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Facebook's photo sharing service, Instagram is reported to have signed a global advertising agreement with Omnicom that is said to be worth anything from US$40 to USD100 million.
Omnicom is a major advertising agency with a slew of high profile brands.
The deal is thought to be the first that Instagram has signed with an outside agency as it seeks to ramp up its advertising income.
Instagram only started displaying adverts last November as Facebook started to seek ways of justifying the $1 billion price it paid for the photo sharing service.
However, details about the latest deal are scarce as neither company has said little beyond confirming that an agreement of some sort has been signed.
"This doesn't change our advertising strategy moving forward -- people will continue to see a limited number of beautiful, high-quality photos and videos from select brands who already have a strong presence on Instagram," said Jim Squires, director of market operations for Instagram, in a statement. "Our teams are going to work hand in hand to develop and execute campaigns that provide people with amazing imagery. This is an exciting new chapter and we're looking forward to the great creative content that comes out of this partnership."
Instagram is working with a "very limited number of long-term partners," the companies said.
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F4Q2010 Earnings Call Transcript
November 9, 2010 5:00 pm ET
Gerry Perkel – President & CEO
Scott Hildebrandt – VP & CFO
Jim Ricchiuti – Needham & Co.
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I'll now like to turn the conference over to your host for today, Mr. Gerry Perkel, President and CEO. Sir, please proceed.
Gerry Perkel
Good afternoon and thank you for joining you for Planar's fourth quarter earnings conference call. With me this afternoon is Scott Hildebrandt, Planar's Chief Financial Officer.
Before I begin, I do need to say that the press release we issued today contain forward-looking statements. On this conference call, we will comment on our strategic business and financial outlook, and make other forward-looking statements based on our current expectations, estimates, assumptions and projections. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "sees," "estimates" and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements.
All forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. I refer you to the press release we issued earlier today, and our periodic filings with the SEC for a description of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results described in the forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements we make today speak only as of today and we do not undertake any obligation to update any such statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after today.
With that behind us let me say that we are very pleased with our financial results this quarter as we were able to grow both revenue and profits compared to last year and exceed our expectations.
In addition, we were able to increase our cash position since the end of last fiscal year, while continuing to drive focused investments in product development, sales and marketing to better position the company for growth moving forward.
As we announced in our press release earlier today, we were able to deliver revenues of $48.2 million, representing growth of 8% sequentially and 7% when compared to the fourth quarter a year ago.
Our custom and embedded products had a very strong quarter with sales over $18 million, representing year-on-year growth of approximately 17%.
For fiscal year 2010, we captured 20 new design wins in our custom and embedded end-market products, the significant growth over the previous year.
Our IT display products also experienced strong performance with 15% year-on-year growth. We continue to see opportunity to improve our IT display revenues going forward and in particular look to enhance our touch monitor products and distribution capability.
In our high-end home market, we continue to find some challenging market conditions. Sales for these products fell 23% compared to the fourth quarter a year ago, as macroeconomic conditions continue to negatively impact our sales.
However, we have announced a number of new products that have received positive responses over the past several months, most notably, our new 3D home projector product offering.
Our video wall products showed continued improvement with 11% sequential growth. We began shipping our new LED-based rear projection cubes in the fourth quarter and see opportunity to drive further growth with these products going forward.
In addition, growth is anticipated with our super narrow bezel LCD video wall systems for use in digital signage and control room applications as we look into fiscal 2011.
With that, let me turn the call over to Scott to discuss our financial performance in a bit more detail.
Scott Hildebrandt
Thanks, Gerry, and let me start with the income statement. As you are aware, we reported GAAP income per share of $0.06 and non-GAAP income per share of $0.07 earlier today for our fourth quarter of fiscal 2010.
Non-GAAP results exclude non-cash GAAP items such as intangibles amortization expense, foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from foreign-based translation of U.S. denominated assets, share-based compensation expense and some other tax items. A reconciliation of all these items are included in the supplementary tables within our press release.
Regarding our non-GAAP results, gross margin as a percent of sales decreased slightly to 26.6% compared to the fourth quarter of 2009. The decrease in gross margin percentage was primarily due to a less than favorable product market mix resulting from higher sales of lower margin desktop monitors and lower sales of higher margin command and control room rear projection cubes used in video wall applications, partially offset by reductions in overall labor and overhead spending.
Non-GAAP operating expenses for the fourth quarter of 2010 were roughly flat with the same period a year ago. Increases in research and development to fund some growth initiatives were offset by a lower overall spending in sales and marketing, as well as general and administrative areas.
Our non-GAAP effective tax rate was approximately 10% for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010. As we discussed previously, we expect to have an effective tax rate of 10% in quarters where we have a non-GAAP profit before tax, and 37.5% in quarters where we report a non-GAAP tax loss.
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ALTHOUGH Reconstruction occupied a large place in the columns of the press and the speeches of political orators, Grant was correct in his estimate that problems of finance demanded the first attention of his Administration. "Our purchases of bonds," said Secretary Cox, "have been barely sufficient to keep the money market from being strung up to the snapping point during the early part of the year. . . . When the departure of currency to the West for the moving of crops fairly sets in, it will be strange if we don't hear signs of distress in Wall Street, and I fear they won't wait for the fall elections."1 During the summer Grant held frequent Cabinet meetings to consider the matter, but agreed on no policy to be followed in the event of a crisis. Boutwell continued to sell gold and buy bonds for the sinking fund, and Grant, though much interested in the financial situation, continued his policy of allowing the Secretary a free hand.
Though Boutwell's policy of purchasing bonds at a premium met the hearty approval of those who had bonds for sale, and caused Horace Greeley to point with partisan pride to the mounting figures of debt reduction, the commendation was by no means universal. Democratic leaders criticized a policy which enriched bondholders at the expense of the nation. Jay Cooke, too, opposed the public sales and deplored the Secretary's lack of aggressiveness, while importers, desiring a lower premium on gold, wanted the sales of gold increased. On Wall Street, speculative bulls and bears desired respectively a diminution and an increase of Treasury sales. Despite these differences, all classes from gold speculators to Republican politicians were united in one desire-- to know what Boutwell's intentions might be. Among the Wall Street operators, none were more anxious to determine the government's intentions than James Fisk, Jr., and Jay Gould. The partnership of these two, men widely different in personal characteristics, is convincing evidence that economies as well as politics makes strange bed-fellows. Jim Fisk, a newcomer to Wall Street, had begun his meteoric career as a pedlar in rural New England. In a____________________


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Steven D. Burt concentrates on litigation and regulatory issues associated with consumer financial services. Mr. Burt has represented clients in the financial services and mortgage banking industries in numerous cases involving lending-related issues at both the state and federal levels. He has advised financial institutions on inquiries from government entities and, regularly advises clients on the development and revision of policies and procedures and compliance protocols. He has extensive experience advising financial-institution clients on issues associated with consumer protection laws.
