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New England Revolution
Quote Sheet
Chicago Fire at New England Revolution
Gillette Stadium - Foxborough, Mass.
July 12, 2014 – MLS Regular Season
Chicago Fire Head Coach and Director of Soccer Frank Yallop
"No, it was not easy to get this result. We played against Kansas City on Sunday, went to Atlanta for an Open Cup game a couple of days later, and then came here for a tough league match. To get two wins and a tie out of these last few games is fantastic. We went to the quarterfinals of the Open Cup where we saw some great competition and then came here and got three points. I would say this has been a successful week.
Sean (Johnson) has been outstanding these past four or five games. He's a young goalkeeper and he's finally starting to have really good performances and he's also starting to look the part. Things like this make the difference and it was the reason we won tonight. Although it was a great penalty that was taken, Sean also made a great save that was able to keep us ahead in the game.
I don't think we deserved to draw as many games as we have. When we drew against the Revolution at home we missed a penalty like you guys did tonight. It's a great thing for us to win tonight, in conference, because of the tough week we had, but we did very well. I was proud of the way we played, even though the second half was a little bit ugly and they were all over us. In the end, we were able to seal it out and get a win. We got it done as a group and that's what is important.
My philosophy is to start quickly and try to score first. If you can do that, I believe that you can usually get a draw. My big thing is to get after it in the beginning, and we did. Mike [Magee] and Quincy [Amarikwa] were really lively in the first half and it went well. I thought we could have scored more goals, but you know, that's how soccer is. I'm happy we got the win.
Quincy did the same thing against New England at home. He's a very strong player that knows how to use his body the right way. Along with that being said, our squad was rotated a lot during these past three games. Everyone performed well. I tip my hat to them because the full squad of 18 has been doing well and it's shown in our results."
Chicago Fire forward Quincy Amarikwa
"It's really important, especially if you can come away on the road and get a win and get three points. I mean that's huge, especially in this league. We've just been right on the cusp of breaking out this year. We've got a lot of draws but that just means we're hard to beat, as proved by tonight. And hopefully it translates into more wins and we jump to the top of the table.
Everything is about building momentum. I think we've been doing the right things. We've been working hard as a unit. We're really sacrificing ourselves out there and it translated into three points tonight, and hopefully we'll carry that into our next game.
I was hoping to catch them flat-footed. I think there were two or three opportunities where I picked the back line or their holding defensive midfielder and I don't think they were ready for it. Luckily, we were able to capitalize early and prevent them from scoring.
Sean made a huge save. We always like our goalies to save everything they're supposed to and save at least one or two that they're not supposed to a game. Sean came out on top doing that big time for us. I think that will further boost morale and keep us going in the right direction.
I'm more trying to predict at what speed and strength [the defender] is going to be coming in, and you lean in one direction to compensate for that so that by the time he hits you, he's kind of hitting you upright. It's a balancing act. You learn the strength of each player on the field as you're playing. You try to – almost like a chess match – you try to outplay them.
I think though I make runs in behind and I get runs in behind, I'm fairly decent at my hold up play and most people might not think that, thinking of my size. I think it plays to our advantage, because defenders don't know if I'm going to hold it up or if I'm going to run in behind. Hopefully we capitalize on that more throughout the rest of the year.
[My partnership with Mike Magee] is good. It's developing. We're always looking for each other. We're usually involved in each other's goals in some capacity and hopefully it translates into more goals and more assists and more chemistry.
Especially with three games in the short period of time that we had them in, I was going to have to sit some minutes. Unfortunately, [last game] was due to yellow card accumulation but the guys showed up in Kansas City, got our point on the road. It shows our depth as a team and this is probably the biggest week we've had all year especially in terms of results. That's three road games in a very short span of time and we came away with seven points so these are positives to build on and hopefully they carry out throughout the rest of the year."
Chicago Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson
"It was just instinct. I think when it comes down to those moments, you kind of have to live in the moment. You don't really think about it too much. You just kind of react and I just got a good jump on that side and was able to save it. I mix it up in the moment. I've gone left, I've gone right. I mix it up quite a bit so you never know. If the striker makes it difficult, which he did – it was very well struck – but I was able to get a good jump on it. I was surprised to see it bounce backwards because it was on turf. On grass it just stays put. I was lucky to have the post there. Someone was looking out for me there on that one.
This is my fifth year playing. I've faced a lot of penalty shots myself. I just kind of develop my own checklist I go through on the day and it's different every day; depends on what I really think about when I wake up. Just in the moment I was able to save it. I watched it the whole way. I saw the ball the whole way. I knew it was going to take a bounce; didn't know where it was going to go. I just got on my feet as quick as possible and I just took it off the line; turned around and took it. It's really great.
This was huge. At a point in the season where we've gotten a lot of ties and we needed to really push and get over that hump. I think it really took a win like this – one that took a lot of grit and a lot of fight to really get the result. Three points and a shutout at that. I'm proud of the boys, and it's just unfortunate to give away a PK when we worked hard. It shows the effort we put in defending and we were able to come out with a victory.
It's bittersweet. It's great to get the early goal, but you've got another 87 minutes you know the other team is going to press you to equalize, especially at home. To keep them off the scoreboard tonight was just great.
This week in general has been great for us. We've had a long week on the road, the entire week, and starting with Kansas City. To grind out a result on the road, and get the Open Cup win down in Atlanta – which I got to play in front of my family and friends in my hometown – is huge. Using that momentum to roll in, play the game on turf—have that experience coming in—we were able to get the job done.
It's really great. It's almost a sense of relief. We can't relax yet, you know just those three points have been so evasive for so long. We've tied so many games. It's very frustrating. We almost tied there at the end with the PK. We're getting closer and closer to putting together a complete game. This game for us was great. We played well for 80-plus minutes and it's just really grinding it out to see the game out in full. We'll get better.
There is a ton left to play for. We had to regroup, starting with the Open Cup. We had two things to focus on: Open Cup midweek and then shift focus back to the league. It's huge for us to get this result. We want to keep it rolling. We've got a lot to play for, a lot of games left, and we'll get back to training and get better and get back to it this weekend against Philly."
New England Revolution head coach Jay Heaps
"Tough loss. That one really hurt because I thought we had some tough decisions against us last week and I thought we responded well. Then tonight, I thought we were going to come out flying and we got punched right in the face the first two and a half minutes. We have to be better and it's on us.
I thought that we definitely had more chances (in the second half). I thought Jerry (Bengtson) did a great job coming in and impacting the game and I thought Steve Neumann did a good job, as well. It was a little bit of a change to a 3-5-2, it helped out our attack. It would have been nice to punch one in there.
(Lee Nguyen) is one of our playmakers and someone we look to to facilitate our attack. At the same time, I thought we have enough fire power to create. Right now it's a really tough run. We have to dig ourselves out. We have a penalty kick in the 85th minute and I thought it was well deserved. I thought it was earned. I thought we were trying and we were doing everything we could, but sometimes we've just got to make our stamp on the game.
I don't have the update on Andy (Dorman) yet, but it was significant. Andy's a tough guy, so we'll find out more in the next couple days. In terms of Scottie (Caldwell), I thought Scottie did a great job. Scottie came in and had no warm-up time and went in and really was chomping and biting and trying to make plays.
I don't know if there were positives in all those four (previous games), some losses were worse than others, I believe. But tonight it's really raw right now. Going back, the subs did a nice job coming in. No one gave up, that's for darn sure. During the penalty kick in the 86th minute with a team that's punkered in, it's not easy. You're trying to probe and pick teams apart. It's unfortunate, but you've got to use the positives and just keep going. You've got to dig even deeper now."
New England Revolution defender Andrew Farrell
"Every time we have scored a goal first this season we've won. It's tough to get scored on in the first three minutes. Our back line gave up some sloppy goals, and we need to stop that. We carried the majority of the game later on in the first half and the second half but when you make a mental mistake like that and put the whole team behind it's really tough. Obviously, they are a team that fights a lot, they have 10 ties and that says a lot. We've gotten down a goal in the last couple of games, and that really needs to stop.
I thought we had some good chance. We had a few solid set pieces and the PK obviously. I thought for the second half, besides the one on one we gave them, we carried the play, but that's soccer. We could have come away with a victory but it just wasn't our day.
It's soccer and this stuff happens it's obviously very frustrating. You have the momentum and you think we are going to score but giving up that early goal was just too much. We get one there, we get four more. It wouldn't feel as bad if we weren't losing so many games but this one hurts a lot. We thought we were going to come out in front of our fans and give a good performance – which I thought we did – we just couldn't find the back of the net, and I'll take full blame for that goal.
I was in the back so I didn't hear what they said but it happens. I mean Chris (Tierney) is a great PK taker and it was a big-time save."
Select shots from the Fire's 1-0 win over the Revolution presented by MiAllstate
The Fourth Round draw for the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup occurred Friday morning at Soccer House in downtown Chicago and with MLS teams entering at this stage, the process was much more elaborate than the straight forward flips from last week's Third Round draw.
