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I am concerned and saddened by the "State of Affairs"
Posted 25 August 2010 - 06:11 PM
I started with Birdboard many years ago, with my first Cinnamon Conure named Auggie. The only thing I knew about parrots was absolutely nothing and wanted desperately to find resources to help my husband give Auggie the absolute best care we could. Thus our membership on Birdboard and Joe and Young or was it Young and Joe. Since then, we have divorced, and I started back on Birdboard again after a period of just lurking under Young.
For years and years, I have found the membership, the information, the advice, the friendships valuable beyond words in pursuing my love of our feathered friends. I have tired a couple of other forums in conjunction with Birdboard, and have always come back home after a few weeks of trial period. This has been home for a very long time.
During my years here, I have seen in my opinion, "good Moderators, bad Moderators, and have commented very openly on on one that is no longer on the board I believe. The Moderator was not helpful, but more opinionated and took every opportunity to insult membership based on her career choice and felt that she was, from experience in the field, more competent than any other to have an opinion. Most of the time though, the Moderators are just that, very mellow, and accepts the burden of Moderating with ease and comfort while maintaining the forums rules and guidelines.
I have currently, again joined another forum, due to an invitation to try it out, like the others I've tried through the years. I am thrilled to see friends there as I am happy to see my friends here on BB. I was shocked to hear that many friends have been banned for what seem to me, minor infractions and could have been resolved with tact and a more detailed explanation.
I do not get into a frenzy and jump on band wagons to be part of a group, and I am by no means stating some members were "out of line". But then I read statements by Freedomflight, who by just the status alone, needs to maintain the most utmost level of professionalism and dignity post and pm things like "Shut up" or "if you don't like, leave"... I wonder... maybe the respect needs to be maintained and exercised from the top down to the membership. I believe in living life by example, not words.
I am truly sorry and dismayed that a wonderful site like Birdboard and home to many like me has become a source of so much unrest and just plain meanness. Adults being worse than children, and the administration not leading by dignified example.
I have many friends here that I have known and loved for years and have never abused or used my Private Messaging. When it's called Private Messaging, I actually assume that is what it is.... private. So to hear that members are being banned for using their private messaging and that administration is monitoring this as well is absolutely heartbreaking and I am horrified at the thought of such invasion. If this information is incorrect, please accept my apologies.
This is HOME for me... but it's the people on Birdboard that make it home. No, I don't always agree with everyone, nor do I disagree with everyone. I do however accept that with this many people on a site, conflicts will happen and issues will arise.
Please, is there a way to resolve this.. act like adults, get the ban off our membership, and be a family again? We now have another forum, which is fine, it just adds to more information and knowledge about birds. Like having lots of on-line birds stores. Competition is great for quality, don't you think?
I think hard to blame just certain membership, as fault lies from the top down. In this case, there is absolute fault on both sides.
I am so saddened and heartbroken by this... this is home. As some of the membership need apologize, I also feel the administration of this forum need to as well.
Just my two cents anyway.
Posted 25 August 2010 - 06:43 PM
I don't agree with disappearing threads, disappearing sigs, and censorship in negative reviews of bird products. If we all have to paste a phony smile on our face, and suppress our true opinions, and tread carefully with every response -- what is the purpose of participating on the board? We all know of another board (dedicated to the misery of owning cockatoos) that is militant in their beliefs and behavior on their message board. They have a limited number of members and all their posts look the same - nothing new is welcomed there. Toe the line, or get the hell out. Is that what you want BirdBoard to become?
If moderators were more respectful towards members, members would have no need for "flaming" moderators, or PM'ing members with links to a new board, or being disrespectful by spamming the boards with inflammatory threads/sigs. These aren't trolls or troublemakers! These are valuable members who have been here for years, and have a lot of info to contribute to the board. But you can only push people so far before they begin pushing back.
Posted 25 August 2010 - 06:45 PM
Thank you for trying to bring some light to this whole situation.
You and I seem to see things a lot alike.
Posted 25 August 2010 - 07:19 PM
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Posted 25 August 2010 - 07:25 PM
I'm sure this will get me banned but, here are my thoughts;
Admin got mad. Lashed out. It happens.
Users got mad. Lashed out. It happens.
One moderator was the impetus to causing this great amount of strife. It happens.