Mr. Burt's work includes successfully representing CitiMortgage, Inc., and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., in a series of state and federal cases challenging the legal consequences of pooling and securitizing promissory notes (e.g., Commonwealth Property Advocates, LLC v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. and CitiMortgage, Inc., et al., 2011 UT App 232).
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Mr. Burt is committed to, and has participated in, the pro bono representation of those with limited access to legal representation. In 2011, he received the Distinguished Pro Bono Attorney award from Utah Legal Services, the Utah State Bar, the Pro Bono Initiative, and the S. J. Quinney College of Law for exceptional pro bono work. He has also been honored by the Legal Services Corporation for his involvement in a pro bono matter.
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American Bar Association
Utah State Bar Association
Salt Lake County Bar Association
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Mountain States Super Lawyers, Business Litigation, Banking, 2012-2014
Co-author, "FTC Emphasizes 'Aggressive Enforcement' and 'Vigorous Education' on Military Consumer Protection Issues," Ballard Spahr alert, November 26, 2013
"Attention: Oregon – Borrowers and Lenders Alike Following MERS Rulings Closely," HousingWire, February 2013
Co-author, "Fifth Circuit Allows Defendants To Remove Mississippi Attorney General Lawsuit to Federal Court," Ballard Spahr alert, November 28, 2012
Co-author, "Mortgage Securitization No Bar to Foreclosure, 10th Circuit Holds," Ballard Spahr alert, February 8, 2012
Co-author, "Troubleshooting Credit Card Data Policies," Law360, February 8, 2012
Co-author, "Lender's Use of Photocopied Note OK'd by Utah Court," Ballard Spahr alert, January 26, 2012
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"Unfair Deceptive Abusive Acts or Practices," Utah State Bar Association Summer Convention, July 30, 2015
"CFPB: In Focus — Mortgage Rules," Ballard Spahr program, September 16, 2014
"CFPB in Focus – Debt Collection," Ballard Spahr presentation, Salt Lake City, April 28, 2014
"More Bang for the Client's Buck – Delegation of Work to Paralegals and Staff to Improve Work Product, Client Satisfaction, and Grow a Firm," Utah State Bar Spring Convention, March 15, 2014
Co-presenter, "An Introduction to Federal and Utah Consumer Financial Services Laws For Companies and Individuals Contemplating Offering Seller Financing," Utah State Bar, Real Property Section, November 13, 2013
Presenter, "Recent Developments in Mortgage Law," RMA-Ballard Spahr Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Audio Conference, October 3, 2013
Community Activities
United Way of Salt Lake Young Leaders
Board Memberships
And Justice for All – Emerging Legal Leaders Board, Chair-elect and founding member of legal services board
Young Alumni Association of the University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, Immediate Past President
University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law (J.D. 2007) Note and Comment Editor, Journal of Law & Family Studies; President, Student Bar Association
Brigham Young University (B.A. 2003)
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SAVANNAH, Ga. — Paula Deen announced Thursday that she has cut business ties with the agent who helped make her a Food Network star and launch a media and merchandising empire that has largely crumbled in the wake of her admission that she used racial slurs in the past.
Deen had worked with New York agent Barry Weiner for more than a decade. She has said he was instrumental in getting her show "Paula's Home Cooking" on the Food Network in 2002. She gave no reason for her parting with Weiner in a prepared statement.
"Paula Deen has separated from her agent," Deen's spokeswoman, Elana Weiss, said in an email Thursday. "She and her family thank him for the tireless effort and dedication over the many years."
Deen's breakup with one of her key partners comes after a turbulent two weeks that have left the celebrity chef's network of business deals in shambles. It all started within days of the public disclosure of a legal deposition in which Deen admitted under oath to having used the N-word.
The Food Network passed on renewing Deen's contract and yanked her shows off the air. Smithfield Foods, the pork producer that paid Deen as a celebrity endorser, dropped her soon after. Retailers including Wal-Mart and Target said they'll no longer sell Deen's products and publisher Ballantine scuttled plans for her upcoming cookbook even though it was the No. 1 seller on Amazon. Even the diabetes drug company that made the much-criticized deal to hire Deen as a paid spokeswoman dumped her.
Weiner worked to turn Deen into a comfort-food queen since she was little more than a Savannah restaurant owner and self-publisher of cookbooks who earned raves for her fried chicken.
In her book "Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin,'" Deen recalled meeting Weiner through TV producer Gordon Elliott, who was convinced they could turn her into a star.
"Barry and Gordon felt like there was a show somewhere inside this Paula character that could be very successful," Deen wrote. "They probably courted Food Network for two years trying to push me at them."
Deen also noted in her book: "Barry is affectionately known in my family as Barry Cuda. Perfect name for an agent."
Deen's business deals began falling apart after she was questioned under oath in May as part of a civil lawsuit filed last year by Lisa Jackson, a former manager of Uncle Bubba's Seafood and Oyster House, which Deen co-owns with her brother, Bubba Hiers. Jackson says she was sexually harassed and worked in an environment rife with racial slurs and innuendo.
Ultimately it was Deen's own words that proved damaging. Asked in her deposition if she had ever used the N-word, she replied: "Yes, of course." That she also insisted "it's been a very long time" seemed to matter little to the companies paying to use her name and image with their products. Neither were they swayed by Deen's apologies in online videos and in person with the "Today" show's Matt Lauer.
Forbes magazine last year ranked Deen as the fourth-highest-earning celebrity chef last year, figuring she had hauled in $17 million. Her company Paula Deen Enterprises generates total annual revenue of nearly $100 million, according to Burt Flickinger III, president of retail consultancy Strategic Resource Group.
Deen cast no blame in her statement announcing her split with Weiner. It ended by saying, "Paula wishes him well in all future endeavors."
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In the rapidly developing world of digital media, two things are certain.
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Now, The Times-Tribune offers a new outlet for you to get more coverage of your local high school sports teams as well as engage with our team of reporters.
Today, the newspaper launches its High School Sports Blog, where you will find everything from live blogging for postseasons and previews, to live chats and profiles on local teams and players.
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Published by Activision, Developed by Activision
Genres: FPS / Shooting (8 players)
US release date: Nov 2nd, 2010 | EU release date: Nov 5th, 2010
Designed exclusively for Wii, GoldenEye 007 allows players to channel Daniel Craig's lethal and gritty James Bond in an innovative, modern take on the legendary Bond adventure, GoldenEye.
