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Venison Steaks Or Chops
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|Venison steak/Venison chops
|8 (1 1/2 Inches Thick)
|1 Tablespoon
|Freshly ground pepper
|To Taste
|Seasoned all purpose flour
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|Fresh mushrooms
|1⁄2 Pound, sliced
|Bacon slices
|6 , cut into julienne strips
|Minced onion
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Diced celery
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
Place steaks in a shallow pan and pour wine over just barely to cover; sprinkle liberally with pepper.
Marinate overnight.
Remove meat from marinade; dry on paper towels.
Turn in seasoned flour and saute in butter until nicely browned and tender.
In another skillet simmer in 2 tablespoons butter the mushrooms, bacon, onion, and celery.
When lightly browned, add wine marinade and bring to the boiling point.
Serve steaks on a heated platter; pour sauce with vegetables over the meat.
Makes 8 servings.
Recipe Summary
Difficulty Level:Medium
Course:Main Dish
Method:Stir Fried
Preparation Time:10 Minutes
Cook Time:30 Minutes
Ready In:40 Minutes
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The National Foundation for Credit Counseling and the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association have released the results of the 2013 Financial Literacy Survey.
In its seventh year, the survey annually provides data and trending around Americans' attitudes and behaviors related to personal finance.
"This year's survey results provided somewhat of a mixed message," said Susan C. Keating, president and CEO of NFCC. "More than 1 in 4 consumers indicated they are spending more than last year, yet 77 percent admitted to having financial worries, listing insufficient savings as their top financial concern.
"While consumers moving out of recession mode and becoming more comfortable with spending is positive for the nation's economy, they need to be mindful of the fact that increasing spending without a safety net in the form of savings could have a negative impact on their personal economy."
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Credit: While 19 percent were worried about their credit score or lack of access to credit overall, 16 percent were anxious about their score, with 9 percent concerned over their lack of access to credit, suggesting that consumers continue to realize the importance of credit in their lives. However, most adults have neglected to review their credit report (65 percent) or score (60 percent) in the past year.
Job loss: 18 percent, or more than 42 million Americans, indicated fear of job loss as a major concern, a number that is disturbingly high.
Foreclosure: As the least of consumers' concerns (among those listed), a comparatively small 4 percent of Americans are worried over losing their home to foreclosure, undoubtedly a positive signal for the housing industry and the economy as a whole.
The good news is that 20 percent of adults indicated they do not have any financial worries, a strong sign of consumer confidence.
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"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
Fangraphs says the average swing percentage outside the zone is 30%. So Drew swings much less frequently than average outside the zone. Good thing.
Fangraphs also says the average swing percentage in the zone is 65%. So Drew swings a bit less frequently than average in the zone. A slight negative.
These numbers are quite good. They show a hitter who is fairly patient, but more so on bad pitches. Just looking at these swing stats, you'd see a patient hitter who sees the difference between good pitches and bad.
Then you get to the actual contact rates and the problems become more apparent. The contact stats are poor, but even those stats aren't THAT bad.
It's the classic case of a guy who strikes out too much, and rises or falls by how he compensates when he DOES hit the ball. In Stubbs' case, not well enough.
Last edited by Kc61; 09-20-2012 at 02:58 PM.
But to your point, I think the ratio is important as well. Stubbs has the 17th highest Zone to Out of Zone swing rate in baseball.
Does Stubbs watch a lot of good pitches in the zone? Maybe. But that comes with the territory of being a patient hitter overall. The list of guys at the of that list is fascinating.
Notably, there's a lot of power on that list. I have no idea what to make of it, but generally speaking I think it's fair to say that Stubbs approach to when he swings is not his problem. It's what happens when he swings. You can be on this list and be a high contact guy like Callaspo or Choo. Or you can be a low contact guy like Dunn, Uggla or Austin Jackson. There are many ways to be successful at the plate. But swinging and missing a lot while not doing a lot of damage when you do connect is not among them.Code:Name Z:O Swing% 1 Alberto Callaspo 3.05 39.2% 2 Dexter Fowler 2.92 42.6% 3 Dan Uggla 2.89 43.0% 4 Rickie Weeks 2.87 40.4% 5 Josh Willingham 2.83 40.5% 6 Carlos Santana 2.80 39.4% 7 Adam Dunn 2.76 40.8% 8 Shin-Soo Choo 2.75 42.6% 9 David Wright 2.70 42.5% 10 Austin Jackson 2.70 42.3% 11 Michael Brantley 2.69 40.5% 12 Mark Reynolds 2.68 43.4% 13 Nick Swisher 2.67 42.2% 14 Jay Bruce 2.65 47.3% 15 Andrew McCutchen 2.65 46.8% 16 Edwin Encarnacion 2.61 41.9% 17 Drew Stubbs 2.61 41.2% 18 Michael Bourn 2.59 41.4% 19 Coco Crisp 2.58 42.5% 20 Ian Kinsler 2.58 43.6%
Stubbs either needs to do more damage when he connects or he needs to connect much more often. I'm among those who don't think the latter is really possible.
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on 5/22/2012 2:59:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Straight, Coarse
Eyes: Black
I usually use one full pump of facial cleanser whenever I wash my face, but with this cleanser I found that one full pump was much too drying. It gave my face the shiny-but-not-oily look. I adjusted and used half a pump plus lots of lathering instead, and since then it has worked fine.
on 4/8/2012 12:14:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
Yes, I would buy this product again and I'm actually on my second bottle of this cleanser.