Banning people for joining another forum? Not cool
Banning people by reading their pm's? Not cool. PM's are supposed to be private. I also don't see a rule stating that any link, or even viking midget pr0n is 'against the rules' for PM's.
But, again, things happen, people get angry.
What needs to be done is things to cool down and then do an amnesty for the users that were banned. Offer an email they can use to request the ban lifted, fresh start and all that, and if the people don't email, then they do what people do when they're dissatisfied to the point of leaving - they vote with their feet.
But, that's my opinion. As for me? I've been a long-time supporter of BB. I tell my clients about BB. I tell my friends about BB. I joined another forum as MOST of the users - including admin and mods do recently because my BEST FRIEND is not allowed on this forum for some b-crap from 2008. I miss her and am sick of the fact that she's not here. I will remain on that forum and unless banned, I will remain here. I think I've given a lot of excellent advice to users over the years and I believe a lot of those banned have as well. When you nuke your best posters and most helpful people, you are cutting off your nose to spite your face. It's bad mojo.
I have no ill-will towards anyone personally in admin/moderation here. I do have issues with some of the inconsistencies and overt-personalizing in some of the moderation. There are forum rules for a reason. Making up rules as you go along is not professional or appropriate. I learned that as a kid.
Just my two cents.
*If banned, then hope everyone has a good life.
Taking a posting break! On Hiatus! If you need me directly for help or questions, email! Have fun guys!
Posted 25 August 2010 - 07:54 PM
Give me a couple hours as I am working on finishing the server move then I will open it back up.
Again nothing is ever deleted on birdboard, it is quarantined.
I temp removed some posts in this thread till I can reply and then will be re added.
Posted 27 August 2010 - 09:25 PM
BirdBoard and any online forum / message board is a melting pot of personalities. Moderators are people like anyone else and sometimes they react in
ways that are heavy handed while at other times not strong enough, and recently a little over micromanaging occurred.
I accept responsibility for the micromanaging on the part of the moderators and this issue has been addressed.
BirdBoard has weathered cycles over and over while other ones have not. I truly don't care if someone becomes a member of another forum or
multiple forums. What's troublesome is when people decide to use BirdBoard (or any other established platform) to blatantly solicit our members and abuse our resources at the expense of BirdBoard's community and I will not have it.
Best analogy is would you offer someone the use of your garage full of tools then let them exploit and/or vandalize your own home? HELL NO!
Spammers of various aids, home loans, and you name it as well as members have tried to use threads and or PM's to carry these spam ads and
malicious attacks.
Now some people believe, and have told their friends, that we read private messages. This is simply not the truth and is purely rumor.
Its pretty obvious when PM's are being abused because PM's, exactly like posts, have a report feature. People have been using the report feature to
complain to us about the messages they are receiving. Thus the senders of the message get caught with their hand in the cookie jar.
I'm very much a easy going type of person and have been known to be too easy going... I believe in light moderation and small governance. But, don't confuse kindness
with weakness. And what I will not take is when a small cross section decide to lash out, make false accusations and abuse our resources, as was very much the case recently.
When Emily (FreedomofFlight) responded to a claim that we use supporter funds for personal gain and was questioned about our need for a costly larger server, it struck a nerve and she reacted.
You know and I know the site was slowing down. A dedicated server dual zeon server with 8 gigs of ram was brought down to its knees in terms of speed, slow load times and etc.
Look around, folks. Do we sell adspace so that you see ads every time you log on here? No. Do we try and push a certain site or website to
get a potential kickback from affiliate sales? No. Do we ask you to cover the hosting bills each and every month, or the cost of the upgraded forum software? Nope.
We don't see this as a money making gig. Simply a fun hobby. As with any fun hobby, unless its your profession, you throw money at that hobby and rarely see a return on investment - but it doesn't matter, because its something you are passionate about.
When I read the above comments, I was also taken back and had to laugh though, because the site costs me money every month. Any supporter donations that do come in help offset some of the bill which is VERY much appreciated.
With that said, was Emily's reaction on point? Yes. Was it diplomatic? Probably not. But I back her stance 100%
Look, the internet and forums have 1 major gaping flaw to them. They have no way to communicate body language and more importantly TONE & CONTEXT!
Also the internet has created a culture of people saying things that they would not say in public because they can hide behind an alias.
