating decisions
Oversee and expand volunteer program, including volunteer management in public programs such as street fairs and events (often weekends or evenings)
Desired Experience for Community Engagement Manager
3 years experience in community outreach and engagement, with emphasis on mobilizing lower income and minority groups
Familiarity with community-building in lower-income and/or publicly subsidized housing complexes
Development and management of volunteer programs
Commensurate with experience
To Apply
Send resume, cover letter, and three professional reference contacts via postal mail and/or e-mail to:
Friends of the High Line Attn: Human Resources - Community Engagement Manager 430 West 14th Street, Suite 304 New York, NY 10014
No phone calls, please.
FHL is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.
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March 12, 2004
FHL Seeks Project Manager for High Line Master Plan
A design master plan for the High Line's conversion to public open space will be developed between now and Winter 2004/5 under the guidance of a steering committee comprised of representatives from FHL and the City of New York. FHL seeks a Project Manager to manage FHL's role in the master plan's development.
Primary Responsibilities of the Project Manager
Act as primary liaison between design team and working group made up of FHL and City representatives
Create and manage a schedule of design deliverables, public meetings, site visits, and working group/steering committee review meetings and work sessions
Coordinate production of documents requiring input from multiple working group members
Research and evaluate NYC code requirements and prepare briefings
Manage project budget and City, State, and Federal funding applications
Coordinate community input sessions with design team and community representatives
Oversee production of all meeting materials and presentation and exhibition materials related to design process
Desired Experience for the Project Manager
3 years work experience in a relevant field(s), including government relations, community outreach, architecture, landscape, and/or planning
Excellent project management skills
Experience administering contracts
Excellent skills in MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Word, and MS Project
(or equivalent)
Commensurate with experience
To Apply
Send resume, cover letter, and three professional reference contacts via postal mail and/or e-mail to:
Friends of the High Line
Attn: Human Resources - Project Manager
430 West 14th Street, Suite 304
New York, NY 10014
No phone calls, please.
FHL is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.
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A unique agreement signed earlier this week between Southwest Virginia Community College and Bluefield State College is a win-win for students attending both institutions of higher education.
The agreement will allow graduates of some programs at SWCC in Richlands, Va., to use their class credits at BSC in Bluefield.
The Bluefield State College W. Paul Cole Jr. School of Business and the Southwest Virginia Community College Business, Engineering and Industrial Technology Division have completed four agreements for associate degree programs at SWCC, officials with both colleges announced earlier this week. For graduates of these programs, credits earned at SWCC will be accepted into the business administration baccalaureate program at Bluefield State.
The new agreement helps two-year students continue their education, according to BSC President Dr. Marsha Krotseng.
"And it's really all about partnerships — and we have a wonderful partnership with Southwest Virginia Community College — and to be able to provide students the opportunity to take their two-year degrees here and seamlessly move into the four-year degree program at Bluefield State," Krotseng said. "They can either do that in person or they can do it online so they don't have to leave home. That's the really exciting part of this."
The agreement also will help to keep local students in the region, as correctly argued by SWCC President Dr. Mark Estepp.
"Really, the community colleges are all about helping students go on, and get their four-year degree and above if that is what they would like to do" Estepp said. "We would like for our students to stay in the region, stay in the area. Bluefield State is not very far away from us and we've always had a good relationship with them, and we're just adding to that."
Several associate degree programs are included in the agreement signed last week. Graduates of the programs will qualify for reduction in normal out-of-state tuition.
In addition to the reduced tuition option and the ability to complete courses from home, students will be able to decrease the overall cost for completing a baccalaureate degree under the new plan, according to BSC.
The joint agreement between the two colleges is welcomed, and is a great example of the good things that can happen when area leaders work together on a regional level — and in this particular case even across the state line border — to help students in both southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia.
We applaud BSC, and SWCC, for reaching this unique and welcomed agreement. It will benefit students attending both colleges.
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A unique agreement signed earlier this week between Southwest Virginia Community College and Bluefield State College is a win-win for students attending both institutions of higher education.
