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Medicaid Fraud Control Units - MFCUs
Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCU) investigate and prosecute Medicaid fraud as well as patient abuse and neglect in health care facilities. Currently, MFCUs operate in 49 States and in the District of Columbia. Forty-four of the MFCUs are located as part of Offices of State Attorneys General; the remaining 6 are in other State agencies. OIG certifies, and annually recertifies, each MFCU. OIG collects information about MFCU operations and assesses whether they comply with statutes, regulations, and OIG policy. OIG also analyzes MFCU performance based on 12 performance standards and recommends program improvements where appropriate. The MFCUs share common characteristics.
- 42 CFR pt. 1007 "State Medicaid Fraud Control Units"
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OIG applies a series of performance standards, developed in accordance with section 1902(a)(61) of the Social Security Act, as part of its oversight of the MFCUs. The standards assist OIG in the certification and recertification of the MFCUs and help to determine whether the MFCUs carry out their duties efficiently and effectively.
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- 99-01 Investigation, Prosecution, and Referral of Civil Fraud Cases
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OIG conducts onsite reviews to determine whether Units meet the performance standards and comply with laws, regulations, and policy transmittals. The resulting OIG reports present background on the Units, findings, and recommendations for improvement.
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These reports summarize the activities and accomplishments of all Units for the fiscal year, as well as trends over recent years.
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As part of its responsibilities to combat Medicaid fraud and patient abuse and neglect, each MFCU maintains statistical information. The information includes numbers of investigations, indictments, and convictions by the MFCUs, as well as the amount of monetary recoveries for both civil and criminal cases. The documents below include an annual summary of this information for the MFCU community as well as a chart and interactive map containing detailed information for each MFCU. The statistical information for each MFCU should be interpreted in light of the State-specific organization and authorities governing the MFCU. For more information, please contact the MFCU directly.
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You may direct complaints of suspected Medicaid fraud to OIG's Hotline 1-800-HHS-TIPS (1-800-447-8477) or directly to a MFCU or State Medicaid Agency.
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On June 21, 2012, OIG conducted the webcast MFCU Grants Overview. MFCU staff members who would like to view the webcast may email email@example.com to obtain the link and passcode.
- SF 424 (includes SF 424a and SF 424b)
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- MFCU Onsite Review Process
- Cost Allocation and Indirect Cost Rates
- OIG Exclusion Program
- National Practitioner Data Bank MFCU Reporting Requirements
- State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs
Directory of MFCU Directors
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By MELANIE STEELESports Reporter
The holiday season is a mixed bag for athletic teams.
In a positive way, players that are injured or sick are finally given the opportunity to heal and catch up on much needed sleep.
However, the huge break can kill a team's momentum. Skills also do not improve and often decline when a team is not practicing every day.
An athlete will never leave for their holiday vacation without getting the standard sport warnings by a coach who fears the loss of the team's progress.
Don't drink soda or it will take away your endurance is one of my favorites.
There is also the encouragement to get out and run every day because stamina is quickly lost.
And of course, a holiday would not be complete without the reminder to watch what we eat lest we gain 10 pounds.
There is not an athlete in existence who has not heard and then passed along these little nuggets of information.
But how accurate are these factoids?
I decided to break down the most common sport/holiday myths and see which ones actually help or hinder an athlete when maintaining themselves over the long winter break
Don't drink soda - According to La Salle University and the Gatorade Sports Science Institute, the caffeine and carbonation of soda do not steal an athletes wind or endurance.
However, both organizations assert that soda leads to dehydration through increased urine production and reduced consumption of needed liquids, and a dehydrated body cannot perform at full capacity.
Soda also has a lot of empty calories and little or no nutritional value.
Verdict: Consider soda a holiday treat, don't overdo it and don't bring it back to the court.
Run every day - Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the journal for the American College of Sports medicine, notes that a combination of frequency, intensity and duration of chronic exercise are required for an athlete to maintain or improve current levels of fitness.
Less intensity would require more frequency and duration to achieve the same effect and so forth.
Vacationing athletes can maintain current levels of fitness by working out every day.
But, those same levels can be maintained with fewer workouts if the athlete is willing to work harder and longer during those workouts.
Verdict: It depends on the athlete.
Holiday eating can lead to substantial weight gain - Many research groups, including National Institutes of Health, are discovering that the weight gain of Americans during the six week period from Thanksgiving to New Years is usually around one pound.
While a pound is not going to force athletes to upgrade their uniform size, a pound a year for the next 50 years could.
Athletes will most likely be able to undo bad holiday eating with the rigorous practices that will inevitably take place once the holiday is over, but bad habits die hard.
Verdict: Avoid overindulging now and set a good precedence for the future.

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Now six years running, students at Castle Valley Center enjoyed annual prom festivities with assistance from schools and businesses in the area.
Volunteers from AmeriCorps VISTA started celebrating prom at the center in 2000. However, the responsibility has been turned almost entirely over to high school students and community volunteers.
Local businesses donate decorations, refreshments, flowers and other arrangements.
Carbon High School students participate by wearing formal wear and dancing with students at the center.
This year, high school students came from the National Honor Society; Carbon Students against Destructive Decisions (CSADD); Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA); and the international club.
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(WZZM) Take the family out to a few West Michigan events this weekend.
Start off at the GRAM on Saturday for some fun art classes in the Education Studio. It's a free activitiy with paid admission.
Learn about colors and contours through artist Max Pechstein's eyes. You will be able to create your own mixed media art to take home with you.
To participate, stop by the GRAM any time from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Calvary Church is hosting its annual Festival of Lights. This year's production is entitled "A Time for Christmas," which takes you through a musical journey through the centuries.
You don't want to miss the 200,000 lights synchronized to holiday music.
Performances are December 8-9 and 14-16 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Tickets are $7, and you can purchase them at startickets.com.
For more information you can visit Calvary's website.
Don't miss out on some serious holiday savings at the Grandville Library! Friends of the Grandville Library is holding its 19th annual holiday decor sale.
You will find everything from wall and table decorations to holiday gift baskets.