Its very hard to interpret how someone is responding to accusations or questions. Furthermore, people tend to take things out of context - such as telling someone to 'shut up'. Now that phrase has been run with, and people are asking why its ok for an admin to 'swear' at a member. Telling someone to be quiet in a forceful manner is not the same as telling someone to 'bleep' off or other distasteful language.
Like I had posted before in a previous thread, were there some issues of a little micro managing? Sure, but like anything, moderating the forum is a work in
progress. Things can be better and thus we are addressing it. Having different moderators with different personalities and differing management styles is always hard, and a learning process for all involved. Everyone wants to only do what is right for the forum, but as they are different people, they have different views on how circumstances should be handled.
Was HollyHawkz released as a moderator? Yes.
Was Roger released as a moderator? Yes
Holly had voiced some concerns and frustrations she had and about the same time all the malicious abuse was peaking the other day. It was
made known she was now a moderator over at the related forum in the mess. With past experiences, as well as seeing actions of a few on other
message boards over the years, it was in our bet interest to cover our ass so any further problems wouldn't arise. By no means did I pass judgment on
Holly but history says cover your ass no matter what or who. Furthermore, Holly had chosen to PM other members of the moderating team and admin
team with talk of stepping down from her mod status, as she was getting frusterated with the way things were going and needed a break.
We saw this as a a good time to let things settle where they may.
I also spoke with Roger personally and we both agreed that it was best for him to step back so the forum could move forward.
It was mentioned that a small sampling of currently active posters have been reprimanded here on BB and yes, that is true.
We did not ban or reprimand purely based on who posts where or who is a member where - we are aware of the fact that many people post on many different forums. We will never try and stop that from happening as we recognize that different social needs may be met on different forums. However, the members that were reprimanded were done so because they were and abusing the system here at Birdboard.
We do not take lightly the flaming of admins, moderators, or members, nor do we take lightly the malicious abuse of our system's PM Feature,or Emails for another's personal gain.
I, like all of you, want things to be consistent but as in life, nothing is ever consistent, but we try.
With that said, rational responses are welcomed.
Edited by Kevin, 28 August 2010 - 04:01 AM.
Posted 27 August 2010 - 11:14 PM
Parakeet J.J. - Born Nov 13th, 2008. Brought home Feb 8th, 2009.
Cockatiel Chaz - Born Nov 17th, 2008. Brought home Feb 17th, 2009.
Red Belly Parrot Tori - Born August 3rd, 2009. Brought home Nov 7th, 2009.
African Grey Congo Sway - Born Jan 2nd, 2010. Brought home March 31st! Thanks Tina!
Posted 27 August 2010 - 11:33 PM
Posted 27 August 2010 - 11:43 PM
The Flock
The X3
The GTI
The Dogs
Posted 28 August 2010 - 01:02 AM
But in the mean time, I got a dinner to finish cooking, got a couple friends coming over....
Edited by Kevin, 28 August 2010 - 01:11 AM.
Posted 28 August 2010 - 01:05 AM
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Posted 28 August 2010 - 01:23 AM
How is it you post pictures? I resize mine to 800x600 and upload to Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket and then use the IMG tag that they give me in my posts.
I just wish I could figure out how to make my pictures less than giant sized! It would be awesome to have everyone post their daily bird breakfasts!
Edit: Oh and Gari eats:
For breakfast... Fruit changes/nuts change/veggies change - but this is pretty normal...
And she eats it all up...
Edited by NotEnoughTime, 28 August 2010 - 01:28 AM.
Add Breakfast
Posted 28 August 2010 - 01:27 AM
The Flock
The X3
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The Dogs
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Posted 28 August 2010 - 03:00 AM
For many people, online communication is very important, and subtle nuances in text, word choices, phrasing decisions all are capable of providing in great detail what might otherwise be missing from non face to face communications. However some of us are not as adept as others when it comes to demonstrating the exact message we wish to impart or in understanding exactly what someone else may have said.
I really enjoy this board even though I am only a casual member. I like the people here and I have learned a great deal about birds and hopefully have contributed a couple of seeds to the community in return.
Ultimately whatever "stuff" happens, as long as we all respect each other and remember that we are all guests in this community, we can be part of helping it grow and in return enjoy being a part of it.