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BATESVILLE — The Lady Bulldogs swim team traveled to New Castle Chrysler High School and suffered a 122-61 loss to the host Lady Trojans.
As a team, Batesville scored the second most team points in 11 years against New Castle, but still came up short.
Andi Cox was the lone event winner for Batesville. She won both the 100 yard butterfly and 100 yard backstroke.
Elizabeth Weiler was second in the 200 and 100 yard freestyle events.
Also placing second was Nicole Hountz in the 200 yard individual medley.
Gwendolyn Frank (100 breast) and Hountz (500 free) were third place finishers in their respective events.
The junior varsity events proved successful for the Lady Bulldogs.
Sophie Voegele (first) and Lauren Caplinger (third) did well in the 50 yard freestyle, according to BHS head coach TJ Greene.
Maddie Giesting placed first in the 100 yard freestyle, while Lydia Olsen not far behind in third. The junior varsity scoring continued in the backstroke with Lexi Hatcher finishing first and teammate Teresa DeRosa touching in second.
Finally, Voegele was first in the 100 breaststroke and Emily Rose was second.
Seven Lady Bulldogs swam to personal best times in their respective events. They were Cox (100 back), Giesting (100 free), Audrey Hall (50 free), Megan Karbowski (500 free), Voegele (100 breast), Emily Weiler (50 back, 500 free) and Elizabeth Weiler (100 free).
Karbowski dropped 30 seconds in her 500 freestyle event. "That just goes to show what hard work can produce over a period of time," Greene commented. "Megan's swim tonight was so much stronger than when she swam the 500 last year.
"When you work hard, good things happen. She was proof of that tonight," he added.


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During his 40-year tenure as the Providence football coach, Hall of Famer Gene Sartini believed in running the football down an opponent's throat. Sartini's successor at PHS, Larry Denison, inherited that philosophy from the coach he played for and coached under, and it showed on Friday night at Murphy Stadium.
Providence rushed for 444 yards and did not attempt a single pass in a 49-12 victory over Charlestown on Senior Night at PHS. The Pioneers (5-3) won their fourth straight game, while the Pirates (5-3) saw their five-game winning streak end.
"I think somewhere Coach Sartini is probably smiling right now," Denison said. "That's the thing about the offense we're running. It only takes a small crease. You better bring guys up on the line to stop the sweep. But at the same time, you have a lot of gaps to protect."
Providence had three players each break the century mark in rushing yards. Junior Matt Bell ran for 159 yards on 11 carries with two touchdowns. Senior quarterback Owen Mattingly rushed for 148 yards on 17 carries and two TDs, while senior Conner Johnson had 108 yards on the ground on four carries and one score.
All that rushing production came against a Pirate defense that entered the game ranked third in Class 3A in scoring defense, allowing 11.1 points per contest.
"We've got a good stable of skill guys," Denison said. "Earlier in the year, we tried to spread people out and tried to take advantage of that and get the ball in their hands. But we had to sit down and talk about it and realize this is the best thing for us. It gives us some balance and you just can't focus on one guy."
Charlestown coach Jason Hawkins was impressed with the Pioneers' balance as well.
"They played really well and they ran the ball great," Hawkins said. "We knew they had great running backs. We knew if they hit a crease, they were gone. Mattingly is tough, Bell is tough and the Dorian [Noel] kid is tough. They've got great runners and they ran the ball great. They did a good job."
Providence needed only three plays to get on the scoreboard. On second-and-11 at the 8:55 mark of the first quarter, Bell bolted 49 yards to the end zone to put the Pioneers up 7-0.
Shortly thereafter, Charlestown quarterback Antonyo Gaddie fumbled after a 6-yard gain, which was recovered by Providence junior Matt Hayes at the Pirates' 26-yard line.
