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In a holding patternPosted: May 25, 2012 Filed under: Random Musings 1 Comment
I spent the two-week period at the end of the spring semester putting the finishing touches on the first three chapters of my dissertation, so that I could submit it to my committee. It's amazing how things finally come together when there's a deadline… I mean, a goal… yes, a goal! My prospectus hearing is scheduled for June 5, and I am looking forward to presenting and defending my proposal. It's not perfect, but I think it's in pretty good shape. I've also written my IRB protocol, so I will be ready to send that off as soon as my proposal is accepted.
In the meantime, I am trying to catch up on all those projects that have taken a back seat to my dissertation. There's an article to finish writing, data from surveys to analyze, two surveys to develop and administer, an evaluation report to write, and a whole bunch of other lingering tasks. It's nice to start plodding through these activities and finish them.
This has also been a good time to think critically about my job search and the kind of position that would be a good fit for me. I once heard someone described as "a mile wide and an inch deep". For some reason, that expression really made an impression on me. Although I'd like to think of myself as more than an inch deep, the description fits me too. I am a generalist…. which doesn't mean that I don't have any specialized skills… it just means that I like variety. I want to be able to do a little bit of everything. I have a broad range of experience, and there are many kinds of jobs that would suit me. I enjoy teaching, whether it's in a traditional classroom, a one-on-one mentoring relationship, or a training situation. I also like doing research, investigating a problem, deciding on valid measures, and conveying results to people who care. These activities have a place in the realm of institutional research and institutional effectiveness, but they also fit other kinds of academic and administrative positions in higher education.
So far, I have only submitted a few job applications, and I have been strategic. I have applied for positions at places where I think I would have the opportunity for variety in my work and where I think I could make an impact. Generally, these schools are smaller than VCU. Now, I am in a holding pattern, waiting to see where the path takes me.

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On the first day of jury duty, a Seminole County teen wore one of Fairey's trendy black caps with the "OBEY" logo known worldwide. When it was his turn to be questioned in the courtroom Thursday, the recent high-school graduate wore an "OBEY" tank top.
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"I have followed Trayvon's case closely and I think any compassionate human being can relate to Trayvon as a brother or son," Fairey said in a statement. Adding he wanted "to see a thorough investigation into the killing of an unarmed person."
Fairey is a regular during Art Basel in Miami Beach and has left his iconic red, black and white collages on Miami's Wynwood Walls, the artsy Wynwood Kitchen & Bar and has murals in cities all over the world.
Fairey "has always applied many of the principles of classic propaganda," said Miami spray-paint artist Claudio Picasso, also known as CP1. "Often times he appropriates old propaganda images and mixes them in representations of pop icons."
Time's Ebony Magazine published Fairey's Trayvon portrait on its May magazine cover in 2012 and the portrait was all over Instagram and was seen in protests around the country through the summer. Fairey's work has also been seen during Occupy Wall Street protests.
Fairey is a self-proclaimed student of "the teachings of political propaganda," Picasso said.
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Review: Musical Fidelity CDpre24 vs Cary CD 308 vs Nixon TubeDac+ vs Xindak SCD CD Player
So much to review! I hope I can get it all out coherently, but in case something is unclear do not hesitate to ask for clarification and comments are most welcome! I was going to post the reviews separately but the comments about the distinct sound characteristics always make more sense in a relative context, I think. Reviews always seem more useful when one owns one or more of the pieces of gear in review. By comparing ones own take on the shared gear, one can see if the reviewers opinion is agreeable with their own or, quite possibly, conclude that the reviewer is Coo Coo for Coco Puffs when it comes to discerning what is quality sound in this aesthetic, subjective hobby! Anyways, with no further ados, the reviews:
Scott Nixon TubeDac+:
I picked up this little dac a month ago for giggles, to see what all the fuss was about. I hooked it into the Musical Fidelity CDpre24 and let it burn-in for about a month with the Stereophile burn-in track and also my favorite dynamic music before evaluation, giving at least 400hrs of run-in with lots of power ups/downs for thermal-cycling. I always go through this ordeal with new gear, especially with digital gear as it seems to take the longest time to settle-in. I tried a handful of digital cables with it, slightly favoring silver coated cables, and I tried a Theta transport and a few lesser transport but thought the $3K MF CDpre24 was the best transport I had on hand.
This dac is not very tubey sounding at all in its midrange presentation. In fact, a couple of SS CDPs Ive owned sounded more tube-like. However, it did do the imaging thing typical to tubes, being highly focused and open, really superb imaging overall. The piece is dead silent in terms of any tube hiss and having a very dark background from which notes emanate. Also like a stereotypical tube piece its bass wasnt anywhere near world class, being a bit slow, soft and polite, especially noticeable on trip-hop, rock, alternative and electronic tracks. Fans of light/soft/mellow jazz and classical may never realize this fault. Its a great dac for forgetting about the gear and just slipping into the music with an ethanol containing beverage with your lady-friend, or for just relaxing with after a long day. It is easy to listen to casually and for an extended period with this piece, which is high praise and presumably why many love it. There are many components which excel in various areas over this dac but ultimately grate on the nerves long-term. However, a few digital sources keep the natural, musical ease in tact while making up for the dacs shortcomings, though none Ive met at its price.
In summing up its flaws, I feel the SN dac lacking in the bottom octave in terms of weight and speed, and feel its biggest fault is being a tad slow overall. It doesn't have the PRAT, ambiance or dynamics of the Musical Fidelity or even Marantz gear, which are very important to me, as I find PRAT vital to conveying the energy of a live performance, the dynamics and ambiance essential to creating an illusion of actual music being played in the room. The Nixon also pushed everything on the stage back 1ft relative to the Cary or MF players. It is eminently listenable, musical and super smooth piece of digital gear, but maybe smooth to a fault as I missed small ambient details, things to cue in on hall size and shape, missing some slight cracks in the lips and faint breaths, and that sort of thing. It offers one of the blackest backgrounds Ive ever heard, yet the black backgrounds seem to act as a tiny black holes for microdynamics, ambient detail and leading transients. The top end seems rolled a touch as well, though I imagine this would be a good thing for most of the systems that this dac would find its way into giving its asking price. Ive had 2 other SN dac owners/recent sellers tell me that they had the exact same complaints about this dac, so maybe its not just me .
Anyways, I thoroughly enjoyed my time spent listening to this dac. Its not by any means the SOTA piece that a few budget-freak zealots make it out to be but it is likely better then anything one will find out there under a grand in redbook dac land. At the price it offers a great opportunity for most to get a taste of true hi-fi. I think it would even be an upgrade for a lot of players under a grand or two. Even among some of the well regarded (by others, at least, not by me!) SACD players I've owned, including the Sony SCD777ES, 9000ES, 999ES and 555ES, the Philips SACD1000, 963 and the Denon universals, to name just a recent few, I think this dac is a solid overall upgrade in redbook playback. Though I feel, relatively speaking, the redbook playback of non-flagship SACD and SACD/DVD machines bluntly sucks, especially the clinical, sterile and a-musical offerings spewing from Sony and Denon, just so you know where my biases are.
