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So our shop just got its hands on a dynasty 350, already having a dynasty 200 I was familiar to welding Al with an inverter. At least, I thought.
Hands down being able to adjust EN-EP amperage, along with the soft squarewave form is the best advancement ive seen in welding equipment to date. Night and day difference compared to a regular inverter.
Now I understand what all the controls are, but I dont seem to be getting the tungsten life that I think I should. Properly prepped I will start to see it split and deform within 5 inches of weld. With less pedal (and fewer touchouts) it will last longer but still is not like I would have hoped. My settings are 300A EN 220A EP 73% balance 140Hz 3/32 ceriated.
Any suggestions on how to tweak these settings would be much appreciated.
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flagg raised......experts? help please?
hi all,newbe poster here. i just bought a new 200 dx and i was hoping to get a few pointers from you guys who are much more experienced than me.
im trying to get my machine setup to to weld 20 and 19 guage mild steel sheetmetal. i mostly do buttwelds and often dont even use a filler rod.
can anyone give me the opinions on what tungsten type and thickness to use? what should i use as settings on the digital thingy?
we farted around with several settings yesterday with mixed results but i wanted to hear if possible what the experts say.......any help is greatly appreciated
Congrats on your choice of the Dynasty 200DX!
I Tig weld 19 and 22 gage sheetmetal with mine. The only butweld I do on the 22 gage, the settings are 500 cycles pulse, 21 amps 50 percent, 20 percent background. This averages out to about 10 amps DC.
I use .040 Tungsten, Ceriated and Thoriated, (the thoriated because I ordered wrong) and a wp9 torch, about 5 cfh on the argon flowmeter with a #4 gas lens cup. (no pulse, DC set at 10 amps works just as well).
It is hard for me to figure out what current I have using the pulse feature, it can be figured , but I nail the pedal then look at the amp meter to see what amperage I am really using.
I love it for thin gage aluminum, as well and the spot feature mentioned in an above post.
It does take awhile to get the many functions down but I think you will love this machine!mike sr
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thanks!!!!!!!!!!! i have a buddy in the industry but he does mostly aluminum and larger thickness than i ever do.........he told me after my econotig broke "dude,just spend the money and cry once,the dynasty is a gnarly machine!"
thanks again so much,can you reccomend a different tungsten then? or is what you mentioned working well?
is there any advantage to using pulse on my particular usage?
i plan on learning to do some thin guage aluminum too........i gotta admit i was blown away at how long i was able to sit on some 20 guage and not blow a hole or anything!
I have used pulse and no pulse and the welds are the same, I use it because its on the machine and I think the prepped tungsten stays good longer, .020 tungsten would be better for my application but it breaks so easily when handling it so I went to the .040. The pulse will keep you awake as well ha! There may be advantages to it that I havent discovered yet though.
I havent noticed much difference in the tungstens I mentioned at low current, the thoriated doesnt work too well on aluminum for me, it tends to split at high current settings.
I can run a nice bead on .058 wall aluminum, as the thickness decreases it gets tougher for me, my hand to eye isnt as good as it used to be.
I have a bit less than 200 hours on mine and no fault codes except Help 1, and that one is reset with a toggle of the power switch, that one doesnt happen often though.mike sr
Try a lower pulse rate . . . 30-40 PPS. I don't think the higher rates allow enough time for the puddle to cool . . . at least that's my theory. Lower rates work too, but I can't tolerate if very long. You may also have to adjust the sensitivity or delay settings of your A/D filter.
Try 40 pps, 40% peak and 40% background on some thinner material and let us know if you like it . . . or the perceived improvement is all in my mind.
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I have been experimenting with pumping the pedal on thin gage steel, that seems to work better and may be the same as slow pulse, I will have to experiment more with it. I seem to be able to control the HAZ better this way.mike sr
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thanks for the tips guys!!!!!!!!!! i have another silly question.......what about gas pressure? is there a area i should keep it for thin guage? will the pressures be different for steel vs aluminum? i know i know im still very "green" on tig welding
i bought what im told is a really great machine and just want to get it all dialed in,my machine uses the thumb control if that makes any difference in technique........please feel free to school me,i love learning and respect you guys opinions! thanks again


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Topic: Wide landscape lenses for Phase One - what do you like? (Read 6262 times)
Don Libby
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Re: Wide landscape lenses for Phase One - what do you like?
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August 20, 2013, 03:40:50 PM »
Just a couple quick thoughts on stitching multiple images. There's generally three options for stitching (and I've done them all at one time or another).
Handheld moving the camera as steady as you can overlapping from left to right as you go along. Generally good for single row applications. It'll do in a pinch.
Setting the camera on top of a sturdy tripod using some sort of pano gear. I used to use the RRS full pano gear and got excellent results for multiple images/multiple row captures (the most I ever did was 9, 3 on each row). The down fall from either this or the handheld method is no matter how hard you try you just can't get the lens nodal point accurately 100% of the time. Multiple images stitched this way are going to give you what looks like a bowtie effect when they are merged together; sometimes more extreme than others but it'll be there nevertheless.