Posted 28 August 2010 - 03:30 AM
Posted 28 August 2010 - 05:39 AM
I personally believe that sometimes conflicts and tough things that happen in our life help us grow even more. I think if we maintain the respect as well as open minds, we'll be just fine.
Newton (Harlequin), Elliot (Scarlet), Handsome (American Saddlebred), Hyah (Miligold)
Warning: Do not let these little innocent faces fool you!
Posted 28 August 2010 - 06:38 AM
I say, if you couldn't say what you are going to post to persons face without feeling bad, don't say it. Because there are people behind each of these screen names and pictures. And any one of us can have our feelings hurt, or get angry and irrational.
As for the moderators, they are people too. We should give them a break. I don't think I could handle their responsibility. lol
But I do agree that if people got banned for minor offenses, they should get one more chance. Wouldn't we all want one lol I know I have gone overboard with getting worked up, I mean, it happens lol
Anyway, thanks for making this place really great. I would have made so many mistakes with my fids without it XD
-My Tweety baby!
-Suki the cat
-Echo the Blue Parakeet <3 (New member to the flock)
And 4 brothers, one sister, and my parents! Whew!
Posted 28 August 2010 - 07:44 AM
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The Good,the Bad,and the Ugly: Game 21 vs the Mavs
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The Good
The Celtics defense forced 28 turnovers. That's one of the highest turnover numbers I've seen in some time. The defense had problems, but the Celtics did some good things on the defensive end. But the Celtics on a defensive note, allowed 60 points in the paint.
The Wilcox, and Rondo connection is magic. Wilcox had 10 points off the bench, and if I had one complaint about Wilcox it would be his defense. His defense isn't awful, but if it was bit better the Celtics would be better inside. But what Wilcox brings on offense, you often forget about his average defense.
The Celtics stole the ball 16 times last night, and that's another sign of a solid defensive improvement. This is the worst statistical year in the KG era so far when it comes to defensive numbers, but the Celtics slowly improve.
The Bad
The Celtics lost another decent sized lead. They had a 14 point lead in the third quarter, but as usual it was was gone in a flash. This is a trend that has stuck with this team since the Sheed days, and he took a lot of the blame for the mentality. I think it's obvious that it wasn't him. The Celtics need to take teams out. But the lesson hasn't been learned. The Celtics will take teams out for the kill, but not that often.
Sully perhaps had his worst game of his rookie season. He played just 11 minutes, and he was 0-3 for the game. He's a rookie so their is no need to worry. He'll have games like this, ,and it's something he can learn from.
Since the Celtics didn't take care of business. KG played 40 minutes, and Pierce played 44. Enough said.
The Ugly
I said it in this post. But the Celtics gave up 60 points in the paint. The Celtics have this big glaring problem that won't go away. Everything about the Celtics is perfect, but when it comes to the easy points. The Celtics give them up. The Celtics have some time to figure things out ,but it's an issue that needs to improve.
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Fossilized Teeth of the Megalodon Shark
by T. Mike Childs, NCpedia, 2013
Session Law 2013-189, signed by governor Pat McCrory on June 26, 2013, gave North Carolina the following state symbols: state fossil, state frog, state salamander, state marsupial, state folk art, and state art medium.
Excerpt from Session Law 2013-189, House Bill 830:
Whereas, the megalodon shark is an extinct shark species that lived over 1.5 million years ago; and
Whereas, the megalodon shark may have reached over 40 feet in length and weighed up to 100 tons; and
Whereas, the megalodon shark had serrated, heart‑shaped teeth that may have grown to over seven inches in length; and
Whereas, fossilized teeth of the megalodon shark have been found in North Carolina and throughout the world...
§ 145-41. State fossil.
The fossilized teeth of the megalodon shark is adopted as the official fossil of the State of North Carolina.
The bill was sponsored by Marilyn Avila (R-Wake), Susan Martin (R-Pitt, Wilson), Pat McElraft (R-Carteret, Jones), and Roger West (R-Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon). The idea for an official state fossil originated with an eighth grade science project at the Newport Middle School in Newport, N.C. Science teacher Donna Jones came up with the idea of having a competition in which students created displays for different fossils to select one to try and make the official state fossil. Students suggested sand dollars, starfish, coral, mosasaurs and sea urchins. The students voted on January 11, 2013 and selected the megalodon shark. Social studies teacher Gary Abell then contacted Rep. Pat McElraft, who adopted the idea and added it to House Bill 830, which proposed several new state symbols.