Can I just say I love this product and I'm ready to commit to it? LOL It is one of the very few "first products" that I got and love.(You usually get the wrong ones when you first buy a certain kind of products, like how I hate my first blush, lipstick...). This stuff is amazing!
I have combination skin, super oily T-zone and bit oily U-zone in summer, oily T-zone and normal U-zone in spring/fall, oily and dry T-zone and freaking dry U-zone in winter. I would use it all year except winter.
This is a gentle DEEP CLEAN face wash which is great for everyday use. It just cleanse away all the dirty stuff I get from the day and leave my face feeling fresh and clean and nice. It does leave me feeling a bit dry right after I wash with it, but what cleanser doesn't? I wouldn't use it in the morning simply because I don't feel the need to "deep clean" in the morning.
Some people say this removes makeup, and it does. But sadly not very well. I was trying out a cream blush the other day and that was the only makeup I had on my face. I use this cleanser to wash my face and massage pretty thoroughly around my cheeks. It did look very clean, it was a shimmery blush, but I saw no trace of shimmers afterwards. After my cheeks feels a bit rough the next day when I touch them. And I saw how my cheeks were not smooth, with little could-be-blemish-after-a-month-or-2( I don't know what those are called officially, they just make my skin looks and feels uneven, like I got little "hills" on my face, they look normal, no redness or whiteness, like a well-covered blemish, but might actually develop into one after a very long time). So I stick with my DHC cleansing oil when it comes to remove makeup, and it's a beautiful world again. This is actually kinda funny, because I got those "hills" on my forehead when I was 12, 13 and this was the cleanser that help me remove them.
BTW, this stuff contains salicylic acid which is great for controlling blemishes.
on 4/1/2012 9:40:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool
Hair: Black, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
Found better cleansers. Leaves skin feeling tight and it didn't really help with the breakouts I'd sometimes get. The smell is pleasant.
on 3/18/2012 6:10:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I bought this product thinking it would keep my skin from not get too oily and it worked for like 3 days, then my skin started getting completely dry and my face could barely move without any lotion, this isn't the only Neutrogena product that has done this to me, so I switched to Clearasil today and Im waiting to see if it works.
on 1/26/2012 11:21:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Very Oily, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Green
At first, this product did exactly what it claims it will. It is great at removing all my makeup, and my skin was left feeling clean and soft. It removed all my dead skin, and my face just felt cleaner. Over the course of a few days it completely dried me out, though, which sucks because I have very oily skin and that's not easy for a cleanser to do to me! I was very disappointed with this, and I definitely wont be repurchasing.
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National, Official, and Non-working Holidays Philippines 2015
In general, providing a fixed list of holiday dates is difficult because most of the 2015 regular holidays and nationwide special holidays in the Philippines are movable, as provided under Republic Act 9492 (an Act rationalizing the celebration of national holidays). For these movable holidays, the President is tasked by law to issue a Proclamation, at least 6 months prior to a movable holiday, fixing the specific date of that non-working day.
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|New Year's Day
|January 1, 2015
|Maundy Thursday
|April 2, 2015
|Good Friday
|April 3, 2015
|Araw ng Kagitingan
|April 9, 2015
|Labor Day
|May 1, 2015
|Independence Day
|June 12, 2015
|Eid'l Fitr
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|National Heroes Day
|August 31, 2015
|Eidul Adha
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|Bonifacio Day
|November 30, 2015
|Christmas Day
|December 25, 2015
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If worked – 1st 8 hours – 200%
Excess of 8 hours – plus 30% of hourly rate on said day
b. If it is an employee's rest day
If unworked – 100%
If worked – 1st 8 hours – plus 30% of 200%
Excess of 8 hours – plus 30% of hourly rate on said day
Nationwide Special (Non-Working) Holidays List – Philippines
|Additional special (non-working days)
|January 2, 2015
|Chinese New Year
|February 19, 2015
|Black Saturday
|April 4, 2015
|Ninoy Aquino Day
|August 21, 2015
|All Saints Day
|November 1, 2015
|Additional special (non-working days)
|December 24, 2015
|Last Day of the Year
|December 31, 2015
Special Holiday (for all schools)
|EDSA Revolution Anniversary
|February 25, 2015
Special Days – Philippines
For declared special days such as Special Non-working Day, Special Public Holiday, Special National Holiday, in addition to the two nationwide special days (November 1, All Saints Day and December 31, Last Day of the Year), the following rules shall apply:
a. If unworked
- No pay, unless there is a favorable company policy, practice, or collective bargaining agreement (CBA) granting payment of wages on special days even if unworked.
b. If worked
- 1st 8 hours – plus 30% of the daily rate of 100%
- excess of 8 hours – plus 30% of hourly rate on said day
c. Falling on the employee's rest day and if worked
- 1st 8 hours – plus 50% of the daily rate of 100%
- excess of 8 hours – plus 30% of hourly rate on said day
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Huge news has exploded across Twitter today after the NHL and NHLPA concluded their meeting.Per @reporterchris and the rest of Toronto sports media, NHL goes 50/50 in latest offer. Hoped PA would blink; was ready to go here 4 weeks— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) October 16, 2012Bettman says NHL made proposal today to preserve 82 game season to start on Nov. 2. He says it includes a 50-50 split across the board.— Dan Rosen (@drosennhl) October 16, 2012Bettman says there is no rollback. He said proposal was long term deal. He did not mention years in deal.— Dan Rosen (@drosennhl) October 16, 2012This is massive news. More and more players have been going overseas to play in different European leagues, and the NHL wants to be able to salvage the season. Apparently they have designed a schedule that could fit in all 82 games from November-April.This deal is the first realistic deal, in terms of revenue split, that the Owners have offered the players and with no mention of rolling back s...