This lack of precision on stitching was one of the reasons I chose a tech camera (in my case a Cambo WRS). The lens remains in place while the back is moved around it thus creating a flat stitch with near perfect image without the bowtie with no worries on figuring out the nodal point.
There you have it - 3 separate ways to do a stitch each getting progressively complicated and expensive.
And now we return to the question of best wide len for a Phase One....
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Except... the "bow-tie" effect is down to the projection you choose to view the stitched image in.
I've had a lot of experience in stitching images. Everything from 2 shots up to 4,500 shots.
The best advice I could give to anyone looking to get into this, is to buy one of the "proper" stitching solutions. Personally, I'd recommend either PTGui or Kolor's Autopano. I own them both, and I've extensively used both.
I'm fairly confident that I could create a shift-stitched image and a pan-stitched (spun around the nodal point) image, using the same lens for both, and no-one would be able to tell which was which.
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I've done some stitching too, although I almost completely stopped as I got a medium format system. (I prefer one-shot captures). Knowing how to properly tune your panohead/lens for parallax point makes a huge difference. Stitching can be quite complicated to make right too, but then again I used Hugin which is very competent but extremely hard to use for the beginner. Autopano is much more easy to use.
Today there are a few motorized heads to choose from too. If you put effort into a pano system you can get really good results. Hardware and software for it exists, but it can be hard to set up and do it right from beginning to end.
I have a hard time motivating the cost of medium format if one is going to stitch anyway, so I'd prefer use a D800 or other DSLR when stitching. Easier for the head to manage the weight too. But if you already have an MF system it could be worthwhile to use that, with an IQ180 you don't need to stitch as much for the same resolution. My Linhof Techno with sliding back (4 kg and 40 cm wide) does not fit well in my nodal ninja pano head though :-)
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Quote from: Doug Peterson on August 08, 2013, 11:14:27 AM
But NOTHING in the SLR world can compare to the quality of the modern Rodenstock and Schneider lenses (not to mention you gain the ability to do a flat stitch, add perspective control and/or tilt-swing with a tech camera). These tech camera lenses are designed without a mirror box which allows them to be either fully symmetrical or only modestly retrofocus rather than the severe retrofocus design required when designing around a fixed mirror box size.
+1 with bells on.
I compared a Phase One/Schneider 55mm LS to tech camera lenses of same/ similar length, and the difference was like night and day. no subtle pixel peeping, just worlds apart. Resolution corner and central, color fringing, distortion. completely different levels. As Doug says it is partly the design limitations of having a mirror box as much as anything else. But still - you might need autofocus, a faster aperture, and to be able to see what you are getting through a prism, none of which is possible with Tech cameras. As always YMMV.
As in 35mm digital, you have to note that a new generation of ultra resolution lenses are arriving, designed for highest level digital sensors. It seems they are appearing now for FF35mm and Tech cameras, but not as yet for MF dSLR's. The newest MF lenses from Schneider and Rodenstock for Tech cameras are very very sharp, definitely up with latest backs. The Zeiss 135mm f2 Sonnar that Michael makes such a fuss over here, as "the worlds finest lens", etc, does in fact have a performance not quite as good as the Rodenstock 100mm Digaron-S when both are at f5.6, if I am reading the MTF charts correctly.
And by the way, the P65+ is a wonderful back. Congratulations.
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Thanks Narikin,
The P65 - I've been shooting with it now for 24 hours
Still don't know what the wides are like. Back arrived just after sunset yesterday, headed straight out (MFDB's aren't so hard to work out I found out) and took some longish exposure shots with the 80mm LS and the 75-150 D (beautiful detail, horrible noise - and so many dust bunnies!). I was brave and waded out into the salt water to take the first shots - didn't want to start my MF experience with a brick wall. No crocs and the camera - suprisingly - didn't get wet on its first Australian outdoors experience.
Only got some handheld shots in today, again with the 75-150, which were OK but I'm really interested in tripod/MUL/cable release type quality (which is how I shot the first night). Just need to actualy get some daylight shots in and try the 28mm/35mm/45mm. Shooting an event (concert) tomorrow, most of the bands are on after dark and so I think the 5DMk3 gets to come rather than the DF for this one.
Despite not having even seen the wide angle quality these lenses can produce, this thread and my other reading/research has convinced me that for some of my landscapes a tech camera is the way to go. Adding a Cambo WRS with a Rodie 45mm to the kit. Might be a couple of weeks til I'm up and shooting with it but am looking forward to capturing some shift-stitched panoramas in the Karijini gorges.