Everything is sold at wholesale prices or less, and the proceeds of this sale go toward library programming. This year, Friends of the Grandville Library is paying for Santa and his reindeer to stop by the library.
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No racking my brains for interesting outfit combinations, not I. I have become set in my ways, low maintenance in only one aspect of my life. I think this is pretty good going for a person in her twenties who has not yet succumbed to the fantasy that she is a character in 'Girls' based entirely on her own lack of personal direction.
The low maintenance me separates clothes into two piles; occasion wear, which stays in the wardrobe because that is the place it is least likely to leave, and everyday wear, which is the essential nucleus of the single-cell organism that is the floordrobe.
Floordrobes are what happens when a certain set of conditions (stress, a packed schedule, lack of space) meets a human being with a particular personality type (scattered, usually). It's not necessarily a bad thing. My best friend has a floordrobe and a chairdrobe, but with a newborn baby, who could quibble with that?
Floordrobes don't have to be on your floor either. they can be anywhere as long as it's not a space designated for storage – much too logical. On top of an appliance, usually a heater, is a popular choice, as is the back of the desk chair. My floordrobe space is my bed, a solitary messy island floating on a sea of pristine, untouched carpet (save for the empty Snax packets that have come to rest behind the bedside locker).
The floordrobe aficionado is either blissfully unaware of the negative impact it has on her wellbeing or stingingly cogent, but somehow powerless to clean it up. It's as if the September Issue melded with Poltergeist – you think you have all your clothes organised and neatly in place, but let your eye stray from its original point and presto, everything has rearranged itself back on the bed. Somewhere, Anna Wintour is tutting and she's not quite sure why.
The everyday floordrobe is in a state or organised chaos. I say 'organised' because every item of clothing tends to be the same colour, which makes it look a little more tidy and a little less like the vomit of a much-loved Sesame Street character. Unfortunately, this makes finding specific things very difficult. I have to wade through several pairs of black jeans and tops to get to one of my two blacks skirts. I am a blind person, trying to identify items of clothing through touch alone. The only item I can locate with ease in my floordrobe is, ironically, camouflage print.
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News about Viktor Bout, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Jul. 18, 2012
Government of Mauritius blocks two former business associates of Viktor Bout, the convicted Russian arms dealer now in federal prison in the United States, from setting up an aviation company that could have been used for smuggling guns. MORE
May. 24, 2012
Andrew Smulian, government witness who helped put Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout behind bars for 25 years, is sentenced to five years in prison for charges stemming from the same sting operation by the American government; Smulian has been held since 2008, therefore has less than one year to serve. MORE
Apr. 7, 2012
Russia lashes out at the United States over sentencing of convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout to 25 years in prison; Russian officials describe the case as a conspiracy that involves government collusion with the courts, American media and even Hollywood. MORE
Apr. 6, 2012
Russian Viktor Bout is sentenced in Federal District Court in Manhattan to 25 years in prison for conspiring to kill Americans by agreeing to sell weapons to federal informants he believed were members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia; federal prosecutors had sought a life sentence for Bout, believed to play a leadership role in international weapons trafficking. MORE
Dec. 22, 2011
Heather Hobson, the forewoman in the arms trafficking trial of Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, is called to testify in hearing to assess Bout's request for a retrial; appeal was based on information that Hobson had seen the 2005 film Lord of War, whose main character was inspired by Bout, before the trial; Judge Shira A Scheindlin denies the motion for retrial. MORE
Nov. 29, 2011
Federal prosecutors oppose terrorism suspect Viktor Bout's request for his case to be retried; Bout had argued that juror Heather Hobson may have been unduly influenced by movie Lord of War, which is based on Bout's life. MORE
Nov. 15, 2011
Albert Y Dayan, lawyer for Viktor Bout, who was convicted in plot to sell weapons to Colombian terrorists, says jurors may have been influenced by Nicholas Cage movie Lord of War, based on Bout's life; has asked judge to overturn verdict and hold new trial. MORE
Nov. 12, 2011
Op-Ed article by former South African lawmaker Andrew Feinstein holds that while conviction of arms trafficker Viktor Bout is a rare moment of triumph in the fight against the illicit arms trade, the case illuminates fundamentally hypocritical relationship between governments and arms dealers; asserts that inherent corruption in process can only be cured by imposing greater transparency. MORE
Nov. 4, 2011
Heather Hobson, jury forewoman in trial of former Soviet Air Force officer Viktor Bout, says Bout's own words were enough to convict him of plotting to sell weapons to informants who he believed were Colombian terrorists intent on killing Americans. MORE
Nov. 3, 2011
Viktor Bout, former Soviet Air Force officer who became known as the 'Merchant of Death' for running what American officials have described as an international arms-trafficking network, is found guilty of conspiring to sell antiaircraft missiles and other weapons to men he believed were Colombian terrorists intent on killing Americans. MORE
Nov. 1, 2011
Prosecutors make closing arguments Federal District Court trial, in Manhattan, of Russian businessman Viktor Bout, accused of being illegal arms dealer who was intent on selling weapons to terrorists. MORE
Oct. 27, 2011
Andrew Smulian, testifying for second day in trial of accused arms dealer Viktor Bout, details plan under which Bout and he would have sold weapons to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. MORE
Oct. 26, 2011
Andrew Smulian testifies in Manhattan trial of reputed Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout; Smulian pleaded guilty in 2008 to conspiring with Bout to sell arms and says he now wants assist the prosecutors. MORE
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After Arrest of Accused Hacker, Russia Accuses U.S. of Kidnapping
After U.S. officials arrested the son of a Russian lawmaker in Guam on an array of hacking charges Saturday, Russians accused the U.S. of kidnapping and violating bilateral treaties.
July 8, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON VIKTOR BOUT AND: Snowden, Edward J , Johnson, Jeh C , Seleznev, Roman Valerevich , Bout, Viktor , Guam , Washington (State) , Moscow (Russia) , Maldives , Russia Today , Secret Service , Spamhaus , Federal Bureau of Investigation , Homeland Security Department , Justice Department , National Security Agency , United States International Relations , Cyberattacks and Hackers
Associate of Russian Arms Dealer Is Convicted in New York
Richard A. Chichakli, a dual American and Syrian citizen, was convicted Friday of conspiring with the Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout.
