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Yesterday the City of Boston launched its new website, Boston.gov, on Drupal. Not only is Boston a city well-known around the world, it has also become my home over the past 9 years. That makes it extra exciting to see the city of Boston use Drupal.
As a company headquartered in Boston, I'm also extremely proud to have Acquia involved with Boston.gov. The site is hosted on Acquia Cloud, and Acquia led a lot of the architecture, development and coordination. I remember pitching the project in the basement of Boston's City Hall, so seeing the site launched less than a year later is quite exciting.
The project was a big undertaking as the old website was 10 years old and running on Tridion. The city's digital team, Acquia, IDEO, Genuine Interactive, and others all worked together to reimagine how a government can serve its citizens better digitally. It was an ambitious project as the whole website was redesigned from scratch in 11 months; from creating a new identity, to interviewing citizens, to building, testing and launching the new site.
Along the way, the project relied heavily on feedback from a wide variety of residents. The openness and transparency of the whole process was refreshing. Even today, the city made its roadmap public at http://roadmap.boston.gov and is actively encouraging citizens to submit suggestions. This open process is one of the many reasons why I think Drupal is such a good fit for Boston.gov.
More than 20,000 web pages and one million words were rewritten in a more human tone to make the site easier to understand and navigate. For example, rather than organize information primarily by department (as is often the case with government websites), the new site is designed around how residents think about an issue, such as moving, starting a business or owning a car. Content is authored, maintained, and updated by more than 20 content authors across 120 city departments and initiatives.
The new Boston.gov is absolutely beautiful, welcoming and usable. And, like any great technology endeavor, it will never stop improving. The City of Boston has only just begun its journey with Boston.gov - I'm excited see how it grows and evolves in the years to come. Go Boston!
In one of my recent blog posts, I articulated a vision for the future of Drupal's web services, and at DrupalCon New Orleans, I announced the API-first initiative for Drupal 8. I believe that there is considerable momentum behind driving the web services initiative. As such, I want to provide a progress report, highlight some of the key people driving the work, and map the proposed vision from the previous blog post onto a rough timeline.
Here is a bird's-eye view of the plan for the next twelve months:
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Waterwheel initial release
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JSON API module
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Entity graph iterator?
Wim Leers (Acquia) and Daniel Wehner (Chapter Three) have produced a comprehensive list of the top priorities for the REST module. We're introducing significant REST API advancements in Drupal 8.2 and 8.3 in order to improve the developer experience and extend the capabilities of the REST API. We've been focused on configuration entity support, simplified REST configuration, translation and file upload support, pagination, and last but not least, support for user login, logout and registration. All this work starts to address differences between core's REST module and various contributed modules like Services and RELAXed Web Services. More details are available in my previous blog post.
Many thanks to Wim Leers (Acquia), Daniel Wehner (Chapter Three), Ted Bowman (Acquia), Alex Pott (Chapter Three), and others for their work on Drupal core's REST modules. Though there is considerable momentum behind efforts in core, we could always benefit from new contributors. Please consider taking a look at the REST module issue queue to help!
As I mentioned in my previous post, there has been exciting work surrounding Waterwheel, an SDK for JavaScript developers building Drupal-backed applications. If you want to build decoupled applications using a JavaScript framework (e.g. Angular, Ember, React, etc.) that use Drupal as a content repository, stay tuned for Waterwheel's initial release later this year.
Waterwheel aims to facilitate the construction of JavaScript applications that communicate with Drupal. Waterwheel's JavaScript library allows JavaScript developers to work with Drupal without needing deep knowledge of how requests should be authenticated against Drupal, what request headers should be included, and how responses are molded into particular data structures.
The Waterwheel Drupal module adds a new endpoint to Drupal's REST API allowing Waterwheel to discover entity resources and their fields. In other words, Waterwheel intelligently discovers and seamlessly integrates with the content model defined on any particular Drupal 8 site.
A wider ecosystem around Waterwheel is starting to grow as well. Gabe Sullice (Aten Design Group), creator of the Entity Query API module, has contributed an integration of Waterwheel which opens the door to features such as sorts, conditions and ranges. The Waterwheel team welcomes early adopters as well as those working on other REST modules such as JSON API and RELAXed or using native HTTP clients in JavaScript frameworks to add their own integrations to the mix.
Waterwheel is the currently the work of Matt Grill (Acquia) and Preston So (Acquia), who are developing the JavaScript library, and Ted Bowman (Acquia), who is working on the Drupal module.
In conjunction with the ongoing efforts in core REST, parallel work is underway to build a JSON API module which embraces the JSON API specification. JSON API is a particular implementation of REST that provides conventions for resource relationships, collections, filters, pagination, and sorting, in addition to error handling and full test coverage. These conventions help developers build clients faster and encourages reuse of code.
Thanks to Mateu Aguiló Bosch, Ed Faulkner and Gabe Sullice (Aten Design Group), who are spearheading the JSON API module work. The module could be ready for production use by the end of this year and included as an experimental module in core by 8.3. Contributors to JSON API are meeting weekly to discuss progress moving forward.
While these other milestones are either certain or in the works, there are other projects gathering steam. Chief among these is GraphQL, which is a query language I highlighted in my Barcelona keynote and allows for clients to tailor the responses they receive based on the structure of the requests they issue.
One of the primary outcomes of the New Orleans web services discussion was the importance of a unified approach to iterating Drupal's entity graph; both GraphQL and JSON API require such an "entity graph iterator". Though much of this is still speculative and needs greater refinement, eventually, such an "entity graph iterator" could enable other functionality such as editable API responses (e.g. aliases for custom field names and timestamp formatters) and a unified versioning strategy for web services. However, more help is needed to keep making progress, and in absence of additional contributors, we do not believe this will land in Drupal until after 8.3.
Thanks to Sebastian Siemssen, who has been leading the effort around this work, which is currently available on GitHub.
In order to validate all of the progress we've made, we need developers everywhere to test and experiment with what we're producing. This means stretching the limits of our core REST offerings, trying out JSON API for your own Drupal-backed applications, reporting issues and bugs as you encounter them, and participating in the discussions surrounding this exciting vision. Together, we can build towards a first-class API-first Drupal.
Special thanks to Preston So for contributions to this blog post and to Wim Leers for feedback during its writing.
What feelings does the name Drupal evoke? Perceptions vary from person to person; where one may describe it in positive terms as "powerful" and "flexible", another may describe it negatively as "complex". People describe Drupal differently not only as a result of their professional backgrounds, but also based on what they've heard and learned.
If you ask different people what Drupal is for, you'll get many different answers. This isn't a surprise because over the years, the answers to this fundamental question have evolved. Drupal started as a tool for hobbyists building community websites, but over time it has evolved to support large and sophisticated use cases.
Perception is everything; it sets expectations and guides actions and inactions. We need to better communicate Drupal's identity, demonstrate its true value, and manage its perceptions and misconceptions. Words do lead to actions. Spending the time to capture what Drupal is for could energize and empower people to make better decisions when adopting, building and marketing Drupal.
Truth be told, I've been reluctant to define what Drupal is for, as it requires making trade-offs. I have feared that we would make the wrong choice or limit our growth. Over the years, it has become clear that not defining what Drupal is used for leaves more people confused even within our own community.
For example, because Drupal evolved from a simple tool for hobbyists to a more powerful digital experience platform, many people believe that Drupal is now "for the enterprise". While I agree that Drupal is a great fit for the enterprise, I personally never loved that categorization. It's not just large organizations that use Drupal. Individuals, small startups, universities, museums and non-profits can be equally ambitious in what they'd like to accomplish and Drupal can be an incredible solution for them.
Rather than using "for the enterprise", I thought "for ambitious digital experiences" was a good phrase to describe what people can build using Drupal. I say "digital experiences" because I don't want to confine this definition to traditional browser-based websites. As I've stated in my Drupalcon New Orleans keynote, Drupal is used to power mobile applications, digital kiosks, conversational user experiences, and more. Today I really wanted to focus on the word "ambitious".