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August 23, 2013, 02:24:27 PM »
Hi, congrats on the new back. I have the IQ160 and I was told the image quality of the P65+ is similar. I use it mostly on the Arca Rm3Di with the Rodenstock 40mm HR lens and it is just stunning. (have the 70mm HR and it is superb also). I also have a Hasselblad H1 w/ 80mm lens for when I need to use the back in an SLR. The lens is very very good but the rodenstocks are just plain better overall. They are extremely crisp and of course you can shift/rise/fall and even tilt them a LOT. The 60MP sensor seems to love f8 and maybe f11. After that diffraction starts to show. At f22 it is significant. The images are still sharp but when compared to the ones shot at f8 you can clearly see the loss in sharpness.
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September 04, 2013, 02:19:52 PM »
Well, I've actually tried the lenses now, at least a little bit.
Of the wides, I've shot most with the Phase One 45mm. Pretty happy with the quality, I stitched for the the first time tonight - a three photo stitch of a local island at sunset using the RRS pano head came together really well in PTGUI (after lens corrections in LR).
As for the 28mm, pretty unimpressed with the lateral parts of the image on my first few shots - very smeared detail - but I've only taken a couple of shots so far so I'm going to see what I can do with this.
The 35mm hasn't really had a run yet.
The 80mm LS is solid, but a boring focal length. I used it for a very basic editorial shoot last weekend because it was reasonably fast and not a bad length for environmental portraits. Arguably something in the shots that you don't get with 35mm, but that could just be me trying to justify my 30K+ purchase! Is it better than the 85mm 1.2L on my Canon? Well, it's slower - and the P65 isn't quite in 5DMk3 territory for low light. Early days.
I used the 75-150mm a bit when I first got the system running last week, seemed nice and sharp but haven't tried it much in the last few days.
I have the Mamiya non-D version of the 150mm prime, haven't really shot with it yet.
Tried some sunset shots of bulk carriers down at the harbour with the 120mm Macro (the non-D, manula focus version). Pretty unimpressed so far, the 75-150mm was sharper but this could just be user error (manual focus).
The suprise so far is the Mamiya 210mm prime. Although it's not a fancy D lens, it seems nice and sharp. Pretty happy with the performance there, as good as lenses that cost me 10x its price.
That's the first thoughts on the kit. I haven't really answered my own question about wides yet as I need to do a bit more testing and shooting.
I've done a bit of fairly serious landscape shooting in the past couple of days but not of particularly attractive locations (my excuse for not getting 'the shot' yet).
The Cambo Wide RS is waiting for me at the airport so I should be shooting with that by tomorrow (unless I've forgotten some critical part). Will be interesting to see how the Rodie 45mm compares with the Phase 45mm. I must say I'm really looking forward to pointing a tech camera at some beautiful landscapes.
So Friday I'm off to the not-very-often photographed Millstream-Chichester National Park in the Pilbara (in the northwest bit of Oz). Unfortuantely, won't be able to use my 'the landscape was ugly' excuse there. Plan is to shoot sunrise on Saturday morning with the Cambo after sleeping out at a spot in the Chichester ranges I've used a few times before ('Panorama Camp').
One thing I did notice tonight when using the Phase 45mm is that there was some ugly green flare when shooting directly into the sun. Anyone know how the Rodenstocks perform when used for these sort of shots?
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Quote from: whitey on September 04, 2013, 02:19:52 PM
Tried some sunset shots of bulk carriers down at the harbour with the 120mm Macro (the non-D, manula focus version).
Since the 120mm Macro is optimized for... well, macro shots at close distance, the lack of sharpness you observed doesn't really come as a surprise. For shots at +/- infinity, the 150mm lenses are clearly better.
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The mamiya 210 is a sleeper for sure. Contrast is a bit flat but as you pointed out amazing sharp.
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Keh are selling the Mamiya 645 AF 210mm at a very good price compared to some of the asking prices on EBay.