December 14, 2013, Saturday
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Associate of Arms Dealer Arrested
Richard A. Chichakli, a dual United States and Syrian citizen who has been described as a close associate of a Russian arms trafficker, was arrested on Wednesday in Australia, American authorities said.
January 11, 2013, Friday
MORE ON VIKTOR BOUT AND: Arms Trade , Drug Enforcement Administration , Bout, Viktor , United States
What Mauritius Can Teach Us About the Global Arms Trade
You'd like to set up an illegal weapons network in the post-9/11 era, but where to begin? Maybe try the idyllic island nation of Mauritius.
August 20, 2012, Monday
MORE ON VIKTOR BOUT AND: Bout, Viktor , Mauritius , Arms Trade , Black Markets , Gun Control
Mauritius Bars Ex-Associates of Arms Dealer
The men, former associates of Viktor Bout, were denied a certificate that would allow them to transport weapons, the government and a private group say.
July 18, 2012, Wednesday
MORE ON VIKTOR BOUT AND: Arms Trade , Bout, Viktor , Mauritius
Conduit to Arms Sting, a Star Witness Apologizes for His Crimes
Though he faced a minimum 25 years in prison, Andrew Smulian, a government witness against the Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, got five years.
May 24, 2012, Thursday
MORE ON VIKTOR BOUT AND: Smulian, Andrew , Plea Bargaining , Russia , Bout, Viktor , Sentences (Criminal) , Terrorism , Witnesses , Drug Enforcement Administration , Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia , Scheindlin, Shira A , Manhattan (NYC) , Arms Trade
Conduit to Arms Sting, Star Witness Apologizes for Crimes
Though he faced a minimum 25 years in prison, Andrew Smulian, a government witness against the Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, got five years.
May 23, 2012, Wednesday
Russia Denounces U.S. Sentencing of Arms Dealer
Russia's foreign ministry lashed out on Friday over the sentencing of a Russian arms trafficker, Viktor Bout, to 25 years in prison, warning that it could harm relations with Washington.
April 7, 2012, Saturday
MORE ON VIKTOR BOUT AND: Sentences (Criminal) , Bout, Viktor , Russia , Arms Trade
Russian Weapons Trafficker Avoids Getting Life in Prison
A federal judge sentenced Viktor Bout to the mandatory minimum of 25 years for conspiring to kill Americans.
April 6, 2012, Friday
MORE ON VIKTOR BOUT AND: Bout, Viktor , Sentences (Criminal) , Arms Trade , Russia , Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia , Scheindlin, Shira A
Film Held No Sway in Arms Dealer's Trial, Juror Tells Court
The forewoman from Viktor Bout's arms-trafficking trial told a court on Wednesday that the 2005 film "Lord of War," which Mr. Bout is thought to have inspired, did not influence the jury's guilty verdict.
December 22, 2011, Thursday
MORE ON VIKTOR BOUT AND: Bout, Viktor , Hobson, Heather , Cage, Nicolas , Movies , Arms Trade
Thai Court Rules for Bout Extradition
A Thai appeals court rules that Russian suspected arms smuggler Viktor Bout can be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges.
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It has been a very long time since I set foot in the CHCH studios to see my family and catch up with our viewers. I am blown away by the thousands of emails, messages and cards you have sent asking how I am doing and praying for my healing and happiness. I read every one and I feel so blessed to have your support. This journey has taught me so much- but especially the power of GRATITUDE which is simply an expression of LOVE.
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- Breckmin said...
"nor that methodological naturalism logically entails ontological (or metaphysical or philosophical) naturalism. Nope. Get the views of atheists right."
But in all fairness, many atheists DO claim that empiricism leads to materialism/naturalism.
"We're looking for what is most probable."
The problem with the English word "probable" (or likely) is that it is NOT quantifiable so it is actually somewhat meaningless as far as predictability is concerned.
"Christian apologists participate in special pleading way too often."
The special pleading is justified when discussing the difference between orthodox monotheism and an Infinite Creator verses finite beings a possible moving gods.
"And they argue from a prior conclusion rather than to one."
The Infinite Creator is easily concluded based on scientific observation (unless you have an improper view of processing truth which eliminates theistic implication from the start).
I would love to go through some of the specific scientific observations which lead us to agnostic theism and intelligent causation - and how this is a deduction based on uniform and repeated experience.
- March 23, 2010 at 9:07 PM
- Eric J.S. said...
There are many different kinds of atheists and many different kinds of christians. The importance has to deal mainly with the philosophy of the different groups. Not all atheists are rational, and not all Christians believe in something that remotely looks like the the traditional God. Don Cupitt is a secular Christian who believe Jesus was a humanist. jean-Paul Sartre was a person who would admit to religious thinking. Whether a person is an atheist for existential, moral, rational, or happenstance, all are parts of the umbrella term of atheism. Of course John has covered this before and many other blogs, but I am terribly sensitive to when people use terms to mean what they do not.
I hope that John will continue to argue that atheism is a better stance than theism. He can argue about ethical problems too but, as far as philosophy goes, even atheists are capable of disagreeing on virtually everything, even epistemology. An atheist can be phenomonist, a skeptic of knowledge, physicalist, an idealist (not all that common), and a mereological nihilist. So if John wants to argue about how to make good knowledge claims, he is not just talking about atheism anymore.
Theistic arguments against John in the comments seem a little to high and mighty. When John makes a point which uses a term incorrectly or overgeneralizes, I give the theist credit for finding it. However, a mistake in overgeneralizing does not mean one should not try to understand the whole argument, so I think people really need to be more about absorbing the rhetoric, chew on it, and then provide a good balance argument against the main thesis, not just minor points.
Now if John wants to take liberty and define Christianity and atheism anyway he wants (i.e. Christians believe in virgin birth and atheists like science), I can understand that. It is his blog and he can represent atheism and Christianity in his own terms (a little difficult to debate every different theism in the world). Too often people will comment that they are Christian and do not believe what John says Christians believe, and John does not necessarily have to address strains of Christianity that gives up some irrational beliefs but keeps others.