It's a close call with the SN compared to the Cary 308, and I initially favored the Nixon upon a quick listen, but over time the PRAT and detail of the Cary won me over, and it was just as easy to listen to but more engaging musically, less romantic overall, yet it was a bit lush and up-front.
The CDpre24 I have on hand I still find preferable most of the time, largely due to superior dynamics, PRAT, detail resolution and bass weight and speed, though the Nixon imaged slightly better, was slightly more focused and seemed to offer a dead black background. I loved being able to switch instantly between the MF and SN depending on what type of music was playing or my mood, as the SN is very adept at female vocals and piano, being quite magical with Evanescence, Diana Krall, Daughter Darling and Frou Frou (***subliminal message to music lovers****Go find these last two artist if you love female vocalists***!). I highly suggest the SN & MF CDpre24 setup for those starting a system with about $1500 to spend on the used market for a source and preamp. CDpre24 is a real jem, I can't say enough good about its sound at its price on the used market, even though, at the original $3K MSRP I was hoping to find more inside of the box.
Cary CD308 vs. Musical Fidelity CDpre24:
Two players with analogue volume controls built in showdown! Such small differences here, its hard to know where to start! First off, running the CD308 direct to the amps there was a clear loss of dynamics and bass quality, and although it sounded very good this way at higher volumes I would suggest using a preamp with it, and thats how I used it in the a/b tests. I used a Musical Fidelity A3cr, Musical Fidelity A3.2cr, PS Audio PCA-2 and the MF CDpre24 pre as a reference between it and the HCA-2. Though each preamp improved the sound of the system, one on a budget can run direct for a while until they can afford a preamp and still have very good sound, especially if they only have monitor speakers or prefer light/soft music!
First off, running the CD308 into the digital input of the MF CDpre24 I could NOT tell the difference between the MF and the Cary! That speaks well for the digital in of the MF and the transport quality of the Cary I suppose, though must add the running my jukebox and cheap, overrated Toshiba dvdp into it didnt yield the same results. The sound was improved slightly yet still pretty poor when feeding the MF with cheap transports.
Running the Cary into the MFs pre inputs the sonic signature was quite similar, the difference I felt only minor to trivial throughout with only a couple of exceptions. The Cary offered a stunningly sweet, extended, clear and smooth top-end that the MF just couldnt match. If the MF has a weakness it is its upper extremes being ruthless on lesser recordings and often lacking some air, especially evident with direct a/b comparisons to the Cary and Nixon Dac. The Cary seemed to have more bass output but it was not a textured or as fast as the bass from the MF. The midrange was very comparable tonally, with the MF being slightly richer and more nuanced, the Cary slightly more lush and forward. The MF had a trace more ambiances as well, and overall I favored the sound of the MF. The MFs versatility in terms of features is mind blowing at the price these selling for used ($900-1100, and $1500 new at closeout prices!). In my experience, you will not find a cdp and preamp combo at the same price that competes with this MF combo machine! They are both very solid performers at the price, and though not stand-out performers in any regard they are balanced and enjoyable nonetheless.
Regarding build quality, the Cary is rock solid and has great parts inside, more then one would expect at the price. It is also very silent and smooth operating, despite having the POS Philips tray! The MF, on the outside, I feel to be simply gorgeous! Everything on the outside lends itself to being a piece of gear selling for over $5K.
Looking inside the MF, however, I was a bit disappointing. Although it uses a top of the line Sony transport as found in the NuVista CD player and the dac chip from the NuVista, from the label you can clearly see that it has the CD board right out of the A3 CDII player. The preamp section somewhat resembles the A3crs but missing are the 2 huge transformers and there is not a PS choke in sight in this machine, which is a let down. This is not a true dual-mono machine, as there is only a single, small transformer to power everything, yet it was a very quiet piece nonetheless. There was more capacitance in the underrated A3cr preamp then many 100wpc power amps, however, the CDpre24 has very little capacitance in reserve, maybe 1/5th as much. The volume pot is also a bit finicky, a little stick at times. At $3k a msrp FROM MUSICAL FIDELITY I had hoped for more inside, at least going by the designers claims to favor function over form. I suspect a few hundred bucks in upgrades inside the MF could yield something spectacular, but it should have probably been more substantial from the start, especially in terms of the power supply.
Xindak SCD-2 vs. Jolida JD-100 on redbook and Marantz SA-14 on SACD/CD
Next up, a player with great potential on paper: the Xindak SCD-2. Its a tube based, 2ch SACD/CD player full very good quality parts at its asking price. I owned the Xindak for 2 months and compared it directly to a Marantz SA-14 as being its closest competitor I had on hand at the time. To get right to it, I found that its SACD playback was not nearly as good as the 4yr old $3K MSRP Marantz, especially in terms of bass weight, speed and clarity, PRAT, ambiance and top end openness and extension (in short, a lot of big differences here, which was surprising). The Xindak was slightly thicker in the midrange and it did have a bit more depth to the stage and a ever so slight bit more air around notes, yet the soundstage height shrunk greatly to the level of the speaker tops, whereas with the SA-14 voices would sore a few feet above the speakers, if the recording called for it. Its SACD playback, while still very good, was more in line with that had from the Philips and Denon DVD/SACD machines in the $1k-$2k price range, which are also good, but not great by any means.
That said, on redbook, the Xindak had a midrange magic that was truly intoxicating. CDs were detailed yet smooth, rich yet with great clarity and ultimately engaging. Compared to a fellow import tube-based CD player, the Jolida JD-100, the Jolida offers vastly superior quantities of bass with a similarly soft top-end, yet the Jolida didnt come close on the midrange in terms of clarity and even presence, though the Jolida did image slightly better in 3D. Some systems will take this as a blessing, but in mine the Xindak had a definite rolled off 'tube-like' top-end akin to the JD-100s that I didn't much care for, but vocals where yummy and imaging was stellar in the price range--the typical tube signature in budget gear, I suppose. I found the Jolida slightly bright and sibilant with most tubes I used, and the Xindak was anything but. Id say CD playback on the SCD-2 was vivid, engaging, warm and layered, overall very easy to listen to. Its ultimately colored by the tubes used yet nonetheless enthralling, which is hard to find in redbook playback!
Although from 80Hz up to about 12 kHz I though the Xindak flat out sung on redbook, a killer machine for Jazz music for sure, on either format I couldn't get the bottom 2 octaves even close to acceptable no matter what I tried. I used various isolation, cable, power filtering and speaker placement tricks to get the bass out of the box, all to no avail. If there is a tube or other tweaks to improve the bass (it need a LOT of help here) and pick up the pace a bit it would be a keeper. Not much else to fault at its price sonically, but .