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picking up two steals ... matched his season bests with seven rebounds and three steals in the loss to Belmont (2/17) ... had 13 points, seven assists and just one turnover in the win over Jacksonville (2/11) ... scored 15 points and distributed five assists in the win over Kennesaw State (1/29) ... had 18 points in the win over USC Upstate (1/25) ... posted 10 points in the win over Lipscomb (1/21) ... matched his career high with three blocks, while dishing out six assists and scoring 11 points in the win over Jacksonville (1/15) ... scored a career high 20 points and posted his sixth straight game in double figures in the win over FGCU (1/8) ... had a career best 12 free throws, going 12-of-13 from the line against FGCU (1/8) ... scored 13 points to go along with nine assists in the win over Kennesaw State (1/5) ... won the A-Sun Player of the Week honor (for the week of 12/28 to 1/3) ... scored the game-winning basket with 3.7 seconds left to beat Mercer (1/3), while scoring 15 points and dishing out four assists ... set career bests for points (17), field goals (7) and minutes played (38) in the win over Campbell ... picked up his second straight solid performance, playing a career high 38 minutes and hitting on a career best seven field goals, while scoring 14 points and picking up three steals in the win over Appy State (12/24) ... had a career high 15 points, while matching season highs for free throws and rebounds in the loss to Northeastern (12/23) ... played a season high 32 minutes and posted a season best nine points to go with four assists in the loss to USC Upstate (12/5) ... dished out a game-high seven assists in the win over Dayton (12/1) ... had season highs for assists (10) and steals (3) in the win over Milligan (11/27) ... scored seven points, grabbed seven boards and dished out four assists in the win over Tennessee Tech (11/20). 2009-10: Had a career night against Kentucky (3/18) in the NCAAs, scoring a personal-best 14 points, while collecting five boards and grabbing three steals ... played one of his best games of the year in the title game win over Mercer (3/6), scoring 11 points, dishing out three assists and hitting a career-high seven free throws ... had six points, three assists and a steal in the win over Campbell (3/4) in the A-Sun quarterfinals ... came off the bench to score 10 points and match his career high for field goals (4) and field goals attempted (9) in the win over UNF (2/25) ... played a very solid game in the win over Stetson (2/6), posting a career-high six free throws on his way to scoring 10 points, grabbing three boards, and dishing out five assists in 25 minutes of play ... matched his career best with four steals, while scoring seven points and dishing out three assists in a solid effort off the bench in the win over FGCU (2/4) ... had five points and five rebounds in the win over FGCU (1/16) ... posted a career-high four steals in the win over Kennesaw State (1/7) ... had a season-high seven assists and two steals in the win over USC Upstate (1/4) ... collected six rebounds, dished out two assists and blocked a shot in the loss to Tennessee (12/2) ... scored seven points, dished out four assists and had three rebounds in the win over Charleston (11/25) ... had three boards and two assists in the loss to UTC (11/17) ... set career highs for scoring (13), field goals (4), field goal attempts (7), and free throws (5) against Appalachian State (11/14). 2008-09: Averaged 18 minutes a game as a true freshman, third on the team with 2.0 assists per game, while averaging three points and three boards a game … changed numbers in the offseason from No. 20 to No. 43 to honor his freshman season roommate Seth Coy, who died tragically in an automobile accident during the summer … had 11 points and seven boards in the win over Kennesaw State (2/26) ... posted the team's best assist number of the year with 12 assists against Campbell (2/23), while setting or matching career highs for field goals (4), field goals attempted (6), steals (3) and minutes played (34) ... matched his career high with six assists against FGCU (2/7) ... reached his career high with 12 points in the loss to Jacksonville (1/30) ... had a career-high three steals, dished out five assists and grabbed seven rebounds in the win over Campbell (1/22) ... started the game and continued his development with nine rebounds, five assists and four points in the win over Belmont (1/19) ... made major strides in his development in the win over Lipscomb (1/17), playing 30 minutes and setting career marks for points (12), rebounds (8), assists (6) and steals (2) ... stepped up in the absence of senior point guard Courtney Pigram, scoring four points, grabbing five rebounds and dishing out three assists in 32 minutes of action against Stetson (1/10) ... posted a career-high five assists and grabbed four rebounds in the win over UNF (1/5) ... played 13 solid minutes, scoring three points and dishing out an assist in the win over Jacksonville (1/3) ... for a point guard, had a remarkable three blocks and his first 3-pointer in the loss to Hofstra (11/16) ... scored his first four collegiate points and matched his career best with seven rebounds against SIU Edwardsville (11/15) ... made his collegiate debut against Temple, picking up seven rebounds in 28 minutes of action. High School: A standout at Armwood High School, he was named MVP of the Florida North-South All-Star Game, where he posted a triple-double with 16 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds against the best high school players in the state … was also named MVP of the Tampa-Pinellas All-Star Game, scoring 21 points and dishing out eight assists in that contest … averaged 22 points, 6.3 assists and 6.1 rebounds his senior season … was a finalist for Class 5A "Mr. Basketball," was the Florida Athletic Coaches Association 5A Player of the Year, the Tampa Bay Basketball Coaches Player of the Year, an All-Suncoast First Team selection, an All-Western Conference pick, and the "Paul Straub" Player of the Year. Personal: Major is Business... son of Paul and Terry Sollazzo … born April 24, 1990.
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Some residents got their first look this week at plans to build 3,220 homes in southern Frederick County, leaving many of them surprised, concerned and unhappy.
The Frederick County Planning & Community Development Review Department held an open house on Monday night at Windsor Knolls Middle School in Ijamsville to inform residents of plans to build three major housing developments and a large-scale office complex in Monrovia and Urbana.
"Monrovia has about 5,000 [residents], and this will completely ruin their quality of life," said Teddy Kroll of Monrovia. "Half the people that moved here wanted to get away from [the traffic and congestion in] Montgomery County and Gaithersburg. I live in Monrovia, and they want to build this hideous thing."
The open house was the first opportunity for many residents to get a first-hand look at what is being planned for their own backyard.
"We've been getting a lot of feedback at various meetings from people that do not understand what is going on," said Eric Soter, the department's division director. "This is an open house for residents interested in getting the basic information."