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As I mentioned earlier, AT&T (T) shares got a lift from a couple of positive Street mentions, one of which was Cowen & Co.'s Colby Synesael raising his rating to Outperform from Market Perform, and the other of which was an initiation of coverage by Buckingham Research's James Ratcliffe, who starts the stock at a Buy, with a $41 price target, but the prospect it could go as high as $47.
AT&T stock today closed up 16 cents, half a percent, at $35.73.
The AT&T initiation is one of two Buys, the other being T-Mobile US (TMUS); both Sprint (S) and Verizon Communications (VZ) get Neutral initiations.
His thesis for AT&T is that the wireless operations should remain "solid," while the pending acquisition of DirecTV (DTV) will boost earnings-per-share growth to 7% per annum for 2016 to 2019, up from 6% now, and above Verizon's expected 3.1% annual growth.
The dividend current yield of 5.5% is "substantial," writes Ratcliffe, providing "meaningful downside protection for investors in a choppy market environment."
Like Synesael, he speculates DirecTV will "provide additional scale in video, and potentially allowing T to develop new video products targeted at mobile customers."
Wireless growth, and margin expansion, are the focus, he writes:
We believe that AT&T's relatively strong competitive position in wireless, where it is second only to VZ in terms of network performance, will help it drive a 2% consolidated topline growth CAGR from 2015-18E (2.3% wireless, 1.4% wireline). This topline growth, combined with ~40 bps of average annual EBITDA margin expansion, result in a 2.3% EBITDA CAGR across 2015-18E, in turn driving $56.9B of FCF over 2015-18E, allowing the company to (a) continue to pay and grow its dividend, (b) delever back to 1.7x net debt/EBITDA by YE18 (including the impact of the DTV acquisition), and (c) fund ongoing capital investment in the network and spectrum.
Ratcliffe's estimates for AT&T include $133 billion in revenue this year, $41.4 billion in Ebitda, and $2.56 in EPS. For next year, he models $135.8 billion, $42.61 billion, and $2.63 per share. Those numbers are not all that different from consensus for $133.7 billion, $41.4 billion, and $2.51 this year; and $135.8 billion, $42.15 billion, and $2.61 next year.
As for T-Mobile, he gives it a $50 price target, and a "best case" price of $54, writing that the company is "well-positioned to continue taking share in the US wireless segment, driving 5% topline and 14.8% EBITDA growth CAGRs for '15-18E. At ~6x our '16E EBITDA est., shares trade at a half turn discount to Verizon and a 0.3x turn discount to AT&T in spite of T-Mobile's materially better growth prospects."
He's not counting on a buyout of TMUS, he writes:
We believe that recent M&A speculation around TMUS (including interest from DISH) highlights the value of TMUS's network and customer/marketing platform for those looking to enter the US wireless space. Combined with the fact that Deutsche Telekom (DTE-DE, NR, €15.61), is clearly a seller, we view TMUS as most likely to benefit from any wireless M&A. We'd be surprised to see any takeout at less than $40-50, with at least $15-20 in cash. That said, we believe the stock can work without a near-term M&A transaction, driven by strong organic performance.
Verizon has a "strong wireless market position" that "will allow it to continue to deliver solid results," however, "we believe that wireless competition and continued sluggishness in enterprise will limit EPS growth," he concludes.
"In our best case scenario, we see upside of 31% from current levels to $61, while our worst case scenario yields (21)% downside to $37."
And Sprint, on which he bestows a $5 target price, "remains in flux," concludes Ratcliffe, and he doesn't "have confidence that the company's marketing and network strategy will drive sufficient change in customer
trends to improve Sprint's scale and margin profile."
Following Intel's (INTC) announcement earlier today of a raft of personnel changes, Christopher Danely with Citigroup reiterates a Neutral rating on the shares, and a $32 price target, writing that the departure of Renée James, who ran the software business, is a positive, given "due to the lack of growth and low profitability of its software business under the leadership of James."
For one thing, he thinks James didn't manage the acquisition of security software vendor McAfee well:
We believe Renee James was largely responsible for spearheading Intel's confusing $7.7 billion acquisition of McAfee in 2011. The McAfee deal has been a major disappointment in our view as there are virtually no synergies between Intel's core silicon business and McAfee security software. When Intel acquired the McAfee business it generated 2010 revenue of $2.1 billion with operating margins of roughly 11%. We estimate McAfee revenues have remained roughly flat since the company was acquired, while operating margins have declined to the mid-single digit range.
For another thing, the software business overall hasn't performed, he argues:
Despite continued investments, revenues from Intel's overall software business have grown just 2.5% CAGR from $2.1 billion in 2012 to $2.2 billion in 2015. In addition, the software business has been drag on Intel's profitability, with operating margins of roughly 4.0% in C15, well below the corporate average of roughly 23.0%.
Intel shares are up 36 cents, or 1.2%, at $30.54.