"Ambitious" is a good word because it aligns with the flexibility, scalability, speed and creative freedom that Drupal provides. Drupal projects may be ambitious because of the sheer scale (e.g. The Weather Channel), their security requirements (e.g. The White House), the number of sites (e.g. Johnson & Johnson manages thousands of Drupal sites), or specialized requirements of the project (e.g. the New York MTA powering digital kiosks with Drupal). Organizations are turning to Drupal because it gives them greater flexibility, better usability, deeper integrations, and faster innovation. Not all Drupal projects need these features on day one -- or needs to know about them -- but it is good to have them in case you need them later on.
"Ambitious" also aligns with our community's culture. Our industry is in constant change (responsive design, web services, social media, IoT), and we never look away. Drupal 8 was a very ambitious release; a reboot that took one-third of Drupal's lifespan to complete, but maneuvered Drupal to the right place for the future that is now coming. I have always believed that the Drupal community is ambitious, and believe that attitude remains strong in our community.
Last but not least, our adopters are also ambitious. They are using Drupal to transform their organizations digitally, leaving established business models and old business processes in the dust.
I like the position that Drupal is ambitious. Stating that Drupal is for ambitious digital experiences however is only a start. It only gives a taste of Drupal's objectives, scope, target audience and advantages. I think we'd benefit from being much more clear. I'm curious to know how you feel about the term "for ambitious digital experiences" versus "for the enterprise" versus not specifying anything. Let me know in the comments so we can figure out how to collectively change the perception of Drupal.
PS: I'm borrowing the term "ambitious" from the Ember.js community. They use the term in their tagline and slogan on their main page.
I sent an internal note to all of Acquia's 700+ employees today and decided to cross-post it to my blog because it contains a valuable lesson for any startup. One of my personal challenges — both as an Open Source evangelist/leader and entrepreneur — has been to learn to be comfortable with not being understood. Lots of people didn't believe in Open Source in Drupal's early days (and some still don't). Many people didn't believe Acquia could succeed (and some still don't). Something is radically different in software today, and the world is finally understanding and validating that some big shifts are happening. In many cases, an idea takes years to gain general acceptance. Such is the story of Drupal and Acquia. Along the way it can be difficult to deal with the naysayers and rejections. If you ever have an idea that is not understood, I want you to think of my story.
This week, Acquia got a nice mention on Techcrunch in an article written by Jake Flomenberg, a partner at Accel Partners. For those of you who don't know Accel Partners, they are one of the most prominent venture capital investors and were early investors in companies like Facebook, Dropbox, Slack, Etsy, Atlassian, Lynda.com, Kayak and more.
The article, called "The next wave in software is open adoption software", talks about how the enterprise IT stack is being redrawn atop powerful Open Source projects like MongoDB, Hadoop, Drupal and more. Included in the article is a graph that shows Acquia's place in the latest wave of change to transform the technology landscape, a place showing our opportunity is bigger than anything before as the software industry migrated from mainframes to client-server, then SaaS/PaaS and now - to what Flomenberg dubs, the age of Open Adoption Software.
It's a great article, but it isn't new to any of us per se – we have been promoting this vision since our start nine years ago and we have seen over and over again how Open Source is becoming the dominant model for how enterprises build and deliver IT. We have also shown that we are building a successful technology company using Open Source.
Why then do I feel compelled to share this article, you ask? The article marks a small but important milestone for Acquia.
We started Acquia to build a new kind of company with a new kind of business model, a new innovation model, all optimized for a new world. A world where businesses are moving most applications into the cloud, where a lot of software is becoming Open Source, where IT infrastructure is becoming a metered utility, and where data-driven services make or break business results.
We've been steadily executing on this vision; it is why we invest in Open Source (e.g. Drupal), cloud infrastructure (e.g. Acquia Cloud and Site Factory), and data-centric business tools (e.g. Acquia Lift).
In my 15+ years as an Open Source evangelist, I've argued with thousands of people who didn't believe in Open Source. In my 8+ years as an entrepreneur, I've talked to thousands of business people and dozens of investors who didn't understand or believe in Acquia's vision. Throughout the years, Tom and I have presented Acquia's vision to many investors – some have bought in and some, like Accel, have not (for various reasons). I see more and more major corporations and venture capital firms coming around to Open Source business models every day. This trend is promising for new Open Source companies; I'm proud that Acquia has been a part of clearing their path to being understood.
When former skeptics become believers, you know you are finally being understood. The Techcrunch article is a small but important milestone because it signifies that Acquia is finally starting to be understood more widely. As flattering as the Techcrunch article is, true validation doesn't come in the form of an article written by a prominent venture capitalist; it comes day-in and day-out by our continued focus and passion to grow Drupal and Acquia bit by bit, one successful customer at a time.
Building a new kind of company like we are doing with Acquia is the harder, less-traveled path, but we always believed it would be the best path for our customers, our communities, and ultimately, our world. Success starts with building a great team that not only understands what we do, but truly believes in what we do and remains undeterred in its execution. Together, we can build this new kind of company.
Dries Buytaert
Founder and Project Lead, Drupal
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Acquia
In my latest SXSW talk, I showed a graphic of each of the major technology giants to demonstrate how much of our user data each company owned.
I said they won't stop until they know everything about us. Microsoft just bought LinkedIn, so here is what happened:
By acquiring the world's largest professional social network, Microsoft gets immediate access to data from more than 433 million LinkedIn members. Microsoft fills out the "social graph" and "interests" circles. There is speculation over what Microsoft will do with LinkedIn over time, but here is what I think is most likely:
In the past I wrote that data, not software, is eating the world. The real value in technology comes less and less from software and more and more from data. As most businesses are moving applications into the cloud, a lot of software is becoming free, IT infrastructure is becoming a metered utility, and data is what is really makes or breaks business results. Here is one excerpt from my post: "As value shifts from software to the ability to leverage data, companies will have to rethink their businesses. In the next decade, data-driven, personalized experiences will continue to accelerate, and development efforts will shift towards using contextual data.". This statement is certainly true in Microsoft / LinkedIn's case.
If this deal shows us anything, it's about the value of user data. Microsoft paid more than $60 per registered LinkedIn user. The $26.2 billion price tag values LinkedIn at about 91 times earnings, and about 7 percent of Microsoft's market cap. This is a very bold acquisition. You could argue that this is too hefty a price tag for LinkedIn, but this deal is symbolic of Microsoft rethinking its business strategy to be more data and context-centric. Microsoft sees that the future for them is about data and I don't disagree with that. While I believe acquiring LinkedIn is a right strategic move for Microsoft, I'm torn over whether or not Microsoft overpaid for LinkedIn. Maybe we'll look back on this acquisition five years from now and find that it wasn't so crazy, after all.
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Quote from: graham.d on 02/11/2009 09:17:17(and some more modern torches) the batteries may be in parallel.Wow! That's a new one. No isolating diodes or anything? Sounds like a scheme invented by battery manufacturers to make us buy more batteries!
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The color was perfect just what I wanted. However the craftmanship of the bed was not great! I guess thats why the price was good.
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BeschreibungThis book is a collection of interviews with twenty distinguished teachers of Judaism, with a special focus on the concept of Avodat Hashem (the service of God) and its meaning for the modern Jew today. These twenty teachers include rabbis, educators, philosophers, and authors who have dedicated their lives to inculcating the teachings of the Torah into the lives of modern Jews. Shalom Freedman, author of Life as Creation: A Jewish Way of Thinking about the World, conducted each interview in the inspiring climate of Jerusalem - the learning capital of the Jewish people - and the greater surrounding area, where he discovered a wealth of individuals and institutions who are cultivating the intellectual and spiritual growth of Judaism.
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It's vital that people choose a pet that's suitable for high-density living, but what should you do if you already own a dog or a cat and you're making the move from a large home to smaller premises?