A final note on features: You cant turn the display off and the built in volume control in the Xindak is useless. The volume control is rather horrible sounding compared to every preamp I tried, and worst yet it doesn't attenuate enough to be used w/o a preamp anyways, as even at full attenuation youll still have to yell over the music if you want to talk to someone. Forget about late night listening at low levels if you skip a preamp here. Even when using the RCA rather then XLR outs it is still way too loud when at -30dB. I used both XLR and RCA outs throughout my audition and found that, although the XLR outs where slightly more dynamic and maybe a touch quieter, I wouldnt loose sleep over not having a balanced preamp or amp when used with this machine, which is usually my experience with balanced vs. unbalanced connections in my system.
That all said quality control is the biggest fault with this machine, and ultimately its reason for exiting my system. My initial machine was a skipping POS that would often read the MCH layer of a SACD. It also had a 4 second delay between tracks, which I found painfully intolerable. This is piss-poor quality control from Xindak. This is a recurring problem that others have experience with this machine, not an isolated incident. This player has potential if it has had the many bugs shook out, and along with a lot of tube rolling it could be something amazing at its price. I thought it to easily be better sounding then every SACD/DVD based machine on the market up to $2K on redbook, including the Sony 9000es and 999es, Marantz DV8400, Philips SACD1000 and 963SA, Denon 2900 and 5900, to name a few I've owned, but just behind all of the flagship Marantz and Sony players overall on SACD playback, while competitive with redbook. I would definitely take the Xindak over the CDpre24 or Cary 308 if it could get the bottom 2 octaves right AND if it came in a MKII version with substantial software and QC improvements. In the end, however, I would not recommend it to anyone due to QC issues and the fact that there is not a service center in the US that I know of. I tried another SCD-2 that sounded exactly like the one I had, but it also skipped on a few CDs, though it didnt have the other issues.
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-PS Audio HCA-2 or Bel Canto eVo2 or Coda Continuum amps
-PS Audio PCA-2 or Musical Fidelity A3cr, A3.2cr and CDpre24 preamps
-Marantz SA-14 and Wadia 301 as reference SACD/CD players
-Cabling all DIY with v. high quality wires and connectors (WBT, silver solder, DH labs, etc, both balanced and SE interconnects where applicable)
-Dedicated power lines
-PS Audio power cabling
-Monster 2500 PC for the digital and pre
-Various Room treatments and a million hours spent on speaker placement
-Various Isolation devices
I listened to at least 50 discs on each machine, repeatedly for many favorite albums, and heres a short list of various performers on CD and SACD used, having most every recording from the artist available unless the title is listed:
SACD artists/discs:
Bjork, Beck, Floyd: DSTOM, Diana Krall, Era: The Mass, Shaggy, Allison Kraus: Live, Santana, Al Di Meola, LAGQ, Mahler, Orf, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Stones: box set, Kinobe, Miles, Coltrane, Billie Holiday, among others that escape me!
Daughter Darling, Frou Frou, Radiohead, Portishead, Lamb, Martina Toply-Bird, Gorillaz, St. Germain, Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man, Stereophile test disc 3 (used for setup and level matching), Emilina Torrini (sp), Dido, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jethro Tull, Bob Dylan, Ian Anderson: Divinities, Massive Attack, Hooverphonic, Morcheeba, Goldfrapp, Nina Simone, Ella, Satch, Evanescence, Beck, Peace Orchestra, Sigur Ros, Verve Remixed vol 1 and 2 (great music!), among others!
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Review: Musical Fidelity CDpre24 vs Cary CD 308 vs Nixon TubeDac+ vs Xindak SCD CD Player
Smoking review. Now i know why I havent the guts to do a " review" of something myself... Good work Socrates.
Review: Musical Fidelity CDpre24 vs Cary CD 308 vs Nixon TubeDac+ vs Xindak SCD CD Player
Socrates,Great,very helpful review. I also thought the jolida a little bright depending on the cd.I own the Cary and though not perfect ( sometimes a little too punchy and forward) is a no brainer at $750. used.
Review: Musical Fidelity CDpre24 vs Cary CD 308 vs
Excellent and informative review. But i do have a question, as i'm currently considering several different upgrade paths. Can you tell me; how do the sa-14 and CDpre24 compare on redbook?
Review: Musical Fidelity CDpre24 vs Cary CD 308 vs Nixon TubeDac+ vs Xindak SCD CD Player
You should probably be paid for that.I appreciate sharing your experience,as I often prefer a "real world" perspective.That said,I wonder if you would mind sharing your thoughts about the HCA 2 VS The MF AMP,both using the MF Pre CD? I have been considering the CD Pre ,as a result of limited finances,but paired with the PS Audio,MF ,or Odyssey solid state amps.
Review: Musical Fidelity CDpre24 vs Cary CD 308 vs Nixon TubeDac+ vs Xindak SCD CD Player
Wow, very nice review! You have placed time and most of all...Heart, into your very well thought-out and honest review.
Review: Musical Fidelity CDpre24 vs Cary CD 308 vs Nixon TubeDac+ vs Xindak SCD CD Player
Thanks, all, for the kind words. I had fun listening to each of these machines and have a couple more players to comment on (Modwright Sig. Truth SACD1000 and Wadia 301) but need more time with them to get a feel for what they are capable of.
Had I the need to chooce between the CDpre24 and the SA-14, with either the PCA-2 preamp or the Musical Fidelity preamps behind it, for me, I'd go with the 2 box setup, no question. The SA-14, with a good preamp, I still find magical. I think the SA-14 to be one of the most natural, analog-like machines I've ever had on hand, and by far one of the most musical (If you'll allow me the term) machines I've heard. The CDpre will image in 3D better and offer a little more air between notes, and you may find the CDpre 24 to offer a slightly more quiet background (same goes to a larger extent for teh A3 24 dac), though the SA-14 can't be called noisey.
Even with the realization that the SA-14 isn't an imaging champ or a "air around notes" phenom, what it does do, for my tastes, far outweighs its shortcomings. It offers a slight warmth and nuanced richness, very round notes, especially round and full vocals, with fast, hard, driving bass and sub bass all the way down to 20hz. It has a very smooth yet detailed presentation with gobs of ambiant detail and great PRAT, all combining to make, what sounds to me, very near live/real music. I don't hear the imaging and air artifact in a real concert, so I live with this tradeoff gladly, but to each his own. There are many machines that do single things better then the SA-14, no question, but its overall balance of virtues makes it a rare breed in my mind. I've posted a review of the SA-14 on this site as well, which you can access by clicking on my moniker. One last thing, the Sa-14 absolutely demans good vibration isolation or else it sounds very bland....
