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Unsightly scar after open revision rhinoplasty (Photo)
10 days has passed since I had a revision septorhinplasty. I had my stitches removed tonight. My surgeon said that he had hoped the scar on my right nostril would have been better. The scar is deep and there is a step where the skin meets. I understand that this is very early on in the healing process, but will the depth of the scar change as time goes on? will there be any swelling around the septum at this stage still perhaps exaggerating the incision scar? Feedback appreciated, thanks.
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It is common for a scar to be more apparent after surgery and then to improve over time. Keep in mind that it takes about 12-18 months for scar tissue to mature. Over this time you will notice an improvement in the color, softening of the scar tissue, a change in the depth or thickness, and an overall improvement in the appearance. At 10 days following revision, it is far too early to tell. One of the things that you can do to improve the appearance of the scar is applying silicone scar therapy-you should discuss this with your surgeon.
Scars from open rhinoplasty usually improve over time.
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Thanks for your question and I can see from your photos that you do have a noticeable incisional scar from your rhinoplasty. This is pretty common after surgery. We see these incision step offs more commonly in men and in revision cases. The good news is that is often gets better on its own without needing any therapy. On rare occasions a small in office revision surgery may be helpful if it doesn't smooth out on its own. At 10 days you are pretty early in the healing process and I would expect most of the visible scar to smooth out over time. Please discuss this with your surgeon.
Good luck, hope this helps.
Good luck, hope this helps.
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Lady Dutch lacrosse team still shooting for state title
By Jordan J. Michael
SCHENECTADY Every team has its ultimate dream. It may take a lot of time and a lot of hard work to turn that dream into a reality.
For the Guilderland girls' lacrosse team, that dream is winning a state title. After three consecutive Class A championships and two repeated trips to Cortland for the state semi-finals, the team has come painfully close to grabbing it.
The Lady Dutch fell to Farmingdale by one goal in the final seconds of last year's state final. How much closer can the team get?
"It's true, we had an excellent chance last season, but I think we still have a great shot," Head Coach Gary Chatnik said during practice at Union College on Tuesday. "Winning a state title is made up of a bunch of pieces. We're going to go ahead and add another piece and hope for the best."
With seven senior All Stars on last year's roster, it seemed like Guilderland's best opportunity to win it all. Now, with those seven girls gone, some big shoes need to be filled.
"We can't really replace them, but we can reload with new talent," said senior Marissa Page. "We'll continue to play well because this team is taught to do so. All those lessons learned will progress and we'll take it one day at a time like always."
Chatnik compared the 2010 team to the 2007 team that won its first sectional title. "They're young and they'll make some mistakes early on," he said. "But those mistakes will be eliminated as we go through the season. They'll be winners, believe me."
Page, Kristen Cagino, Jenna Crupi, Ali DeRizzo, Casey Gerety, Becky Glazier, Kat Keegan, Taylor Mead, Amanda Santandrea, Hannah Scott, and Julie Stefani all return to the line-up as seniors.
Sophomores Kendall and MacKenzie Cietek, Shelby Iapoce, Nicole Levine, Jess Madsen, Michaela Maybee, Kelsey Michele, Briana Phillips, and Amanda Van Auken are all new additions for the Lady Dutch.
Winning ways
The seniors are throwing their weight around and showing the new players why Guilderland is known statewide for its winning attitude.
"The seniors know how to win and what to expect and they're passing down that knowledge everyday," Chatnik said. "It's not an easy system to learn but they'll get it eventually."
While the attack and midfield cope with some losses, the defense is the focal point. Santandrea is back in goal with Page, DeRizzo, Gerety, Jess Marini, and Mead supporting her on defense.
The defense returns its starters from last season, and Page told The Enterprise that all five girls have been playing together for two or more years. "We know where to go, constantly," Page said. "We know each other's game. We know all the different variations."
Chatnik has plenty of admiration for Santandrea and her goalkeeping. "She's by far the best in the area," Chatnik said. "She works harder than anybody and she's seen many things. That's what happens."
Assistant Coach Jami Costello has been running most of the practices so far because Chatnik recently returned from battling pneumonia. Costello is in her second year with varsity after coaching the junior-varsity team for five years.
"It was kind of weird to start the season without Chatnik, but I've already coached most of these girls before," said Costello. "They're more intense and focused now."
Guilderland has its booster club to thank for being able to use the turf fields at Union College in Schenectady for practice. "The fund-raising is worth it," Costello said. "It gives us an advantage and we don't have to worry about the mud."
Costello said that the team should be in good shape if it sticks to the same goals as last year.
"You start with sectionals and move from there," Costello said. "I think we should be able to get back to Cortland if we use our athleticism. This team will continue to attack like always."
"I think we have unfinished business in Cortland because we came within seconds of winning," Page said. "That gives us so much motivation to get back. If we work hard and play our game, then we can get there."
"I see potential and it's tremendous," Chatnik said before giving his team directions at Tuesday's practice. "These girls will be climbing the ladder. They'll have to work hard, but I see similar results in the end."


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The developers of Batman: Arkham Origins decided to take a trip down memory lane with the caped crusader, telling a story centered not on an experienced crimefighter, but a vigilante coming face to face with villains who would plague his career for decades to come.
There's no question that (as usual) the Joker stole the show, but the team at WB Games Montreal let it slip days ago that a new year would bring with it a surprise announcement. That announcement seems to have been revealed as a story-based DLC taking place at Wayne Manor itself, and introducing one of Batman's most coldhearted foes: Mr. Freeze.
There's no question that many fans of the Arkham series were hoping that the announcement was not concerned with the latest release, but the long-rumored sequel being developed by Rocksteady Studios, the minds who started the series from scratch. Nevertheless, the studio revealed on New Year's Eve that the surprise was still very much related to Origins:
You are cordially invited to the Humanitarian of the Year Awards at the Wayne Manor on New Year's Eve. #ArkhamOrigins pic.twitter.com/h3vk2IL4IN— Batman Arkham (@BatmanArkham) December 31, 2013
Ringing in the new year with Gotham's favorite son – as enviable a soiree as that might be among the city's upper class – isn't exactly the kind of event that Batman fans would be most interested in. But to put concerns that WB Games had concocted a complex dinner-hosting-simulation to rest, the team revealed that the gala will bring out more than just the city's most noted humanitarian.