Australians are increasingly choosing to downsize to high-rise apartments and townhouses from the traditional house on a larger block. And it isn't just people approaching retirement who are making the move – it's people of all ages and lifestyles.
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Ridiculous! Overbooked at the hospital emergency room...still had to go through the triage process and there were 10 other people ahead of us waiting for him 2 hours after our appt time...the doctor wasn't even in the hospital and the nurse said he said " he'll be there when he gets there"...sounds arrogant and pompous...we left !
Always overbooked to the point of standing room only. As a result he seems to be rushing through each appt in order to get to the next.
Outstanding staff but it ends there. No credit card or debit card payments. His attitude is 16th century at best. He needs to get with the times, most people don't carry cash in excess of 100.00 dollars. Yes he will lose a small percentage in fees but the convenience to his patients should be the deciding factor not his pocket book. If his patients are not the main concern then I here McDonald's is hiring oops the believe in customer service.
I saw Dr Nixon recently in Emerg. Very busy man, but took the time to answer my questions And got me into his office in a week or so to start the necessary treatments for my eye condition. Office staff was very friendly and helpful. He also did my mother's cataract surgery many years ago and my sister has been seeing him for a few years for injections for macular degeneration. All of us have been very happy with his knowledge and skill level. A bit of a wait in the office sometimes, but totally understandable. He is a very busy man.
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ranger- the kitty quilt is going to my favorite LA'er. He has such a good eye for what to do and it just calls for something other than what I could do.
This is a wall hanging I started before Christmas. Now it's ready for 2012!
Barballen, Love the cats. they are so real looking. Love it
Kris - I love the tree! All ready for next Christmas!
Lovely tree Kris! I like how it sparkles!:thumbup:
Great finishes Ladies!!! Keep that bell a ring-a-ding-dinging :D
I have started my next UFO, but it's really only a semi-ufo as it's more a WIP that got set aside because of some more urgent projects, I didn't really abandon it.
I already have 2 setbacks on it and I just got back to work on it yesterday. LOL... First I somehow managed to cut 48 squares from my blue and red scraps the wrong size.. I cut 4" and they needed to be 5". Not only did I cut them wrong, I got most of them sewed together as I am making HSTs with them. Thankfully I discovered my error before I actually cut them. The real setback from this is that now I don't have enough dark blue scraps to cut the 5" ones from. I have a good amount of blues, but this is for a Marine and the ones I have left are florals. So now I'm pretty much stuck till I can get out to a thrift store and shop for dark blues. So frustrating!!
Kris,nice tree. Glad you got it finished even if you can't use it until Christmas 2012.
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Cute stitching on that coat. Great Job. I at least got the rob peter pay paul quilted. No binding yet, but will get on that. Had issues with the longarm so did not get any others done. I did finish my dq top but not teh balentines one I wanted to get sewn. Now I picked up a second job for a few weeks, need the money, so may not get as much done in February, but will see how it goes.
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There has always been a lot of chuntering about whether cooking – especially at the haute end of things – can be described as art. Some of the more self-aggrandising chefs would say it is. But they would, wouldn't they?
More pointy-headed types than me have also argued that sublime cooking has transformative qualities and can contain layers of meaning, so, yeah, art. But I'm not convinced: surely food's eventual fate precludes it from any aspirations to high culture? Not that it stops rabid foodies using it as shorthand for the old kunst. A recent piece in the New York Times stated, "Nobody cares if you know about Mozart or Leonardo any more, but you had better be able to discuss the difference between ganache and couverture." (Mind you, the same article also said that food is unable to provoke anger or sorrow. The writer clearly hadn't visited Gregg's Table.)
So here's the latest gallery restaurant, at the new Serpentine Sackler in Kensington Gardens. It's light years from the traditional art world hospitality of cling-filmed carrot cake served in the vaults. Designed by Zaha Hadid, it's little short of extraordinary. The 200-year-old former gunpowder store looks as though someone has flung a giant, uncooked pizza base over a supersized Alvar Aalto wave vase. In daylight, sitting inside this cream- and sorbet-coloured curiosity, with its swooping columns that manage to be simultaneously phallic and yonic, makes you feel all Alice In Wonderland, as if strange creatures are rustling in the greenery outside. In the evening, with trancey DJs and mood lighting, it's like one of those wildly designed joints in Vegas or Singapore. It's very, very Not London.
The chef, too, is very Not London. Oliver Lange is Berlin-born and has worked with Nobu and at pop-up "happenings" here and abroad. His dishes are characterised by brow-wrinkling complexity. Take this simple-sounding number: robata lamb tartare, aubergine and cornbread. First conundrum: how can a tartare be also robata'ed? Raw and grilled? The two large meat patties look and taste uncooked, but have about them a whiff of smoke, as though they'd had a brief grapple with the robata behind the bike sheds. The tiniest petals of acidulated onion cradle emulsified blobs of this and that – mustard, pea (I think) or aubergine, glossy and tongue-coating with oil. There's modernist "snow" of maltodextrin, fragranced with chives. And cornbread, reduced to wafer-thin crisps.
Or there's "Ollysan's" (cringe) sushi: bizarre items topped with fried quails' eggs and truffle, or tofu and basil, scattered with seeds and served with soy jelly. Or whipped butter topped with powdered black Hawaiian salt. Or bread made with black pudding. Pork belly – a huge serving – features a hectic homage to the carrot: orange glazed; purple scattered with bacon-y dust; processed into a mousse-like sauce. Puffed pork rinds provide contrast and crunch. Oh, and there's a slow-braised pig's cheek, too. It's vaguely exhausting. Cauliflower also gets the treatment: served with cod in paper-thin raw cross-sections, and roasted and caramelised, and violently pureed. There are nuts and seaweeds, too, in case you're tempted to nod off. Puddings, particularly one made with tonka bean-scented tapioca, mango sorbet and dragonfruit, are like some kind of in-joke. I'm not sure I get it.
My favourite art-food collision on the planet – The Wapping Project – is about to close (go while you still can). I'm not sure this, a five-year installation, will replace it in my affections. But it's worth a visit, to be wowed by Hadid's vision and looked after by charming Juan Calatayud and his sharply dressed team. The food sure made us react, and I've thought about it a lot since. I suspect the gallerists will be delighted to have us uncultured restaurant critic types scratching our heads to make sense of it. But is that art?
• The Magazine The Serpentine Galleries, London W2, 020 7298 7552. Open, Wed-Sat, 10am-11pm; Tues and Sun, 10am-6pm. Meal with drinks and service, around £60 a head.
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This is a lovely comfortable home overlooking a national park with a swimming pool.
It's spacious and was newly built about 10 years ago.
The first room ($280.00) is a dedicated guest room on the second storey where the bedrooms are located. There is also an additional bedroom next to this room that is also available for rent for an additional cost which would make a lovely sitting room.
The other room is the basement. It's a large area with a bathroom overlooking the pool. Entry can be via the front door or the side door. The shared laundry is also in the basement and there is a fridge in the laundry and the bench area is big enough to have a microwave and a bench oven.
As far as rules go, the house is well looked after, clean, neat and tidy. I would expect anyone who stays in the house to treat the house in the same way.
Cleaners come once a fortnight, and the whole house is cleaned top to bottom.
I'm open to renting the room/s as room only, part board or full board (boarding would be an additional cost).
Living in the house is my partner, my daughter and myself. My older daughter is currently overseas.
The house is reasonably quiet and anyone who considers staying in the house will have their privacy respected as I expect ours will be.
I only want females to enquire please.
Also living in the house is a dog (Groodle called Zach), goldfish called Hector and a budgie called Charlie Boy.
I work from home.
We enjoy the summer in the pool and the garden and bunker down in the winter months.