Before I lay out how it unfolded, a few bullets to keep in mind…
- I was incorrect in my earlier tweets and statements that a USL PRO affiliate could not be matched with its partner MLS club. I'm a busy guy and sometimes you just have to admit you're not perfect, sorry!
- The only affiliate relationship that needed to be separated for this draw was that of the LA Galaxy and LA Galaxy II who are both owned by the same party.
- USL PRO side Orlando City and their PDL side Orlando City U-23s, are both in the tournament but could not be matched up at this stage as MLS teams must be matched with a lower league pairing.
- Chivas USA was the only MLS club to not apply to host a Fourth Round Open Cup match.
With those done, I will underscore that the most important principle to keep in mind for how pairings are determined comes from Page 7 of the 2014 U.S. Open Cup Handbook. It states:
"After each Third Round pairing has been determined, each Division I (MLS) team entering in the Fourth Round will be matched geographically to play the winner of a specific Third Round pairing. Instances where a logical geographic fit doesn't exist will be resolved by random selection."
As all business as a selfie can be prior to walking into Soccer House...
Upon arrival to Soccer House, Competition Secretary Paul Marstaller handed me a sheet of paper with four geographic groupings, plus a wild card pool. The most straightforward grouping was the top table which featured eight Third Round matchups across from eight MLS teams that made "a logical geographic fit" with those lower league pairings.
The pairings with the result of the coin flip are below. Teams that are not bolded either did not have a suitable home venue or didn't apply to host (U.S. Soccer did not distinguish the reason on this sheet).
|Brooklyn Italians SC (NPSL)/New York Cosmos (NASL)
|New York Red Bulls (MLS)
|Dayton Dutch Lions (USLP)/Indy Eleven (NASL)
|Columbus Crew (MLS)
|RWB Adria (USASA)/Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USLP)
|Chicago Fire (MLS)
|Minnesota United FC (NASL)/Des Moines Menace (USASA
|Sporting Kansas City (MLS)
|Laredo Heat (PDL)/Ft. Lauderdale Strikers (NASL)
|Houston Dynamo (MLS)
|NTX Rayados (USASA)/San Antonio Scorpions (NASL)
|FC Dallas (MLS)
|Arizona United SC (USLP)/Oklahoma City Energy FC (USLP)
|LA Galaxy (MLS)
|Fresno Fuego (PDL)/Sacramento Republic (USLP)
|San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)
For the local Fire fans, I was able to take OFFICIAL VIDEO documenting the Fire's winning coin flip:
The second grouping of matchups pooled three Northeast MLS sides with three lower league pairings. Of note here, Marstaller said that because the Harrisburg City Islanders and Baltimore Bohemians are about equidistant to D.C. United and Philadelphia Union, a flip off between the two sides would be done to determine which club would host the winner of that Third Round Matchup.
Based on alphabet, D.C. United was assigned heads and Philadelphia tails, with the Union winning. Because neither Harrisburg or Baltimore applied to host, no flip was necessary as hosting rights defaulted to the Union.
|Harrisburg City Islanders (USLP)/Baltimore Bohemians (PDL)
D.C. United
Philadelphia Union
United's loss on their first flip resulted in them moving down to the next pairing of two lower league matchups where a similar flip had to occur between New York Greek American Atlas/Richmond Kickers and Reading United AC/Rochester Rhinos to determind who would be D.C.'s opponent.
New York Greek American Atlas (USASA)/Richmond Kickers (USLP)
Reading United AC (PDL)/Rochester Rhinos (USLP)
|D.C. United
Again, determined by alphabet, the New York/Richmond matchup was assigned heads while the other was assigned tails and the coin again flipped to tails matching D.C. United with Reading/Rochester.
This moved New York/Richmond down to a matchup with the New England Revolution and then flips were done to determine the hosting rights for those two matchups with both lower league matchups winning with heads. For the purpose of clarity, here is how that final grouping looked:
|Harrisburg City Islanders (USLP)/Baltimore Bohemians (PDL)
|Philadelphia Union
|Reading United AC (PDL)/Rochester Rhinos (USLP)
|D.C. United
|New York Greek American Atlas (USASA)/Richmond Kickers (USLP)
|New England Revolution
The third grouping was a product of Chivas USA being the only MLS club not to apply for hosting rights. Because of this, Marstaller needed to pair them with lower league matchups in which both clubs applied to host, of which there were two: Atlanta Silverbacks/Chattanooga FC (heads) and Charlotte Eagles/Carolina Railhawks (tails).
A coin flip was done to see who would host Chivas and landed tails giving Charlotte/Carolina the hosting rights. This pushed Atlanta/Chattanooga down to the very ending "Wild Card Pool".
Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL)/Chattanooga FC (NPSL)
Charlotte Eagles (USLP)/Carolina RailHawks (NASL)
|Chivas USA
The fourth pool featured the PSA Elite/LA Galaxy II matchup paired against four MLS teams that were within geographical proximity. While both lower-league teams are based in Southern California, because PSA Elite also did not apply to host, Chivas USA could not be thrown into this group.
The most interesting part of the process Friday was the flip-off between four MLS clubs to determine who would play Galaxy II/PSA Elite.
Again determined by alphabet, Colorado/Portland and Real Salt Lake/Seattle Sounders did a preliminary flip. Both losers in that round (Portland & Real Salt Lake) were moved into the final Wild Card pairing, then Colorado and Seattle did a final flip, with Seattle winning again (which should keep Sigi Schmid somewhat happy) and Colorado also falling to the Wild Card group.
|PSA Elite (USASA)/LA Galaxy II (USLP)
Colorado Rapids
Portland Timbers
Real Salt Lake
Seattle Sounders
One final flip was done to determine the hosting rights for that match with Galaxy II/PSA Elite winning and presumably, since PSA Elite did not apply to host, Sigi will be their biggest fan.
|PSA Elite (USASA)/LA Galaxy II (USLP)
|Seattle Sounders
After all the flips above were done, the Wild Card pool looked like the below table, with MLS clubs placed on the right according to alphabetical order. Because of the odd number of matchups, coin flips could not be used to determine who would play each other so Marstaller placed three slips of paper marked "A", "B" and "C" into plain envelopes. As the matchup moved down from the initial Chivas USA grouping, Atlanta/Chattanooga was assigned "C" while the other two lower-league pairings were assigned "A" and "B" based on alphabetic order.
Orlando City U23s (PDL)/Charleston Battery (USLP)
Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL)/Orlando City (USLP)
Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL)/Chattanooga FC (NPSL)
Colorado Rapids
Portland Timbers
Real Salt Lake
Marstaller then went down the alphabetic list of MLS sides and drew the slips of paper from the envelopes. When all three matchups had been finalized, final flips for hosting rights occurred, concluding the fourth round Open Cup draw. You can see how the envelopes were drawn and the winner of the flips below:
|Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL)/Orlando City (USLP)
|Colorado Rapids
|Orlando City U23s (PDL)/Charleston Battery (USLP)
|Portland Timbers
|Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL)/Chattanooga FC (NPSL)
|Real Salt Lake
Following the draw, Marstaller said the published fourth round scenarios would not be accompanied Friday by match dates yet. This is because the Fourth Round has three possible match dates over an eight-day span. With USL PRO and the PDL, along with amateur sides having league games between the June 10-18 Fourth Round window, all clubs that have the potential to host a Fourth Round match will have the weekend to give their preferred hosting date before U.S. Soccer balances the already scheduled league games. Because of the logistical process, hosting dates are expected to be announced sometime next week.
A comprehensive list of who won hosting coin flips can be found below.
|Brooklyn Italians SC (NPSL)/New York Cosmos (NASL)
|New York Red Bulls (MLS)
|Dayton Dutch Lions (USLP)/Indy Eleven (NASL)
|Columbus Crew (MLS)
|RWB Adria (USASA)/Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USLP)
|Chicago Fire (MLS)
|Minnesota United FC (NASL)/Des Moines Menace (USASA
|Sporting Kansas City (MLS)
|Laredo Heat (PDL)/Ft. Lauderdale Strikers (NASL)
|Houston Dynamo (MLS)
|NTX Rayados (USASA)/San Antonio Scorpions (NASL)
|FC Dallas (MLS)
|Arizona United SC (USLP)/Oklahoma City Energy FC (USLP)
|LA Galaxy (MLS)
|Fresno Fuego (PDL)/Sacramento Republic (USLP)
|San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)
|Harrisburg City Islanders (USLP)/Baltimore Bohemians (PDL)
|Philadelphia Union
|Reading United AC (PDL)/Rochester Rhinos (USLP)
|D.C. United
|New York Greek American Atlas (USASA)/Richmond Kickers (USLP)
|New England Revolution
|Charlotte Eagles (USLP)/Carolina RailHawks (NASL)
|Chivas USA
|PSA Elite (USASA)/LA Galaxy II (USLP)
|Seattle Sounders
|Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL)/Orlando City (USLP)
|Colorado Rapids
|Orlando City U23s (PDL)/Charleston Battery (USLP)
|Portland Timbers
|Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL)/Chattanooga FC (NPSL)
|Real Salt Lake
Thanks again to the U.S. Soccer staff for being great hosts once again!
