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Fascinating article about Frank: provides insight into his methods and why some skaters thrived under him (Kwan, Lysacek) and why things didn't go as well with others (Chin, Bowman, Nagasu): http://deadspin.com/the-coach-who-doesnt-care-how-one-man-turns-skaters-i-1525870117
I wish someone would do a more extensive article on frank. Reading this I wanted more info on Jenny, Carolina, surya, d10, etc... I was a little surprised by Jenny's interview with manleywoman. Here is someone struggling with personal problems, yet iirc she only had nice things to say about the "I'm not your father!" Frank and "I'm a hockey coach bully" Evy, but totally threw "I'll manage every aspect of your life" Callaghan under the bus as a sham.
i'd like to hear more about that colonel tom parker deal he had with tim goebel and other skaters that tim mentioned on TSL. frank will get up in your life when it is time to get paid.
I think that his explanation of the difference between a "teacher" and a "coach" is important; and telling. FC expects those he coaches to be responsible for their own actions and behavior, It's refreshing,
While that was interesting, yet not surprising, I think Tim was being less than honest in that interview about why Frank fired him. Not that he had to reveal anything, mind you. There must be something about special about Frank if Kwan, Kirk, and others still have so much respect for him.
Seems Frank's technique is great when you have skaters who are naturally driven and hard-working. But I do think the mark of a successful coach is being able to work with different, even difficult personalities and also get them to where they need to be.
Very good interview. I wish Patrick had gone to Frank. With the right mindset he would probably be OGM by now. Chan had too many people messing with his head, plus he wanted it too much. I think Frank would have set him straight - no time for all that nonsense. Just train and do your job.
I disagree. These coaches are no different than everyday people. Certain types gravitate toward and work best with certain types of personalities. It is rare that you have types that can work well and bring out the best in all types. The mark of a "successful" coach depends on what you define as "successful". A coach can only do so much. The other part depends on the skater. If a skater comes to a coach like Frank, know what he expects, and bucks his system then it is not on him but the skater. Let's not forget, the skaters/parents seek out these coaches.
Some skaters have problems (either their parents, or their own problems) that require help other than what a coach can give them. It's true that if he says, "I don't want whining, I want training," it may be hard on a skater. But the reality is if they do otherwise they won't succeed. He is also wise not to engage emotionally. The most successful people (in any field) also practice this principle. I understand him booting people from his training, esp those who display hostile behavior towards him. He is a top notch coach and if a student wastes time they are taking away an opportunity for another hardworking athlete to reach their potential. But, there are so many coaches out there, so hopefully everyone can find what they are looking for.
As Frank once said to Mirai, "nobody died". At Frank's age he can pick and chose who he takes as a student. There is a reason he turned down Ashley.
I don't think it would have worked. Frank wants you to do what he says during lessons etc. Chan wants to run his own show Not a match made in heaven! I doubt he's a saint, but as far as the Parker dealing.. he's probably less guilty of that mess then the USFSA as a whole. The "tone at the top" was "do what Parker" wants....
It is refreshing and the way it should be, but I challenge you to find a parent who is willing to accept this. Most parents nowadays expect the coach to do everything, be everything, and get personally involved. It's sad. By allowing the coach to teach responsibility and independence, which Frank seems to do, the coach is ultimately developing a stronger competitor.
Bingo. I forgot if I mentioned this last post, but I teach in an artistic field. Nowadays the parents I work with more often expect "results" and that "the teacher is responsible" for producing those results; neither they nor their child should have to put in a lick of work or follow the teacher's advice. And they expect the teacher to yell at/parent their child. Those students are not going to be able to function in the world when they grow up. Those parents also (in my experience) ruin the reputation of whomever they are studying with. So FC is definitely making the right call to nip things like that in the bud. Coaches/teachers are powerless to change the way a child is brought up by their parents. The results can only be produced when the right conditions have been set at home (the child understands work ethic and personal responsibility), and the student is in the right place, physically and mentally, to work hard and be receptive to what their coach is saying. Just my 2c from dealing with this. Anyway with FC, reading this article, I found that he says the same thing as the top teachers/artists in my field.
Shame too. Her triple Flips at Nats the month before and at Worlds the month later were pretty nice. She had an unusual psych block on the Flip in SLC. I guess it happens. Irina had trouble with her second flip in the Torino LP and her usual money jump, the loop, failed her.
He seemed to make a lot of accusations about frank that jenny didn't lift a finger to support, yet she had no trouble chiming right in on the dick-bashing rant. Despite the name calling, I think Tim got off easy as he didn't really get anywhere in skating after frank. I can't believe the kwans continued to pay frank a cut all those years she made mad cash after she left him, as the haters insisted that greed is what drove her to fire him.
Actually, it was at the end of the 2012-2013 season, when John Nicks told her he didn't wish to travel with her anymore. Ashley contacted Frank, who was busy with Evan, so he declined...as the summer went on, and with Evan's injury keeping him off the ice, he had a small window to be filled, and behold Gracie became his new pupil.
IIRC, Kurt Browning also had trouble with his flip in the SP in '94. The flip clearly is an eville jump.
True, but difficult personalities may not have the goods to train the way they need to in order to be consistently successful.
By difficult, I don't mean Christopher Bowman difficult. But more like skaters who aren't naturally driven and confident. For instance, Tamara Moskvina has been able to work with a variety of skaters considered difficult and inconsistent. Carroll's approach seems a bit too harsh for many skaters. That's the takeaway I get from this article.
I think Frank can be pretty picky about who he takes on. He did turn down Ashley because at the time he had both Denis and Evan for the Olympics, and it was only their medical and visa issues that gave him extra time, and even then the USFSA had to broker a tryout for Gracie to work with Carroll. I'm sure that after Mirai, he doesnt need more headaches.
If you go to Frank Carroll he expects you to do the work and leave the drama at home. With someone like Christopher Bowman that was impossible to do and no coach was going to be able to work with someone as messed up as Christopher. Mirai on the other hand i think was simply not as driven as someone like Gracie and probably had to be prodded to work hard at times.
Ah--I was gonna say, when Ashley originally left Priscilla, Mirai was still with Frank, so why would he take on a direct competitor? One wonders what might have happened with US men if Evan hadn't been taking up (much of) Frank's time--all to no purpose in the end--for the last 4 years.
yeah, I'm sure d10 was bitching about Evan being a time suck the whole podium ceremony. Is there some story about Jason begging frank to tech him a quad I missed, or is this just another excuse to get in a cheap dig at an ogm?
No, I'm just saying that if Evan hadn't been a student of Frank's 2010-2014 he would have been free to take on another top American man. Which may have made a big difference for any of the top men this last quad--who knows? Abbott, Miner, Aaron, Dornbush? He had Jonathan Cassar, of course, but he never had the tech content of the top contenders.