Blending fast-paced first-person shooter (FPS) action with covert gameplay, GoldenEye 007 epitomizes the modern "thinking man's shooter" by offering varied ways to complete each mission, destructible environments, the use of cover and multiple control scheme options, including the Wii Remote, Nunchuk, Classic Controller Pro and the Wii Zapper. GoldenEye 007 redefines the multiplayer experience on Wii with unprecedented split-screen action featuring classic Bond characters and special game modes, as well as online play for up eight friends.
Wii Exclusive - The original GoldenEye for the Nintendo 64 redefined the FPS genre, making it a best-selling title on one of the most popular platforms. As a Wii exclusive, the new GoldenEye 007 gaming experience will reflect modern technology advancements, while channeling nostalgia for fans of the franchise.
Split-Screen Multiplayer / Classic Bond Characters - GoldenEye 007 features an unprecedented lineup of four-player split-screen MP options, including 40 total characters, 8 classic Bond characters, 5 maps, 3 standard modes and 16 special modifiers that allow gamers to create over 500 different game combinations. GoldenEye 007 also features online multiplayer for up to 8 players designed for seasoned FPS online gamers with unique modes and a robust XP system for unlockables and achievements.
Choose the Way you Play - In addition to the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, GoldenEye 007 also supports the Classic Controller Pro for gamers who want to play with standard FPS controls and the Wii Zapper for "point and shoot" gamers; players will have several control scheme options, allowing them to experience GoldenEye on Wii any way they want.
GoldenEye 007 has no review on Wii's World.
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Can't wait until this game comes out, going to be awesome.
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Biggest GoldenEye Fan Ever! Can't wait for this to come out.
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It's going to be like the n64 port but with better graphics, better sound and better everything. Can't wait.
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When is it coming out.
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It's sooo good. I recommend it to any goldeneye fan.
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This game is sick, I'm level 56. I got it a few days ago.
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Toscani's Cafe Bar & Restaurant Italian & Mediterranean Cuisine is open 7 days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
It is centrally located in the Cavill Mall which is at the heart of Surfers Paradise.
Favorite Dish: The caramel swirl cheesecake was very rich but a perfect treat with a long, strong black coffee.
Address: Cavill Mall, Surfer's Paradise
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If you find that you are truly "in love" with a house that has an accepted offer on it - and you wish to make an offer - DON'T LOW-BALL!!! If a house has an accepted offer, a low-ball offer will get you no where. I'm not suggesting you overpay either. If this is a house you truly want and are planning to be in for more than a couple of years - make you BEST OFFER. If you don't get it - at least you will know that you gave the best offer you could.
You asked another question about a NJ property. Does this question pertain to NJ? If so, we have here the automatic attorney review period for residential contracts when real estate licensees complete the standard real estate contract forms. In NJ, a contract is not binding until the conclusion of attorney reveiw or the time allowed for attorney review expires. During attorney review, some sellers choose to show property and others determine they will cease showing their property. The seller decides this.
If there is a verbal agreement, it could also mean that a written offer was delivered, followed by verbal counteroffers, and the actual final contract has not been intialed with all the changes, even though the parties reached agreement.
Few Realtors in this area are willing to present a verbal offer, let alone come to agreement without a written offer. We are not obligated to present verbal offers (we are obligated to present written offers), and many agents decline to do so.
The seller is not obligated to sell to a buyer when only a verbal agreement has been reached. In fact, in New Jersey, even after signing of both buyer and seller, the contract can be voided by an attorney during the review period. Some sellers will continue to show; others not. Some sellers show for back-up only; other sellers shop the offer, using the agreement in hand as a negotiating tool.
The Realtor who explained it has a verbal agreement is simply providing full disclosure. You might want to ask if the purpose for showing is back up only or if the seller will seriously consider accepting your offer, if you made one, in lieu of the one in hand that is not signed.
Same as the other two agents, a Verbal Agreement is NOT binding in California, so a house can still be shown.
However, from your previous question, are you interested in NJ rule? If not, which state? The right agent can give you the correct answer.
Either way, even with a binding contract, it still does not prevent a seller from showing his/her house to interested parties. The contract can fall out and they might want to get a back up offers.
The sellers just can't take another primary offer. Some of the sellers don't like to be put in the fish bowl, then they will ask their Realtor not to show the house while there is a contract on the house; but legally, the house can be shown even with a binding contract. .
Hope this helps.
Verbal Offers to purchase are not legal in my state (SC) and probably not in yours either. So until an offer is made in writing and accepted in writing by the Seller, the property can still be shown.


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Dressed in a spotless Marine Corps uniform, Chief Warrant Officer Anthony Reiter looked impenetrable as he saluted military veterans waving from a procession of military Jeeps and other vehicles along Vancouver's historic Officers Row.
Beneath that facade, the 42-year-old Vancouver resident, who is a career military officer, said he was remembering some friends he lost during his tours in Iraq and wishing they could be alive to receive the thanks and well wishes of the thousands of people who turned out Saturday for the 26th annual Lough Legacy Veterans Parade at Fort Vancouver.
"It kind of makes it all worthwhile," Reiter said of the parade. "When we're on bases, we don't get that (show of thanks) from the public. We don't know how much support there is. To see support like this makes me feel my contribution and sacrifice are worth it. It helps us remember what we're doing it for and to teach the next generation."
Attendees braved temperatures in the lower 40s, bundled up in coats, scarves, gloves and hats, to pay tribute to the area's veterans. They were rewarded with smiles, waves and heroic stories from the area's veterans, and a spectacular view of the Fort Vancouver National Site and Officers Row bedecked in autumn colors: orange and yellow leaves and dissipating fog contrasted against the deep dark green of old evergreen trees, all set to music by military and high school bands and screaming jets painted in red, white and blue.
The cold autumn air felt a little chillier as a procession of families carried banners showing photographs of children, siblings and spouses who died in service to their country. Categorically, the faces were young, their futures unrealized.
The display of ultimate sacrifice hit home for Portland resident Debbie Magel. Magel's son, 23, is stationed in Pearl Harbor but could be deployed at any time.
"It is quite sobering," Magel said. "It makes you appreciate the costs people have paid for our country."
Some veterans remembered how close they were to being among those young faces.
Dale Bowlin of Vancouver reflected on the irony that he would have lost his life on a French battlefield in World War II had he not been captured as a POW and given medical care for a severed artery by the Germans.
"I carry a souvenir," Bowlin said, lifting a pant leg to reveal a steel artificial leg.