What is it going to take for Frank Yallop to get his first regular season victory as head coach of the Chicago Fire?
Following Saturday's dramatic 1-1 tie at home to the New England Revolution, the Fire are now without a win in seven MLS games after an opening day defeat at Chivas USA and six subsequent ties as their season has yet to fully take off.
However, four of those seven games were on the road, so if the Fire can pick up all three points at home to Real Salt Lake on Saturday, May 3 after a bye week, the complexion of the season, and more importantly the table, will suddenly look a whole lot better.
Thankfully for Yallop and his coaching staff, the Chicago fan-base have shown remarkable patience and understanding as he tries to impart his philosophies and footballing ideals on to this new group of players.
Yallop came to the Fire with a proven track record in the MLS following a lengthy professional career in England and on the international stage with Canada.
His vast experience in England and early MLS successes as a coach with San Jose Earthquakes has given Yallop, who recently celebrated his 50th birthday, the confidence to remain calm despite the relatively disappointing start to the campaign.
When speaking about the team, their attitude, their effort in training and their prospects for the season, Yallop hasn't changed in his thinking since his arrival at Toyota Park last October. If anything, he is more optimistic now than before the season began.
He sees a group of players that have shown significant signs of progress in the short time he has been with them and he believes that their first win is about to come. Yes, he believed it would come at home to the Red Bulls. Away to DC.
His confidence in himself and his team still intact, he insisted the win would come with the visit of the Union to Toyota Park. And again, a week later, there was an assured statement that the win would arrive on the road in Montreal.
Looking back, it is possible to see where and how three points may have been won in any of these games, with a little luck or a hint of good fortune. Mike Magee's late penalty miss against Philadelphia. Late saves by the Impact's Troy Perkins from Patrick Nyarko and Magee that would have earned the Fire their first win.
Juan Luis Anangono's penalty miss against New England last time out was another glaring example of a missed opportunity and another occasion where the Fire should have sealed the three points their efforts over the previous 90 minutes deserved.
The reason no one has pushed the panic button just yet, is largely down to the quality of play produced each week, the vast amount of chances being created and the overall level of entertainment served up by Yallop and his attack-minded tactics.
No other team has had more shots this campaign at 101, while only the Montreal Impact have hit the target more often, 38 times to the Fire's 35 (which they tie with the Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps and Sporting Kansas City).
They are the fourth highest scorers after seven games with 10 goals, while Quincy Amarikwa is tied for second on the goalscoring list with four.
There are significant signs of improvement since the side's defeat at Chivas, with Yallop's influence gaining momentum with each and every game.
Having struggled to assert themselves in the possession stakes in the opening three games, the Fire have enjoyed more of the ball than their opponents in their last three games.
This has translated itself into more goalscoring opportunities, with the Fire amassing an impressive 54 shots to their opponents' 17 over the last three games.
Which suggests to me that they are doing well defensively, restricting other teams to an average of six shots per game, while also creating enough themselves to comfortably win games.
That has not happened thus far, but surely it is only a matter of time.
There have been several other positive features to Yallop's tenure, most notably his willingness to give youth a chance. Earlier in the year, he insisted that he would select players on merit rather than reputation, and he has stood by that assertion with the likes of Harry Shipp, Benji Joya, Greg Cochrane and Victor Pineda all getting a chance to impress.
Add to that the blossoming central defensive partnership of Jhon Kennedy Hurtado and Bakary Soumare, which has impressed in recent games despite the concession of 11 goals, and it is clear to see that the Fire have a solid base upon which to build.
His faith in the wing play of Nyarko and Shipp has also reaped reward with both players contributing to the fluent, incisive build-up play down both flanks that has been a feature of the Fire's games thus far.
And with reigning MLS MVP Magee improving with every game following his early season injury problems, and his effective link up play with Amarikwa showing real signs of promise, surely that first win will come sooner rather than later.
Stats at a glance (the Fire read first):
|Possession %
|Pass Accuracy
|Chivas USA
|44.7% / 55.3%
|Portland Timbers
|38.5% / 61.5%
|New York Red Bulls
|42.6% / 57.4%
|D.C. United
|49% / 51%
|372 / 383
|Philadelphia Union
|53.2% / 46.8%
|Montreal Impact
|56.2% / 43.8%
|New England Revolution
|51.9% / 48.1%
Frank Yallop, Chicago Fire Head Coach and Director of Soccer
On where the team needs to go from here
"Tough one. Déjà vu from the last home game we had. Should have four more points than we've got. The team kept going, fighting and that's good. It feels empty because of the way we have put a lot of effort into the games we've had and you don't get rewarded for it. I think we've played pretty well, created some good chances today, had another chance in the last dying seconds to win it and we didn't. We deserved to win. We had some good performances today. Overall, I can't fault the guys for effort."
On quality of penalty and Mike Magee not taking it
"It wasn't a good penalty kick. Mike missed his last one. Jeff scored a penalty this season. I'm 50 yards away, I can scream whatever I want, it's up to them to sort it out and who's taking it, and they decided Juan is taking it"
On the referee and Quincy Amarikwa's second yellow card
"Didn't touch him. It's maybe a foul on Quincy, he's not diving. He gets run into and he goes down. I can't comment on the referee, but he's wasn't good. He missed some plays that were important in this match."
On the morale of the team
"Nope, It's fine. We know we should have won two more games, maybe three, but we haven't. It's not like we have fumbled through the game. I thought we played well today. I thought we played well, we dominated. They had some spells, they're a good team. But you look at the chances and stuff that we did, it's just disappointing that we don't have a win."
On the missing piece to get over that hump
"The missing piece is ice-cold finishing in the last seconds of a game. Away from home it's difficult to win matches, but at home you got to win. That's how you get your points and do well on the year. We've had two games, and there is no time left on the clock, and we have a penalty kick. The players know that it is important to score that. It's just a shame we haven't gotten the points for the performances we've had. It's a long season, but you can't keep falling behind the guys ahead of you."
Jeff Larentowicz, Chicago Fire defender
On the result, missing two penalty kicks at the end of games:
"It was bizarre - to see that once is tough, but twice is even worse. It is tough to take."
On Anangono taking the penalty kick:
"Juan stepped up and grabbed the ball, and that's just what happened. As the captain and the one who's made a penalty this year I should have been the one to take the penalty but I didn't – that's on me, not on Juan."
On the second yellow on Amarikwa:
"I'm not going to comment on referee decisions. In the end, it's a red card and it's something we'll have to deal with. Quincy has been outstanding for us. It's going to be a shame to have to miss him the next game, but we'll move on."
On not getting a result:
"The last three games we've certainly been the better team – Philadelphia, Montreal and tonight. I don't think that tonight the other team really wanted to win from the start. They were slowing the game down in the first half and got fortunate on the penalty call. I think it was a penalty because Patrick [Nyarko] clipped him, they got the goal they wanted and they slowed down. In the run of play, outside the last couple of minutes when we were pushing forward, I'm not sure they get a shot on goal from open play. All-in-all it's more of the same, but if we can get wins going forward it will be ok."
On the string of draws:
"We feel like we're playing so well at the start of the year and the build-up of points we feel should have makes the draws tough to take. Again, the way the next game goes – up or down will say a lot. If we win we're unbeaten with a win. If not, things look a little differently. Everyone needs to stay positive and keep pushing. The good thing is that we've been the better team the last three games."
On the play of Harry Shipp:
"Harry has been outstanding. If I had to say two guys that have pulled us through the first seven games, it's definitely been Harry and Quincy. As soon I, and I'm sure the coaches, saw him we knew he was going to do something for us this year, and he has, and needs to continue."
Quincy Amarikwa, Chicago Fire forward
On foul that led to his second yellow card:
"Clearly I don't think it was a foul, but it's not my decision to make so what can you do?"
On his goal:
"The ball came back to Harry, I had space in the middle, pointed and he put the ball right where I wanted him to. I took my first touch into the box, put a bit of my body on Farrell, saw that the keeper's legs were open and put the ball between his legs and that was that."
On the result:
"It's disappointing to not come away with three points, but we're putting ourselves in a position to win games. Juan puts that PK in and it's a different outlook. As long as we're coming away with points we're carrying this confidence into future games and it's just a matter of time before we're coming away with some wins."
Patrick Nyarko, Chicago Fire forward
On his performance:
"Since I got suspended, I had a week to reevaluate my game, I was struggling physically and that red card at the game in Portland affected me mentally. I decided to get back to basics and just play my game. I think it's been ok so far during the past three weeks but I'm still not happy because we're not getting the wins. I hope to keep playing the same, getting better and that we get the win soon."
On draws at home:
"It's been extremely frustrating, especially since we're dominating teams, we're out playing teams and creating the best chances and we're not getting wins – that's the most frustrating part. I keep telling the guys that if we keep playing like this we're not going to lose a lot of games and the tide is not always going to go against us like this. We just need to keep pushing and sustain that until the end of the game. We need to buckle down, even though we're frustrated, and the wins will come."