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The Paradise Men's Softball League has wrapped up another game, and Jesse Stone is lingering in the parking lot with his teammates, drinking beer, swapping stories of double plays and beautiful women in the late-summer twilight. But then a frightened voice calls out to him from the edge of a nearby lake. There, two men squat at the water's edge. In front of them, facedown, was something that used to be a girl.
The local cops haven't seen anything like this, but Jesse's L.A. past has made him all too familiar with floaters. This girl hadn't committed suicide; she hadn't been drowned; she'd been shot and dumped, discarded like trash. Before long it becomes clear that she had a taste for the wild life; and her own parents can't be bothered to report her missing, or even admit that she once was a child of theirs. All Jesse has to go on is a young man's school ring on a gold chain, and a hunch or two.
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"A page-turner...one of the master's best." (The Washington Post Book World)
"Prose whose impeccability speaks of decades of careful writing." (Publishers Weekly)
"Great listen."
Heard just about all the Spenser books so decided to give a listen to Parker's new hero - Jessie Stone. Turned out to be a great choice. Stone has all of Spenser's knowhow but is a lot more flawed - and more human. Very easy to identify with. The mystery was also excellent and had me guessing to the end.
"He said, she said...."
Love Robert B. Parker, love his books, and especially love his Jesse Stone character who is a good solid man's man, tells it like it is. This is a good "read", light on the mystery but the reason for my two star rating is the constant, annoying "Jesse said" and "she said" which got under my skin. Driving 150 miles somewhere this week? This is the right book, nothing too complicated, few characters to keep up with, and the ending is rather predictable.
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"Good mystery, too much empty angst"
Jesse Stone, police chief of Paradise, Mass., is an appealing character -- think Spenser without the ever-annoying Susan and Hawk -- and his crimesolving is compelling. But enough of Jesse's endless discussions with his on-again, off-again ex-wife and his overblown "to drink or not to drink" soliloquies. You get the point after the first round, and could easily fast forward through all the rest without missing anything vital. Reader has the right style but mispronounces several words -- where is Joe Mantegna when we need him?
""he said""
The narration is flat. I was distracted by the constant
Its one of those endings like turning another page. This is simply one chapter in a longer volume.
The story explores a flawed man doing a good job as a cop, but the narration makes it seems so mundane.
Delight in the journey and the struggle on the road to your dreams
"Not the Best Jesse Stone"
but still pretty good. I generally like most of the Jesse Stone mystery series novels and though this one would've been better with James Naughton as the narrator it was pretty good. It had all the normal shortcomings of of RBP novels; aka all the he said, she said, Jesse saids at the end of sentences. Plus all of Jesse's soliloquies pertaining to his drinking and the constant back and forth of Jesse and his ex-wife Jen that are the bane of the series. Oh, and one more thing, Harry 'Suitcase' Simpson was an outfielder with four American League teams; none of them the Red Sox, in the 1950's. Since none of the book's characters were supposed to have been alive in the 1950's it's unlikely that Luther Simpson would been given that nickname. It's much far likely that he would have been christened with O J or the Juice; although post double murder perhaps not. The situation with the mob boss strains credulity somewhat but that's a minor point. Jesse's way of responding straight forwardly to life and the law is inspiring; his combination of machismo and sensitivity an example to us all; well worth the credit.
"Story Ok, but Narrator Very Singsong"
I decided to buy this because I have enjoyed reading a couple of Robert Parker's books, and I really enjoyed the Jesse Stone TV movies. And while the story was certainly ok, and the dialogue had the same dryly sarcastic wit I enjoyed in the movies, I found the narrator's singsong cadence, pacing and overall performance annoying and distracting. My pet peeve is that he would go directly from one scene to another without a pause or breath, so the listener (me) got lost a lot. I managed to make it to the end of the book, but I won't be buying any more books narrated by Robert Forster...
"Favorite Jesse Stone!"
Story, narration...all good ! highly recommend.... I started out reading the Spenser series years ago - but quickly came to like Jesse Stone, even better. This is my favorite in the series...
"DO NOT GET THIS, "He said...." She said, ".....""
Th narrator had a decent style in Hit Man by Lawrence Block. I thought I'd give him another go. I seldom offer reviews, but I do not want others to waste your earned money on this horrible narration. Please just listen to the sample and I absolutely insist that you do NOT support this horrible performance.
No. The reason is because his story is decent, but he did not do his research. I live in Massachusetts. He does not have accurate details that even come close to the towns that he attempts to parallel. I understand that this book is fictional, but he does not even come close to telling a story that could happen in Mass.
Alan Sklar or Tony Roberts, but without the he said...and she said...
Just more accurate Massachusetts details.
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If your a male under 25, know what ESPN is, and owned a television at some point in your life, it wouldn't be a stretch to make the claim that this "call out" scene in the Sandlot could quite possibly be the highlight of your childhood. For those unfamiliar, tensions have been rising all film as the "rag-tag" Sandlot misfits have been the laughing stock of Phillips and his prissy group of talented sluggers. The product of a relentless exchange of insults, Ham "the great bambino" Porter has seen enough and takes a stand against Phillips and his preppy followers by doing the unthinkable. Porter is enraged after having just been told that he "bobs for apples in the toilet, and likes it!" Regaining his composure, he responds with the infamous line, "You play ball like a giiiirlllllllllll!", as the camera's pan the field and illustrate the magnitude of the proclamation. Nearly buckled at the knees and fumbling for words, Phillips ups the anty replying, "Tomorrow. Noon, at our field. Be there, buffalo-butt breath." As the scene concludes with Porter accepting the challenge, the boys part ways with their chest's held high. There is something about a challenge, a 'mono y momo', 1 v 1 showdown that jiggles the heart of all of us. Whether in old Western's, Disney Movies, or out in our own front lawns, these "call outs" seem impossible to elude or ignore. Incredibly similar to this scene in the Sandlot seems to be the current and historical relationship between the Theists and Atheists. Constantly bantering over a host of topics in which they disagree, debates seem to be the by-product and spectacle in which people around the world can gather to observe these intellectual giants "take the plate." Backing down to a debate request is like keeping a wall post from your great-great-second removed-great grandparents about the time you wet yourself at Christmas dinner on your Facebook profile. Its a no-no.
