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- 1 of 10While movies like Django Unchained and Silver Linings Playbook faced off for Best Picture at last night's 85th Annual Academy Awards, an altogether different kind of competition was happening offstage and in our living rooms. We're referring to the star-studded red carpet, where Hollywood's best and brightest showed up in a parade of glamorous looks to vie for the Best Dressed title. We think every one of these ladies deserves accolades, whether it's Best Silhouette for Jennifer Lawrence's body-skimming gown or Most Show-Stopping Color for Kerry Washington's gorgeous coral dress. Click through our slideshow to see our top ten favorite looks from the evening.
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Springfield, VA 22150
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This organization does not meet one or more of the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability. Click the conclusions section below for more information.
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Standards For Charity Accountability
Board Oversight
Oversight of Operations and Staff: Standard 1
Organizations shall have a board of directors that provides adequate oversight of the charity's operations and its staff. Indication of adequate oversight includes, but is not limited to, regularly scheduled appraisals of the CEO's performance, evidence of disbursement controls such as board approval of the budget, fund raising practices, establishment of a conflict of interest policy, and establishment of accounting procedures sufficient to safeguard charity finances.
The organization meets this standard.
Board Size
Number of Board Members: Standard 2
Soliciting organizations shall have a board of directors with a minimum of five voting members.
The organization meets this standard.
Board Meetings
Frequency and Attendance of Board Meetings: Standard 3
An organization shall have a minimum of three evenly spaced meetings per year of the full governing body with a majority in attendance, with face-to-face participation. A conference call of the full board can substitute for one of the three meetings of the governing body. For all meetings, alternative modes of participation are acceptable for those with physical disabilities.
ASYMCA does not meet this Standard because:
- The board of directors held two meetings in 2012.
Board Compensation
Compensated Board Members: Standard 4
Not more than one or 10% (whichever is greater) directly or indirectly compensated person(s) serving as voting member(s) of the board. Compensated members shall not serve as the board's chair or treasurer.
The organization meets this standard.
Conflict of Interest
Conflict of Interest: Standard 5
No transaction(s) in which any board or staff members have material conflicting interests with the charity resulting from any relationship or business affiliation. Factors that will be considered when concluding whether or not a related party transaction constitutes a conflict of interest and if such a conflict is material, include, but are not limited to: any arm's length procedures established by the charity; the size of the transaction relative to like expenses of the charity; whether the interested party participated in the board vote on the transaction; if competitive bids were sought and whether the transaction is one-time, recurring or ongoing.
The organization meets this standard.
Measuring Effectiveness
Effectiveness Policy
Board Policy on Effectiveness: Standard 6
Have a board policy of assessing, no less than every two years, the organization's performance and effectiveness and of determining future actions required to achieve its mission.
The organization meets this standard.
Effectiveness Report
Board Approval of Written Report on Effectiveness: Standard 7
Submit to the organization's governing body, for its approval, a written report that outlines the results of the aforementioned performance and effectiveness assessment and recommendations for future actions.
The organization meets this standard.
Program Expenses
Program Service Expense Ratio: Standard 8
Spend at least 65% of its total expenses on program activities.
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Fund Raising Expenses
Fund Raising Expense Ratio: Standard 9
Spending should be no more than 35% of related contributions on fund raising. Related contributions include donations, legacies, and other gifts received as a result of fund raising efforts.
The organization meets this standard.
Accumulating Funds
Ending Net Assets: Standard 10
Avoid accumulating funds that could be used for current program activities. To meet this standard, the charity's unrestricted net assets available for use should not be more than three times the size of the past year's expenses or three times the size of the current year's budget, whichever is higher.
The organization meets this standard.
Audit Report
Financial Statements: Standard 11
Make available to all, on request, complete annual financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. When total annual gross income exceeds $500,000, these statements should be audited in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. For charities whose annual gross income is less than $500,000, a review by a certified public accountant is sufficient to meet this standard. For charities whose annual gross income is less than $250,000, an internally produced, complete financial statement is sufficient to meet this standard.
The organization meets this standard.
Detailed Expense Breakdown
Detailed Functional Breakdown of Expenses: Standard 12
Include in the financial statements a breakdown of expenses (e.g., salaries, travel, postage, etc.) that shows what portion of these expenses was allocated to program, fund raising, and administrative activities. If the charity has more than one major program category, the schedule should provide a breakdown for each category.
The organization meets this standard.
Accurate Expense Reporting
Accuracy of Expenses in Financial Statements: Standard 13
Accurately report the charity's expenses, including any joint cost allocations, in its financial statements. For example, audited or unaudited statements which inaccurately claim zero fund raising expenses or otherwise understate the amount a charity spends on fund raising, and/or overstate the amount it spends on programs will not meet this standard.
The organization meets this standard.
Budget Plan
Budget: Standard 14
Have a board-approved annual budget for its current fiscal year, outlining projected expenses for major program activities, fund raising, and administration.
The organization meets this standard.
Fund Raising & Info
Truthful Materials
Misleading Appeals: Standard 15
Have solicitations and informational materials, distributed by any means, that are accurate, truthful and not misleading, both in whole and in part. Appeals that omit a clear description of program(s) for which contributions are sought will not meet this standard. A charity should also be able to substantiate that the timing and nature of its expenditures are in accordance with what is stated, expressed, or implied in the charity's solicitations.
The organization meets this standard.
Annual Report
Annual Report: Standard 16
Have an annual report available to all, on request, that includes: (a) the organization's mission statement, (b) a summary of the past year's program service accomplishments, (c) a roster of the officers and members of the board of directors, (d) financial information that includes (i) total income in the past fiscal year, (ii) expenses in the same program, fund raising and administrative categories as in the financial statements, and (iii) ending net assets.
The organization meets this standard.
Website Disclosures
Web Site Disclosures: Standard 17
Include on any charity websites that solicit contributions, the same information that is recommended for annual reports, as well as the mailing address of the charity and electronic access to its most recent IRS Form 990.
The organization meets this standard.