I didn't have the MF amp on hand at the same time as the CDpre24. The A3cr and A3.2cr amps are great when used in the proper system, which I would imagine being one with monitors or very, very efficient floor standing speakers, or perhaps a system favoring light/soft music over the dynamic and bass-heavy type. My speakers eat the A series amps alive, making them clip audibly pretty easily, which taints my opinion of them a bit. That said, they do sound very nice at lower levels, and I've heard them driving B&W's with fabulous results, which is no small feat, as I rarely ever find good sound coming out of B&W speakers! The MF amps are great values used but I do still much like the PS Audio HCA-2 better then the MF offerings however. The HCA-2 clearly fits my tastes better, being more vivid, dynamic and detailed, and also faster, more extended and simply more engaging, offering the energy of a live performance that I couldn't get out of the MF amps. That said, I do believe that the amp/speaker interaction is key to good sound here and is a synergy issue that must be dealt with on a individual basis, through trials and errors. My inefficient speakers simply need the current and speed of the digital amps to really sing.
As a side note, I actually think the MF preamps are the real jems of the MF lineup, though preamps don't get much respect in high-end audio, seeing how there are two times as many amp reviews on this site compared to pream reviews!
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Kimberly Ellon Stansberry and Randall Warren Westbrook were united in marriage October 22, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at Southland Baptist Church in San Angelo, Texas.
Kim is the daughter of Robert and Barbara Stansberry of Eden, Texas. She is the granddaughter of Mrs.Charlcy Stansberry and the late F. T. Stansberry and the late Louis and Ruby Bridges, all of Eden.
Randall is the son of Gene and Jan LaRue of Pleasanton, Texas and Clyde and Barbara Westbrook of Jourdanton, Texas. He is the grandson of Mrs. Margie Thompson and the late Roscoe Thompson and the late Mr. and Mrs. William Westbrook, all of Jourdanton.
Pastor Joe Don Mayes of Austin Fellowship Church Southwest officiated. Matrons of Honor were friends of the bride, Melia Pullig of Eden and Brittany Reichenau of Wall, Texas and sister-in-law Britney Stansberry of San Angelo. Best Men were brothers of the groom, Russell Westbrook of Canyon Lake, Texas and Ross Westbrook of Jourdanton, and brother of the bride, Gabe Stansberry of San Angelo. Flower girls were the bride's niece, Lyla Stansberry of San Angelo, and the groom's niece, Preslee Westbrook of Boerne, Texas. Ring Bearer was Lane Stansberry of San Angelo, nephew of the bride.
Music for the ceremony was provided by vocalists Melia Pullig and Mike Turner of Eden and organist Rhonda Partusch of San Angelo. Following the ceremony, family and friends enjoyed a reception hosted by the bride's parents at The Cactus Hotel.
The bride is a graduate of Eden High School and Texas A&M University. Kim is employed by Ashton Woods Homes in Austin, Texas. The groom is a graduate of Jourdanton High School and is currently pursuing a degree from Texas A&M-San Antonio. Randall is employed by Key Energy Services.
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Military Judge Major Menahem Liberman of the Salem Military Court, sanctioned the extension of the arrest of two protesters from the village of Kufer Qaddoum near Nablus. The two, Ahmad and Morad Shtawi, were detained last Friday after Israeli soldiers sicced an army dog at the Kufer Qaddoum protesters.
Ahmad Shtawi, whose arrest was extended by six days, was detained after the dog bit and wounded him and is now suspected of stone-throwing. Morad Shtawi, whose arrest was extended by 24 hours, was arrested while trying to help Ahmad and pleading with the soldiers to have the dog release its hold of the arm. He is suspected of assault and stone-throwing.
A video of the incident shows that the dog would not release its hold of the bleeding arm for long minutes, even as its handler arrived at the scene and tried to order it to do so. It also shows Morad's unjustified arrest. Despite having seen the video, the soldier-judge decided to deny the defense's motion to release the two. In his decision, Maj Liberman wrote, "This court, especially during a remand hearing, is not the body fit to inspect such claims [of excessive violence].
In regards to Morad Shtawi, "There is no evidence connecting Morad to acts of stone-throwing, and furthermore, the evidence incriminating him of assault are not strong", the judge noted. "Despite a police report alleging that Morad assaulted soldiers, the video I have watched shows he tries to protect his nephew [Ahmad]", the judge continued. Despite having asserted these notions, the judge decided to order Morad continue be remanded in custody until tomorrow.
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Christmas is coming:
There are many telltale signs that Christmas is just around the corner; TV shows suddenly become bombarded with adverts for this year's must have toys, shopping centres and stores start blasting out Christmas music and Ubisoft release their annual Just Dance game.
So far all have been achieved but in this review we forget the cheesy Christmas signs and put all of our effort into "Just Dance 4" on the Nintendo Wii to see if the game brings anything new to the series or if it proves to be a case of seen it, done it one too many times.
Time to dance ... again!
I am sure by now that all gamers must have heard of the Just Dance series but if you haven't (why not?) the games started out on the Nintendo Wii in 2009 and have proved to be the biggest hit on the console as players get the chance to get their groove on to a number of modern and classic songs which has proven to be a family and party favourite.
In the previous three games in the series there has been gradual drip feed of new inclusions but this has led me to wonder if there was anything left that could have been added to freshen things up a little or if Just Dance 4 simply felt like an add on of new songs.
Just Dance 4 does feature a couple of new things in the form of a slightly expanded Just Sweat mode which comes complete with a calorie counter and intensity tracker that will prove to be something novel for those who play the game for a workout rather than for fun. Secondly the game features a new battle mode which enables players to play against each other over five rounds of dances battles with specially choreographed songs and this mode is pretty neat and will undoubtedly be where the main new fun lies.
Let's face it really the Just Dance games are not really about the having a vast array of game modes providing they have a nice variety of songs at your disposal and Just Dance 4 certainly has these in abundance with many different genres featured which will ensure that there is plenty to get to grips with for the relatively low price which the game sells for. Even if you forget the game modes and look at how much song packs for other games sell for as DLC then taking all things into consideration Just Dance 4 proves pretty decent value.


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SEATTLE -- Jermain Defoe gave Toronto FC its money's worth on Saturday.
Defoe, one of Toronto's marquee off-season signings, scored both of his team's goals in a 2-1 win against the Seattle Sounders to start TFC's Major League Soccer season.
It was Toronto's first win to open a season since 2009, and only the second in its seven-year existence.
"I thought the guys were magnificent in the first half when it came to their football and magnificent in the second half when it came to their desire and their character," said Toronto head coach Ryan Nelsen.
Defoe, who hadn't scored since Jan. 11 for former club Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League, needed just 24 minutes to secure the win for his new team.
He spoke earlier this week about his desire to perform well in case England coach Roy Hodgson was watching. With his two-goal performance on Saturday, Defoe has renewed hope for inclusion in England's squad for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil this summer.
"To score two goals on your debut, it's a dream," Defoe said. "The England thing is obviously going to be at the back of my mind."
After early pressure from the Sounders, Defoe made a run between two Seattle defenders in the 17th minute. Jonathan Osorio, on the ball in midfield, slipped a perfectly weighted pass through the gap, and Defoe nestled the ball into the goal.
Seven minutes later, Defoe picked up a loose ball after a Sounders giveaway near their own penalty area. He found space to cut to the right and fire another shot past goalkeeper Stefan Frei.