To the astonishment of many in the field, the very prominent and respected atheist intellectual Richard Dawkins has turned down not one, but four recent debate offers to debate William Lane Craig this fall at Oxford University. Arguably the most notable names from each side of the coin, a debate between Craig and Dawkins would be one for the ages, a "can't miss" spectacle. Though the tides are recently changing, the majority of our world still without question holds the false assumption that Christianity has no business in the ring the greats in the scientific and philosophical realms. Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith, recently debated Craig at Notre Dame and in his opening statements admittedly stated that Craig "is the one Christian apologist who seems to have put the fear of God into many of my fellow atheists." In light of the student and scholarly reviews of the Harris-Craig debate, one wouldn't be stretching to suggest that Harris may have left that debate a little "frightened" of Craig himself. Dawkins states in summary that his reasons for not participating in the debate are that "I have no interest in this." For a man typically so quick to engage in argument and discussion, this debate refusal leaves many with the jaw dropping reaction much similar to the one seen in on the Sandlot. As far as statements by Dawkins go, this one is about as bold as it gets. The "banquet of the brains" has by many seemed one the Christians scarcely dine, could William Lane Craig be pulling up a chair?
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Like white on rice or dots on a dice, religion and foolishness seems to have become intuitive throughout modern western thought. "Religion is like a buffet anyways, there are thousands of choices and picking the right "meal" seems all but impossible anyways, why even bother?" As I commonly acquire an acute onset of stage fright amidst a buffet of freshly prepared entrees, it seems all too common that the food seems to be the one consuming me. Captivating and strangling in unison each of my 5 senses, staring in awe over the options tends to be a welcome alternative to that daunting "d-word." Requiring commitment and proactivity, decisions always spoil the meal as they commonly leave us with a bad taste in our mouths. I wonder sometimes if our western culture has ever woken from its "deer in the headlights" approach to the cafeteria of religions long enough to see which "food" is fresh? Have we checked into some of the fundamental beliefs of each of these positions to see if any have "expired"?
Along my journey in the pursuit of answers to the "big questions" in which I was always amused by, one thing which seemed to elude me w
as this concept of what truth is. Fueling our cars or paying the phone bill are examples of truth in action as we believe with a high degree of certainty that failing to do either with leave us not only stranded on the side of the road, but with no way of calling for help. We can define truth quite simply as calling it as it is. Intuitive to even a kindergartner, truth seems to be everywhere we turn yet oddly enough when religion is thrown on the plate we seem to suddenly become "full" and uninterested. I would like to ask you to consider whether this is an intellectually legitimate approach to such issues? Can any religion really be "right", or all they all just seeing the same thing from a different perspective?
Just as political dinner conversations with your in-laws start great at first but end in heaps, different religious leaders make claims that in some areas overlap and work in harmony yet in others are flat out contradictory. "Loving one another" seems to be a tenant in nearly every religion, so that pretty much makes them exactly the same right? Not exactly. To illustrate, think back to some modern thinkers who believed the earth was flat. Though they believed it at the bottom of their hearts, the truth is that planet earth was always round regardless of how much they believed that it was flat. We now conclude that the earth is round, and if someone were to say otherwise it would logically imply that they are in fact flawed in their belief. The important key to note in this example is that the truth (the earth is round) never changed, only our beliefs about that truth changed. This is an important skill to use when looking into different religions, as different ones make different claims about the same event. Imagine one man robbing a bank, we would assume police would investigate and question witnesses on the scene to obtain evidence as to who committed the crime. If 3 on lookers say "tiny tim" robbed the bank and 3 witnesses say "billy bob" robbed the bank, its obvious that one of them has to be wrong. We similar parallels to this example with the claims made by different religions with the resurrection of Jesus. Christians say that Jesus died and rose again, Muslims say that Jesus didn't die which will logically lead us to the conclusion that both of these religions can't be right. This may seem to leave you with your forehead steaming, fist clenched, and "intolerance" on the tip of your tongue. However, it seems illogical and unreasonable that two positions who claim contradictory beliefs on something cannot both be right. That seems not not be an "intolerant" position, but just a purely simple and air tight truth regardless on which side upon it you stand.
Where does this leave us and why should I care? Truth is important because ideas are important. Because we cannot exhaustively prove with 100% certainty which worldview (which includes atheism) is correct, we are left to decide which "entree's" at the dinner table are more consistent with reality as we understand it. I would encourage anyone reading this post to take a second to ponder on what they believe about the truth.
We have to remember that truth is not changing, only our beliefs about that truth, and some beliefs are MUCH more reasonable than others. I personally believe that it takes more faith to not be a Christian than to be a Christian. Yes, that may currently sound absurd to you, but I believe the "proof is in the pudding".
We're all in this journey of life somewhere, and neutrality is not an option. What if our conclusions to these questions do matter? Ideas have consequences. Good ideas have good consequences, bad ideas have bad consequences.
Jesus is all about breaking chains and setting people free as He steps into our mess and gives us life. Could the truth be something that mends broken hearts, illuminates darkness, and opens our eyes? I believe that without question it can, and He's willing. While still chained to this world which offers nothing, Jesus called me not to wave a flag, but to fall in love. Check out the evidence. Maybe this love Jesus claims is a peculiar and scandalous thing, maybe its something to fall in love with. If your like me, you might be surprised how liberating it is to hear those chains smash against the ground for the very first time. You don't realize how tight those chains are until you get them off.
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Vision enhancement even Lasik can't offer
Opening your eyes underwater in the "kiddy" pool is a bad idea. If you don't believe me, try it. Whether you're trying to score points with your girlfriend's mom by amusing her 3 year old brother you can't stand, or playing the modern day "David Haselhoff" role at the aquatic center, the fact is that the 50:50 ratio of chlorine and water in those kiddy pools leave you emerging from the water with less than encouraging words. Rubbing your eyes just makes it worse and at this point your probably wondering why on earth you were there in the first place. I thought this blog is supposed to be about apologetics? Yeah, you're right. But this very feeling of freshly exposed chlorine eyes is exactly the one I got when I was exposed to the importance of vision. Now before you think I sound like some kind of self help book that we can all agree doesn't work, I'm not talking 20/20 vision here, I'm talking about another kind of vision, the lens in which we see not only visible spectrums of light, but the lens in which we see the reality of the world.
"What we need is a framework that ties everything together, that allows us to understand society, the world, and our place in it, and that could help us to make the critical decisions which will shape our future" *
We are all exposed to the "chlorine" of this world. Babies raped, bombs dropped, elderly robbed–You name it, this world has it. Every person under the sun has a lens in which they see this world which has seemingly lost its moral compass. When you see a 3 year old baby smothered in blood under a stack of debris after a tsunami roll onto the screen of your television, a response is not optional. Whether you cry, change the channel, or somehow rationalize to yourself how that its not that big a deal, each one of us see's these things through a different "lens." The board room executive on the 12th story of a multi-million dollar facility is probably going to respond to the death of this baby a little differently than the mother who is weeping over it. As brutal the comparison may seem, the point is we all have on the glasses, and your viewing this world whether you like it or not.