Donor Privacy
Privacy for Written Appeals & Internet Privacy: Standard 18
Address privacy concerns of donors by (a) providing in written appeals, at least annually, a means (e.g., such as a check off box) for both new and continuing donors to inform the charity if they do not want their name and address shared outside the organization, (b) providing a clear, prominent and easily accessible privacy policy on any of its websites that tells visitors (i) what information, if any, is being collected about them by the charity and how this information will be used, (ii) how to contact the charity to review personal information collected and request corrections, (iii) how to inform the charity (e.g., a check off box) that the visitor does not wish his/her personal information to be shared outside the organization, and (iv) what security measures the charity has in place to protect personal information.
The organization meets this standard.
Cause Marketing Disclosures
Cause Related Marketing: Standard 19
Clearly disclose how the charity benefits from the sale of products or services (i.e., cause-related marketing) that state or imply that a charity will benefit from a consumer sale or transaction. Such promotions should disclose, at the point of solicitation: (a) the actual or anticipated portion of the purchase price that will benefit the charity (e.g., 5 cents will be contributed to abc charity for every xyz company product sold), (b) the duration of the campaign (e.g., the month of October), (c) any maximum or guaranteed minimum contribution amount (e.g., up to a maximum of $200,000).
The organization meets this standard.
Complaints: Standard 20
Respond promptly to and act on complaints brought to its attention by the BBB Wise Giving Alliance and/or local Better Business Bureaus about fund raising practices, privacy policy violations and/or other issues.
The organization meets this standard.
Armed Services YMCA of the USA does not meet the following 1 Standards for Charity Accountability:
Standard 3 - Frequency and Attendance of Board Meetings
An organization shall have a minimum of three evenly spaced meetings per year of the full governing body with a majority in attendance, with face-to-face participation. A conference call of the full board can substitute for one of the three meetings of the governing body. For all meetings, alternative modes of participation are acceptable for those with physical disabilities.
ASYMCA does not meet this Standard because:
- The board of directors held two meetings in 2012.
Armed Services YMCA of the USA meets the remaining 19 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Year, State Incorporated: 1983, Illinois
Stated Purpose
"to put Christian principles into practice through educational, recreational, social and religious programs and services for junior enlisted military personnel, both single and married and their family members."
ASYMCA provides specialized programs and support services to make military life easier for military service members and their families with a particular focus on junior-enlisted men and women. The ASYMCA reports that it operates more than 150 program centers nationwide. In coordination with the Department of Defense and installation commands, the organization works to identify gaps in programs and services and identified priority programs are offered at low or no-cost. ASYMCA reports that with the help of more than 13,000 volunteers, the organization was able to help more than 500,000 troops and family members in 2012.
For the year ended December 31, 2012, ASYMCA's program expenses were:
|Social, recreational and cultural services
|Residence and related services
|Total Program Expenses:
Governance & Staff
Chief Executive
Michael J. Landers, CAPT, U.S. Navy (Ret), President/CEO
Chair of the Board
Donald R. Infante, Major General, U.S. Army (Ret)
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Retired military
Board Size
Paid Staff Size
*2012 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
Fund Raising
Method(s) Used:
ASYMCA incurred joint costs of $1,476 for informational materials and activities that included fund raising materials. Of those costs, $1,033 was allocated to fund raising expenses and $442 was allocated to program expenses.
Fund raising costs were 6% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $15,611,302, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)
Tax Status
This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
The following information is based on ASYMCA's audited financial statements - consolidated - for the year ended December 31, 2012.
|Source of Funds
|Donated services, materials and facilities
|Contributions and grants
|Program service fees
|Partner contributions
|National Council allocation
|Government contracts and grants
|Rental income
|Residence and related services
|Interest and dividends
|Sale of materials and services
|United Way
|Membership dues
|Total Income
- Programs: 90%
- Fundraising: 4%
- Administrative: 6%
|Total Income
|Program expenses
|Fundraising expenses
|Administrative expenses
|Other expenses
|Total expenses:
|Income in Excess of Expenses
|Beginning Net Assets
|Other Changes In Net Assets
|Ending Net Assets
|Total Liabilities
|Total Assets
According to ASYMCA's 2012 audited financial statements, the organization received in-kind contributions in the amount of $7,216,174 including facilities ($3,849,689), materials ($3,339,567), and skilled services ($26,918).
An organization may change its practices at any time without notice. A copy of this report has been shared with the organization prior to publication. It is not intended to recommend or deprecate, and is furnished solely to assist you in exercising your own judgment. If the report is about a charity and states the charity meets or does not meet the Standards for Charity Accountability, it reflects the results of an evaluation of information and materials provided voluntarily by the charity. The name Better Business Bureau is a registered service mark of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc.
This report is not to be used for fund raising or promotional purposes.

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Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel was one of the greatest couturiers of the 20th century. She died at 87 in Paris in 1971.
Chanel dominated the Paris fashion world in the '20s and at the height of her career was running four business enterprises — a fashion house, a textile business, perfume laboratories and a workshop for costume jewelry — that altogether employed 3,500 workers.
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The 13th annual Storybook Ball Oct. 20 at the Museum of Fine Arts raised more than $1.3 million.
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AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT: Kleinman, left, and his wife, Martha, with Joseph Vacanti, MD, MGHfC surgeon-in-chief and his wife, Susan Treacy.
Supporting pediatric patients was among the favorite things of some 500 guests who attended the 13th annual Storybook Ball Oct. 20 at the Museum of Fine Arts. "The Sound of Music"-themed event featured dancing, dinner, carnival games and a live auction. This year's proceeds – more than $1.3 million – will help further pediatric nutrition and music and art therapy programs at MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC). The evening included a video highlighting the story of Tommy McGraw, an 8-year-old proton therapy patient from Tacoma, Wash. Sporting a tuxedo and toting a stuffed shark wearing a black bowtie, Tommy was on hand as his father, Lt. Col. Joseph "Jake" McGraw, thanked MGHfC staff and clinicians for their support. Guests bid on auction items ranging from front row tickets to a Justin Bieber concert and a chance to meet the teen heartthrob to a package from Aerosmith bassist Todd Hamilton featuring tickets and backstage passes to a concert in Los Angeles. Event sponsors included Barneys New York, Bloomingdale's, Boston Bruins, Cooley Manion Jones, LLP, Euro-Pro, Fresh, Goldman, Sachs & Co., HBO, Intermix, KAUFMANFRANCO, Mandarin Oriental, Neiman Marcus, New England Patriots Charitable Foundation, Rafanelli Events, Serenella, Twin Farms, Valentino and Winston Flowers. The event was co-chaired by Kerry Swords and Katherine O'Keeffe.