NOw I can just watch as no one cares for my opinion.
- March 23, 2010 at 9:10 PM
- shane said...
I think this is a good point!
I have written on here before about this and about the fact that even if we were to say (for arguments sake) that the universe was created, then it still does not give much in favor of christianity.
It still does not prove alot of things, like for instance there being one creator as opposed to a multitude.
It would not prove that the creator/creators are eternal, all powerful, all knowing, or benevolent!
It also does not prove the bibles god to be any more likely then other religions gods.
John said alot about this in his debate with Wood.
So arguing that something must have created all this and trying to identify it as the biblical God, does not work without direct evidence leading us to the pages of the bible.
- March 23, 2010 at 9:14 PM
- Exploring the Unknowable said...
Can we hear some snapshot arguments from science that lead one to agnostic theism?
- March 23, 2010 at 9:36 PM
- Exploring the Unknowable said...
Also, Breckmin, special pleading is never justified. That's why it is called special pleading. If you are representing truth, you don't need to plead. You can just lay out your claims and facts. If they are truthful, they will be inherently harmonious and will speak for themselves, without special pleading needed.
Also, I'm not sure if you've ever read it, but some of what you're saying echoes a book I'm reading right now by Edgar Andrews, called 'Who Made God?'. I'm not nearly halfway through it, but if you've read it, let me know what you think of it.
- March 23, 2010 at 9:40 PM
- Gandolf said...
John said..."It's just that we should be reasonable with the evidence, that's all. We're looking for what is most probable. Christian apologists participate in special pleading way too often."
Yeah i agree,and i personally cant see how just guessing faith in gods and supreme beings, and/or relying on thoughts and ideas of the suggested prophets, like humans obviously often have,is so very good? or even so very honest?.
All to often history has proved the very grave! danger of this age old tradition,time and time again.Many have experienced the sadness and harm,some even dieing as sacrifices or being burned as witches at stakes,or some suiciding through sadness caused by faiths that evolved teaching and believing in a need for shunning, separation and even excommunication between families etc.Kids being refused blood transfusions,by parents following prophets beliefs about salvation in some supposed afterlife.
I dont suggest existence of god/s is impossible, either.No not at all.
But instead i wonder.If God/s even exist,why should we even have good reason to think it logic to even think? god/s would honestly likely wish and prefer us humans to try guessing about them? ...When our guessing has historically proven so very often! to cause so much sadness and harm to some people also.
Is it such a great thing that so many peoples faith in their own salvation,might have come at the cost! that some other folks somewhere else must suffer under harsh faiths that also evolved? ...Like its just some kind of unavoidable statistic.
I personally cant see how it can honestly be sanctioned as being so very ok.Its bullshit! these deaths and harsh beliefs that caused so much sadness and harm ,were not unavoidable....They only happened because faith revovled around faith, that lacked in enough evidence for proof.
And many folks faith in their own personal salvation,is built on the harm and suffering of so many others!
To me that seems kind of inhumane, ignorant and disgusting.And folks of all unproven faiths, should be ashamed
Eric J.S. said..."NOw I can just watch as no one cares for my opinion."
I for one enjoyed reading your opinion.I think its very important worldwide! that humans start to become very open and comfortable about discussing these matters of faith and religion.
- March 23, 2010 at 10:25 PM
- CS said...
You wrote:
'The problem with the English word "probable" (or likely) is that it is NOT quantifiable'
Probability theory is a well-developed area of mathematics which exists precisely to quantify our thought.
- March 24, 2010 at 8:02 AM
- Brad said...
"It's just that we should be reasonable with the evidence, that's all. We're looking for what is most probable. Christian apologists participate in special pleading way too often. And they argue from a prior conclusion rather than to one. Point. Get. The."
I don't understand how this makes Atheism any more credible, John...this from the paradigm that begs me to believe that a universe filled with a great deal of something somehow popped into being from an absoltue nothing.
- March 24, 2010 at 3:00 PM
- Exploring the Unknowable said...
Who said that the universe popped into existence from ABSOLUTELY nothing? Who's to say it's even possible for nothing to "exist"? What does it mean for nothing to exist?
I'm an atheist, and I really don't know how the universe was formed (and I'm quite okay with that), but I certainly don't just accept that the universe came from ABSOLUTELY nothing. Now, I have seen an argument that the universe might have come from something very much like nothing (see Lawrence Kraus's video on youtube at the AAI 2009 conference), but again, until that theory is completely ratified, I remain undecided about the origin of the universe.
And I'm quite okay with that.
- March 24, 2010 at 4:23 PM
- Greg said...
Brad -- There are several highly theoretical models about "what" may have existed (and I'm using "what") prior to the Big Bang.
All the conventional theory posits is that the Big Bang is a singularity beyond past the laws of physics break down, so modeling it would necessarily remain highly theoretical. There is no way to extract the information from the other side of the event.
There are theories that something other than a singularity was present at the time of the initial expansion. The ekpyrotic scenario suggests that the primordial event was caused by the interaction of structures much larger than our universe. And the multiverse theory says that that an infinity new universes are constantly blossoming from states of quantum probability.
Thing is, the universe is pretty good at covering its tracks, destroying evidence as it expands, so who knows?
But I think you'd find there's a lot more options than nothing in cosmology if you bothered looking.
But that's the thing, you'd have to look.
- March 25, 2010 at 2:06 PM
- Brad said...
Hi Greg,
"There are theories that something other than a singularity was present at the time of the initial expansion."
Two inescapable problems:
1. These are metaphysical theories, mind you...
2. Infinte Regress.
- March 25, 2010 at 3:55 PM
- Greg said...
1. Not experimental science, true, at least in the sense there is no directly observable data. But there is math and there are proven theories that have implications that predict certain outcomes. (One of which is that quantum states nothing always leads to something)
2. Why does it have to be infinite regress? And why would it be a bad thing?
- March 25, 2010 at 5:53 PM
- Kel said...
That's a point that needs to be said time and time again. As someone who gets into arguments online, I get so frustrated that the same straw-man talking points come up over and over again. So instead of building a case, I'm left trying to clear up the misconceptions.