The Pioneers then put together a seven-play scoring drive, all on the ground. Following a 17-yard run by Johnson to get the ball to the Charlestown 1, Mattingly got the ball into the end zone on a keeper to give Providence a 14-0 lead with 4:24 remaining in the first. Mattingly extended the Pioneers' advantage to 21-0 with 5:23 remaining in the second with a 27-yard touchdown scamper on a third-down option keeper.
After a Charlestown three-and-out, Johnson provided the Providence its biggest play of the first half. On second-and-8 on the Pioneer 16, Johnson ran off left tackle and sprinted to paydirt for an 84-yard touchdown run at the 3:20 mark to put Providence up 28-0. The Pioneers picked up where they left off at the start of the second half. On the first play of the third quarter, Bell ran 80 yards for a touchdown off right tackle to give Providence a 35-0 advantage 12 seconds into the latter half. Denison was shocked that his team was up 35 points at that point against the defending Mid-Southern Conference and Class 3A Sectional 23 champions.
"Yes, I was surprised we were up that much, but we took it as a challenge," Denison said. "We have a lot of respect for Charlestown and their program and their defense. But our guys have been hearing how good Charlestown's defense is. Our defense wanted to prove that we were just as good as their defense, and our offense wanted to prove we can run against a good defense."
Charlestown finally got on the board on its first possession of the third. Pirate senior Matt Myers capped off a four-play, 63-yard drive with a 1-yard TD plunge into the end zone. Gaddie set up the score with a 38-yard run on a keeper on first-and-10 at the 10:25 mark. But the score stayed 35-6 after Charlestown place-kicker Rodrigo Martinez missed the extra-point kick wide left.
Providence needed 13 seconds to squash the Pirates' brief momentum. Noel, a senior, returned the kickoff 90 yards for a TD to increase the Pioneers' advantage to 42-6. Providence senior Ben Hauber increased the lead to 43 points with 6:49 remaining in regulation with a 13-yard TD run. Gaddie made the score 49-12 with a long run of his own. With 5:51 left, Gaddie made a 47-yard TD scamper on a keeper. The freshman ended up with 116 rushing yards on 20 carries.
"He's a freshman. He's going to make mistakes, but he's going to make good plays," Gaddie said. "He's a great athlete and made some good runs tonight, but he's going to make mistakes."
Charlestown wound up 239 total yards, with 224 coming on the ground. It was the Pirates' worst loss since a 47-8 setback to Brownstown Central on Aug. 27, 2010.
Both teams will end the regular season next Friday. Charlestown will host Eastern at Dutch Reis Field, while Providence will travel to archrival Clarksville. At the end of the first quarter, Providence honored public-address announcer Pete Corrao as the former Providence football player was retiring from his duties. Corrao received a trophy in the press box for his service. Corrao has been doing the PA at Pioneer football games for 25 years.
Charlestown 0 0 6 6—12
Providence 14 14 14 7—49
First quarter
P — Matt Bell 49 run (Mason Koetter kick), 8:55.
P — Owen Mattingly 1 run (Koetter kick), 4:24.
Second quarter
P — Mattingly 27 run (Koetter kick), 5:23.
P — Conner Johnson 84 run (Koetter kick), 3:20.
Third quarter
P — Bell 80 run (Koetter kick), 11:48.
C — Matt Myers 1 run (kick failed), 10:25.
P — Dorian Noel 90 kickoff return (Koetter kick), 10:12.
Fourth quarter
P — Ben Hauber 13 run (Koetter kick), 6:49.
C — Antonyo Gaddie 47 run (run failed), 5:51.
Charlestown (1-9-15-0): Gaddie 1-9-15-0.
Providence: none.
Charlestown (41-224): Gaddie 20-116, Myers 15-46, Jarren Anderson
3-51, Eli Daniel 1-8, Jimmy Garcia 1-3.
Providence (44-444): Bell 11-159, Mattingly 17-148, C. Johnson 4-108,
Noel 5-14, Hauber 1-13, Matthew Hayes 2-9, Luke Fougerousse 1-0, Micah
Oberhausen 1-0, Cameron Harvey 1-(-1), Barrett Johnson 1-(-6).