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UC Hastings College of the Law boasts a large number of faculty members who have been elected to the American Law Institute. The ALI is a professional, nonprofit organization that exists to "clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law." Its distinguished members serve on committees with other legal academics, judges and practitioners to influence the development of the law in new and emerging fields.
Professor Feldman joins a long list of UC Hastings faculty who have been honored with membership in the prestigious American Law Institute. Professors Mary Kay Kane and Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., are members of the ALI Council. Professor Hazard served as Director of the ALI from 1984-1999.
UC Hastings faculty elected into the American Law Institute include:
Margreth Barrett
Jo Carrillo
John L. Diamond
William S. Dodge
David L. Faigman
Robin Cooper Feldman
Brian E. Gray
Joseph R. Grodin
Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr.
Elizabeth Lutes Hillman
Carol L. Izumi
Mary Kay Kane
Charles Lincoln Knapp
Frederick W. Lambert
Evan Tsen Lee
David I. Levine
Richard L. Marcus
Leo P. Martinez
Roger Park
Harry G. Prince
Kevin Tierney
William K.S. Wang
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Courage Under Fire
God rescued His faithful servants when they showed themselves unwilling to bow to Nebuchadnezzar's dictates. The Lord promises to deliver us as well, though this deliverance might not occur until He returns. In any case, we serve God not because ...Read More
In the Court of a Pagan King
Each of us faces unique circumstances that make it hard for us at times to know how we can best witness to Christ as we live in this world. However, the example of Daniel and his friends shows us that ...Read More
Daniel is Taken to Babylon
God is the sovereign Lord of history who causes kingdoms to rise and fall according to His decree. Nothing happens apart from His having ordained it in eternity past, and this is a comforting truth. It tells us that everything ...Read More
Influential New Testament Women
According to His humanity, our Savior was often sustained by the ministrations of faithful women who loved Him more than their own lives. We have an opportunity to minister to Jesus today, not directly as these women did, but indirectly ...Read More
For the most part, God's hand of providence remains hidden, and we do not know how things will turn out for us before they actually occur. At times we must trust the Lord and do the right thing even if ...Read More
Most of us would likely be considered ordinary people who will never make the history books. From a human perspective, we may not seem all that "great." Yet from God's perspective, ordinary is what we want to be. He brings ...Read More
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In biblical categories, strength and service go hand in hand. Christian leaders do not seek out others to be their servants; rather, they serve the people who are under them, seeking to help them grow in their gifts and to ...Read More
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In the modern West, people are not apt to believe God is limited to one place. However, our relativistic culture has no trouble limiting the universal reign of the triune God of Israel. It is all too common to hear ...Read More
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Jehoiachin's exaltation was a sign of hope, albeit a sign that was hard to see. In our individual circumstances, sometimes the only sign of hope we have is one that is flickering and barely visible. However, we have one sign ...Read More
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12 U.S. Code § 2808 - Effective date
(a) In general
This chapter shall take effect on the one hundred and eightieth day beginning after December 31, 1975. Any institution specified in section 2802 (2)(A) [1] of this title which has total assets as of its last full fiscal year of $10,000,000 or less is exempt from the provisions of this chapter. The Bureau, in consultation with the Secretary, may exempt institutions described in section 2802 (2)(B) [1] of this title that are comparable within their respective industries to institutions that are exempt under the preceding sentence (as determined without regard to the adjustment made by subsection (b) of this section).
(b) CPI adjustments
(1) In general
Subject to paragraph (2), the dollar amount applicable with respect to institutions described in section 2802 (2)(A) [1] of this title under the 2d sentence of subsection (a) of this section shall be adjusted annually after December 31, 1996, by the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
(2) 1-time adjustment for prior inflation
The first adjustment made under paragraph (1) after September 30, 1996, shall be the percentage by which—
[1] See References in Text note below.
Source(Pub. L. 94–200, title III, § 309,Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1128; Pub. L. 102–242, title II, § 224(a),Dec. 19, 1991, 105 Stat. 2307; Pub. L. 102–550, title XVI, § 1604(a)(15),Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4083; Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title II, § 2225(a),Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–415; Pub. L. 111–203, title X, § 1094(1),July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2097.)
References in Text
Section 2802 (2) of this title, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b)(1), was redesignated section 2802 (3) of this title by Pub. L. 111–203, title X, § 1094(2)(A),July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2097.
2010—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–203substituted "Bureau" for "Board".
1996—Pub. L. 104–208designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, inserted "(as determined without regard to the adjustment made by subsection (b) of this section)" before period at end, and added subsec. (b).
1992—Pub. L. 102–550, § 1604(a)(15), amended directory language of Pub. L. 102–242, § 224(a). See 1991 Amendment note below.
1991—Pub. L. 102–242, § 224(a), as amended by Pub. L. 102–550, § 1604(a)(15), struck out "depository" before "institution", inserted "specified in section 2802 (2)(A) of this title" after "institution", and inserted at end: "The Board, in consultation with the Secretary, may exempt institutions described in section 2802 (2)(B) of this title that are comparable within their respective industries to institutions that are exempt under the preceding sentence."
Effective Date of 2010 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 111–203effective on the designated transfer date, see section 1100H ofPub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 552a of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Effective Date of 1992 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 102–550effective as if included in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991, Pub. L. 102–242, as of Dec. 19, 1991, see section 1609(a) ofPub. L. 102–550, set out as a note under section 191 of this title.
Effective Date of 1991 Amendment
Pub. L. 102–242, title II, § 224(b),Dec. 19, 1991, 105 Stat. 2307, provided that: "This section [amending this section] shall become effective on January 1, 1992."