Your glasses might seem pointless when viewing things up close, but what about those things that seem to be to far away to see or perceive? When someone asks what your purpose in life is, how you got here, or even the really hairy one, what happens when you die, how do you respond to those questions? I think we can agree that the glasses we have on that view the world are a little more important than grandma's cheaters you knocked off the Thanksgiving dinner table.
Each and every one of us has thought at one point about these questions, and for some reason every time we think about them, it becomes eerily apparent how important the answers to these questions really are. But that doesn't matter now. It's all good. Ill worry about that next year. I can't imagine I'm alone on this, but when the big questions present themselves they aren't always fun to entertain. Its easier to procrastinate, and the answers are always like trying to grab a wet bar of soap. I don't mean to play on anyone's emotion here, that's not what apologetics is all about. But what if the answers to these questions are out there? If you find yourself already losing hope on finding those answers, I'm confident to tell you that there are answers. From professions ranging from philosophy and science to art and zoology believe that the lens God has revealed to us in the Bible is the one that most accurately illuminates those answers you desire most. The best part, there's evidence to believe it. Yeah, there is evidence the Bible is more than a book. If you want answers, check back tomorrow, were just getting started.
Appreciate your time and/or patience with whatever it is I have to say!
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it. Amongst a busy college schedule, job, team, fraternity/sorority, you may be thinking your headache is bad enough without reading what has to come out of my mouth. For what its worth, I probably wouldn't blame you for having that opinion on this blog, but hey, you've made it this far, your swamped enough, whats a few more minutes to ya?
For those of you I don't know, I'm pretty stoked your reading this blog. A 19 year old from Pleasanton, California, my name is Kevin Zehnder and I'm to be quite honest I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing with my life. Thankfully, I met this guy named Jesus who has completely transformed my life and given this self conscious and hard headed junior hockey player a hope and purpose that far exceeds anything I could ever put into words. For this of you who know Jesus, you probably can probably close your eyes remember exactly where you were sitting when you received this love for the very first time. If you find yourself thinking that this "love" which you Christians talk about is ridiculous to the point of disgust, I hear ya, I've been there before. My goal is not to "convert" anyone here on this blog, however, I do hope that in whatever time you do spend reading what I have to say that I can give you a better understanding and maybe a different perspective of who this Jesus guy is, and why I believe He truly is much more than some irrational delusion.
If you have made it this far, all I can guarantee is that the next time your getting soaked by the sweaty guy, deodorant optional, at DMV for 4 hours you can know that there is worse out there, and for that I guess you did leave with something from this blog! My goal in writing this blog was to provide a resource to discover why on earth we Christians believe what we do. That this God who came to earth and dwelt among us is in Jesus wants us to give us a life in which we could have never imagined. Yeah I said it, God wants to give you life. I can't explain it or put it into a test tube and analyze it, but God has given me and millions of others something we can't explain, but I don't believe its irrational or illogical by any means! So your telling me that you believe in something that can't be put into a test tube and you still want me to believe it? Now that my friends is where my vision for this blog is just getting started! I myself was very skeptical about the Christian claims of truth, however, the more I dug in and sought the truth about this guy Jesus who claimed to be literally God on earth, I was surprised with what I found. If your ready for a mind blowing look into the evidences and defense of what Christians believe, why the bible is true, and why this Jesus can promise you eternal life in His presence, I'm stoked to have you here. If this blog reaches even one person, and opens their eyes to the truth of the existence and love of Christ, I say praise God for that! If you leave here enraged that I just actually said that Christianity in fact the most plausible explanation for our existence, and that there is scientific and philosophical foundation to believe this, I just ask that with an open mind you would examine the evidence with an open mind regardless of your current position or background.
Apologetics, the fancy name for defense of Christianity, has become a passion of mine, and the depth of my faith in Jesus has grown exponentially since I have began to realize how powerful the truth of Christianity truly is. If you are a believer in Jesus, I would love for you to give this blog a chance to see what it could do to your current relationship with God. I know this is an area of Christianity that seems to get neglected, and if you feel overwhelmed with how to respond to questions about God from friends, family, or anyone else, this is a great place to be heard and to get answers to those things burning inside. I would also like to make it clear that I would be foolish to claim that I'm an expert in apologetics. That's why I'm leaving the "heavy lifting" on my blog to some of the greats in this field including William Lane Craig, Ravi Zacharias, Lee Strobel, CS Lewis, and an assortment of others. We are told in 1 Peter 3:15 to "have a defense for the hope that is within us", and I feel as Christians we are unable to articulate a legitimate answer to this question a lot of times. Hopefully at the very least this blog can leave you with some resources to check into.
Sorry for the lengthy post, appreciate your time! Positive, negative, questions, insults to me, tomato throws…..whatever it is…..the thing I would love to see most is discussion and to be able to dialogue together. No hatred, discrimination, just a search for truth.
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4> Reach>>>>3 I can't rank either 2 or CE because too much nostalgia. Although I feel like both would be above this, but Halo 2 only gets such a good spot for BxR, double shot, and quick reloads. Without those glitches I would rank it way lower.
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Drilling waste finds a new use
Updated 5:47 pm, Saturday, May 4, 2013
Among the thousands of oil field trucks criss-crossing Texas: Trucks hauling solid waste from drilling pits to landfills.
But a Longview-based company has a way to turn that oil field trash into something useful — roads and new drilling pads.
Scott Environmental Services Inc. uses a process that stabilizes and solidifies solid drilling waste. It was initially developed for federal Superfund sites as a way to safely lock up contaminated soil.
"They were looking at processes that encapsulate the waste for thousands of years," said Blake Scott, president of the company.
Every foot of earth drilled creates about 1.2 barrels of drilling waste, and about half of that is solid waste, according to the American Petroleum Institute.
Those solids include mostly the bits of rock formations that have been drilled through, but there are also salts or metals such as barium, chromium, lead, mercury, selenium, silver and zinc.
And it all has to go somewhere, often a landfill.
Other times drilling waste is treated and buried on site, or if it's not harmful, is spread across the ground and acts as a fertilizer.
David Burnett, a director and research coordinator at Texas A&M University's Department of Petroleum Engineering, said the product has been tested by the university in West Texas for about four years, where it's held up to traffic and severe weather patterns.
"We monitored to see if there was any dust or leaching," Burnett said. "It was sterile. It was absolutely perfect."
The process could be used to build new county roads that have been battered by oil and gas traffic, although it hasn't been.
"We've never done any county roads," Scott said. "We've done many, many pads and a tremendous amount of lease roads. The operator likes to reuse their waste because of the benefit they get out of it. Company A's waste always stays on Company A's leases. They maintain control of their waste."