- March 27, 2010 at 9:50 PM
- Robert Bumbalough said...
Hello John: I hope you are well. Sir, a nice lady who was a Christian missionary for many years started following my Twitter updates. She has deconverted and may have an interesting story that you might want to feature. Her Twitter link is http://twitter.com/WayPastDueToo and her blogspot is at http://waypastduetoo.blogspot.com/
I hope you don't mind that I mentioned to her that she would find you and your blog interesting and helpful.
Now regarding this post, I think god is impossible because it is not definable. No definitions of god can stand up to critical scrutiny. This is not what happens with something that is real and part of existence. That which is part of existence has an identity and is what it is, but god has no identity and hence is not part of reality. If something is part of reality, it is possible. If a fantasy of something is not part of reality, then its not possible because reality is what it is and only what it is. God is imagined as a consciousness without existence that caused existence; but in reality, consciousness is a casual process resulting in awareness of information that stems from material existence. Casualty and information are completely contingent to material existence. Hence consciousness, and god, too is contingent to material existence and would be impossible without material existence. There can then be no consciousness that caused or created existence.
One can posit String Theory's M Space and the Brane Hypothesis as a way around the objection, but S.T. makes no testable predictions so it isn't actually science. An like String Theory, the notion of the Metaphysical Primacy of Non-Existence makes no testable predictions because only existence exists. Non-existence does not exist. Only that which exists is part of reality and can be shown to be reality.
Best Wishes, Robert
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Mrs. Hall said in the short term, the area should focus on collaboration, and in the long term strengthen public and private partnership.
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Sharing Memories (Week 44): Thanksgiving Memories
Our Canadian Thanksgiving is coming up soon - the October 9th weekend. I was thinking about my childhood Thanksgiving weekends and what I remember most.
There were four siblings in our family and we did not have much money. The Thanksgiving Turkey was such a treat! I looked forward to it so much - the mashed potatoes with gravy instead of the usual pototaes mashed with a fork, no milk, no butter, just dry lumpy potatoes. I used to drown mine in ketchup just so I could swallow them!
My dad always made the stuffing for the bird and while I don't recall specific flavours or what he put in it, I know I enjoyed it. Mother usually made a pumpkin pie, such a treat from her standard baked apple for dessert! I don't recall whip cream for that pie but it was yummy anyway.
The biggest thing for my siblings and I was the wishbone. Remember that? We all wanted that wishbone and whoever got it set it in the windowsill to dry, then waited anxiously for the right moment to pull it with a brother or sister and pray you got the wish!
One year I mentioned the wishbone to my grandchildren and they looked at me like I was nuts. It seems that's a tradition that may have died out.
One other thing my siblings and I argued over was who was getting the turkey leg. Of course with only 2 legs and 4 kids, two people had to go without. It seems to me we were supposed to take turns with two getting the legs at Thanksgiving and the other two at Christmas. But we always argued - "he had it last Christmas so it's my turn this Thanksgiving!" I can't remember how it was resolved. Probably whoever argued loudest and longest lost out!
All in all, I have only good memories of Thanksgiving and am looking forward to my own Thanksgiving Dinner preparations next weekend!
2 comments:
- Holly said...
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays as a child. Many of the same things as you recall, only in November! We now go to my sister-in-laws so there have been only a few wishbones here and there for my kids, but they SHOULD remember them to pass on...I hope! I do wish we took more photos, I can't recall a single one as a child for Thanksgiving.
- Jane said...
I think there is a lot of family history in food - and preserving stories as well as recipes helps connect us to our heritage.
My husband's Dad came from the Ukraine, along with a pile of recipes for dishes like pelmeni, sorrel soup, cabbage rolls, and kapusta (sauerkraut soup). He is now dead but we are still eating his food. And so are our kids.
We don't make all the dishes that he did. For example, he used to buy pig's heads split in two (so you could see the teeth real well). He would sear off the hair in an open fire, then boil the two halves until it all fell apart. Then he would remove the bones and decant the meat/fat/skin slop into a bowl which would go into the fridge to set to make Holodetz. A good batch would hold together with all the briny gelatin from the bones.
No, we don't make all his dishes. But those that my husband does make, like his famous Borsch, are much improved versions of the old. Of course.
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The Secretary shall reserve not to exceed one half of 1 percent of the amount appropriated under this subchapter in each fiscal year for payments to Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to be allotted in accordance with their respective needs.
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From the amounts appropriated under section 9858 of this title for each fiscal year remaining after reservations under subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary shall allot to each State an amount equal to the sum of—
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The term "young child factor" means the ratio of the number of children in the State under 5 years of age to the number of such children in all States as provided by the most recent annual estimates of population in the States by the Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce.
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The applicant will coordinate, to the maximum extent feasible, with the lead agency in the State or States in which the applicant will carry out programs or activities under this section.
(B) Services on reservations
In the case of an applicant located in a State other than Alaska, California, or Oklahoma, programs and activities under this section will be carried out on the Indian reservation for the benefit of Indian children.
(3) Consideration of secretarial approval
In determining whether to approve an application for a grant or contract under this section, the Secretary shall take into consideration—
(A) the availability of child care services provided in accordance with this subchapter by the State or States in which the applicant proposes to carry out a program to provide child care services; and
(4) Three-year limit
Grants or contracts under this section shall be for periods not to exceed 3 years.
(5) Dual eligibility of Indian children
The awarding of a grant or contract under this section for programs or activities to be conducted in a State or States shall not affect the eligibility of any Indian child to receive services provided or to participate in programs and activities carried out under a grant to the State or States under this subchapter.
(6) Construction or renovation of facilities
(A) Request for use of funds
An Indian tribe or tribal organization may submit to the Secretary a request to use amounts provided under this subsection for construction or renovation purposes.
(B) Determination
With respect to a request submitted under subparagraph (A), and except as provided in subparagraph (C), upon a determination by the Secretary that adequate facilities are not otherwise available to an Indian tribe or tribal organization to enable such tribe or organization to carry out child care programs in accordance with this subchapter, and that the lack of such facilities will inhibit the operation of such programs in the future, the Secretary may permit the tribe or organization to use assistance provided under this subsection to make payments for the construction or renovation of facilities that will be used to carry out such programs.