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Photoacoustic (PA) infrared spectroscopy enables the characterization of a wide variety of materials, affording the spectroscopist several advantages over more traditional infrared methods. While PA spectra are readily acquired using commercial instrumentation, the quality of the data can be improved substantially through the use of specialized numerical and experimental procedures. Two of these methods are the subject of this review. Specifically, this article describes (a) linearization of PA infrared spectra, a calculation that incorporates phase and amplitude information to extend the range of linearity for strongly absorbing samples, and (b) lock-in and digital signal-recovery procedures in step-scan phase-modulation PA infrared spectroscopy. Linearization yields significant improvement in band definition, especially in the low-wavenumber region. This numerical method succeeds in situations where the PA phase of the sample is less than that of the reference (carbon black). When this criterion is not met initially, the sample or reference interferograms can be manipulated prior to the calculation. The steps involved in linearization are illustrated in detail and approximations are discussed. Lock-in demodulation of the step-scan phase-modulation signal is compared to digital (software) demodulation in this study; the lock-in technique is found to be superior in several cases. The imaginary interferograms in these experiments sometimes lack a strong central feature, a situation that necessitates the application of less commonly used methods for phase correction and spectrum calculation. These methods, which are available in commercial software, include two-quadrant and stored-phase corrections. The PA phase spectrum resembles amplitude and absorption spectra when real and imaginary PA spectra are correctly calculated.
Invited Article: Linearization and signal recovery in photoacoustic infrared spectroscopy78(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2735447View Description Hide Description
Photoacoustic (PA) infrared spectroscopy enables the characterization of a wide variety of materials, affording the spectroscopist several advantages over more traditional infrared methods. While PA spectra are readily acquired using commercial instrumentation, the quality of the data can be improved substantially through the use of specialized numerical and experimental procedures. Two of these methods are the subject of this review. Specifically, this article describes (a) linearization of PA infrared spectra, a calculation that incorporates phase and amplitude information to extend the range of linearity for strongly absorbing samples, and (b) lock-in and digital signal-recovery procedures in step-scan phase-modulation PA infrared spectroscopy. Linearization yields significant improvement in band definition, especially in the low-wavenumber region. This numerical method succeeds in situations where the PA phase of the sample is less than that of the reference (carbon black). When this criterion is not met initially, the sample or reference interferograms can be manipulated prior to the calculation. The steps involved in linearization are illustrated in detail and approximations are discussed. Lock-in demodulation of the step-scan phase-modulation signal is compared to digital (software) demodulation in this study; the lock-in technique is found to be superior in several cases. The imaginary interferograms in these experiments sometimes lack a strong central feature, a situation that necessitates the application of less commonly used methods for phase correction and spectrum calculation. These methods, which are available in commercial software, include two-quadrant and stored-phase corrections. The PA phase spectrum resembles amplitude and absorption spectra when real and imaginary PA spectra are correctly calculated.
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Design and performance of a curved-crystal x-ray emission spectrometer78(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2735933View Description Hide Description
A curved-crystal x-ray emission spectrometer has been designed and built to measure x-ray fluorescence resulting from a core-level excitation of gas phase species. The spectrometer can rotate 180°, allowing detection of emitted x rays with variable polarization angles, and is capable of collecting spectra over a wide energy range ( wide with resolution at the Cl edge) simultaneously. In addition, the entire experimental chamber can be rotated about the incident-radiation axis by nearly 360° while maintaining vacuum, permitting measurements of angular distributions of emitted x rays.
Low-noise rotating sample holder for ultrafast transient spectroscopy at cryogenic temperatures78(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2735557View Description Hide Description
We present the design and testing of a rotating device that fits within a commercial helium cryostat and is capable of providing at a fresh sample surface for subsequent shots of a amplified pulsed laser. We benchmark this rotator in a transient-absorption experiment on molecular switches. After showing that the device introduces only a small amount of additional noise, we demonstrate how the effect of signal degradation due to high fluence is completely resolved.
Fully automated time domain spectrometer for the absorption and scattering characterization of diffusive media78(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2735567View Description Hide Description
We describe a system for absorption and scattering spectroscopy of diffusive media based on time-resolved reflectance and transmittance measurements. The system is operated with mode-locked lasers tunable in the spectral range and on a detection chain based on time-correlated single-photon counting. All measurement procedures such as laser tuning and optimization, signal conditioning, data acquisition, and analysis are completely automated, permitting spectralmeasurements over the whole range in a few minutes. The criticalities of the system are discussed together with the strategies to compensate them. The Medphot protocol devised for the characterization of photon migration instruments was applied to assess the system performances in terms of accuracy, linearity, noise, stability, and reproducibility. Finally, an example of application of the instrument to the spectroscopy of powders is presented.
Closed-loop wavelength stabilization of an optical parametric oscillator as a front end of a high-power iodine laser chain78(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2740473View Description Hide Description
We present a complex stabilization and control system for a commercially available optical parametric oscillator. The system is able to stabilize the oscillator's output wavelength at a narrow spectral line of atomic iodine with subpicometer precision, allowing utilization of this solid-state parametric oscillator as a front end of a high-power photodissociation laser chain formed by iodine gas amplifiers. In such setup, a precise wavelength matching between the front end and the amplifier chain is necessary due to extremely narrow spectral lines of the gaseous iodine . The system is based on a personal computer, a heated iodine cell, and a few other low-cost components. It automatically identifies the proper peak within the iodine absorptionspectrum, and then keeps the oscillator tuned to this peak with high precision and reliability. The use of the solid-stateoscillator as the front end allows us to use the whole iodine laser system as a pump laser for the optical parametric chirped pulse amplification, as it enables precise time synchronization with a signal Ti:sapphire laser.
Experimental technique using FTIR to estimate IR optical properties at variable temperatures: Application to PMDA-ODA polyimide thin films from78(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2736337View Description Hide Description
An experimental technique is presented to measure reflectance at high sample temperature with respect to room temperature in the infrared using Fourier transform infrared fitted with a reflectometer. Sample temperature artifacts are accounted for by sequential measurements taken with the lamp source on and with the lamp source off. The sequential measurements are shown mathematically to correct for the modulation of sample and detector thermal emissions. Further, the technique is applied to a polyimide (PMDA-ODA) film on a layer of gold deposited on a thermally oxidized Si wafer. It is shown that the optical properties (index of refraction and extinction coefficient) remain relatively constant with temperature (from room temperature to ) in the spectral region. The significant changes that occur with temperature are the change in thickness of the film and also the spectral properties in the region. Also, by using a Lorentzoscillator model, it is shown that this method is able to discern that spectral features corresponding to the OH stretching bands at 3630 and show significant variation with increasing temperature.