The companies also reduce the material they have to buy for ranch roads and pads, as well as eliminate costs of trucking and disposing of solid waste.
Scott has clients in Madisonville in Madison County, an area on the eastern end of the Eagle Ford formation that's becoming known as the Eaglebine — where the Eagle Ford meets the Woodbine Sandstone.
It's also active in East Texas, where drillers are working in the Haynesville Shale, in the Granite Wash in the Panhandle, and in Oklahoma, Louisiana and Utah.
But it doesn't have any South Texas clients yet.
Burnett said he hopes that operators in the Eagle Ford and Permian Basin in West Texas will take an interest in the idea of using drilling waste for new pads or roads as a way to reduce truck traffic and landfill use, as well as be more environmentally friendly because of the reduction in spill risk.
"If you want to be an accommodating neighbor, you try to reduce the activity," Burnett said. "It's the lifecycle costs. You're having to pay for a landfill at some point. It's a solution but it's just not the cheapest. What everyone is looking for in the shale is the cheaper the better. We'd like them to look for 'the better the better.'"
Scott said the pricing varies depending on how remote the location is, but is competitive with traditional disposal methods when the cost of building new roads and drilling pads is considered.
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Rising star Zervan Suratia canters to perfection under legendary jockey Pesi Shroff, who is teaching him a thing or two about watching what he eats and tackling a filly's moods.
It was a joyride on a pony 22 years ago, with aunt Paurochisty Navalmaneck at the Bund Garden in Pune, when three-year-old Zervan Suratia was introduced to riding. He loved both, the horse and the ride. Fast forward to 2013: the same boy - now 5'9" and weighing 48 kilos - is bent like a comma on a beautiful brown beauty, Archie, at the Bangalore Turf Club.
A jockey now, 25-year-old Suratia was the racing champion of Mumbai Season 2012-13. It's a pleasant morning at the Club; the tall grass swaying to a cool breeze is the perfect backdrop for Suratia, who looks like a hero in the movies. Then the spell breaks, when three-year-old Archie jolts Suratia off its back.
Coach Pesi Shroff isn't pleased. India's legendary jockey who rode eight Indian Derby winners in his three decade-long career, and is as feted for his riding skill as he is for his unerring judgment about picking winners, has been mentoring Suratia since 2005. At present, the duo is practising for the ongoing Bangalore Summer Meeting, and Suratia's fall isn't routine — the youngster gets up and mounts the horse. It's evident he is in control as the horse gallops back to the ring. "He is a very committed boy," says Shroff. Suratia is seen as the most promising star in the new breed of jockeys. "After the Mumbai season, he cut short his leave, because he didn't want to start training late for the Bangalore season," adds Shroff.
Suratia took up riding at the age of six at the Army School in Pune, where the Bombay Sappers, a regiment of the Indian army, trains. "I used to go for classes every evening after school. If not for my parents, I wouldn't have been able to take riding seriously," says Suratia. His father Feroze D Suratia runs an electric store in the city, while his mother Benoifer F Suratia worked in a bank. "Nobody in my family has even mounted a horse. But they were supportive, when I decided to do this professionally eight years ago. Since then, I have been training under Pesi sir."
Since the age of 17, Suratia has been riding fillies for two of the biggest names in the racing circuit — KN Dhunjibhoy and Vijay Shirke. "He comes with reasonably strong basics and has to be credited for the success," says Shroff, who became a professional jockey in 1981 at age 15. By 18, he'd already won his first Derby riding renowned horse trainer Bezan Chenoy's filly, Enterprising.
Detractors say that Suratia has an advantage riding for Shroff. He gets top quality and ready-togo horses. "It works both ways - he gets good horses to ride, but when he is on horseback, there is nothing I can do," shrugs Shroff.
Their day starts at 6 am with a three-hour training session. Murmurs and gestures form a large part of their conversation. "Is he troubling again?" Shroff asks about Archie. Suratia grimaces and makes a gesture. Shroff nods - he's got what Suratia wants to convey. After training, breakfast comprises toast, half-fried egg and juice. "I usually skip lunch and eat dry chicken for dinner. But on Sundays, after races, I eat whatever I want, whether biryani or pizza. My weight has to be around 48-49 kilos," says Suratia.
Traditionally, jockeys have been short and light weight. Both mentor and mentee however, are tall for their profession. Shroff is 5'8" and weighed 52 kg at the height of his career - 10 kilos below his natural body weight. Suratia too, works to keep his weight in check. He began working out at a gym, but put on weight because of the muscle build up. Now, he sticks to morning workouts on course.
"In the 1980s, there weren't any sports medicine experts. There were just akhadas and we watched what we ate," Shroff muses. Lean and tall, Suratia is eye-candy, but the young man is not distracted. "I want to be the best jockey. I have no time for any other interests. I never had a girlfriend and I am not dating anyone. My ultimate goal is to be the best. Just like how Pesi sir is spoken of today, after his retirement, I want to be remembered as one of the best jockeys."
After the Bangalore Summer Meeting, Suratia has the Pune season to look forward to on July 18. "I will spend four months at home with my mother (during the season). She prepares food for me separately, but Sundays are special, when the entire family indulges on the dinner table," he says wistfully.
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I little while ago I attended this Joint Applied Karate seminar with 2 of the worlds best names in the business; John Johnston & Iain Abernethy. Here are some brief notes from that day. Continue reading
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Selanne returns smile to Ducks
Here's the top of my latest column on, surprise, Teemu Selanne's return. There will be more commentary to come...
The Ducks already knew they had their heart – or, perhaps in this case, Hart – coming back in Corey Perry.
They already knew they had their soul returning in players like Ryan Getzlaf, Bobby Ryan and Lubomir Visnovsky.
On Thursday, they learned something else significant would be rejoining them for the 2011-12 season.
Their smile.
Teemu Selanne, more the face of this franchise than that goofy, Disney-generated duck mask ever could be, made it official.
The Finnish Flash isn't ready to become the finished, past.
Selanne also disclosed that the Winnipeg Jets called to see if he would be interested in re-signing with his really old team, which, this season, will be new all over again.
He said his response was thanks, but no thanks because his "four kids and couple dogs and couple horses and stuff" simply represented too "many things to move" at this point of his life.
Now you're smiling, too, right? See, this is what Selanne brings to this team, this locker room, this organization. A certain levity. A certain lightness. A certain – very certain – foundation.
He is the Ducks' past and also now their future, this team with so much young talent but still with room for some old perspective.
Of course, Selanne also returns with a level of ability that eventually will place him in hockey's hall of fame. Yeah, there's that, as well.
One year, $4 million.