(C) Limitation
The Secretary may not permit an Indian tribe or tribal organization to use amounts provided under this subsection for construction or renovation if such use will result in a decrease in the level of child care services provided by the tribe or organization as compared to the level of such services provided by the tribe or organization in the fiscal year preceding the year for which the determination under subparagraph (B) is being made.
(d) Data and information
The Secretary shall obtain from each appropriate Federal agency, the most recent data and information necessary to determine the allotments provided for in subsection (b) of this section.
(e) Reallotments
(1) In general
Any portion of the allotment under subsection (b) of this section to a State that the Secretary determines is not required to carry out a State plan approved under section 9858c (d) of this title, in the period for which the allotment is made available, shall be reallotted by the Secretary to other States in proportion to the original allotments to the other States.
(2) Limitations
(A) Reduction
(3) Amounts reallotted
For purposes of any other section of this subchapter, any amount reallotted to a State under this subsection shall be considered to be part of the allotment made under subsection (b) of this section to the State.
(4) Indian tribes or tribal organizations
Any portion of a grant or contract made to an Indian tribe or tribal organization under subsection (c) of this section that the Secretary determines is not being used in a manner consistent with the provision of this subchapter in the period for which the grant or contract is made available, shall be allotted by the Secretary to other tribes or organizations that have submitted applications under subsection (c) of this section in accordance with their respective needs.
(f) "State" defined
For the purposes of this section, the term "State" includes only the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
[1] So in original. Probably should be "Indian".
Source(Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 658O, as added Pub. L. 101–508, title V, § 5082(2),Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–246; amended Pub. L. 102–401, § 3(a),Oct. 7, 1992, 106 Stat. 1959; Pub. L. 102–586, § 8(c)(1),Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5036; Pub. L. 104–193, title VI, § 613,Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2286; Pub. L. 105–33, title V, § 5602(4),Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 646; Pub. L. 106–78, title VII, § 752(b)(17),Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1170.)
References in Text
The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), is act June 4, 1946, ch. 281, 60 Stat. 230, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 13 (§ 1751 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1751 of this title and Tables.
1999—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 106–78substituted "Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act" for "National School Lunch Act".
1997—Subsec. (c)(6)(C). Pub. L. 105–33substituted "subparagraph (B)" for "subparagraph (A)".
1996—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104–193, § 613(1)(A), made technical amendment to heading, inserted "and" before "the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands", and struck out ", and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands" before "to be allotted in accordance".
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 104–193, § 613(1)(B), substituted "less than 1 percent, and not more than 2 percent," for "more than 3 percent".
Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 104–193, § 613(2)(A), substituted "activities carried out" for "activities carried our".
Subsec. (c)(6). Pub. L. 104–193, § 613(2)(B), added par. (6).
Subsec. (e)(4). Pub. L. 104–193, § 613(3), added par. (4).
1992—Pub. L. 102–401and Pub. L. 102–586made identical technical corrections to directory language of Pub. L. 101–508, § 5082(2), which added this section.
Effective Date of 1997 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 105–33effective as if included in the enactment of title VI of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104–193, see section 5603 ofPub. L. 105–33, set out as a note under section 618 of this title.
Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–193effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 615 ofPub. L. 104–193, set out as a note under section 9858 of this title.
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Select shots from the Fire's 1-0 win over Sporting Kansas City.
CREDIT: Brian Kersey
After a morale sapping 2-0 loss in New England last week, the Fire need to pick themselves up for the visit of Eastern Conference table toppers Sporting KC Friday night. There has been no love lost between the sides over the past few seasons and this one promises to be no different. Here are few things to look out for from a tactical perspective.
Changes to the Fire defense – who will replace Bakary Soumare
Since the return of Bakary Soumare, the Fire's starting back four has remained virtually unchanged despite some less than stellar performances. Soumare's suspension forces Frank Klopas into making a tough decision.
The two most likely options are moving Jalil Anibaba into the middle and replacing him with Logan Pause/Wells Thompson/Mike Videra or keeping Jalil at right back and drafting Hunter Jumper into the middle.
The latter seems the more likely choice, especially considering Jumper's height and the coaching staff's desire to play big men against Sporting KC in the past. Jumper has had limited playing time this season (just one appearance so far) and will need to adjust to a SKC team who started off so well at Toyota Park last time out.
A strong start and scoring first will be a huge boost to the Fire psychologically.
How to break SKC down – target the outside defenders
Kansas City have the second best defensive record in the East thanks in part to a brilliant goalkeeper and rock solid central defense pairing but it's on the outside of the defensive four that some cracks appear.
In SKC's recent loss against New York, more than one of the goals scored by the Red Bulls came from getting in behind the defense. With players like Mike Magee, who is so good at making runs, the Fire need to be trying to play through balls as much as possible Friday night.
Getting into 1v1 situations with the SKC outside backs is another good tactic. Joel Lindpere has made no secret of his desire to play in the middle and not on the wing, where he feels that his lack of place and ability to take a man on are on show.
With that in mind, switching Alex to the wing is a good option. With Alex and Dilly Duka on the wings, the SKC outside defenders would certainly be on the back foot for most of the night.
SKC wing play – don't allow easy crosses
Just as the Fire should be looking to attack down the wings, the Men in Red must also be wary of SKC's wide play. Normally, SKC rely on U.S. international Graham Zusi to create from midfield but in his absence, more emphasis has been put on getting the ball wide and putting crosses into the box for Bieler, Kamara and Saad.
In Sporting's last match against New England, this tactic worked to perfection, with the first two goals of the night coming from crosses. New England allowed the SKC players far too much room to pick people out with crosses.
The Fire must be quicker to close Kansas City down, especially when they get the ball into the wide areas. It is expected that Zusi will be back in the starting lineup tonight but his presence should not distract the Fire from concentrating, not allowing Sporting players time on the ball.