"The first goal was a great ball, and you just have to finish it off," Defoe said. "The second half, we showed great character because they put us under a lot of pressure. You've got to do that sometimes away from home."
Seattle began the second half as it did the first, pressuring Toronto's goal. Another big-name signing, Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar, made his first important intervention in the 53rd minute.
He fell to his right and stuck out his left leg, deflecting a close-range shot from Obafemi Martins out for a corner kick.
However, the Sounders' pressure would eventually pay off. Seattle's own Designated Players, Martins and Clint Dempsey, combined down the right flank in the 68th minute, putting Dempsey in space on top of the penalty area.
The U.S. international took a settling touch with his left foot before slamming a right-footed shot low and to Cesar's left. The CenturyLink Field crowd of 38,441 came to life, and the Seattle attack continued to press.
Toronto's back line held, helped by several foul calls by referee Ioannis Stavrides close to its goal, despite dropping into a defensive shell for the last 15 minutes of the game.
Notably, Seattle substitute Kenny Cooper got behind the defence with five minutes remaining, but his central pass went wayward under pressure from Cesar rushing out of his goal. Osorio headed clear a tame Sounders corner kick in stoppage time, which effectively closed out the match.
"There's no doubt in my mind that as the season goes on, we'll continue to improve, and our football will be good," said Toronto midfielder Michael Bradley, another one of the club's big off-season signings . "Tonight was different. Tonight was about the spirit, the mentality and doing whatever it took to come away with three points."
Nelsen downplayed the result throughout his post-game talk with media, choosing instead to expound his desire for consistency over a long MLS season.
"We've got so much to improve on. We're not stupid," he said. "What I like about this team is their heart, their character, their desire -- that they want to win. That's what you hope for. You build your house on that type of foundation."
Toronto (1-0) plays its first home game of the season on March 22 when it hosts D.C. United at BMO Field. Seattle (1-1) takes to the road for the first time the same day, playing the Montreal Impact.
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'Love poem' to his family earns author national stature
Norman F. Maclean will forever be remembered in Montana as the author of the autobiographical novella, "A River Runs Through It."
"It is my love poem to my family," Maclean said in 1986. "It is a story of the tragedy of my family."
Published in 1976 by the University of Chicago Press as part of "A River Runs Through It and Other Stories" and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize the next year, Maclean's story was made into a popular movie by Robert Redford in 1992.
Critic Alfred Kazin called Maclean's novella an "American classic" containing passages "of physical rapture in the presence of unsullied primitive America that are as beautiful as anything in Thoreau or Emerson."
The story chronicles Maclean's strict, Presbyterian Scottish-
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The lyrical story's first paragraph, which has been described as one of the finest in Montana literature, begins, "In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing."
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This is a bit off-topic, but I figured SOMEBODY out there has to own one of these for capturing licks, etc. I'm primarily interested in the H4, which has two auxiliary mic inputs.
I would be using this to record voice-overs on the fly (i.e. testimonials and interviews to be edited into full productions later). I would hardly EVER use it to record music (so he says NOW) so I don't need incredible dynamic range.
My question: The price of this recorder seems so out of line with everything else available to starving musicians these days (you can STILL buy a drumset for $399???) and I wonder if it's really that much better than the $39 voice recorders you can buy at Staples. I've used one of the office store cheapies with a Shure SM58 mic crammed into the 1/8" jack and it produced some pretty impressive results. Of course, I'd like to avoid having to use three adapters to connect my mic...
So, should I put the H4 out of my head, or should I go out and buy one and hope that business picks up again soon?
Hi Tom,
Actually most digital recorders will do a pretty good job of recording mono inputs and retaining fidelity. You're correct in using a good microphone however... it's that old garbage in garbage out thing again. Most of the "cheap" recorders record good but have low quality input and output devices, but if you are transferring the digital recording to some other device for editing and output (something that does not have a 1" speaker) they can do a good job for a small budget.
I've used an XLR to 1/4 short adapter and then cut down to 3.5MM (1/8") and used a long small coaxial cable to connect mine and have no real complaints. The WAV files are then transferred into Audacity or Reaper for editing and have been impressed with the results. So it just comes down to what your needs are and how deep your pockets are at the moment.
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Hi Tom,
I have a boss micro br, which great for recording music, but you can record voice on the in board mic, it will have much more fumctions than you require, but you can pick them up on ebay for around £100.
>>>>I've used an XLR to 1/4 short adapter and then cut down to 3.5MM (1/8") and used a long small coaxial cable to connect mine and have no real complaints.<<<<<<
My problem with chaining together so many adapters (I do the same XLR to 1/4" to 1/8") is that there is always strong potential for things to get loose and break up the signal. The episode that inspired this post occurred a few weeks ago. I had finally gotten an interview with someone I might never get another chance to speak with. I brought along my laptop, my SM58, and the aforementioned parade of adapters. About five minutes into the interview, I realized that the adapters were not holding tightly and that I had either no audio at all or a horrifying screech noise coming over the wires. Fortunately, I had my little SONY digital running as a back-up, but otherwise, the whole thing would have been a bust.
As I said, I probably will not use this recorder very much for music, so I don't need GREAT fidelity. Mostly, I need reliability. The $39 SONY (actually, I think my last one was more like $29) is not really designed for high-quality audio, but it's always there when I need it. So once again, the question is, do the higher-end digital recorders really make THAT much difference for non-critical audio like voice interviews?
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PapaTom... are you still considering this? From what I've read (and this is a generalization), the recorders in the "under $100" price range all record about the same... the more you pay the more you get as far as file size, overall recording time, different file types, ease to connect to a computer, battery life etc. Once you get close to $100 you're getting better mics and such. I was looking at these, and at recording interfaces... this is for music but I wasn't looking for anything overly special. In the end however, I thought about what I might want down the road. The H4 looks like it's quite the recording powerhouse, and priced as such. In fact, I'd say it's priced like what it actually is, a computer interface with built in mics... more than just a personal recorder. I told my husband what I was looking at, and I think he's planning on "surprising" me with an H2. Compared to other recorders at it's price range... it's got a LOT of other features that make it really stand out. The H2 has 4 mics where all the others at this price range (that I found) have 2 ... it can hook directly to the computer and double as a USB recording interface (or rather, like a USB microphone). It comes with a lot of accessories that the others in this $$ don't come with (an AC adapter is a biggie as buying these for other units cost between $25 and $50). I'd say... for what you're looking to do the H2 would be more than enough (it's more than enough for what I want to do... but has the ability to go further if I so choose). In the end, if you want uber awesome sound you're still looking at making all those connections with ANY hand held recorder that I've seen (except the H4 with those xlr inputs... I think that's the ONLY thing that really stands out to me for my needs as well as your needs, especially with what you say about not wanting to chain adapters).