The extinct megalodon shark (Carcharodon megalodon) first appeared during the Neogene period of the Cenozoic Era, about 16 million years ago. It was bigger than a school bus, and their teeth can be as large as 6-7 inches long. Their fossilized teeth can be found on North Carolina beaches and off the coast.
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Burke, Cheryl. "Newport students' project leads to naming of state fossil." Carteret County News-Times. June 29, 2013. http://www.carolinacoastonline.com/news_times/news/article_4aaf2874-e0f9-11e2-94be-0019bb2963f4.html (accessed July 8, 2013).
Leslie, Laura. "Six new state symbols pass House."WRAL.com. May 6, 2013. http://www.wral.com/six-new-state-symbols-pass-house/12417604/ (accessed July 8, 2013).
DeSantis, Larisa R. G. Educators' Guide for Megalodon Largest Shark That Ever Lived. Gainesville, Fla.: Florida Museum of Natural History. 2007. http://www.mdwfp.com/media/127161/megalodon-guide.pdf (accessed July 8, 2013).
Than, Ker. "Ancient Giant Shark Had Strongest Bite Ever, Model Says." National Geographic News. August 5, 2008. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/08/080805-shark-bite.html (accessed July 8, 2013).
"Megalodon - Episode 1." Prehistoric Predators. National Geographic Channel. http://natgeotv.com/ca/prehistoric-predators/videos/prehistoric-predators-megalodon (accessed July 8, 2013).
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Somma, Ryan. "Ancestral Great White Shark Teeth." Photograph. January 1, 1980 [sic]. Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/14405058@N08/2289004690/ (accessed July 8, 2013).
Megalodon: Largest Shark That Ever Lived. 0:15. YouTube video, posted by ncnaturalsciences, March 1, 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cQj-JtnDZI (accessed July 8, 2013).
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by MACARTAN HUMPHREYS, WILLIAM A. MASTERS, and MARTIN E. SANDBU. Reading for Tuesday, 18 March 2008.
STRONGLY participatory approaches to political decision making have been widely promoted in a bid to deepen the practice of democracy. Supporters of these approaches attribute multiple benefits to participation, on normative, substantive, and instrumental grounds. However, there is to date little or no evidence that these practices in fact return the benefits attributed to them. This is of particular concern, since there are strong arguments from the political and anthropological literatures that suggest that such processes may be subject to various forms of manipulation.
This article reports on a field experiment that provides an unusual opportunity to examine the extent to which participatory processes of this form are in practice vulnerable to manipulation by political elites. The occasion for the study was an exercise in deliberative democracy in the small African island state of São Tomé and Príncipe. In 2004 the country held a national forum in which citizens gathered in small groups throughout the country to discuss topics related to economic policy priorities for the country. In many ways the consultations, open to every adult in the country and managed in part by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), were a model of consultative practices in developing countries.
Unlike other such consultation processes, however, the organizers introduced a random element to the design of their consultation: the leaders who moderated the discussions were assigned randomly to groups throughout the country.
This feature, along with a formal reporting mechanism on outcomes of discussions, affords a unique opportunity to identify the impact of leaders on the preferences expressed by groups. While we cannot identify the difference between outcomes that would obtain with and without leaders, we can exploit random variation in the identity of leaders to establish that leaders matter: we do this by showing how the identities of leaders determine outcomes. Identifying the impact of discussion leaders is usually rendered difficult by a selection problem: leaders' characteristics could be linked to discussion outcomes because of the criteria used in choosing leaders, rather than because of any independent influence of the leaders as such. But we are able to overcome this identification problem because of the randomization introduced into the Saotomean forum.
The findings are striking. Even though in many ways the deliberations in São Tomé and Príncipe were held in an ideal communication environment, there is robust evidence that the influence of leaders on the outcome of deliberation is extremely strong, with leadership effects accounting for a large share of the variation in views elicited across the country. If similar dynamics are at work in such consultations elsewhere, then our evidence suggests that these participatory practices may not return the benefits so commonly attributed to them by civil society groups, governments, and international organizations.