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Gifts for the Chef
For many people, cooking is a passion, an art. It's what they love to do. So why not find them something that makes the experience of food preparation even more exhilarating? Whether it's something for the burgeoning baker or the full-on gourmet cook, Lumens has a truly delicious selection of gifts for chefs. Here you will find knives, mixing bowls, juicers, food storage containers and many more tasty kitchen tools and accessories.Read More


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No. I for one, contrary to popular belief, believe that every generation will be a tad smarter than the previous one since they benefit from the progress we make now, and intergrate it into themselves from a younger age than we did since we discovered it later in our lives.
On the other hand, i also believe that the "dumber" people of every generation have more children than the "smart" ones, pushing the average iq down a notch. I'm not saying that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Occasionally it ends up very far from the tree, but more often than not, it still doesn't land very far away.


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Obama And Biden Deliver Remarks At Funeral For Daniel Inouye
President Barack Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden, former U.S.... News PhotoBarack Obama,Bill Clinton,Coffin,Daniel K. Inouye,Former,Funeral,Government,Harry Reid,Horizontal,Joseph Biden,National Cathedral,Politics,US President,USA,Vice President,Waist Up,Washington DCPhotographer Mark WilsonCollection: Getty Images News 2012 Getty ImagesWASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 21: (L-R) President Barack Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden, former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) watch as the casket of Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) is carried past during a funeral service at the National Cathedral on December 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. Sen. Inouye, who was the most senior senator and a Medal of Honor recipient, died on December 17 at the age of 88. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)


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8 U.S. Code § 1446 - Investigation of applicants; examination of applications
(a) Waiver
Before a person may be naturalized, an employee of the Service, or of the United States designated by the Attorney General, shall conduct a personal investigation of the person applying for naturalization in the vicinity or vicinities in which such person has maintained his actual place of abode and in the vicinity or vicinities in which such person has been employed or has engaged in business or work for at least five years immediately preceding the filing of his application for naturalization. The Attorney General may, in his discretion, waive a personal investigation in an individual case or in such cases or classes of cases as may be designated by him.
(b) Conduct of examinations; authority of designees; record
The Attorney General shall designate employees of the Service to conduct examinations upon applications for naturalization. For such purposes any such employee so designated is authorized to take testimony concerning any matter touching or in any way affecting the admissibility of any applicant for naturalization, to administer oaths, including the oath of the applicant for naturalization, and to require by subpena the attendance and testimony of witnesses, including applicant, before such employee so designated and the production of relevant books, papers, and documents, and to that end may invoke the aid of any district court of the United States; and any such court may, in the event of neglect or refusal to respond to a subpena issued by any such employee so designated or refusal to testify before such employee so designated issue an order requiring such person to appear before such employee so designated, produce relevant books, papers, and documents if demanded, and testify; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof. The record of the examination authorized by this subsection shall be admissible as evidence in any hearing conducted by an immigration officer under section 1447 (a) of this title. Any such employee shall, at the examination, inform the applicant of the remedies available to the applicant under section 1447 of this title.
(c) Transmittal of record of examination
The record of the examination upon any application for naturalization may, in the discretion of the Attorney General be transmitted to the Attorney General and the determination with respect thereto of the employee designated to conduct such examination shall when made also be transmitted to the Attorney General.
(d) Determination to grant or deny application
The employee designated to conduct any such examination shall make a determination as to whether the application should be granted or denied, with reasons therefor.
(e) Withdrawal of application
After an application for naturalization has been filed with the Attorney General, the applicant shall not be permitted to withdraw his application, except with the consent of the Attorney General. In cases where the Attorney General does not consent to the withdrawal of the application, the application shall be determined on its merits and a final order determination made accordingly. In cases where the applicant fails to prosecute his application, the application shall be decided on the merits unless the Attorney General dismisses it for lack of prosecution.
(f) Transfer of application
An applicant for naturalization who moves from the district of the Service in the United States in which the application is pending may, at any time thereafter, request the Service to transfer the application to any district of the Service in the United States which may act on the application. The transfer shall not be made without the consent of the Attorney General. In the case of such a transfer, the proceedings on the application shall continue as though the application had originally been filed in the district of the Service to which the application is transferred.
Source(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, § 335,66 Stat. 255; Pub. L. 97–116, § 15(c),Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1619; Pub. L. 100–525, § 9(aa), (bb),Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2621; Pub. L. 101–649, title IV, §§ 401(c), 407 (c)(16), (d)(13),Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 5038, 5041, 5043; Pub. L. 102–232, title III, § 305(f),Dec. 12, 1991, 105 Stat. 1750.)
1991—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–232substituted "district court" for "District Court".
1990—Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(d)(13)(A), substituted "Investigation of applicants; examination of applications" for "Investigation of petitioners" in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(c)(16), (d)(13)(B), substituted "Before a person may be naturalized" for "At any time prior to the holding of the final hearing on a petition for naturalization provided for by section 1447 (a) of this title", "applying" for "petitioning", and "application" for "petition".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(c)(16), (d)(13)(C), substituted "applications" for "petitions" and "applicant" for "petitioner" wherever appearing, struck out "preliminary" before "examinations" and before "examination", struck out "to any naturalization court and to make recommendations thereon to such court" before period at end of first sentence, substituted "any District Court of the United States" for "any court exercising naturalization jurisdiction as specified in section 1421 of this title", and substituted "hearing conducted by an immigration officer under section 1447 (a) of this title" for "final hearing conducted by a naturalization court designated in section 1421 of this title".
Pub. L. 101–649, § 401(c), inserted at end "Any such employee shall, at the examination, inform the petitioner of the remedies available to the petitioner under section 1447 of this title."
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(c)(16), (d)(13)(D), struck out "preliminary" before "examination" wherever appearing, and substituted "determination" for "recommendation" and "application" for "petition".
Subsecs. (d) to (f). Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(d)(13)(E), amended subsecs. (d) to (f) generally, substituting provisions relating to determinations, withdrawal of application, and transfer of application, for provisions relating to recommendations, withdrawal of petition, and transfer of petition, respectively.
1988—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100–525, § 9(aa), substituted "approves" for "approve" in fourth sentence.
Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 100–525, § 9(bb), struck out before period at end ", except that the court to which the petition is transferred may in its discretion, require the production of two credible United States citizen witnesses to testify as to the petitioner's qualifications for naturalization since the date of such transfer".