Shares of online local listings and review site Yelp (YELP) are down $4.61, or 11%, at $37.83, following a story this afternoon by Bloomberg's Alex Sherman stating that the company has decided not to pursue a sale of itself despite hiring Goldman Sachs to prospect for suitors, and actually finding "several."
The article, citing multiple unnamed sources, states that it's up to CEO Jeremy Stoppelman to "change his mind" if the site is to resume talks.
First to comment this afternoon from the Street is Victor Anthony of Axiom Capital, who argues Yelp "did not find a buyer," and that actually Google (GOOGL) and Facebook (FB) and Amazon.com (AMZN) are replicating the business.
Anthony, who has a Hold rating on Yelp stock, and a $43 price target, writes that there really aren't many credible suitor prospects:
We argued several times that the list of potential acquirers of Yelp touted by investors such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Yahoo! (YHOO) were unlikely to purchase Yelp. Plus, Barry Diller of IAC/InterActiveCorp (IACI) stated publicly that he is not interested in purchasing Yelp, leaving few credible options.
He notes "Google is pushing into local businesses and encouraging them to have their customers leave reviews on Google – a direct competitive threat to Yelp. Further, Google Maps has been bolstered by the acquisition of Zagat."
As for Facebook, "Many of the same restaurants we see on Yelp are also rated on Facebook," adding "We are seeing signs that Facebook is moving in the direction of allowing a few key Yelp-like features and functionality, with the addition of the 'Book a Table Online' feature we saw on the Palm Restaurant, which is powered by OpenTable (OPEN)."
Yelp could be a good asset for Yahoo!, he writes, but "we do not see how Yelp fits into Yahoo's stated MaVeNS investment growth strategy," and moreover, the potential price tag of $4B might be a non-starter for Yahoo!
Shares of AT&T (T) are up 24 cents, or 0.7%, at $35.82, after Cowen & Co.'s Colby Synesael raised his rating on the shares to Outperform from Market Perform, and raised his price target $5 to $40, writing that the pending acquisition of DirecTV (DTV) "will prove as much strategically beneficial as it is financially which we think remains a non-consensus view."
Synesael's is one of two positive views offered today; the other comes from James Ratcliffe of Buckingham Research, who initiated coverage of AT&T with a Buy, and a $41 price target, while starting Sprint (S) and Verizon Communications (VZ) at Neutral.
The closing of the deal, expected any day now, will to some immediate synergies, which AT&T has talked about, and which are not a surprise. Here's how Synesael describes it:
Regarding the $2.5B of expected annual run-rate cost synergies, we have reflected all of them in our DTV model for simplicity as AT&T is expected to change its reporting structure post close. Of those, we estimate ~$1B are from content costs and will roll in over the next few years as contracts are renegotiated although we'd point out this just assumes AT&T reduces its content costs to that of DTV whereas it's possible that the combined company could see further reductions. The remaining ~$1.5B are from more traditional areas and should occur more quickly and in total we assume ~30% are achieved by YE16, ~70% by YE17, and ~100% by YE18.
Less well understood, writes Synesael, is how AT&T can use the DirecTV assets to create a mobile bundle that could be an advantage:
We believe AT&T is likely to create a truly TV Everywhere experience that will rely heavily on bundling its in-home video solution (U-Verse or DTV) with its mobile platform and leveraging the lower content costs that its combined scale affords. As part of this effort we expect AT&T to push hard to convert subs of DTV to AT&T Wireless (and vice versa) which we'd argue could become a meaningful source of revenue synergies. We expect this to be discussed at the company's forthcoming Analyst Day and to serve as a catalyst.
I mentioned earlier that Intel (INTC) announced its president, Renée James, will step down in January, hoping to find a CEO spot at another company.
The 8-K filing this morning, however, lists a much broader scope of change in the organization.
Along with James's departure come another of other executive departures. They include Hermann Eul, who had at one point led the company's mobile device unit. He will pursue opportunities outside Intel, the company said.
Also, Mike Bell, who had been the face of Intel's most ambitious efforts in consumer connected devices and the Internet of Things — innovations such as the Basis fitness watch and the Mica smart bracelet, will retire "later this year."
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, noting that changes can be "distracting," nevertheless avered in the filing that they are "critical," and he promised to say more on the matter in a July 15th business update meeting.
Intel shares today are up 47 cents, or 1.4%, at $30.65.
Summit Research's Srini Sundarajan today reiterates his Buy rating on Micron Technology (MU), and $34 price target, urging investors to keep the faith through the stock's current malaise, while apologizing for a somewhat painful call on his part.
Micron shares, up 53 cents, or 2.5%, at $19.31 today, are down 45% this year thus far.
Sundararajan is making some serious estimates cuts: To $16 billion in revenue and $2.70 in EPS from a prior $16.74 billion and $3.15 for this year, below consensus for $16.25 billion and $2.72.
The bigger cuts are for 2016: To $16.05 billion and $2.85 per share form a prior $19 billion and $4.64 per share.
"While we apologize for the short -term discomfort of investors who followed our bullish MU call, we continue to emphatically believe that 12-18 months from now, MU will likely be trading significantly higher," writes Sundararajan.
"We feel that those who are holding through these tough times or dollar-cost-averaging will immensely benefit and hopefully the change in the supply-demand dynamics will become clearer post Aug."