On how this year's start compares to last year's start:
"It feels differently this year because we are dominating teams. The last three weeks we feel like we deserved victories, judging from the fact that we that we've had possession and have created more chances than the other team – that's been the most frustrating part. We know we can play the soccer, now it's just how to find the victories – that's the test for us right now."
On the bye next week:
"We wish we were still playing just because we need to build momentum. The week off breaks that up, but guys are experienced and we know what we're doing right and will continued that stride when we play again."
MLSsoccer.com's Dan Haiek and Matt Doyle and break down the Fire's match vs. the Revs.
The Chicago Fire's performance in Montreal deserved all three points. Tactically Frank Yallop got it spot on, and Montreal looked like the road team on their own pitch. Yes, the team had an abundance of quality chances, and, not for the first time should have wrapped it up.
Now six matches in, I feel the jigsaw is starting to take shape. The Fire has learned some lessons, grown as a team, and are now poised to claim all three against New England this Saturday (3pm CT on NBC Sports Network).
Personally, I'm excited to jump on the 'Pub to Pitch' bus from A.J. Hudson's and enjoy the match without a headset. It promises to be a very open and exciting match, and here's what I'd look for from a tactical perspective…
Defender of the Year Injured?
In 2013, the Revs stood tall and kept an MLS best 14 clean sheets. After a dismal start this year, conceding four in Houston, Jay Heaps' defense is starting to show its strengths once more, allowing just three goals in their last four matches.
New England's hope of keeping the Fire scoreless will be dealt a huge blow if 2013 MLS Defender of the Year Jose Goncalves fails to overcome a right quad injury that he picked up last week. Goncalves was outstanding against the Fire last season. His strength and positional awareness often masks many of the deficiencies in partner A.J. Soares.
Soares tends to ball watch, a trait that won't bode well against the budding partnership of Mike Magee and Quincy Amarikwa. The Revs full backs also love to attack, meaning there may be plenty of space for Amarikwa to test Soares' pace and strength. From where I'm standing, there's only one winner in that battle. Excuse me, what time is it again? That's right, it's #QuincyTime!
Revs attack is riddled with talent, yet predictable
Only three Revs players have hit the back of the net this season, and the team has been held scoreless in four of its six matches. There are many reasons for this lack of production, including injuries to key players and new players gelling. My take is that this Revs 4-1-4-1 formation is too predictable at the moment.
Teal Bunbury is obviously a good player, but he's been a little too isolated by himself, and if the Fire defense do anything, don't allow him stretch his legs in behind. Daigo Kobayashi and Lee Nguyen are excellent ball players, with exquisite vision and passing ability and they'll look for Bunbury through the channels or over the top all afternoon.
The Fire gave up two big chances in Montreal last week, both errors, sending McInerney and Di Vaio racing through on goal. Luckily for the Fire, Di Vaio blazed over in the second half.
Chicago's defense has been improving every match, and I have no doubt that the Men in Red have the ability to physically brush Bunbury and Co. aside, however, have they learned enough lessons in order to stay mentally strong for 90+ minutes and eliminate any costly errors?
From battle of the Franks, to battle of the Flanks
There's a possibility that Patrick Nyarko and Harry Shipp will again occupy the flanks for the Fire on Saturday. Offensively, they'll be given room to express themselves, but defensively they've got a tough job on their hands.
New England's wingers, poster boy Diego Fagundez and Frenchman Saer Sene love to cut inside, leaving space for their full backs (Andrew Farrell, Chris Tierney, Kevin Alston etc) to attack. New York's constant rotation in midfield caused the Fire problems earlier this season, and they'll face a Revs side that also loves to roam. Discipline, shape and communication will be key when defending.
With that said, New England leave gaps and they can certainly be exposed when they turn the ball over. It's crucial that when the Fire do win the ball back, they pick a pass and look to hit Amarikwa or Nyarko in transition immediately.
When the Fire plays with pace and direction, it's a very dangerous team, but when the Fire loses its momentum and tempo, they suddenly start to play on the opposition's terms. A perfect example of this was the excellent first 20 minutes vs Philadelphia, compared to the shoddy second 25.
PREDICTION: I don't see a reason to make any changes to the team. Those 11 deserve to play from the start, but if fit, I think Dilly Duka would be a great guy to bring on against the Revs.
This is a good matchup for the Fire right now. I'll go with a first clean sheet and a first win of the season. 2-0 Fire with goals from Mike Magee and Patrick Nyarko.
Editor's Note: What's that? Kevin Egan's doing the Tactical Preview now? Nah, just lending a hand to fellow Irishman Stephen Piggott who is currently in the Republic and unable to do this week's Tactical Preview.
Thanks for your help Kevin! Follow him on Twitter @Kev_Egan!
Frank Yallop, Chicago Fire Head Coach and Director of Soccer
On his side's performance
"I thought we played very well the whole game. We really deserved the win, I think, today. Having said that, going a goal down right before halftime is never a good time. My team talk was to keep going. We were going to get chances, get that equalizer and hopefully go on to win the game. I'm very proud of the way we continued playing against a difficult side."
On how to get their first win
"If we keep playing like that, the wins will come. For me as a coach, I could only ask for effort, play and to create chances. We're getting punished for the odd chance the opposition is getting right now. In our last two games we've played well enough to win both games, but we haven't. So we got to keep going and not worry about it."
On the Jack McInerney and Marco Di Vaio partnership
"I had a feeling they may do that, with Jack coming into the team and them going for a home win. We were prepared for that. I think both of them run in behind very well. And to be honest, if you look at their goal, they did it well."
Forward Mike Magee
On the game's outcome
"Today was a good result. We've improved as the season has gone on. Today I felt we had a couple of missed opportunities. We were the better team, and you know it's just unfortunate."
On his side's confidence heading into the second half a goal down
"Obviously you don't want to give up a goal at the end of the half. At halftime, we said to keep doing what we were doing, keep plugging away and don't break our shape. We felt like we were going to get the equalizer and we also felt like we were going to get the winner, but it didn't come."
Forward Quincy Amarikwa
On scoring the equalizer
"We were confident to get everyone in the box as much as possible, just force the issue and pressure until something fell our way. I think Montreal was on their heels most of that sequence up until that goal and I felt it was just a matter of time until one of us put it away."
On what is needed to get their first win of the season
"A shutout. I mean if we can hold another team to zero goals, we'll win. We're scoring goals every game and that's what you want out of your offense. Collectively as a team, we just need to lock it down and not have any lapses in defense."
Select shots from the Fire's loss to New England
A third round pick in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft, Chicago Fire midfielder Logan Pause had already capped off a decade with the Men in Red last year before extending his deal to come back for a 12th season with the club in 2014 on Friday.
Logan's longevity got me thinking about players that held the longest consecutive tenures in terms of both years and games played ith one MLS club. After some research, I found that Fire legend and new assistant coach C.J. Brown holds the record for consecutive seasons with one team at 13, while Logan will tie Cobi Jones (LA Galaxy) and Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids) when he makes his first appearance for the Fire in 2014.
A look at the Top 10 players with the most consecutive seasons at one MLS club...
|Consecutive Seasons
|Games Played
|C.J. Brown
|Chicago Fire
|Cobi Jones
|LA Galaxy
|Pablo Mastroeni
|Colorado Rapids
|Logan Pause
|Chicago Fire
|Shalrie Joseph
|New England Revolution
|Davy Arnaud
|Sporting KC
|Jason Kreis
|Dallas Burn
|Kerry Zavagnin
|Kansas City Wizards
|Landon Donovan
|LA Galaxy
|Jay Heaps
|New England Revolution
*-denotes active MLS player
You may be wondering where are Jaime Moreno and Ramiro Corrales? Good question. Moreno holds the MLS record for most seasons with one club, spending 14 years with D.C. United but he did have one stint with the MetroStars that broke up his two long stints in the nation's capital.
In Corrales' case, while he never played for another MLS club other than San Jose after being traded back to the Quakes in 2001, he did spend a few years abroad in Norway with HamKam that keep him out of the consecutive seasons count. Corrales spent a total of 12 seasons in San Jose over three stints (1996-97, 2001-04, 2008-13)
Just for fun, a look at the record number for consecutive appearances for MLS club is below too:
|Consecutive Games Played
|Cobi Jones
|LA Galaxy
|C.J. Brown
|Chicago Fire
|Logan Pause
|Chicago Fire
|Shalrie Joseph
|New England Revolution
|Jason Kreis
|Dallas Burn
|Kerry Zavagnin
|Kansas City Wizards
|Jay Heaps
|New England Revolution
|Ramiro Corrales
|San Jose Earthquakes
|Nick Garcia
|Kansas City Wizards
|Davy Arnaud
|Sporting KC
*-denotes active MLS player


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Since my years as a Harvard faculty member, I have focused a sustained effort toward cancer biology, and my initial most significant contribution was the first to discover that pro-survival pathway activation is directly associated with p53-dependent genotoxic responses in cancer cells, and have provided a unique and significant contribution in this area. As an Assistant and then as an Associate Professor at the BIDMC and the MGH/Harvard Medical School, I pursued my major interest in how tumor suppressor p53-mediated transcriptional regulation influences cell fate decisions: live or die. Based on my contribution concerning the dark side of p53 in cancer therapeutics that wt-p53 can function as a guardian of cancer genome for their survival against therapeutic stress, I have established close collaborations with the Broad Institute utilizing their technological, computational and chemical biological tools under their Chemical Genetics Platform. Together with Broad scientists, I have identified several promising small molecules with anti-cancer activity through the activation of tumor suppressor p53 apoptotic pathway. Specifically, we have identified a small molecule to induce apoptosis selectively in cells having a cancer genotype by targeting a non-oncogene co-dependency acquired by the expression of the cancer genotype in response to transformation-induced oxidative stress. This highlights a novel strategy for cancer therapy that preferentially eradicates cancer cells by targeting the ROS stress-response pathway. My experience in this area has played a major role in the development of a Chemical Genetics Core facility at CBRC in collaboration with the Broad Institute. My group now possesses considerable experience in systematic small molecule technologies. I will continue to assist with the design, validation, execution and interpretation of investigator initiated chemical genetic screens.