Anyhow... let me know if you're still looking, if I do get the H2 I'll do a little voice recording for you to hear the quality for yourself. I think listening to "real" people do tests on these makes a big difference rather than just what you hear on the company's websites. I don't have a mic, so I won't be able to show the sound compares once you put a mic in ... but I think the idea here with the H2 is that you won't HAVE to.
Well... my husband did get me the Zoom H2 yesterday... I haven't really done much with it yet, hopefully I will get some time today ... I did however read the manual front to back. This thing does WAY more than I thought it did! I think the only thing it doesn't do is upload directly to the internet! Ha ha! FYI... the one thing I did record was my voice and I was BLOWN AWAY with the quality! I was in the living room with cartoons going on the tv... I was able to set this up with a few button pushes so that it heard my voice and it BARELY picked up the background noise... I think if I'd have put the wind screen on (because I had the mic close to my mouth) it would have gotten rid of the little bit that was there... and audacity would have easily gotten rid of it. I AM IMPRESSED and I haven't even really used it yet!
That's exciting,
I am not sure if the H2 is like the Q3 or not, but if I clap my hands when I am gonna start it sets the audio levels better at the start. Sometimes if I don't do that It will start out real loud for the first beat or so till it gets the levels set. It seems kinda weird that something so small can do what it does .
Now your lead guitar players will have to get in the action and lay down some tracks for you
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Even for a television talk show, it was an extraordinary claim.
During his January 1, 2000, end-of-the-millennium broadcast, "McLaughlin Group" host John McLaughlin declared that his award for "the Person of the Full Millennium" went to the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, a "Muslim visionary who ... abolished the Ottoman sultanate ... emancipated women ... the only leader in history to successfully turn a Muslim nation into a Western parliamentary democracy and secular state.
Quite a claim, but fact supports it. Ataturk's pragmatic approach to modernizing a nation devastated by World War I and subsequent regional violence has real resonance for Arab Spring 2011's continuing drama. Ataturk left Turkey with a democratic political structure, and Turkey's democracy is his still evolving legacy. This "Turkish Model" influences contemporary Arab modernizers.
However, last month's resignation of Turkey's most senior military officers is indicative of Turkey's domestic political struggles, as well as its internal battles over what Ataturk's vision means in the 21st century. From the staunch Turkish secularist point of view, the resignations marked the bitter end of Ataturk's separation of mosque and state and the stealthy return of Islamist tyranny.
Ataturk used the Turkish military as an instrument for modernizing the nation; the Turkish military committed itself to protecting republican Turkey's secular political system. The leaders of the Justice and Development Party (AKP, Turkey's governing moderate Islamist political organization) claim the resignations demonstrate that they are solidifying civilian control over the military -- that's how democracies do it -- and therefore forwarding Ataturk's visionary goals.
Princeton foreign affairs professor Sukru Hanioglu's new book, "Ataturk: An Intellectual Biography" (Princeton University Press, 2011), provides clarifying insight in this unsettled moment.
Hanioglu explores the ideas that stimulated Ataturk's mind and political imagination and influenced the modernization program he pursued in Turkey after 1923.
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Welcome to the web page of the Aberdeen Formation Evaluation Society (AFES).
It is with great pleasure that I take over the position as AFES President from Giancarlo, who has done a sterling job over the last two years. He thought his involvement in AFES was over, until I reminded him that the Past President joins the DEVEX committee as the AFES rep…nice try!!
My connection with AFES goes back over 25 years and, along with one or two other "grey hairs", I can recall meetings being held in the Aberdeen University Geology Department when it was located in Marischal College. Later on we met in Meston Building with cheese and wine served in the Basin Studies room afterwards. Many a MSc student has been fed and watered through the years!! More recently, we have found a home in the Station Hotel, which is more central for those members, whose offices are located in or near the city centre – so no excuses!!
Over the years I have served on the AFES committee as VP Technology, Treasurer and VP Seminars, been part of several DEVEX committees and the successful Edinburgh SPWLA conference LOC, so there it seems inevitable that I would serve as AFES president one day!
One of the highlights of my involvement with AFES has been the Annual Xmas Quiz night. In 2001, we held a "one off" Quiz as a Xmas event and to support of the ARCHIE appeal for funds to kit out the new Aberdeen Royal Children's' Hospital which was being built at the time. Since then, the Quiz Night has become a regular fixture in the Aberdeen Formation Evaluation year and has raised nearly £30,000 which ARCHIE has been able to use. Please visit the ARCHIE website at www.archiefoundationhome.org.uk.
The main purpose of AFES is to promote petrophysics and formation evaluation within the oil and gas industry, by aiding students looking for support and guidance as they embark on a challenging career and to educate the wider population where possible. In the past 10 years, the funds raised from the DEVEX conferences, from sustaining sponsorship by various companies and from the successful one day seminars which AFES run, has given us the tools with which to move our objectives forwards. From the days of making a single donation each year to support teaching aids at Aberdeen University, we are now able to offer substantially more.
In the past year, we have awarded a number of bursaries to MSc and PhD students, as well as making donations towards research equipment and secondary school education programmes (Geobus). None of this would be possible but for the support of the AFES membership and the efforts of the AFES committee.<.p>
I am sure that with your support, we will continue to grow AFES and continue to support the education and development of the next generation of Formation Evaluators!
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Frantisek Kaberle's career has never been the same since the Carolina defenseman scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal in Game 7 of the 2006 Final -- and not in a good way.
After a season in which he had 6 goals and 44 points, plus 4 goals and 13 points in the playoffs, Kaberle injured his shoulder before the 2006-07 season started and was limited to 27 games. He played 80 games in 2007-08, but his offensive skills had diminished. He had no goals and 22 assists while playing in pain.
This season was even worse. He played only 30 games and spent a lot of nights watching games from the press box as a healthy scratch. That's where he was Wednesday night during the Hurricanes' 4-1 Game 1 loss to the New Jersey Devils.
"After the Stanley Cup, I had problems with my shoulder for a season and a half but now I'm healthy," Kaberle said.
Hurricanes coach Paul Maurice inserted Kaberle into the lineup for Game 2 because of his superior puck-moving skills, thinking that would help his team regain the speed that it didn't show in Game 1. Though Kaberle didn't have a point in the Hurricanes' 2-1 win, he got 14:52 of ice time and was on the ice during the final minute of regulation. He provided the puck-moving skills that Maurice was looking for.
"It was a pretty tough game for me. In the last couple of months, I've played only one game and it was kind of an easy game," Kaberle said. "I jumped into the playoffs today and had a tough time at first. But as the game got going, I was getting better."
Maurice said that the Hurricanes' earlier defensive weaknesses this season exposed Kaberle's weaknesses, size and strength.
"He needs short support around the ice, and then he can make that pass and handle that puck," Maurice explained. "But 3-on-2s or battles around the net isn't his strength."
Kaberle very much resembles an earlier Czech defenseman who had a solid NHL career -- Petr Svoboda, who spent several seasons with Montreal and also scored the goal that won the gold medal for the Czech Republic at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
"I didn't see him play much because he was playing in Canada when I was young," Kaberle said of Svoboda. "But I got to see him a lot when I was older. I like to play like him because he had the same size -- not a big guy."