Frederick County Board of Commissioners' President Blaine R. Young (R), who did not attend the open house, said in an interview Tuesday that residents who attended were pleased with the amount of information that was provided by the county staff.
Young, who lives in Monrovia, said when he went to get coffee at a local 7-Eleven store Tuesday morning, people there thanked him for having the open house.
"I've heard feedback from people in the community who said their questions were answered, and many of their concerns were answered,'" he said. "I heard Eric and his staff did an outstanding job. People wanted to see what was being done with the roads and the schools, and they were impressed with the amount of planning being done."
The development plans in the area include:
• The Monrovia Town Center on 457 acres of farmland on the east side of Ed McClain Road and west and east of Green Valley Road and Md. 75 in Monrovia. The development will include 1,510 homes, 280,000 square feet of commercial space, 4 acres for a new fire station, a 25-acre park and 51 acres for a new high school.
• The Landsdale Planned Unit Development, on the west side of McClain Road, north of Md. 80 in Monrovia, will include 1,100 homes on 396 acres. A 13-acre site will be set aside for a new elementary school.
• In Urbana, another 610 homes are slated for construction on 181 acres on the southwest side of Md. 355 adjacent to the Urbana Community Park on the western edge of the community. The development will also include 2 million square feet of business space.
• Additional development in Urbana includes 73,000 square feet of commercial space, 38,000 square feet of restaurant space, 35,000 square feet of retail and 2,110,000 square feet of office space.
Numerous maps detailing the development plans were displayed at the open house, with planning, transportation and school officials on hand to answer questions and concerns from residents.
Since it was an open house, residents came and went throughout the three-hour period, many expressing their opposition to the development plans.
"We don't want it, and it's the job of the [county] commissioners to serve the people of Frederick County," Kroll said. "There just isn't any recourse until the next election."
But the county commissioners, none of whom attended the open house, have said that the new developments will bring jobs to the county, something they feel is needed.
The five commissioners in 2010 were elected as a "business-friendly" board with promises to bring new housing and jobs to the county. Their four-year term is up in 2014, when voter-approved charter government with a county executive and county council will begin.
Kroll, a member of Residents Against Landsdale Expansion, or RALE , a group recently formed to fight the development plans, said she is concerned that more traffic will be added to the already congested state highways such as Md. 80, Md. 75 and Md. 355 in the Urbana and the Monrovia areas.
Currently, 10,000 vehicles travel daily on Md. 75 and Md. 80, said Ron Burns, the county's traffic engineer.
Burns admitted to residents questioning the potential traffic congestion that Md. 75 needs improvement.
"My biggest concern is the safety on 75," he said. "It is not a good road."
Burns said he plans to ask the county commissioners at their meeting today to make Md. 75, a two-lane highway that runs through New Market, Monrovia and Ijamsville, a top priority for state funding.
Each year, the commissioners send the state its top three transportation priorities in the hopes of receiving money to make the improvements. Prior boards have included Md. 75 on the list, but the road has yet to receive state funding.
Ron Maier, a resident of Mount Airy, said he moved to Frederick County 13 years ago for the rural countryside. He does not want to see that change.
"I like the beauty of the area," he said. "It's very rural, and the roads are not congested. It's very peaceful. I like the quiet community. The more people you bring into the area means the population will increase and so will the traffic. It will just decrease the value of my home."
Maier said he has a saying that describes how he feels: "If you're going to build a nuclear reactor, don't build it in my backyard."


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My biology teacher told our class one day that huge ecological disasters, for example, the Exxon Valdez, is dwarfed in comparison to the amount of pollution we cause DAILY!
I'll be showing you a couple things I do in my life to help provide some relief to mother nature.
Step 1: Lighting/Cooling/Electrical consumption at home
Here are a few helpful hints on how to consume less electricity, so that local power plant has less energy to produce, which in turn lowers the amount of fuel they have to burn, lowering the CO2 output.
The first thing you can do, but will probably be the most expensive investment, but will pay for itself in the long run is....
These light bulbs consume a fraction of what old light bulbs use, and provide more light as well.
You can purchase them at any home improvement store, such as Lowe's, Home Depot, and Wal-Mart.
You can save money by purchasing the packs that have a couple bulbs in it.
Each bulb you change can save about 30 USD yearly in your electricity bill. If you change 10 bulbs in your house thats already 300+ a year in savings, which brings your monthly bill down about 25 dollars. NEAT!
Another thing you can do to save electricity is... OPEN A WINDOW! Let some of that free sunlight light up your home! There is a downside to this though... sunlight = heat = increase in cooling costs. But like always there is a way around this.
If you have windows facing north or south, you can open those up, and there wont be as much direct sunlight, which wont cause too much heat. In the morning you can crack the shades a bit on east facing windows, then open them up at noon, that way there is never that full intense light coming in. Play around with this.