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Han, J.A., Kim, J.-I., Hwang, D.H., Ballou, L.R., Mahale, A., Aaronson, A.A., and Lee, S.W. p53-mediated induction of Cox-2 counteracts p53- or genotoxic stress-mediated apoptosis. EMBO J. 21: 5635-5644, 2002.
Macip, S., Igarashi, M., Fang, L., Lee, S.W., and Aaronson, S.A. Inhibition of p21Waf1/Cip1/Sdi1-mediated ROS accumulation can rescue p21-induced senescence. EMBO J. 21: 2180- 2188, 2002.
Wulf, G.M., Loiu, Y.-C., Ryo, A., Lee, S.W., and Lu, K.P. Role of Pin1 in regulation of p53 stability and p21 transactivation, and cell cycle checkpoints in response to DNA damage. J. Biol. Chem. 277: 47976-47979, 2002.
Ryo, A., Wulf, G.M., Loiu, Y.-C., Lee, S.W., and Lu, K.P. Pin1 is an E2F target gene essential for Neu/Ras-induced transformation of mammary epithelial cells. Mol. Cell. Biol. 22:5281-5295, 2002.
Ohtsuka, T., Ryu, H., Minamishima, Y.A., Ryo, A., and Lee, S.W. Modulation of p53 and p73 levels by cyclin G: implication of a negative feedback regulation. Oncogene, 22: 1678-1687, 2003.
Ongusaha, P.P., Ouchi, T., Kim, K.T., Nytko, E., Kwak, J.C., Deng, C.-X., and Lee, S.W. BRCA1 shifts p53-mediated cellular outcomes toward irreversible growth arrest. Oncogene, 22: 3749-3758, 2003.
Ongusaha, P., Kim, J-I., Fang, L. Wong, T.W., Yancopoulos, G.D., Aaronson, A.A., and Lee, S.W. p53 induction and activation of DDR1 kinase counteract p53-mediate apoptosis and influence p53 regulation through a positive feedback loop. EMBO J. 22: 1289-1301, 2003.
Aglipay, J.A., Lee, S.W., Okada, S., Kwak, J.C., Qin, J., and Ouchi, T. A Member of the PYRIN Family, IFI16, is a Novel BRCA1-associated Protein Involved in the p53-mediated Apoptosis Pathway. Oncogene 22: 8931-8938, 2003.
Kwak, J.C., Ongusaha, P.P., Ouchi, T., and Lee, S.W. IFI16 as a negative regulator in the regulation of p53 and p21Waf1. J. Biol. Chem. 278: 40899-40904, 2003.
Macip, S., Igarashi, M., Berggren, P., Yu, J., Lee, S.W., and Aaronson, S.A. Influence of induced ROS in determining p53-mediated cell fate decisions. Mol. Cell. Biol. 23: 8576-8585, 2003.
Ohtsuka, T., Jensen, M.R., Kim, H.G., and Lee, S.W. The negative role of cyclin G in ATM-dependent p53 activation. Oncogene 23: 5405-5408, 2004.
Fujiuchi N., Aglipay J.A. Ohtsuka, T., Machara, N., Sahin, F., Su, G.H., Lee, S.W., and Ouchi, T. Requirement of IFI16 for the maximal activation of p53 induced by ionizing radiation. J. Biol. Chem. 279: 20339-20344, 2004.
Ouchi M., Fujiuchi N., Ongusaha P.P., Minamishima, Y.A., Sasai K., Katayama, H., Deng, C., Sen, S., Lee, S.W., and Ouchi, T. Requirement of BRCA1 phosphorylation by aurora-A for entry into mitosis. J. Biol. Chem. 279: 19643-19648, 2004.
Ohtsuka, T., Ryu, H., Minamishima, Y.A., Macip, S., Sagara, J., Aaronson, S.A., and Lee, S.W. ASC functions as an adaptor for Bax and regulates a p53-Bax mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis. Nature Cell Biol. 6: 121-128, 2004.
Kim, K.T., Ongusaha, P.P., Hong, Y.-K., Kurdistani, S.K., Nakamura, M., Lu, K.P. and Lee, S.W. Function of Drg1/Rit42 in p53-dependent mitotic spindle checkpoint. J. Biol. Chem. 279: 38597-38602, 2004.
Ongusaha, P.P., Kwak, J.C., Zwible, A.J., Macip, S., Higashiyama, S., Taniguchi, N., Fang, L., and Lee, S.W. Heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor HB-EGF is a potent inducer of tumor growth and angiogenesis. Cancer Res. 64: 5283-5290, 2004.
Aglipay, J.A., Lee, S.W., and Ouchi, T. ATM Activation by Ionizing Radiation Requires BRCA1-associated BAT1. Nature Cell Biology, Accepted.lism, Submitted, 2005.


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MASSENA - Former Congresswoman Betty S. Sutton (D) is only in her first week on the job as the new administrator of the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, and she is spending time this week in Massena, a place she calls the heart of the seaway.
She describes the St. Lawrence Seaway as a gem for our nationand a model agency with a tremendous record.
Over the past two days, Ms. Sutton has toured the seaways two American locks (Eisenhower and Snell) on the St. Lawrence River and, the vessel traffic control room and met with various employees working in Massena.
Ms. Sutton was appointed administrator of the SLSDC on July 24 by President Barack Obama and is filling a post that had been left open for more than a year. The U.S. Seaway Development Corporation, along with its Canadian counterpart, St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, oversee the operation and maintenance of the St. Lawrence Seaway system, which ranges from Montreal to Lake Erie.
She feels that her upbringing and experiences in Ohio, a state that is on the Great Lakes, will be beneficial in her new role.
Having come from Ohio, I certainly understand the importance of marine commerce and the importance of our water systems and Great Lakes in general, how important they are and how much they touch peoples lives. The St. Lawrence-Great Lakes Seaway System touches so many Americans, some of whom dont even know that they are affected by it, Ms. Sutton said.
But when you look at what it does and the opportunity it provides to the heart land of North America, both on the U.S. side and the Canadian side, it has so many selling points and frankly were going to work to increase the competitiveness and the capacity. We have a lot of traffic coming through but we can do more because the more we do there, the more economic gain that we have not only regionally, but certainly regionally which is very important right here, but beyond. And its good for this area and its good for our country and also for Canada, she said.
One of the challenges facing Ms. Sutton will be balancing the economic interests of the shippers, industries and ports with the environmental impact of those decisions on the river and lakes. On the surface, shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway brings in billions of dollars for the Great Lakes economy, both in the U.S. and Canada. However, wildlife, fish, plants, and water quality in the largest surface fresh water system in the world have been negatively impacted in the past by ships bringing invasive species into the region.
I think its critical that we accomplish both (economical and environmental needs.) I am a person who rejects the idea that its either one or the other. We often hear, Youre either for jobs or youre for the environment. It has to be jobs and the environment, Ms. Sutton said. I think again, coming from the Great Lakes area, Im very conscious of that.
We have to be ever vigilant dealing with invasive species, making sure that were going after it wholeheartedly and consistently, to accomplish the prevention of invasive species to the extent that is humanly possible. And Im glad that weve done a better job of that and certainly theres no confirmed invasive species having come in since 2006, but theres no doubt that it has been a problem in the past and we want to keep it there. We want to keep it in the past. So I dont see a conflict frankly. We have a mandate and a mission to keep the Seaway moving safe and efficiently, but we also have a responsibility to do that in an environmentally sound way, she said.
Ms. Sutton cited her time in Congress and specifically the Cash for Clunkers program as a good example of how she has balanced the two aspects previously in her career.
Although still in her first week of a term that has recently been changed from seven years to instead align with the presidents tenure, Ms. Sutton has some clear goals in mind for her tenure.