There isn't much to go on, but given the setting and the character's notable absence from Origins, we're confident in predicting which culprit will be crashing the party:
All-new STORY DLC coming in 2014! pic.twitter.com/j3FLEgtfOO— Batman Arkham (@BatmanArkham) January 1, 2014
It's too early to say that the story-based DLC will introduce Mr. Freeze at as early a point in his criminal career as the vigilante pursuing him (so we can't completely rule out The Snowman, or Cryonic Man, for instance). Those who played through Batman: Arkham City will recall the extensive boss battle surrounding Mr. Freeze as one of the more methodical and inspired, so it's not hard to see why he would be the focal point of Origins' next add-on.
The developers made it clear in the past that choosing which villains to include in Origins had much to do with the boss battles they would make possible, so fans can expect the same reasoning at play here. Will players be forced to tackle Mr. Freeze in a similar fashion as City (luring him into environmental hazards or ambush spots), or use the layout of Wayne Manor against him? More importantly, will Wayne do it in costume, or a tuxedo?
More hints and official confirmation is likely coming soon, but for now, how do you feel about Mr. Freeze's addition to the villain roster? Does this seem like a solid choice for story DLC, or were you hoping for something a bit different? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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Cisse pictured visiting casino
A photograph has emerged of Newcastle striker Papiss Cisse at a poker table in a casino as the row rumbles on over his refusal to appear for the club in a shirt bearing the logo of a pay-day loan company.
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Cisse pulled out of Newcastle's tour of Portugal last week after claiming that, as a Muslim, he could not wear Wonga-sponsored club merchandise as sharia law forbids followers from profiting through money-lending ("riba").
However, gambling ("maisir") is also described as a "grave sin" in the Qur'an.
A spokesman for Aspers casino in Newcastle confirmed that the striker is "an occasional visitor" to the establishment but did not say whether he had engaged in gambling. Even so, Newcastle city councillor Dipu Ahad, who had supported the player over his Wonga protest, feels his behaviour was unacceptable.
"I feel absolutely ashamed of what he's done," he told the BBC. "There's not just me, there's been other people who've been supporting him. What he's done now, seeing him in the casino, even if he wasn't gambling, I think this gives a wrong message.
"People will say: 'Look, this is Islam — they can pick and choose whatever they want', and Islam isn't about picking and choosing."
Cisse, who has offered to wear an unbranded shirt or one promoting a charity, has been linked with a move to Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala.
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Liverpool City Council hits arts with 20% funding cuts
Liverpool City Council has published budget proposals that will see it reduce its arts funding by £1.8 million, including a £170,000 cut to its annual support of the Everyman and Playhouse theatres.
The cuts translate to 20% reduction in funding to the city's main arts organisations, meaning Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra has lost £284,000. Both it and the Everyman and Playhouse have also had to cope with cuts to their Arts Council England funding this year.
Michael Eakin, the Philharmonic's chief executive, warned that "a cut of this magnitude threatens to undermine all that this organisation has achieved in recent years" and "jeopardises our ability to stay on track and sustain a world-class professional symphony orchestra in Liverpool".
Chief conductor Vasily Petrenko added: "We are grateful for the confidence and investment that Liverpool City Council gives to this organisation. It has enabled us to deliver great music to thousands of people every year here in Liverpool, across the UK and internationally.
"We have achieved a huge amount together and there is still a lot more we can achieve for ourselves and for the city and people of Liverpool, but all this could be lost very quickly with a reduction in funding of this scale. The most successful orchestras in the world are those which have artistic ambition fully backed by their local City. It is only with this backing that we can continue to achieve world class standards and give Liverpool the economic and artistic benefit we have been providing in recent years."
The Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse was a little more upbeat in its response.
Executive director Deborah Aydon said: "The council has had a ferociously difficult job and we appreciate their openness and integrity during this process.
"Clearly the proposed cut to the cultural organisations is significant, coming as it does on top of reduced investment by the arts council and other bodies. The success, ambition and profile of Liverpool's culture has had a huge positive impact on the city in recent years and it is one of our greatest strengths.
"We are hard at work, in collaboration with colleagues in the cultural and other sectors, to minimise the financial impact so that we can help Liverpool to stay strong through these tough times and keep moving forward.
"We are passionate about our responsibility to education and community groups and will continue to produce theatre of international quality that the people of Liverpool can be proud of."
The cuts will also mean that events such as the Lords Mayor's Parade and the city's Performing Arts Festival will be cancelled.
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Spearheading the effort to derail the resolution is US India Political Action Committee, an Indian American pressure group decrying it as "intended to influence India's upcoming elections by focusing on the 2002 Gujarat riots some 11 years after the incident".
India's Supreme Court has found no evidence against Modi
The House resolution 417 introduced last month by Republican members Joe Pitts and Frank Wolf while praising "India's rich religious diversity and commitment to tolerance and equality" commends the US government for denying a visa to Modi "on the grounds of egregious religious freedom violations".
It also "urges all political parties and religious organisations to publicly oppose the exploitation of religious differences and denounce harassment and violence against religious minorities, especially in the run-up to India's general elections in 2014".
Over the weekend, Ed Royce, influential Republican Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, to which the resolution was referred, issued a statement at the behest of USINPAC saying it "weakens, rather than strengthens, the friendship between the US and India".
"The resolution runs counter to all the hard work that the American people, particularly those in the Indian American community, have done to improve the relationship," he said.
As committee chairman, Royce said he was "focused on the critically important relationship between the US and India".
"Our two nations share many common values and strategic interests. India plays a central role in the Asia-Pacific region, and we must do our part to ensure that India is a centrepiece of America's rebalance to Asia," he stated.
A couple of days earlier, Steve Chabot, Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, withdrew his name as an original cosponsor of the resolution.
While Royce and Chabot did not mention Modi in their statements, Eni Faleomavaega, the top Democrat on the subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, criticised the resolution for "failing to note that India's Supreme Court has found no evidence against Modi".
The House resolution "purports to praise India's rich religious diversity and commitment to tolerance and equality while reaffirming the need to protect the rights and freedom of religious minorities," he noted.
"However, rather than praising India, the Resolution focuses on the 2002 Gujarat riots some 11 years after the incident while failing to note that India's Supreme Court has found no evidence against Modi."