Kaberle's brother, Tomas, is a star defenseman for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Their father, Frank Sr., was a star player years ago for the Czech National Team. The son is proud of his family's hockey legacy.
"My dad observed us but didn't coach us," Kaberle said. "When we were small, he was playing hockey. Later on, he didn't coach me but he always had good advice if I asked him."
Kaberle was happy to play well in an important playoff win, but his veteran experience showed when he was suggested that he must be very happy about the outcome.
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By BERNARD SEE
PENANG: The parole system will be introduced next year to reduce the maintenance cost of prisoners, which runs up to more than RM426mil annually.
Prisons Department deputy director for rehabilitation and treatment Senior Asst Comm Mat Rasid Jahlil said it cost RM23 a day to maintain a prisoner. There are now 50,820 prisoners.
"The cost, which includes food, rehabilitation, training, clothes, guard services and equipment, would be reduced by at least 30% with the parole system," he told reporters after attending a forum organised by the Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation (Penang Chapter) at the Universiti Sains Malaysia here yesterday.
"Based on the Australian and British system, prisoners are required to serve half their sentence before being eligible for parole."
Mat Rasid said prisoners released under the system would be required to report to a parole centre daily or weekly, adding that they would also be required to attend courses to help them assimilate into society.
"Most of the prisons are overcrowded. For example, the Sungai Buloh prison was built for only 2,500 but presently has more than 4,000 inmates," he said.
"The need to build new prisons would not arise with the implementation of the parole system. Having many prisons would not look good for the country. Each prison costs between RM230mil and RM260mil to build."
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Title: How to live holy.
This morning I want to share with you some life experience. How something which I hated to believe about myself, became so true of my life. Then I want to link this experience to the communion we're having today.
When I was in high school in grade 9, my sister was in grade 12. She was the head daughter of our school, very academic, played for the first hockey team, etc. So I subconsciously developed a complex that my 80% year mark was never good enough. I never played for any 1st team; neither did I become the head daughter of my school.
To add on to this feeling, my mother had the habit of telling me that I'm an extremely practical person. How I hated those words! During that time I experienced "practical" as the opposite of "academic". Deep within me I also wanted to be referred to as "academic".
So life went on…. I got married… had children. And from time to time I was still reminded of how such a practical person I am! So one day I asked my mother why she keeps on saying this thing about me. What's this practical story? Her answer – I know you, and one day you'll understand. So I left it there, though not truly happy with the answer.
So life went on… and as I grew as a person and started having a relationship with God, I made certain choices, like homeschooling our children, coming alongside them, training them not only in academics, but also in character. Training their hearts. Basically living a Deuteronomy 6 life. I realized that being organized, getting up before my household and planning wholesome meals for every day of the week, growing my own veggies, playing the clarinet – the list can get very long here… I realized that I started living a Proverbs 31 life.
Every morning at 09h00 I'm having Bible time with my kids, at home altar in the evenings we discuss topics and we pass on to them what we have learned from the Word of God. I became part of, as our home school moms are calling it, the Titus 2-mandate…
This morning I'm proud to announce to you that I understand now that I've become an extremely practical person!
And by the grace of God – I have a good relationship with my sister, she's a beautiful, bright woman of integrity living a life pleasing to God…
So what happened here? Someone who knew me believed a truth about my life. I did not want to believe it, because I could not figure out the meaning of that truth. And only through life experience, grace and wisdom from God, I can live this truth today.
Now – last week my husband planted a truth, not a thought, a truth in our spirits – that God believes great things about us. He believes that we are? …. Yes, holy. The question is – do we believe that about ourselves?
The Christian life is a process and by living our lives in such a way that it is steered by the Holy Spirit, we can now become holy in God's sight.
Before the foundation of the earth, God knew the purpose of each and every one of us. Because of God's insight, love, wisdom and knowledge into our lives right from the beginning, we are now able to have a personal relationship with Jesus. We have an identity in Christ and we now become more and more like Him and can receive our:
Like my mother knew that specific truth about me, how much more does God not know the truth about His own children? He shows us by His Spirit how to live holy.
This truth of 'being holy' might be hard to believe because we cannot 'figure it out'. How can we be holy if we have a sinful nature? And being the practical person that I am…. I always try to classify things as black or white. No grey areas…
So what I 'figured out' from this one, is the following:
The only way I can view it at this stage, is that Jesus Christ is our mediator. He wiped out all the sin that God hated about man, by dying on the cross. This means that we can be 'clean', HOLY.
The only thing that we can do to get closer to the truth and understanding this truth and living this truth, is to do what Psalm 119:11 says. Let us read this. "I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you." By studying the Bible, not just reading for the sake of reading and thinking – a chapter a day will keep Satan away – no, by studying the Bible, I believe that God will lead us as a 'House' to discover even greater truths about Him and about ourselves.
When we use communion this morning, let's no longer slumber on thoughts of how sinful we are, but let us rather thank Jesus that He made it possible for us to be Holy in God's eyes.
(End of Short Sermon - "How To Live Holy")
You may also be interested in another short communion sermon, titled:
"What Is Communion?"
Return from How To Live Holy to Short Sermons
Return from How To Live Holy to Fueling Christian Life


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Speaking at the UN climate talks in Bonn, Paul Allen of the Centre for Alternative Technology talks about developments in modelling and innovation that show we can make a speedy transition to a clean energy world by 2050.
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YAG Capsulotomy: How a YAG Laser Works
A laser is a powerful beam of energy that can be focused on a tiny point. Because a laser can be precisely controlled, it is safe and reliable.
The YAG Laser
For a capsulotomy, your eye doctor uses a YAG laser. The YAG laser delivers tiny, rapid bursts of energy. A special contact lens may be used to help focus the laser on the treatment spot. The laser passes through the front of the eye and the IOL (the replacement lens placed during cataract surgery) without harming them. When the laser reaches the posterior capsule, it makes a tiny opening. Light can then enter the eye again. Enough of the posterior capsule is left to hold the IOL in place.


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The Sacramento Northern Railway's mainline spanned 185 miles not including its numerous branch lines, streetcar lines, and bus lines. The Sacramento Northern also had a ferry boat, the Ramon, which brought both passenger and freight trains across Suisun Bay.
Originally, the Sacramento Northern consisted of two separate electric railways: the Oakland Antioch & Eastern (OA&E) and the Northern Electric Railway. The OA&E completed its line from San Francisco to Sacramento in 1913. The Northern Electric Railway's line ran from Sacramento to Chico. In 1920, both railroads merged and became the Sacramento Northern. The railroad was later purchased by the Western Pacific (WP). Passenger service stopped in 1941. Freight service in the Oakland Hills stopped in 1957 due to the Oakland Terminal Railway's new Union Street connector, which allowed the SP and WP to switch freight. The railroad later dieselized and dried up from the south and stopped running altogether in the 1980s. Today, BART uses old Sacramento Northern right of way from Walnut Creek to Concord.