We want to continue to fulfill our mission of safe, efficient avenue of travel for marine shipping, but we also want to increase the use of the seaway to gain additional commerce. We want to move ahead in a sustainable way, going to the question of the environment. We are making strides in that regard and when you think about shipping, marine shipping, when youre shipping by the seaway it means that its not necessarily going by rail. Its not going by trucks. (It takes) some 870 trucks to move what you can move on the seaway with one vessel, Ms. Sutton said. So it is an environmentally friendly mode of shipping. So, making people more conscious and aware of the good work and the great opportunity that the seaway offers, that is definitely a priority.
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If you happen to see the American top line in any dingy basements in Ufa over the next few days, we at the Sleeping Giant would really appreciate it if you could cut them free and return them to the US's hotel as covertly and soon and possible.
For the second straight game, there wasn't much to convince us that the Americans' No. 1 line of Johnny Gaudreau, JT Miller and Rocco Grimaldi were good enough to fill the net with pucks as we've seen them do at the college and pro levels, and now we have a pretty good idea why: They have been replaced by Russian body doubles. What other possible reason can you use to explain the fact that they have just one goal and no assists between them in two World Junior games? Hell, Sean Kuraly has more points than that and he's a third-line guy.
The defense continued to sparkle for the US as you might expect — the first Russian goal, which came on the power play following an incredibly dubious penalty, deflected off both an American stick and a Russian body — and America dictated much of the game, but in the end, it seems all the lasers probably being shined into our brave patriots' eyes by heartless Russian fans was simply too much to overcome. The precision of American passing was so poor that you'd think it was guided by Soviet computers, and there's simply no other logical explanation.
We at the Sleeping Giant urge the CIA to run another classic American coup d'etat to unseat this evil Russian government and allow Team USA to rise back to its rightful place atop the Group B standings. That would be great. And if you want to install Brian Gionta as prime minister of Canada while you're at it, we wouldn't mind that either.
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It's no surprise, perhaps, that fireworks retailers in Maine are reporting that sales are skyrocketing in these last few hours before the July 4th holiday. Many consumers will spend hundreds of dollars stocking up on things that soar, sparkle and go boom. This morning, Keith Shortall paid a visit to Edgecomb's "Pyro City" store, which is offering a package called "The Godfather" at a reduced price - of just $475.
Fireworks of all kinds line the shelves at the Pyro City store in Edgecomb.
By about 10:00 a.m., Pyro City on Route 1 in Edgecomb was catering to about a half-dozen customers perusing the stocked aisles of what was once a Dexter Shoe outlet. Manager Ken Tambellini says little kids love sparklers, just as they did before Maine legalized fireworks last year. And there's an adult market as well.
"As a matter of fact I've had already this year, in the past month or two, I've had three different parties come in here to buy sparklers specifically for their weddings, because they want to incorporate sparklers while the bride and groom are exchanging their vows," Tambellini says. "So its really kinda cool."
Keith Shortall: "But if you want a little something extra in your sparkler?"
Ken Tambellini: "If you want something a little extra in your sparklers, you want the Morning Glories, and they come in several different sizes. The thirty-six inch is really popular, but the Morning Glories change color three different phases, three different times, so you get more color out of that. And I think the kids really - that's what they're looking for. They want more color than just the regular gold or silver sparkler."
Sparklers sell for just a dollar. Bigger colors, bigger bangs, cost more. The best bang for the buck, says Tambellini, is called an "All-in-36 Shot Cake," which sells for about $6.
"When we were trying to stock these last year, people were taking them out of the boxes - that's how fast they were selling," Tambellini says. "I have already personally here gone through about almost 30 cases of these already."
Keith Shortall: "What does it do?"
Ken Tambellini: "It's got 36 aerial shots - you light it once and it's going to shoot 36 shots up in the air - some will probably go about 40, 50 feet up. You're going to get reports and whistles and tails and color, so it's a nice little variety for the size cake that it is."
Keith Shortall: "So you can do that in the backyard?"
Ken Tambellini: "It's something you can do, as long as you have a least a 40-foot clearance. You don't want trees above it when you're lighting this off. You just want to make sure you've got a nice overhead clear, and then the 40-feet clearance. And then and you want this on a hardest surface, the hardest surface the better - usually we recommend tar or concrete. It's nice and flat. If you have to do it on the grass, which is not recommended, you want to make sure you get a hard piece of plywood down and put that down and then peel your fuse off to the side, light it, and then you want to get back, like I said, anywhere between 20 to 40 feet."
Tambellini says customers must be 21 years of age to buy even sparklers, and he says his staff provides instructions on how to use all the products safely.
"They ask us for advice, and we put in every bag a safety brochure that even has it in there, so we try to tell people, but if we miss something, they can look at that safety brochure in the bag and it has all the safety tips that they need to follow in order to light these off correctly."
Audio from instructional safety video: "Light only one firework at a time. Never have a body part over a firework. And keep you spectators at a safe distance."
Instructional safety videos are also playing on monitors around the store.
Audio from safty video: "Stay mindful of good common sense, like never throwing or pointing fireworks at other people, never carrying fireworks in your pocket and never shooting fireworks in metal or glass containers. Take fireworks safety seriously, and your celebration can be serious fun."
Serious fun can cost some serious money. A large packaged collection of fireworks, marketed as "The Godfather," sells for $475, which Tambellini says is less than half of what it sold for last year.
"Roughly this is going to weigh just under 200 pounds, and it's got close to 60 different items," he says. "And we've had a customer time himself - basically just lighting it one after other, but not going too fast, just a regular pace, one after another, and it took him about three-and-half hours to complete the whole thing."
Tambellini says before you attempt something like "The Godfather" - or any fireworks in your backyard - you should contact your local city hall or town office to make sure they are allowed. And, of course, he says, make sure it's okay with your neighbor.
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A perfectly crafted logo for a garden designer that takes a whole host of organic concepts and weaves them together. I particularly like the colour palette and chosen typeface.Posted in Branding → Logo
A straightforward but perfectly conceptualised logo for a web app that helps companies get measurable, actionable feedback from their audience on social networks. I particularly like the incorporation of the speech bubble.Posted in Branding → Logo
Here we have a great crest-style logo that makes an immediate impact. The colour palette is perhaps a little different than you would expect, but it works. I particularly like the use of textures and the consistent thickness of the lines.Posted in Branding → Logo
An awesome redesign concept for the Adobe Photoshop logo. I love the glowing nature of the colours and the abstract design.Posted in Branding → Logo
The boldness of this logo is what really stands out here. The thick lines making an immediate impact. I like the bright red chosen, but feel the design itself could use some clarity - is it a mountain?Posted in Branding → Logo
A really like the simple symmetry and bright colours of this charity logo design. The pattern is effortlessly reminiscent of the ribbons worn for awareness. The issue here is that the logo could be for almost anything.Posted in Branding → Logo
While an abstract logo can sometimes distract from what it is the person (or company) does, this particular example is easily intriguing enough. I love the variety of colours and shapes that make up the design.Posted in Branding → Logo
A simple but effective logo design that aims to make a statement about the company itself. I like the restrained colour palette and the use of a recognisable shape.Posted in Branding → Logo
A good logo for a meeting web app. The venn diagram concept works well for this kind of purpose. I like the quirky typeface and the interesting colour palette.Posted in Branding → Logo
A strong and striking logo that makes an immediate impact. I absolutely love the use of negative space! The 'H' is remarkably clear, mostly due to the attention to detail in the spacing.Posted in Branding → Logo
A simple logo that makes good use of a bold and striking colour. I particularly like the contrast between the curved and straight lines.Posted in Branding → Logo
A really strong logotype, that while being a little hard to read, is sure to make an impact. I love the perspective and overlapping in the design, it helps the design to jump off the screen.Posted in Branding → Logo
A very simple, but purely effective, personal logo for a designer. I really like the distressed texture and attention to little details. Would work great on stamped or letterpress business cards.Posted in Branding → Logo
An interesting logo that subverts your expectations when it comes to the cityscape. I appreciate the careful use of subtle colours to create a certain feel.Posted in Branding → Logo
A strong personal logo that would work really well in a variety of mediums. I like the contrast between the mark itself and the background. The circular form of the mark is effectively emphasised by the arrow design.Posted in Branding → Logo
A good example of a logo that uses strong colours to make an impact. I like the fiery colours and bold mark of this company. The typeface is relatively standard, but clear and readable.Posted in Branding → Logo
A gorgeous excerpt from the refresh of Bump's design. I love the chunky illustration, it's instantly recognisable. I particularly like how descriptive this logo is, you immediately know exactly the type of thing Bump does.Posted in Branding → Logo
I really like the concept behind this redesigned recycling logo. The detail on the bottles is great and adds some depth to the design. I like that the design still has motion, the bottles are clearly pointing in a clockwise direction.Posted in Branding → Logo
An excellent personal logo design for a business card. The use of the black is somehow all encompassing, the stark contrast with the text making a strong statement.Posted in Branding → Business Cards
A superb logo that makes a strong impression through its coherent and stylised design. I love the intricate details and colour choices, it has real character.Posted in Branding → Logo


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Cooler than average temperatures this week.
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The No. 24 Arkansas baseball team (21-13) raced out to an early lead Wednesday ...