Basically close the windows where the sun hits directly, and open them up as the sun moves throughout the sky.
A word on cooling. The air conditioner in a home is probably the largest expense in your electric bill monthly. Set the A/C at a bearable temperature during the day, and raise the temperature a little at night since its obviously not as hot outside.
You can also turn off the A/C and open up your windows; let some fresh air into your home!
Insulation is extremely important in effective cooling your home. Try and prevent as much of the cooled air in your house escapes, caulk up windows or put weather stripping on your doors.
I live in a very old house with a flat roof and no insulation in the roof, and now during summer it gets extremely hot. What I did to help with some of the heat was buy a couple of those windshield shades for your car, and put them up on my windows to reflect some of the heat. IT WORKS!
When leaving your house, try to keep the doors open for as little as possible, keep the cool air inside.
Turn off that computer when you're not using it! A computer tower running 24/7 costs about 10 dollars monthly. Turning it off, or putting it on power save mode will save you a couple bucks a month, it will also reduce some of that heat being produced in your home :)
Disconnect appliances when your not using them, although you may like to think that the display on your DVD player on standby inst consuming much... it adds up!
Water heater is another biggie on the list. During hot summer months, turn down the temperature, and when the cooler seasons come in turn it up again!
Keep the fridge and freezer doors open for as little as possible, alot of energy goes into cooling these things.
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You're dead right!
Many plastics leach endocrine disruptors, drinks bottles are not immune from this. One is called bisphenol-A. There was a headline in the news very recently that Canada is considering banning plastic bottles (polycarbonate I think) for infants and young children.
The economics of bottled water are crazy. From memory, a one litre (~37 fl oz) bottle of water, typically consumes six litres of water to make the bottle! Plus all the transport from where the water is sourced, all the way to the store.
In the western world, tap water is not only much cheaper than the bottled variety (often the price ratio tap: bottle is 1:100) , the health standards are often much higher for tap water than for bottled.
Could someone pass the bisphenol-A flavoured drink, please?
Now for some (sort of) science!
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Townsend Community School Class of 2013 Graduation
Congrats, I have/had kids at Margaretta high. I am not sure what Townsend school is now. Where are these kids from? Why are they not a MHS ? What is Townsend for now? I am sorry, but could someone enlighten me as I can't find no info at all ? Thank You
Townsend Community School is a charter school sponsored by Margaretta Schools, started in 2011. It is a separate district that is housed in a small building next to the old Townsend School, as well as other sites. Students work at their own pace to complete their work and achieve their diploma, often one-on-one with a teacher. The school mostly targets "at-risk" students who wouldn't otherwise have graduated, due to varying circumstances. It is publicly funded. Hope this helps!
We have needed this for years. Many years ago, these students were just shoved to the back and forgotten. I am glad to see schools like this flourish.


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Anything less than 10 or more than a 12 inch radius.
I will not, under any circumstances, trade anything of value for a "Daisey Rock", period. There, I said it.
Actually the answer is many things.
cost is a biggie - there are guitars I would love to have and will probably never get to hold, much less afford.
feel - it does have to feel right in my hands.
color/finish - PRS has spoiled me - if there are defects in the materials or finish from the manufacturer, I'm likely to pass.
style - I'm just not a pointy guitar guy - that includes even iconic shapes like the flying V - cool four you - but I'd feel like a poser playing one. The 3Mike7 I have on order is going to be a stretch (mentally and physically) for me
Gork what your need to gork.
Quilt Tops
I've tried, just doesn't do it for me....
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Wide Thin
Middle Pick Up
Blade Switch
Painted backs - opaque or trans - when there is a separate top wood. Don't paint the back of a Modern Eagle blue just because the top is stained blue.
As far as guitars go, I'm not a big fan of black finishes. Smudges and fingerprints drive me crazy, so I've never owned an all black instrument. Otherwise, poor or rude service turns me off immediately. I don't care if it's the deal of the century; if the sales staff doesn't cut it then my money stays with me. I don't expect them to bow and kiss my feet, but I want to be treated with respect and courtesy and zero BS.
Lloyd/Goldtop/Queen of Clubs
'No... Look away... I'm hideous!' - Cosmo Kramer
It varies from guitar to guitar!
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Guest blog written by Cathy W., ASPCA Legacy Society member
I was part of the search and rescue team after the tornado hit Joplin. We lost 161 people in our community that evening—and lives were forever changed. We are still recovering and rebuilding.
I found a little dog that had been so injured and nearly died. I went to the area where the ASPCA had set up a shelter—taking in, loving and caring for animals. Surgeries were performed as needed, and shots, collars and other items were provided. It was so organized.
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Brad Paisley is gearing up to release his new album, This is Country Music, on May 23, but that's not the only place Paisley fans can find new music from the country star this summer. He contributed two songs to Pixar's Cars 2 movie and its soundtrack.