Charlestown: Daniel 1-15.
Providence: None.


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DANVILLE — Borough Council President Dick Johns will serve on the Danville Planning Commission and also on the council.
Council members unanimously approved his appointment Tuesday night after solicitor Michael Dennehy said it is allowed.
The council filled the vacancy after learning last week a man living outside the borough expressed interest in serving on the planning commission.
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Roland Degeyter, 53, of San Antonio, Texas died Saturday, October 5, 2013 at his residence.
Roland was born June 23, 1960 in Port Arthur, Texas to Roland Ledet and Gladys Degeyter. He was a resident of San Antonio, Texas for the past 8 years and a former resident of the Mid-County area. Roland was a Bus Driver for the elderly and a former Port Arthur Transit Bus Driver with 12 years of service.
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Oct. 28, 2010, 04:18 AM »
LUCKNOW: Talaq is no joke. An e-savvy Qatar resident learnt this the hard way when he typed talaq thrice while chatting with his wife on Skype. He says he did not mean it but Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband has ruled that his nikah stands terminated.
That's not all. For his careless 'chat', the man can remarry his divorced wife only after halaala, a practice under which the woman has to marry and divorce another man before she can marry her previous husband again.
Deoband's fatwa section — Dar-ul-Ifta (DuI) — recently received a written request from Qatar, seeking a fatwa on a rather amusing situation. The youth stated that he was recently chatting with his wife on Skype when he typed the word 'talaq' three times, though he did not mean it and asked if his nikah was still valid.
Dar-ul-Ifta shot back that the nikah stands terminated. "When you pronounce talaq three times, it means talaq has taken place, and it does not matter whether the woman has reciprocated or not. Your wife has become 'haraam' for you whether you are aware of the commandment of Islam or not. You neither have the right to take her back nor solemnise new nikah with her without a valid 'halaala'. After the completion of 'iddah' (iddat) period, the woman can marry where she wishes except you," the seminary said.
As per senior Islamic scholars, 'halaala' requires the woman to complete her iddat period of 40 days beginning immediately after talaq. During this period she is supposed to stay away from celebrations and socialising.
At the end of iddat, she would have to marry another man who should then divorce her. She will be required to go through another round of iddat only then would she be eligible to marry her "first husband".
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Oct. 28, 2010, 05:59 AM »
ya Allah...
What about "intention"?
And if no one knew about the 3x talaq - he knew he didn't mean it and could convey that to his wife and they could get on with their married lives inshaAllah.
What if she is pregnant now and finds out after shes married to another...
which is why talaq should be pronounced once a month for 3 months...
May Allah bring kheir to this situation, ameen!
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Oct. 28, 2010, 09:44 AM »
that's messed up. why would he say it as a joke that doesn't make sense. did they have an argument and he said it out of anger? i have heard of guys doing that. and too late they regret it, but it does count. more education needed in this area by those shaikhs i believe.
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Oh dear... this is easily one of the most misunderstood areas of Islam, because it's hardly taught correctly (in general) and it has slightly unique rules too, given the unique relationship of marriage.
The Prophet (saw) said that there are three matters in which it doesn't matter about your intention; nikah, talaq and taking one's wife back after a revocable divorce (I'm paraphrasing the hadith).
Basically, this means, even if you were joking around about marriage or divorce... so long as the other factors are present, the process has been enacted as far as the shariah is concerned. Thus, for a man to joke about that he's divorcing his wife, it doesn't matter whether he was being serious or not... the fact that he treated it as a joke is sufficiently serious enough to trigger the process.
Here's the scary thing... how many people do you think don't realise this? How many of them are still in a marital relationship, yet they're actually divorced in the eyes of Allah and are thus committing zina? How many children have been born into these relationships? And what will their reaction be on the Day of Judgement when Allah (swt) reveals the true nature of what they have done.
Ignorance about your own religion isn't an excuse!
Now, here's the other misconception about talaq, which is that it has to be pronounced
Don't do it!