All fiber based multispeckle modality endoscopic system for imaging medical cavities78(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2737772View Description Hide Description
Disease detection in body cavities, such as the detection of abnormal growths in the colon path, has been illustrated here using an image fiber guided catheter based multispeckle modality endoscopic system. An all fiber-optic approach for the illumination and imaging of the inner cavity walls is adopted here. An endoscope probe to carry the illumination fibers as well as the imaging lens–image fiber unit is designed and custom fabricated in order to operate the probe in its various direction sensitive configurations. This is facilitated by the selection of suitable optical elements such as beam combiner and biprism at the probe proximal end. Experimental investigations were carried out using the endoscope system employing phantom model of colon as the test specimen that has normal and abnormal (representing growth) regions and the obtained results indicated the system effectiveness in identifying the abnormal growths at an early stage.
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Characterization of plasma parameters, first beam results, and status of electron cyclotron resonance source78(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2735629View Description Hide Description
Electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) plasma source at , proton current has been designed, fabricated, and assembled. Its plasma study has been done. Plasmachamber was excited with of microwave power at , along with nitrogen and hydrogen gases. Microwave power was fed to the plasmachamber through waveguide. Plasma density and electron temperature were studied under various operating conditions, such as magnetic field, gas pressure, and transversal distance. Langmuir probe was used for plasma characterization using current-voltage variation. The nitrogen plasma density calculated was approximately , and electron temperatures of (cold) and (hot) were obtained. The total ion beam current of was extracted, with two-electrode extraction geometry, at beam energy. The optimization of the source is under progress to extract proton beam current at beam energy, using three-electrode extraction geometry. This source will be used as an injector to continuous wave radio frequency quadrupole, a part of proton linac. The required root-mean-square normalized beam emittance is less than . This article presents the study of plasma parameters, first beam results, and status of ECR protonsource.
36-segmented high magnetic field hexapole magnets for electron cyclotron resonance ion source78(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2740147View Description Hide Description
Two high magnetic field hexapoles for electron cyclotron resonance ion source (ECRIS) have successfully fabricated to provide sufficient radial magnetic confinement to the ECR plasma. The highest magnetic field at the inner pole tip of one of the magnets exceeds , with the inner diameter . The other hexapole magnet provides more than magnetic field at the inner pole tip, and the i.d. is . In this article, we discuss the necessity to have a good radial magnetic field confinement and the importance of a Halbach hexapole to a high performance ECRIS. The way to design a high magnetic field Halbach structure hexapole and one possible solution to the self-demagnetization problem are both discussed. Based on the above discussions, two high magnetic field hexapoles have been fabricated to be utilized on two high performance ECRISs in Lanzhou. The preliminary results obtained from the two ECR ion sources are given.
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Characterization of a heat flux sensor using short pulse laser calibration78(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2736388View Description Hide Description
A method to calibrate classical heat flux sensors is presented. The classical approach to measure the temperature inside a known material by using a thermocouple fails when the measurement time is very short. In this work the surface heat flux is determined by solving the inverse heat conduction problem using a noninteger identified system as a direct model for the estimation process. Using short pulse laser calibrationmeasurements the crucial design aspects of the sensor that play a significant role when assuming one-dimensional, semi-infinite heat transfer have been accounted for. The theoretical approach as well as the calibration results are presented and comparisons to the classical approach and results from finite element modeling are shown. It is concluded that the new method ameliorate the heat flux sensor significantly and extend its application to very short measurement times.
Magnetically driven filament probe78(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2735942View Description Hide Description
A radially movable probe has been developed for studies of filamentary transport in ASDEX Upgrade during edge localized modes (ELMs) by means of Langmuir tips and magnetic pickup coils. The probe is permanently installed at the low field side in the ASDEX Upgrade vacuum vessel and is not subject to limitations in probe size, as, for example, probes on a shared manipulator are. The probe is moved by a magnetic drive, which allows for easy installation in the vessel, and has moderate machine requirements, as it will only require an electric feedthrough and an external power supply. The drive gives a linear motion with a radial range of within , where range and velocity can be largely scaled according to experimental requirements. The probe has been installed in the outer midplane of the ASDEX Upgrade vessel, where ELM filaments are expected to have their maximum amplitude. Filaments are coherent substructures within an ELM, carrying a fraction of the ELM released energy towards the wall. The new probe allows to measure the structure of these filaments, in particular, parameters such as filament rotation (by time delay measurements) and size (by peak width analysis). Activating the drive moves the probe from a safe position behind the limiter to a position in front of the limiters, i.e., exposes the Langmuir pins to the scrape-off layer plasma.
Characterization of the diffraction properties of quantum-dot-array diffraction grating78(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2737775View Description Hide Description
A new dispersive element named as quantum-dot-array diffraction grating [L. F. Cao, China patent No. 200410081499 (August 10, 2004)] for visible light has been developed and characterized experimentally. A large number of quantum dots distributed on a substrate as sinusoidal function can be used to diffract x rays without higher-order diffraction. The experimental patterns show that the higher-order diffractions which inevitably exist in the spectrum recorded using traditional diffraction gratings can be eliminated effectively by this newly designed element. It indicates that quantum-dot-array diffraction grating could be an attractive alternative of presently used diffraction grating in soft x-ray spectroscopy application to get rid of the higher-order diffraction distortions.
Neutral particle analyzer measurements on the SSPX spheromak78(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2737756View Description Hide Description
A neutral particle analyzer is used to measure the time-resolved energy spectrum of neutral hydrogen leaving a spheromakplasma. A gas cell filled with of helium is used to strip electrons from incoming neutral hydrogen, lowering the minimum detectable energy well below that obtained with thin foils. Effective neutral particle temperature is calculated by fitting a Maxwellian energy distribution to the measured energy spectrum above and below . A computational model with approximated profiles of plasma density and neutral density is used with the measured neutral hydrogen flux to estimate the ion temperature.Measurement of the power flux due to neutral hydrogen emitted at the measurement location is extended to the whole plasma surface to estimate the total charge exchange power loss from the plasma. The initial results indicate that the charge exchange power loss represents only 2% of the total input gun power during the sustainment phase of the discharge.
Spatiotemporal temperature fluctuation measurements by means of a fast swept Langmuir probe array78(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2740785View Description Hide Description
Stationary Langmuir probe measurements of ion saturation current and floating potential in a plasma cannot give direct information on density and plasma potential fluctuations in the presence of temperature fluctuations. This problem can be avoided if the probe bias voltage is continuously swept faster than the fluctuation time scale, recording the current-voltage characteristic. This article reports the development of a spatiotemporal highly resolving Langmuir probe array with 15 fast swept tips, operating in the strongly magnetized, collisionless edge plasma of the Wendelstein 7-AS stellarator [Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion31, 1579 (1989)]. The probe tips are aligned in the poloidal direction, the tip spacing is , and the sweeping frequency is . Current and voltage data are sampled with . The high bandwidth of the measurement is achieved by placing miniaturized differential amplifiers close to the probe tips in order to do an impedance transform. The surface-mounting technology and an additional inverse feedback module are utilized, allowing for an input voltage range of , and a common mode rejection rate of at , which is sufficient to resolve the nonlinear probe characteristic. For the evaluation of the data, a fit model for stationary probes is employed and found adequate. Changes of the plasma parameters during one voltage sweep are taken into account by a linear interpolation of the fit parameters. Spatio-temporal fluctuation data gained by a fast swept Langmuir probe array, which can be relevant for the turbulent radial transport of particles and energy, are presented.