Paisley teamed with British singer-songwriter Robbie Williams to write and record "Collision of Worlds," a song that "explores the back and forth between the English and American takes on music," according to a release. In addition, father-of-two Paisley wrote and performed the song "Nobody's Fool."
Other artists on the soundtrack include Weezer, Bénabar and Perfume.
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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
Wednesday night's Art of Futbol at Prairie Production Studio was another fantastic success. Check out some of the pieces as well as interviews from Gonzalo Segares, Benji Joya, Frank Yallop and Foundation Director Jessica Yavitz:
Check out select shots from the Art of Futbol 2014!
We'll probably never know what was said at halftime in the away locker room this weekend in Harrison, NJ. We won't know if things were kicked or thrown, if team leaders screamed, or if, as is Frank Yallop's style, calm orders were dispatched.
What we do know, though, is that players after the game said they came out focused on putting more pressure on NYRB's back line. And we know that whatever was said got the Fire refocused enough to turn around a 2-1 halftime score line, score four goals in 19 minutes and overcome a frustrating start to the season to get their first win.
But that talk will go down in the history of halftime talks because whether or not Yallop Al Pacino'd the squad, they came out re-pumped up to the point where Quincy Amarikwa was ready to do this:
Amarikwa was ready to throw his face in front of Luis Robles's clearance if it meant continuing to pressure NYRB and continuing to build for the Fire the advantage they eventually, if not exactly calmly, rode to three points.
As much as I'd like to picture Yallop standing on chairs and screaming, there are other signs that point to a different kind of leadership at halftime. Look at Mike Magee here, barely five minutes into the second half, extolling the guys to push up and stay up. His eyes are popping out of his forehead!
One of the most competitive guys in the league, Magee could smell NYRB's weakness after Amarikwa tied the game at 2-2. And Magee did his job after the Fire built their three goal cushion, helping through the midfield in the game's dying moments to help the Fire fight off NYRB and finish off the win.
What all this points to is that whatever really went down at halftime, the orders were clearly to pressure NYRB's back line and close out the game. The mistakes Magee, Amarikwa, Patrick Nyarko, and game hero Harry Shipp squeezed out of that back line were exactly what Yallop expected.
The true magic of the situation was that the orders were delivered in a way to convey a strategic, tactics-based message with enough emotional weight to overshadow the recent disappointments in the team's mind. It led to eye-popping bodily sacrifice for the team. Everyone came together for the best 20 minute spell of the season, and it led to a deserved win.
Ben Schuman-Stoler is a contributor to Chicago-Fire.com. Follow him on Twitter @bsto.
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'
Chicago Fire Head Coach and Director of Soccer Frank Yallop
On the spirit of the team:
"It's been good. I mean, you know, I think last week we had that same situation. We're 5-2 up in this game and they nearly come back and tied it. We're two-nil up at home and they come back and win it, [Real] Salt Lake last week. So, what I'd like to think is we've learned something from last week. We can only get as hairy as this, but [we're] playing against a really good team. You can't take away from that."
On Harry Shipp:
"Great. Harry's been playing really well. Each game he's gotten better, and better, and better. I think just his passes with the one pass to Mike [Magee] when he just missed it, first half, to make it 2-1 I think, and they go down the other end and score. That pass, you know, he's got that passing in as well as the finishing. I can't say enough about Harry. He's really working hard at his game, he looks like a real player, and I think he's got a great chance at going all the way."
On the importance of scoring the first goal:
"I always say, and I think there's stats if you look at the stats, if you score first in our league it's 83 percent, I think, you get a point or more. So, I think, you know, getting on the chart first is always a big thing. We've been a bit unlucky, to be honest. We've had two home games and we've had a penalty kick in the last minute of the game to win it and missed them both. So, we could've been on three wins, four wins, you know, maybe two wins, or whatever and we're not stuck talking about it now. What I like about the group, you know, they're really celebrating now because they deserve it, you know, we've deserved more that we've got. They have not dropped their heads, come to a really difficult place to play, and get a result, and score five goals, which is amazing really, in any game, not just coming to New York and doing it. I'm really proud of the guys the way they hung in there at the end, Sean [Johnson] made two great saves, and we preserved the win."
Chicago Fire Forward Quincy Amarikwa
On the match:
"I think overall we showed a lot of fight. We came on the road, I think a lot of people, especially the analysts, didn't think we could come out here and get the road win. I'm glad we were able to prove them wrong."
On the second half:
"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. We put away the number of goals we needed to get the win tonight."
On the importance of getting the first win of the season:
"I think it's a pretty big relief, you know, we've kept the morale high this entire time. We've known we're capable of winning. I mean a lot of games came down, I think there's two games that came down to PK's that we just weren't lucky on. It was nice to have a little bit of luck go our way today and I just think it's what's more to come. We know we can win and we just proved it tonight and we're going to continue on with the rest of the season."