The terms were disclosed. The impact needn't be. Everyone knows how big Selanne's decision was for a team loaded with potential and – after last spring's early playoff fall to a franchise previously devoid of postseason success – want.
The Ducks, though, still will need every goal they can get this season. And, barring injury (which isn't a minor consideration given that Selanne's ligaments are as old as he is, 41), they added a bunch of them Thursday.
"The last month I've been skating with no pain," Selanne explained of his recently repaired knee. "I'm very optimistic it's going to last."
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George Washington High School (San Francisco)
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Coordinates: 37°46′40.13″N 122°29′31.24″W / 37.7778139°N 122.4920111°W
George Washington High School | |
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600 32nd Avenue San Francisco, California, United States |
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Motto | Of all victories first and greatest is for a man to conquer himself - Plato |
Established | August 4, 1936 |
Principal | Ericka Lovrin |
Faculty | 110 |
Enrollment | 2,311 |
Campus | Urban |
Color(s) | Scarlet and Gray |
Teams | Washington Eagles |
Website | Home Page |
George Washington High School is a public high school in Richmond District, San Francisco, California.[1] The school is a part of the San Francisco Unified School District. In 2011, Washington High was ranked by Newsweek's Jay Mathews Challenge Index as the 497th best high school in the United States.[2]
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George Washington High School opened on August 4, 1936 to serve as a secondary school for the people of San Francisco's Richmond District. The school was built on a budget of $8,000,000, on a site overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. The lobby is decorated with murals by Victor Arnautoff in the "buon fresco" styles. They depict scenes from the life and times of George Washington. The stadium, auditorium, and gymnasium were added in 1940. The school was formally dedicated on Armistice Day of 1940. The accomplishments of its students in various fields of academics, athletics, leadership, and extracurricular activities have given George Washington High School an outstanding reputation among California high schools. The school was also used in an episode of the hit TV series "The Streets of San Francisco." Maureen McCormick plays a teenage hooker attending the school. There are two scenes showing the school and its view of the Golden Gate Bridge. The episode was in season five.[citation needed]
In 1981 the Pacific News Service aired a story about race-based gangs at George Washington High School.[3]
White | Latino | Asian | African American | Pacific Islander | American Indian | Two or More Races |
8% | 13% | 68% | 5% | 1% | 0.5% | 4% |
According to US News and World Report, 92% of Washington's student body is "of color," with 59% of the student body coming from an economically disadvantaged household, determined by student eligibility for California's Reduced-price meal program. [4]
600 32nd Ave, San Francisco, California
George Washington High School's campus is located kitty-corner to Presidio Middle School, also a public school.
Facilities include:
- 3-story 4-shaped academic building
- 2-Story shop building
- Auditorium/Theater
- Computer Lab
- Library
- Gymnasium
- Track field
- 2 Batting cages
- Front Toss cage
- Bullpen
- American football field/Soccer Field
- Soccer/multipurpose field
- 6 tennis courts
- 4 basketball courts
Washington High School prides itself in academic excellence with emphasis on AP courses. In 2011, Newsweek ranked George Washington as the 497th best high school in America.
The George Washington High athletic program is governed by Academic Athletic Association (AAA) and is sanctioned by the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF)
George Washington High School supports 20 varsity and 7 junior varsity and frosh-soph programs.
Sports offered include Dragon Boat, Cross Country, Tennis Girls, Football, Soccer Boys, Volleyball Boys, Golf Girls, Volleyball Girls, Wrestling, Swimming, Badminton, Baseball, Fencing, Softball, Basketball, Boys Lacrosse, Girls Lacrosse, Golf Boys, Tennis Boys, Soccer Girls, Track & Field, as well as Cheerleading.
Recent League Championships[edit]
2014-2015 Boys Varsity Volleyball Champions
2013-2014 JV Girls Basketball City Champions
2012-2013 Frosh-Soph Boys Basketball Champions
2012-2013 Varsity Softball Runner-up
2012-2013 Varsity Boys Baseball Runner-up
2011-2012 Varsity Boys Baseball Trans Bay Champions
2011-2012 Varsity Boys Baseball Champions
2011-2012 Varsity Softball Runner-up
2011-2012 All City Wrestling Champions
2011-2012 Varsity Boys Football Runner-up
2010-2011 Varsity Boys Baseball Champions
2010-2011 Varsity Boys Basketball Champions
2010-2011 Varsity Boys Football Champions
2010-2011 Varsity Girls Golf Runner-up
2009-2010 Varsity Softball Trans Bay Champions
2009-2010 Varsity Softball Champions
2009-2010 All City Badminton Champions
2009-2010 Varsity Girls Soccer Runner-up
2009-2010 All City Wrestling Champions
2009-2010 Varsity Girls Tennis Runner-up
2008-2009 Varsity Boys Golf Champions
2008-2009 JV Boys Basketball Champions
2008-2009 Varsity Boys Baseball Champions
2008-2009 Varsity Softball Runner-up
2008-2009 All City Badminton Runner-up
2008-2009 All City Wrestling Champions
2007-2008 JV Boys Baseball City Champions
2007-2008 Varsity Boys Swimming Champions
2007-2008 Varsity Softball Runner-up
2007-2008 All City Badminton Runner-up
2007-2008 Varsity Boys Golf Champions
2007-2008 JV Girls Basketball City Champions
2007-2008 All City Wrestling Champions
2006-2007 Varsity Boys Swimming Champions
2006-2007 JV Boys Baseball City Champions
2006-2007 All City Badminton Runner-up
2006-2007 Varsity Boys Tennis Runner-up
2006-2007 Varsity Boys Golf Runner-up
2006-2007 Track & Field Runner-up
2005-2006 Varsity Baseball City Champions
2005-2006 Varsity Boys Volleyball Champions
2004-2005 Fencing City Champions
2003-2004 Varsity Football Champions
2001-2006 5 in a row Softball All City Champions
2001-2002 All City Badminton Champions
2000-2001 Varsity Football Champions
2000-2001 Varsity Baseball Champions
2000-2001 All City Badminton Champions
1999-2000 Varsity Football Champions
1999-2001 Varsity Girls Basketball Champions
Washington Hymn[edit]
The Washington Hymn is the official song of George Washington High School.