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Direct quantitative tomographic reconstruction for weakly absorbing homogeneous phase objects78(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2735583View Description Hide Description
We examine a direct filtered back projection approach that is suitable for the reconstruction of weakly absorbing homogeneous phase objects. Like recent similar approaches this method needs only one intensity image in each projection without the requirement for an intermediate step of phase retrieval. We tested the method using simulation and experimental results. Simulation results show good quantitative reconstruction which includes the correct refractive index value and distribution of the sample. However, experimental result still indicates the presence of artifacts.
Atomic force microscope nanolithography of polymethylmethacrylate polymer78(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2736311View Description Hide Description
We describe a nanolithography process for a polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) surface using scanning contact atomic force microscopy. Parallel furrows were scribed with a pyramidal silicon tip using the same scan mechanism as used to image samples. The PMMA was first electron beam irradiated using a scanning electron microscope and developed. The topography formed is reproducible and predictable. Material from the region where the tip scribes is moved to nearby regions, and aligned, elongated PMMA fragments are seen to decorate the valleys between furrows.
Automatization of nanotomography78(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2736359View Description Hide Description
An approach for automated nanotomography, a layer-by-layer imaging technique based on scanning probe microscopy(SPM), is presented. Stepwise etching and imaging is done in situ in a liquid cell of an SPM. The flow of etching and rinsing solutions after each etching step is controlled with solenoid valves which allow for an automated measuring protocol. The thermal drift and the drift of the piezo scanner is corrected by applying offsets calculated from the cross correlation coefficients between successive images. As an example, we have imaged human bone with resolution using tapping mode SPM and successive etching with hydrochloric acid.
Accurate particle position measurement from images78(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2735920View Description Hide Description
The moment method is an image analysis technique for subpixel estimation of particle positions. The total error in the calculated particle position includes effects of pixel locking and random noise in each pixel. Pixel locking, also known as peak locking, is an artifact where calculated particle positions are concentrated at certain locations relative to pixel edges. We report simulations to gain an understanding of the sources of error and their dependence on parameters the experimenter can control. We suggest an algorithm, and we find optimal parameters an experimenter can use to minimize total error and pixel locking. For a dusty plasma experiment, we find that a subpixel accuracy of or better can be attained. These results are also useful for improving particle position measurement and particle tracking velocimetry using video microscopy in fields including colloids, biology, and fluid mechanics.
Variable-temperature independently driven four-tip scanning tunneling microscope78(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2735593View Description Hide Description
The authors have developed an ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) variable-temperature four-tip scanning tunneling microscope (STM), operating from room temperature down to , combined with a scanning electron microscope(SEM). Four STM tips are mechanically and electrically independent and capable of positioning in arbitrary configurations in nanometer precision. An integrated controller system for both of the multitip STM and SEM with a single computer has also been developed, which enables the four tips to operate either for STM imaging independently and for four-point probe (4PP) conductivitymeasurements cooperatively. Atomic-resolution STM images of graphite were obtained simultaneously by the four tips. Conductivitymeasurements by 4PP method were also performed at various temperatures with the four tips in square arrangement with direct contact to the sample surface.


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And as challenged, here's Jem. There's not much to comment on this one for me... I didn't watch this show as a kid. And though I was thinking of staging her hologram machine thing in the background, I decided I liked it blank better.
this is great! I love Jem!
Jem is outrages!
I've watched "Jem" before on USA in the '90s. It's a truly outrageous TV show.
love this piece! I watched this as a kid from time to time.
apparently I was a typical boy and this show did not even register to me... people would talk about it in college and I had no idea what it was until I looked it up. 9_9;;;
what program did u use to color this one
Whoa! You did it!
She's lovely. I'm at a loss for words here. D:
She's lovely. I'm at a loss for words here. D:
No reason not to have done it. ^^
Glad you like it.
Glad you like it.
Of courseI like it.
You give so much life to these old cartoons.
You give so much life to these old cartoons.
Yeah... I totally have to do Ulysses 31 today. I've actually been watching a lot of it today... it's not bad!
Whoa? I didn't even even know that show aired in english speaking places.
I really loved it as a kid. But it seems like it was mostly forgotten.
I really loved it as a kid. But it seems like it was mostly forgotten.
According to Wikipedia it was in syndication in the mid 80's... It certainly seemed familiar when I came across it on Youtube. And the english theme song is A-MAZING. Unfortunately the only DVD of it in the US is some 4 episode disk. I would actually buy it if I could find the whole series.
The thing was mad popular with the kids here in Quebec in the early 80s... and quickly became forgotten for some reason. (probably because of the fact they never aired any reruns, I don't know. It was kinda scary at times)
But it lives on in my heart.
But it lives on in my heart.
I don't imagine it pushed a lot of toys either, which is sadly, the main the reason for cartoons. But yes, it IS kind of scary at times, and sad. That's why I like it now... when Nono found a girlfriend robot, and then she sacrifices herself to save them... you can say she was 'just a robot', but it was still pretty deep for an 80's cartoon.
The 80s sure were home to terrible fashion trends... but I kinda miss the big hair.
Another one from my childhood
Fun fact, Hub is playing Jem now
Fun fact, Hub is playing Jem now
I know. They leave the HUB on as the default channel on all the TV's, so popping into the break room I've seen the show playing.
Sounds like you've an awesome work place
Sorry, I was operating under the impression you knew. I WORK at Hasbro Studios which is upstairs from the HUB.
Oh I know, and it sounds like you have an awesome job there
You're the concept artist for Transformers Prime
You're the concept artist for Transformers Prime
Well, storyboard artist, to be precise. They have much better guys and girls doing the designs and color work. ^^
Still, that must be an honor to be on the team
You guys are doing an amazing job with TFP, I'm loving every bit of it.
You guys are doing an amazing job with TFP, I'm loving every bit of it.
I, uh...I watched this show as a kid. And, to makes matter worse, she was the first non-real woman to give me, well, funny feelings...
Don't worry, I won't judge you. I have male co-workers who watched this show, too. I'll mock them.
For me the first non-real woman was Cyndi Lauper. <j/k>
For me the first non-real woman was Cyndi Lauper. <j/k>
I know what you mean, sir. Although Stormer was the one I kinda went for instead of Jem herself.