Click here to see a full system map.
The Southern end of the line started at the Transbay Terminal in at First & Mission Streets in San Francisco. From there trains traversed the state owned Bay Bridge Railway to Emeryville. Trains then used the Key System's Line C tracks to get to the SN's yard at 40th & Shafter in Oakland. The train then climbs through the Oakland Hills to Montclair and then enters a tunnel in Shepherd Canyon. The line then runs through central Contra Costa County to a ferry slip near Pittsburg called Mallard. Picnic trains ran from San Francisco to Lake Temescal and to other nice spots in Contra Costa County. Trains also brought students to Saint Mary's College in Moraga.
A lot of track remains between Chipps, the ferry slip on the other side of Suisun Bay. This remaining track is mainly due to the Western Railway Museum's ownership of most of the right of way. From Chipps until Molena (the southern end of the Western Railway Museum's property), there are sections of trestle that are in various stages of decay. The WRM's track then runs 15 miles from Molena to Dozier. The right of way is well preserved and about 5 miles of it are restored for electric operation with more to come in the future. Riding trains at the museum is pretty much the same as it was 100 years ago: same equipment and same landscape (except there are quite a few modern windmills along the line). After Dozier, where the Vacaville branch turns off, the track disappears all the way to Sacramento. Some of the coolest trackage on this section was across the landmark Tower Bridge in Sacramento. I have heard rumors that rail might once again return to this bridge.
Click to view a map of the mainline and the SN's streetcar lines in Sacramento.
Five Boy Scouts including Daniel Levy installed the Lake Temescal Panel on June 22, 2006. A box on the front page of the Oakland Tribune's Metro Section appeared on June 26. Also check out articles from the Montclarion (July 21, 2006) and Oakland Heritage Alliance News (Summer 2006).
Scouts including Daniel Levy installed the Shepherd Canyon panels in early September of 2006. One panel was about the Sacramento Northern and the other was about Highway 77, which was planned to pass through Shepherd Canyon. Check out an clipping of the installation in the Montclarion (February 23, 2007).
Learn more at the Museum of the San Ramon Valley in Danville, CA.
The Vacaville Branch has had two lives. The first branch left the mainline at Creed. Then, when Travis Air Force base was built, because the branch trackage went right through the base, the army relocated the track to the north at no cost. The new track intersected the mainline at Dozier, where it still does today. Some years later, the UP bought the right of way, and after abandonment, the Western Railway bought it for preservation and as their primary and only connection to the mainline.
Sacramento Northern (Interurban Special #9) - Ira Swett (1950)
Sacramento Northern (Interurban Special #9) - Ira Swett (1963)
Cars of the Sacramento Northern (Interurban Special #32) - Ira Swett (1963)
Sacramento Northern Album (Interurban Special #34) - Ira Swett (1963)
Sacramento Northern Railway (Images of Rail) Paul C. Trimble (2005)
Electric Railways Around San Francisco Bay Volume 2 - Donald Duke (2000)
Temescal Legacies - Jeff Norman (2006)
Sacramento Northern - Harre Demoro (2009)
Sacramento Northern On-Line
This site has great articles with pictures on the Sacramento Northern.
SacNorthern Group
SacNorthern is the best place to be a Sacramento Northern enthusiast.
Bay Area Rails
Bay Area Rails is a good site for looking at historic photos of the interurbans of the East Bay.
Western Railway Museum
The Western Railroad Museum is located at Rio Vista Junction, which was a stop on the Sacramento Northern Mainline. Visit!
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Photos of the Sacramento Northern Mainline from Rockridge to Walnut Creek.


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Archive for Thursday, January 11, 2007
County plan meets ecological, economic needs
Larry McElwain took a stake in Douglas County's future when he accepted his appointment to the ECO2 Commission.
It was something he could do to bring in more industrial tax dollars to the area, he said.
"It has been my deep concern over the growing percentage of property tax from residential growth," McElwain said. "Residential growth is great but we need to spike it with some industrial development and create tax base and create new money and jobs within the county."
It also became an opportunity for him to preserve the county's open spaces.
His work helped the commission draft a preliminary plan to develop the county with both ideals in mind.
He and other ECO2 commission members brought the plan Jan. 3 to the Eudora Planning Commission. Less than a week later, he brought it to the Eudora City Council.
"This is one of those things where you need to be involved," McElwain said at the commission meeting. "You need to know what we will be doing because it involves the community."
The group dubbed itself ECO2 ---- pronounced ECO squared ---- because it tries to promote the exponential benefits of economic development and ecological preservation, McElwain said.
The group developed the plan to serve as a long-range guide for development over the next five to 15 years, McElwain said.
Last year, a draft version garnered approval of the Lawrence City Commission and the Douglas County Commission.
The plan will be used to acquire land for industrial business parks and also land to preserve as open spaces, McElwain said.
"We're trying to move two movements on parallel tracks," he said. "They're not necessarily moving at the same speed, but at the end of their destination they'll arrive at the same station."
Properties looking to use public funds through the ECO2 plan will need to meet a set of requirements, McElwain said.
A new industrial park, for instance, has to be at least 100 acres and have access to an interstate or highway, McElwain said.
Open spaces meet an entirely different set of requirements, McElwain said.
"When we're talking about an open space, we're not necessarily talking about a soccer field or a baseball diamond," he said. "We're talking about a very pristine area we want to preserve."
Any land acquisition would occur with the voluntary interests of the property owner, McElwain said.
The program could be funded by an array of options including general obligation bonds and property taxes, he said.
The members of the ECO2 council will continue to present the plan for bringing it for final approval by the Douglas County Commission.
"As this gets on the radar screen and on the agendas of the Douglas County Commission, I would really encourage the Eudora Planning Commission and the city council to go with how this plan fleshes out in the coming months," McElwain said.
Because it involves public funds and Eudora would benefit from the program, it should take part in paying for it, Eudora Planning Commission Chairman Kurt von Achen said.
"We're all in the county," von Achen said.
Eudora Mayor Tom Pyle expressed concern that the plan might give the county and Lawrence commissioners too much control over Eudora.
Pyle said he liked the concept of the plan, but he was afraid the Lawrence City Commission and the county commission wouldn't necessarily look out for the interests of the smaller cities in Douglas County.
"We can be sold up the river," Pyle said.
McElwain acknowledged Pyle's point, but explained the tax dollars generated from the plan could help the county as a whole.
"If anybody needs help it's the smaller cities in the community, and this is what I'm working for," Pyle said.
Eudora City Councilman Dan Gregg also acknowledged the mayor's comment and said he supported the plan.
"I just want to make sure Eudora is protected but I do definitely support the concept of your plan," Gregg said.
Eudora City Councilwoman Lori Fritzel and Eudora City Councilmen Jeff Peterson and Scott Hopson also expressed support of the draft plan.
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