Chicago Fire Midfielder Harry Shipp
On the match:
"Yeah I'm honestly just happy to get the first win for this team. I think over the past four or five games, or so, we've had some heartbreaking ties and losses giving up late goals, especially last week. So, I think just hanging on for the win, I think New York's a good team, they were going to get back in the game, you kind of knew that, but just kind of some last ditch defending helped us in the last 10 minutes or so. I'm just happy, if I score three goals and we don't win the game it doesn't really matter. So, that's what's important."
On his game:
"Yeah I think especially in the second half. I think I was finding spaces in the first half and played a ball to Mike [Magee], scored one goal, but I think we kind of knew going into half time, I think we knew we could exploit those spaces even more underneath, me coming inside off the left and so I think we really started pressing higher in the second half, trying to win the ball off their back four, which is how I got my second goal, or third goal was taking it off of them. So yeah, I think the first, especially 30 minutes of the second half were really good."
On play of the team:
"Yeah it was surprisingly upbeat. You know, I think we played well for those first 70 minutes or so and then I think we collapsed down the stretch, but we know if we could take those 70 minutes and turn it into 90 minutes we have a chance to win every game and I think we've been playing well the prior three, four games before that and that was just a lapse of 20 minutes, like I said. But yeah, I think everyone was hungry in training, everyone was feisty trying to get after it, trying to get a spot in the [starting] 11, and I think, you know, it showed this game."
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.
Last Saturday's injury time loss to RSL prolonged the Fire's misery for another week as the team continues to search for their first win on the season. It doesn't get any easier this weekend, when the Men in Red travel to Red Bull Arena to face New York on Saturday evening (5:30pm CT on My50/TWCSC). The Red Bulls have yet to really hit the ground running the season and will be looking to repeat the drubbing of the Fire in the last regular season game of 2013.
Here are some tactical observations to look out for on Saturday evening.
A potential shakeup in the back? A return for Segares likely but other changes possible
Frank Yallop didn't have positive things to say about his team's defending for the last 20+ minutes against RSL as and I expect him to make one or more changes to the back four for Saturday's game. With Gonzalo Segares making the 18 last Saturday, one potential switch is at left back in place of Greg Cochrane.
Cochrane's attacking ability has been a highlight during his stint in the starting eleven but he was caught out defensively on more than one occasion during the last 20 minutes against RSL. From a purely tactical perspective, the return of Segares would boost the Fire's aerial defending prowess, especially against threats such as Tim Cahill.
A few weeks ago, Frank Yallop spoke about the need to get Patrick Ianni game time with both Jhon Kennedy Hurtado and Bakary Soumare in the team's reserve game vs. Charlotte, in the case he may need to be utilized in a future match.
Some of the mental mistakes made by Soumare last season have crept back into his play of late and this could result in Ianni getting a run Saturday vs. Red Bull. a
New York have scored the most goals in the East this season and the Fire cannot afford to make any more mental mistakes especially against a team boasting the Conference's top goal scorer in Bradley Wright-Phillips and Thierry Henry, the Fire's arch nemesis over the past few seasons.
What to do up front? – Will Amarikwa or Anangono partner Magee up front?
In a game where it was imperative that he put in a solid performance, Juan Luis Anangono gave a good shift against RSL last week, picking up a goal and linking well at times with Mike Magee. His competition for a starting spot on Saturday evening is the returning top goal scorer Quincy Amarikwa who missed the match due to red card suspension.
Tactically, there are arguments to be made for both players to get the nod. Amarikwa's constant high pressure on the opposition's backline would be welcome against a New York team who continue to be weak defensively in the wide areas.
Quincy is also the more ideal player to have in 1v1 situations, especially if the Fire can get him against one of the Red Bull center backs. In the middle, Jamison Olave has lost a step of pace from his days in Salt Lake and his partner Armando has yet to settle fully into MLS.
Anangono's size is an important factor to consider, both in the attack, and defensively where he would be useful for set pieces. It is also important for the Fire to start being smarter in possession, especially holding the ball up in the attack.
Anangono has been a mixed bag in this regard so far this season but if he is given his second start in a row, I expect to see an emphasis on this tactic on Saturday night.
Monitoring Lloyd Sam – Stepping out and pressuring the Red Bull winger
Just looking at Lloyd Sam's four assists this season gives you a good indication into the threat the Englishman poses. From his wide right position, Sam's crossing is extremely accurate. Not only does he put himself into good wide positions, his ability to still put in a cross while under pressure from a defender makes him even more dangerous. Another problem with the Fire's late game collapse last week was the lack of urgency by the team's outside midfielders and defenders to close down the RSL wide players resulting in free crosses.
In Saturday's game, the Fire must not allow Sam to get similar amounts of space granted to RSL. Stifling Sam will also cut the supply to Wright-Phillips and Henry.
Prediction: If I predict we will win, the team will end up with a tie so I'm going with a 2-2 tie with goals from Quincy Amarikwa and Benji Joya.
Stephen Piggott is a contributor to Chicago-Fire.com. Follow him on Twitter @Irish_Steve.
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