Wow!! I really love your drawings of females
Awesome job on her! So perky and cute looking. =3 ♥
Thank you! I definitely wanted to try making a "cuter" version of her. Wasn't sure if that would be betraying the character or not.
Why hasn't Jem had a revival cartoon like so many other 80's franchises?


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Crafts on rise for holiday giving
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WEXFORD, Pa. - Spread out on Clare Bello's work table is the evidence of what for a year-old has been a hobby and now is the means for this year's Christmas.
The beads, semiprecious stones, clasps, and string formerly kept Ms. Bello occupied as she watched TV and hung out with family.
This year, the jewelry she makes not only will be Christmas gifts for women in her family, but also wares she is selling to make money to buy gifts for the men and boys. So far, she is $200 toward her $500 goal.
"Christmas this year has just been really tough, and I think it's been tough on everyone," said Ms. Bello, 43, co-founder of a medical malpractice claims company.
"My husband's an attorney and I'm an executive and we're still feeling the crunch, significantly."
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Robert Dye, a senior economic analyst with PNC Financial Services Group in Pittsburgh, predicts a 6 percent to 7 percent decline in consumer expenditures for the fourth quarter - the biggest drop since 1980.
People will "shift the focus from gift giving, more to family reunions, catching up with friends," Mr. Dye said. "They're going to need to be creative making gifts, organizing events, things that are not going to require an outlay of a significant amount of cash."
Stephanie Nelson, the Atlanta-area founder of "The Coupon Mom" Web site, said this is the perfect climate to be creative. She suggested "gifts in a jar" - a simple canning jar with the layered ingredients for a cake or cookies or soup or bath salts - for less than $5, compared with about $30 in a store.
Jana Sharlow, 46, a human resources officer for a food-service company, has crocheted about hooded scarves in different colors for the women in her family and recently bought yarn for hats.
Her sister Beth has knitted seven scarves from wool she bought while vacationing in Iceland. The wool cost about $120, and Beth, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh, said it has gone into seven scarves. A store-bought scarf in Iceland costs between $75 and $100 a piece, she added.
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WASHINGTON — With compromise talks at a vituperative standstill, Senate Republicans unexpectedly offered Tuesday to hand President Barack Obama new powers to avert a first-ever government default threatened for Aug. 2.
Under a proposal outlined by Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Obama could request — and likely secure — increases of up to $2.5 trillion in the government's borrowing authority in three separate installments over the next year, as long as he simultaneously proposed spending cuts of greater size.
The debt limit increases would take effect unless blocked by Congress under special rules that would require speedy action — and even then Obama could exercise his authority to veto such legislation. Significantly, the president's spending cuts would be debated under normal procedures, with no guarantee they ever come to a final vote.
The White House had no immediate reaction to the proposal, which came a few hours before Obama presided over his third meeting in as many days with congressional leaders searching for a way to avoid a default and ensuing financial crisis.
In an interview on CBS taped before the meeting, Obama said that without a deal to raise the debt limit, he could not guarantee that Social Security checks will be issued on Aug. 3 "because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it."
In essence, McConnell's proposal would greatly enhance Obama's authority to avoid a default, while also virtually absolving Republicans of responsibility if one occurred.
At the same time, it would allow Republican lawmakers to avoid having to support an increase in the debt limit, something many of them find odious.
"Republicans will choose a path that actually reflects the will of the people, which is to do the responsible thing and ensure the government doesn't default on its obligations," McConnell said in a speech on the Senate floor. He also excoriated the administration for seeking tax increases along with spending cuts as part of an agreement to raise the debt limit, adding that as long as Obama is president "a real solution is unattainable."
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, praised McConnell for doing "good work" with his recommendation but, in an interview on Fox News, did not endorse it.
At the same time, Boehner said he believed Obama was trying to reach a compromise on deficit cuts, "but their insistence on raising taxes is preventing us from getting there."
The talks have revolved around attempts to meet Republican demands for deficit cuts at least as large as any increase in the debt limit. Negotiators have grown testy in recent days as Obama and Democrats pushed for higher tax revenue as part of the deal, a line Republicans say they will not cross.
It was unclear whether McConnell's proposal could show the White House and congressional leaders of both parties a way out of a deadlock that Obama and others said threatened calamitous results for an economy still struggling to recover from the worst recession in decades.
It would obligate Obama to outline deep spending cuts, something Republicans have been trying to force him to do for months without much success.
Reductions as large as $2.5 trillion would almost certainly affect domestic programs seen as important by Democratic constituencies and by rank-and-file lawmakers, possibly including Medicare and Medicaid. Even if the cuts never took effect, Republicans would be able to call for votes, while identifying them as sponsored by the White House.


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Oklahoma tax collections see boost despite declines
Oklahoma's finance secretary is calling for changes to how horizontal oil and natural gas wells are taxed, saying a reduction in the gross production tax has led to significant revenue loss for the state.
Finance and Revenue Secretary Preston Doerflinger said Wednesday he is urging oil and gas industry leaders and lawmakers to come together and discuss the issue.
"I think everybody recognizes that something has to give," he said. "It's just a matter of what we collectively come up with to address the issue. ... I would suspect that there's going to be a real interest in trying to have serious conversations over the interim and lead into session with hopefully some viable options to help address the problem."
Doerflinger said an increase in the rebate for horizontal drilling over what was projected three years ago is part of the reason for the decrease in revenue. As in many states, horizontal drilling has become the predominant drilling method in Oklahoma.
"Any fiscally responsible policymaker needs to seriously consider at what level government should incentivize something that is now standard practice," Doerflinger said. "It's not responsible for government to give money away as an incentive if no incentive is needed."
The latest Baker-Hughes rotary rig count showed 174 rigs engaged in exploration or development in Oklahoma, with 161 involved in horizontal drilling. In 2011, about 40 percent of all Oklahoma wells drilled were horizontal, up from 15 percent in 2006.
"The boom in the energy industry is improving Oklahoma's economy in so many ways, but the general revenue fund isn't seeing the benefits it would have before 2010," Doerflinger said. "The 2010 law has led to some real revenue loss. In our estimation, policymakers should consider revisiting this law in consultation with the energy industry to determine whether it is fair and equitable to the industry, the state and all its taxpayers."
'One part of the whole economic equation'
Mike Terry, president of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association, said the increased drilling resulted in more high-paying jobs, which were a factor in higher income and sales tax collections for the state. About 27 percent of all taxes come from oil and gas activity, he said.
"He's only looking at one part of the whole economic equation," Terry said. "It temporarily reduces the gross production tax, but overall in all the other taxes that are paid by the industry — they are increased dramatically.
"Really, the big thing is all the other taxes that are paid from economic activity and all the jobs that come about from the increased drilling," he said.