"From now until the elections in India," USINPAC said it "will spare no effort in making sure the US Congress does not intentionally or unintentionally influence the outcome of India's upcoming elections".
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Today's Boston Globe (April 22, 2006), reports that Massachusetts is giving $1 million to a faith-based organization to teach abstinence in the schools. The same school kids, meanwhile, are subjected to multi-million dollar ad campaigns that positively scream at them about sex, presenting mostly passive sex objects whose cleavages, crotches, and botox-injected lips reduce sex and sexuality to the sum total of certain consumable body parts.
Alternatively, if these same kids read deep into the same newspaper, they'd see a "Dear Ann" column consoling a teenager that s/he shouldn't feel ashamed of masturbating. The piece reads like an excerpt from a medical text book, referring to blood rushing and muscles spasming, etc., delivering potentially useful information, but not much of an affirmation of sexuality or what a person might be feeling in the course of the blood rushing.
Then there's the radio. Flip it on, and you might hear the low rumble of Bruce Springsteen's voice. "I got a bad desire. I'm on fire," he sings, in a way that is tuneful, but also pretty close to a purely sexual moan. What's the "fire" like for him? He explains it, "Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull and cut a six inch valley through the middle of my soul. At night I wake up with my sheets soaking wet and a freight train running through the middle of my head." And he implores his lover, "Cool my desire."
Or check out Chrissie Hynde from the Pretenders, who shares the many ways she plans to make her lover happy. "Gonna use my arms, gonna use my legs, gonna use my style, gonna use my sidestep, gonna use my fingers, gonna use my-my-my imagination." She's not just there to please him (or her), however. She is as demanding as Bruce is, though a good bit more playful. "I've got to have some of your attention. Give it to me!"
The radio waves are full of sexually explicit lyrics. Some are hateful, homophobic, and/or derogatory toward women But you can find many of them are positive, playful, and passionate. Marvin Gaye calls for "sexual healing." Marianne Faithful reminds us, "It's not the meat, it's the motion." John Prine laughs about "getting rug burns on his knees."
With all the negative, sexist, racist, exploitative images of sexuality in the popular media, it's pleasantly surprising sometimes to notice that some music (even popular rock and roll music) can be a place where sexuality is expressed in a more or less healthy way. (I'm not too familiar with rap, country, and other music styles, but I'm sure it has a similar mix of positive and not-so-positive sex lyrics.) It's pleasantly surprising to notice halfway decent message getting airtime in the otherwise barren cultural context of a) the deafening noise of corporate-sponsored, sexist objectification of sex and sexuality harnessed for buying power competing with b) the deafening silence of abstinence-only and/or one-dimensional body-part oriented approaches that explain sex and sexuality as the functioning of genitalia.
Some radio stations bill themselves as avoiding the racier lyrics so as "not to embarrass you in front of your kids." But what's really embarrassing is how much we've let corporations and the right-wing dominate any public conversation about sex.
We give kids (and ourselves) a few dots of information — the medical text book excerpt, the moralistic abstinence lesson, the onslaught of objectified women in advertising — and expect them to connect them and fill in the enormous remaining white space in the picture. This is how they're supposed to grow into a healthy sexuality?
What if progressives were to renew our efforts (admirably initiated by the women's movement and the gay liberation movement) to put healthy sex and sexuality at the forefront of our movements? What would say about it? What is a healthy sexuality? Taking a hint from regular old commercial radio — which, while dominated by corporate interests, seems to have elements of it that escape that particular stranglehold — we could start by trying to simply and unabashedly celebrate passionate, non-oppressive, joy-inducing, "healing" sexuality that embraces the whole body plus the imagination.
Sexuality makes up a major part of what people think about and act on in their daily lives. Despite having to function in a corporate-dominated, profit-driven, sexist, racist, anti-participatory environment, positive aspects of sexuality still manage to surface.
Sex and sexuality are fundamental to who we are. Although they are spheres of life where people have experienced enormous pain and victimization, they also have found many powerful and beautiful expressions. Unlike economic and political structures, which are harder to imagine, we could actually fairly easily access some decent ideas about sexuality just by looking around, seeing what we like, noticing our own desires, noticing what others like, and caring enough to imagine what it would take to cause these things to thrive in a way that felt fun, freeing, rewarding, and non-oppressive.
What is healthy sexuality?
1. Healthy sexuality is a powerful and necessary form of expression in which we act independently and inter-dependently, and which is fundamental for every human being.
Sex is both a need and a want. It doesn't enrich anyone; it doesn't impoverish anyone; it doesn't create ownership or disenfranchisement. Instead, it's a place you go to just be or to experiment with your being or to experiment with what it means to be close to another being. Often, it's a process more than an event, but maybe sometimes it is just an event. In any case, sex is where you claim your needs/wants either alone or in conjunction with others. In the process, you express some part of your deepest self — partly because you have to and partly because you *want* to, and claiming that want is empowering and life-affirming.
2. Healthy sexuality includes a wide spectrum of behaviors and feelings — from genital-oriented sex acts to other activities that are erotic, sensual, or sexual, such as dancing, singing, touching, and playing.
If sex and sexuality are where we pursue pleasure, a sense of self, and a sense of belonging and connection to others, then we must put a lot of care into the forums where it is carried out and where it is learned. It is a precious part of ourselves and an integral part of being human, so it deserves utmost care and attention. Parents and families must get great quantities of support so that they can pass on great quantities of the same to their children who will need it so that they can be loved unconditionally, their bodies treasured and kept safe, their minds allowed to roam but also seek guidance, their desires affirmed, reflected on, and never shamed. Schools and community centers must offer engaging, empowering education around sex and sexuality. Adults must have access to a wide range of cultural venues and supports for diverse sexuality and wide-ranging emotions and issues connected to sexuality, such as gender identity, etc.
3. Healthy sexuality is powerful, but it does not victimize. It is always safe, even if it sometimes causes pain.
When I was in college, my politically correct lesbian friends used to joke about how they tried to have politically correct sex. They took turns, each getting five minutes "on top." But sex isn't like a political meeting, where everyone should have an equal opportunity to talk or a balanced job complex where everyone does similar amounts of empowering and disempowering work. It seems to me, sex is a place you go to work out deep, pleasurable, and even painful feelings about vulnerability, power, being in control and not.