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This storage basket is a sturdy, rust-resistant home organizer that's useful for toys, magazines, umbrellas, shoes and any other items you mean to stow away. Made of zinc-plated steel, this industrial home accessory resists rust indoors or out. August Kaspar, the developer of these wire baskets, was a ranch hand in Shiner, Texas during the American Frontier age. It was right around the time when barbed wire made a splash, promising to become the new and improved measure of holding cattle in check. This meant lots of smooth wire was being discarded by ranchers from all across the region. So Kaspar had a vision: to fashion quality baskets out of newly discarded wire. At first he fashioned himself a crude looking basket, made to help him carry hay and corn husks from the barn to the animal stalls. This was the humble beginnings of a company that now operates on a 40 acre manufacturing facility with state of the art equipment and highly experienced craftsmen. Since the first supply of Kaspar's baskets, handcrafted with the very wire from Texas pastures that farmers could no longer utilize, the company has kept on for five generations, still family owned, making baskets that are traditional in construction but modern in appeal.
Fill the baskets with anything you can think of: magazines, dog toys, shoes, umbrellas or small items that never have anywhere to go. The zinc-plated wire will not rust, so can go indoors or out. A set of four baskets comes labeled with numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4, or they can be sold separately without engraving.
Kaspar Wire Works was established in 1898 by August Kaspar, who constructed the first baskets using only his hands and a pair of pliers. A neighbor bought the basket for a single dollar. As the reputation of Kaspar wire grew, so did the tools. By 1904, Kaspar quit farming and pursued wire basket construction full time. In 1919, the company expanded, offering a host of new products like fly swatters, shopping carts, florists supplies, and more. Wire is unrivaled in its variety of use, and Kaspar Wire Works has steadily expanded its line of quality wire products. By the 1990's, Kaspar Wire Works had the largest electroplating plant in the Southwest, and the company again expanded their product line, adding computer components, soft drink racks, and gym baskets. Since the days of August Kaspar, the company has remained in Shiner, Texas, and it is now in its 5th generation as a family owned company.
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This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series #TourismMekongMy recent travel took me to Luang Prabang in Laos, a place I have not included on my must-see places before. It's not that it is not popular, it was just not one of the countries in my priority list. It was a great opportunity to be invited by the Mekong Tourism for a multi-country familiarization tour. Mekong River crosses six (6) SouthEast Asian countries Laos included. For those who are not familiar with it, Luang Prabang, Laos is one of the declared UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1995. It kept the honor of theRead More →
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Warning: This recap contains spoilers.
Confirmed: Maya Pope is a sociopath.
Even after the murders, the scheming with terrorists, the eating of her own wrists, I still held out hope that there was some ounce of human decency left in Maya Pope. That hope is now sitting in the sun with Jake. It's making jam with Fitz in Vermont. In other words, that hope is gone.
Mama Pope is such a vicious villain that the gladiators teamed up with B613 to take her down. At the start of this week's episode, which (fun fact) was directed by Debbie Allen, we learn that Maya has gotten away, a byproduct of the gladiator-led dismantling of B613. Jake is livid. And Fitz isn't so happy either — he and Cyrus also show up at OPA headquarters because Maya has a bomb and the president's schedule — causing major security issues for the campaign, just days from the election. Also, Jake talks very loudly about Olivia sleeping with him to get access to B613's top secret information. Fitz pouts. Cy confirms that there's only one person who can help them identify this associate and that person is Papa Pope, much to Jake's chagrin.
Rowan IDs the associate as Dominic Bell, who he eventually confesses, is the man who ruined his life. Dominic is Maya's true love. Jake tells Olivia he'll help the group only if Rowan is asked to leave. She refuses. Jake warns Olivia that Papa Pope's dad act is just that — an act. "Once his mask comes off…run."
Leo Bergen, who never pretends to be anything other than the ruthless campaign consultant that he is, makes a deal with a high school girl we've never seen before. He'll make sure she gets into Harvard if she does what he asks her to do. The task? Obtain a DNA sample from Jerry. She obliges…and then some. She'd like acceptance to Yale, too. K, thanks, bye.
Did Sally get hypnotized or something? Four episodes ago she was giving speeches about the Devil and overcooked bacon and now she's leading the polls and plotting with Leo on all the unethical ways in which she can beat Fitz? Turns out the White House doctor doesn't care about doctor-patient confidentiality and revealed that Mellie asked for a paternity test for Jerry. Mellie seems all but certain that Big Jerry is the father of her eldest son.
Between that and Fitz having shut down her romance with Andrew Nichols, Mellie has taken to day drinking. I mean, it could have been coffee in her mug. Except I don't mean that, not even a little.
Let's play "What's in Mellie's mug?" #Scandal
— Julie Hammerle (@JulieHammerle) April 11, 2014
This was a pretty dark episode, but Mellie made me LOL more than once. Fitz, under strict orders from Olivia not to leave the White House, complains that "someone out there wants me dead." Fitz wonders why Mellie starts laughing and she informs him: "because you think it's just out there."
Fitz grows increasingly antsy as he learns of the death of Sen. Hightower, a friend and political ally. Knowing that Sally will vie for the opportunity to deliver the eulogy, Fitz appeals to Olivia, who says no way. He brings up Defiance and tries to convince Olivia that he needs to go to Ohio to legitimately win this election. She promises he'll win the election, but notes that he has to be alive to do it. As far as the obligatory eye-rolling session that is Fitz and Olivia's weekly dialogue, this one was fairly tame. I wasn't moved by Fitz's whining — "I miss you. I don't want you sleeping with Jake. It makes me crazy," but we already know he's the jealous type.
Olivia pledges to bring the campaign to Fitz and schedules remote interviews from the White House. Thanks to an olive branch from Papa Pope, Olivia is aware of Leo Bergen's quest to get Jerry's DNA. She takes her intel to Mellie, who drunkenly reveals her desire to hurt Fitz the way he's hurt her and also that Big Jerry — not Andrew, as Olivia assumes — is Jerry's potential father. This was a strong moment between Mellie and Olivia and reminded me how much I love their scenes together. Olivia promises that Leo won't get the actual results.
Liv heads back to OPA, where Rowan's patience is wearing thin. He decides to play a game of Russian Roulette with Dominic, but not before offering Maya a chance to save her lover's life. She's declines. Liv cringes on the other side of the door as she hears Rowan fire the fatal shot.
I've waited a very long time to kill that man." Poppa Pope proving that revenge is a dish best served cold. #scandal
— Lola Ogunnaike (@lolaogunnaike) April 11, 2014
At home later, Olivia shuns the Fitz phone in favor of…Jake! She calls him and tells him about Rowan murdering Dominic. She remembers seeing Dominic as a little girl and not realizing that he was her mother's lover. Then the truth about Maya sets in. "She loved him my whole life and when the time came to save him she let my father kill him." They also discuss their feelings and how Olivia's mission to get B613's secrets was only part of the night they spent together. Olivia says she loves Fitz, but confesses: "I felt something with you last night and that feels like betrayal."
Jake sees it differently: "It feels like a first step," he says. Where can I get a Team Jake t-shirt?
Jake corners David Rosen into helping him do an investigation of his own — running facial recognition software to figure out Maya's whereabouts. He calls Abby (aww) for some moral support. Abby, while standing over Dominic's dead body, reassures her boyfriend: "No one's gonna kill anyone."
Liv's plan to finish out the campaign from the White House works — until it doesn't. Once Fitz learns that Sally is leading the polls, he orders up Marine One. He's heading to Ohio. Defiance! Cy alerts Olivia, who reasons (with some encouragement from a very unrepentant Rowan) that Maya won't blow up the school where Fitz is speaking if her daughter is there. Side note: Does Liv have a teleportation device? Because she got to Ohio awfully fast.
After being introduced as a man of "unimpeachable character and integrity" by someone who obviously does not employ a factchecker, Fitz settles into his speech. We're led to believe that the bomb is underneath the school and Olivia alerts Fitz who makes up a story about setting the basement sprinklers on. Everyone evacuates.