Our examination proceeds as follows. In Section II we describe the nature and rationale behind participatory decision processes, as well aswhy we might expect them to be vulnerable to political manipulation that would thwart their aims. In Section III we describe the political context of the deliberations in São Tomé and Príncipe, and in Section IV we discuss the structure of the deliberations in more detail. In Section V we present the main results of our analysis, estimating the degree of leadership bias and determining systematic correlates of bias. In Section VI we move from identification to explanation and seek to relate the outcomes of the discussions to rival mechanisms that can explain leader influence. Section VII addresses the question of the external validity of our results and Section VIII concludes.
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The Roadrunners (19-16) are coming off last weekend's three-game sweep at the hands of Western Athletic Conference co-leader CSU Bakersfield. UTSA nearly salvaged the series with a come-from-behind victory in Sunday's finale, but CSUB got a walk-off two-run single from Frank Martinez to complete the sweep.
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Fear fun?0 Comments Published by Cardillo on October 15, 2012 at 11:40 AM.
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Sometimes you wouldn't know it, but investing your god-given free time in following sports is supposed to be, umm, fun.
For instance, the 2012 baseball season following my Detroit Tigers was, in essence, six months of agita and misery -- until Justin Verlander's epic pitching performance in the ALDS Game 5 clincher vs. the Oakland Athletics. Hell, I actually cracked a smile during that four-hit shutout performance, realizing (as a gigantic cartoon light bulb popped up over my head), by golly this is supposed to be enjoyable.
Some of the same logic seems to apply a lot of the time to the United States National (Soccer) Team.
What in the world happened that the No. 2 team in CONCACAF -- a region where it has more resources and people than all other members -- is suddenly in life-and-death struggles against the likes of Antigua and Barbuda? Aren't these supposed to be the games the U.S. wins 6-0 and everybody has fun? Not games where it needs -- gasp -- Eddie Johnson to score a goal in the 90th minute to keep World Cup hopes alive.
Now, in full fairness, I didn't see the match last Friday, and not only because of the beIN sports carriage debacle. I had to work, yet followed (when I could) on Twitter and the reaction was the digital form of an angry mob of villagers storming the castle with pitchforks and torches. It wasn't only the random, cynical, like-minded U.S. fans I follow either, but even prominent writers -- usually against first-guess criticism -- openly questioning coach Jurgen Klinsmann's tactics and lineup selection.(*)
(*) Interesting that so many writer's knives came out with Jozy Altidore dropped from the lineup. Wonder why? Could they be more interested in maintaining a friendly working relationship with the players who'll be around beyond the current coaching staff or covering the team objectively? Just a thought.
A total fiasco was avoided thanks to Johnson and truthfully that's all that's going to matter so long as the U.S. doesn't lose to Guatemala on Tuesday night in Kansas City as it will advance to the final CONCACAF six-team hexagonal with it's three automatic World Cup berths -- and a soft landing for fourth place in a playoff against the Oceania champs.
The bigger question here, is when did simply watching the U.S. play international matches become 90 minutes of frustration? Hell, even the famous win at the Azteca in the summer was a slog until the late smash-and-grab winner. It's been some time since 11 guys put on the striped U.S. shirts and people were wowed by what they did.
Lets say right away, nobody is expecting every time the U.S. plays it channels a combination of the 1970s Ajax teams and current Barcelona teams, playing a brand of passing/pressing/total football that blows minnows out of the water, sending tactics fetishists all atwitter. It would be nice, but with the limitations inside the U.S. lineup and players spread so far across the globe, that level of cohesion isn't going to happen. In fact, that's a product of current international soccer where in most major nations (Spain a notable outlier) its top talent is scattered across numerous clubs around the globe. You could be Klinsmann, you could be Brian Clough, given a couple days of training with 23 players coming from 10 different leagues it's going to be hard to forge a united, cohesive plan. Chemistry doesn't happen with the snap of the fingers.
In the specific case of Antigua and Barbuda last week, a small, narrow, bumpy water-logged pitch probably played a factor, too, in practical terms.
There's definitely an argument to be made the smaller teams around the world, in particular CONCACAF, have improved in recent years, with nations like the U.S. Virgin Islands and it's -38 goal difference in the first group stage of 2014 World Cup qualifying are becoming rarer and rarer.
Still, whatever mitigating factors there might be, the average U.S. National Team fan still has the mindset that the U.S. should blitz a tiny Caribbean island 6-0 and cakewalk through qualification.