Maybe you're a lifelong "bottom" who's found a devoted "top" as a soul mate, and you discarded the stop-watches a long time ago. Maybe hovering along the line between pleasure and pain is exactly what turns you on the most, and you and your partner have communicated well about this and so sometimes you feel pain (exquisitely), but you are not a victim.
4. Healthy sexuality is learned in families and in societies and cultures that embrace diverse feelings and expressions, but also constantly reinforce the need to balance rights and responsibilities.
We could do a lot to nurture healthy sexuality by having a more caring, less cutthroat political, economic, and cultural climate. What if our society threaded solidarity and support through its institutions? I imagine that practicing and experiencing those qualities in public would translate into private renditions of the same. You wouldn't need to go to your sex life to find ways to act out (or work through) the harshest elements of what you experience publicly — shame, oppression of various sorts, etc.
5. Healthy sexuality takes a certain amount of work (for lack of a better word). Or let's call it intentionality.
I think we live with a certain myth that sex and sexuality spring unbidden from deep biological urges (mostly) in men or are tied to romantic swoons (mostly) in women. Sure, sex has something to do with biology and sexual pleasure can be tied to love, but it's okay to be a little more *intentional* about it as well! (Maybe that's why these myths persist — to *save* us from being intentional about our sexuality.) Chrissie Hynde sings about her intentions, leaving us all wondering exactly what she plans to do with her imagination.
For progressives to start trying to define, celebrate, and go after healthy sexuality, the imagination is not a bad place to start.


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Aspiring power amp troubleshooter. Just purchased a DC300A....rough condition. One channel supposedly works the other doesn't. It is outfitted with 3990 transistors (2N5631). The non-operating channel has two missing 3990 output transistors and two missing driver transistors CPN 4579 (2N5804). I want to familiarize myself with basic power amp troubleshooting. I have the DC300 series II schematics and I have the Service Manual. I have perused through Toms legendary Resurrecting a Crown DC300A thread. Great job. I have not powered it up to check the operating channel. I have already removed the rocker switch and the metal bracket. The brackets swaged hardware has failed and the plastic pivot nubs on the rocker are bad. The plastic rocker switch will be drilled out to 7/64" and two small nubs will be lathed out of an acrylic/delrin material and be glued in to the holes in the rocker switch. The brass 3/32" thin wall tubes swaged originally by Leviton will be removed and I was thinking of using a .005" wall 304SS tube that Mcmaster has. The wall should be thin enough to swage the ends.
Can I buy one set of MJ21994 outputs and a pair of drivers?Try to get the nonoperating channel operating then rebuild the operating channel. What is a good replacement for the driver transistors?
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Crown has all the service manual for their old series on their website;
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Hi there r: Hope you will post developments (progress, hopefully) on your project and share experience and sources. Mine powers-up, no audio output. ....regards, Michael
|10th January 2014, 02:34 PM
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Mike anything I can share I will. The first thing I need to restore is the Rocker Switch which powers the amp on and off. It has the inherent plastic nub damage to the plastic rocker switch and the failed brass swaged hardware used to hold the switch together. The pivot nubs will be replaced and new brass hardware fab's so the switch can operate correctly, pictures to follow. As soon as the switch is completed I will power the amp and verify if the one channel does operate as the previous owner said.
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welcome to the forum, these old crown amps are 150w per channel...as your amplifier still got the old white large power caps?
To solve the faulty none working channel and get it running again, remove it from the unit and use the working side to note resistor checks and transistors etc...... sometimes when working on amplifiers with out a schematic handy and there is a channel that does work you have a good start to write down volts such as supply rails and different parts withing that working channel. I recall these old amps give a low thud when powering up to the speaker and if the volume is up your music signal will fade down as its psu drains down at power off.
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|10th January 2014, 05:37 PM
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thanks Amptech
just purchased 4ea IR 2N6306 to use as replacements for the 2N5804 driver transistors on power board.
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MJE15032 is kind of a universal TO220 npn driver and MJE10533 is the pnp. If your rails are under 50 v you might get away with TIP41C and 42C which are a lot cheaper. In between there are the MJE15028 and 29. When subbing non-standard transistors, do both push and pull with the same series, or on output transistors make them all the same. No piecemeal subbing on output transistors. I did reuse some OT's as drivers, since my PV-1.3k had TO3 driver transistors.
If your drivers are the old package with the hole in the middle of the plastic, they are probably EBC pattern which is obsolete. I just twist the legs of TO220's around instead of paying high prices for TO126 or whatever they are. If the drivers are TO5 cans, the same applies, but you need to replace the heatsink. I've used sawed up aluminum door frame for heat sinks on drivers before. But when ordering stuff, order the heat sink compound and the mica washers, there is no substitute for those. Wash hands after using heat sink compound.
Sakis wrote a nice "upgrading and repairing old amps" thread, but I'm on the wrong computer to have the bookmark. In general, read high voltage safety on tube thread and follow, 25 v across your heart can kill you and 2 v through a ring can burn your muscle to soot. Use a light bulb box on the AC line when powering up, transistor explosions can blow a die to the ceiling through the steel case. Check everything back from blown output transistors until you stop finding blown up stuff. Note, stressed transistors can pass a double diode test, but leak from collector to emitter with the base grounded at 17 VDC (which I make with a car battery charger and a capacitor. Use a 47k resistor in series with the DVM amps scale you don't want to blow the fuse if the transistor is zorked or you make a mistake).
Sakis & I replace every electrolytic cap over 15 years old before even beginning. If you are not that patient, do the big ones in the power supply right away.
If your power switch blew, maybe the diodes in the DC rail supply are bad. Better check them out of circuit. It is remotely possible your transformer is bad, before I spend a lot of money in parts I usually load the transformer with speaker sim resistors (8 ohm at 250 W or 5 ohm at 450 W) to see how much current it will deliver without heating up. I mount the resistor logs on bits of old steel with turned up tabs in the ends, to keep the resistors from burning the coffee table, and keep the wires straight. When checking a newly repaired amp for sound, I usually put back to back >2000 uf capacitors in series with the trashy checkout speakers, so that a sudden DC event doesn't blow the speakers. I had a bad solder joint on an op amp socket that had been there since 1994 in the last amp I repaired, took a lot of fiddling to find it,it would make nice music for a bit then pop and the output was putting out 160 VDC. Found it with an AC test, music goes inta, not come outa. I use a Simpson 260 with 2 VAC and 20 VAC scale for music tests, rock & roll will make the pointer jump, whereas an oscillation will be a steady AC reading. Use a .47 600 v capacitor in series with the negative probe to keep DC voltage from showing on the AC scale. Scopes are nice, but too full of bad e-caps after 20 years.