Meanwhile back at OPA headquarters — Huck and Quinn come face to face and get…distracted. This was Huckleberry Quinn's raunchiest scene yet and that's saying something, considering how many times these two have licked each other's faces. While they were getting it on in the parking garage, Maya Pope strolled right past them for a visit with her estranged husband.
By the time Olivia gets back to D.C. (again, dubiously fast), she finds Rowan bleeding and gasping for air It's unclear what Maya did to him, but it's not looking good for Rowan. Twitter was not happy. I, too, hope Papa Pope pulls through — I've consistently looked forward to watching Joe Morton throughout this season.
As a distraught Olivia calls for help, the extended gladiator family uncovers Mama Pope's sinister plan. Adnan tells Harrison that the bomb was never in Ohio. Jake and David Rosen figure out where the bomb really is: the church where the funeral for Senator Hightower is being held. And that heart attack Sen. Hightower suffered? It never happened. Maya killed him.
Fitz is back at the White House, where he is fine-tuning the eulogy he thinks he's going to deliver at the senator's funeral. Cyrus knows otherwise, having been informed of the bomb's placement at the church. When he learns that Sally Langston is on her way to the church, he decides against informing the FBI. Cy is a self-described monster, but I find it hard to believe that even he would let presumably hundreds of people get hurt or killed in an attack that he could prevent. Sally isn't the only White House fixture at the funeral — Andrew Nichols is also there.
Mama Pope sets the timer for an hour, setting in place the events for next week's season finale, which has one of the most intense taglines I've ever seen: Watch it live Thursday or hate yourself Friday.
Lingering questions: What were the results of Mellie's legit paternity test? Is Papa Pope going to make it? Is Cyrus really not going to alert any authorities?


text: Six Weeks Outside Reading Assignment "Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting." ~Edmund Burke~ Quick Links: I. Overview II. Dates III. Book List IV. Book Descriptions V. MWDS Form VI. Rhetorical Devices with Definitions VII. Book report Options VIII.MLA Citation Generator I. http://www.citationmachine.net Overview • The purpose of outside reading is to foster a personal habit of reading for pleasure. • To this end, you are asked to read two books per six weeks, and to compose a report about your chosen book. • We have provided a list of themed fiction and nonfiction books for each six weeks. However, it is up to you to choose which book you wish to read. The list is extensive. • The first book of each six weeks will be nonfiction, the second fiction. Outside Reading Reports • Once per six weeks, you must turn in a Major Works Data Sheet. (Form explained later in presentation.) • Once per six weeks, you will turn in an alternative project. – I will tell you which project is to be done each six weeks, though you may choose which project is done for which book. • The details of these book reports can also be found online. Read over them carefully, and well in advance, some of them are more time-consuming than you might expect. So when do I do what? 1. 2. 3. 4. You must read one nonfiction book from the Approved List You must read one fiction book from the Approved List. You must prepare one MWDS You must prepare one "Choice" book report MWDS NonFiction Fiction Choice Report The way you combine the above books and reports is up to you, but you must turn in one book report every three weeks. When is it due? Every Three Weeks… but more specifically: Fall Semester: Spring Semester: 1st six weeks: 4th 9/3-9/9 9/24-9/30 2nd six weeks: 10/15-10/21 11/5-11/11 3rd six weeks: 12/3-12/9 1/7-1/13 six weeks: 1/28-2/3 2/18-2/24 5th six weeks: 3/21-3/25 4/8-4/14 6th six weeks: 4/29-5/5 5/20-5/26 About the Dates: Please note, the window for turning in the project opens on a Thursday, and closes on a THURSDAY, not Friday. If you are absent, for example, on Sept. 9th, the book report is late when you return as you had 7 days to turn it in. Do NOT wait until the last minute. So What Can I Read? • Each six weeks one of six themes will be assigned. – Each theme is a different tab on the spreadsheet below. • Choose one book from each list to read, Nonfiction first. So What's On the Major Works Data Sheet? • MLA Citation: for now, use a citation generator – • Basic Information: – – • Organization: does the book go in chronological order? Does it jump around? How does this effect the story? Characters: Descriptions of five characters or figures from the book, and why they are important. Rhetorical Strategies: (use Flip Chart &/or Rhetorical Devices PPT) – – – – • • • Social Environment: how does the social setting influence the events? (ex: private high school, Southern Mississippi in 1825, Cold War Russia) Plot: – • • Significance of Title: What does the title mean, how is it important? Author's Nationality: can influence a work as it is reflective of the author's background; this is where they are from, not their race (answering with the author's race will result in a 20 point deduction) Setting: – • http://www.citationmachine.net Strategy: Name of Device/Strategy Text: Quote where it appears in the book Function: Definition of Strategy Significance: Why did the author choose that specific strategy? Genre: Fiction, Sci-Fi, Romance, Mystery, Biography, etc. Style: What are some of the distinguishing characteristics of the author's style? Theme: – What is the book about? Answers MUST be TYPED And the "Choice" Book Reports? • One Choice Book Report will be assigned for each six weeks. – Though each book report is 'assigned,' each report has certain elements that can be tailored to your individual book or style. – Detailed instructions are on the embedded file. Choice Book Reports Overview (overview ONLY, consult detailed instructions before attempting) • Book to Film: write a script with soundtrack, or create a Photo Story of your book • Dialectical Journal: a handwritten journal including summaries, questions, and rhetorical devices for each chapter • Collage: choose eight rhetorical devices to represent in pictures, and explain each choice (Glogster) • iSearch: write a research report on something from the book that piqued your curiosity. • Essay: one of four options for an AP style essay concerning the book's theme and plot • Book Log: choose five logs (from twelve) to complete over your novel, creating a booklet • 54321 Poster: visual book report with specific elements Book Qualifications aka: "What about this book that isn't on the list?" Book Recommendations Must: – Fit the theme for the six weeks, and – Have a Lexile level of 1100 or greater, • See www.lexile.com for ratings. 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- Once upon a time, a plague of frogs visited the Sansretour Marsh. Duchess Ademarta declared a prize would be given to whomever freed the land of these accursed amphibians. Yet neither the knights errant nor the druids nor anyone else proved up to the task – until a poor raftsman named Flovive figured out a way. He serenaded the frogs with his violin and they, entranced by his melody, followed him out of the duchy. In memory of this event, the settlement where Toussaint's raftsmen dwell bears his name.


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My life is a miracle! Four years ago I was an alcoholic, living out of my car with my dog. I could barely make it to work and the only reason I bothered to show up was because I was a farmers market manager. I absolutely loved the markets as they were a perfect combination of my service industry, chef, and people skills. Sadly, my personal life caught up with my professional one and I was let go. On May 12, 2012 my life changed when I got sober. Ten months later I got pregnant with my first daughter and a year after that I was managing farmers markets again. Just after I had my second daughter I began my own company and opened markets in communities that never had one. The markets are my legacy that I want to leave for my daughters; as I want them to see me as a role model and I want the community which I serve in to see me as a leader and provider.
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I started this company to make farmers markets' more accessible to all.
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I'm going to pay my staff $15 an hour (Minimum wage), Inventory of shopping bags for $2,500,
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Derived from natto, a fermented soybean dish from Japan
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VENUE: Gillette Stadium
SURFACE: FieldTurf
WEATHER: Foxboro, Mass
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PREDICTION: Patriots 34-26
KEYS TO THE GAME: The end game has been critical for the Cowboys. They've blown double-digit leads in losses to the Jets and Lions and survived a slow start for a rally at San Francisco. But the bye week bought Dallas recovery time and WR Miles Austin and RB Felix Jones should be at full strength for a potential shootout. The Patriots' once-rigid defense ranks last in the league, but Tom Brady and the NFL's top-ranked offense has mostly masked the flaw. Brady, who had five touchdown passes in his last start vs. Dallas, and WR Wes Welker, whose 740 receiving yards through five games set an NFL record, face nothing close to a shutdown corner this week. However, the Cowboys do own the league's stingiest run defense and will try to bring the heat on long passing downs.