1981—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–116, § 15(c)(1), struck out "and the oaths of petitioner's witnesses to the petition for naturalization" after "oath of the petitioner for naturalization".
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 97–116, § 15(c)(2), (3), redesignatedsubsec. (i) as (f) and struck out former subsec. (f) which required affidavits of at least two credible witnesses, citizens of the United States, concerning the residency and the good moral character, etc., of the petitioner.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 97–116, § 15(c)(2), struck out subsec. (g) which related to proof of residence at the hearing on the petition.
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 97–116, § 15(c)(2), struck out subsec. (h) which related to satisfactory evidence as to good moral character, etc., at the hearing on the petition.
Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 97–116, § 15(c)(3), redesignatedsubsec. (i) as (f).
Effective Date of 1991 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 102–232effective as if included in the enactment of the Immigration Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101–649, see section 310(1) ofPub. L. 102–232, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.
Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 97–116effective Dec. 29, 1981, see section 21(a) ofPub. L. 97–116, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.
Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and Transfer of Functions
For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service, transfer of functions, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of this title.
Criminal Background Checks
Pub. L. 105–119, title I, Nov. 26, 1997, 111 Stat. 2448, provided in part: "That during fiscal year 1998 and each fiscal year thereafter, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Immigration and Naturalization Service shall be used to complete adjudication of an application for naturalization unless the Immigration and Naturalization Service has received confirmation from the Federal Bureau of Investigation that a full criminal background check has been completed, except for those exempted by regulation as of January 1, 1997".
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Tegra Graphics Debugger
Tegra Graphics Debugger is a console-grade tool that allows developers to debug and profile OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.0, OpenGL ES 3.1, Android Extension Pack (AEP), OpenGL 4.3, OpenGL 4.4, and OpenGL 4.5 on Windows, OSX and Linux enabling game and graphics developers to get the most out of Tegra K1 or Tegra X1 SOCs. Built specifically for Kepler class GPU SOCs, Tegra Graphics Debugger is built from the ground up with a common UI with NVIDIA® Nsight™ Visual Studio Edition.
Download the latest version of NVIDIA Tegra Graphics Debugger for Android in the AndroidWorks or for Linux for Tegra in Jetson TK1 Development Pack. NVIDIA Tegra Graphics Debugger is offered free of charge, but requires NVIDIA GameWorks™ Registered Developer Program membership.
Download for Android Download for Linux for Tegra Documentation
Standalone Tegra Graphics Debugger downloads are also available at NVIDIA GameWorks™ Download Center
Major Features
- Monitor key software and hardware performance metrics
- Debug draw calls and related states and resources
- Live capture of a single rendering frame
- Edit and recompile shaders live
- Automatic GPU bottleneck analysis
- Advanced timings for draw calls and kernel dispatches
Tegra Graphics Debugger 2.0 Release Highlights
- Support for OpenGL 4.5.
- Support for
GL_ARG_buffer_storagefrom OpenGL 4.4.
- Support for serialized captures via source code generation.
- Added Shader Perf statistics in the Linked Programs view.
- Support for NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV.
- Support for launching on all Tegra X1 and above devices. (Note that Nexus 9 will require an OS update.)
- Added support for scrubbing through the target view on the tablet and NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV.
- Support for Android 5.0 "Lollipop" and Android TV.
- >Various bug fixes and performance improvements
Tegra Graphics Debugger allows you to quickly connect to an Android devkit or upcoming a consumer device powered by Tegra K1 or Tegra X1, and attach to your graphics mobile application to monitor key software and hardware performance metrics, such as "frames per second" to gauge rendering performance and "GPU utilization" to ensure you're taking full advantage of the hardware. Simple, yet effective, directed tests provide a painless method for identifying application bottlenecks.
Tegra Graphics Debugger
The frame debugger grabs a rendered frame from your mobile application for further analysis and debugging. Powerful tools, such as the frame scrubber and the event list allow you to navigate the massive amounts of data generated by your application. Other views, such as the resource viewer, allow you to explore your application, examining the various assets, while the API inspector provides a view into the internals of your application.
The frame profiler uses hardware performance monitors to measure unit utilization and bottlenecks, reporting the performance limiters for the rendered frame. The high level overview shows where compute cycles are spent and how much memory traffic is happening where. This gives you a basic idea of how efficient your application is. Additional tools provide more granular details, such as the state bucket, which groups similar rendering commands allowing for optimizations that provide the maximum bang for your buck.
With Tegra Graphics Debugger, you can edit and recompile graphics shader source code on the fly, allowing you to experiment with modifications to your shader source for both performance and debugging. These modifications can easily be toggled or updated to compare rendering or performance results in conjunction with directed tests.
Tegra Graphics Debugger's powerful workflows enable game and graphics developers to get the most out of Tegra K1 and Tegra X1 SOCs. Available on Windows, OSX and Linux, this tool for modern graphics development fits easily into your Android development environment. Redefine next-gen with Tegra and NVIDIA GameWorks Developer Tools.
System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems for Tegra Graphics Debugger client:
- Windows 7/8.1
- Mac OS X (10.9)
- Linux (Ubuntu v12.04, v14.04)
Supported Target Platforms:
- Tegra K1 32-bit
- Tegra K1 64-bit
- Tegra X1 64-bit
Supported Graphics APIs:
- OpenGL 4.5
- OpenGL 4.4
- OpenGL 4.3
- OpenGL ES 3.1
- OpenGL ES 3.0
- OpenGL ES 2.0
- Android Extension Pack
Developer Webinars
Instructional Videos and Webinars can be found here.
To provide feedback, request additional features or report support issues, please use the Tegra Developer Forums.


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Pets suffer from anxiety, but unlike human companions, the animals cannot verbalize what is causing the discomfort.
Instead, pets communicate distress through signs of nervousness and fear by their behavior.Â
A pet is often labeled as having a behavior problem when, in fact, the animal is reacting to something he does not understand or perceives might be a threat.Â
Knowing the signs and possible causes of anxiety can help Carbon County animal lovers ease a pet's distress.Â
According to animal experts, the 10 signs of pet anxiety include:
â¢Excessive barking, meowing, whining, yelping or crying
â¢Pacing, panting, restlessness or running around
â¢Cowering, trembling or shaking.