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thanks for the heads up on how dangerous this could be. I needed to hear that. thanks
|10th January 2014, 06:06 PM
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indianajo....the power output drivers are TO-3 cans. The rails are over 60V. The 2N6306 will be a substitute for the original 2N5804 drivers used on the output boards. Please confirm if you agree...I read somewhere that any output transistor will work here.
|10th January 2014, 06:39 PM
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Any BJT TO3 can, I tend to use ON semi MJ21193-4G suffix. Everything else is $5.50, they are $4 and they are tough as nails. I think Central and NTE are resellers-rebranders; unless you buy matched PNP-NPN pairs, there is no guarentee that similar matching numbers even came from the same process or factory. ON TO3 parts comes from Mexico, up to now, where the home office QC rep can drop in Saturday night and see for himself which box the rejected parts are going in. When subbing power transistors, I check Ft, Vceo, and SOA current. Vceo has to be higher than twice the rail voltage, and @100 ma specs don't directly compare to @20 ma specs. Think of the power dissipation of 100 ma @ 60V and calculate the power, do want to lose that much heat idling? 2N58xx should be a late process and Ft should not be a problem. I've fixed an early amp that was known for going into oscillation if the original 200 khz Ft transistors were replaced with 4 mhz parts, without some modification.
SOA (safe operating area) has to be bigger than the load puts on it. I read the rail voltage, divide the speaker current at maximum power by number of output pairs, and look at that point on the SOA chart. Replacement has more SOA current than the original, or the number I get from the calculation, we're good. This is ultra conservative, since transistors don't operate at the rail voltage all the time, but like I say, MJ21124 etc is cheaper than inferior parts.
Old transistors don't have SOA specs, and while the maximum current rating is interesting for switching applications at 1.0 V Vce, it is not very interesting for audio applications. Ic max tells you how big the bond wire is , mostly.
I do buy a few extra output transistors and sort, I put 100 ohms to the base and 4.7 ohms to the collector and on my 17 v power supply (battery charger) measure Vce with a DVM. I write the voltage I get on the case with a sharpie and I try to use the weird ones as drivers or something. Out of 22 MJ2119x I put in the PV-1.3k, most were .12-.13 v, two were .11 and became drivers or went in the parts bin.
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The importance of polyamide and PBT in the production of plug connectors will continue to rise. Due to the high voltages and strong currents present in the area of the batteries and drives of electric vehicles, it can be assumed that flame-retardant material grades will be required here. As one of the worlds leading suppliers of flame-retardant thermoplastics for the electrical and electronics industry, we hope to profit from this trend and to apply the expertise we have built up doing business with this industry to innovative applications for electric and hybrid vehicles, adds Zimnol. LANXESS portfolio already includes various materials that are very fire-resistant thanks to their halogen-free or halogen-based flame retardance. One such material is Durethan AKV 30 FN00. High tracking resistance is just one of the many excellent properties exhibited by this polyamide 66. Its flame retardance is free of red phosphorus and halogens.
LANXESS (lanxess.com) is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 7.1 billion in 2010 and currently around 14,850 employees in 24 countries. The company is represented at 45 production sites worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of plastics, rubber, intermediates and specialty chemicals.
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I have been in this field for over 30 years and this is the most exciting time to be dealing with security and risk management. The good news is that there are more tools, resources and support for the industry out there now than at any time in the past. The potential downside of that is there are a lot more people using a lot of different methods to try have a less-than-desirable effect on all of us.
Businesses need to look at a number of different methods to deal with things like web attacks, social engineering, identity theft, scams, compliance and plain, old-fashioned theft. Security, Risk Management and Compliance are no longer items to be looked at after big decisions are made. Rather, these three key components should be part of every key decision. Every decision has an inherent level of risk. I do not advocate inserting controls for the sake of controls or compliance just as I do not advocate ignoring risk and hoping that nothing happens. Every good decision should be made by looking at the potential downside of little or no controls and compare that with the potential downside of the cost of controls. The right balance is the right answer (see diagram).
The big question posed by this is "how do I determine risk and the associated costs?" This should not be a complicated issue. You should know your business better than anyone. Because of that, you should know what feels right and what does not. Risk management can be simplified.
Some people look at it as a simple equation: Risk = Threat x Vulnerability x Cost.
Threat is the frequency of potentially adverse events. Vulnerability is the likelihood of success of a particular threat. Cost is the total cost of the impact of a particular threat. If you can reduce the value of any one of these three factors to near-zero, you have reduced your risk to near-zero. The business of risk is really business.
Rackspace takes risk very seriously. Both internally and for our customers. I'm interested to hear how your company deals with risk management and if you've ever dealt with companies who were lacking in this department.


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Welcome to the country page for Jordan which contains specific information for Jordanian students who wish to study online. CUC Online warmly welcomes all international students and our recruitment advisors are experts on qualifications and equivalencies, making them the perfect partner to help you through your application. As a student from Jordan, you'll be able to converse and learn with a diverse online community during your study with us. Our courses are designed to propel careers and equip students for work and further study in a way that is modern and flexible. Online learning allows students to benefit from a respected, international qualification without having to leave work and other commitments, such as family.
Why online?
- No Visas
- No international travel or living costs
- Study in-country on your own time
- All textbooks provided online
- No need to leave your current employment
- Receive the same qualification as on-campus students in the UK – a fully accredited award from Coventry University, ranked in the Times Higher Education awards as Modern University of the Year for the past three years
- A mixture of learning styles including graphics, interactives and videos
- Successful graduates will have the option to attend their graduation at Coventry in the UK (at personal cost) along with those in their class and other Coventry University graduates. Graduates who do not wish to travel can graduate in absentia, meaning your graduation documents will be posted to you
How to apply?
To enquire about one of our online degrees, please complete and submit the online enquiry form. A Recruitment Advisor will contact you to discuss the course, your personal and professional goals, and work with you to prepare an application. Alternatively, contact our Recruitment Advisors directly on 08081 789 636 (charges apply).
Your Recruitment Advisor will guide you on the degree that best meets your requirements, assess your suitability and help you prepare your application. They will work with you to:
- Complete your application form
- Identify the supporting documents required (for example, identification, qualifications, references etc.)
Your application will then be passed to our academic team to be assessed, and a final decision made. For your reference, the entry requirements for our courses are below.
Entry requirements for students from Jordan:
ONE of the following:
- IB Minimum of 27 points
- 200 points (min) from 2 A Level passes (Grade C or above)
- Technical Diploma 2.5/4 or 3.0/5 CGPA (subject to syllabus match)
- American High School (2APs at 2 or higher) Can also accept SAT's
- IELTs 6.0 required
We are able to consider non-standard or other qualifications and / or work experience if your previous experience / qualifications do not appear.
The International English Language Test (IELTs) is an internationally recognised English language qualification. An IELTs score at 6.0 or above is necessary to study with us (unless stated in the requirements above).
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- A computer (desktop or laptop) with a webcam. Unfortunately, a smartphone or tablet will not be suitable to study the entire course, though they may enhance your learning if combined with a desktop or laptop computer
- A reliable internet connection
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If you're worried about being far away from Coventry University College and your tutors, don't be- help is always at hand. All course tutors have dedicated contact times. During these hours, you can message or call (by appointment) them with any academic questions you might have throughout the duration of your course. You will also receive a dedicated Student Support Advisor included in your course fees, who will assist you with any non-academic matters and keep track of your learning.


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After getting his start as a volunteer coach on Crimson Tide legend Don Gambril's first Alabama staff, Dennis Pursley has gone on to one of the most extraordinary careers in the sport of swimming, a career that led him to be named one of the 25 most influential people in the history of USA Swimming in 2003.
With a career that has taken him all over the globe - including stops as the first head coach of the Australian Institute of Sport, the inaugural director of the United States National Team and most recently the head coach of Great Britain's 2012 Olympic squad - Pursley is a proven program builder who has made an immediate and significant impact on every team he has touched.
That's why when Alabama was looking for a head coach to take its program back to the highest levels of collegiate swimming and diving, it turned to Pursley.
It didn't take Pursley long to work his magic during his current stint with the Crimson Tide. In the 2014-15 academic year, just his second back in Tuscaloosa, he led Alabama to a record-shattering season that saw the men's and women's teams break a combined 21 school records including 19 of 36 swimming records. Both the men and the women made significant moves up the rankings at both the Southeastern Conference and NCAA Championships. After moving up six spots at the SEC Championships and 16 spots at the NCAA Championships, the Tide men were named the "Break-Out Team" of the year by the College Swimming & Diving Honors program.
"As a team, we are very proud of this honor," Pursley said. "The progress we enjoyed this year was truly the result of a team effort from both staff and athletes who fully embraced the culture of excellence we are building here at Alabama."
The Tide also enjoyed a standout season in the classroom during the 2013-14 academic year. After turning in the highest team grade point average in the nation during the fall of 2013 the women's team was third during the spring semester with a 3.65. The Tide checked in at No. 25 on the men's list. The Alabama men, 12th at the 2014 NCAA Championships and 25th by team grade point average, were one of just four teams, including Stanford, Duke and Michigan, that finished in the top-25 both in the pool and in the classroom.
"Our mission at Alabama is to build a culture of excellence that will enable each of our athletes to achieve their full potential in the pool, in the classroom and in life; so we are very pleased that our academic accomplishments paralleled the progress we made in the pool this year," Pursley said.
One thing that Pursley has learned over the years is that the secret to success in any endeavor is to surround yourself with the best people you can. To that end, he has built a staff in Tuscaloosa that includes some of the best coaches in the country, including former world record holder and Alabama NCAA champion Jonty Skinner, who has developed into one of the top sports science coaches in the world, and Pat Greenwell, the most decorated diving coach in Southeastern Conference history. The staff also includes James Barber, Lisa Ebeling, Bradley Manning and Will Leonhart.
"I'm very excited about the staff we've assembled here at Alabama," Pursley said. "Everyone brings something special to the team and every one of them is dedicated to getting the absolute best out of the athletes both in the water and in the classroom."
Pursley is energized by his return to a campus that is enjoying both unprecedented growth and success in all areas. Enrollment has grown to a school-record 36,152 in the fall of 2014 and there are new buildings throughout campus, including the Presidential Village which includes a second student center and a new suite-style campus living community.
"There is no doubt that this is an amazing time at this University," Pursley said. "There are great things happening everywhere you look and I'm just very proud and excited to be involved and I look forward to our program being a part of the Crimson Tide story of success."
The excitement and success that pervades campus is especially prevalent within the athletics department. The Crimson Tide won four national team titles during the 2011-12 academic year, the most among NCAA Division I schools, including football, gymnastic, women's golf and softball. That run of national championships continued in 2012-13 with football earning its third BCS title in four years while men's golf won its first of two back-to-back NCAA Championships, giving the Tide nine national championships in the past five years.
"It is a great honor and privilege to return to my alma mater," Pursley said. "I could not be more impressed with the commitment of the University of Alabama to the pursuit of excellence in both academics and athletics, and I truly believe that the potential of the Crimson Tide swimming and diving program is unlimited."
The Louisville, Ky., native, who was inducted into the American Swimming Coaches Hall of Fame in 2006, worked under Tide legends John Foster and Don Gambril to start his coaching career in the mid-1970s, following an Alabama career that included earning All-Southeastern Conference honors and the 1969 SEC 200 breaststroke title. He earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from Alabama in 1972 and 1973, respectively.
Following his initial stint with the Tide, he returned to his hometown to become head coach of Lakeside Swim Club. It was during this time that he was appointed to the coaching staff of the 1979 USA Pan American Games team. In that competition one of his swimmers, Mary T. Meagher, surprised the swimming world by establishing her first of several world records.
Meagher, who would be crowned "Madam Butterfly," earned a place on the 1980 U.S. Olympic team and went on to set world records that stood for decades.
In addition to Meagher and four others, Pursley coached Glenn Mills to a spot on the USA Olympic squad in 1980. Mills would go on to swim for the Tide, winning the NCAA 200 breaststroke title in 1983.
Following his time in Louisville, Pursley became head coach of the Cincinnati Marlins and led them to their first three national championship titles. Eleven swimmers on his 1980 championship team accounted for 28 top-25 world rankings in individual events and eight Marlin relays were ranked among the top 25 in the world in that same year. After placing six swimmers on the 1980 USA Olympic Team who accounted for two world records and four No. 1 world rankings, Pursley was appointed to the USA Olympic Team staff and was awarded 1980 "Coach of the Year" honors by the American Swimming Coaches Association.
During the first decade of Pursley's career, his swimmers accounted for seven world records, 12 American Records and 20 U.S. National Championship titles as well as numerous medals in major international competitions - including the Olympic Games and the World Championships.
In 1981, Pursley was named as the first head coach of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), where he served as head coach of the combined team for two years and the men's team until August, 1984. Six of the AIS athletes who had trained under Pursley (four men and two women) accounted for half of Australia's medals in the 1984 Olympic Games. Only one of those Olympians was ranked among the top 20 in the world in 1983. After the 1984 Olympic Games, Pursley began a three year term as head coach of the Olympian Swim Club in Edmonton, Alberta, where his team progressed from fifth to first in provincial championship competition.
He was appointed the first USA Swimming National Team Director in 1989 and was responsible for all aspects of the Team USA program. During his 14-year tenure, the medal production of the USA team skyrocketed.
The USA team finished first in the medal count in both men's and women's competitions in all three Olympiads of his tenure, culminating with 33 medals, including 14 gold, at the 2000 Olympics which was described by "Sports Illustrated" as the greatest team performance of all time. In recognition of his contributions, Pursley was awarded the United States Olympic Committee Chairman's "Coaching Award" for 2000.
Pursley returned to the deck in 2003 as the head coach of the Brophy East Swim Team in Phoenix Ariz., before becoming the head coach of British Swimming in 2008. The Hall of Fame coach returned to the deck of the Alabama Aquatic Center after leading Great Britain to a UK record 23 spots in the championship finals of the London Olympics in the summer of 2012.
Pursley and his wife Mary Jo have five children, Lisa, Brian, David, Steven and J.J. Lisa joins him on the Alabama staff as an assistant coach, while J.J. is a sophomore on the 2014-15 men's team.


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Muscle Repair + Tummy Tuck Q&A
Tummy Tuck with Muscle and Hernia Repair Covered by Insurance?
I need an umbilical hernia and abdominal muscle repair, and I would like to get a tummy tuck at the same time. I am pretty sure that my health... READ MORE
Pain from Muscle Repair Stitch After Tummy Tuck
I have a sore spot on the left side of my belly button that has been sore for a few days. I am six weeks post Tummy Tuck. It burns sometimes, and... READ MORE
How Do I Know if I've Developed a Post Pregnancy Hernia?
I had a baby 9 weeks ago. My abs felt like they had a split. I spoke to my OB and they determined it to be so. I'm wondering what the best way to... READ MORE
No Muscle Tightening After Tummy Tuck?
I had a Tummy Tuck about a year ago. My tummy is functionally satisfactory; the apron is gone but cosmetically less so. My flanks bulge and the... READ MORE
Have I Compromised my Muscle Repair?
I am 5 weeks post-Tummy Tuck with muscle repair. I have been doing very well but when having a normal bowel movement the other day I heard what... READ MORE
How long does the internal healing process take?
How long does it take for the muscle repair to heal internally and the incision to be perfectly healed inside out after a tummy tuck . Is it true that... READ MORE
When Stomach Muscles Are Stitched Together, What is Used, is It Strong and Holds Up Long?
Full tt recently and I began wondering... when the stomach muscles are sewn together, are they cut then sewn so that they grow together, or is the... READ MORE
Is a Six Pack After Abdominal Muscle Repair Possible?
After having abdominal muscle repair would the muscles still be able to contract and tone to form a six pack? READ MORE
Eyes Dilated After Scopolamine Patch, how long will this last?
I had a tummy tuck on Monday and was given the patch to avoid nausea and vomiting that may affect my muscle repair. The patch worked. I had no nausea.... READ MORE
Can I Stop Wearing my Compression Garment 12 Weeks Post-op TT?
I am 12 weeks post-op tummy tuck with a hernia and muscle repair today. I resumed exercise at about 4 weeks, gradually of course, and at this point I... READ MORE
Is there an over the counter version of flexeril that I can buy to ease muscle tension from the muscle repair?
Or any over the counter remedies that can help take the edge off. READ MORE
How Do You Tell if You Tore the Muscle Repair from a Tummy Tuck? 6 Weeks PO
I am 6 weeks PO from having extended tummy tuck w/muscle repair. I have severe depression and tend to over eat at certain times. I got in a depression... READ MORE
Exparel or Pain Pump? Does Anyone Feel There is a Difference?
I have an option tomorrow for either the onQ pain pump or the Exparel injections. Im having a Full TT w/ MR and lipo of the flaks and mons. READ MORE
Lovenox? Injection Site Recommendation?
I'm having a full tuck with MR, lipo on flanks, and augmentation. My plastic surgon does lovenox for 7 days post op. My question is were do you... READ MORE
Botched Tummy Tuck? (photo)
I had a TT w/muscle repair done about 4 months ago, and after the first month I noticed a dark and wide dent in the upper part of my abs. When I went... READ MORE
How to You Know if Your Abdominal Muscles Are Split?
I had a twin pregnancy that went to 39 weeks and a C section delivery. I weighed 226 at delivery (starting at 204) and have since gained weight back... READ MORE
Has my Tummy Tuck Muscle Repair Come Undone?
I am 4 months post op and still have significant swelling, especially in my upper abs. But I am wondering if it is indeed swelling or has my muscle... READ MORE
Why Am I Rounder at 9 Weeks Post Op Than I Was at 6 Weeks Post Op?
I had a full tummy tuck and muscle repair 9 wks ago. I weighed 135 going in and I now weigh 120. I would wake up flatter in the mornings & swell... READ MORE
*WARNING* Graphic Picture: Is This Infection?? (photo)
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Chris Stefanick Speaks to Students about Chastity
April 14, 2012
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On April 4 the freshmen, sophomores, and juniors were given an unusual chastity speech(seniors were given a different speech). Chris Stefanick, from Denver, started his speech discussing his life. Chris is a father to five kids, with a sixth one on the way. The title of his speech was "No Imitations" meaning no imitations of love. Chris talked of "the God who is love." along with interesting statistics. Unlike other speakers we have had, Mr. Stefanick dove right into topic. Others tend to shy away from the details, but he talked about how everything is the makers plan. Chris said, "It's possible to do the right thing. Do what you gotta do to be the person you want to be."


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Pianist Rahn Burton, also known as Ron Burton and best known for his work with Rahsaan Roland Kirk, died Jan. 25 in New York City. The cause of death was not reported.
Burton was born in 1934 in Louisville, Ky., and began playing in that city in the early 1950s. He joined Kirk's group in 1953 and stayed with him for six years, recording with Kirk for the Argo label. Later Burton toured with George Adams, rejoining Kirk in the late '60s and remaining with him into the mid-'70s. He started his own band, the African-American Connection in the early '70s, while also freelancing with other musicians.
Check out Burton playing piano with Rahsaan Roland Kirk:
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TEL AVIV (Jun. 15)
The commander of a military unit of the pro-Syrian Palestine Liberation Front and two of his top aides were killed Wednesday in the Israeli air force raid on terrorist bases near Beirut, Lebanese sources reported.
Nine other terrorists were injured.
The sources said the PLF chief, Khaled Mustafa Abd-el Salim, and his lieutenants were in two camouflaged buildings flattened by bombs. The buildings were used as a air raid shelters.
The targets were located eight miles southeast of Beirut in territory controlled by Walid Jumblatt's Druse militia.
An Israeli military spokesman described them as headquarters and training grounds of the PLF and the Tala'at Yacub faction.
According to the Israelis, the two groups joined forces to mount a Katyusha rocket attack on the Israeli border town of Metulla two weeks ago and also attempted to infiltrate Israel.


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Could try to make sure that the computer in question....
Is sitting on a wooden base so as to make sure that any static is kept at minimum.
When you had it on the wooden floor, did it work ok?. If so then that would be your answer, place the computer on a wooden base.
Hope all goes well.
Along with the other suggestions
Faulty Fans, Dust and Grime build up on the Heatsink restricting air flow. I would give the inside of the case a blowout with compressed air. When blowing air through the fans make sure that you physically stop them from spinning, as they may generate power and **** something up. Remembering to ground yourself by placing the back of your hand on the Power Supply Unit and not moving your feet. By not taking this precaution it is possible that you could inadvertantly cause damage to the PC from an electrostatic discharge. Then remove the Heatsink, giving it a thorough clean and reseat the CPU applying new CPU grease. If the Fans spin freely when you give them a spin they are probably OK. If there is resistance replace them.


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Free throw accuracy late in the game helped the Irondale Knights slip past the Rogers Royals 70-65 on Tuesday evening at Irondale.
Jock Martinek scored 22 points for Irondale (11-12), sinking 7 of 8 free shots. Nolan Johnson scored 17, and Mark Stasson 14, including 6-for-6 at the line. The Knights were 18-for-20 and Rogers was 9-for-11.
Michael Schreiber netted 16 points and Garrett Hol, Nate Roehl and Austin Barbel 10 each for Rogers (15-7). The Royals had eight 3-pointers to Irondale's four.
Rogers trailed by 17 early, got back within 12 at 38-26 by halftime, and pulled within a field goal on two occasions in the second half.
Rogers will play at Big Lake on Thursday.


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Report: Taylor out several months after surgery
Published: February 19th, 2010 | Tags: Bill Parcells, Jason Taylor, Miami Dolphins
Dolphins LB Jason Taylor recently underwent arthroscopic shoulder surgery, and is expected to be out three months before he can resume normal workouts, reports the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Taylor, 35, is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent on March 5, but it doesn't appear he'll be signing anywhere soon. According to his agent, Gary Wichard, Taylor will be sidelined "three months or so," putting his return sometime in May — the period in which most teams conduct organized team activities.
Taylor has gone on the record saying he wants to return for his 14th NFL season with the Dolphins, but his future in Miami remains uncertain. Dolphins executive vice president-football operations Bill Parcells was non-committal about Taylor's return during a recent live chat on NFL.com, saying the topic hadn't been discussed.


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A court has extended police custody of two Italian marines accused of fatally shooting two Indian fishermen off India's southwest coast, as India and Italy wrangle over the case.
The marines, part of a cargo ship's security team, were arrested Sunday, four days after the Feb. 15 incident. India accuses them of mistaking the fishing boat for a pirate ship and killing the two fishermen.
Facing murder charges, they appeared in court Thursday in Kerala state. A judge ordered them to be held for another week.
New Delhi says the men should be tried in India because the killings happened on an Indian boat. Rome says the shootings took place in international waters and the case should be handled in Italy.
Italy's foreign ministry undersecretary is in India to plead the case.


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Made my first layout yesterday for a dutch magazine courtesy of Corinne Delis. Have you seen how the Dutch scrap? They are streets ahead of whereever I will try to be. I feel very lucky to be asked - so thanks Corinne.
And today I can show a full reveal of the kit at Scrap Studio. The colours are so beautiful this month - I didnt want the kit to end. Crocheted flowers and blling with huge blooms made my eyes widen to the point of popping from their sockets. Loved this kit so much that I want to do it again.
Found out today I didnt make it to the last round of LSS. Thats contests for you, you cant win them all (I cant win any!!) but I sure as heck love every page I do no matter if its for kits, clubs, classes or for other people. A layout a day keeps the doctor away.
Or does it?
Went to give blood samples to check for inflammation cell thingies and the phlebotomist found a vein which decided to give up mid flow. So she stuck the needle in further and further and then further. Im sure she was a milimetre from the bone before it dawned on her that I wasn't parting with any blood from my left arm. Mmmm, couldnt wait for her to stab me again and take 3 fat whoppers of syringes of my good A pos. It better come back with a negative for all that!
And finally. David Platt. What a little sod. And whats worse is that I know somebody just like him and all