Prediction: It's a must win for the Fire and I expect them to come out on top: 1-0 Fire with a goal from Mike Magee.
Stephen Piggott is a contributor to Chicago-Fire.com. Follow him on Twitter @irish_steve.
Over the weekend, Chicago Fire Season Ticket Holders began receiving #FIREUP renewal packets in the mail regarding 2014 Season Tickets. Chicago-Fire.com did a Q&A with Vice President of Ticket Sales, Service and Operations Mike Ernst to explain the philosophy behind some of the changes to the club's Season Ticket packages next season.
Chicago-Fire.com: Why is there a reduction from a 20 tickets to 18 tickets in the Season Ticket Holder packages?
Mike Ernst: Having discussed the potential move in the past, there are a couple of reasons we decided to make the switch this year.
First, we have seen over the course of the past several years that the Bonus Games were not always popular with our Season Ticket Holders. When we had a match against a big-name team like Manchester United, people were extremely happy, but if the game(s) were against a perceived lesser opponent, people were not as interested and were less likely to attend.
I think this stems from the fact that the games are exhibitions in nature and often times the regular starters did not play due to the competition calendar.
As a Club, we have tried to do our best to balance making sure the First Team is rested and has a competitive advantage in games that count (MLS Regular Season & U.S. Open Cup) while also putting on exhibitions that attract new, prospective fans.
C-F.com: Does the exclusion of Bonus Matches from this year's season ticket packages mean the Fire won't be hosting international friendlies next year?
ME: Far from it, exhibitions against international opponents will continue to be a focus for our Club going forward and we will give Season Ticket Holders the chance to purchase their tickets for any of these games before the general public. In addition, Season Ticket Holders will be able to purchase these tickets at a significant savings off the face value.
These matches give us the opportunity to raise the profile of our Club with the opponent's fan base and the broader general public. The goal of hosting these matches is to attract local fans of another Club to a Fire game with the aim of converting them to supporting their local Club.
It is critical for the continued growth of our Club to recruit new fans and then convert them to Season Ticket Holders over time.
C-F.com: Why has the Club shifted course on U.S. Open Cup games with the offering of the U.S. Open Cup Series Ticket? What does that mean?
ME: The U.S. Open Cup Series ticket will be the 18th game in the season ticket package. That ticket (and parking if applicable) will be good for up to three games if the Fire host the 3rd Round, 4th Round and Quarterfinal at home.
This change is the next step in ownership's commitment to contend for the U.S. Open Cup on an annual basis. In the past, we have and have not included U.S. Open Cup games in our season ticket package. We feel it is important to take this step, so that we give the guys on the field the best possible competitive advantage.
In the event that we do not host a U.S. Open Cup game at home, the Series ticket will be good for exchange to another MLS regular season home match.
C-F.com – What benefits are changing for Season Ticket Holders in 2014?
ME: The Club is committed to providing Fire fans with the best season ticket benefits in Chicago. In 2014, we will continue to offer free parking/$6 parking where applicable, the same exchange program to help you avoid wasting tickets, and a 20% off savings on merchandise at the TOYOTA PARK team store and online. In addition, it is important to note that we are not raising the price of tickets on a per-game basis.
Our goal is to continue to grow the season ticket base, so that we put the Club in a situation to sellout every match at TOYOTA PARK and thereby provide the team on the pitch with a home-field advantage. While that will not happen overnight, we believe that providing all Fire fans with an affordable and flexible season ticket option is critical to achieving our goal.
C-F.com – When can Season Ticket Holders expect to receive tickets for 2014?
We are expecting the 2014 season to begin sometime in early to mid-March, so we are aiming to have Season Tickets out by mid-February. It is important to us to make sure that this process goes as smoothly as possible.
In addition, we are still looking at options on how Season Tickets will be formatted for next year. There will be more information on that in the coming months.
Select shots from the Fire's match vs. New England
CREDIT: USA Today Sports Images
The Fire head east for another six pointer Saturday night, facing a slumping New England Revolution squad in Foxboro. Despite being without key players Mike Magee and Patrick Nyarko, the Men in Red beat Montreal at home last weekend. The Revs got handily beaten 3-0 in KC and are 0-2 in the month of August.
Here are some things to look out for from a tactical perspective.
The Magee/Anangonó partnership – how will it fare?
With Chris Rolfe not training this week and Mike Magee back, it appears the Fire will start with Magee and new DP striker Juan Luis Anangonó up front on the turf against New England.
The U.S. Open Cup semifinal defeat is the only time both players have been on the pitch together and it will be interesting to see how they combine against a New England team that has given up the second least amount of goals in the East.
Anangonó is very mobile for a target forward and is capable of dropping deep, something that Magee is also comfortable doing. On the turf, it will be important to keep the ball on the ground and retaining possession will also be key and I believe it will be up to both Magee and Anangonó to get other players like Dilly Duka and Joel Lindpere involved in the attack.
Any new strike partnership takes time to gel, but I look for Magee and Anangonó to not stray too far from each other and be heavily involved Saturday night.
The Rios/Larentowicz partnership – another potential central midfield pairing
WATCH: Lindpere, Larentowicz preview Revolution
Last weekend, we saw the return of Logan Pause, partnering Jeff Larentowicz in the middle and allowing the Ginger Ninja to get forward and support the attack.
This week, we could see a debut for Uruguayan midfielder Egidio Arevalo Rios, assumingly partnering the former New England man in the center of the park.
Most observers see Rios as a tough tackling midfielder who breaks up opposition attacks. This is certainly the case, but like Larentowicz, the Uruguayan also likes to get forward.
What will surprise some teams and even some Fire fans is Rios's willingness to get forward when possible. Though he won't score many goals (he had five in 53 matches last season) Rios will certainly start quite a few attacks from breaking up play in the opposition's half, something we've seen Patrick Nyarko do a lot of this season.
What will be very important on Saturday night is that both players must know where the other is and not have a situation where they're caught too high up the field. Communication and discipline from both players will be important, but I have no worries considering the wealth of experience the duo possesses.
New England's Attack – who will get the start on Saturday night?