For one thing, margins can improve from here, he thinks, writing "DRAM has not bottomed yet. But, we believe that GM is likely troughing in the Aug Q and going forward GM should improve: better DRAM mix, 16nm NAND, 20nm LPDDR4 DRAM, 2016 Inotera deal, completed start-up costs, July 29 Windows 10 launch, ~Aug 1 Skylake launch."
Also, remember Micron is a buyout target, he writes:
At lowered stock prices, MU becomes a better candidate for acquisition or for an equity position either by the Chinese government determined to barge in to the DRAM space or by hyperscale customers (though our checks suggest that a hyperscale equity stake has become less likely at this moment) [...] er DRAMeXChange, the Chinese government is intent on situating a DRAM fab in China. And, per Digitimes, Wuhan is set to beat five other candidates for the DRAM fab. Wuhan fab will have access to money from National IC Industry Investment Fund, SMIC, Hubei Science and Technology Investment Group and Hua Capital. No shortage! A total of $24B will be raised for the project to make a 300kwspm capacity. What slightly favors MU? Recall that SK Hynix is in Wuxi and Samsung is in Xian, away from Wuhan. We think that the Chinese entities will either make an equity contribution or attempt an outright buy (political problems); however, there does appear to be some industry chatter that XMC is likely in discussions with Micron.
Shares of eBay (EBAY) are up 40 cents, or 0.7%, at $60.82, after the company this morning announced the intent of its PayPal unit, which is spinning out as a separate company this year, to acquire money transfer firm Xoom (XOOM) for $25 per share, or $890 million in cash, 25% above the latter's close yesterday of $20.70.
The deal has sent Xoom zooming, to $25.22.
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey's Robert Peck reiterates a Neutral rating on shares of eBay, writing that this is part of the PayPal's strategy of growth-by-acquisition:
We see synergies/ opportunity between Xoom and Venmo inside the PayPal ecosystem enabling lower cost (ACH, or debit worse-case) wallet funding (PayPal, Paydiant) and in-market and cross-border C2C and C2B transactions. This could serve to sustain relevance on the consumer side and (interrelated) preserve/lower funding cost and strengthen the value proposition on the merchant side. PayPal has noted inorganic growth as part of its strategy and we expect the company to acquire assets to further the franchise and address vulnerabilities.
R.W. Baird's Colin Sebastian, who downgraded Xoom shares to Neutral from Buy, sees this as consistent with eBay's desire to expand in international money transfers.
The important thing is Xoom's "secret sauce" of technology, he writes:
Both PayPal and Xoom have competitive advantages from fraud-detection technology underlying their respective products. While Xoom's engine was initially built using concepts borrowed from PayPal, they have since extended the functionality to peer-to-peer international remittance, and are the only pure-play company offering an instant transfer product at fraud-loss rates of less than 20 bps. During the June PayPal road show, management explicitly stated that international remittance would be an area of focus, and by combining XOOM's proprietary technology with PayPal's scale and user base, we believe these aspirations will be more quickly realized.
Sebastian opines that a competing bid could happen:
Higher bid from traditional money transfer company still plausible given a PayPal-Xoom combination presents a much greater (and better-capitalized) competitive threat.
RBC Capital's Rohit Kulkarni and Mark Mahaney today wade into the debate over online food ordering service GrubHub (GRUB), raising their rating on the shares to Outperform from Sector Perform, albeit cutting their target to $42 from $46.
The stock is 30% off its recent highs, the authors note, but it remains "the largest online food takeout and delivery marketplace with an attractive business model addressing a large market opportunity."
The positive note follows mixed commentary yesterday, with one boutique shop warning of a possible miss on revenue this quarter, but Guggenheim Securities and Raymond James defending the name.
The chief worry at the moment is about Ebtida margins, given stepped-up spending, the authors note. They think with sufficient volume, margins can expand:
In 2015, GRUB is planning to invest $10MM to expand its delivery services footprint. Coupled with recent acquisitions with "low-teens" mature EBITDA margins, the Street is now modeling a modest decline in margins Y/Y from 2014 levels. Our "fun- with-numbers" segment model implies GRUB's margins could continue to expand as long as it is able to drive marginal diner engagement leading to incremental orders comparable to its spend in delivery services (which may prove to be a conservative assumption); in other words, if GRUB generates $20MM in incremental diner spend for approximately $20MM in delivery related investments in 2016.
The authors actually model Ebitda margin expanding to 32% next year from a projected 30% this year, and to 35% in 2017.
Is the business defensible against competition? Yes, they argue:
While competition from both larger public companies and smaller VC-funded players appears to be growing, we think GrubHub will continue to be a leader because: 1) It has national scale vs. local peers, leading to efficient diner acquisition costs; 2) GrubHub's exclusive focus on its core offering likely leads to deeper, non-trivial software integration with restaurants; and 3) While online food delivery has low technical barriers to entry and low switching costs for restaurants, we think GrubHub's scale becomes a barrier for restaurants to exit.
The reason for the change in target is a change in valuation multiple to 22 times 2016 estimated EPS from a prior 24 times,
Intel (INTC) this morning announced its president Renee James will step down, effective next January, to pursue a role as a CEO at another company.
James is seeking a CEO role, the company clarified, she has not actually taken a position with another company yet. James issued a farewell letter to employees.
It's widely understood that James had been in the running for the top spot at Intel when it was instead given to Intel CEO Brian Krzanich in mid-2013, with the departure of Paul Otellini as chief.
Krzanich thanked James for her 28 years of service and her "immeasurable contributions" and "tireless efforts."