Notable alumni[edit]
- Diane Amos, Pine-Sol lady
- Maya Angelou, author and poet, awarded the Spingarn Medal, the National Medal of Arts, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Josiah Beeman, US Ambassador
- Gene Brown, basketball player
- Phillip Burton, Congressman
- Rey Carr, spiritual activist
- Rosemary Casals, professional tennis player
- Dorothy Delasin, golfer
- Keith Fowler, actor, director, producer, educator
- Edgar Gallardo, school psychologist
- Danny Glover, actor
- Steve Gray, basketball player
- Richard Hongisto, politician
- John-David Keller, actor, director
- Leonard Krupnik, Ukrainian-American footballer
- Amanda Lassiter, basketball player in the WNBA
- Marcio Lassiter, basketball player in the Philippines
- Gilman Louie, technologist
- Richard Lui, news anchor for MSNBC
- Alec Mapa, writer, comedian and actor
- Hal March, 1950s television personality
- Del Martin, lesbian activist
- Johnny Mathis, singer, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
- Ollie Matson, member of College and Pro Football Halls of Fame
- Sean McGrath, musician, artist
- Lee Meriwether, model, actress, and Miss America
- Nathan Oliveira, artist[6]
- Betty Ong, flight attendant on 9/11 jet American Airlines Flight 11
- San Quinn, rap artist
- Jacky Cheung, Nobel laureate for work in Nano-Structures as Ph.D student at MIT
- Bill Sakovich, worldclass swimming coach and sports administrator
- Jim Sochor, former college football head coach, UC Davis (1970-1988).
- Phil Smith, NBA player
- Gregg Turkington, comedian
- Paul Vixie, internet pioneer (sendmail, BIND and PAIX)
- Martin Wong, artist
- Lope Yap, film director, assistant director, and special effects producer
- Al Young (dragster driver), world champion drag racer
- Connie Young Yu, writer, historian, lecturer
See also[edit]
- ^ Craig, Pauline. "High school groups: Punks, Cholos, Blood." [sic] Pacific News Service at the Merced Sun-Star. Tuesday April 7, 1981. Page 2. Retrieved from Google Books (2 of 26) on July 4, 2011. "George Washington High School In Francisco's Richmond District looks like it has been hit by a series[...]"
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- ^ Craig, Pauline. "High school groups: Punks, Cholos, Blood." [sic] Pacific News Service at the Merced Sun-Star. Tuesday April 7, 1981. Page 2. Retrieved from Google Books (2 of 26) on July 4, 2011.
- ^ http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/california/districts/jefferson-union-high/terra-nova-high-2359/student-body
- ^ "AAA ANNUAL CHAMPIONS BY YEAR" (PDF). CIF San Francisco. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-18.
- ^ Baker, Kenneth (November 19, 2010) "Nathan Oliveria - Giant on Bay Area Art Scene." San Francisco Chronicle.
External links[edit]
- George Washington High School Online, School Website
- George Washington High School Alumni Association, Alumni Association Website
- WPA murals and sculpture at George Washington High School, from the New Deal Art Registry
- George Washington High School History Website [2]


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- Two women, two men charged with simple assault, disorderly conduct, police say
- Four accused of fighting at Sunday game at MetLife Stadium
- Three were in Patriots' colors, one in a Jets jersey, video from incident shows
Four people have been charged in connection with a fight between fans caught on camera at an NFL game on Sunday, including the woman who was seen in the video being punched in the face, according to police.
Amanda MacDowell, 25; Jaclyn Nugent, 26; David James Sacco, 28; and Kurt Paschke, 38, were all charged with simple assault and disorderly conduct on Tuesday, according to a statement released by New Jersey State Police.
In a video of the incident that was posted on YouTube and Deadspin.com, MacDowell, Nugent and Sacco were seen getting into a verbal argument with Paschke inside MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, during Sunday's New York Jets vs. New England Patriots game, police said. MacDowell and Nugent then began kicking and punching Paschke in the body and head.
After the video of the incident was posted online, it quickly made headlines. A commentator on Deadspin said the fight started over a rivalry between the fans of the opposing teams. The Jets won the game 30-27.
MacDowell, Nugent and Sacco, all from Massachusetts, are seen in the video wearing Patriots colors: red, white and blue. Paschke, a New York resident, was wearing a Jets jersey.
"Even a quick review of the video and just talking to a couple witnesses, you can see Kurt was defending himself and (he)shouldn't have been charged at all and certainly won't be convicted," said Paschke's lawyer, Bruce Barket.
MacDowell and Sacco could not be reached for comment. A family member of Nugent said she did not have a comment.
Paschke was convicted in 1995 of negligent homicide after fatally stabbing 17-year-old Henry Ferrer in a fight behind a pizzeria, according to records from the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.
Paschke served three years and was placed on parole. He has been arrested twice since then, both times for disorderly conduct, records showed. He is now a Long Island bartender.
Colleen Paschke told CNN affiliate WCBS that her son was "set up by a white supremacy group, and unfortunately, he ended up taking the blame for the stabbing of another youth."
The video of the football game incident shows Paschke being pulled away from a fight. A blond woman then steps forward to confront him, and Paschke punches her on the left side of her head. Police say that Paschke punched Nugent in the face. In the video, it also appears that a bystander hit Paschke in response.
"We are aware of the situation and we do not tolerate that behavior," a Jets spokesman said. "Parties involved were detained and this matter is now in the hands of the New Jersey State Police."


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How much blackout do you tolerate in binoculars ?
As I have tried a lot of binos in the past few years, I would say about half of the binos had blackout. Binos such as Nikon 8x32 Premier SE and Leica 7x42 HD had just too much blackout. The thing is that these are top of the line optics but the blackout is a deal breaker for me. My question is how much blackout you guys put you with ? do you tolerate it because the optics are excellent and live with it or not ? Edit: I should have mentioned the binos above are specific to me, others may not have blackout issues with these particular models, any models in general I am asking. Last edited by marinemaster : Friday 13th January 2012 at 17:46. |
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My understanding of "blackout" is too much eye relief. Because of my facial dimensions I rarely experience this...and I don't wear glasses.
I have run into several situations where I don't have enough eye relief so you may consider that an equal frustration for the folks on the other side of the eye relief spectrum. I can see where either situation ruins opportunities for folks to experience some excellent glass. I wonder why manufacturers don't allow for a wider range of eyecup adjustment to compensate for both ends of the eye relief "spectrum".
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With 17mm specified eye relief, the Ultravid doesn't seem to have a blackout problem. I had problems with the Swift 828, which has 20mm eye relief specified, until I learned the MOLCET. But then, what's specified isn't always true!
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My favorite two binoculars, an 8x42 FL and a 10x50 Ultravid, have eyecups that will go high enough that I experience absolutely no blackout no matter how I swing my gaze around the field. But, with the eyecups at that height, I can't make out the edge of the field very clearly, and the field shows appreciable gradual dimming as the edge is approached. So, the impressive wide field experience that I want isn't quite happening.