â¢Excessive vigilance with exaggerated startle response.
â¢Hiding under furniture, in the bathroom or freezing to the spot .
â¢Seeking comfort from an owner or guardian.
â¢Drooling or vomiting.
â¢Inappropriate urination or defecation.
â¢Destructive chewing.
â¢Running away.
Leaving pets home alone, auddenly boarding or kenneling the animals and having unfamiliar people visit the household are several causes of anxiety in pets.
Causes also include introducing new animals into a household and the sudden departure of a family member.
Animal experts recommend that Carbon County residents consult a local veterinarian for assistance in alleviating anxiety in pet and explore available treatment options.


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Hatters Hostel- Liverpool
Hatters Liverpool is the most recent addition to the Hatters family, giving the ultimate in comfort in a funky, friendly hostel environment.
Free light all day brekkie, free luggage storage, free linen, 24 hr reception, internet access, free local/travel info, self-catering facilities FREE SMILES, TVs in private rooms, wireless internet onsite, tea & coffee making facilities in private rooms, double rooms (with baths!) and family rooms.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 hour reception
- 24 hour security
- Adaptors
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- Breakfast Included
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Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
Must-Read Hostel InfoThis property has specific Terms & Conditions.
Check-In/Out Details :
Earliest Check-in: 14:00.
Latest Check-out: 11:00.
Cancellation Policy :
Guests can cancel their reservation free of charge up to 12 noon the day before arrival. Deposits paid are non refundable.
- All bookings will be subject to preauthorisation of credit card details. For any details not authorised the booking will automatically be cancelled.
- **For groups of 7 people or more, we require one full payment 7 days prior to arrival. This will be charged to the card used to make the booking or through alternative card made by the guest prior to this period.
**Cancellations or amendments for groups of 7 people or more must be made 7 days prior to arrival by email or the full booking value will be charged.
- Groups of 15 pax or more must contact the hostel directly to make a booking.
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Address: 56-60 Mount Pleasant,
From Lime Street:
Come out of the station, turning left. Continue until you reach Brownlow Hill. Take a slight left then Mount Pleasant will appear on the right. Take this turning and you will soon see us on the right-hand side. We are no 56-60.
From Liverpool Central Train Station:
Head north on Fairclough Street and then turn right at Ranelagh Street. Now turn right on Renshaw St, take a slight left at Brownlow Hill and then turn right onto Mount Pleasant. We are number 56-60.
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Come south on Fraser Street (towards Lime St Train Station) then when you hit London Rd on the bottom turn left. At the traffic lights, turn right onto Seymour St., continue straight on as it becomes Russell St and then Clarence St (funny English city habit of changing street names halfway down!!) At the third set of traffic lights on this street you will see Mount Pleasant take a right and you will soon see us on the left. We are number 56-60.
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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!
The Fire finally picked up three points last week in dramatic fashion with a 5-4 win over Red Bull in New Jersey and will look to make it two on the trot when they welcome defending MLS Cup champs Sporting Kansas City to Toyota Park on Sunday (2pm CT My50/TWCSC-WI/UniMas).
Sporting brings a depleted squad to Chicago but their first loss at home in some time at the hands of the Union on Wednesday night means they come to town with a bad taste in their mouth. Here are some things to look out for from a tactical perspective.
Taking advantage of a depleted SKC defense – testing the makeshift back line
On Sunday, Kansas City will take the field without either member of their famed center backs – Aurelien Collin (injury) and Matt Besler (international duty). Right back Chance Myers is also a doubt. On the outside, Seth Sinovic could be the only regular starter in the back four to play on Sunday while Brazilian Igor Julião had a solid debut in Wednesday's match against Philly.
In the past, SKC have dealt with the loss of Besler due to national team commitments but losing both center backs is a large blow. SKC's patched up defense must have Mike Magee and Quincy Amarikwa licking their lips. Last week we saw Harry Shipp play an absolutely brilliant defense-splitting pass to put Mike Magee in 1v1 with Red Bull 'keeper Luis Robles.
Against SKC, Shipp and whoever plays in the center of midfield alongside Jeff Larentowicz should be looking to play those types of passes in behind the SKC defense to the onrushing Magee or Amarikwa.
Repeating last week's second half tactic on Sunday – putting high pressure on SKC
Amarikwa described Frank Yallop's tactical switch at halftime of the New York game the best. When asked, he said, "We came in at half time and knew we were sitting in too much. We were giving New York too much respect to play and we know we can score goals. That's what we've done consistently this year. So, we said in the second half we're just going to high press, what do we have to lose, and I think it really caught them off guard."
The exact same tactic should be in place from the first whistle against SKC. In Wednesday's match against the Union, Sporting gave up the ball on far too many occasions, many times with minimal pressure applied by the opposition. The Union sat back and used the counter attack to their advantage but for the Fire, forcing a new-look SKC into mistakes will be critical.
If Benji Joya gets the start again in the center of the park, I expect to see more from him in this regard. Joya is slowly but surely improving the defensive side of his game but against a team like SKC, I expect him to take a page out of the Dax McCarty playbook and not allow the SKC players any time on the ball.
Joya has the comfort of Jeff Larentowicz behind him so taking a few risks and pressing higher up the field could reap rewards
Providing more support to the outside backs – wing backs exposed again against NYRB last week
As I discussed last week, a lot of the problems for the Fire defensively stem from attacks coming from the wide areas. That was again the case against the Red Bulls in Saturday's game. It was obvious that NYRB coach Mike Petke told his team to try and isolate Greg Cochrane on the left hand side. During the first half, the Red Bulls attacked almost exclusively down the Fire left. Cochrane certainly held his own but he lacked support from Harry Shipp who was playing in front of him.
On the other side, Lovel Palmer had a tough game in New York. The Red Bulls were again allowed space and time to put in crosses and it really hurt the Fire. Case in point being the Red Bulls first goal, where Eric Alexander was given yards of space to pick out a cross and he duly found the head of Tim Cahill, the best header of a ball in the league.
Against a team like Sporting KC, who put an emphasis on getting their full backs forward to support the outside attackers, the Fire need to try and minimize the amount of 1v1 situations between our outside backs and the SKC wide men.