FAST FACTS: Only Reggie White (105) had more sacks in his first 100 games than Cowboys OLB DeMarcus Ware (85). ... The Patriots have won 19 straight home games.
Tony Romo is getting better health-wise. His fractured rib has healed significantly and he is feeling better.
He will still continue to wear a protective Kevlar vest and take a pain-killing injection before the game on Sunday against the Patriots.
"I'm feeling better," Romo said. "Every week that goes by gets better and better. Hopefully in about a couple of weeks it'll be back to normal. Until then we have to do some little things to get over it."
What Romo can't get over is the constant criticism about his game and his penchant for seemingly making crucial mistakes in crunch time.
Former Cowboys cornerback Deion Sanders said he has seen all he wants to see of Romo after the three-interception meltdown against the Lions before the bye, saying he will never win a Super Bowl.
Romo responded on Wednesday with a guarantee that the Cowboys will win a Super Bowl at some point before his career is over.
"Every once in a while you definitely hear things," Romo said. "That's not something you search out. Deion is welcomed to his own opinion about stuff. Deion is Deion. He is what he is. We're going to go out here and we're going to play good football. This team is going to win a Super Bowl at some point.
"It's going to be exciting when that time comes. And when we look back, we'll know who was on what side of the fence during those tough moments. That's exciting for us as competitors knowing that we get a chance to go out there and have a chance to win."
As expected, the Patriots placed Mike Wright on injured reserve due to concussion symptoms, a move that scrambles their plans along the defensive line.
Myron Pryor is out, too, so there will be more pressure on a younger player such as Jermaine Cunningham to step up and fill the void.
Cunningham, a linebacker by trade, hasn't played much this year, nor has he made a major impact, but he figures to see a significant increase in playing time as the season goes on because he's younger and fresher than some of New England's veteran alternatives.
A second-round draft pick in 2010, Cunningham suffered an injury during training camp that limited his progress, plus the lockout arguably had more of an adverse effect on younger players like him than it did on the veterans who already knew the system.
"I think one of the things that Jermaine has had to work through is the time that he missed in training camp and the preseason games at the end of preseason -- for a second-year player, especially," coach Bill Belichick said. "With him last year really playing outside linebacker and ... this year we transitioned into a little bit more of a multiple defensive front, it's been a little bit of an adjustment for him. Missing that time didn't help him any."
Cunningham is still learning how to play with a hand on the ground as opposed to being a strict pass-rusher as an outside linebacker. He may need more time, but the Patriots are hopeful he can be a significant contributor by the end of the season.
"He's worked hard, and he's done a good job to get back on the field and get rehabbed and get back out there," Belichick said. "He's improving; he's gotten a little better each week. I think he's definitely on the upswing here and a guy that we hope will be able to contribute for us."
--OG Kyle Kosier was limited in practice for the second straight day with a foot injury. He is expected to play against the Patriots.
--K David Buehler was again limited in practice with a groin injury and is likely to miss his third straight game as the kickoff specialist.
--RB Felix Jones has been impressive so far as the team's primary runner. It's his first time handling the role dating back to high school. He has answered some questions about his durability and toughness by playing the last two games with a dislocated shoulder.
--FB Tony Fiammetta did not practice Thursday with a hamstring injury that kept him out of the Lions game before the bye. He is expected to miss his second straight game on Sunday.
--DL Albert Haynesworth is still limited in practice due to a back injury, and he probably will be a game-time decision Sunday afternoon.
--CB Leigh Bodden is limited in practice due to a chest injury, but he should be ready to play against the Cowboys.
--DL Kyle Love was limited in Thursday's practice after participating for the entire session Wednesday. Love is listed with a back injury.
--OL Sebastian Vollmer was limited in practice Thursday due to a back injury, though it appears his lack of participation is more precautionary at this point, which means he should be ready for Sunday.
--CB Ras-I Dowling is suffering from a hip injury that has limited his participation in practice this week. He'll likely be a game-time decision Sunday.
--DB Phillip Adams, waived by the Patriots on Monday, re-signed with the team Thursday when New England placed DL Mike Wright on injured reserve. Adams was active for two games earlier this season.
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Just Before school started i ran 10 miles and had no problems at all, in the first week i went running in the evenings for around 30 minutes and after one i had a bit of pain in my right thigh and though nothing of it, left it alone for a while but came back to running and it hurt more than before! It is usually worse once i have stopped and it was fine durin swimming today. I have been using deep heat and iburprophen (not sure how its spelt!) and that helps a little but is stilll bad.
Any idea on what it could be? or how long to heal? just because i wanted to go on a long run this weeked, Thanks a lot!
where on your thigh is the pain?
its at the front inside most of the way down
I'm no expert, but possibly a trigger point problem (although as RunMart says, a trip to the doc might be on the cards) requiring massage and stretching of the offending muscles. It could be one of several muscles causing the base problem.
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Skip to comments.Calif. tax climate 2nd worst in U.S. ( NY is number One )
Posted on 10/30/2010 11:10:41 AM PDT by george76
Californias business tax climate is second worst in the nation, better only than New Yorks, according to a new report from the Tax Foundation.
New Jersey managed to move up two spots on the list after four straight years as the nations worst business tax climate...
The index is based on the premise that taxes matter to business and states dont raise or lower taxes in a vacuum.
The modern market is characterized by mobile capital and labor. Therefore, companies will locate where they have the greatest competitive advantage...
(Excerpt) Read more at jan.ocregister.com ...
They need climate change.
No way!
2011 Business Tax Climate: Chilliest in Blue States.
Oh...That's bad right?? Could it be the Governor who is blind to our tax problem or the dummy Dems in the legislature. Both you say!!
California and New York have the worst tax climates in the U.S.? I have an idea, let's elect ueber-liberals for governor in each state this year.
In 2008 New York was ranked 45th.
In 2009 it was ranked 49th. And now is ranked a worst in the nation
They will lose their status when Dayton becomes governor of Minnesota.
Like, like permanent residence in Antarctica
The Tax Foundation today released the 2011 State Business Tax Climate Index (8th ed.) which ranks the fifty states according to five indices: corporate tax, individual income tax, sales tax, unemployment insurance tax, and property tax. Here are the ten states with the best and worst business tax climates
I'm sure that Mario 'Andrew' Cuomo will 'fix' that - assuming his campaign commercials can be believed ...
If our politicians could just figure a way to get enough of our money, they could solve all of our problems.
After arguing with liberals for many years about economics, I can tell you that they average liberal and the elite are brain dead when it comes to business.
They actually believe if you just tax and regulate enough, that will bring prosperity and "social justice."
But they are too stupid to recognize that you can't be a leech and bleed the host to death and still expect it to produce more blood.
You are so right. Liberals are convinced that in profit lies the solution to all their problems. Since profit is immoral (in their eyes), you can take it from a company to fund your social programs. Corporations can operate as they always do, providing jobs and products for the common good, at a break-even rate. Society then takes the proceeds. They cannot fathom that without profits, the whole point of the enterprise ceases to exist. Why would capital flow to a non-profit organization? Yet you hear this kind of thinking in every speech Obama delivers.
I note with interest that Alaska is No. 2 best climate. Another reason for the Dems to fear Sarah Palin.
paycheck confiscation bump for later.......
you aint seen nothing yet, just wait til Governor Shriver's Global Warming Religion Law is implemented.
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By IVES GALARCEP
As expected, Jurgen Klinsmann has called in a roster made up almost exclusively of non-MLS players for Wednesday's friendly vs. Bosnia Herzegovina. A few top veterans will be missing the match, but some intriguing new faces will be making their first appearances in a USMNT camp.
Neither Clint Dempsey or Landon Donovan have been called in for the match on Wednesday in Sarajevo, but there is still plenty of firepower on the squad, with Jozy Altidore, Michael Bradley and Tim Howard leading the veteran contingent selected for the match.