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Arkansas Business) -- Stocks up yesterday after a report showed consumer spending rose 0.3 percent last month. This, as incomes increased at the fastest pace in three months.
Americans seeking unemployment falls 9,000
And in more good news: the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell by 9,000 to 346,000 last week. The report added to evidence that the job market is improving modestly.
Hot Springs hospitals no longer merging
Here in Arkansas, a planned hospital merger in Hot Springs has been called off.
Capella Healthcare of Franklin, Tenn., and Mercy Health of Chesterfield, Mo., said Thursday that they have ended discussions to merge National Park Medical Center and Mercy Hot Springs.
The move comes more than a year after the two originally announced the deal, which would have merged Mercy's hospital with Capella's National Park Medical Center under Capella's ownership.
The merger drew opposition almost from the start. It prompted one of Mercy's national board members, Oaklawn Park General Manager Eric Jackson, to resign from the board in protest.
The deal also faced criticism from local Catholic Church leaders -- and the church would have had to approve the deal because of its affiliation with Mercy Hospital.
Inuvo: Move to Arkansas nearly complete
Also yesterday, shareholders of Inuvo Inc. of Conway learned that the company has nearly completed its transition to Arkansas and hired 23 people here since arriving earlier this year.
CEO Richard Howe led the Internet marketing company's annual meeting in Conway.
He said demand has been strong for jobs at the company.
Inuvo announced in January that it was moving its headquarters to Conway from New York and Florida and that it planned to hire 50 workers over the next four years.
Shoffner back in federal court
And finally, former Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner was back in federal court yesterday pleading guilty to 14 federal counts of extortion and bribery.
The court set a trial date for July 29 in front of U.S. District Judge J. Leon Holmes. The trial is expected to take at least four days.
Shoffner was arrested May 18 after investigators alleged she accepted $36,000 in payments from a broker who did business with her office.


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15 U.S. Code § 719h - Judicial review
(a) Exclusiveness of remedy
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the actions of Federal officers or agencies taken pursuant to section 719g of this title, shall not be subject to judicial review except as provided in this section.
(b) Limitations for filing claims
(1) Claims alleging the invalidity of this chapter may be brought not later than the 60th day following the date a decision takes effect pursuant to section 719f of this title.
(2) Claims alleging that an action will deny rights under the Constitution of the United States, or that an action is in excess of statutory jurisdiction, authority, or limitations, or short of statutory right may be brought not later than the 60th day following the date of such action, except that if a party shows that he did not know of the action complained of, and a reasonable person acting in the circumstances would not have known, he may bring a claim alleging the invalidity of such action on the grounds stated above not later than the 60th day following the date of his acquiring actual or constructive knowledge of such action.
(c) Jurisdiction
(1) Special Courts
(A) In general
A claim under subsection (b) of this section shall be barred unless a complaint is filed prior to the expiration of such time limits in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia acting as a Special Court.
(B) Exclusive jurisdiction
The Special Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to determine such proceeding in accordance with the procedures hereinafter provided, and no other court of the United States, or any State, territory, or possession of the United States, or of the District of Columbia, shall have jurisdiction of any such claim in any proceeding instituted prior to or on or after October 22, 1976.
(2) Expedited consideration
The Special Court shall set any action brought under this section for expedited consideration, taking into account the national interest described in section 719 of this title.
(3) Environmental impact statements
The enactment of a joint resolution under section 719f of this title approving the decision of the President shall be conclusive as to the legal and factual sufficiency of the environmental impact statements submitted by the President relative to the approved transportation system and no court shall have jurisdiction to consider questions respecting the sufficiency of such statements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 [42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.].
Source(Pub. L. 94–586, § 10,Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2913; Pub. L. 98–620, title IV, § 402(16),Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3358; Pub. L. 108–324, div. C, § 107(d),Oct. 13, 2004, 118 Stat. 1261.)
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The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, referred to in subsec. (c)(3), is Pub. L. 91–190, Jan. 1, 1970, 83 Stat. 852, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 55 (§ 4321 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4321 of Title 42 and Tables.
2004—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108–324, § 107(d)(1), inserted heading.
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 108–324, § 107(d)(1), (2), designated first sentence as subpar. (A) and inserted par. and subpar. headings and designated last sentence as subpar. (B), inserted subpar. heading, and substituted "The Special Court shall have" for "Such court shall have".
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 108–324, § 107(d)(3), added par. (2).
Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 108–324, § 107(d)(4), inserted heading.
1984—Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 98–620struck out par. (2) which required that any such proceeding had to be assigned for hearing and completed at the earliest possible date, would, to the greatest extent practicable, take precedence over all other matters pending on the docket of the court at that time, and had to be expedited in every way by such court and such court had to render its decision relative to any claim within 90 days from the date such claim was brought unless such court determined that a longer period of time was required to satisfy requirements of the United States Constitution.
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–620not applicable to cases pending on Nov. 8, 1984, see section 403 ofPub. L. 98–620, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1657 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Transfer of Functions
Enforcement functions authorized by, and supplemental enforcement authority created by this chapter with respect to pre-construction, construction, and initial operation of transportation system for Canadian and Alaskan natural gas transferred to Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, until first anniversary of date of initial operation of Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, see Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1979, §§ 102(h)(1), 203 (a),44 F.R. 33663, 33666, 93 Stat. 1373, 1376, effective July 1, 1979, set out under section 719e of this title. Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System abolished and functions and authority vested in Inspector transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 3012(b) ofPub. L. 102–486, set out as an Abolition of Office of Federal Inspector note under section 719e of this title. Functions and authority vested in Secretary of Energy subsequently transferred to Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects by section 720d (f) of this title.
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The Men's Doubledown Parka by Patagonia is a burly coat borrows technical features from Patagonia's alpine parkas, but has a style suited for a cold weather commute. It's made of a 2-layer, recycled polyester shell with a waterproof/breathable H2No barrier and a Deluge DWR (durable water repellent) finish, a 100% polyester lining and 600-fill-power premium European goose down insulation.
Informed by Patagonia's experience making alpine clothes, but styled for your wind-chilled city commute, this burly coat features a 2-layer 100% polyester shell with a waterproof/breathable H2No barrier for serious storm protection and a Deluge DWR (durable water repellent) finish to repel rain. Inside, a sublime layer of 600-fill-power premium European goose down keeps you toasty and feels ultrasoft. The insulated hood cinches down with drawcords; hook-and-loop closing cuffs and an elasticized, drawcord hem seal out penetrating wind. Details: two-way zip, an insulated internal wind flap, stand-up collar, chin guard, two chest pockets (one internally-routes your earbuds) and two lined handwarmer pockets.
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Ride Manager
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As a Ride Manager you can help others enjoy the benefits of cycling. There are two courses, this one (the traffic free Ride Manager course) and the Road Ride Manager course.
The course builds knowledge and skills so that by the end of this course you'll be able to independently manage and lead rides and session in contained areas such as parks and on site venues. The Ride Manager course gives you experience in managing a group of inexperienced riders in cycling and cycle use.
The difference is your level and experience. If you are an experienced road rider, you will easily fit into the Road Ride Manager course. Otherwise you may prefer the traffic free Ride Manager course.
If you need more advanced knowledge, consider either the Trail Mountain Bike Leader course or the National Standard Instructor course.
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Course outcomes
During the course you will learn and demonstrate:
- Assessing participants and helping improve their confidence
- Different approaches to ride leading
- Route planning
- Reducing the likelihood of incidents and dealing with them if they do happen
- Reviewing and reflecting on your rides
Of course, you won't necessarily be able to learn everything about ride leading in this course. If you want or need to go beyond this, then progress on to the Road Ride Manager or Trail Mountain Bike Leader course
What you need
- Be a confident rider to the level of Ride Supporter
- A well-maintained bicycle
- Interest in providing cycle rides and increasing participation
- Have attempted to fix punctures.
- Be at least 18 years of age. (It is a legal requirement to be 18 or over before you can be in charge of others.)
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- Previous experience in ride leading and / or leading groups in the outdoors
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FRC Blogged - Team Counts, Kit of Parts Drive System Option, Windows 8
Team Counts
As of 10AM EST on Monday, 10/22, we had 2,166 teams registered or waitlisted for events. That's a little more than 18% greater than where we were last season at this point in the registration process. Note that 2,166 is a larger number than is showing on our 'What Events and Teams Are In My Area?' page on website right now, because this page only shows teams registered for events, not those waitlisted.
Kit of Parts Drive System Option
689 veteran teams took advantage of the option to receive an AndyMark Product Donation Voucher in place of the standard Kit of Parts Drive System for the 2013 season. Over 100 of those requests for the PDV came during the 'extended deadline' period, via email. We'll be including questions about this option in our Kit of Parts survey at the end of the season so we can find out how this change worked for teams.
Windows 8
The software we're releasing for the 2013 season hasn't been certified to work with Windows 8. This doesn't mean it won't work, just that we can't guarantee it, and we won't be able to provide anything beyond cursory support if you decide to use it. We will be incorporating testing with Windows 8 in future seasons.