James's departure is joined by several shifts in management roles at the chip maker. The company said
The company's head of its "Communications and Devices" business, Aicha Evans, joins Intel's "Management Committee," which Intel said reflects the "importance of communication and mobility to the company's growth strategy and product portfolio."
Said Krzanich of the many changes, "We are aligning our leadership structure to continue to become more efficient in order to deliver the benefits of our strategy even faster than before."
Intel shares are up a penny in early trading at $30.19.
Cantor Fitzgerald's Youssef Squali today reiterated his Buy rating on shares of Facebook (FB), and raising his price target to $100 from $92, writing that the company stands to benefit as Internet advertising surpasses TV ad spending come 2020.
Squali also raised his estimates. For this year, he sees $17.23 billion in revenue, up from a prior estimate for $17.1 billion, and $10.639 billion in Ebitda, up from $10.47 billion. However, his EPS of $1.89, is actually a downward revision from his prior $1.97 estimate.
Spending on digital ads will top TV spend in the next five years, he writes, based on market research data:
Global Internet ad spend is expected to grow at 15% CAGR over the next few years (in line with our estimates), and overtake TV as the largest medium by 2020, according to ZenithOptimedia. Notably, the agency's 2015/2016 Internet ad spend estimates were increased by 2.3% and 2.9% from the previous report. TV's share of global ad spend peaked in 2013 at 39.4% and is expected to drop to 36.8% in 2017. Mobile is the primary growth driver for growth in Internet with a +42% 3-year CAGR. Given Facebook's massive user scale and mobile leadership, it is ideally positioned to benefit from this shift, in our view. We estimate that FB will grow revenue at 30% for the next 5 years, more than double the market average.
Moreover, ad buyers are finally starting to step up spending in a way that's more commensurate with the actual "engagement" of online users, he believes:
We expect Facebook will continue to ride the mobile wave as the ~14 percentage-point gap between media time spent on mobile (~24%, eMarketer, U.S.) and ad budgets allocated to mobile (~10%, MagnaGlobal, U.S.) closes over time. Last year, this gap was ~16 percentage points (~23% – ~7%, respectively). Taking this analysis one step further, Facebook and Instagram command more than 20% of time spent on mobile devices (comScore), which translates to ~5% of consumers' total media time (25% time spent on mobile x 20% share of mobile), far short of Facebook's ~2.5% share of ad budgets.
He also likes very much newer formats, such as video ads, and future ad products from Facebook with greater "interactivity":
Facebook showed off an immersive mobile ad format at Cannes Lions advertising festival last week. Chris Cox, Chief Product Officer, demonstrated the new unit, which allows users to interact with or manipulate an ad in a richer way vs. today's mobile ad formats. In one example, users could get a 360-degree view of a watch, which allows for closer inspection of an advertised product. We believe these highly engaging new formats should further differentiate Facebook's leading native mobile ad offering and attract more brand advertisers from traditional medium. Video surpassed 4B daily video views on the platform in 1Q, up significantly from 3B daily video views in 4Q and 1B in 3Q, according to management. While ad videos were not broken out separately, video usage is growing very rapidly on the platform, and video ads should inevitably follow. As video wins more auctions (advertisers should be willing to bid more for video ads), we expect to see upside to ad revenue per MAU over time.
Facebook shares today closed up $1.14, or 1.3%, at $86.91.
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A holographic spinner reconstructs a light spot to rapidly scan a narrow line on a suitable "write" surface to generate an image. The spinner is flexibly mounted to assume a high degree of uniformity in its perpendicularity relative to the axis of spin to minimize spot wobble. Alternatively, the spinner is itself a flexible material or floppy disk.
Method of mounting the disk on a shaft using a setting compound during spinner rotation is also disclosed.
1. A holographic scanning mechanism, including:
a rotatable shaft,
a holographic spinner having a holographic facet disposed for rotation with said shaft,
an elastically deformable member resiliently connecting said holographic spinner, at the hub thereof, to said shaft,
whereby said spinner, under the influence of centrifugal force, straightens to a condition of substantially uniform perpendicularity relative to its axis of rotation when rotating with said shaft.
2. A light spot scanning mechanism, including:
a rotatable shaft,
a hologram having a surface area bearing information for the holographic reconstruction of a spot of light when illuminated by a holographic reconstruction light beam,
said hologram being disposed for rotation with said shaft and constituting a holographic spinner,
an elastically deformable member resiliently connecting said holographic spinner, at the hub thereof, to said shaft,
whereby said spinner, under the influence of centrifugal force, straightens to a substantially perpendicular condition relative to its axis of rotation when rotating with said shaft.
This invention relates to light spot scanning, and more particularly to scanning with a spot of light generated holographically.
The primary function of a scanning system is the controlled sampling, or restoration, of information. In an optical scanning system, the information is processed either in parallel by a light beam which can simultaneously illuminate many data sites, or sequentially by a beam which, due to its size, illuminates only a single data site at a time. Interest in sequential optical scanning has expanded in recent years, primarily because of new capabilities provided by laser light. Laser scanners are capable of generating high resolution images at high scan rates. Most of the scanning systems devised to manipulate a laser beam include a galvanometer, rotating mirror, acousto-optic element, or electro-optic element as the light deflector. It was first demonstrated in 1967 that a rotating hologram can also serve as a deflector element in an image scanning system.