Young German-American centerback John Anthony Brooks and Aron Johannsson are among the new faces who will be attending their first USMNT camp, along with U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team goalkeeper Cody Cropper and German-based forward Bobby Wood.
Here is the full USMNT squad that will face Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday (as well as Klinsmann's thoughts on the call-ups as well as Dempsey's move to MLS):
USMNT ROSTER vs. BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA
GOALKEEPERS: Cody Cropper (Southampton), Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton)
DEFENDERS: John Anthony Brooks (Hertha Berlin), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Edgar Castillo (Club Tijuana), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC), Michael Orozco Fiscal (Puebla), Michael Parkhurst (Augsburg), Tim Ream (Bolton Wanderers)
MIDFIELDERS: Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Michael Bradley (Roma), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim), Jermaine Jones (Schalke), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht), Danny Williams (Reading)
FORWARDS: Jozy Altidore (Sunderland), Terrence Boyd (Rapid Vienna), Eddie Johnson (Seattle Sounders FC), Aron Johannsson (AZ Alkmaar), Bobby Wood (1860 Munich)
Klinsmann offered his thoughts on several of the call-ups, as well as Clint Dempsey's return to MLS:
On Johannsson:
"We are very excited to have Aron with us. It's a similar conversation that we have with all our dual-citizenship players. They have to make up their mind and they have to make their own decision. We can only hope they go toward the United States. Aron has made that big, big step which is huge for us because he's one of the up and coming promising strikers in Europe. He played really, really well in Denmark before he moved to AK Alkmaar, Jozy Altidore's old club, and is scoring goals there so we're really thrilled he chose to join us and to have him in our group. We just want to integrate Aron and make him feel comfortable, make him feel at home with us. Once he's comfortable and eligible and all the FIFA stuff is done, then we want to see him in real games and see if he can connect with something special to our game."
On Brooks:
"Having John Anthony Brooks is another exciting move that we can feel proud about in a certain way. Having followed him over the years now, we always are in touch with his club and coaches and it's easy to see John is a very special talent growing through the Bundesliga ranks. He's a center back with wonderful vision of the game, very decisive in one-on-one situations and very mature for his age. He was already with us one and half years ago in a U-20 camp we had, so we followed him and he's breaking through in the Bundesliga with Hertha Berlin. Similar to Aron, we want to have him get integrated into the group and get to know his new buddies and to feel comfortable with us. I think our group is a wonderful bunch of guys that make you feel comfortable from the first second you join them. And of course we're curious from a coaching perspective to see what he can add to our team, how he's taking things in during training and possibly in the game against Bosnia. It's another element we can add and we're very happy about that."
On Dempsey's move to MLS:
It's been a huge week. Having Clint back in the United States and joining MLS is big and I think everyone in the U.S. is excited about the news. I am thrilled for MLS because you have an outstanding player now hopefully filling more stadiums and getting even more kids and people excited about the game. For Clint it's a challenge, coming from one of the top leagues in the world, coming back to the U.S. and being back in MLS where we still have to work on a lot of things. Clint himself has set the highest benchmark for himself over the last year. He became our captain and he has to keep that benchmark and he knows that. I told him that over the last two years that he's got to go for the next level. Obviously we want the best Clint Dempsey ever and that's what we're going to push him toward as we begin to look toward Brazil. He has set a high standard for himself, and it's up to us coaches to make sure he keeps that high standard."
On leaving most MLS players off this roster:
"For the most part we wanted to leave the MLS players behind because it's a long way to go for a mid-week game in the heart of the season and many of them were with us a lot during the summer. This gives us a chance to look at some different players as well. At the same time, we still want a strong team so we have some guys from MLS and also from Liga MX. I told (Sounders head coach) Sigi Schmid that it's no problem to leave Clint off this roster. It's been a long week for Clint and he is still in preseason and getting a rhythm, so we leave him in Seattle and get him ready for the games in September."
What do you think of the roster? Who are you surprised to not see make the cut?
Share your thoughts below.
Christopher Robin
What happened to timmy chandler??
Quit whining about soccer in the US
Sounder's fan, but not infatuated with B-Rad.
Evans, though is solid, and very versatile. It is the reason he is on the JK fence, and the reason he will keep getting call ups until JK decides one way or the other.
My XI:
Corona / Mix / Bradley / Bedoya
F.Johnson / Brooks / Orozco / Cameron
What Klinnsy will probably go with:
—————EJ / Altidore—————-
F.Johnson / Bradley / Jones / Bedoya
Castillo / Brooks / Ream / Evans
Maybe he tries Ream at LB.
oh, i like your starting 11.
except kljestan > mix
yea, i said it kljestan > diskerud
klejstan maybe better than Mix if the game is against a slow CONCACAF opponent. Against a fast paced international team Sacha can't get the rhythm. His mind/limbs simply aren't quick enough to deal with the speed of the game. Considering Mix is much younger than Klejstan I'm sure we'll see it play out that Diskerrud, barring injuries, will have a >> career.
you are sure are you?
true, that norwegian league is pretty fast paced, so mix will probably make the jump pretty easily.
sadly, mix rarely goes more than about 60 min for rosenborg (3x in last 11 games) and just as rarely contributes anything offensively
meanwhile kljestan (lead all yanks abroad in assists last season) will be playing champions league group stage AGAIN this fall. i know it is not quite gold cup level, but pretty good.
kljestan has been given 1 start by JK, so thats probably a good enough sample to make a conclusion about how he can help this squad
Fan Futbol
Kljestan doesn't show well as a Nat. He's a turnover machine and plays too slow. Mix is faster and more creative, although a little more time on the treadmill and the weight room would help.
Mix went the full 90 several times for the US in the Gold Cup.
I agree, but right now I just really want to see Mix and Bradley play together now that Mix is really starting to gel. They could be very exciting together; I could see their styles complementing each other nicely.
Klejstan seems to have carved out a niche in the international game and is very effective against certain opponents, but Mix has a wider range of potential.
can we please see boyd play more than 10 minutes? thank you.
I totally agree.
This friendly is a game where we can afford to have Boyd start and get some real minutes to see where he is at. Most of his time played has come with 10 minutes left in the game and he has been frantic as he tried to make some sort of positive impression on the game.
Klinsi puts a lot of emphasis on getting a result when we play in Europe.He thinks it raises the profile of US soccer.For that reason I think he'll go with the strongest lineup.
Scott e Dio93
Let's start Boyd! If Boyd is terrible in first half, just sub-in Altidore, and use Aron as Dempsey/Donovan-role.
Do us a favor. Watch Boyd play a game for Vienna. Then watch Jozy and EJ.
There's only one logical explanation why Lichaj is getting snubbed.
He's harkesing Frau Klinsman.
OR….. he took Jurgen's mother out for a nice seafood dinner and NEVER CALLED HER AGAIN.
Dorothy Klinsman is a saint!! A saint!!
Freddy adu
The bad man Lichaj
Lichaj: The lady will have the cockles and mussels. I'd like the bearded clam.
Jesse D
Lichaj is kind of like our backup QB. Everyone yells for him to play, until he comes into the game… then everyone is like, bring back the starter!
if U.S. is to limit B&H to 2 goals or less the line-up will have to be:
I wonder if Jurgen called in Evans because he is doing him a favor to showcase him to Europe. He has been linked some to a Belgium move but that is more because his friendship with Klestjan. I think Evans is a good player and a good guy to have on a club team because he doesnt seem like a guy who will cry and moan if he doesnt start/play much. He seems like the type of guy that will make others around him better by pushing them.
I dont like the fact that Evans may be our #1 option right now at RB. I like Evans as a Sounders fan, but he seems to be really favored by Jurgen. I believe if Jurgen announced the Brazil roster he would be on that team. We have to have someone better even without DOLO.