Prediction: The Fire are hitting KC at the right time: 2-1 Fire with goals from Mike Magee and Benji Joya.
Stephen Piggott is a contributor to Chicago-Fire.com. Follow him on Twitter @Irish_Steve.
WATCH: No cardiac arrest after 5-4 win in New York
Simon Borg's Instant Replay video series on MLSsoccer.com continues to be destination viewing. In this week's episode, Simon cites the updated FIFA Laws of the Game to explain why Harry Shipp's first goal on Saturday vs. New York stood despite offside shouts from just about everyone in Red Bull Arena.
He also looks at another play the Fire may have gained an advantage on...
As we've all learned, GoPro cameras make everything look so much cooler. The guys over at Chicago Fire Rec Soccer have taken that to heart by putting together some of the best highlights from their leagues each and every week.
Check out the video below and get more info on CFRS leagues, as well as registration by clicking here.
Sometimes in the stat world you need an assist. Sometimes in the MLS stat world, you quite appropriately may need a second assist.
This came for me Saturday night when Fire Analyst Kevin Egan tweeted to ask this question following a wild 5-4 win in New York:
Here's one for stat man @jefecrandall! Four goals in 15 minutes! Surely that's a first in @ChicagoFire history? #cf97
— Kevin Egan (@kev_egan) May 11, 2014
Perhaps knowing I was too busy bowing at the altar of a boy wunderkid, Hot Time in Old Town founder Tweed Thornton did the quick research:
Beats July 4, 2001 by 1 min http://t.co/HbPZzCO50s @kev_egan: Four goals in 15 minutes! Surely that's a first in @ChicagoFire history? #cf97
— Tweed Thornton (@Tweed_Thornton) May 11, 2014
Might be another out there but I think no. @jefecrandall? RT @kev_egan: @Tweed_Thornton @ChicagoFire Wow! Well played, Tweed! Great stuff!
— Tweed Thornton (@Tweed_Thornton) May 11, 2014
Having finished the lamb sacrifice (kidding!), I woke up this morning to do some more research of my own. Kevin and Tweed were correct, not only did we see the first-ever Fire rookie/Homegrown score a hat trick Saturday night, we also saw the quickest four-goal barrage in the club's 17 season. Wow!
Here's a list of the ones that came (sort of) close:
|Minute Span
|Total Minutes
|Goal Scorers
|5-4 W at RBNY
|Amarikwa 49, Shipp 53', 58', Nyarko 64'
|7-0 W at KC
|Nowak 72', 81', Stoitchkov 83', 88'
|4-1 W at DAL
|Kubik 7', Razov 16', Kosecki 20', Podbrozny 36'
|4-1 W vs. SJ
|Kovalenko 5', Kubik 12', og 13', Razov 40'
|4-0 W vs. NE
|Barrett 4', Frankowski 22', 39', Blanco 37'
|5-0 W vs. COL
|Brown 21', Razov 51', Podbrozny 55', Kosecki 57'
As I did much of last year, I was excited to be invited back to Soccer House, headquarters of the U.S. Soccer Federation, for Thursday's third round Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup draw.
I was joined on Prairie Street by Indy Eleven President Peter Wilt, who was there to witness his club's first Open Cup coin flip.
If you read some of my Open Cup draw articles last year, you might have seen a very complicated process which involved bigger groupings of geographical possibilities, numbering pieces of paper and drawing from envelopes before any coins were flipped.
None of that was the case on Thursday as Competition Secretary Paul Marstaller was able to fit all potential third round matchups in to "logical geographic pairings" so only coin flips needed to take place.
For the Open Cup nerds out there, this may disappoint you and if you'd rather go no further, I suggest you just read U.S. Soccer's official release on the potential third round pairings. If you would still like to know some of the interesting intricacies of the day's happenings, keep reading:
- Five lower-league professional sides did not apply to host third round matches: USL PRO's Harrisburg City Islanders, Orange County Blues, Arizona United SC, Oklahoma City Energy FC and NASL's Atlanta Silverbacks.
- As they did last year, USL PRO's Dayton Dutch Lions did apply to host but their field does not meet U.S. Soccer's competition requirements (a common theme here). Their second round opponent, North Chicago side Schwaben AC also applied to host but their venue does not meet requirements as well.
- Why would both clubs apply to host if they didn't meet requirements? While it's unlikely it would happen, supposing the opponent that pair was matched up with also didn't meet field or venue requirements or didn't apply to host, U.S. Soccer could then award hosting rights to either club. In the case of Dayton/Schwaben, because Indy Eleven applied to host and their home venue meets requirements, a coin flip did not occur for this matchup.
- Another interesting example of this was on the last flip of the round in the matchup of Cal FC / LA Galaxy II and PSA Elite / San Diego Flash. Of the four teams, only LA Galaxy II's venue met requirements, while both PSA Elite and San Diego Flash applied to host although neither team's field met requirements. So in the case that Cal FC won, the winner of the PSA Elite / San Diego Flash match would host a third round match up by default.
With USL PRO's Charleston Battery having the only suitable host venue in their potential match up (they play the PDL's Panama City Pirates in Round 2), they automatically were rewarded hosting rights should they advance to a third round matchup against the winner of Jacksonville United FC / Orlando City U23s. Jacksonville United did apply to host but their home venue was deemed not to fit stadium requirements. However, should Charleston lose and Jacksonville win, the NPSL side would host Panama City in the third round. Should both Panama City and Orlando City win, because neither applied for hosting rights, U.S. Soccer would quickly quoroum with both clubs to figured out a host for a third round match.
- USL PRO's Wilmington Hammerheads applied to host but their field was also deemed unsuitable. Paired with NPSL's Chattanooga FC in the second round, should Wilmington win, they would host by default as Atlanta Silverbacks did not apply to do so.
- Because of some of these differing scenarios, coin flips did not occur as matchups defaulted to a suitable host team.
Complete Third Round U.S. Open Cup Grid (as I saw it today).