More later this week.
Driver station for Windows RT
May I suggest that considering a future driver station application for Windows RT devices, like the Microsoft Surface, could be a huge opportunity. Perhaps this could be something undertaken by the community, but I don't know if that's a technical possibility or not.
Windows 8
The Wind River installer for Windows 8 works, but you need to terminate some processes manually. Whenever the installer says its "Attempting to exec" something, you need to give it a few minutes to complete on its own, and then open up task manager and terminate any "tcl shell" processes you find. This will allow the installer to complete normally. Many people have reported it working successfully after installion, but I haven't been able to verify this too deeply myself.
Gabriele! I think he girls of AHN are rockin in the rbiotocs teams and well will be supportive and behind all your efforts to excell in these STEM infused program. Who says that girls can not build robts too! Good Luck in this Saturday States FTC competitons. You can watch the live stream of Satruday February 18th, 2012 live from Daytona Beach! http:\\stream.flfirst.orgWe ask all AHN and JHS to pray that we do a great job.Maria C. Farahmom of team memeber FTC 4960and proud mentor
Windows 8 Compatibility
I am mentoring a team who just purchased a new computer to use as the driver station. The new computer came with windows 8, since we were unable to get Windows 7 installed when we purchased the computer. I would like to know if we can get a license for Windows 7 through FRC, or do we have to purchase this on our own? I do not want the team to spend the money when next year you may have all software compatible with Windows 8.
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Feb 23 is perfect for me and John.
I'm going to go ahead and try to book a site at Black Rock for Feb. 22nd and 23rd then. I believe each site can have 2 cars and 8 people so everyone that has expressed interest so far will be covered.
Hey everyone...How would you all feel about the following weekend instead, running on Saturday, March 2nd? I'd then reserve a site for Friday the 1st and Sat. the 2nd.We have another runner that can't make the 23rd but could do the 2nd.Let me know so I can finalize (again).Thanks.
CraigMarch 2 is ok with me but no later than that.need to talk to John.
Craig- I'm still a maybe, but no conflicts w/ either set of datesMike
Great, thanks for understanding guys.Talk to John and let me know. If he's good I'll book the campsite ASAP.
Craig- is Adan coming by chance? Do you have any other folks that are coming? I wonder if Brian has seen the thread?Mike
I wanted to change from Feb. to March so Adan could make it; I didn't know the 23rd is one of his daughter's birthdays. I haven't run with him in a while so it'll be good to train together some for this.Don't know about Brian; we should message him.Hope you can make it out Mike. I know it's a long way and it'll be a pretty low key gathering/run, but I think it'll be a good time. And warmer and sunnier than Montana.
Idk if I'll be in town but if I'm around that weekend I might jump in depending on how much I can get in shape between now and then. If not I'll probably organize another run of it in the fall (I'll be traveling a lot this summer). I have the advantage of living 5 minutes from the park.
I wasnt even sure i could post on here anymore after some of the developments lately. Mike, I will be there for sure if its Mar 2nd. I hope to see you there buddy, had a great time sharing the trail with you on the last one. I hope to be injury free this time. Lots of time off the last several months, but running has been feeling real good lately. I too will be looking to just finish this one, really excited about it though.
Adan- good deal! I'm going to try like heck to make it :) I'll drop Brian a lineMike
John is ok with moving the date to March 2.lets try and keep the date within the 2 weekends discussed if possible.
Thanks for being flexible everyone...Had to get ol' Adan in on this one.Let's make it March 2nd then. I'll reserve the site within a day or two. I think one site should cover us; I doubt more than 8 will show at this point. If so, I guess the stragglers can arrange a site.
I'll be in Alaska on both of the proposed weekends!This is a route I'd really like to do.....if for some reason it gets bumped fore/aft of those 2 weekends I'd be all over it.Thanks for thinking of me!BB
Bumping it to March makes the proposition better for me. I'll say maybe.I may decide to just come down for support if you guys are cool with that.I wouldn't mind setting up at a strategic spot to provide water, fuel, first aid, shuttle, beer, whatever. This seems like the perfect run to dive into some longer distances but I'm still working my way up to that kind of mileage.
You could easily bail out at roughly the halfway point if you wanted to; Ryan campground is in that vicinity and the trail gets very close to it.
Come out Jacob. This is a perfect way to meet folks and run with a like minded group without any performance anxiety. We'll just be out for a good time.
Cool, cool. Thx for the invite, Adan (et all).I'm not competitive about running, it's all about fun. The only reason I even took it up was because of what you guys did (the R2R2R). I was really inspired and motivated by that and thought it would be a great goal to set. Ok, I also wanted to trim down a bit without giving up on beer. That was *almost* as much of a motivating factor!If I come out, I'd like to complete it. The bailout option is reassuring though, if a knee starts acting up or some other problem.I guess you can mark me as "likely".
I have reserved site 81 in Black Rock Campground for Friday, March 1st and Saturday, March 2nd.6 people, 2 cars max. Extra cars pay and be parked in overflow (though we'll likely be leaving one at the other end of the park for a night).Right now we have:CraigAdanArt JohnMike (maybe)Jacob (maybe)Cheers.
a couple of questions :) if I were to fly into Palm Springs, what would be a good time to fly in (assuming Friday?) to be picked up? also what would be a good time to fly out (assuming folks are leaving on Sunday?) also I could fly in on Thursday and get a motel, same goes for leaving on a Mondaydo you plan on stashing water at the half way mark? I can make it 18-20 miles comfortably w/ a bladder and a handheldalso I can throw in a quilt and a pad pretty easy for a carry on- is someone bringing a shelter (if needed) that would have room for one?dankeMike
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Southfield, Mich. - Lawrence Technological University will host an intelligent robotics competition for advanced high school and college students on Thursday, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m.
The competition will be held on the atrium level of the Buell Management Building on Lawrence Tech's Southfield campus at 21000 West Ten Mile Road. The public is invited and admission is free.
This is an indoor competition for autonomous robots using an onboard camera as a sensor. The contestants use a common robotic platform developed at Lawrence Tech called L2Bot. Student teams must implement a vision guidance software system to allow the robot to maneuver a course simulating urban roads with a tunnel. The technologies learned from this competition can be applied to cars with vision sensors and intelligent robotics projects.
Participants include Romeo Engineering & Technology Center, a Java programming class from Cranbrook Schools, a Home school group from Bloomfield Township that won Robofest 2008 championship, and Berean Academy from Rochester Hills, as well as Lawrence Tech computer science students.
The competition is organized by Lawrence Tech's Autonomous Robotics Institute for Students and Educators (ARISE!).
"We are always looking for ways to get students involved in computer science at a young age, and this competition is for the future intelligent robotics," said CJ Chung, associate professor of computer science and the director of ARISE!
Just before the award ceremony around 8:30 p.m., there will be a demonstration of H2Bot, believed to be the world's first fuel-cell-powered autonomous robot vehicle.
For more information, go to www.robofest.net or contact firstname.lastname@example.com or (248) 204-3569.
Also watch the last year's video at www.robofest.net/collegiate.
Lawrence Technological University, ltu.edu, offers over 80 undergraduate, master's and doctoral degree programs in Colleges of Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Management. Founded in 1932, the 4,500-student, private university pioneered evening classes 75 years ago, and today has a growing number of weekend and online programs. Lawrence Tech's 102-acre campus is in Southfield, with education centers in Lansing, Livonia, Clinton Township, Traverse City and Petoskey. Lawrence Tech also offers programs with partner universities in Mexico, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.


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Economic Recovery in Manufacturing, Construction and Services Industries - April 2010 Published on: 27/04/2010, Last update: 28/04/2014
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- DG Enterprise and Industry.
Signs of a more generalised economic recovery are becoming evident across the sectors of EU industry.
Data on manufacturing production for February 2010 show growth of 3.5% over the previous year and growth of some 2% over the last three months. Manufacturing production has now increased in eight out of the last nine months. Output in February was some 5% above its cyclical trough in May 2009, but still 16% below its former peak in early 2008. In contrast to manufacturing, construction output has continued to fall in February, being now about 16% below its peak in early 2008. The latest data on turnover in business services and tourism in the fourth quarter of last year show it broadly stable.
There is increasing room for optimism about the short-term prospects for manufacturing. Industrial confidence has recovered strongly and production expectations are positive. There has been a significant recovery in world trade led by increased demand from emerging markets that has so far only partly fed through to EU exports. Moreover surveys suggest that inventories are now at very low levels; a further boost to output thus can be expected once manufacturers begin to rebuild their stocks.
Nevertheless a number of factors still suggest that some caution is still warranted about the prospects for economic recovery. These include a continuing decline of output in construction, the effects of low capacity utilization in weakening a rebound in investment, and the continuing deterioration in labour markets reflecting the typically delayed reaction of employment to lower output.
Looking further ahead, there is also still a risk that the continued limited availability of finance to firms on favourable terms could slow down the economic recovery. As shown in the recent ECB SME access to finance survey, SMEs in particular continue to suffer from difficult access to short-term financing.