Also, at that setting, I find that these binoculars, like most that I have used, are more sensitive to bright off axis light tending to wash over the image, or flare. So, I often lower the eyecups enough to defeat or mostly defeat these complaints. But, that introduces the blackout effect. Using the binocular to advantage now requires steeling the impulse to gaze widely around the field, anxiously wondering how bad I've made the blackout. When I'm just playing with the setting, that impulse is hard to resist. But if there's something to look at interesting, the normal way of using the binocular, that is, to center the object in the field and look at it and nothing else, is sufficient that I don't notice the blackouts at all, while still appreciating the wide bright field and minimum flare. In this and many other ways, normal use is SO VERY less demanding on binoculars than going around looking for optical trouble. I think about the only easy way to have it all at once is with a binocular that has a very large exit pupil, say 7mm, and a narrow apparent field of view, say 55 degrees. Then, you can look all over the field, which isn't that big to begin with, without your eye ever encountering the edge of the exit pupil. At least that's the way my 7x50 behaves. Ron |
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Sorry, what's 'blackout'?
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Doesn't the Nikon SE eyepiece stand accused of Spherical aberration of the Exit pupil (or is that Superincumbent Eyeplacement for some) as described here :
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It's when you scan your eyes towards the edge of the field of view, and parts of the field that you aren't looking directly at go dark. It is quite disturbing, and makes a very unrelaxing viewing experience. Norm, Accused, tried, convicted, in prison. It acts just like that illustration. You have to get closer to see the edge, then you aren't well positioned to see the middle, so if you look at the edge, the middle will go dark. If your eye is further back, you are well positioned to see the middle, and the edge looks dark. That is not as disturbing as what is usually called "blackout", but amounts to much the same thing. There's no single postion that lets you scan your gaze over the entire field, and have it all look bright. My bro-in-law's 10x42SE drives me crazy if all I do is look for blackout. You could say the eyecups are too low. Some folks build them up with washers, etc. But in normal use, it is excellent, because then, it becomes naturally superincumbent upon the user to keep the peepers peeled midfield, as there should be the bird. Ron |
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I tolerate very little & was about to return my 8.5 Els shortly after purchase some years ago because of a blackout problem, a slight (but very annoying) "flickering" when rapidly panning. Fortunately, after a lot of trial & error, I learned to hold them in such a way as to minimize the flicker, though I still occasionally experience it. Blackout is certainly something I'll test for very thoroughly for before I buy my next pair of binoculars.
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I tolerate zero blackout. If you have to hold your bins in some awkward position to avoid blackouts, then they aren't the right bin for you.
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With the SEs, I experience some image blackout with the 8x32 and 10x42 models. Not with the 12x50 even during the day (used it mostly for stargazing). Not sure why since they all have the same EP. One of those Nikon mysteries. If the SEs had a reasonable sized twist up eyecups (most WF porros have twist up eyecups that are two wide for my eye orbits), I think I could mitigate the blackout problem better since I could set the ER at the proper distance for my individual eyes. My right eye is set slightly further back then my left eye, hardly noticeable in real life, but when eye placement is critical, every mm counts. With the SE's fold down rubber eyecups, the choice is either all the way up or all the way down. One guy, think it was Claudio from Cloudy Nights, managed to use rubber bands to get the eyecups in a halfway up position. I tried it, but couldn't get them to stay that way. Must have stronger rubber bands in Italy. :-) I think if you can modify the eyecups some way with washers or rubber bands, etc., then its worth trying to adjust to the bins if the optics are superb. But unless you are a diehard porromaniac like me, there are so many good choices out there with roofs that you're bound to find ones that fit you better. It's your cross to bear. You are either going to need to modify the eyecups or use the MOLCET or limit yourself to bins that don't cause blackouts for you. My buggers are sensitivity to "rolling ball" and issues with "nose relief". So to finally answer your question, yes, I am willing to put up with image blackouts to a certain degree, but if an optic requires superincumbent (Word-of-the-Day) contortions to avoid blackouts, then it gets black(out)listed. Brock |
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The right image shows blackout/kidney beaning due to too large eye relief, and the left shows what you will see when the eye relief is insufficient.
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I believe blackout is caused when your eye is "inside" the specified eye relief.
Screw in your eye cups and view with your eye too close and then too far... you'll see it happens only when the eye is inside the eye relief range. Also happens when you move your eye off axis (looking left or right). Cheers |
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Wasn't as bad as the first illustration, I only lost about 1/2*. If I dug my eyes in deeper while biting down on a rag soaked in whiskey, I could see the entire FOV but then here come the kidney beans. With the EO 2.5x "extender," the kidney beans were on both sides (5 o'clock on right, like you show, plus another of equal size at 11 o'clock on the left side). Moore blackout than image. One other user said he has to be careful to avoid blackouts with this booster, but Henry, Steve, and Jay are immune to the blackouts, so that goes to show you, if it's not one thing it's another. If it's not kidney beaning, it's too much black space around the view. Kvetch, kvetch, kvetch. I plan to contact EO and see out what they have to say. Perhaps they will send me a new unit so I can tell if the fault lies not in my eyes, but in their lenses. Now we'll see if Steve intends to keep his promise. Brock |
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Just a note to say that some users, such as myself, do not have problems with blackout with the Nikon SE. Actually, I have very very rarely experienced blackout with any bin, even when I try to induce it. I can see some kidney beaning with very LER eyepieces if I want to. I think my glasses somehow give me immunity from these problems.
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Thanks! In fact, I'm parsimonious and use Gimp. But I've heard there are other and better free programs out there.
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Try "GIMP", it's free and almost as good, for hobby use at least.
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I've been using GIMP for a few years to touch up my photos. It seems to be simple and effective.
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And here I thought blackout was a normal occurrence with binoculars. After having my Nikon SE 8x32 for years, who knew. I can look straight on through the glass and see every corner of the view with exceptional sharpness. But as was stated here, when my eyes wander off axis, I seem to have significant blackouts (top, bottom, left & right) depending which direction my eyes are wandering to. Moving the bin closer or farther away from my eyes offer up little difference. Thanks guys. Now I am annoyed by an issue I never knew I had.
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This may be caused by your facial physiognomy. I see blackouts with my SE unless I use them in a specific manner. We call it here the MOLCET, an acronym which is the product of Brocknroller's fertile (or is that fertilized? I never get that right) mind. Anyway it is named after the manner in which Steve "mooreorless" and yours truly hold the binocular up to our eyes. To wit: Mooreorless ceasar eyebrow technique. First, set your IPD correctly and then place the binocular eyecups firmly and just slightly under your eyebrows against your prehensile eyebrow ridge. Then VERY, VERY, slightly tilt the binocular upward. Experiment with this a bit and see if it does not solve your problem. Bob Last edited by ceasar : Saturday 14th January 2012 at 23:54. |
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