BOLD: Applied to host; Venue meets requirements
ITALICS: Applied to host, Field width doesn't meet requirements
BOLD ITALICS: Applied to host; Venue doesn't meet requirements
N/A - Matchups where coin flips did not occur because of hosting defaults
|Greater Binghamton Thunder (NPSL)/Reading United (PDL)
|W. Mass. Pioneers (PDL)/Rochester Rhinos (USLP)
|Brooklyn Italians (NPSL)/Jersey Express (PDL)
|New York Cosmos (NASL)
|NY Greek Americans (USASA)/Ocean City Nor'easters (PDL)
|Richmond Kickers (USLP)/RVA FC (NPSL)
|Harrisburg City Islanders (USLP)/Lehigh Valley Utd. (NPSL)
|Icon FC (USASA)/Baltimore Bohemians (PDL)
|NY Red Bulls U-23 (NPSL)/Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USLP)
|RWB Adria (USASA)/Michigan Bucks (PDL)
|Carolina Dynamo (PDL)/Charlotte Eagles (USLP)
|Carolina Railhawks (NASL)
|Wilmington Hammerheads (USLP)/Chattanooga FC (NPSL)
|Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL)
|Jacksonville United (NPSL)/Orlando City U23s (PDL)
|Panama City Pirates (PDL)/Charleston Battery (USLP)
|Ocala Stampede (PDL)/Orlando City (USLP)
|Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL)
|Red Force (USASA)/Laredo Heat (PDL)
|Fort Lauderdale Strikers (NASL)
|Dayton Dutch Lions (USLP)/Schwaben AC (USASA)
|Indy Eleven (NASL)
|NTX Rayados (USASA)/Austin Aztex (PDL)
|San Antonio Scorpions (NASL)
|Real Colorado Foxes (PDL)/Des Moines Menace (USASA)
|Minnesota United SC (NASL)
|Oklahoma City Energy (USLP)/Tulsa Athletics (NPSL)
|Arizona United SC (USLP)/Portland Timbers U23 (PDL)
|Orange County Blues (USLP)/Fresno Fuego (PDL)
|Sacramento Republic (USLP)/Ventura County Fusion (PDL)
|Cal FC (USASA)/LA Galaxy II (USL Pro)
|PSA Elite (USASA)/San Diego Flash (NPSL)
Thank you again to U.S. Soccer for allowing me to play witness to the draw once again. Chicago-Fire.com plans to bring coverage of the fourth round draw procedure when it occurs next week.
The first round of the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup kicked off across the country with seven matches (and a forfeit) Wednesday night.
Of note, three games went to extra time with two of those going to penalty kicks. One of the matches decided in a shootout was that of local side RWB Adria downing NPSL darlings Detroit City FC 3-1 on penalties after playing to a dramatic 2-2 draw.
Hot Time in Old Town's Sean Spence live tweeted the match from Livonia Stevenson High School in suburban Detroit where Adria took an early lead through Vlad Baciu in the 20th minute. Fueled by the always raucous DCFC partisans, the home side took a 2-1 lead with second half goals from Tyler Arnone and former Colorado Rapids defender Kevin Taylor in the 71st and 77th minutes respectively.
Baciu bagged a dramatic brace in the dying moments of regulation to send the match to extra time where both teams saw two players sent off and neither could find a goal in the 30 extra minutes. Adria played the spoiler connecting with three of their penalties to see out Detroit City FC and set up a return date to Detroit next week where they'll face perennial U.S. Open Cup spoilers Michigan Bucks next Wednesday, May 14.
Adria will be joined in the second round by another local Chicago side, Schwaben AC, who host USL PRO's Dayton Dutch Lions in Arlington Heights next Wednesday at 4pm CT.
These games should be of interest for Fire fans as the regional groupings make sense for a potential fourth round match up (where MLS teams enter the tournament).
Other Notes:
- The tournament saw it's first forfeit in a decade as USASA side Corinthians were forced to withdraw from their match against the San Diego Flash due to not being able to obtain international clearance for their players in time to play the match. TheCup.US has more information on this intriguing story.
- Kudos to U.S. Soccer for upping their coverage of the tournament this year by introducing a "Game of the Round" which streamed on the Federation's official site Wednesday night. The chosen match saw the USL Premier Development League's Western Mass Pioneers down USASA side GPS Massachusetts 4-1 to advance to the second round. Catch the archive of the match here.
- With the first round done and second round matches set, U.S. Soccer will conduct the tournament's third round draw at Soccer House in Chicago this afternoon. Chicago-Fire.com will once again be a witness at the festivities and have a full account of how the matchups happened later Thusday.
For more information on the 2014 U.S. Open Cup, please visit USsoccer.com and the tournament's unofficial site TheCup.us.
If you're any type of soccer nerd, you may know the record for most lopsided defeat in a FIFA national team match match came on April 11, 2001 when an Australian side pushing to move outside of the Oceanic Football Confederation made a point by defeating tiny American Samoa 31-0.
Needless to say, the defeat brought large embarrassment to the tiny U.S. territory whose population is just a hair over 55,000.
Enter former D.C. United, Toronto FC and U.S. U-20 coach Thomas Rongen who threw connections with the U.S. Soccer Federation took the reigns for American Samoa during OFC qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The Dutchman worked wonders by leading the small nation to its first ever international win when they defeated Tonga 2-1 in their opening match of qualifying.
American Samoa tied their second match 1-1 vs. Cook Island and narrowly missed advancing out of the group, falling to Samoa 1-0 in the 89th minute of their final match.
While the side didn't advance, cameras followed Rongen throughout his short stint leading the team and made the movie "Next Goal Wins" which recently debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival.
This is where you come in... There will be a local screening of the film at the Regal Gardens 7-13 in Skokie on Wednesday, May 21 at 7:30pm. In order for it to happen, the theater needs RSVPs by the end of the day Wednesday.
Tickets are just $10.50 and can be purchased by clicking here.
WATCH the trailer for the film below:
The Chicago Fire were honored to have a very special guest take part in the club's First Kick at Saturday night's game vs. Real Salt Lake.
Jack received a liver transplant from Lurie Children's Hospital when he was five months old. Now in Kindergarten, Jack is a healthy five-year-old who plays AYSO soccer with his team the Blue Bombers.
Check out this video of Jack's experience from Saturday's match: