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Take a look @ SCTY Earnings, in the Red and getting red-er
In acutality if the market is gaining all time highs & if you look at the high flying American companies this stock
should be easily in the 30's already. Here is the problem. The market is being steered under the direction the government and its counterparts ( big investors ) to maximise their wealth accumulation to record levels. Many growing and upcoming companies including American and foreign are left to die in pain.
in last 7 days figure has increased considerably, now that "they" took the SP down for a while, jmo, gallen
when other stocks crash they all go down, when Yge goes up 20%, the others continue to drop what gives?
I was looking at JKS for the first time as an investment. Even at a P/E of four, I am cautious. This might be the greatest, most honest company in China, but I have been burned 3-4 times by bad accounting from a Chinese company.
the market is at all time highs and all the american #$%$ is unbelievably going higher each day non stop.
why is it that chinese #$%$ is not moving. when its gonna move higher. hold until death ?
There is no doubt that earnings will continue to accelerate because a greater and greater percentage of revenues with very high margins will be coming from downstream projects. The problem is the collection of the Accounts Receivable for this segment. If this is ever resolved this will fly. If not, JKS will continue to spin its wheels.
This is the best of the chinese solars, but never goes anywhere. at 4 p/e should be $60/share. When a stock does not move like this, there is an underlying problem somewhere. I have held for over a year with no profit. I will sell tomorrow.
I am going to push jks to close above 22.00 today.
i completely agree. If i would have been able to read PR from all China solar before they were release for the last 2 years and buy or sell at the close the day before knowing the numbers(CSIQ,TSL,JKS) i'd probably be in the red. This market is really sick and has nothing to do with fundamentals growth but more with manipulation.
Sentiment: Buy
the same pattern after results is happening every quarter, never ending attack right ?. unbelievable
hold for ever eh.
see how they comfortably play this game each time after quarter results in. In the meantime wall street punishes China comapnies in particular because they are growing bigger and making more profits. the reward goes to US companies only and that not only in solars but to several companies listed here which can be evidenced if you look into the multi year highs of share prices of numerous companies which may be or not making profit
wall street is in revenge mode against china solars. money losing companies bagging all the share price appreciations and unknown stocks making all time highs
Sentiment: Strong Sell
Dropped on guidance?
Good stock to own at the moment?
What are your opinions?
Thank you
which makes them misplaced securities by the market...they didn't really go up when they upgraded guidance in December and January....eventually they will go up... but it will take time...two years from now these securities will be double what they are now
They beat in the 1st qtr, but didn't change full year guidance, which implies a second half slowdown. They said they are expecting a loss of orders (percentagewise) in China through Q3. Later on, they said they were being conservative about guidance and may update guidance in 2nd qtr call when visibility is improved. Also, they gave no new news on a yeildco spinoff, which implies softness in that area. Payment in China is slow, which they said accounts for the negative cash flow in the qtr. They expect to be cash flow positive in the 2nd qtr. On the plus side, margin was up and I expect them to stay good given that a greater percentage of the shipments to the US will come from the recently completed Malaysia plant which is not subject to US tariffs. Also, they seem to be doing a very good job of expanding into new regions.
Both beat estimate and both went down.
TSL was downgraded due to expectation that of worsening condition in China.
Did they say China solar market is getting worse.
Is that why jks is down today?
Tsl was down slightly yesterday and today it is very bad.
June interest rate increases is coming. After the increase, it will be a yawn..

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|Jul 13, 1976
|Filing date
|Oct 21, 1974
|Priority date
|Oct 21, 1974
|Publication number
|David Philip Rossum
|Original Assignee
|Oberheim Electronics Inc.
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|Patent Citations (6), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (65), Classifications (7)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention relates to an electronic circuit for dynamic control of filtering and phase shift.
In many applications, such as in synthesizing sound or processing audio or analog signals, it is desirable to employ filters having variable phase shift or cut-off frequencies. While some control can be achieved in a filter circuit using variable resistors or capacitors, some noise and distortion may be experienced, or the circuit may be too expensive.
The classic phase-shift circuit is comprised of a differential operational amplifier with the input resistor, RA, nominally equal to the feedback resistor, RB. When a signal V in = V sin ωt is applied to the input, the output is:
Vout =V sin [ωt+δ], 1.
where δ is equal to arctan [2Rc Cω/(Rc 2 C2 ω2 -1)] and Rc is an input resistor connecting Vin to the noninverting input of the amplifier, and the capacitor, C, is connected between that input terminal and circuit ground. Such phase shift stages can, of course, be cascaded to give arbitrarily large phase shifts.
Mixing the output of such a network with the original signal in a 1:1 ratio results in a comb filter response due to cancellation at all frequencies whose phase shift corresponds to an odd integral multiple of 180�. Dynamically shifting the location of the comb filter in the frequency spectrum produces a very interesting audio processing effect commonly called phasing. This is the major but not the only application of a dynamically controllable phase-shift circuit.
Traditionally, dynamic control has been effected by controlling the value of coupling resistor Rc by various sorts of voltage controlled resistors. One approach has been the use of light variable resistors. This particular approach has the disadvantages of irreproducability and unreasonable expense. A lower cost approach is to use a field-effect transistor (FET) for Rc. This requires selection of FETs for proper characteristics, particularly when cascaded stages are used, and also gives noticeable distortion. The distortion may be compensated by several means, but these add to the cost of the circuit. In another approach to electronic control of phase shift disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,475,623, the exponential volt-ampere characteristic of the base-emitter junction of a silicon junction transistor is employed as a voltage controlled resistor to provide a variable Rc network, but that will not satisfy the need for an inexpensive, simple circuit capable of being easily implemented with either discrete components or integrated circuits, particularly in the case of an all-pass phase-shift circuit.
An object of this invention is to provide an inexpensive, simple filter circuit with electronic phase shift control.
Still another object is to provide wide dynamic control of phase shift in a filter with low noise and low distortion.
In accordance with the present invention a current controlled transconductance amplifier, comprising a differential input stage controlling bias current and a current-source output stage, is used with its output fed back to its inverting input and connected to a capacitor in different filter circuit configurations for dynamically controlled phase shift. The different filter configurations are achieved by connecting the other side of the capacitor to the input terminal of the filter circuit, while the input terminal of the filter circuit is connected to the inverting input terminal of the transconductance amplifier in the case of an all-pass filter, or not so connected in the case of a high-pass filter, or connecting the other side of the capacitor to circuit ground in the case of a low-pass filter. In the latter case, the circuit input terminal can be connected to the inverting or the non-inverting input terminal of the transconductance amplifier according to whether an inverting or noninverting filter is desired. The low-pass filter can be built in either an inverting or a non-inverting configuration; it can also be used in a differential configuration with two input signals one at each input terminal. When two or more stages are cascaded, negative feedback may be provided around the cascaded stages. The input signal should in all cases be such as to maintain the input signal to the transconductance amplifier within the linear region of its transfer characteristic.
A voltage dividing network may be used in the feedback circuit of the filter configurations, and a voltage dividing network may be used in the noninverting or inverting input. In the latter case, one resistor connected to circuit ground is common to both voltage dividing networks. The common resistor, and sometimes all such resistors, can be eliminated if the input signal is otherwise kept within a linear range of the transconductance amplifier. With the capacitor connected to circuit ground in a low-pass filter configuration, the noninverting buffer amplifier can be eliminated to provide feedback to the inverting input of the transconductance amplifier. The buffer amplifier may be omitted in still other configurations, depending upon the application of the circuit. In each case, the controlled bias current to the differential input stage provides current control of the variable transconductance of the operational transconductance amplifier for dynamic control of phase shift.
FIG. 1 shows an exemplary embodiment of the present invention in an electronically controlled all-pass filter.
FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of an exemplary operational transconductance amplifier used in the embodiment of FIG. 1 and other embodiments of the invention.
FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram of a non-inverting buffer amplifier used in the embodiment of FIG. 1 and some of the other embodiments of the invention.
FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of the invention in a high-pass filter.
FIG. 5 shows a variant of the embodiment of FIG. 4.
FIG. 6 shows a third embodiment of the invention in an inverting low-pass filter.
FIG. 7 shows the embodiment of FIG. 6 in a noninverting configuration.
FIG. 8 shows a variant of the configuration of FIG. 7.
FIG. 9 shows a further variant of the configuration of FIG. 7.
Referring to FIG. 1, the present invention involves the use of a current controlled, variable transconductance amplifier 10 having an output terminal connected to a capacitor, C, and a noninverting, unity-gain impedance buffer amplifier 11. In this embodiment, an input terminal 12 is connected to a node b (summing junction) at the inverting (-) input terminal of the amplifier 10 through a resistor R1 and to the capacitor to provide a phase shifter, i.e. to provide an all-pass filter in which all frequency characteristics are controlled uniformly in response to a bias current Ib at an input terminal 13. In other embodiments, the input terminal 12 is connected only to the capacitor to provide a controlled high-pass filter, such as shown in FIG. 4, or the capacitor is connected to circuit ground to provide a controlled low-pass filter as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6.
The amplifier 10 has a differential input stage and a current source output stage, and should have a transfer characteristic in the linear region of approximately:
Iout =gmr (V+-V -)Ib 2.
where Iout is the amplifier output current, gmr is the transconductance at 1 mA bias current, V+ and V- are the voltages at the respective inverting (-) and noninverting (+) input terminals, and Ib is the bias or control current in milliamperes at the control terminal 13. FIG. 2 shows a simple discrete circuit for such an amplifier. Transistors Q1 and Q2 form a matched NPN differential pair. From the standard equation for a differential amplifier, the collector currents Ic of respective transistors Q1 and Q2 are, for the linear region, given by the equations:
Ic (Q1) = Ib /2 � {[1+(V+ - V-)] /52mV}
ic (Q2) = Ib /2 � {[1+(V- - V+)]/52mV}3.
transistors Q3 and Q4 are matched and form a current mirror, such that the collector current of transistor Q4 equals that of transistor Q1. Thus the current Iout from an output port 14 is the difference of the above currents for transistors Q1 and Q2 given by the equation:
Iout = Ib (V+ - V-)/52mV 4.
where V+ and V- are signals at respective inverting (-) and noninverting (+) input terminals 15 and 16. Alternatively, an integrated-circuit version of a variable tranconductance amplifier, such as the RCA CA3080 Operational Transconductance Amplifier, may be used for the amplifier 10.
The output of the amplifier 10 is connected to the noninverting (+) input terminal of the buffer amplifier 11. That amplifier can be any operational amplifier, such as a Fairchild 741 having differential inputs and a single ended output connected to a circuit output terminal 17 as shown, i.e. connected in a positive unity-gain configuration. Alternatively, a discrete circuit such as shown in FIG. 3 may be used. Transistor Q3 is an N-channel, field-effect transistor (FET) operated in a source-follower mode, with the value of resistor 18 chosen to give a current somewhat less than the saturation current IDSS for all output voltages of interest. The value of resistor 19 is chosen to give a voltage VBE across a PNP transistor Q4 of about 0.7V at the lowest output voltage of interest. The resulting feedback provides for an extremely low output impedance, and the FET input gives a very high input impedance to a signal at a terminal 20. In this discrete circuit, the output terminal 21 is also the inverting (-) input terminal shown in FIG. 1 and other figures. The output signal is substantially offset from the input signal, but this is of no consequence in the present invention as it will be compensated by negative feedback. Moreover, as will be explained further hereinafter, the buffer amplifier may be omitted in some applications.
To fully analyze the embodiment of FIG. 1, the current flow into node a is examined. Amplifier 11 has a high input impedance, and hence draws essentially no current. The current entering node a through capacitor C is derived from the equation for current through a capacitor.
Ic = C d(Vin - Vout)/dt 5.
This is true because the voltage at node a differs from Vout by at most a constant voltage.
From equation (2) for the amplifier 10, the current flowing from that amplifier into node a is:
IAl = -Ib gmr Vb 6.
where Vb is the voltage at node b.
Letting the value of resistor R1 equal that of resistor R2, and setting the value of resistor R3 at a level to keep the voltage at node b in the linear region of the amplifier 10 for all output voltages of interest, we find the current node a is:
IAl = -Ib gmr (Vin +Vout)R3 /(R2 +R3) 7.
combining gmr and R3 /(R2+R 3) as a fixed constant K, an equation is finally obtained resulting from current balance at node a, as IAl must be opposite and of equal magnitude to Ic :
C d(Vin -Vout)/dt = Ib K(Vin +Vout) 8.
Solving this differential equation for an input voltage Vin = Vej.sup.ωt :
Vout = V ej.sup.ωt (jω-Ib K/C)/(jω+Ib K/C) 9.
solving the complex equation for amplitude:
|Vout | = V 10.
and for phase shift:
δ = arctan{2Cω/[Ib K(C2 ω2 /Ib 2 K2 -1)]} 11.
it will be noted that this is identical to equation (1) for the classic phase shift circuit of FIG. 1, with Rc of that circuit substituted by 1/Ib K. Hence a precise dynamic control of the phase shift is accomplished by merely varying the bias current Ib.
If the input signal at terminal 12 is already conditioned to be at a level within the linear region of the transconductance amplifier 10, the resistor R3 could be omitted, leaving only the equal input resistor R1 and feedback resistor R2 as summing resistors. The term R3 /(R2 +R3) in equation (7) would effectively become equal to unity since the value of R3 is thus increased toward infinity.
The greatest advantage of the present invention is its relative low cost, using integrated-circuits for amplifiers 10 and 11. With such low cost components, the circuit performs at least as well as virtually any other previously known. By replacing the integrated-circuit amplifiers with slightly more expensive discrete circuits, very low distortion, low noise, and ultra wide range can be accomplished.
Another advantage of the present invention is the highly predictable nature of the dynamic control, as K in the above equations is based on passive component values and physical constants, not on process-varying characteristics of transistors such as the base-emitter characteristics of a junction transistor. By using high quality amplifiers, the frequency characteristics of the filter circuit may be dynamically controlled over a continuous range of 20 octaves.
Various configurations embodying the present invention can result in various filter functions, the most interesting and useful of which is the phase-shift all-pass filter circuit just described with reference to FIG. 1 in which the capacitor is connected to the input signal, and the input signal is simultaneously fed through a resistor into the inverting input of the variable transconductance amplifier.
In other configurations to be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 8, the same reference numerals will be employed for the same elements, the differences being only in the configuration into which the elements are connected.
FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of the invention in a high-pass filter in which R1 is made infinitely large (open circuit). Analysis is accomplished most easily by balancing the current flow at node a as before. The current flowing into the node through the capacitor is:
Ic = C d(Vin - Vout)/dt 12.
By using equation (2) for the variable transconductance amplifier the current flowing from the output of amplifier 10 is:
IAl = -Ib gmr Vout R3 /(R2 +R3) 13.
C d(Vin -Vout)/dt = Ib KVout (K as before) 14.
The solution is:
Vout = V ej.sup.ωt [jω/(jω+Ib K/C)]
|vout|= Vω/√ω2+ Ib 2 K2 /C2 15.
δ = arctan[Ib K/Cω]
this is the same solution as for a traditional high-pass filter.
If the input signal level is kept within the linear region of amplifier 10, the filter circuit of FIG. 4 can be simplified by setting R3 equal to an infinitely large impedance (open circuit) and R2 equal to zero (short circuit) as shown in FIG. 5.
FIG. 6 shows a low-pass filter circuit. Again, the circuit is analyzed by balancing the current to node a, giving the differential equation:
CdVout /dt = Ib K(Vin -Vout) 16.
The solution:
Vout =-V ej.sup.ωt [Ib K/[C(jω+Ib K/C)]]
|vout |= VIb K/[C√ω2 +Ib 2 K2 /C2 ] 17.
δ = -arctan[Cω/Ib K]
this is the solution of a classic RC low-pass filter equation with R substituted by 1/Ib K.
The low-pass filter configuration of FIG. 6 is inverting. By changing the input configuration as shown in FIG. 7 with a resistor R4 set equal to resistor R3, a noninverting low-pass filter is obtained. Furthermore, if the input signal is kept within the linear region of the amplifier 10, both the input and feedback voltage dividing networks can be eliminated as shown in FIG. 8.
A further simplification may be made in the low-pass filter of FIG. 8 by using the amplifier 10 both as the control element and as the buffer amplifier for the feedback signal. That is done by connecting the inverting input terminal (-) of the amplifier 10 to its output terminal, as shown in FIG. 9. This is useful for cascading stages, but naturally the final output must be connected to a high impedance load (i.e., must not be loaded with a circuit that draws too much current through a low impedance) or the load must be buffered with an amplifier having a high input impedance.
In each embodiment, the bias current Ib is assumed to be controllable. Since the transfer characteristics of the operational transconductance amplifier is quite predictable and is based on the bias current, a predictable relationship is maintained between phase shift and bias current. Conversion from current control to voltage control would require in its simplest form a resistor from the current input node to the control voltage source. Use of a single transistor as a simple conversion stage would allow an ultra-wide dynamic range. All that is essential is a variable transconductance amplifier to receive that current as its bias current input to controllably phase shift a signal transferred from the circuit input terminal 12 to the circuit output terminal 17. The noninverting unity gain amplifier 11 may be eliminated in other embodiments besides that illustrated by FIG. 8 as shown in FIG. 9. Since the function of that buffer amplifier is to provide a low output impedance for the filter circuit, and a very high impedance load for the output of the transconductance amplifier, the buffer amplifier may be eliminated in any application where the impedance presented to the transconductance amplifier by the load is sufficiently high.
From the foregoing it is evident that the low-pass filter can be built in either an inverting or a noninverting configuration. If separate signals are applied simultaneously to both input terminals of the differential input stage, the low-pass filter can process both signals and yield the difference. In other words, the low-pass filter built in a differential configuration may have either or neither of its two input signals at zero (circuit ground). This is particularly useful when low-pass filters are cascaded. The input signal is applied to the non-inverting input of the first filter, and the output signal from the final filter is fed back to the inverting input terminal of the first filter. If four low-pass filters are cascaded, there will be a resonance in the response, which is variable in degree by the amount of feedback. The reason for the resonance is that the phase shift at ω = Ib K/C is 4 � 45� = 180�, which is positive feedback. It is also evident that all of the filters disclosed herein may be cascaded in any of the configurations, mixed or matched, to obtain virtually any filter function with wide range control over all frequency and phase determining parameters. In those configurations having the noninverting input terminal of the transconductance amplifier connected to circuit ground, the practice is to use a resistor for the connection, the value of the resistor being equal to the impedance seen by the inverting input terminal at the node b. As this is often quite low, the noninverting terminal is connected directly to ground as shown in the drawings, but a resistor may be used in keeping with standard practice without departing from the present invention.
Although particular embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated herein, it is recognized that modifications and variations may readily occur to those skilled in the art. It is therefore invented that the claims be interpreted to cover such modifications and variations.
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Q. I will be traveling to Paris this summer with my 10-pound dog. Are there hotels in good sections that accept dogs in guest rooms?
A. Anyone who eats at a Parisian restaurant and sees the dogs dining with their owners will not be surprised that dogs are often welcomed at Parisian hotels, too. Of course, you should not assume any hotel will accept them and just arrive with your dog.
But rather than starting by locating dog-friendly hotels, you might start by selecting hotels from guidebooks or other sources based on price, location and so on, and then ask if they accept dogs. If a hotel says it does, let those who take reservations know your dog will be arriving with you, as sometimes only some rooms are set aside for dogs. And make sure you tell them how big your dog is; your 10-pounder should be fine in most places, but some hotels do not accept bigger animals. Despite the welcome, human guests are usually responsible for taking food, bowls, doggie bed or pillow and anything else your dog may require.
Q. Is it possible to get tickets beforehand to see the Uffizi and Pitti Palace in Florence and Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper" in Milan?
A. The answer is yes to one of the three attractions, the Uffizi. There, for about $1.25 above the standard admission of $7.50 (calculated at 1,600 lire to the dollar) reservation holders can bypass waits of up to three hours. Under the system instituted last fall, a group of 30 reservation holders is admitted every 20 minutes between 8:50 a.m. and 5:10 p.m. The Uffizi is open from 8:30 until 6:50 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
Reservations can be made by phone by calling (39-55) 471960, or in person by visiting the Informazioni Turistiche Alberghiere office at 9/A Viale Gramsci or its tourist information office in the central train station, Santa Maria Novella. The two offices are open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
When reserving by phone, you will be asked to send a fax stating the confirmed time and date of the reserved visit, and giving your name, a credit card number and the expiration date. Tickets reserved and paid for with a credit card - payment must be made no sooner than five days before the reservation date - can be picked up directly at the Uffizi on the day of the visit. The fax number is (39-55) 2478232. Reservations can be made as far ahead as one wants, and the museum urges people to reserve well in advance. However, because not everyone makes payment by the five-day deadline, it is not unusual for there to be openings four or five days ahead.
There is no such arrangement for the two other sites. Both advise arriving early to avoid waits.
The Pitti, (39-55) 2388614, is open Tuesday to Saturday from 8:30 a.m to 7 p.m. and on Sunday and holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is $7.50.
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Water main break affects home owners
Submitted: 04/05/2014
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- The Eagle River Public Works department battled something they hoped wouldn't happen.
A pipe burst on one of the main roads.
That caused six to eight home owners in Eagle River to lose access to their water.
It happened around 9:30 Saturday morning on Pine street between fourth and seventh street.
Crews were there to stop traffic and fix the pipe.
That happened because a frozen pipe thawed.
"We believe that the line was probably frozen and now it's starting to thaw out," said Eagle River Light and Water Manager, Patrick Weber.
"Once it broke, it started to thaw and water started to flow again, it comes up out the pipe."
This isn't the first water main break in Eagle River.
On the other side of the road they had one in January.
More pipes could burst in the future.
"We have no idea where they're going to appear, but this is not going to be the last of them I'm afraid." Weber said.
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- Celebrating our nation's birthday with family and friends can be a great time. But it's good to keep safety in mind this weekend too.
The Rhinelander Fire Department responds to a few injuries every year from fireworks. That's far better than the national average of more than 10,000 fireworks-related injuries. But the most common injury actually comes from a firework many parents consider safe.
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Wednesday, thanks to the help of two ATV groups, the seniors were able to go on rides through the forest.
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That's because the Plum Lake Town Board voted against opening up parts of two roads: Kurtzweil Road and Birch Spring Road. Both are on the border of Sayner and St. Germain and are shared between the two towns.
A few months ago, St. Germain asked Plum Lake to open parts of those roads as part of an ATV route. At first, the Plum Lake Town Board approved them. That was before they found out a section of Kurtzweil Road was completely in Plum Lake.
"At that time the Plum Lake Town Board by a 2 to 1 vote approved letting them use that, assuming at the time the two roads were boundary roads equally shared by Sayner and St. Germain," said Will Maines, the Plum Lake Town Chairman.
So when St. Germain came back to the next town meeting with an ordinance for the roads ready to go, the Plum Lake town board then voted no.
Maines said most of the people in Plum Lake don't want ATVs on their town roads. The board found this out from a survey of residents and taxpayers they sent out in 2015, where he said about two-thirds of non-resident property owners and about two-thirds of Plum Lake resident voters voted against allowing ATVs on town roads.
"We'd like to cooperate with the town of St. Germain, but we represent the people of Plum Lake, and they have given us the message loud and clear: they don't want us to allow them on any section of our roads," Maines said.
The St. Germain Town Chairman Tom Christensen said the decision is "disappointing," but, "it is what it is."
About 6 towns in the eastern part of Vilas County allow ATVs on town roads, but the towns in the western part of the county don't allow them on town roads.
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On Dec. 30, 2007, the FCC said it would permit the transfer of control of ION Media Networks from Paxson to private equity fund CIG Media.
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Elementary school teacher jailed for 'making sex tape with daughter's 16-year-old boyfriend'
An elementary school teacher has been jailed after admitting making a sex tape with her daughter's 16-year-old boyfriend.
Michelle McCutchan,38, confessed to having sex with the teen on at least five occasions and setting up a video camera to film two of the romps.
The mother of one also sent the teen nude pictures of herself as well as sexually explicit texts during their five month affair.
Jailed: Michelle McCutchan, 38, confessed to having sex with the teenage boy on at least five occasions and filming two of the romps
Police in Checotah, Oklahoma, found out about the affair when the teen boasted to his friends about the home made sex tape.
After being quizzed by detectives McCutchan admitted she had videoed herself having sex with her teen lover.
McIntosh County Sheriff's Investigator Tonya French said McCutchan admitted having sex with the boy between December 1st 2010 to May 11th.
'McCutchan said she had sent many nude photos of herself to (the boy's) phone,' French stated in an affidavit supporting her request for an arrest warrant.
'McCutchan stated two times while having sex with [him] ... a video was made of the sexual acts.'
Trust: McCutchan is a teacher at Marshall Elementary School in Checotah
The arrest report said the teacher had sex four times at her home and once at the boy's home.
Local reports said the teen was her daughter's boyfriend.
McCuthchan has been suspended on full pay from her job at Marshall Elementary school where she was a 5th grade teacher while her bosses launch an investigation.
Checotah Public School Superintendent Mark Calavan said he learned of the allegations from the town's police chief.
'The county interviewed her [McCutchan] and one of our students,' Calavan said.
'There was enough there that I thought we should go ahead and suspend her.'
McCutchan faces up to ten years in jail after being charged with second degree rape and one count of sodomy. She was released from jail after posting $5,000 bond.
She is the latest teacher to be arrested for having sex with a student.
Earlier this week, mother of three Brittni Colleps,27, from Arlington, Texas, was arrested for having sex with five of her students after inviting them back to her home.
Brittni Colleps, a teacher and married mother of three, was arrested earlier this week after being accused of having sex with five of her teenage students during an orgy at her home.
She invited the boys to her Texas home while her husband was away with the military and the sex romp was allegedly filmed on the students' cell phones.
The English teacher and girl's basketball coach faces up to ten years in jail after being charged with five felony counts of inappropriate relationships between a student and a teacher.
A PE and dance teacher was arrested in January for allegedly having sex with one of her teenage students.
Ashley Blumenshine, 27, was arrested behind a department store in Plainfield, Illinois, after police caught her in a car with the 16-year-old boy.
Police believe they had had sex shortly before the officers arrived. and say the relationship may have gone on for more than a month.
Married teacher Carrie Shafer, 38, was caught in March by police partially naked in a car with one of her students.
An arrest report revealed the blonde mother-of-two, from Kentucky, was in a compromising position with a 17-year-old student from her school in Louisville.
Police said the windows of the car were 'steamed up', both occupants were partially clothed and there were condoms on the floor outside the vehicle.
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Robert Pattinson and Kate Winslet Among Presenters at 2010 BAFTA
Robert Pattinson is slated to appear at 2010 BAFTA Film Awards which will be held on Sunday, February 21. On Thursday, February 18, the show organizer has taken it to BAFTA's Twitter page to confirm that the British actor is tapped to be presenter at the show.
It is not known the winner of what category that will be announced by Pattinson, but he is joined by Kate Winslet, Claire Danes and Uma Thurman among the list of presenters. Other celebrities which are also set to hand out a prize during the event include Guy Pearce, Dustin Hoffman, Clive Owen, Matt Dillon, Noel Clarke, Terry Gilliam, Rupert Everett and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.
Meanwhile, Kristen Stewart who co-stars Pattinson in "Twilight" and "The Twilight Saga's New Moon" is also expected to show up as she is nominated for Orange Rising Star Award. For the said prize, she will be up against Jesse Eisenberg, Nicholas Hoult, Carey Mulligan and Tahar Rahim.
The winners of 2010 BAFTA Film Awards will be announced at a gala which is going to take place at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London, England. The show will honor movie in 23 categories.
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About Volcan : Don't get excited, I am not an interesting person.
I'm a pre-med student. I like to play pieces by Satie on the piano.
I enjoy sunrise, eating indoors and short walks in the city.
I play a lot of video games and MMOs.
The picture is not me but rather Andy Warhol's lover. She was beautiful. Apparently I look like her.
It pisses me off when most girls call themselves nerds just for playing COD and Halo and maybe having a Link t-shirt.
I grew up with comic books, Star Wars, Star Trek, Isaac Asimov, Piers Anthony, and a healthy curiosity of human anatomy.
As I said, I am not interesting. I am peculiar.
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Today, the guy I've been dating told me with a wink that before he'll go on any more dates, he'd require me to take a series of "oral exams" to prove I'm right for him. I think he actually expected that to work. NEXT. FML
by Anonymous / 03/22/2014 at 6:01pm / Canada (Ontario) / Love
Today, I got to spend 4 hours on a bus with a group of selfie-taking teenagers who spent the majority of the time trying to harmonize while singing various songs. I'm pretty sure half of them were tone deaf. FML
by please stop singing!!!! / 03/21/2014 at 7:59pm / United States (Florida) / Transportation
Today, my dad took me to a bar for my first legal drink. He quickly got "drunk" and started slurring that I was an accident, saying the only reason I'm alive is because he'd been too poor to pay for an abortion. As I started crying, he burst out laughing and said soberly, "Just kidding, son." FML
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Today, fed up with my nerdy appearance, I got my hair shaved off, hoping for a Walter White kind of look. I didn't think it was too bad, but not even an hour later, I'd already been called a "fat Bruce Willis" and compared to a freshly circumcised penis. FML
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Today, on my way to Burger King I got into a heated discussion with my wife about our cats. We have 15 rescues, and I've reached my limit. Guess what came running up to my car while waiting in the drive-through. We named him Pickles. FML
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Today, a crazy woman grabbed my hair and mentioned how lovely it was. She then asked when I would donate it. I told her I didn't want to, at which point she started yelling that she was going to get some scissors and cut it all off to teach me a lesson. FML
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Today, I found out that my unemployed husband has his own web-comic, that he makes money off it, and that it mainly involves the main character's airhead, money-grubbing wife ruining his life. She looks strikingly like me and shares my name. FML
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Today, I walked into my elderly client's home for my first day of work. I was immediately hit in the eye with something small, and had to get medical attention for a scratched cornea. It turns out my client likes to clip his toenails right by his front door. FML
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Generating social capital at the workplace: a South African case of inside-out social renewal
Abstract:The concept of social capital, and its role in the development of political stability and economic growth, has become a topic of increasing interest in state, business and community sectors alike. Within this body of discourse, though, it is generally assumed that the influence of social capital is from the 'outside-in': that social capital is generated within institutions of civil society and is beneficially utilized by private and public sector organizations. Through a case study of a South African industrial organization, this paper provides an example of 'inside-out' influence where social capital generated by collaborative forms of social organization at the workplace, is distributed across family and community structures. The authors argue that this process, whereby civil society becomes a beneficiary of social capital produced in business and industrial workplaces, offers new policy options for social renewal especially within societies that have subjected to civil unrest and/or prolonged periods of oppression of some kind.
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@Optimus. Yeah the bow combat is still the highlight for me, all the other weaponry just doesn't satisfy like the bow does. Later on when you literally have half a dozen enemies running at you, regardless of stealth, the weak gun play definitely creeps into view much clearer.
Yeah if you played the last one, you will be right at home from the start. Most of the game systems are identical to the 2013 release.
It's certainly a good game, the tombs are an excellent combination of storytelling and platforming; certainly a stronger platforming experience than during combat.
I'd say the previous entry in the series is stronger overall, but Rise of the Tomb Raider certainly has its moments.
I know someone in Australia who cannot download the game at the moment. They rang Sony and were told it's "random" as to who can download the game before launch or not...which totally sounded like someone who either didn't have a clue, or was simply making an excuse to cover the glitch.
This was announced a while back, the new information is the release date.
They did a fantastic job.
I can see your point, I never played the original multiplayer features myself. But aside from visual improvements, gameplay itself feels a lot smoother. But I can certainly agree that if you want extras aside from the campaigns, then perhaps this isn't for you.
Worth the wait. Here's hope the waiting goes fast :)
Agreed, a perfect way to get excited for Uncharted 4.
A sad day where we have to have this confirmed; it should just be assumed and never happen.
Agreed, surprised it took this long for a developer to utilise it this well.
Isn't this like a month old?
I got that trophy legitimate. Literally got that one before unlocking every item. If you stay in defense and don't attack the ball it will take a lot longer.
Yeah, I was planning to play this today...so this sucks lol.
I don't dislike The Order, I just don't love it to death. I have no reason to try and start a flame war on a game (I express within the write up) that I'd actually love to see expanded on in a sequel.
That's actually one of the reasons I express in the write up. I think the unique weapons were a high point in the game, but for some reason they are barely seen in comparison to the generic handguns and assault weapons.
Seems he more based the score on the gaming being too hard, than actually being functional. I'd hate to see the review for Bloodborne.
I think a lot of the bigger sites had the advantage of getting coaching sessions from Evolve's developers and also were able to join with multiple players who actually wanted to work as a team.
Personally after 20 hours of gameplay, I barely have met players wanting to work as a team and nobody on my friends list is playing. Evolve is fun when everything aligns, but that isn't often.
I am all about the single player, but I think hardcore fans barely touch it. Almost every COD player I know goes straight to multiplayer or zombies, the campaign doesn't interest.
Either way COD has more to offer than single player, and a lot of people tend yo favour those modes.
I remember reading about the Alien Isolation Trophy completion rates the other week, and like with that I don't think these statistics can be used to correctly judge compeltition rates.
Sure they do showcase a percentage, but this also ignores those who don't sync their trophies and for some, completing a game isn't a priority to simply playing and enjoying it.
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2/24/2013 @ 8:49 PMCHICAGO (AP) - Mary Ann McMorrow, the first woman to serve on the Illinois Supreme Court and the state's first female chief justice, has died.
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McMorrow set numerous precedents. She was the only woman in her 1953 class at Loyola University School of Law, and became the first woman on Illinois' highest court in 1992. She served as chief justice from 2002 to 2005. But when she retired in 2006, McMorrow told The Associated Press she never focused on being a trailblazer. She said she was "just trying to do the best I could."
McMorrow is survived by her daughter and her sister.
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Kingler isn't as good in the OU environment because of its bad Special Defense and average Speed. Kingler truly shines in the lower tiers because of its massive Attack and Defense, letting it set up Swords Dance and/or Agility with ease.:
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Answered by: Barbara Medford
QUESTION:On Monday - July 07, 2008, you answered a question about a catalpa and maple with the same problem--an entire branch died, and then more of the tree died. And both trees came from the same nursery. This fits the exact description of verticillium wilt, which both catalpas and maples are susceptible to. If you can post this answer somehow, it could be very important since the fungus may have come from the nursery.
You are correct that verticillium wilt could have caused the demise of both trees in our previous answer. We did refer the person who inquired to their local Extension office. We also recommended that they call in a trained arborist to physically examine the trees. It's very difficult to analyze or prescribe diseases from the descriptions given us, and it should be someone with local knowledge that makes that decision. And, hopefully, to follow up on the nursery from which the trees came. Unfortunately, most of our questions just want a quick fix and we're afraid they don't always follow up on reading our referenced information and/or getting a local expert to actually look at the problem. We appreciate your calling this to our attention, and we hope that others with similar situations will realize that there are problems that we cannot solve online. Even if we hit the nail on the head, knowing what the problem is does not necessarily cure it without positive action on the part of the gardener.
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