Given recent results and performance of the USMNT, I think Klinsy has earned the benefit of the doubt when it comes to who he calls up. Doesn't mean we can't have a healthy discussion about it, since that's the name of the game for international squads: show me any international team call-up and I'll show you a large % of unhappy fans. Just the way it is, you have to make choices and you can't make everyone happy.
The positive thing is that it's usually those nations with the deeper talent pools over which people argue the most when it comes to who was called up or not. So the who Lichaj debate is a healthy sign to show how much stronger our soccer program has become. Clearly Klinsy isn't a big fan of Lichaj, but that's just the way it is. Coaches go with their gut and their personal preferences, most of the times.
Rags in DC
Here's what I think Klinsi will trot out (I just can't imagine Brooks or Aron J will start – just don't see it, expect late cameo's at best).
– Howard –
Evans – Cameron – Fiscal – Castillo
Bradley – Jones
Bedoya – Mix – Fabian
– Altidore –
Could see Parkhurst over Evans. Other option is for for Klinsi to play a 4-4-2 and put EJ back in the starting lineup with Jozy – and move FJ back to left back putting Castillo on the bench.
I expect to see Fiscal start. He had an excellent Gold Cup (better than I would have expected) I think Klinsi wants to test him against better competition and see if he can be a back up to Besler.
I bet Evans starts as Klinsmann wants another look at him against stronger competition before the the September qualifiers.
Curious as to Ream and if they think he could be an option at LB in a pinch. Though I can't imagine him marauding up the flank ala Beasley or FJ.
Finally – I assume Corona will see time in this match. Should be interesting. I just cleared my schedule for Wed. afternoon to get in front of a TV.
I would have tried to field my best starting XI (minus dempsey), and then filled out the roster with players I wanted to look at in camp. I'd really want me starters to get the long flight, and play against a top 16 team on the road. That being said, without the cooperation of the MLS teams that wouldn't work. So it looks like Seattle was the only team on board with it.
At this point in time, the only thing that frustrates me about JK is that he releases his roster's so late…. I guess that's a VERY good thing.
Nate Dollars
ives! now that you've re-ordered the comments from newest to oldest, can you add an option to view them in oldest-to-newest (like a certain 4-letter website does), for us traditional folk?
one of the main draws for this website is the comments that you get, and i think it makes them easier to follow (for me, at least) if they're going in chronological order.
Tim H.
Come next summer, who will be lining up for us at RB? Parkhurst needs to see the field for his club, no matter if his play at the Gold Cup was solid. Evans was nothing more than a stopgap and not only is he playing out of position, but his playing time is likely to dwindle in a loaded Seattle midfield. And Chandler is out of favor/form with his club and has been on the bench for sometime. Plus there is the Chandler's commitment issue. At this point, a healthy Cherundolo and who else at rightback? I'm hoping Lichaj keeps getting time and playing well for Nottingham to force his way into the squad. Other than that, I'd take a young, raw player like Yedlin over Parkhurst and Evans.
Jesse D
I could joke and say Bornstein… but that would be mean. If we are just throwing names out there, how about Spector, he is at least as good as Parkhurst.
Tim H.
I'd take Spector over Parkhurst and Evans. But he is suffering from severe facial injuries last time I heard. If he can heal in time for the January camp, then I wouldn't mind seeing him get a chance. If Jurgen values playing consistently for your club, no way does Parkhurst or Evans, or even Chandler, make it to Brazil. It's going to get to the point where Jurgen cannot ignore Lichaj any longer. Or he'll have to take a young prospect like Yedlin or a MLS right back like Kofi Sarkodie or Tony Beltran.
I've certainly spent some afternoons yelling at him and cursing his spot in the line up. But…. in spite of all the grief Bornstein gets and the disastrous Gold Cup final, the man actually had a respectable showing in S.A./ the WC.
Roman Lewandowski
The reason so many of us are making a fuss about Lichaj is because his constant omission defies every excuse people offer.
Playing time: Parkhurst, Ream, Williams, Shea (yes, I know Shea isn't on this roster), etc. have gotten very little of it in the last year. Lichaj has been a 90-minute player so far this season and, according to reports out of England, is locked into a starting role at either fullback position for the season.
Integration: Brooks, Johannsson, Wood, Evans, Bedoya, Ream, to name just a few new or reintroduced faces from 2013. I almost forgot our best CB, Matt Besler.
Travel: This game is in Europe. By contrast, Evans, Castillo, and Orozco are traveling halfway around the world for a meaningless friendly.
Club acclimatization: Lichaj has spent the offseason and preseason with his club. A FIFA-sanctioned midweek friendly in Europe could hardly be more disruptive to Lichaj than to Danny Williams, who is in virtually the same club position. One could argue that Brooks needs the time to acclimate to the Bundesliga. Parkhurst and Ream are fighting to keep their club careers on track.
Struggling with club: Danny Williams had an awful year last year and experienced the same "demotion" to the Championship. US fans have been baffled by the recent inclusions of Shea and Ream, whose names have become codewords for "bad form" in the last year. As many have noted, Parkhurst hasn't even played since his transfer. Chandler received several call-ups during what most agreed was a subpar season last year.
Evaluating via DVD: This excuse might be the most hollow of all. Any European manager even suspected of this type of selection process will face nonstop questions of competence. Trapattoni was frequently accused of this, and the Irish media and fans complained of his senility and called for his dismissal until he started watching players in person and calling new faces into camp. Any coach will admit there is no substitute for watching a player in person. Clearly that is the purpose of calling in Bobby Wood this time.
Obviously JK has something against Lichaj. I won't speculate what that is; honestly, it doesn't really matter.
But US fans have a right to wonder why a versatile young fullback–one who has played in England for several years and played well for the NT in the past–can't even get a look at the meaningless one-week Europe-based camp. Bobby Wood and Cody Cropper are there, for goodness sake. I wish the media would start asking some questions about this.
Jesse D
I guess I can buy in to your thought, if we are going to give Parkhurst and Evans a shot, why not Lichaj. At the same time, I've watched Lichaj get burned numerous times and although he adds something more moving forward, his defense is lacking. I don't know that he is a good enough player to be a real answer at that position. It appears Klinsmann hasn't been impressed either. If we are going to call for Lichaj, why not Jonathon Spector. He could be just as much an answer to the RB position.
Roman Lewandowski
Castillo's defense is lacking at best, and he has gotten numerous chances. Evans certainly is no lockdown fullback.
And Lichaj's defense isn't really lacking. His greatest weakness is that he tends to make unnecessarily aggressive challenges. He is, beyond a doubt, capable of performing well against CONCACAF competition. A lot of us would like to see whether he can perform against the best.
chris thebassplayer
Pure speculation, but if a player is performing at a decent level with his club, and defying all logic, hasn't been given another look… it's probably a lockeroom toxicity issue…time to move on from Lichaj.
I agree. I have no idea why he is left off and I trust JK to do his job BUT, when a guy who was rated high enough to start in a Gold Cup Final (one that actually counted) is dumped off the team for no obvious reason then we should have an explanation. It's not like we have fullbacks coming out of our hindquarters.
2 OKC teams 1 cup
You nailed it. +1,000,000,000
+2,000,000,000 That is an excellent comment above from Roman Lewandowski. It is time for wimpy sports reporters to finally grill Kllinsmann on Lichaj's omission. And if Klinsmann gives wishy-washy and hypocritical answers that on second thought make absolutely no sense, which he has been known to do in the past, then reporters need to ask tough follow-ups. I mean, we have chris theb@ssplayer, who I like, up above speculating that Lichaj might be toxic in the locker room. If this is true, then this would be a logical reason to snub Lichaj from the team. Maybe this job of getting to the bottom of the Lichaj snubs is an assignment for the most courageous soccer reporter during the Klinsmann era, the man who saved Klinsmann neck by publishing the story in March. Come on, Brian, do it.
chris thebassplayer
Very interested to see what Ream brings at this point at LB.