The correct way to pronounce a talaq is as follows:
The wife must not be on her menses
The huband must not have been intimate with her since she last came off her menses
He must make
clear unequivocable statement of divorce
And that's it... the divorce process starts. For the first and second time, he has until she finishes her third menstrual cycle to revoke it (and he can do this privately himself, he doesn't need to tell her), but it's important to realise that she's still his wife until this time. So she stays in the marital home, and she should try to charm him again.
If it's the third time he's done this, she ceases to be his wife immediately (because he can't revoke that one), so she has to wear the hijab immediately and leave the marital home.
Btw... if any of those rules I've listed above are broken, it doesn't invalidate the talaq. It just means the husband incurs a huge sin for doing it wrong, but the talaq still counts.
Now, there is some confusion as to what happens if the husband makes three statements in one go. Does it count as one divorce, or three? I'm not going through the whole fiqh on it, but suffice to say that at the time of the Prophet (saw), someone said it three times but the Prophet (saw) counted it as one (and the man got reprimanded). But during the time of Umar bin Khattab, because of it being abused, he made three statements at the same time count as three divorces, to stop people playing around with it.
I believe the Hanifi madhab still go with this opinion. I prefer the opinion of counting three as one myself for various reasons. So in this instance, the couple in question could be married... the problem is now due to ignorance they may never know.
(p.s. talaq shouldn't be pronounced once a month for three months either... once it's pronounced, that's it! Unless of course it's revoked later for the first or second time)
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Oct. 30, 2010, 10:09 PM »
Brother Al Qamar,
I believe what Sis Jen meant was the declaration of Talaq should be spread out between the menses to make sure the wife is not pregnant and to give the wife time to woo her husband. You're right however, scholars have ruled pronouncing divorce three times makes it final, joke or not. The hadith that narrates the story of three talaqs counting as one during the Prophet's(saw) time was of a man that meant it to be only one talaq. He said it three times to emphasize talaq but did not intend it to be 3 talaqs. This should be a warning to the rest of the Ummah, talaq is no joke.
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Oct. 31, 2010, 01:34 AM »
Assalamu alaykum,
I don't understand how that works, to spread the divorce declaration out over months to ensure the wife isn't pregnant? You're only permitted to issue a divorce in a period of menstrual purity in which you've not slept with your wife (i.e. she's not on her menses, and you've not slept with her since she came off), so thus she wouldn't be pregnant to begin with. And then on top of that, if you DO sleep with her, this is implicitely revoking the divorce...
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Oct. 31, 2010, 03:16 AM »
Asalam alaikum
Brother al-Qamar
Each of the three divorce statements are said at three separate intervals, each in between a wife's menstrual cycle, provided no sexual relations have taken place between the couple.
Brother Ilyas - this is a good topic because it is a wake up call to married brothers not to pronounce divorce in jest or ignorance. Marriage is half our deen. It is easy to get angry and react without considering the consequences and pronounce divorce - or in the case of this article, in jest.
InshaAllah kheir
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Feb. 16, 2011, 11:46 PM »
You should not joke about it. All educataed muslims know that.
And even if he had not told anyone, Allh knows so itis haram in the eyes of Allah they remain married, its not just what people think. Just becuase they do not know does not mean you can carry on. Becuase Allah knows.
If you joke about something like that, then you do not have the maturity for marriage, and Allah has made it that its better you not be married to this person. Allah has wisdom behind all that he does. And in that we should trust him and not refutt that choice.
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Quote from: SalwaR on Feb. 16, 2011, 11:46 PM
All educataed muslims know that.
That's the keyword... educated! Unfortunately a lot are not. I myself didn't know that even to mention it invokes divorce until I went to a course years back. The level of ignorance of basic Islam amongst us is shocking, unfortunately
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I agree, so many people can tell u names of celerities and actors. But if you ask them to name but a few of the prophets compainions they would not be able to. Forget even telling u any events that happend in thier time. To them its history.
Astagfirallah, May Allah forgive us for our ignorance and grat us wisdom and knowladge. ameen
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