There's nothing wrong with that line of thinking. Given how far U.S. Soccer has progressed in recent times, qualification for every World Cup -- without sweating it out either(*) -- should be expected.
(*) Someone needs to writer an alternate history where the U.S. doesn't qualify for the World Cup. Frightening scenario.
You don't want to to take it to the extreme cases where some soccer fans would rather embrace "beautiful winners" than ugly winners. We actually already see enough of that a lot where a 1-0 win is scoffed at, a la Jose Mourinho's years at Chelsea, despite all the trophies. Or look at Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United in recent years with all the cries about "Fergie Time" or the officiating at Old Trafford leading to many one-goal wins by the Red Devils.
It's interesting to remember, in about a decade or so's time, the U.S. evolved from plucky, mulleted underdogs in nearly every match to the decided favorite unless it's up against the elite grouping of teams from Europe and South America. Even as late as 1998 the U.S. certainly wasn't an automatic shoo-in to qualify for France. In turn, the U.S. actual style of play still doesn't seem suited to playing the favorite, possessing the ball in the opponent's half for 90 percent of the match, for dictating the tempo and clinically, ruthlessly taking the little guys to the proverbial woodshed. The U.S. is still better using it's physicality, stamina and hustle to beat teams on the counterattack instead of the cultured passing or technical ability to break defenders down 1-v-1.
So once again, like the U.S. under Bob Bradley, we're stuck with the weird contradiction. The U.S. can get results against teams like Spain, Italy or away at Mexico (albeit a friendly) yet has a harder time than a vegan in a slaughterhouse against micro nations and CONCACAF also-rans.
Again, though, the question remains how to look at this like a fan?
Is there any fun left rooting for the U.S., at least until it gets to the World Cup, since everything else probably doesn't matter all that much. Sure the Gold Cup can produce a game with ramifications vs. Mexico and the occasional friendly -- at least on American soil -- is fun to attend in person, but at the end of the day all most fans are worried about are those three group stage World Cup matches every four years -- where the U.S. can finally prove it's worth on the biggest stage.
Is that too narrow a scope?
Ultimately international soccer is always going to be a pass/fail set up. There aren't enough matches during the course of the year for it to be anything else. It's not club soccer where you're with your team 50+ matches, where the manager can try new things and new players and get away with it. Drop three points in the league, you've got 10 months to make it up. Drop them in a four-team round robin international format, you're in massive trouble.
It doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room.
And it's why going through slogs like Friday night in Antigua almost feel more like doing your algebra homework without a calculator than a fun way to use your hard-earned leisure time.
The journey to the destination shouldn't be fraught with this much peril. There should be time to enjoy it-- Tuesday in Kansas City vs. a nice home crowd vs. Guatemala would be a nice start -- instead of worrying about the worst case, sky is falling, possibility of failing to qualify.
Suppose it really all boils down to, when the final whistle blows after 90 minutes of a U.S. match, do you care how the soccer sausage you're eating was made, or do the three points taste delicious no matter what?
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During Tuesday morning's assembly, Little Milligan Elementary Principal J.R. Campbell told his students how proud he was of his school.
"So many good things have happened to us," Campbell said. "You guys are the biggest part of it. We've got the best teachers. Then along came Mr. and Mrs. Grindstaff."
The assembly paid tribute to Steve and Ashley Grindstaff of the Grindstaff family of auto dealerships, who raised more than $7,500 for Little Milligan.
While celebrating the first birthday of their twin sons – Baron and Bentley – the Grindstaffs held a fundraiser specifically for the students of Little Milligan.
"I wanted to do a nice birthday party for them," Ashley Grindstaff said during the assembly. "But I thought about you all, and thought, 'What if we did a fundraiser in honor of the boys and raise money for the school?' "
Thought became action, and in October 2012 the Grindstaffs hosted the fundraiser in the form of a costume party.
"They treated us like kings," Campbell said of the fundraiser. "I've never been treated so well in all my life."
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- Shortest Stopping Distance from 60 mph (projected): Ford Police Interceptor sedan AWD 3.7L
- Quickest Lap Average: Ford Police Interceptor sedan AWD 3.5L with EcoBoost
- Highest Top Speed: General Motors / Chevrolet Caprice 6.0L
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The 2012 Michigan State Police Vehicle Evaluations, run by Lt. Jim Flegel, took a tough look at the models the industry has in store for next year. Sadly that flying car we were promised for the world of tomorrow still has yet to receive a set of mounted wig-wags, let alone exist.