Laser line scanners used for imaging applications are generally required to generate a repetitive single scan line. A problem which has been encountered with multi-faceted rotating mirror line scanners is that due to the facet-to-facet nonuniformities and spinner wobble, noncollinear multiple scan lines are formed. An obvious solution to this problem is to fabricate the spinner assembly to such precise mechanical and optical tolerances that the residual error does not detract from the desired level of image quality. The expense of this approach, however, is a decided disadvantage. Holographic scanning provides an alternative by which this problem can be minimized.
In a typical arrangement for making a flat holographic spinner, a point light source serves as the object and a normally incident plane light wave as the reference beam. When a hologram thus constructed is illuminated with a plane light wave which is the inverse of the original reference beam, the hologram functions to reconstruct the original propagating wavefront which converges to form an image of the original point light source. When the holographic spinner is then rotated about the axis of the reference beam, the reconstructed image spot scans a circle in space.
It is an object of this invention to provide a holographic spinner which is essentially free from mechanical wobble during rotation.
Another object is to provide a method of fabricating a holographic spinner essentially free from mechanical wobble.
Other objects advantages and features of this invention may become apparent from the following more detailed description given in connection with the accompanying drawing.
FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a typical geometry for a holographic scanner.
FIG. 2 is an exaggerated schematic of a holographic spinner according to the prior art.
FIG. 3 is a diagramatic of the forces acting upon a spinning wheel such as the spinner of FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is a schematic of a flexible spinner mounting arrangement according to this invention.
FIG. 5 is a schematic of an alternative embodiment of this invention showing another form of mounting for a holographic spinner.
FIG. 6 is a composite photograph comparing results using prior art holographic spinners and holographic spinners according to this invention.
Referring now to FIG. 1, a holographic spinner is shown at 2 mounted for rotation on shaft 4. Holographic spinner 2 as shown here is a reflection hologram and is disposed in the path of a reconstruction light beam 6 which reflects from the face of the hologram as a reconstruction of the original interfering wavefront to which the hologram was originally exposed. Thus, at any instant, an image of the original point source is reconstructed, and the locus of this reconstructed point source as the hologram is spun on the axis 4 is a circle in space. As shown in FIG. 1, the spinner 2 can be sectioned into a plurality of "holographic facets" which are analogous to the several facets of a polygon mirror scanner. Two such sections or "facets" are shown in FIG. 1, but this is only illustrative. There can be any number of such sections, subject to other limitations such as the light level required at the reconstructed point sources. Since these several facets are generated photographically on a single flat surface their imaging characteristics can be controlled to a high degree of precision with the result that facet-to-facet differences can be virtually illuminated. With facet-to-facet uniformity achieved, the only remaining element in the system which contributes to the multiple line image problem is mechanical wobble of the spinner element. The following relates to techniques for eliminating wobble in rotating spinners.
FIG. 2 shows an exaggerated view of what occurs when a holographic spinner element is rigidly mounted so that the plane containing the holographic facets periodically wobbles. The two views in FIG. 2 illustrate how light is reflected from the hologram at two different positions of the spinner 2, 180� from each other in rotation. A prior art spinning element rigidly mounted in this fashion will maintain the same amplitude of wobble at all rotation rates until a sufficiently high rotation rate is reached where the spinner shatters or breaks loose from its mounting as a result of centrifugal force. Obviously, the reconstructed point source from such a hologram will define a wobbly circular locus in space, and a multifaceted hologram will define a plurality of wobbly circular loci in space.
The forces acting on a rotating wheel are analyzed in FIG. 3 in which a rigid wheel 12 is shown rotating on an axis 14 with respect to which wheel 12 is somewhat tilted. As a consequence of the wheel 12 being tilted, its angular momentum vector, L, does not lie along the rotor axis 14 but precesses about it. The vector F in this Figure represents the total centrifugal force acting on a unit element of the wheel. Because of the wheel tilt, the vector F has a radial and a normal component, Fr amd Fn respectively, with respect to wheel 12. The magnitude of the centrifugal force vectors are given by way of the following equations:
F = m w2 r
Fr = F Cos θ
Fn = F sin θ
Where m is the mass of a unit element, r is its radial distance from the center of rotation, w is the angular velocity of the wheel and θ is the angle between the normal to the wheel surface and the rotor axis.
As a result of the wheel symmetry, the Fr forces are in a state of equilibrium, as long as they do not exceed the strength of the material, while the Fn forces coherently add to generate a torque which is normal to the sides of the wheel. If the wheel is rigidly mounted to the rotor this torque tries to bend the wheel since its magnitude increases with radial distance. If, on the other hand, the wheel is flexibly coupled to the rotor the torque will act to make the sides of the wheel perpendicular to the rotor axis. When this occurs, the Fn vector reduces toward zero and the direction of the angular momentum vector L approaches the rotor axis.
In the present technique, the wobble in the holographic spinner 2 is significantly reduced by flexibly mounting the spinner on the rotor 4 as illustrated in FIG. 4. This figure was drawn so that the rigid metal guides 10 of the mounting assembly are depicted as having the same amount of wobble as the mounting guide 10 of FIG. 2. An elastomer member 16 is included between guide 10 and spinner 2 and elastically deforms under the influence of the Fn component of the centrifugal force and permits the spinner 2 to find its own inertial reference frame.