Income and sales tax collections this past fiscal year helped boost receipts for Oklahoma's main operating fund ahead of a year ago, despite steep declines in oil and natural gas gross production tax receipts for the state, according to financial reports released Wednesday by the state Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
Drop in oil, natural gas collections
During the 2013 fiscal year, which ended June 30, the state's general revenue fund saw a $248.4 million gain in income and sales tax collections over the previous year, the reports show. Those collections helped offset a $208.9 million, or 48.5 percent, drop in oil and natural gas collections.
Total general revenue fund receipts for the 2013 fiscal year were $5.6 billion, an increase of $10.3 million, or 0.2 percent, over the previous fiscal year. However, that is $26.5 million, or 0.5 percent, below the estimate upon which the 2013 fiscal year budget was based.
The reduced gross production revenue is due in large part to how horizontal wells are taxed under a 2010 law and payment of deferred rebates to the oil and gas industry.
The deal came when the state, faced with a second year of revenue shortfalls and draining virtually all of its savings account, owed oil and gas producers an estimated $150 million in rebates. With the state unable to pay the incentives, oil companies agreed to delay payment.
But horizontal drilling increased, and it was determined last year that the state owed $294 million in rebates on oil from horizontal and deep wells; the state agreed to pay back nearly $98 million a year for three years beginning with the 2013 fiscal year, which ended June 30. That is in addition to the current incentives they are receiving.
In 2010, legislation was signed into law reducing the gross production tax rate on horizontal wells from 7 percent to 1 percent for 48 months after the start of production. The 2010 law removed a stipulation in the previous rebate law that ended the tax break once the cost of the well was recovered.


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Get App-y: Why use just one screen?
I've started to hear a new buzzword lately as people use their devices more to interact with other screens or devices back home: "second-screen technology."
Many of us are already using second screens when we access the content on our computers remotely through cloud services online or stream videos from services like Netflix through our mobile devices. We're also using the technology when we use our devices to accent information we read in the newspaper (think QR codes) or look up additional information to supplement what we watch on television.
I think we're going to hear the term more, especially as our technology gets more portable.
So does John Koller, vice president of marketing for Home Consoles and Handheld Platforms at PlayStation (Sony Computer Entertainment America division), who first alerted me to this term.
"It is a key trend in tech, and it's fueled by a kind of larger cultural trend, which is that most of our time is now spent outside the home," Koller said in an interview earlier this year, shortly after he attended the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Calif. "The idea behind second screens is kind of ubiquitous. There's a really wide range of uses for it and a wide range of people that would be interested."
Koller said mobile applications and cloud computing — saving files on the Web instead of on a local device — have helped satiate the demand for access. "Apps are simply windows to the world," he noted.
Content is no longer "locked into a singular device," he said, adding that the gaming industry has helped bring this trend to the mainstream.
Consumers like to duplicate their experience with their home computers and gaming devices when they leave their houses without having to carry all their equipment, he said. The PlayStation Vita allows cross play — you can start a game on a PS3 console (and soon-to-be PS4) and then continue it on the PS Vita.
Also, you can also use the handheld device and a Wi-Fi connection to access additional content like photos, videos or music stored on the PS3 console.
"You can be anywhere in the world and access that content via Wifi," Koller said. "I'm in San Francisco. I could be in Tokyo for meetings at Sony Corp. and I can actually access all my content back home."
Other platforms also offer second-screen capabilities (think Apple and iCloud, or even the mobile apps from Splashtop found at splashtop.com that give you remote access to your computer from Windows, Android and Apple devices. It just depends on how you want to use them.
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The Shadows and Glows Tutorial by VeradaineWatch
©2012-2016 Veradaine
-Shadows and Glows-A short tutorial for novice-intermediate manipulators
C o m m e n t s :
Well, someone asked for a tutorial, so here one is.
I know, I know, I'm just avoiding that hair tut like a boss. I:
/fails at drawing racoons
E D I T : Some people had mentioned that they had trouble viewing this, so I've converted the file into a PNG and made it available for download.
Thanks for the feedback, guys! Does it work for you now?
T i m e : 3 hours
T o o l s : Photoshop CS5 and a tablet
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Daily DeviationGiven 2014-05-14
The Shadows and Glows Tutorial by Veradaine is an excellent tutorial for adding shadows and light to your photomanipulations. While the subject of the tutorial is a horse, these essential skills can be applied to any photomanipulation adventure. Go create!! ( Featured by Aeirmid )
This was super helpful. Thank you.
nice technique and a very useful tut.thanks bunches for sharing
this would be helpful for me! thanks!
Well done tutorial, it will certainly be very useful for many people starting doing manips. Congrats on the DD!
congrats to the well deserved DD it's already in my s ^^
the DD box says this "could be applied to any photomanipulation adventure", but I think it could also work for straight drawing/painting, too. Photomanipulators aren't the only ones who have issues with shadows and reflected light, after all. It's stuff I should think more about when drawing.
Congrats on the DD. ^_^
Congrats on the DD. ^_^
Thank you so much! I have been looking everywhere for a tutorial on how to make glows!
Congrats on the DD!
It´s a very helpful tutorial
It´s a very helpful tutorial
Thanks for such an awesome tutorial. It's just what I was looking for. Congrats on the DD!!!
Congrats on your Daily deviation! I also see your other art is fantastic as well! You got a great resume for really great potential, go far!
Very helpful! Thank you!
This is very helpful thank you so much for taking your time to make this! Very well explained also (:
wow, that lighting is gorgeous! I'm so glad you could learn something from me, it's a pleasure
Very helpful, thanks!
Would you be able to help me find the first background you used, the one with the blue flowers?
I've searched through the stock artists that you linked but I can't seem to find it. s:
I've searched through the stock artists that you linked but I can't seem to find it. s:
In the glow tutorial, what brush is that? I can't seem to find it...
it's actually just a normal hard brush. you have to go into brush settings-->transfer, and make the settings match with what is shown.
It's a plain basic hard brush with pressure sensitivity - the benefits of a tablet :3
this is so helpful
can i ask what the body font is?
can i ask what the body font is?
This is great! Very useful
Very helpful tutorial! Thank you!
Great tutorial! Thank you!!!
I've been stalking the hell out of your page, waiting for some tutorials and when there is one, I CAN'T SEE IT D: -sob-
I've been stalking the hell out of your page, waiting for some tutorials and when there is one, I CAN'T SEE IT D: -sob-
Aww, sorry! Did you try downloading it?
BEST. TUT. EVER. You are a goddess.
Shadows are easy for me. But that glowing thingie is something I have big problems with. My hands shakes a bit, so I never can make a normal line next ot a leg or something else. And I love that glowing effect. It just never works with me
thanks for making this tut!


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