As usual the event—kept at home within Michigan—was organized by acceleration, braking, top speed and handling. Following 2012's lead the motorcycle dynamic handling tests were run on the same track as the vehicles. This allows an opportunity to compare similar consecutive-year data from the two-wheeled patrol to the four-wheeled workhorses. Acceleration, braking and top speed tests were hosted at the Chrysler Proving Grounds in Chelsea.
Both motorcycle and vehicle dynamics were held at the Grattan Raceway in Belding.
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Along with the hundreds of attendees returning each year—some for 20+ years and even from as far away as Alaska—participating vehicles included the following:
- Four Chrysler/Dodge Chargers with various axle/engine configurations in: 3.06 5.7L; 2.65 5.7L; 3.07 3.6L and 2.65 3.6L
- Four vehicles from General Motors/Chevrolet: Caprice 6L (Highest top speed); Caprice 3.6L;
- Impala 3.6L and Tahoe 5.3L
- A fleet of Interceptors from Ford: two AWD sedans one in 3.5L and 3.7 (Shortest Stopping Distance from 60 MPH); a FWD sedan 3.5L; a AWD 3.5L with Ecoboost (Quickest Dynamic Lap Average); and an AWD Utility 3.7L
- Participating motorcycles included:
- BMW Motorrad's R1200 (Fastest to 60 MPH)
- Harley-Davidson's police packages in their Road King and Electra Glide as well as a third prototype model. Results of this prototype are unpublished.
- The Polaris/Victory Commander I
Notably absent are any vehicles specified for E85 as in previous years.
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When helmeted they're silent, steady and serious. These drivers consistently push tires to their utmost gripping point. (The sounds of squealing fresh rubber and the push of wind as they drove by still haunt me today.)
Nothing could exemplify this more than looking at the recorded lap times of dynamic testing. Many times the difference between a driver's best and worst lap run between a half a second—or less. On other occasions drivers hit the exact same lap times—in a row. With the state police recording times in the hundredth of a second, one can imagine the level of talent and skill.
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- Sgt. Mike McCarthy (vehicles only)
- Tpr. Marcus Trammel (motorcycles only)
- Sgt. Ron Gromak (both)
- Sgt. Matthew Rogers (both)
- Sgt. Doug Schutter (vehicles only)
- Tpr. Nate Johnson (motorcycles only)
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- Projected stopping distance from 60 mph: 132.3 feet
- Dynamic test lap average: 1:38.39 seconds
- Top speed: 131 mph
- Acceleration to 60 mph: 7.62 seconds
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- Projected stopping distance from 60 mph: 130.9 feet
- Dynamic test lap average: 1:39.06 seconds
- Top speed: 131 mph
- Acceleration to 60 mph: 7.86 seconds
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- Top speed: 132 mph
- Acceleration to 60 mph: 7.53 seconds
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- Dynamic test lap average: 1:35.55 seconds - QUICKEST LAP AVERAGE
- Top speed: 150 mph
- Acceleration to 60 mph: 5.75 seconds
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- Projected stopping distance from 60 mph: 132.6 feet
- Dynamic test lap average: 1:40.68 seconds
- Top speed: 132 mph
- Acceleration to 60 mph: 7.96 seconds
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AUSTIN -- A Travis County grand jury indicted a man Tuesday in the death of a cyclist.
Maurice Widener, 86, was indicted for criminally negligent homicide in the death of Verter Ginestra. The avid cyclist was killed while riding his bicycle at 360 and Westbank Drive in April 2012.
Ginestra's friends told KVUE News that he was always safety conscious and wore his helmet along with bright colored clothing to stand out.
Those safety precautions weren't enough to save the husband, salesman and father of two last year.
Police say Widener was attempting to pass other cars when he veered onto the shoulder and hit Ginestra.
A report from investigators with the Texas Department of Public Safety showed that Widener was speeding when he went around traffic and onto the shoulder of 360 rear-ending Ginestra. The cyclist died within minutes.
Widener has been allowed to keep his drivers license, however, a Travis County judge could revoke it as part of his bond setting.
The elderly man has hired high-profile attorney Roy Minton who didn't return our call Tuesday night.
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