When people look at the Revs attack, Diego Fagundez and Saer Sene immediately spring to mind. In addition, New England have a couple of American strikers that have the ability to change games, namely Juan Agudelo and Charlie Davies.
Agudelo is back to fitness after missing the last eight matches and is a familiar foe for the Fire, scoring in a 4-1 defeat by Chivas USA at Toyota Park back in March. He scored three goals in five games for the Revs before being injured and is certainly a threat.
Davies is looking to get his career back on track with the Revs and has a point to prove in MLS but he hasn't played a competitive match in a few months.
With the addition of the former U.S. international, the Revs have excellent strength in depth at the forward position and have the luxury of bringing on high quality strikers if need be.
I touched on this issue when the Fire played Philly back to back earlier this season and it will be important that the team is prepared to change midway through the game and adjust to whoever comes off the bench. All four strikers bring different qualities and it will be important for the Frank Klopas to adjust his side accordingly.
Prediction: With so many question marks about who will start and new partnerships on the field, this game is very difficult to predict. I am going with 1-0 Fire (first clean sheet in two months!) with a goal from Juan Luis Anangonó.
Stephen Piggott is a contributor to Chicago-Fire.com. Follow him on Twitter @Irish_Steve.
As an organization, the Fire recognizes that Twitter is one of the most import social communication platforms it can use to engage with supporters.
The official Fire account (@ChicagoFire) is used to connect with fans, generate awareness, highlight promotions, or just informing fans in a real-time manner, i.e., news, weather and traffic alerts. To broaden the discussion around the club and create deeper engagement with supporters, Chicago Fire Chief Operating Officer Atul Khosla (AK) will be joining the conversation.
Beginning today, you're invited to follow AK at @atulkhosla. While it will be impossible for him to engage and respond to every question (he does have a day job), you can expect AK to listen, answer questions, offer some behind-the-scenes access as well as his point of view about the business direction of the club, MLS overall, and the vision for the future.
He can also discuss the finer intricacies of the dining in Bucktown, Badger football, and things that rhyme with coleslaw.
If you saw this week's MLS save of the week nomination earler, you may have noticed something weird.
Helper to the 'keeper/forward, Chris Rolfe is up for his line clearing header that "saved the day". (VOTE HERE)
But let's not forget that "The Milkman" delivered too.
Sean Johnson made three big saves on Saturday night, and none more stellar than his point blank stop on Justin Mapp in the 39th minute of play. (watch above)
For his performance, MLSsoccer.com has named Sean to the Team of the Week, proving once again that they don't call him "The Milkman" for nothin'!
In the 87th minute on Saturday night at Toyota Park, the Fire were holding on to a 2-1 lead against Montreal, who were seven points and two playoff positions ahead in the table. Daniel Paladini, who had come on for Alex 25 minutes earlier, set up to take a corner, but there were just two Fire players forward against six or so in blue. Jeff Larentowicz and Quincy Amarikwa were moving around, doing their best to make space, but this was all about the chance to have the ball deep in Montreal's half and relieve some pressure.
Paladini saw Amarikwa a half yard away from his marker at the penalty spot and floated a ball in towards him. Judging from how the ball arrived to Amarikwa at about the height of Montreal center back Hassoun Camara, and considering Camara's listed at 6-2 and Amarikwa at 5-9, the Fire forward's insanely acrobatic bicycle attempt got his feet up to a half-foot above his own head.
Even though Amarikwa whiffed, it was one of those athletic, confident, creative, and opportunistic moments that can define a soccer game because generally, the team that comes out the most athletic, confident, creative, and opportunistic is going to win the games. (Also, Amarikwa made up for the whiff by converting an equally impressive bike in the reserve match on Sunday morning.) It said more, too, that it was a substitute that was making this sort of tone-setting play.
Amarikwa has impressed Fire fans in his cameos this season because of his work rate, willingness to take defenders on, and his creative spontaneity on the ball (even if that means sometimes he holds onto it for a bit too long). Those were exactly the traits the Fire needed to get maximum points at home on Saturday, a critical result that leaves the team now just two points out of a playoff spot. Even though he didn't have the impact on the game, Amarikwa's work was symbolic of that of the whole team.
In the third game in eight days, with Mike Magee and Chris Rolfe day-to-day, Patrick Nyarko out, Dilly Duka picking up a new knock every game, new DP Juan Luis Anangono acclimating to MLS, Logan Pause coming back from injury, and the pressure for points greater than it's been all season following Wednesday's Open Cup exit, the Fire came out on Saturday with a new look to them.
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As two deeper lying midfielders, Pause and Larentowicz haven't found their rhythm together this season, but this time Frank Klopas put them out with Alex (who took the spot when Pause got injured) pushed forward with Anangono. The wide players were the same (Joel Lindpere and Duka), but the seemingly minor adjustment of adding Pause and pushing Alex farther forward actually provided the Fire the first fresh tactical look seen since the spring.
And it was a solid system, too, because it morphed from a 4-5-1 with Alex dropping deeper during periods of Montreal possession, into the usual Fire 4-4-2 when the Fire won the ball, with Alex pushing on into space with Anangono. They worked well together on certain fast breaks; Anangono showed that he's not afraid to make lung-busting runs to clear out space for others. But as much as the system provided some necessary defensive support without sacrificing the slingshot counterattacking Klopas loves, the game was always going to be decided by the players stepping up into the spaces left by Nyarko, Magee, and Rolfe.
Klopas couldn't have asked for a better response from Lindpere and Duka, the two creative wide players who have fought for their playing time all season, and who scored the two goals. They took their chances (and a bit of luck), but they also held the ball, moved the team forward, tracked back, and generally kept the pace of the game far above the revolting one we saw on Wednesday night.
Saturday night showed the Fire's depth and flexibility in personnel, tactics, and mindset, and it was Amarikwa's bike that showed the Fire's potential for style and spontaneity. If this team is going to complete this massive comeback into playoff contention, it's as much the creativity as it is the grit that's going to take them there and it'll have to come not just from the superstars and leaders, but from everyone on the team.
Ben Schuman-Stoler is a contributor to Chicago-Fire.com. Follow him on Twitter @bsto.
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