It is important to note that the degree of wobble correction is proportional to the angular momentum of the spinner and inversely proportional to the stiffness of the elastomer. Since Fn decreases as the wobble angle decreases the final degree of correction will strongly depend on the spinners angular momentum, the mounting arrangement and the elastomer used.
The first implementation of this mounting technique utilized rubber as the elastic material. Holographic spinners, run at 3000 RPM with this first flexible mounting arrangement, experienced a reduction in wobble by a factor of five when compared with the same spinner rigidly mounted. A higher running speed or a more flexible material in the mount would further reduce the wobble.
It is apparent that with just a rubber-like material in the mount the spinner will asymptotically approach the perpendicular position without ever reaching it. In order for the spinner to reach the perpendicular position the elastomer must deform without producing a back pressure on the spinner. One method by which this is accomplished is to have the elastomer flow so that material will be redistributed from areas of high pressure to areas of lower pressure. This type of mechanism is implemented as follows: A spinner is mounted using a material such as an epoxy resin which flows when subject to large pressure and/or high temperature. The mounted spinner is then rotated at a rate which is far above its normal operation range and the temperature increased to a level where the mounting material starts to flow. After the spinner has achieved the optimum running characteristics under these elevated conditions, the temperature and rotation rate are slowly decreased with the result that the mounting material will solidify, locking the spinner in the optimum state.
In an additional embodiment of this invention, as represented in FIG. 5, both the mount and spinner are fabricated with flexible materials, i.e. a so called floppy disk. When a floppy disk is rotated at high rates the disk is straightened out into a flat sheet by centrifugal force. The inherent high stability of such a rotating disk makes it an ideal spinner for a holographic scan system. The flatness and stability of such a disk is increased by running it very close to a stationary flat reference surface. In FIG. 5, a floppy disk 20 is mounted on a resilient mount 18 on a rotor shaft 4. A stationary flat reference surface 22 is mounted adjacent to the disk 20, and parallel to it when the disk is running.
The air in the air gap 24 between the rotating spinner 20 and the stationary surface 22 of FIG. 5 becomes very stiff as a result of kinetic energy transferred to it by the spinner. It is the stiffness of this air which forces the spinner's surface to track the reference surface 22. This stiffness can be increased by decreasing the air gap, by increasing the spinner velocity, or by increasing the air density within the gap. It may be desirable to position the spinner between two reference surfaces with an air gap on each side.
FIG. 6 is a 2� enlarged composite photograph showing the scan line widths generated by the same holographic spinner run at 3000 RPM with three generations of mounting arrangements. Part (a) of this photograph shows the scan line obtained with the spinner rigidly mounted as discussed with reference to FIG. 2 and the prior art; Part (b), the scan line achieved with the spinner run with an initial flexible mounting arrangement; and Part (c) is the scan line obtained with the spinner run with a refined flexible mounting arrangement. Parts (b) and (c) correspond to the FIG. 4 emobidment of this invention. The refined system produces a scan line which is 165 u wide (2.5 spot diameters), as compared with the 1mm wide lines generated by the spinner rigidly mounted.
Holographic scanners utilizing either rigid spinners in flexible mounts as shown in FIG. 4 or floppy disk spinners as shown in FIG. 5 achieve very high levels of performance while still being relatively inexpensive devices to manufacture. The flexible mounting technique disclosed here could also be used to reduce the wobble in a polygonal or multi-faceted mirror scanner.
The foregoing description of an embodiment of this invention is given by way of illustration and not of limitation. The concept and scope of the invention are limited only by the following claims and equivalents thereof which may occur to others skilled in the art.
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LONDON -- A decision on Desiree Davila's participation in the Olympic women's marathon could be known as early as Saturday.
Davila, the U.S. Olympic trials runner-up from Rochester Hills, has been struggling with a right hip flexor tendon injury. The runner arrived in London on Thursday and plans to march with Team USA in tonight's Opening Ceremonies, said Keith Hanson, who coaches Davila at the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project.
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We see, for example, how obsessed Roosevelt was with the redesign of the nation's coinage. On January 6, 1906, he wrote to Saint-Gaudens:
"I have seen [Treasury Secretary] Shaw about the coinage and told him that it was my pet baby. We will try it anyway, so you go ahead. Shaw was really very nice about it. Of course, he thinks I am a crack-brained lunatic on the subject ... ."
Similarly, Saint-Gaudens' devotion to the project, particularly to making objets d'art, is evident in his letters to the president. On May 28, 1906, he wrote:
"I have sent a practical man to Washington to obtain all the details necessary for the carrying out of our scheme, but if you succeed in getting the best of the polite Mr. Barber down there, or the others in charge, you will have done a greater work than putting through the Panama Canal. Nevertheless, I shall stick at it, even until death."
Sadly, Augustus Saint-Gaudens passed away on August 3, 1907, before he ever saw his coins in circulation. Roosevelt did not let the project die with the great artist, and numismatists can be grateful that he ordered the 1907 High Relief twenties to be coined, despite the Mint's objections. Recent research indicates that 12,367 pieces were struck. These coins are among the most beloved in all of numismatics.
The present example is a magnificent Gem that lives up to the high aspirations of the president and the artist. The striking details are sharply impressed, except for some characteristic weakness on the reverse sun. The deep green-gold surfaces are awash with satiny mint luster. No mentionable distractions are evident on either side. Overall visual appeal is outstanding.(Registry values: N7079) (NGC ID# 26F2, PCGS# 9135)
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